Ch.301Iron Fortress Sturm (1)

After receiving my doctorate, I spent a satisfying time with my wives.

Eating meals, taking walks.

It had been a really long time since I returned to the Rheinland main ship.

As soon as we got back, I threw Zernya and Rustila onto the bed. My two wives let out cute screams as they fell onto it.

“What’s this, trying to get revenge for last night?”

“I’m ready. Let’s see how many times you can go today.”

My two wives eagerly took off their clothes.

Unlike usual, I took the initiative in mingling bodies with my wives.

That day, I ejaculated more than ten times. Part of it was the excitement from earning my degree, but Ireh’s stamina buff played a major role.

However, the price for overdoing it was steep.

By morning, my waist had fallen into a state of delirium.

“Urrrgh.”

“Honey, are you okay?”

“Looks like you overdid it.”

“Oh dear, wait a bit. I’ll heal you.”

Zernya used her constellation medical skills to soothe my waist.

The pain subsided.

The problem was my stamina.

“This doesn’t look like I’ll be able to get up today…”

“What should we do?”

“Let’s call Ireh unni. Her holy spirit bullets should be able to heal this.”

So my two wives really did call Ireh.

Ireh entered the bedroom with a blank expression.

“Eek!”

For reference, I was currently shirtless.

“What happened here?”

“I used up all my energy during last night’s activities. My body won’t move properly.”

“Y-you’re bragging. How serious is it?”

“Serious enough to call an ambulance, but honestly, you know… It’s not like I collapsed while researching… It would damage my dignity as the head of the Rheinland family.”

I asked Ireh to help me just this once.

Ireh sighed.

“Fine. Let’s make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

“Thank you.”

Ireh pulled out her holy spirit gun from subspace and aimed it at my waist. I lay spread-eagled, waiting for her treatment.

Tick!

The bullet hit me.

[— Your stamina is recovering due to the effect of <Bullet of Energy>.]

The stiff, powerless sensation gradually subsided. Vigorous vitality began to circulate in my lower body as the fatigue disappeared.

Yes, vitality.

Blood circulation.

My mind froze at the sensation of my member suddenly swelling up.

“Kyaaak!”

And that’s how another black history of mine was added.

***

I ended up showing Ireh something she shouldn’t have seen. So, as an apology, I decided to treat her to lunch.

“Hey, girls.”

“What is it, unni?”

“Can a man’s middle part really grow that quickly?”

Pfft!

Zernya, who had been elegantly enjoying tea time, suddenly spat out her tea. Rustila also seemed flustered, looking at Ireh with bewildered eyes.

“Unni? What are you saying?”

“S-sorry. This isn’t something to talk about here. What crazy things am I saying…”

Ireh hung her head. Zernya, who had been thumping her chest, steadied her breathing. As she cleaned up the messy teacups and table, she said:

“The speed was faster than I expected. Hard to believe it’s the same person who went so many times last night.”

“Zernya, what outrageous things are you saying in front of unni…!”

“I’m speaking medically, just medically.”

Zernya smiled with a sidelong glance.

“You know, combining Ireh unni’s ability with mine might create something incredible. For example, an erectile dysfunction treatment.”

Ireh’s face turned bright red. She didn’t speak again until the meal was ready.

“Everyone looks so harmonious, it’s lovely to see~!”

Pwoooo.

A trumpet sound accompanied a woman’s voice. Our heads turned simultaneously.

A female figure wearing a billowing steel skirt was sitting in the middle of the living room sofa as if it were perfectly natural.

Matonica.

Sturm’s direct avatar.

“An enemy.”

Sonia immediately drew her calipers and stepped forward. Ireh also pulled out her holy spirit gun, and Rustila took out and loaded her emergency sword.

While Rustila protected me, Sonia folded space and charged.

“Whoa, wait!”

Clang!

From top to bottom. Matonica’s shoulder was torn off by the blade of the calipers.

Pwooo.

With the sound of a deflating trumpet, she retreated dozens of steps backward. However, it was nearly impossible to escape from Sonia, who had completely assimilated with Cartesia.

“I can see you.”

The opposite leg came off.

Matonica grimaced and pulled out her flagpole.

[— Avatar ‘Matonica’ uses <Steel in the Twilight>.]

Bright light circled around the flagpole and began welding her severed limbs back together. Thin sparks flew, but fortunately, they didn’t catch fire on the floor.

Matonica blocked Sonia’s attack with her flagpole and shouted.

“Stop, stop! Wait a minute!”

