Chapter 124: You're Pent Up (4)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 124: You're Pent Up (4)
About two hours had passed since I arrived at Irene’s laboratory.
I activated the toy from my past life’s memories, which I had recreated through magic.
Immediately, a low hum—vrrrrm—echoed from my chest.
“Hmm? What is that sound?”
A mix of wariness and curiosity appeared on Irene’s face, which had been busy explaining the legacy of her late husband.
Since the source of the sound was my chest, Irene’s violet eyes naturally turned toward me.
I gave her a broad smile and pulled out the adult toy I had prepared for today.
“It’s called a vibrator.”
“A vibrator? That’s a strange name.”
“Haha, to put it simply, it’s an object for massages… You could call it a massager.”
“A massage… I see. Hmm…”
The fine face of Irene, which had been bright with curiosity toward the unfamiliar object, cooled instantly.
Well, that’s to be expected. You can only truly understand how amazing this thing is once you feel it with your own body.
“Haha, it seems you’re disappointed.”
“What?! D-disappointed? No, it’s just… ah, it was such an unexpected item… I suppose I was a bit surprised…”
Even her flustered face as she was caught in her true thoughts was so beautiful.
I can’t wait to see that dignified face… Ahem.
Anyway, having successfully seized the initiative, I took a step closer to Irene, who was standing across from me.
“Ah, um… You’re a bit too close…”
“Would you like to give it a try?”
“Pardon? The… vibrator?”
“Haha, yes. It was a sudden inspiration, but despite its appearance, it’s quite a powerful fellow. Powerful enough that I felt the urge to show it to the Archmage Marshal herself. What do you say?”
Irene looked back and forth between me and the vibrator before finally nodding.
Of course, the curiosity and doubt that had briefly vanished were back on her face.
I smoothly pulled out the chair in front of her and offered her a seat.
“Would you like to sit?”
“Fufu, yes. Thank you. Well then… let’s test this vibrator. What should I do?”
“It’s simple. I’ll just place this rounded part on your shoulder for a moment. Would that be alright?”
“My shoulder… Yes, if it’s just that.”
Of course, a massage with my own hands would be incomparably better, but when in a hurry, one must take the long way around.
To avoid raising unnecessary suspicion, I politely and slowly placed the vibrator on Irene’s shoulder.
—Vrrrrrr…
“Ah-hah…!”
“…Lady Irene?”
“M-my goodness, what did I just… I-I’m so sorry…”
“Haha, it’s quite alright. You must have been startled by the unfamiliar sensation.”
In truth, Irene wasn’t the only one startled.
That sudden cry of pleasure had made my lower half go stiff in an instant.
Reciting the service creed I had long forgotten in my head, I asked Irene politely once more.
“Would you like to try it again?”
“Well… um… yes, that was far too brief just now…”
“Understood. Then…”
—Vrrrrrrrrrrrr…
“Hah-eut… heut…! Heung…!”
Damn, this is driving me crazy. At least pretend to hold it back.
Are you asking me to take you right here and now?
‘Anyway… as expected, the reaction from the shoulders is great.’
From Helena to Andrasta, my women all have one thing in common.
They all love shoulder massages.
Why? Because women who possess the great power of being busty are forced to shoulder the great responsibility of shoulder fatigue.
Still, it wasn’t good to overdo it, so I pulled the vibrator away from Irene’s shoulder.
“How was it?”
“Haa… that was… My goodness, my shoulders haven’t felt this light since the day I was born…”
“Haha, I’m glad to hear that. Then, would you like to try the other shoulder as well?”
“Fufu, yes. Please. I suppose you really have to use something to… nng-heut…!”
The moment I placed the vibrator on her left shoulder, an involuntary cry of pleasure escaped Irene’s lips.
That melodious moan was one thing… but really, the more I looked at her, the more beautiful she was.
Her long, straight ears exuded an air of elegant dignity.
And what about that platinum-blonde hair that seemed to smell of warm sunlight just by looking at it?
The white nape of her neck, where fine baby hairs peeked out, made me unconsciously lick my lips.
“Heung… nng-heung…! Ah-heut…!”
Oops, if I keep this up, she’s going to notice my physiological reaction.
Realizing my lower half was becoming painfully stiff, I pulled the vibrator away from Irene’s shoulder.
Irene let out a relaxed sigh and looked up at me with slightly unfocused eyes.
“Haa… thank you… To be honest, my shoulders have been hurting quite a lot lately…”
“I see. I’m truly happy that I could be of some small help to you, Lady Irene.”
“Fufu, you really are a warm person, Leon.”
“Hahaha, thank you. I pride myself on being infinitely kind and warm toward beautiful women.”
“Oh my, a beautiful woman? I’m married and even have a child…”
Irene’s expression darkened in an instant.
I had tried so hard not to bring up her husband and daughter, but she went and stepped on the landmine herself.
‘Of course, a friend in need is a friend indeed.’
