Broken Possessors of Infinite Regression Academy

The butterfly effect of my plan was tremendous.

The viscount, extremely angry that the Hero had almost been in danger in his territory, reported the incident to the Imperial Palace without changing a single word.

“I heard the news. Are you okay?”

“How did you, Sword Saint, come here……?”

“As the next Hero, you were in an unfortunate situation, so I had to come. And also for the child.”

Upon hearing that the Hero and I were connected, the Sword Saint rushed over like the wind and took charge of the investigation. Despite the mention of the Demon King, she had come in person, so she must have been quite angry.

“There’s definitely some kind of mistake! Priest! Where is the priest?!”

“He’s already dead. Consider it the words of the one who dared to harm the Hero.”

The priests gathered in the temple were dragged out one by one by the Sword Saint, with no time to destroy the evidence of their corruption. It was quite a sight to see them desperately searching for the already dead high-ranking priest.

That wasn’t enough, as the Royal Guard also came and searched the temple like they were ransacking it, and the evidence I had manipulated began to be discovered one after another.

The succubus’ pheromones hidden in the secret bedroom for orgies, or the notebook marked with the date of a rendezvous with someone……

“I checked the letter. I felt the magic power. It means that they were indeed in contact with the demons.”

The letter in question received a 100% authenticity rating. It was because the magic power was felt. The reason the magic power was felt was, of course, because Elysier had written it herself, but that was a fact that no one knew.

The Sword Saint, having grasped the whole situation, became greatly enraged and went directly to the Pope to confront him, and before long, she obtained an official statement from the Pope.

-I express my regret for the deviation of some of the temple members. I will teach the doctrine of the stars more thoroughly.

It was a de facto cover-up. It was wrong, but it was something they did on their own, and it had nothing to do with us, so they would handle it themselves.

“I tried to hold the higher-ups accountable, but they avoided it this way and that.”

“They never intended to take responsibility from the beginning.”

As expected, I wasn’t surprised. They wouldn’t admit that the very top, the Pope, was bewitched by a succubus.

Anyway, the situation was resolved like that. We returned with a cartload of the viscount’s specialty desserts and his apologies, as if his head would touch the ground.

“……”

“……”

It was awkward.

To be precise, I didn’t have any particular thoughts, but Brynhild was so awkward that she couldn’t even look me in the eye, so I became awkward for no reason.

“Hey, Brynhild……”

“What, what, what, what, what?! I didn’t think anything at all! I’m not a pervert, and why am I reliving the sensation of your lips?!”

“……”

That’s how it had been since a while ago.

Every time I tried to say something to resolve this situation, she self-destructed like this, so I had no choice but to remain silent.

‘I don’t know either.’

I gave up and leaned against the wall of the carriage, closing my eyes. Later, I’ll ask Aria for help, and she’ll probably sort it out somehow.

“……”

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Brynhild glanced at Mira out of the corner of her eye. Mira was leaning against the wall of the carriage, eyes closed, and seemed to be breathing softly.

Brynhild, who had unconsciously turned her gaze to those lips, flinched and quickly straightened her posture. But her pounding heart refused to calm down.

‘Am I crazy, for real?!’

Today, the air inside the carriage felt unusually warm, even though the device that maintained a constant temperature was working properly.

Brynhild, who had been flailing her limbs and wandering restlessly for a while, eventually turned her gaze back to Mira. Her face turned bright red as she suddenly realized how handsome his face was, with his slightly parted lips, sharp nose, and closed eyes, framed by his slightly lowered hair.

Mira’s lips moved slightly.

‘Ah……’

Brynhild sighed sadly. Suddenly, she began to remember the taste she had felt before. It wasn’t the unique taste of the Elixir, but a warm, sticky, and somewhat sweet liquid.

And the sensation of something soft and sticky getting caught as she pressed her tongue against his to feed him the Elixir……

‘Waaack! Waaack!’

Brynhild struggled desperately, trying not to wake Mira.

Why did she make such a mistake? Mira had been perfectly fine, and he had even said he was okay several times.

‘I’m an idiot…… I’m an idiot before I’m a Hero, before I’m Leona……’

Brynhild, who had been berating herself with her head pressed against the wall of the carriage, suddenly looked at Mira again, as if compelled by some unknown force. Mira was still asleep, eyes closed.

Brynhild got up without knowing why she had gotten up. She didn’t think she should sit back down, even though she didn’t know why she had gotten up.

Very slowly, with extremely careful movements, she approached Mira. She bent down, bringing her face close to his. Her lips stopped just before his.

It was so close that she could feel his breath escaping through the slightly parted lips.

