"Now, please remove your top. As your attending physician, I should check the condition of the hero who saved Her Highness the Imperial Princess."
I obediently stripped off my military jacket and shirt.
Sydney had cleaned me up thoroughly last night, but the minor wounds from yesterday remained fully intact. Marks from scrapes and impacts.
Elise approached and placed the stethoscope against my bare skin. The cold sensation of metal. Her expression instantly transformed into that of a serious physician.
"The external injuries are only light bruises and abrasions. No muscle tears, either."
A soft touch brushed over the wounds on my back and shoulders. The smell of disinfectant mixed with a faint perfume wafted around the tip of my nose.
"But you know that what I'm truly worried about isn't this, right?"
Elise's fingertips pressed firmly against my dantian, the area near my chest, and the vital points where mana circuits passed.
"I'm talking about those patchwork mana circuits you forcibly opened. While facing the assassins yesterday, something else might have gone wrong again."
She knew the fact that I had forcibly opened artificial mana circuits.
Though she didn't know of the existence of 'Skills,' she was the only one who knew that I possessed unstable mana circuits.
"Don't worry. I simply dodged a few bullets. There was no chance of the circuits severing."
It wasn't a lie, since I had used the skill [Bullet Time] rather than consuming mana.
Elise picked up a chart and pen and asked.
"During yesterday's engagement, did your body temperature spike rapidly, or did you feel a burning pain near your heart?"
"There was no particular pain. I had a slight headache right after the engagement, at most."
"Hmm, a headache."
Scritch, scritch.
Elise meticulously wrote something down on the chart. Then she met my eyes again.
"Do you feel mana pooling in your lower abdomen?"
"That's…."
Gulp.
I swallowed dryly.
"As I thought."
Elise made a knowing expression.
"Colonel Yeager's circuits are in a patchwork state forcibly opened, so energy that fails to circulate easily congests downward."
The tip of her pen tapped the chart.
"This isn't an unfounded story. The analysis results of the sample collected last time showed exactly that. Unlike typical mana bearers, the Colonel's bodily fluids contained a large quantity of extremely concentrated and unstable mana particles."
Extremely concentrated and unstable?
"In other words… it's medical evidence that bio-energy with nowhere to go is causing fatal mana congestion in the lower abdomen."
'Is she talking about the skill?'
[Skill 'Potency' is active.]
Of course, the skills I possessed existed outside the laws of this world.
They were, so to speak, the power of the System.
Things like 'magic' and 'mana' were ultimately nothing more than settings within the game [Heart of the Empire: Chronicle of the Eagles].
Because the power of the System was something that far surpassed them.
'Status Analysis.'
[Name: Max Yeager]
[Hidden Traits: Harem Overlord Integration Pack, Possessor, Indomitable Spirit (Lv.1), Minimap (Lv.2), Status Analysis (Lv.3), ...]
Coincidentally, I had installed the [Harem Overlord Integration Pack] in the game, and as a result, was possessed.
It was the reason I had come to this world, and the root cause of the System's power dwelling in my body.
If so… how would this alien System power appear in the eyes of Elise, an outstanding military physician?
If she viewed the phenomena my body caused from a thorough medical perspective….
'Come to think of it, she once said before that my recovery speed was excessively fast.'
That was the power of the skill [Attuned Touch].
It wasn't on the level of a fantasy novel troll's limbs regenerating haphazardly after being severed.
However, back then in Rosenheim, Elise, who was examining my wounds, had said in astonishment something like this.
"...Human recovery is originally an inefficient and wasteful biological process, yet Max Yeager, your recovery lacks such inefficiency, as if someone were directing traffic."
From the very beginning, upon seeing my superhuman recovery speed and durability, she had correctly deduced that I had likely awakened mana.
It seemed the effects of the 'Skills' manifested by the System were interpreted and replaced in the eyes of this world's people as miraculous phenomena caused by magic, that is, mana.
Of course, in a very unique and alien form even among those.
"Really… it's marvelous every time I see it."
Curiosity settled in Elise's eyes.
"Could I examine you a little more?"
"A little more… you say?"
"A-ahem. I'm not just saying that."
Elise spoke while averting her gaze.
"If the congested mana is left alone, the circuits could be completely ruined. …Early intervention is important."
"…If it's early intervention, then it can't be helped."
"Then…."
Click.
