Chapter 73: I Don’t Just Sleep with Anyone

“You, why did you avoid me?”

In a private room of the research wing.

Being interrogated in a space with just me and the magic tower master, my hands and feet trembled and cold sweat dripped down.

“Th-that’s not it. I didn’t avoid you. I was just a bit busy…”

“Busy? Where were you trying to go?”

“Well…”

I was trying to go home.

Can’t I want to go home sometimes?

“You could have just come in to show your face briefly before leaving. Did you dislike that so much you tried to run away? You wanted to buy scrolls but didn’t want to meet me. You’re just doing whatever you want, aren’t you?”

“No, did Male rat me out?”

“Male didn’t say anything. It’s just natural to know when someone enters the magic tower.”

“You were monitoring…”

So I was being monitored from the moment I entered the magic tower.

No wonder Male gave me a subtle hint.

He deliberately tipped me off, knowing the magic tower master would forcibly drag me away if I just left.

“The magic tower entry pass isn’t something just anyone can obtain. You’re not even interested in magic studies. The reason you, a mere Bronze Badge holder, can enter the magic tower is because of your contract with me. Isn’t that right?”

“That’s right. I have no excuse.”

“Right. You shouldn’t make excuses. Since you tried to avoid me unilaterally.”

The magic tower master came closer to me.

Then she patted my shoulders to brush off dust and spoke again.

“Did that bitch Moira tell you to avoid me?”

“Huh? No. She didn’t say anything.”

“Hmm. Then why did you avoid me? Come to think of it, you were living with Moira’s daughter, right? Did that girl Yuria say something?”

“No! Neither Moira nor Yuria said anything!”

“Neither of them said anything about me?”

“Yes. They really didn’t mention anything, and didn’t tell me anything.”

“They didn’t mention anything. Are you saying I’m not even worth mentioning?”

“Huh? No, why are you thinking that way? Isn’t this paranoia..?”

“What did you say! Paranoia!?”

“Aaaah!!”

Whether she got angry or just went crazy, the magic tower master straddled my thighs and pressed close.

“Wh-what are you doing! Get off!”

“No. Bear with it. When bodies get closer, hearts naturally get closer too. Since you seem to be avoiding me, I need to forcibly narrow the distance between us.”

“What is this!?”

“Since you seem to fear me, I have no choice but to take drastic measures. I’ll change that perception of yours that fears me. From now on, you’ll get horny when you see me.”

“Ugh!”

The magic tower master pushed her chest against me.

Does this person think everything can be solved just by pushing her chest?

‘B-breasts…’

The cleavage looks warm.

It would feel so good to bury my nose between those breasts, should I endure this?

No, she pushed her breasts at me first. At this point, isn’t she openly propositioning me?

‘You crazy bastard, you have to endure.’

I had to strain my neck backwards to keep her large breasts from touching my face.

If I bury my face in those breasts even once, it’s over. I’ll just become the magic tower master’s stud.

“You’re enduring this. You can just close your eyes, bury your face in them, and act spoiled, you know?”

“I’ll pass…”

“Are you rejecting me because I’m older? But I don’t have any children. I’m unmarried. Why is Moira okay but not me? Can you only satisfy your sexual desires with a mother-daughter combo? Should I go make a child somewhere?”

“No! Magic tower master, are you crazy?! Are you some bundle of inferiority complex? Why do you keep comparing yourself to the guild master? What’s wrong with you? You’re plenty charming too.”

“Then why do you keep rejecting me? Your words and actions don’t match. Are you trying to deceive me? I’m suspicious. Did Moira tell you to deceive me?”

“Aaargh!”

This woman is severe.

Did she get beaten up by the guild master or something?

Why is she so desperate to compare herself to Moira?

There’s nothing more stressful than comparing yourself to others.

“I was afraid I might truly fall into carnal desire if I buried my face in your chest right now. Is that good enough?”

