Ch.30Chapter 30. Hyoseong is a Per~ vert~♥

-Creak, creak.

The sound of wood rubbing together that started at some point.

Realizing it was the sound of the bed shaking, I gradually focused on the blurry figure before me.

No, even before I could see anything, I first recalled the sensations touching my body…

-Smooch, mmph.

The hot sensation felt on my lips.

As something traced over them and dug between my lips and teeth, a hot heat began to spread, warming my body.

As if someone was breathing into me…

“Haa, haa~♡”

Yes, it was definitely breath.

The woman who had been pressing her lips against mine was blowing her tongue and breath into my mouth.

“Hyoseong… How do you find my lips?”

Only then did my gradually focusing vision reveal a very familiar face.

The moment I encountered her characteristic smiling eyes, I felt a chill overtake my heated body.

“I’m quite aroused and don’t think I can hold back anymore.”

“Me-Merilyn. What are you—mmph!”

“Haa, uh, mmph~♥”

Another kiss blocked my breath.

While I felt my brain boiling from the passionate atmosphere, I also felt myself shuddering from an even greater sense of dissonance.

Though she had always been quiet and dignified despite her playfulness, what on earth was this situation?

Why was she lying in bed with me wearing only underwear, pressing her lips against mine?

“Don’t worry.”

She removed her lips and looked into my eyes.

As her half-lidded eyes gleamed brilliantly, her slender fingers traced from my chin to my neck… and then gently stroked down to my chest.

“Don’t think about anything… Just enjoy this moment.”

Slip, as her hand stroking my skin extended down my lower abdomen and below.

As I felt the chilling sensation overtaking my confusion, the woman dominating me from above began to giggle.

“Hyoseong. Have you wanted to do this since we met?”

“N-no. That’s…”

“You don’t need to hide it. It’s just a dream anyway, so why not let yourself go free?”

A dream?

What did she just say?

“Yes, a dream. Everything happening now is just a momentary dream.”

It didn’t take long to accept.

After all, I’d only met her a day ago, and we’d parted promising to meet tomorrow.

With that memory still clear in my mind, how could I accept this absurd situation as reality?

“But to dream of doing such things with someone you’ve only met once, even in a dream.”

Pfft. She laughed.

Soon she nestled against me and brought her lips over my shoulder.

And after licking and biting my ear, she whispered softly:

“Hyoseong is a per~vert~♥”

From that, reason sank beneath ecstasy, and soon my hands began to reach for her.

And then…

***

-Tweet! Tweet tweet!

The chirping of birds outside the window.

Raising my upper body from the bed in a daze, I quietly looked out the window as if chasing the lingering effects of the dream I’d just had.

Though the morning was being announced by bird songs, what I actually saw on the branches of the tree growing next to the second-floor window of the inn were two squirrels.

“Kyu?”

“Kyuu~!”

Two squirrels who had locked eyes since morning. After seeming to get along pleasantly, soon one squirrel lay down on the ground and presented its lower body to the other.

And then the squirrel that positioned itself there began making fierce hip movements.

“Kyukk! Kyup!”

“Kyuuuuk!”

After blankly watching this scene for several minutes.

Seeing them enter their moment of enlightenment, I felt irritation rising from within.

Damn, even squirrels are having sex in the morning, so why am I still a virgin?

I need to hurry up and find a girlfriend I like, so I won’t have to fantasize about innocent people. As I was lamenting this…

-Slurp.

The sensation of something flowing down my lower body as soon as I sat up. And stickiness.

Unable to ignore it, I put my hand into my pants and a bitter laugh escaped my lips.

“…What a perfect day to die.”

The sunlight is so intense, I wonder if the river water will be warm today?

***

“Excuse me? You want me to ride in the cargo section?”

After enduring those suicidal thoughts and getting ready, I headed to the gathering place written on the request.

