The place they arrived at, led by the master’s hand, was not the disciple’s barracks but the master’s personal quarters.
Clean and neat bedding.
A luxurious table and carpet that seemed out of place on the ground.
Various sweet fruits and snacks that ordinary soldiers could hardly even glimpse.
It felt far from the room of an ascetic.
“Master, what is this…?”
“Ah, don’t mind it. The lord has been quite generous.”
“No, it’s not that…”
But among all these, the most out-of-place thing was…”What are you staring at?!”
Luciphra, bound tightly to the central pillar of the barracks with restraining ropes, her arms and legs firmly tied.
“What a rude creature. Don’t speak so insolently to my disciple.”
The Moon Saint slapped Luciphra’s cheek with the palm of her hand, silencing her sharp, angry voice directed at her beloved disciple.
Slap!
“Ahhh!!”
After being captured by the master, Luciphra had been out of sight for a while.
I wondered where she was, but I never expected her to be in such a miserable state.
“Disciple, greet her again. She will be your master.”
“Huh??? What do you mean??”
“She has awakened your weaknesses and will also fill them. If that is not a master, then what is?”
He must have been referring to the fact that I couldn’t resist the mental enchantment.
Hearing the master’s words about being able to grow further, the sage’s eyes sparkled as he asked,”What should I do, Master?”
“Ah, your eyes are still the same. It was those pure, innocent eyes that made me take you as my disciple in the first place.”
Seeing the sage’s eyes burning with scholarly fervor, the Moon Saint affectionately patted his head.
“But disciple, sometimes you must dip your hands into dirty water. Only then can you find purity within it.”
“It’s too difficult, Master. Please explain it simply.”
“Of course, it’s hard to understand. That’s why I brought this creature here.”
“Could it be…?”
“Yes, what you’re thinking is correct. From now on, we will completely change the direction of your training.”
“But isn’t that the complete opposite of what you’ve taught me so far?”
What the master just said was in extreme contrast to the teachings of overcoming all desires and instincts to transcend human limits.
“A hundred words cannot compare to a single glance. No matter how much I try to explain, experiencing it firsthand will be faster.”
The Moon Saint removed the disciple’s mask, revealing the elegant appearance of a black-haired nobleman hidden beneath the red mask.
“Hehe, still as cute as ever. Now, stand before the creature, disciple!”
The Moon Saint’s voice, more excited than the sage’s, carried a refreshing tone.
After placing the disciple a few steps away from the creature, she commanded Luciphra,”Creature, use all your power to seduce my disciple.”
“No! I am the proud commander of the 3rd Elite Legion! Luciphra… Aaaahhh!!!! Aaaahhh!!!”
The Moon Saint kicked Luciphra in the abdomen, cutting off her rant.
Then, she turned to her disciple and commanded,”Disciple, use all your strength to express your desires.”
“But… even so, how can I do such a thing to a creature…?”
“It’s fine, disciple. Do you think I would do this without a reason? Don’t worry and just follow my lead. I will give you a gift.”
“A gift…?”
Suddenly, a foreboding feeling arose.
“No, it’s fine. I’ll do as you say, but I’ll decline the gift.”
The moment the sage and Luciphra locked eyes, she suddenly remembered the time when she had almost been strangled and violated by him.
‘Wait. Then… this is my chance to experience what I wanted to feel back then!’
Luciphra’s eyes changed as her thoughts shifted to a positive loop.
‘Human…!! Entertain me!! Show me pleasures I’ve never known!!! Kyaa…! Kyaahahaha!!!’
She focused all her energy on the sage right in front of her, unleashing her full power of seduction.
“Ahhh!!”
The sage, hit directly by the seductive energy, felt the same sensation as before.
An unpleasant feeling of knowing he shouldn’t but being unable to control his body.
The more he resisted, the more his inner desires were stimulated.
“It’s fine, disciple! Abandon all patience and do whatever you want!”
The sage, who trusted his master’s words implicitly, decided to cut the strings of reason and become a beast driven by instinct.
With the vague expectation that the master would surely show him something.
“Ahhhh!!!”
As his body heated up and his mind grew hazy, Luciphra’s nearly naked body began to look even more obscene.
Just as he was about to pounce on Luciphra, who was barely covering her modesty…”Hehe~ Disciple, I’ve been waiting for this…!”
“Huh?!”
The Moon Saint seized the moment, stepping in and embracing her disciple, who was charging forward with a force that seemed ready to destroy everything.
“Do you like the gift I prepared for you?”
She gently stroked the back of her disciple’s head as he buried his face into her chest.
“Ah… good, disciple…”
“Mmm… ahhh…”
The sage’s words, muffled against her chest, were incomprehensible.
“What, what are you doing?!”
Luciphra, who had been full of anticipation, shouted in frustration at the unexpected interference.
She couldn’t help but feel furious, realizing she had been used as a tool for the master’s ulterior motives to draw out the disciple’s desires.
“Quiet, creature. Just go to sleep.”
“Ughhh?!?!”
The Moon Saint struck Luciphra’s head with a restraining spell, cutting off her consciousness and interrupting their intimate moment.
