Chapter 114: The Library
Chapter 114: The Library
The workshop remained shrouded in darkness. Lying with my head in Fay’s lap, suckling on her breast, I felt as if I’d returned to a state of childhood innocence.
“Goo-goo ga-ga. I’m baby Yandel. Feed me.”
“Junior… aren’t you embarrassed…?”
“Not at all.”
I gave the tip one last light nip before finally pushing myself up.
“I should probably get going soon.”
“Mmm… I guess so. We have classes tomorrow, after all.”
“The business of being summoned here and there is mostly over, so it’s time I returned to my duties as a student.”
I shrugged and picked up my clothes, which were scattered haphazardly across the floor.
Since I’d already tidied up the mess from our session, all I had to do was change and head back to the dormitory.
“I feel a bit sad, for some reason.”
“About me leaving?”
“Yeah. It was only for a day, but we were stuck together the whole time. Now it feels… empty.”
Fay placed a hand over her breast, a sentimental look on her face.
No matter how many times I saw them, their size was truly miraculous.
I nodded, my eyes never straying from her chest.
“Don’t worry. I’ll be coming by two or three times a week from now on.”
“…I’d appreciate it if you looked me in the eye when you said that.”
“I’ll be visiting often, so make sure you keep yourself clean.”
“I wash all the time! Do I… do I smell? I don’t, right? Tell me I don’t, Junior!”
Startled, Fay began frantically sniffing herself.
Honestly, she didn’t need to make such a fuss…
But seeing her flustered was cute, so I just finished changing in silence.
“Should I try washing with an Odor Removal Potion next time…? No. If it’s just for a few uses, I can just rinse it off, but using it long-term is bad for the skin. Since I only need to hide it from human noses, not monsters or beasts, I should make a mild version. Maybe I’ll add a nice fragrance while I’m at it? I’ll start with something simple like flowers, and eventually use materials that induce arousal, like the aphrodisiac I used today…”
Wait, that’s not an Odor Removal Potion; that’s perfume.
Specifically, an aphrodisiac perfume.
I lightly chopped the top of Fay’s head as she muttered to herself.
“Ouch!”
“I was joking, so scrap that plan immediately.”
“…Huh? A joke? So I don’t smell?”
“No, you do.”
“Then it wasn’t a joke!”
I watched Fay as she squawked at me, then suddenly leaned down.
Lick.
“Hieek!”
I ran my tongue up her neck, and Fay froze as if time had stopped.
I leaned in and whispered into her ear.
“You smell like Senior Fay. It’s a good scent, so don’t get rid of it.”
“Yeah. Uh. Okay.”
Despite everything we’d just done, she seemed desperately embarrassed as she nodded.
I gave her a light peck on the cheek and pulled away.
“Good. I’ll be off then.”
“…Huh?”
“You have classes today too, Senior Fay. You should start getting ready.”
“Right… classes… yeah…”
I chuckled and waved at Fay, who looked dejected, as if she’d been expecting something more.
“Snap out of it. Get changed. Oh, and don’t forget to keep your weekend clear.”
“The weekend is fine. I don’t have any friends anyway, so it’s not like I have plans.”
“……”
I left the workshop, seeing off Fay as she casually dropped that depressing fact.
*
The moment I returned to the dormitory, Carla threw herself into my arms as if she’d been waiting.
I reflexively hugged her back. As she snuggled into my chest, the first words out of her mouth were surprisingly sharp.
“Sniff, sniff. I smell a familiar woman on you, Master.”
“Well, you’ve met Senior Fay a few times, Carla…”
“No. This isn’t just a normal scent.”
Having said that, Carla began rubbing her body against mine even more fervently.
It felt like a beast marking its territory.
I chuckled at her desperate—if you could call it that—display and patted her back.
“If it’s not a normal scent, then what is it?”
“A lewd scent. Master… you did it with Ms. Fay, didn’t you?”
“…You can tell that just by the smell?”
Just in case, I shot a questioning look at Elisha, who was currently rubbing her eyes after just waking up.
“It’s true. I can smell a faint scent of a female on you, Yandel.”
“‘Female’ is a bit much…”
“Oh? Now that I think about it, that does sound a bit odd. I meant you smell like the scent animals often give off when they’re in heat.”
“……”
Isn’t that even worse?
Well… I could guess why. It was likely because the aphrodisiac had been so effective.
“Still, it’s quite impressive.”
“What is?”
“I told you, didn’t I? The scent is faint. Even for a High Elf like me, it’s barely there. I wonder how Carla, a human, managed to sense it so clearly…”
“Huh?”
Now that she mentioned it, it was definitely strange.
Carla, who was now clinging to my back and rubbing herself against me as if trying to overwrite Fay’s scent, tilted her head as she felt our gaze.
“Hehe. That’s simple.”
Carla, stuck to my back like a piggyback ride, pressed her cheek against mine over my shoulder and continued.
“I know everything about Master. So, I can tell immediately if even the slightest thing changes.”
“……”
“……”
Both Elisha and I fell silent for a moment.
Heavy. Her love is heavy!
I stroked Carla’s head a bit more gently than usual and desperately changed the subject.
