My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 13

...HAND?

YES. I HEARD THAT IS THE BASIC METHOD FOR PURIFICATION.

R-RIGHT.

AH, I AM SO EMBARRASSED I COULD DIE.

WHAT ON EARTH WAS I THINKING...?

WE JOINED OUR BODIES IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE.

IN THIS LIFE, THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED...

IT IS SOMETHING THAT EXISTS ONLY IN MY MEMORIES.

UNDERSTOOD, SIR MICHAEL.

THE FLOOR MUST BE UNCOMFORTABLE, SO PLEASE SIT IN THE CHAIR FIRST.

MAY I?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SINCE YOU ARE NOT USED TO IT, IT MAY FEEL A LITTLE AWKWARD AT FIRST.

MY PURIFYING POWER IS LOW, SO PURIFICATION ALSO TAKES A LONG TIME.

STILL, THE HEAT CAUSED BY THE DEMONIC ENERGY SHOULD COOL DOWN SOON, AND YOU WILL FEEL REFRESHED...

LADY IRENNE, IS THIS NOT YOUR FIRST TIME?

PARDON?

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR IN THE FORTRESS,

BUT YOU SPEAK SO COMFORTABLY, AS IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS BEFORE.

AH, W-WELL...

AGAIN, AGAIN...! THE MOMENT I RELAX, I MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THIS...!

A PURIFIER NAMED WILHELMINA, WHOM I HAVE KNOWN SINCE I FIRST ARRIVED IN THE TERRITORY, TOLD ME.

THE ONE YOU SAW IN THE HALLWAY LAST TIME...!

SO PERHAPS THAT IS WHY I SOUNDED USED TO IT!

AH... I SEE.

PHEW...

IN ANY CASE, I WILL TRY PURIFYING YOU AS YOU ASKED!

YES.

PLEASE DO.

SLOWLY...

WH-WHAT IS THIS?

IT FEELS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM PURIFICATION IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE...

IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE, IT ONLY FELT WARM, BUT THIS IS...

OUR HANDS FEEL SO HOT THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BURNING...!

JUST LIKE WILHELMINA TOLD ME IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE...

YOU SAID IT ONLY FELT WARM?

AHAHA, YOU WILL NEVER FEEL THIS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, BUT...

PURIFICATION IS NOT SIMPLY A LITTLE WARM. IT IS SOMETHING THAT BRINGS A STRANGE, SENSUAL PLEASURE.

IT IS NOT FOR NOTHING THAT OTHER PARTNERS DO NOT JOIN BODIES ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF PURIFICATION.

AND THIS SENSATION WILL GROW STRONGER THE LONGER THE PURIFICATION CONTINUES...

THIS FEELING IS...

SOMETHING I FELT IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE...

PLEASE, I CANNOT THINK STRAIGHT...

THE SENSATION IS ONE THING, BUT THIS AMOUNT IS...

JUST HOW MUCH DEMONIC ENERGY HAS BUILT UP INSIDE SIR MICHAEL?

IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE, IT WAS NEVER THIS MUCH, EVEN WHEN HE RETURNED AFTER DESTROYING MORE THAN TEN DUNGEONS IN A SINGLE DAY.

BUT NOW I FEEL AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF DEMONIC ENERGY FROM HIM, INCOMPARABLE TO BACK THEN.

AS IF HE HAS BECOME DEMONIC ENERGY ITSELF.

SIR MICHAEL'S DEMONIC ENERGY IS ENTERING MY BODY...

WRAPPING AROUND ME LIKE A SNAKE...

IT HURTS...!

I MOANED...!

F-FIRST, I HAVE TO LET GO OF HIS HAND...

I HAVE TO LET GO AND GATHER MYSELF...

S-SIR MICHAEL...

TH-THIS MUCH SHOULD BE ENOUGH...

NOW... HAH,

PLEASE...

S-SIR MICHAEL!

YOU ARE DOING WELL.

I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR BEING UNABLE TO TREAT YOU COURTEOUSLY, MY MIND IS INCREDIBLY HAZY RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU DO NOT PURIFY ME COMPLETELY, LADY IRENNE, I WILL REMAIN IN THIS STATE.

SO...

PLEASE CONTINUE THE PURIFICATION.

AH...

THE CEILING...?

WHEN DID I LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS?

RIGHT, I...

COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED MYSELF WHILE PURIFYING SIR MICHAEL...

YOU ARE AWAKE. YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS FOR A SHORT WHILE.

I AM GLAD YOU WOKE UP QUICKLY.

SIR MICHAEL!!

THIS MUCH PURIFICATION IS ENOUGH.

I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE NOW, SO PLEASE REST WELL.

...THERE IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO SAY...

AH, RIGHT...!

W-WAIT, SIR MICHAEL...!!!

I HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK...!

A FAVOR...?

YES, PLEASE SPEAK FREELY.

UM, WELL... ONCE...

ONCE A WEEK...

PLEASE COME BY ONCE A WEEK...

ONCE A WEEK...?

THAT WILL NOT DO.

AH, I KNEW IT...

ONCE A WEEK IS NOT ENOUGH.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR IT AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE DAYS.

PARDON?

NO, UM, I DID NOT MEAN PURIFICATION...

I WAS TALKING ABOUT DUNGEON REWARDS...

COULD YOU PERHAPS CHANGE IT

FROM ONCE A MONTH TO ONCE A WEEK...?

AH...

YOU MEANT THE REWARDS.

IF THAT IS WHAT YOU MEAN, IT IS POSSIBLE.

REALLY?!

THANK GOODNESS...!

OF COURSE. I PROMISE.

IN RETURN, I THINK I WILL BE REQUESTING PURIFICATION MORE OFTEN AS WELL.

PURIFICATION LIKE TODAY'S AGAIN...?

BUT I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE...

Ah... All Right.

you promised.

Yes, I promise...

YES, I PROMISE.

...THERE IS NO NEED TO RUSH.