Chapter 380 You May Sacrifice To Restore Your Honour (*R)
Squish~ Squish~
"Wahahaha! That was a good fight!" Odeta cheered, not even bothered by me who is stuck to her abs with my face right now.
"Lady… Ahem… Miss Aster is really strong huh…"
"As expected of her I guess…"
"Does she even need an escort?"
I heard the three of them whispering amongst themselves but I was too preoccupied with Odeta's abs to care.
It took a minute for me to be satisfied before we moved on to gathering all the Mahuns that the orcs captured in the centre of the village.
The ones affected by the aphrodisiacs seemed to have calmed down after they woke up from being knocked out, so at least we don't have to deal with that.
I was the inexperienced one here so I was just watching them by the side with Odeta, looking at how things were proceeding with great interest.
Viera had gone ahead to organise the survivors to help move the orcs in a pile together and we got ready to start disassembling the monsters we killed.
"Alright! Everyone gather around! We have the corpses of the orcs here for the ones who wish to restore their honour! Just help us extract the Mana Crystals first!" Viera instructed.
I was curious how that was done so I went to watch a few of the Mahuns take the corpses of the orcs and move them to the side.
They first extracted the Mana Crystal from their bodies and handed it to us before each of them knelt in front of the corpse of the orc that was raping them.
Some of them even had a few Mahuns to a single corpse which I guessed meant they were victims of the same orc? How they managed to tell the orcs apart is beyond me since they pretty much looked the same to me.
With a knife, they castrated the orcs in front of them, which also included the female orcs for some of them, before setting the genitalia on the monster's chest. Still in the kneeling position, they clasped their hands together in prayer, which I assumed that they were moving to the 'sacrificing to Nilali' part of the ritual.
At first I thought that this might just be a psychological thing for them where they just do this for their own satisfaction.
I was proven wrong when all of them were wrapped up in a layer of light that seemed to cling to their bodies, illuminating them for a few moments before the bodies of the orcs disappeared right before our very eyes.
Ah… So that's how it works huh?
They literally offer the corpses of their rapist and the goddess will return their 'honour' to them. Though does that return their chastity even if they weren't a virgin before this?
I tried to ask Melissa about it and the mage girl seemed slightly amused that I did not know about this.
"Ah, it's nothing like that Miss Aster. All this does is return their body's condition to before they were raped."
"Does that include their mental state?"
Oh you know… People get mentally scarred by these kinds of things… Even if their body were to recover, their minds might still be broken.
Melissa gave me a smile, "Oh, yes. That's the main part of this ritual actually. The God Nilali will help them dull the feelings of this encounter to the point that they would just treat this as just a passing event instead of something traumatising."
I tapped my chin with a finger, "That's really interesting. Is there a reason why we sacrifice them to god Nilali?"
"Why, that's because the domain of marriage and love is under them of course. That's why everyone follows the concept where kissing is a sign of devotion since that is what is decreed by God Nilali."
How interesting…
"But why a kiss though? Isn't… Well… Isn't sex more… Intimate?"
Melissa tilted her head, "Eh? How so? Kissing is the most intimate someone can get. Which is why this ritual also negates the feeling of having your lips stolen during a rape too if that happened."
Right, this probably wouldn't make sense to me since their customs were different from mine.
I've already come to terms with some of it like how casual sex is over here but the kissing part…
Like I want to just kiss my lovers at any opportunity I get… But to the people here, they would just maybe at most raise any eyebrow at you pulling down your pants to start fucking your partner but would otherwise not say anything much.
But the moment you go and kiss your partner, there would be wide eyes and gasps around.
Not to say they see it as lewd, but it's kind of equivalent to someone shouting "I love you, please stay with me for the rest of time" out loud to everyone within earshot.
It's not something that's considered socially unacceptable but it's basically PDA… And we all know how some people see others doing that outside…
Ah yes, Lisa basically doesn't care what other people think so she'll do it in front of others with me…
"Does Miss Aster have someone you're interested in?" Sabrina asked, strolling up behind Melissa.
