82. The Main Wife Is Ur, I Tell You!
82. The Main Wife Is Ur, I Tell You!
After Hera's oracle ended
I returned to the academy, seen off by Ur.
Since I woke up early in the morning, I was able to return to the dormitory just around time for exercise....
"Sluurp... slurrrp....."
Mai was sucking on the opening of the carrot juice container with her mouth, like a child nestled in her mother's embrace.
"....Big Brother?"
"Ah, yeah."
Mai raised her body, sensing a presence.
Exactly as she was yesterday. She was sitting just as she was when I left her.
Even her position hadn't changed one bit.
The only thing that changed was the now completely empty carrot juice.
"You failed, huh. Yeah... that makes sense. Cronus is a strong one."
"..........?"
Mai then rose from her spot and walked toward me.
"Don't worry, Big Brother. Even though it came to this... Mai has genuinely come to like you."
So, that is
"Even if it's not the 'grace of Cronus,' and not as 'Pegasus,' I will love you as Mai."
".............."
Mai wrapped her arms around my waist and hugged me tightly.
Her slightly drooping eyes. The reddish swelling below showed traces of having shed tears.
I didn't quite know what she shed tears over
or what meaning this current action held...
"...I keep telling you, I prefer big breasts?"
"Huh? Yeah... uuung?"
A reaction as if something was strange.
Mai took one step, then two steps back and looked into my eyes.
"...Are you by any chance in your right mind?"
"I don't know what you mean by that, but I was just talking with Hera and came back."
Why
Got a problem?
I pressed down on Mai's head once and asked.
".....Big Brother."
"What."
"Big Brother."
"What, brat."
Why aren't you saying it?
I lightly pushed her head aside with a tap, and Mai toppled backward just like that.
"Ah....."
And then the dress she was wearing fluttered, and the space between her legs was softly revealed without her realizing it.
"....Are we gonna do it?"
"Are you crazy?"
I didn't feel even a shred of lust.
In the first place, I had just come back with my face buried in Ur's voluptuous chest, so how could I possibly feel such things for this flat-chested, little girl, clingy girl?
Forget it and move aside, I said as I kicked Mai with my foot, nudging her to the side.
"Trait, Wise Mother and Good Wife. Recognizes Big Brother's infidelity. This is a betrayal toward Mai."
"So what's your real point."
"Trait, Wise Mother and Good Wife. If Big Brother cheats, Mai's Intelligence gradually drops."
".............."
I felt like I had just been hit with something incredibly heavy.
I slowly turned my head toward Mai.
"Husband and wife are, one heart and one body."
"Whoa......"
That
How should I put it?
When it's this vicious, it's practically in the realm of art, Cronus.
I looked at Mai and pondered what to do.
"Mai, won't ask for much."
"Huh?"
Then, even before an answer to that pondering came, Mai approached me and sat down.
"Pat my head, stroke it, for me."
"......Alright."
If her Intelligence returns with just that much, wouldn't that be a pretty decent deal in many ways?
I sat Mai in front of me and combed through her hair with my fingers like a brush.
"Uu──☆"
Mai's wings fluttered thinly.
As if feeling good, she gently leaned her head into my hand, and at some point, she leaned her body onto mine and lay down.
"Aren't you getting up?"
"A request for Big Brother: check your stats."
".....Ah, no way?"
It couldn't be.
Just in case, I did as Mai said and opened my status window to check.
Name: Chrono (Class B)
Rank: 1
Strength: 31
Stamina: 41
Agility: 59
Intelligence: 47(-1)
Divinity: 40
"....Is this for real?"
My Intelligence dropped just because I brushed her hair?
I alternated my gaze between the stats and Mai, recognizing the severity of the situation.
"Husband and wife are, one heart and one body. If the husband turns his heart away from his wife, the husband becomes a fool who only sees his wife."
That was why, under Wise Mother and Good Wife, Big Brother had to keep doubting.
"....It's, a bit more hardcore than I imagined."
"Fighting?"
"..........."
