I'm Secretly the Father of the Yandere Villainess's Daughter

Chapter 45: A permanent stay in the Duke’s castle.

Inside the spacious master bedroom of Duke Cain Oster’s mansion in the capital, he lay upon his bed.

His eyelids moved with immense heaviness, and he finally opened his eyes, groaning in pain. He extended his hand to clutch his head, which was throbbing with acute agony, while attempting to drag and adjust his body. A strange, bitter ache had invaded his joints—a sensation Cain had never experienced in his entire life!

He was experiencing severe mental disorientation as he struggled with great difficulty to piece together his scattered memories, trying to discern exactly what had transpired after the threads of his recollection were completely severed yesterday, the very moment there was a knock on his royal hotel suite door and he opened it to find Lucy standing there...

It did not take long for him to realize that this place was absolutely not the royal suite of the luxurious hotel... The distinct details and the lavish furniture clearly confirmed that this was his personal, secure bed in his own home.

He let out a sigh of relief and murmured in a raspy voice, "Have I finally returned home?... My God... what I went through was akin to a terrifying, impossible nightmare..."

Yet suddenly, and without any preamble, a highly familiar, soft voice came from his side.

"Yes, you have indeed returned... Do not worry, it appears you survived destruction by a miracle."

Cain’s entire body shuddered from sheer terror and shock. He turned around so rapidly he nearly wrenched his neck, only to find Lucy sitting with absolute serenity and poise directly beside him on his very bed! Her hands were radiating a warm light as she utilized advanced healing magic, directing it toward his body.

Lucy spoke in a calm, commanding tone, "Do not move too much... I have not yet finished treating and purifying the remnants of the acute poisoning in your body."

Cain was on the verge of shrieking at the absolute peak of his lungs for a moment out of utter panic and confusion! What was Lucy doing on his personal bed and inside his private bedroom... and without her Maxi disguise, no less?!

Was she plotting something sinister? Had he fallen into her trap? Yet... it was entirely transparent and visible before his eyes that she was employing genuine, pure healing magic upon him. Furthermore, she was undoubtedly the one who had taken it upon herself to protect him and deliver him safely to his home last night.

He wondered with curiosity and anxiety about what had transpired during the past hours that had slipped from his memory, so he inquired in a husky tone:

"What happened yesterday?... I do not remember a single thing... Did... did you truly rescue me?"

Lucy nodded her head in calm affirmation, while sitting extremely close to him—to the extent that he could feel the heat radiating from her exquisite body. Yet her features appeared intensely focused and grave during the process of his treatment. She added in a stern tone, "Isn’t that obvious? Steady your body a bit and do not move. Something could go wrong or the flow of energy might disrupt if you are not entirely still."

Lucy began to draw closer and closer. Her hands, shimmering with a warm, therapeutic glow, approached his chest, and then she placed her delicate palms directly upon his chest, beginning to apply a slow, calculated pressure.

The expressions on her face were exceedingly grave and stern while performing this, whereas Cain was literally dying from an absolute overload of flushing and embarrassment! His heartbeat accelerated violently, and he stammered in confusion, "L–Lady Lucy... what... what are you doing...?"

Utter annoyance manifested upon Lucy’s features from his trembling voice and objection, and she said with a slight sharpness, "You are highly annoying and loud... Stay still!"

With a superhuman physical strength that defied her delicate, feminine appearance, she placed her hand and pressed Cain down, forcing him to lie completely flat upon the bed instead of his seated posture—doing so flawlessly with just a single hand!

Then, in a sudden and shocking manner that blasted whatever remained of his sanity... Lucy sat directly over his stomach in a provocative, sideways posture!

She began to press her palms once more against his bare chest through his garments, sending that warm, comforting sensation through her healing energy to permeate deep within Cain’s exhausted cells and body, while the young Duke drowned in an ocean of mortification!

