Chapter 834: Auden
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 834: Auden
“Then, Rachel. I’m counting on you.”
“…Mm. Leave it to me.”
After we finished eating and I said that, Rachel-noona replied with a voice full of resolve, as if she was determined to be helpful in any way she could.
She didn’t need to be so formal about it, though.
Even with Sara acting as if nothing was wrong, Rachel-noona still seemed uneasy.
Anyway, after discussing it over dinner, we decided to proceed with extracting information from the Guild as follows.
First, Diana would transform into one of the Mage Association’s elder mages currently staying at the mansion.
Come to think of it, none of our girls are exactly inconspicuous, and since I’m supposedly still unconscious, it would be suspicious for any of them to go out. Unless, of course, they had to go to work like Rachel-noona.
And since the head of the Mage Association often meets with the Guild Master, it wouldn’t be awkward.
Especially since the Mage Association is already heavily invested in investigating the giant Magic Stone in the ant nest.
Furthermore, even if the Mage Association members are Diana’s followers, it’s hard to imagine Diana sharing all the Dungeon’s secrets, especially those related to the Saint’s mission.
She was the perfect person to deceive the Arachne Clan and contact the Guild Master.
So, Diana, transformed, would go to the Guild with Rachel-noona, who was heading to work, and obtain information from the Guild Master.
Of course, even if Diana went, the Guild Master wouldn’t just hand over information simply because it was for the Goddess’s mission.
But Rachel-noona, being her daughter, would help, and if push came to shove, we could reveal some of our own information and explain the situation.
Sharing secrets with more people was a bit unsettling, but my mission fundamentally involved exploring the Dungeon. If I could get cooperation from the head of the organization managing the Dungeon, there was nothing more reassuring.
Plus, with Rachel-noona’s mother being an old friend of Diana’s, their credibility was solid.
Oh, and what would I be doing during all this? Well, as Diana said… just to be clear, I’m not a kept man.
This is merely a diversionary tactic to deceive the enemy.
Damn it. I even underwent special training to be more active, so why did I end up like this right after it finished?
Ah, no. There will definitely be a moment when I play a big role. The Goddess wouldn’t have summoned me and given me this mission for nothing, right?
“Hmm. Then, just wait a moment. This one….”
After the conversation ended, Diana slightly lifted her hips as if to stand, then sat back down.
“This one will go explain to those children. It would be troublesome if they went outside while this one is disguised. Haa… I can already see them fighting over who I’ll transform into.”
She immediately stood up again, acting as if nothing had happened, though she let out a deep sigh.
If you just looked at it, it might seem like she sat back down for a moment because she didn’t want to meet the Mage Association’s elder mages, but I saw it clearly.
In that brief instant, Diana pressed her hand between her legs.
It looked like she was wet there; she must have forgotten about it for a moment while we were having a serious conversation.
The cause was probably… because she touched my ‘thing’ earlier?
But seeing her stand up so casually, did she use magic to take care of it in that short time? As expected of the Archmage.
Well, a perverted Archmage, but still.
“Need help?”
“No. It would be faster for this one to suppress them alone.”
Anyway, I also stood up to follow Diana, but she calmly shook her head, refusing my help.
“Aw, come on. Two heads are better than one. I have to wait at home anyway, so at least let me help with something like this…”
“I-I said it’s fine, didn’t I!”
But as I persisted and tried to follow, Diana pushed me away with her palms, as if telling me absolutely not to come, and hastily fled.
Tsk. Did she figure it out? She’s quick on the uptake, alright.
Even if she used magic, she probably couldn’t get rid of all the moisture inside, so I was going to check and tease her a bit.
“Guwon. What did you do?”
“No way. What are you talking about? You were right here with me. Anyway…”
I casually brushed off Sara’s sharp question and looked around the dining table.
Everyone else, except Diana and Rachel-noona, was supposed to be confined to the mansion with me.
As I said before, since I’m supposedly unconscious, it would be strange for them to go out.
So, what should I do with them while Diana is gone?
…To be honest, only lewd thoughts come to mind.
No, but seriously, since I can’t go out, what I can do is limited.
If I could just go out, I’d want to modify weapons or something.
I’d been thinking so much about weapon modification during my special training.
“Is something wrong?”
As I was thinking that and looking, Leia tilted her head and peered up at my face.
She’s beautiful. And the way her pure white breasts swayed with that simple head tilt was mesmerizing.
“No. I was just wondering what we should do while we wait, since we can’t go out.”
“You don’t usually go out anyway. Except when you go to the Dungeon or to meet women. You’re always at home…”
Sara. I’ve told you countless times, don’t hit me with facts. It just hurts more.
What can I do?! You might not believe it, given what a cheerful nice guy I am, but before I came to this world, I was a guy who loved nothing more than staying cooped up at home playing games!
And it’s all your fault for being too pretty!
With such beautiful girls constantly in front of my eyes, I can’t help but think those thoughts and can’t bring myself to go anywhere!
Normally I would have said that, but this time, I decided to twist it a little.
“You want to?”
“N-no, you pervert?!”
Hmph. See that? That’s how you use your opponent’s strength against them.
“First, shouldn’t Matilda contact the Temple and say she can’t go today? Since I’m supposedly unconscious.”
“Ah… it’s fine. Someone from the Temple will come anyway. I can tell them then.”
