Chapter 95

“Ugh, ugh…!”

“Tina, you shouldn’t spit out the food Master gives you. Now, open your mouth again.”

“Y-you crazy bitch…!”

“I’ll just open it for you.”

“W-wait… Ugh?!”

Slurp- Slurp- Gulp-

The warm potato soup flowed slowly over Lillian’s tongue and down my throat.

The soup was steaming hot, but after passing through Lillian’s mouth, it cooled to a comfortable temperature, so my tongue wouldn’t get burned.

“This time, I’ll give you water.”

“Hic, no… Ugh?!”

Lillian’s lips pressed against mine again. This time, cold water quietly flowed between our lips.

After swallowing the last drop, Lillian’s tongue gently caressed mine before slowly pulling away.

“Hehe, you finished it all. Good job, Tina.”

“Haa… Sob… Haa…”

A wet moan escaped my lips.

Lillian smiled contentedly and gently stroked my head.

The bowl and glass in Lillian’s hands were now empty. From the warm soup to the cold water, everything was completely gone.

“W-what the hell is this…?!”

“I was just feeding you, Tina.”

I bit my lip and glared at Lillian.

“You disgusting bitch…! You pervert…! How can someone like you call yourself a saintess…?!”

“Oh my, did the meal not suit your taste?”

“Are you crazy?! You never said you’d feed me like this…!”

“Well, it’s good you know now. From now on, all the food you eat will only be given through my mouth…”

“You crazy bitch…”

My attempt to win her favor by catering to her whims vanished in an instant.

This woman is insane.

If I keep giving in to her demands, I have no idea what she might do to me in the future.

This was a mistake.

Since it’s come to this, I should’ve bitten off her tongue when it entered my mouth. But I was swept up by her overwhelming presence and ended up letting her do as she pleased.

‘Next time, I’ll definitely bite that tongue off…’

I glared at Lillian, making a fierce resolution in my heart, but she pulled me into a tight embrace, her face slightly flushed.

“Tina, I love you. I’ll cherish and protect you forever. No matter what happens, I’ll never abandon you, so please trust me.”

Her low, hypnotic whisper sent shivers down my spine.

“D-don’t say you love me!!”

I pushed her away with both hands, and Lillian tilted her head, looking at me with a puzzled expression.

“Why? Don’t you like my love?”

“You love me? That’s a lie. You must resent me. Your life was ruined because of me.”

“You think I resent you?”

“Don’t lie. You know I took Arien away from you, don’t you?”

At the mention of Arien’s name, Lillian’s eyes trembled slightly. I didn’t miss her brief moment of hesitation and smirked bitterly, throwing her a scornful look.

“You know? Arien threw you away after just a few words. How much must you have hurt her for that to happen? In the end, you were just a nuisance even to your closest friend.”

“…”

“You should be thanking me. I treated Arien well in high society in your place. Compared to someone like you—”

“Tina, I think you’re misunderstanding.”

Lillian’s calm voice cut me off. She gently grabbed my shoulders and laid me down on the floor.

“You keep bringing up Arien, but I don’t care about her at all.”

“…What?”

Lillian climbed on top of me, her sparkling pink eyes gazing down at me.

“Whether Arien is my friend or not, whether she hates me or not, I don’t care.”

“Y-you’re lying… You said she was your friend…”

“No, all I need is my lovely Tina.”

With those words, Lillian roughly covered my lips.

“Ugh…!?”

Once again, her tongue invaded my mouth. Her snake-like tongue began exploring my mouth freely.

But this time, I didn’t let her have her way.

“Y-you crazy bitch…!”

I bit down on her tongue with all my strength.

Crunch—

A hard crunching sound echoed, and the taste of blood filled my mouth.

“Eek.”

Lillian frowned slightly and slowly pulled her face away from mine. Her dazed eyes looked at her lips, now stained with blood, as it continued to flow.

“Hah, serves you right, you perverted bitch.”

“…”

Ignoring my scornful taunts, Lillian gently closed her eyes. Soon, a pure white light shimmered around her lips, and the flowing blood stopped immediately.

