Chapter 71
Chapter 71
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 71
Chapter Title: Reina's True Desires
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"......"
Reina, who had awakened once more, stared blankly at the ceiling.
She slowly blinked, taking in her sensations one by one.
Had she still not escaped the illusion?
Her mind felt numb.
All her senses were shrouded in fog, hazy and indistinct.
The distant feeling in her fingertips and toes slowly returned, and after blinking a few more times, the ceiling came into sharp focus.
'Back to reality, huh.'
It wasn't the ornate building she'd seen at first, but a commonplace human structure you could find anywhere.
However, there was one key difference: it was inscribed with a magic circle full of unfamiliar incantations.
She had passed out after reaching an extreme climax in the illusion once again.
'Yuris wasn't even there...'
At first, she was certain Yuris had whispered in her ear.
But while receiving a massage from Max, as he groped her here and there, and as she followed Yuris's words and sucked his cock, Yuris had vanished at some point.
It was as if Yuris's voice had never been there from the start, and it had all been Reina's own voice.
The words Yuris had whispered swam through Reina's mind, spilling from her own lips.
When she cried out that she was cumming.
"Look in the mirror while doing it."
When she shook her hips to impale herself on his cock of her own accord.
She had acted like a bitch in heat before his cock.
Letting out cute moans, she gazed at her reflection in the mirror.
At herself, shattering pathetically before the male.
'It was beautiful.'
Her reflection in the mirror was breathtakingly beautiful, entrancing.
More so than when she wore a gorgeous dress, worshipped by the elves, blessed by the sacred World Tree enveloping her body.
Naked, drenched in sweat, getting pounded by cock—it looked several times more beautiful.
As she stared, mesmerized by her own ruination, even her mind began to float away.
'To think I had tastes like this?'
It was a preference even she herself hadn't known about.
Max had awakened it in her.
She was an elf, after all—one who had no need to indulge in carnal lusts.
Reina sat up and looked at the mirror standing beside the bed where she lay.
It reflected her in the white undergarments she'd worn before entering the illusion.
To anyone else, it would have been a mesmerizingly beautiful sight.
The high elf, said to be the most beautiful among elves.
And yet here she sat, in nothing but those undergarments, exuding a seductive allure.
Her slightly damp hair looked especially sexy.
Most men on the continent—no, even women—wouldn't have been able to hold back and would have pounced.
But to Reina, something felt lacking.
Normally, she would have praised and admired her own beauty, boasting about it.
Not today.
She didn't feel that thrilling heartbeat from seeing her wrecked self in the illusion.
'Ah...'
Only then did she realize it.
What she had truly desired while looking in the mirror.
"So that really is my taste..."
She was reflecting on a preference she'd never felt in her life.
"You're awake?"
Max entered, lifting the curtain.
"Ah..."
Reina belatedly grabbed the blanket on the bed to cover herself.
For an elf, the reaction was far too slow.
Proof that her senses were still drowned in pleasure.
"Did you enjoy it?"
"......"
She nodded in response instead of speaking.
"Good to hear. I was worried you might not have fully enjoyed it."
"Do other women see illusions like this?"
"...It varies from person to person. Tastes are so diverse."
"I see."
Reina felt a disconnect from Max's changed demeanor.
"Why are you being so kind?"
"You're a customer, after all."
"......"
"When you came before, you were trying to take away my customer Yuris, so you were an interference. Now you've paid the proper price and enjoyed it, so of course I treat you kindly."
"That's not what I..."
That wasn't what she wanted to talk about.
"In the illusion, you were so forceful. Making me call you Master and all..."
"Oh, that?"
Max poured boiling water from a kettle into a teacup as he spoke.
"That's because you wanted it that way."
"......"
"The illusion moves according to your desires. I just act accordingly."
Max smiled as he handed her the teacup filled with tea.
"Providing the ultimate service—that's the motto of our shop."
"......"
Reina accepted the teacup and sipped the jasmine tea.
A warm sensation rose gently within her.
Just like when she'd taken Max's cock in her mouth.
Hot and passionate.
'Why am I like this?'
As she drank the tea while looking at Max, scenes from the illusion suddenly flashed in her mind.
Her heart pounded, her face heated up.
The moment their eyes met, she couldn't hold his gaze even for a second—her eyes darted away.
She couldn't properly look at Max's face.
Just seeing it made her burn.
This had happened once before.
Back when Yuris had saved the elven forest.
That feeling when she personally faced her hero, the overwhelming hero who seemed unbreakable.
She felt exactly the same way facing Max?
'No way...'
She was flustered.
"Oh, and don't worry about that."
"W-What?"
"Your virginity. Since it wasn't real, just like you specified, you're still pure."
"...Ah."
[Reina's Tastes: Narcissism, Self-Destructive Tendencies.]
[Pleasure from breaking her perfect self.]
[Resolution Method: Sufficiently satisfied simply by being ravaged by an inferior species human.]
She hadn't realized it.
The thought of losing her virginity hadn't even crossed her mind—it had felt that good.
