A Mage's First Time (10)
A Mage's First Time (10)
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"Hah, hah, hah, hah... hoooh..."
"How about that? You get it now—you're not pregnant, right?"
"I got it, hah, ah, I got it, so... stop it now, h-hic."
I used Vibrating Hand on Ariel's belly to expel the semen filling her insides. At last, her stomach returned to its former, pleasantly flat shape.
There had been the minor side effect of making her climax lightly, and the sheets had gone beyond damp to sodden, but I could not simply leave her that way. Ariel aside, Rebecca would probably have caused a commotion, and my girls might have lost their minds.
"H-hic... hoooh..."
Ariel wiggled her toes as if enduring the aftershocks of her climax. Mm. Seeing her like that was making my lust rise again. No. I needed to cover her.
I tried to pull up the blanket... but when I saw the horrifying state of the sheets, I pulled out a towel and draped it over her. The bed was an unspeakable mess from all manner of bodily fluids.
Thinking about it, it was a pretty awkward situation. Wasn't Rebecca the one who was going to clean this up? If it were an inn employee or a hotel staffer cleaning it, I wouldn't care at all, but knowing it was someone I knew cleaning it made it downright mortifying.
I had no choice. I needed to use Clean. It wasn't perfect, but repeated use made it serviceable.
"Phew... phew... hmm..."
Ariel made an odd sound as she watched Clean remove the mess from her body and the sheets.
"Mm... d-did you just use magic?"
"Yeah. It's a low-level magic called Clean, it cleans things..."
"I know what that is. Phew... You can definitely sense mana being used with this kind of magic, unlike your unique abilities."
"Well, yeah."
Beginner spells purchased from the Shop rather than obtained through Skill Proposals consumed mana. Yet Ariel looked deeply disappointed.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
"...Problem? There are all sorts of problems."
Ariel continued in a somewhat subdued voice.
"The reason I lay with you was because I thought I could reverse-engineer the amplification by experiencing your unique ability firsthand. If I could, I would have been able to use it on Niniel even in your absence. Of course, I knew it would be challenging both technically and physically. But I never imagined I wouldn't even be able to get a single clue."
"Really? That's possible?"
"The Magic Tower has a saying: 'With enough time, experience, and budget, anything is possible.' But since I can't even detect it, I suppose that saying doesn't apply in this case..."
Ariel said that, but I still had a question.
"What for?"
"...Haven't you promised your companions a future together? If so, you'll leave someday, won't you? I hope your ability works on Niniel, but if it doesn't, we can't keep holding on to you, can we?"
"...."
Ariel looked up at me with slightly wistful eyes.
Mm. It wasn't wrong, but I didn't like it. Could I really leave these elves behind? I didn't really want to.
"Well. I don't know if it will work on Niniel. But don't worry too much. Even if Niniel's curse can't be lifted, wouldn't it be okay if I just kept amplifying you?"
"...I see. In other words, you fill it faster than it drains."
Ariel smiled a little at that, but soon looked downcast.
"But there's a duration, isn't there?"
Why was she worried about that? It was a problem we could solve simply by continuing to do it. I checked Ariel's stats and spoke.
"I told you the amplification is cumulative, right?"
"Yes, you did."
[Name: Ariel Ionia]
[Class: Wizard]
[Stats: ▼]
[Mana: 124 / 7322]
Hmm... after subtracting the buff and working backward to her base stats, she’d gone up by about 0.1%.
I explained to Ariel.
"You can feel that your mana has increased, right? It doesn't matter if the amplification disappears with time. Your base mana has already risen by about one-thousandth. Imagine that increase accumulating every time we do this."
"One thousandth each time, huh..."
Ariel seemed to calculate something for a moment, but then her face fell again.
"Even so, it looks like it'll take a few years..."
"What do you mean, years? Last time, about ten hours raised it by roughly 0.3%."
I was sure of it. It was a result I'd already tested back when it was just me and Reni. Ariel shuddered as if horrified by what I said. Yeah, if you got 0.3% cumulative each session, that would be insane stat inflation...
"T-ten hours...?! I can't. I can't do it! I'll die, I'll definitely die!"
So that was what she was reacting to!
"Ah, no, I'm not saying we'll really go for ten hours... anyway, it's faster than you think."
I soothed Ariel, who was trembling and trying to flee. Mm. Don't shake like that. The towel's slipping off!
