Chapter 555: A Late Learner Loses Track of the Night
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 555: A Late Learner Loses Track of the Night
The moment the wave of black flame swallowed me, I reflexively shut my eyes.
The thought that I might burn to death lasted only a moment—
‘...It’s not hot at all?’
I slowly opened my eyes.
And then, something incredible happened.
‘Whoa...’
A dreamlike scene unfolded before me, like being thrown into the deep sea where rough currents raged. Waves of shimmering, kaleidoscopic flames flowed all around.
It was so beautiful I found myself mesmerized, but in truth, there was nothing I could do within that massive current.
But despite that, I felt strangely free of worry or anxiety.
Because within these flames, powerful enough to melt an ordinary Hunter in an instant, I alone was unharmed.
And that also meant the flames weren't rejecting me.
The flames, surging like an angry bull, were far from hot; in fact, they felt as warm as sitting before a campfire.
Taking a calm, deep breath to steady myself, I decided to accept the immense flow.
As I yielded to it, as if surrendering my body to a wave, I witnessed an astonishing change with my own two eyes.
The kaleidoscopic flames slowly took on a blue hue, as if someone had dissolved paint into them, making me feel as though I were underwater.
But that, too, was brief.
Fwoosh—!!!!
As if announcing its presence to the world, the fire turned red and began to burn even more fiercely.
Red and blue.
As the two flames tangled, encroaching on each other's territory, the fire eventually became an unidentifiable color.
Finally, at the peak of their struggle, the flames turned black, and with them, everything around me was naturally plunged into darkness.
It was a sight like an apocalyptic inferno, poised to swallow the entire world.
But I wasn't afraid.
In fact, it felt almost familiar.
Was it because I had let go of even the last speck of caution in my heart?
My body, which had been completely still just moments before, slowly began to move.
And then, like someone possessed, I reached out my hand. The moment I touched the blackened flames, I realized something I hadn't noticed before.
The entire premise had been wrong from the start.
The Black Flame is a power given to me by Lucifer.
The very idea of needing to be "accepted" by it was flawed.
Although the time I've spent with Lucifer isn't long, I can say with certainty that the depth of our feelings for each other is not shallow.
Therefore, I had already been accepted not only by the Black Flame, but by its master as well.
Once I became aware of that fact, I naturally understood what I had to do.
‘...What I see before me is just an illusion. The important thing is inside me.’
Thump—
In that moment, my heart pounded heavily.
To be precise, something within it responded to my will.
I still don't know its exact name.
But I didn't need to know right now.
For now, just recognizing its presence was enough.
Fwoosh—
At the same time, I felt the fragment of Black Flame I received from Lucifer finally settling firmly within me.
A feeling like my chest was growing slightly warm?
It wasn't bad at all.
Tiring—
[You have successfully cleared the Special Mission, ‘Master of the Black Flame’.]
[The Black Flame skill is evolving.]
[Fallen Angel's Flame (墮天炎火)
Grade: Epic+
A heavenly flame imbued with divine power.
It burns away the opponent's divine power as it rages fiercely.]
As the familiar screen flickered before my eyes, my consciousness returned to reality.
And what filled my vision was the blue sky and the high-flown sun.
‘...What the?’
Feeling a sense of dissonance, I turned my head. The cliff where I had definitely made a cave was gone without a trace.
No, to be more precise, the cliff itself had melted like ice cream in midsummer.
“...”
I had unintentionally damaged nature, but since there was no landowner and no witnesses, I decided to just pretend it didn't happen.
Besides, there was something more important to do.
A field test.
The Black Flame had clearly gotten stronger, but I couldn't quite gauge by how much.
The skill description was the same as before, which made it even harder to tell.
“Hmm... Are there any suitable Gates or erosion zones around here?”
Unfortunately, there weren't.
It was because I had already cleared out all the nearby Gates and erosion zones to secure food for Tam.
Disappointed, I glanced around for a bit before getting into my car.
‘I'll have to ask the Tower Lord to find me a suitable mountain later.’
It might be difficult around Moscow, but northeastern Siberia should be littered with erosion zones. I could go all out there without causing any major problems.
I decided I would try combining the Black Flame with tactical-level magic when the time came, and started driving toward the mansion.
Vroooom—!!
Just as there's a famous saying that explosion is an art, I was already looking forward to the day of the field test.
*
For the past few days, Valentina's mornings had been much the same.
She would wake up in the same bed as Kang Hyun-woo, like a married couple, get swept up in the moment and have sex, pass out from the rough, stimulating pleasure that could only be described as absolute, and then barely manage to wake up a little after noon.
It was the same even if they had sex in the bathroom.
Because she would just be dragged back to bed to have sex until she passed out again.
Today was no different, so even with the sun high in the sky, Valentina still hadn't left her bed.
No, to be precise, she couldn't leave.
Squish, squish—♡
“Ah, aah, aaht...♡”
On the bed, a mess from a night of lovemaking, Valentina lay with her pale, naked body exposed, her slender fingers fiddling with her vulva.
Anyone could see she was masturbating.
Of course, it was her first time, so she was a bit clumsy, but considering the Valentina of just a few days ago, it was nothing short of a huge leap forward.
The great archmage of the proud White Magic Tower, lost in a masturbatory trance in broad daylight while sniffing the sheets stained with Kang Hyun-woo's semen.
If Kang Hyun-woo had seen this, he surely would have been unable to contain his boiling lust and pounced on her.
Schlurp, schlurp...!♡
“Hh, ugh, ngh...!!♡ H-How dare you... do you know who I am, to do such a vulgar thing... N-Noooo...?!?!!♡”
The trigger was trivial.