Elise set down the pen she was holding and rose from her seat. She turned around and approached the window.
Shhhhrk-!
"The rest is now…."
When she closed the thick blackout curtains, the inside of the examination room instantly became dim.
A private space cut off from outside gazes and noise.
Elise slowly turned back around.
"I'll need to conduct a detailed examination…."
Her face had already flushed red before she knew it.
"I'm sorry for troubling you like this every time, but since I can't tell others about my condition, it can't be helped."
"…It's only natural as your attending physician. Now, lie down comfortably on the bed, Colonel."
I reclined on the examination bed. Elise deftly unbuckled my pants and pulled down the zipper.
"…Your condition is quite serious, Colonel."
As even my underwear was pulled down, my cock sprang free as if it had been waiting. Despite having been serviced by Sydney last night, it was already standing rock-hard. The skill [Potency] had activated long ago.
'Status Analysis.'
[Name: Elise von Kleist]
[Status: Sleep Deprivation, Curiosity]
Elise's breathing gradually quickened.
Still, true to her profession, she meticulously wiped her hands with antiseptic before bringing them to my inner thighs. A carefully sweeping touch. Her cool fingers pleasantly chilled my heated skin.
"Nngh… it's certainly, quite swollen…."
Both hands gently grasped my shaft. The precise and delicate touch unique to a medical officer slowly traced from the tip of the glans all the way to the root.
'Attuned Touch.'
[Skill 'Attuned Touch (Lv.2)' activates.]
[Heightens the target's senses and induces faint pleasure.]
"Hngh…!"
Elise's shoulders trembled slightly.
"What just, that was…."
"Is there a problem?"
I leaned back on the bed, feigning ignorance.
"…No. It's nothing."
Elise lightly bit her lower lip and picked up a tube of medical lubricant from the cart with one hand. The cold gel was squeezed onto my heated, swollen shaft.
Squelch, squelch.
"I'll increase the speed a bit more. It's better not to stop if we want to completely drain the congestion."
The friction sounds became even more obscene. The chest slightly revealed beneath Elise's white gown shook little by little with the movements of her hands. The area around her ears was already dyed red.
"Huu… Captain, I believe I'm reaching my limit."
As my voice deepened, Elise picked up an empty glass vessel.
"Hngh, ah, just a moment. The discharge outlet is here… ugh, I need to collect a perfect sample."
She aligned the opening of the glass tube with the tip of my glans. I held back a wry laugh while tensing my hips.
"I'm coming."
Splurt, sploosh—!
Semen spurted out forcefully, pouring into the glass.
"Ah…."
A cloudy, hot white liquid filling the transparent glass. Viscous fluids that couldn't enter the vessel in time trickled stickily between Elise's fingers.
[Skill 'Aromatic Essence' is applied.]
[The scent of your bodily fluid changes to a sweet fragrance.]
Instead of a fishy smell, a subtle, sweet fragrance filled the examination room. Elise stared blankly at my semen on her fingers, then brought it to the tip of her nose as if bewitched by something.
"…It's truly bizarre. How can a bodily fluid produce such…."
[Emotion: An impulse to taste it with her tongue]
I slowly raised my upper body from the bed and let out a smirk.
"Is that also part of the medical officer's examination procedure? Well, if you wish, I won't stop you from tasting it."
Startled by my jest, Elise jerked her hand away. She hurriedly stored the glass vessel and wiped down my lower body and her own hands with alcohol swabs.
"T-that joke goes too far, Colonel. This is merely a medical sample for analyzing the Colonel's unique constitution, that's all."
She was far too agitated for that.
"Of course. I'm always grateful for your impeccable treatment, Captain."
I fastened my belt and buttoned my shirt. Elise cleared her throat and pulled open the blackout curtains at the window.
Dazzling morning sunlight brightened the examination room.
"Do you feel a bit lighter?"
"I feel like I could fly. Enough to go out and shoot a gun now."
Elise picked up her chart and spoke in a serious voice.
"The urban sweep operation begins today, correct? Please take care of yourself."
"I will keep that in mind."
I answered while adjusting my clothes one last time.
As I was about to open the examination room door and leave, Elise called out from behind me.
"Ah, and Colonel Yeager."
When I turned my head, she lightly held up the glass vessel containing my semen.
"Once the analysis of this sample is complete, I'll inform you of your next appointment."
"I look forward to it, Captain."