The Restrained Fates of the White Dragon Maiden

"Waaah..." The young girl numbly released the sword hilt, letting out a mournful cry before closing her eyes in despair. "Woman, from now on, you belong to this dragon." "?!" The young girl's eyes snapped open, staring at the white dragon before her. A wave of despair washed over her. She couldn't imagine the consequences of being abducted by a colossal dragon. "Now tell me, what is your name." Ignoring the girl's reaction, the white dragon inquired about her name. "I... my name is Chloe..." The young girl trembled, her voice weak as she gave her name. "Chloe, is it..." ... And so, the white dragon, carrying Chloe, returned to its cave. For colossal dragons, finding a suitably sized cave to inhabit was difficult, given their immense size. However, for the white dragon clan, which was relatively small compared to other great dragons, it was quite easy. Messy, dark, damp... This was Chloe's first impression of the cave. Piles of miscellaneous items, collected by the white dragon over the years, were stacked in the corners. At the deepest part of the cave, a large pile of dry grass was laid out, with some animal bones nearby. Clearly, this was the white dragon's bed. "I remember finding some human restraints before. To prevent you from escaping, I'll put them on you." As they entered the cave, the white dragon illuminated it with light magic and then manipulated items from the pile of debris to fly out. A pair of handcuffs and shackles flew over and landed in front of Chloe. 'Magical restraints...' Seeing the handcuffs and shackles with a faint flow of magic on their surface, Chloe's heart sank. If she put them on, escape would be impossible. 'No... I can't wear them.' Chloe resisted in her heart, gathering her courage to look up at the white dragon, which was overwhelmingly massive to her. "Mr. Dragon, did you capture me just to imprison me?" "If you want shiny jewels and gold coins, I can have them sent to you!" This was Chloe's first encounter with a great dragon, so she attempted to negotiate with the white dragon in this manner. "It's not exactly to imprison you, but I read in books that great dragons should abduct beautiful women and have a clutch of dragon eggs with them." The white dragon honestly explained its intentions to Chloe. Chloe's face turned pale, and she quickly stumbled back a few steps before collapsing onto the ground. She looked at the colossal white dragon, then down at her own slender body, and Chloe knew she wouldn't be able to resist... "Let... let go... I said...!" The silver-haired loli, unused to such stimulation, her legs weakening and unable to stand, quickly surrendered. "I... my name is Nuoxin." Though reluctant, Nuoxin gave her name after Chloe stopped. "Mmm, what a lovely name, little darling~" Chloe nodded happily, her hands once again grasping Nuoxin's cute breasts. "I... didn't I tell you? Quick... Eek! Quick... let go..." As a dragon, Nuoxin's body had never been touched so easily, so this feeling of her breasts being played with was completely foreign to her. The stimulation made her body go limp, unable to exert any strength, not even able to stand... The handcuffs and shackles themselves had a certain weight, and coupled with her body's weakness, Nuoxin found it difficult to even lift her hands. Even if she did, she could only grasp Chloe's hands on her chest, lacking the strength to pry them away. Thus, the silver-haired loli, adorned with handcuffs and shackles, collapsed into Chloe's embrace. Chloe excitedly picked up the adorable silver-haired loli. "Let me go..." Nuoxin squirmed and struggled in Chloe's arms, but she was helpless against Chloe's hands, only able to be held aloft like a plush toy. *Why... this feeling is so strange...* *Is it because of this protruding organ in front of me? Humans have such a great weakness...* Her breasts assaulted, Nuoxin was completely unable to resist and was utterly bewildered. Her hands weakly clutched the back of Chloe's hands, unable to pry them open. Dragons are not mammals, so dragons do not have breasts. Nuoxin had no understanding of human breasts, and even less of why they were so sensitive. "Hoo~ Well then, Miss White Dragon, I'll help you continue with your idea of laying dragon eggs. Though I don't know if you can actually lay them, since I'm not a man." Chloe rested her chin on Nuoxin's shoulder, blew gently into her ear, and whispered softly. Nuoxin's entire body stiffened when Chloe blew air, and then Chloe's voice made her ears tingle. But at this point, her hands were too weak to lift and cover her ears while wearing handcuffs. "N-no..." "I don't want