Chapter 536: The Request
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 536: The Request
Anyone who’s lived a busy life has probably experienced it at least once.
A moment of such fluster that a completely different answer from what you intended just pops out of your mouth.
Like a clueless mart worker answering a customer asking for an item’s location with, “U-uh, I dunno?” Or a restaurant employee, when asked why the food tastes off, retorting with, “Uh… so what would you like me to do about it?”
That was exactly how I felt right now.
“I-I’ll handle everything else, so… could you at least name the child…?”
In a normal situation, I would have cautiously asked back, “May I ask why you’re asking me…?” Instead, the words, “…Why should I?” slipped out before I could stop them.
That’s how far beyond my imagination the shock I’d received was.
In an instant, my mind went completely blank.
Name the child?
What child?
And why the hell is she asking me?
…No way.
In that moment, it felt like the final piece of the puzzle was clicking into place.
The reason our conversation had felt strangely misaligned until now, the reason the Tower Lord’s reaction had been so bizarrely dramatic, the reason she had suddenly clutched her stomach and burst into tears—what if it was all because we were talking about two completely different things?
No, no, no, no… That makes no sense, logically.
Contraception magic was a common magic that even a 1st Circle mage could use.
Of course, it becomes difficult to cast after intercourse due to the nature of the uterus, but my partner was one of only three 8th Circle mages in the entire world.
Of all things, there was no way she would have forgotten to cast contraception magic beforehand.
Besides, I myself have sex with multiple women, so I’m thorough with my own contraceptive measures.
It’s more difficult than contraception magic, but it’s also possible for me to eliminate sperm by manipulating my internal energy.
So, unlike with condoms, there was absolutely zero chance of an accidental pregnancy.
But the Tower Lord’s reaction and the question she had just asked were, to anyone’s eyes, the reaction of a woman who had just seen two lines on a pregnancy test.
…Could it be a phantom pregnancy?
No matter how I thought about it, that was the only possibility.
But wouldn’t a high-ranking mage be able to determine if she was pregnant with magic power alone, without needing a pregnancy test?
Just as my mind was thrown into chaos by the incomprehensible situation…
Ting—
[Thought Transcendence]
A familiar sensation enveloped my body, and all of time, except for me, slowed to a crawl.
Sometimes, when I felt my life was in danger, the skill would activate on its own, regardless of my will.
Just like now.
In a world washed in gray, my eyes met the Tower Lord’s.
As if to ask if this was the same person who had been weeping so sorrowfully just moments ago, a murderous, baleful star had risen in her eyes.
Shudder—
Goosebumps erupted all over my body.
I felt as if I were being consumed by a fear I had never felt before.
I still wasn’t sure how the situation had devolved to this point.
What was certain, however, was that the Tower Lord was under the delusion that she was pregnant, and she was about to kill me at any second.
…First things first, time to grovel.
After taking a slow, deep breath, I steeled myself and deactivated the skill.
But in that instant—
Slam!!
“Gack…!!”
In the blink of an eye, the Tower Lord completely overpowered me, slamming me to the floor. She straddled me, her slender hands closing around my neck.
Her eyes, looking down at me, were maddeningly cold.
The technique itself wasn't anything special, but her physical strength, enhanced by magic power, was on an absurd level.
“…I was a fucking idiot to have expected anything from you, even for a moment.”
Tap, tap—!!
As my vision began to blur, I frantically tapped out.
“That’s not… gack…!!”
“Just die.”
The price for driving a nail into the Tower Lord’s heart twice was more than just disastrous.
*
By the time evening arrived, the sun had completely set.
An uncomfortable silence that felt like indigestion settled over us. Across from me, the Tower Lord stared blankly out the window, a vacant look on her face.
It took me surviving two or three near-death experiences to finally clear up the misunderstanding.
Honestly, it was a shock.
To think that every reaction the Tower Lord had shown me until now was how she would have actually reacted if she were pregnant with my child.
I had never once imagined such a scenario, but if the Tower Lord had truly been carrying my child, I would have thought she’d abort it without a single word to me.
That was the common-sense assumption.
Mages were, for the most part, people obsessed with magic, and that tendency only grew stronger as they reached higher realms.
For them, there would be neither the time nor the reason to care for an unexpected child.
But I had been mistaken.
The Tower Lord, who had always seemed so cold, had been so genuinely precious about a child that hadn't even been born yet that she had wept sorrowfully and agonized over it.
Seeing as she even asked me to name the child, it seemed she had even been considering the possibility of marrying me.
Perhaps that was why.
As if the fact that it was a phantom pregnancy came as a massive shock, the Tower Lord seemed to have fallen into a deep sense of loss, silently staring out the window for several dozen minutes.
I swallowed a sigh, rubbing my red, swollen neck.
I clearly hadn't done anything wrong.
If anything, I was the victim.
And yet, looking at the half-broken figure of the Tower Lord, a strange sense of guilt pricked at a corner of my heart.
Kang Hyun-woo, you damn pushover…
If the Tower Lord had threatened me without a care in the world for the child, I wouldn’t have felt this way.
But no matter how much of a misunderstanding it was, as a man, I couldn’t bring myself to be cruel to a woman who had cherished his child.
Plop—
As I moved to the seat next to her, the Tower Lord looked at me with a questioning gaze.
