The Priestess and the Hunter's Provocation (3)
The Priestess and the Hunter's Provocation (3)
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Yuri was grinning from ear to ear, and Reni was glaring at me.
Reni was angry because my first time having outdoor sex hadn't been with her! Even though she'd been the one who stopped us!
How shameless could you get?! And Yuri, why were you provoking her like that?!
I couldn't tolerate this catastrophic atmosphere. As expected, I had no choice but to mediate between them.
As the party leader, I sternly scolded them both.
"Sh-should w-we all do it together here before we go? Th-the three of us?"
If we communicated with our bodies, we could get closer...
-Bam! Bam!
"Agh! Sorry!"
I'd thought I saw my chance for a threesome, but apparently not...
...
Yuri had provoked her like that, but Reni didn't stay angry or shrink back like she used to.
No matter what anyone said, the most important thing was that Reni had been my first for everything. She knew that too. But the way her eyes flashed sometimes...
Uh, maybe if I played my cards right, I could manage some outdoor play. No, not just outdoor play—if I egged them on a little, maybe I could get a threesome where they serviced me. If I stirred up their rivalry and made them serve me even more...
Anyway, so Reni got jealous over things like that. In that case... if I tempted her with the promise of a 'first,' I could use that as leverage for all sorts of specialized play...
"Yoo-jin. You're drooling."
"Hrk."
-Slurp.
Reni was staring right at me. A pair of emotionless emeralds seemed to be scolding my sinister delusions...
"Yoo-jin, look at this."
"Wh-what? What is it?"
She'd spoken at exactly the right moment. Otherwise, Reni might have bored a hole straight through my face with her stare.
"Hm...this is..."
"Yesterday's goblins."
The half-goblins' remains lay where Yuri pointed. They'd still been intact corpses when we left yesterday, but overnight all except a few bone fragments had crumbled and scattered like dust.
Hm... I'd suspected it might end up like this when Wilson died.
"This is a problem."
"What is?"
"I was planning to take these goblin corpses and sell them to the Guild or the Magic Tower or something."
"Whoa..."
Yuri looked at me in disbelief.
"Ah, no. It's not what you're thinking."
"Then what is it?"
Selling them was one thing, but I had another use for them.
If something like this was happening all over the mountain range, I couldn't handle it alone. Eventually, I'd need help from groups like the Guild or the Church.
To do that, I needed to present these corpses as proof. The problem was that all my evidence had disappeared.
"Aren't you going to tell me?"
Yuri pressed, sounding slightly disappointed.
After all, I'd only revealed the fact that I was an Awakened to Yuri without sharing the rest of the story. She must have felt like I was hiding things.
"...I'll explain everything properly once we get back. It's too long a story to tell here. I'm tired, and I need to sort it out in my own head first."
"Hmm...alright. Fine."
Putting the evidence issue aside, these things still had another use, just as Wilson had.
"Alright. Then, shall we dig out the magic stones?"
"...You really are frugal..."
"D-do we really have to go that far...?"
Ignoring the slightly exasperated murmurs from Reni and Yuri, I started rummaging through the scattered goblin remains.
Once I got moving, the two of them couldn't stay still either and started digging through the bones with me. It was a bit gross, sure, but it was all for the future.
Anyway, the situation was difficult from several angles. I needed to turn this into a much larger operation while still hiding the fact that I was an Awakened.
If anyone discovered I was an Awakened, I'd be dragged away immediately. Then I wouldn't be able to do anything about whatever was happening in the mountain range, and regardless of how large an operation I organized, I'd have no choice but to stand by while the whole range blew apart.
It was a headache.
"I think we're done."
"Yeah. Let's go now. I'm a bit tired."
I could think it over on the way to West Keep and decide whether to report it to the Guild or contact the Church.
Still, I had quite a bit of breathing room. There was no need to be impatient.
Come to think of it, something seemed to have happened in Emils too. The protagonist's party didn't pass through there; I only sent some of my companions.
-Ping!
[The Holy Sword requests Dream Sharing.]
[Fine. I'll do it for you later.]
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It was past noon by the time we arrived at Yuri's house.
The moment we entered the house, all the tension drained from us and we collapsed. I literally didn't want to move a finger. Even with Reni repeatedly casting Cure on us yesterday and today, the fatigue had inevitably accumulated.
"Huaaah...I'm dying...."
Yuri had sprawled out in a big starfish shape on the living room floor. Wasn't she a little too comfortable just because it was her house? With a body like that, why did she treat it so carelessly?
That left the sofa free for me to sprawl across, with Reni leaning against me. This kind of physical affection was incredibly welcome. It had only been a few days, but still.
Staring at me and Reni with blank eyes, Yuri suddenly muttered.
"I want to just sleep like this..."
"Sh-shouldn't we wash up...?"
At that, Yuri tried to get up...then flopped back down.
"Yoo-jin. Use that thing. The... Cleaning Magic?"
"Fine..."
I cast Clean until my mana dropped to zero. Magic wasn't omnipotent, but using it over and over still left us feeling fairly refreshed.
"Then let's go to sleep now... Reni..."
"I-I want to sleep with Yoo-jin..."
"Hmph...leaving me out? I'm in the same party now, aren't I?"
"Eh...ah, um..."
Yuri grumbled, while Reni wilted as though she had never meant to exclude her.
"Then shall we sleep together?"
I quickly wedged myself between them.
"You look shady...what are you planning to do?"
Yuri said that, but she didn't seem to be refusing. Was this my chance for a threesome?! No, the atmosphere wasn't like that. Everyone was completely wiped out.
Well, it didn't matter. I couldn't do anything like that with these exhausted girls, and more than anything, I needed to rest too.
"Wait here. I have to change."
