Alice Overwhelms with Physicality (1)
Alice Overwhelms with Physicality (1)
Sia had suddenly kissed me.
I had no idea why she had done it, but...
At least one thing was certain.
One of my three wives. Yoo Sia.
She was mine again.
—Smooch.
"Pfft. Did you like it that much?"
"W-Well, Sia. You see, it's not because I'm some kind of pervert."
"Enough. I know boys are naturally like that."
She was so considerate that she even overlooked my involuntary physical response.
How could she be so understanding? Was she an angel? I loved her.
—Mutter, mutter.
"What is that, anyway? Are all boys like that...? Hah. If I closed my eyes and asked him to show me, that might be a little...."
Judging by her quiet muttering, she was still embarrassed.
That made me picture the Chairwoman in her underwear.
Sia was embarrassed and I was mortified, so I resorted to a Strategic Nuke to calm myself down.
My fully drawn sword gradually went limp.
"Ah...."
"Sorry. I showed you something unpleasant."
"...Tch. It's fine. That's what happens when I'm too attractive."
Only then did the awkward atmosphere ease a little.
Sia sharply turned her crimson face away.
As an added bonus, she smacked her lips as though disappointed.
...No. She had probably clicked her tongue.
Why would Sia smack her lips?
I hurriedly changed the subject.
"Ahem. Sia? I just want to make sure. We're dating now, right?"
"What? Dummy. Why would you ask something so unromantic?"
"You have a point. Heh. Hehehe."
I'd partly asked to change the subject and partly to confirm it. Her answer was affirmative.
The corners of my mouth rose on their own.
I had expected it to take at least a year before Sia and I started dating.
Yet it happened in only two weeks.
I was so happy. My Sia, I loved you more than anyone in the wor—
—Freeze.
'Wait. This wasn't the time to celebrate.'
The realization struck almost immediately.
My smile didn't last long.
I still needed to date two more women.
And somehow obtain Sia's permission.
What was I supposed to do?
"But... Sia, I have something to tell you. Something serious."
"Hm?"
"There's something awful I need to say—something that might make you dump me, and I couldn't complain even if you slapped me. You see...."
I opened my mouth, but the words refused to come.
I liked all three of them. I wanted to date all three.
Any man capable of saying something that shameless with confidence had to be a psychopath.
Even the Hypnosis Breeding Guy possessed a conscience.
But hiding it would have been just as unconscionable.
I forced my tongue to move and began confessing.
"The truth was, I...."
"Enough. Don't say it."
"Sia?"
No. I'd been about to confess.
Until Sia cut me off.
She looked up at me with narrowed eyes.
"Actually, don't tell anyone that we're dating."
"...What?"
"Keep it secret from Alice and Ninomiya too. Understood?"
The incomprehensible demand came as an added bonus.
...I had expected her to brag to everyone. Instead, she wanted to hide it, even from my other two wives.
I had absolutely no idea why.
"Why does it have to be a secret?"
"There's something I want to confirm."
"......?"
"Just something."
I asked why, but she clearly had no intention of answering.
I didn't press her and merely nodded.
In any case, the arrangement was convenient for me.
"Okay. I understand. I'll keep it secret."
'Now that things had come to this, I'd date all three first and confess afterward...!!!'
Sia had once told me that if I was going to announce I was two-timing, I had to act shamelessly confident because women liked bad boys.
I would follow her advice—except I was going one step further and declaring three-timing.
I would date all three, then later confess that I had been seeing all of them.
That was my new operation.
If they caught me midway, I was finished. Even if they didn't, they would eventually treat me like garbage, but...
Every married man knew one thing.
It was easier to act first and seek forgiveness than ask permission beforehand.
Since I was already committed, I intended to shamelessly become trash.
"Fine. But remember one thing: I took your first kiss, Yujin."
"Okay. I got it."
'After my regression, Sia really was the first woman I had kissed in this body.'
Sia had asked me to remember something oddly specific, but...
She had probably meant that since she took my first kiss, I had better treat her well.
I'd stake my life on making you happy, my wife.
* * *
It was quite a while before I finally left Sia's dorm.
—Slurp, smooch... press, press.
"......!!! Sorry!! I keep...."
"It's fine. I-I don't mind as long as it's only touching through my clothes."
She apparently liked her first kiss enough that she refused to release me.
She even pressed herself against my drawn sword as though deliberately targeting it.
Combined with her outfit, she looked like a shameless temptress.
Of course, Sia was an utterly innocent virgin.
She knew slightly more than the completely clueless Alice or Master, but she was no pervert.
She probably thought anything through clothing was safe.
Seriously, Sia was too innocent. Too cute. I loved her.
—Creak.
'I needed to return to my room and rest. I was exhausted.'
After that happy but mortifying stretch of time...
I headed straight for my dorm.
I replayed the notifications I had glimpsed earlier.
[Unlock condition fulfilled. The seal on '???' is partially released. (1/3)]
[Partial activation of 'ㅁㅁㅁ ㅁㅁ (Lv.???)' raises all stats by 1.0.]
