Episode 73
Bella seemed to have gone to prepare the meal, so she was not on the throne.
"Shall we go wash up?"
"It would be best for you to relax and recover from the journey first, Lord Decal. I don't mind being last."
"What are you talking about!"
Karen cut in and clasped Noah's hand tightly.
"Of course we'll all do it together! Right, big brother?"
"The cocksleeve is right."
"A-all together?"
Leading the bashful and hesitant Noah along, Karen walked out.
She's the boldest and most reliable at times like this.
Once we entered the changing room, the women seemed conscious of me and undressed a little farther away.
Karen and Isti undressed relatively naturally, while Noah took off her clothes belatedly and removed her blindfold.
While everyone washed before entering the large bath, I sneaked a glance at Noah.
She was having trouble because she didn't know how to use the showerhead.
It was a rare sight, and she looked cute.
Soon, she pressed the button in front of her, and when water began pouring from the showerhead, Noah's expression relaxed.
Then our eyes met, and Noah drew her body inward bashfully.
Perhaps because she usually wore a blindfold, Noah looked completely different with her pretty eyes revealed.
It wasn't that something had been added to change her image, but rather that something had been removed.
Her well-trained, healthy body was full of vitality, with long, straight legs. Yet her skin was white and beautiful, as if it had never touched sunlight.
That skin stood out even more in contrast with her jet-black hair.
I got into the bath first.
Karen and Isti took their places beside me in turn, while Noah settled down a little farther away.
"Hwaa…."
Perhaps it was thanks to the perfectly warm water. Karen relaxed comfortably, her face melting with pleasure.
I wrapped an arm around Karen's waist and massaged her breasts.
Karen reached out as well and gently grasped my cock.
Her movements were soft, not rough motions meant to help me come, but as if she simply enjoyed touching it.
She would tighten her grip, lightly stroke the glans, or rub my balls with her palm.
It was such tender caressing that I felt my cock was being treated like royalty.
My cocksleeve knew exactly how to handle a cock.
My erection wasn't going down.
The bathwater was just right, too.
We spent the time lazily caressing one another with only the bare minimum of hand movements.
Then I put an arm around Isti's shoulder as she enjoyed the bath with her eyes gently closed, and kissed her.
"Mwah. Mmm."
I liked kissing Isti.
That was because she always accepted me, no matter how selfishly I behaved.
Even when I sucked on her lips or slipped my tongue inside and ran it over her teeth for no reason, giving her a perverted kiss, Isti never resisted the flow.
Even when I let my saliva drool freely, Isti seemed pleased to swallow every drop of it.
Then I looked at Noah.
"Why are you sitting off by yourself, Noah?"
I called out to Noah, putting aside the sticky caresses I had been sharing with the other two for a moment.
"I……"
I knew the reason.
"Come closer."
I spread my legs and had Noah sit in front of me.
"Lady Noah. Are you embarrassed?"
"Noah's shyer than she looks."
"You two were like that until not long ago."
With her back facing me, Noah hunched her shoulders.
"It isn't embarrassment. It is because being close to you, Lord Decal, is dangerous."
"Dangerous?"
"……? What's dangerous about it?"
"Shall I show everyone? Noah?"
"Lord Decal…!"
I turned Noah's body toward me and pulled her into my arms.
With her face buried in the nape of my neck, Noah struggled faintly enough to make the water splash.
Then Noah suddenly kissed my lips and clung to me, as if she had completely lost herself.
"Mmm. Mwah. Smack. I wike Lord Decal's smell♥"
In an extremely coquettish voice, she intertwined her fingers with mine and hung onto me.
The other two stared wide-eyed at Noah's sudden transformation.
"Waaah……."
"……."
Noah forgot everything and kissed me fiercely, as if she intended to devour me.
"Lord Decal. Mwah. Mmm. Hold me more. Hold me tight♥ Make my head go all funny with your smell, Lord Decal♥"
With Noah pestering me using her whole body, my cock swelled unbearably.
I held Noah and inserted my cock into her pussy.
Even without me moving, Noah kissed my ear, cheek, and neck frantically, then bounced her hips up and down and had sex with herself by riding me.
"Ahk. Hyaa. Ah."
"We came here to wash, but you're going to make yourself sweat again. You won't run away if you move slowly."
"I don't wanna. I won't unless you fill this bitch's pussy with the strongest-smelling cum♥"
"……."
As if she didn't want to let go of me, Noah clung tightly to me and worked her hips enthusiastically.
I didn't move even a centimeter, simply enjoying the sight of Noah struggling on her own.
"Lady Noah was quite a type in bed, wasn't she?"
"……Yeah, I was surprised. She's desperate to milk Darling dry."
