Why Would a Holy Knight Be Afflicted with Such a Curse? - Chapter 19

But through a slight gap, what Celesto couldn’t hide under the influence of the truth serum slipped out.

“Damn it…”

At that crude word, I unconsciously crumpled the note I was holding.

“So… you got hard while thinking about doing it with me?”

“…….”

“You said there was no reason for the e******n.”

The hand covering his lips gradually tightened. It seemed he was trying to force back whatever words the truth serum might spill.

If it comes out like this, there’s a way.

I carefully chose my words. My plan was to say something so absurd that Celesto couldn’t help but object—and in doing so, make him speak on his own.

Then a good idea came to me.

“So… the moment you got back, you thought about arranging a meeting with me?”

“…….”

“You were thinking of doing something that would make it worth sending a prior appointment letter even to someone like Roarna Balsaren, who you could just show up to without notice? You came here with me?”

Unlike what I expected, Celesto didn’t speak to immediately refute me. Instead, he began using both hands to cover his mouth completely.

Watching that, words slipped out of my mouth without passing through my mind.

“You came here to do naughty things with me? I thought you called me just to talk about the curse, so I just threw on my underwear.”

“…What does underwear have to do with it?”

For some reason, Celesto asked me through the gap between his palms.

“Usually, before doing something like that, girls care about their underwear.”

“You? Doing something like that? That’s not your personality.”

“How would you know if I do or don’t, when you’ve never seen my underwear?”

“…….”

At a loss for words, Celesto squeezed his eyes shut.

Then his lips—and the truth serum still coursing through him—spilled out what Celesto had been thinking without realizing it.

“The ones I wear more often… are just better… ah, damn it.”

Celesto belatedly clamped his hands over his mouth.

“…How do you even think that when you’ve never seen a woman’s underwear?”

“…..”
“Do you usually think like that?”

He stayed silent, pressing his lips with his palms.

“Wow, I wouldn’t have guessed…”
“……”
“Well, you are Leocel’s younger brother. I guess it makes sense you might have some weird thoughts sometimes.”

“No.”

Celesto snapped, his voice tight with indignation.

“I’ve never had thoughts like this in my life. I just got curious about underwear because women’s clothes felt softer than I expected. Damn it.”

I wondered if I should tell Celesto that being curious about the underwear he wears often didn’t make him a complete pervert. Especially since his pants had been straining to contain him all this time.

Still, calling him a pervert would be too much. He’s that shocked just from me saying that Leocel’s younger brother might have naughty thoughts.

I looked at Celesto with a measure of mercy.

“So… are we going to do it today too?”

“…Yeah.”

This time, Celesto didn’t cover his lips any further, as if he knew this was a story that had to come out.

I closed my eyes and recalled the list I had prepared in the study.

What exactly was I planning to experiment with…

Like most curses, the one Celesto was under was fairly abstract.
He had to relieve his lust together with someone, share pleasure… that sort of thing.

“By the way, how did you know the details of the curse?”

“What?”

For a moment, Celesto looked a little flustered, as if the conversation had suddenly gained a layer of intellect.

“You knew what kind of curse it was and how to ease its symptoms. Who told you? Or did you find some kind of document?”

“Oh, there was a gravestone nearby. It seemed to be the medium for the curse. The name of the curse and a warning were written there too.”

“Do you remember exactly what it said?”

Celesto recalled the full text inscribed on the gravestone without much difficulty.

[Intruder, the name of the curse just inscribed upon you is the Lust Curse.
This curse stimulates human desire and amplifies sensation, eventually causing one to lose reason.
Those who wish to live with this curse for a lifetime may do so. You will bear a lust that cannot be relieved except with another, for all your days.
Those who wish to be freed from the curse must return and confess their sins, until the day God grants forgiveness.
Have you not yet made your decision?
Then take more time to consider.
How long you can endure in a state of arousal that will not subside unless shared with another is unknown.]

As soon as I read the inscription on the stone, the first impression I voiced was,

“Why does it feel like it’s practically daring us to come here?”
“Probably because it was written with that intention.”
Celesto agreed obediently.

“As I said before, the ruins in the basement were off-limits even before the chapel was moved. If you went in after approaching, it probably means you were meant to be punished.”

“Can only someone in holy service enter?”