“What? Truly fall for me? Then just truly fall for me. If you come to me, you can live a life of luxury forever. You can have everything you want. Just come to me. Not anyone else. Me. I’ll cherish you. How about it?”

The magic tower master telling me to come to her.

It was tempting, but I had no intention of easily falling for it.

I looked into her eyes to discern her true intentions.

Only then could I see properly.

Looking closely into her eyes rather than her large breasts, I could tell.

She was only seeing me as a trophy.

Just considering me as a collectible to show off.

Somehow my excitement cooled off completely.

I don’t like physical relationships without affection.

At least if I matched her sexual preferences or

If it had to be me and no one else.

If she was just trying to have me as a bragging right, I would reject her first.

“Let’s stop this game here. Above all, magic tower master, you’re not serious right now, are you? I can tell from your eyes. If you’re just trying to play around with me. Stop there. Don’t cross the line.”

“…”

As I stared into her eyes, the magic tower master distanced herself from me.

Mabel, who was trying to take out her misplaced inferiority complex towards Moira on me.

Of course, she doesn’t love me.

Was it since I obtained spirit vision? I became able to somewhat sense people’s true intentions by looking into their eyes.

The way Yuria and Lady Lea looked at me was so different from how the magic tower master looked at me.

The magic tower master was only considering me as a trophy to show off.

There’s no affection or love.

Well, that’s to be expected.

This is only our second meeting after all.

There’s no reason to fall in love.

And not enough basis to like me.

She probably just wants to tease Moira.

That petty feeling of “I got the man you wanted first”.

She expressed similar emotions towards me last time too, but it was especially severe this time.

She must have some personal circumstances.

Maybe Mabel ardently admires Moira.

The problem is that emotion is inferiority complex rather than admiration.

“Hmph. You, you’re bolder than I thought.”

“I’m actually quite timid.”

“I can see why that bitch Moira treasures you. You don’t fall easily. And you don’t lose your nerve? What are you? Some noble from the east?”

“Huh? What are you suddenly saying? I’m a commoner.”

“A mere commoner, yet you talk back while fearing me. Trying to speak the truth. Interesting. I heard rumors you chase after women. But you seem more restrained than I expected?”

“I’ve never chased women! That’s truly a false rumor!”

“I heard you kept two female slaves. You’re living together at Yuria’s house. And you go in and out of the labyrinth with an all-female party? You’re saying you’re not a playboy despite all this? Don’t tell me you’re impotent?”

“No, what is this? How do you know so much in detail? Are you stalking me?”

“Well, that bitch Moira has her eye on you.”

She really is obsessed with Moira.

This woman clearly seems to have some grudge against Moira.

So she kept trying to provoke me to get on Moira’s nerves, but it failed. She probably won’t bother me anymore now?

“Well, if you’re not interested in me, that’s fine. Hmph. You won’t find a better woman than me anywhere.”

“Yes. I hope you meet a good person too, magic tower master.”

“The problem is there are no good people. Sigh. It’s not easy.”

Good people are hard to meet originally.

Most people are just adequate.

“By the way, you were buying scrolls. Are you entering the labyrinth?”

“Yes. I think I’ll be going in quite deep.”

“You must be included in the Saint’s party.”

“How did you know that?”

“It’s obvious if you look at how things are going.”

The magic tower master seemed to already know the Saint’s party would be going down to the underground city to subjugate heretics.

“You’ll be going down to the underground city. You remember what I asked last time, right?”

“Yes. Wasn’t it to gather information if there are monsters capable of conversation?”

“That’s right. I’m glad you remember.”

Back then, I didn’t have any related information since I hadn’t met Olivia yet, but now I could understand what magic tower master Mabel wanted.

‘Monsters capable of conversation. The magic tower master is looking for neutral NPCs.’

According to the information I heard from Olivia, there are neutral NPCs in the underground city who will send you to simplified labyrinths if you complete some requests.

