Another word for childhood friend: defeated heroine.
Another word for childhood friend: defeated heroine.
"Haaah!"
Noel raises his sword and rushes in.
It's a sword full of openings, but his absurd physical ability backs it up, turning them into valid attacks.
Kang!
"Kkuh... This is cheating, isn't it?"
Raul barely parries the attack, deflecting it.
Just as he said, it's truly a cheat-like power.
To think a person could change this much just by holding a sword.
Ka-ang!
"Raul, you're the amazing one! To be able to fight this much... Hruaat! Against the Holy Sword...!"
Ka-gak! Kang!
After parrying Noel's sword one last time, Raul, looking completely exhausted, drove his sword into the ground like a cane and collapsed right there.
"Whew... Let's stop here. I'm too tired to go on."
"Yeah! Good work!"
Noel sits down next to me, where I'm lying sprawled out with a goofy grin.
If you ask what we're doing, well, we have to go on an adventure to catch the Demon King, so we've been sparring on the hill lately to figure out our synergy and the abilities of the Holy Sword.
"How on earth does that kind of power come from that body..."
"Hehe..."
Literally, the sword swung by that thin body has more power than the wild boars we met in the mountains.
"....Haa."
"Do you have something on your mind, Raul? Why the sigh..."
You bastard, you.
The source of my worries, the culprit himself, is looking at me with such innocent eyes, unaware of anything, making me feel a heat rising from deep within my chest.
"It's nothing...."
Since I have bad karma, I can't refuse or do anything, damn it...
"Noel! Raul! Come here quickly!!"
While we were looking at the sky and goofing around, we heard the urgent shout of a village uncle who ran up the hill. We got up from our rest and hurried back to the village. And what greeted us was...
"Nice to meet you all. I am Seraphina Argent, a faithful servant of the Goddess Eria."
A woman who was incredible in many ways, rarely seen in the countryside, had arrived.
"The reason for my visit today is none other than to find the whereabouts of the Hero. Does anyone here happen to know?"
As the Saintess asked for the Hero with a gentle voice and a soft smile, the villagers looked around. She must be looking for Noel.
Tap.
"Go on. She came looking for you."
"Oh, oh! Yeah... I should go..."
As I patted his back, Noel finally came to his senses and went over. Ah, that bastard's face is red. Don't tell me...
"Hm? Raul, why the gloves? You said you preferred bare hands."
"...Style."
".....? Crazy bastard."
Fuck, you try walking around with a pink heart pierced by an arrow on the back of your hand. See if you can go around bare-handed.
Anyway, leaving the friend who was picking a fight with me aside, I looked past the gathered villagers. The Saintess was kneeling on the dirt ground in front of Noel, who had drawn the Holy Sword, and was offering a prayer.
She must have a righteous heart and deep faith.
That makes it even more pitiful...
"Sigh...."
"What's wrong, Raul? Are you sad that Noel is taking the Saintess away?"
Looking at the guy asking with a sly grin, I could only stare back with empty, dead fish eyes.
Why? Because I'll have to deal with it eventually.
Damn it.
While Raul was lamenting, picturing his future karma, there was also a woman feeling extremely complicated emotions as she watched the beautiful Saintess appear and Noel greet her with the Holy Sword.
Rina.
She was the first victim of the bloodline Raul possessed, Noel's childhood friend, and his first love.
"They... look good together."
A voice tinged with moisture leaked out before I knew it.
Just as it appeared vividly before my eyes, they were truly a well-matched pair.
Unlike me, just a plain country girl...
That beautiful Saintess suited Noel, who had become a Hero, so very well.
"Rina."
"......"
"Rina!"
"Oh, oh?!"
Turning around at someone's call, my friend was standing there. She looked at me with eyes filled with worry.
"Everyone's already gone inside. You didn't answer no matter how much I called..."
"Ah... I'm sorry. I must have been tired for a moment."
She seemed to know why I had been zoning out. But perhaps because my expression wasn't good, she didn't say anything and gently patted my back, telling me to go inside.
........
This must be punishment, right?
Punishment for... cheating on my beloved lover...
"..Hic..hic...hng...uuh...auugh..."
I have no right to cry. But tears came out.
I have no right to be sad. But I'm so sad.
And...
I have no right to hate. But I hate him so much.
Raul...
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"Ahem, nice to meet you. Um... Raul-nim?"
"Just call me Raul."
"Yes. I will accept your kindness and call you by your name. Raul."
Seeing her smile brightly makes my stomach ache.
Well, if you ask if I'm not excited, that's not true either...