Whether she knew that my lover and cocksleeve were watching her with interest or not, Noah stuck out her tongue and swung her hips earnestly with a pleading expression.
"Haaang. Yes, ngh. Feels good. I wike smelly cock. Ah, nooo."
"Since we're bathing anyway, shall we have a quick one and go to bed?"
"Yees. Cum for me♥ Shoot your smelly load into this bitch's pussy♥"
I didn't move violently. Instead, I shifted my center of gravity along with Noah's movements and gently stirred her pussy from within.
"Guh, nghk. Ohh…!"
Leisurely bath sex was nice, too.
Of course, I was the only one taking it easy. As always, Noah looked as if she had been injected with some dangerous drug.
As long as I stayed still, like sitting in a massage chair, Noah used her pussy on her own to squeeze my cock tightly again and again.
"Hoo."
I tilted my head back and savored Noah's pussy.
Then I came powerfully inside her.
"Hyaa. Haaah…! Haah…. Ah……!!"
Only after being filled with my cum did Noah seem to come back to her senses a little.
"Gasp. Lord Decal…! I……."
"Have you come to your senses?"
Seeing Karen and Isti watching her with interest, Noah teared up in extreme embarrassment.
"I'm sorry. You were all washing, and I suddenly pounced on you and showed you such an ugly side of myself……!"
I hurriedly caught Noah as she tried to pull away from me.
"It's partly my fault for pulling you into my arms. Now, we need to wash up and go, right?"
"……Ah, ahh."
I pulled my cock out of her pussy and used my fingers to scrape the inside of Noah's pussy, removing the cum.
"……."
Enduring her shame, Noah's pussy squeezed tightly around my fingers.
"Relax."
"Yes……."
"You have to get clean, right?"
"Sob……. Yes. Haaah……."
I pushed my fingers deep into Noah's pussy and dragged them along the vaginal walls, removing the cum.
When I let her go, Noah seemed to have gone even farther than before.
"Did you really have to go that far?"
"Please don't stop me. This is the punishment I am imposing on myself for losing my reason and pouncing on Lord Decal."
Hahaha.
“Pouncing on me”—what an amusing way to put it.
Then again, even if I had refused, she probably would have tried to insert herself somehow. Noah had lost all reason just now.
"What did you think of Noah just now?"
"Lord Decal! Th-that……."
"I realized that not just anyone can be big brother's bitch."
"Me too."
"……."
Noah submerged herself in the water all the way up to her head and did not come back out.
The next day, after finishing our bath and meal.
After fully recovering from our fatigue at the Eight-Colored Shell Castle, we proceeded smoothly toward our destination.
"Big brother. I can see the Holy City!"
"Where?"
I looked outside and was surprised by its unexpected grandeur.
On a high hill overlooking a broad plain with a great river behind it stood a massive castle that could rival the Eight-Colored Shell Castle.
Since we were descending from the hill, we had a clear view of the Holy City. Beneath the fortress walls surrounding the castle was an affluent residential district, and beneath the walls encircling that district were yet more miscellaneous homes
packed tightly together. It was a metropolis enclosed by the largest wall of all.
"Is that the Hero Academy?"
"Where? I can't see it well! You've got good eyes, big brother."
I could see it—the enormous building that stood out conspicuously.
I didn't know how advanced this world's construction technology was, but building something that large would be an enormously difficult task in any era.
"Ah, I found it too!"
It wasn't broad enough to compare with a university campus, but even in another world, a major city was still a major city. There were far more refined buildings than I had imagined.
The atmosphere was steeped in the exotic. The excitement of having arrived in an unfamiliar country made me giddy.
Outside the city stretched vast fields, along with satellite cities that supported the Holy City's functions. They were not as large as the Holy City, but each was about the width of an ordinary village, and at regular intervals between them stood barracks that appeared to be patrol bases where soldiers were stationed.
Even from a distance, it was clear that constant patrols were being carried out around those bases.
When I returned to the carriage, I couldn't suppress my childlike excitement.
"W-what if we run into the Hero? What should I say?"
Karen's voice trembled, as if she had suddenly become nervous.
"Did you forget what Noah said? The Hero is busy even now on the front lines. We probably won't be able to meet him easily."
"Right? For now, we should focus on passing the entrance exam!"
"But what kind of exam are we going to take?"
Isti, who had been listening quietly, spoke up.
"Since the two of you completed an emergency mission, you'll only have to go through a simpler procedure than the others.
A test to check your special abilities, followed by an interview."
An interview. How easy.
As long as the interviewers weren't blind as bats, Karen was guaranteed to pass. Her invisible bonus points for her looks would probably break through the ceiling.
"Hngh. Oppa. I'm nervous."
"First, let's find somewhere to stay once we get inside. Or should I say, somewhere to put the shells?"
