Chapter 25
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 25
Chapter Title: Foxkin Who Hates Men (2)
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What the hell is this woman going on about? While Hiss was chattering away, she kept sipping her beer, and now she's drunk or something? She grilled me about giving Hiss a massage, and suddenly she's demanding I give her one...
Does she plan to experience it herself and judge?
I don't have any intention of refusing. Sure, I picked up the [Massage] skill in a hack way, but it's real, and I've been using it on myself every day, so I'm confident in my abilities. Given how she's glaring at me so venomously, it looks like she'd just hassle me even more if I said no.
I downed the beer in front of me in one go. Ugh, why is this stuff so harsh? It feels several times stronger than the beer back on Earth.
Anyway, since I'd already chugged it, I forced down the rest of the glass with forced bravado and accepted Lena's challenge in a confident voice. Hiss was subtly egging me on from the side, too.
"Follow m... hic."
Ugh, the buzz is hitting me all at once.
From what I heard, Lena and Hiss had rented rooms at this inn from the start, so we headed straight upstairs. I'd left my sword behind, but I was wearing my belt just in case, so I still had all the tools hanging from it—including massage oil.
...Why did I have it? Because I figured I might need to do a recovery massage in the Labyrinth someday. It was more effective than carrying cheap potions.
Having done this a few times already, I prepared skillfully without fumbling. It didn't require any special tools since it was all hands-on, but I asked Hiss and the innkeeper to prepare hot water and towels.
As soon as Hiss stepped out to fetch a basin, Lena—who'd been glaring at me with that poisonous expression—snapped at me.
"Ha! A woman asks for a massage, and you come upstairs thinking dirty thoughts, right?"
"She asked, so I'm doing it."
"I don't know what sweet talk you used to seduce Hiss, but... that crap won't work on me."
"I didn't seduce her."
"You must've done this massage crap just to grope women's bodies anyway."
".........."
This woman won't listen to reason. Then why'd she even ask for it?
"If you don't want it, forget it."
"Why? Scared you'll touch me and lose control?"
She bitches no matter what I say.
The demure act she put on around Hiss earlier must've been fake; now she's ripping into me full force. Her hostility is off the charts. From her constant barbs, it seems like she hates men or something. Honestly, it's getting on my nerves.
...Listening to her, it's not like I have zero guilt. I did touch Hiss a bit, and though it was totally unintentional, I grabbed Alensia's breasts too. The latter one's unfair, but still.
Even so, with the alcohol buzzing in my head and making it a bit fuzzy, her nonstop jabs aren't improving my mood. I'm starting to regret accepting this.
"The skill talk was a lie too—just an excuse to grope me..."
"I got it! Nya~"
"Thanks a lot, Ian."
"........."
Wow, this is ridiculous.
She was tearing into me like that, but the second Hiss opens the door, her face changes completely. Does Hiss even know her true colors?
As I was thinking that, Lena—who'd been smirking slightly—turned her expression toward me and mouthed the words:
'Try saying it.'
I stared at her in disbelief, and she lay down on the bed with a cloth spread over it. Fine, whatever. No point arguing anymore. I'll just finish this quick. With my massage skills, I can shut that mouth of hers anyway.
"First, I'll curtain this off a bit."
"...Why?"
"It's part of my skill, even if it seems minor. In actual massage parlors, they have partitions so customers can't casually observe a [Massage] skill."
I hadn't been to one myself—it was just what Alensia told me—but it wasn't a lie. Especially now that I'd contracted with Alensia recently; I really needed to hide my skill.
Oh, right.
"Any mana circuit injuries or special wounds or curses?"
"...? No, nothing like that."
Good. No risk of accidentally treating some hidden symptom like with Alensia last time.
"Ah! So that's why you covered my eyes last time!"
Hiss chimed in helpfully from the side. Truth be told, I'd just made up some excuse about bright lights, but luckily she didn't remember the details.
"From what I know, only high-level massage practitioners use that method."
"My skill level's pretty high."
"........"
Whether she had no more complaints or was just behaving because Hiss was there, Lena stopped arguing and let me set up the curtain.
I didn't have something fancy like Alensia's transparent magic mirror barrier, but I grabbed a bathtub curtain rod and blocked the bottom view adequately.
"I'll sit over here too!"
Hiss dragged a chair to Lena's head side, saying she wouldn't peek at my skill either. She could've just left, but when I hinted she should give us space, Lena blew up again.
My head hurt from the booze, and I was tired of talking, so I let it slide. I did warn her not to spy on the skill or blab about it later.
I loosened my fingers, slathered massage oil on my hands, and started from the feet.
Her soles were so soft—no calluses at all, making me doubt she was really a Labyrinth adventurer. I pressed firmly with my fingers, kneading while rubbing the toes to release built-up joint fatigue.