Unconsciously, Brynhild inhaled the breath that Mira exhaled, and she felt something popping up in her head, as if her brain was tingling.

“……Mira, are you asleep?”

She asked, clutching her pounding chest. There was no answer.

If he woke up now or said he was still asleep, what excuse would she make? She hadn’t thought of anything because she had come this far on an almost instinctual movement.

“……Are you really asleep? Are you pretending to be asleep or something?”

She asked again, this time with a slightly longer sentence.

Even though she knew that asking like this would increase the likelihood of waking him up, she couldn’t stop because she was anxious.

“……”

When she confirmed that there was no answer, the distance between their lips narrowed even more. But she couldn’t go any further.

Her head spun as she tried to find a reason, and soon she came to a conclusion.

‘Yeah. This is just an act of finding the cause.

It was just an act of finding the cause of the sticky and sweet taste she felt when she fed him the Elixir with her tongue. So, it was inevitable that she would act like this.

Because she was curious.

Brynhild, who had come up with a very plausible self-justification, began to narrow the distance again.

Even though it was an illogical excuse by common sense, her mind, which was already incapable of normal thinking, didn’t question it. Rather, she felt pressured to do so.

“Hero? We’ve arrived at the dimensional gate.”

“Huh?!”

-Bang!

Brynhild, who was startled by the polite announcement from outside, jumped back and then bumped her head against the wall of the carriage, sitting down.

“……What are you doing?”

“Ah, it’s nothing……”

Mira, who had somehow woken up, asked with a puzzled look. Brynhild, holding her aching head, which had bumped against the wall, sat down, but she was secretly relieved.

She was relieved that she had felt the soft sensation for a short while and that Mira hadn’t noticed her recent behavior.

‘……I didn’t think you would actually do it. Should I have just said I was awake?’

Of course, it was just her delusion that she hadn’t been noticed.

Rumors tend to get exaggerated as they spread.

The next day, the fact that we had gone to buy desserts had somehow turned into an achievement of Hero Brynhild.

The reason for their visit, which was to buy desserts, was omitted, and it was said that some priests who had colluded with the demons tried to kill the Hero, but she had awakened the true power of the Holy Sword and broke through.

In the process, my existence was erased. I was satisfied, but Brynhild was a little unhappy that she was getting all the spotlight.

“Hello, this generation’s true Hero?”

“Ah! Are you crazy?! I told you not to!”

On the other hand, one of the reasons Brynhild was getting attention was because the appearance of the Holy Sword had become much more ornate.

The Holy Sword had always attracted people’s attention, and now that its appearance had become even more ornate, it was natural for people to be curious about the incident.

Brynhild was not happy with the current situation and grumbled as she opened her mouth.

“I’ll have to visit the Sword Saint again soon……”

“Why?”

“The Holy Sword has fully awakened, so my physical abilities must have increased significantly. She said that we’ll now move on to advanced techniques. She said that even if she had taught me before, I wouldn’t have been able to endure it.”

“That’s good. Go and learn hard and come back.”

At my words, Brynhild smiled meaningfully.

“She said you should come too.”

“……Why me?”

“She said she’d give you a few more because I saved you with an Elixir. She said to take them.”

“Are all the Elixirs in the Imperial Palace her? Why does she keep giving them?”

I said, puzzled. Brynhild, unlike me, was calm.

“She’s someone who is more than qualified, isn’t she? Even though she failed to kill the Demon King, she’s the Empire’s strongest force. But when I met the Demon King, I understood why the Sword Saint failed. That guy, she’s strong. Really strong.”

Indeed, the Sword Saint was a true powerhouse. She had roamed the battlefield for decades, establishing unimaginable merits that ordinary humans couldn’t even imagine.

If her skills weren’t the real deal, she wouldn’t have dared to challenge the Demon King. After all, three of the Demon Lord’s generals had lost their lives to her.

“Well…… I was thinking, Mira. Does that mean the kiss is null and void?”

Brynhild asked, blushing slightly and shyly, with her hands clasped together.

“Null and void? What do you mean?”

“Why, didn’t I feed you the Elixir with my mouth…… from mouth to mouth…… That was an emergency rescue, so it’s null…… isn’t it……”

It was an emergency rescue, but hadn’t I clearly said several times to just bring me the medicine and not to feed it to me with her mouth? She had ignored my requests because her eyes were spinning.

“You, you’re my first kiss, and I’m your first kiss…… We don’t want to waste our first kiss like that, do we? Don’t we want it to be more romantic……?”

As I averted my gaze, Brynhild, with slightly narrowed eyes, asked in a cold voice.

“……Why are you avoiding my gaze?”