Chapter 70
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 70
Chapter Title: Mika (1)
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After dinner, during the brief moment of leisure time.
Mika hovered around Ian as if she had something to say, then quietly approached when no one was nearby and spoke.
"Um, Leader. I need to consult with you... Could you spare a little time tonight?"
Mika glanced around, checking for prying eyes, and whispered secretly.
"Tonight?"
"Yes. In your room."
In the middle of the night, a consultation in his room of all places.
Ian felt a strange vibe but nodded anyway.
A bit past the usual bedtime.
Ian was waiting for Mika to show up.
While reading a book for a moment, he heard a faint knock—so soft that he wouldn't have noticed without listening closely.
"Come in."
With Ian's permission, Mika opened the door and slipped quietly into the room.
She glanced down the hallway once, then softly closed the door behind her. Her face slightly flushed, she approached Ian.
Before Ian could even ask what was wrong at this hour, Mika, who had been walking quietly, suddenly let out a shallow moan and staggered.
"Ugh..."
Ian quickly stood and caught her.
Mika clutched her head as if suddenly dizzy and leaned against him.
"You okay?"
"Ugh, my body feels a bit..."
"Sit down here first."
Mika let Ian support her as she sat on the bed.
"Leader, actually..."
Sitting beside Ian, Mika glanced at him, let out a quiet sigh, and began to explain.
"While wandering the market, I touched some weird item, and it feels like it might've been cursed."
"Cursed item?"
"Yes... It feels just like that time I got cursed before."
Mika bowed her head and let out a small cough.
Ian immediately checked Mika's detailed status.
Status:Normal
Curse:None
Stress:None | Stamina:Max
Perfect peak condition.
"No curse?"
"...Huh? You can tell just by looking?"
As Ian stared straight at her and spoke, Mika panicked, her lie exposed in an instant.
"It wasn't real? Then why?"
Why, indeed.
Well...
Mika's face flushed bright red, her shallow scheme seen through immediately. She'd thought it through for a while, aiming for the most natural approach.
"Sorry..."
Mika frantically thought up excuses but ultimately hung her head and apologized.
Ian glanced at her other status.
...Seemed like Mika's own way of relieving her desires.
Her face beet red, Mika mumbled with her head down.
"Well, you caught that scammer for me the other day, and gave me a new spellbook... I wanted to repay you, but doing it plainly felt too embarrassing..."
Repay?
Ian questioned her at the unexpected word.
"...Why repay me like that?"
"Last time, you said it felt good, right?"
Mika lifted her head slightly and peeked at him.
"...Didn't it feel good?"
"No, it did... feel good."
"So I thought I'd do it as thanks... Repaying you with money would feel weird."
...Repaying with that instead of money was plenty weird too.
Giving a mercenary expensive items and getting something like that in return painted a bizarre picture. Ian shook his head, unable to accept it.
Unhappy with Ian's reluctance, Mika confessed a more honest reason.
"And also... I got curious about something."
After that brief encounter with Ian to lift her curse.
And after Rin spent the night with him.
Through various such events, Mika had grown increasingly interested in that side of things.
She'd secretly peeked at Rin's books and even bought ones that caught her eye at the market.
And with that, a subtle thought kept rising.
"What were you curious about?"
"Well..."
Mika hesitated shyly, then cautiously told Ian.
"I was curious what it feels like... to go there."
"...Have you never tried it alone?"
"I-I have a few times, but... I didn't really get it."
As she spoke, her face grew even redder from confessing her masturbation experience.
Asking Rin about this would've been even more embarrassing.
She thought maybe doing more with Ian directly would let her understand.
"The books made it sound amazing, but I wondered if it's really that great..."
Ian hesitated, unable to answer readily, and Mika belatedly realized she'd asked something odd.
"Ah! Right... You wouldn't know about this stuff, would you, Leader...?"
"...Huh?"
She'd meant it was natural since he was a different gender, but even if not, it was a sensitive question that couldn't just be brushed off.
Ian accepted the challenge.
"No. If you want to know, I can teach you."
"Huh?"
Ian's rationality quickly calculated and reached a cold conclusion.
1 point...
No, even 2 points wouldn't hurt much.
