Survival Exam (8)

Baek A-young moaned around my cock, her face ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠buried in my groin, wet sucking sounds filling the space between us.

"A-young. Come to think of it — is there some kind of time limit on this?"

"Uh... they didn't really say anything about that..."

She pulled my cock from her mouth and wrapped her hand around it.

"Where did you come through the portal from?"

"I was waiting with the others on the medical team."

"Then we don't have time for this."

Those people were all standing around waiting for her. What was she thinking?

"I-is that so?"

"Of course it is. Yeah, this really won't do."

I stood up from the chair and moved around behind her.

"Grab the chair and stick your hips out. We need to finish this fast."

"S-sometimes taking it slow is also... nnn... hhah."

"We'll definitely do that after the exam."

I pushed into her as I said it. Her pussy, already wet and ready, took my cock with familiar ease.

The wet clap of her plump ass against my hips echoed through the cave. By now her pussy had reshaped itself to fit me perfectly, gripping and stroking every inch as I thrust.

"A-young. Your pussy feels great today."

"Haaahn... a-ah... thank you. Darling..."

"Yeah. Darling."

The moment I called her that, she clenched down harder, delighted. I repaid her by driving ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠in deeper.

Her weak spot sat along the floor of her pussy — a difficult angle in doggy style — but gripping the low chair and bending my knees a little let me drive straight into it.

"Hahng, aaaahn... th-there, right there... darling. Aaaahn...♡"

"I'll come quick."

I reached down and worked her clit at the same time. We didn't have long. If a drone wandered in because this was taking too long, I was completely screwed.

"That's good... the way you keep poking it... nhh... aahn..."

Her juices squirted against my fingers, and the walls of her pussy seized around my cock in a hard, shuddering clench. I felt her hit her peak and came deep inside her.

"Hah... come inside. Darling's seed..."

"...You're keeping up with contraception, right?"

In this world, anyone with mana could use contraceptive magic. That was why I always came inside — but A-young still made me a little nervous.

"Mmh. Of course. I can't have a baby yet."

"..."

She wasn't even bothering to pretend anymore.

"Next time we'll take it slow in the infirmary. That'd be better, right?"

"It's not like I specifically want that... but if that's what you want, I don't have a choice.... I'll get ready."

"Yes, yes. Thank you."

At this point A-young's probably figured it out. Maybe I should drop the act soon?

There's no way she still hasn't noticed her own libido, right? I'll have to probe a little next time.

For now, I slipped the mess into A-young's mouth and tidied the area with a Clean spell. After receiving a thorough cleanup from a woman who had become a master of the cleanup blowjob, I straightened my clothes.

A-young spoke up just before stepping into the portal.

"Hoyeon. Before I go, can you tell me what the diagnosis was? I have to write a report."

"Ah — tarantula paralysis venom. In this arm..."

Right before I'd called for her, a tingling numbness had still lingered in my arm. But after moving that hard for sex, the sensation had vanished without my noticing. My body was in better condition than it had been all day. I'd emptied out a backlog of semen — of course I felt great.

"Hmm. The paralysis is already gone."

"I'll report that I treated tarantula venom. As for why it took so long... I'll come up with a decent excuse."

"Yes. Thank you."

A-young had done her time in the working world. She'd manage a convincing story. Granted, she seemed to lose all sense of time the moment she saw a cock... but that was something I'd just have to live with.

"See you later, A-young."

"Mm. Good luck on the exam."

She waved and stepped through the portal.

A short while later, Elise appeared. She walked over at a steady pace, looking surprisingly well.

"Sorry. Did I take too long?"

"...You took longer than I expected."

"Sorry, sorry. You hungry?"

I pulled up her status window to check.

What was this? Had the sounds leaked because I hadn't put up a Rune Barrier?

Her libido had gone up, so that much seemed certain... but why had her affection gone up too?

"Let's eat. I'll get it ready."

She's an eroge heroine... I guess that's possible.

Bringing it up would only embarrass us both. Better to pretend I ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠didn't know. I quietly took out the food.

We spent the rest of the day ranging across the island, hunting monsters until nightfall. Fortunately, we found a good spot before dark and pitched the tent for the night.

"I think we need a night watch."

"Yeah... you're not wrong."

Elise had a point. I'd learned last night that I couldn't maintain a Rune Barrier ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠until morning, which meant we'd have to cover the gap ourselves. There weren't any monsters wandering out there that posed a real threat to us, but Elise didn't know that. Playing along was better than acting like I knew something I shouldn't.