The numerous carriages located in front of the gate surrounding the district looked more like freight wagons owned by merchant companies for transporting goods rather than transportation provided by the Adventurer’s Guild for adventurers.

And that assumption wouldn’t be wrong.

In reality, merchant companies are often contracted for supplies in garrison areas, and novice adventurers who haven’t reached high ranks are often treated no better than cargo.

“Looking at the time you were called here, you must be a rookie who hasn’t had an adventurer badge for long, right?”

“They’re giving you a free ride to your destination and food too, so you should put up with this much. Oh, of course, they’ll also ask you to guard against monster attacks.”

“Oh my, yes, if you’re a rookie, you have to endure it.”

Well, whatever. I’ve been treated worse during my days as a porter, and getting upset about something already decided would only hurt me.

Rather, shouldn’t I be grateful they’re not making me walk there on my own feet?

“Hyoseong~ Over here~”

As I was looking for a suitable place among the merchant company’s carriages hired for supplies, I suddenly noticed someone sitting in the back seat of the cargo section recognizing me and waving.

Merilyn Sutherland.

The person who temporarily became my companion as a fellow adventurer yesterday, and who is destined to save my life through prophecy.

“Good morning. Did you sleep well last night?”

While I needed to close the distance with her for that reason, I somehow felt awkward about getting closer to her.

Just facing her kept reminding me of the dream I had earlier.

“…Hyoseong?”

“Ah, yes. I, uh… slept well.”

It wasn’t just sleeping well, it was a blissful night.

Facing the person who caused it smiling brightly made me feel guilty, but anyway.

“By the way, your outfit seems different from yesterday…”

“Ah, you mean this?”

When I immediately pointed out what was bothering me, she smiled casually and replied.

“On my way to the lodging yesterday, there was an accident, and my clothes got dirty.”

“An accident?”

“I wasn’t hurt much, so don’t worry. I’ve sent the clothes for laundry, so I can pick them up when we return…”

Well, if she says it’s fine, I suppose there’s no need to worry further.

But since her new outfit was so drastically different from before, I felt a stark contrast with the image I had been thinking of.

“Black doesn’t show dirt as much, so it should be fine whatever happens later. What do you think, does it suit me?”

“Ah, yes. It, it suits you well.”

From pure white to its opposite, black…

Such a contrasting feeling created a sense of sinfulness in itself, making the sensuality hidden beneath her modesty stand out.

Yes, just like in the dream I had earlier.

‘Hyoseong is a per~vert~♥’

…Calm down, Hyoseong Woo.

That was just a dream.

Merilyn may be playful, but she’s a serious person when she needs to be.

“We’re about to depart, so adventurers riding with us, please take your seats!”

“If you fall off because you didn’t fasten your safety strap, we’ll just leave you behind, so be warned!”

As departure time approached, merchants’ voices echoed throughout the caravan.

While adventurers in the same situation as us found their seats one by one, I also sat in the back of the carriage where Merilyn was and fastened my safety strap.

Along with that, the freight wagons began to move forward with a rattling sound.

Though the speed was slow, considering that we could fall off more easily than the cargo if an accident occurred, I couldn’t be completely at ease.

If it were just me, it might be different, but with Merilyn here too, I couldn’t help feeling uneasy…

“Is the seat uncomfortable for you?”

“Hehe, I’m used to this kind of thing, so don’t worry.”

“Ah, that’s right, you mentioned you’ve traveled outside the Empire?”

I’ve heard that while there are other human settlements outside, everywhere except the Empire is said to be like hell.

Someone who has traveled alone through such places must surely be hardened to most difficulties.

“But the sun is so bright today, it’s quite hot.”

“Yes, well. Since you’re wearing black, it must be hotter… Urk!”

Just as I was agreeing with her words, her sudden action made me feel my breath being cut off.

When she pulled at the chest area of her robe while complaining about the heat, with her face covered in sweat droplets.

