Chapter 35 – 35. Corporal Punishment

“When we first started chasing the witch by ourselves, we thought she would die…… She was able to decapitate it thanks to her lucky encounter with her witch, who was full of holes.”

So said Elesis, and she laid out her saga, how she had been bestowed with this church, and how she had managed to catch the witch.

The more she listened to the details, the more it became clear that she wasn’t just an achievement thief who obsessed over her master’s achievements.

But…….

‘I can’t imagine that he would have accomplished that feat if it wasn’t for Master.’

As her newest paladin, the reason she was able to slay her witch was 99% thanks to her master. If it hadn’t been for Master, the army targeting the fire witch would have killed her witch, and the reward would have been torn apart by the number of people.

Considering the story that a subjugation party consisting of only paladins failed to hunt witches before the army went out and suffered considerable damage, it is also questionable whether the army really succeeded in hunting witches.

It was all thanks to Master that the fire witch was there by chance, and that she was so distracted that she couldn’t pay attention to Elesis.

If so, wouldn’t the owner of this church also be Master? How much authority do I, the legitimate disciple, have?

As soon as I thought that, my attitude began to become arrogant in an instant.

“…… John? Why all of a sudden?”
“Now that I think about it, I don’t think there’s any reason for me to go low.”
“What do you mean…… Well, anyway, the reason I asked to borrow some time was none other than—this.”

Saying that, Elesis took out a necklace from her bosom. A necklace with too fancy decorations for a priest to carry.

In the past, there was a large jewel in the middle. Now, where did the jewel in the center go? It was empty.

“What, where did the jewelry go?”
“Here it is. I did as he said, and it broke right away.”

Saying that, she took out a jewel that had been cut in half from her bosom. It was a beautiful jewel with no flaws, but when it was broken like this, it looked like a toy made of glass art.

It seemed that the value had hit rock bottom, but it didn’t seem like Elesis, who was a cleric by name, brought it out to argue about that…….

“At that time, he told them to hold this and pray if something harmed them. I did, and at that moment the jewel shattered.”

“…… Okay?”

“Yeah, I was going to ask this. Have I done my duty with this? Or did my grip break because it was too strong?”

“Well….”

I don’t know either. But Master’s disciple has the prestige, she couldn’t bring it up. After she eventually got her necklace and jewelry handed over from her, she spoke casually.

“Let’s ask Master.”
“Okay. Will you do that?”
“Is this all you ask?”
“Ah, but I have one more thing to say.”
“What?”

After collecting her necklace, Elesis opened her mouth with a stiff expression.

“If you’ve done your duty, you don’t owe me your life anymore—the next time we meet, we’ll be enemies. The witch’s apprentice.”

“…… No, isn’t it normal to talk about things like that after the confirmation is over? What if I deceive you that my duty is not done?”

“That, that…….”

“Tell me honestly, is it because you don’t want to fight with Master? To relieve the guilt by letting me say that I still have an obligation…….”

“…… Just go back.”

As if stabbed to the point, Elesis kicked me out right away. After being kicked out of the church, I realized that more time had passed than I thought.

So, originally, it was time to have breakfast by now. If you include the time to go back and prepare breakfast, you will be able to start eating much later than usual.

‘Master must be hungry.’

I urged Margaret to quickly return to the cabin. To my surprise, in the morning, the weak master woke up alone and was sitting at the table.

“Master? Did you wake up? I’ll prepare breakfast soon…….”
“John.”
“Yes? Yes. What happened…”
“Come on.”

I tilted my head and walked closer to her. When his name was called, he approached me like a pet.

And as if Master really thought of me as a pet, Master hugged me tightly as I approached. As I was pulled into her arms by the irresistible beauty, Master buried her head in the nape of my neck and took a deep breath.

“Write- ha, write… Ha.”
“S, Master?”
“Stay still.”
“Yes Yes….”

After holding her breath for a while, Master must have found something disturbing, so she stopped holding her breath for a moment and began to stare at me.

“John.”
“Yep…”
“Where did you come from and what did you do?”
“Ah, going to the city to buy food…….”
“I see. But why does it smell like another woman?”

Unsure of the smell of another woman, I tilted my head and asked if it was Margaret’s.

Master then looked up at me with lifeless eyes.

“I see, Yohan is trying to fool even Master.”
“No, not like that, really…… I’ve never had that…….”
“So you’re saying this master is lying?”
“That, isn’t it…… Wouldn’t it?”
“You mean that Yohan lied to me?”
“Uh……Will that happen?”

