My On*Hole Academy [EN]: Chapter 428

EP.426 Rescuing the Saintess

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“So, what’s the plan to break through?”

Regina asks with an innocent face.

“Let’s go underground. We can save your friend and find someone we need to.”

“Underground…”

She doesn’t seem too keen.

“Your wish came true, didn’t it?”

“…Actually, I didn’t exactly wish for this…”

Well, she’d want to escape.

People always lean towards the easy way.

Unless faced with a desperate situation only I can solve, hesitating to head underground is inevitable.

“You have to guide the way. Sorry, but I need your cooperation.”

“Ugh, ugh…”

Regina seems to have lingering attachments.

She wiggles her body left and right, looking at the outer fence.

It’s like a niece throwing a tantrum in front of a snack she wants, making my heart flutter a little.

“Eeeing…”

“What’s with the ‘eeing’… I’m telling you, you can’t get out even if you go there.”

“Maybe I can’t…”

“…You can’t escape with luck. Get a grip.”

Having seen the master of the domain,

I was certain there wouldn’t be an escape route made by mistake.

Find and deal with the primordial Halfie [a creature partially transformed into a monster] somewhere in this domain.

To do that, first…

I need to save the blonde Saintess.

Is this our first reunion since that day a year ago? It’ll be quite a welcome sight.

I can legally break through the Correctional Headquarters’ underground and save her.

Here I am, a hero, not some princess locked in a castle, but having to save a villain locked underground.

It’s absurd, but still.

“If we’re lucky, we might save your colleague too.”

“Really?”

“I can’t reveal the source, but it seems not all humans underground have turned into Halfies.”

“A standoff, huh.”

“Consider it that way. Tell me where to go. So… where’s the prison where the female villains are held?”

“That way!”

Alright, let’s go.

To clear the path, I’ll have to use that after a long time.

I spun the Benelli [a type of shotgun] I had slung across my chest and immediately grabbed it, loading non-lethal rubber bullets.

“Stick close and follow me!”

“Y-yes!!”

I started moving forward, shooting the approaching Halfies with non-lethal rounds.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

I repeat the process of quickly reloading and shooting, as I’ll be attacked if I rest even a little.

I trust Sione will turn me back if I accidentally transform.

For now, I had no choice but to move boldly.

The personnel needed to clear the dungeon might not have transformed yet, but the longer we delay, the greater the risk.

“Go down there! The elevator… Kyaaak!”

Regina screamed at the sight of the elevator. It was full of Halfies.

“Don’t look! We’re going down the stairs.”

“Y-yes!”

Bang! Bang!

I shot the Halfies leaping up the stairs, pulling the tubular magazine.

I laid the Benelli on my shoulder and immediately reloaded.

“Wow. Ooh… cool….”

“…If you’re not doing anything, at least hold the ammo!”

“Y-yes!”

“Next magazine!”

I poured out all the non-lethal rubber bullets to clear the way!

The passage, which initially seemed impossible to pass through because it was full of Halfies, was cleared smoothly.

If you lay them down neatly, there’s a lot of space. Is it because they’re Halfies?

「Insight・Crimson」

Having overcome the first crisis with a barrage of rubber bullets,

I scanned the underground interior with Insight to find the room where Shins Veze is.

“They keep coming…! Ee, eek!!”

Regina took out a blackjack from her inventory and smacked the approaching Halfie in the cheek.

“Hey! If you do that…”

“I-it’s okay. I’ll help too!”

“…….”

Well,

It’s not enough force to smash their heads. It’ll be fine….

“Let’s get out of here alive!”

“…Okay. You’re energetic, which is good.”

I scanned several rooms and chose the one with the most people to enter.

This is it!

As soon as I opened the door, I smelled the faint scent of the Saintess that I had smelled before.

“I’m sorry…. I’m really sorry….”

Are they all anesthetized and passed out?

“I’ve come to save you. Saintess!!”

