44. A New Mana Cultivation Method (1)
It was an overt sign of seduction.
The 23rd floor was a special place accessible only to royalty. Moreover, under the excuse of focusing on her studies, Lilia had banned entry to all other royals right now.
"It's been so long since I last saw you at the banquet, Yulian-nim... I've really missed you... Haah..."
She murmured those words while her hand kept groping further. The emperor's birthday banquet had been just three days ago.
But Lilia, her lust awakened, must have felt even those three days dragging on forever.
"Oh my. Look at me getting carried away. I shouldn't disturb your studies, Yulian-nim. You've come all this way to see these rare books only available on the 23rd floor. I'm sorry."
But then she saw the books I'd brought—the towering stack of them—and snapped back to her senses.
Good. I've got a lot to do anyway.
The Imperial Central Library's 23rd floor. The rare books stored in this special section could only be viewed on-site; even royalty couldn't borrow them.
Lilia's research notes on Medica's secrets had probably only been perused here as well. With her brilliant mind, she must have fully comprehended them right on the spot before leaving.
Still, it wasn't a big problem for me.
Using the system and my traits, I could capture the contents of these special books verbatim, even if borrowing wasn't allowed.
"Well then, I'll study hard. Yulian-nim, I need to use the restroom..."
With that, Lilia stood from the seat beside me for a moment. Perfect.
No matter how efficient the system was at copying, it still took time. I had to find the content I needed and scan it.
Today, there were two things I aimed to copy: the original mana cultivation manuals of the Reinhardt and Orhain families. The other was a history book not open to imperial subjects.
Fortunately, understanding the mana cultivation manuals posed no major issues. I quickly located the relevant sections in both originals and saved them to the system's memory.
In truth, this alone isn't easy.
These weren't user-friendly modern books.
Mana cultivation methods described the mana itself within the body and its flow through the mana roads, recorded through metaphors for those two phenomena.
Still, I progressed without a hitch.
Last night's duel with Lucia. Though it excluded mana, swordsmanship and mana cultivation weren't separate skills.
Lucia's movements, etched in my mind and body. A mana circulation method to enhance them further. Approaching it from that angle worked perfectly.
That let me swiftly discard unnecessary parts from the Orhain manual.
The Reinhardt manual, whose secrets I'd already grasped, went without saying.
About an hour passed like that. Lilia, sitting with me, had no chance to think. Completely absorbed in the manuals, I saved everything I needed.
Now, time to check the other books.
Lunchtime was still a ways off, so I opened the history book I'd brought along.
Hmm... This one's going to be tricky.
[On the Ancient Era 1]
A thick tome with that title. I briefly recalled the Demon Lord Slayer lore.
Before the Holy Ramir Empire was founded, history divided into two major eras. The ancient empire, whose existence most imperial subjects today didn't even know about.
And the dark age after its fall. The pre-Holy Empire dark age was equally obscure in modern Iseland.
Even Pantheon's theory lectures glossed over it vaguely.
But I needed the unvarnished truth about both eras.
The ancient empire era. The fall of the Dark God Unir, equated with the Light God Jedin, into a demon god. The lesser dark gods lost divinity, demonized, and their non-human followers were branded demons and ostracized.
Events at the ancient empire's collapse. The enmity between humans and demons in the ensuing dark age.
Then, the Kaotic Gates and monsters appearing in Iseland later. Demon Lord Slayer offered only scant clues to all these truths.
If surviving as the demon lord's son was my fate, then rooting out ways to avert Demon Lord Slayer Part 2's great chaos from the source was the right path.
But damn, it's written in the most convoluted way.
An archaic language unused today, mixed with runes—it didn't seem decipherable anytime soon. It felt like reading an encrypted book.
I read what I could, then saved the rest to the system. Tedious work, but I could finish today's needs in another ten minutes or so.
Only then did I realize I'd left Lilia hanging for quite a while.
Oh no. She might be upset...
Whatever my goal, the reason for coming to the Imperial Central Library was to study with her. I hadn't considered her feelings.
I glanced around. But Lilia was nowhere. As I rose from my chair to search—
A different sensation stirred between my legs.
***
Lilia was in an unexpected place.
"Princess Lilia?"
The vanished Lilia was under the library table. Trying to tug down my pants.
Our eyes met under the desk. She wasn't flustered at all. She smiled at me with a gentle expression.
"Yulian-nim is studying so diligently... Lilia is so happy! So like this, I won't disturb you, and Lilia can be happy too."
I understood. She meant to give me fellatio while I kept studying. Utter nonsense, of course.
Eirin tried something like this once...
Fitting for rivals checking each other. Their mindsets might be similar. Many thoughts swirled, but my tyrant reacted honestly.
"Oh my. Getting so hard and eager. I want to praise it lots."
Before I could respond, Lilia fully pulled down my pants and underwear. I hurriedly closed the book and said to her,
"Princess Lilia, you should come out from there. How could someone as noble as you do such a thing...?"
"No, it's fine. Yulian-nim's studies are very important to me too. So please keep reading the books like this. I don't want to bother you."