“Sonia, you can stop!”

I called Sonia off.

If it had been just Ireh and me, it might have been different. But now we had the Great Triangle plus Sonia. Matonica was an opponent we could defeat.

Matonica must know we had the advantage. As usual, she probably hadn’t come to fight.

“Phew, good. Now we can talk. Better than those Darwin guys at least. I’ll give you bonus points.”

“Young master, who is this person?”

“Matonica. She’s the one behind the Magnus Order.”

“Have you met her before?”

“Three months ago, in the laboratory.”

Sonia continued questioning without lowering her guard.

“Why did you tell me to stop attacking? That’s an avatar of another outer god. Judging by how she infiltrated this far, she must be quite skilled. If we don’t eliminate her now, we could face serious consequences.”

“Because it might be an opportunity.”

“An opportunity?”

Yes. An opportunity.

A golden opportunity to properly hook the outer god Sturm.

“Hey, Eidel von Rheinland. Why aren’t you using our supreme being’s invitation now that you’ve received your doctorate or whatever? Let’s just talk, okay? I’m not causing any harm!”

Matonica spoke in a tone that was rather cowardly for an avatar.

Compared to the Darwin faction that only engaged in reproduction and slaughter, one might think, “This is an avatar…?”

That is, if I didn’t know Sturm’s personality.

Everything Matonica was doing now was an act. However, her characteristically arrogant tone was seeping through like honey, unable to be concealed.

“Come on, hurry up and write the invitation.”

“Invitation?”

“I gave it to you!”

“I don’t remember. I think I lost it even if I had it.”

“What? Are you crazy?”

Matonica’s voice lowered before returning to normal. She seemed to be suppressing her anger, which added certainty to my inference.

I waved my hand as if annoyed.

“I wasn’t planning to go anyway. What’s the point of talking with you? It’s only a loss for us.”

“A loss? Not at all.”

“What benefit could we possibly gain from talking with an outer god?”

“Our Maxwell faction knows the future. If we talk well, we might give you future information. We could also form an alliance. Just like how you humans are getting along fine with that Entol outer god!”

Clap!

Matonica clapped her hands together.

[— A <Dimensional Gate> is forming.]

“Anyway, it’s a shame you lost the steel invitation that would let you enter whenever you wanted. We’ll take you by force. Have a cozy time with our supreme being, hahaha!”

Whoosh.

A strong wind blew in.

While objects like dishes and lamps remained in place, our bodies were sucked into the hole.

***

“Ugh!”

“Ah!”

“Kyaa!”

“Heurk.”

“Hmph.”

Except for Sonia, who landed gracefully, the four of us fell and collapsed in succession.

I couldn’t breathe. I was about to be crushed to death by the women. Though not as bad as being crushed by a dissertation, this was still quite enough for a good death.

“Everyone please get up. The young master is struggling.”

“S-sorry, Eidel!”

“At least I had a soft landing thanks to you.”

“Zernya, is that something to say to your husband?”

We came to our senses and looked around.

Abnormal spheres floated gently across the reddish sky. There was a pattern, like fine sand flowing in the wind.

A world of higher dimensions.

This was the imaginary space, home of the aberrant world and the steel outer god.

“…What is that?”

Zernya pointed to the middle of the sky.

A dark, fish-shaped entity was swimming through the heavens.

Kugugung.

It gradually descended.

The overwhelming pressure made us unable to even think of running away. Even if we tried to escape, it would be impossible to go anywhere in this vast desert-like place.

“There is no need to fear.”

A voice that could split the sky in half.

It was the appearance of the Iron Fortress, Sturm.

“I too am a piece of nature. You too are mere specks of nature. We all gathered from the same point and were born as the same objects. Thus, humans and stars are like siblings, like parents and children, like teachers and disciples. So there is no need to fear.”

Unlike its imposing size, its tone was gentle. It was reassuring enough to make one feel at ease.

This is the weakness.

The moment you lower your guard, it’s over. Predators bare their claws when their prey is most relaxed, drinking water.

“Why did you call us here?”

“To negotiate.”

“Negotiate?”

“A great apocalypse is approaching soon. An apocalypse we did not intend. That power will soon compress this universe and our higher-dimensional universe into a single point, completely shattering everything.”

Ireh made a sound as if she had realized something.

“Big Crunch…”

Big Crunch.

The Great Collapse.

The theory of the universe’s end, where this universe will endlessly contract and perish.

“It seems the Returner lady knows something. Or perhaps you were subtly tipped off by learning from Laplace’s minion.”