Chapter 21
There’s no way I’d just let her go, right?
Even if I can’t do anything right away, I intend to plant a suggestion that will ensure we meet again.
As it happened, there was also something I wanted to confirm.
"Dekal. What happened?"
Isti realized it.
She realized that this bizarre situation, in which the woman before her was standing there dazed, had been caused by me.
It didn’t matter.
I deliberately hadn’t hypnotized Isti.
The hand movements were merely part of the hypnosis routine. I could choose not to cast it through my will.
In that case, they would appear to be nothing more than simple hand gestures.
I had put the red-haired woman into a trance.
But I hadn’t done so to Isti.
"This?"
In front of Isti, I seized the red-haired swordswoman’s large tits, gripping them as though I were kneading them.
They were incredibly soft and full. The firmness resisting my hand was excellent, too, as if trying to push it away.
But the woman didn’t wake up at all.
"This is ‘hypnosis.’ I can control people however I want."
"People?"
"That’s right. If there’s a woman I like, I use hypnosis to make her defenseless and play with her.
Just like I’m doing now."
"Hypno…sis."
Isti pressed a hand to her forehead, as though she had suddenly felt a headache.
It was a phenomenon I knew well.
I was showing her something that the Isti from before being hypnotized would never have tolerated.
This kind of despicable behavior was surely one of the things she hated most in people.
"I… Dekal…"
There was no way she could fail to connect hypnosis with her own condition.
That was the seed of doubt.
But I had planted a suggestion in Isti that Dekal was the most trustworthy person in the world.
A situation full of contradictions.
Isti hesitated for a moment, then suddenly threw herself into my arms.
"Isti?"
Isti’s eyes were wet, as if she were frightened.
"…Are you tired of me?"
"Huh?"
"Do you like big breasts like hers? I’ll do my best. I’ll do anything Dekal wants."
"……."
I laughed inwardly.
Whenever contradictory circumstances arose, the suggestion would always win.
Even if I killed some nameless elf.
Isti couldn’t doubt or deny my character.
Because I was the person she trusted most in the world.
The premise planted by the suggestion would never collapse, and
whenever a situation that made no sense arose, like this one, the dissonance would occur somewhere else.
This was exactly what I had wanted to confirm.
A mind being eroded by a trigger.
In other words, a powerful hypnotic state.
It differed from person to person, but in Isti’s case,
perhaps because she firmly believed we were lovers who loved each other, she adapted to the situation dramatically.
She brushed aside every suspicious detail.
She trembled at the thought of being hated or no longer loved.
"Don’t abandon me."
"Calm down."
All that was needed now was the comforting touch I gave her.
I held Isti gently and stroked her lower back.
"Ah…."
"The fact that I love you hasn’t changed."
"Darling…."
Isti’s voice, expression, and gestures.
It was clear that she was relieved from the bottom of her heart.
There was no problem now. I could move around with Isti at my side without being constrained in my actions.
In fact, I could even receive her help. For example…
"Isti, could you keep watch while I feel this woman’s tits?"
"Yes, understood."
Isti wore a refreshing smile.
"I’ll deal with the orcs so no one interrupts you while you’re enjoying yourself, Dekal."
"Thanks."
I kissed Isti, then resumed kneading the red-haired swordswoman’s large breasts.
Mmm, what an amazing sensation.
I wanted to touch them forever.
"What’s your name?"
With a vacant expression, the woman answered.
"…Karen."
I kneaded both of Karen’s breasts firmly.
One breast slipped free of her clothing, revealing a pink nipple. I cupped the breast in my hand, feeling its weight, and gently enveloped it.
"When are you going to challenge the emergency mission?"
"Three days from now…."
"Alone?"
When I gave Karen’s nipple a firm tug, her shoulder jerked, perhaps from a physiological reaction.
"Probably…."
"On the day you go to carry out the emergency mission, you will come with me. That morning, you must find me at the Water and Grass Inn and ask for my cooperation."
"…Understood."
This should be enough bait.
I thought the dream of a woman named Karen, who aspired to become a hero, was genuinely wonderful to see.
The way she looked straight toward such a dazzling future was one of Karen’s charms.
It wouldn’t be any fun to ruin that part of her.
I needed to wake her up now, but feeling reluctant, I touched Karen’s breasts a little longer.
I straightened her clothes and clapped my hands.
"Huh?"
Karen looked around as though something were strange.
"What’s wrong?"
"Nothing! Well then, bye, big brother. Goodbye, pretty hunter!"
Karen left.
Isti returned to my side.
"Satisfied?"
"Yeah. She had some good tits."
"…Pervert."
Though she said that, there was no sign of a stern reprimand in her voice.
I pulled Isti into my arms and kissed her.
"So you hate it?"
"I told you. I’d do anything Dekal wants."
"I’m going to fuck her next time. Is that okay?"
"…Just a little in front of me. It makes me feel lonely."
"I’ll have sex with her in secret, so if you notice, could you pretend you didn’t?"
"If Dekal wants to do it with other women too… I’ll pretend not to notice.
But as a reward, you have to love me plenty."
Isti buried her face against my chest and acted coyly.
"Shall we go back now?"
"Yeah."
I’d seen enough orcs to last me a lifetime.
While the sun was still up, we went straight to the guild building and exchanged the large soul stones for cash.
