The Mage's Cunning and Shallow... (3)
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"I think I've found a method. A way to make people aroused without touching them."
At those words, Ariel's head snapped up.
"How so?"
"Well, first of all..."
I stopped midway through the sentence. It wasn't psychological warfare meant to play hard to get. I had simply thought it over again and realized how ridiculous it sounded.
Good god. I was going to ejaculate, change the smell to a fruity fragrance, and then use that scent as a medium to cast a skill?
Seriously. I'd thought it was a good idea while creating the skill, but now that I had to say it aloud, it was incredibly embarrassing.
No. I had to be shameless. She was the one who had brought up bodily fluids and body odour first!
Right! Aphrodisiacs and seductive fragrances already existed. I could merely make something similar. The only problem was that the ingredient would be semen!
...I wasn't in my right mind. I felt like I was losing it!
"Yoo-jin?"
"Ah, aah. Yeah. Mm."
Ariel's prompting pulled me out of my thoughts. First, I cleared my throat.
"Ahem. Hm. As you said, even if I used a smell as a medium for a skill, if it's unpleasant, I'd get kicked out before I even used it. So wouldn't it work if I made sure it didn't smell unpleasant?"
"Change it?"
"I mean, into something like a fruity scent."
At that, Ariel furrowed her brows.
"I see. A method like that could exist. Certainly, it's not impossible with alchemy. However, it would have been better if you'd said so a little earlier. To head back to the mansion now, there isn't enough time..."
I figured out what she meant. Just like when I'd made the Divine Semen Bomb and stuffed it full of deodorizer, she wanted to extract the semen first and then change it using alchemy.
...That was an option too.
No. I hadn't done it for nothing!
I shook my head.
"There's no need to go back. If I want, I can change it right here, right now."
"Is such a thing possible? You can change its... smell into a fragrance? With a special ability?"
Ariel blinked. Her expression was half disbelief and half exasperation.
I nodded, keeping a shameless look on my face.
"Mm. Honestly, it's not a bad thing, right? There could be people who hate that smell. The Goddess tends to listen well if I use women as an excuse."
"An excuse? To the Goddess? I cannot tell whether you are irreverent or not...."
Ariel swallowed a groan.
"....Anyway, I understand. Then, your se..."
-Creak.
Before Ariel could finish, the carriage stopped. We'd arrived at our destination before we knew it.
-We have arrived.
The coachman opened the window and gave us a look. Right, he had other customers to take, so he was telling us to get off quickly.
I got out of the carriage, then took Ariel's hand like an escort and helped her down. When I looked ahead, a dazzling building stood before us.
"...Mm."
This was impressive.
Five stories? Six? The number of floors itself didn't look that high, but each floor seemed quite tall, and the marble making up the building was so pristine it looked like it didn't have a speck of dust on it.
The uniforms and weapons of the guards at the entrance gleamed, and the clothes of the customers going in and out were luxurious, too.
I finally understood why Ariel had insisted on formality. Had I worn my usual adventurer gear, the atmosphere alone might have kept me from entering.
"Alright. Shall we go?"
Ariel said that and took the lead, but I grabbed her arm.
"Wait, hold on."
"What is it?"
"What do you mean, what is it? What did you hear? Didn't you say you needed my... that stuff?"
You said you needed my semen, and now you were going straight inside? I couldn’t bring myself to put it that bluntly, so I just mumbled my way through.
But Ariel replied nonchalantly to my words.
"Could we not do it inside?"
"...What?"
"We are short on time. Hurry and follow."
After saying that, Ariel linked arms with me. W-wait, what was this woman planning to do?
Before I knew it, she had dragged me through the bank's main entrance while I stammered in confusion. My first impression of the interior was that it was spacious and clean.
Unlike the bustling chaos of a modern bank, there were barely any people walking around.
It was something I'd felt from time to time since coming here, but it still amazed me that sometimes they had things more sophisticated than in modern times.
But there were no teller windows.
"Where do they do the review? There's nothing here."
"This is the lobby."
"..."
"Follow me."
Ariel dragged my dumbfounded self up the stairs.
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Unlike modern banks, this otherworldly bank didn't have teller windows; it seemed they conducted business in individual rooms. Each room had an employee's nameplate, and I heard they operated on a reservation basis.
Well, since it was this kind of high-end bank, each room looked like it operated as a VIP room. But that wasn't what mattered.
What mattered was that I'd been dragged by Ariel into some unknown women's restroom!
As expected of a nice building, not only was the restroom clean, but the stall was spacious, too—though I was speechless.
"Hm. It seems there's no one around at this hour."
