Lulling The Eyes

"You asked about my experiences with my previous patients..." Sarah said. She placed her cup down. and looked at the table.

She studied the engravements of the wood, each and every grain. How it curved. How it connected. How the slight chip at the edge made it look slightly crooked. She watched as if the lines and scratches would jump out the second she turned her pupils away from them.

Why did she do this? She didn't know. But she gave the image of an unsettled woman to Phil which was definitely one of her goals at the moment.

"Yes, I think I might have... Are you ok, Sarah?" Phil slowly placed his cup down as he looked at Sarah with a jumpy gaze.

Sarah placed her hand on Phil's as she nodded with soft and wet eyes.

The action was relatively unnoticed by Phil. He noticed that Sarah was holding his hand, but for some reason, he didn't think there was anything special about it.

But that was an invalid assessment on his part.

[Seductress's Aroma has been used!]

[-125 MP!]

[This skill shall last for 5 seconds...]

[305/430 MP]

"Yeh, I'm fine. But, I think you have already seen most of my patients today," Sarah said with a slight break in her voice.

The quiver of her voice coincided with the flickering of the fading fires outside.

As the fires slowly died out outside, the fire in the tent was rising in the lust that the couple were being engulfed by.

'I'm finally going to be done with this lad...' Sarah thought mockingly as she saw the effect of Seductress's Aroma on Phil.

Continuing from before, Phil thought the realisation of who Sarah was talking about while spreading his legs slightly apart.

"Do you mean... the men from this morning?" He asked calmly as he tapped his foot on the floor.

Seeing Phil's reaction gave Sarah an inward smile, but she continued with her solemn look from before as she followed through with the made-up story.

"Yeh, one of the men was my patient. He was sweet and nice. He used to compliment me all the time about my looks while we discussed places around the continent."

"But then... when I least expected it... things started to get out of hand," Sarah said as she squeezed Phil's hand tighter.

[Seductress's Aroma has run out!]

Phil in turn squeezed harder in a bout to assure Sarah that she was safe with him. At least he did that instinctually. All he consciously felt was pity and sadness when hearing about her situation.

"And then...?" Phil asked in a compassionate tone.

Sarah nodded meekly.

"He started threatening me. Saying he would tell everyone I was a 'slut' or a 'cheap whore' and more awful things."

Sarah started to tear up as she told this to Phil.

Phil looked at Sarah with the same emotions she was feeling. Pity and sadness as Sarah reminded him of his late mother.

Phil shook his head at those thoughts and refocused his attention back on Sarah.

But before he could react, Sarah suddenly wiped her tears as she lightly tugged on Phil's arm.

"But I said no to him regardless. I reported him to the authorities right after I discharged him from my care and went along my day like I usually did," She said.

Phil saw the strong woman inside of Sarah that was willing to even be called mean things just to conserve her virginity. She seemed like a holy woman who was kind to be around. She seemed like the kind of lady that deserved happiness!

But, what happened an hour ago showed him that life wasn't fair enough to give good people good lives...

Sarah didn't show her 'strong' side for too long and went back into a sad puppy state.

"But just when I thought the authorities took care of it... they started chasing after me this evening," Sarah said, hanging her head low and sniffling lightly towards the table.

Phil nodded at that and tried his best to keep calm with his raging emotions.

"Luckily, me and my friend were there to help you," Phil said, smiling at Sarah as he turned her hand around and wiped her palm.

Sarah shyly nodded and picked up her teacup to take a sip.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Unfortunately for Phil, this sweet moment didn't last long as he heard a bell from the outside.

With curiosity, Sarah looked towards the tent entrance before Phil waved his hand and pointed with his thumb behind the curtains.

"It's probably some bets happening outside. It's nothing serious." Phil said as he dropped his hand and picked up his cup to take another sip.

A moment passed like this as a mini-brawl was heard from the outside. Sarah sat calmly on her seat, while Phil was getting a bit uncomfortable at the noise.

Seeing Phil's declining enthusiasm, Sarah coughed and decided to take this chance to ask some important questions.

