202. The Full Moon Is Beautiful Tonight
202. The Full Moon Is Beautiful Tonight
Everyone behaved pretty much the same as they did at the academy.
Those who naturally got along well gathered and hung out together.
Edgar joked around affectionately with Zeke, and Perda often played with the female students he had brought.
Perda poked around more than anyone, but even so, he spent most of his time with his own people.
Everyone was pretty tough, so no matter how much Perda poked around, he couldn't get anything out of them. I guess that's why.
There were also those who went around alone.
Shara, who used to lead other students around like subordinates, often stayed in the lounge overlooking the outside scenery, reading a book.
In a way, the group that gathered around me was the most unstable.
First of all, Liber and Emy were close.
Since the start of the new semester, the two had hit it off well, and they got along just fine even without me.
But with Lucia, things were a bit rocky.
It wasn't that they didn't try to get closer, but it seemed things hadn't gone very well.
It wasn't a bad relationship, but it was an awkward one.
They had become friends of a friend.
Casey was even more so.
There hadn't even been a chance for them to get closer, and Casey didn't even think about getting close to them.
She actually seemed like she would hit it off with Shara.
Though just getting them to start a conversation would be a major undertaking.
Because of this, if I left the group, the atmosphere got weird, so I couldn't go anywhere.
Thus, the sun set on the first day of vacation, and night came.
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I truly spent a leisurely day.
I had finished getting ready in my room and was waiting when I heard a knock.
Two short knocks. I didn't even need to ask.
As mentioned during the day, Liber had arrived.
When I opened the door, Liber was there as expected, but her state was completely different from earlier.
Her eyes were unfocused, yet her gaze was sharp, and her breathing was rough.
Her face was flushed, as if from her hot exhaled breaths.
I hadn't been keeping track of the moon's cycle, but it seemed the day of the full moon had already arrived.
"That time of the month has already come around again."
But it seemed she had gone a step further than usual.
I felt something out of place, so I looked closely, and a pair of newly grown triangular ears were perked up sharply on top of her head.
The way they twitched was just like a wolf's ears.
"...Ears?"
My body froze in surprise at the sight.
Ears? Why?
I knew Liber had a constitution that made various things surge when the full moon drew near.
After all, I had helped her relieve it.
But I had never seen her like this before.
Clearly, the only changes in her appearance before were her eyes or hair glowing golden, but now animal ears were twitching on top of her head.
It was cute, but while I was trying to figure out what on earth had happened, Liber moved.
"How did this... Mmph?!"
Before I could finish my sentence, my mouth was forcibly sealed.
It wasn't by a hand, but by her lips.
'Am I going to be devoured?'
That was the only thought I could have.
Grabbing my waist and fiercely exploring my lips and tongue, Liber strode forward.
Naturally, as I backpedaled, my legs suddenly hit something with a thud.
It was probably the bed.
Liber pushed me and flipped me over onto the bed.
"Hoo-eup... haa...."
Liber pinned me down on the soft bed and climbed on top, fixing me so I couldn't move.
Because I had a smaller frame, being pressed down like this from above made me feel like I was being forced against my will.
Like a wolf biting the nape of its prey to finish it off, Liber held onto me for a long time.
In this case, it wasn't the nape but rather licking my lips and tongue.
After weaving our tongues together for a long while like that, she seemed satisfied, pulling away and immediately burying her nose in my chest.
"Puha..."
Being forced isn't my preference, but I just let it happen without resisting.
'I'll let it slide because she's cute.'
It wasn't like this happened every time, and it was quite refreshing because she was being so aggressive.
"Your scent... let me smell it a little more."
Liber, burying her face in my chest and frantically inhaling my scent, had her peach-shaped butt swaying gently.
Because she looked so cute, I hugged her tightly and inhaled Liber's scent as well.
The citrus scent, which was usually just refreshing, seemed a bit sweeter today.
Even though her tail hadn't sprouted, if it had, she would probably have been wagging it furiously enough to drive a person crazy.
"...Huh?"
No, wait.
Looking closely, a tail really had sprouted.
A tail, glowing golden like her hair, had sprouted from her butt and was swaying.
In the short time I hadn't looked, she seemed to have turned into some kind of beastman.
"Liber, what's this?"
"What is what?"
"There's something I've never seen before."
Curious, I tried to touch it, but my hand just passed through.
The golden light emanating from her body had gathered and merely taken form.
Her hair was also shining, so it looked pretty convincing.
"Eut..!"
But Liber reacted as if she felt something.
Even though it couldn't be touched, and my hand just passed right through.
"You can feel it?"
"...It tickles."
It was amazing that the sensation was connected even though there was no physical sensation.
"I don't know why this is happening either, but it's all because of you."
"Because of me?"
What did I do wrong?
The Director too. Lately, I felt like I was being falsely accused without reason.
"Every day you're out there flirting with girls... I can't budge an inch from the academy, but you go off alone to some unknown place and come back. Do you know how worried I was?"
"Flirting? I was just living diligently."
"You sure talk a good talk."
I felt her hands fumbling their way up before I felt a sharp pain on my nape.
She had bitten my nape.
"Why do you only attract women? I want to monopolize you all by myself."
"You're already monopolizing me."
She grabbed my face and met my eyes.
Her eyes, swirling with golden aura, seemed to pierce right through me.
We stared at each other for a long time, close enough to feel each other's hot breath.
"No one knows how cute and cool you are, I wanted to be the only one who knew."
