Noah told the ancient story like it was his own. The weight of emotion in his calm voice pressed heavily on Rudis’s chest. Xenon too suffered in silence, his lips tightly sealed as his face contorted in pain.

“But she turned her back on those who loved her. In the end, I was the most foolish of all,” Noah said, his gaze slowly shifting toward Xenon.

“No, this man here is likely just as foolish. He stupidly handed her over to someone else—someone who would destroy her.”

Rudis faced an old wound she couldn’t begin to comprehend. She had vaguely suspected Xenon was older than he appeared, but since 200 years ago? Everything was becoming increasingly strange, and Noah was no exception.

Though the story was brief, several puzzle pieces were fitting together in Rudis’s mind. She began to understand, however faintly, Xenon’s abnormal hostility toward beast-people and Noah’s obsession with completing her treatment.

“You asked if I believe in gods. Because of that incident, I lost the deity I served,” Noah said, his eyes—resembling transparent green foliage—burning brightly with anger and sorrow. “So let’s continue the treatment, unless you have some perverse desire to repeat the past.”

Noah lifted Rudis’s chin with cold fingertips as he spoke. His face looked sharp yet sad, as though projecting himself onto someone else.

“I understand,” Rudis nodded quietly. Now that she knew the circumstances, she couldn’t bring herself to refuse.

Satisfied with her answer, Noah’s serious expression vanished like a lie, replaced by his usual cold demeanor. “Good. Since we have a guest, let’s accept his help.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than Noah opened a drawer with a sinister smile. A moment later, he held a blue rod in his hand. Rudis’s pupils shook wildly.

“What is that?” Xenon also frowned, fixing his bewildered gaze on the d*ldo.

“Treatment tool,” Noah replied, but anyone could see it was shaped like a d*ldo.

Rudis squeezed her eyes shut in embarrassment. Though it was supposedly treatment, she felt like dying of shame at Xenon discovering this already awkward situation—not to mention having to repeat the same procedure in front of him.

“You’ve been violating Rudis with this?”

Xenon glared at Noah in fury. Rudis’s face grew even redder. The shame she had tried to ignore by thinking of it as treatment became an even greater reality upon hearing the word “violation.”

“Violation? How unpleasant. This is the most optimal method devised through research. I didn’t do it because I enjoyed it. In that sense, why don’t you try administering the treatment yourself today?”

Noah sneered at Xenon.

“Don’t worry, I’ll watch carefully and guide you. Wouldn’t that be better than watching me do it?”

Xenon’s fiery eyes glared fiercely at Noah. Nevertheless, he accepted the d*ldo—or rather, the treatment tool—that Noah handed him.

“How exactly am I supposed to treat her with this?”

Xenon examined the d*ldo with a grim expression, despite agreeing with Noah’s suggestion. Noah mocked him before turning to Rudis.

“Well then, shall we begin the treatment?”

Embarrassed and not knowing where to put herself, Rudis glanced nervously at Xenon before climbing onto the table and lying face down. Though the position was no different from usual, Xenon’s presence made it all the more dizzying. Rudis repeatedly told herself it was treatment, like a mantra, but she couldn’t help her flushing face.

“You need to expose the treatment area,” Noah said in a tone that was nothing but kind—whether out of ignorance or deliberate teasing. Though Rudis was certain he knew better, she hastily lifted her skirt. She hadn’t been wearing underwear to begin with.

Upon seeing Rudis’s exposed private parts, Xenon suddenly turned and firmly grabbed Noah by the collar.

“What the hell have you done?” Xenon’s voice trembled with rage. “Why is she like that down there… you perverted bastard.”

“What are you thinking? Surely you know that all treatments can have side effects,” Noah replied nonchalantly, mocking Xenon.

Only then did Rudis remember something she had forgotten—her pubic hair had disappeared as a side effect of the treatment.

Is that really so shocking?

She wished he would spare a thought for the person lying there with everything exposed instead of wasting time grabbing Noah’s collar.