to lay them, sob..." Nuoxin's voice was choked with tears. With the last of her strength, she gripped Chloe's palms, trying to stop her from continuing to play with her breasts. Hearing Nuoxin's words, Chloe paused for a moment. She leaned closer and looked at the corners of Nuoxin's eyes, finding that she had started to cry. Her helpless tears made her look incredibly cute, yet it also made Chloe feel a pang of pity. "Alright, since Miss Dragon doesn't want to lay them anymore, then so be it." Chloe shook her head with a wicked grin, enjoying the sight of Noxin's embarrassment. "No, this is so inconvenient! Take them off quickly!" Noxin resisted fiercely, her hands gripping the chain between the handcuffs and pulling with all her might, but the chain remained undamaged. These metal-clad handcuffs and shackles were no ordinary items; they were magical restraints. Faint traces of magic could be seen flowing over their surfaces. Once worn, they would seal away a portion of one's magic, and the enchantments upon them ensured they were incredibly difficult to break. Now, Noxin couldn't access her own magic, and her body had been transformed into a child's form by the Defect Book's shapeshifting spell. Destroying these restraints was impossible. Even with a saw, she couldn't cut through them. Because the chain on the shackles was less than ten centimeters long, Noxin couldn't spread her legs far apart when sitting on the ground. She could only keep her legs together, placed in front of her. Seeing this, Chloe's eyes lit up. She crouched down behind Noxin and wrapped her arms around her body and thighs. "Wha—?! What are you doing! Put me down!" Startled by being picked up like this, Noxin struggled to straighten her body, but she was no match for Chloe's strength. She was forced to curl up, her chest and abdomen pressed against her thighs, her lower legs kicking uselessly at the air. "It's okay, it's just too dirty over there. I'm taking you back to your nest~" Holding the curled-up Noxin in her arms, Chloe explained as she buried her face in Noxin's beautiful, silvery-white long hair, inhaling its faint scent. And so, Chloe carried Noxin back to her nest, piled high with dry grass. As it was a dragon's lair, it was a vast, flat expanse for Chloe and Noxin in her current state. Chloe finally set Noxin down. Noxin had used magic to tightly compress and weave the dry grass together, forming a mat-like structure on the ground. The area was spotlessly clean, with no unusual odors. White dragons were the only white and furry dragon species, and these characteristics naturally led them to develop a habit of cleanliness. Noxin was no exception. Although there were some animal bones scattered around the dry grass, they had been thoroughly cleaned. They resembled decorative furniture and chew toys more than remains. Noxin sat on the ground, glaring at Chloe. Having regained some of her strength, she attempted to stand. The handcuffs on her were a significant burden for her current delicate state, but as long as her body wasn't stimulated, it wasn't enough to prevent her from standing. "Don't look at me like that. You're the one who said you wanted to have dragon eggs with me." Chloe didn't feel any pressure from Noxin's hostile gaze. Instead, she couldn't help but reach out and press down on Noxin's head, rubbing it vigorously a couple of times. "I wanted *you* to have dragon eggs! Not me!" Hearing Chloe's words, Noxin glared at her, puffing out her cheeks. If not for her severely limited mobility due to the handcuffs and shackles, she would have pounced on the human girl before her right now. "Alright, alright, then take them off." Seeing Noxin's indignant expression, Chloe chuckled behind her hand and produced the key she had hidden earlier, handing it to Noxin. Noxin snatched the key and, with a few clicks, her handcuffs and shackles were unlocked. "Damn human! I'm going to eat you!" Freed from her restraints, Noxin immediately bared her teeth and lunged at Chloe. The rough hemp rope was a hazard to her tender skin. As the constriction around her upper body intensified, Nuoxin felt the friction of the rope against her skin as both itchy and painful. Especially her breasts, deliberately bound and constricted by the hemp rope, felt as if they were being directly cut by the coarse material, despite their inherent tenderness. "Mmm... No...!" "Wh-what are you doing! Let me go..." The rope coiled around Nuoxin's wrists, attempting to twist her hands behind her back. Unable to resist due to her lack of strength, Nuoxin struggled in panic. But her struggles did not prevent the rope from twisting her hands behind