The Dark Elf's Dual Nature
Luna quickly caught the subtle shift in Ryun's expression and mine. When she looked down at her own chest, her face contorted. "......." It was a look of such profound despair, I wondered if even a loyal subject who had just lost their country would wear such an expression. Her gaze was fixed on her own brown skin, her features frozen as if the world had come to an end.
"......Ah, well, you see...." I had already explained the conditions for Luna's corruption. Luna had acted as if it would only happen if I ejaculated inside her. Since she hadn't changed immediately after I was buried deep within her earlier, she must have assumed she was safe. But it seemed that wasn't the case. Was it some kind of delayed-reaction attack?
"Ah, aah." Luna lifted her hands, trembling in terror. Her skin, now the color of light chocolate, and her violet eyes were the hallmarks of a corrupted elf. Even her hair color had faded, losing its luster. "Aaaaaah...?!" Luna collapsed to her knees. She was devastated by the fact that she had broken a taboo and transformed, while I stood before her, prepared to risk my life.
"I'm sorry." I should have pulled out sooner. The moment Luna wrapped her waist around me, I should have stopped and explained the situation. Perhaps then, we could have done this more safely and enjoyably. "...But I have no intention of dying for you."
Luna looked up at me, dazed. Her violet eyes, swirling with a mixture of rage, hatred, and fear, sparkled like jewels. "If you want to kill me, then do it. Provided you can actually beat me." For the sake of my dungeon subordinates, I had become a body that couldn't just die easily anymore. I took a deep breath and prepared to activate my tattoo buffs, ready to throw a punch the moment Luna made a move.
"......Sob." And then, Luna...
"Waaaaaaaah!!!" She began to wail, a sound so sorrowful it felt like it would shake the very foundations of the dungeon.
Luna had become a Dark Elf. But there was no way to confirm the extent of it. Though she had been my prisoner for a moment, it seemed the system judged that she had escaped on her own, and now she existed within the dungeon like a neutral unit. She didn't count as a member of my harem, but she wasn't treated as a subordinate or a prisoner either. At the same time, she had become a being who could no longer return to the Elf Forest.
Whether it was Ryun or Luna, the nature of their taboos differed, but the fact remained that they had both crossed the line. I was the primary provider of that taboo, but Luna also held a share of the responsibility for her own corruption. 'That's what you get for wrapping your legs around me when I tried to pull out.' I thought this to myself, but didn't dare say it aloud.
Luna had stopped hiccuping, but tears were still streaming down her face. "...Take responsibility." It was the first thing she said after her sobbing subsided. I nodded, ready to kneel if that was what she wanted. "Of course."
"...The Guardian has corrupted into a Dark Elf. The Elf Forest will surely form a scouting party to search the surroundings. They will discover the existence of this dungeon, and if I don't leave, my presence will be exposed."
"Leave? Don't be ridiculous. You're a member of this dungeon now."
"...You idiot, if I stay here in my corrupted state, they'll obviously suspect you. The Elders will issue a kill order against you. And Ryun, who is here too... are you prepared for that kind of fallout?" Luna was more worried about the aftermath of her corruption than her own fate. And the people who would bear the brunt of that fallout were Ryun and me.
"Heh, don't worry about that. If things get hairy, we can just pull a runner."
"A what-runner?"
"It means we abandon the dungeon and run away." I briefly explained why I had blocked the entrance. Having won the war against Gremory, we had acquired a new dungeon that we could escape to via portal. Even if this old dungeon of Baal were to be occupied by elves, we could simply flee there.
"...Isn't it a waste?"
"It is. But is it worth more than protecting you and the others?"
"That's a declaration that you're going to make me your subordinate, isn't it?"
"Obviously. Isn't it my responsibility that you ended up like this?"
"...Responsibility, right. Responsibility." Luna struggled to stand up. Her attire was still the Guardian's light armor, heavy with the scent of milk, but the skin beneath was the dark brown of a Dark Elf. "...Even so, I will fulfill my duty as a Guardian. I'm going to the forest for a moment."
"What kind of nonsense is that?"
