42. 11 Requests
42. 11 Requests
5:57 AM
I hadn't exactly looked at a clock, but I could feel it instinctively.
"Ugh... huh?"
I rubbed my eyes and tried to get up.
But something held me back, making it uncomfortable to rise.
Something warm and squishy was pressing down on my left side, like that time I woke up in Ur's embrace.
'Right... when I wake up in Ur's arms...'
In Ur's arms, in someone's arms
....Whose arms am I waking up in?
"N...nooo...."
"Uh-uh, uh? Uh!"
She pulled me in tight.
I was dragged in helplessly.
My shoulders and arms were captured by someone with purple hair who was wriggling and squirming into my embrace.
"Mi...nerba?"
"Kuuuuu....."
One person, fast asleep as if she knew nothing of the world
She hugged me as if using my shoulder and chest as a pillow, then tried to go right back to sleep.
'....What do I do?'
I thought about waking her, but I felt a little sorry to wake her right away.
I'd feel bad forcing awake a girl who'd talked with me yesterday and barely slept because she stood night watch.
And since Yuno hadn't shown up yet, I probably had a few minutes' grace.
"Ha.... I don't know."
Since things had already come to this, I decided to pretend to sleep too.
'But this sleeping position is uncomfortable.'
My shoulder was half pinned, so it was uncomfortable to sleep on my back.
I turned my body slightly toward Minerva to lie more comfortably.
"Kuuu.... um.... uung....."
'Uh... hey, hey!'
Once we were half facing each other, Minerva took advantage of the gap and burrowed in even deeper.
She buried her face completely into my chest and fell into an even deeper sleep—sexual appeal aside, the smell from the top of her head was downright spectacular.
'Wow, she's covering for it with smell?'
My heart nearly fluttered, but thankfully it stopped my cheating impulses.
Minerva's scalp smell, thank you. Thanks to it, I felt like I could sleep without any weird thoughts.
"...Huuung..."
"Oh."
Or not?
The sensations against my body and everything else might be a little dangerous.
'The smell, too... I'm gradually getting used to it...'
As my nose slowly went numb, all that was left was the sense of touch.
On top of that, since I was pretending to sleep with my eyes closed, I felt the sensation vividly.
'No... infidelity is the first step of NTR...!'
Hold it in.
I must hold it in.
I tried to calm my body somehow by recalling Ur and Mars in my mind.
'Ah—I want to take Ur and Mars and fuck them like crazy, I m- ah, shit!'
Ah, you shit.
Who was it? Who said to think of your lover when you feel like cheating?
Thinking of my lover was suddenly making me even more turned on.
What was even worse was that my son had just woken up, declaring it was morning as well.
""...............""
'....Hieeeeeek!'
Calm down.
Don't make things complicated, just cool off.
Even as I tried to divert my consciousness elsewhere, Minerva's leg crept in between my legs.
"Mm...... uum....."
"................"
The soft sensation of her thigh came through past my pants, past my underwear, just like that.
Was she talking in her sleep? She subtly put strength into her thigh and pressed down on my son.
It brushed against the hem of my pants, was pressed by her thigh, and the head even got caught on the waistband of my underwear and slipped in and out.
"Uh.... uh, uh....!"
No.
At this rate, I'm really going to blow.
Since I'd been saying there was no need to jerk off lately and was on a no-fap streak, the backlog of little guys was desperate to see the outside world.
'No, you guys!'
Go back! No!
Quick, go back!
Quick!
"Hwaaahm—Chrono, Minerva! It's morning... huh?"
""——!!!""
The tent door opened.
Yuno's voice was heard.
I hurriedly jumped up from my spot and pretended I had just woken up.
"Oh? Oh! It's already morning!"
"Ah, ah! It's already morning!"
Since Minerva also seemed to have woken up at just the right moment, we looked at each other and laughed it off.
Yuno stared at the two of us blankly, then silently stepped out of the tent.
Fortunately, it didn't seem like we'd been caught.
