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Flicker.

My eyes opened naturally, as if that’s what I was supposed to do.

From outside the window, an intense sun shone, accompanied by a contrasting icy wind. A chill ran down my back, so I pulled the blankets up to my head.

“…Ugh.”

Still, I couldn’t warm up. The warm air within the blankets had already vanished. I was too awake to try warming myself up again from scratch.

I threw off the covers and got up. With nothing on, I grabbed the tea set and went out onto the veranda. I sat down on the chair next to the table, legs crossed. I placed the teacup with the teabag in it and boiled the water in the kettle. Converting Aether into a fire attribute is easier than masturbating.

I poured the hot water into the teacup. The tea leaves inside the black teabag unfurled, slowly steeping. A gentle herbal scent wafted up with the steam. After one minute and thirty seconds, I removed the teabag and let the chilly air and the black tea fill my mouth.

“Slurp-”

Warmth and a soft fragrance seeped into my entire body. The contrasting icy air caressed my skin. I love this feeling. It’s like turning on an electric blanket and air conditioner simultaneously. The difference in temperature improves circulation and clears my mind.

I slightly turned my head and looked down at the garden. It was already lunchtime. Normally, I would be at the academy, but when I stay up all night having sex and wake up in the afternoon, I just end up going later.

There was someone who always got on my nerves about that. Nix, who religiously kept to mealtimes. She’d always be in her room, playing with her black onyx pendant, or sprawling in the garden, but she always made sure to be there for meals.

So the mansion feels lonely without her. Yuri and I can get along perfectly well, but without Nix, it feels like ramen without kimchi.

‘Well… she’ll probably show up when she’s done playing around somewhere.’

I leaned back deeply into the chair, almost lying down. The chilly wind caressed my chest and thighs. But it wasn’t that cold. It was close to noon, the sun was high, and relatively warm. Pleasantly cool, really.

Click-

Yuri, naked, poked her head through the glass door.

“Shall we have lunch soon?”

“Yeah. How’s your body feeling?”

“Ugh… it’s still a little sore. Thanks to my considerably improved health, it’s not bad enough to need a doctor… but…”

Yuri shifted her thighs, slightly pulling her body back. It was clearly an attempt to hide her slightly reddened vulva, but it had the opposite effect, bringing her face and upper body closer to mine. It only emphasized her nipples peaking against her swollen breasts.

Thump-

I pulled Yuri’s arm toward me. Relaxed as she was, she naturally fell onto my lap. She twisted her body slightly upwards before settling into my arms.

At the same time, I uncrossed my legs, revealing my stiff cock. Yuri’s eyes widened as my suddenly-exposed cock landed between her thighs.

“…Again?”

“You’re the one who made me this way.”

“Well… I guess I can’t help it then.”

Anyway, this part of the veranda is rarely used. It’s a tried-and-true sex spot. Yuri naturally placed her hands on the railing and pushed her hips back.

As I spread her buttocks with my thumb, Yuri’s vulva opened and a drop of wetness fell. I pushed my cock inside and moved my hips. Her warm vaginal walls tightened around me.

“Hngh…”

I leaned my body onto Yuri’s back, pressing our bodies together. Her full breasts were perfectly positioned. While enjoying their soft touch and thrusting my hips, I poured my thick cum, fresh from the morning’s making, into Yuri’s pussy.

“Haah… haaa…♥”

“Whew, I’m hungry. Let’s—”

Just as I pulled back to remove my cock, Yuri grabbed my hand, stopping me. She lifted one leg and twisted her body. With my cock still inside, she turned half a circle, wrapping her arms tightly around me.

“I… I’m already switched on…♥”

“W-wait… Yuri? We need to eat quickly and go to school; we’ll be late for class—”

“I don’t care— I have to come first—♥”

“Uugh-”

Yuri clung to me like a cicada, kissing me and arching her back. The friction of our nipples sent waves of unbearable pleasure through me.

‘Academy… maybe I’ll skip it.’

There was no way I could tear myself away from Yuri in this state. I embraced her and carried her back inside, leaping onto the bed.

Yuri’s moans filled the mansion until sunset.

* * *

That day, a relaxed atmosphere pervaded the academy, with the winter break approaching.

The cadets were all focused on self-improvement. With the final exams over and the final grades announced, everyone had clear goals. Some cadets lacked in theory, while others needed improvement in practical skills. They just needed to work on whatever aspects they needed to.

For example, Andrew, the president of the Narias fan club, was weak in science. He excelled at physical tasks— he grasped practical applications well—but struggled with understanding the concepts themselves. He planned to devote himself to his studies during the winter break.