The moment her words ended, she kissed me again.
"...I'm really anxious. Even though you're in the same place as me, you go to distant foreign countries overnight... and you get hurt while doing so."
"I'm sorry about that time."
"You're not saying you'll never do it again?"
"Because I can't promise that."
Liber laughed at my firm response.
"Right. You're that kind of person. That's why I'm worried you'll collapse somewhere I don't know... So...."
-Kudangtang!
The sound of something crashing loudly from the shower room cut Liber off.
"Hee-it??"
Startled, I turned my head to the side and saw toiletries scattered around Emy, who had been peeking through the crack in the shower room door.
Emy, who was slumped on the floor, was just as flustered as us, and I could see that her pants buckle was undone.
"Ah... well...."
Emy, her face red like an apple, stood up without even thinking of covering it.
"I.. I didn't see anything...?"
I finally remembered the promise I had forgotten.
Right.
I called Emy, didn't I?
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As evening approached, Emy spoke to the one closest to her.
'...Don't come out until tomorrow.'
-Mm... okay.
Emy put her Companion to sleep for a while.
She always called it a Companion because it was always by her side, but when Emy strongly wished for it, it would briefly give her space.
She was always curious where it disappeared to at those times, but it was certain that when it left, the presence she always felt clearly vanished.
She normally didn't do this unless she really didn't want it to see something, but today she had to.
Because she had something to discuss with Atlas privately.
It was such a personal matter that she didn't want the Companion to watch.
"Can you stay in my room for a bit tonight?"
"Your room?"
"I think today is the best opportunity."
Even without Atlas explicitly saying what the opportunity was, Emy knew.
Because there was a matter they had been looking for an opportunity to address after the incident they caused together.
She couldn't keep hiding it forever.
Even though they could maintain their relationship like that, she wouldn't be able to feel proud of herself.
So, as Atlas had suggested, Emy went into his room beforehand.
Since Atlas was planning to first talk with Liber and assess the situation, she secretly hid inside the shower booth.
The plan was that she would come out if things seemed okay after Liber came in and they talked.
"Hee-up??"
As soon as Liber arrived at Atlas's room, Emy was startled.
She witnessed Liber passionately making out with Atlas the moment she came in.
The sight of Liber hungrily devouring Atlas like a beast was so frenzied that she normally couldn't have imagined it.
Just hiding and watching, the heat was palpable.
'Wow....'
This was the second time.
That she had witnessed Liber and Atlas making love, that is.
She could have complained about them inviting her over only to get intimate without her, but in Emy's mind, that became a trivial matter.
Just by watching that scene secretly, she felt a growing heat in her lower abdomen.
She was getting aroused by the sight of Atlas, usually so powerful, looking helpless and being ravished.
'Ugh... I guess I'm a pervert....'
She knew very well how perverted this was.
Getting excited while watching a friend's intimate scene, even she thought it was the worst.
'Ju..st a little....'
But even while thinking that, she couldn't take her eyes off it.
The events of that night surfaced in Emy's mind.
The moment she first felt pleasure, embraced by Atlas, from his touch.
She felt she shouldn't be doing this, but her hand gradually moved downwards.
At the moment the buckle of her pants came undone with a clicking sound
-Tuk
"Huh?"
-Udadang!
She had accidentally knocked into the shelf's support pole.
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"Emy?"
"Th... this is, well... "
Liber's eyes, which had been blazing with passion just moments ago, wavered.
Emy was also flustered, but Liber was so embarrassed that she completely froze.
"I called her."
"You did?"
"There was something I'd needed to tell her for a while now."
Emy hesitated, then spoke first.
"I like Atlas too."
"Emy?"
"Even knowing that he's in love with you, Liber... I let myself be held by him behind your back. I felt I absolutely had to tell you."
At Emy's confession, Liber, flustered, jumped up and paced around in circles.
"I'm sorry, the atmosphere's a bit weird, right? I didn't mean for this to happen..."
"The situation is just too absurd!"
"But we really did call you here to talk. You're the one who started that the moment you came in."
Liber held her forehead with her hand as if to collect her thoughts.
The golden glowing ears twitched.
It didn't take long to sort things out.
"So it was Emy.... It's okay, Emy. No, actually, it's good. Truthfully, I've been waiting for you to tell me."
Liber nodded as if she had understood.
Whether it was resignation or true understanding, there was no way to tell.
"I was surprised, but I'm fine. I never thought I could monopolize someone who's a Master anyway. Whenever you disappeared and came back, you'd be covered in unknown scents. Did you think I wouldn't know something happened?"
There had been a few moments I thought were dangerous; she must have noticed all of them.
I had suspected she might notice, so I tried to sort things out as quickly as possible. It seemed my timing was right.
"...But still, since you told me honestly, I'll forgive you."
"I'm sorry for being hesitant and taking so long."
When I tried to hug her, she pressed her hand firmly against my forehead.
"Don't try to gloss over this. Other girls besides Emy... I'll accept it, so promise me instead."
"Is it confirmed that the number will increase?"
Liber didn't retort, just frowned slightly and continued.
"Even if the number grows, don't forget me... I said it's okay, but still, prioritize me a little more than others, and... desire me more intensely."
Liber took my hand and placed it on her chest.
I could feel Liber's heart beating rapidly.
"Will you promise me?"
Liber stared at me, her eyes red-rimmed as if she were about to cry.
Even without hearing my answer, it was always decided.
"As much as you want."