Priestess's Theft and Delusion (1)
Priest’s Theft and Delusion (1)
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The first day heading to the dungeon. Breakfast time.
'I had a lot on my mind.'
Yoo-jin had a lot on his mind.
"Is something troubling you?"
Reni tilted her head, a question mark bobbing above it.
"..."
'You looked like you were in a good mood.'
Reni did look like she was in a good mood.
'I'm in a good mood!'
Yeah. I could tell without her having to say it. It was written all over her expression and her gestures.
But I had a lot on my mind. There was the dungeon issue, the problem of whether Divine Semen was really the only thing I could do with the holy attribute, and more than anything—
Reni. You were the reason I had so much on my mind. That damned trait of yours, the 「Saintess's Trial」 or whatever. An SS-rank, no less. I was agonizing over how to break it.
"Hoo..."
I had so much on my mind.
But Reni was giggling, hee-hee, as if Yoo-jin's troubles were none of her concern.
Strangely, Reni had been in a good mood since that morning. Was it because of what I'd told her in the basement yesterday—that I wanted us to stay together?
If that was it, of course she'd be happy. But if that were the reason, shouldn't she have been in a good mood from the moment we left the basement yesterday? There was definitely another reason.
Watching Reni beam like that stirred up a baseless jealousy and petty spite in Yoo-jin.
It wasn’t because of me that you were so happy, was it? Tch. And stop imitating that mature smile when you were really such a klutz.
But Reni wasn't merely wearing an airheaded smile. Every now and then, she stared into space with the gleaming eyes of a wolf watching its prey. What had happened overnight?
Anyway, as Reni's smile persisted, a furtive, sleazy thought welled up again in Yoo-jin's heart.
I had so much on my mind because of you—so why were you smiling like that?
This wouldn't do, Reni. This morning, we had to head to the dungeon, so I'd held back, keeping it to a light C-rank level.
But tonight, I was going to be a little rougher with you. Even if you cried and begged me to stop, I wouldn’t. I was going to leave you a complete mess. Because...
'You look better crying and panting.'
"Heh heh... heheheh..."
Yoo-jin smiled as he dwelled on those foul thoughts. It was a smile anyone would call the shameless grin of human garbage.
# # #
"Hurry up!"
"Sure."
Beaming, Reni urged me along.
Autumn was just around the corner.
The earthy scent riding the wind, the smell of fallen leaves from the woods, Reni's golden hair glittering in the sunlight—and her smile.
When I reached out my hand, Reni took it, shy but willing.
Her delicate fingers, interlaced between mine.
I loosened our linked hands just enough to tickle Reni's palm with my thumb. But I never broke the clasp. Lightly, ever so lightly, I traced my nails over Reni's palm. Tickle, tickle, tickle.
Reni's face reddened, but she never tried to pull her hand away. After I toyed with her fingers for a while as we walked, she began imitating me.
Ugh. That tickled. Reni had a tendency to mimic whatever I did. So when I teased her like this, she'd quickly learn and copy it right back.
I felt Reni’s little thumb tracing the lines of my palm. A shiver climbed all the way to the top of my head, spread through my entire body, then gathered in my lower half.
I blocked Reni's finger with my thumb. Now it was my turn to attack again. Reni docilely yielded her turn.
Reni gradually slowed down. When I turned to look, she furtively avoided my eyes. Heat had risen to the tips of her ears, her gaze was fixed on the ground, and her thighs kept twisting together until even her steps became unsteady.
For a while, I played with Reni's palm like that, then offered my own palm back to her. Reni was quick to attempt a counterattack. Now it was my turn to slow my pace.
Trading playful touches with our fingers, Reni and I eventually reached the dungeon.
# # #
"So this is the dungeon."
It wasn't as if a dungeon came with ornate stone pillars or intimidating stone tablets to threaten visitors. At a glance, it was just an ordinary cave.
"So, Yoo-jin—what are you planning to do now?"
"Mm. First, I'll poke around here today. There are five dungeons, right? I have to check them all."
The reason I had to tour five whole dungeons was to prevent the dungeon rampage that would happen a year from now. A dungeon rampage didn't just happen without warning.
After clearing the dungeon, the hero's party had discovered a massive magic formula and an already spent large magic stone at the dungeon's center.
Analysis of the magic formula had concluded that the spell was a device that would link the five dungeons in Riverbridge into one, inducing a mass outbreak of undead.
The formula's components were one main dungeon and four sub-dungeons. Inside the main dungeon, there was supposed to be a giant magic stone and a Lich King-like existence that would trigger the dungeon rampage, while the remaining sub-dungeons contained medium magic stones that maintained the connection.
If I'd come a year later, everything would've been too late. But what about now?
