…Xenon?

Even with his features completely covered, there was no mistaking him. With that red hair and sleek physique, he could only be Xenon—the only person in the village with such distinctive traits.

His body is really impressive though.

Rudis instinctively swallowed hard. While his broad shoulders and balanced physique were noticeable even in his usual neat attire, seeing him curled up in a half-undressed state with clothes torn in places felt utterly surreal. Especially his firm chest and shoulders, which looked even more striking under the soft flowing cave light.

To be tied up like that.

Once again, she felt certain this was a female-oriented game. One with a director who had quite dangerous tastes.

“Is someone there? Haah. Please help me.”

Xenon groaned painfully, rubbing his body against the floor. His roughly broken voice sounded strangely erotic.

‘I’ll save you!’

Moving instinctively before stopping abruptly, Rudis’s brow furrowed. She couldn’t believe the undeniable presence she was seeing.

‘Wait, is that thing… standing up?’

Rudis was bewildered.

It seemed like the plea for help wasn’t coming from the bound Xenon, but from that prominently er*ect… something.

And it’s only half-covered… Considering the skin glistening with cold sweat, the veins bulging on his forearms, and his labored, panting voice, this felt like something she shouldn’t acknowledge. The scene was so provocative that merely watching made her feel guilty.

Still, after all the rapport she’d built with Xenon, if he knew she’d seen him like this, wouldn’t it make things awkward between them? That seemed like a perfectly reasonable concern in this urgent situation.

“Hnngh. Ahh, is nobody there?”

Meanwhile, Xenon’s voice grew more desperate. His low, panting breaths mixed with his plea became impossible to ignore any longer.

“What on earth happened here?”

Finally, Rudis pinched her nose and answered. Had her amateur attempt to disguise her voice worked? Xenon called out desperately.

“I don’t, haah, know either. I heard someone found the ‘Sparkler’ and came out, but suddenly… The people who kidnapped me did something strange to me.”

So the thieves who stole the ‘Sparkler’ did something to Xenon? Rudis narrowed her eyes, staring at his prominently er*ect area.

“This is truly shame-, hnngh, less of me, but please help.”

Rudis swallowed a sigh. Once someone asked for help, she couldn’t ignore them. Though no new system window had appeared, this situation was likely a necessary step in the quest to recover the ‘Sparkler.’

‘This is a quest. A proper quest. Not some sub-quest asking me to pick up trash, but a main quest essential to story progression. I must complete it.’

But still, that…

While she hesitated, unable to look away from the impressively er*ect area, Xenon licked his roughened lips and spoke with a strained voice.

“I am, hnngh, Xenon, who runs the tavern in this village. Haah. If you help me, I will provide appropriate compensation.”

“Um, would it help if I escorted you back to the village?”

Though the problem was obviously not that simple, Rudis deliberately played ignorant.

“I’m sorry, but I, haah, can’t move because of my, hup, condition down there. Please… if you help me, I swear on my life I won’t compromise a lady’s honor.”

Seeing Xenon’s desperate expression—one she’d never witnessed before—Rudis squeezed her eyes shut before opening them again.

There’s really no avoiding this.

“Well then…”

Reluctantly, Rudis carefully positioned herself next to the prominently er*ect area. His hands and feet looked painful in their tight bindings, but she couldn’t untie them. Though he seemed to be barely maintaining his rationality now, Xenon was clearly in heat. Freeing him now would likely cause bigger problems. In this situation, staying bound might be better—for both of them.

“Excuse me.”

No sooner had Rudis carefully lowered his waistband than the angry flesh column sprang up.

‘Wow. That’s no joke.’

Though she’d anticipated this, actually seeing it made the entire situation feel unreal to Rudis. The size was enough to make anyone realize this couldn’t be reality.

Thinking that way actually made her feel more at ease. Though the age rating seemed to have suddenly changed, this was still inside a game. This situation was simply part of story progression. Nothing more.

