Chapter 149: The Hidden Efficacy of the Saint's Skills
Chapter 149: The Hidden Efficacy of the Saint's Skills
As long as he was in the dungeon, he would be with Kate, so it was difficult to think of a plan that didn't involve her.
I considered knocking Kate out along with Pots so she couldn't witness our crime, but that wasn't as simple as it sounded.
Even if we knocked Kate out and dealt with Pots, we would then have to move her to a safe place or stand guard until she woke up.
The only safe place on the 2nd Floor was, of course, the town. There was no way we could carry her all the way there through the wide-open terrain of the 2nd Floor without being spotted by other adventurers.
And stand guard? If she suddenly woke up from being unconscious to find us standing over her and Pots dead, what kind of idiot wouldn't be suspicious?
Then what about waiting for a moment when he was alone, away from Kate?
To do that, we’d have to wait for him to come up to the surface. We couldn't kill him with our own hands, so we'd have to throw him to the monsters. But dragging him from the town to where the monsters were without anyone seeing was impossible.
Besides, he was an adventurer who frequented the 2nd Floor with Kate. Just by looking at them, he was the warrior type and she was the mage type, meaning he was also the tank. In other words, it would be difficult for anything less than a 2nd Floor monster to kill him instantly.
Was there a way to make him come to the 2nd Floor by himself?
There was no pretext for that. Summoning him alone to the 2nd Floor was too suspicious.
And even if we succeeded in calling him to the 2nd Floor, what if he told someone before he came? Something like, ‘Guwon asked me to meet him on the 2nd Floor. I wonder what it’s about?’ If he died after that, I would obviously be the prime suspect.
Ugh… This is hard. A perfect crime really isn't easy.
“Guwon? What are you thinking so hard about?”
Beside me, Leia peered at my face with a curious expression.
“You’ve been holed up with Sara all day. Did something happen between you two?” Diana added, looking slightly pouty.
It seemed her anger about me sleeping with Vanessa hadn't completely subsided. Was this a situation where she understood logically but couldn't accept it emotionally?
Besides, how did she know I was with Sara all day when she was surrounded by her Mage Association lackeys?
To be honest, it wasn't that I didn't want to ask Diana for advice. She would be able to consider all the variables and give me the most perfect counsel.
But I was reluctant to drag Diana into a criminal act.
More importantly, Sara wouldn't want that. I was already forcing my way in to help from a third-party perspective; I couldn't just drag Diana into it on my own whim.
“No, I was just practicing my skills. The Saint skills are more like how warriors infuse their bodies with mana than how mages handle it, right? So I thought I might learn faster if I got some advice from Sara. But it’s not as easy as I thought. I was just thinking about that a little.”
It was a lie that came out on the spot, but it seemed to be a sufficient excuse for Diana and Leia to accept.
“Hmph. I see. So you do have your diligent moments.”
“Still, try not to worry about it so much, at least not during dinner. Delicious food should be enjoyed deliciously.”
As Leia said that, she picked up a piece of food from the table and brought it to my mouth.
Ugh. I'm melting.
Diana, you should learn from her. What was that? "So you do have your diligent moments"? I know you're still not over your anger, but isn't that a bit much?
You do know it's your turn tonight, right?
Guwon resolved to get a little revenge that night.
But that was for later. First, it was time to eat. Just as Leia said, it would be a waste to have such a magnificent spread in front of me and not be able to properly enjoy the taste because I was lost in thought.
*
Night came, and Diana visited Guwon's room.
I had succeeded in bathing with Sara and Leia, so now I just needed to succeed with Diana. But seeing that pouty expression, it seemed unlikely that such a suggestion would be successful today.
Can't be helped. We'll have to save bathing together for next time.
When I came out of the washroom, Diana was already completely naked and lying on the bed.
As Guwon sidled up and gently caressed her body, Diana flinched and trembled.
“Hnngh.”
Even as she let out a pleasant sound, she glared at Guwon for some reason.
“Didn't you say you only did it with Vanessa once because you had no choice?”
“Huh? Yeah, so?”
“What’s your level right now?”
“68.”
The moment Guwon answered, Diana smacked him on the chest.
Of course, it didn't hurt at all, but being hit for no reason still made me a little ticked off.
“Hey. What was that for? At least tell me why before you hit me.”
“There’s no way your level would rise that much from doing it with Vanessa just once! You must have cum the moment you put it in! Did you think this body wouldn't be able to do that simple calculation while researching your skills?! Tell me the truth! How many times did you do it?!”
She had a massive misunderstanding.
She was calculating all of that? Well, I did tell her all sorts of things for her skill research, so she might be even more accurate with those calculations than I am.
Wait, could she calculate how many times I did it last night just by hearing my level?
Guwon was suddenly a little scared of Diana.
“It’s a misunderstanding. Even if I had no choice, my pride wouldn't let me cum the moment I put it in like a virgin. I used Climax Restraint on myself. I held back until I was on the verge of dying from pleasure overload before I came. You know, right? The Last Resort of Pride skill transfers a portion of my pleasure to my partner.”
“What?! You used the excuse that your pride was hurt by the thought of cumming instantly, so you put Climax Restraint on yourself and enjoyed Vanessa to your heart’s content?!”
It was a matter of phrasing. The content of what I said was the same, but Diana’s tone was laced with thorns.
