Chapter 667: Daily Life
Chapter 667: Daily Life
I wanted to run to Elder Sister Rachel right this instant and demand an explanation to resolve this feeling I couldn't easily accept, but I suppressed the urge.
Elder Sister Rachel was at work. I shouldn't go and cause a scene.
And most importantly, nothing good would come from acting on emotion.
If I rushed over there now and blurted out something that sounded like I was belittling her pet, the situation would spiral out of control.
First, I needed to cool my head and talk to her calmly.
Logically, I understood. I could imagine how great her grief must have been.
Whether the cause was a pet or a person she loved, it didn't change the fact that she had thrown her own body on the line to save the Beastkin party stranded on the 3rd floor, and me when I was stranded on the 4th.
So, rather than letting my emotions take over and confronting her, I decided to cool off by playing with Diana, who was right in front of me.
"Sorry, sorry. My head got a little complicated for a moment. Anyway, Diana."
"What is it?"
I grabbed the hand Diana was using to pat my head, stopping her, and pulled her into my arms, setting her on my lap.
But as soon as she was on my lap, Diana hopped right off and sat in the chair across from me, pretending to be perfectly composed as if she hadn't been startled at all.
Something was definitely strange.
"Are you busy right now?"
If not, then play with me.
I was about to say that, but upon hearing my question, Diana once again became visibly flustered, her eyes darting back and forth.
"Uh, um?! We-well, if you were to say I'm busy, it wouldn't be entirely inaccurate to say that I'm not not busy, but..."
Right. So are you busy or not? She's deliberately trying to be confusing, isn't she?
The way she's been avoiding my embrace lately is suspicious, but this is suspicious too.
Considering how desperately she was pushing me out of the workshop earlier, it seemed there was something she was doing down there that she really didn't want me to see.
"What are you doing downstairs?"
But the more someone tries to hide something, the more you want to know. So I decided to ask her directly.
"Uhm?! Th-that is... I'm researching artifacts!"
"Why did you stutter just now?"
"I was merely thinking of how to explain it to you in simple terms!"
...Hey. You just called me an idiot in a roundabout way, didn't you?
Whatever. Fine. If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to.
"So, in the end, are you busy or not?"
"Well, if you were to say I'm busy, it wouldn't be entirely inaccurate to say that I'm not not..."
"No, that's enough of that. Sigh. I see. Well, you can go back then. I'm done with what I needed."
"Mm. Is that so? I am glad if I was of help."
The moment I finished speaking, Diana shot up from her seat and made to head for the workshop.
What on earth was she in such a hurry for?
Feeling mischievous for some reason, I let out a loud sigh at her back.
"Haaaah... I wanted to play with Diana."
"Ugh..."
"Can't be helped. Diana's busy, after all."
"Y-You. I... that is..."
As if my pathetic whining had pricked her conscience, Diana stopped in her tracks, a look of uncertainty on her face.
"Hm? What's wrong? Not going?"
Maybe I was being a little too mean.
Even as I thought that, I didn't stop teasing her.
I mean, she's just too cute.
"I suppose I could stay with you for a... little while."
"But you're busy, right? So busy that even a moment with me is a waste of time."
"Th-That's not true! My time with you is the most precious of all!"
Seeing her hesitate, I pretended to be sulky again. Finally, as if she'd made up her mind, Diana said that, turned around, and sat back down in her chair.
"Really? Then will you stay with me until dinner?"
"O-Of course! It cannot be helped! It seems you yearn for my embrace that much..."
"Just kidding."
"...Hm?"
Diana puffed out her chest, about to launch into another mature-sounding speech, but my follow-up declaration that it was a joke made her freeze solid.
"I don't want to get on the bad side of the elder sisters at the Mage Association either. And I can't just cling to you when you say you're busy. Just hearing about your burning passion for me is enough. My, my, Diana, you really like me too much. Ouch. It's scorching hot."
I gently touched my fingertips to Diana's frozen body, then quickly pulled my hand back as if I'd been burned, teasing her.
Diana remained unresponsive even as I teased her. A few seconds later, she finally thawed, her face turning beet red as she trembled.
"Youuuu! Youuuuuu!"
She slapped my hand away and then, as if fleeing, hurriedly tried to leave the room... but for some reason, she made a U-turn and came back to me.
"Naughty! Naughty!"
She said, as if scolding me, and tapped my head twice with the palm-side of her small fist. Then, this time for real, she left the room.
"Just you wait until tonight!"
She shouted a line straight out of a comic book, something a low-level villain would say. An Archmage, of all people.
Wait, hold on. Just you wait until tonight? You know the night is my time, right?
Or what? Do you have some basis for saying that? For example, is the thing you're working on in the workshop, with all the Mage Association sisters mobilized, something related to our... nighttime activities?
If that were the case, of course she wouldn't want me to find out before tonight.
And she'd be anxious and restless because it had to be finished before tonight.
That has to be it, right?
I let out a wry smile, thinking of Diana, who had tried so desperately to hide her secret only to basically self-destruct and reveal it herself on her way out.
I'll have to hit her with a proper counter and tease her back tonight.
I thought, a mischievous plan already forming.
Anyway, with Diana gone, I had nothing to do again.
There was still more than enough time until dinner.
I'd learned a little more about Elder Sister Rachel's situation, but I couldn't go see her right now.
My head had cooled down a bit while joking around with Diana, but the fact that Rachel was at work hadn't changed.
I guess the only way to make effective use of the remaining time is to work on lifting the curse with Matilda.
Since I have tomorrow as well, I wanted to spend today with the other girls if possible, but given the circumstances, it couldn't be helped.