I could smash it before the connection started and then make off with the magic stones.
Simply put, what I was about to do was akin to attacking a super robot before it combined.
Actually, what mattered to me was the magic stones, because they were worth money. Breaking the dungeon connection was only a side benefit.
"Something is probably already at work somewhere in these dungeons. I have to find it."
If this were a novel, I could just write, 'I serched the dungeon, the bad guy poped out in one turn, I beet him, and it was ovr,' but I had to check all five. What a pain.
"Shall we head in for now? You're ready, right?"
"Yes."
# # #
White skeletons approached, trailing a ghastly aura. Fleshless bones crawled across the ground and lunged at me.
"Y-Yoo-jin! Wh-what do we do—what do I do?! What do I do?!"
"It's fine—it's fine! Just a second—a second! It's fine! Stay calm!"
"N-no, no, no!"
“Reni... if things go wrong, leave me and—”
"No! Sniff...! I can't possibly...!"
- Crack.
While we were putting on that pathetic melodrama, the low-grade skeleton was smashed apart by a swing of my Holy Sword.
"...Let's go."
"...Okay."
It was my first time seeing a monster in my life, so I'd panicked. I knew in my head that this thing was nothing, but the moment I actually saw it, my whole body had seized up. Still, I'd probably get used to it later on.
"It really... is weak, though."
"Yeah..."
Well. That figured.
Monsters in ordinary dungeons outside the Great Labyrinth were pathetically weak. That was why Kate had let us go despite warning us of the danger, and why the Burly-Armed Innkeeper had said he wouldn’t be any help.
But if that was the case, why did people leave the dungeons alone? Dungeons were the habitat and breeding ground of monsters, after all. Wouldn't it be safer to wipe them out while they were weak?
More precisely, people had no choice but to leave them alone. Dungeon monsters reproduced endlessly. In game terms, it was a respawn mechanic.
Even so, the respawned monsters never left the dungeon, while the residents never entered it. Dungeons outside the Great Labyrinth didn't produce magic stones, so there was nothing to gain from going inside.
So the residents and the dungeon monsters simply ignored each other.
Of course, a year from now monsters would come boiling out and wreak all kinds of havoc, but it wasn't time for that yet.
"I... I've never seen a real monster before... I knew it was nothing special, but..."
"It's the same for me. Let's be careful, anyway."
Still, if I'd come genuinely empty-handed, it might've been dangerous. Buying 「Basic Swordsmanship」 had helped. The sword blow I'd swung unconsciously had struck true.
"Yoo-jin, there's another one over there."
"Got it. I see it too."
I pulled a glass tube full of white liquid from my inventory and threw it. Guided by 「Basic Throwing」, it struck the skeleton dead on and burst—
- Ssssss.
—and the skeleton collapsed on the spot.
'So it works after all. Damn it. I knew this would happen. I'd prepared it just in case. I knew it. Goddammit...'
What Yoo-jin had prepared were lab vials filled with semen. He'd stored it away just in case when he'd released his Heat yesterday. He'd bought the glass vials through the Dimensional Shop, for now. He'd be able to buy some at a general store later once he reached the city.
‘Semen bombs... Normally I’d be happy that a weapon worked, so why did I only feel self-loathing...?’
"What is that?!"
Reni's eyes sparkled as she leaned in. It was the look of someone who had just discovered a new toy.
"....Wanna give it a try?"
Nod, nod.
With mixed feelings, Yoo-jin handed Reni the glass tube of semen—no, the Holy Bomb...
…
"There's nothing here."
There was nothing at the center of the first dungeon. It seemed the connection hadn't started yet. I hadn't come too early. After all, the preparations themselves were said to have taken place over several years.
[Dungeon #5917]
[Remaining Monsters: 0]
[Until Respawn: 17:24:51]
Nothing appeared in the dungeon's information window either. It seemed the trip had been a bust.
"I think we should head back. It's already getting late..."
"Yeah."
And so, our first dungeon expedition ended with an uneasy sense of anticlimax.
# # #
After returning to the inn, washing, and eating dinner, it was finally time for the nightly buff before bed.
The devil inside Yoo-jin whispered about what had happened that morning.
'Reni wasn't happy because of you. And while you were racking your brain with worries like that, what was Reni doing? Remember that smile.'
It was cute.
'That's not what I meant! Go over your feelings again! You were planning to torment her today!'
Right. I was going to torment her today. I'd had all these worries because of her. And she'd been over there grinning that sunny smile. I ought to torment her. It wasn't because I was bad. It was because you, Reni, were just too cute when you cried.
Wearing a vicious smile, Yoo-jin opened his mouth.
"Let's use your feet today!"
