Chapter 878
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 878
A soft rustle.
Feeling something subtly move in my arms, I reflexively tightened them in my sleep.
“Kuh?!”
A faint vibration ran through my arms, and for some reason, I also felt a pleasant pressure in my lower body.
Still half-asleep and groggy—no, I was merely reacting reflexively to external stimuli, still practically asleep. Yet, feeling such a pleasant sensation, I again reflexively tightened my arms, pulling the object within them even closer to me.
Then, pressing my cheek against that warm, soft object and rubbing it, I subtly shifted my hips to find the best position, further savoring the pleasant sensation in my lower body.
“You’re awake… Khh… Uhh… Nngh…!”
It felt like I heard some pleasant sounds near my ear, but I lacked the reason to ponder their meaning.
Instead, taking those tickling sounds near my ear as a pleasant lullaby, I fell back into a deep sleep.
Falling back asleep so pleasantly, when I opened my eyes, I felt incredibly refreshed.
But I couldn’t simply enjoy that refreshing feeling.
“Huuuh… Huuuuh…”
Right before my eyes, which were unbelievably clear for someone who had just woken up, was Vanessa’s face, flushed crimson, panting heavily, and glaring at me.
Well, even if she was glaring, her eyes were slightly unfocused, so she lacked her usual intensity.
What’s more, not only were her eyes unfocused, but for some reason, she was also covering her mouth with her hand.
Come to think of it, the body in my arms also seemed to be slumped, feeling languid.
This is just like last night, when I tormented her with Climax Restraint.
“Uhh?!”
Thinking about last night, I felt my ‘thing’ inside Vanessa suddenly harden again.
I was a little flustered when Vanessa got too rough in the middle, but other than that, it was a perfect night.
And I even got to see Vanessa with her guard completely down, which is rare.
“…Don’t smile so lewdly… Huuh… Please, pull it out soon…”
Perhaps I had unconsciously smiled slyly while thinking such thoughts, as Vanessa said that, mixing in a slightly sweet sigh.
“Hey. Lewd? You call your husband’s pleasant smile ‘lewd’? Isn’t that a bit much? Well, it’s true I was smiling while thinking naughty thoughts, but still.”
Anyway, why is she like this first thing in the morning?
It’s true that Vanessa, with her ‘iron mask’ off, was so beautiful yesterday that we burned brightly until late dawn, but it’s not like I didn’t sleep. I just woke up feeling refreshed myself.
There was plenty of time to cool down, so why are the traces of her burning passion from before bed still completely present?
Far from disappearing, she looked as if she’d been having sex continuously until just a moment ago.
Did she perhaps get carried away by her aroused body and continue by herself after I fell asleep?
No. That can’t be right. I made sure she was properly asleep—or rather, unconscious—before I fell asleep.
And this Saint did his best, so there’s no way she wasn’t satisfied.
But then what’s with this state she’s in?
“And I’m not pulling out. What, you think we’re done already? No way. No way. Now that we’re awake, shouldn’t we start with some sweet morning sex?”
Anyway, let’s just do it once and then think about it.
“……”
I decided that and tried to move my hips, but Vanessa kept sending silent pressure, so I couldn’t bring myself to move.
As I said before, her eyes were unfocused, so she had no intensity, but still, it felt wrong to just start with someone making that kind of face, didn’t it?
“What’s wrong, seriously? Oh, is it because of how embarrassed you were last night?”
“…Khh. Don’t remind me.”
At my words, Vanessa averted her gaze from me, as if she had only just remembered how she had reacted yesterday.
Oops, did I just stir up trouble by mentioning it?
But if it’s not because of what happened last night, then why is she reacting like this?
I slowly scanned Vanessa’s body again, from head to toe.
Messy hair. Flushed cheeks. Heavy breathing. Unfocused eyes. And a body glistening sexily with a light sheen of sweat.
She really looks like she was having sex until just now… Wait a minute. Come to think of it, she was covering her mouth until just now.
As if she didn’t want me to wake up because of her voice.
“Vanessa.”
“…What is it?”
“Did I, by any chance, keep going even while I was asleep?”
“……”
Vanessa didn’t bother to answer.
But the expression on her face, as she turned her head and only moved her eyes to glance at me, was clearly one that said, ‘You’re only just realizing that now?’
…Come to think of it, I do recall feeling something pleasant in my sleep.
So that’s it. It wasn’t just that she looked like it; she really was feeling it until just now.
To make that Vanessa melt like this just by moving in my sleep. Hmph, I really am something.
Well, she probably felt it even more because she was trying to hold back so as not to wake me.
“I love you, Vanessa.”
“…Hmph. It’ll be over quickly anyway, so just do it.”
I acted cute to change the hard-to-describe atmosphere, and Vanessa, looking at me, let out a deep breath and said that.
“Isn’t it that Vanessa wants to climax quickly?”
“……”
“Ah, sorry! I’ll do it! I’ll do it!”
“Nngh?! Before you suddenly start… Huuh… At least give me a warning first!”
And so, I was able to enjoy some sweet morning sex with Vanessa.
Actually, I was a little worried I had tormented her too much last night, but fortunately, Vanessa didn’t seem to have any complaints about it. It was a fortunate morning in many ways.
Well, as the saying goes, ‘the ground hardens after rain,’ so perhaps since we went through a similar ordeal once before, this time it’s fine.
Which means, from now on, whenever I’m with Vanessa, I can always strip off that iron mask and enjoy her embarrassed reactions…
“……”
Hey. I told you not to glare.
