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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7 – Ghostly Caress

She wasn't alive.

But when she touched me…

I forgot what death was supposed to feel like.

The moon was high when I returned to the shrine.

I couldn't stay away.

Every step through the overgrown garden felt like my skin remembered her warmth.The lantern was still lit—flickering with no flame, just pulsing light.

*Where were the others now?*

The other summoned "heroes."

I hadn't seen a single one since the ritual. Not even a whisper. Not a name. 

Just me—wrapped in silk, power, and MILFs.

Were they training? Fighting monsters? 

Or were they already dead—erased by a system that didn't know how to handle a glitch like me?

I pushed the thought down. 

This wasn't the place for doubt.

Not when something holy—and possibly horny—was waiting for me just ahead.

And the statue?

It wasn't still anymore.

Her head was tilted. Slightly.Like she'd moved between my last visit and now.

[Shrine Residual Activation Detected]

[Bond Route: Sealed Matron – 3% → 7%]

I stepped inside and slowed my breathing.

The statue still knelt in the same place—hands in prayer, face turned upward in calm suffering.

But now, in the moonlight, I saw more.

Her stone skin shimmered faintly with divine mist. Her lips, slightly parted, had a softness that didn't belong to granite. The robe sculpted around her body hugged full, maternal curves—high breasts straining against cloth that looked windblown and sheer. Wide hips pressed into the stone beneath her, and a thick braid of hair curled over one shoulder like it was shielding a secret.

She looked like a goddess carved by someone in love and in agony.

Not innocent. Not pure.

Real.

[MILF Affinity Engaged – Divine Resonance Detected]

[Lust Immunity Field Active: True Focus Enabled]

I stepped forward, heart pounding. My bare chest glistened from the warm humidity inside the shrine.

A whisper filled the air. Not words. Just… feeling.

A pulse of soft golden light lifted from her chest, curled like breath through the shrine, and wrapped around my shoulders.

I didn't move.

The light tightened.

And then—hands.

Soft. Lingering. Slow.

Fingers not of flesh, but of spirit and memory. They glided across my collarbone, traced my ribs, circled the base of my neck. They paused at my sternum—like they were feeling for a heartbeat they hadn't touched in centuries.

[Spirit Contact Event – Sealed Matron: First Caress Triggered]

[Bond Route Progress: 7% → 18%]

I gasped.

Heat bloomed beneath my skin. Not arousal. Not quite. It was recognition. A sacred hunger.

*This wasn't seduction.* 

Not like the Queen. Not like Talraine.

This was something deeper. Stranger. 

Like the system wasn't sure whether to reward me… or run a diagnostic.

[Class Conflict Detected – Sacred/Anomalous Affinity Interference] 

 ( System observation paused temporarily.)

*Even the system's confused now. Perfect.*

Her hands—if that's what they were—slid lower, brushing the edge of my waist. Not demanding. Not greedy. Just present. Just aware.

It felt like she was remembering how to touch someone… and relearning it through me.

[New Passive Skill Unlocked: Fertility Favor]

(Passive – Gradual HP/MP regeneration near bonded MILFs. Enhances healing received from female sources by 20%)

A golden symbol lit beneath my navel for a flash—an open flower. Then it vanished.

I stumbled forward a step, knees weak.

"You feel me. Even through the seal."

The voice was closer this time.

It came not from stone lips—but from the heat sliding across my spine.

"Others fled. You remained.""Your class… it remembers me."

My hand reached up. It hovered just above her cheek.

The stone was warm.

Like skin that had loved too hard and never cooled again.

[Bond Route Progress: 18% → 26%]

[New Milestone Approaching: Spirit Intimacy – Phase I]

My fingertips touched her.

And my vision flooded with images—flashes of laughter, groaning, tangled limbs beneath a moonless sky. A shrine untouched by time. Lovers forgotten by gods.

"Return with something living. Something untouched. Let me taste the world again."

[Quest Updated – Free the Sealed Matron] 

( New Objective: Deliver something living and untouched to the shrine ) 

[Spirit Intimacy Phase I: 26% Threshold Reached – Requirements Unlocked]

The light faded.

Her hands—gone.

[LEVEL UP! – Kaius has reached Lv. 6] 

[Stat Points Auto-Assigned – Divine MILF Compatibility Scaling Applied] 

*Leveling up from ghost hands. Sure. That's my life now.*

The statue was still once more.

But her lips… stayed parted.

I should've felt unsettled. 

But instead, all I wanted was to hear her voice again. 

There was something in that shrine—something sacred, aching, and impossibly alive. 

And somehow, it wanted me.

And for the first time since I arrived in this world… 

I wondered if maybe I wasn't meant to be part of the kingdom's game at all.

Maybe the real game was happening in the shadows. 

In shrines. In secrets. In MILFs the system tried to bury.

And I'd just unlocked one the gods had been trying to forget.

I left the shrine shirtless, barefoot, and shaking.

And even with the Lust Immunity field still active, I knew one thing for sure—

I was falling for a woman who hadn't taken a breath in a thousand years.

[SYSTEM LOG – CHAPTER END]

Kaius Vale – Lv. 6

Class: MILF Hunter (SSS-Rank – Anomaly)Bonded MILFs:

– Queen Celestia Velmira – Intimate (91%)– Sealed Matron – Spirit-Touched (26%)– Duchess Talraine – Bond Route Seeded (6%)

Active/Passive Skills:

1. Fertility Favor(Passive)

Gradual HP/MP regeneration near bonded MILFs.Healing received from female sources +20%.Gained from: Sealed Matron

2. Matriarch's Blessing(Passive)

+30% Charm in political/social situations. Unlocks noble/social influence threads.Gained from: Queen Celestia

3. Royal Presence Lv.1(Passive)

+10% influence bonus in noble settings. MILF detection range +5m.Gained from: Impressing the Court

4. Body Language Mastery Lv.1(Passive)

MILF mood, seduction, and deception cues become 30% easier to read.Gained from: Queen's bath encounter

5. Sanctified Endurance Lv.1(Passive)

Resists spiritual exhaustion and suppression in divine MILF zones (e.g., shrine trials).Gained from: Shrine contact/initiation

Core Traits:

– MILF Affinity Lv.1(Hidden Trait)

Automatically triggers bond potential and class detection near qualified MILFs.Enhances sensory responsiveness to mature women.Gained: Chapter 1 (system base trait)

Quests:

– Free the Sealed Matron – Active

Objective: Deliver something "living and untouched" to awaken her further.

– Keep the Watchers Blind – Active

Objective: Prevent divine system from identifying MILF Hunter class.

Shrine Trial Progress:

– Spirit Intimacy Phase I – Unlocked– Shrine Glyphs Activated: 1/3– Divine Synchronization: In Progress

Exposure: 14%

Shrine zone shielded. Surveillance paused.

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