Chapter 734: The 6th Apostle
Chapter 734: The 6th Apostle
“So, you don’t like it?”
Vanessa had almost ruined the mood by reminding me just how objectively cheesy my line was, but I steadied my wavering resolve and pushed forward, determined to maintain the embarrassingly sweet atmosphere.
When it came to being shameless, I could hold my own against anyone.
“…It’s not that I dislike it, but….”
“But?”
As if acknowledging my determination, Vanessa finally began to show an honest reaction.
There we go. It would’ve been so much better if you’d just admitted it from the start.
Even though she was this close, she couldn’t meet my eyes, desperately trying to look away. I found it incredibly cute.
The contrast was even more striking because her face remained expressionless while only her eyes darted about, trying to avoid my gaze.
But I had no intention of being satisfied with just this.
Alright, it’s time for you to show me a little more of your cute side.
A triumphant smile spread across my face as I prompted Vanessa for her next words.
“Seeing you naked like this gives me a strange fee—Hmph! Mmm… Mmmph….”
But Vanessa’s next line was, once again, the kind that shattered the mood.
You! Do you have any idea how hard I’m working to set the mood here?!
I know you’re embarrassed, but stop turning all my efforts into nothing in a single moment!
Thinking I couldn’t let the atmosphere break, I sealed her lips with a kiss to shut her up.
Since she had been avoiding my gaze, her eyes averted to the side, it seemed she hadn't expected to be kissed until the very moment my lips touched hers.
Vanessa’s body flinched only after our lips met. She hesitated, unsure how to react to my tongue pushing into her mouth, and failed to respond properly.
I already knew she was clumsy at kissing, but last time, she had at least pressed against me fiercely.
Well, she was particularly emotional back then, so it wasn't a fair comparison.
“What’s this? Did you forget how to do it in the meantime?”
I pulled my lips away from her plump ones and playfully teased her with a look that said, ‘I guess it can’t be helped.’
“That is not particularly the case, but….”
But it seemed Vanessa was still more surprised by the sudden kiss than angered by my teasing.
Still unable to meet my eyes, she mumbled in an uncharacteristically uncertain voice.
“But?”
After reflexively prompting her, I was suddenly struck by a sense of déjà vu.
Wait a minute. This pattern… we just did this….
“……The neglect.”
Because my concentration had wavered for a moment due to the déjà vu, I missed Vanessa’s next words, which were spoken in an even quieter voice.
“Hm?”
“…Perhaps the neglect was simply too long.”
“……”
The moment I heard what Vanessa said, my mind went blank.
Wait. What is this? Why is she so cute?
In other words, this is what she meant, right?
‘How long were you going to leave me hanging? You should have pounced sooner. You left me alone for so long I forgot how to kiss.’
Of course, my interpretation was heavily colored by my own fantasies and didn’t quite match Vanessa’s way of speaking, but the meaning itself was basically the same, right?
This is dangerous. My iron-blooded butler has been broken by a single sweet kiss.
What’s gotten into you? This wasn’t your character.
“…W-Wouldn’t it be best to… offer some kind of reaction?”
Even Vanessa seemed aware that she had said something that didn’t suit her. Her face was now blushing so deeply anyone could see it, and she blurted out the words in an awkward tone.
“Ah, right. You’re cute.”
“…Hmph! I mean, saying things like that. Aren’t you embarrassed…?”
“It’s fine. You’re more embarrassed than I am right now.”
“Kuh…”
This time, my retort was perfect. Unable to argue, Vanessa’s body trembled with what looked like slight frustration.
But even that, to me, just seemed like a clumsy act to hide her embarrassment.
“So, what’s with the sudden change?”
“…What do you mean, sir?”
“I mean, why the sudden cuten—okay, okay. I mean, why did you decide to be so honest? Surely you weren’t knocked out by a single kiss.”
Even if it seemed like an act to hide her embarrassment, I couldn’t completely ignore the sharp glint in Vanessa’s eyes.
Calming her down as her glare sharpened in response to being called cute, I asked the reason for her sudden change of heart.
“It is not particularly anything…”
“No. Even you have to admit that the usual you would never say something like that.”
That was why she was so embarrassed after saying it herself.
“It is just…”
Under my persistent questioning, Vanessa must have sensed there was no escape. She lowered her gaze and began in a small voice.
“It’s just that, right now, I am not a butler, so I simply tried saying it.”
I never thought the day would come when Vanessa would say something like this herself.
Since she usually used the line, ‘I am currently on duty as a butler,’ to avoid my advances, her words now felt deeply imbued with her true feelings and resolve.
This is bad. The corners of my mouth are automatically curling into a smirk, and I can’t even control it.
Anyone else watching would probably think I was a pretty dangerous guy.
“…Are you perhaps having strange thoughts?”
And, as expected, Vanessa, who was right in front of me, seemed to have the same thought after seeing my face. She asked me with slightly cold eyes.
Hey, why are you looking at me like that?
We came here to do that in the first place, so it’s fine if I have a few strange thoughts, isn’t it?
Not that I was, of course.
“No, not at all. I was just thinking you’re cute.”
“…You are having them, aren’t you.”
No. Why is thinking you’re cute a strange thought?
