Chapter 259: The Deepening Secret of the Dungeon
Chapter 259: The Deepening Secret of the Dungeon
“…What are you doing?”
As I was causing such a commotion, it seemed even Diana, who had been focused on her discussion, had taken notice.
Diana approached, saw me holding the unconscious Silvia, and spoke with a sullen expression.
“Huh? Oh, it’s nothing. She just overreacts and freaks out whenever I touch her, so I was trying to get her used to it. I was just playing around a little… but I guess there was too much skin contact, and she fainted.”
“Do you really think I would be convinced by such words?”
Tch. So that didn’t work.
What should I do? What kind of excuse can I make to explain this situation where I made Silvia faint while playing with her?
“But what was I supposed to do! Sara wouldn’t play with me because she was maintaining her arrows! Leia was praying! And I couldn’t bother you while you were deep in discussion, Diana! That left Silvia!”
I decided to try whining like a child.
At that, Diana’s furrowed brow twitched, and her sullen expression soon melted away, replaced by a slightly sly smile.
“Hmm. I see. Were you lonely because I wasn’t paying attention to you?”
She said this teasingly as she approached and began patting my head, as if to say, “You little rascal.”
The fact that she could look down and pat my head because I was sitting seemed to please Diana even more, as she put more force into it than usual.
Ugh. For some reason, this is pissing me off.
I mean, sure, she let the thing with Silvia slide, which was my intention, and considering her age, it makes sense for her to treat me like this.
Still, being treated this way by Diana feels kind of humiliating.
Diana is most fun when I’m the one teasing her!
“Hmph. Hmph. Seeing you blush without being able to answer, it must be true. You have your cute side, don’t you?”
As I trembled with humiliation, unable to respond, Diana grew even more delighted.
“If I’m so cute, then play with me.”
“Hmph. Just sit there and wait a moment. I’ll just talk a little more, and then for today, we can…”
“Then I’ll just hug you during your discussion.”
So she wants to treat me like a child. Fine. I’ll act like a complete child and make things awkward for her.
I took a sleeping bag out of my inventory, tucked the unconscious Silvia inside, and then walked over to Diana and hugged her tightly.
Then, I headed straight for the spot where Diana had been having her discussion.
Hahaha. Now it’s your turn to tremble in embarrassment.
“Hmph. You’re impossible.”
Huh? Wait a minute. This wasn’t the reaction I was expecting.
I was trying to tease her, but Diana just smiled with a look of satisfaction.
Not only that, she made me sit cross-legged, sat on my lap, and snuggled even deeper into my embrace.
It was the exact same position I’d been in while holding Silvia.
Alright. It seems the heavens haven’t completely taken away my chance to counterattack.
“What’s this, Diana? You were acting so composed, but were you actually jealous of Silvia?”
“What are you talking about? Weren’t you the one who said you were going to hug me? Perhaps you were just doing to Miss Silvia what you really wanted to do to me?”
But Diana, having seized the initiative, responded with composure once again.
Damn it. Is this what you call the wisdom of age?
I could definitely win if I brought up her age, but I had no intention of winning by making Diana cry.
I need to find something other than her age that can break her composure.
Right! Her chest…! Damn it! Diana’s is bigger than Silvia’s, who I was just holding! I can’t use that to attack her!
“Heh heh. Don’t try so hard to win. Just stay still.”
Seeing me unable to counter, Diana leaned her full weight against me with a relaxed smile.
The soft, pleasant weight against me was making me lose my will to fight.
Using her feminine wiles like this is cheating. As if I’d succumb to something like… ugh. But her butt is so soft.
Right. I should just enjoy this. What am I even trying to fight against?
Just as my fighting spirit was about to completely break, an unexpected opportunity presented itself.
“Hyat!”
Diana, who had been talking with the elder sisters from the Mage Association while in my arms, suddenly flinched and shuddered.
“Lady Diana? Is something wrong?”
“N-n-n-nothing at all! Pay it no mind! No, wait just a moment!”
Diana shouted urgently, cast some kind of spell, and then looked up at me and yelled.
“Y-you! What are you doing! Why is it getting bigger?!”
Judging by the bewildered expressions on the faces of the elder sisters watching us, the spell she just used must have been one that blocks out sound.
“Because you’re so soft.”
“Are you an idiot?! Learn to read the time and place!”
Hearing my answer, Diana’s face flushed slightly as she scolded me.
Lost in the sensation of Diana’s softness, I finally realized that another opportunity had come my way.
“If I just push your panties to the side and slip it in, do you think they’d notice?”
“W-w-w-what are you saying?! Are you serious?!”
“Completely serious. Think about it, Diana. You’re keeping a straight face in front of everyone, but secretly, you’re having sex hidden beneath your robes. Doesn’t that sound exciting? If you just stay still, no one will ever notice.”
Yeah. I know. It’s bullshit.
It might be different if we were already doing it, but trying to start now, we’d get caught the moment I tried to insert it.
And there’s no way our perverted lady Diana could have it inside her in front of others without showing any reaction.
“N-n-no! You really can’t do that!”
It was obvious if she just thought about it for a second, but a panicked Diana didn’t seem to be thinking that far ahead. She tried to push me away in a fluster, as if I were about to do it right then and there.
Of course, I didn’t let her go. Instead, I held her even tighter and whispered.
“Hahaha. How’s that? You’re flustered, aren’t you? In the end, I’m the one who wins!”
I’m not letting you go. Let’s do something fun together, okay?
“…What did you just say?”
Suddenly, the tone of Diana’s voice dropped.
Her flustered, red face instantly returned to normal—no, it became even colder than usual.
“Huh? Why all of a sudden… Ah.”
My inner thoughts and what I meant to say came out switched!
“So, you’re saying you were just trying to tease me?”