her. Instead, the rope binding her upper body rubbed against her flesh, causing her even greater pain, her skin feeling as if it were being abraded. Finally, Nuoxin's hands were twisted behind her back. She clenched her small fists, trying to break free, but the rope tightened bit by bit, hoisting her wrists higher and higher to an extreme point. The pain forced Nuoxin to tilt her head back, sweat streaming down her forehead. "Let me go..." With her upper body bound, Nuoxin watched as more ropes continued to wrap around her. In the end, she could only cast a pitiful look towards Chloe. "Tsk tsk, not bad for a first try. The descriptions in the books aren't wrong, are they?" Looking at the pitiable little girl bound by the ropes, Chloe smiled with great satisfaction. She had always enjoyed secretly reading various forbidden books, and the method she used to bind Nuoxin was something she had seen in one of them, but she had never had the chance to put it into practice. Perhaps influenced by the subtle magic of those forbidden books, Chloe had been very interested in binding girls ever since she read that particular one. "Don't, don't laugh! Let me go quickly!" "Ah, ah, ah? Wh-why is it tightening down there?!" As Nuoxin was further restrained by the hemp rope, when the rope passed between her legs, Nuoxin realized the gravity of the situation. But she was powerless to stop it, and could only watch as the rope tightened fiercely between her legs, a rope with a knot digging deeply into her tender, private parts. "Ugh—!" Nuoxin tilted her head back, emitting a high-pitched moan, but her brow was furrowed in pain. These ropes, originally meant for binding prey, were far too coarse for human skin, which could hardly tolerate such rough friction. Subsequently, Nuoxin felt her body go limp, completely unable to struggle. She tried to sit down, only to find her legs also being bound together by the rope, preventing her from separating them. Unable to stand steadily, she could only fall backward, landing on her bottom on the ground. Fortunately, the dry grass spread on the ground was thick enough, so falling onto the ground like that didn't hurt too much. After Nuoxin fell, the ropes immediately accelerated their movements. Before she could even react, they had firmly bound her legs together, making it impossible to separate them. Her legs looked as if they were segmented by the ropes. "You damned human! Untie these ropes at once!" With her lower body completely deprived of freedom, Nuoxin glared at Chloe, who was snickering beside her. "The ropes are so painful..." On the same day as Long Sheng's first time, her body had been played with to the point of climaxing several times. Nuo Xin collapsed weakly in Chloe's arms. "Painful? Indeed, these ropes are too rough for you." Chloe examined the points where the ropes met Nuo Xin's skin and found that Nuo Xin's skin was already red and raw from friction, as if it had been abraded. Although she was a great dragon, Nuo Xin's current body was merely a human form created by a flawed transformation spell. It was easily injured, and the prolonged restraint had already caused a distinct numbness in her hands. "I'll use magic to soften the ropes for you. When we get out, I'll buy you some softer ones." Chloe said, raising her hand and casting both healing and softening spells simultaneously. Nuo Xin's abraded skin quickly began to recover, and the rough hemp ropes became soft after being caressed by magic. Only then did Nuo Xin feel a little more comfortable, and the numbness from the prolonged restraint disappeared. "Get out? Do you, do you want to take me away from here?!" Although her body no longer hurt, Chloe's words made Nuo Xin nervous. She quickly struggled to sit up in Chloe's arms, propping herself up with her feet to turn and face Chloe. In the books she had read about great dragons abducting beautiful maidens to their castles, humans were depicted as extremely hostile towards dragons. The thought of this made Nuo Xin panic. "If we don't leave here, can you, who have become human and lost your magic, survive in the forest? That's why I intend to take you with me." Chloe shook her head, reaching out to gently stroke Nuo Xin's smooth, silver hair as she explained. "Then just undo the transformation spell!" Nuo Xin glared at Chloe, her cheeks puffed out. As long as the transformation spell was undone, she would be a white dragon, the king of this magical beast forest, and all magical beasts would submit to her. "I can't. The Flawed Tome doesn't record it. After all, there's no flaw in the spell to undo it, so I don't know how." Looking at Nuo Xin's adorable, puffed-out