Ch.360The NPC Who Dropped the Sun (9)

“…Hey, chirp!”

“Huh?”

“You, sh-sh-shirt, you don’t need to take that off too?! That…!”

-Thump!♡

Ugh…! Muscles!! Collarbone!!! Ah… My stomach is growling!!

It was fine when he immediately took off one layer of his suit, following my words despite refusing the Chancellor’s. But, there’s no need to take off your shirt too!! No!! It’s good for the eyes, but!! Is it poison for the eyes?!!

Despite usually being all bundled up, he suddenly shows this strange spirit of frugality, saying, ‘Isn’t this the expensive outfit Kara prepared? I should return it clean and proper.’ Seeing him like this, I feel my face—no, my entire body—heating up.

Idiot!! That’s yours!! It was made to fit your size!!! Ah, I’m ruined. I’ve faced it head-on.

Those well-defined shoulders without any excess fat. The masculine collarbone extending from them. His chest muscles, neither lacking nor excessive, look so firm that I want to press them with my fingers.

Moreover, the biceps and triceps of his arms moving to fold his clothes stand out prominently even though he doesn’t seem to be exerting much force, making my heart race. His abs, visible as he folds his clothes, boast a high-performance washboard six-pack. Sigh, I want to bury my nose there and smell i…

“Ragni. Are you ready?”

“…Hey, kid. Put your clothes on. She loses her mind when you’re like that.”

“What?”

“Ah, no!! Don’t put them on!! It’s fine! You’ve already folded your muscles, so why?!”

“Huh? Fold my muscles? What are you tal…”

As I spout nonsense, he reaches out asking if I’m okay, saying my face is red, and I catch a glimpse of his armpit muscles.

Ah, Jack, did you remove your armpit hair? Why is it so clean? I’m going crazy, I really want to lick i…

-Lick.

“Eek?!!”

“Oh.”

Before Jack could place his outstretched hand on my forehead, I grabbed it and unconsciously really licked it. Ah!! I’ve been holding back my perverse behavior lately to build up goodwill!!! I was planning to endure until the decisive day to be chosen by “the third hand”!!!

“Ah, that. Ah, sor, sorr…”

-Rustle.

“…If you win, let’s sleep together tonight.”

“What?!!”

Ah, Jack’s manner of speech slipped out of me unconsciously. Jack, who pulled back the hand I unconsciously licked, seems to have noticed as he puts his face close to my ear and whispers words that make my body go cold.

It’s not that my excitement has subsided. My body, my lower abdomen, is still intensely thump-thumping♡. However, my [Skill], [Wisdom of the Blue Ruler], tells me.

That getting excited here is an act of insane stupidity. Am I going to blow the chance to make that, that sexy body mine first, all because of a desire to lick?

No. Absolutely not.

-Click.

“Jack. I’m going to be dead serious. Don’t blame me if something breaks.”

“Pfft. Sure.”

After briefly feeling his hand patting my head as if my words were cute, I draw a gun I had strapped to my thigh and turn my head to create distance. Deep breath, deep breath. Let’s win!!

-Tap.

“Chancellor. The signal.”

“When this fireball bursts in the sky, you begin.”

As the Chancellor creates a small fireball on his finger and shoots it into the sky, Jack and I face each other. Ah, his gaze focusing only on me is so thrilling…!!

-Bang! Boom!!

“Ugh?!!”

“…!!”

Despite being nearly 4 meters apart, Jack’s fist came flying at my abdomen simultaneously with the sound of the fireball bursting. Are you crazy?! If I get hit there, I’ll be done in one blow! In both senses!!

-Click!! Bang!!

“Kup!!”

While evading backward, I aimed my gun at Jack’s face, but as expected, he dodged my magic bullet by just tilting his head. Immediately, he kicks off the ground and targets my hand. If I pull my hand back to avoid it, Jack’s face, already rushing to my front, will headbutt me. Not our usual kiss, but a real headbutt coming at me. Crazy!!

-Bang!!

“Haap!!”

“?!!”

I don’t understand why there’s an explosive sound in the air when he tried to headbutt me. I instinctively dodge the headbutt and enter Jack’s now empty embrace, grabbing his arm—ah, such firm muscles♡

-Whoosh!!