Along with that, the ample flesh revealed by the stretched fabric formed a shadow-casting cleavage…

“Ahh~ Now I can breathe better~”

“Um, Merilyn.”

“What is it?”

“No, it’s just, be careful with your, actions…”

“…Oh my.”

When I hurriedly averted my gaze and spoke with difficulty, Merilyn belatedly realized her action.

After staring at her exposed cleavage, she noticed me glancing at her and began to deepen the smile on her lips.

“Hehe, does it bother you?”

“It’s not that it bothers me, I’m just concerned…”

“Is that really all?”

Swish, the sound of clothing brushing against the carriage floor.

“Hyoseong, could you look here for a moment?”

Feeling her closing the distance, I hurriedly looked at the forest outside the carriage and spoke with difficulty.

“No, that’s not…”

“So it does bother you, doesn’t it?”

Yes, it fucking bothers me.

To be honest, I’m going crazy.

The dream from yesterday is coming back to me and things are getting dangerously tense, so please don’t come any closer.

“Aha~”

Whether she knew my inner thoughts or not, Merilyn just laughed playfully at my troubled appearance.

Then, approaching me as I pressed myself against the wall, she brought her lips to my ear and whispered in a low voice.

“Hyoseong is a per~vert~♥”

The same line I heard in my dream…

No, what I just heard was even clearer than the dream.

Unlike the dream where I could let things happen as they may, now I felt my suppressed desires being tested.

-Thump!

The carriage shook violently at that moment.

Her body, which had lost balance while approaching me, began to float up from her seat due to the impact.

“Oh, my!”

Though the safety strap would prevent her from falling, the position she was flying toward was not good.

Damn, at this rate, my hand will touch her chest.

Those ample breasts in my hand… No, I can’t become more of a trash than this!

-Clatter!

At the end of that internal struggle, I managed to twist my body and pull my hand upward just in time.

After the driver corrected the carriage’s shaking, he turned toward us and expressed his concern.

“Oh dear, must have hit a rock. Are you folks in the cargo area alright?”

“Ah, yes. We didn’t fall.”

I immediately answered the voice coming from the driver’s seat.

But while we hadn’t fallen, the situation wasn’t exactly good.

My hand had successfully avoided touching her chest, but her hand was precisely touching between my legs.

“……”

“……”

As if not understanding the situation, we both maintained an uncomfortable silence for dozens of seconds.

After that, she applied a little pressure with her fingertips and exclaimed with rounded lips.

“It’s hard.”

One strike with an unfiltered fastball.

“Is it because of me?”

Followed by a second strike.

“N-no. It’s because of my groin protector.”

“Aha~ A protector~”

When I hurriedly swung my bat to at least make a foul ball, she exclaimed and looked down at her hand placed between my legs.

And taking advantage of the opportunity that came again, she threw another high-speed pitch.

“If you’re wearing a protector, that means it’s okay to touch it. I’m curious, can I feel it a bit more?”

“…Please restrain yourself.”

Even with a protector, I can still feel the sensation of her hand pressing from outside.

That alone makes me react sensitively and tighten up… Damn, I released so much last night, why can’t I calm down?

“Um, Merilyn. As much as you like joking, this kind of thing should be more restrained…”

“Hehe, I’m sorry. It seems I’ve unintentionally troubled you.”

Fortunately, does she have some awareness of how she appears?

After that, she seemed to back away from me for a moment, then tilted her head and began to rest it on my shoulder.

“Merilyn?”

“You’re the first, you know. In all my travels, the first person I’ve felt this comfortable with.”

“……”

“…So, this much is okay, right?”

-Rattle, rattle.

The sound of the carriage wheels carefully advancing on the rough forest path.

Relieved that it masked the sound of my heartbeat, I quietly placed my hand on her shoulder and pulled her toward me.

Purely to prevent the same situation from happening again, of course.

As I reassured myself like that, I carefully narrowed the distance with this fox-like lady…