"Now, let's decide on the first step of our holy journey!"
"Yes!"
"Wow...."
Well... I wonder if it'll be holy...?
Anyway, as expected of a Saintess chosen by the Goddess, she was well-versed in the outside world.
The Great Forest where elves ignorant of the outside world live.
The Magic Tower filled with excellent mages.
The Empire with honorable knights.
The desert where free beastmen live.
Many other places were mentioned.
And the Demon King and the Four Heavenly Kings who follow him that we have to face.
Honestly, I didn't feel much when I first heard about Noel's abilities, but hearing the Saintess's stories, I finally feel like I've joined a Hero's party.
"Now, first, to solidify Noel-nim's status as a Hero, our first destination is the Empire's border fortress. Raul. How much time do you need to prepare for the adventure?"
"...To get to the Empire, we need at least 3 weeks. I need to explain things to Noel's parents, and I have some equipment to pack."
"3 weeks is neither late nor early. Good. First, after arriving at the eastern border fortress, Valtium Fortress, we will meet our second companion there and then depart for the Imperial capital. Do you have anything else to say?"
I didn't have anything, so I shook my head, and the meeting was adjourned. The Saintess decided to stay at Noel's house to explain things to his parents.
After sending them off, I returned to Uncle Hans's house and spent two weeks packing my equipment and gathering things needed for the long journey.
While I was at it, I also packed some snacks that Noel would like.
"God, he's such a high-maintenance bastard."
I grumbled with my mouth, but my hands were habitually putting dried fruits and nuts into a small pouch.
It had been like that since we were kids. Noel ate everything well, but he got hungry quickly if he walked for a long time, and whenever I put something in his mouth, he would smile goofily again.
To think a guy like that is now a Hero.
You live long enough to see everything.
I roughly tied up my luggage and headed to Noel's house to check if I had everything.
But the front of Noel's house was empty.
"Where did he go?"
I turned my head and heard people laughing not far away.
It was towards the village square.
As I walked toward the square, I could easily find the two of them.
Noel and Seraphina were walking through the village together.
To be precise, Seraphina was looking around the village, and Noel was walking next to her, smiling awkwardly and explaining this and that.
"That way is the bakery. They always wake up early in the morning, so if you pass by, you can always smell the bread baking!"
"It's a nice village. It's... truly a warm place."
"I'm glad you see it that way."
The two walked around the village, laughing.
It was a smile filled with... well, pure sincerity.
Saintess and Hero.
It seemed that phrase wasn't there for nothing; the two of them matched strangely well.
I stopped for a moment, watching the scene.
How should I put it?
If you just looked at the two of them, they really looked like a Hero's party setting out to save the world.
The problem is that I have to be attached to them.
And the bigger problem is,
that the reason is too dirty to even say out loud.
"Ugh, fuck.... Huh?"
It was just when I was scratching the back of my head and about to turn back.
I saw Rina standing near the well at the edge of the square.
Rina was watching Noel and Seraphina.
At first, I thought she was just watching like the other villagers. But it wasn't.
Rina's eyes were not smiling.
Every time Noel smiled at the Saintess, Rina's fingertips would crumple the hem of her apron little by little.
She was biting her lip so hard that it was bleeding a little, yet she didn't care and was staring intently at the two of them.
I thought about going over to talk to her, but...
"...What right do I have to talk to her? I..."
I felt like I shouldn't go to her, even if she might come to me, so I turned back that way.
Time passed, and there was only one day left before we left, and while I was checking if there was anything I was leaving behind...
Knock knock
"Yes!"
Uncle went out at the sound of someone knocking on the door.
Just when I was about to check my luggage without paying much attention.
"Hey Raul! Come out here quickly!"
I went out to the door at Uncle's call, and in front of the door...
Rina was standing there, soaked from the rain.
With empty eyes.
"......."
"Hey... you..."
Thud.
"Raul, I'm... going to step out for a while. I'll probably be gone for about 3 days... Pack well and go safely. And have a good talk."
Leaving those words behind, Uncle let Rina into the house and hurried out with an umbrella.
Useless consideration...
"I'll heat up some water. Go in and wash up first."
At my words, Rina stood there without replying, and only after I heated the water and dragged her along did she finally move on her own to wash her body.
I brought her out to the room, gave her some warm tea, and sat her down.
Sitting facing each other.
While the uncomfortable silence continued, she opened her mouth first.
"Why... didn't you come...?"
"Because... I didn't think I should."
I think she's talking about the square.
