Ep.4 - Heat Period (4)
Ep.4 - Heat Period (4)
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Meanwhile,
Chichi, who had been dragged away unconscious by the knights, was...
"Hah, this is truly unbelievable. Absolutely."
Inside some unfamiliar facility where witches were being forcibly gathered,
she had regained consciousness and was now quarreling with the other witches.
"The ones who created this situation aren't me — it's all of you, isn't it? When you cast me out, you didn't hesitate for a moment, and now you have the nerve to blame me?"
Chichi and the other witches, whose relationship had grown deeply strained,
were locked behind iron bars with not only their brooms but even their staffs confiscated.
Inside that damp and miserable iron cage, the witches blamed one another and bemoaned their predicament.
And most of that blame was directed squarely at Chichi.
"If only you hadn't lost your mind over those worthless men, Chichi, none of this would have happened!"
The witches nodded in agreement and glared at her. But Chichi merely snorted at their absurd accusations and turned her head away sharply.
"How laughable. You're the ones who cast me out without a moment's hesitation after I devoted my entire life to you, aren't you? Pathetic creatures who can't even properly defend yourselves without me!"
"It's not that we couldn't defend ourselves — it's that we couldn't block the intruders properly because you pointlessly lost your mind!"
"Exactly! Other witches are already pursuing those two!"
'I don't even want to argue with them. Let's just ignore them.'
Chichi disregarded their thoughtless, victim-blaming accusations and instead focused on finding a way to escape the iron cage.
What troubled her wasn't those foolish witches,
but her man, left alone with Kaede...
"Hah..."
Delin.
'I don't have time to be stuck in here like this...'
She tore at her hair in frustration, growing more irritable by the second.
And for good reason — leaving a man in the care of a beastman whose heat cycle had begun was like leaving fish in the care of a cat.
On top of that, with no telling when Neva or Philmark might burst in, it was a situation where she needed to be by his side at all times herself!
Yet the other witches persistently intruded upon even her tangled emotions and genuine concern.
"Hmph! To swear an oath to become a witch and then let yourself be seduced by debauchery."
"Exactly~ How filthy... tsk."
It's fine. Let's stop paying attention to women like them.
Because right now, the only thing that matters to me is Delin...
"Are you even listening!? It's because of you that Raftel has become a disaster!"
"How utterly shameless! I always had a bad feeling about her, you know?"
I need to find an opening and get out quickly.
Right now, Delin needs me.
Even just a little faster...
"...Anyway, isn't that filthy man probably selling his body to other women by now?"
"Of course. I watched his expression the entire time, and his face practically had 'slut' written all over it. Pfft!"
...At that brazen provocation,
something inside Chichi snapped.
"Sorry I got to taste him first, sis. He was worth eating, though!"
"You lot."
Chichi lifted her head once more and faced the other witches.
The witches, having finally drawn a satisfying reaction from her, giggled among themselves and looked down on her again, but...
"If any of you so much as mention Delin one more time, I will kill you all. Every last one of you. Without exception."
At that shockingly violent and utterly sincere declaration, the witches' laughter vanished in an instant.
"Understood?"
Chichi turned her back completely on the witch society to which she had devoted her entire life until now.
The greater the trust, the sharper the sense of betrayal.
What remained for her was,
"Delin... hah..."
just one thing.
The more her loathing for the other witches grew,
the larger the image of Delin — the sole light left in her heart — became.
And, to seize that light, she began quietly gathering her mana.
"W-well! Do you think we'll be scared just because of that!? When all you ever had was one stroke of luck?"
"...Sh-shameless... ugh, it's so hot..."
The other witches, faced with Chichi's surging hatred, deliberately averted their eyes.
Because Chichi's abilities as a witch were outstanding beyond all others, the other witches were already cowed merely by the bloodlust, hatred, and obsession radiating from her.
Still, the witches had their pride, so they would snort or glance sideways at Chichi,
but they no longer dared to open their mouths in front of her and merely huddled together, murmuring quietly among themselves.
And so Chichi was able to gather mana in relative peace.
The mana needed to escape —
she had to gather it even a little faster...!
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Meanwhile,
under the same moonlit night,
at an inn where an entirely different atmosphere prevailed...
"...!"
In one corner of a very quiet and still hallway,
a certain sound was faintly leaking out.
Since that sound came from the room prepared for the S-rank adventurer whom everyone admired,
it stirred considerable curiosity in those passing through the hallway.
However, because disturbing the rest and private activities of an S-rank adventurer was fundamentally prohibited by law,
unless an order was directly issued by the Queen, most people rarely dared to lay a hand on an S-rank adventurer.
"...!!"
Thus, even the knights' visits to search for the witch were not conducted very strictly at Kaede's room.
After all, if they mistakenly disturbed her while she was tending to her heat cycle, something far more troublesome than the witch uproar could occur.
However, all of this was quite unfortunate for the man being subjected to her forced, single-minded breeding...