“Say it again. You love me? No, you’re just a disgusting hypocrite trying to disguise your ugly desire for revenge as love.”

“…Haa, Tina.”

“Whatever you want from me, just kill me. It’ll be easier for both of us—”

Slap—!

A sharp, intense sound rang out, and a stinging pain spread across my cheek.

Her eyes had turned cold. Her hand, still raised high, looked down at me.

“Hic… Hic…”

“Don’t ever say you want to die in front of me again.”

“Y-you said you wouldn’t hit me…”

“Because Tina said something bad.”

Slap—!

Lillian’s hand struck my cheek again, and the deep pain brought tears to my eyes.

“Ugh…”

“…That’s enough punishment. I don’t intend to tame you with violence like before, but that doesn’t mean I won’t discipline you.”

Lillian sighed briefly and lifted me onto her lap.

She wrapped her arms around me from behind and whispered softly.

“Tina, you can bite my tongue if you want. If you’re angry, you can hit me. If you resent me, you can hurt me as much as you want.”

“…”

“But Tina, don’t say you want to die. Don’t hurt yourself either. I can’t bear to see the Tina I love get hurt.”

I couldn’t understand.

I couldn’t grasp what Lillian was thinking. She was more angry about me asking her to kill me than about me biting her tongue.

This makes it seem like…

She really does care about me.

“You… why… why do you care about me so much…?”

“I’ve told you many times, Tina.”

Lillian smiled brightly, stroking my hair as she answered.

“Because I love you.”

“T-that can’t be…”

What have I done to you?

I drove you to ruin, even tried to poison you.

And yet you say you love me?

“It’s okay. I’ll prove it to you slowly from now on.”

That can’t be.

Lillian must want something from me.

She must have some clear goal to be whispering so sweetly like this.

Someone like Lillian, walking a path of flowers, couldn’t possibly have goodwill toward someone like me.

I’m no different from a twisted monster who even killed my own mother.

Maybe she wants my body. This delicate, doll-like appearance has always attracted people, regardless of gender or age.

“Hehe, it seems you still can’t believe me. But I’ll keep telling you.”

Lillian looked at me with harmless eyes and planted a brief kiss on my forehead.

“I love you, Tina. No matter what you do, no matter who you are.”

“…”

“Even if you’re a very, very bad person, I’ll be the Master who only cares for you.”

It must all be lies. She must want something from me.

But why does my chest feel so tight?

“You’re annoying.”

“Hehe, but the first meal training was a success.”

Lillian stood up quietly, a faint smile on her lips.

Her fingers snapped in the air, and the blood scattered on the floor slowly rose and evaporated into thin air.

“Future meals will proceed like this. Is that okay?”

“…Even if I say it’s not okay, you’ll still feed me like this.”

“Oh my, it seems you finally understand me.”

I still found her disgusting.

But my pride wasn’t strong enough to endure the hunger gnawing at my stomach day by day.

It never was.

“…I’ll bite your tongue next time too.”

In the end, all I could do was make shallow threats like this.

But Lillian laughed lightly at my threat and calmly cleared the empty bowl and glass.

“If that’s what it takes for Tina to eat, then so be it.”

“….”

“Ah, and since the meal training went smoothly, I’ll proceed with the next training right away.”

“Next… training?”

Lillian placed a finger on her lips and smiled slyly.

“Next, we’ll do urine training.”

“…Urine training?”

…Huh?

….Urine.

…Ur…ine…?

“…What? What did you say?”

“Urine training.”

“???”

What, what did you say?

W-what…?

Did I hear that correctly?

Wha… what…

Huh?

N-no…

What…?

You’re joking, right?

“If you follow along well next time too, I’ll whisper ‘I love you’ to you a lot.”

“W-wait…”

Lillian’s sly smile sparkled brightly, and her alluringly curved lips brushed past me.

She gently stroked my head and left the room without hesitation.

I stared blankly at the empty space where she had been, hugging myself with trembling hands to endure the chill seeping into my bones.

“Y-you’re joking… right?”

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