Something was strange, but since it was what Master said, there was nothing wrong with it. When I nodded, Master quickly got up and led me to my room.

As I was being dragged by her, I paused and looked at the table.

“Oh, that, I need to prepare breakfast…….”
“Do it later.”
“But…….”
“Is breakfast important now? John, did you deceive me?”
“No, that- not deceiving… Oh, did you cheat? What?”

My head was dizzy. I couldn’t think properly. As if it had been swallowed up by something, my head wasn’t working properly.

In the midst of such confusion, Master swung at me with a firm will.

“Should I be punished?”
“Punishment…… Uh, bee… Should I get it?”
“Isn’t it common sense to be punished for doing something wrong?”
“It is, but…… Did I do something wrong?”
“…… So you’re saying it wasn’t your fault trying to trick Master?”
“It is wrong. Wrong. Master.”

After admitting that, I felt my head cool. Master’s words are the truth, and since I did wrong to Master, I had to follow what she said…… !

However, I was terribly afraid of getting sick—I opened my mouth cautiously.

“That, Master…….”
“Why?”
“Because I hate being sick…… Please, as a painless punishment…….”
“…… Are you in a position to ask for something like that?”
“Ah, that’s right. Wasn’t that supposed to be? Then I will cancel.”

Perhaps it was thanks to the fact that I said that I would be punished, Master looked at me with an expression that seemed absurd.

However, he succeeded in leading me into the room. Trembling in fear of what kind of punishment I would receive, and closing my eyes, I felt myself lifted up and thrown onto the bed.

Feeling the soft mattress holding me up, I carefully open my eyes. Is this a punishment? What gets thrown on the bed?

Very unfortunately, it wasn’t. On top of me who was thrown onto the bed- Master got on. Thanks to jumping like a jump, if I hadn’t given strength in advance, I would have let out a groan without realizing it.

“…… John?”
“I didn’t think anything strange. Really.”
“What? What is that all of a sudden…… Done Should I be punished?”
“…… Yes.”
“Don’t be so nervous. Punishment—because this is it.”

Chook-.

As Master approached me, she dropped her head and kissed the nape of my neck. After kissing him, Master blushed and began to tremble.

“Uh, how are you? You should stay here with me all day today! And then you’ll cover all the other girls’ smells on your body!”

“Ha, all day!?”

“Okay! All day!”

“Bar, can’t you eat?”

“… Yes. I can’t eat.”

“A bathroom too?”

“Yeah, I can’t go— no! They say that such a pretty and lovely teacher will stay with them all day long! Can’t you just react like that!?”

“But…… Are you earning this? You can’t like being punished…….”

“Ah- that’s right.”

It was common sense to suffer while being punished, but Master seemed to want me to be happy while being punished.

It doesn’t pay off, though.

Master must have realized it belatedly, and instead of scratching his cheek, he kissed the nape of his neck again. He couldn’t believe that he was the same person who fainted from being kissed on the cheek just a few days ago.

On the other side- Every time I get a full body kiss from Master, whenever those soft lips touch my body, my heart starts beating fast. Burning lust aroused excitement.

“Master.”
“Yes?”
“I got an erection.”
“Uh huh? Go, what is that all of a sudden…….”
“It’s so painful that I want to eat Master right now, but I have to endure it, right? It’s a punishment.”
“Ah, I guess I won’t have to put up with that…….”
“Yes? But shouldn’t it be punished by suffering like this? If that happens, it’s not a punishment, it’s a reward, right? I will be patient.”
“Oh no- that…… Yes. Be patient. Endure it to the end.”

When I said that I was suffering from an erection, Master began to feel depressed for some reason. Was it so painful to punish the disciple?

I couldn’t stay still as a disciple when I saw Master suffering even from punishing a disciple who had committed a mistake.

“Master! Do not worry! This disciple, no matter how hard it is! No matter how excited you are! I will never lay a hand on Master!”

“No, if it’s too hard, you don’t have to……”

“No! Even if your balls explode and you die! To Master!! Never!!! I will not touch you!!!”

After I shouted, Master let out a full sigh and buried her head in the nape of my neck.

Master, who had been sucking at the nape of her neck her while glaring at me, was sucking at the nape of her neck her to the point where it hurt.

It hurt, but I could bear it.

* * *

Next day.

As the day dawned and I came to my senses, I realized that I had been insane yesterday.