Chapter 85
Just like lying comfortably at home and watching TV.
I leisurely watched the vividly transmitted footage.
The viewpoint centered on Ekate. It seemed to be her room inside the dormitory.
"Oh."
An unexpected service unfolded before my eyes.
A blonde girl with her white back turned toward me had been caught changing clothes.
She had an extremely slender figure. Her narrow waist without a trace of excess flesh and her curving hips caught my eye.
"Ekate. How were your classes?"
The blonde girl spoke.
Hearing that voice, I spun the viewpoint around to confirm the blonde girl's face.
Stia Harpe. It was her. She had been Ekate's roommate.
"I gave a presentation and got five points."
"Really? That's great. Um……."
Stia hesitated as though she had something she wanted to say.
Ekate seemed to realize what was on Stia's mind and said,
"Candidate Dekal came to the morning class too."
"He's diligent. Just as expected of the man I had my eye on."
Cough.
I felt a mysterious itch and hunched over.
They were talking about me, weren't they?
Instinctively, I felt this was something I shouldn't be eavesdropping on.
Perhaps because of that, I focused even more intently on the screen.
"Do you like him?"
"U-Um? Why do you think that?"
"……You've been asking about him constantly since yesterday."
"Leaving my personal preferences aside, even for the sake of reviving the Harpe family, I need such an excellent man as a marriage partner."
"Then what about your personal preferences?"
"……."
Harpe blushed and turned away.
"I-I don't know."
I was on edge.
I was afraid Ekate might tell her what had happened in the classroom.
Because of the nature of the suggestion I had implanted in Ekate, she naturally accepted having sex with me, so there was no need to gag her separately.
But while it wasn't impossible that she might naturally tell a friend about it, it was also possible that she would frame it not as having been victimized by a crime, but as something else.
Fortunately, Ekate didn't seem like the type to blab about such things.
Her revealing it to another woman itself wasn't a problem.
But I hadn't expected her roommate to be Stia.
She was a rare specimen whose fondness for me was naturally growing.
If the fact that I was trash who committed any perverted act without hesitation were exposed through someone else's mouth, I would lose one of the pleasures of revealing it myself.
That wasn't something I wanted.
But a marriage partner for the Harpe family…….
I hadn't known Stia thought of me that seriously.
We were beyond friends or romantic interests, to the point where she was considering a future together with me.
To that extent…….
No, was it really so strange?
Imagining a relationship with someone of the opposite sex you like was a natural phenomenon. If anything, men were more prone to it, not less.
I spent a moment admiring Stia's body.
It was already wonderful, but in a year or two…… I looked forward to seeing what the future held.
Stia was very pretty, but Isti, Bella, and Noa had more perfect figures.
As for sheer arousal, she couldn't beat Karen.
While I was thinking that, something exploded on the floor above the room where Ekate and Stia were.
Judging from the sound alone, it was unmistakably an explosive.
"Kyaaah!"
"Lady Herka, you can't conduct magic experiments here!"
"Ahahaha!"
Could I see the upper floor too?
I pulled the viewpoint back as far as possible to widen it, then moved upward.
With some difficulty, I managed to peek at it from a position almost pressed against the floor.
The outstretched legs and assorted panties of the female candidates who had gathered after hearing the commotion spread out before me.
Oh…… Fuck. Good heavens.
Though it hadn't been intentional, peeking at panties from this angle was the best possible composition.
Where was Herka?
She wasn't among the candidates standing there, at least. They were all pretty enough, but none of them could compare to Ekate.
As I looked around, I realized there was a hole in the dormitory wall.
It had been made by the explosion just now.
Through the hole, I could see the blue sky outside the dormitory, while below, the candidates had gathered and were craning their necks to see what had happened.
Herka was even higher up than that.
Something like a black board, not a witch's broom, was flying like a drone.
Herka was standing on that black plank.
"Ah, it failed. Sorry, everyone!"
Even after causing a major accident that blew away part of the dormitory wall, Herka stood in midair with her hands in her coat pockets, laughing cheerfully.
A girl with chestnut hair tied into twin tails and lovely gray eyes.
First place in the Melbrite rankings, Herka Filiote. It was none other than her.
"Lady Herka. Come down."
Noa walked out from the hole in the wall. I didn't know when she had arrived.
"Isn't that Senior Iron Wall? When did you get here?"
"I will not say it twice."
"Want to try catching me? I made this toy to surprise Neris, who can't ride anything except a horse."
Herka lightly stamped one foot on the black plank she was riding, emphasizing it as 'this,' and grinned.
"I won't be responsible if the toy breaks."
Noa drew her tonfa, lightly bent her body, and leaped.
It had clearly been an ordinary running jump, but Noa flew like a shot-put and slammed into Herka's plank.
"Evasive maneuver!"
Herka's plank performed aerial acrobatics that even a real drone couldn't have managed, shaking Noa off.
