219 - - Art. 219. The Daruma-San Has Fallen.
"......Take off your clothes, please, and get naked."
"......"
A girl stood shivering in front of the three researchers in white coats. She looks pale and slowly undoes her jacket. The sound of shuffling and shuffling echoes through the room. Then she stops her hand in front of her chest. If you look closely, you can see that her hands are trembling slightly.
"Please take off your clothes."
"......"
She slowly flung her chest out as if she had given up. She was wearing nothing under her clothes, revealing her young breasts, which were just beginning to swell. Immediately after that, her jacket slowly falls to the floor, leaving her in only her underwear, and she covers her breasts with her hands.
Please take off your underwear, too.
Heartless words. The girl's body shakes for a moment as she hears those words. Then, with her eyes downcast, she pulls down her hands that were covering her breasts. Then she slowly pulls down her underwear, trembling.
"Please open your legs. Please raise your face."
The girl's eyes were closed, exposing her naked body. Her skin is pure white, silky and beautiful without a single blemish, but her body is thin. Her ribs were prominent. On top of them, her small breasts, which look like upside-down bowls, prove that she is a woman. All of her hair had been trimmed, leaving her exactly as she was born to be.
"So let's begin."
The three researchers approach the girl and examine every part of her body. The girl felt a sensation similar to a chill at the touch of their hands and fingers moving all over her body, and tears spontaneously welled up in her eyes. It was Vieille who was exposing her naked young body, and she was being treated in a way that was almost abusive at first glance, as if the people of Klimiana would go mad at the sight of her naked body. Of course, this is done out of necessity. ....... After repeating this several times, Vieille's spirit was finally driven to the verge of collapse.
Linos' office in the capital of Agartha. A woman was standing there in a daze. Her beautiful blonde hair was frayed, her cheeks were emaciated, and dark circles had formed under her eyes. The woman's entire body exuded a sense of fatigue and weariness, and at first glance she appeared to be a woman in her mid-forties. No one would have realized that this was Vieille, the grandson of the Pope of the Crimiana Order, who had been raised to be a butterfly and a flower. The beautiful girl who had attracted the admiration of the congregation was not there at all.
In front of Vieille was Linos, who was looking at her with his arms crossed on the desk, Lafayence, Knogen, and Matkal on the upper side, and Mei, Zhuang, and Roni on the lower side. Vieille, with his mouth half-open, looked at Linos and the others with an unfocused gaze.
"So, how are you doing? How are you feeling?"
Linos asks Vieille in a calm voice. She does not answer immediately, but after a rather long pause, she replies in a thin voice.
"...... no problem."
Linos looks at Mei, who is standing next to him, with an expression of "Oh dear.
"So far I don't see any of the purple spots that are characteristic of Leroyance, and his breathing and pulse are both stable. Just ......."
May is mumbling something. Linos turns his head and looks at May with wide eyes. She gives him a puzzled look, but then she comes close to Linos and talks to him.
"...... Isn't that a bad idea? Huh? Don't tell me you're ...... ready? Who are you dealing with?"
No, that's not what I meant. No, it's nothing to worry about.
It was Roni who spoke up.
"Certainly, irregular periods at the age of 14 need to be monitored, but in Ms. Vieille's case, it is due to shock and stress. Once this is resolved, it will return to normal. She has not yet had intercourse with a man, so she is definitely not pregnant.
"Oh, yeah. That's a relief. But Roni, you're very clear about that."
Linos looks at Vieille, smiling at Loni's completely off-the-cuff remark. She remains expressionless, almost as if she has lost all sense of emotion. Linos looks at her and sighs a little.
It was understandable that Vieille would be like this. The fear of possible death, the poor environment that she had been subjected to, and the fact that she had betrayed the God she had believed in, had shattered her heart. Moreover, she felt inwardly that she had lost her family, her place of refuge, and everything else. In fact, there was no place for her even if she returned to her country of origin, and there was even a possibility that she would be deprived of her status and her very existence would be buried in darkness.
Then came the frequent examinations of Leroyance at the medical institute in Agartha. This was what had brought her to her current state.
The disease was usually characterized by purple spots around the neck, but the majority of the patients infected in Agartha had the phenomenon of spots appearing all over their bodies. Among them, the number and extent of purple spots that appeared on Vieille were by far the most outstanding, which made her the most important biological sample in Leroyance's study. For this reason, she was repeatedly called to the laboratory for close examination. The examination was a very simple one, starting with blood sampling, followed by a medical interview and physical examination, but this physical examination was very burdensome for her.
She was required to be completely naked during the physical examination and had to expose her immature naked body to the laboratory staff. Moreover, she had to show them every part of her body, from the top of her head to her toes and even her anus, in order to check whether she had any reactions to Leroyance. This sometimes required humiliating postures, and the repetition of such behavior was a great blow to her pride.
Naturally, Agartha had taken care to assign female researchers as much as possible, with Mei and Roni taking the lead in examinations, but Vieille, who had only exposed her naked body to her nanny or to the maidens she had followed since she was a child, was not comfortable with the idea of exposing herself to a complete stranger, Moreover, this act of exposing his nakedness to the public was nothing but a pain. At first, Vieille endured it with pride and her own mental strength, but recently she has reached her limit and has become as good as a cripple.
She should have bit her tongue out to escape from this humiliating treatment, but she had already lost the will to die. In her heart, she could only hope that someone would kill her.