But her eyes still looked empty.
Swoosh—
I pulled her shoulder into an embrace, and the Tower Lord fell into my arms without a hint of resistance.
Her eyes were slightly swollen, and the dried tracks of her tears were still clearly visible around them.
“…”
As I blatantly caressed her thigh to set the mood, the Tower Lord glared at me as if to ask what the hell I was doing.
“We need to replenish the yang energy required for tomorrow’s treatment.”
I had no intention of comforting her with empty platitudes.
I wasn’t particularly silver-tongued, and this wasn’t a situation that could be resolved with a few words.
“…Do as you please.”
Uncharacteristically, the Tower Lord meekly entrusted her body to me.
At a distance where our breaths could touch, I caressed her face and slowly brought my lips to hers.
At first, the Tower Lord didn't react, but as I pushed my tongue between her tightly sealed lips, she gradually began to respond.
Slurp, mwah, schlip, smooch…
The kiss continued for some time.
In fact, as time went on, the Tower Lord seemed to want to forget the painful memory, wrapping her arms around me and focusing intently on the kiss.
I slipped my hand under her skirt and squeezed her large bottom.
Her skin was strangely hot.
…If the Tower Lord had really been pregnant with my child, how would I have reacted?
The sudden thought made my head spin a little.
I had a lot of women around me, but thanks to my thorough contraceptive measures, I had never gotten anyone pregnant.
Though Choi Hyena did lie about being pregnant once.
Squelch—
“Hngh…♡”
“I’m going in.”
There was no reply.
She just looked at me with eyes that seemed to be urging me on.
Schlorp♡
Hoo… sends a shiver down my spine.
I’d only just rubbed her pussy with the head of my dick, but a chill that gave me goosebumps swept through my entire body.
I thought I had gotten used to it, but it seemed I was mistaken.
Unless someone was born with the legendary Solar Physique, the Tower Lord’s pussy was, for all intents and purposes, exclusively for me.
She definitely said Anastasia’s talent was greater than her own, right?
Whether that was just the foolish pride of a doting parent or not, I suppose I’ll have to wait a little longer to find out.
I clenched my teeth and pushed my dick in.
An incredible pressure still squeezed it tight.
It was certainly the pussy of a woman who had been starved for hundreds of years.
Slap, slap—♡
“Harder, harder…!♡ Hngh, ugh, uungh…!!♡”
As I began to gently sway my hips, thrusting into her, the Tower Lord seemed to cast aside her pride completely, letting out sweet moans and unabashedly revealing her desires.
At the same time, she nibbled at my lips, teasing them, and squeezed her pussy as if trying to wring every last drop of semen from my dick. She was nothing short of a wanton seductress.
Splurt, splurt!!♡
“Haang, ahn, aaang!!♡”
When I thrust my hips roughly as she wanted, the Tower Lord hugged me with all her might.
It was a side of her I’d never seen, completely lost in pleasure.
But at the same time, she also looked desperate.
Tsk, this is making me feel awkward.
If it were up to me, I’d want to take things a little slower, but seeing the Tower Lord’s state, it seemed I needed to give her a shot of my special nutritional supplement before we began in earnest.
What’s the special nutritional supplement, you ask?
Throb, throb, throb—
Supporting myself on my knees, I pounded down from above, crushing her cervix as I released my ejaculation.
“…?!?!!♡”
As if reaching orgasm from me coming inside her alone, the Tower Lord bit down hard on my neck, her body trembling violently.
Pssh— Pssshhh—!!
In response, her pussy contracted, gushing out love juice.
I stood up, holding the Tower Lord in my arms, and headed for the bed.
Flump—
“Tower Lord. There are a few things I’d like to ask you.”
“Hah, haah…♡”
Sprawled on the bed, the Tower Lord panted heavily, staring blankly at the ceiling.
She was making it painfully obvious that she didn’t want to speak with me.
But I paid her no mind and continued.
“If you had been pregnant, were you really planning on having the baby?”
“…”
The Tower Lord remained silent.
But sometimes, silence is an affirmation.
“Is that why you asked me to name the child?”
“…Say whatever you want.”
“Then we’d need two names, a Korean one and a Russian one, right? But I don’t really know any Russian names… Hmm, did you have one in mind, Tower Lord?”
After a brief silence, the Tower Lord turned her head away sharply and her lips parted.
The lobes of her ears were bright red.
“……Maria.”
I let out a small laugh.
To think she had already thought of a name for a child that hadn’t even been properly conceived.
It was a testament to how sincere she had been.
“Maria Danilova? That’s a pretty name. The Korean version would be Kang Maria… It has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?”
“…”
The Tower Lord clamped her mouth shut again.
But from her expression, it seemed she thought it wasn’t too bad herself.
I slowly caressed her face and whispered quietly in her ear.
“You said you’d do anything for me as a reward for lifting Lady Ana’s curse, right?”
I had been mulling it over for a while.
There wasn’t really anything I wanted from the Tower Lord.
I wasn’t lacking financially, and it didn’t seem like she had any elixirs or artifacts that I needed.
Besides, if I were to ask her to teach me magic, I was already in the position of being her student.
“I thought about it a lot, and I think this would be the best thing.”
I smiled, stroking the Tower Lord’s lower abdomen.
“Will you have my child?”