Bam-!
"S-save me... ngh...!"
Delin, who had mustered every last ounce of strength to wrench open the door and bolt outside, received no help from anyone.
Of course, no one had even heard his tearful cries for help.
Because before he could properly shout, Kaede's hand had already sealed his mouth shut.
"Nngh! Mmmph!"
No one saw him burst out of the door either.
That fleeting, desperate escape attempt had ended before it could even enter anyone's sight,
and his two hands, which had clung to the carpet spread across the hallway floor, were ultimately dragged back into the room...
Kwaang-
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"S-sto... please..."
Dragged back inside by Kaede, Delin now changed his strategy and appealed to her sympathy.
Seeing a tearful little man right in front of her might have been enough for some to let him go,
but for Kaede, whose heat cycle was raging at full force, the option of releasing her mate had never existed from the start.
"Let's make a baby♥ Hmm? A baby♥"
She tossed Delin back onto the bed, then climbed onto it slyly, her tail swaying gently.
"I don't want a baby...! I don't want to make a baby yet! I don't want to be a father!"
Delin cried out desperately.
A young man just starting out in society,
not even having finished his military service yet — if he heard his girlfriend say "I'm pregnant," his mind would certainly go blank.
Delin was still clinging to the perspective on pregnancy he had always held before coming to this other world.
'A father at this age...?'
Absolutely impossible!
A father? And in another world at that?
I'm going back! I'm not going to live here — I'm going to return to my original world...!
I can't father a child and then leave in this situation!
What crime would a child who grows up without a father have committed?
But unfortunately, Kaede did not relent.
No — what had passed until now was merely the prelude to the real thing.
"Husband♥ Mmm♥ Quickly♥"
Having already chosen him as her husband, Kaede even used an embarrassingly affectionate term of endearment as she hopped onto him.
A wolf beastman never changes the mate she has chosen. Not once.
And once bonded, mates are never separated again.
"Let's do it again♥ A baby♥"
Thus, she had no hesitation whatsoever about pregnancy.
Why would she avoid pregnancy when they were going to live together for the rest of their lives anyway?
What's more, when she was an S-rank adventurer with outstanding abilities and a guaranteed retirement?
Was there any reason to refuse adorable babies who would resemble her and her beloved?
"I'm going to have one no matter what♥ Definitely♥"
"I... I don't want to! I said I don't want to!"
The two grappled briefly, their bodies pressed together once more,
but the possibility of that fool Delin defeating her, an S-rank adventurer, converged infinitely toward zero...
"Ngh! I don't...!"
Thus he was immediately pinned beneath Kaede's full, soft breasts and plush rear.
It was a terrifying situation, to say the least.
Forced into unwanted pregnancy and devoured by a woman reeking of raw female desire!
No — even the word 'devoured' doesn't do it justice.
The beast-like reproductive urge to get pregnant no matter what could not be captured by any crude word coined by humans...!
"K-Kaede-ssi! Please get a grip...! Ngh...! Quickly, do that soul bond or whatever...!!"
His shaft, swallowed up once again, was being squeezed and kneaded deep inside that exquisite warmth.
"Feels good♥ Let's get married♥"
Marriage, pregnancy...!
Delin, who had never even considered such things, recoiled in horror and pushed against Kaede.
"I-I don't want to! I said no! Please...! Please stop...!"
But no matter how he tried to push her away, Kaede's soft breasts and firm body deflected all his resistance with ease.
Without a moment's hesitation, she continued to roll her hips, squeezing tight around him — tight♥ tight♥.
"No! Pleeease! Please stop inside...!"
As the rhythmic tightening gradually brought on the sensation of climax, Delin's cries grew ever more desperate.
Of course, the more desperate his cries became, the fiercer Kaede's squeezing grew.
Because struggling to break free was also a sign that his release was imminent.
"You're going to cum♥ It's coming♥"
"Hngh... please..."
"Let's make you a daddy♥ Mmm♥"
"I don't want to! I told you I don't want that yet! Please, someone...!"
"Just cum already! Let it out!♥"
"I-I don't...! Hngh...!"
"There it is!♥ So thick♥"
"Guh... ngh..."
Once again, Delin's seed spilled thick and deep...
His release flooded Kaede's womb, filling it utterly once more. What could no longer be contained leaked out and trickled down along his length...
"I hate this..."
A terror he hadn't felt even during those endless days and nights when Neva had devoured him in bed.
The anxiety and fear of unwanted pregnancy plunged him into panic.
Unlike Neva, who thought of children as something granted by God and simply enjoyed sweet, tender sex,
Kaede's lovemaking...
carried the terrifying, unwavering purpose of conceiving a child, no matter what...!
"Pregnancy is not okay... please..."
"Husband, kiss me again... let's make lots and lots of babies...♥"
"I hate this... please stop..."
The heat cycle still had a long, long way to go,
and her desire would continue on and on, as drawn out and relentless as the cycle itself.