46. Lucia's Mana Road (3)
The work proceeded smoothly.
Projecting a mana road was like peering deep into the subject's inner body.
For higher resolution, they had to fully open both body and mind. In that regard, Lucia was perfect.
'She accepted me without the slightest hesitation.'
Starting with caresses on her breasts, moving to the rest of her upper body. And that intense kiss just moments ago.
She had even grabbed my hand and pulled it toward her chest, urging even more aggressive skinship.
Her lewd demeanor made it incredibly hard to suppress my erection.
Pink hair and nipples that stirred a man's basest lusts. And skin flushed like blooming flowers of heat.
Right now, in crude terms, Lucia was too damn sexy. I'd already taken her virginity, so she wasn't a virgin anymore.
Still, for a woman whose only experience was with me to show such a seductive side... perhaps it was some lascivious instinct tied to that pink hair color.
'I want to pin her down and ravish her just like this.'
But I had to hold back. If we were to share intimacy with Lucia, it would be at the very final stage.
For now, it was better to continue these slow, frustratingly teasing caresses.
To accept the improved new mana cultivation method. She needed to grow accustomed to my body at this deliberate pace.
'As expected of Orhain pureblood mana roads. So damn rough.'
Lucia's mana road, as projected so far, was utterly different from the Reinhardt structure.
If Reinhardt mana roads flowed like a calm yet majestic river,
Orhain's were like a raging torrent crashing through a gorge right after a downpour.
Layering Orhain's origin onto those roads would allow explosive growth in a short time.
'Especially the flow through those three veins linking her head and mana heart—it's even rougher.'
But the trade-off was preparing for her personality, her very sense of self, to shatter.
'Meaning she could turn into a mad bitch like Rene.'
With her self-destructive instincts, it was entirely possible. But Lucia was meant to be my party's main dealer—no way could I let that happen.
Of course, there was a solution. Blend in elements of the Reinhardt origin cultivation method.
'Sidestep the dangerous paths. Choose stable routes like Reinhardt mana roads instead.'
To achieve that, we needed to forge new mana road pathways she didn't normally use.
Needless to say, far from easy.
The closest shortcut? Just as I was exploring her body, have her perceive the mana flows inside mine.
That way, we could mutually identify the bypass routes.
Dragging out the caresses this slowly was for exactly that reason.
Once she truly craved my body to the point of madness, and we connected deeply within each other... the efficiency would double.
'So far, so smooth.'
Even as I held still, Lucia had initiated that deep kiss herself.
The passion in her thick, swirling tongue play felt utterly genuine. I wanted to praise her boldness.
"Then, Lucia. Next, the lower body..."
The only part left was her lower half.
Unlike Reinhardt, Orhain physiques placed immense importance not just on the mana heart, but on the mana road structure around the lower body.
'The mana roads that produce their signature speed are concentrated there.'
Those roads started in the lower abdomen and extended downward.
Three veins tangled just below the navel formed a pseudo mana heart—similar in principle to a dantian.
Roots from that dantian aided attribute mana accumulation and produced their unnatural speeds.
"Then, Lucia. I'm removing your panties."
"Y-yes...♡"
Blushing with embarrassment, she lightly covered her face with her palm. But her voice was drenched, betraying her inner turmoil.
And between her thighs, she was utterly honest. Her panties were already soaked through with love juices, stained dark.
As I slid them down, thick strands of arousal clung to the fabric, stretching obscenely.
Feeling that slick wetness, she clamped her thighs together tightly.
"P-please... proceed."
Her cute pink pussy came into view, lips pursed tight like a straight line. I slowly parted her legs.
A sweet strawberry scent wafted up, thick with the heady aroma of a mature woman. I pressed my mouth to it.
* * *
"Hyaaaang!!"
Lucia let out another lewd cry. Her voice melted like ice left under the midsummer sun.
Right now, Count Yulian was beneath her. Precisely, between her legs.
She was exposing her most shameful place to him completely. And not just that—he pressed his mouth to it without a hint of hesitation.
"Ahht?! Th-that... place...!!"
A woman's precious, shameful spot. Her pussy. Yulian extended his tongue and lightly traced the plump labia.
'It's... so dirty, what do I do!'
She kept it meticulously clean at all times. And she'd just washed thoroughly in the bath earlier.
But still, a noble of Count Yulian's stature shouldn't be lapping at it like some feral dog.
Yet that was only her inner thought. As her most sensitive erogenous zone was stimulated, she couldn't refuse the cunnilingus—not with that pleasure and ecstasy overwhelming her.
She wanted more. More pleasure. Because it was Yulian doing this to her.
"Haang... Ang... Heut... Hauut!!"
All she could do was unleash those shrill moans. Yulian's caresses were masterful. His tongue teased the plump outer labia, awakening sensations in her folds.
Then he moved to her neat inner labia, sucking lightly at the wrinkles with his lips.
It felt like her lower lips were kissing his. Her mind went blank white.
The ultimate ecstasy from sensations she'd never felt before. Brain-melting waves crashed over her.
'Feels too good... but... I have to endure... endure it...'
This wasn't full intercourse. If it were just sex foreplay, she could accept his service meekly and unleash her lust.
But this was purely to project her mana roads.
Revealing her vulgar lusts would be too rude to Yulian, who was pouring his heart into it.
'But... it's too perfect...'
