episode_0011

His relationship with the girl ended as the night deepened and the moon filled, with Belka collapsing onto his body, panting heavily. The object that had relieved his carnal desires had shrunk, but it still connected him and the girl. That alone made him feel good, and his object continued to swell, but fortunately for Belka, he no longer had the strength for that now. It had only been a few days since Usher started doing this with the girl, but he had lost count of how many times they had done it in that time. As if he were addicted.

“Belka, are you asleep?”

Then, he noticed the girl’s red hair flowing down his chest, disheveled. When he asked, focusing his gaze on the girl’s hair, Belka didn’t answer. It seemed she had really fallen asleep. Well, he had pushed the girl, who wasn’t used to such acts, that far. Thinking it wasn’t a strange thing, Usher carefully took a handful of the ends of the girl’s hair that flowed down his chest. Carefully, so as not to hurt Belka. The girl’s hair, intertwined between his fingers, was as soft and delicate as its beautiful color.

While caressing the girl’s hair, which was so delicate that it felt like it would scatter away, Usher thought it was strange. It wasn’t that Belka was strange. What was strange was him. If Belka asked, he was confident he could grant her any request. But when he did that with the girl, Usher couldn’t control himself no matter how hard he tried. It truly felt like he had become someone else. Was it because he had urged Belka, who had said to stop, to continue the act several times? The girl was curled up on his body like a small animal, barely breathing shallowly without moving. Usher felt even more sorry for Belka’s appearance.

“I’m sorry.”

He mumbled the words of apology, not even sure if Belka could hear him. The act that was unfamiliar to the girl was also unfamiliar to him. So, after realizing that feeling, he ended up asking Belka for such things every time. He even forced her this time, even though the girl was very ill, so he could only sigh. Usher couldn’t control that feeling at all, so he just poured everything into the girl until he reached his own limit. Was it because of that? His vision was getting increasingly blurry. It was a night that wasn’t too cold due to the lukewarm air, even at night.

Even the chilly moonlight felt warm, and the girl’s sweet scent filled the quiet room without fading over time, making it feel like he was being held tightly in Belka’s arms. Belka’s warmly flushed body temperature made him feel even more languid. He entrusted himself to the cozy and drowsy sensation and closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them, morning had already arrived. There wasn’t even time to dream. Usher blankly stared at the ceiling, which had brightened with the sunlight shining through. The ceiling, which the faint moonlight couldn’t fully illuminate, was filled with a warm light as it was lit by the sunlight.

Chirp, chirp, the sound of birds chirping. A morning with the languid sensation of the night still lingering. It was when he thought that all the events of last night were just like a dream. Suddenly, he felt his object was as hard as if it had regained its vitality. Moreover, it was still surrounded by a moist but warm place. Looking down, he could see the girl sleeping on his stomach, just as she had been last night. He couldn’t confirm the details, but it seemed that his object was still lodged inside the girl’s body, perhaps because she had fallen asleep like that. It felt a little dry, but the stickiness was still there, and the area around his groin felt somewhat slippery. And if he gave strength to his object, which had regained its vitality while he was asleep, due to that feeling that aroused early carnal desire.

“Kyaa?!”

Belka, who was still asleep, startled and shook as she raised her body, which had been lying on his. Then, the girl’s naked body was revealed in the warm sunlight. She was so surprised that her slender shoulders and thin arms, which supported her on his stomach, trembled. The girl’s budding breasts and slender waist, along with the red hair that had not lost its shine even in the dazzling sunlight, flowed down, barely covering them. In the meantime, Usher could directly confirm that the secret crevice located in the girl’s lower body was swallowing his object as it had been last night.

“Huu, Usher.”

Perhaps because she had been forcibly awakened in a strange way from the morning, Belka called him, holding a small resentment in her bright golden eyes.

“What’s wrong?”

“Aah! Ugh.”