After grabbing his forearm that I don’t want to let go of, I throw him away and immediately follow up with gunfire, but he blocks all of it… How on earth are you blocking that with your fists? I now rush toward him as he lands. I put my gun back on my thigh and aim the tip of my shoe at his chin (his Adam’s apple is sexy too♡) as he’s still adjusting his posture, but Jack blocks my foot with his palm and swings his other fist at me. As his fist flies straight at my face as if he’s really going to hit it, I put strength into my foot that’s in contact with him, spin in reverse to dodge, and then.

-Whack!!!

“Kuk?!!”

I kick his left cheek hard with my shin. Ah, even the way he staggers after being hit is so cool…?!

-Grab!!

“W-wait…!!”

Despite the considerable centrifugal force in my kick, Jack immediately grabs my shin before I can land. W-wait!! You’re not going to slam me down, are y…?!!

-Whoosh!! Thud!!

“Kkhiaat!!!”

Letting out a strange cry as I’m swung like an orc’s club, I grab the ground with both hands before impact, curling up like a cat to absorb the shock. Were you really going to slam me?!! You jerk!!!

-Swish!! Thwack!!

“Ughpuh?!!”

With my torn skirt completely flipped over, making us unable to see each other, I use my captured leg as an axis and kick Jack’s chin with my other foot. That’s it!! Let’s do this!!! I’m absolutely going to win and lose my virginity tonight!!!

As he releases my shin and is pushed back, I push off the ground with just my arms to pursue him. After completely embracing his face with both legs and thighs, I bring down an elbow strike to the crown of his head, feeling his hot breath on my precious area. Ah♡ This position is no good, I’m going to have a problem first!!♥

“Hnngh!!!”

Bouncing my waist like a bow, I use the centrifugal force to pull him in, place my arms back on the ground, and put all my strength into my legs. This time I’ll be the one doing the inserting!!!

-Crash!!! Tap!!

After driving Jack’s crown into the ground, I immediately kick off and retreat, drawing my gun. Due to the dust, I can’t see him, but I’m certain this isn’t over.

-Bang bang bang bang!!!

I shoot into the dust to prioritize recovering visibility, and sure enough, I hear the explosive sound of bullets bursting. If he’s still in the smoke!

“Jack! If you don’t dodge, breaking won’t be the end of it!!”

I infuse MP into my gun. I hadn’t planned to go this far since I’m not facing an enemy, but clearly, holding back against him was arrogant. As the muzzle begins to glow, I fire a blue beam with about 10% of my power, and I see Jack narrowly dodging it from within the dust cloud as he rushes toward me. Reading his posture that’s clearly aiming for my abdomen again, I deliberately move into it, and as expected, an uppercut flies in a clean arc. I step on his fist with my foot, leap into the air, grab Jack’s face, and.

“Hyaap!!!”

-Thwack!!

“Uguk?!!”

I slam my knee into Jack’s face. Ah, was that too harsh? I thought for a real 0.something seconds, but.

-Grab!!

“Ouch!!”

My leg, my entire thigh is caught. I hurriedly release his face and swing my fist at his temple, but.

-Whoooosh!!!

“Kyaaaa!!!”

Of course, being caught first, I’m swung around by his hands faster, and he starts spinning me like a windmill, making me unable to do anything. Aaaah!! The world is spinning!! This is bad!! I feel like I’m going to throw up!!! Just as I think that, I hear an explosive sound by my ear, and my legs and thighs—no, my entire body—is freed. Ah, I’m flying now? How far did he throw me? The sky? Since I haven’t touched the ground, it must be the sky?

-Click.

Not knowing if I’m in the sky or on the ground, I instinctively draw my gun, infuse it with MP, and fire with about 30% destructive power. The recoil pushes my body sideways, and I hear him pursuing me, making me realize I’m falling head-first.

I fire repeatedly toward the ground without looking, but Jack wouldn’t be hit by such sloppy deterrence, and the sound of his approach quickly reaches my vicinity. As I fall upside down, just as the horizon comes into view, Jack’s face crosses with mine, blocking it. Ah, I’ve los…

“Ajiik!!!!”

-Thwack!!!

It’s an impossible posture. From my falling position, I put all my strength into my waist, buttocks, and thighs to take a sitting position and place my legs on Jack’s shoulders. His eyes tremble as if he never imagined such a posture would emerge, but.

“I’m losing my virginity toniiiiight!!!”

With my whole body and soul.