"Uh, no, hey!"
"Shh, quiet. What if someone sees us?"
"That's what I want to ask. What are you trying to do, dragging me here?"
"Is there any choice but to do it here?"
I was stunned by Ariel's nonchalant tone.
"Do it here? You mean what I think you mean? You want me to... ejaculate?"
Ariel crossed her arms and looked up at me.
"It's the result of a rational choice."
"Rational, you say."
"Regrettably, my rank is too low to be assigned a private room."
"No, even so, why in a bank..."
"We have no time to return to the mansion now. I do have a private workshop at the Magic Tower, but that's far away as well. Nor can we look for an inn; the prices in this area would be difficult to afford. If we had more time, I'd have looked for another location, but unfortunately, we don't."
"..."
Ariel emphasized the word 'time' several times. The intent was obvious. So, it was my fault for being late because I was having sex with the girls?
...I had nothing to say.
No, wait.
If she only needed my semen, there was no reason for both of us to go inside, was there? Would the problem not be solved if I handled it alone in the restroom?
"..."
Coming all this way only to masturbate seemed kind of stupid. Doing it in a public restroom was, when I thought about it, a fairly arousing situation, yet my first reaction had been revulsion. I supposed I was still rather conservative.
Anyway, since she'd shown this much enthusiasm, it was only right for me to respond in kind.
"Fine. Got it. Like you said, we don't have time, so let's start right away."
"...Mm."
"No, no, wait. Hold on, hold on."
I stopped Ariel, who was about to hike up her dress.
"What is it?"
"What are you doing right now?"
"What am I doing?"
"No...."
The dress had a long slit and was made from high-quality material, so fortunately it didn't wrinkle when she pulled it up. But, but!
I had only imagined a handjob or blowjob at most, yet she had immediately started hiking up her dress!
Of course, it was incredibly arousing. But was this really okay?
"To receive your seed, is this not what must be done?"
Ariel looked at me blankly with her dress pulled up.
....Right. Yeah.
This woman had no concept of handjobs or blowjobs. She didn't know such things existed!
I should have realized it last time, when she had shoved me inside without any preamble. She knew only intercourse for procreation, not sex for pleasure!
Of course, it was incredibly arousing, but going all the way still seemed dangerous. The problem was that I wasn't confident I could stay rational. Once I got started, I could not trust myself not to break her.
It was truly a waste, but I didn't think we could go all the way here.
"Ariel. Listen carefully. A man does not necessarily need to... have intercourse in order to ejaculate."
"....What did you say?"
Ariel looked up at me suspiciously.
"No, have you never masturbated once?"
"Why would I do such a thing? What purpose would it serve when done alone?"
"..."
A naive elf who had never even masturbated. I didn't know whether I should be delighted or what.
"...Anyway, copulation isn't strictly necessary. As long as you can get a similar stimulation, that's enough. You can do it with your hands or your mouth."
At that, Ariel's expression showed she realized something.
"...Wait. If that's the case, then isn't it unnecessary for me to be here? Is ejaculation impossible with just your own will?"
"...."
Damn it. I'd given her an unnecessary opening.
Ariel looked up at me with an inquisitive gaze. Damn it, I'd given her an opening! Like an idiot, I'd kicked away a golden opportunity to get laid that had rolled right up to me!
But I didn't want to masturbate after coming all this way!
How could I persuade this woman? After thinking for a moment, I opened my mouth.
"Yeah. Like you said, doing it alone is possible. But having someone else do it for you is several times more efficient. If doing it alone were enough, why would people chase after the opposite sex so much? Above all, most of my skills are for my partner's pleasure. Without a partner, the skills might not even activate."
Half of that was true. As for the other half... I was not entirely sure myself. Ariel nodded at my explanation.
"Understood. Then, since we have no time, shall we begin right away?"
Having said that, Ariel immediately yanked down my trousers. What an aggressive move!
"Gah?!"
"Be quiet. You can't even use a spell like Silence in a bank."
"You need to be careful too. It's a more delicate organ than it looks. If I grabbed you between the legs as roughly as you just grabbed me, you'd scream as well."
"Is that so. My apologies. Anyway, understood. You mean I just have to make you feel... a similar sensation with my hands. Is this about right?"
As she said that, Ariel grabbed my shaft with both hands.
A petite elf looked up at me, wearing a cute yet indecent dress with plenty of revealing cutouts, her eyes expressionless yet innocent.
My member swelled and hardened in an instant.
"Good. First... use one hand to hold the tip steady so it doesn't shake, and with the other hand, stroke the shaft."
"Understood."
Ariel began stroking down my shaft.