expression, Chloe shrugged. Nuo Xin froze for a moment, then twisted her body and struggled to stand up. "You tricked me into using a transformation spell that can't be undone! I'm not leaving here with you!" Nuo Xin shouted angrily at Chloe, then turned and hopped away, trying to distance herself from Chloe. However, the several climaxes she had experienced earlier had drained most of Nuo Xin's energy. After only a few hops, she was panting, bending over, and too weak to continue hopping. Grumble~! This smile sent a jolt through Nuoxin's heart. A bad premonition made her instinctively want to retreat, but her back was already against the wall, with nowhere left to go. Under Nuoxin's nervous gaze, Lu Shi Mike took out a pink, granular-surfaced short rod. Nuoxin had never seen this thing before, but she was certain this ugly rod was no good... Taking out the rod with its irregularly granulated surface, Lu Shi Mike squatted in front of Nuoxin again, reached out, and lifted her skirt, completely exposing her legs bound together by rope and clad in knee-high white stockings. Since Chloe hadn't given Nuoxin underwear, her lower body had been in a state of constant exposure, and the rope that had been binding Nuoxin was still lodged in her pussy. Although the rope was always there, Nuoxin's thighs were bound by rope above her knees. When she walked earlier, she couldn't spread her legs, and merely moving her calves didn't tug on the rope, so it hadn't caused her much stimulation. "Ugh..." Looking at Lu Shi Mike lifting her skirt, Nuoxin glared at him with shame and indignation. Her back against the wall, she struggled to kick her bound legs forward, not caring if she fell again. However, Lu Shi Mike casually grabbed Nuoxin's legs and hoisted them onto his shoulders. "Ugh!" With her legs lifted, Nuoxin's body, which had been falling backward against the wall, stopped mid-air. The collar was pulled by the leash, tightening around Nuoxin's neck. She was forced to crane her head back, struggling to breathe, feeling intense pain in her neck. "Mmph mmph!" Nuoxin thrashed her legs in agony, struggling, but Lu Shi Mike firmly held her legs hoisted on his shoulders. Suppressing Nuoxin's struggles, Lu Shi Mike brought the rod in his hand towards Nuoxin's pussy. "..." He parted the rope constricting her pussy with his fingers and suddenly paused. "A virgin...?" "Then I can't damage it. The higher-ups might want..." Lu Shi Mike muttered softly, his hand trembled, and the rod disappeared. Then, the ring on his finger flashed a few times, and a pink vibrator appeared in Lu Shi Mike's hand. Nuoxin's head was forced back, and she couldn't see what Lu Shi Mike had taken out. But the slight contact as he parted the rope made Nuoxin tremble all over, her mind flashing back to the scenes of Chloe toying with her body... "Mmph mmph?!" 'Wh-what is it? It's going inside?!' Suddenly, Nuoxin's eyes widened. She keenly felt two small, oval objects being inserted into her pussy by Lu Shi Mike. They weren't very deep, but the sensation of foreign objects entering made Nuoxin squirm uncomfortably. Then, Lu Shi Mike returned the rope to its original position, pressing down on the vibrator to prevent it from slipping out of her vaginal opening. Having finished, Lu Shi Mike lowered Nuoxin's legs from his shoulders, allowing her to touch the ground again. Nuoxin, her face flushed red, immediately struggled to stand up, but Lu Shi Mike took out a small pink button. Thus, Chloe slowly familiarized herself with the magic, while the carriage headed towards Tibik City, where a branch of the Magic Guild was recently established. Inside the carriage, Norxin, whose gag and restraints Chloe had removed, appeared somewhat bored. Not wanting to disturb Chloe, she leaned against Daker, whom she had pushed to the edge. "Mmmph..." Daker, who had been restrained, trembled, seemingly afraid of what Norxin might do to her. Since Norxin had been the one to 'punish' her during the kidnapping, Daker harbored a deep fear of her. She also felt that the girl was heavy-handed, not knowing when to stop even when Daker was suffocating, and it was only thanks to the other woman that she was saved... "Don't be scared, don't be scared." Noticing Daker's trembling, Norxin, leaning against her, reached out and stroked her head, as if petting a pet. Reassured by Norxin's gentle actions and certain that the girl wouldn't do anything to her, Daker finally relaxed. Unable to speak or see, she could only let Norxin embrace her, using her as a pillow. Thus, Norxin leaned against the equally petite Daker and soon fell asleep. However, while Norxin slept comfortably, Daker, pressed beneath her, began to suffer. The ropes hidden beneath her shawl and dress already bound her body tightly. Coupled with being squeezed into the corner and unable to even squirm due to Norxin's weight, the stuffiness and immobility made Daker miserable. She struggled, trying to push Norxin off, but one of Norxin's arms was wrapped around her body, and she hadn't let go even in her sleep. No matter how much Daker squirmed, she couldn't dislodge Norxin. 