Chapter 90 – The Cross of Memories #9

The rat men’s territorial battles intensified as time passed. The clamor of footsteps and squeaking cries was deafening. If you just watch it like this, you will be swept away by their warfare.
I grabbed Kate and led her into the stone chamber.

“You’re really going to sleep here?!”
“It can’t be helped. You don’t want to die from being bitten by those rats, do you?”
“No, of course not.”

Kate, who was being dragged along, reluctantly followed me after seeing the growing number of rat men. The place I took Kate was the southern stone chamber where I smashed her totem. A secret room with a cleverly hidden entrance.
Ratmen with low intelligence have a hard time finding adventurers hidden inside. Having stayed in the southern stone chamber, I was certain that this place was the safest.

Drooling!
The stone door opened and I pushed Kate inside. The moment I entered the stone chamber and closed the door, the rats’ footsteps began to echo loudly beyond the door.

“The number of rat men is higher than I thought.”

If we were a little late, we would have been attacked by a group of ratmen. My judgment of returning to the stone chamber without delay was correct. I comforted the trembling Kate.

“If you wait, everything will be over, so don’t worry. Trust me.”
“Really? Can I trust Mongma-sama?”
“Please believe me.”

Kate nodded her head with her pale face. To reassure her from her perch on the floor, I removed the remains of the totem that had been rolling around on the floor of her stone chamber.

Beast bones, ashen flesh, and the bones of armed skeletons. He drove them all into a corner and put a skeleton shield on top. Then the hideous remains were no longer visible.

“I’ll move on after about half a day. Until then, we’ll just have to keep our eyes peeled.”
“How do you know that time has passed?”
“There’s a tool in case you’re stranded in an underground canal.”

I took out a thick hourglass from my backpack.
It is difficult to grasp the passage of time in an underground canal without sunlight.
Having experienced a shipwreck in the past, I have carried a cheap hourglass with me whenever I explore underground waterways.
The timing isn’t accurate, but it’s still better than nothing.

“Each time this hourglass is turned over, 20 minutes have passed. If it is turned over three times, an hour has passed. Do you understand what I mean?”
“If you keep flipping the hourglass, you’ll know when it’s time to leave.”

Kate opened her mouth as she gulped.

“Then can I close my eyes from now on? Until I leave?”
“You can’t go to bed right away. One of the two will have to stay awake. Monsters can approach you and you have to keep turning the hourglass.”
“Vigil!”

At the word vigil, Kate made a surprised expression. After a moment of puzzlement, she realized that Kate was a nun. She was a member of the race of nuns who had the privilege of being exempt from vigil at adventure parties.
It seemed that the time had finally come for Kate to do her justice.

“Can’t stand up? You don’t intend to wake me up alone and go to sleep without a conscience?”
“I don’t think so. I’m a woman who would do it if I had to! In fact, I haven’t even stayed up all night.”
“Have you ever had an overnight job? When?”
“I do it sometimes at church. There are times when I have to stand on watch at the confessional.
“You’re on duty at the confessional?”
“Our church’s confession room is open 24 hours a day. It’s to help the young sheep who have a story at any time. If you have a chance, Mongma-nim, come visit us. Our church is doing well.”

What kind of business is the confession room, what kind of call center is it?
Kate’s tone was absurd, but it was reassuring to know that she had ever been on duty.
It’s different from staying up all night, but isn’t staying up all night similar? However, I didn’t completely trust Kate, so I decided to keep the watch first.

“I’ll wake up first. I’ll wake you up in four hours. You can rest now.”
“Mongma-nim first? I don’t care if I go first.”
“Since there are a lot of ratmen out there, it’s better for me to stay awake now.”

Now that the territorial battle has just begun, there is no choice but to be crowded with rat men around. I’d better stay awake in case something happens in case of emergency. Kate nodded her head to see if she understood what I was saying.

“…I see. Then I’ll rest first. Can I lie down on the stone bed over there?”
“You can lie down.”

There was a stone bed in the stone chamber. The stone bed was a place where adventurers often slept, so it was relatively tidy compared to the floor. Someone even laid an old mat in place of a sheet.

“Please wake me up. I’m a deep sleeper so I can’t wake up easily.”

Kate murmured softly and lay down on the stone bed. With her puffy backpack as a pillow and her raincoat as a blanket, Kate closed her eyes.

Ratmen’s loud footsteps echoed around.
It was not an easy environment to fall asleep in, but Kate seemed to be quite tired from exploring her culverts. Is it when I turned the hourglass three times? Suddenly, Kate closed her eyes and began to breathe softly.

‘I’m glad you fell asleep quickly.’

In front of me, Kate was helplessly asleep. With each breath she took, her big breasts rose and fell. She was a boiling sight for a man, but I was able to suppress her desires even by looking at her Kate.

‘It’s a really gloomy place.’

The stone chamber in the underground waterway is not a place to vent your sexual desire at all. An unidentified contaminant clinging to the wall. The damp floor. It’s a closed space, so it’s a spooky atmosphere.
As a bonus, the strong cinnamon scent that flowed from under my nose bothered me. If we radiate sexual desire in a place like this, it seems that only terrible experiences will be left for each other.

“It’s really pretty though.”

It’s a little bit like saying instead.
I was able to appreciate the sleeping Kate more deeply than any other time. A dazzling appearance contrasted with the gloomy stone chamber. She was sleeping soundly like a really beautiful fairy.