His tongue rubbed ceaselessly at the slit of her inner labia. Every time it drifted upward, the maximum stimulation hit her most concentrated pleasure spot.
Her clitoris. Already swollen and bulging, it sent electric jolts through her whole body each time his tongue grazed it.
"Uu... Hau... Ueut... Nnghut..."
She desperately held back the embarrassing sounds leaking out. But when Yulian finally started slurping and sucking at her clit...
A cry burst from her lips, louder than she could have imagined.
"Haang!! Nooo... No there... not there!!! "
Her thighs, her ass, the tips of her legs—intense pleasure made her entire lower body tremble. She barely held back her waist from bucking wildly.
If she let go now, surely some shameful flood would gush from there.
'No... I absolutely can't...'
Yulian had no way of knowing her turmoil.
To project her lower mana roads, his tongue needed to delve even deeper.
Slurp slurp—
Finally, it reached her entrance. That soft yet forceful tongue tip slipped right inside her vagina.
"Hyaaaang! It's in... it's inside...!! Feels weird... so strange... Uang!!"
It was an insistent exploration, as if determined to map every inch of her insides with his tongue.
Her senses were razor-sharp right now.
She could even feel her pussy folds clinging slickly to his tongue tip. It thrust in like a cock, stirring her depths wildly.
This was truly the limit. Tension gripped her ass and waist. Unthinkingly, her soft thighs squeezed his face.
"Nooo!! Stop... stop...!! Pull out... out... Aang!!"
Her words said one thing, but her body was brutally honest. She couldn't halt the surging peak of pleasure.
Lucia squirted, psht psht.
"Haa... haa... haa..."
A woman's climax and orgasm were fiercer and longer than a man's. Legs splayed powerless on the bed. More squirt leaked between them, soaking the sheets.
Lost in the afterglow and pleasure, she had no room to dwell on the rudeness of drenching his face with her lewd juices.
* * *
I draped a blanket over Lucia. She was sitting on the bed now.
Once the afterglow faded, she realized her impropriety and apologized profusely. I spent a good while consoling her.
'It was a reward of sorts for me, so I was fine.'
More importantly, the work wasn't finished.
After her orgasm, Lucia couldn't meet my eyes. Still naked, she wrapped the blanket around herself like a shawl and hung her head.
I spoke in a calm tone to spare her embarrassment.
"The rough mana road map is complete. Want to check it?"
I handed her the recording magic stone. She hesitantly lifted her head, examined it, and spoke in amazement.
"This really is... my body's mana roads. I thought I knew my mana flows well. But even in unfamiliar areas, there are mana roads..."
She was right. That's why altering mana road paths was possible.
I explained the routes to bypass during cultivation operation, using her mana road map.
"...So circulating mana along this path is the Reinhardt method. Maintain the attribute cultivation for half the mana heart and the lower body roads. Apply Reinhardt techniques to the other half and the head-bound roads. That completes the ideal mana cultivation method I envision."
Which meant we needed to verify the actual mana flows along those paths right now—through each other's bodies.
"You mean... use the mana cultivation method here? On the bed?"
"Exactly. And since you need to perceive not just your own flows but your partner's... we'll require even closer physical contact than before."
With that, I popped an elixir into my mouth.
"To fully unblock the clogged roads, we'll need the elixir's help too. You could ingest it yourself, but having me—a tier higher—take it first and transfer the energy to you will be more effective. Understand?"
Lucia nodded. It was like what I'd done for Lilia with the snow wyvern heart.
'Not quite as potent as that heart, of course.'
But this was just opening partial bypasses, not the entire roads. An elixir affordable with Reinhardt wealth was plenty.
"Then let's begin."
Lucia squeezed her eyes shut. Nodded vigorously. Then lay back on the bed.
I pulled away the blanket covering her. A flawless, smooth body without a single blemish.
Unlike the slight softness around her belly, the lines from her hips downward were toned like an athlete's—brimming with healthy allure.
'A knight focused on speed.'
Yet this battle-hardened knight, who shunned no gritty underworld guard duty, was trembling beneath me now.
That body, once again blooming with pink heat flowers, was breathtakingly beautiful—and utterly erotic.
I suppressed my dark urges and calmly placed my hand on her solar plexus.
"Then try using the attribute cultivation method I taught you. Activate your mana?"
"Yes, my lord Count..."
Lucia closed her round eyes. Soon, mana began boiling within her body.
The reaction was more intense than I'd imagined.
The attribute cultivation method—Orhain's origin technique.
And as an Orhain pureblood, her perfect execution was only natural.
'No, it surpasses perfect. The response far exceeds the manual's description.'
Just as I had an exceptionally unique body among Reinhardt purebloods, so did she.
My palm on her solar plexus felt mana accelerating fiercely beyond it.
Reinhardt methods held the edge in refinement, but this accelerating mana would enhance the user's prowess in entirely different ways.
And through my hand, I sucked in the elixir's energy like a vacuum cleaner.
'Just as planned. If I adapt this attribute method, I'll hit 4th tier soon...'
But I had to pause my thoughts. Lucia's reaction was off. She seemed panicked by the violent mana rotation she'd never felt before.
"L-Lord Count!"
With that, she suddenly hugged me fiercely. Her lips crashed into mine, sticky saliva and tongue swirling wildly in my mouth.
At the same time, she frantically started stripping my clothes. When our lips parted briefly, she cried out.
"Huup... Haa... I-I want to! I want to do it with you, my lord Count!"