When he answered nonchalantly and gave strength to his object once more, the girl inevitably reacted to it. Was it because his object, which penetrated the girl’s crevice and was firmly rooted like a root? He could feel the girl’s body, which was touching his bare skin, trembling directly. Of course, his object, which had entered directly into the girl’s body, felt it even more. The sticky and warm inside of the girl undulated, repeatedly clenching and slightly releasing his penis, making him feel as if even the sensation of his heart pounding was being transmitted to each other. He felt like it would be good if they could stay like this for the rest of their lives.

But they couldn’t just stay like this forever. Today was the day that Mascaphir began, and as Usher had to participate in it, there were things he had to prepare for along with the villagers before the festival took place at night. In fact, he couldn’t deny that he also wanted to release his essence inside the girl. Because his penis was throbbing as if it would burst due to the pleasure that continued to build up, stopping at an ambiguous boundary.

“Haa, even after doing it so much yesterday.”

But more than anything else, what made him unable to bear it. It was the girl’s golden gaze, filled with affection. Those eyes that relieved the emptiness that had always plagued him like a thirst. It was Belka’s affection, which she carefully gave him, as if it would overflow at any moment, yet was neither excessive nor lacking. Wanting to feel that warm and cozy sensation even more, he raised his body and embraced her, and his object penetrated deeper inside the girl.

“Ahuu! Usher.”

When his object penetrated inside, Belka, still not used to this, breathed heavily, yet called his name and raised her hands to hug him as if clinging to him. Then, he could feel the sensation of the girl’s budding breasts being crushed against his chest. He knew that Belka had no such intention, but it still stimulated his carnal desires. The girl’s moans began as he shook his waist.

“Ugh! Ung! Haa!”

Was it because they had repeated the same act for a long time before falling asleep? Or was it because she had gotten used to his object, which had been connected to her while she was asleep? It was hard to find any signs of discomfort in the girl’s voice compared to before. Thus, from early in the morning, the girl’s sweetly melting moans echoed from his house. The girl’s moans stopped when he released his essence inside the girl.

“Aaeung.”

The girl trembled on top of him as if she was struggling, receiving his essence. Usher liked that even that pitiful gesture was being transmitted through his object. He felt like he had truly become one with Belka, and he wanted to feel everything about this small and lovely girl together. And finally, when he was done, Belka let out a languid sigh and entrusted her body to him. He no longer felt a surge of carnal desire, but he liked being naked and embracing the girl. Looking at the girl leaning against his chest, he felt a different kind of impulse than before.

Until now, he hadn’t been able to feel it properly because it was hidden by something hot and sticky like lust, but after pouring everything into the girl, that warm feeling struck him greatly. Belka seemed to be struggling even now, so would it be okay to pass on even this warm feeling to the girl? Would Belka be in pain from receiving too much of his emotions? While worrying, Usher entrusted himself to that impulse and carefully pressed his lips to the girl’s forehead. He wanted to overlap his lips with Belka’s lips, but she was breathing heavily as she received his essence because he had tormented her too much.

“Usher?”

Perhaps feeling it, Belka, who had been leaning on his chest, widened her eyes and looked up at him.

“Why?”

“Aah, that’s. Ugh.”

When those golden eyes, filled with surprise, looked at him, Usher turned his head away in embarrassment and answered curtly for no reason. Usher’s face also turned red as he saw Belka’s face gradually turning redder, as if she had belatedly realized what he had done. An awkward silence lingered in the room.

“Usher! Are you ready?”

At that moment, Usher was startled by the sound of the front door opening and someone’s voice calling out, and he hurriedly put on the clothes he had taken off. He was too rushed to even think about who the owner of the voice was. He was usually confident in getting dressed quickly, but this was the first time he had changed so fast. Belka, who seemed to have grasped the situation, also grabbed her clothes and hid inside the old closet.

“Did something happen?”

It was Mac who burst into the room, pushing the door open. Usher’s face hardened at the sight.

