157. Seducing Mom

157. Seducing Mom

On the cold, snowy ground.

Two wolves, one white and one black, growled at me.

“You can attack anytime.”

“Then we’re going in, Skadi!”

The words “Can’t you call me Mom?” rose to the tip of my throat, but I suppressed them and looked at the daughters before me. It could also mean that I am very close to my daughters.

Still, seeing them still acting like children, wanting to sleep with me or asking me to play with them, makes me a little worried. Did I spoil them too much by indulging them…

Anyway.

Skol and Hati inherited only the strengths of me and Freya. Whether it’s magic or swordsmanship. Even though they’ve only just turned thirteen, in terms of combat prowess, there are almost no rivals left in the empire.

At this level, they might be comparable to me at the age of 20. Judging by the skills my daughters have shown so far, that’s about right.

Peaceful days had continued in the empire. The monsters coming from the north could be sufficiently blocked with our current strength, so there was no need to further increase our power, yet my daughters continued to request training, saying they wanted to become strong like me.

But it’s starting to become overwhelming, so to speak. What began as sparring with wooden swords, with me holding back, has now reached a level where I have to fight with Ur drawn.

Ur, please do your best again.

[Yes!]

Immediately after communicating with Ur in my mind, Skol and Hati exchanged glances. That was the signal.

“Hup!”

Skol charges at me, and behind her, Hati is seen circling to the side. While one distracts me, the other tries to grab me from behind.

“Ah?!”

But perhaps they are still too young. If they move so openly, their plan will be completely exposed. I dodged Skol’s charge and sent her flying towards Hati, and Hati, colliding with the incoming Skol, fell over.

Black and white wolves tangled together.

However, as if this was already anticipated, they regained their composure without showing any signs of panic and attacked me again.

This time, it’s not a surprise attack but a frontal assault.

My daughters attacked in a coordinated manner, like flowing water. Perhaps because they are twins, their minds are well-connected. Blades clashed, and sparks flew.

The opponents are two, I am one. If it comes to a power struggle, I’m the one at a disadvantage, but I deliberately stood firm and faced my daughters. I need to feel the strength of my grown daughters firsthand.

I deflected the sword strikes, deflected them, and deflected them again. When I blocked one blade, another attacked me, and when I deflected that, another attacked me. There was no time to rest.

[Master!]

“Ugh…”

Finally, two blades pressed down on me. I blocked them with Ur, but it was not enough.

My feet began to slip, leaving tracks on the snow. My strength was failing. Seeing this, Skol and Hati exchanged glances, smiled, and suddenly lowered their swords and stepped back.

“G-Girls?”

In this situation, shouldn’t they have pushed me to victory? Their actions felt as if… their goal was to figure out that I was losing strength.

“Skadi, please look at the magic we created too!”

“Ah… sure.”

But listening to their subsequent words, it seemed my fears were unfounded.

Perhaps they stepped back because if they won by force, they wouldn’t be able to use magic. I wiped the sweat from my brow and looked at Skol and Hati.

The two nodded at each other and then clasped hands. Gray magic began to emanate from them.

“What are they doing?”

[Master, Ur doesn’t know!]

Just as I was thinking that the casting time was a bit long, the airflow suddenly changed.

The wind began to blow strongly towards my daughters. It swirled around them and began to condense.

It looks like… a storm is forming. Or maybe a blizzard? I don’t know the name, but…

“Huh?”

At that moment, the fur on my tail bristled, sounding an alarm. I moved urgently, but I instinctively knew it was already too late.

“Ugh!”

The condensed air exploded. A massive amount of pressure erupted from my daughters, and I squeezed my eyes shut, enduring the blast.

It felt as if the world had stopped for a moment.

Meanwhile, I also felt the sensation of my clothes tearing under the pressure. When I finally opened my eyes, I saw that the entire area had been completely devastated and flattened.

The snow had blown away, revealing the bare earth.

[M-Master, your clothes.]