'Wait...' Chloe, who was skillfully practicing her magic, suddenly paused, remembering something very important. She immediately turned to look at Norxin. The moment she turned, golden light suddenly appeared out of nowhere, instantly transforming into golden ropes that bound both Norxin and Chloe. The golden ropes bound Norxin tightly from head to toe, leaving no part unconstrained. Even each finger was individually wrapped. Due to her voluminous skirt, her lower body was not suitable for binding, so the golden ropes snaked beneath Norxin's dress to complete the restraint, cinching around her skirt and preventing it from flaring freely. Compared to Norxin's thorough binding, Chloe was only restrained at her hands. The moment the golden ropes appeared, they forced Chloe's arms to bend, bringing her fingers to touch her shoulders, thus restricting her arms so she couldn't straighten them. "Damn cursed ropes..." Chloe cursed in annoyance and channeled her magic to break the golden ropes on her arms. The severed ropes vanished as they fell. With her hands freed, Chloe quickly moved to Norxin's side, examining the ropes on her body closely. "Oh no..." Upon closer inspection, Chloe realized her fears were confirmed. The golden ropes had extended to Daker's body, wrapping around her chest and tightening! This meant Daker was also cursed, and the cursed ropes had replicated themselves! 'I have to deal with this quickly...' Chloe gritted her teeth, compressed her magic into a magical dagger, and began to cut the golden ropes on Norxin and Daker. Soon, all the ropes were severed, but this only meant the curse had temporarily stopped. "Alright, now you two can have a fun game with each other, pressed close together." Chloe clapped her hands with satisfaction, then pulled their bodies a little closer. "First, you both have a remote control in your hands, which can be used to control the vibrator inside the other person's pussy." "Just press the button, and the vibration intensity of the other person's toy will increase by one level." As Chloe spoke, she guided their thumbs with her own hands, helping them find the location of the remote control buttons. "But you can only increase the vibration intensity once every 10 seconds at minimum, and when the intensity reaches its maximum, the next button press will reset it. You don't know what the maximum intensity is, and your maximums are different." "What you need to do is to continuously increase the other person's vibration intensity, making them orgasm before you do. How you do it is by feeling the other person's reactions through physical contact to judge the vibration intensity." With that, Chloe pressed their fingers down on the remote controls in their hands simultaneously. *Vvmmm—* Two vibrators began to buzz at their lowest frequency. Even so, Nuoxin and Da Ke'er instinctively clenched their folded and restrained legs, a faint wave of pleasure causing a clear blush to spread across their faces. Da Ke'er writhed, the ropes on her body connected to Nuoxin's. As she struggled, both felt the ropes pulling taut, tightening the crotch strap around their private parts. "Mmm..." Nuoxin tensed her legs, trying to lift them and press her knees against Da Ke'er's. But because the ropes bound their bodies together, she couldn't push Da Ke'er away. "Oh, right, I almost forgot about this." Seeing Nuoxin's movement, Chloe on the side suddenly remembered that she had only folded their legs. She immediately took out new ropes. The new ropes wrapped around their thighs, binding their thighs together and to each other, so that their thighs were connected by the ropes like their bodies, unable to separate. The previous action of Nuoxin lifting her knees to push against Da Ke'er could no longer be performed. "Alright, from now on, if the other person doesn't orgasm, you two will remain bound like this." "If someone orgasms, well... then you'll stay in that state of forced orgasm all the way to the City of Tibik. It's not that far, just a day's journey." Standing before them, looking at the two girls who, after being hoisted up, only reached her chest, Chloe said the loser's punishment with a wicked grin. This