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"Okay. Sit on the bed. And give me your foot."
"What?! It's dirty!"
"You just washed up clean. And it's fine. I've got these."
「Wet Wipes」 and 「Alcohol Sanitizer」
"S-still..."
"Hurry up! We have to go to the dungeon again tomorrow, don't we? Let's get this done and go to sleep! Come on, quickly!"
"Nngh... urgh..."
…
"Hahk! I-it's cold!"
"It's fine. This gets rid of all the bad germs and stuff on your body."
"Nngh... d-don't stare at it like that... Does my foot look strange...?"
"No. It is so pretty I want to lick—"
"What?!"
"..."
"Yoo...jin...?"
"...What is it?"
"Just now..."
"No. I didn't say anything."
"Okay..."
...
"Aargh! It hurts!"
"Just bear it a little longer."
"It hurts! It huuurts!"
“Reni, they say the hands and feet are connected to the entire body. So if I press down firmly right here—”
"Aargh! A-heurk?!"
"—your blood will circulate and you'll get healthier. Just bear it a little longer."
"A-heurk! Spare me—spare me, please! Yoo-jin! Please! Kya-heurk?!"
"Just endure it a bit longer. You'll feel refreshed soon."
"Kya-heurk! No! Goddess! Save me! Goddess!! A-heuuuuurk!!!"
"Why are you calling on the Goddess over something like this...? There. Better now, right?"
"Hahk... haaah... ahh...."
"How is it? Starting to feel refreshing now?"
"Haaah.... haaah... y-yes... yehess..."
"Good. That side's done. Now it's the left foot's turn."
"No... no... noooo! Noooooooo!!!! Staaahp?!"
…
"Kya-heuuuuuuuuuurk!!!!!!"
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While I applied the buff, Reni thrashed wildly. She struck my head, yanked at my hair, and bucked her hips. Yet being hit felt good. Did I have that kind of tendency?
The buff ultimately reached D-rank. She didn't seem to feel much through her feet; her sensitivity barely increased. Her pain tolerance was also far too low. No, perhaps it was less a lack of tolerance and more that she was making a fuss.
"Reni? You okay?"
"Yes... yehess..."
"Right. Go to sleep first. I've got something to take care of before bed."
"..."
I went to the bathroom to relieve my Heat State. Since the semen bombs—no, Holy Bombs—had worked in the dungeon, my semen could clearly be weaponized.
But even with the Rapid Firing skill, my total Vital Essence was 600. The problem was how long it would take to extract all of it.
And so I...
...
[Skill Intent: This is a skill for women who are into this sort of thing. That is a kink too, you know. What else would I save it for? This is being created entirely with my partner's sexual preferences in mind.]
Good. That should be enough bullshit. It seemed skill proposals only passed if I emphasized their smut-fantasy aspect. The submit button was... here.
[Under Review...]
[The skill meets the conditions.]
[Adjusting balance...]
[Registering...]
-Ding!
[Skill: Massive Ejaculation]
[Type: Active]
[Effect: Allows the user to ejaculate in massive quantities at 80% of normal ejaculation efficiency.]
Good. I bought it immediately. Eighty-percent efficiency meant that if a normal ejaculation took ten strokes to spend 100 Vital Essence and produce 100 semen, then 「Massive Ejaculation」 let me spend 100 Vital Essence and produce 80 semen with a single stroke.
By combining 「Massive Ejaculation」 with premature ejaculation—no, 「Rapid Firing」—I could prepare large quantities of Holy Bombs made from Divine Semen.
It did stoke a bit of self-loathing... but to go up against that Lich King or whatever it was, I clearly needed at least this much.
And later on, if I used Massive Ejaculation during... s-sex, I could do... b-belly bulge play... Heh heh...
I pulled down my pants.
…
[Vital Essence: 0 / 600]
I masturbated three times, consuming 200 Vital Essence each time. I poured the semen into flasks and stored them in my inventory. I didn’t have to worry about it spoiling; time stopped inside the inventory. Tomorrow, I’d once again be throwing fresh semen at the undead.
And suddenly, another wave of self-loathing hit me...
Reni was lying quietly. I briefly considered trying to act out the Creepy Dog Persona, but I was tired—maybe because it was the first day of clearing a dungeon.
I should get to sleep now...
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"...Yoo-jin... Yoo-jin?"
"..."
"...Are you asleep?... You're asleep, right...?"
"..."
-Rustle.
"...Nngh... wh-why is it so big...?"
...
"Why... why won't it come out... Why won't it come out...?"
"..."
"It came out so quickly back then... Nngh..."
"Snrk!"
"Hik!"
“Mnya...”
"...Y-Yoo-jin...?"
"..."
"...J-just a little more..."