Just completing a quest.

Rudis boldly grabbed the heated flesh column.

“Ahh!”

Is this how I do it? Moving it up and down didn’t seem to help. She could only feel the veins on the flesh column pulsing. Xenon, now drenched in cold sweat enough to soak his clothes, showed no particular reaction.

Despite Rudis’s lack of s*xual experience, the increasingly red and sensitive area that seemed to burn hotter by the second began to worry her.

“Are you… alright? It looks painful…”

“I’m truly, haah… sorry, hnngh, but perhaps with your mouth… Ahh.”

So it was painful after all…

This was her first time doing such a thing, so it made sense. But asking her to use her mouth…

‘Whatever. I just need to finish this quickly.’

After much hesitation, Rudis opened her mouth wide and engulfed the flesh column.

“Hnngh. Haah.”

When she took the gl*ns into her mouth and rubbed it against her inner cheek, Xenon’s waist trembled. His tightly clenched, defined abs, the protruding veins around them, and his gasps that sounded like he might stop breathing at any moment.

Everything was breathtakingly erotic. Whether because the genre had suddenly changed or not, Rudis’s breathing also began to intensify. She felt herself getting wet down below. As the act continued, her face grew hotter, her erotic breathing grew louder, but there seemed to be no sign of climax.

“Um… are we still far from finishing?”

‘Am I that unskilled?’

“That’s… haah… not it.”

In response to her slightly pouty yet cautious question, Xenon struggled to regulate his breathing before stammering.

“I was… hnngh… trying to say I wanted to use my mouth on you…”

“What?”

Rudis blinked in astonishment. No matter how hastily she had acted, she never imagined such a response.

“Why on earth would you want that?”

“…It’s my preference.”

Unlike his labored panting until now, his voice was strangely clear, distinct, and even resolute. But Rudis, shocked by his answer, failed to notice this difference and fell into confusion.

Pre-preference?

For a moment, Rudis’s mind raced in complexity. And after quite some time, when she finally understood the exact meaning of his words, her face burned hot.

‘Oh my. He must be crazy.’

Completely forgetting her own indecent actions until now, Rudis blamed only Xenon while trying to cool her burning cheeks.

“Please, haah. I think that’s the only way I can climax.”

‘What should I do?’

Learning the secret preference of the clean-cut Xenon, Rudis’s mind went blank for a moment. She felt like everything went dark and she couldn’t breathe.

“Please…”

Xenon’s labored, panting voice echoed again. His plea, mixed with low breaths, penetrated Rudis’s ears.

“Just… just a moment.”

Rudis’s pupils shook rapidly. She understood the urgency, but she needed time to think.

“Ti-time…”

Xenon’s voice carried desperation, suggesting there was no room for further delay.

“What?!”

Belatedly coming to her senses at his words, Rudis hurriedly checked the time.

[It’s getting late. You will be forced to sleep at 2 AM.]

The familiar system window appeared. Rudis’s heart sank.

It’s already 1:58 AM? Already?

‘How long have I been doing this? This is crazy.’

‘I must have been completely absorbed…’

Just as she was about to recall the previous erotic atmosphere, Rudis shook her head. This wasn’t the time. Only 2 minutes remained. In just 2 minutes, she would be forcibly removed from this place. Rudis made a quick decision.

‘I need to untie Xenon first. So he can at least hide, even if he can’t escape.’

“There’s no time. I’m going to untie your hands now, but you absolutely must not remove your blindfold. Can you promise that?”

“…Yes. I promise.”

A low and serious answer came in response to Rudis’s urgent question. She took a small knife from her bag and hastily began cutting the bindings.

1:59 AM.

“Count slowly to 100 before removing your blindfold. Understood?”

“Yes. I’ll do that. One, two, three…”

[Forced sleep initiated.]

With the final image of Xenon seemingly licking his lips, Rudis’s vision faded to black.