Chapter 186: Responsibility [R-18] (2)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 186: Responsibility [R-18] (2)
“Hauuk-?!”
Pinched on the nipple, Frillite twisted her body with a sweet moan. Cloud didn’t let her go as she tried to escape. When her body tilted to the side, he pulled out from below and pinned her down in a doggy-style position.
“Y-You bastard, Cloud...!”
The flustered woman struggled to get on top again, but…
“Hnngh...!”
Her mouth snapped shut as his hand squeezed her breast tightly. Marveling at the soft sensation in his palm, Cloud kneaded her breast.
“Uuuh...”
Even though her breast was squeezed tightly, it wasn't painful. Instead, a subtle pleasure washed over her. Still, it wasn't as intense as before, so it was bearable.
‘I'll wait for the right moment to reclaim my position.’
Just as she was thinking that and watching for an opening…
Slap-
He bucked his hips. Her vaginal walls were scraped, and an intense pleasure she had forgotten surged through her.
“Ngh?!”
Her hips gave out, and she collapsed onto the bed. Her upper body trembled from the electrifying pleasure.
‘Why did I forget about this?’
To think I'd forget the most important thing.
How incredibly stupid.
Scolding herself, she turned her head back and said, “C-Cloud. Let's stop here for today...”
“But I'm not satisfied yet.”
“It's because I'm tired...”
“Then just bear with it a little longer.”
“What? Wai-”
Cloud pretended not to hear her and started moving his hips.
Slap- Slap- Slap-
His pubic bone collided with her buttocks. Each time her thick cheeks were pressed, a seductive moan escaped her lips.
“Ahah..! Ah..! Uuugh...!”
She was trying to hold back and not lose her composure, but her voice was already thoroughly lewd. It couldn't be helped. Her heated body had reached its peak and wasn't coming down. Every time he touched her, her body grew hot and tingly.
“Hah... Hah...”
The heat from her body spread to her head, and just as her mind was growing hazy, he asked again.
“Won't you give me your permission?”
“No.”
Clarity returned to Frillite's red eyes. She looked back at him and said firmly, “I'll say it again: don't even dream of it.”
Her voice held none of the lewdness from moments before.
“...”
Cloud silently quickened the pace of his hips.
“Huuuh?! Wait! Cloud. A-Are you going to be like this?! Haaah...!”
As he began to move his hips in earnest, she had to grip the bedsheets and clench her teeth. Nevertheless, she couldn't help but unravel under the continuous pleasure. Each time, he would ask for her consent as before, but the answer was always the same.
It was the same no matter how many times he came or how many times she climaxed.
He tried to persuade her all night long, but to no avail.
*
My desperate struggle to persuade her continued even after the first day. I tried my best to get her in the mood and then secure her permission.
But even if she was smiling, her expression would turn serious the moment the topic came up, so I made no progress.
‘Fuck, why did I let my dick run wild like that?’
I resented my past self so much.
No matter how clearly I remembered my days as a scoundrel, I should have known that there's no such thing as pleasure without responsibility.
What the hell was I thinking?
‘Well, what's done is done.’
I have to take responsibility somehow.
That's why I'm going through all this trouble.
‘Isn't it about time for Katarina and Leslie to start pressuring me?’
How am I supposed to appease them?
My worries deepened.
‘So a creature called man can become this weak when it comes to women's issues.’
...Or am I just not used to this kind of thing?
Then again, I only know a thing or two about sex. With my pathetic dating experience, what could I possibly know about a woman's heart?
Just as I was running my hands through my hair in frustration…
“Hero Cloud! There you are! I've been looking all over for you!”
An Imperial Knight had come looking for me.
Looking for me? Why?
When I asked why, he caught his breath and told me the reason.
“A portal! A suspicious portal has appeared in the city square!”
“What?”
“I don't know much about it, so it's hard to explain. For now, please come with me.”
I nodded at the urgent knight. A portal in the center of the Imperial Capital. I had a good idea what it was.
Following the knight to the center of the square, I saw a large crowd of people and the soldiers controlling them.
“Ah, Sir Cloud. You've arrived.”
As the knight and I approached, a soldier pushed the citizens aside to clear a path. Following the path the soldier made, I saw that, just as the knight had said, a portal was open.
Key figures like Frillite and the Platinum Knight Commander were gathered around the portal.
I walked up and stood next to Frillite.
She had her arms crossed, and upon noticing me, her gaze shifted from the portal to me.
“You're here?”
As long as it wasn't related to ‘permission,’ she treated me as she normally would. And this portal was a matter far, far removed from ‘permission.’ I asked her, “When did this portal open?”
“I don't know. No one witnessed the moment it opened. All the witnesses say it was already here when they came to the square.”
“Has anyone gone inside?”
“We tied a rope to a death row prisoner and sent him in. We couldn't very well send an innocent soldier when we don't even know where it leads.”
“And the result?”
“The rope snapped the moment he went in. The prisoner didn't return. It's probably a one-way portal, or the prisoner escaped.”