"Then, uh... three hours each? It's not the most efficient split, but I have to keep supplying you with mana."

"Fine. But does this Mana Massage thing normally have to be done this often? Did you do it this frequently even while you were attending the Academy?"

I'd been waiting for her to ask that. Finally.

"No. For me it was once a day? Or maybe once every two days."

I'd prepared the answer in advance. I'd gone back and forth on what number would sound right, and this felt like the sweet spot.

"Why is there such a difference?"

"Well — I didn't mention this because I thought you'd take it the wrong way. What I'm doing now is an abbreviated version. Originally, you have to put your hands directly on bare skin."

"..."

"Don't look at me like I'm trash. Once the survival exam is over, I'll teach you the technique. It doesn't have to be me — find someone yourself and have them do it."

She wouldn't find anyone. I was the only person who could do it. Better to play the nice guy while I still could.

"...Fine. I'll think about it later."

"Then I'll take first watch. Go on in and sleep. I'll wake you in three hours."

"Alright."

Elise ducked into the tent without another word.

"Hahh..."

Only after she was fully inside did I sit down on the chair and frown. What now?

Lying about it being a massage had gone fine. The problem was what came next. The original plan had been to gradually raise the intensity and the effectiveness, then tell her that anything beyond that point she'd have to get from a masseur she found herself — and step back. Elise would fail to find anyone and come back to me. That had been the idea.

I just couldn't figure out how to start escalating it. I needed to come up with a way to raise the intensity of the massage during the survival exam itself...

I passed the time meditating, replenishing my mana. I had mana detection running anyway, so I didn't need to worry much about our surroundings. Keeping Elise's mana topped off wasn't easy, which meant I had to refill my own whenever I could.

I checked my smartwatch now and then as I meditated. When three hours had passed, I got ready to wake her.

"Elise. Get up."

She rustled around and pushed herself upright. After checking the time on her own smartwatch, she crawled out of the tent with a yawn.

"Thanks for covering."

"Mm. Your turn. Wake me in three hours."

"Before that... I should fill you up first."

"Ah. Right."

I set my hand on her shoulder.

"Wait. It's more effective if you do it on bare skin, isn't it?"

"Yeah. It is."

"...Never mind. Just do it like this for now."

Still not quite there yet, I guess.

Wanting a more effective massage wasn't enough to outweigh how hard it was for her to show me her bare skin.

"...?"

But why was she thinking that?

Morning of the second day.

Lucy knocked a piece of fruit from a tree with a fire arrow.

"Yahoo! This looks delicious."

She tucked the fruit into the pocket of her cadet uniform and set off again. She'd been scraping by on fruit since yesterday. Luckily, a supply crate that had dropped right in front of her had yielded some jerky, so she hadn't gone hungry. It was salty and tasteless, but eating it on the Uninhabited Island made it taste better than steak. She'd held back the urge to finish it and saved half for Rumi.

Now I've got fruit too. All the more reason to find Rumi.

After fighting monsters through the night and barely managing to sleep in a tree, Lucy had spent two full days searching for her sister. She'd walked hard in the direction Rumi had gone, fought more monsters, run into other cadets and warily sized them up, found fruit only to discover it was rotten... After all those trials, she was yawning her way along when she came upon a river.

"Oh... I should at least wash my face."

Maybe it was the lack of real sleep last night. Her head felt foggy. She splashed the cold water over her face, and the drowsiness vanished at once.

"Ugh... I miss Rumi."

If she was having this hard a time, how much worse was it for Rumi? She was the older sister. She had to take care of her.

A rustle.

The undergrowth along the riverbank stirred. Lucy drew up her mana in an instant and dropped into a combat stance.

"Lucy?"

But the moment she heard that familiar voice and saw that familiar face, she dropped her guard and ran into the brush.

"Rumi... I missed you so much!"

"Me too..."

The sisters held each other, then spoke at the same time.

"Lucy. Eat this."

"Rumi! I saved this for you... huh?"

Only then did Lucy notice the plastic bag in Rumi's hands. Inside were chocolate bars, porridge, meat — all sorts of food that actually looked good.

"Wh-where did you get all that?"

"I ran into Hoyeon. He'd prepared so much. He gave it to us to share — you and me. Come to think of it, what were you saying?"

"Ah, it's nothing..."

Lucy shoved the fruit and jerky she'd saved for Rumi deep into her pocket.

She felt a little sad, as if someone had stolen away the little sister who had always looked to her.