Since the girlâs grandfather was the village chief, her family was one of the wealthy families in the village.
But the girlâs home was not peaceful.
Flying dishes and obscene swear words were pretty normal, even a day to day occurrence.
The parentsâ affection towards the girl was nil, they only had burning hatred for her and even more towards each other.
The girl hated her home environment.
What the girl liked the most was staying outside her home.
â Neria, how are you?
âwith a red-haired boy.
â Oh honey, Neria is here.
â Did she have dinner? Honey, ask her if she would like to eat together with us.
âand his family.
They always greeted the girl with a bright smile.
In fact, economically, the boyâs family was not quite well-off. The boyâs father made and sold chopped firewood or figurines he made, and that didnât exactly make a lot of money.
But the boyâs family was the warmest one in whole village.
So the girl liked to spend time with the boyâs family.
It was because it felt like a warm and secure blanket was enveloping her.
It was one fine day.
The boyâs father, who went to the city to sell figurines, didnât return. The boyâs mother left in search of her husband, only to never return either.
In an instant, the boy was all alone.
â Her husband must have cheated on her. Seeing that she still hasnât returned, she must be feeling ashamed to return.
â Maybe. I mean, just maybe, she has already found a new husband? So, she left this kid to die here.
â Oh man, come on. Do you even know how much the kidâs mom loved that kid and his dad? The kidâs mother mustâve fought her husband when she saw him cheating on her. Seeing that she hasnât come back, the result seems obvious.
The villagers didnât have deep pockets or a kind heart to help the orphaned boy.
Rather, envying the boyâs previous happy family, they poured out their vicious sense of envy and jealousy towards the boy who had lost his blanket.
Even knowing that it would hurt the boy a lot.
Then one day, just like his parents, the boy disappeared from the village.
The girl frantically searched for the boy.
Because she didnât want to lose even that last solace that she had left. After searching throughout the forest for hours, the girl was finally able to find the boy.
The boy was sitting on the edge of a cliff.
The boy was looking at the stars and crying.
The boy was crying for his missing father and mother.
The girl hugged the boy.
Looking at the boy weeping in her arms, the girl vowed to herself.
She vowed that from then onwards sheâll be the boyâs blanket.
* * *
â Bang!
The sound of the stridently closed door echoed.
Neriaâs mind went blank.
âW, What just happened..?â
The Angel looked bewildered and almost slipped in the air in an unusual way. Cloud, too, was suddenly floating in the air, and then, the two were thrown into a room that suddenly appeared out of thin air.
Before Neria could even react, all that she was left with was a tightly closed stone door.
She reacted and pushed the stone door with a grunt.
It didnât work.
No matter how hard she tried, it just didnât move.
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Has it to be pulled instead?
ButâŚthe door had no handle.
Only then, her gaze turned to the stone door again.
It had inscriptions engraved on it.
âĄ~The room you cannot leave without having sex~âĄ
[Pending!]
As she stared blankly at the words, a single word caught her eye.
âSex..?â
That sex�
âAghhhâŚ!â
It was then that Neria realized the seriousness of the situation. She heavily banged on the doors and bellowed.
âCloud! Cloud! Can you hear me?! Cloud!!!â
It was useless.
Because Goddess Iris had enchanted the room to block out external noise.
No matter how earnestly she shouted or cried, her voice wouldnât reach the room.
But, Neria didnât know that.
She believed her voice could reach him through the crack in between the doors.
âHang in there! Iâll get you out of there somehow! You got it?! Wait a minute⌠just wait a minute!â
She didnât know how to get him out of there.
Those were words she uttered to reassure Cloud, to keep him from getting intimate with Ramiel.
Neria drew out her sword.
She aggressively swung her sword towards the stone door.
[Cross Sever]-!
[Bash]-!
[Crescent Screech]-!
She used every attack skill available in her arsenal. However, the toughness of the stone door reached her through the vibrations and passed on to her aching wrists, she couldnât even leave a single small scratch on the resilient stone door.
âWhy is it so hard!â
Neria changed her strategy, with a maniacal expression on her face, she started bashing the her shield against the stone doors.
Even with her attack skills, she couldnât leave a single scratch. Much less to say about a shieldâthe poor thing being used in a wrong manner.
After bashing the shield a few dozen times, Neria threw the shield on the floor.
âOphelia! Canât you ask the Goddess to open this door? Youâre a saintess candidate!â
âEven if you say that, Iâm not a real saintess yet⌠Moreover, this is something the Goddess did by her own willâŚâ
Neria bit her lips tightly.
She turned her head away from Ophelia and looked at Eri. Eri was still on her knees, staring blankly at the floor with dead-fish eyes.
âEri, calm down. Alright?â
âAh..? But, big root..?â
âEri⌠pleaseâŚ!!â
Neria grabbed Eri by her shoulder and shook her wildly. The light began to gradually return back inside Eriâs eyes, who had fallen in the bleak abyss.
âUh⌠uhâŚ? Neria? W, What happened? Why are you looking so tensed? Ah? Where did Cloud go?â
âCloud is locked in that room with the Angel!â
âRoom?â
Eri turned her gaze to the room Neria pointed out for her.
Her eyes narrowed.
âThe room you cannot leave without having sexâŚ? What kind of room is this..?â
âIt doesnât matter now. The problem is that the damn doors just wonât open! Eri, can you open this door? Please?â
Seeing Neriaâs desperate expression, Eri sighed deeply.
âWait a minute. I will try.â
She placed her hands on the stone door and let her mana flow. Pure mana scanned the structure of the stone door. Indeed, there was magic present inside, outside and within this door.
âŚit possessed a magic so sophisticated that she dare not analyze.
Eriâs expression hardened and she slowly retracted her hands away from the stone door.
âIt canât be done. This magic just feels out of the world, itâs hard to analyze even a bit of it. Who the hell made this?â
âGoddess.â
âAh, thatâs good. I almost doubted my standard.â
Eriâs expression softened as she felt relieved.
Just when she was wondering how to console Neria, the inscription on the stone door changed.
âĄ~The room you cannot leave without having sex~âĄ
[Preparing!]
âUhâŚ?â
Preparing forâŚthat?
Neriaâs expression turned pale.
Her body stilled for a moment, before she quickly rushed to the stone door and rammed on the door frantically.
âCloud?! Is it because it feels suppressive being trapped inside!? Iâm sorry! Iâll quickly find a way somehow! So stop for a moment. Cloud?! Please⌠Cloud!!â