“Ah!?”

Shins Veze looked at me and ran at me with tearful eyes.

“Mr. Kim Sanghyuk!”

“Are you okay?”

Ooh!?

She pushed out her big breasts and rubbed them against me, surprising me….

Is this what gratitude with her whole body is like?

I’m glad Shins didn’t become a Halfie.

“It’s the first time since the escort mission.”

It feels a little unfamiliar after a long time.

She jumped up and down and grabbed me.

“You, you came to save me again…!!”

“It just happened that way.”

“Thank you…. You’re the only one, Mr. Kim Sanghyuk…….”

Hehe…….

As expected of a protagonist in an eroge [erotic game], he takes all the delicious flags. Even in this situation.

My heart warms at the fact that I saved her again.

“I’m glad I came before it was too late.”

“Ah. Little Warden… ?”

“Shins Veze…….”

Ah, of course, the two of them would know each other.

The atmosphere becomes slightly awkward.

“Just so you know, getting out of here doesn’t mean you’ll escape from the prison…!”

I stopped Regina and gently persuaded her.

“Regina. Not now. I know you’re a diligent warden, but…….”

“Um…….”

“Let’s all work together now.”

“Okay. I understand. Because it’s an emergency…….”

“Thank you very much……!”

Does Shins Veze have the hands of the guiltless [innocent]?

If so, then Xenobia must know about the Halfies.

“Let’s go inside. I’ll talk as we go.”

I used non-lethal rubber bullets,

While knocking down the Halfies chasing from behind, I proceeded forward.

Now there are two assistant shooters giving me rubber bullets.

“Here!”

“Here! Sanghyuk!”

“Oh, okay….”

I don’t need a cartridge belt….

The two of them hold the box full of rubber bullets as if they are precious and hand them to me.

I shot the Halfies with it. These guys are surprisingly good at jumping, so it’s not easy to hit them.

If I can block them with the impact of breaking their neck or leg bones…….

“Ugh!”

My arm…….

I feel strange. My arm is boiling…!

“Ah, Sanghyuk!”

Damn it, I’m becoming a Halfie!!

“Sione!”

“I know!”

A voice heard from somewhere.

I reset the accumulated assault karma with Observation Negation [a skill that negates the effects of observation], I was able to avoid transforming into a Halfie.

‘Was I only able to avoid transforming by adjusting the water level of the sin karma…….’

I cleared it with a cheat thanks to Sione.

“Are… are you okay… ?”

“I can’t become a Halfie.”

“That’s a relief…….”

“Did the Saintess also notice the mechanism to some extent?”

“Ah, yes…! Committing sins is the trigger…. I never thought it would include actions that protect oneself, actions that stop it….”

“Don’t use your abilities anymore. There might be only one transformation left.”

“……Yes.”

Alright.

If I had been any later,

I would have seen the Halfie Saintess….

As we entered the 3rd basement floor, we slowly proceeded, pushing back the widened hallway and the constantly pouring out Halfies with rubber bullets.

“Um, why are you going inside… ?”

“To conquer the domain, we have to eliminate something called the primordial Halfie. With the Saintess’s hands!”

“With my hands?”

“I heard that the Saintess has the hands of the guiltless.”

“……Yes?”

I told her that the two people I know,

Are the keys to conquering the domain. One is the role of eliminating the primordial Halfie. One is the role of informing about the Halfies….

“Then it’s not me.”

“Saintess?”

“I have committed sins…. I have committed far more sins than others…….”

“Then…….”

Could it be….

Did I think the opposite way?

Is Xenobia the guiltless one? I don’t understand that even more.

What the hell is this domain?

‘Ah.’

What N-chan said flashed through my mind.

「Yes, that’s right…. Sanghyuk. As Akashia said, there is a human here who is not a target of the 「Domain of Sin」」

Akashia said it was the hands of the guiltless, but.