How nice it would be if you kept your mouth shut like that.
I can’t believe that she’s keeping that perfect beauty sealed in her mouth.
Chinta who hides strength, not Chinta who hides beauty?

Squeeze!
The moment you flip the hourglass exactly twelve times.
Finally, after four hours, it was time to switch with Kate. I was able to wake her up after shaking her body pretty vigorously.

Can I rest in peace now?

*

After waking up and switching night shifts with Kate.
I lay down on the stone bed. The stone bed on which Kate had just been lying was still warm. I was strangely aroused by the bed that the blonde, busty nun had warmed with her body.

“Rest well.”
“Yes.”

After 4 hours passed, the sound of the ratmen fighting outside had faded before I knew it. It is a good time to go to sleep. But after lying on the stone bed, I couldn’t fall asleep easily.
Because I was worried about Kate, who was on watch.

‘I’m sure he’s not sleeping, is he?’

I can’t believe that Kate is awake because of her usual behavior.
If it was Kate, it seemed like she could sleep next to me for some reason.

What if Rat Man approaches while both of you are asleep? What if this hideout is discovered with a low probability? The moment I thought of it, I felt a chill, so I couldn’t sleep.
Quite a long time had passed in such a half-awake state.

How much time has passed
Kate, who was locked in silence, suddenly called me.

“Mongma-nim? Are you sleeping?”

I didn’t answer Kate. It was hard to open my mouth in a daze. Did they misunderstand my appearance as being completely asleep? Kate muttered a small mutter to herself.

“Ji, you’re really sleeping.”

After a while, I heard the sound of cloth rustling in my ears.
It was the sound of cloth brushing the hem of the nun’s uniform. The sound was getting closer and closer to me. I realized that Kate was moving closer to me.

‘What?’

Why are you approaching someone who is sleeping?
It was at this moment that I wondered. Suddenly, something soft began to touch my body. Through the feeling of brushing my skin, I noticed that it was human flesh.

‘Why are you touching me all of a sudden?’

I slowly opened my eyes and looked ahead. Kate could be seen through the small gap in her vision. Kate had her hands on her body, her cheeks red.

‘Are you going to play a joke here?’

I didn’t even know that I was trying to solve what usually happened to me.
But Kate’s hand touching me was very soft. With her thin, soft hands, Kate touched every inch of my body. It was just too much of a joke to be called a joke.

“Mongma-sama…”

As Kate whispered, she called my name. Her Kate’s hand rubbed her against my thighs and calves, then gently tugged. She didn’t notice at all that Kate was awake.

‘Sexual harassment? Am I being sexually harassed right now?!’

Kate, who was touching my lower body, raised her hand before I knew it. She was now gently touching my firm breasts with her hand. The moment her palm brushed my nipples, I felt an indescribable thrill.

A nun sexually harassing a dreamer!
This would have never happened in the history of the continent!
Now, Kate has become the first human nun to molest the dreamer.
Surprised, I want to open her head like this.

“Everything is solid.”

Kate was rubbing my chest persistently.
She was pathetically erect by her touch.
It was a stimulating touch enough to cause an erection in this gloomy stone chamber.

‘Should I dry it?’

Reason shouted at me to stop Kate.
Her instincts whispered to leave her alone. I wanted to feel Kate’s caressing hand for a longer time. While hesitating between the two crossroads, an amazing thing happened.

“Whoa.”

Kate’s breath touched my cheek.
I could see Kate’s lips getting closer and closer to my field of vision as I opened my eyes slightly.
Kate held out her red lips to me, her eyes tightly closed.
The moment my mind went blank, Kate finally laid her lips on mine. Her soft touch, the warmth of her lips made my heart race.

“Whoah.”

After kissing her shyly, Kate pulled her lips away from me.
Kate caught her breath, her cheeks turning red.
My patience exploded at that sight.

“Ke, Kate?”

I opened my eyes and looked at Kate.
At that moment, our eyes met.
Kate opened her mouth with a shocked expression.

“Sir, were you awake?!”
“Yes.”
“Ah ah ah ah ah!”

Kate pulled back behind her, shaking her body. She was the one who ran all the way and leaned against the wall of the stone chamber. However, because there are rat men, you can’t go outside. Right now, Kate was isolated with me in the stone chamber.
I sat down on the bed and opened my mouth with a puzzled expression.
Her warmth was still on my lips.

“What the hell were you doing?”

Kate replied in a hoarse voice.

“Kiss… Yo.”
“Wasn’t it just a kiss?”
“Ugh.”

At my interrogation, Kate paused her words for a moment as if her permission had been stabbed.
After calming her wildly driven breath, Kate opened her mouth.

“I was curious. I was curious about what a man’s body feels like. I’ve never been in contact with men before. Mongma-nim was lying down, so excuse me.”

Kate added her words with her head bowed.

“I wanted to kiss you too.”
“Why are you doing that with me?”

Kate leaned against her wall and kept her head down in silence.
She just stared at her floor with guilty eyes.

I couldn’t figure out what to do with this requesting blonde haired girl.
Should I ask for compensation to pay for my lips?
Or do you make fun of yourself in the same way?

It was the moment when I was in trouble.
Surprisingly, it was Kate who suggested it first.

“Let’s do this, Mongma-nim.”
“What?”
“…It’s my fault. Please touch me until the anger goes away. It’s okay to touch anywhere. Please do as Nightma-nim wants.”

Kate whispered softly in her crawling voice.

“You just have to touch it…”