No sarcasm—pure sincerity.
And Lilia was usually busier than me. Time together in the library like this was rare. The remaining ten minutes for copying felt precious.
Ten more minutes, and the copying finishes.
I decided to leave her be for now. In a deeply apologetic tone, I said,
"If Your Highness insists... I understand."
In response, Lilia caressed the bare skin of my cock. About to start fellatio. I reopened the book.
But contrary to her thinking, I had nothing pressing to do right now. The system was the busy one.
If anything, just pretend to read.
Meanwhile, Lilia's fellatio began.
Lick... slurp...
Unlike the rushed one in the palace last time, this was leisurely. As if savoring my entire cock.
She extended just the tip of her tongue, slowly coating the skin with saliva.
The sensation was exquisite. The sticky, slick touch hitting my sensitive spots reflexively made my hips twitch.
As if finding my reaction cute, Lilia swirled her finger over the precum already leaking from the glans.
"So sticky! It stretches so nicely... so lovable... ♡"
I had no idea what was lovable about it. But Lilia's voice from under the desk was ecstatic. And utterly lewd.
At this rate, I wouldn't last ten minutes before cumming. And an aroused Lilia wouldn't stop at a handjob.
I need to finish the copying while I'm here.
To buy time, I slipped one hand under the table. She reacted as expected.
"Haht!!! Yulian-nim's big fingers... all of them... all...!! I want to taste them... ♡"
As planned, Lilia sucked each finger one by one. Time gained. Not wanting to just sit idly, I reopened the book.
It happened to land on the record of the ancient empire's fall.
The fall of the ancient empire...
Just what I wanted to know. I recalled what I'd learned in Pantheon's history class.
It was the great war between Jedin, Unir, and their subordinate gods that devastated Iseland.
The wicked Dark God Unir clashed with Jedin, trying to blanket the world in darkness.
The great and holy Jedin thwarted Unir and his minions' evil deeds. But the gods' war left the ancient empire in ruins on the brink of collapse.
That was the gist. But it wasn't the truth. If Jedin and Unir truly opposed each other, denied each other—
Agnes's Jedin power left in Yulian's body would have clashed with the blood of Demon King Lucifel in my veins, killing me long ago.
Light and darkness are one. I understood that instinctively.
Surely Unir losing divinity ties to the monsters somehow...
A dangling plot thread even in Demon Lord Slayer Part 2. But I inevitably reached that conclusion. Finishing this history book first might yield hints.
And I can't half-ass it like a game. Beyond demonization... I need to succeed where Cecilia failed, contracting a demon archduke...
Success with a demon archduke contract proves me demon lord. Factoring in the title quest, much lay ahead.
Lost in thought, Lilia stopped devouring my hand. And resumed fellatio.
Sluurp... schlop... slurrrp...
The spot she'd awakened with tongue play earlier. The bare cock skin.
Lilia rubbed that dark-red flesh relentlessly with her tongue and the soft insides of her mouth.
A softness different from pussy. Every erogenous zone on my cock came alive. It swelled further, waves of pleasure crashing in.
Mindful of my studying, she avoided strong suction. Instead, like washing it with her mouth.
She rolled copious saliva and tongue inside, caressing every inch of my massive tyrant without missing a spot.
Even the bulging veins on the shaft. She stroked them lovingly with her tongue.
The copying finished in the meantime.
No need to hold back anymore.
To savor Lilia's oral pleasure more, I scooted my chair back a bit.
Lilia's face in her nun habit peeked out from under the table. A more natural fellatio position.
It should have been embarrassing. But devout holy priestess Lilia now had no qualms about blowjobs.
"Haah... ♡ How is it? Lilia can make Yulian-nim's cock feel good anytime... ♡"
With that, she flicked her tongue tip out again to taste it. Her mouth descending lower.
One hand cupping my balls, she sucked the skin smack smack. Her other hand—
Busy stroking the cock shaft, slick with her lewd mouth juices.
I'm going mad.
Sensitive balls. Cock at peak sensitivity from the handjob.
Lilia between my legs stimulating nonstop—the urge to cum peaked.
"Schlop... Feels good...? Don't hold back. Honey... ♡ Cum lots in Lilia's mouth."
With that, Lilia sprinted to the finish with her blow-and-stroke combo.
Reflexively, I grabbed her head with both hands.
I couldn't hold back anymore. I erupted in her mouth. My cock throbbed wildly. Orgasmic ecstasy with the gushing thick white semen.
Gulp gulp gulp—
Lilia truly swallowed every drop of the musky, sticky load. Then, like begging for praise, her dog-like face met my eyes.
Lips slightly parted, breathless.
Beyond them, white sticky semen remnants on her tongue. She gulped that down too.
"Honey's baby batter... ♡ So tasty... ♡"
Her gentle face peeking from under the nun headdress. Eyes lost in rapture. That bewitching sight flipped my switch.
I pulled Lilia to her feet. Spun her around to brace against the table.
"Eek!Yulian-nim?"
Perfect doggy position. I hiked Lilia's nun habit skirt up over her waist.