Chapter 723: An Unexpected Return
Chapter 723: An Unexpected Return
“No. It’s just that you…”
“What about me?!”
“You were the one trying to seduce me out there, but you weren’t even wet. You exhibitionist.”
To calm the adorably furious Diana, I stated only the facts in the calmest tone I could manage.
It’s definitely not that I didn’t fall for your seduction because you’re not charming.
“I-I am not an exhibitionist!”
Of course, Diana exploded for an entirely different reason upon hearing my excuse.
She was still desperately insisting she wasn’t an exhibitionist.
“You’re still denying it? You really are stubborn.”
“I am not denying it! Who is the stubborn one here?! Did I not say I am not?!”
“Yes, yes. Of course.”
“What is with that attitude!? I am angry right now!”
“The misunderstanding that I didn’t pounce on you because you weren’t attractive is cleared up, so it’s fine, isn’t it?”
“It is not fine!”
Diana must have decided her light pats weren’t getting her anywhere, because she pinched both my cheeks with her hands and pulled them wide as she shouted.
Of course, that attack didn’t work on me at all, either.
When it came down to it, she wasn’t genuinely angry.
The mood had been a little heavy just a moment ago, so she was probably just playing along to liven things up.
Seriously, I really did pick the most amazing women.
And so, I decided to lean on Diana’s kindness and act a little more spoiled.
“More importantly, lend me your chest. Your chest. I still feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment.”
“Lies! You are not the least bit embarrassed!”
Diana shouted, pulling desperately at my cheeks, but I ignored her completely and lowered my head, burying my face in her chest.
Diana, too, protested verbally, but she didn’t pull away.
Even though the best we could do for washing in the dungeon was rinsing off with a water spirit, Diana’s body smelled wonderful.
Besides, though I’d jokingly said she had none earlier, when I rubbed my cheek against them like this, I could clearly feel a womanly softness through her clothes.
“Ngh… hnn…”
Diana let out a cute little moan, perhaps embarrassed that I was rubbing my face against her chest.
But even so, she gently stroked the back of my head.
In the end, Diana knew. She knew that I was, in fact, still truly embarrassed.
Sure, I’d tried my best to act nonchalant and banter with her, but I had gotten lost in my own thoughts, made that decision, and done that embarrassing thing all on my own.
Even for someone as shameless as me, it would take a little time to recover.
And I knew one way to forget this embarrassment the fastest.
“…Why is it getting bigger?”
And it seemed Diana had immediately noticed what I was thinking.
Well, I suppose it was only natural.
After all, our genitals were still pressed tightly against each other through our clothes.
We hadn’t paid it any mind since we were in the middle of a serious conversation, but thinking about it calmly, we were talking in a rather suggestive position.
“Because your breasts are so soft.”
“I-I did not lend them to you to have them evaluated!”
As I savored her soft breasts with my cheek and replied in a voice that sounded like it was melting, Diana slapped the back of my head with the palm she had just been using to stroke it.
Though all that did was press my face even more firmly into her chest.
“Diana.”
“What is it?!”
I ignored the fuming Diana and, without lifting my face from her chest, raised my head just enough to peek at her face and spoke in a serious voice.
Perhaps sensing a premonition of dread from my attitude, Diana’s voice trembled.
My, my, our Archmage has sharp intuition.
“That offer you made earlier, is it still valid?”
“What do you mean… No! It is not valid!”
At my sudden question, Diana tilted her head for a moment before she immediately realized what I meant. She shook her head frantically and pushed against my shoulders with all her might to get away from me.
Of course, I didn’t budge an inch.
“Should we do it?”
“Did I not just say it is not valid! Listen to me!”
“But you’re low on mana, right?”
“I am not low on mana at all! That was a lie to seduce you!”
“Well, what to do about this? I’m actually low on mana.”
“What do you mean, what to do! If you are truly lacking, I shall replenish it for you!”
“Oh, with Healing Sex?”
“With Mana Transfer! That is what I meant!”
“Tch.”
“Do not click your tongue!”
Diana had been pretending to be angry throughout our conversation, but I knew the true feelings hidden beneath her flustered actions.
Unlike before, I could feel moisture from her vulva, which was pressed against my Dick.
I shifted my hips slightly, letting the tip of my erection, swollen as if to burst through my pants, press into the soft flesh between her labia through her underwear. I felt a slick fluid ooze out from within.
“Nngh… B-Besides! It is time for me to sleep! Are you aware of the fact that I have reduced my sleeping hours for your sake to have this conversation?!”
And Diana herself knew it better than anyone.
Perhaps thinking that any more of this would be truly dangerous, she tried to wrap up the conversation in a hurry.
“Ah, now that you mention it, that’s right. Yeah. Sorry.”
I guess it can’t be helped.
Well, it’s not like I was seriously planning on having sex with Diana anyway.
Even if Diana had cast her spell with the full intention of going all the way, we had no idea when the others sleeping next to us might wake up.
Besides, if we did start, it would never end within my watch duty.
I’d get fired up, and once Diana started, her exhibitionism would kick in and she’d become incredible.
So I was just teasing her because her reaction was cute; I wasn’t being serious.
But… just a little more teasing should be fine, right?
“Then, as an apology, do you want to sleep on top of me?”
