Chapter 203: Crying Out Love in the Center of the Lord's Castle
Chapter 203: Crying Out Love in the Center of the Lord's Castle
In any case, after washing up and changing into a fresh set of clothes, I prepared to leave the castle with Diana.
Diana’s authority was truly impressive; Felicia, who had been so persistent in her seductions, was nowhere to be seen, leaving us in peace.
“Shall we head back to the inn, then?”
“Mm.”
Truthfully, it was so late that staying the night here would have been the more sensible choice in many ways.
But I was anxious about what might happen if I stayed in the same place as that succubus, Felicia. And it seemed Diana, too, wanted to spend our first night after truly connecting our hearts back at the inn where we first made love.
Once we were ready, Diana and I left the room.
As soon as we stepped out, a maid who had been waiting by the door began to guide us toward the castle exit.
Her steps, however, were so conspicuously slow that anyone could have noticed. She even exchanged a meaningful glance with another maid who passed by.
It was obvious they were plotting something.
“Lady Diana. Guwon. Are you leaving?”
Just as I expected.
As if she had been waiting for us, Felicia appeared.
She was now fully and properly dressed, exuding the perfect aura of a princess.
Well, I guess she is a real princess.
But even though she was properly dressed, I couldn’t stop my body from flinching reflexively the moment I saw her.
The memory of her earlier seduction came flooding back.
Besides, even in those clothes, her face, brimming with a decadent beauty, hadn’t changed.
She seemed to exude a pheromone that could seduce a person just by standing still.
Her very existence was a bundle of raw sex appeal.
Felicia, however, paid no mind to my trembling and simply waited for Diana’s response.
Seeing her perfectly composed expression, it seemed the Saint’s Holy Water hadn’t had much of an effect on her.
“Mm. I imagine Miss Silvia’s condition has stabilized, so we will take our leave now.”
“My apologies, but I cannot let Guwon leave just yet. Please wait at the castle until morning… Hnng. Hmm. Ahem. I’m sorry. Could you please wait at the castle until morning?”
Huh? Wait a second. Did it have some effect after all?
That little moan just now. That slightly flushed expression. She returned to normal almost immediately, but I definitely saw it.
It seemed that since the mouth is one of the most frequently moved parts of the human body, said to have the most wrinkles, even a slight increase in sensitivity was bound to affect daily life.
Still, it wasn’t enough to make her lose her mind like Silvia, so I had no intention of having sex with her again to fix it.
She brought this on herself.
“Hmm?”
Diana’s brow twitched in slight annoyance, but Felicia’s subsequent excuse was perfectly reasonable.
“It’s not that I don’t trust you, Lady Diana, but Silvia has yet to regain consciousness. I cannot let Guwon leave until Silvia awakens and we can confirm she is completely fine. She should come to her senses by morning, so why don’t you stay the night at the castle?”
“Hmm…”
Faced with that argument, it seemed even Diana couldn’t just throw a tantrum and insist on leaving.
But I had a feeling Felicia wasn’t stopping us just because of Silvia.
What is she plotting now?
I stared intently at Felicia, but she casually brushed off my gaze.
“Very well. It can’t be helped.”
“Thank you for your understanding, Lady Diana.”
Felicia smiled with her eyes and gave a slight bow.
For a princess to treat her with such deference… Diana truly was something else.
“Then I wish you a pleasant night. I will send someone when Silvia awakens.”
“Mm. Understood.”
Felicia gave an elegant farewell, then turned and disappeared.
She didn’t spare me a single glance until the very end.
That just makes her more suspicious. What on earth is she up to?
Well, I planned on sticking to Diana like glue, so nothing too worrisome should happen, but I was still uneasy.
There was no way she was keeping us here just for Silvia’s sake.
My mind a jumble of thoughts, I pulled Diana, who was standing beside me, into a tight hug.
No matter what happens, I can’t let myself be separated from Diana.
“W-what’s gotten into you all of a sudden?”
“Nothing, I just… wanted to be close.”
“Hee hee. Are you trying to be affectionate? Do you want this one to pat your head?”
Thinking I was acting like a spoiled child, Diana stood on her tiptoes and began to stroke my head with a delighted expression.
