Limit – 2

“……His Holiness the Pope? Me?”

“Yes. His Holiness the Pope. You, Delta.”

Her blue eyes were filled with conviction. They were eyes that believed if she left me as I was, the very thing she worried about would certainly happen. And I, too, couldn’t easily deny Rije’s words.

Because there was a part of me that felt guilty.

If, as she said, the Popes held feelings for me beyond mere goodwill, then all their actions since the boss battle with the Abandoned Creature of God could be explained.

Actions like sticking close to my arm while we walked, pressing her chest against me, and deliberately changing clothes in front of me while choosing banquet attire, subtly exposing her buttocks.

If all of that was their own way of seduction, it made perfect sense. Though I had never imagined that the Popes would harbor feelings for me beyond gratitude.

“Looking at your expression, Delta, it seems you also have something to feel guilty about. Right? It really was a good idea to come today. I almost lost you for real.”

I couldn’t even retort to Rije. It was exactly as she said. There wasn’t just one or two points that hit home.

Silence was affirmation. Rije pressed her body a little closer. Her large mounds, pressed against my chest, spilled out from her sleeveless top. Her exposed side-breast touched my forearm.

“What should I do with our sinful Delta? I liked you first, but if I’m not careful, you’ll be completely snatched away by other women. And by high-ranking individuals from whom you can’t be reclaimed once taken. Delta, do you like just going around seducing women indiscriminately?”

“……I’ve never seduced anyone indiscriminately.”

“Then you mean you didn’t seduce indiscriminately, but rather systematically? That’s even worse.”

A smirk, Rije smiled. It was proof that she wasn’t serious but merely teasing me. I quietly played along with her words.

“I’ve never made such plans either. You know my personality, don’t you?”

“Hmm, well. What kind of personality? The kind that seduces women without even realizing it?”

“Seduce, that’s-“

“You know your words have absolutely no persuasive power, right?”

The finger stroking my lips applied a little more pressure.

“His Majesty the Emperor showed immense interest in you, Lady Aurora-nim treats you specially, and now His Holiness the Pope of the Sun and His Holiness the Pope of the Moon are at the point where they need to be added to the list. Can you really confidently say it’s not true?”

“…….”

“See? You can’t deny it either.”

I was at a loss for words. Hearing those words, there was indeed a point that hit home for each one.

The Inquisitor directly visiting from the Holy Nation to invite me was also because of Caecilia, Aurora also showed a certain side only in front of me, and there was no need to even mention the Pope of the Sun and the Pope of the Moon.

Even if I were to set aside Caecilia, whose true intentions are inherently unpredictable, my failure to notice the thoughts of Aurora and the Papal Sisters was closer to my own oversight.

An oversight caused by the misconception that they were simply treating me a little more specially because I had saved their lives.

“You have a look on your face that says you simply can’t understand, Delta. You don’t know why they have feelings for you, why they feel love for you. Is that right?”

Rije chuckled, then held her finger vertically and gently pressed it against my lips.

“Yes. Of course, there might be love that needs a reason.”

Her face came a little, just a little, closer.

“But, my love has no reason, Delta.”

Her two piercingly blue eyes were fixed solely on me.

“The moment I saw you, I felt it was destiny, and so I simply love you. That’s all there is to it. A grand reason? An order? Are those important? Do they have meaning? Love is just something that’s established if I like you, isn’t it?”

“Rije…….”

“Ah, I don’t know. Philosophical questions don’t suit me. I’m going to stop being unnecessarily serious now. So, Delta, what about you? Are you ready to answer my heart? Or is this still not enough?”

With those words, Rije closed her mouth. The finger pressing against my lips was removed. It was a signal that she had said what she needed to say and was waiting for my answer.

At first glance, she seemed resolute, as if she would accept my refusal and retreat obediently if I rejected her here. But the reality was different. Her deep blue eyes were trembling ever so slightly.

She was afraid. Afraid that she might be rejected by me.

Of course, I had no such intention whatsoever. I didn’t want to do something trashy like making Rije suffer more after coming this far, nor did I want to reject her feelings with absurd excuses anymore.