"If a Guardian goes missing, the Elf Forest won't just sit idly by. They'll surely look for factors that could have put the Guardian in danger. Even if elves don't leave the forest, they are the type to immediately eliminate threats to it. There are already scouts who have a vague awareness of your dungeon's existence, even besides me."
That meant my dungeon was absolutely no threat to the Elf Forest. I felt humiliated, but it was understandable if it was swarming with Guardians like Luna. I couldn't even beat Luna right now.
"If I say you forced yourself on me, the Elders will definitely try to attack this place. But what if I say I broke the taboo myself? What if I betrayed the Divine Beast out of curiosity about an orc's act? Naturally, I'll be the one to take all the blame."
"Hey. Isn't that too dangerous?"
"It is dangerous. ...But what else can I do?" Luna grabbed my shoulders and bit her lip. She was shorter than me, but her will was so intense that my spirit was naturally crushed.
"If I don't do at least this much, it won't end well!"
"......I'm sorry." I could only pull Luna into an embrace and pat her back. Luna didn't seem to dislike it; she buried her face in my chest and shivered for a moment. I could feel her trying to hold back her hiccups.
"Ryun."
"...Yes, Sister."
"I'm sorry you had to see something so unsightly."
"It's okay. ...I'm fine." Ryun nodded calmly, and Luna pulled away from me, hesitating. Ryun approached and hugged Luna, and Luna offered a sad smile as they embraced.
"You must never do it in the future, okay...?"
"......Yes." Ryun knew her own condition for corruption: kin-slaying. Ryun had already tried to kill a captured Dark Elf in Gremory's dungeon herself. She hadn't succeeded due to aiming issues, but Ryun had already become a being quite far removed from a normal elf in many ways. However, unlike Luna, Ryun wouldn't corrupt immediately. Ryun knew the condition, but she simply followed Luna's words, moved by her sad yet affectionate expression.
"...Then, I'll be going."
"Luna."
"Why?"
"Put one round in before you go." It was the only encouragement I could offer. Shaking my hips so she wouldn't have any regrets before she potentially died was the only support I could give.
"...Pfft, you really are, haah." Luna let out a hollow laugh, as if she found me both absurd and amusing. "Then give it to me as soon as I get back, okay?"
"I told you to take it out before you go."
"No, no. It's better to go in this state. ...If I do it with you now, I don't think I'll be able to leave this place. I'll definitely just sprawl out in the dungeon. Then the scouting party will come here." Luna's will was firm, and I had no power to stop her. Even if I activated my tattoo buffs to block her, Luna was an elf who would push past it with force and leave.
"So, *hic*, now is... the time I have to go." With tears in her eyes, Luna turned away resolutely. Ryun and I headed to the entrance to see her off.
"......." Luna stopped at the dungeon exit. One more step and she would be outside, and it seemed to take a great deal of courage to take that step. And rather than encouraging that courage, I wished she would turn back.
'Even if a scouting party comes from the Elf Forest, I'll just beat them all up.' Even if it meant going to war with the Elf Forest, I couldn't let Luna leave like this. But I felt a sense of self-loathing at the fact that I didn't have the power to stop her myself. I still had a long way to go; I had to become much stronger.
"Then, I'm going...!" Luna grabbed her bow and dashed out of the dungeon. I squeezed my eyes shut at her retreating figure.
"...Master?" Ryun, who was beside me, poked my waist.
"...Ryun, let's pray that Luna returns safely."
"No, that's not it. Look, Master?"
"We'll just let Luna do whatever she wants when she returns. Yes. Let's pray she survives and comes back."
"Master, look over there? Could you open your eyes first, look in front of you, and then speak? Before you get even more embarrassed."
"Huh?" I opened my eyes. And there, Luna had stopped in her tracks and was standing blankly. Luna was blonde. Blonde?
"What the?"
"......Hey." Luna turned her head. Her hair was still gold, and her skin was white. Just as she was before entering our dungeon, Luna had returned to the appearance of an Elf Guardian.