“What brings you here, Uncle?”

He knew that Mac mainly came to see him, but thinking that he had cut down the zelkova tree, he couldn’t see him in a good light, so he asked accusingly. There were several rules in Mascaphir, but the most noticeable rule was wearing a mask. Moreover, it wasn’t just wearing it. First of all, men had to wear or carry a mask outside from the time the sun rose until it set, and women had to wear the mask and clothes given to them from the time the sun set. The reason Mac had come to Usher was to deliver the mask.

Thinking that that was the reason why the adults carried or wore masks around this time, Usher left the mask that Mac had brought on the floor.

“Did he leave?”

“Yeah, you can come out now.”

He answered Belka, who slightly opened the closet door and asked through the crack, as if she had heard Mac leaving. If it hadn’t been for the incident with the idiot and the zelkova tree, they might have talked more, but perhaps because of the incident with the zelkova tree, Mac just delivered the mask and left right away. Usher thought it was better that way. If he had stayed, it would have been awkward and annoying.

“What’s this?”

The girl, wearing a dress as if she had put on her clothes inside the closet, came out and asked, discovering the mask.

“It’s just a mask.”

At Usher’s words, Belka picked up the mask he had left behind. The mask that Mac had given him was just a simple, pure white mask that had no pattern and covered the entire face. He was grateful that it was at least painted white, it was such a simple wooden mask. Yet, the girl looked at the mask with curious golden eyes, as if she was fascinated by it.

“What do you use it for?”

“They say it’s for the festival.”

He didn’t know why they had to wear a mask at a festival to commemorate the monster in the story Mac had told him.

“Festival?”

The girl’s head tilted to the side. It wasn’t that she didn’t know the meaning, but it felt like she couldn’t understand.

“It’s a festival that’s held every year at this time. I don’t know much about it either, since this is my first time participating.”

Then, he remembered that he had been about to ask Belka about that story. He didn’t think the girl could have lived for that long, but there were too many things that overlapped to dismiss it as just a coincidence. He said with a hopeful heart.

“Hey, I heard about the origin of this festival this time.”

After that, he simply told her about the origin of Mascaphir that he had heard from Mac, asking if she knew anything about it.

“I see, this is what he…”

Belka muttered words that were difficult to understand and looked at him.

“Usher, do you know anything else about the festival?”

At the girl’s words, Usher rattled off the rules of Mascaphir. From the day Mascaphir started to the day it ended, men had to wear masks during the day, and women had to wear masks and clothes at night, and they couldn’t take off or remove even a single one of them from their bodies. At night, they would choose partners, and women had the priority in choosing partners, and they could accept or reject partnership requests. It was allowed to take off masks or clothes only in a space where there are only partners. During the event, men shouldn’t touch the other person’s mask and clothes if they refused. That was the rule.

“Is Usher also participating in the festival?”

That was Belka’s words after hearing the story.

“Huh? Yeah.”

He didn’t want to get involved with this village anymore, but he couldn’t help it. Once he became an adult, participating in the village festival was essential, and there was rarely a chance to leave the village. Fortunately, there was a chance to escape right after the festival ended. He thought he could escape the village at that time, but he soon found the girl with a hardened expression. Just as he was about to ask why.

“Do you have to participate?”

“Well, everyone participates once they become an adult.”

For some reason, he didn’t know why, but it was said that people who participated in the festival for the first time had to participate. It was a pity that there was such a rule, so it was difficult to get out of the village during the festival period. His brothers used to say that it would be so even if there wasn’t such a rule. At that moment, the girl said something unexpected.

“I want to join that fesitval too.”

“What?”

Thus, Usher was now out to get a mask and costume for the festival that the girl would use. Of course, with a mask on his face. He didn’t want to follow such rules, but the nagging of the adults if he didn’t follow them was more annoying and bothersome. First of all, perhaps because of the festival, the village was in a very festive atmosphere. In addition, the number of people had increased noticeably, perhaps because more had come from outside while he was with Belka. He also saw some village adults selling food or goods, whether they usually sold things or not. As he looked around the village, which was somehow different from usual, he found an adult selling masks and clothes near the entrance of the village.

