Chapter 843
Chapter 843
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 843
Chapter Title: The Thesis (2)
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A full day had passed in the salon.
The number of witches had barely dwindled. Instead, piles of ink-drying papers cluttered the desks in a chaotic mess.
Along with that, empty wine bottles and witches sprawled haphazardly on the floor had increased in number.
"Ughhh, why won't this work?"
"Just a little more... it feels like it's almost there...."
"This isn't it.... Why is it turning out like this?"
"Kieeeek...!!!"
Witches clutching their foreheads and groaning.
Witches with bloodshot eyes tearing at their hair.
Witches gulping down wine to soothe their burning frustration.
Witches snapping their pen nibs from pressing too hard.
Having spent the night immersed in verification and proof, everyone looked utterly exhausted.
The elegant Red Roof Salon, renowned for its grace, had transformed into a graduate student lounge overnight.
Not just Baron Dmer had been filled with admiration and awe for the newly emerged theory—along with frustration and irritation.
It was like receiving an incredibly useful and delightful gift, only to be unable to use it properly because the batteries and manual were missing.
Even with this many witches pooling their heads and grunting away, a clear answer was slow to emerge.
It couldn't be helped.
This thesis was a brand-new theory Siu had built from scratch, without a single citation.
To Siu, it was a basic magic formula he'd used since his newbie witch days. But to the other witches, it was no different from code written in a proprietary cipher.
They could follow the logic intellectually, but since he'd conveniently omitted the crucial parts needed for practical use, frustration was inevitable.
"Ah, screw this."
"I'm going home to sleep too."
"It's some tricky paradox or whatever."
"And we don't even know if it's actually usable in practice, right?"
In the end, the witches began voicing complaints one by one.
But even as they said it, few actually gave up.
"Still, if we can just prove it once, that's all it takes, right?"
"I've got two Gnosis Eggs myself, and I can't even use them properly...."
"Two? No wonder you're desperate."
They all understood.
The golden potential this thesis held.
Innovative magic theories lead to countless applications.
For instance, the relativity theory—which seems utterly useless in daily life—is applied in space aviation and GPS. Viscount Yesod's inversion field theory is used in Gehenna's indoor landscaping to make flowers bloom year-round.
Yet Siu's theory offered visibly endless practical uses.
How could they turn their backs on succulent grapes dangling within arm's reach?
"Just a bit more."
"It's almost there...."
"Kiiiiieek!"
While several witches were losing their minds...
Siu, who stayed only within the Jemernai estate, spent time with Lurye, blissfully unaware of the uproar.
Lurye, who had been spanked amicably by Siu after protesting to Count Gremony.
While Sharon and Amelia threw themselves into research at the secretary's office, they'd decided to borrow her power.
The training's goal was defense using Red Branch's 'distortion'.
It was about manifesting in reality the method that had come to mind in his master's dream.
"Are you prepared?"
"No, hold on a moment."
Siu had spread a barrier in the middle of the spacious garden and mentally organized his formulas one last time.
"I'm ready."
"Your control over your power is still clumsy. Be careful not to get hurt."
"Yes, yes."
"Sink deep!"
Mana spread thickly, starting from Lurye's feet.
-Rumble rumble rumble!
Even though it was still daytime, the sky darkened in an instant.
A massive wave, large enough to turn the garden into an undersea city in one go, had surged up.
The fact that she could summon such a wave from a place without a drop of water proved that Lurye, despite her appearance, was a grand witch of the 23rd hierarchy.
And it wasn't just any wave.
It was the 'surge' itself, forged from overwhelming mana.
One that swallowed whole spells, shattered anything in its path, and dragged it under.
A spell truly worthy of the title 'Abyssal Witch'.
"Evade."
The air pushed by the ferocious wave turned into a typhoon.
It whipped fiercely, enough to tear flesh.
Even before the wave itself arrived, it was hard to stand firm on the ground.
Facing the scene that shrank mind and body alike, Siu calmly drew out a distortion field from Red Branch.
He felt his brain swelling between his skull.
Thought accelerated with the stigma's aid.
Countless equations and magic formulas flashed chaotically before his eyes.
Then Siu thinly coated the armor's surface with the distortion field, kneaded like dough.
He envisioned deflecting incoming frontal attacks.
The core of this 'Distortion Barrier' was to warp even the impact that should occur, bouncing it away.
Once perfected, it would boast absolute defense rivaling Dorothy's sheer power.
-Boom boom boom boom!
"Guh!"
But upon actually taking the hit, the variables demanding response multiplied uncontrollably.
The distortion barrier frayed from calculations even accelerated thought couldn't keep up with, and half the remaining impact slammed directly into the armor.
-Rumble rumble....
The garden, grazed by a single tsunami, was dug up without a single blade of grass root left.
"Gurgle...."
Lurye rushed over to Siu, who lay spread-eagled amid knee-deep seawater.
She fished him up as he floated like seaweed.
"Siu! Are you alright?!"
"Hurk!"
The immense unmitigated impact had briefly knocked him unconscious.