"......." Luna stepped back into the dungeon without hesitation. And the moment she entered the dungeon, her skin turned dark again.
"......." This time, Luna extended her leg outside the dungeon. Exactly the part that exited the dungeon turned white.
"......Ha, haha, haha...." Luna leaned against the corner of the entrance and laughed hollowly. From the inside, she was a quintessential Dark Elf, but from the outside, she was a quintessential Elf. Luna's body was precisely straddling the inside and outside of the dungeon.
"Luna."
"...Why?" Luna laughed with difficulty, her voice both hollow and relieved. Since both Luna and I realized what the situation was, I wondered what the meaning of that earlier melodrama had been. Along with relief, a question arose.
"I'm curious what you taste like as a Dark Elf."
"This pig, really...!" Luna acted as if she hated it, but she leaned against the dungeon entrance with half her body hanging out. I sucked on her white breast and black breast, then mashed them together to drink. Since Ryun had already emptied the tanks, there wasn't much, but there was definitely a different taste coming from the two jugs. A more precise check was needed.
Slurp, slurp. The white breast that had come outside tasted like melon. I licked it up and down, then lifted my head and buried it into Luna's black breast that had retreated into the dungeon.
"Stop...! W-wait a minute!" Luna tried to push me away with force, but it was useless. I squeezed out every ounce of strength I had to suck on her nipple. Both were light pink, untouched by anyone else, but the color stood out even more against her tanned skin.
Sluuuuurp!! I grabbed Luna's black breasts with both hands and sucked them dry. Unlike the melon flavor that filled my mouth, the deep taste and scent of chocolate wafted through. Luna grabbed my head and neck to push me away, but I bit down on her chest to resist.
"Haaah!" True to her masochistic nature, she let out a moan and her strength drained away as her chest was bitten. I grabbed Luna's waist and pushed her into the dungeon. Luna became a Dark Elf again and was pinned beneath me.
"Luna, let's test one thing."
"Wh-what?! St-stop! I'm so embarrassed I could die right now!"
"If I ejaculate inside you in this state, won't you avoid corruption?"
"......." At my words, Luna stopped all resistance. I could hear her heart pounding and her swallowing hard. It had been the case before, but Luna didn't have much aversion to doing it again once she had already been devastated once.
"I think I can barely do it one more time right now."
"......Th-then." Luna slowly closed her eyes. Her eyes and the corners of her mouth curved like crescent moons, and a sweet scent flowed from her full-moon-like breasts. It was a taste I wanted to squeeze out and keep as a snack to eat for a long time.
Squish. I thrust my member into Luna's vagina. Even as a Dark Elf, Luna's inside remained the same, and I buried my face in her transformed chest. Luna wrapped her arms around my head and patted me. 'Ah, is this motherhood?' I was enlightened while on top of Luna. I sucked on her nipples like a pacifier until her breasts were empty again, and I thrust my member into her, moving back and forth very slowly. So I could pull out at any time.
"It's okay. You can ejaculate inside."
"Hey. You're going through all this trouble to return to normal, what if something goes wrong because I ejaculate inside?"
"It doesn't matter. Not anymore." Luna nodded firmly, tears welling in her eyes. "...If I can't go back, I'll just live like this. Ejaculate inside me. Right now." Luna calmly wrapped her legs around my waist again. I rested my chin on her chest and declared to Luna,
"Even if you can't go back, I'll take responsibility and raise you."
"Raise me, my foot... ...Haaah." I kept grabbing her breasts with my hands, licking them, and thrusting my member into her. My testicles trembled and I tried to pull back, but Luna wrapped her waist around me again.
"Haaaaah...." *Squirt.* I sowed my seeds completely inside Luna. I decided to let whatever happens happen, and I couldn't overcome the strength of Luna's legs. I collapsed on top of her, and Luna patted me, shedding tears. "Now I can never go back to the way I was before...."
I poured my essence into Luna, who had become a Dark Elf inside the dungeon. "No, why do you turn back whenever you leave the dungeon?!?!?!"
"How should I know?" Luna had truly become a Cookies 'n Cream elf.