N said it was a human who was not a target of the domain.

In other words, the Domain of Sin is…….

Like my OnaHole Domain [a personal domain based on sexual desire], there is a separate judgment that defines sin.

「OnaHole Judgment = The woman I’m horny for」

Like that…….

There is a high possibility that Akashia’s subjective interpretation is involved in this judgment of sin.

Then….

‘Xenobia, a congenital psychopath, cannot be a sinner!’

“Then Saintess, do you know anything about the Halfies?”

“Well, that’s…. It reminded me of something because you said Halfie….”

“Tell me.”

“It’s a Korean folktale that I used to tell the children. A child with only one leg, one eye, one ear, and one arm was born, but later got a bride and lived well…….”

“…….”

……The word Halfie stuck to my mouth, it was a Korean folktale?

“What the hell is that Halfie?”

“There are various interpretations…… It was interpreted as the appearance of Cheongwan wearing a hideous mask for a while after committing a sin….”

“Wearing a mask?”

“Yes. So……. Isn’t it that if you commit a sin, you wear a mask called Halfie… ?”

“What are the conditions for taking it off?”

“It was a time limit.”

A time limit…….

It’s like serving a prison sentence in a Halfie mask for as much sin as you committed.

Shins Veze is the explainer designated by Akashia. Even if it’s an interpretation she intuitively spat out, it’s likely to be a very credible guess.

‘The problem is…….’

How do I get Xenobia’s cooperation?

The unstoppable feet stop for a moment.

I feel like I’m being held back by the homework I’ve been putting off in my head.

What was the narrative I built with that guy in OnaAka [another personal domain]?

Wasn’t it a value that we could never coexist with each other?

Reunited after a year.

Is it just my feeling?

The moment I smelled a terrible stench of blood at the end of the dark hallway.

A white, plump leg flew towards my stomach.

“Cough!!”

I saw it, but I was hit and knocked away.

If I hadn’t protected my stomach with magic, my abdomen would have been pierced this time.

I’ve grown too…!

“That’s not a Halfie! It’s a person……!”

“Xeno, bia….”

There’s someone next to her. Who is it…? Is it a warden?

“Jack!”

Regina’s colleague?

I slowly got up while confronting Xenobia.

“I didn’t know you’d remember my face.”

“There’s no way I’d forget. Kim Sanghyuk. To meet you here……. I’m very happy right now.”

“…….”

By the way, why are you naked….

To be exact, the lower body is missing. Honestly, her breasts are so explicit.

Even if she’s a villain, I don’t know where to look. Is it because she’s Isabella’s sister?

Alright, those breasts are crazy…….

“I’ve endured the boring time imagining what kind of expression Isabella would make if I killed you….”

A touch-and-go situation.

The wardens and the Saintess hold their breath and watch us.

“Did you forget that you were screwed over trying to do that? How about a temporary truce!?”

“I can’t stand it. Isabella’s despairing expression…… I want to see it…….”

“Why are you trying to make Isabella so sad?”

Chuck.

Xenobia widens the distance between her legs and takes a fighting stance, not even ashamed of being naked.

Damn it, it’s embarrassing….

Even so, she concentrates with eyes that only think about killing me, without any shame.

“Because I am Isabella’s misfortune. That itself.”

‘…….’

I see.

I know why the Domain of Sin is breaking down against Xenobia.

It seems that she thinks of herself as the emotion of a specific human being called Isabella itself.

There’s no way such a human being would know how it feels to live as herself and commit sins against others.

Really…….

You need to be reformed.

“Everyone step back.”

I don’t need to be considerate, right?

I put down the gun, prepare for unlimited 『Persona Excretion』 [a skill], and clench my fist tightly.

“Xenobia.”

“I’ll kill you this time. Kim Sanghyuk.”

“If you lose, you become my OnaHole [a term for a woman kept for sexual pleasure].”

Xenobia immediately jumped at me.