Chapter 58
Chapter 58
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 58
Chapter Title: Paying the Price
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Peek.
Iris peeked through the screen to confirm that the person sleeping on the bed was truly out, then turned around.
Her face full of worry, she trudged over to a screen a short distance from the sleeping cadet, pushed it aside, and slipped inside.
"So, did you check as thoroughly as you wanted?"
"...Yeah, whatever."
Waiting inside was El, wearing a faint smile. Her water-blue eyes brimmed with curiosity and excitement, clearly anticipating what was to come.
Iris met her gaze and let out a deep inward sigh. The moment's finally here.
She had no clue what El would demand this time.
Last time...
She'd rescued her from prying Irene and stolen her first... kiss.
But it wasn't a simple comparison—the situations were too different.
Saving someone could be quantified somewhat, but through modern eyes, she had no idea what value to assign to what she'd done with that red-haired cadet.
The blazing fire went out clean... impressive.
But for Iris, it'd ended in a flash.
...A kiss would be nice. Maybe if I take the initiative, she'll be satisfied?
Recalling the past, Iris let her imagination run to her advantage as she edged closer.
As if reading her thoughts, El chuckled softly and reached for the hem of her flowing garment.
The fabric, touched by her gentle hand, flowed down like water through a valley and evaporated cleanly.
Exposed beneath was her milky skin. Her lower half was completely bare.
Iris swallowed hard without thinking.
...It really looks like skin.
Then she realized why El had bared her lower body and stiffened, glancing down furtively.
But the "thing" she'd expected wasn't there.
Seeing her confusion, El smiled in satisfaction, then still seated on the bed, took Iris's hand and guided it over.
Drawn by El's soft yet cool touch, Iris naturally met her eyes.
El grinned slyly and pulled the close-pressed Iris's hand toward her lower half.
Reeling from El's soft body, chill, and oddly sweet scent, Iris felt a slightly squishy texture against her hand and shivered.
"Th-this is..."
"My contractor's an expert—quick on the uptake."
It evoked a nostalgic feel... like her old body.
...Makes sense. Everything she'd encountered since arriving here had been huge and rock-hard erections.
This was still small and soft.
Iris looked at El with a complicated expression, and she whispered low in a faintly sweet voice, grinning.
"Do to me like you did to the others."
"...Pardon?"
Like to the others... lop it off and make her cum once first?
...Yeah, that's doable. I've done plenty already. Good deal.
Breathing a sigh of relief at the thought, Iris froze at El's follow-up whisper.
"But everything has to be with your mouth."
"W-wait a sec."
"What's wrong?"
"That... I get doing it, but why with my mouth?"
El placed a hand on her cheek and sighed.
"Your lips from that day left an impression?"
"Then just a kiss would do."
A kiss was plenty to make Iris's face flush, but still better than taking it in her mouth.
El's reaction seemed lukewarm, though.
"I'd prefer your mouth. If it's just a kiss... well, we'd have to stay tangled until dawn."
"Th-that's not fair!"
"Well... you've already had a kiss—your first one at that. Doesn't that lower its value as payment?"
Iris's lips pressed tight at her retort.
Half of her thought it was too nitpicky, the other half admitted the logic held.
...This is tricky.
No, kissing El honestly felt good, but till dawn? Too long. A cadet might wake midway, and El wouldn't care about that.
...Pulling an all-nighter would leave her looking exhausted, inviting needless suspicion.
"Tch."
Realizing she had no choice, Iris clicked her tongue unwittingly. Her brow furrowed deeply as a bonus.
Then she remembered this was the spirit queen who commanded near-mad worship from the elf Philia, and she pressed her forehead hard.
Glancing cautiously at El's face, Iris saw her looking oddly blank.
"Um... El?"
"Ah, yes. So you've chosen? I don't mind either way."
Her expression smoothed over so fast it seemed like an illusion.
Iris tilted her head, resolved to end it quickly, and lowered herself.
"Wise choice."
"...Be quiet."