"Eek! I-I'm back!"
Just as I thought that and left my room to head for Matilda's, I ran right into Silvia, who was just about to enter her own room. Perfect timing.
"Oh, were you out?"
"Ye-Yes. Ehet?! M-Mr. Guwon?! Why are you coming to my room with me..."
"Come on, come on. Don't just stand there. Let's go in."
"B-But this is my room..."
I immediately wrapped an arm around Silvia's shoulders, pulled her close, and entered her room with her.
I saw Silvia flinch in surprise, but she's always like that when she's with me, so I figured it didn't matter.
"M-Mr. Guwoon? Wh-Why are you taking off my armor..."
"You have to ask?"
"Ehyaaa..."
Once inside, I immediately started stripping off the armor covering Silvia's body.
Silvia trembled, sending me a pitiful look, but my single, cryptic remark silenced her immediately.
After removing all of her armor, leaving her in just her underclothes, I sat down on the edge of the bed, pulled Silvia close, and placed her on my lap.
That alone was enough to make Silvia stop resisting, her body leaning into mine as if she were sinking into me.
It felt less like she was intentionally pressing against me and more like she was melting into a puddle.
Well, whatever. Haaaah. This is so healing. Silvia-therapy really is the best.
"So? Where did you go?"
"Oot!"
But the moment I asked that simple question, I felt Silvia's body twitch and tense up.
What's with her now?
"Silvia?"
"Th-There... to the... ca-castle..."
When I asked again, Silvia lowered her head for some reason, shrinking into herself as she mumbled.
"The castle? I have to go there at some point anyway. Why didn't you go with me?"
"W-Well... I had some personal business..."
"Hmm."
"I-It's the truuuth!"
I'm not sure how she interpreted my reaction, but Silvia pleaded with desperate eyes.
It's not that I thought she was lying.
She went out dressed in her full armor, so I had a rough idea that was the case.
Besides, I couldn't even imagine Silvia lying to me.
There was no way she could tell a proper lie in this state, with her tongue all loosened up.
"It seems like you're hiding something..."
"Uuuuuh..."
The important thing wasn't that she went to the castle, but that she seemed to be hiding something from me.
When I sent a suspicious gaze her way, Silvia shivered and avoided my eyes.
Oho. Look at her. She's holding out?
"What is it? Tell me."
I brushed aside the hair covering Silvia's ear, then gently nibbled the exposed earlobe with my lips and whispered softly into it.
Whether it was the light bite on her ear she liked, or the feeling of my breath against her ear, or both, Silvia's body trembled once more.
At the same time, I felt a slight dampness spread against my groin where it was pressed against her bottom.
"Hyaang... Uuuuh... please forgiive meee..."
Silvia, who was already melting, immediately raised the white flag after that light touch of pleasure.
Hey. Isn't that a bit too fast to surrender? Try to hold out a little longer, Lady Knight.
Well, the fact that she still wasn't talking meant she hadn't been completely conquered yet.
"Is it something I don't need to know?"
"Ugh... w-well... that is..."
Damn it. If she'd just said I didn't need to know, I would have let it go.
Hesitating like that just makes me more curious.
"This business of yours... it has something to do with me, doesn't it?"
"P-Please forgive meee!"
"No! No forgiveness! Now that it's come to this, I'm going to dig out every last detail!"
I gently tossed Silvia onto the bed and immediately pounced on top of her.
Of course, Silvia, who had just felt a jolt of pleasure, couldn't resist and simply let me have my way with her body.
And what happened next...
"Hyaaang... Hiyat... Hyat... Hyaaa..."
To get straight to the point, I failed to find out what she had been doing.
I mean, the thing is, she's just way too sensitive when we're together, you know?
So when we get going, she loses the mental capacity to speak. Or maybe it's that I couldn't create a situation where she could speak. Anyway, it was something like that.
"Hey. Silvia. You okay?"
I looked down at Silvia, who was lying sprawled out on the bed, and checked on her.
I wanted to brush back her messy hair and tidy her up a bit, but I was afraid that if I touched her any more, something incredible would happen, so I couldn't bring myself to do it.
I mean, well. Yeah. I got a little too fired up myself.
"I'm... okaay... huaat... haat..."
Fortunately, she didn't seem to be dead. Her shoulders heaved as she gasped for breath, but she somehow managed to answer me.
"Think you'll be able to eat dinner?"
"Ye-Yes..."
Silvia answered dutifully, raising one knee as she tried to push herself up from the bed.
Raising one knee from a prone position naturally meant lifting her hips up—in other words, the perfect position for doggystyle. To be honest, just seeing that made me want to pounce on her again.
Frankly, the only reason I'd stopped was because it was almost dinnertime. I still had plenty of stamina left.
Like I told Vanessa earlier today, I really can go all day.
"Huat...!"
And that wasn't the end of it.
Silvia, who had propped herself up on one knee and was trembling as she tried to get up, ended up spurting a thick stream of semen from her vulva. Her knee gave out, and she collapsed back onto the bed in a heap.
Damn it! She's not doing this on purpose, is she!?
Endure. I have to endure. After dinner, it's Diana's turn. I have to hold back now. I have to.
"If you're tired, don't push yourself. I'll have a maid bring your dinner directly to the room. Just rest."
"I-I'm sorryyy..."
"No, it's fine."
"Hyaat!"
At Silvia's admirable reply, I subconsciously stroked her head. At the same time, another stream of my semen gushed from her vulva.
"I'm leaving now!"
If I stay here a second longer, I'll definitely lose my mind and pounce on her again.
With that thought, I summoned a water spirit to wash Silvia's body, then hastily threw on my clothes and escaped the room.