Second Deal – 2

“Now, rest comfortably, child.”

“……Thank you.”

I leaned back on the sofa with a dazed expression. Both my body and mind were exhausted.

“How were my disciples? Did you have a good time with them?”

“I don’t know if it was fun, and I don’t think I had a good time either.”

Minerva chuckled after hearing my answer. It didn’t seem like she was mocking me; judging by her expression, it was more like she found my answer amusing and laughed.

Unfortunately, the three people who dragged me into the whirlwind weren’t the end of it. As soon as I entered the Magic Tower, the numerous mages waiting inside rushed at me as if they had been waiting.

Among them, there were some who said they hadn’t seen a man in almost 10 years. Even if it wasn’t exactly 10 years, most of them said they had lived without interacting with men for an average of 4 to 5 years.

The Magic Tower was full of only women, and if you consider the Imperial Palace in various ways, the proportion of women was overwhelmingly high, and they themselves rarely had reason to go outside the Magic Tower or Imperial Palace, or so they said.

The shortest period someone mentioned was two and a half years, or something like that.

In such a situation, a man had come-not only was he close enough to call their Magic Tower Master by name, but he was also the man who was said to have been by her side when she found the ancient scroll.

It was impossible not to receive attention.

Thanks to that, in just over 10 minutes I was separated from Minerva, I was surrounded by over a hundred mages and bombarded with thousands of questions.

There were so many questions that I couldn’t even properly hear them, let alone answer.

Occasionally, there were some strange ones who tried to smell me, or tried to touch me here and there, or even tried to tear my clothes to take as souvenirs, but they were immediately punished and dragged away.

Of course, the others didn’t do such perverted things, but they showed just as much immense interest.

“Hmph, that’s unfortunate.”

“Your face doesn’t look regretful at all, though.”

“If it seemed that way, I apologize.”

Minerva replied calmly and was about to sit on the opposite sofa when she paused for a moment, then approached me with a look of realization and sat down next to me. Then, she grabbed my shoulder and pulled me towards her.

The back of my head touched her bare thigh. Minerva’s skin scent wafted into my nostrils. I heard the rustle of her bath robe right above me.

Before I knew it, I was lying with my head on Minerva’s thigh.

I tried to look at Minerva, but I couldn’t see anything except her ample chest wrapped in the bath robe. Almost everywhere my eyes reached was her chest. It struck me again that Minerva also had enormous breasts.

I don’t know what people in this world, where breast sizes have been significantly leveled up, would think. Perhaps they would just think it’s a few sizes larger than average.

“Um-“

As I tried to sit up, her chest blocked my head. As soon as she noticed my attempt to get up, she leaned her upper body forward and thrust her chest in front of my eyes.

Thanks to that, I buried my nose in her lower chest and then fell back onto her thigh. Minerva began to stroke my bewildered head.

“……Why are you suddenly doing this, Minerva-nim?”

“Because it seems like the child is very interested in women’s bodies? My body is also quite excellent, you know, did you like it?”

“It would be a lie if I said no. Because I am also a man with normal values. However, I don’t just like it when a chest is suddenly thrust in front of me in such an unexpected situation.”

“Oh, is that so? I misjudged. I thought you liked this kind of thing very much since you spent almost a whole day with the Emperor.”

“…….”

As I lay silently on her thigh, speechless, Minerva whispered in a seductive voice.

“Child, where is the next scroll? Where should we go?”

“Before that, I have one question. How much do you know about the ancient scrolls?”

“Hmm…… I’ve grasped everything about the Crystal Scroll, but I don’t know anything about the others. May I ask why you asked such a question?”

“If there’s anything you particularly want, I thought we could go there first.”

I think she’d like it no matter where we go first, but just in case there’s something she wants.

Minerva, who heard my words, abruptly stopped the hand that was stroking my head and trembled slightly. And before I could even wonder what she was going to do, she pressed my face with her chest.

As if she couldn’t bear it any longer, a voice dripping with honey was heard.

“You really only choose to do cute things, child.”

“…….”

I couldn’t answer. It was because her chest had firmly covered my mouth.

Minerva tightly hugged my head with her chest, and then straightened her waist when the scent of her skin filled my nasal cavity. The pressure on my face disappeared, and cool air rushed in.

“It doesn’t matter what you find first. The scroll itself is a great reward for me.”

“In that case, I understand.”

“Instead, first tell me what the child wants. What kind of compensation do you want? You can tell me anything.”

“……Can I really say anything?”

There’s a long-standing tradition. If you recruit people by saying ‘anything is fine,’ the person who asks ‘Really?’ is the most terrifying, they say.

I thought Minerva might react that way if I said this, but Minerva smiled gently and grabbed my wrist with her left hand.

“Surely, would this Eternal Mage say something she couldn’t keep, child?”

My right hand was pulled towards her chest, and my entire hand was deeply buried within her chest. A soft sensation, along with her body heat, was conveyed to me.

“Literally, ‘anything’ is possible.”

Minerva moved her arm.

My hand delved even deeper inside the bath robe. It lingered for a moment in her armpit, then brushed past her side breast and went all the way under her chest.

