Chapter 2.1

When she opened her eyes, she was alone in the room. The day had already ended and a full moon was shining brightly in the sky. As if telling her to eat, cold porridge and medicine were placed on the table.

〈 Cold Egg Porridge 〉

– The result of Ray’s dedicated alchemy for Sera who had fainted and wouldn’t wake up. The taste cannot be guaranteed. Eating too much might cause stomach pain.

〈 Painkiller 〉

– Medicine made by a physician. An ordinary pill commonly available from physicians. Has pain-relieving effects.

Lying on the bed, she blankly looked at the system’s descriptions of objects before closing her eyes. If he was going to give it anyway, he should have put the medicine in her hand before leaving.

She understood the feeling of wanting to give both illness and medicine, but she really didn’t want to move. Every joint in her body felt like it was being pricked by needles, and even the slightest movement brought excruciating pain as if her lower body would fall apart.

She really didn’t want to get up. But she had to take the medicine, so she had no choice but to reluctantly pull the blanket and roll her body.

“Ugh.”

A groan escaped from the pain. She buried her face in the pillow while whimpering, then gathered her resolve and raised her upper body.

She would take back what she said about this game being realistic. At least her first experience in real life had been manageable enough to walk afterward.

“Kyaah!”

As soon as she put her trembling legs on the floor and tried to stand with effort, her knees buckled and her body immediately collapsed to the floor. She felt like she was going to die. She couldn’t even think of getting up, so she crawled to where the table was while groaning.

Still, after swallowing the medicine, her physical condition improved rapidly. She swallowed all the medicine and water together, then sprawled out on the floor.

She looked at the bright moon visible outside the window. It was a picture-perfect night sky. Not just the sky, but seeing how her body was abnormally painful from just having s*x, or how she quickly felt better after swallowing one pill, this place was indeed a world inside a game.

After lying like that for a while, she raised her body. The hem of the clothes she was wearing slipped down smoothly, revealing her chest. Her eyes widened at the marks that were revealed.

“Huh….”

Kiss marks that definitely weren’t visible when she put on clothes were imprinted here and there.

〈 Kiss Marks 〉

– Traces that Ray ‘carefully’ made while Sera was sleeping. They will completely disappear in three days.

No need to explain….

When you fixed your gaze on objects and had questions, explanations would appear – this was common to all virtual reality games. As she lightly looked around, descriptions of objects came up one by one.

〈 Window 〉

– An ordinary window. There’s a possibility that Sera will have s*x here while exposing her chest.

〈 Chair 〉

– An ordinary chair. There’s a possibility that Sera will be tied here and punished or sexually tormented.

〈 Table 〉

– An ordinary round table. Who knows what Sera might be subjected to lying here.

〈 Bed 〉

– A bed that tried to emphasize its fluffiness. When you’re on it with Sera, it has excellent stamina recovery effects, but unfortunately it has no effect on Sera. So rest well when you can get proper rest.

Why are all the descriptions like this?

Her eyes naturally narrowed into slits. After staring intently at the bed’s description, she moved in front of the mirror. She turned slightly and gently lifted the cloth covering her b*ttocks. Even in the dark room lit only by moonlight, severe bruises were visible enough to notice.

〈 Bruises 〉

– Traces from Sera being punished by Ray for dawdling. Recovery will likely take a week. Actually, Ray was planning to hit her a good thirty times.

If three hits left such clear bruises, wouldn’t thirty hits kill me?

She closed and opened her eyes to clear the description window from her view and approached the door. She planned to explore the surroundings briefly. However, the door’s description was ominous.

〈 Door 〉

– Who knows what misunderstanding might arise if you go out. Let’s not open it.

Still, it was night now. Since no sounds could be heard, she thought it might be okay and reached for the doorknob. Then another system window appeared.

〈 Would you like to skip the tutorial? 〉

〈 When the tutorial ends, Deliwood’s blessing effect will disappear. 〉

“Huh.”

She hadn’t obtained the choker yet. She didn’t know what would happen if she skipped, but for now, favorability came first. She shouldn’t go near the door for a while.

