I Just Wanted to Avoid Death - Chapter 141

“……W-w-w-wait, just a moment! Why is the method for imprinting something like that?!”

“How would I know? It’s merely a method passed down through tradition.”

At his calm reply, the corners of Yeshion’s lips trembled. Right. He had forgotten. This was a depraved BL novel world.

“No, but still……!”

Was it really okay to treat something like a sacred temple ritual this sloppily?

When he looked at him with utter disbelief, Eldis smiled and asked,

“So, do you dislike it?”

This wasn’t a matter of like or dislike. That kind of act was supposed to be done with someone you loved, and there was no way he could just jump into bed with Eldis under the excuse of imprinting.

“L-look…… considering that imprinting involves such acts, it doesn’t seem like something that should be done in a casual relationship……”

Yeshion tried his best to phrase it gently, not to offend Eldis. But it was still, unmistakably, a rejection. A way of saying, ‘We’re not that close yet.’

“And now, as a priest, you’re going back on your word?”

“No, that was…… back when I didn’t know how imprinting worked……!”

“Knowing it doesn’t change anything. Either you go through with imprinting, or you stick with me forever. I’m fine with the latter too. If we’re always together, I’ll have more chances to seduce you.”

Yeshion flushed a deep red at Eldis’s shameless words.

How could someone say things like that with such a straight face? At this point, it was almost worthy of respect in a weird way.

“……A-are you really going to do it?”

“Yes. Because I don’t want to let you die.”

Was it really okay to go through with this?

As Yeshion hesitated with a troubled expression, Eldis pulled him fully into his embrace.

Then he whispered softly into his ear.

“……Are you uncomfortable with the act required for imprinting?”

At the gentle voice, Yeshion rested his forehead on his shoulder.

With his face hidden from view, the embarrassment swelling inside him kept him from answering aloud, he could only nod faintly.

Truthfully, it wasn’t as if he had no s****l experience. Though his mind had been completely fogged over at the time, his encounter with Adelio technically counted as an experience.

But back then, everything was a blur from the heat and dizziness. He hadn’t even been aware of what he was saying.

‘If I were in that same state of confusion again, I wouldn’t feel this embarrassed……’

Just being naked and held like this was already mortifying. The thought of going further with Eldis felt like it could actually knock him out cold.

“Even if it’s burdensome, what else can we do? You still have to do it if you want the imprint.”

“……This is just a medical procedure too, right?”

Yeshion asked, recalling a past memory.

When he had suffered terribly from ‘Gebi’s’ aftereffects and collapsed into his arms, Eldis had calmly claimed it was “just a treatment.”

So maybe this, too, fell under that same category.

‘If Eldis really sees it that way……’

Then the one feeling awkward and embarrassed was just him.

Even if Yeshion now saw this place as the world he lived in, it didn’t change the fact that he was inside a high-level, depraved BL novel.

Eldis parted his lips at Yeshion’s question. But since no immediate answer came, Yeshion tried to lift his head to see his expression.

But he couldn’t, because Eldis held the back of his neck, stopping him, as if he didn’t want Yeshion to see.

As he drew Yeshion even closer, Eldis finally answered.

“Yes, that’s right.”

With a wry smile hidden from Yeshion, Eldis clenched his fist. Pressing down the words he wanted to say, he exhaled deeply before continuing.

“It’s just… a simple medical procedure.”

And Yeshion, unaware of what Eldis was truly feeling, could only keep agonizing.

‘It doesn’t make sense to me, but……’

Just like the past treatment from Eldis had worked, imprinting would likely help him now too.

With no better alternatives, he couldn’t just say no outright.

‘Right, this is just a simple medical procedure. I’ll keep it simple.’

At that moment, Yeshion didn’t know.

That he shouldn’t have agreed so easily. That this wasn’t something to be treated so lightly.