The Priestess and the Hunter's Provocation (5)
The Priestess and the Hunter's Provocation (5)
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Reni had her delusion flare-up like that and then fled, leaving me with a dejected Yuri sitting in front of me.
I wanted a 3P, but this wasn't the time. The mood had grown far too gloomy.
Well, threesomes aside, seeing her so downhearted was a little pitiful. It wasn't like anyone was really at fault.
“Yuri, don't read too much into it. Until recently, Reni was...”
"...Huh?"
I abruptly closed my mouth. Until recently, Reni had possessed so little self-esteem that she sometimes acted in ways that were painful to watch.
But that story wasn't mine to tell. Even if someone told it, it'd be better coming from her.
"...It's a little awkward for me to say. Give it time, and there'll come a day when she tells you herself."
“Tch... aren't you being a little too protective of her?”
Yuri grumbled softly, her hurt plain to see. But Reni still had a fragile side, so this couldn't be helped for the time being.
“There's more to it. She may look fine now, but she's had a pretty rough life for all kinds of reasons.”
"Hmm..."
Yuri pouted for a moment, then seized the opportunity to start asking me about the past.
"How did you two meet?"
It wasn't even that long ago. Reni and I had only been properly adventuring together for less than two weeks.
"Um... you know about the heroes being summoned at the castle, right? Do you know how that place works?"
"Roughly."
She said she had the blood of a hero, so it looked like she'd heard a thing or two. That was convenient. I could skip a bunch of explanations.
“The truth is, I didn't awaken any abilities when I was first summoned.”
"Really? That can happen? Don't you just get your abilities right as you're summoned?"
Yuri asked in surprise. She leaned forward, fully exposing the upper curves of her breasts that the bath towel failed to cover. I deliberately averted my gaze and continued.
"I don't know either. Anyway. So when the heroes went to the royal castle, I just got a few coins and was kicked out."
"They just kicked you out?!"
“Yeah. They said they couldn't spare anything, gave me one gold, and threw me out.”
"Ah... that's... kind of..."
She looked at me with a mixture of pity and bitterness. Still, that was how I'd met all of them, so by then I considered it a blessing in disguise.
Actually saying that aloud would have been too embarrassing. I hid my true feelings and continued.
“Anyway, I'd crossed paths with Reni a few times while I was at the castle. We never spoke for long—mostly just exchanged greetings. Then, after they threw me out, I was sitting in front of the castle gate when Reni came over. She told me to find her if I ever needed help.”
“Oh...”
“But I awakened that very night after they threw me out. So the next day, I went straight to Reni and asked whether she'd form a party with me.”
"I see..."
Having heard that far, Yuri abruptly turned her head and looked away from me.
“...If...”
"Hm?"
Yuri's lips quivered. Then she let out a sigh and changed the subject.
"...It's nothing."
After saying that, Yuri looked at me seriously.
“Then why... did you decide to help me when I was a complete stranger?”
"That's..."
There were several reasons. There was the problem with the magic stone, and the dungeon disaster that would happen in the future.
But more than anything, I simply couldn't leave her to her fate. There was the matter of her losing her eyes... No, even if her eyes had never been in danger, I still would have helped her. But... how was I supposed to put that into words?
"...?!"
I felt something against my leg and looked down. Yuri's foot... Yuri's foot was gently caressing my leg.
Th-this girl. I was wrestling with a serious question, and she pulled a provocation like this...!
When I looked up, Yuri was wearing a bewitching smile. She'd whimpered about being scared when things actually started, yet now she was putting on airs with a smile like that...!
Yuri withdrew her foot and crossed her legs. My gaze naturally locked onto her body.
Yuri had rushed out without drying herself properly, so her body was still wet. She had tied her damp, jet-black hair up behind her head, making her long, pale neck stand out. A droplet ran down her neck, traced her collarbone, and disappeared between her breasts.
Her pink areolae were plainly visible beyond the edge of the bath towel.
Gulp.
When I lowered my gaze, I saw droplets gathered on her thighs trickling down her long, shapely calves.
A droplet slid down to linger briefly at the tips of her toes before falling away. Even Yuri's toes were snowy-white and beautiful.
...
I silently admired Yuri's legs. We'd been discussing something important, but none of it seemed to matter anymore.
If I reached out my hand, I could've grabbed them, but for some reason I couldn't move.
Opportunities like this didn't come often. It would have been one thing to strip her completely during sex, but asking her to get half naked and sit with her legs crossed for me would have been strange.
Gulp.
Ugh. I gulped again without realizing it.
“Yoo-jin? I asked why you helped me?”
"Ah, no. I just..."
Even as I spoke, I couldn't tear my eyes away from Yuri's legs. My body refused to obey me. When Yuri noticed where I was staring, she gave me a sly, foxlike smile.
“Hmm? Where are you looking right now?”
"..."
Th-this girl! She was deliberately crossing and uncrossing her legs, wasn't she?! Knowing full well I was staring at her legs!
Where had she learned that?! She'd said she was a genre-fiction fanatic, but had she actually read nothing but erotica?! How could she be so shameless...!
And she had called me depraved?! What kind of blatant hypocrisy was that?!
But I couldn't say a word. The towel didn't cover her entire body, and whenever she moved her legs, her slit peeked out. It glistened faintly, and her pink clit poked its head up cutely.