Aren’t you just doing that because you want to?
Well, not that I minded.
In any case, clinging tightly to Diana, we returned to the room where she had been waiting earlier.
“I’m sorry. I rushed out of the mansion so we could spend the night together, but things ended up like this. I even booked the same room at the inn from the day we first met.”
“Mm… Well, it can’t be helped. Don’t worry about it too much.”
Diana looked disappointed too, but perhaps trying not to show it for my sake, she spoke as if it were nothing.
“Diana!”
Her thoughtfulness was so endearing that I pulled her into another tight hug and nuzzled my cheek against hers.
“Ugh. Are you a child?!”
Despite her words, Diana made no move to push me away.
She’s so understanding because she’s older.
Of course, I’d never say that out loud, since she’d probably try to kill me.
But still.
I wanted to do something memorable for this wonderful woman.
Sex was a daily affair, so no matter how good I made it, it wouldn’t feel like a special memory for a special day.
A gift, then. But I’d already given her a ring, and the only other things I had to give her were the adult toys I’d bought earlier.
If I gave her those to play with, it would be for my benefit, not hers.
Isn’t there something… something I can do just for Diana?
Holding Diana tightly, I opened my status and skill windows for the first time in a while and fell deep into thought.
Wow, my level went up again from being with Silvia.
Level 100 isn’t far off now.
It wasn’t the max level, but reaching a triple-digit level always felt special.
Anyway, that wasn’t what was important right now.
Something I could do for Diana. For Diana… Ah.
As I mulled it over, one particular skill caught my eye.
Right, there was this.
I had completely forgotten about the conversation I’d had with Diana about this skill a long time ago.
But to learn this skill, I needed to be level 100.
My current level was 96.
I still had a little way to go.
I could probably hit level 100 if I went to Silvia or Felicia for just one more round.
But I couldn’t do that.
The only reason I wanted to reach level 100 was to use that skill to make Diana happy.
Cheating on her for the sake of making her happy?
That would be completely putting the cart before the horse.
Besides, I wasn’t even sure if the skill would activate properly.
Let’s say I grit my teeth, had sex with them, and hit level 100. What if the skill didn’t work? Then I would have just been a cheater.
I’d have no excuse then.
Today might be a wash, but I’d just have to keep leveling up steadily with my girls until I hit 100.
In that case, I should start right now.
“Diana.”
Whispering softly into her long ear, I slowly began to undress her.
“Just when I thought you were setting a mood… you again… After all that, you’re still thinking about sex?”
“It’s because my partner is you.”
Diana’s tone was one of slight exasperation, but I answered with confidence.
Besides, this wasn’t about lust. This was to give you a surprise gift.
Of course, whatever the reason, I’d enjoy myself too if it was with Diana.
“Even if you’ve washed, you were holding another woman until just a moment ago…”
“That’s all the more reason I need to be with you. I have to overwrite that with your body, don’t I? Or would you rather I fall asleep with the memory of Silvia still on me?”
“Honestly, you only have a silver tongue at times like these. If only you couldn’t talk so well… Mmph.”
I sealed Diana’s lips with my own, slipping my tongue inside to gently caress the inside of her mouth. Her chattering stopped as she accepted my kiss.
After a moment, I slowly pulled away and looked into her eyes.
“How about it? My tongue rolls pretty well when I’m kissing, too, right?”
“…I can’t really tell from just a short one like that.”
Honestly, this adorable little thing.
Forgetting we were even in the lord’s castle, Diana and I spent the night exploring each other’s bodies.
However, because the level gap between us had grown even wider, Diana’s level shot up all night while mine didn’t budge at all.
Well, it can’t be helped. I guess I’ll just have to take it slow and not rush things.
*
The next morning.
Even after such a passionate night, I woke up early as always. I brushed a strand of hair from Diana’s cheek and gazed at her face.
Last night had been incredibly satisfying, but the level difference was so great that Diana seemed to be struggling a bit.
Even without using any skills, she had been on the verge of death from sexual overexertion.
Yeah, I definitely need that skill.
A skill for situations like this did exist.
