He nearly hyperventilated due to the apparent panic attack he was experiencing. NPCs with a low enough willpower or a too high intelligence stat could fall into this state. The phenomenon was called "Red Pilling". It had to do with the sometimes violent reaction NPCs had to telling them they were in a videogame. This game was so advance it could even simulate existential dread and terror. Most NPCs were not smart enough or willing enough to entertain the notion that they were not real. As far as they were concerned, the players were just dimension jumpers brought by magic that came to Ether in order to colonize and explore the area. I red pilled Chien about the inconsistencies in his backstory and he was now in a seriously bad trip. I rubbed his back and tried my best to calm him down. He was crying and yanking at his hair as if to pull it out. I had to forcibly loosen his grip before he caused harm to himself. I have him my book still on the bed to hold as he worked through it. He was so tense he bent the book in half along the spine. I could only continue gently stroking him.
Suddenly, he went limp and he groaned. "I couldn't. There was no way to leave. The Second Class Protectors were guarding all the exits. I would have died if I tried" he said with a trembling smile on his face. I decided to let it go for the moment. While he was clinging onto it to justify why he was not a willing participant in his upbringing, it only reinforced the cruelty the Sage and the others had in raising him. I could not tell him that. I had already did this much to him. Saying it now would destroy his mind. I helped him sit up and he looked grateful to me. "Let's get your uniform back on. You have to go back to report the attack by that assassin. Do you know why you were attacked?" I told him with a forcefully cheerful voice. He nodded as he slowly stood up. "That is classified information. You do not have to worry. I won't let anyone come after you for this" he said as held onto me to steady him as he got dressed. We were halfway through when three figures burst through the window.
They all looked identical to Chien. When they saw the state we were in, they looked alarmed and then furious. One tackled us to the ground while one held his large broadsword at my neck. The third checked on Chien. "What did that bastard do to you, Chien!? What happened?" he said as he took Chien's vitals. He had the tattoo of the roman numeral for twenty "XX" on his shoulder. The two holding me down were interrogating me. Chien told them to let me go. "He just saved my life tonight, Leon. I owe him. Abel and Chat, don't hurt him". They looked at him in shock, but complied. They took over cleaning him up and getting his pants on. When he was finally dressed, they relaxed their grip on me and I could see their tattoos. One was a 7. That was Chat from our conversation. The other one had an 8 on his arm. He was Abel from how he said it. The 20 was Leon. Chien told them about the assassin and how I helped kill him and led him here to meditate in order to burn off the poison. All three nodded as it checked out. Chat asked why we were naked.
Chien explained it and they were really upset. "Your job is to give the unit comfort. Our bodies are special and grant gifts. Why are you giving it away to a Yieldless of all people!?" Abel snapped. Chien blanched and said "I did nothing that out of line. I was just giving him my gratitude. There is no rule that we can't comfort others outside the unit. Souris comforts Third Class officers". Leon said "We'll put an end to that too. Why did you not have any strength left after doing it with him? You can't seriously say a harpy wore you out". Chien looked nervous. It did not look like he wanted to admit that I made him cum from his dick. "I used a secret sexual technique and caught him off guard. It was totally my fault" I said. They all turned to me. Chat looked concerned. "What did he do? We had the very best training in Ether in sexual pleasure and engagement. Even if he was rough or crafty, there's no way we'd cum. I can already tell that our dicks are bigger than his" he said as he looked me up and down. I felt like a piece of meat under his gaze.