"So, Phil. I've heard you're pretty close with the Lieutenant, is this true?" She asked as if a young girl asking about gossip.

'I can already guess what's coming next. "Oh, He's so strict! Oh, he's so much of an asshole! Oh, he's so unfair! Oh, he's-"'

"He's great! He's a kind man that truly cares about all of us soldiers," Phil said as he nodded vigorously.

'Oh, he's so kind! Oh, he's so- huh? What did he say?' After a while of processing, this was the response going through Sarah's head.

Sarah shook her head vigorously, leading her gold-blonde hair to flow wildly around before finally settling down a moment later.

"Oh? That's quite peculiar. So you're telling me that the Lieutenant actually treats you well?" Sarah asked in quick succession and a curious smile.

Phil nodded, "Yeh. Even though he might seem hard and stubborn... and constantly whispering about bathing the nobles in their kin's blood, Lieutenant Cleatus has always been nice to us," He said but paused at the end when he remembered that the Lieutenant would bathe the nobles in their blood...

'Well... I didn't see that coming,' Sarah thought absent-mindedly.

Throughout her whole time inside this Kron camp. When she seduced Michael, Anthony, and the others, she not once heard anything positive about the Lieutenant. Not once! It has always been about how hard he was on the soldiers, or how much he hated nobles, or how he hated the Demi-humans, etc.

But after hearing the exact opposite come out of Phil's mouth, she suddenly felt the pieces in her mind fit together.

A picture of a plan was slowly forming in her mind.

Maybe he wasn't so bad according to Sarah's previous perceptions? She was given extremely biased information before now, so it could be true.

But these pieces of information were still an anomaly in her mind. She was almost guaranteed to be greeted with a negative comment if she asked outside right now.

That ultimately led Sarah to two conclusions... There's either something seriously wrong with Phil, or he has a perspective that no one else has.

Not willing to keep her uncertainty at bay, Sarah leaned forward onto the table and locked eyes with Phil.

"Why do you believe that to be the case?" Sarah asked with her cleavage slightly peeking out from her clothes.

Phil panicked and quickly slid his chair back in a stammer of an answer.

"I-it's because he always brings us blankets if we forget to wear them in the cold, h-he gives us a day off after his disciplining, h-he keeps us safe while we're out and about, a-and he always gives us a compliment when it's due," Phil said shakily as he tried to pry his eyes away from Sarah's tatas while giving her information.

Seeing the absolute state of Phil, Sarah took a step back and approached him calmly in a hushed voice, "Shu, shu, it's alright, Phil. I'm not going to hurt you. There's nothing dangerous happening around here,"

'Use 'Temptress' Illusion'.' Sarah thought during her attempts to lull Phil.

[Temptress' Illusion has been used!]

[-150 MP!]

[A subtle illusion has been used. Chances of success: 91%]

Sarah changed her presence into something motherly and holy as she slowly approached Phil, all the way until she was able to pat him on the head.

"There, there. Aren't you all good now?" Sarah said in a gentle voice as she came closer and closer to Phil.

Phil looked at Sarah for a moment before flinching at the pats.

Sarah gave a bitter smile at that reaction.

'Has he never felt a woman's touch...?' She thought before taking his hand. Gently grasping her hand between his fingers as she led him towards the bed.

"How about we take a nap?" Sarah said with a warm smile.

Phil nodded nervously, causing a violet flash to go through his eyes.

[Corruption of 'Phil' increased by 30%!]

"It seems we are both tired," Sarah said when she saw the notification.

She sighed as she made Phil climb on top of the bed and made him lie down on one side while she went on to the other.

She sighed again as she laid down on her side as well and turned her back to Phil's.

'...Gotta make this little experience seem like a dream for now! Such a pain...' Sarah thought begrudgingly as she activated Temptress' Illusion to bring Phil to sleep.

Once she finished using the skill, she pulled the blanket over from her side, and covered the sleeping Phil and her together.

Leaving the two half-filled tea cups to cool in the autumn night.