When playing the game, there were times when a low-level companion would suddenly join the party after it had already stabilized and reached a certain level.
It was a harem fantasy game, after all. The structure, which involved gaining countless female companions, made that inevitable.
But in those cases, leveling them up was a problem.
Even if sex wasn’t the direct means of leveling up like in the game that brought me to this world, Great Earth’s games always required sex in some form for growth.
At least the game didn’t have a system for dying from sexual overexertion, so you didn’t have to worry about that, but if the level gap was too large, sex just became boring.
You’d thrust a few times and the woman would just go limp and pass out.
This was a game made for enjoying sex, so that wouldn’t do, would it? Great Earth, knowing this well, had of course prepared a skill for such occasions.
It was a skill called Weakened Stance.
It allowed you to temporarily lower your own level, making it possible to have smooth sex with a low-level partner.
However, this skill had two drawbacks. First, the partner’s leveling speed would slow down accordingly.
If I used Weakened Stance to pretend I was level 50, the woman I was with would only gain the amount of experience she would from having sex with an actual level 50.
In other words, you had to sacrifice growth for the sake of enjoyable sex.
This wasn’t a huge problem.
Sara, Diana, and Leia would all prefer to enjoy themselves with me rather than have mind-blowing sex that pushed them to the brink of death, even if it meant their growth slowed a little.
But there was another drawback: the level requirement to learn it was too high.
As a skill meant for high-level users, it had always had a high acquisition level.
And checking my skill window now, the level at which a Saint could learn Weakened Stance was a whopping 100.
In other words, I can’t learn it right now!
By the time I hit level 100, Sara, Diana, and Leia would have all leveled up enough that I wouldn’t even need Weakened Stance anymore.
What kind of bullshit is this?
Annoyed, I closed the skill window and looked back at Diana.
It would be faster to just raise my girls’ levels until they could handle me.
Making sure not to wake Diana, who was sleeping soundly on top of me, I began to move my hips stealthily.
To raise their levels, I had to cum a lot, after all.
“Nngh… Hnng… Hn… Ah, are you starting first thing in the morning…?”
I thought I was moving as gently as possible, but it seemed that wasn’t the case from Diana’s perspective.
“Ah! Sorry, did I wake you?”
“Nngh! M-mm. How could I not wake up when you’re moving?”
“Sorry. I was trying not to.”
“Hmph. It’s fine. More importantly, you want to do it again as soon as you wake up?”
Still a little dazed from sleep, Diana wore a playful smile as if to tease me.
The real reason was to level her up, but I figured the right answer here was to play along with her joke.
“What can I do? You’re just too beautiful when you’re sleeping.”
“H-hmm. W-well, you can’t be helped, I suppose.”
Perhaps not expecting me to admit it so readily, Diana averted her gaze, looking slightly embarrassed.
But she soon met my eyes again and began to move her own hips, ever so slightly.
“This one will…”
Knock, knock.
Just as Diana was about to say something more, a knock came from the door.
“W-wai…”
As if predicting what was about to happen, Diana’s body went rigid and she tried to shout something, but the sound of the door opening was faster.
“Excuse me.”
“Hyaaaaang!”
The bed we were lying on was a so-called “princess bed,” a magnificent four-poster bed with curtains.
Thanks to them, I couldn’t see who had entered, but from the voice, it was a young woman.
“W-who’s there?!”
“Ah, you’re awake. I’ve brought breakfast. Where should I put it?”
“J-just leave it on the table over there.”
It seemed a maid had brought our breakfast, and when no one answered her knock, she assumed we were sleeping and came in.
She must have heard Diana’s moan the moment she entered the room and could probably guess what we were doing, yet the maid’s voice remained perfectly composed.
Is this normal in this castle?
Has everyone gotten used to it because of that succubus-like princess?
Thanks to the curtains, the maid probably couldn’t see us clearly, but for my dear Diana, who had a special fetish for exhibitionism, that didn’t matter at all.
The only thing that mattered was the fact that someone had walked in on them in the act.
As I heard the clatter of dishes being placed on the table, Diana immediately buried her face in my chest, her body trembling so violently it looked dangerous.