Diana grabbed my arms that were holding her, pried them off, and stood up to look down at me.
“L-Lady Diana? So, this is…”
“Are you an idiot?! Do you have a brain or not?! There are some things you just don’t joke about!”
“No, listen! I was serious about wanting to do it with you…”
“That’s even worse!”
Diana, absolutely furious, started hitting me on the head randomly.
Of course, it didn’t hurt at all.
Diana. The pitter-patter attacks are nice, but could you hit somewhere else? My head is hard since there’s no muscle and the skin is thin.
“Ugh…”
Diana must have realized it too, because after a few hits, she started blowing on her own fist with tears welling in her eyes as if it hurt.
“Are you okay?”
“You’re unnecessarily sturdy… Since it’s come to this. You all! Teach this man a lesson…!”
“Lady Diana! I’m sorry! Please spare me!”
Hey, no matter what, getting others involved is cheating, isn’t it?!
I had no choice but to immediately prostrate myself before Diana.
“Do you admit your wrongdoing?”
“Yes. I have committed a crime worthy of death.”
“Then you must be punished.”
“W-what kind of punishment…?”
“Stay seated just like that.”
With those words, Diana once again made me sit cross-legged and sat on my lap, just like before.
“As I thought, it’s getting bigger again.”
“No, I mean, this is really just a biological reaction.”
“I know. Understand? From now on, you will suffer while you remain hard. That is your punishment.”
After saying that, she took my arms and wrapped them around her body, making me hold her.
Wait, how is that a punishment? It’s not like I’m a monkey in heat; being hard but not being able to do anything isn’t that torturous. Well, it depends on the situation, but at least not right now.
If anything, I’d consider holding you like this a reward.
I guess, when all is said and done, Diana really was jealous of Silvia.
Aigoo. You adorable little thing.
“What are you smirking about? Do you want a different punishment?”
“No, of course not!”
Before Diana could change her mind, I hugged her body tightly.
“Hmph. Then that’s settled.”
Diana waved her hand with a satisfied look.
“…ana-nim?”
At the same time, the surrounding voices, which had been silent until now, started to become audible again.
Ah, that’s right, she used magic! Does that mean they didn’t hear her order to attack me just now?!
I looked down at Diana’s face, and she was smiling triumphantly.
This sly fox. She’s certainly clever. I guess it really is hard to beat Diana.
Well, I win at night, so it doesn’t matter.
I decided to stop worrying about winning or losing and just enjoy the sensation.
Diana’s body was a little warmer than usual, and it was so soft, fresh, and firm that the feeling of holding her was exquisite.
Ah, I’m starting to feel sleepy.
On top of that, the conversation between Diana and the elder sisters was a string of completely incomprehensible words, which only fueled my desire to sleep.
“Hey. Wake up.”
“Nnngh… Nom nom. Marshmallow…”
“Hyaat! H-hey, stop talking in your sleep and wake up!”
“Mmm?”
Roused by the commotion, I opened my eyes to find Diana’s bright red face right in front of me.
And I was in the middle of sucking on her soft cheek.
“Huh? What am I… Lick.”
“Hyaaat! You did that on purpose, didn’t you?! You were awake the whole time, weren’t you?!”
When I stuck out my tongue and gave her cheek a quick lick, Diana let out a cute scream.
“Of course not. I really just woke up. More importantly, is the discussion over?”
“Ahem. Yes. It’s over. We’re heading back to town now, so get ready.”
“Huh? We’re going back?”
“Yes. We can’t just stay here forever, can we?”
“Hurry and get up. Everyone’s ready except for you, Guwon.”
I looked to the side and saw Sara looking down at me with slightly cold eyes.
No, to be precise, she wasn’t looking at me, but at Diana’s cheek.
Perhaps because I had been unconsciously sucking on it in my sleep, there was a hickey right in the middle of Diana’s cheek.
“Hmm… I wonder if this will leave a scar.”
Diana said this with a worried tone, yet for some reason, she puffed out her chest as she spoke.
“Hey. Is that something to say while puffing out your chest? It’d be a disaster if your pretty face got scarred. What should we do? Leia, can you heal it?”
“Ah, yes. Of course.”
“Hm?! Ah, no… Ah…”
As soon as I asked Leia for help, she approached as if she’d been waiting and instantly healed Diana’s cheek.
Diana looked like she was about to say something, but the healing was over in an instant, before she could even speak.
“There. It’s completely gone now.”
Leia healed Diana’s cheek and then smiled her usual angelic smile.
She really is an angel. How can she be so kind-hearted? To think she’d worry about a scar remaining on the face of Diana, who could be considered her rival.
“Th-thank you. I see… it’s completely gone…”
For some reason, Diana said this with her head hung low.
Is it because she can’t bear to look directly at the halo shining behind our angel? I completely understand how she feels.
Anyway, after several long days, we finally finished our ant nest experience and went outside.
It feels refreshing to be in a bright place after so long.
Of course, we always used light magic in the ant nest before sleeping, but it feels different from magically created light.
No, wait a minute. We’re still inside the dungeon, which is underground.
And according to Diana, there’s a possibility the dungeon was artificially created by someone.
Does that mean this light is also magically created? I’m confused.
…Well, I guess that doesn’t really matter.
What I should be focusing on right now isn’t something so pointless.
Right. It’s been several days since Elder Sister Rachel returned to the Guild.
By now, the information I reported to the Guild must have been widely announced.
In that case! Right now, in this dungeon, there must be adventurers desperately trying to get monster penises erect!
Kukukuk. My imagination is already running wild.
This is the 2nd Floor, with its wide-open view. I’m sure we’ll run into a party of adventurers or two on the way back to town.
With a grand dream in my heart, I headed for town, my eyes gleaming.