Chapter 178

Chapter 178

178: Trick And Treat – N After getting dressed and leaving the alley, we walked together for a while through the night streets. “….” The night air that brushed against my skin was cool. And the atmosphere between us was a little colder than that. Of course, it would be ridiculous to keep walking in silence like this, so I spoke to Aiden in a seemingly cheerful voice. “Ah, right. About what happened at the Lanthe Baron’s residence…” Of course, sex isn’t the only thing I have to do with Aiden. That’s just a spontaneous relationship, and the real reason I came back to Tritia is to tell him about Rutricia and Shelina. In a way, I’m only getting to the main point now. As I told him about Shelina and Rutricia, Aiden murmured in surprise. “…No way. The Knight Princess was that guy…” “Were you close?” His reaction seemed so shocking that I asked, and Aiden shook his head lightly. “No. Not really.” “….” If that was all, was there a need to be so surprised? I smiled wryly and moved on. “And as for the Etheric Herb, it seems like I can steal it.” “Really? That’s a bit unexpected.” “Yeah. It’s not his. He’s being politically checked by his nasty older brother, so it’s hard for him to get the herb too.” As I summarized the situation, Aiden nodded and smiled. “Then I guess I can show off my skills a bit.” It was a strangely sharp smile. The smile, illuminated by the exposed moonlight, looked quite handsome. I thought that if I had been born a man, that kind of appearance would have been alright. As I quietly stared at him like that, Aiden soon returned to his usual expression. “…Why are you looking at me like that?” “Just. It’s nothing.” As I lightly glossed over it, he thought for a moment and muttered to himself. “…Was it a bit unsightly?” “Huh?” Tilting my head at the unexpected mutter, Aiden replied grumbling. “Aren’t you thinking that a weak guy is just all talk?” Was I just jumping to conclusions? “No, I just thought it was cool.” “Really?” “Yeah. My lower abdomen rumbled a little.” “…The last part wasn’t necessary.” I found Aiden’s thoughts amusing, but on the other hand, I could understand his feelings to some extent. Perhaps he had some kind of inferiority complex about me. …Could it be that the reason he wanted to see me get beaten by those thugs was because of that? “Hey, did you tell me to be held by those men because-” “Let’s not talk about that. That was…my fault.” When I mentioned it, Aiden hurriedly shook his head. His face, revealed under the moonlight, seemed genuinely sorry. Even though there was no reason to be sorry, the fact that he thought so meant that it was genuine. “It’s okay. If there’s a good reason, I can’t say I wouldn’t do it.” Of course, if there was a proper reason, I wouldn’t say no. / After walking around the street once, I asked Aiden again. “So, what are you going to do?” “Huh?” “What we were doing in the alley earlier. Should we go back to the inn and continue?” Even though the mood was broken, my body was still heated. If we ended it like this, I’d probably be the one who’d be disappointed. So I subtly tried to seduce Aiden, but he shook his head as if he didn’t want to. “No, not today.” “…Really?” He hadn’t even come yet, so was he already having a post-coital clarity? I was inwardly disappointed, but I couldn’t force him. Unlike other men, Aiden was our friend. I nodded as if I couldn’t help it, and he smiled faintly. “I kind of want to be sentimental today.” Did that mean he was going to wait for Emily? I nodded and sighed softly. “Then it’s over for today….” “Go find someone else.” “Well, I’m not in the mood for that either.” My body was a little heated, but I didn’t want to grab just anyone. Even I have my principles. I have no intention of randomly satisfying my desires. In the end, I had to spend the night alone. Well, it wouldn’t be a lonely night since El was there. “…Sorry.” “You don’t need to apologize.” I smiled back at Aiden, who was giving me a wry smile, and turned around. “Let’s talk about the herb tomorrow.” There was plenty of time. If I went with El tomorrow, we’d have a plan. Since stealing was his job, I was going to leave the exact plan to Aiden, so his condition was important. “Okay.” With that, we said a simple goodbye and went our separate ways. / And when I returned to the inn,

-Creak.