We hadn’t filled them completely, but the gold we received came to eighty-seven gold pieces. It was income I could never have earned alone.
"How should we split it?"
"You take it, Dekal. I’m fine."
I accepted without hesitation.
"Um, your license is ready. Would you like to receive it before you leave?"
Just as we were about to go, Aselin stopped me.
"Where should I pick it up?"
"You can come inside. The guild master will hand it to you personally."
"I’ll be back in a moment. Wait here."
"Okay."
I kissed Isti’s forehead, then went behind the reception desk.
Following Aselin’s directions, I walked down the corridor.
"Your girlfriend is… really beautiful."
"…."
Karen’s breasts were impressive, but Aselin was no slouch either.
Even from behind, the sides of her breasts were briefly visible, driving me crazy.
There weren’t any monsters here. I didn’t need to hold back.
"Welcome."
After being shown into the room, I found the guild master standing there waiting for me.
At that moment, I felt that I wasn’t being treated like an ordinary adventurer.
"I’ve come to receive my license."
"Yes, we have it ready here. Please, have a seat first."
The guild master was a man with neatly groomed white hair and a dignified beard.
He placed a small case on the table and pushed it toward me.
"In consideration of your contributions to the guild, Sir Dekal, we have decided to issue you a Silver License immediately.
They were skipping straight past Bronze?
When this license was prepared, I hadn’t made any notable contribution beyond exploring the Bordeaux Dungeon.
"I’ll accept it gratefully."
"For someone like you, Sir Dekal, even a rank higher than Silver should be easy to obtain. Especially with your companion being who she is."
I could glimpse his intentions in the guild master’s subtly pointed words.
The reason my value had been assessed as higher than that of ordinary adventurers.
It was probably because I traveled with Isti.
The guild master must have heard about that as well.
This time, I had even brought Isti along and nearly wiped out the orcs near Marne.
Perhaps this man thought that, despite lacking a rank, I was a powerful individual who could stand alongside Isti.
"May I leave now? I’m in a hurry."
"Of course. We look forward to working with you again."
I took the license and stood up.
After leaving the room where the guild master was and turning the corner of the corridor, I spotted Aselin a short distance away.
"Mmm… Ah… Nnngh… Sir Dekal…."
Aselin was masturbating while whispering my name.
It seemed the suggestion had grown so strong that she could no longer restrain herself even during the day.
I had found her at a very good time.
Aselin had hiked up her skirt and was timidly touching her pussy.
"What are you doing?"
"Eek!"
Aselin was so startled that she hunched over as though she had nearly leaped into the air.
"Did you just say ‘Sir Dekal’?"
I noticed that Aselin was about to run, so I seized her arm and slammed her against the wall.
"What were you just doing?"
"Please let me go…."
"A receptionist who masturbates in broad daylight…."
"Nngh…!"
"Did it feel good?"
Cornered, Aselin’s eyes filled with tears.
"I-I’m sorry."
"Do you sneak off and masturbate every time you see an adventurer?"
"No. I… only Sir Dekal."
"Only me?"
"I··· imagined it. I know it was filthy··· I'm really sorry."
"You fucking perverted bitch."
"Ngh···."
"I was grateful that you were always so kind to me. That's what I thought, but···."
Asellin was practically on the verge of tears.
"I'm sorry for hurting you. Truly···."
"Do you think you're sorry?"
"Yes···."
For some reason, Asellin seemed to feel sorry for being caught masturbating.
My suggestion had created an amusing situation. I wanted to draw it out a little longer.
Otherwise, there would have been no point in waiting this long.
"Then take them off."
"What?"
"Your skirt and panties. All of it."
"Ngh, yes···."
Sniffling, Asellin took off her skirt, hooked her fingers into her panties, and pulled them all the way down.
Only her lower half was exposed, pale beneath the receptionist's uniform.
I touched Asellin's thoroughly soaked pussy with my hand.
"Ah···!"
"What were you imagining to get this wet?"
"···."
"Tell me."
"Various things···. Being told cruel things by you, Sir Dekal, while you··· thrust your cock into me···. Or, um, from behind······."
Asellin stopped speaking.
"I can't say it."
"Being told cruel things. Like now?"
"Y-yes···."
I pushed a finger into Asellin's pussy and stimulated the walls of her vagina.
Asellin didn't even think of resisting. She simply offered her lower half to me, not knowing what to do.
"From behind, what?"
"Being pulled from behind···. Being forced··· and··· raped···. Those kinds of fantasies."
It seemed some fairly extreme things had been happening inside Asellin's head.
"You can have fantasies like that about an adventurer whose face you barely even know. Do you realize what a pervert you are?"
"···Yes. I wanted to stop too, but··· I kept thinking about it, over and over. I couldn't stop imagining myself enjoying being raped···."
"So that's what you were doing?"
"I thought it would feel more intense if I did it next to you···, Sir Dekal."
I twisted my finger around inside Asellin's pussy.
"Ngh···. Yes···."
"I'll cure you of that wicked habit. Now, walk just like this."
"What if someone comes···?"
"Go. All the way to the reception desk."
"Please forgive me. Hngh···. I'm, I'm sorry for imagining being raped···."
"Walk."
Asellin gave up and began walking slowly.