In that moment, Mai looked unnecessarily cute.
Intelligence: 46(-1)
"Ah, fuck."
The goal for the second semester seemed to have been set.
I renewed my inner resolve and headed out to the training grounds for morning exercise.
"You didn't come to the club, yesterday?"
"Ah.........."
"You can make it, today, right?"
"............"
I nodded.
...Really, from now on, it's only studying, nothing else.
***************
"There are no classes starting today."
"......?"
"To be precise, there haven't been any since yesterday."
"............"
When I tried to take a class, the class disappeared ☆Magic☆.
The teacher explained it to me.
"For the week before vacation, you have time to each choose a guild to work at during the break. Is 'internship' easier to understand?"
"Aha...."
One thing finally came to mind.
Before starting the Summer Event, I needed to find a guild where I would intern during the vacation.
And with that, the 'Summer Event' would begin— to think I had forgotten that until now. It was definitely the Intelligence drop at fault.
Intelligence drop is my sworn enemy!
Once this event is over, I'm heading straight to the library.
"Ah, before you go, take this."
"This is...."
Academic Excellence Scholarship
1st Year 1st Semester Top Student Commendation and Scholarship
From the commendation issued by the president of NTR Academy to miscellaneous other things....
"...What is all this?"
"It's the certificate that came out in your name, and the result of your effort."
"..........."
"You might feel bad, but I know all of your stats. That's why, even though you were a member of the only team to conquer the boss during the Dungeon Experience, and even though you achieved excellent results during Survival, you were in Class B."
But you succeeded in making your skills known to everyone.
And what you see before your eyes now is the result of your effort.
"So take it. And keep striving. You are, in my eyes, a standout among standouts."
"Ms. Eve...!"
I might have been a little moved.
Even though inside that cabinet where the teacher stands, there's probably a whole collection of unspeakably hideous NTR photo albums.
'Still, as a teacher....'
There's no one like this person.
Just why is it that anyone who's even a little bit of a good person turns out to be an NTR villain?
It wasn't quite a situation where tears were flowing so much that I couldn't see ahead—but still, I couldn't help feeling a bit emotional.
"Then I'll be... going now."
"Wait. There's still something left."
"Huh?"
What else could be left?
The teacher pulled a bracelet and a business card out of the drawer and handed them to me.
"A cadet's stats from the academy are uploaded in real-time to the intranet account the teacher holds. But your stat ups and downs were oddly abnormal, you see. At first I thought it was just effort, but then your Intelligence suddenly plummeted, and now your protective barrier doesn't even deploy—and because of that, there was even an incident where you nearly died, so they told me to have you contact them for compensation purposes."
Also, this is a new model freshly commissioned from [Hephaestus Guild]... this was added as compensation too, so use it as you see fit.
"....Thank you, ma'am."
I bowed my head to express my gratitude.
"Hmph! What thanks for me... you earned it through your own effort, so don't thank me."
"..............."
Really
Why is this person an NTR villain?
'No, could it be he isn't one, unexpectedly?'
With a slight hope, I began to stealthily stop ti—
Nnngghh....
"............."
I decided not to stop it.
Is it any of my business anyway?
Even if he NTR'd all the other kids, I could let it slide as long as he doesn't touch the main heroines.
...
..
.
In front of the school bulletin board on the 1st floor
The cadets were each pondering where to do their internship during the vacation.
"....Which place is the honey pot?"
"Hey hey, how about here? The task listed is 'mating.' Doesn't it suit you and me perfectly?"
"You crazy bastard, that's an interspecies breeding research center!"
"Po?ssible."
"Crazy bastard....."
There were occasionally cadets who drifted off in weird directions, but
'For now, the most representative ones are...'
Ares Guild
Athena Guild
These two guilds were positioned at the very top.
Actually, since those two guilds are the main event, it couldn't be helped.
"Then, Sure enough, it seems right to pick one of those two....."
To be honest, if I went to the Ares Guild where Mars was, it would be comfortable for me.