"Cough! I'm fine."
"My apologies. I'll try to hold back more next time."
He knew Lurye was amazing, but facing her head-on made it worlds apart from book knowledge.
It was like being pummeled all over by an enormous surge.
That even this was her pulling her punches to the max was astounding.
He'd heard that in real combat, she unleashed such waves dozens of times stronger. And amid that, one had to deal with giant familiars rampaging within—Nukelabi's reputation was well-earned.
"Whew, my mind's completely blank."
"Who in the world would think to take my waves head-on, you fool?"
"It's training."
"In any case, I'll pull back even more."
"No. Do it exactly like just now."
But it was perfect for training.
Lurye's waves were omnidirectional surge attacks.
Perfectly nullifying them meant one could deflect most magic occurring in three dimensions.
Of course, it consumed massive computation, focus, and mana, making prolonged use difficult.
Yet the cheat-like nature of a 'shield that blocks anything' had been felt in battles against Bianca and Dorothy.
It was worth the time and effort.
"Magic used in combat really needs hands-on practice to get a feel for it."
"Is that so?"
To Lurye, it looked like idiotic self-torture that only soaked the body, but Siu was stubbornly persistent.
She sighed faintly where he couldn't see and prepared her spell again.
No one fills their belly with the first bite.
Siu kept gulping seawater until his stomach was full, all the way till deep into the night.
2.
"Hoo...."
Siu, perched on the bed, gulped down cold water.
Dawn was already breaking.
"Hmnyaah...."
Glancing back, he saw Lurye sleeping nude, proudly displaying her smooth back.
She'd sweated profusely, so he covered her with the blanket to ward off any cold.
Having more lovers meant more beds to tend to.
As soon as training ended, he'd thoroughly reunited with Lurye.
Since returning from Hexennacht, they hadn't had reunion sex—until this hot night.
"I'm the strongest in bed."
No matter how grand a witch Lurye was, she couldn't overcome Siu once he was in bed.
Having drunk so much seawater during training, he'd refilled Lurye's belly to the brim with semen.
The gap where haughty, high-nosed Queen Lurye turned into a meek princess only in bed was always adorable.
Today too, when he'd pinned her down licking her armpits thoroughly, she'd lost it completely.
"You wicked thing."
Even after three blowjobs and one creampie, reminiscing got him fully erect again—proof of Lurye's innate allure.
"Mm... Siu?"
Her gaze wondering whether to go another round was too intense; Lurye rubbed her eyes and woke.
"Want some water?"
"I'm fine... no! Haven't you already forced so much into me?"
"Forced? We agreed on it."
"Agreed? Did you say agreed? Ah...!"
Lurye bolted up, realized she was naked, and quickly huddled under the blanket.
She pouted her lips, grumbling in protest.
"...You kept cumming in my mouth relentlessly even as I said I was done. And you even forced me to swallow that tasteless stuff!"
"I did."
"That's cheating! Even wise I couldn't refuse your plea in that state!"
Yet she snuggled up to Siu—it seemed less anger and more hiding her embarrassment.
And rightly so; moments ago, she'd been suckling his cock like a baby at the breast, slurping up Siu's special baby milk.
"It won't be long now. I'm growing accustomed to sex every day. The moment my stamina surpasses yours, I'll repay all this humiliation."
With such innocent reactions, she couldn't win against Siu, who was growing slyer by the day.
"Guess I need to discipline you plenty before then."
"Ah!"
Grabbing Lurye's breasts sent the queen's dignity scattering again.
Lurye's eyes darted to between Siu's legs, trembling.
"To think you'd leave me like this.... I've taken a mere male as my stud...."
For someone saying that, she didn't even try to push his hand away.
One night was nowhere near enough to sate their pent-up longing through their bodies.
"Beg me to cum in your mouth this time too."
"Hmph...! I absolutely won't allow it this time! You'll witness the queen of the bed today!"
As he half-forcibly laid down the protesting Lurye—pretending to uphold queenly dignity—and licked his lips pondering where to start,
-Ding-a-ling.
The doorbell rang.
Normally replaced by knocks, but since barging into Siu's room risked embarrassment, they'd installed it.
Who could it be this early in the morning?
"Siu, ignore it! Is there any guest more important than our marital bliss?"
"Just a moment, please."
He soothed Lurye, who was warding off potential interloper lovers.
At this hour, it'd usually be one of his lovers, and unless it was trivial, it might be important—so he threw on a robe and opened the door.
"Good morning."
Standing there was the one person Siu found most intimidating.
His elegant, voluptuous mother-in-law.
"Lady Albreo? What brings you here?"
The timing was right as he was deep in sloppy fun with one lover and about to go again.
A sharp woman like her would instantly notice he hadn't just woken up....
As Siu fretted nervously, Albreo gave a gentle smile.
"Siu, we have a guest."
"A guest?"
"I was annoyed seeing you bring home a new girlfriend every day, but this time you've impressed me."
"Pardon?"
As expected, she'd noticed—but surprisingly, there was no reproach. Her face beamed with delight.