On the other hand, there was a cadet who, despite also being weak in science, aimed to strengthen her physical abilities even further.

Spot- Whoosh—!

A girl with pale blue hair swung her sword in the middle of the secluded training ground.

Eve Esta.

Eve had outstanding practical skills. That’s hardly surprising, given she’d entered the academy as the top student in her year.

Even if she was weak in theory, the entrance exam, which prioritized practical potential, was a perfect stage for her to shine. Four-attribute mana users were rare, and she had achieved the highest score among the incoming Magic Department students.

However, there was someone even Eve couldn’t defeat. One person at the Naifrantz Academy, someone she had repeatedly challenged and always lost to.

Narias Philbrogue, the strongest girl, and what could be considered her fated rival.

Nari was also known to be a four-attribute mana user, like Eve. But Eve knew there was more to it. Though Nari hadn’t explicitly stated it, the pure white mana she wielded was purer and more powerful than any other attribute of mana.

Eve, having experienced Nari’s power many times, had begun to understand its essence. The very essence of mana, a substance purer than the mana of each individual attribute—the purest expression of magic. All mana, the source that created this world.

Nari used this power effortlessly.

‘I think… I think I understand a little.’

Refine mana. Shatter the beliefs she’d held thus far. Break down mana, which had always been within the bounds of common sense, to a higher level, bringing forth something even purer.

“Kgh…”

However, it wasn’t easy. Mana had been ingrained in Eve’s mind as six distinct attributes. The concept of attribute-less mana was hard even to imagine. It was like a sun without light, a sea without water.

Just as she was wrestling with those daunting feelings, she sensed a presence outside the training ground.

‘Black hair…!’

The figure was unfamiliar to her. The woman had a remarkably stunning physique and was wearing an academy uniform. Eve wasn’t great at remembering faces, so she couldn’t definitively say she was an outsider.

Thump-

But as the woman approached, Eve relaxed. She sensed the familiar aura of dark mana.

“Long time no see?”

Nari’s special spirit, the guardian of dark mana and knowledge.

Nix.

. . .

Weeks earlier, Nix had noticed something strange.

“…….”

It was a feeling she’d had before. But even Nix, with her vast knowledge, couldn’t find the words to describe it. A phenomenon on an incomprehensibly distant level. Like how a normal person couldn’t understand magic – an frustratingly vague feeling that persisted.

However, things had changed since she and Aspi had begun training in mental magic. Their primary focus had been “sexual dreams,” a type of illusionary dream. While their initial purpose had been different, Nix had gained something new.

Dreams are a phenomenon that appears in the subconscious mind of an intelligent being during a light sleep. Simply put, it’s the inner feelings not outwardly expressed coming out while sleeping, perhaps unknowingly.

Illusionary dreams, which introduce hallucination into the dream, inherently stimulate one’s desires. Show the dreamer what they want to see. Among those, sexual desire is a primal instinct, a fundamental drive. A sexual dream is the most intense and vivid means of expressing desire.

In the process of touching upon the human heart’s desires, Nix slowly obtained enlightenment. She transcended simple information gathering, organization, and storage, learning to utilize it.

“…What is this?”

Then, one day, Eve awoke from sleep to witness a strange phenomenon. She actually saw something emanating from Nari, who was asleep.

“…Ugh.”

Nari was in distress; she seemed to be having a nightmare. Normally, even the mischievous Nix would have shaken Nari awake. Nix wasn’t devoid of emotion; she didn’t want to see her beloved suffering.

But she couldn’t that day. She was entranced; she was seeing Nari’s ‘dream.’

And she understood.

‘…This isn’t a dream.’

Something was severely suppressed. Even for Nari, whose speciality was manipulating souls – something was constricting her soul. She couldn’t pinpoint it exactly, but Nix, herself a spirit being made of mana, and newly enlightened on mind-related phenomena, had a very good understanding.

Even Nix felt it was a serious situation. Waking Nari up wouldn’t solve the problem. Even if she woke up from her dream, the root cause wasn’t there.

“…Who is it? Where are you?”

Nix focused all her attention on the phenomenon subtly leaking from Nari’s soul. But didn’t find anything. Well, she found something, but the meaning was unimportant.

Nari was bound to this world itself.

‘A problem from her reincarnation…’

She organized the information gathered and began her analysis. The usual lecherous, mischievous smirk was gone from her face; only the thought that she alone could solve this.

That day, Nix left the mansion and returned to her hometown.