Right off, I was close with Mars in many ways, and since it's meritocracy-based, if I stopped time and beat them up— no, I can't use that anymore, can I?
Anyway, even without that, I had the skill to take down a troll, so I had the confidence to handle any half-baked nobodies on my own.
'But if Papa suddenly jumps in, that'll be a headache...'
Still, I'd probably have to experience that once, right?
Having pursued Mars, that point was unavoidable.
I'd probably get beaten half to death, but he wouldn't actually kill me in the end.
"Hmm....."
As I was thinking, the story flowed as if it was already decided I'd follow Mars.
However, it wasn't as easy as it sounded.
If I followed Mars here, but the Protagonist also went to the Ares Guild, that would be the start of the Minerva NTR Event.
And if other heroines overlapped on top of that, the situation would worsen even further.
'The key point is, it's decided by the Protagonist's movements.'
I stared at the bulletin board quietly and rolled the thought around.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Oh...Mars? It's been a while?"
"...You son of a bitch."
"....???"
Mars started right off with swearing the moment we met.
"You... you... m... aghh...."
"....Are you okay?"
Why does she keep stopping mid-sentence, over and over?
Wondering if she was hurt somewhere, I approached and asked, and then Mars grabbed both my cheeks with her hands and—
———Smmooooooch!!
"....Pwah! Hah, hhha.... Haaa...???"
It was a sudden lip-crash.
The effect—was it successful? No, it seemed she fell into a confused state.
"You, what did you say to me before?"
"Wh...what do you mean what did I say...."
"Know that if you say you forgot, you're really dead."
"............"
What
What was I missing right now?
I racked my brain furiously, but my mental state, already blown apart by the kiss, did not return.
"....Fuck."
"Ah."
Mars gritted her teeth when I failed to answer.
And then she stomped the ground with her foot, once, and said:
"Was I the only one who was serious?"
".......Aaaah!!"
It came back to me.
Not only came back, but I remembered clearly.
'I told her let's get married.....!!'
And I had forgotten that fact until now.
No, but I feel a little wronged too! I was running around with my Intelligence nearly cut in half, and I was drugged out of my mind too—how could I remember each and every thing!
"You... you... fuck, they say the one who loves more is the one who loses, but this is just too much, you bastard!"
"Heuuk....!!"
Mars grabbed me by the collar and lifted me up.
Hey
Hey, I'm dying.
I'm a patient who just came back—
"——This scent... you didn't just forget, you actually went and cheated?"
"Ah....."
Ur.
If I thought about it, this situation was truly the worst—
—Or, so it would be, but
'This is it.'
I could be certain.
"It can't be helped!"
"What, you bastard?!"
The place I thought was death is, in fact, the breakthrough.
I shouted with all my might.
"The Primary Partner is Ur, I say!!!!"
"......Wow."
Primary Partner declaration.
At those words, Mars loosened the strength in her hands.
"Cough! Kuup, cogh! Augh....."
She grabbed me so hard my throat was all scratchy.
After coughing dryly a few times, I barely managed to stand up.
"Give me the coordinates."
"....What?"
"That Ur, or Primary Partner, or whatever. Let's go take a look at her face."
".............."
There's a saying.
That one's mind does a 180-degree turn.
"If a concubine is making a fuss about wanting to marry, then she ought to get the Primary Partner's permission, no?"
"...........Oh."
A normally 180-degree crazy bitch turned an additional 180 degrees to become a 360-degree normal person.
Contrary to her rational words, the two eyes boiling over with fighting spirit were—
"If it's a self-introduction——I am Ur, one aspect of the Muse and goddess of music."
"Ha! If you're gonna talk bullshit, at least make it somewhat realistic!"
"Ares. Could you perhaps explain on my behalf?"
"....She's real?"
—Before a god, she had no choice but to kneel.
On another note,
"I need power."
Ter spoke.
He needed power. The power he needed most.
And to cultivate it....
"He followed Mars, huh?"
He could endure a bit of patience.
Endure to the utmost, hold out, hold his breath and wait—and then snatch the most delicious part for himself.