As the towel slipped, Ariel's pointed nipples were revealed in all their nakedness...
Ah.
I reacted.
"H-hik?! D-don't come near me! Stay away!"
"Ah, no! I won't! I said I won't!"
...
After a brief scuffle.
"Mm. Anyway, besides the Goddess's quests, there's nothing else urgent. So I'm not planning to leave until your situation is resolved."
"The Goddess's quest? What's that? Come to think of it, you mentioned it at the Witch's mansion too. I kept quiet because I didn't know the story."
Oops. I hadn't told them about that.
...It should be fine. We were practically bound by a Shared Fate anyway. I felt rather loose-lipped saying it, but Ariel and Rebecca did not seem likely to reveal it carelessly. If I were taken away, they would suffer the most direct harm.
Still, just in case, I swore her to secrecy and then told Ariel about the events I'd gone through and my conjectures.
"...I see."
Ariel looked a bit nonplussed.
"The Goddess gave you quite an absurd duty, didn't she. Are you certain about that?"
"...Well. I'm almost sure."
Ariel tilted her head as if she couldn't quite grasp it. Just as the Witch had said. Indeed, concepts like abnormal sexual desires were a bit too advanced for people of this other world.
Ariel tilted her head like that for a while, then spoke.
"At any rate, the fact that the Goddess gave you such a mission means the matter is of great gravity. In that case, the people who become your enemies won't be pushovers. It must be one of two possibilities."
"Two cases?"
"The first would be those who have become madmen, like that wizard in the Goblin Dungeon you mentioned. This case is relatively simple. Their whereabouts are obvious. They would be sating their desires in an outer dungeon or a dungeon's deep levels. The problem is the second case."
The second case, huh. I quietly waited for Ariel's explanation.
"The second case would be people like Sivter, who can resolve their desires through authority or money. But this case is quite troublesome."
"Troublesome?"
"With power comes ease of hiding one's actions. I myself can already think of several methods. For instance, they could raise goblins under the pretext of magical experiments. Or they could keep goblins captive on the grounds of entering them in an arena. Or they could lock them up under the excuse of adventurer training. No, they don't even need to go as far as goblins. They're already raising slimes in the mansion, after all."
"..."
"Unlike the madmen in the Goblin Dungeon, in these cases there is no justification. You can't exactly ask if they have sexual desire toward monsters. How do you propose to identify such people?"
Ariel asked with a grave expression. How would I find them?
"...I can find them."
"How?"
I felt my face turning bright red.
"Wh-when I see people like that... my thing... um... gets hard. I get an erection."
「A Sex Warrior Respects All Tastes (E)」
A trait I wanted to get rid of. But a trait I could no longer get rid of at this point.
Ariel gave me a deeply distrustful look.
"...Are you joking?"
"I'm not joking."
"..."
"...Say something."
"...That's... rather intuitive."
"Yeah. Intuitive."
I didn't like the look in her eyes. It seemed to ask, "Are you sure you're not simply getting aroused by those people?" Damn it!
Ariel shook her head vigorously.
"...Perhaps it might be a good thing after all. It means you can filter out those types without using mana or Divine Power. But... are you really sure it's not the case?"
"I said it's not!"
"...That's a relief."
Furious, I fumed and seethed, and Ariel finally looked relieved at that. Th-this damn—what does she take me for? Should I just pounce on you right now and prove my purity?!
"Hm. Ahem. Mm. Hm."
After a brief silence, Ariel suddenly started clearing her throat. She composed her voice as if she had something to say.
"Anyway. So for now, it seems you don't have a next objective. Is that right?"
"...Right. Why?"
"Then, I'd like you to go somewhere with me tomorrow. I'm not sure if you'll have the time."
Ariel said that, watching for my reaction. Her eyes looked like she wanted to do something but felt guilty about it. This girl, doing something she'd feel guilty about? Unimaginable.
"Stop beating around the bush and tell me. Where are we going and what are we doing?"
"You remember that slime you handed over? I plan to go discuss its disposition. I'd like you to accompany me."
"You mean you're selling the aphrodisiac slime? But I don't know anything about business."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know. I'm not expecting that from you."
"Then what are you expecting?"
"...Give me your ear a moment."
Ariel leaned close to my ear and started saying the most absurd thing.