Chapter 832: Auden
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 832: Auden
“…This one remembers nothing at all.”
The first words Diana uttered the morning after, as soon as she opened her eyes, were precisely that.
To be honest, I had thought that might be the case.
The last time, when Vanessa caught us in another room, she was so aroused that her memory completely blanked. So I thought it might happen again, given how aroused she was this time, perhaps even more so.
But seeing her say that, it seems her memory is perfectly intact.
Diana. Is your guilty conscience acting up? I mean, to begin with…
“No. I…”
“AAAAAAAH!”
Before I could say anything, Diana let out a loud scream and slapped her hands over her ears.
No. I mean, are you a child? You’re old enough to be… Ugh, anyway, how childish.
Well, it is cute, though.
“Mmph!”
But I couldn’t let her keep doing that forever, so I grabbed each of Diana’s wrists with both hands and made her hands cover her own mouth.
Then, looking directly into Diana’s eyes, I finished what I had been about to say.
“I haven’t said anything yet. What is it you don’t remember?”
“…A-anyway, I don’t remember anything!”
Diana didn’t fall for my feigned innocence, instead closing her eyes tightly and shouting desperately.
Tch. I thought maybe… since her head must be full of embarrassment, but as expected, our Archmage doesn’t fall for such simple wordplay.
“Really? Even that you said you loved the exposure play yesterday?”
“M-me?! T-that can’t be! Didn’t you mishear me?! Or perhaps you misunderstood what this one’s husband truly meant by ‘it’s good’?!”
No. Well, she certainly seemed to mean it that way.
You remember it perfectly, you rascal.
“Oh really? Doesn’t seem like it. Try to remember a little more clearly. Ah, maybe this will help you remember?”
I yanked the blanket off Diana’s back, revealing us completely, then channeled mana to summon a water spirit.
“Here, look. We did it in front of a spirit like this yesterday too. Don’t you remember?”
As I said that, making the water spirit wave its hand, Diana immediately reacted.
“Ugh… Y-you… did you even do that? T-this one doesn’t remember it at all… Is this also to satisfy your e-exhibitionist tendencies? I don’t think there’s any meaning in showing such things to a low-level spirit that can’t even properly understand the meaning of intercourse, but truly, you’re incorrigible.”
She said it as if I were incorrigible, but Diana’s words were unnecessarily long and fast.
Moreover, a deep tremor from her lower abdomen was transmitted through my dick, which was still inserted inside her.
By the way, did she just call me an exhibitionist? Who’s calling whom… No, well, she’s desperate in many ways, so I’ll let it slide.
…If she says it one more time, I’ll just admit I’m an exhibitionist and ask her to join me.
She wouldn’t be able to refuse if I begged her, saying it’s her husband’s fetish.
“Y-yes, it seems that’s the case. You, take it easy. Take it easy.”
Diana, unaware of what I was thinking, seemed to get excited when I didn’t say anything, and even added that.
Too bad. The judgment is ambiguous, but she didn’t explicitly call me an exhibitionist one more time. Should I call it a close save?
“Is that so. You don’t remember.”
“…U-um! I told you, didn’t I!”
Perhaps finding it strange that I was backing down more easily than she expected, Diana tilted her head for a moment.
But then, as if thinking she couldn’t miss this opportunity, Diana nodded desperately.
Glancing at Diana, I continued to mutter with the most dejected expression I could muster.
“What a shame… I thought if she really admitted it, incredibly fun days would begin. Like having her stroke my dick secretly under the table during meals, or subtly slipping inside her under her skirt while she’s sitting on my lap…”
“Ahn! Haa… Ugh!”
And at my muttering, Diana reacted faithfully, as if she were imagining it.
Just imagining it is enough to excite our perverted Diana, and I’d already warmed her up by having her greet the water spirit.
Diana seemed to have unconsciously tried to move her hips, she was so aroused.
Well, she managed to hold onto her sanity and restrain herself, though it ended with a slight twitching.
“Y-you! What on earth were you trying to make this one do?! How could a man like you! How could you think such things?!”
Hey. Honestly, don’t look at me like I’m some lust-crazed Demonkin when you’re clearly aroused yourself.
Despite Diana’s gaze, I didn’t give up and decided to keep trying to induce her arousal.
“Aren’t you aroused?”
“N-not! At! All! Do you think this one is a pervert like you?!”
But Diana pounded my chest with the palm of her fisted hand, as if telling me to get away, and shouted.
No. You are a pervert. You exhibitionist Archmage.
Well, certainly not to my level. Yes. I admit that. I’m a cool guy.
“But this is standing up like this?”
“Hyaht! T-this is… because it got cold when you pulled back the blanket!”
Even as I gently tickled Diana’s nipple, which stood stiffly in the middle of her small chest, rotating it with my fingertip and pressing her, her stubbornness didn’t break.
“Tch.”
“Don’t click your tongue! Don’t!”
No choice then. Last night was just how the flow went; I wasn’t absolutely determined to make Diana admit it.
“Then, shall we do it normally?”
“You mean you’re going to do that again?!”
But often, when you’ve given up on everything, that’s when a path finally appears. The moment Diana let her guard down, thinking I was just going to have a normal, sweet morning sex session, she shouted that.
“……Diana.”
You said you didn’t remember.
‘Do that’?
“I-it’s only natural to assume that last night’s activities were intense, given that this one can’t even remember them!”