‘Spider cave and snake den.’

She said you can enter places called spider cave and snake den if you complete Arachne and Frogman’s requests and raise intimacy with them.

Mabel has probably come across some literature related to this somewhere.

I think she’s asking me to find the locations of Arachne and Frogman.

The important point is that Mabel doesn’t even know the keywords “Arachne” and “Frogman”.

She only knows about “monsters capable of conversation”.

‘Information advantage. Do I really need to tell the magic tower master about the simplified labyrinths?’

It’s better if I monopolize this kind of information.

There’s no need to share it with the shady magic tower.

‘If I negotiate well in between, I could taste enormous profits.’

If what Mabel wants is somewhere in the spider cave or snake den, I can just find it, hand it over, and take the money.

If I teach her how to fish, it could greatly impact my business, so I’ll just sell her the fish I catch.

Is there any need to reveal my own honey pot? No. There’s no reason to reveal it. So let’s not mention anything about the simplified dungeons.

“Come to think of it, we were going to experiment on your ability too.”

“Right.”

“Sit here for a moment.”

When I sat down, Mabel put a bracelet on my arm.

“What is this?”

“How should I explain this. Right, let’s call it a directional fixator for ability expansion.”

“That’s a really long name.”

“Let’s shorten it to ability fixator.”

“Ability fixator? Aren’t abilities fixed once you obtain them originally?”

“That’s right. And this fixes the attribute of the next ability you’ll obtain.”

“Huh? What do you… Is it really possible to make a desired ability appear?”

“I’m not certain either. That’s why I’m trying it on you. I designed it to be influenced by the spatial pocket you have. This way, the chances of your next ability being spatial-type become extremely high. How about it? Spatial magic requires genius to understand. You, you’ll be able to ignore that essential condition.”

It sounded amazing just hearing about it.

Just the spatial pocket alone is already an overpowered ability, but if I obtained abilities like teleportation, spatial distortion, or spatial slash…

‘If my mana capacity allows, I could become the strongest in Labyrinth City.’

Not just in theory, but truly the strongest.

I heard magicians who use spatial magic can often only handle one spell even after researching their whole lives.

“If I knew you’d give me such an amazing bracelet, I should have come to see you earlier.”

“That’s why I told you to come on Wednesday.”

“Ugh. I had something to do last week too… I didn’t know you’d give me something this good. I thought you’d cut my flesh and draw blood for experiments.”

“Draw blood? That’s quite an outdated research method.”

“But is the effect of this bracelet certain?”

“It’s not certain, that’s why I’m experimenting on you. It might completely miss my expectations. That’s why this is still in the experimental stage. We’ll try it and if it works, it’s good for you and the experiment succeeds so it’s good for me too. Spatial abilities are hard to obtain after all. If it fails, well, that’s unfortunate.”

“I see.”

There are only 3 spatial pocket holders in Labyrinth City.

Moreover, one of them has retired, and another is missing in the labyrinth.

Practically speaking, I’m the only person with a spatial pocket who’s alive and well.

That’s probably why I became the experimental subject.

“Anyway, that bracelet has no other additional effects. It’s only tuned to fix the direction of abilities, so you can just keep wearing it. Be careful not to break it, as that would mean experiment failure.”

“Yes. I’ll be as careful as possible.”

“Good. Then have a safe trip. Come back alive and let me know the results.”

“Yes. I’ll come back in about a week.”

I exchanged greetings and left the magic tower master’s private research room.

For being dragged in, I was able to get out without much trouble. Of course, I did get distracted by her breasts in the middle, but I escaped well.

By the way, I ended up getting an unexpected item.

If it can fix the direction of abilities, it means I can somewhat induce desired attribute abilities to appear.

Mabel will probably conduct new experiments based on this data.

“Sigh. I’m tired.”

Let’s go home.

Maybe Yuria has returned too.

It’s an evening where I miss Yuria.