Chapter 394: A Demon God in the Dungeon?
Chapter 394: A Demon God in the Dungeon?
Of course, it wasn't impossible that Diana, like Silvia, would float up if she fell asleep.
Come to think of it, Diana was the one who had interjected when I offered to let Silvia sleep on top of me.
What if she did that because she wanted me to say the same thing to her?
It was possible. Entirely possible.
I immediately pulled Diana into a tight hug.
The rope connecting us was long enough that this wouldn't affect the others.
Startled by my sudden embrace, Diana flailed for a moment before calming down and creating an air bubble.
“W-what is this, all of a sudden?!”
“Well, I was just thinking. Diana, you’re floating with magic, right? What are you going to do when you sleep?”
“Ah, um? Is that what was worrying you? I intend to summon a spirit. If I leave it to a spirit, I can maintain the magic even while I sleep.”
Diana replied, a hint of disappointment in her expression.
No need to be disappointed. I’ll give you exactly what you’re hoping for.
“But won’t that consume a lot of mana?”
“This much is fine. Mana recovery is faster during sleep, is it not? The amount needed to float my body should just barely be covered by my recovery rate.”
“Is that so?”
“Mm. It is.”
“That’s a shame. I was hoping to coax you into sleeping on top of me if you couldn’t float. But I guess this means you’ll be fine for tomorrow’s exploration, then?”
As I deliberately dangled the bait, Diana’s head shot up.
“…C-come to think of it, my mana hasn’t fully recovered yet! For the sake of tomorrow’s exploration, I must be completely restored!”
There was no way Diana didn’t know I was baiting her, but she took it immediately.
Perhaps she had just been waiting for an excuse.
“Then you can’t be using magic while you sleep.”
“R-right! That would be the case!”
“Want to sleep on top of me?”
“W-well… I-I suppose I have no choice.”
Diana was so cute, making it completely obvious while deliberately letting herself get caught like this.
“Alright then, Diana.”
“Mmm.”
Thanks to the alarm magic, there was no need to be on guard. I just had to stay awake enough to react immediately if it went off.
So, without a worry in the world, I lay back down and floated on my back, looking up.
Diana then lay flat on top of me.
Our bodies immediately began to sink.
It seemed that even if I could float, I didn't have the strength to keep Diana afloat as well unless I was actively swimming.
But I couldn't give up just like that.
“Diana. Slowly. Don’t be tense, just breathe slowly and comfortably.”
As I spoke, gently stroking her back, our bodies began to rise again.
To be honest, at this rate, it seemed Diana could probably float on her own without being on top of me, but neither of us mentioned it.
As expected, it felt good to hold Diana like this.
The position was one we were always in when we woke up together, so it was almost a conditioned reflex; my Dick began to swell.
“W-why is this part like this?!”
Pressed against me, Diana had apparently felt it too.
“I can’t help it. It’s a conditioned reflex. It’s a hypothesis proven by a scholar named Pavlov from my world. Through a process called conditioning, it’s possible to turn a neutral stimulus into a conditioned one. Accordingly, the conditioned response…”
“Don’t make excuses!”
But it’s true…
Well, fine. This was what I’d been planning to do anyway.
“By the way, Diana.”
“W-what is it, so suddenly?”
Sensing the instinctive unease in my sudden change of tone, Diana’s voice trembled slightly.
“Earlier today, when I was undoing the skill on Sara, you were watching, weren’t you?”
“Wh-what?! Th-that was…! I mean…!”
“Don’t even think about making excuses. You know perfectly well you made eye contact with me. So, Diana. Why were you watching? I’m pretty sure I told you to turn around.”
“I-if everyone turned their backs, we would be defenseless against an attack from your direction! So I had no choice but to…!”
“Lies.”
“Urk…”
“I had activated Holy Ground Proclamation to keep watch, extending it to a range that wouldn’t reach you all. And you knew I would do that, didn’t you? There’s no way our brilliant Diana wouldn’t know.”
“I-I was…!”
“Most importantly. Most importantly, you made eye contact with me. You weren’t watching the distance.”
“Ngh…! Khh…”
As I spoke, I lightly brushed my hand against her thigh. Diana let out a cute sound, her eyes growing moist.
“You were jealous, weren’t you? Of Sara, being touched by me like that, in a situation where anyone could see.”
“Nnngh…! Th-that’s not…! I-I would never…!”
“Be honest, Diana. It’ll feel much better. Come on, enjoy it. Enjoy this situation where someone might wake up and see you at any moment. Doesn’t this hand stroking your thigh feel incredibly good?”
“Nnngh! Hah! N-no! I… I’m noooot!”
Even as Diana buried her face in my chest and shook her head, she began to press her groin against my Dick, gently rocking her hips back and forth.
Even though we were both clothed, the stimulation sent a powerful jolt of pleasure through my already-engorged member. It was even more intense because, as her hips moved, the hem of her skirt gradually rode up until she was rubbing her groin against me through only her panties.
Diana’s panties, of course, weren’t waterproofed, and neither were my pants or underwear, so the shape of her vulva was transmitted with startling clarity. Even though my pants were made of thick leather for exploration, they were no obstacle for us now.
This was getting a little dangerous. I had only intended to tease her a bit, since going all the way in the dungeon was a bit much.
Diana was denying it, but it seemed she really had been jealous of Sara. That had to be why she was triggered so easily with just a little prompting.
“Really? It really doesn’t feel good? Like this…”
“Nnngh! Hah! Haaah!”
When I slowly moved my hand up toward her bottom, her hips, which had been diligently grinding her groin against me, began to twitch and tremble.
“Th-this is… because you… heung… because you’re touching me… it’s different from anyone else…”
So she was going to stick with that story to the end.