“Let’s start the treatment. You do know how to do it, don’t you?” At Noah’s brazen attitude, Xenon gritted his teeth. Still fuming, he released Noah’s collar and turned back to Rudis.

“Are you sure you’re okay with this?” Despite his earlier reaction, Xenon asked in a low, careful voice.

‘Don’t ask, just hurry up and do it.’

With her lower half completely exposed to the unusually cool breeze, Rudis squeezed her eyes shut and nodded.

“Haah…”

Xenon exhaled briefly at Rudis’s response. But when his gaze fell on her private parts, he swallowed hard, almost like he was savoring the sight—quite an intense reaction for someone who had just grabbed Noah’s collar in outrage.

“Hmph.”

Xenon carefully caressed her cl*toris. The warm body temperature she felt after so long made her skin tingle. Rudis bit her lip.

“I’ll loosen you up a bit before starting.”

No sooner had he spoken than one finger plunged into her opening. The sensation of his finger slowly and gently exploring her insides soon brought Rudis to a light climax.

“Damn. Why waste something so precious?”

As he finished speaking, Xenon buried his lips against her trembling thighs. His hot, smooth tongue licked up the flowing wetness, all while keeping his finger inside her.

“Mmm.”

Despite his words about loosening her up before starting, Xenon’s movements grew intense. His finger, curved like a hook, roughly stimulated her inner walls. His lips, which had been gradually climbing up her thighs following the flow of her fluids, finally devoured her private parts.

“Mmph.”

Xenon seemed to have forgotten that Noah was nearby. He gripped Rudis’s increasingly unstable thighs with both hands while moving his head frantically.

Rudis felt the same way. As he sucked her swollen peak into his mouth and prodded it with his pointed tongue, her vision turned white. In the midst of repeated, overwhelming climaxes, she completely forgot Noah was there. Rudis moaned, rocking her hips.

“When exactly are you planning to start the treatment?”

At the cold, sarcastic voice, Rudis jumped up in shock.

‘I’ve completely lost my mind.’

Her senses returned with lightning-like clarity. She had been doing such things with Noah watching. The realization sent chills down her spine. Belatedly overcome with shame, Rudis trembled and pushed Xenon away.

“Are you going to keep watching?”

Slowly wiping his wet mouth, Xenon’s red eyes turned toward Noah.

“Looking at the situation, I feel I absolutely must keep watch. Otherwise, the treatment might never begin,” Noah smirked, raising one corner of his mouth.

“I told you so.”

Xenon gritted his teeth as his gaze turned to Rudis. He picked up the blue d*ldo with one hand. The cold, familiar sensation rubbed roughly against Rudis’s private parts.

“I…” 

“Mmph.”

Xenon’s hand slowly pushed the d*ldo into her opening. Rudis gasped at the pressure gradually filling her inside.

“Beast. I told you not to trust them too much,” Xenon’s voice had sunk low.

His movements gradually became rougher. But perhaps because they had been intimate multiple times, Xenon knew Rudis well. Under his touch, which quickly stimulated her sensitive spots, Rudis’s body repeatedly contracted and relaxed. No matter how hard she tried to steady her breathing, it was useless. Rudis twitched, rocking her hips.

“You didn’t listen to me and now look at the state you’re in.”

Xenon seemed somehow angry. Rudis felt like he was punishing her.

‘If he had told me earlier that I could become a beast-person, I would have been more careful…’

Even as she felt indignant—how could she have known about Iska’s plans when she had been told nothing?—pleasure continued to build. Moisture flowed down her thighs. Before long, Rudis’s body arched dramatically.

Her waist bent and her thighs trembled violently. Her fingertips, which had been supporting her weight, slipped, causing her to bury her face down as she moaned, but Xenon didn’t stop. Instead, he thrust the d*ldo in more forcefully, whipping her.

“So this is the expression you were making,” a cold, chilling voice suddenly came from beside Rudis’s head.