challenge was very fair to both of them. Whether it was Nuoxin or Da Ke'er, they had only been in contact with pleasure for a few days. Their physical condition was similar due to their similar builds. What remained was endurance. "Wuwu, wuwuwu..." Da Ke'er seemed to want to say something, but the gag muffled her voice, making it indistinct. However, her expression clearly showed fear. "Eh? Although this will be very comfortable, it's too tiring for too long. How about... we just give up?" "Lord Melithurse, are you sure..." "Enough nonsense, hand it over." Melithurse interrupted the guard's persuasion and extended her smooth, delicate hand. "Alright..." The guard reluctantly nodded and took out a metal magic-nullifying collar, placing it in Melithurse's hand. This magic-nullifying collar was the same as the one on Nuoxin's neck, a smaller size specifically prepared for smaller girls. Melithurse took the magic-nullifying collar, her face flushed with excitement. Carefully opening the collar, Melithurse placed it around her own neck. *Click—* With a soft click, the collar fastened. This type of collar was not designed to be opened by the wearer. Once fastened, the seam seemed to disappear, turning the entire collar into a seamless circle with no keyhole or any means of opening. With the collar fastened, Melithurse couldn't help but place her hand on her chest, feeling her heart race. "Continue, just like her." After a moment of flushed panting, Melithurse brought her hands behind her back and instructed the guard. "Understood, pardon me." The guard reluctantly agreed, taking out a mithril handcuff identical to the one Nuoxin wore and fastening it onto Melithurse's wrists. With the handcuffs on, Melithurse blushed and struggled, but her hands were fixed and could not be separated. The sturdy handcuffs assured her that no amount of force would break them. After the handcuffs were on, the guard parted Melithurse's long red hair, which hung down her back, and let each side fall onto her shoulders, exposing her back. The guard grasped Melithurse's elbows, bringing them close together until they almost touched. He then used another mithril cuff to secure her upper arms, preventing them from separating. In this manner, Melithurse's upper body was restrained just like Nuoxin's, with both hands cuffed behind her back. Subsequently, the guard gathered the long hair from Melithurse's shoulders and let it fall down her back again. "Alright, now for the lower half." Melithurse struggled slightly, the sensation of her hands bound behind her back causing her face to flush with a hint of satisfaction. However, she quickly regained her composure and instructed the guard. "Yes." The guard immediately half-crouched by Melithurse's skirt, lifting the hem slightly to reveal her ankles. He then fastened a thick ankle shackle above her ankles. With the chain connecting the shackles being less than ten centimeters long, Melithurse found it difficult to take large steps after the shackles were on. Finally, the guard locked an iron ball onto Melithurse's ankle shackles, making her restraints almost identical to Nuoxin's. "Mmm, good. Now give me a gag." Melithurse nodded in satisfaction, glancing at the gag in Nuoxin's mouth, and then prompted the guard. "Certainly." The guard took out a gag and placed it into Melithurse's mouth, which she obediently opened. It is worth noting that as a dungeon guard, he possessed a spatial ring containing a vast collection of restraints, from which all these items were directly retrieved. "Mmph~" The strap of the gag was tightened behind Melithurse's head. She attempted to make a sound, but the gag muffled her voice into an indistinct mumble. The inner walls seemed to be closing in, and Hai'er, feeling the pressure on her body, was slightly confused, but quickly came up with an explanation. "Yaa?!" "You, you control your tentacles!" Hai'er suddenly felt a tentacle brush past her ear, startling her, and she quickly yelled at the slime. She didn't think the slime had done it on purpose, as it had seemed timid from the start. So, Hai'er figured its tentacles must have just swung around accidentally during movement... "Ah?!" Just as Hai'er was making excuses for the tentacle, the slime seemed to have lost its footing and fallen from a height. While the slime's crawling didn't affect Hai'er's balance inside it, falling from a height was different. Hai'er was forced to tumble through the air along with the slime. Being inside the slime, Hai'er didn't know how high they were from the ground. Just as she instinctively tried to use magic to stop their descent, the slime hit the ground with a splat. The