Diana, realizing her slip of the tongue, shouted desperately, avoiding eye contact with me.
Wow, she managed to wriggle out of that one too. Her brain really is good.
I could have pressed her further, but I decided to let it go.
Actually, Diana’s aroused insides had been tormenting me for a while, and it was getting hard to hold back.
“So, we can do it, right? Normal sex.”
“J-just do as you please…”
“What? That makes it sound like I’m the only one who wants to. Diana, you don’t want to?”
“Mmm!”
Even if she denied her exhibitionist tendencies, Diana wasn’t one to deny such a normal conversation between lovers.
As if in answer, Diana bit my lower lip with her own, then slowly moved her hips herself.
“Oh, and.”
“Mmm?”
I wrapped my arms around Diana’s waist and kissed her deeply, then pulled my lips away slightly to finish what I hadn’t been able to say earlier.
“If you ever want to, you can do it anytime.”
“Do what?”
“What I just said. Under the table… Ow! Ow!”
“You! You man! Even now! You’re ruining! The mood!”
To stop Diana’s explosive pounding attack, I had to desperately thrust my hips that morning.
“……”
And a little while later.
Our Archmage, who had so vehemently claimed to remember nothing, was now extremely wary of the butler who had come to announce breakfast.
It was a relief that Vanessa wasn’t showing any reaction.
Well, Vanessa still has her old memories, so this isn’t the first time something like this has happened.
“Lady Diana.”
“H-huh?! W-what is it?!”
No. I mean, Diana. You’re too scared. Relax. Your butler is far more experienced than you think.
…Ah, saying it like that somehow makes Vanessa seem lewd. Her butt… No, no. I’ll hold back.
“I’m preparing the carriage in advance, but what kind of carriage would you prefer?”
“U-um. No. We won’t be taking a carriage.”
“What are you talking about? Where are you going today?”
“Didn’t I tell you yesterday? That I needed to find out more about Miriel.”
“Ah, so you’re going to investigate? Where?”
“The Guild. If Miriel has an adventurer she secretly goes into the Dungeon with, the Guild would be the best place to find out about them, wouldn’t it?”
Come to think of it, she’s right.
It’s a strict rule for all adventurers to report their party to the guide before entering the Dungeon.
Even if, by some chance, they didn’t do that, they’d still have to use a teleportation magic circle to reach the deeper layers anyway.
By cross-referencing adventurers who were in the Dungeon at the same time, the Guild couldn’t possibly be unaware.
The problem is, even if she’s the leader of a massive clan, it’s unlikely the Guild would go to such lengths to investigate Miriel’s movements… Wait a minute.
“Come to think of it, didn’t the Guild already know Miriel was an Auden?”
No. Not just Miriel. Sara too.
When you first register as an adventurer, your name appears on the Guild card, doesn’t it?!
“That’s likely. Personal information is strictly protected, so I imagine only a very select few within the Guild would know. At the very least, the Guild Master would have been paying close attention.”
Indeed. If she’s not just the leader of a massive clan, but also someone carrying the bloodline of a Hero, then certainly.
So, you’re going to get information from the Guild Master, in other words, Elder Sister Rachel’s mother.
Given the strict security, the Guild wouldn’t just hand out information to anyone, but the Supreme Archmage Diana is stepping forward. And for none other than the Goddess’s mission. And to prevent a potential world crisis.
No matter how strict the Guild is about protecting personal information, they wouldn’t be able to refuse to hand over the information.
…By the way, Elder Sister Rachel’s mother, huh.
I’ve only seen her once before, and never really seen her face.
Elder Sister Rachel has officially become my woman, so I should dress properly when I go, right?
It’s quite awkward to visit her for something like this instead of going to greet her properly beforehand…
“Just so you know, your role is to stay home and watch the house.”
As if she’d read my thoughts, Diana looked at me with half-closed eyes and said.
“What?! Why?!”
“Isn’t it obvious? Think about why the Arachne Clan hasn’t been able to go down to the Turtle Cave.”
…Ah. I see. So I have to pretend I haven’t woken up from my faint yet.
Well, I didn’t think they’d go so far as to monitor my activities… No. It’s not impossible, I suppose.
So, saying she wouldn’t take a carriage was also to avoid drawing attention?
“You leave it to this one and get some good rest.”
It seems that this time, I’ll have to follow Diana’s words.
Since coming to this world, I’ve been involved in everything, so leaving it all to someone else made my body itch with restlessness, but given the situation, I had no choice.
“Oh, good morning.”
While we were talking, we had somehow arrived at the dining room.
“Yeah. Good morning.”
“U-um!”
Diana, who had momentarily forgotten her embarrassment while engrossed in our conversation, seemed to have her memories of yesterday revived as soon as she saw everyone’s faces.
Hang in there, Diana! You got through the most difficult part, facing Vanessa, safely!
“U-ugh…”
I sent Diana an enthusiastic look of encouragement, but for some reason, upon receiving my gaze, Diana’s face flushed even more, and she reacted strangely.
She hesitantly perched on the very edge of the seat next to me, and her eyes began darting rapidly up and down.
Her gaze was precisely alternating between my face and my crotch.
And she even had an expression that seemed to say, “Y-you! A-are you serious right now?!”
What on earth is she thinking… Ah. Did she actually take what I said earlier seriously?