“I will reach out, so you simply need to take my hand, High Priest.”
Grey, who had returned to the bedroom, said as he extended his hand toward Raha. Raha’s eyes instinctively drifted to the hand thrust in front of him.
Considering the possibility that Edrion might still be unable to perform the treatment, Raha had just torn off a piece of bread and put it in his mouth to finish his meal before Grey arrived, so he was caught off guard by Grey’s return and sudden behavior.
To put it plainly, Grey—the very man who used to despise touching High Priest Raha more than anyone else—was now personally extending his hand, leaving Raha blinking his eyes in utter astonishment.
Raha stared blankly at Grey’s outstretched hand while quietly chewing and swallowing the bread in his mouth.
“Why aren’t you taking it?”
“……”
“Don’t tell me you dislike touching me, High Priest.”
“Well… um…”
Raha swallowed the bread with some effort and looked up at him.
It was Grey who used to find the act of holding hands for the rampage-suppression treatment absolutely repugnant.
Because of that, when Raha first had to treat him after setting his survival goals in this world, he had deliberately come up with the method of releasing his light attribute into the entire room just to avoid upsetting Grey even a little bit.
‘I went through all that effort, and yet he’s the one extending his hand first?’
He couldn’t fathom what had brought on this change of heart, but right now, Grey seemed to dislike the idea of his hand being rejected even more.
Ultimately, Raha reached out and firmly grasped the offered hand.
In that instant, Grey’s shoulders flinched slightly.
‘If he hates it that much, why bother forcing it?’
Raha channeled his light attribute into their clasped hands and began to untangle Grey’s wildly chaotic attribute waves.
‘Well, considering how badly they’re tangled, I suppose it makes sense.’
Seeing how excessively distorted the attribute waves were, Raha could somewhat understand why Grey had turned back to find him.
Though he didn’t know the exact details, carrying attribute waves this severely tangled would mean experiencing periodic pain worse than having one’s bones scraped.
Believing that this agonizing pain was the sole reason Grey had swallowed his pride to hold hands with a man he loathed, Raha felt a sudden desire to do his best and get it over with as quickly as possible.
Therefore, while swiftly unraveling the attribute waves through their joined hands, he also began to project his aura out into the space around his body.
Feeling the sudden shift in the surrounding energy, Grey looked down at Raha and arched an eyebrow slightly.
“Why are you pouring your power outside?”
“Ah, to finish it more quickly for you.”
“……”
“Since, well… you dislike touching me so much.”
At Raha’s words, Grey’s eyes twitched slightly as if something about the statement displeased him.
He then tilted his head slightly and spoke.
“I do not particularly dislike it, so stop letting it spill outward, High Priest.”
When Raha looked up at him with a bewildered expression, Grey knitted his brows slightly and continued.
“I heard that indiscriminately squandering your attribute like this places a heavy burden on your body. I do not wish for you to push yourself to that extent just to expedite my treatment.”
“Ah…”
Raha was momentarily taken aback by the unexpectedly caring tone.
Since he was told to withdraw the external light attribute, he pulled it back and focused entirely on treating Grey through their joined hands.
However…
“Um, Duke Grey.”
Staring directly below Grey’s waist, Raha’s face gradually froze completely rigid.
“Why are you… standing like that?”
From his seated position, Grey’s groin was directly in his line of sight, making it impossible not to notice.
The unmistakable, prominent bulge swelling beneath the fabric of his trousers left Raha deeply flustered.
“Uh? Why is it…”
Even Grey, the owner of the erect penis, looked down at his own groin with an expression of sheer embarrassment, appearing utterly at a loss.
Raha recalled that the rampage-suppression treatment naturally induced a certain degree of pleasurable sensation.
He wondered if that biological trigger was the reason Grey’s penis had stiffened so intensely.
‘Well, it’s a purely physiological response. I suppose it doesn’t matter how much he despises or loathes the person in front of him.’
While trying his best to rationalize Grey’s sudden erection, Raha felt an intense gaze boring into him.