slime, covered in slime and tentacles, provided good cushioning upon impact, so Hai'er didn't suffer a major shock, but... Because her body had tumbled with the slime, Hai'er landed face down. Combined with her curled-up position with her legs hugged to her chest, her posture was forced into something resembling a crawling position. The slime regained its freedom of movement after landing, but Hai'er inside it couldn't correct her posture because the internal space had become even narrower! The fleshy walls were pressed tightly against her body, and the soft, sticky tentacles pressed against Hai'er, making her feel completely enveloped. In this situation, she couldn't possibly get up to change her posture; her tightly wrapped body was fixed within the slime. "Mmph!" Hai'er wanted to tell the slime to relax its body, but her head was also tightly encased by the inner walls, preventing her from opening her mouth properly, making her voice muffled. 'Is this guy... doing this on purpose...' 'Is it that bold? Or has it been spoiled by Meli...' Being enveloped on her face was equivalent to being blindfolded and having her mouth and nose covered, preventing her from breathing. However, this posed no real danger to Hai'er. Still, she hesitated whether to forcefully break out of the slime's belly. But she didn't know which direction the slime's mouth was in. If she broke out forcefully, the slime would likely be severely injured, if not killed... 'There's no life-threatening danger to me like this anyway. Finding Meli is more important...' A thought, almost against her will, surfaced in Hai'er's mind. Normally, she would never touch such sticky, disgusting tentacles, let alone crawl inside and have her body tightly wrapped... Outside, the tentacle slime was unaware of the danger it had just been in. It had successfully left the Lord's mansion and was heading out to find Meli Turs. In its memory, besides the current Hai'er, only Meli Turs had ever entered its body. Therefore, only she carried its slime, and it could just track the location of that slime... "?" When Chloe groggily awoke, she found herself still tightly bound in a white gauze garment. Her hands were clasped behind her back in a prayer-like pose, hoisted high, while her legs were wrapped round and round with ropes, almost like a mummy. The Kote-kote-shibari, a restraint method focused on playful teasing, was also applied to Chloe's delicate body, causing her to feel a strange sensation just from being bound. Even more absurdly, she could feel two peculiar oval objects inserted into her body. If she wasn't mistaken, they were likely two vibrators... Where was she...? With this question in mind, Chloe struggled to sit up and discovered she was lying inside a rectangular metal box. Upon closer inspection, Chloe immediately recognized the rectangular metal box for what it was: a torture device laid flat on the ground, the Iron Maiden! It resembled a rectangular coffin, but its doors, which opened from the sides, were studded with countless iron spikes. Once closed, these spikes would pierce the victim's body. As the spikes were positioned to avoid vital organs, they would ultimately lead to the victim's death from excessive blood loss and agonizing pain. It was an extremely cruel torture device, typically used to judge heretics. However, since the major religions on the continent began to coexist harmoniously, such devices had become mere decorative pieces for deterrence. "Mmph!" 'Hey, hey, I'm a saint, aren't I? Using this kind of torture device is a bit too much!' Her mouth stuffed with cloth and blocked by a solid horse bit gag, Chloe, unable to speak, struggled desperately to get out of the Iron Maiden lying on its back. But as soon as she poked her head out, Chloe bumped against a solid wall and fell back inside. "Mmm..." 'A magic barrier? You're really not letting me out?!' Seeing the magic barrier surrounding the Iron Maiden, preventing her escape, Chloe began to panic. Were the church members really going to execute her...? Chloe tried to break through the magic barrier but found that her magic had already been completely absorbed by the tentacles in the water dungeon. Her body was now empty, no different from an ordinary person. She was now essentially an ordinary person, tightly bound by ropes, perhaps just a bit prettier. She was no longer a mage in any meaningful sense. "Mmm?" Just then, the old Pope entered the room with several bishops and approached Chloe. "Mmph!" Under the gaze of the highly respected old Pope and several archbishops, Chloe, bound and restrained, struggled with a blush. "Chloe, the evil spirit within you can no longer be purged. We have decided to temporarily seal you in the Pool of Eternal Life until the evil spirit within you is completely cleansed." As the old Pope spoke, he quietly gave an instruction to a bishop beside him. "Mmph?!" 