Since it was such a commotion, she would have naturally thought I was there, and it's true that I saw Rina when I went.
"...Noel is leaving."
"....Yeah."
"You're leaving too."
"....Uh."
"Then what about me?"
The eyes of Rina, who asked that, were filled with resentment.
I could clearly see her Adam's apple bobbing as she swallowed her sadness.
"...What should I do? Raul. What do I do?"
That wasn't a question.
"I'm so hot. My head, my body, even my eyes are hot enough to hurt..."
Perhaps this is.
"My chest hurts here too. It's like... squeeze... I can't breathe..."
She gets closer to me.
With resentment.
With jealousy.
And....
Riiip.
"I just want to forget everything... Let me forget, like that day..."
With twisted excitement.
Dragging the clothes she had torn herself, like a broken doll, Rina stumbled into my arms and kissed me first.
"Umm...chubub...chup...phuh...uung...chup.."
She wasn't the bright, smiling girl I knew.
This was a female who had lost her way. Nothing more, nothing less.
And I, that fucking bastard, was naturally getting excited at her appearance.
I didn't even know. At some point, my arm was wrapped around her waist.
Rina looked at the arm wrapped around her waist and smiled.
It was a terribly beautiful and terribly miserable smile.
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I don't remember well.
What I was thinking, what I was feeling.
But the only thing that remained certain was.
"Haa...♥︎ Uung...uht...ah... Raul... Raul....♥︎"
The sensation of ecstasy burning so intensely that my mind was a mess.
"Aang! Auung... feels good..♥︎ This...hyaaung...ahuh...♥︎"
A feeling of being completely filled, completely different from when it was with Noel.
"Hueee...ah...uum...uung...chup...chubub...bee...♥︎"
Shame.
"Haa...♥︎ Haa....♥︎ How is it...? Do you like me...? Raul...♥︎"
"......."
Guilt.
Slap!
"Aang!♥︎ Feels good! Rauuul...♥︎ Hit me more...♥︎ Auung..!♥︎"
The warm sensation of being filled to the brim.
"Hgeeeeeeek?!♥︎ It's hot... so hot....♥︎"
The emptiness that makes you cling to each other again once it pulls out.
"More... chubub chup... I'll... make it stand up for you...♥︎"
A repetition of that.
"Here, Ra.u.l~♥︎ Come on... hurry...♥︎ Hhik?!♥︎ Huit♥︎ Ahah♥︎ Feels good... yeah...chuu...churup...uum...pahah...♥︎"
"Ohoook?!♥︎ It's coming, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming...!♥︎"
"Chubub chubub chup♥︎ Chubub♥︎ Chup♥︎"
"Hueek...♥︎ I don't want it anymore....♥︎ Uung..um... No...♥︎ I like it... Raul... I like it so much...♥︎"
Pshushut—
The insane pleasure passed, and the next morning came.
I feel so empty.
It also feels like I'm in pain.
The room is filled with a fishy yet sweet smell.
It feels like I'm in heaven.
However, what's next to me is....
"......"
A sturdy build with dark skin.
Decadently shining blonde hair.
Brutal muscles.
But paradoxically, a person who is so alluring.
".....Ung uht....ah...haa...♥︎"
Just by holding his arm next to me, I can easily cum.
The sight of him grabbing my waist with those rough arms last night and shaking my hips mercilessly.
The sight of him easily lifting me up while I was sprawled out from cumming so much, and using me like a tool.
The sight of him silently bringing his cock to my mouth and ordering service even while I was lying there exhausted.
Every single thing is engraved in my mind and body♥︎
Pshush—
It is truly, so disgusting.
It's dirty.
It's ugly.
Perhaps I was originally this kind of female.
Even as self-loathing and murderous intent towards him well up,
"Uht... ah....uh...auu...ah...♥︎"
If those thick arms wrap around me in his sleep, everything disappears like snow melting.
Emotions, bad memories, self-loathing, everything.
I love Noel.
And I think... I love Raul too♥︎
The night of ecstasy.
The heat of the two men and women still hadn't left the room in Hans's house.
And he never missed that heat of ecstasy.
"Augh... uuh..Rina...ahuh...uht..."
Outside, in a scene completely different from the one inside the room, a beautiful man is ungracefully scattering his white fluid into the air.
His is so shabby, ungraceful, and worthless compared to the man's inside the house.
When Raul scatters it inside the female, Noel scatters it on the surface of the floor.
It was a scene that made you think if Rina is a passing female, then Noel is a failing male.
Even so, Noel's expression was so happy that it was disgusting to look at on that beautiful face.