I reached out, pulled a blanket over, and draped it over Diana as I spoke.
We had a thick blanket spread out beneath us, but it was still on the bumpy, cramped floor of a cave.
It would be more comfortable for her to sleep on top of me than on the ground.
“…What are you plotting?”
But Diana didn’t let her guard down, sending me a look full of suspicion.
So wary. Well, it was a reasonable reaction.
“If we just sleep with me inside you, Healing Sex will activate, I’ll feel good, and since we’re under a blanket, we won’t get caught. It’s all positives…”
“As if that would ever happen!”
Diana finally screamed, gave my chest a light smack, and tried to scramble off me.
But I quickly wrapped my arms around her waist to stop her.
“Sorry. Sorry. I’m kidding. It’s a joke. I’m really just saying this because I’m sorry and grateful. Sleep on top of me.”
“…Really?”
“Yeah.”
“You really won’t touch me while I am sleeping?”
“Yeah.”
I nodded with an innocent expression, but that seemed to make Diana even more suspicious.
She showed no sign of dropping her doubtful gaze.
No, seriously. I’m saying this without any ulterior motives. What’s the problem?
“For someone with no ulterior motives, this one seems quite motivated.”
…Ah, right. That.
“No. That’s just a natural physiological reaction. You don’t need to be conscious of it.”
“How can I not be conscious of it! Honestly, you… hmm. I see.”
Diana’s face flushed as she said that, but she settled back down on top of me.
She lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought for a moment, then looked back up and met my eyes.
“You.”
“Yeah?”
“Are you truly confident you can just have it inside me and not move while I sleep?”
And then, she said something I never expected.
“Wh-What?!”
“If you are truly confident, then I can permit the activation of Healing Sex.”
“Wha-What?!”
Huh? Wait a minute. Hold on. Don’t tell me her exhibitionism is kicking in now of all times?!
Come to think of it, the way she’s looking at me feels like it’s getting hotter and hotter…
Hey. No matter how much I might have taken the joke too far, this is actually dangerous.
No. Seriously. If she gets turned on now, I don’t have the confidence to handle the aftermath.
“N-No. Wait. Hey. I mean…”
“Pfft. As I thought, you do not have the guts for it either.”
As I descended into a panic and started stammering, Diana flashed a mischievous smile and let out a chuckle.
Huh? W-Wait. So, that means…
“I’m putting it in.”
I immediately reached a hand into Diana’s skirt and pushed her underwear to the side.
“What?! W-Wait! You! Do not pull my underwear! We are in a dungeon!”
Of course, Diana resisted, desperately pressing down on her own crotch.
“I don’t care.”
“You should care!”
“That’s because you…”
“Uuuugh!”
Just as Diana and I were bickering, grappling over her underwear, a third person’s voice suddenly came from within the magic circle.
Th-That familiar voice is…
“……”
“……”
As if on cue, Diana and I froze in our bickering posture and turned our heads to the side with the stiff, creaking motion of broken robots.
And there, where the third voice had come from, was Silvia, her face barely inside the magic circle, staring at us with a dumbfounded expression.
She was so shocked that her pupils were trembling minutely and her lower jaw was quivering.
“I-I, um, well, I… I was…”
Our eyes met Silvia’s, and we both creaked our heads back to look at our own positions.
We were in a pose whose intent was obvious to anyone: genitals pressed together through our clothes, my hand pulling Diana’s underwear aside.
Of course, Diana was blushing and pressing down on her own crotch in resistance, but from another angle, it could look like she was masturbating in excitement.
The only saving grace was the blanket I’d draped over Diana’s shoulders earlier, which probably just barely hid our crotches from Silvia’s line of sight.
No. On second thought, isn’t it more dangerous that she can’t see?
It means we might not look like people who are about to do it, but people who are already in the middle of it.
“Ah, ah, ah, ahhh…”
At the same time, Diana’s lower jaw also began to tremble.
W-We’re screwed! Of all the times!
Looking over Silvia’s shoulder, I could see that Sara, Leia, and Matilda were already awake.
Dammit. When did it get so late?! Forget Diana’s bedtime, my watch duty was over a long time ago!
Were we talking for that long?!
No, more importantly, how focused were we on our conversation that we didn’t even notice all of them waking up!
And not just me, but Diana too!
Does this mean that even though we were both just joking about Healing Sex, we were actually both so serious that we lost track of our surroundings?!
The only silver lining was that Sara, Leia, and Matilda didn’t seem to be able to see us.
They were blushing slightly for some reason, but if they could see us, their reaction wouldn’t be so mild.
It seems this magic circle, like the one at the high-end restaurant, blocks the view of the inside as well as the sound.
“N-No! It’s not like that! Anyway, Silvia! Get your face out of the magic circle! And don’t let anyone approach!”
“Y-Yes, sir!”
Grasping the situation, I hastily gave Silvia an order, and despite her panic, she diligently carried it out.
Watching Silvia frantically shake her head and spread her arms to block the others beyond the magic circle, I immediately turned to calm Diana down.
“Hey, hey. Calm down. Calm down. This isn’t exposure play. This is absolutely not exposure play.”
“Huu… Huu…”
But in response, Diana only let out ragged breaths through her nose.