With more sincerity than I’ve ever fought with before, I wrap Jack’s face with my thighs and spin together with him, returning the impact of the fall. Jack’s head hits the ground first, and with this, I’ve wo…?!!!

-Swish!! Grab! Squeeze!!

“Ugh. So damn!! Painful…!!!”

“…Really, unbelievable.”

Jack, who had been driven into the ground, immediately reaches out, pulls me down, and pins down both my arms and legs with his entire body. Ha, haha. This is cheating. How is this possible? Wasn’t my stat higher? I’ve thought about this before, but why can’t I move at all when my strength stat is higher?

When I try to escape by exerting force and shaking my body, only the ridiculously large fat lumps shake, and I truly can’t budge an inch. It really feels like being pinned under a boulder, no, a mountain.

Hmm, should I try acting cute? Ask him to let me go just once. But honestly, I’m starting to dislike my own tendency to get excited about being pinned down by Jack in this situation♡

“Is it over?”

“Haa, I can’t move at all.”

“Hmm. As I thought.”

Thinking it’s over, the Chancellor approaches and starts speaking, and Jack releases me, while I just sprawl out on the spot.

“Kid. You said Ragni’s strength…”

“It’s now over 7,000. Seven times mine. In simple terms, she’s seven times stronger than me in raw power.”

“Be honest. Isn’t that a lie? Far from seven times, I feel like I’m weaker by a factor.”

“Were both of you at full power?”

“I was about halfway.”

“I was almost at full power. Well, if I had a sword, things might have been different.”

“Hmm.”

Both Jack and I were clearly honest, but then, what explains this difference? Is there something wrong with the status window Jack sees? I’ve thought it was strange before. Clearly my stats are the strongest among our group, yet Reina and Gorg seem abnormally stronger than me, and even now, the Chancellor’s magical pressure feels slightly frightening to me. Moreover, in the fight just now, Jack says he was at half power, while I was truly at full power except for the MP I put into my gun, and yet.

“Jack, just now you…”

“Honestly, is it easy to hit my woman’s face and break something as I said? I was only thinking about restraining her.”

“And you, Ragni?”

“I didn’t want to cause serious injuries. Well, while fighting, I couldn’t even mind that much.”

“So, the kid overwhelmed the instructor even while holding back to some extent. Honestly, the sample size is too small to draw definitive conclusions, but I think I know the answer.”

“Eh? Really?”

“Is that so? What is it?”

The Chancellor, who claims to know something that neither Jack, who knows about past lives and sees status windows, nor I know, approaches and raises his foot.

-Squish!

“What, what are you doing?!! Why are you kicking my chest?!”

“I just stepped on it lightly. And…”

-Tap.

“…Huh?”

He tapped both my chest and Jack’s chest with his foot. What?! What is he suddenly doing…!! Wait.

“…Don’t tell me.”

“You’ve figured it out.”

“…What is it? You’re not going to say something like because she’s a woman or because he’s a man…”

“Physical toughness.”

At my unconscious words, the Chancellor nods, and I also jump up and touch Jack’s body.

Indeed, muscles as hard as rock♡ Ah, I want to be embraced… No! Not that!! His back muscles and chest, which aren’t excessively bulging but seem to express practical compression with his entire body, I touch and poke them several times, and clearly understand. This is.

“Depending on the degree of physical training, the proportion of stats one can use is determined?”

“…What?”

“Kid, you were a mountain keeper, right? And you were also an adventurer, and ran all the way to the Empire. And I hear that whenever you had time, you exercised or went mountain climbing at dawn?”

“Yes. Well, lately I’ve had a lot of paperwork, so I often climb mountains in the early morning to stretch my body.”

“And you, instructor?”

“…Physical training and such. I only did a bit alongside Jack when learning martial arts. At the academy, I just did stretches with the kids. The most intense movement I’ve done was practicing swordsmanship with Rey and martial arts with Gorg a few times to demonstrate [Skills].”

“N-no way.”

Jack, who has finally caught up with the conversation, stares blankly at me and the Chancellor, who nods and answers.

“No matter how high the stats you speak of are. If your body can’t withstand that level, you can’t use it all. From what I see, you can exert your full power as you described thanks to your trained body. The instructor probably can’t even bring out a tenth of her potential.”

Recalling the day when Jack chased me through Neity’s dungeon to help me activate my skill, when I collapsed after exerting more than full power, everything falls into place.