According to his current plan, those were points meant for the convenience feature [Immersion].
He could manage without them—just a bit more effort on his part.
Skipping them would free up some spare points.
He'd used points for Rin last time, so using them for Mika this time was inevitable too.
After brief deliberation, Ian invested points in [Skilled Hand Technique] and [Pleasure Resistance Reduction].
[Skilled Hand Technique] & [Pleasure Resistance Reduction]
Point investment complete
Ian cautiously reached out and wrapped his arm around Mika's shoulder beside him.
"Eek..."
At his touch, Mika unwittingly let out a strange sound.
A hard-to-describe odd sensation spread from where his hand met her skin.
Then, Ian's face drew closer to Mika's as their eyes met.
A sudden kiss at a timing Mika hadn't anticipated.
She had come intending this, but apparently, only she thought she was mentally prepared.
Her heart pounded wildly, making a mockery of any "preparation."
Caught off guard by the abrupt kiss, Mika flusteredly accepted Ian's tongue.
"Mm, haa..."
Ian pulled Mika into an embrace, drawing her close while moving his hand.
One by one, the buttons of her nightclothes came undone, soon exposing her pristine white skin defenselessly.
His touch glided over her slightly cool skin, leaving a sensation like a hot flame trailing behind.
"...!"
Mika, leaning into Ian's arms and surrendering her body vulnerably, jolted sharply.
Ian's hand, which had been softly caressing her skin, ventured lower.
As it headed toward her most intimate place, Mika reflexively drew her legs together.
After clinging like that for a while, their lips finally parted.
A sticky strand of saliva—whose it was, unclear—stretched long from their tongue tips before snapping.
Even then, feeling Ian's hand persistently heading downward, Mika spoke in panic.
"U-Um, there... that's..."
"You said you were curious."
Ian's whisper flowed into her ear.
...Right.
This was what she'd wanted—to know what it felt like.
Pushing aside her shame, curiosity gradually took over Mika's body.
Her resistance weakened, and her tightly closed legs slowly parted.
Through that small gap still tinged with hesitation, Ian's hand slowly slipped in.
Soon, it touched the place she'd never allowed anyone before.
"Hngh..."
A sensation utterly different from when she'd touched herself alone crashed over her.
Just the brush of Ian's fingertips made her body tremble violently, an unfamiliar pleasure blooming.
She'd thought the books exaggerated.
Mika let out the same moan as the characters she'd laughed off while reading, her body quaking.
Each time Ian's hand grazed her, she twitched and moaned, eventually leaning limply against him.
Ian scooped up her weakened body and gently laid her on the bed.
His fingers flowed softly over the skin of the utterly spent Mika sprawled on the bed.
Her sensitized fingertips vividly felt where her body reacted most strongly.
"Ngh, L-Leader..."
"Mika. Focus a bit more."
Ian stroked her hair while slowly finding her sensitive spot.
As if teaching her.
As if pointing out exactly here, he softly teased the pleasurable place even she hadn't known about.
Unable to imagine her body had such a spot, Mika shuddered at the chilling new stimulation.
"Ngh, ah..."
Mika's tremors and voice grew louder.
So this is it.
Feeling a massive new sensation approaching for the first time, she instinctively knew it was the climax she'd wondered about.
──.
Gripping Ian's arm tightly, Mika buried her face in his chest as her body convulsed greatly.
She couldn't recall how long it lasted.
Regaining her senses, Mika realized she was clinging tightly to Ian, her head being stroked.
"You okay?"
"Yes..."
Mika replied, limp as if she had no strength left to move.
Haa...
The hot heat filling her chest flowed out with a sigh.
...An indescribable experience.
Even now, trying to recall exactly what happened felt hazy and confused.
All that remained was the heart-pounding thrill, like her chest might burst.
Suddenly, Mika noticed Ian's stroking hand had stopped.
As he moved to sit up, she instinctively grabbed his hand.
"Ah, um... Leader."
She had a premonition that if things stayed like this, it'd end without going all the way, just like last time.
Her body felt heavy, breath short—if she let her guard down even a little, she'd fall asleep right there.
Before that, Mika held his hand and spoke.
"Teach me... the rest too."