Chapter 139: Spring Water(2)
Chapter 139: Spring Water(2)
Lina and the others made their way to the sacred spring.
Kerry watched the women leave with towels and fresh clothes, and his lower body instantly stirred.
[Heh heh heh. Young lasses, full of vigor.]
The old woman's suggestive words made his heart flutter with anticipation. What on earth did women do in the bathhouse, anyway?
Today, he would finally uncover that secret.
Kerry also headed for the spring, having been told its location beforehand. Was he finally going to see it?
Lina's figure, the one Victoria had boasted so much about!
Towering, ancient trees surrounded the area.
A truly fantastical world. To think he could admire Lina's body in a place that looked like it was straight out of a painting... It felt like a dream.
He was suddenly grateful all over again for the good fortune of obtaining the Legendary Grade Magic Storage Orb.
Kerry walked along a path carved from orb.
At the end of the path, the entrance to the spring came into view.
He'd guessed as much from the name "sacred spring," but it was clearly no ordinary spring.
A weathered entrance, like that of an ancient ruin, stood before him. Two elves were standing guard vigilantly in front of it.
A faint blue film was also visible around the area. It seemed to be a barrier. The security was truly ironclad.
‘Security... As long as I have the witch's magic, it's meaningless.’
The Magic Storage Orb in Kerry's hand.
The White Witch had explained the magic inscribed in the Legendary Grade orb like this:
[This magic is called the Dimensional Veil. It is an excellent spell for concealing oneself. I myself have had no need to hide, so I have only used it a few times.]
It was a spell that hid one's body in a crevice of dimension. And because you were in that crevice, you could still observe and move through the original world.
However, the user is invisible to others, and no physical or magical attacks can touch them. After all, you're in a different dimension.
‘In other words, invisibility plus immunity to physical and magical attacks! It's a totally broken spell!’
The witch should have told me about something this good sooner. I don't know why she was recommending things like hell-summoning spells.
The Dimensional Veil was a spell truly worthy of being stored in a Legendary Grade orb.
"The witch is the best, after all."
He had never actually used the Dimensional Veil before.
After one use, it had a five-day cooldown, and its maximum duration was only thirty minutes. The only saving grace was that it could be turned on and off before the full thirty minutes were up.
It would be strange for a spell this powerful not to have a handicap. Even considering its limitations, the Dimensional Veil the witch gave him was still a brokenly powerful spell.
Though it seemed she herself never had a reason to use it.
"You can come out now. No one's here."
As soon as Kerry whispered, a shadow slithered across the ground and a silver-haired succubus poked her head out.
Nabi looked dispirited, cautiously watching Kerry's expression. She knew she had put him in a bit of a difficult situation.
He needed to bring Nabi along to act with him today.
“....”
"I told you not to be so down. I was planning on getting rid of Arein anyway. I couldn't just stand by and let a guy like that join the party and ruin my happy life."
“....”
"So, don't feel too bad."
Nabi gave a small nod. Kerry patted her on the head.
"Actually, Benefactor... I was tailing that guy, Arein, like you said, and I heard something strange."
"Something strange?"
"Yes!"
Nabi began to explain. To summarize her words, it was something like this:
‘So Arein was thinking the same thing as me.’
That bastard was also plotting to frame me, colluding with a female elf who followed him.
No. In this case, it wouldn't exactly be framing, would it?
"The first to strike wins. We'll just hit him first. Don't worry."
"Yes, Benefactor."
Kerry took Nabi's hand and carefully moved closer to the ruin. He got as close as he could, skillfully avoiding the eyes of the elven guards.
With the time limit, it was best to get as close to the ruin as possible.
‘Is this the closest I can get without the elves seeing me?’
It was still quite far. A distance of about 100 meters.
Of course, there was no choice; there wasn't even a blade of grass to hide behind from here on out. Alright, let's use it here.
Kerry took out the orb.
"Wow. The orb is so pretty."
Nabi's eyes sparkled as she looked at it. No matter what, he couldn't give this to her. Kerry held her hand.
At the same time, he infused mana into the orb.
As it was a high-level spell that manipulated dimensions, the amount of mana it consumed was no joke.