Then, she returned to savoring the dreamlike time she had longed for.
“Yes, yes, disciple. I knew it even without you saying it. You missed this embrace too.”
The soft, large chest and the prominent curves beneath the thin fabric pressed against the sage’s face.
The sage, who had completely surrendered to the enchantment, couldn’t stop himself.
The instincts of a human that had never been expressed until adulthood began to surface, and his rough hands began to grope the master’s body.
“Mmm… ah… You have no idea how much I missed you falling asleep in my arms, disciple…”
“Mmm… ahhh…”
“Harder… Follow your instincts more, disciple… That’s it… Ahh… Good job… Yes… Like that…”
The master fully indulged in the firm touch of her disciple, who had now grown into a sturdy adult.
His clumsy hands explored her body, from the provocatively perky front to the firm, elastic back.
Though she was slightly disappointed that her disciple wasn’t fully conscious while being spoiled, she was still satisfied.
She had missed the cute, youthful appearance of her disciple as he entered his growth phase and became more reserved.
But now, even if unintentionally, seeing him act so spoiled toward her made her heart melt.
“Yes… yes… Good boy… My cute disciple… Do whatever you want.”
When she first saw her disciple wielding restraining spells on his own, she was so proud.
But because of that, the Moon Saint had been unable to satisfy her own dark desires.
Her disciple, who used to rely on her embrace while battling phoenixes in mental combat, no longer needed to do so.
When her disciple, whom she had held every night for years, left her embrace to go on his training journey, it felt like a parent parting with their child.
Having devised a way to both satisfy her long-starved dark desires and impart teachings, the Moon Saint fully expressed her twisted love for her disciple, savoring the moment slowly.
“We have plenty of time, so take it slow, disciple. For you, I would gladly offer this body and indulge you as much as you want.”
Stimulated by the master’s seductive whispers, the sage gripped her hips tightly and buried his face between her ample breasts, charging toward the soft bed.
Thud!
“Huff… Quite aggressive, aren’t you, disciple? But that’s why I like you.”
She wrapped her arms around his head, pulling him close.
“Ah… yes… It’s been so long since I’ve felt this. The warmth filling this empty chest…”
“P-please, teach me now, Master…!”
“Hmm…?”
The Moon Saint was surprised when her disciple, whom she thought had completely lost his reason and was engrossed in her embrace, suddenly lifted his head slightly.
“As expected, you truly are a prodigy blessed by the heavens, disciple. Even in this state, you constantly crave learning. I feel I must give you an even greater gift to ease my heart.”
Then, she suddenly spread open her white robe, fully enveloping her disciple within her naked body and wrapping him tightly in the fabric so he couldn’t escape.
“Mmmph…!!!”
The sensation was incomparable to what he had felt through the fabric.
The soft, pliant flesh pressed against his cheeks, overwhelming him.
As the disciple breathed heavily, unable to regain his composure, the Moon Saint stroked the back of his head and finally began to impart her true teachings.
“Feel it well, disciple.”
A brilliant light, the unparalleled radiance of the Moon Saint’s restraining energy, filled the barracks, making it as bright as if the sun had risen inside.
“The reason your spirit is still vulnerable to enchantment is simple. It’s because you haven’t yet let go of yourself in your consciousness.”
As the sage absorbed the Moon Saint’s radiant energy, he gradually became free from the enchantment, his body growing more and more relaxed.
“You constantly train for the sake of others, but in the end, isn’t it all for yourself?”
The sage, his head buried in the master’s ample chest, felt as if he had been struck on the back of the head.
He couldn’t refute it.
After all, even his arduous ascetic practices and good deeds were ultimately a means to become a Moon Saint and ascend to the heavenly throne.
“It’s contradictory and paradoxical. But only when you surrender even that part of your heart will you truly see the nature of power.”
As the master’s voice seeped into his ears, his mind grew calmer, and the fatigue in his body seemed to wash away completely.
“That’s the feeling, disciple. Remember it well. In the true path of heaven, there is no suffering.”
“Then… does that mean… I shouldn’t practice asceticism…?”
The sage’s voice sounded drowsy, as if his mind was hazy.
Seeing her disciple, on the verge of sleep, still asking questions, the master smiled warmly and replied.
“Hehe. No. You must discover the absence of suffering within that asceticism. Just as you are now, freed from the enchantment and at ease. And further, you must free yourself not just from enchantment, but from everything.”
“I… I don’t… understand…”
“That’s alright. From now on, I’ll always be by your side to teach you.”
“Thank… you… Mmm… ahhh…”
His rough breathing gradually steadied, and the sage, embraced by the master, drifted into unconsciousness, lulled by the comforting radiance of her energy.
“Yes… You’ve worked hard, disciple. For now, just rest like this.”
The Moon Saint gently patted the head and back of her disciple, who was sound asleep in her arms.
Once she confirmed he was in a deep slumber, she spoke in a commanding voice.
“Stop peeking like little mice and come in.”
The tent flap opened slightly, and Lumienne and Elena, who had been crouching and peeking inside, stumbled into the barracks in shock.