He lifted his head to find Grey’s eyes locked onto his chest.
Instinctively, Raha looked down at himself.
Although he had wrapped the blanket securely around his body, one side of his chest had slipped free and remained fully exposed.
Raha used his free hand to pull the blanket tightly around his torso once more, intent on covering himself up properly.
In that exact moment, Grey reached out his hand and touched the very breast that had been on display.
More specifically, he extended his index finger and pressed firmly against the nipple, which was still noticeably swollen from Teore’s relentless biting and sucking.
“Hng.”
Raha let out a low groan at the sudden contact, causing Grey to flinch sharply at the sound, despite being the one who had initiated the touch.
Even so, Grey did not stop rubbing Raha’s nipple.
Raha watched in utter bewilderment as Grey’s bulge swelled even more noticeably in response to the friction against his chest.
“W-What are you…”
“It seems we ought to elevate the stage of the treatment.”
“Pardon?”
“May I see?”
“See what?”
“Whether you are in a condition to take my penis.”
For a split second, Raha genuinely thought he had misheard.
That was until Grey released his hand, leaned his upper body forward, and abruptly slid his hand beneath the blanket.
“I want to check the hole.”
“What? Ah… hng…”
The moment the words left Grey’s mouth, his fingers pushed directly between Raha’s buttocks, pressing firmly against the opening that was still painfully raw.
“It’s swollen.”
“Ugh…”
‘That bastard Teore, just how many times did he do it?’
Grey clicked his tongue, drawing his fingers out and straightening his posture once more.
Raha blinked his eyes rapidly, completely unable to process the situation.
No matter how much he thought about it, the scenario made absolutely no sense.
For a man who claimed to utterly loathe him to casually touch his backside, let alone declare an intention to insert his penis there…
Granted, Raha had harbored his own hidden ambition to sleep with all five of the novel’s targets at least once before making his escape, but having things progress in this entirely unprompted, chaotic direction didn’t feel like a favorable turn of events.
“Still, a mere handshake will not suffice. As you can see, the High Priest is the cause of this condition.”
Grey let out a soft, amused sigh as he looked down at his own groin.
He was likely experiences a painful level of arousal and felt a desperate urge to find release.
Once a body reached that level of excitement, there was really no better remedy than draining it completely.
Raha pondered the situation for a brief moment.
Since he had already resolved to sleep with each of them eventually, this was objectively an excellent opportunity.
Of course, his primary desire had been to start with Hayden, but since Hayden’s treatment had been completed just yesterday, he wouldn’t have another opening with him until next week.
‘Maybe it’s actually better to kick things off with Grey instead…’
Raha stared at Grey’s lower half, which was tenting his trousers so stiffly it looked ready to tear through the fabric.
‘But I can’t take it inside right now. It looks far from small, and besides…’
He had been tormented far too severely by Teore throughout the night.
Just the light touch of Grey’s fingers against his opening had sent a sharp, stinging pain through him.
Performing full intercourse right now was out of the question.
‘Then… with my mouth.’
Since he wasn’t entirely skilled at performing oral sex yet, he figured this would be a perfect opportunity to practice using his mouth first.
In the original novel, all five male leads were virgins, which meant the Grey standing before him was still completely inexperienced.
A virgin receiving oral sex for the first time would hardly have the mental composure to judge whether his technique was good or bad.
Lifting his gaze to meet Grey’s eyes, he asked, “I can do it with my mouth for you.”
Ultimately, the treatment relied on physical contact between any parts of the body, and the more sensitive the points of contact, the greater the synergistic effect.
Therefore, even without full penetration, a session of oral sex would undoubtedly yield a high quality of treatment.
“However, I feel we ought to inform the Grand Duke about this beforehand.”
Raha offered an awkward smile as he spoke.
If Teore were to suddenly barge in while he was sucking Grey’s penis, it would lead to an incredibly complicated situation.
At those words, Grey stared at him intently for a moment before raising his hand and snapping his thumb and middle finger with a sharp click.