The reason he could only use the Dimensional Veil for thirty minutes was because of this mana consumption.
‘But for now, thirty minutes is more than enough.’
As Kerry poured his mana in, the orb began to glow. Simultaneously, he and Nabi vanished.
They were invisible and intangible to others, but the two of them were still standing in the same spot.
"Wow! Is this the magic you told me about, Benefactor? Are we really invisible to everyone now?"
"If it worked properly, then yes."
"You're amazing, Benefactor!"
This was no time to stand around. Kerry took Nabi and started walking.
Just in case, he slowly approached the elves, but they showed no reaction.
The guarding elves were perfectly disciplined, standing as still as dolls.
"Excuse me, then."
Kerry stood between the elves. The door leading to the spring was visible.
"Benefactor, this door... it's not an ordinary door. It's surrounded by a high-level sacred barrier. A low-level succubus like me would be annihilated just by touching it..."
Nabi looked at Kerry, a little frightened. It's fine. This was the orb and the magic the witch had given him. He could trust it.
Kerry reached out a hand toward the door first.
His arm passed right through it as if nothing was there.
"See? I don't know what kind of high-level barrier this is, but there's no problem at all."
Kerry waved his arm back and forth, right through the door.
He didn't know how impressive the barrier was, but there was no way it could affect another dimension. The witch had said as much.
"You really are amazing, Benefactor!"
Nabi finally seemed relieved. She passed through the door with Kerry.
Inside, thick steam obscured their vision, just like in the forbidden sanctuary of the modern world: the women's bath.
"So this is it... the forbidden sanctuary, the place of a man's dreams."
And not just any women's bath, but one with the super-beauties Lina, Victoria, Natasha, and the Saintess.
"Let's go! For the dreams of all men!"
"Yes! Benefactor!"
The sound of voices echoed faintly from somewhere.
They were familiar voices. He followed the faint sounds deeper and deeper inside.
‘Finally! I finally found them!’
The steam made his vision a bit hazy, but he could see familiar silhouettes. They were all women with such impressive breasts that it would make one gasp.
There was no way he wouldn't recognize them.
"Everyone, I'm here too! Haha."
Kerry spoke, but no one could hear him. He was in a different dimension, after all.
It didn't matter. That wasn't what was important right now.
The women were soaking in what appeared to be the sacred spring.
Victoria let out a sigh of relief and said, "Is this heaven? I feel all my built-up fatigue just melting away."
Natasha responded to Victoria's words.
"What did you even do to get tired, Victoria?"
She had a point. What had Victoria done to be tired?
"Natasha... must you always be so sharp-tongued? Hmph!"
Victoria suddenly hugged Natasha from behind.
She began to grope Natasha's breasts wantonly. Natasha's chest was so large it overflowed from Victoria's hands.
"Ahhh! D-Don't just touch them whenever you want! My breasts belong to my husband!"
"Huhu. It's not like they'll wear out. What's the harm in a little touch? Just stay still and I'll make you feel good."
"N-No! I said no, Victoria!"
Natasha dodged Victoria and moved far away.
Having lost Natasha, Victoria turned to Lina with the eyes of a predator stalking its prey.
"Lina? How about you? Just entrust your body to me for a moment. I told you, I can make you feel good."
"I... I refuse as well!"
"Hehe. Cute Lina."
Victoria didn't touch Lina, but she sidled up next to her and opened her mouth.
"Come to think of it, I heard last time that you're a virgin, Lina. Is that right?"
“....”
Lina's face turned bright red as she nodded.
"How can you have such a lewd body and still be a virgin? What a waste. Have you at least kissed a man?"
“...”
"Oh my. Not even a kiss... How can a beauty like you have gone without? Tsk. You really should just leave your body to me! Lina. I'll make you feel good in a man's place!"
Victoria lunged at Lina. Lina skillfully blocked her.
"This is why. This is why no one wants to bathe with you, Lady Victoria."
So this is what women do in the bath, huh? Talk about stuff like this while groping each other's breasts.
The culprit is Victoria, of course. Excellent! Truly excellent, Victoria.