My fingers were drawn between her lower breast and ribs. It was much warmer than other places. The heavy weight of her entire chest was conveyed to the back of my hand.

Minerva’s hand movements didn’t stop there. My hand entered her cleavage. Because of my wrist, the bath robe was pushed aside, almost revealing her nipple.

Something pink seemed to be slightly visible at the edge of her breast.

Minerva, who had placed my hand between her breasts, then brought her forearms together. Her breasts narrowed from both sides, gently embracing my hand. My entire hand was buried in her chest and disappeared inside.

Her breasts began to rub up and down as if crossing each other, with my hand still inside her chest.

“Remember this, child.”

Minerva squeezed my hand with her breasts and whispered. For some reason, even though her head was clearly above, her whisper was heard right next to my ear.

“If the child wishes, you can even have this entire Magic Tower……”

After a long while, only when my hand felt heat beyond warmth, did Minerva release my hand. The bath robe, which had almost revealed her nipple, returned to its original loose state.

From my palm that had been rubbed by her breasts, a faint scent of milk wafted.

“Since you’ve bestowed so many things upon me, I should do the same for you, shouldn’t I? Now, do you feel like telling me what you want?”

“……First, I’ll think about it.”

“Do so. If it can be resolved within here, there’s plenty of time.”

Perhaps because she had already thoroughly enjoyed the Crystal Scroll, her voice was quite relaxed. There was no sign of her rushing me like before.

‘There’s nothing specific I can think of.’

However, I also didn’t have anything specific to ask for.

As for money, I had more than enough, and I hadn’t even used Minerva’s token, which I received last time, many times. Since I had completely absorbed the Golden Twilight Knights, it felt a bit awkward to receive a title.

Nor was I interested in magic enough to receive teachings from Minerva. It was truly ambiguous.

‘Ah.’

A thought flashed through my mind. Something I had vowed to finish somehow before, but had vaguely put off due to lack of opportunity.

“Something just came to mind.”

“Tell me.”

“By any chance, are you interested in dragons?”

The heavily piled snow was trampled by my shoes, making a *podeuk* sound. It was clearly incredibly deep, but when I actually stepped on it, it only came up to my ankles.

It had piled up so much that it had clumped together and hardened, becoming no different from rock. Even now, a blizzard was raging beyond my sight, making it impossible to see an inch ahead.

Except around me.

Because Minerva had swept away all the clouds, even sunlight was shining down around here. I never imagined I’d see sunlight here.

Still, the weather was cold. If it weren’t for the warming magic, I would have frozen to death long ago.

“Is this the place?”

Minerva approached me. Even in the middle of a snow-covered mountain, she was still only wearing a bath robe.

“That’s right.”

“What a rather strange fellow. To live in the middle of such a snowy mountain.”

This was ‘Howling Snowy Mountain,’ the second DLC of B-Dark 4.

A place with areas where deep snow forced slow movement like a poisonous swamp, and a concept where visibility was greatly reduced due to constant raging blizzards.

Of course, not now. Minerva had completely changed the surrounding weather, and since we would be moving by teleportation anyway, sinking into the snow was meaningless.

“And, child, remember this well.”

Her finger gently tugged my cheek.

“The conditions you mentioned are far from enough to pay for the scroll. I’ll keep this as a debt, so you must tell me more of what you want later. Understood?”

“I understand.”

The one making the request was trying to receive less, but the one being requested was trying to give more. It felt as if the roles were reversed. I nodded reluctantly.

Minerva, having received my answer, took me and moved near the snowy mountain’s crater. The crater was empty. Minerva tilted her head for a moment, then let out an exclamation of ‘Ah.’

“It’s a concealment spell.”

“You saw it accurately.”

As expected, I anticipated that Minerva would notice it right away.

Because the magic cast on the crater was hiding what was inside. It was a magic so intricately hidden that even Minerva couldn’t immediately discern it at a glance.

Originally, one would have to wander the entire snowy mountain and dismantle the foundational steles to release the magic, but if Minerva is here, there will be no need for that.

“Shall I release it?”

“Yes. Please.”

Minerva raised her staff. Mana originating from the staff enveloped the entire transparent crater. Dozens of layers of magic circles appeared from the empty air and glowed blue.

How much time passed like that? The magic circles melted away like wet tissue paper. The true appearance inside the crater was revealed.

Inside, there was a dragon quietly lying down and sleeping.

“…….”

It was an incredibly deep crater, deep enough to make the dragon look small, but it didn’t seem to be a problem for Minerva. Minerva, seeing its appearance, slightly stiffened her face.

She had reason to show such an expression. Because the frozen corpses of people, with expressions of pain, were stuck tightly to the dragon’s body like scales.

So many corpses were attached that its legs were stubby and its body was bloated, making it feel less like a dragon and more like a winged pig.

“Child, that dragon is…….”

“As you can see.”

To learn Dragonic for the ‘World Eater’ boss battle, the process of defeating a dragon is essential, and I brought the one that was the most annoying to catch among them.

It’s time to pay back what I’ve endured.