Synopsis of the story so far:
The Azure Saints are in constant conflict with a group of green-skinned monsters called the Verdigris. But when one particular Verdigris accidentally gropes Saint Cerulea, strange urges are awoken in her.
To satisfy these urges, Saint Cerulea is making the Verdigris 'take responsibility'. She now visits them regularly, searching for a 'cure' to this strange 'illness' causing her sexual urges.
Go'suke, the small Verdigris taking charge of the cure, just wants to help. But if he cures her, he knows she'll have no more reason to visit him. And every time he thinks about her leaving, his heart aches for some reason.
He is only a lowly monster, but he has developed feelings for one of the city's heroes! To squash down his feelings, he tries to focus on improving his experiments.
However, rather than curing her, the experiments have only been getting more pleasurable lately. Will she come to her senses before getting addicted to the pleasure? Will anyone else notice as her behavior becomes increasingly strange?
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# Cerulea
I returned to Go'suke's workshop like usual. But today he seemed a bit more excited than usual.
"I have finally completed it! My magnum opus!"
"Ooh, very cool," I said, walking around the piles of paper and books.
Every time I came, it seemed there was more stuff cluttered here. Old inventions and reference books were haphazardly piled up onto different tables.
Walking further into the cave workshop, I came to the table he stood by. His main work table was completely empty.
Looking down at his work table. I stared intently, but couldn't seem to see what he was working on.
I twisted my head, looking at the empty table from several angles. But I couldn't see anything on the table.
Was it invisible?
"Uhm... Lea? What are you looking at?"
"Hm? You said you finally completed it right? What is it though?"
I stared intently at the top of the table, jumping to different sides to look at it from different angles. But no matter how much I stared, I couldn't see anything.
"Uhm... I finished it a while ago. It's over here, there's nothing over there..."
As I stared at the empty tabletop, I felt my face suddenly go flush in embarrassment.
"Haha, of course! Haha, I'm just joking. Ha! Invisible items? As if! Right? Haha..."
"Invisibility? That's brilliant!" Go'suke suddenly exclaimed. "Wait no! I can't get distracted! Let me just show you what I made..."
Go'suke brought me over to another table, pulling out a small vial of liquid from it.
"I've engineered a modification for your Saint's Bracelet. Your bracelet stores the magic for your Saint Suit, and can automatically equip your battle suit. So you always wear it right?"
"Yeah, sure."
Those words certainly sounded like something Aoi might say to explain things. And I was indeed always wearing the Saint's Bracelet. Even when I slept, I was wearing it.
"So basically, I've created an artificial monster that will be able to utilize the potential magical energy inside. And it will automatically perform certain actions depending on your circumstances, just like the Saint's Bracelet already does. Except in our case, we will have it satisfying your sexual urges."
I nodded, not really understanding. "Okay, let's try it out then!"
"I'm glad you understand..." Go'suke nodded, suddenly serious. "With this, you will have no reason to return here... This invention will accomplish everything my experiments were doing..."
I didn't really understand why he was getting all serious. But it looked like he was continuing the experiment.
Go'suke slowly handled the vial of liquid, and I could see multicolored sparks in the black sludge. Blue, red, yellow, and purple flashed beneath the surface. It would almost look like a rainbow if it wasn't steeped in the black sludge around it.
"With the power of all the chromatic sects combined..." Go'suke whispered under his breath.
I held up my wrist, and he gently tipped the vial over onto the bracelet.
A single small drop of fluid fell, splashing onto the silver-blue metal of the bracelet.
The black rainbow sludge spread out, completely covering the bracelet in an instant.
And then it was gone, absorbed into the bracelet. With the familiar silver-blue hue once more covering the surface of the bracelet.
"Did it do anything?" I asked, tilting my head.
< Recalculating... >
A robot voice spoke up from the bracelet.
"Oh? It's never done that before... I think."
< Recalculating... >
< Recalculating... >
The robotic voice repeated the same line over and over.
"I think it's supposed to do this..." Go'suke nodded.
< New instructions found. Would you like to recompile and update to version number- ERROR. >
"Uhm... Yes?" Go'suke said aloud.
A blue box appeared in front of me with two options.
< Yes > or < Yessssss >
I clicked the first one. That other option just seemed weird.
< Approval Confirmed. >
< Now updating to version number- ERROR. >
< Please do not turn off the device. >
< Recompiling... >
< Recompiling... >
< Please do not turn off the device. >
We stared in silence as the bracelet prattled off a bunch of incomprehensible instructions.
< Recompiling Complete. Now rebooting. >
< Please do not turn off the device. >
The bracelet flashed a deep blue, and then red, yellow, and purple.
< Reboot complete. >
"I think it worked?" Go'suke said, looking between me and the bracelet. "Do you feel any different?"
"Uhm, not really..." I said, shaking my head. "How is it supposed to work?"
"Basically, if you feel any sexual urges, the bracelet will now automatically turn on and start relieving them!"
"Hmm... So if I... Eeep! What are you doing!?"
Suddenly, Go'suke grabbed my chest, groping my breasts through my clothes.
I hadn't equipped the Saint Suit yet, and I could feel his small hands kneading into my flesh through my shirt and bra.
"Just cause you do that," I tried to protest, "That doesn't mean I'll... Ohhh~"
I tried to say that this was nothing. That I wouldn't get turned on anymore by him just grabbing my chest. But as his hands continued to massage my breasts, I felt something stir inside me.
"Ah~" I suddenly moaned out as he pinched my nipples.
< Arousal Detected. >