Chapter 26: The Task’s Unexpected Demands

Gah—

How… how could this be!

Gazing at the system panel, where the task completion progress showed ‘9/10’, Allyrose’s heart trembled uncontrollably.

How had only nine minutes passed, she wondered, whimpering softly.

For her, those nine minutes had stretched into an eternity, a torment akin to hell itself, she lamented.

Yet, despite everything, the task had to continue.

Allyrose suddenly recalled the task’s additional requirement: it had to be done in front of Jason. Panicking, she quickly took Luo Jia’s hand again, placing it on her own thigh, terrified that if Jason left, the task progress bar would freeze.

If it truly stopped, wouldn’t she have to chase after Jason, stop him, and then covertly…?

‘Ugh, how could that possibly work?’ she thought. ‘Without the cover of this table, it would be impossible to hide!’

‘If only I had known, I would have kept Jason here for one more minute,’ she grumbled to herself.

“Ugh… just, just touch it one more time, quickly! But, you’re not, not allowed to move around anymore. Just keep your hand on my thigh, that’s all. If you… if you move again, I’ll snap my fingers and eradicate, eradicate you, you pervert, *whimper*—!”

Allyrose’s face flushed crimson as she blurted out her demands to Luo Jia. Before her, the young man merely chuckled softly, observing her shy, embarrassed expression.

He truly did as she said, simply resting his hand on her thigh.

However…

‘The magic that enhances sensitivity, though… I haven’t dispelled that, have I?’

Luo Jia then paused for a simple twenty seconds. Allyrose sat there, utterly dazed, her heart still pounding furiously.

For some reason, even after calming down, the black-haired girl still felt… still felt…

‘So itchy inside…’

The scene from moments ago replayed in her mind, especially that final, audacious move from this lowly servant.

Ugh~

At the thought, Allyrose instinctively squeezed her legs shut. However, this only served to pin Luo Jia’s hand more firmly.

Moments later, the silver-haired youth let out a soft chuckle. Leaning close to Allyrose, he gently blew a breath onto her flushed earlobe, then whispered softly:

“Mistress, is merely this truly enough? Yet… why do I sense that you still crave a little more pleasure~?”

“Ugh… you, you mere little Luo Jia, ugh~ Don’t, don’t lean so close to my ear to… to speak… Ugh… I, I don’t know, do whatever you want, do whatever you want…”

“Then… I shall continue… to fulfill Mistress’s demands~”

Luo Jia smirked mischievously. Then, his palm slowly rotated inward, gripping the tear in the black stocking that had been conjured by magic. With a sudden, rough motion, he tore it open completely!

Without the barrier of the stocking, the girl’s skin was now exposed even more directly before the youth. Allyrose’s face instantly burned a vivid crimson.

‘No… this isn’t right. In my previous life, I was a man! I only enjoyed mimicking and teasing young virgins for amusement. How could I now be… ugh… be subjected to this by Luo Jia, my own little male servant…’

“Ah~ Mm… No, no, stop it, this isn’t right, I didn’t, I absolutely didn’t…”

“Didn’t you? Pfft~ Then… why don’t you just snap your fingers, Mistress?”

Listening to the black-haired girl’s stubborn denial, Luo Jia chuckled softly. A moment later, he leaned in closer to her ear again and whispered:

“Just now, I heard Mistress say you were going to snap your fingers, didn’t I? But now… it seems you don’t have the strength to snap your fingers at all, or even to lift your hand? What’s going on? Wasn’t Mistress always so vibrant and arrogant~?”

“Ah… you… you scoundrel…”

Allyrose lay trembling on the table, and after a long moment, finally—

[Ding-dong! Task complete. Congratulations, Host, you have received the task reward: Gold-grade weapon: “Sword of Holy Light Psionics”, and fifty thousand Patronage Points!]

“Mmm~—!”

The sudden electronic chime was like the final straw, instantly severing the thread of rationality that had held the girl’s mind together. Then…

It was like rivers surging and a dam breaking; all the suppressed joy and emotions within her mind erupted violently at that very moment.

The girl’s mind went utterly blank… blank, until several minutes later, when she completely lost consciousness.

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Ugh…

‘Where… where am I?’

Opening her eyes once more, she saw a stark white ceiling above and blue curtains surrounding her. The girl blinked, disoriented, before realizing she seemed to be lying on a bed in the school infirmary. Looking to her side…

She saw Luo Jia, gazing at her with an apologetic expression.

Hiss—

The moment her eyes landed on the white-haired youth’s face, the girl’s heart jolted. Immediately, every scene from before her memory cut out flooded back into her mind.

Allyrose’s face instantly blazed crimson, so consumed by shame that she couldn’t even meet Luo Jia’s gaze.

She quickly averted her head, panting heavily. For a moment, only one thought echoed in her mind…

‘Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god…’

‘What have I done?!’

‘No… that’s not right…’

‘What did *that guy* Luo Jia do!’

Ugh…

He was merely a pretty boy she kept, meant for her to tease, play with, and bully. In the words of noble young ladies, he was nothing more than a lowly male servant, not even worthy of being called her knight.

‘How dare he… how dare he…’

Aaaahhhhhhh—!

The black-haired girl instantly overheated, steam practically rising from her head, causing a single strand of hair to spring up. After a moment, she abruptly turned, delivering chop after chop to Luo Jia’s head!

“Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn! You stinking white-haired punk, you have a death wish, don’t you?! How dare you… how dare you… ugh… how dare you do such things to me!”

“Hm? Miss Allyrose, what are you saying? Didn’t you just faint from illness?! What… what things~?”

Seeing Allyrose finally awaken, Luo Jia let out a sigh of relief. Then, observing the ‘bad woman’s’ flustered state, he subtly curved his lips into a light smile, tilting his head as he spoke:

“I’m afraid I don’t quite understand~”

“You…”

Allyrose’s mouth twitched. Just as she was about to speak, something suddenly occurred to her. She quickly pulled back the curtain, glancing around.

Only after confirming no one else was present did she turn back, hissing quietly at Luo Jia:

“You don’t understand your grandma! You stinking, stinking white-haired punk, what do you mean?! How dare you touch my leg, and you even seemed to enjoy it?! Don’t you understand this is a grave offense against me, your Mistress?! A grave offense!”

Allyrose was so furious her teeth gnashed, wishing she could devour the white-haired youth right then and there. If only demons weren’t so incredibly hard to find, she… she truly would snap her fingers on the spot!

“Oh? But… Mistress, didn’t you ask for this? And also… didn’t you say this was a special privilege for me~?”

“Ah, this…”

Allyrose blinked in confusion. Then… she recalled the hasty words she had spoken to the white-haired youth at the very beginning of the task…

Hiss—

‘Now that I think about it, it seems… it really was me who asked for it?’

Ugh~