Ch.221Side Story: Maternal Love

I had been aware of the issue with Erestica’s chest since I returned to Earth. Her already large breasts had visibly grown even larger, impossible to miss.

Our first real conversation about it happened aboard the cargo ship when we went to hunt Leviathan to create an excuse for returning to this world. That’s when I noticed something was wrong with her chest.

It made no sense that a dragon who should be able to polymorph into any form at will suddenly couldn’t reduce the size of her breasts.

Even Erestica herself didn’t know the reason, so naturally I was curious how someone had figured out what even she couldn’t understand.

“Really?”

“Yes. That’s what they say.”

Judging by the formal ending, Latina wasn’t the one who discovered it. Latina turned her head. Her gaze fell on Nika.

Beside her was Erestica, covering her face with her palm. Even those large hands couldn’t fully hide her face, revealing bright red ears.

If Erestica was reacting like that, the reason must be quite embarrassing.

“What happened? What reason could cause such a reaction— no, how did you figure it out? Erestica herself said she didn’t know. You all said the same.”

“That’s right. I didn’t know until now either. If I could have figured it out, I would have done so when we were enduring this on our own. But today, looking again, I noticed Erestica’s breasts seemed even larger than when she first came here. It doesn’t make sense for them to grow more in such a short time. So I ran some experiments. Fortunately, the reason was related to my field.”

Nika glanced at Erestica’s chest. Breasts that had grown much larger than before and were now even bigger. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say their size was frighteningly unpredictable.

“Wait. If it’s related to your field, Nika… don’t tell me?”

“Yes. It’s connected to sexual desire. As the Succubus Queen, I should have noticed it. It’s as natural as humans breathing, blinking, or their hearts beating from the moment they’re born.”

All three are involuntary muscles that function regardless of human will as long as one is alive. I wondered if such actions were instinctual for succubi too, just by being alive.

“To get straight to the point, the reason Erestica’s breasts have grown this large is because of breast milk.”

“Oh, I see. Because of breast milk… What?”

I almost accepted that breast milk could cause such growth, but then did a double-take in disbelief. Thinking about it, this wasn’t something to just gloss over.

Erestica producing breast milk? She wasn’t pregnant, had no need to produce it, and even if she somehow did, how could she not know about it?

“Why? That doesn’t make any sense.”

“I thought it was strange too. It doesn’t make sense for breast milk to be produced when she hasn’t had sexual relations or been pregnant, whether in human or dragon form. Erestica isn’t like us succubi who can produce milk whenever we want. Even if dragons could do that, she would have noticed.”

As the explanation continued, Erestica’s face grew increasingly red. She looked like she wanted to find a mouse hole to hide in.

Nika continued regardless.

“First of all, Erestica’s maternal affection toward Master is very different from typical maternal love.”

“Different how?”

“It’s closer to sexual desire for a romantic partner than affection for a child. I am the Succubus Queen, after all. I can detect when someone is sexually aroused, regardless of species or gender. I can guarantee my sensitivity in that area is unmatched. Madam Chairperson is sexually aroused by Miss Mira. Very clearly and definitely.”

“…”

“It probably started as maternal affection. I heard you raised a daughter before. But now it’s different. It’s mostly sexual desire rather than maternal love.”

The explanation continued a bit longer. Erestica shrank further with shame and embarrassment as it went on.

In summary, Erestica’s ignorance about sexual desire was the cause. She had never felt sexual desire as Melligor, nor as Erestica.

The first human emotion she experienced was maternal love, and that memory was so powerful that she mistook sexual arousal for maternal affection.

“Female dragons are instinctively drawn to males stronger than themselves. Mahbat could never feel that way because of her deep negative emotions, but that’s not the case with you, Master. You’re male, much stronger than Erestica, and once allowed her to feel maternal love. Those three factors combined created this situation.”

My mind was racing. The reason seemed both more serious than expected and perhaps not.

“Sexual desire transformed into maternal affection is the only outlet Erestica knows… so it turned into breast milk accumulating in her chest. This would be impossible for humans, but Erestica is a dragon. If she believes it, it’s not entirely impossible. Since the milk is physically accumulating, naturally her breasts continue to grow.”