[Stats: Strength [6.32 (+1.12)] Agility [5.90 (+1.12)] Intelligence [4.12 (+1.00)] Luck [9.42 (+1.00)] Mana [5.86 (+1.12)]]
'My stats had risen that much, so this backlash was probably natural. Whew.'
The Status Window showed that every stat had increased by one.
That was probably why I had felt unwell since earlier.
I hadn't shown it, but...
Apparently, Master couldn't be fooled.
The instant she saw me, she recoiled in shock.
—Creak.
"My disciple! I had been waiting—what in the world happened to you!!?"
"Master, you see...."
"Did you obtain some miraculous opportunity? You were so delicate this morning. How did a single C-rank Gate leave you like this?"
She was so shocked that she slipped straight into her stern, archaic way of speaking.
Unlike her usual fussing, this was genuine alarm.
Even with Heaven-Sent Spring Water, my stats had grown by only 0.04 per day. Now I had returned with twenty-five days of growth in half a day.
No wonder she was shocked.
"What happened? Tell me this instant!"
"That's...."
—Hesitate.
'Kissing Sia was probably the cause, but I couldn't tell her that.'
I had no idea how to explain it.
This? I had kissed Sia, and one of the hypnotic restrictions placed on me without my knowledge had partially come undone.
Then something had poured into my body, and I had nearly died. I'd never experienced pain like it.
What hypnosis?
A mysterious hypnosis had been placed on her disciple when I regressed!
Because of it, I couldn't talk about my regression or sleep with my wives.
Whenever I tried, I coughed blood.
Who were my wives?
Sia, Alice, and Master—the three of them!
'How could I possibly tell her? I didn't want to die.'
If I confessed everything, she would undoubtedly beat me to death.
No. In my current condition, I might genuinely die.
But I could not evade the question.
I had no choice but to deceive Master somehow.
"It's thanks to my hypnosis."
"Hypnosis raised your stats?"
"You know about my EX-rank Innate Talent. It's the same rank as yours, Master."
"Even so...."
"I did the same thing at the beginning of the semester. I hypnotized myself into believing my life was in danger, then used that to...."
"Ah! Such a method exists! My disciple is a genius!"
My desperate bluff succeeded.
...Technically, hypnosis really was responsible for my increased stats.
And I'd done genuine life-or-death training at the beginning of the semester.
My story was one hundred percent true, which seemed to convince even Master.
"But never do it again. A second attempt would kill you."
"...Is it really that serious?"
"It is. Your mana meridians are in tatters."
Still, I couldn't hide that I'd nearly crossed the River Styx.
Master's eyes filled with pity.
I smiled to reassure her.
"Yes. I'll never train using hypnosis again."
—Beam.
'The real problem was the kissing rather than the training, and I definitely intended to do that again someday.'
My inner thoughts were far more devious than my smile.
* * *
We skipped training that day.
Master said I'd already pushed my body beyond its limits and should simply rest.
Thanks to that, I slept like a log.
—Ding.
[The skill 'Complete Hypnosis'....]
"Yaaawn. I slept well."
I had slept so deeply that even the body strained by my sudden stat growth felt completely refreshed.
It felt as though someone had massaged me throughout the night.
Naturally, my steps were light as I headed to the second practical exercise.
"Alice, good morning!"
"Yujin. You look cheerful this morning."
"My body feels incredibly light today. Maybe it wants me to look impressive for you, Alice."
"Hehe. I won't lose today either. I came fully prepared!"
Alice also seemed to be in excellent condition.
She did not look nervous at all and even smiled sweetly at me.
So this was the confidence of a Gate veteran. A mere C-rank didn't faze her.
I smiled at my wife's confident bearing.
"Yujin, today you're with... Oh my. Was your name Alice?"
"Yes! I'm Alice Littenwood, an Awakener who came from England to study abroad because I love Korea! It's nice to meet you!"
Her friendly demeanor continued after we reached the Gate.
She politely greeted everyone she met.
Her flawless manners even brought smiles to the women...
—Whisper, whisper.
"What are we going to do about our young lady? Alice is even prettier in person."
"Look at that pale skin. White people really are different."
"Our young lady isn't exactly small either, but...."
Huh. I had expected them to smile, but instead they whispered among themselves.
'What was this? Were they prejudiced against foreigners?'
—Murmur, murmur.
"Alice, I'm sorry. They're only acting like that because they're unfamiliar with foreigners. It's definitely not because they're racist or anything."
"It's fine~. It isn't racism. Hehe. But if they're already reacting like that, things might become troublesome."
"Huh?"
"Just something~."
I tried to reassure her, but she didn't seem bothered at all.
Instead, she smiled meaningfully.
We understood that smile only after entering the Gate.
"All right. First, we prepared for battle...."
"Okaaay~."
—Rustle, rustle.
"......Alice!!?"
After entering the Gate, she suddenly stripped off her clothes.
And then...
"Alice! What are you doing... Wait, a swimsuit?"
"Yujin, what do you think? It's cute, right!"
"It's pretty, but why are you suddenly wearing a swimsuit...?"
"I brought it to clear the Gate!"
"You intended to clear the Gate dressed like that?"
"Yes! I was counting on you!"
Alice declared that she would clear the Gate in a bikini.