“El, I’m back….?” “…Huh?” A perplexing sight unfolded before my eyes. To describe the ‘perplexing sight’ in a little more detail, it was El trying to hide a large phallus. Seeing El covering his groin with a flustered expression, I couldn’t help but stop in my tracks. “….Ah?” The thing that rose between El’s thin pajamas resembled a penis. Of course, she doesn’t have male genitalia. To come to a logical conclusion, it was probably Aruhm. Since it has hardening properties, such an application was possible, but I could guess why it was in that shape without having to ask. “….” “…Ahem.” Was shame like the triangle of conscience? Instead of making a shy expression, El lightly cleared his throat and pointed to the thing that had risen between his legs. “How is it?” “….” What kind of reaction did she want? Swallowing the question that arose from pure curiosity, I replied briefly. “It reminds me of the old days.” “Hey, shouldn’t you say it’s big and beautiful at times like this….huh?” El, who had uttered the answer she wanted, pondered my words for a moment and asked back. “Reminds you of the old days?” “Well, there were times like that.” “….” It was an ambiguous answer, but I thought she would understand. After being silent for a while, El quietly opened his mouth as he watched me take off my coat lightly. “…Hey. Layla.” “Yeah?” What was she trying to say? Was it because she wasn’t satisfied with her relationship with Aiden? I felt it was ridiculous to expect something, but I asked calmly on the outside. Then El scratched his cheek as if he was in trouble and continued. “How do I undo this?” “….” I was momentarily flustered by the unexpected question, but soon nodded. Certainly, Aruhm’s hardening is a phenomenon close to magic. It was not surprising that she didn’t know how to solve it. But the solution was just as simple. “You can just pull it out.” “…Well, it’s connected inside.” “….” I didn’t know because it was covered by thin clothes, but was that how it was? I wondered how she had gotten to that point, but I didn’t ask any further for her mental well-being. “Then, take it off for a second, I’ll undo it right away.” “Okay.” El answered immediately and raised the skirt of his negligee. Looking at his unhesitating appearance, I wondered how his shyness worked for a moment. Was acting like a vampire embarrassing, but masturbating with someone else’s familiar wasn’t? People’s ideas are diverse. “It usually comes back after a while, but I have to sleep soon….” I explained quietly and reached out to grab the firmly hardened Aruhm. Feeling a little strange that the location and shape resembled male genitalia, I used the internal energy of my dantian to inject it into Aruhm. “I don’t think you need to kneel….” “Ah, it’s a habit….” I replied simply to El’s muttering and injected internal energy. However, the hardened Aruhm lightly bounced off the internal energy I had injected. “…Huh?” It was an unexpected situation. I tried injecting internal energy again, but the result was the same. Whether it was hardened because it felt a sense of crisis rather than a normal hardening, or the command through thought didn’t work. “Why?” “It doesn’t listen to me.” I thought about injecting it more strongly, but I couldn’t. No matter how hardened it was, the essence was the fluid of a slime. If the injection of internal energy became excessive, it could break like glass, and in the worst case, the core could be damaged. “Did you inject internal energy?” “Uh, huh? It ate well….” “So that’s why….” “…Is something big wrong?” “No, not really…” It wasn’t a big problem. It didn’t look dangerous when I looked at the state of the core. However, this state might last a little longer. “…Then, should I just leave it like this?” Looking at El, who was asking in a serious tone, I shook my head. “No, there’s another way.” “What is it?” “Since it’s my familiar, it’ll come back soon if I wrap it in my body.” I replied briefly and took off the clothes I was wearing. If I couldn’t inject internal energy, I could create a familiar environment. It was obvious what a familiar environment would be for Aruhm. “…Hey, Layla?” El looked at me taking off my clothes and asked in a flustered tone. But I pretended not to hear El’s question and asked back. “Wouldn’t it be easier to do it in bed?” “Hey, I don’t understand the situation right now…” “It’s simple. Just put it inside me.” The expression on El’s face at that moment was quite a sight to behold. / It was half a joke, but the other half was serious. It wasn’t the first time I’d had a relationship with a woman. Emily and I did that sometimes. It wouldn’t be bad to cool down my heated body. “S-So…I’m putting it in?” El, wearing a black negligee, stuttered and asked in a flustered tone. The flustered expression that didn’t match the flowing black hair and sharp eyes had a surprisingly contrasting charm. The plump breasts and slender shoulders below made me forget the infamy of the Blood Shadow Magic that resided in her body. Of course, the biggest twist was the pink giant root attached between her legs. The transparent crystal-like light boasted a fairly overwhelming volume. “Don’t stutter. You’re making me feel weird.” “…Isn’t it normal to feel weird?” Could it be that she already noticed? In fact, there was no need to insert it. I could touch it with my hands, wrap it with my mouth, or hug it and rub it against my chest…. ….No. Looking back, everything looked strange. “Well, this is just a magical measure….” “Is that so…?” El tilted his head as if he was unconvinced, but slowly moved his waist. Feeling the soft skin and plump breasts intersecting, unlike when I was with a man, I hugged El’s approaching body. I entrusted my body to her so that she could insert it easily. And after a while, something with a sensation different from human flesh penetrated into me. “Ahut….” A groan flowed out without me realizing it due to the somewhat overwhelming volume of foreign matter. Then, El’s waist twitched slightly. “Ugh…what are you doing?” Originally, I was just supposed to insert it and stay still, but El was deliberately moving his waist. When I asked her, who was moving like a man trying to ejaculate, El replied in a flustered voice. “Ah, well, your moans were so lewd…I was wondering how you made them….” “….” “No, but isn’t this shape too weird?” The atmosphere was strange. Even if we were both women, it would be more unreasonable to hope that it wouldn’t be strange since we were hugging each other and even doing pseudo-insertion. Moreover, it would be even stranger if she had the heart of a man left. “It is weird.” “I knew it….”

“And what you did is just as strange.” “…Ugh.” After lightly chiding her, I turn over in bed. “Ugh…” With her inside me, I struggle to turn, facing my back to Elle, and explain to her. “If you stay still like this, you’ll melt into my body.” “…Ah.” Of course, if that was all, it wouldn’t be fun. A faint smile on my lips, I open my mouth in a playful tone. “And, you can move too.” “…What?” “If you want to. I’m saying you can.” / [Author’s Note] I’m sorry for the delay. I couldn’t make any progress due to a cold over the weekend, so I couldn’t upload it…