At the mention of physical accumulation, my gaze unconsciously drifted to Erestica’s chest before quickly looking away.

So her already large breasts had grown even larger because ‘that’ was filling them up. Even at a minimum, we’re talking liters of—

“…Go on.”

Useless thoughts. I shook my head vigorously to clear my mind.

“There’s nothing more to say. It’s simply that breast milk has accumulated in proportion to her desire to have sex with you, Master. What more needs to be said?”

“S-stop! Couldn’t you use a more elegant expression?!”

Erestica, her face red as a tomato, cried out pitifully while trying to cover it.

“Don’t worry, Erestica. For us succubi, breast milk doesn’t even register as an unusual fetish. There are so many succubi who like far more extreme things.”

“…”

She seemed to be trying to comfort Erestica, but comparing her to succubi was problematic from the start. The expressions of the other five people watching became sympathetic.

“Anyway, it’s troublesome to leave it like this, so I was thinking about how to extract it. The most effective and simple method would be to reach climax, so first, masturbation—”

“That’s enough.”

I quickly stopped her, fearing Erestica might die of embarrassment. Nika obediently closed her mouth, but then approached behind Erestica again as if struck by a good idea.

“Oh right. Seeing Master gave me a better idea. We just need to stimulate her breasts a little.”

Her slender fingers gently gripped Erestica’s shoulders.

“Master, could you roll up your sleeves? Not much, just to the elbows would be fine.”

I wasn’t sure what she was planning, but decided to comply. I rolled up my sleeves. It would be troublesome if her breasts kept growing, and the milk needed to be extracted one way or another. Whether I liked it or not, I had to follow Nika’s instructions.

“Hehe. Thank you, Master.”

Nika laughed lightly and brought her lips to Erestica’s ear. She began speaking in a voice that seemed to condense all the seductiveness and sensuality in the world.

“Now, look over there, Erestica. What would happen if Master’s strong fingers and forearms kneaded your breasts roughly? Fingers buried deep in your chest, squeezing mercilessly to extract what’s inside. Females like us couldn’t even resist. Imagine it. These large things attached to you, being violated by Master, stretched this way and that… how painful and pleasurable would it be?”

“S-stop…”

“Aren’t you curious how Master would squeeze them? Gathering your mercilessly stretched breasts together, pinching your nipples with fingertips, rubbing them against each other, kneading your entire chest like dough. Or perhaps using his mouth. Putting this pink tip in his mouth, gently biting with his front teeth while rolling it with his tongue—”

“Ah, hyaahn?!”

Before Nika could finish, a sensual moan escaped from the Chairperson’s mouth. Her head tilted back, and her thighs and arms tensed.

Her body trembled, and the fabric at the tips of her breasts became wet as a strong smell of milk began to permeate the air.

“Hmm, this method is indeed effective.”

Nika tapped the milk-soaked clothes, licked her finger, and nodded.

“You can do it just as you felt now. You don’t need to touch anywhere else—just imagining Master squeezing them directly— Oh, you’ve already climaxed.”

Erestica ran out of the club room, half in tears. We alternated between staring at the wide-open door and Nika, who was grinning broadly.

I’d only ever seen her in her maid form or begging me for energy, but acting like this, she finally seemed somewhat befitting of a Succubus Queen.

“How was that, Mas— Ugh.”

Nika started to proudly puff out her chest but gagged instead. Now she seemed back to her usual self.

“What’s wrong with you now?”

“I accidentally sucked in some energy and… blegh… I’m sorry. But it tastes so awful I feel like I’m dying… I’d rather starve to death than eat this stuff…”

Come to think of it, for succubi, energy from another woman is like vegetarianism for humans. For Nika, who’s been living solely on my energy, it must taste terrible.

“Master… could you share some energy with me…? I want to wash my mouth out…”

“What does it taste like?”

I was genuinely curious given her extreme reaction.

“It’s like frozen eggplant side dish made without any seasoning, then thawed at room temperature.”

“…I’ll step out for a moment. Come with me, Nika.”