“A-Anyway, let’s get ready to head out. The sun is already high in the sky. We’ll be late at this rate.”
“Okay~.”
Satisfied that she’d finished her marking, Carla finally let go.
Only then was I able to wash up quickly, change into my school uniform, and leave the dormitory for the Class A lecture hall.
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The recent rumors circulating about me had resulted in the flushing out of cultists.
As expected, students who didn’t want to be associated with the Boiling Silence—the cult whose danger had recently come to light—took it upon themselves to debunk the rumors about me.
It made sense. If they weren’t careful, they’d be asked, “Are you a cultist too?” It was a natural reaction.
Because of that, the number of people whispering about me had decreased, and even if they did talk…
“Did you find out what that magic at the end of the last duel was?”
“No. I’ve been searching the library for days, but I can’t find it.”
“Isn’t that just because you’ve been looking for porn books in the library all week?”
“I have not! I’ve been researching really hard! I even found a lead!”
“Really? The magic circle looked like it was in the Lindelheit family style.”
“Exactly. They might be fallen now, but they were famous enough that anyone who knows their stuff would recognize it.”
“Yeah. But what about it?”
“Think about it. He doesn’t seem like a commoner, but he’s not from a proper family either, right? But since he’s talented, he must be starving for knowledge.”
“Enough to learn from a slave?”
“Exactly! I thought maybe that last spell was an arcana from the Sylvan Magic Tower, so I’ve been looking into that.”
“Heh… you really have been working hard, haven’t you? Then I assume this book you’ve been clutching to your chest is related?”
“W-Wait, that’s…!”
“Let’s see… the title is Pink-haired Bitches are Weak!? Good lord. You’re into this kind of stuff?”
“Aaaaah! Give it back!”
Since the rumors were now born out of interest in what I possessed and what I had shown, they weren’t really a problem.
…By the way, how can a book be titled Pink-haired Bitches are Weak!?
It was surely some bizarre novel written by an author who liked strange creatures with platypus bills and raccoon bodies.
I clicked my tongue lightly and spoke.
“Carla. Elisha. Let’s stop by the library after class today.”
“I’ll go anywhere Master goes!”
“…Not Ms. Fay’s workshop? I didn’t expect you to seal the deal in a single day, but since your relationship has changed, shouldn’t you give her a proper greeting at least once, Yandel?”
“Oh, don’t worry about that. The weekend is only three days away. I’ve already arranged for us to meet at the mansion then, including Iris.”
“Aha? You’ve thought it all through. Well, as the master of none other than Elisha Sylvan Glenziel, that much is to be expected!”
Having said that, Elisha pulled out her fan with a triumphant air and let out an “Ohoho” laugh.
That fan… she really likes it, doesn’t she?
Feeling a sense of satisfaction, I found myself patting Elisha’s butt, which prompted Carla to sneakily link her arm with mine and press close.
“Master, Master! This is your first time going to the library, right?”
“Yeah. I’m curious what kind of place it is that everyone keeps learning such strange things from it.”
Carla, Elisha, and even Fay.
It seemed they all had at least one erotic novel from the library that had left a deep impression on them.
Even if the Academy only admitted students from the age of twenty, having porn books openly available in the library was something else.
Whether it was to crush cultists or for personal and family advancement, wasn’t the Academy supposed to be a place of learning?
In H&A, you could enter the library, but you could only see books containing certain lore.
For example, the biography of Hero Rahim, the characteristics of each Evil God’s sect and their respective monster types, the origins of the Beastkin, and so on.
In fact, most of these were things you’d learn anyway by progressing through the main story or specific character side stories without needing to visit the library.
Things that were good to know beforehand but wouldn’t cause problems if you didn’t.
Fan service for players who wanted to dive deep into the game.
That was the general feel of it.
However, as if the developers felt it was a waste to leave the Academy’s library unused, they had hidden a single hidden piece there.
And while it wasn’t incredibly powerful, it was quite useful. I might as well pick up that hidden piece while I was at it.
…Thinking about it now, that developer was truly mysterious. What exactly was their relationship to this world?
The questions I’d pushed aside while dealing with immediate matters began to rear their heads again.
Did some transcendent being enjoy playing H&A so much that they created a world exactly like it?
Or did someone from this world cross over to Earth?
In the first place, why did I possess my sub-character of all people? And what was the status window?
The unanswered questions piled up, one after another, leading only to frustration.
But the conclusion I reached in the end was no different than before.
There was nothing I could do about what I didn’t know. For now, I just had to do my best in the situation I was given.
Since I’d likely delayed the cultists’ plans significantly with this duel, I had to use the time I’d bought to get even stronger.
And the fastest way to grow was, as always, clearing dungeons and completing achievements.
With Iris, we should be able to clear most places, so I should take Fay along and clear a suitable dungeon this weekend.
I began to mentally review a list of dungeons suitable for a day trip and carefully plan my move.
After school.
Just as I was about to head to the library, Helena, who had come all the way to the Magic Department classroom, handed me a small box.
“Brother. It’s a bit late, but here is the item you requested the other day.”
I peeked inside. It contained three sets of Nun’s Habits.
“Oh.”