"Eh? Why do you say so?"
"Fufu~ Most young girls like you only ask that question when they have someone they would like to kiss. So who's the lucky person? Oh! Might it be your sister Odeta?"
Err… I like her, but not in that way… At least, not yet. I still see her as my cute sister despite her being twice my height.
But seriously, the fact that she assume that we were like that meant that it was common enough of an occurrence that it would not be weird for something like this to happen between us.
"No… I do have someone I like… Actually, umm… A few someones, but that's not why I asked actually. We already kissed if that's what you want to know."
"Ahhh~ That's so cute! When?! Where?!"
I don't want to tell them that Lisa basically kissed me in the baths while under the influence of Delmare's singing so I just hid my face behind my hands and shook my head.
The two girls giggled but neither of them pressed me for more information and left it at that.
It took a while more before everyone was done and we gathered back at the village entrance with the survivors.
Quite a lot of them came up to thank us profusely for saving them and giving them the chance to regain their honour.
Because the ritual involved the sacrifices being taken away by the god Nilali in return for her blessing, some parties might not let the victims perform the ritual to not lose the monster parts they could potentially collect from the corpses.
The only thing you can extract from the corpse is the Mana Crystals and if you try to extract more parts from the monster aside from that, the sacrifice will not be accepted.
Although it seemed like it was fine if the rapist was damaged in a fight which resulted in an incomplete body. I guess this god Nilali is able to tell when a corpse was exploited or not.
I suppose I can understand why some parties would not let them do that… As Mercenaries, you would prioritise yourself or at least your own party over some strangers you might never meet again after all.
Of course, since Viera was the designated party leader for this quest, she would have the say on what we did with the corpses which was fine with me since I'm only here to accompany Odeta to have some fun.
That's why quite a number of the victims were thanking our party right now.
There were a few who also came to thank me as well, namely the girl and guy whom I saved.
Incidentally, both of them tried to ask me out on a date to 'show their appreciation' to which I gently declined.
The girl then suggested that she pleasure me orally right there and I was going to decline that too when I heard some moans coming from the side.
Looking there, I saw Viera, Sabrina and Melissa with someone kneeling in front of them and their mouths latched in between their legs.
Viera was even holding her girlfriends' hands while she got her dick sucked by the girl she rescued, who seemed really enthusiastic about sucking her cock.
Wow, really? I guess this is something normal here as well?
Oh right… There was the thing about not wanting to owe people favours or something right?
I turned back to the girl who was looking at me with eyes of anticipation.
"Alright… But just to let you know… I'm a futa. Are you still ok with that?"
She nodded quickly so I went ahead to raise my skirt to allow her access to my crotch.
She immediately sank to her knees and grasped my cock in her hands, stroking it to full hardness with experienced hands.
Once again, the immorality of such a situation was already making me aroused so it did not take long before my cock was fully erect.
The girl then went ahead to swallow up my cock in her mouth, though she did not take off my penis sheath before doing so.
Her hands then busied themselves with fondling my balls and also playing with my pussy, focusing on trying to get me to orgasm.
I shuddered when she sucked my cock all the way until her nose pressed up against my waist, her throat clenching and massaging my cock.
Probably spurred by the sight, another young woman came up behind me to start groping my boobs from behind, her hands massaging my globes and intensifying the pleasure I was already feeling.
I lifted my arms slightly to give them easier access, letting myself be lost in the pleasure as the two girls pleasured me.
"I'm… I'm cumming!" I warned as soon as I felt myself near the point of no return.
The woman sucking on my cock quickly released me from her mouth and jerked me off until I reached my climax, my seed spurting out into my penis sheath.
I groaned as I winded down from my high, taking a moment to see the other three girls also cumming simultaneously.
Unngh… As expected of another World… The customs really are different here…
I can get used to this~