Even after showing me everything there was to see, the two of them made a fuss that they couldn't change clothes in front of me. Mm... fine... that kind of privacy was important, I supposed...
I pulled out some comfortable clothes for myself, put them on, and waited for the two of them...
"...!"
When they finally came out, the sight of their outfits made me gulp.
Yuri wore dolphin shorts so short they barely covered anything... and a crop top that showed off her navel!
Reni was...in an oversized tee that exposed one shoulder and barely covered her thighs!
And both of them were barefoot!
Magnificent. I was too moved to speak. Recruiting Yuri into the party had truly been a brilliant decision. Where on earth had she learned that kind of fashion sense?
"Yoo-jin. Get up. We need to make room."
"Huh? Uh...r-right..."
Yuri didn't just say it, she nudged my thigh with her foot. A truly killer ankle. So bewitching...!
"There. Now let's sleep."
"R-right...sleep...right. We should sleep..."
Was it because it was her house? Yuri was taking control of the situation. I had a feeling of déjà vu. Right. Come to think of it, back in Emils, Reni had played with me.
We spread out a pile of blankets and lay down, with me in the middle and Yuri and Reni on either side.
"Urk?!"
"What's wrong?"
"Ah, no...it's nothing..."
Reni nestled under my arm as though it were the most natural thing in the world. The unexpected move startled me. How bold of you, Reni, being so blatant with someone else watching...
"Heh heh..."
Beside me, Yuri was smirking as she watched. What was she doing with her mouth? She seemed to be mouthing something.
Was she mouthing that I was whipped?
As if. I was just losing by choice during the day. To win at night. Since you girls were destined to cling to me crying at night anyway, was there any need for me to try and dominate you during the day?
Yuri, who'd been giggling at me like that, looked up at the ceiling and muttered.
"I'm exhausted, but somehow I can't sleep."
"That makes sense. We went through a lot."
"Ah, um, excuse me."
Reni suddenly sat up, looking as though she couldn't decide whether to speak.
"I-I have a Holy Magic spell that relieves physical tension and helps you rest comfortably. It's called Relax..."
"You had something like that?"
"Yes. I learned it at the Church back then..."
"Really? This is the first I've heard of it."
"Hmph... talking about things only you two know again... That's not fair..."
Feeling left out, Yuri grumbled quietly. I'd have to pay her some attention...but that was a matter for later.
"That's another long story. I'll tell you all about it later, when we have time. We have plenty of it."
"Right. We've got plenty of time."
We've got plenty of time. Yuri seemed delighted by those words, grinning as she repeated them several times.
"Then shall we all use that and go to sleep?"
"Ah."
A look of regret flashed across Reni's face for a moment, but she smiled and did something. Hm. I did feel my body relaxing. Like the tension was draining from my eyes and jaw.
With this spell, I could probably sleep easily even somewhere uncomfortable. Somewhere like the tense campsite in front of the dungeon the night before...
Come to think of it, Yuri had been nervous too, but she'd said she'd slept surprisingly well.
"...!"
Could it be that the reason Yuri kept sleeping was because Reni...
No...way...
#
"You said I could use Dream Sharing."
The Holy Sword turned her head slightly and pouted.
"Hey, I admit I said that. But...you...how could you drag me in like this when I'm dead tired?"
"Hmph.... I could've told Blondie Big-Tits exactly what happened earlier."
This girl really did seem to hate big breasts. You're... a little smaller than average, but your shape is pretty, so you've got nothing to worry about.
"So. What is it?"
"Nothing. I'm frustrated too, you know. Only being able to talk like this."
So she had been bored. Fine. I had plenty of questions about her too.
"You used Holy Fire on your own earlier, didn't you?"
The Holy Sword flinched and started watching my reaction carefully.
"Wh-why? I asked when I used it, didn't I?"
"...No, never mind. I got a lot of things thanks to that. Good job."
"Hmph."
She snorted as though scoffing, yet her expression was bright. Was this girl incredibly easy to please? One compliment had made her this delighted.
"Anyway, what exactly was that sinister aura? What did you sense?"
"I don't know. I just got a bad feeling."
"...You can't, like, identify what it is?"
"It just... it felt like something that shouldn't exist. Like it wasn't of this world... that kind of feeling."
Wait. If that was the case...
"Can you sense it from far away? Do you absolutely have to get close to it like before?"
"I don't know... Right now, I think I have to get that close."
No good. She wasn't useful. She couldn't identify it, and I couldn't use her as a detector either. In the end, she was only a moderately useful flamethrower. Was there some way to make better use of her? She said plenty of pathetic things, but she was still an artificial intelligence I could communicate with. Surely there was something useful she could do.
Tired of standing, I plopped down. The Holy Sword followed suit and sat cross-legged. If she sat like that, her panties were completely visible...
Besides sex ed, it looked like I'd have to teach this girl a ton of other things. What a headache...
"Right. I've been wanting to ask you this. What is it for?"
Suddenly, the Holy Sword pulled up a screen and shoved it in my face.
"...!!!!!!"
Th-this girl. When had she recorded this video...?!
"Hey! You, this video—!"
"What? You said I could use a little Divine Power however I wanted, didn't you?"
Even so, still! The video from when I secretly did it with Reni at night...! How in the world...!
"...!"
D-did this girl have a recording function too?! So that was what she'd used my Divine Power for back then!
Right. Come to think of it, when I'd first released her seal, she'd recorded a head-on shot of me stroking my junk.
"Delete this..."
"Why?"
"Why... what if it leaks... No. Never mind. Just leave it."
Come to think of it, there was no way it could leak. She didn't have a USB port or an internet connection. This might actually be useful. I could use the video as teaching material for her sex education.
"So what is this for?"
"That's...."
How was I supposed to explain it...? Should I just launch straight into her sex education?