Chapter 36 : The Brain is not Braining

Schiller had no idea what she was talking about. His brain had long been taken over by his instincts. At this moment, only one thought remained in his mind.
It was a thought burning with intense fire.

He just wanted release.

Otherwise, he might be completely burned to ashes by the fire inside him.

“Heh heh, it’s painful, isn’t it? But, not yet.”

Sheryl didn’t stop her actions, but she also had no intention of helping him.

“Ugh!”

Provoking his nerves while simultaneously binding him with firm control.

How painful it was.

It was almost becoming a form of torture.

His eyes were bloodshot, as if he could swallow someone whole in the next second.

She slowly spoke:

“Doesn’t it look like I’m forcing you? I don’t like forcing people.”

“It’s not… forcing… it’s… my own volition.”

“Eh? If you don’t say it clearly, I won’t understand.” She giggled, her eyes sparkling with a teasing smile.

Sheryl wanted to hear Schiller say it himself. She wanted to enjoy the pleasure this sentence brought her, and the resistance in Schiller’s eyes only fueled her sadism further.

Making him beg her in a low voice would plant a seed of non-resistance in his heart. Sooner or later, he would completely become hers.

“…”

Although he was burning with fire, to voluntarily plead for something like this was still too… dangerous.

A slight misstep, and something important in his heart might be lost forever. This thought brought back some of his clarity.

Seeing Schiller struggling to speak, Sheryl smiled faintly.

Since he couldn’t look up, Schiller couldn’t see anything, but the sensation that came through made his nerves tingle.

It was as if he were blindfolded, making his senses exceptionally sensitive. He didn’t know what it was, only that his thoughts froze for a moment, followed by an explosive sensation.

The feeling of his brain trembling.

He finally lost all reason, becoming a beast acting on instinct.

“I want… you!”

“Heh heh…”

Sheryl showed a satisfied smile, gently unlocking the restraints on his limbs with a key.

With a low growl, a symphony of spring echoed in the empty basement.

Ophelia had recently come to deeply understand the terror of a girl in love.

Around her, terrifying jealous eyes would appear from time to time.

During meals, strange insects would occasionally crawl into her food.

While bathing in the bathroom, the lights would occasionally go out suddenly, and the water would alternate between hot and cold.

When putting on her little boots in the morning, she had to first check for strange things inside.

The culprit behind all this was Gavin, that man!

“How annoying! Really!”

Even Ophelia couldn’t help but feel annoyed. ‘He already has some sort of a lover, why does he keep hanging around me?’

‘Lecher!’

Speaking of Gavin, Ophelia instinctively felt a strange sensation from him. It was a very strange feeling, but his gaze was like a venomous snake licking her skin.

It seemed that Gavin had shifted his target from Evelyna to her, probably because Evelyna was too difficult to conquer, so he decided to make a move on the seemingly innocent Ophelia.

It wasn’t that the girl was boasting, but her appearance could be described as beautiful. In the mirror, her golden hair, like a waterfall, and her pupils, as rich as gold, all proclaimed her splendor.

A golden rose flower.

Although Ophelia was innocent, her observation skills were exceptionally sharp, and she deeply understood the principle of “don’t covet a friend’s spouse.”

There was nothing about Gavin that attracted her, not to mention she should have a boyfriend… probably.

“Ophi, after today, can I treat you to a drink?”

Gavin cheekily cornered Ophelia at the inn’s entrance, proposing to her.

The name “Ophi” was something he called her without permission. Although Ophelia was disgusted by it, she couldn’t say it directly.

She really wanted to kick him in the groin, but she was also inexplicably afraid of her own violent thoughts.

“Mr. Gavin, actually, I already have plans with Evelyna.”

She answered Gavin with a flawless smile. According to her observations, Gavin was helpless against Evelyna.

To counter Gavin’s over-familiarity, she stubbornly called him “Mr. Gavin.”

“Is that so? What a pity. Let me treat you next time? I know a luxury bar.”

He still hadn’t given up, but pursued her relentlessly.

‘A luxury bar? It’s probably a brothel, right?’

‘In the end, you just want my body, right?’

‘So, men are all like this…’

Ophelia silently complained in her heart.

“Well, if there’s a chance…” She smiled, feigning trouble, trying not to look at him.

“Then…”

Just as Gavin was about to continue, Evelyna leaned over from the side.

“Hey, you two, stop chatting, it’s time to go!”

‘Thank you for the rescue!’ Ophelia heaved a big sigh of relief in her heart.

“Tch…”

Ophelia didn’t miss Gavin’s subtle sound.

“Huh? Liel, your face, why is it so red? Could it be, you two…”

Evelyna looked at the two of them with a knowing, motherly smile, then showed a look of understanding.

“So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is…”

In fact, Ophelia’s face was red with anger. She had never seen a man who wrote his desires so clearly on his face. Even a certain man who often bought aphrodisiacs was very gentlemanly!

And also a little handsome.

‘Huh? Aphrodisiacs? Why would I have such a strange thought…’

Ophelia was startled by her own thoughts. She felt her cheeks burn, like a child caught stealing malt candy by their parents.

“So that’s how it is?”

A voice as cold as falling into an ice cave quickly pulled her back to reality.

Ignoring Gavin’s smug expression, it was Shirley who had come up on her own, seeing the three of them still not coming down.

“Shirley… you misunderstand…” Ophelia was about to explain to her, but was met with a cold snort and an eye-roll.

She glanced at Ophelia, then walked up to Gavin and spoke in a sweet voice:

“Shall we go?”

It is said that a girl in love’s IQ will become very low. Ophelia prayed that she would never become like this.

With that, she linked arms with him and gave Ophelia a cold smirk.

Compared to being harassed by Gavin, Shirley’s misunderstanding was more painful for her.

Being misunderstood as having an affair with that kind of man was even more painful.

And Gavin proactively held Shirley’s hand, intentionally looking at Ophelia. He thought Ophelia was just a tsundere, doing things contrary to her words.

And once he used the tactic of playing hard to get, she would probably panic and agree to his request.

Sure enough, Ophelia puffed out her cheeks, looking at Shirley resentfully.

“Haha, she’s jealous.”

Gavin was secretly pleased. ‘What’s so great about a proud woman, doesn’t she still fight over me?’ But a beauty of Ophelia’s caliber was truly a once-in-a-century encounter.

‘After I get my hands on her, I must savor her properly. Maybe I’ll play the “make her beg me” game.’

Gavin’s dark imagination swirled in his mind.

Evelyna gave Ophelia an apologetic look and quickly caught up with the two.

Ophelia forced herself to lift her feet, but the gloom in her heart could not be dispelled.

“What the heck! That man, even Evelyna…”

“Shirley, that child, really!”

“I didn’t do anything!”

“Next time, I must make it clear to them. I have a boyfriend, and his name is Schiller!”

“…If it were the Saintess, how would she act?”

Ophelia thought about these things with puffed cheeks, her steps also becoming heavy.

In Shirley’s eyes, she was probably just a pretty face with no ability.

After all, she had personally heard Shirley say:

“A mage without a staff? Don’t joke around!”

She seemed very satisfied with her status as a mage.

However, in all the battles so far, Ophelia would cast support skills like [Blessing] and [Holy Light], but she didn’t know any healing magic.

She had no concept of healing magic in her mind. Rather, whenever she thought of “healing,” the cruel word “explosion” would inexplicably come to mind.

Of course, for her shortcomings, Shirley naturally gave a negative review.

“A support who doesn’t even know healing magic? You can’t even joke like that, right?” Shirley’s negative comments echoed in her ears.

“Seriously! What a downer.”