“Or he died the instant he entered.”
Frillite nodded.
I turned my gaze back to the portal.
We had this conversation, but in truth, I knew what that portal was.
‘A portal connected to the Demon Realm.’
Mid-to-late game.
A portal of unknown origin opens in the Imperial Capital's square. The Empire's mages discover that the portal is connected to the Demon Realm, and humanity is faced with a dilemma.
Whether to use the portal or not.
In the end, they decide to use it. This was because the old methods of traveling from the continent to the Demon Realm had been lost to time.
So, for now, that portal was the only way to get to the Demon Realm.
There was also the intention to strike first, before the Demon King's army could launch a surprise attack through a portal they didn't know how to close.
‘In the game, Frillite and the Platinum Knight Order went in and disappeared, right? I think?’
Actually, it's hard to even call it ‘disappeared.’
Because the game never depicts what happened to her after she crossed through the portal.
The protagonist gets betrayed and dies as soon as he enters the Demon Realm.
For all I know, she might be fighting well in the Demon Realm.
‘I wonder how things will play out this time.’
Since I couldn't change the flow of events, I just watched the process unfold.
The Imperial Magic Tower dispatched its mages.
Everyone from apprentices to masters of the craft, and even the head of the Magic Tower, stopped their research to try and uncover the portal's identity.
I couldn't tell them its identity directly, so I gave them a subtle hint. And as expected of excellent mages, they understood perfectly even when I explained it poorly.
Once the portal's identity was revealed, a meeting was held.
After several serious meetings where the aforementioned topics were discussed, a decision was reached.
“The time has come to defeat the vile demons and save the continent. Send messengers to the heroes who are not present.”
The Emperor issued a summons for the heroes.
*
Originally, the heroes don't respond to the Emperor's summons. The envoy sent to Gis never returns, and Lorian politely refuses, citing matters of state. Cloud misses his chance because his companions, who have switched over to the other heroes, hold him back.
It's not that the heroes are crazy; they have their reasons.
They know it too.
They know that the Empire is the desperate one, not them, as it could be invaded by the Demon King's army at any moment.
They know that before punishing the heroes who ignored the summons, the Empire will dispatch Frillite and the Platinum Knight Order to the Demon Realm.
Once Frillite and the Platinum Knight Order are gone, the Empire will lose the powerful military force that protects it. And to the heroes, a powerless Empire is as good as prime real estate.
Of course, if Frillite and the Platinum Knight Order are defeated, the chances of humanity's destruction increase.
But Gis and Lorian don't care.
For them, riddled with greed, any sense of duty as heroes was nonexistent.
They saw this crisis as nothing more than an opportunity.
And in reality, they swallowed up the Empire once Frillite and the Platinum Knight Order were gone. Only after solidifying their newfound power base and improving their own skills do they finally depart for the Demon Realm.
‘That's how it should have gone, if this were the game.’
It seems the story has changed because of me, after all.
I thought to myself as I watched the carriage of the Kalita royal family approach the Imperial Palace.
‘What on earth caused this change of heart?’
I know I've meddled with a lot of things and changed events, but Lorian's personality hasn't changed, has it?
As I was tilting my head in confusion, the carriage entered the palace grounds.
Screeeech-
The carriage stopped in front of the welcoming party.
The door opened, and familiar faces stepped out.
A handsome man and a beautiful woman with flowing brown hair.
Hero Lorian and his sister, Lorraine.
Their party members followed them out, and the Platinum Knight Commander gave them a slight bow.
“My apologies for the sudden summons. As this is a matter concerning the very survival of humanity, I ask for your generous understanding.”
“It's quite all right. As you said, Sir, the survival of humanity is at stake. As a hero, it is my duty to answer the call.”
Lorian waved his hand with an affable smile. As he did, his eyes darted around, likely looking for Frillite.
Unfortunately for him, however, Frillite wasn't here.
She must have been incredibly disappointed by what happened in the Prona Kingdom, because she didn't even want to see Lorian's face.
Something about not being able to control her expression?
She said she would avoid meeting him in the future, since there was nothing to be gained from glaring daggers at him and souring the relationship between heroes.
Because of that, instead of finding Frillite, Lorian's eyes met mine.
The moment he saw me, his eyes widened, and he began to glare at me murderously.
In response, I raised my middle finger.
Then I turned my gaze away from his reddening face. Just like Frillite, I had no business with Lorian either.
‘The one I have business with is rather...’
My gaze shifted to Lorraine, who was standing half a step behind Lorian. The moment I saw her, the events that took place with her in the capital of the Prona Kingdom flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.
-This is rape! Rape!!
The words she had cried out, undone by pleasure.
‘Wow, fuck.’
My head is spinning.
What was I really thinking?
Just as I sighed and began to wonder how I should act around Lorraine…
Her attire caught my eye.
‘Why is she bundled up like that?’
Before, she used to dress lightly to accentuate her characteristically slender figure, but today she was wearing a fur coat so thick it completely hid her body shape.
It's not even particularly cold today. I wonder why.