The Witch's Whim
The shaman Besta stared at me like I was out of my mind. “An artifact?! You want something that rare as a reward? Are you insane?”
The woman from the Ear organization looked utterly dumbfounded. “Give me something reasonable instead.” She shut me down without a second thought, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
“You’re right. It really is unreasonable.”
“See? Even you think so, right?” Her face relaxed with visible relief when I agreed with her.
“Yes. I was wondering what was going on when an information guild suddenly started stalking me. Turns out they wanted to recruit me as a member.”
“Huh?”
“What’s even more ridiculous is that after saying I was absolutely necessary, they still made me take a test.”
“Ah… so that’s what this is…!”
“Keep listening. I completed the absurd test she gave me without complaint. But then she couldn’t believe I’d actually passed it.”
“…”
“She promised a reward if I passed, so I spent days hunting bounty monsters. When I came back, she suddenly said she couldn’t give me the reward unless I took on a request as the hero’s attendant.”
“Ugh… hm… hm….”
“Please keep in mind that I’m standing here despite all that insane bullshit.”
“Ah… I see… An artifact… I’ll try to get one.”
“Good.”
I took the organization’s orders she handed me and turned around.
“I-It’ll take some time! Something that valuable isn’t easy to find!”
Leaving behind her desperate shout, I returned to the inn.
“How did it go, Master?” Eos looked up at me as she opened the door.
“It went better than expected. I needed to get close to the hero, and the Ear came to me first, saying they wanted to use me as her attendant.”
“Somehow, it seems you’re a good match for an organization called the Ear.”
“I feel the same way every time I meet them.”
I wrapped my arms around Eos’s waist and pulled her close. “Sorry I couldn’t hold you while I was busy fooling the Ear.”
“It’s fine, Master… I’m okay…” Eos blushed in my embrace.
To hide the fact that she was a demon, she hadn’t shown her face or horns. That meant only Vera and Syucali were on the bed. They probably thought Eos was just an ordinary mage.
“I demanded an artifact that can release the mana seal as my reward. Once this job is over, I’ll be able to undo your seal.”
“Hngh… Thank you, Master…”
I grabbed her waist and fell onto the bed. Two women were already waiting for us with hazy eyes.
“I want a present too~”
“You already got one, and you’re still being greedy.” Syucali looked at Eos with envy while Vera playfully pressed down on Syucali’s lower belly.
“Hngh… Haa… Ungh… Master… Hngh!”
Vera kept staring at the horned, copper-skinned demon.
“Now that I think about it, it’s strange. I heard demons can’t be satisfied by human men?”
“They say Kang Seo-ja has a cock and technique so good he made even Massacre Helga cry. So it’s not impossible~” Syucali spoke proudly, as if she were bragging about her own property.
The bodyguard had said it herself. Only a man who could satisfy a hero would be able to handle a demon. Which meant, conversely, that Eos might only like men as strong as heroes.
“Well… they wouldn’t call them succubi for nothing. That’s also why she can handle a hero.”
“Exactly. We just have to do our part well. So anyway, I looked into that shaman? They say her personality is the absolute worst.”
“When did you even look into that?”
“I had time, so I wandered around the village and asked. Lick.”
Syucali scooped the semen filling her pussy onto her finger, licked it, and continued.
“What’s the rumor like?”
“First of all, she’s rude as hell. Her shoulders are supposedly up in the clouds. Well, if she’s S-rank and a hero, that’s understandable… And she likes working alone.”
“She doesn’t keep anyone by her side?”
“Nope. But the fact that she’s never had an accident suggests she probably has something like a mana shield.”
“For an S-rank, not having one would be weirder.”
I held Eos while listening to Syucali’s interesting information like it was a radio broadcast. In that position, I spoke.
“She probably has some strange shamanic arts that can turn people into monsters.”
“Hnguuu!”
“That seems likely, Kang Seo-ja.”
Shamanic arts that looked like magic but weren’t. Maybe while dealing with the hero, I could obtain that ability too.
-Squish, squelch.
“Hngh… Haaang… M-Master…”
“Are you about to cum?”
“Y-Yes… yes…”
“Let’s go together.”
“Ah… It would be an honor…!”
I felt Eos’s inner walls tighten. She was squeezing with all her might to milk out my semen. When I pressed deep inside her and settled firmly, Eos wrapped her legs around my waist.
-Gluck, gluck, gluck!
“Haaaa… Hyat…!”
The moment I ejaculated, Eos trembled violently and reached her climax. I watched the changes in her expression while feeling the full pleasure of release.
“If you have any more information about the hero, tell me.”