Well, it’s not like I needed to force her to admit it. I had already thoroughly enjoyed the beneficial effects of her denial the last time we slept together.
“So it does feel good.”
“Th-hng… that’s… that’s…”
“If it feels good, you can be a little louder. No one can hear you but me right now, anyway.”
“B-but… but what if the others… nnngh… wake up…”
“It’s okay. It’s okay. Hmm?”
I didn’t specify what was okay, but I murmured softly to reassure her.
“Mmm… huaah… heup… hnnngh… hah… hnnnngh!”
But for Diana, who was steadily losing her reason, that was more than enough.
Her tongue tangled with mine as she began to let out louder noises than before. The grinding of her groin against my Dick also grew more intense.
But I held her hips firmly with both hands, stopping her movement, and gently pulled my lips away.
Sorry, Diana. I was just going to tease you, but I don’t think I can hold back anymore.
“Diana.”
“Huaah… haah… y-yes?”
“To recover your mana faster, wouldn’t it be better to get the effects of Healing Sex?”
“Y-you… that’s… that’s… nngh!”
Diana glanced around frantically, her head whipping back and forth in a panic.
Ignoring her reaction, I unfastened the front of my pants, just enough to free my Dick.
“It’s okay. We won’t get caught. If we do it like this…”
“B-but… but nooo!”
While she was still hesitating, I pushed her panties slightly to the side and inserted myself directly into her.
“Hnnnngh! You really… you really put it iiiin… like this… with the others right… hnnngh!”
“Are you more worried about the others seeing than the fact that we’re in a dungeon?”
“Hnnngh! Haaah! Hieeeng! Haaaang!”
I tried teasing her a little, but it seemed Diana no longer had the capacity for excuses.
Matching my slow thrusts—no, moving even faster and more violently—she began to move her own hips, completely coming undone.
“Even underwater, if you move this vigorously, the others might notice.”
That wasn’t just a line to provoke her; I was being a little serious. If something moved that intensely, you’d feel the ripples in the water.
“Hnnngh! N-no… that’s… nngh… that’s…!”
But even as she said it, Diana’s hips showed no signs of stopping.
It seemed this situation was perfectly stimulating our Archmage’s slightly perverted tastes.
Could it be that the reason she was so strict about not doing it in the dungeon was because she was preemptively trying to stop this from happening to herself?
She was so completely unraveled that the thought crossed my mind.
“Nnngh… hng… you… youuu…”
“In times like this, how about calling me ‘my love’ instead of ‘you’?”
“My loooove… my loooooove!”
Seriously, why was she so cute?
Diana seemed to be reaching her limit. She gripped my chest tightly with both hands, burying her face deep into it as her hips moved even faster.
Then, as if she could no longer maintain her focus, the air bubble around our faces vanished.
But it wasn't much of a problem.
Our bodies were pressed tightly together, and with her face rubbing against my chest, her voice still came through clearly, transmitted through my body.
Her insides clenched tighter and tighter, squeezing my Dick, and I, too, was approaching my limit. The stimulation from Sara earlier in the day only made it worse.
“My love…! I… I’m…”
“Yeah. Diana. Me too…”
As I prepared to finish, I subconsciously glanced at the time in the corner of my vision.
A chill ran down my spine.
It was already time to change the watch.
The next shift was Sara’s.
And Sara, with her almost rigid sense of responsibility, somehow always woke up exactly on time.
The moment I realized this, I moved fast.
I hastily pulled down Diana’s hiked-up skirt and wrapped my arms tightly around her body to stop her movements.
The instant I did, I looked over at Sara, and right on cue, her eyes were fluttering open.
“—?”
Sara mumbled something I couldn’t hear.
Then, tilting her head as if puzzled by the sight of me and Diana embracing, she started swimming toward us.
Watching her approach, I created an air bubble around my face and Sara’s.
“Guwon? What are you doing right now?”
“Oh, hey, Sara.”
“Hnnnngh!”
Finally grasping the situation, Diana let out a muffled groan in my arms and began to tremble uncontrollably.
Thankfully, since her face was underwater, it seemed Sara hadn’t heard her, but if she kept shaking like that, we were in trouble.
I held Diana even tighter and said, “Well, you know Diana can’t swim. So I was worried she’d sink to the bottom while sleeping… so I’m holding her like this.”
As I tried to sound as nonchalant as possible, Diana, unable to hold back any longer, climaxed.
Damn it… if you squeeze that tight, I’m going to…!
“Is that so?”
“Y-yeah. Phew… When I made the offer to Silvia, she objected, but it seems she was actually just nervous herself. Cute, right?”
“You idiot. Even if we’re all understanding about this, you shouldn’t just call another woman cute right in front of me.”
“Ah, right. Sorry. Sorry. You’re cute too, Sara.”
“Honestly… Anyway, it’s time to change the watch, right? You should get some sleep, Guwon.”
“Ah, yeah. I will.”
“…Are you going to keep sleeping like that?”
“Can’t be helped. This floor has the highest dependency on mages. We have to make sure our mage gets a comfortable rest.”
“Muuuuu…”
“Don’t be jealous. Don’t be jealous.”
“I’m not. Idiot.”
With only those words, Sara turned her head and swam back to her spot.
Thank god. Did we get away with it?
“Diana, are you okay?”
Even without an air bubble connecting us, she should be able to hear me if we were pressed this close, so I tried speaking to her.
But Diana didn’t respond.
Did she pass out from the extreme pleasure?
Well, in a way, that was a relief. If she were still awake, it would have been an even bigger mess.
The problem now… was that I was still inside her. How was I supposed to get out?