"Tch……!"
"Can I counterattack? Iron Wall senior!"
When Herka pointed at Noa, a series of bright bolts of light shot forth.
Noa blocked the bolts with her tonfa in midair, used the impact to step off the dormitory wall, and leaped again.
Herka laughed excitedly and spun once more, passing Noa by.
That was when it happened.
Noa hooked her tonfa onto the plank.
"Huh!?"
The plank tilted off balance, and Herka flailed.
Using nothing more than the tonfa lightly catching on the plank, Noa sprang over it and seized Herka.
"Let's go down."
"All right……."
The moment Noa trusted Herka and relaxed her grip, the plank suddenly accelerated.
"Ah!"
Noa lost her balance and fell.
For a moment, I thought she might be in danger, but Noa somehow regained her balance in midair and landed lightly.
"Lady Herka!"
"Iron Wall senior has always gone soft when her opponent isn't a criminal."
"Would you prefer that I treat you like a criminal?"
"You should do at least that much!"
Herka rode the plank and laughed arrogantly.
"I'm not coming down unless you can break this! Help me gather data!"
"Hoo……."
Noa's shadow seemed to stretch and spread around her.
Just then, a streak of silver light flew in and smashed the plank Herka was riding.
"Aah!"
Herka plummeted straight down and fell toward the ground.
Perhaps she had cast a spell on herself, because she floated gently before touching the ground, but not a trace of the plank remained.
Everyone turned their heads toward the point where the flash had come from.
"You broke it."
Without realizing it, I clenched my hand tightly while spying on them.
The one who had appeared by smashing the plank was our elf, Isti.
"Mmmgh. Was the long-range automatic evasion incomplete?"
Herka got up while muttering and reviewing what had happened.
"Look at that."
"She's an elf. And a Lofty Hunter at that."
"My goodness. As a candidate at Melbrite……?"
"Idiot. Of course she came as a teacher. Where in this country is there a hunter capable of teaching a Lofty Hunter?"
I recalled the first time I met Isti.
Even then, her overwhelming beauty had made everyone stop what they were doing and turn to look at her.
Herka's rampage had certainly caused a commotion, but the candidates were all abuzz because of Isti's appearance.
I shifted the viewpoint toward Isti to get a closer look at the two of them.
I hadn't forgotten that Isti was inside Melbrite, but because I had wanted to observe the women's dormitory, I hadn't spied on her through the pearl.
Now that this had happened, shifting the viewpoint toward Isti was better for observing the situation more broadly.
Isti approached Noa and asked,
"Did you need help?"
"No. If I had done it, it wouldn't have been this clean.
As expected of the Lofty Hunter. It was as if you controlled the air itself."
"You can drop the flattery."
Noa gave a bitter smile.
Seeing her like this, Isti felt much colder when I wasn't around.
This was probably her true self.
"Lady Herka. You mustn't run away. You need to pay the price."
"Can't you let me off?"
"No. I will deduct a substantial number of points."
"I'm going to drop all the way to Bear rank! I won't be a Dragon anymore!"
"Please don't use that strange way of speaking. And Lady Herka, how would losing a mere 600 points send you down to Bear rank?"
"You're going to deduct 600 points!?"
"Someone could have been injured. You will have to reflect on your actions in prison for at least three days."
Herka's spirits fell.
"Isti. I will take Lady Herka with me. I hope you do well on the remaining tests."
"Yeah. No problem. I want to see Darling as soon as possible……."
Isti left, murmuring to herself as though the words had slipped out.
"Lady Herka. Let's go."
"It's dark and smelly in there……."
"Of course it is. It's a prison."
Herka, who could have bolted in any direction, was ultimately escorted away by Noa with a dejected expression.
It was called a prison, but surely they weren't sending her to a place where actual criminals were locked up.
Wouldn’t they call the place where candidates who broke Melbrit’s rules were confined a prison?
Noah said that the enforcers had the authority to detain candidates who broke the rules.
There had to be somewhere in Melbrit where candidates were temporarily punished.
I wondered what kind of place it was.
Even after Herka, the instigator of the rampage, was taken away and things quieted down, my heart continued to pound.
This is thrilling. The women’s dorm is so much more fun!
What the hell are the guys in the men’s dorm doing?
Ah! I caught Karen in the middle of her shower.
I secretly watched Karen lather herself up and wash her body all the way to the end, then returned to my room in the men’s dorm.
Aba was pacing around the room anxiously.
“Aba? What’s wrong?”
“Gasp. When did you get here?”
“A little while ago.”
Aba spoke, terrified.
“I heard an explosion from the women’s dorm. A whole crowd of enforcers rushed over there.”
“Ah……”
So that was the incident I had watched in real time.
“A bombing at the glorious Melbrit! I feel sorry for the female candidates. There are so many sheltered young ladies among them—they must have been terrified, like baby birds.”