“Huh? Ah…”

The fabric that used to be clothes fluttered down towards the ground. My naked body was completely unharmed, but the clothes seemed too weak to withstand it.

My underwear had also disappeared with my clothes. Therefore, I was completely naked.

“… I-I’m cold.”

It’s impossible to withstand the northern chill naked. I hastily wrapped my tail around my waist, but the area my tail could cover was too small.

In the midst of this, a faint sound was heard from afar.

“Skadi…”

“Girls?!”

Skol and Hati were lying on the ground.

I forgot about my nakedness and rushed over to check on the children. I saw no apparent injuries on their bodies.

“Girls, are you okay? What’s wrong?”

“We’ve used up all our magic…”

“Magic?”

Hati answered, wagging her black tail.

Magic is the most important thing for humans. If you use it all up, you become exhausted. It seemed the children had collapsed due to the magic they used earlier.

Fortunately, I calmed my racing heart, relieved that nothing serious had happened.

I picked up the children. I have no clothes, and the children are exhausted, so we can’t continue training any further today. Let’s go home.

The children in my arms snuggled close to my body, rubbing their faces against me. Judging by their deep breaths, they seemed to be acting spoiled and tired.

Since I was naked, it was cold, so I let the children be. Their body heat was warm.

“Heehee… Chest.”

Even though they were exhausted, did they still have the strength to squeeze my chest? On the way home, Skol squeezed my chest with her hand.

It’s not a strange thing, but somehow it feels odd. It feels like I’m doing something I shouldn’t be doing…

“Oh right, Skadi, how was the magic we created?”

“That thing earlier?”

Hati asked. I recalled the sensation from then and replied.

“First of all… the casting time was too long. The power seems sufficient to catch monsters, but the mana consumption is too high for the range…”

“Were there any injuries on your bodies?”

This time, Skol asked. Her tone implied that she had deliberately ensured there were no injuries.

“Yeah. Only my clothes were torn.”

At my words, Skol and Hati looked at each other and gave each other a thumbs-up. I have no idea what they discussed in my absence.

After walking for a while longer, I said to my daughters.

“You’ve both gotten much stronger. Well done.”

As a compliment, I gave them a kiss on the forehead. Their tails wagged gently.

Their swordsmanship is undeniable, and their magic, while the newly created magic was a bit ambiguous, would be much more powerful if they used their usual spells.

What the children lack now is experience. Perhaps one day, I might not be able to defeat them on my own.

Beyond the mansion gate, I saw Sophia, my daughter with Priscilla, whose red hair and drill pigtails were striking.

“Sophia.”

“Ah, hello, Skadi Mom!”

Her red tail wagged gently. Sophia looked a little flustered at my nakedness, but then she turned her face away… and then flustered again at the sight of the exhausted Skol and Hati.

“Why are they like this?!”

“Mana exhaustion.”

“What kind of magic did they use to deplete all their mana?”

Sophia, having inherited Priscilla’s lineage, had a considerable talent for magic. Therefore, she knew that Skol and Hati possessed immense mana, and she also knew how difficult it was to deplete all of it.

“They said it was a newly created magic, compressing air and then exploding it…”

“Really? That magic doesn’t use that much mana…”

“Huh?”

“I helped them create it, so I know. With their capabilities, they could use that magic thousands of times…”

At that moment, Skol ran from my arms and whispered in Sophia’s ear. In that short time, she seemed to have created an air barrier around herself, so I couldn’t hear what she was saying.

After Skol finished speaking, Sophia corrected herself.

“I made a mistake! That magic uses a lot of mana! I’m going to go to Priscilla Mom now, goodbye!”

“Is that so? Go well.”

I saw Sophia off. Then, with just the three of us left, Skol and Hati said to me.

“Skadi… It’s hard to move, so could you wash us…?”

“… Just this once.”

Freya had told me that it was time to foster independence in the children, so recently, I’ve been making them at least wash themselves. Although it doesn’t seem to be very effective.

Normally, I would have refused their request, but since Skol and Hati are exhausted right now… I have no choice.

I took the children to the bathroom.