Th-this shameless little...! How could she be so brazen...!
Punishment! I had to punish her! But then I wouldn't be able to keep watching her like this...
I'd fallen under a status effect. Seeing the state I was in seemed to give Yuri confidence, and her voice grew bolder.
“Hmm... you want to do it?”
Yuri gave a faint, teasing hum and dragged her chair a little closer. Then she stretched out one leg and planted her foot against my groin. It was far too much stimulation for my lower half, which was already about to burst.
"Kk...!"
"Hik?!"
...Look at her. One groan from me and she'd flinched. She was all bravado... Yet she quickly composed herself and started working her foot again with a smug look.
"You pervert. What're you getting so worked up over? You getting worked up over my foot?"
This... just a moment ago she was chased off for acting like a groper...!
But I couldn't deny it. Yuri's legs were that gorgeous. Even her feet were long and smooth, and the moisture made them glisten in the lamplight. They looked so deli— I wanted them desperately.
I wanted to do it!
Heat gradually gathered in Yuri's eyes as she watched me, but her voice remained cold—or rather, it sounded as though she was pretending to be cold.
"Didn't we do it a ton outside yesterday? And you want to again?"
I could clearly hear the excitement in your breathy voice too, you know? Yet you still acted like that.
That subtle gap just got me more worked up. My cock twitched involuntarily. Yuri flinched again when my cock moved, but soon started rubbing her foot back and forth.
Seriously, where did you learn this stuff?!
"..."
But she was unbelievably clumsy. Everything she did was sloppy and inexperienced; her body was carrying the whole performance. I could even feel how tense she was from the way she kept her foot rigid.
Still, I had no choice but to keep quiet. If I said anything, I'd ruin the mood, and she might never do this again. With things like this, I needed to pretend it felt good and build up her confidence.
...Though really, I was only staying still because I liked it.
"Ooh... hmm..."
When she saw me clench my teeth, Yuri hummed and looked down at me with her chin slightly raised.
Th-this girl! Because I was staying still, she thought she had the upper hand! I'd gone easy on her because it was her first time, and now it had gone straight to her head!
But I still had no choice but to behave myself. She was clumsy, but that only made it more exciting. I would let her continue a little longer. I could take my time tormenting her afterward.
"Haa..."
As Yuri’s breathing grew increasingly heated, the eyes she fixed on me grew moist with desire.
“...Shall we?”
Yuri seemed to feel the same way. She rose and moved toward me...
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"I-I'm all done washing."
"Fwah!"
Yuri recoiled at the sound of Reni's voice. Startled, I pulled away from her too. Strange. Why did it feel as though we'd been caught cheating?
Reni was wearing the oversized T-shirt Yuri had given her again. For all her complaints about having been forced to change earlier, she was wearing it without protest. Thanks to that, I could feel the soft, downy smoothness of her pale thighs.
Gulp.
I had no idea how many times I'd gulped that day.
Reni stood a good distance away, cautiously reading Yuri's mood, then apologized.
“Y-Yuri, I'm sorry for shouting... There's no way you'd do something like that... S-sometimes I lose control of myself... I'm sorry...”
"Ah, no. I'm the one who should be sorry..."
An awkward silence settled over us. Th-this sort of atmosphere was difficult for me too.
“Yuri, hurry up and wash so I can have a turn too.”
"Ah, oh. Yeah. O-Okay."
Yuri nodded at me as if grateful I broke the awkward mood, and then promptly vanished into the bathroom.
Once Yuri disappeared, Reni leaned against me as I sat on the sofa, just as she had before.
"What were you two talking about?"
"W-well, we talked a bit about old times. When I got kicked out of the castle."
I gave Reni a rough summary of what Yuri and I'd discussed. She looked as though she understood, but then her body suddenly stiffened and she stared up at me with cold eyes.
"...Yoo-jin?"
"Yeah?"
“Why... are you... like that down there?”
Reni's voice was icy.
“In... such a short time... while you were alone together...”
"Uh... uhm?"
"No wonder you told me to wash up all alone...!"
Her emerald eyes seemed to burn. Wait, Reni! You'd been frightened just moments ago—that was why I'd sent you first!
“Y-you really do this at every opportunity...!”
Even her voice had started trembling! Reni, hadn't we settled this? You were the one who said I needed to share my abilities more freely!
But I hadn't done anything wrong. So why was this so scary?
I desperately wracked my brain.
"Th-that's, you know, Reni, you were clinging to me totally naked earlier, right? That's when it got like this. If you press up against me stark naked like that, can I help it?"
It wasn't a lie! That really was when I'd started getting aroused! Yuri had only been the one who kept it going!
Anyway, at those words, Reni's face flushed bright red. The strength visibly drained out of her eyes.
"I-I'm sorryyy..."
“You don't have to apologize. I can't control myself whenever I see Reni's body, remember? I'm the one at fault.”
"Th-that's... hehe..."
Reni giggled foolishly at my ridiculous line.
Phew... somehow, I'd gotten away with it.
Reni buried her face in my shoulder in embarrassment, and a faintly sweet mood settled over us.
I wrapped an arm around Reni's shoulders, and she slowly drew closer. Her eyes grew moist as her lips approached mine for a kiss...