“……”
I simply kept my mouth shut.
Attending the afternoon class raised my score by 1 pt.
After returning to the time when I had entered the academy, I learned one thing.
If I went through school life at Melbrit without losing or earning any points, the points I could gain each day were
1 pt each for the morning and afternoon classes, 2 pt for the night class, and 1 pt for remaining in my room during sleeping hours. A total of 5 pt.
If I could accumulate all those points intact, it would take 100 days to advance to a higher class.
Instead, I would have to eat outside.
If I ate at Melbrit, even if I settled for two meals a day at 1 pt, I would have only 3 pt left.
In that case, it would take 167 days to advance to a higher class.
That was assuming I received no demerits.
In a place where you could lose 1 pt just for staring at a female candidate, using points to pay for meals as well would make the road to promotion seem endless.
Though there might be periods when they were more generous with the points.
I suddenly became curious. Were all the candidates here following this system solely out of the conviction that they could become part of a hero’s party?
Some for the glory of their family. Others to prove their abilities.
Each of them lived at Melbrit with their convictions held close to their hearts, enduring even its burdensome system.
And I, among those proud students of the kingdom—
“I’m coming inside Ekate’s pussy!”
—was boldly earning high scores by ejaculating inside a female candidate.
As soon as the afternoon class began, I stripped Ekate, laid her on her side on a chair—one that stretched lengthwise and had plenty of room—and was penetrating her.
15 pt for one creampie!
“I know you came inside her, so keep your voice down.”
With Ronwell chiding me, I leisurely added another 15 points.
“Haa……. Haa……”
Ekate, who had been suddenly attacked and taken bareback, panted with her face hidden behind her characteristic long hair.
Even though she had become nothing more than a pussy for earning me points, Ekate was obedient.
Though I was the one who had made her that way.
I leisurely pounded Ekate’s pussy from the side.
Her blazer coat, uniform top, skirt, black stockings, and underwear were all stripped off and scattered carelessly around us.
“…Nnh, nnh, ah……. Hngk, hya, ngh♥”
Ekate’s previously unresponsive pussy was gradually becoming more sensitive under my persistent sex.
Because of the suggestion trait, it was different from actively entangling herself with me and having sex, and she only felt the subtle differences, but I enjoyed it in its own way.
Ekate’s pussy had grown accustomed to being penetrated by my cock.
She became wet much more easily and felt things more intensely.
I could tell that clearly just by looking at panting Ekate.
“Does it feel good having sex with me?”
“……It feels good. It feels nice.”
“It’s a secret from your roommate. Got it?”
“Got it.”
“Tell me to cum in your pussy. Go on.”
I placed a hand on Ekate’s buttocks and thrust hard into her pussy.
“Eek! Nnh, nnh, hah, cum in my pussy.”
“Again.”
“Nnh, oh, ah, hah……! Cum in my pussy. In my pussy, in my pussy, please cum inside♥”
Thanks to making her say it over and over, I got to hear Ekate ask me to cum in her pussy.
With a satisfied feeling, I thrust my cock deep into Ekate’s pussy and ejaculated.
“I’m cumming in Ekate’s pussy!”
“Mmph! 15 points added!”
Ronwell chimed in at exactly the right moment.
“Hoo……”
My erection did not subside, but perhaps because I was satisfied with Ekate’s training, I turned my attention elsewhere.
The female candidates of Melbrit.
Come to think of it, weren’t there quite a lot of women today? None had looks as striking as Ekate’s, but they were all above average.
Judging by the fact that randomly gathered candidates still produced an average like this, neat and attractive appearances were clearly considered a requirement during the interviews.
I left panting Ekate behind, stood up, and came forward to examine the candidates one by one.
Was my heart pointing toward quantity over quality today? Or was I an omnivore?
Excluding Ekate, there were thirteen female candidates sitting there.
I wouldn’t have minded having a wild orgy with all the female candidates…… No, if I were the only man, would it even be an orgy?
In any case, I should narrow down the choices. I could still enjoy myself plenty after selecting a few.
But once I actually tried to choose, I found myself troubled because they all looked so similar.
Besides, the fact that I could forcibly bring out any girl I wanted whenever I chose one did not encourage me.
In short, it wasn’t fun.
While I was wondering what to do, I had a good idea.
Why not have them volunteer their pussies?
Snap!
I put all the female candidates into a trance.
“「Whenever there is something worth taking an interest in, you investigate it normally.」”
First, I lifted the suggestion of extreme indifference.
“「Everything I say is naturally correct.」「For the sake of points, especially high scores, you will do anything.」”
Naturally correct.
The effect created by the nuance of the word “natural” was similar to that of “common sense.”
The moment the female candidates awoke from their trances, they would accept my words as something utterly natural and normal.
Clap.
I clapped my hands.