When the Guide Stopped Playing a Villainess, the Obsession Began - Chapter 164

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Lea was a little surprised to hear that there had been a raid during the night. She had slept through it without noticing anything at all. And what surprised her even more was Zion’s condition.

“Vice Commander, did you use your ability a lot yesterday?”

He gazed fervently at Lea, who had come to his tent, then cleared his throat and muttered,

“That title ‘Vice Commander’ feels too distant.”

At his words, Lea let out a small laugh and changed how she addressed him. However, her tone that followed was deliberately strict.

“Sir Zion, you’ve been receiving regular guiding, so how could you have overused your ability so much that you’re in this state after such a short time?”

“Ah, well…”

Zion couldn’t bring himself to admit he’d been overwhelmed in the fight. The enemy elite unit commander’s lightning power had been quite formidable. Had he not managed to circulate his energy throughout his body when struck directly, he might have died.

“There are black burns all over your skin. Did you happen to face a lightning-type ability user?”

“How did you know?”

“Hmm…”

Lea remembered that in the past there had been many lightning-type ability users among the enemy. She hadn’t been particularly smart before her regression, but her survival instincts had always been sharp, so she knew the enemy’s combat power inside and out. She thought of the strongest lightning-type ability user among them.

That man, who was also connected to Bianca, was difficult to read in many ways. Though she’d only ever seen him from a distance, as someone who managed Bianca’s trading company, she knew a significant portion of its profits flowed to him.

“I’ll start guiding now.”

“Please do.”

Lying on the cot, Zion tried to sit up.

“No, please stay still.”

This time, Lea intended to give Zion a stronger guiding. After laying him down, instead of holding his hand, she drew his fingers toward her mouth and put them inside.

“Agh— Miss Lea!”

Zion blushed in surprise at the hot sensation at his fingertips, so different from usual. With his fingers held in her mouth like a piece of candy, Lea began the guiding.

Sure enough, guiding through bodily fluids transmitted energy more easily than just through skin contact. She wouldn’t have done this for any other Esper, but she trusted Zion quite a bit.

And since Zion had received skin-contact guiding for so long, she needed to raise the level of contact to provide him with a stronger guiding.

Zion felt the refreshing energy spreading to every corner of his body. The quality and volume were incomparable to any guiding he had received before.

He felt as if his body were breaking into tiny pieces and being reassembled. The sensation of being reborn with a new body was frightening, yet also filled him with anticipation.

While receiving guiding, he couldn’t take his eyes off Lea. With his fingers in her mouth and her serious expression as she guided, he simply couldn’t look away.

It truly felt like a dreamlike scene.

Zion gazed up at Lea, mouth open in awe. Watching her guiding so intently with her eyes closed, improper thoughts filled his mind.

But he didn’t have the courage to act on them. He knew well to whom Lea’s heart was directed. That was why, above all else, he was afraid she might hate him.

Moreover, Zion still felt indebted to her. If she hadn’t reached out to him first, he would still be serving Bianca.

All his complicated thoughts were soon swept away by the changes occurring inside his body. A strange, unfamiliar energy was being generated within him.

“Kgh…”

The unfamiliar energy and the overwhelming guiding almost consumed Zion, so he forced himself to stay alert.

He could feel sweat pouring from his body as he sensed the new energy forming inside him and tried to control it. Then, at some point, the raging energy suddenly calmed.

Like a stormy sea becoming still as if nothing had happened, the wild energy inside him became docile all at once.

“Haa…”

A sigh of relief escaped Zion. Before he knew it, the fingers that had been in her mouth were now neatly lowered. He slowly turned his gaze to Lea, who was quietly watching him.