Perhaps pleased that I was thinking of her, Matilda gave a bright smile and said that.
Come to think of it, she did say that. So there’s no need to send someone separately.
“So… at that time…”
But Matilda’s answer wasn’t over.
Matilda, who had approached me without me noticing, cast a pink-tinged gaze at me and wrapped her arms around my neck.
Then she gently pressed her lips against mine and licked my front teeth with her tongue.
…No. Hey. You just said someone from the Temple would be here soon.
Why are you so aggressively trying to appeal for curse removal work?
Today, I genuinely have nothing to do, so no matter how much you cling to me in ‘pink mode’ like this, I won’t be flustered and try to push you away, okay? In fact, I’d welcome it immensely?
If you don’t stop, whether someone from the Temple comes or not, I’m really going to….
“N-no more than that!”
The moment I thought that, Leia squeezed in between Matilda and me.
W-what? Could it be that my angel is getting jealous?
“W-well… Cardinal! As a priestess, you shouldn’t be doing that!”
Leia first separated us, then looked back and forth between us with an uneasy expression, before raising her tail and scolding Matilda with a face that clearly showed she was trying her best to look angry.
It seemed she wanted to claim she intervened because it looked like we wouldn’t stop at just a kiss.
Well, the expression she had when she squeezed in between us earlier didn’t look like that at all.
Has our angel finally learned to be a little jealous?
No, of course, my angel always said she was human too and got jealous, but she’d almost never actually shown it.
Seeing my angel so openly jealous wasn’t bad at all….
As I was thinking that, I suddenly realized something.
Leia’s raised tail, as she stood with her back to me, scolding Matilda, was unnaturally bent at the tip.
As if pointing at something.
And when I turned my gaze in the direction the tail was pointing… the Hero was staring at us with an incredible expression.
Ah, my angel. So it wasn’t because her jealousy exploded. No wonder.
Sara’s expression was so intense that even Silvia, who was in the corner, looked at her, unsure what to do.
But I wasn’t as flustered as the other two.
Everyone calm down. She’s not angry right now… no, she might be a little angry with jealousy, but more than that, her pussyual urges are stimulated, and that’s why she has that expression.
I approached Sara, gently brought my mouth to her ear, and whispered.
“Hey. Why are you getting so worked up over this? Seriously, who’s the perve—AARGH!?”
Hey! Isn’t that too much, even though I didn’t say anything wrong!?
“A visitor has arrived.”
And as we were making a commotion, a calm voice, out of place with the atmosphere, suddenly spoke.
Of course, it was our butler.
“Ah, it seems someone from the Temple has arrived.”
The Cardinal, who was having the rather rare experience of being scolded by a regular priestess for violating priestly doctrines, heard this and tried to step forward, but Vanessa shook her head.
“No. It’s Alicia-nim.”
“What?! Again?!”
Alicia-ssi. Isn’t that a bit too obvious, no matter what?
She’d been acting pretty nonchalant until now… No. Maybe it can’t be helped since she thinks I’m sick.
Right. As someone who’d once rejected her, I couldn’t really fault Alicia for her concern.
“Then, I’ll just pretend to be unconscious in my room…”
As I said that and tried to go back to my room, my angel grabbed my wrist and stopped me.
Huh? My angel? Why is she stopping me?
But instead of explaining why, my angel said something even more incomprehensible.
“O-oh no, what do we do? The Cardinal and I… ah, it might not be completely impossible, but still…!”
No, my angel. What exactly isn’t possible?
“I-I can’t just suddenly… S-Silvia-ssi! I’m counting on you!”
But Sara, it seemed, understood those incomprehensible words perfectly.
So what is it now? What are they asking Silvia to do?
“N-n-heh?!”
Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one who didn’t understand; Silvia also showed a flustered expression at Sara’s sudden words.
Good. Now I might finally get an explanation.
“Come on, hurry! Vanessa-ssi! Just stall for a little while!”
I had been hoping for an explanation, but Sara, Leia, and Matilda pushed Silvia and me forward without a word.
And where we ended up, of course, was my room.
“Then we’ll handle that person, so you two get to it!”
“No, what are we supposed to—”
Slam!
“At least tell us what to do before you close the door… Right, Silvia?”
I sighed deeply, looking at the closed door, then turned my gaze to Silvia.
And as for Silvia…
“Oh… ahhh…”
She wore the expression of a knight despairing at a sudden, unannounced death, yet trying to maintain her composure to the very end.
…Ah, so that’s what it was.
“Ugh… P-please take care of meee…”
No. Hey. I get that you’re flustered, but let’s not cry.
It can’t be helped. Diana already did it.
We have to make it look like we’ve been continuously taking turns doing Healing Sex to save me while I was unconscious, right?
Of course, we don’t need to be as blatant as Diana, but at least when Alicia comes in, we need to make it seem like we’ve been at it all night.
To recreate that atmosphere in a room that had been neatly tidied up, with all traces of last night gone while we were eating, our Silvia was indeed the most suitable.
Honestly, we could have just not let Alicia into the room.
If we just made the excuse that Healing Sex was ongoing inside, there would be plenty of reason not to let her in.
Did everyone just not think of that with Alicia’s sudden visit, or did they think it would be impolite to turn away a visitor who came to check on the sick without even letting them see my face?