I only thought that in my head, so how did she know and glare at me?
Anyway, having started the day so pleasantly, after finishing my meal, I pondered how I should spend the rest of the day.
There was no longer any reason to rush to the Dungeon.
Since the path to the deeper layers was sealed by a drawing only I could interpret, I didn’t have to worry about the Arachne Clan going below the 6th Floor before us.
So this time, I planned to stay on the upper floors for a while, at least until it was Leia’s turn again.
But for me, who had nothing to do besides going to the Dungeon or cuddling with my girls, having nothing to do like this actually became a problem.
I guess today, too, I’ll just have to grab someone and cuddle.
But that brings its own set of worries. The worry of who exactly I should cuddle with.
Since I’m in a quasi-harem situation myself, I’m being quite meticulous, you see.
Yesterday I cuddled with the trio, so today…
“You. If you have nothing to do, help this one with her research.”
But as I was sipping my after-meal tea and thinking such thoughts, Diana, perhaps sensing the aura of idleness emanating from my entire body, made such a suggestion.
“Yes.”
Of course, I accepted without a second thought.
Phew. I don’t know what it is, but I’m glad to have something to do.
No. It’s not like I’m some jobless bum just eating away at home, so even if I just relaxed at home, my conscience wouldn’t bother me at all!
“But research? What kind? How can I help?”
“Hmm. Didn’t we talk yesterday about carrying the Magic Stone Converter around and taking it out when needed?”
“Ah, right.”
“While you were gone, this one already made one. However, its size is quite enormous, you see. Though it’s not as large as the ones installed in the villages on each floor.”
In other words, it’s too big to carry around unless it’s in my inventory?
That naturally means she couldn’t have carried it around and experimented with it.
“So, since you couldn’t actually carry it around and experiment, you want to do it today?”
“Hmm. That’s right. Of course, it’s only been a few days since you returned from the Dungeon, so if you don’t wish to go to the Dungeon yet, there’s no need to force yourself…”
“No, it’s fine. I certainly went through hell, but we’re just going for an experiment, not to some deep floor, right?”
If she suggested going to that muscle hell, I might have to think about it a bit, but if not, then it’s fine.
“Of course. I plan to experiment gradually, starting from the 1st Floor. My apologies. If this one had her peak mana, she wouldn’t need to trouble you.”
“No, if you put it that way, going to the Dungeon in the first place is because of my mission, so it’s nothing.”
More than that, it’s more concerning that she could carry around and experiment with a machine that’s hard to move without an inventory, all by herself, if she just had her peak mana.
Isn’t that incredibly amazing? Why is she saying it so casually?
Sometimes I wonder if there’s anything she can’t do.
Well, that’s probably why she’s the Archmage revered by all mages.
“Anyway, if that’s the case, let’s go. Oh, but since we’re going to the Dungeon, shouldn’t we take a few more of the girls who have nothing to do…?”
Matilda will be going to the Temple today to train Holy Knights, and Leia will probably follow her.
But I thought, ‘What about Sara or Silvia?’… but Diana stopped me.
“Monsters on the 1st Floor are at a level this one can defeat even in close combat, are they not! Let us simply go!”
Hey. No matter how much she wants to go on a date with just me, isn’t that a bit too obvious?
No, I mean, I don’t mind. And it’s cute, too.
“Ah, stop stroking this one’s head without a word.”
As I smiled and stroked Diana’s head, Diana, perhaps embarrassed, waved her hands above her head and pulled away from my grasp.
“Anyway, prepare yourself and come to the basement. The converter is there.”
And so, I put the Magic Stone Converter into my inventory, and Diana and I headed to the Dungeon, just the two of us.
And before going to the Guild, I decided to first stop by Hanna’s blacksmith shop to pick up the weapon I had left yesterday.
Actually, the 1st and 2nd Floors wouldn’t be a problem even without weapons, but since we’re going to the Dungeon anyway, shouldn’t we make the most of our time?
The upper floors would also be a good training ground to get used to the heavily modified weapon.
“Here you go. This is my first time making a weapon like this, so I put a lot of effort into it. What do you think?”
I was a little worried it might not be finished since only a day had passed since I left it, but fortunately, Hanna seemed to have liked my modification request, as she apparently stayed up all night to prioritize modifying my weapon.
Because of that, she apparently hadn’t been able to enhance armor or the other girls’ weapons yet, but since I was planning to postpone seriously going into the Dungeon anyway, it didn’t matter at all.
“It’s great. You perfectly implemented all the parts I requested.”
Honestly, it’s so good it’s scary.
No, even if I overlook the fact that she attached claw-like blades to the gauntlet and made a device that can launch them, she even perfectly utilized the materials I got from muscle hell to enhance it!
Seriously, how much did her level increase in that time…? Ah, no. If I worry about it, I lose. If I worry about it, I lose.
Anyway, with that, we truly headed for the Dungeon this time.
First, the 1st Floor. And not by teleporting to the safe zone we discovered, but by actually walking through the main entrance.
Actually, there wouldn’t be any need to experiment from here.
That’s because the stronger the monster, the more it reacts negatively to the Goddess’s mana.
Conversely, the weaker they are, the weaker their negative reaction, so the monsters at the Dungeon entrance wouldn’t react to the Magic Stone Converter.
It was so bad that the 1st Floor had no safe zones, so we couldn’t even install a teleportation magic circle until we discovered one.
Well, at that time, we didn’t precisely know that monsters reacted negatively to the Goddess’s mana, but still.