Ch.341Side Story. Jealousy

“…..”

The act with the Dark Spiritmaster in the forest was more stimulating than I expected and showed me a new horizon for the soul.

But the actual result wasn’t very good.

[Ah, I told you we didn’t do it! We just bit and sucked, but at the end the artificial body broke…!]

The Dark Spiritmaster blurted out some strange excuse as she was being dragged away by Findenai and Stella, but anyway.

I picked up the pillow that had fallen to the floor and was lost in thought for a moment.

Being caught was inevitable given how sharp Findenai’s intuition was—she must have noticed various traces.

It could have been the smell, or perhaps the moans the Dark Spiritmaster had been making in the forest.

I just hadn’t expected to be caught so quickly.

‘If we’re sleeping separately, does that mean I have to sleep outside?’

Even though our relationship had changed from maid and master to lovers, could the relationship change so drastically?

From the beginning, Findenai still occasionally called me “master,” so I wondered if it was right for me to sleep outside.

Well, anyway.

Honestly, I didn’t think I could fall asleep tonight. Remembering the time I spent with the Dark Spiritmaster made my fatigue disappear.

Of course, it wasn’t because I was excited.

‘Spirit body…’

It was because I had glimpsed a hint of an entirely new concept through the Dark Spiritmaster.

When we first started kissing, the Dark Spiritmaster had no warmth, no scent, no saliva.

But as our interaction progressed, warmth developed in her, she smelled of sweat, and saliva moistened her lips.

‘It would be impossible with an ordinary soul.’

This shouldn’t be possible.

But in the case of the Dark Spiritmaster, she was a special soul.

Despite being dead, she couldn’t be considered a simple soul because the continent had recognized her necessity and defined her as an essential existence.

‘How on earth is this possible?’

While I continued to ponder this,

Findenai came out of the room and glared at me.

“How far did you go?”

“You already heard from the Dark Spiritmaster.”

“That woman was just bragging while pretending to explain.”

“…..”

Come to think of it, she had bragged to Stella before about things I had said to her.

“Just…..”

When I tried to explain it in words, my mouth wouldn’t move. When I was caught up in the moment with a heated mind, it didn’t bother me, but now my actions felt more embarrassing than I had expected.

Is this what they call post-nut clarity?

While I was hesitating in front of Findenai, feeling like I had learned something, she strode forward.

“Hard to say it in words?”

“…..”

“Then show me with actions.”

A blatant seduction.

She hastily grabbed my hand and pulled it, trying to make me touch her.

“Hm? What did you do? Did you fondle her breasts? Or did you put it in and thrust hard? Like a dog? Are you a dog?!”

“No, I didn’t go that far.”

I tried to remove my hand that had been forcibly placed on her breast, but Findenai was too strong.

“Findenai.”

When I called her name, Findenai glared at me with irritation. Only by channeling mana into my hand could I forcibly pull it away.

“What.”

After calling her, I didn’t have anything appropriate to say.

Apologizing seemed strange, and doing what she wanted would be too much for my artificial body to handle.

But ignoring her feelings wasn’t something I could do either.

Tell her to wait because there’s a possibility of creating a spirit body?

It wasn’t even certain, and whether there was a physical body or not wasn’t important right now.

For a woman, it was naturally intolerable that her man had engaged in sexual activity with another woman.

“Nothing to say?”

“…That’s right.”

“Sigh, this is so infuriating. At times like this, couldn’t you at least beg or make excuses?”

She brushed back her bangs and sighed with irritation.

“Huh? I’m sorry. I love you. I won’t do it again. You’re the best. Tell me these kinds of lies. Then I could at least pretend to be fooled!”

As I calmly watched Findenai, whose voice had finally risen, I answered honestly.

“Is that what you want to hear?”

“What?”

“Lies that we both know won’t help at all. Also… the person you love, that’s not who I am.”

This was my own desperate attempt.

It feels like a distant past now, but there was a time when Findenai left me to protect the Republic of Clark.

To remain the Findenai I held in my heart, she left me to fight for the republic’s freedom.

The situation now was similar.

Not making excuses.

Facing the situation honestly.

Not hiding my true feelings and letting them be known.