Having somehow overcome a situation where we'd never be able to show our faces if we'd been discovered, I let out a long sigh of relief.
""Hwoooh......""
...Huh?
"....Minerva, you—"
"—Let's hurry out, Chrono. We need to finish off the goblins quickly and return to the academy."
"............."
No way?
No, but still....
...Nah, no way, right?
Just in case, before leaving the tent, I asked Minerva.
"You don't snore like crazy and sleep-talk, do you? You were snoring like crazy earlier."
"I did not snore!"
"How would you know that?"
"Ah......"
Hey.
"Th-that is, during the Survival, the cadets beside me told me! That I sleep soundly without any sleep-talking at all."
"Usually, if you sleep soundly, you just let it pass without comment, don't you?"
"Th-thaaat......"
"............."
I see.
Evidently, I was fated to never be a dense Protagonist type.
'But what can you do.'
There are times when people need to pretend they don't know.
I threw out a remark as if it was nothing.
"Well, during Survival, everyone's so tired they all snore to sleep, so if you alone didn't, people would watch you just because it's amazing. Right?"
"Ah, yes! Yes, yes! They said it was amazing that I alone slept deeply!"
Ahaha!
Haha!
Ha!
....Haaaaaah.
"....I'm sorry."
"Let's just head out."
We knew nothing.
We hadn't done anything, it was just a minor accident.
Minerva and I came out of the tent straight away and approached Yuno.
"Good morning!"
Yuno smiled brightly.
"You two seem to be getting along well?"
""..........""
But what she actually said was nothing short of suspicious.
Th- that's not it.
It's a misunderstanding.
It's something akin to a misconception.
"Chrono."
"Yep."
Yuno smiled softly at me.
"Chrono is a kind person, right?"
"I'm 100% Pure Love Faction."
"Yeah! Our Ter also said he's 'Pure Love Faction'!"
"Um....."
That's not a high-level indirect dig that I and the Protagonist are one and the same, right?
"Chrono."
".........."
Yuno spoke.
"Let's finish the requests real quick and then go back to the academy!"
"......Yeah."
On the surface, she looked utterly bright.
But when her unfocused, empty pupils reflected me, I thought, the Protagonist dared to try and win over Merk leaving this girl aside?
'Is his heart made of steel or something?'
If you later get stabbed in the heart and they have to determine whether the heart is beautiful or not, can't you get a replacement?
No matter how much of a steel heart it is, a blacksmith or an alchemist can't restore it, you know?
I shivered at Yuno's jealousy power and hurriedly packed up the tent.
"...Why did I... say something like that...?"
Along the way, Yuno muttered something strange, but I paid no mind.
I was in hot water myself—who could afford to care about whom?
"Chrono, do I fold this and then put it in here?"
"Yeah. You did well. Thanks."
Minerva had brought the folded pop-up tent.
As I strapped the tent back onto my bag, I glanced sideways at Minerva.
'Anyway, why didn't Minerva push me away saying she didn't like it?'
Had her Bond Rank accumulated that much? I didn't think I'd done much bond-building or affection work.
.....No way, is this also because I'm an NTR Villain?
"Haaaaa...."
Somehow, I could strangely understand.
For the Protagonist, there's a daily limit on how much Bond Rank can be increased, but for a villain, it just goes up without any such restriction.
Even if he worked hard and barely raised the Bond Rank to 7, in an instant the NTR Rank could sometimes jump to 2 or 3.
Ah, for reference, the maximum NTR Rank is 5 (Pregnancy).
The system explanation window says that up to 4 can still be reversed, but once it reaches pregnancy, it's irreversible or something.
"I'll have to be careful from now on...."
I vowed to myself that I would at least not let my dick mess around with another dick.
If I slipped up, I could end up totally Chrono'd.
"Hm? What are you saying?"
"It's nothing!"
Yuno's shadow approached silently.
I hurriedly stuffed my gear tight and hoisted my backpack.
"Alright, now we're off!"
I raised my voice somehow to boost morale.