He was worried about what would happen if they recognized him, but fortunately the adult selling them wasn’t so close to Usher. Still, watching him sell things with tension, the masks for men were being sold for 10 iron coins, and the masks and clothes for women were being sold for only 1 iron coin in total. He thought something was strange, but he thought it was a good thing, so he stood in line. And finally, when it was his turn, the owner, who found the mask he was wearing, clicked his tongue and showed an uncomfortable expression.

“Tsk! What’s the matter with you when you already have a mask?”

Fortunately, he didn’t seem to recognize Usher. Usher deliberately lowered his voice. Fortunately, he was used to doing voice imitations because he often did it while playing with the children.

“I’m trying to buy a woman’s mask.”

Then, the owner’s face, which had been frowning, lit up.

“It’s one iron coin. What size are you looking for?”

“Somewhere around that size.”

He was embarrassed by the sudden change in attitude, but he calmly pointed to the mask and clothes that were about the right size for the girl’s body.

“Oh! Are you still young?”

His appearance, which seemed strangely happy, was annoying, but he was more curious than that.

“By the way, the women’s masks are definitely more fancy and the clothes are in a bundle, but why are the men’s masks 10 times more expensive?”

From Usher’s point of view, who had to save iron coins, it was a profit, but he couldn’t understand why the women’s masks, which had different patterns and were relatively fancy, and even sold clothes together, were much cheaper than the plain men’s masks.

“It seems like you’re participating for the first time. Well, the more women there are, the more men there will be to be chosen.”

The owner said that he could experience the rest himself, and handed him the clothes he had chosen.

“It seems like you’re as shy as you’re big, so if you have a chance, hook me up too!”

Hearing those words, Usher felt a strong aversion to him. He didn’t know what he was talking about, so he just took the mask and clothes and turned around, but the incomprehensible unpleasantness remained. He thought that there were few things he liked in this village, and returned to his house where Belka was waiting.

“Can I wear this?”

“It’s not night yet, but.”

He had heard that if they lit a large altar made of wood in the middle of the village around dusk, they should gather there around that time. The girl admired the women’s mask and clothes that he had handed her. The women’s masks were also different from the men’s masks. Even when wearing the men’s masks, the eyes were clearly visible, but when wearing the women’s masks, it was doubtful whether he could see in front of him, as the eye holes were faint. It was a cleverly mixed pattern, so it looked like there were no eye holes unless you looked closely. It wasn’t that that mask was special. All the women’s masks were made uncomfortably in that way. He was thinking that it might be because of the rules when he heard Belka’s voice.

“Usher, does this suit me?”

Turning around, he saw the girl wearing festival clothes. He didn’t know when he bought it, but the pure white clothes like mourning clothes were somehow fluttering, and even though he bought it to fit the girl’s body, it seemed to be spacious. Belka usually only wore dark-toned dresses, so the girl wearing pure white festival clothes looked different. Perhaps because of the white clothes, Belka’s red hair stood out even more, and somehow even the girl’s impression became more innocent, so as he stared without regaining consciousness, Belka asked him again, as if she was uneasy.

“D-don’t, does it not suit me?”

“No! It suits you well! It’s just that the feeling is different from usual!”

As he answered urgently, the girl finally erased her uneasy expression and smiled brightly.

“That’s a relief.”

At the sight of Belka, Usher let out a sigh, feeling his heart pounding. To be honest, he was uneasy. He couldn’t help but worry about what would happen if people saw the girl’s appearance. For years, she had been his precious secret friend that only he knew. Only him. The thought that such a girl might be discovered was more unsettling than he thought. Still, he thought it would be okay because the mask and veil would cover her face and even her hair.