'Evil spirit? Pool of Eternal Life? What are those?!' "Mmph mmph?!" 'Wh-what are you doing! Don't close it!' Chloe didn't quite understand what the old Pope meant, but she saw the bishops working together, using magic to lift the doors of the Iron Maiden, preparing to close it. Ultimately, under the pressure of the two doors, Chloe was forced to lie back inside the Iron Maiden. Soon, the two doors of the Iron Maiden closed. The space inside was far smaller than Chloe had imagined, possibly because the inner side of the doors was particularly thick, occupying a large portion of what would have been a reasonably spacious area. In this situation, Chloe, lying inside the Iron Maiden, could only shift her body from side to side, unable to bend. However, Chloe did notice one thing at this moment: the Iron Maiden, which was originally made entirely of metal, was lined with a soft cushion inside, so Chloe didn't feel particularly uncomfortable when her body was compressed. "Mmmph..." The Iron Maiden was an almost completely sealed space, and Chloe's muffled sounds were barely audible to the outside world. "Together, send her into the Pool of Eternal Life." Then, the old Pope and several bishops joined forces, using magic to lift the horizontally lying Iron Maiden. Since the Iron Maiden was made entirely of potent anti-magic material, even their combined effort felt quite strenuous. After some time, they finally moved the Iron Maiden to an open-air spring behind the mountain. There were many fully armed followers guarding this spring, but they naturally did not stop the Pope. 'The Pool of Eternal Life... could it be the legendary Holy Pool?' Inside the Iron Maiden, with almost no room to move, Chloe, after several futile struggles, finally thought of what the Pool of Eternal Life might be. In the legends of the Church of Magic, there was a Holy Pool left by the gods. The water in the Holy Pool never ran dry, but it could not be drunk. The moment it left the spring, it would dissipate into mist. At the same time, the water in the Holy Pool had a very special property: nothing could float on its surface. Even a water strider would sink directly to the bottom. The holy stones surrounding the Holy Pool were incredibly smooth, and once at the bottom, it was impossible to climb out of the water by oneself. The only way was for someone to throw a rope from outside the water to pull the fallen person up. However, although the Holy Pool caused everyone to sink, it also had an incredible effect: it could provide oxygen and nutrients for survival. After sinking to the bottom, one would not die even without eating or drinking, and could live forever. The first person to fall in by accident was discovered and rescued nearly two months later. Not only had this follower not died, but he seemed to be much healthier. Therefore, there was another legend: those who sank into the Holy Pool could achieve eternal life within it. Just as Chloe thought of this, the old Pope and the others outside slowly lowered the Iron Maiden into the Holy Pool, letting it sink to the bottom. "Mmmph?" The Iron Maiden was not completely sealed. As soon as it was placed in the water, Chloe felt water seeping in. The water, not cold but rather warm, made her tremble. She struggled, trying to push open the doors of the Iron Maiden, but they were locked from the outside, making it impossible. Soon, the entire interior of the Iron Maiden was submerged. Chloe instinctively held her breath, twisting her body in pain. "Mmm..." But holding one's breath could only last so long. Soon, Chloe failed, and a large amount of water was sucked into her nose and mouth. Normally, this would have caused Chloe to choke immediately, but this did not happen. The water from the Holy Pool flowed into Chloe's lungs through her trachea and into her stomach through her esophagus. The water in her lungs, for some unknown reason, began to provide Chloe with the oxygen she needed to survive, and the holy water in her stomach began to provide the nutrients for survival. For a moment, Chloe no longer felt the slight hunger she had before, and even the discomfort from holding her breath completely subsided. She was completely immersed in the water of the Holy Pool. However, what she didn't notice was that the soft material lining the inside of the Iron Maiden began to writhe in the water of the Holy Pool, and finally, tentacles began to grow out of it...