Since it had come to this, I had to do what I needed to do. Having made up my mind, I raised my right hand and gently cupped Rije’s cheek. Her pupils trembled slightly before widening significantly.

I pulled her cheek closer and kissed her.

“…….”

Rije obediently lowered her head as I led her. Her blue eyes disappeared behind her closed eyelids. Rije’s scent filled my nostrils. This alone caused a twitching reaction in my lower body.

The kiss was short. I didn’t insert my tongue, nor did we mix our breaths. We simply pressed our lips together. For now, this was enough.

As our lips parted, her closed eyelids lifted. I saw her slightly moist eyes.

“Rije.”

“……I’m listening.”

“I don’t know how it’ll sound to you, but I already knew your feelings. That you liked me. Though I didn’t know why you liked me. When you stick to me like that, how could I not know?”

“Then why didn’t you accept me sooner? Did you have to make me make the first move?”

Rije lightly tapped my chest. It was a simple playful complaint. Perhaps because our lips had already met, all negative emotions like worry or fear had completely vanished.

“I told you. I wasn’t confident I could control myself once I crossed the line. I felt like I’d just hold onto you and roll around in bed all day.”

“Then you can just hold onto me and roll around in bed all day. How about it? Easy, right?”

“……Was this something that could be resolved so simply?”

“Of course. Did you really think I couldn’t even accept that much?”

With a genuine smile, our lips met again. It was a slightly more passionate kiss than last time. Our breaths mingled. Her lips parted slightly, and her tongue pushed its way inside.

Inside our mouths, two warm masses of flesh intertwined. Saliva flowed down my tongue. Rije swallowed it without the slightest hesitation. The inside of our joined mouths trembled faintly.

When our intertwined tongues separated and our lips moved apart again, Rije’s scent was on my mouth too. Rije glanced at me with a shy, beaming smile.

It seemed she wanted something.

“Why? Is there something you want?”

“I don’t know if you know this, but I don’t have a hobby of riding on top of men.”

“……And?”

“Are you just going to keep lying beneath me like this? As a man, you can’t even pin a woman down?”

By this point, it would have been abnormal not to know what Rije wanted.

I grabbed Rije’s shoulders and side and turned my body. Rije let out a joyful kyaat! The bed was so large that there was still plenty of space left even after we rolled half a turn sideways.

Before we knew it, we were looking at each other, with our positions reversed. My gaze went to her breasts, which jiggled slightly from the momentum. Even in a lying position, they still maintained their elasticity.

Rije, pinned beneath me, smiled sweetly.

“Yes. Doesn’t this look much better?”

“…….”

I looked bewildered. Rije giggled and continued speaking.

“Delta. Shall I tell you what my sexual preference is?”

“……Sexual preference?”

“Yep. In other words, sexual taste.”

“What is it?”

A slight curiosity stirred within me. There was no reason to refuse when the woman beneath me was offering to tell me what she liked.

“Being devoured by a man like you.”

“What?”

“At first, he’s weaker than me, but at some point, he becomes stronger than me, and I realize I can no longer defeat him. And then he no longer sees me as a teacher, but as a female. Being violated by a man with that kind of gaze is my sexual preference.”

“……Your taste is quite unique. Are you a masochist?”

“Perhaps. I’ve never been aroused by the thought of tormenting you. But I have been aroused by the thought of being tormented by you.”

Rije caressed her half-slipped shoulder strap.

“It’s such a unique taste, even to me, that I had almost given up, thinking where on earth would I find a man like that…….”

“And I perfectly fit that taste?”

“Correct.”

Rije raised both arms, then slightly bent her elbows and crossed them above her head. It was a pose that fully emphasized her armpits and chest. The slightly slipped shoulder strap was incredibly alluring.

In that position, she began to twist her thighs, then looked at me with a subtle gaze.

“So, now I…… what will happen to me at the hands of the man before me, who is far more superior, stronger, and sees me as nothing more than a mere female?”

A snort of laughter escaped me. Anyone could see her obvious intention. Without hesitation, I raised my arm and, with one hand, firmly grasped her large breasts, whose size couldn’t even be half-hidden.

“Of course, this kind of thing.”