I was too scared to stay any longer. Let's wrap this up fast and go back.
Koreureureuk
""............""
"....First, let's eat!"
...
..
.
The requests remaining for us currently were a total of 4.
The first was Goblin Extermination. We needed to kill a total of 10 goblins.
Next was the Goblin Warrior subjugation. We only needed to kill one.
The third was the Goblin Shaman subjugation.
The last was retrieving the Goblin Shaman's staff.
"...Can we really finish all of this by the end of the day, no, before time runs out?"
"Yeah. It's easier than you'd think."
If we lost in battle, it'd be an immediate NTR Event, but the trick was that we just had to avoid battle altogether.
I had the two of them wait in front of the goblin village, then strode boldly into the village.
"Watch roughly, and if you see an opening, jump in."
A few goblins looked at me.
I smiled brightly and raised the muzzle of my gun upward.
"Huh? What do you mean by that—"
—Taaaang!!
Keruk?
Kereureuk?
"Eeeek...!!"
As soon as I fired the gun, the goblins gathered in an instant.
Among them, one with a slightly larger build jumped out and shouted at me.
Chwek! Kieeeeeks!!!!
Kegek!
Kereureuk!
Keruk, kereureuk!
"Exactly as expected."
A horde of goblins instantly swarmed toward me.
I could hear Minerva's horrified voice from over there, but to handle this event—no, the goblin wave—I only needed to know one thing.
"Just mess up the boss."
I accelerated my own time by placing my hand on the gun and dashed toward the Goblin Warrior.
"[Double Excel] [Double Step]"
Chwirik....?
In an instant, the distance closed.
Before the goblins could even block my path, I reached the Goblin Warrior.
"[Point-Blank Shot]"
Chwi, chwieeeeek!!!
Taaaaang!
A single bullet between the goblin's eyebrows.
Since it was a strike from extreme close range, its head burst and died without a chance to dodge.
Kek....?
Keruk....!
Kieeeeeek!!!
"This skips the event."
When the Goblin Warrior died, the goblins fled, raising their voices.
Soon, an old and shabby goblin emerged from one of the tents and raised his staff at me.
Kuru, kurururuk...!
"Goblin Shaman."
At the shaman's appearance, the goblins regained their senses.
Using the scattered positions from their attempt to flee in reverse, an encirclement was formed, tightening around me from all sides.
It might have been a situation where I'd struggle a bit if I were alone, but
"Now!"
Kruk?
Unfortunately, I was not alone.
"Haaaap! Holy Slash!"
"Go! Flame of Hera!"
Kuk, kuweek?!
The Goblin Shaman, who had been completely focused on me, had forgotten about the other two.
Ku...eee.....
"D-did we get him?"
"Is it all over now?"
Ultimately, the shaman died without offering any resistance, leaving behind only his staff.
Then, only one thing remained.
""""""Kieeeeeek!!!""""""
"Mess up the remaining goblins!"
Cleaning up the fleeing goblins.
We finished off the fleeing goblins, killed them, and returned to the academy.
***************
"So, from [Herb Gathering] [Mineral Collection 1] [Mineral Collection 2] [Mineral Collection 3] [Cave Mushroom Picking] [Slime Extermination] [King Slime Subjugation] [Goblin Extermination] [Goblin Warrior Subjugation] [Goblin Shaman Subjugation] [Goblin Shaman's Staff]... that makes a total of 11 requests, all successfully completed."
"""........."""
The result of 2 days and 1 night of brutal hardship was
"A total of 68 points."
""Hwaaaaha....!""
Avoiding a failing grade.
No, it was more like entering the upper ranks.
At those words, Minerva and Yuno slumped straight to the ground.
'They must have had a really hard time.'
Well, of course. Who wouldn't be tired after doing 11 requests at once, when everyone else barely manages one or two.
So, kids.
"Let's rest today, and meet again tomorrow!"
""........""
"...Day after tomorrow?"
"".............""
".....Friday."
""Hwooohh.....""
A little,
no, it looked like they'd had a very hard time.