Her head was filled with the floating sensation of how good it had been, so she hadn't even asked if it had been real.
"It wasn't real?"
"Yeah."
"......"
At those words, the corners of Reina's mouth twitched upward.
'So I don't have to feel guilty about losing my virginity...?'
She was still pure, so she could still go to Yuris.
And moreover.
'I can come back without worrying about losing my virginity.'
Strictly speaking, this wasn't carnal lust.
Since her body hadn't actually been violated, it was no different from the elven way of exchanging spirits and desires.
'It means I haven't succumbed to human sexual desire...'
This was something she could indulge in without worry.
"G-Good..."
Her thoughts reached that point, and a smile formed.
Max's illusion magic circle might just be the ultimate pleasure even elves could feel.
If Max knew her thoughts, he would have shouted that it was absurd self-justification.
But Max couldn't read a high elf's inner thoughts, and Reina didn't tell him.
Thanks to that—or perhaps because of it.
Reina found one more reason to immerse herself in the illusion magic circle.
"You worked hard today, so just pay and go."
"...Sure."
Reina rose hesitantly.
"Um..."
She spoke after getting dressed.
"Can I come back again?"
"You're coming again?"
"...Yeah. It'll take a few more months to return to the elven forest, so I wanted to ask if I could visit again."
"It's possible. But is it okay for a high elf to come to a place like this?"
"It's fine. It wasn't real anyway."
Her voice was light.
"Doesn't matter to me. I'm just the boss providing service at the right price."
At those words, a hot feeling filled her chest.
"Alright. I'll come again later, so please take care of me then."
Regaining her energy, she reverted to the haughty posture and tone of an elf.
"N-Next time, I'll come alone."
After settling the payment, Reina hurried out of the shop as if fleeing.
I watched Reina's retreating figure.
"She seemed satisfied, so no issue."
It was an unexpected taste.
To get off on watching herself get ravaged.
I felt it while acting to match her in the illusion.
How she reacted sensitively every time she saw herself panting vulgarly in the mirror.
'I've heard of such tastes.'
Narcissism mixed with self-destructive tendencies.
A tricky sexual desire, but once you know it, easy to satisfy.
'I thought since she clings to Yuris, her type was just noble, beautiful women.'
Not lesbian main—narcissism main.
She probably fixated on Yuris because she thought Yuris was the only being as great as herself.
As a high elf, she was always revered among elves.
'Being worshipped is natural, so she couldn't help but rate herself highly.'
Finishing my thoughts, I looked at the magic circle.
[Reina's Tastes: Narcissism, Self-Destructive Tendencies.]
[Pleasure from breaking her perfect self.]
[Resolution Method: Sufficiently satisfied simply by being ravaged by an inferior species human.]
The video started, and soon after, it accurately nailed Reina's tastes.
Yuris's figure naturally faded as the message appeared.
I'd somewhat inferred Reina's self-destructive tendencies.
I'd felt it in her first illusion.
That she got pleasure from ruining herself.
But narcissism, not lesbian? Never crossed my mind.
The old magic circle never would have produced that result.
'Definitely improved.'
As I got better at handling customers, the magic circle's performance advanced step by step.
I liked that it found things even I missed.
However.
"If it gets too capable, that could be a problem."
I felt like I couldn't afford to stagnate like this.
I couldn't fall behind the magic circle I made.
"Guess I need to research and study harder."
Helen stared blankly at the blackboard again today.
She couldn't focus on the lesson.
The final exams, the most crucial for this year's grades, loomed ahead.
Among all the exams at the academy, the finals were the most important.
Because of that, unlike usual, she cut back on playtime and multiplied her study hours.
Even as the top student in her year, Helen couldn't neglect the finals.
This exam allowed no room for even the slightest mistake.
Unlike others, Helen's goal was to skip a grade.
To grow faster and learn more, skipping was essential.
And only then could she uphold the Silvesta prestige of always being the best.
'Haa, how many days has it been already...'
Because of the exam, she hadn't visited Max's shop in over two weeks.
'I want to go.'
She subtly spread her legs and rubbed the handle of her fountain pen against her panties.
'I want to go soon.'
It's been too long.
Max kept popping into her head.
Even though she didn't want to think about it during exam period, he kept surfacing.
In her fluffy daydreams, she was happily receiving lots of lessons from Teacher Max.
Begging for more teaching, for homework.
The rubbing over her panties sped up.
Just as a flush began to color her cheeks.
"Lady Silvesta."
"Yes?"
"Would you like to recap the part I just explained?"
"Ah, um, that is..."
She had no idea.
She hadn't heard where the professor had progressed or what part he'd read.
Her head was filled with another professor's lessons.
So Helen couldn't answer the professor's question.
"Not like Lady Silvesta. You don't seem focused. To skip a grade, you need perfect scores. It won't do if you can't concentrate."
"I'm sorry."
Even at that moment, only Max's face filled Helen's mind.
She was going crazy.
What should she do?