“Yes, Kang Seo-ja~”
I pulled out of Eos and sat down beside Syucali.
“Then you two keep talking. I’ll talk with this one~ Ahup~”
Vera slid down between my legs and took my dirty cock into her mouth.
-Slurp… slurp… chu…
She was originally a knight from a noble territory, yet she now lived as lewdly as any adventurer, and it looked completely natural on her.
“The knight lady sure sucks well.”
With Syucali’s comment perfectly voicing my thoughts, our secret nighttime conversation continued.
-Clatter, clatter.
“Hiiing!”
“Whoa there.”
A luxurious carriage decorated like a jewel arrived at the entrance of the farming village. I stood with the Ear’s bodyguard woman to greet it.
-Creeeak…
When the coachman opened the door, a woman with long golden hair, wearing a green dress and a white fur stole, stepped out. And that wasn’t all.
An aura on the level of Helga radiated in every direction, and from a mana perspective, she possessed even more power than Margaret. It was clear she was on another level.
‘She’s a monster.’
She seemed equal to or stronger than the mage who had traveled with S-rank adventurer Massacre Helga. The first impression was so intense that I wondered if the rumor about her retiring from adventuring was a lie.
“Juri, I trust nothing went wrong at my factory?”
“Yes, Besta. This time we…”
“Oh my? Who’s that handsome man standing next to you?”
Ignoring Juri’s explanation, Besta immediately looked me up and down.
“This is Kang Seo-ja… He will be serving as your attendant this time, Besta…”
“Shut up. I asked the man, Juri.”
“…”
It seemed the rumor that she had no manners was true, just as Syucali had said. Whenever things didn’t go exactly as she wanted, her irritable side showed.
Well, someone who hunted demonic beasts and reached S-rank couldn’t possibly be normal. In fact, I suspected any woman who stayed sane for long wouldn’t have survived in this world. Especially in a world full of monsters like this one.
“I am Kang Seo-ja.”
The hero showed no reaction at all to my black hair. Instead, she stared at me even harder, as if fascinated, scanning every inch of me.
-Grab.
“…”
Suddenly, she grabbed my crotch.
“Hmm… It’s not that big?”
It reminded me of when I first met Isabella. She had suddenly told me to strip and started poking my cock. This seemed to be a common habit among high-ranking women in this world. It was like they were appraising how useful I could be.
If it had been my first time, I would have been flustered, but now I didn’t pay it much mind.
“Serving the beautiful Besta will surely make it grow bigger.”
“Hmmm~?”
Besta looked at me with a puzzled expression, then grinned at Juri.
“Where did you find such a pretty boy~”
“Hahaha…”
Juri laughed awkwardly.
“Alright, black-hair. Your name was Kang Seo-ja, right?”
“Yes, Besta.”
“Stay right by my side. I’ll see if you can take responsibility for your words.”
“Understood.”
It seemed I had passed the first impression test. Women in this world tended to find men who approached them first intriguing. Even a hero was no exception.
‘Easy.’
So Besta groped my ass as she led me to the carriage.
“Coachman, head to the factory.”
“Understood.”
Besta and I boarded the carriage, and we gradually moved away from Juri.
-Clatter… clatter…
“Where are you from?”
“I’m from Cashew Village.”
“Ah~ That mountain village? It’s even more rural than here.”
“That’s correct.”
“Adventurer?”
“Yes. I’m F-rank.”
“Oh dear~ If I took care of you, reaching A-rank would be easy~”
Her attention was focused entirely on me. She asked questions one after another while stroking my body.
‘They said she was an auntie, but she doesn’t seem like one at all.’
Her behavior reminded me of the childish Syucali or Vera. And her appearance wasn’t old at all. She looked around my age or like an older sister.
‘They said she was in her mid-thirties. Do S-rank adventurers not age?’
Helga had seemed very experienced, yet in bed she acted like a spoiled child. Maybe superior women had their mental age stuck in their twenties.
“How much experience do you have with women?”
“Quite a lot.”
-Thump!
“How disappointing.”
At my answer, she smacked my stomach and turned her back on me.
“I’m sorry.”
“…Still, it’s fine~”
Watching her get angry and then smile again, I realized the rumor that she was crazy wasn’t entirely wrong.
“You can just cover me anew.”
Seeing her emotions swing to such extremes, I got the feeling this wouldn’t be easy. I finally understood why the Ear had complained and pushed me into the role of her attendant. And I thought I knew why she had retired. Or rather, it wasn’t retirement. I doubted any party would actually want to use her.
Her extreme mood swings were a clear negative factor that would make even her allies nervous. The correct term wasn’t retirement—it was expulsion.