As she tried to drag her stiff body, sore from being tormented by Kang Hyun-woo all night, out of bed, the sheet stained with his semen caught her eye.
Ordinary semen would have dried up long ago, but because it contained so much yang energy, it remained in a jelly-like state.
A person with a normal way of thinking would have immediately used a cleaning spell.
But Valentina's reaction was a little different.
No, it was very different.
—Gulp.
In that moment, the memory of her phantom pregnancy flashed through her mind.
Even now, if she closed her eyes, the sensations from that time would come back vividly.
Just the thought of having a child in her belly made a silly smile spread across her face, and she felt a strange sense of fulfillment and happiness.
Besides, as the saying goes, the most frightening attachment is one born from sex. Valentina's feelings for Kang Hyun-woo, which grew day by day, had already neared romantic affection.
It was only natural. He had saved her precious daughter's life, gave her supreme pleasure every night, and even possessed an extreme yang energy that the Ice Fairy tribe couldn't help but be crazy about.
No matter how great an archmage Valentina was, as a woman, it wasn't easy to suppress her feelings.
In other words, to Valentina, the semen before her was no ordinary semen.
It was a philosopher's stone that could let her feel those drug-like sensations once more, and it was the semen of the first man she had ever felt romantic affection for.
Of course, thanks to certain measures Kang Hyun-woo had taken, she wouldn't get pregnant even if she put the semen in her uterus, but...
—Hah, hah...♡
Regardless, Valentina began to find the semen strangely endearing.
Her body, highly sensitized from the rough sex all night, paralyzed her reason. What started as just a quick sniff somehow turned into her biting and sucking on the sheet as she began to clumsily masturbate.
Squelch, squelch!!♡
At first, she only touched around her entrance and clitoris, but as she gradually grew accustomed to it, Valentina began to rub her vaginal walls with her fingertips.
Of course, compared to Kang Hyun-woo's thick, long fingers, her own felt like a toy, but the pleasure steadily built up nonetheless.
The moment she passed the threshold—
“Ha-euuuk...?!!?!!♡”
Sput, spurt— Spuuurt!!♡
Her waist arched like a bow as she sprayed her love juice.
Her first-ever masturbation was certainly clumsy, but Valentina ultimately succeeded in reaching climax.
After trembling for a while, lost in the afterglow, Valentina stared blankly at the ceiling with a strange expression.
‘...It's not enough.’
She had definitely felt an orgasm, but compared to the overwhelming pleasure Kang Hyun-woo gave her, it was less than child's play.
Moreover, the empty feeling that came after the pleasure subsided was deeply unpleasant.
It was what people commonly call post-nut clarity.
“Haaah...”
Valentina let out a heavy sigh.
Even with all her prejudices about sex, she still had some basic knowledge about masturbation.
As far as Valentina knew, masturbation was a vulgar act of self-soothing performed by those who couldn't overcome their sexual desire.
The fact that she had succumbed to mere lust and committed such a filthy act came as a great shock to her.
Ssk—
Valentina furrowed her brow and sat up.
She planned to soak in a warm bath as usual to clear her head.
But there was one fact she had overlooked.
Squish, squish...!♡
“Hk, ugh, euuk...!!♡ W-Why...!!♡”
Could a centuries-old virgin who had skipped masturbation and gone straight to intense sex with Kang Hyun-woo possibly be satisfied with it now?
No, if anything, it only left her awkwardly aroused.
In the end, Valentina couldn't even get out of bed and fell back into a masturbatory trance.
By the time a small puddle had formed on the bed...
Tiring—
An alarm rang in her head, telling her that Kang Hyun-woo had returned to the mansion.
Was it because she hadn't felt a single satisfying orgasm while engrossed in her self-pleasure?
Her rational judgment now impossible, Valentina struggled out of bed and walked into the hallway wearing only a thin slip.
Drip, drip, drip—
Like Hansel dropping breadcrumbs, droplets falling from between her legs left a trail in the direction she was headed.
“Hah, hah, hah...♡”
There was no rational thought in her dazed, unfocused blue eyes.
Only a single purpose swirled in Valentina's mind.
To be buried in the violent pleasure he gave her in his arms.
And so, Valentina followed Kang Hyun-woo's strangely faint presence.
Before long, her steps came to a halt in front of none other than Anastasia's bedroom.
She had no idea why Kang Hyun-woo was here, but that wasn't what was important right now.
Fling—!
The moment Valentina urgently opened the door.
“Boooooo!!”
“Eu... euuuht...”
“Brrrrrrrr!!!”
“Hh... euung... euuht...”
The shocking sight of Kang Hyun-woo blowing raspberries on Anastasia's stomach entered her vision.
“...”
Thanks to that, her heated head cooled down, and Valentina was able to regain her usual composure.
She suppressed her presence and quietly entered the room.
Unfortunately, Kang Hyun-woo, distracted by the raspberries, was completely unaware of the grim reaper's presence.
But that, too, was brief.
“It wasn't that great when I did it to the kids at the orphanage, but this is surprisingly addictive. Just one more time... huh?”
He casually lifted his head and ended up making eye contact with Valentina.
Seeing her unreadable expression, Kang Hyun-woo's instincts sounded the alarm with all their might.
“...Lady Valentina. This is a misunderstanding. I can explain everyth—”
Click—
Before his excuse was even finished, Valentina shut the bedroom door.
Anastasia's bedroom boasted perfect soundproofing, so no sound escaped, but not long after, the mansion began to shake faintly.
Thump, thump, thud—
No one could know just what was happening inside that room.