Cain fought hard to soothe his scattered breaths... Yes, composure and self-control were the ideal and sole solution in this critical hour, despite the entire situation appearing highly ridiculous and embarrassing to him!

Cain thought to himself, attempting to convince his mind: Damn it... she is certainly doing this because she desires to treat me and salvage my life, nothing more... There are no special intentions or other motives, it is merely a purely medical treatment!... Still... her face at this extreme proximity looks truly breathtaking and mesmerizing... He exerted all his power to suppress his emotions, ensuring no signs of affectation or arousal manifested upon the traits of his face.

Lucy said, narrowing her eyes in focus, "Hmm... this poison appears highly malicious and filthy... it continuously shifts and moves within your veins..."

Cain immediately recalled the previous message from the "System" that had warned him that the poison afflicting him was from another world. He felt a genuine, sincere desire to thank Lucy for everything she was performing for his sake right now without demanding any compensation or price. He believed he possessed no right to object or grumble, for what she was undertaking was a noble and purely humanitarian act to rescue him.

In fact, enjoying her sitting atop him in this manner would make him look like a libertine, ungrateful wretch! Thus, Cain rebuked himself in his mind.

Lucy gazed directly at him, speaking in a mysterious tone, "It is moving gradually, desiring to flee and conceal itself in numerous, scattered locations within your body, Duke Cain..."

Cain replied in a rigid tone, without shifting a single inch, "Yes... I comprehend the gravity of the situation perfectly..."

Yet suddenly, and without any warning, Lucy’s smooth fingers began to displace and unfasten the buttons of the suit and shirt he had been wearing since yesterday!

She spoke in a tone devoid of emotion, "Excuse me, Young Master Cain... I require direct, bare contact with your skin and body... so that I may completely purify this accursed poison and halt its movement."

Cain was on the verge of losing his actual mind!

After she completely unfastened the buttons and parted his shirt, her cool palms brushed against his warm, bare skin. Lucy closed her eyes with intense concentration, beginning to glide her hands with extreme slowness and exquisite softness over his body...

"Do not worry... I shall extract this poison very soon..." she whispered in a soft voice.

Her hand began to move gradually and slowly toward his neck, feeling the massive, throbbing artery within it with her gentle touches, accompanied by the warm light radiating from her palms. It was a magnificent, pain-relieving sensation to the extent that it caused Cain to relax involuntarily.

"Hmm... do not worry... very little remains..."

Suddenly, Lucy lowered her head completely, bringing her face and head incredibly close to his neck and face. She began to sniff with her nose, releasing her hot breaths very near the neck of Cain, who had literally reached his absolute, utmost threshold of endurance and tension!

Her close nose traced a specific path with extreme slowness, heading upward... toward his ear...

Then, suddenly...

(CHOMP!)

Lucy suddenly nipped his earlobe with a light force, snapping her head back rapidly while drawing out between her mouth and fingers a certain repulsive object! It was a gelatinous, moving entity that resembled a small, foul black worm, which she had extracted from Cain’s earlobe!

Cain stared with widened eyes that nearly burst from their sockets out of sheer astonishment and revolted shock, fixating upon Lucy, who held the black worm between her fingers with utter ease.

Lucy flashed an innocent smile and extended her hand before his face, saying, "Do you wish to hold it and contemplate it?"

She held her hand out to let him see the long worm writhing between her fingers.

In reality... this worm was never inside his body to begin with! Rather, Lucy—in a literal and highly creative application of Roselina’s advice on "Page 245" to encircle him and remain by his side—was the one who had surreptitiously placed this harmless, magical worm inside his ear while he was asleep, purely to pretend now that she was extracting it as a treatment!

Lucy continued with malice and cunning, weaving her flawless trap, "What do you think, Lord Cain?... I have not yet removed all the worms from your body, for they are malicious and hidden in your depths... Will you permit me to remain and stay at your mansion alongside Amelia, since I have missed her dearly... and in exchange, I shall extract one worm from your body daily until you are completely healed?"