When Rinos received a report that something was wrong with her, he immediately had Vieille brought to his office, but her condition was far beyond Rinos' expectations, and he was inwardly surprised at the large gap between her and the Vieille he had seen so far.
"......May, do you still want to continue the examination of Vieille?"
"...... Yes, it is. It's been a month since the master healed me. Since there has been no reaction to Leroyance, I think it is safe to say that he is completely cured. However, since the disease is a disease, it would be better to monitor it for a while. ......"
"I wish I had never cured myself. ......"
Hearing May's voice, Vieille muttered quietly.
"If I'm going to be so embarrassed, I should have just died. ......"
Then she burst into tears. Linos sighed heavily and spoke to Vieille.
"Well, it can't be helped if you've been cured. Compared to the believers who could not live even if they wanted to, it is still better. You can make a life from now on. You have to live for those who died. So what are you going to do now? Are we still going to create paradise in Agartha? Or do you want to return to the Church? If you're going home, I'll give you a ride back to Garbee, okay? It seems that some of your congregation tried to go down the Irbezi River, but the water is rising and the volume is even higher than usual. It is difficult to go down the river there nowadays unless you are very skilled. What do you say, shall we go back to the Church?"
"...... there is no place for me to return to in Klimiana. I don't know what to do.
Then she burst into tears again. How would she lead her congregation from now on, and how would she deal with the balance between those who agreed with Rinos and those who still believed in the Crimiana cult, led by Cassel? Vieille had a lot of work to do, but she was almost untouched, and this also made her impatient and her state of mind unstable. Rinos agreed with Mei and the others that Vieille should leave the village first and rest her mind and body, rather than jumping to conclusions, and allowed Vieille to stay in the capital for a while.
Linos looked up at the ceiling and sighed as he watched Vieille leave with Mei and the others. Lafayence, who had been watching the scene, spoke out of the blue.
"How can we get the Christians to leave Agartha peacefully?"
"You're right, General, you're right. I had no idea that my attempt to harass them into leaving would end up like this. It has become even more complicated. I had no idea it was in such a state. ....... He is the grandson of the Pope, after all. The congregation will not move unless she does. It's a question of how to move her.
Lafayence grins at Linos.
"Well, that's easy for you to say, isn't it? Besides, now is the perfect time."
"Great opportunity?"
"Yes. Right now, Vieille's heart is completely broken. So is the congregation that swore allegiance to Lord Rinos. Especially Vieille, she is a woman. If we play our cards right, she will become a woman at Lord Rinos' beck and call. If you tell them to undress, they will undress; if you tell them to open their legs, they will open their legs."
"No, General. ....... I'm not. ......
"No, it's just a metaphor. Lord Rinos, show Vieille plenty of love. Then she will be a woman who will do whatever you say, a woman willing to die for you. Then return her to the land of the Faith. Then Crimiana will naturally split in two. No, Vieille may be defeated by the Pope, but then we will have to think of another plan. The point of Crimiana's attack is now on Agartha. First of all, we must turn it to another place. If it is directed at our country, it will buy us time, and it will also reduce the power of the Church. Two birds with one stone."
"I think it's an excellent strategy, General. I can't entrap a woman.
"What are you talking about? I don't think these are the words of a man like Rinos, who has a number of beautiful women at his side, including Lady Lycorette and Matkal. Well, enough of your modesty. I am not asking you to work alone, Lord Rinos. We will help you. We will guard the village and show mercy to the women who live there. They are just as stunned and helpless as Vieille. Let's get as many of them on our side as possible in case she comes back to the Church. What do you think?"
"General ....... You found a girl you like, didn't you?"
Lafayence doesn't answer my nasty question, but brings his index finger to his mouth and winks at me. Then the old general turns to Knogen.
"Knogen, you don't have to be involved in this operation."
"What? Why?"
"Don't you understand! This operation will only succeed if you are a chosen beauty or a refined gentleman. In the original sense, dressing up as a man is the only way to get women to fall in love with you.
"Oh, no."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Really, really?"
"Really, really."
"Really, really, really, really?"
Don't be persistent, Rico. I really, really, really don't mean that.
"Oh, I see. I was thinking I could have at least one more sidekick. ......"
"What? Really?"
"Linos ....... Now you look a little happy, don't you? I knew it. ......"
"No, no, no! I didn't mean it! Don't be mean to me. All I want is Rico. I don't need another woman. Rico is the best."
Rico's face turned bright red, which I could see even in the dimly lit room. Riko comes close to me and wraps her arms around my face gently. Rico's body smells like soap.
"I think Linos can win Vieille's heart, but I don't like the idea of that woman chasing after Linos. It's not a good idea to have her suddenly barging into the mansion with her feet ....... I understand. This Vieille, I'll have a talk with her.
"Rico? Are you okay?"
Yes. I have no proof, but I'm confident. I'm sure that we women can understand each other. The point is to make them follow Linos, isn't it? If that's the case, then ...... cack."
I was pulling off her pajamas while Riko hugged me. Then I took off her last pair of underwear and laid her on the bed.
"I'm sorry Rico, I just couldn't take it anymore."
"Ummm, I didn't realize you were naked before I realized it. ....... You're getting good at this, aren't you? But I'm glad ....... I love you, Linos."
"Me too, Rico."
I hugged Riko roughly. Rico was even gentler than usual this night. This made me feel better about my past troubles.