So even a cheap inn would be fine.
"I'll show you around. There's a place I visit often."
Isti was reliable.
With two people in our group who knew the Holy City well, it seemed we had nothing to worry about.
We soon reached the entrance to the Holy City. A long line stretched out in front of the checkpoint, and we were at the very end of it.
"This is going to take a while."
I was thinking that when the carriage suddenly began to move.
"What?"
Looking outside, I saw people clearing the way for us to pass first.
"It must be thanks to Noah. As a First-Class Executor, he has the privilege of passing through without an inspection. I guess there weren't any other nobles ahead of us."
So when there are no nobles around, it's basically a free pass?
It was nice that our waiting time had been drastically shortened.
After passing through the checkpoint, the carriage stopped once more. Seeing Isti preparing to get down, it seemed this was where she would be getting off.
Noah opened the door of our carriage.
"Lord Dekal. You may get off now."
"Can't the horses go inside?"
"No. From here on, you'll have to travel on foot."
Behind the checkpoint was a stable where several carriages were parked.
Some of the carriages had striking paintwork, while others bore designs resembling coats of arms. I figured those were probably the nobles' carriages.
The Vanguard family's carriage, which had been mixed in among the line of wagons, had looked much the same.
"Let's go."
Karen and I followed Isti and Noah into the Holy City.
Once we entered the streets, the novelty wore off a little, and it was just so-so.
Even for a major city in another world, compared to modern streets with large commercial districts like Hongdae, there were fewer people coming and going, and there was nothing in particular to marvel at.
Hmm…….
The streets are clean?
Still, I didn't let my disappointment show. I didn't want to ruin Karen's happiness as she lived through the process of making her dream come true.
Noah and Isti spoke to each other about something, then turned around.
"Lord Dekal. I have something to report, so I'll first report to the Executive Bureau."
"I'll show you around from here."
"All right. I'm hungry, so let's go somewhere that serves good food."
After parting with Noah, we walked farther through the outskirts with Isti.
Men glanced at Isti and Karen as they passed. It was funny how they would walk past, then turn around for another look.
Even in a major city, some things never changed.
"Here we are."
When we arrived, there was an extremely quaint inn.
Its concept seemed to be an eco-friendly inn. There were an unusual number of flowerpots and growing plants, and the interior and exterior were almost entirely decorated with natural wood.
A sign planted in the ground like a placard read: 「Bleptin. An Elf's Haven. Today's Menu ~Three Types of Pickled Vegetables That Delight the Spirits~」.
……I see. I know what kind of place this is.
"My friend runs it."
"Is she an elf too?"
"Yes."
Isti opened the door and went inside.
"Ellin. Are you here?"
What a cozy inn.
There were only four tables in the hall. It was more like a small café.
"Isti?"
Soon, the owner walked out from the back.
I could tell at a glance that she was an elf as well.
I had never thought deeply about how one could recognize an elf as an elf when there was no difference in the shape of their ears.
But after learning to sense spirits from Isti, I understood it clearly.
Elves had a distinctive feeling about them.
"Isti! I was worried because you hadn't shown up all this time."
"I've been staying in Dry Village."
I wondered if Isti's friend might be as beautiful as Isti herself.
She was pretty, but not quite what I had imagined.
Ellin was…… underdeveloped.
Was she even 150 centimeters tall? The difference in height between us was more than two heads. If I hugged her, her head would be buried in my stomach.
Still, she wasn't a child. Though small, she had the figure of a proper adult woman.
A child's body had a straight, cylindrical torso, with arms and legs that were completely devoid of curves.
A child wasn't an object of sexual desire in the first place, but of affection.
By contrast, although Ellin's hips and breasts were meager, they still gave her a distinctly feminine shape.
Was she just short……?
"Who are these people?"
"Ah, hello. I'm Karen, Isti's friend."
"A friend? A human?"
Ellin opened her eyes wide in surprise.
Isti then took my hand and squeezed it tightly as she said,
"This is the person to whom I've sworn my love."
"……."
Ellin couldn't hide her intense agitation.
Judging by Ellin's stiff expression alone, I could tell how shocking it must have been for someone who had known Isti all along to see her arrive with a human friend and a human lover.
"I'm Dekal."
I held out my hand.
Ellin flinched in surprise, then clasped my hand tightly with both of her small hands.
"H-hello. I'm Ellin, Isti's friend."
How cute.
With my strength right now, I felt like I could easily lift her with one hand…….
Perhaps sensing my dark intentions, Ellin forced a smile meant for customers.
"Ellin. Can you make us something to eat?"
"U-um, yes. I don't know if it'll suit your tastes, though……. Please, have a seat."
When Ellin saw us sit down, she hurriedly dashed into the kitchen.