"No need to worry about sounds leaking out."
Ah, right.
Muttering inwardly where El wouldn't hear, Iris buried her face between her thighs.
There was El's thing—still small and soft-looking.
No pouch, just perched above a neat slit.
Size a bit bigger than a man's thumb.
...Manageable at this size.
Not real flesh anyway, so even easier.
Won't it just pop like a water balloon if I bite?
Giggling to herself, Iris parted her small lips and took El's cute little nub into her mouth.
I wonder if El... feels it? Did she make this herself?
Despite her confidence, she distracted herself with other thoughts.
Squish.
She frowned as the soft nub touched her tongue.
Never taken it in her mouth before, but the feel matched what she'd sensed touching it while washing.
Lucky point: no taste like she'd imagined.
Sort of a faint sweetness?
Probably because she's not human.
...Hurry and finish.
Iris pondered a moment, then moved her tongue.
She rolled it gently, sucking lightly like a candy.
"Chup... chup."
"Hmmm..."
Feeling something, maybe.
Meanwhile, her mouth filled with warm liquid, and wet, lewd sounds began echoing from her lips.
Chup... chuup... slurp.
Hearing those in her ears made them burn hot.
In the silent space, they rang out all the clearer.
And then.
The anomaly began.
"Mmph?!"
El's soft nub started swelling in her mouth.
The balloon-like thing vanished in moments, and Iris felt something firm growing larger inside as she—
gagged.
The sudden growth had nudged her uvula.
"Ugh... kehk, cough!"
Choking for air, she finally spat it out once.
From her wide-open mouth emerged El's pillar—now huge and rigid. It drooled thick strands of her saliva.
El watched from above, face slightly flushed.
...Did I make it too big?
"Kehk, cough! Cough!"
Blocked by the pillar, Iris's eyes and expression were hidden.
But it felt so lewd that El made it stiffer and even bigger.
It just felt like she had to.
Finally, the panting Iris spoke in a trembling voice.
"W-what the hell, suddenly getting bigger?"
"Hmm. Doesn't it grow when excited? Only natural."
"..."
This is insane.
Couldn't even argue—it wasn't wrong.
Iris eyed the thing that had sprung from her mouth.
...Big.
Not barbarically huge like Philia's, but big all the same.
A bit cool, yet somehow steaming—odd sensation.
Iris touched it gingerly with a finger.
Unlike when small, it was hot now.
El's stern voice came from above.
"The deal's mouth only."
"...So strict."
"That's the contract. Even I can't change it."
...Is that true?
Who knows.
Iris was at an information disadvantage against El.
No choice but to obey.
...She'd asked for it anyway—no excuses.
Letting the healing and helping cadets slide implicitly was already favorable.
...Let's do it.
Whatever it was, a deal was a deal.
Shaking her head inwardly, Iris stared at the stiffly erect pillar.
Unwittingly, she gripped El's thigh like she would a sword hilt.
"...This okay?"
"Approved."
Pondering how to handle it, Iris decided to start with her tongue.
She approached the throbbing pillar, stuck out her tongue, and slowly licked the mushroom-like swollen head.
It glistened, soaked in fluid.
Self-loathing hit despite her resolve.
"Hmmm..."
This won't be enough...
"Lick..."
Iris opened wide and took the pillar's tip in her mouth.
Or tried to—the wriggling shaft missed her lips, squished her cheek, smeared wet fluid on her nose.
Only after painting her whole face did it finally slip into her mouth.
...I hate this.
At least grateful it wasn't "real."
El's consideration or just how it was, she didn't know.
But the shaft and its fluid had a faint sweet taste.
...Pretend it's candy.
Eyes squeezed shut, she took the tip and rolled her tongue.
"Huuu..."
This seemed effective.
Chup, chuup... chup.
Iris felt herself going a bit dazed as she—
bobbed her head lightly.
El, watching, let out a soft moan and—
placed a slender hand on Iris's head.
Sensing her panic, El giggled and—
pressed down with her hand.