The Priest of Complete Dispel ~ Every Time I Save a Cursed Beautiful Girl with My Status Abnormal Cure Skill, For Some Reason Her Dependence on Me Maxes Out ~ - Chapter 62.2: Memory Alteration

Chapter 62.2: Memory Alteration

The moment they spotted me, the only man there, they lunged at me.

“<Sleep>”

When Dorotheia released dark magic, the women in the room collapsed one after another and fell asleep.

“There’s sleep magic too?”

“It doesn’t work on you, Master.”

“Thanks. ――Okay, go ahead with the dispelling.”

At my order, Dorotheia extended her hand.

“<Lewd Curse・Dispel>”

With Dorotheia’s chant, the lewd crests engraved on the women’s lower abdomens glowed faintly and then vanished.

This completed the first stage. But the real issue started now.

“――Iris, are you ready?”

“Yes. Both of you, please place your hands on my shoulders. I’ll collect the mana.”

For a moment Dorotheia made a reluctant face, but I nodded with my chin.

So Dorotheia and I placed our hands on her shoulders, and Iris took three deep breaths.

She quietly raised her holy staff and murmured.

“Goddess… please save them all――<Astral Serenity>!”

A torrent of light burst forth, and mana was drawn up through our arms.

“U, uoooooh…!”

“Wh-what is this consumption…!”

Dazzling particles danced through the room, enveloping each woman one by one.

Eventually, soft light drained from their entire bodies, and silence returned.

It probably took about ten minutes.

“Hah, hah…!”

Sweat dripped from Iris’s forehead. My knees and Dorotheia’s were trembling too.

“…This should be the end.”

“That was close. I’m almost completely out of mana.”

“I need essence… I didn’t expect it to drain me this much…”

At that moment, Iris collapsed.

“Iris!”

I caught her and held her firmly in my arms.

“Probably… everyone…”

“You did amazing. Protecting the town, and now saving them… you’re really incredible.”

This was something only Iris could do.

She protected the town and saved these women――she truly deserved respect.

“I’ll carry them out, so rest easy.”

“Yes…………Shu-sama…”

Iris fell into mana depletion and lost consciousness completely.

“Hmph. Saint candidate or whatever, collapsing after just that…”

“This is all because of you. You still haven’t reflected enough.”

“Hii… so will you train me again?”

“You…”

Is she seriously reflecting at all?

Then the women who had collapsed on the floor began waking up little by little.

I braced myself, but none of them came at us.

“Huh… why am I here…”

“It’s dark… wait, my clothes――!?”

Confused voices rose one after another.

It seemed they didn’t even remember what kind of place this was.

I guided them outside.

I didn’t know if every single one of them had truly been saved.

Some apparently had debts or family problems.

Even so――it was surely better than being bound by the curse and living in despair while tormented by men.

◇◇◇

――Evening.

One woman quietly returned home.

It was the house that still held the warmth of the time she had once spent with him.

“…I’m home.”

When she opened the front door, a familiar scent filled her chest.

Nothing had changed, yet it felt like a distant memory.

――Come to think of it, when was the last time she came back here?

The moment she took off her shoes, she sensed a presence from the living room.

When she looked up, a man stood there frozen.

“…!”

The moment he saw her, the man’s eyes widened. He covered his mouth with a trembling hand and dropped to his knees.

But the next instant, as if chasing a dream, he stood and rushed toward her.

“Laura!!”

“…Osman, what’s wrong? If you hug me that hard… it hurts.”

He――Osman――wrapped Laura in his arms and choked on his words.

Sobs escaped him, and his shoulders shook.

Laura didn’t understand why he was crying.

But just from the warmth of those tears, love and relief filled her chest.

“…Osman, have you lost a little weight?”

“U-ugh… Laura… how much time has passed since you left this house… When I heard your father had massive debts… I thought you were out there somewhere, fighting for that reason…”

In a trembling voice, Osman spoke.

Within his jumbled words were impatience, regret, and prayer.

“…I don’t know what you were doing. But it’s okay now. Don’t push yourself anymore.”

“Osman…?”

“I’ll handle your father’s situation. The debts too. All of it. Even if it costs my life, I’ll reform him and protect you――protect this house!”

His shouting words were straightforward and painfully sincere.

A single tear rolled down Laura’s cheek.

She didn’t even know why she was crying.

“…I left you lonely, didn’t I.”

“Ah… ahh… Laura…”

“There, there… don’t cry.”

Laura gently stroked the head of Osman, who was crying like a child.

Before she knew it, Osman was clinging to her slender body, burying his face in her chest.

“Laura… even someone like me… will you marry me?”

“――Of course. The only one I want to marry is you. I’m here because I want to marry you.”

“…Laura… Laura… ah… Laura…”

Holding back sobs, Osman took out a small box from his pocket.

It was the engagement ring box, worn smooth from being opened and closed so many times.

With trembling hands, he took out the ring and slipped it onto Laura’s ring finger.

The gem caught the evening sun and glowed softly in both their eyes.

Laura smiled and gently touched Osman’s cheek.

Then she quietly pressed her lips to his.

Osman didn’t know what had happened while Laura was gone.

And Laura herself remembered nothing of that period.

Whether she could truly be happy from now on was unknown.

But at least right now, two people had begun walking toward a new life together.

――This was another story of one woman who had reached the end of corruption.

And the light that had cleared that darkness was quietly beginning to shine in the sky over the adventure city Hares.