She returned to the bed and lay down. Around that time, she felt something strange. For having had such wild s*x, her skin was surprisingly smooth.

Was this a game’s adjustment? Or had Ray washed me? 

Normally it would be the former, but seeing how Ray coveted her body like this, somehow it seemed like it might be the latter.

No, whether it was the former or latter, where in the world does the target you need to raise favorability with during a tutorial disappear?

* * *

“Sera.”

“Mmmmph….”

“Sera.”

“Mmmmph!”

She seemed to have slept for almost 24 hours. She had slept enough, but still felt quite unpleasant when someone tried to wake her up. She irritably pulled the blanket over her head and lay with her back to the direction where she felt a presence. Then the blanket was suddenly pulled away and cool air enveloped her body.

Even so, she couldn’t resist the overwhelming sleepiness and buried her face in the pillow. Then, Ray’s voice was heard once more.

“Sera.”

“Huh!”

She suddenly came to her senses. She quickly raised her body and looked at the clock visible behind Ray – the clock hands were already pointing to 8:35. She had overslept.

This is strange!

Where in the world is there a game where you have to wake up on your own!

“Se…”

“I’m sorry!”

She quickly bowed her upper body deeply. It seemed better to apologize first. But even after staying like that for a while, there was no response. Something felt strange, so she slowly raised her head, and she could see Ray’s expression frozen like ice.

It was terrifying! How wrong could oversleeping be? Especially when the only thing I was supposed to do was have s*x.

She had such rebellious thoughts inside, but when Ray called her, she answered politely.

“Sera.”

“Yes, Master.”

“…..”

He silently stared at her quietly. Then, around the time she tilted her head in question, a system window informed her of his condition.

〈 Ray is wary of you. 〉

Suddenly? Was oversleeping such a problem that he’d be wary?

〈 It is presumed that he is being wary because he finds the heart palpitations when looking at Sera strange. 〉

What? Is that supposed to make sense…. No, that’s not the problem right now. Don’t be strangely wary!

It was what’s commonly called the ‘denial phase of falling for someone’ – a sign of affection. From playing various games, she knew that people became a bit strange during this time. They might suddenly confine someone or say harsh words. In Ray’s case, he might hit her under the guise of play, so she had to be submissive for now.

Although she liked spanking and especially loved being penetrated while getting her b*ttocks hit, the pain in this place was murderous. She didn’t want to deliberately get hit.

〈 Ray’s wariness is being lifted. 〉

While she was recalling various experiences and making a solemn resolution, Ray’s wariness quickly dissolved. It was good, but she strangely felt like she was being toyed with.

Ray let out a long sigh and sat on the edge of the bed. Then he grabbed her slender chin and lifted it. Since it was a situation where she had no choice but to make eye contact, she bit the inside of her lips lightly.

“It would be good to breathe.”

“Hup.”

At his signal, she unconsciously continued the breathing she had stopped. As her mouth opened, saliva that had pooled in her mouth unintentionally flowed down her chin.

Ray rubbed the liquid that touched his fingers on her chin, then smiled and asked.

“Is your body okay?”

Oh my, to think you’re worried about me. Your grace is truly overwhelming.

“I’m happy that you prepared medicine for me, Masyer. Ah, that’s not it – it doesn’t hurt anymore now.”

“Not hurt my foot, your whole body is red and swollen. I’ll have medicine prepared, so lie down.”

“Eh?”

No, no, no?

“But it doesn’t hurt?”

“There’s no need to endure it here. When I questioned the Earl last night, he told me. He said you’ve had a weak body since birth.”

“No, that’s not it, really….”

If my body had turned red, wouldn’t it just be because he was handsome? By the way, did you go to the Earl’s house just for that one thing? And if you were going to tell me to sleep anyway, why did you wake me up? With only 6% favorability, anyone would think you actually love your slave.

She grumbled to herself internally. Unable to wait any longer, Ray laid her body back down and covered her with the blanket up to her chin.