Even so, Victoria continued to aim for Lina's body.
‘Ahh. What a fine scene. I need a closer look.’
I can't see well from here. Since they're in the water, I can only see them from the shoulders up.
If I go around to the front, I should be able to see their bodies completely. He was especially looking forward to seeing Lina's body, which he had never seen before.
Victoria had once said at a hot spring that the first time she saw Lina's body, she felt intimidated without even realizing it.
"Time to check out the secret weapon Lady Lina's been hiding."
Kerry moved around to the front of the group.
He was speechless. How could this be?
"This is absurd... It's absurd!"
He knew this other world was full of absurdities, but this was absurd beyond belief!
"How can they be bathing together with towels wrapped around their bodies!"
Kerry shouted in agitation.
He thought he'd experienced plenty of this world's absurdities, but he'd never encountered anything as absurd as this.
"B-Benefactor! Calm down. They might hear you."
They won't. No matter what crazy shit I do, they'll never find out. But in exchange, Kerry couldn't touch them either.
Kerry reached for the towel wrapped around Lina's body.
"Come off! I said, come off! How can you wear towels when you're bathing together! That's absurd! That would never happen in the real world!"
But his hand just passed pathetically through the towel and Lina's body. Dammit!
Okay, calm down. Hadn't he prepared an insurance policy for just such a ridiculous situation?
He looked at the Saintess. Kerry couldn't touch Lina's towel, but the Saintess could.
Lina and the others were still chatting, oblivious.
"Ego. Can you hear my voice?"
“....”
No answer from Ego. It was probably because he was in another dimension. No choice, then.
Kerry hid his body behind an angel-shaped statue some distance from the spring.
He then released the Dimensional Veil and immediately used another spell—one he had hastily procured from the witch tonight.
"Silence."
A spell that completely deadened the sound around the caster. At this distance and with this magic, Lina's group wouldn't be able to sense his presence.
"Are you okay, Benefactor? You look very disappointed..."
"I'm fine. I'm... used to absurdity."
But he wasn't just going to sit here and lament the absurd situation. Kerry called out to Ego.
‘Ego.’
[Master? Where did you suddenly appear from? You weren't detected on my sensors.]
‘It's a long story. More importantly, I have an order for the Saintess. Right now... right now! Make her take off Lina's absurd towel!’
['Kerry's Private Cock Entrance' acknowledges the command.]
The Saintess, who had been soaking, shot to her feet.
"What's this? Suddenly, my body..."
"S-Saintess?"
Lina and Victoria stared at the Saintess at the same time.
With a tearful expression, the Saintess reached for Lina's towel.
A flustered Lina cried out.
"W-Wait. Didn't we... didn't we agree beforehand not to take off our towels?"
"It seems the Saintess also disapproves of using towels in the spring. To be honest, so do I. Even if just soaking in the water cleanses you, it's always best to be stark naked when you bathe."
Victoria had excellent common sense, as expected. The source of this absurdity was probably Lina.
Lina swiftly dodged the Saintess's approaching hand with hero-like(?) agility.
Kerry, watching the Saintess's movements, grew frustrated. The Saintess was obeying the command, but her heart wasn't in it.
The proof was that she was holding onto her own slipping towel!
‘Ego. I'll just move the Saintess myself. Is that possible?’
[It is possible, Master. Would you like to connect to her neural network?]
‘Yes.’
At that moment, Kerry felt a strange sensation. He could move the Saintess's body as if it were his own.
Just as vividly as his own body.
Her vision was being shared, too. This was better; seeing through the Saintess's eyes was closer and clearer.
Kerry left his original body motionless behind the statue.
Kerry spoke through the Saintess's mouth.
"I'm truly! Truly disappointed! Lady Lina! No. Hero!"
He was so agitated that his own way of speaking slipped out. That's how hard it was for Kerry to accept this absurd reality.
"What are you talking about all of a sudden, Saintess?"
"We came into the bath together, just us women! And you're wearing towels? This is truly absurd!"
Lina stared blankly at the Saintess, dumbfounded.
If Lina wouldn't take off that absurd towel herself, then Kerry would just have to take it off for her.