"....! Gasp!"
Yeah, even just a foot massage hits, right?
Hiss had felt it a few times, but a [Massage] with [Heavenly Touch] brings true heavenly pleasure. Hate me or doubt me all you want—you can't deny this bliss.
"How's it feel? Good?"
"...Hmph. Cough! Nothing special! Was the massage skill thing a lie?"
"Pardon?"
But her response was denial. Her body was honestly melting limp, but when I looked at her face, she was gritting her teeth and downplaying it.
Is it really worth going this far?
Now I'm fired up. Sure, I got it haphazardly, but even Alensia was impressed recently—I'm proud of my skill.
I moved my hands up to her calves. The Sanyinjiao acupoint, also called that. I pressed hard with my thumbs, maximizing the skill's effect to relax muscles, ease pain, and melt tension. Even Advanced Adventurer Alensia couldn't resist this pleasure. How about it?
"!!!!!!....Just... average... cough.... Is it... because you learned it... just to touch women?.."
"......"
Listening to her nonstop is pissing me off. I didn't learn it properly, but the skill works. Her body's reactions prove it. Yet she's ignoring the sensations just to trash me.
Fine, let's see if you can handle this.
'[Sensory Block]. Blocks Lena's pain sensation.
'[Sensory Amplification]. Amplifies Lena's pleasure sensation.'
I activated the skills. I cast them in a burst of anger, but now at level 4, they worked even on Intermediate Adventurer Lena. Pain blocked like water flowing away, pleasure amplified in reverse.
I slid my hands higher to her thighs. Fengshi point? Whatever—it's packed with muscles, so massages feel intense pleasure, but the pain's brutal too.
I gripped her plump, thick thighs—smooth without a hair. A single stroke made Lena twitch.
After that, I didn't think. Sweat was beading from the rising buzz, making it hard to stay focused. Instead, like last time, I let the activated skill guide my hands.
My right hand kept massaging the thighs; my left stretched toward her waist. For a second, I worried it'd head for her privates like with her breasts before, but it stopped a few centimeters above at the Qugu point. My right hand climbed higher, gently rubbing the groin—Y-zone, very close to her privates.
After teasing lightly with my right, I pressed firmly with my left on the spot just above her privates—the cervix area.
"!!!!! Ngh! Kyaaang!"
Like Hiss's moans last time, Lena let out a beastly cry, close to a fox yipping.
Ian's [Sensory Amplification] boosted pleasure. I'd thrown it on casually amid the booze, thinking it'd heighten the massage bliss, but combined with [Sensory Block] cutting all pain, pressing and rubbing her cervix made it contract and throb, amplifying the sensation into something like insertion.
"Kyeng! Kyaaang! Haaang..."
And Lena, true to her distrust of men, had no sexual experience with them. She viewed all sex as filthy, so despite knowing the theory, she'd never even properly masturbated. Now hit with pleasure she'd only read about, she was in chaos.
'...Wh-what...? Is this... what high-level... massage feels like...? Haaang...♥'
That wasn't the plan. No matter what massage Ian did, she meant to act disgusted, trash it as lame, and recommend a women-run parlor to Hiss—who'd been begging for more since last time.
Plus, she figured this guy would pull something dirty mid-massage, so she'd subdue him and drag him to the guards. She was briefly thrown when he blocked her view to "hide his skill," but as an Intermediate Adventurer, she'd sense any funny business instantly.
But Ian's technique felt way better than expected, and he never touched her privates or chest. She'd worn a thin robe on purpose to stoke his filthy lust—disgusting to show a man—but still!
She endured the leg massage, but suddenly the slight pain vanished, and when he pressed her abdomen, unbearable pleasure crashed in.
"!!! Kyeng♥, Haaang♥"
A lewd cry like her mother's—when she'd invite men and the sounds from the bedroom—burst from her own mouth.
Her untouched privates throbbed thump!, producing and squirting love juices like ready for a male.
Seeing her friend's unfamiliar state, Hiss startled and called out hurriedly.
"Lena, you okay?"
Looking at her sweet friend worrying for her, Lena quelled her moans and regained composure.
"Yeah, just startled."
Ian had accepted Lena's taunt in a huff, but he tried to keep the massage proper.
Lena's constant scratching irked him, and her explosive figure drew his eyes despite himself, but he desperately adjusted his gaze and kept his tone gentle.
He'd slapped on [Sensory Amplification] from the provocation, but only to make her feel the massage better.
But the booze won out; he let the skill control his body. When his hand pressed her womb area and he caught the scent from her privates—the aroused female smell he'd sniffed a few times—
[Lust Absorption Lv.2] effect triggered.
[Heat] status ailment inflicted.