You should have a little more confidence in yourself.
Though I won’t deny that words like ‘cool’ or ‘beautiful’ suit your appearance far better than ‘cute’.
“So, Ms. Vanessa, here as my woman, not my butler.”
“…W-What is it?”
Now that she herself had negated the words she always used as a shield, there was no place left to retreat.
That’s probably what she was feeling.
As I emphasized that she was here as my woman, Vanessa showed a hint of tension.
“Shouldn’t you try a little harder to match your current position? Or should I really teach you how to kiss?”
“…That is fine. I will… make an effort.”
“Good. Then go ahead.”
“…Right now… you mean?”
“When else?”
“…Here I come. Hah!”
If I can’t avoid it, I’ll face it head-on.
Perhaps that was her thinking. Vanessa cupped my cheeks with both hands, her eyes flashing sharply as she took a deep breath.
After a few deep breaths, she took one last large inhale and pressed her lips against mine.
First, let’s see what she does.
I deliberately kept my tongue and lips still, deciding to watch how Vanessa would kiss.
She must have thought that if she just pressed her lips to mine, I would take the lead from there. For a moment, Vanessa remained perfectly still, our lips just touching.
But when I also made no move, she seemed to catch on to my intention.
“Nn…”
Vanessa timidly extended her tongue, trying to push it into my mouth.
A skilled kisser would have teased my front teeth or gums with the tip of their tongue, naturally coaxing my mouth open, but I couldn’t expect such technique from Vanessa.
She just pushed her tongue straight forward, as if trying to wedge it between my teeth.
It was a rather rough and clumsy movement, yet I could also sense a certain hesitation in it.
She was probably worried about whether she was doing it right or wrong.
The hesitant movement of her tongue felt so different from her usual cool demeanor that the corners of my mouth almost curled up again.
I desperately held back my smile, knowing that if I laughed this time, the kiss Vanessa had initiated would be cut short.
“Ngh…?!”
Instead, I flicked the tip of her tongue with mine as it pushed past my front teeth.
Startled, Vanessa let out an uncharacteristically cute sound and quickly pulled her tongue back.
But I couldn’t let her get away.
I moved my own tongue, luring hers back toward me.
“Nn… Mmm… Nngh… Ahmm….”
As I finally started to move, she must have relaxed, because I felt some of the tension leave her body as she held me.
And then, Vanessa’s tongue began to move with growing confidence.
“Nn… Huu… Haah… Haah….”
By the time the long kiss ended and we finally separated, Vanessa looked significantly more relaxed than before.
Her expression was still blank, but it wasn’t her usual dignified blankness; it was more of a dazed, loosened look.
And most importantly, she was revealing her Dragonian form.
“Still, don’t you think you’re letting go a little too easily?”
“…It is no problem. It is only with you, Master Guwon… Nngh?! Why now….”
I gestured with my eyes toward the horns that had appeared on her head. Even in her relaxed state, Vanessa managed to reply in a voice that feigned composure.
Though she couldn’t maintain it to the end, thanks to the sensation she felt in her lower abdomen.
I mean, it was only natural. When you kiss, your bodies press close together, right?
And my Dick had been raging since a while ago, so as our bodies pressed together, it naturally ended up pushing against her lower stomach.
And just now, Vanessa had felt it twitch against her.
“Hey, what do you mean, ‘why’? You totally said that on purpose just now.”
“Ngh?! I did not say it on purpose!”
My words must have been quite embarrassing, because Vanessa’s voice rose slightly as she retorted.
“Really? Then was I just being too sensitive?”
Seeing her reaction, I decided to readily admit I was wrong.
“Of course you were.”
“Then help me calm down so I don’t react so sensitively.”
Because admitting I was wrong seemed like it would lead to more fun.
“…Huh?”
As if she didn’t understand what I meant, Vanessa frowned slightly.
Come to think of it, Diana does this sometimes, and now she’s doing it too.
Did she learn it from Diana?
Just as I would with Diana, I used my finger to press and smooth the crease between Vanessa’s brows, then continued in a nonchalant voice.
“You know what I mean. Help calm this guy down.”
“Ngh?! How… am I to do that?”
This time, I deliberately flexed, poking her lower abdomen with my Dick. Vanessa flinched and spoke, her voice heavy.
“I’ll leave the method up to you.”
“……”
Don’t give me that look.
I know that’s the most difficult answer to deal with.
It’s not that I want to make things difficult for you.
I’m just curious to see how you’ll react if I say this.
Ah, I guess that’s still a mean thing to do.
“…In any case, just doing it once will not be enough to calm it down, will it?”
“Hey, you don’t have to praise me like that. Heh heh. Though it’s true.”
“…That was not a compliment.”
“What are you talking about? Of course it was a compliment.”
“……”
Faced with my shameless response, Vanessa didn’t reply further.
Instead, she slowly placed her fine hand over my Dick.
Among all my women, she was the tallest and strongest, and seeing her work, I had a vague image of her having rough hands. But in reality, her hands were as soft as silk, without a single callus.
Not that this was new information to me.
In any case, Vanessa gently rested her fine hand on my Dick, then slowly wrapped her fingers around it, gripping it.
Then, slowly, very slowly, she began to move her hand back and forth.