Fearing that a long conversation would only lead to more scolding from Diana, Guwon moved on to his next action to escape the situation.
With one hand, he caressed Diana’s thigh, and with the other, her breast.
“Wai—hyaang! This body’s words aren’t—hnngh!”
Good reaction. The power of high levels is the best.
With just a light touch, Diana’s body twitched and reacted in an amusing way.
Guwon continued to stroke Diana’s body and said in a serious voice, “This is our time together. How long are you going to keep talking about Vanessa? I’m with you right now, not her.”
If you can't win with logic, you have to appeal to emotion.
Whether his emotional appeal worked, or if she was simply lost in pleasure, Diana only let out sweet moans and said nothing more.
Although Diana was showing a good enough reaction to his caresses, Guwon had no intention of being satisfied with just this.
He focused his mind and gathered a faint energy in his hands.
Faintly, as faintly as possible. It would grant intense pleasure, but not so much that she would reach climax from it alone.
“Hiiing!”
Activating a weak Saint's Touch, he stroked the inside of Diana's thigh. Her hips shot up into the air for a moment before falling back onto the bed. It was just a reaction to the sudden amplification of pleasure; she didn't seem to have reached her climax.
Good. So far, so good.
Guwon continued to stroke Diana's thighs.
He mostly caressed the outside of her thighs in wide strokes, occasionally letting his hand slip to the inside. But he was careful never to touch her pussy, slowly and leisurely teasing the area around it.
“Hnng… Hh… Haah.”
Diana let out sweet breaths, her eyes gradually losing focus.
He hadn't even touched her there, but the slick that trickled down her thighs was already soaking Guwon's hand.
If he were to just flick her clitoris with his finger right now, Diana would instantly reach her peak.
But Guwon didn't.
Instead, he removed his hands from her thighs and chest and pulled away.
“Hnng… Hnngh… Haa… Heh? Wh-why…? Why’d you stop…?”
Drenched in pleasure, Diana looked at Guwon with pleading eyes when all the sensations suddenly vanished. Her tongue had gone slack, making her slur her words slightly, which was so cute that Guwon wanted to start again right away, but he held back.
“Our purpose isn't just to have sex. It’s for skill research.”
“Wh-what does that have to do with anything right now…?”
“Once you're affected by my skill, you can't find release until I'm the one to give it to you. Don't you think we need to verify that for certain?”
Staring at Guwon with a dazed look, Diana tilted her head, seemingly not understanding at first.
But as comprehension slowly dawned, her face began to turn bright red.
“Wh-what are you talking about! There’s no need for that! This body has already confirmed it sufficiently…!”
“But you only observed from the side and watched the flow of mana, you never confirmed it with your own body. That’s not enough. If that were the case, what reason would you have to sleep with me regularly like this in the first place?”
“Th-that’s… but…!”
Diana seemed at a loss for a rebuttal and couldn't finish her sentence.
Honestly, if she had said something like, ‘Fine, I won’t sleep with you from now on!’ I would have been the one in trouble, but it seemed my gamble had paid off.
“Well then, how about we start the experiment?”
“Wh-what do you mean by that? What do you want me to do?”
“Come on. Don't play dumb. It's just you and me here. If you're going to try and find release by some other method than me giving it to you, there's only one way, isn't there?”
“Ugh… but… but…”
Diana hesitated.
Then, looking at Guwon, she slowly spread her legs.
She brought her hand to her pussy as if to spread it open… but it seemed she was too embarrassed for that, so she took her hand away and placed it on her inner thigh instead.
Even without her spreading it, slick was still flowing from her, making her look plenty lewd.
“W-well? Don’t you want to?”
She seemed to be trying to sound seductive, but her voice was trembling so much that it honestly didn't sound very alluring.
But that didn't mean it was without its own devastating effect.
This was the Diana, acting as if she were trying to seduce a man.
Any man who didn't get excited seeing that wasn't a man at all.
Guwon wanted to pounce on Diana right then and there, but he pinched his own thigh to endure it.
“Yeah. I want to. But I’ll hold back. For your research.”
“Y-you don’t have to do that. You don’t have to hold back…” “No. You’re more important to me than I am. I’ll endure it.”
“Hi-hiiing.”
When Guwon spoke so resolutely, Diana let out a cute sound, tears welling up slightly in her eyes.
“Really? Really?”
“Yeah. Really.”
This was the first time I'd ever seen Diana this flustered.
She was in a complete panic, not knowing what to do.
But her body, which had been brought to the brink of climax under the influence of Guwon's skill, hadn't cooled down.
On the contrary, having been teased to her absolute limit without being allowed to climax, her mind was probably becoming consumed by that one thought.
Realizing that Guwon wouldn't hold her until the verification was complete, no matter how much she tried to seduce him, Diana finally moved her hand toward her pussy once more.
She must be reaching the limits of her patience.
“F-fine, I’ll do it.”
She seemed to be in quite a state of panic.
The skill research was for her own sake, so she didn't really need to report to Guwon.
In fact, she didn't even need to show him herself masturbating. If she told Guwon to turn around while she did it, he would have no excuse to watch.
But Diana didn't seem to be in the right state of mind to think of that. With a beet-red face, she looked at Guwon and dutifully reported.
Then, she began to move the fingers she had brought to her pussy, ever so carefully.
“Mmm. Hnng. Hahng.”