Trust is something that must be built slowly and carefully over time.
I subtly wrapped my hand around Irene’s and dropped to one knee.
Since we had already held hands back in the Great Forest, Irene didn’t reject my touch and began to speak.
“Actually… I met my daughter yesterday.”
“I see. Her name was Merlin, wasn’t it?”
“Yes… When she was little, when my husband was still alive, she was such a lovely child who would jump into our arms every chance she got…”
Irene’s lips formed a soft curve, but her eyes, reflecting on a past she could never return to, were filled with tears.
As transparent, diamond-like tears began to fall, Irene continued her story in a trembling voice.
“Sob… that child, yesterday… hic… she asked if I was trying to play mother now, that it was disgusting… and then she left the house again…”
“…”
“I… I couldn’t say a single word… hic… Darling…”
Hmm… this brings back memories.
It reminds me of my older brother in the past, who said he couldn’t believe our parents were the same species as him.
‘Since Irene has the will to communicate and improve, her situation is better than my brother’s or mine, but…’
I didn’t realize Merlin harbored that much malice and hostility toward her mother.
Tsk… Words that sharp gouge out the other person’s heart, but they also drive a stake through one’s own.
It seems I’ll need to execute the Heroine Supplement Plan after a long while.
First, let’s soothe the wounded heart of the beautiful elf widow before me.
—Reach…
I slowly reached out toward Irene’s face.
Because she was still sobbing, she didn’t notice my hand at all until it touched her face.
I leisurely savored the feel of Irene’s fine skin as I gently wiped away the tears flowing down her cheeks.
“Sob… hic…? L-Leon…?”
“I apologize. I know you still deeply love your late husband, but seeing you shed tears was so heartbreaking that… I made a mistake without realizing it. I’m sorry.”
“A-ah, no, there’s no need to apologize… It’s just… I was a little surprised, so you don’t have to worry too much…”
A lost gaze, flushed cheeks, and hands hurriedly pulled away.
It was a good reaction. Though small for now, it was a sign that I had taken a place in Irene’s heart as a man.
To put it in terms of the Art of War I enjoyed learning as a child, I had successfully established a bridgehead.
Then, the next thing to do was to solidify the defense of that bridgehead and use it as a foothold for the next attack.
Still kneeling before Irene, I looked at her with a face more serious than ever before.
“Lady Irene. I remember the conversation we had in the Great Forest.”
“I… I remember it too.”
“I decided then to become your knight. So, please, tell me anything, anytime. I will be by your side. Forever.”
It was a bit of a cringeworthy line depending on how you heard it, but… well… seeing Irene’s eyes well up with tears again, it seemed my words had reached her heart.
Sincerity really does work.
Still, since those words could easily be misunderstood, I decided to create some distance at this point.
I stood up and took a step back.
Then, I spoke to Irene, who hadn’t been able to take her eyes off me for a while.
“By the way… look at the time.”
The sky over the Imperial Capital visible through the window was already stained with orange.
“I… I see…”
To the clearly disappointed Irene, I held out the vibrator we had tested earlier.
Irene looked up at me with a flustered face.
“I hope this item makes your shoulders a little lighter, Lady Irene.”
“…Pardon? You’re giving this to me…?”
“Haha, yes. It’s a bit embarrassing to say now, but… I actually made this while thinking of you. Wondering what kind of gift would make you happy.”
“You… you did…?”
“If it’s alright with you, would you accept it? As a token of friendship between us.”
Only then did Irene’s wavering eyes sparkle.
She seemed to have understood my meaning—that everything that had happened so far was out of pure friendship.
Soon, Irene gave a bright smile with her slightly swollen eyes.
“A token of friendship… I could never refuse a gift with such a meaning, fufu.”
“Haha, thank you. Ah, that vibrator moves when you inject magic power into it. You can determine the strength of the vibration by the amount of magic power you provide.”
“Aha, I see. Hmm… it’s quite a delicate object.”
“Of course, the amount of magic power won’t be an issue for you, but you can rest assured that it doesn’t require much.”
Having said everything I needed to, I took another step back.
Leaving a final greeting befitting a noble of a historic family, I left a word promising farewell and reunion.
“Lady Irene, today was truly enjoyable. I hope we can meet like this again.”
“I also had a wonderful time for the first time in a long while. Um… if you wish to see me, you may visit whenever you like. I will leave instructions to that effect.”
“Thank you. Then, I shall see you next time.”
“Fufu, yes. Until next time.”
And so, I left Irene’s magic tower.
Without saying a single word about how I had made it so I could know exactly what someone was doing with that vibrator.
‘Hmm~ tonight might be quite fun~’
*
As always, only a chilly cold and a heavy silence greeted Irene upon her return to the mansion.
“…”
As expected, her daughter was nowhere to be seen today either.
She would have preferred it if the girl had at least glared at her like she was a bug.