This was the only and most definite action I could take to not lose Findenai.

“…..”

“I will always remain the person you fell in love with. However, I will always respect your choices.”

I won’t hold you back even if you leave.

I, who hadn’t made a choice, had no right to reach out to someone who was leaving.

“Damn you.”

Findenai’s expression, which had been glaring at me, softened. Amidst complex emotions, Findenai spoke honestly.

“I know that master is trying to choose someone. But I also know that you can’t actually choose because we don’t want you to.”

“…..”

“We’re the ones who pushed you into a situation where you can’t choose, yet we show jealousy. It’s ridiculous.”

“No.”

That’s not it.

“It’s a natural emotion for humans.”

I too would feel jealous if another man developed a good relationship with the women in the house.

Of course, I wouldn’t express it and would bless them from afar.

Anyway, jealousy was truly a human and natural emotion.

I couldn’t ask her to suppress it. That would only make her suffer from within.

“Keep letting me know. So I can understand. So I can come up with an answer.”

“…..”

Coming up with an answer.

At the mention of eventually choosing someone, Findenai’s expression darkened slightly.

But her expression quickly changed, and she smiled faintly.

“But you’ve gone back to your master speech pattern?”

When I heard her words, I was slightly taken aback. From the moment Findenai called me “master,” I had somehow become Deus Verdi again.

And not missing the moment of confusion, Findenai rushed forward and knocked me over.

Crash!

I shouldn’t be doing anything that puts strain on my artificial body, but right after changing into it, it took an impact.

Before I could ask what she was doing, Findenai, who had already climbed on top of me, kissed me.

“Mmph!”

Despite my involuntary sound and struggle, both my wrists were grabbed and pinned to the floor.

After a brief kiss, Findenai looked down at me and smiled slyly through her white hair.

“You said I could act on my jealousy, right?”

“That doesn’t mean forcing it like this…!”

Before I could say anything, Findenai kissed me again.

“Puha, this isn’t bad at all? Until now, I’ve only been on the receiving end with you.”

“What you usually do…!”

My words were cut off again by her forceful tongue. It seemed she was determined to prevent me from speaking.

“Haa, haa.”

Findenai separated her lips again.

Seeing me silent and relaxed, she grinned.

“Your mind works fast. I was planning to continue if you struggled or spoke.”

Findenai muttered with a click of her tongue, like a hunter who finds it more fun to catch a lively beast.

But.

“But I’m going to do it anyway.”

Even though I wasn’t resisting, she immediately pressed her lips against mine again. I had no idea what was going on.

“You’re the problem. You’re the only one who can make me fall for you again even after you’ve cheated.”

“…..”

The words “I didn’t intend to” lingered on my numb tongue. She seemed to like that and grinned again.

“Didn’t you say your artificial body would break if your mana became too intense from mental excitement, not just physical actions?”

“That’s—”

As I tried to answer, Findenai kissed me again. When I glared at her with wide eyes, wondering what she was doing, crescent moon-like mischievous eyes looked down at me.

She occasionally poked my tongue with her sharp teeth, causing slight pain. As if that was some kind of punishment.

“Puha.”

After the longest kiss so far, I frowned, but she seemed to enjoy it, wiggling her hips.

“It feels great to be master’s master. You can’t even control your mana enough to escape from me because of the artificial body breaking. Right?”

I didn’t answer this time, but for some reason,

she kissed me again as if it were natural.

I don’t know how many times this was.

My head was spinning, unable to keep up with Findenai’s momentum.

She was definitely a beast-like woman.

“Huh, no answer?”

Findenai asked playfully, wiping the drool from the corner of her mouth with her shoulder.

What was the point of this when any choice would lead to the same result?

“You broke one artificial body with the Dark Spiritmaster. And until tomorrow when you get one from Professor Per, you only have this one, right?”

Findenai, delighted at the thought of making me uncomfortable, said with a smile.

“Since too much excitement will break your artificial body. Let’s see how well you can endure?”

Saying that, Findenai kissed me again. She pressed her body against mine and held me tight so I couldn’t escape.

About an hour later, I was finally rescued when the Dark Spiritmaster, who had finished being scolded, and Stella, with a tired expression, arrived.