Even though it wasn’t just a matter of yesterday or today, Irene could never get used to her daughter’s absence.
Just like the empty space left by her late husband.
—Stroke…
Was it out of guilt toward her daughter, or longing for her late husband?
Or was it the terrible loneliness of being alone in this large house?
Irene found herself unconsciously stroking her cheek.
The cheek Leon had caressed while wiping away her tears.
‘I decided then to become your knight. So, please, tell me anything, anytime. I will be by your side.’
Forever.
Irene didn’t want to admit it, and she tried to forget it, but the more she tried, the more she couldn’t help but think of Leon.
No matter how great an Archmage she was, or how much of an elf she was, she was ultimately a person.
The more one tries to forget something, the more vividly it comes to mind.
“Haa, what am I doing…”
Letting out a self-deprecating sigh, Irene threw herself onto the cold bed.
Let’s not think about things that can’t be helped.
As she tried to soothe herself and close her eyes, an unfamiliar object caught her sight.
It was the vibrator, the token of friendship she had received from Leon.
“A token of friendship… I see.”
Perhaps because of those words, Irene reached out and grasped the vibrator without hesitation.
It might have been because of the dull aches she had been feeling all over her body for some time now.
In any case, Irene was soon holding the vibrator against her shoulder.
—Vrrrrrr…
“Haa… that feels good… How did he come up with such an idea…?”
The feeling of her shoulders, which had become rock-hard from carrying all sorts of burdens, loosening up was incredibly addictive.
Thanks to that, the vibrator that had been on Irene’s shoulder naturally moved to other areas.
To the nape of her neck, which was as stiff as her shoulders.
Or to her waist, which had been complaining of a dull pain for some time.
“Nng-eut… it’s hard to reach the shoulder blades…”
Still, perhaps because her body felt much more comfortable, a small smile played on Irene’s lips.
Moreover, she found herself thinking of Leon again without realizing it.
‘Wondering what kind of gift would make you happy, Lady Irene.’
Recalling Leon’s slightly embarrassed voice, Irene held the vibrator up before her eyes.
“If that was your intention, you’ve succeeded, fufu.”
The moment she spoke those words, Irene felt the deathly silence of the room once again.
She didn’t know why.
Was it because the bed was too wide to use alone?
Or was it because she was reminded once again of the empty space beside her where her husband used to lie?
Or was it because it was too lonely and too cold to fall asleep like this?
—Slide…
Carefully yet without hesitation, Irene’s slender fingers moved toward her crotch, covered by thin cotton.
“Nng-heut… Darling…”
Even for a widow who couldn’t forget her late husband—or perhaps because of it—desires only continued to pile up.
Even for a lacking mother who felt deep, deep guilt toward her daughter, desires were bound to accumulate.
As much as her voice desperately called for her husband, Irene’s fingers also gradually grew more heated, but…
“Haa…”
Like her husband who never answered no matter how much she called, her delicate fingers alone could not overcome the agonizing loneliness.
As she tried to force herself to sleep, Irene’s fingertips brushed against something.
“…”
Come to think of it, she had this.
With this… perhaps…
The vibrator in Irene’s hand felt solid enough to make her think such things.
The sensation the object provided was special enough to make Irene unconsciously swallow hard.
Before she knew it, Irene was carefully sliding the vibrator between her thighs.
“I-it’s a test… Yes, a test…”
I don’t have any lewd intentions at all.
This is strictly a test.
A-and, he said he made it hoping it would make me happy…
Repeating excuses that even she found pathetic, Irene carefully breathed magic power into the vibrator.
The moment the powered-on vibrator began to tremble.
—Vrrrrr…
“Hah-eut…!”
A cry of pleasure she couldn't quite suppress escaped Irene’s lips.
—Vrrrrrr…
“Kkeu… heut…! Ah-heut…! Ha, ha-ahhh…!”
The vibrator made Irene so happy that her entire body writhed and her dignified face completely distorted.
Her body, which had been shivering from loneliness, was gradually becoming drenched in sweat.
“Keu-heut… ha… eut…! Eu-geuk, heo-euk…!”
The climax came in an instant.
It was a refreshing feeling she hadn't felt in so long.
It wasn't enough to resolve all the desires that had built up until now, but it was more than enough to overwhelm the self-loathing that follows masturbation.
“Haa, haa, haa…!”
Irene stared at the vibrator with glistening eyes before thrusting it between her thighs once more.
Everything is only difficult the first time.
There were no more excuses about it being a test.
She no longer tried to hold back the cries of pleasure that burst forth.
After all, there was no one else in Irene’s mansion but her.
—Vrrrrrrrrr…!
“Ah-hahng…! Ah-ahhh…! Eu-geuk…! Kkeu… heu-euk…!”
And so, Irene held onto the token of friendship relentlessly.
Until she had exhausted all her magic power and collapsed into an exhausted sleep on her soaking wet bed.