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Chapter 80 – The First Flag

    Chapter 80 – The First g


    <span style="font-weight:400">After getting into the proper position, I activate the skill. Kamil seems to recognize it and begins hastily moving his shield to cover his right side when my vision suddenly blurs. It regains focus moments before my de collides with the metal aegis, releasing a loud ng. The force of the charge pushes me past Kamil while throwing him off bnce.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I stop a few meters behind him with my sword low near the ground and exhale heavily. My heart is beating like crazy. What a feeling. It was almost like reaching over a hundred under a second and then instantly slowing down. How can her small frame endure so many G''s?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“What the hell?! That’s Shino’s move! How can you use it?!” Kamil shouts after collecting himself from the received blow.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I take a deep breath and chuckle while turning around, cing the de of my weapon over my shoulder.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It’s the power of love. One level above the power of friendship.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Bullshit!” Kamil clicks his tongue. “It doesn’t matter if you can imitate one of her attacks, I’m taking you down!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">He definitely activates some technique as the air around him changes visibly. A golden aura begins shimmering over the contours of his body and his eyes also emanate a golden glow. Additionally, Kamil’s shield gets covered with a yellowyer of mana too, simr to what I’ve seen Kyrie do. Hero ss is such a cheat.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But well. So is mine.


    <span style="font-weight:400">While Kamil is powering up, I reach for another technique from the Moon-shing Arts that I’ve borrowed from Shino. Thanks to the fact that I did practice with katana-type des back in the day, I’m able to use those skills at a fairly decent level since my Katana Proficiency is at level 3 or so.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A ck mist envelops my left hand and I position it by my side, making a circle with my fingers. With a little bit of an issue due to the length of the de, it looks quiteical as I awkwardly slide it into the non-existing sheath. The whole weapon gets covered by the ck mist and I lower my stance, prepared to draw.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Just as Kamil finishes his preparations, I squeeze the handle harder and feel a tingling sensation on the inner side of my hand. Faster than my eyes can perceive it, the ck de makes a diagonal cut upwards, sending three giant pirs of dark energy straight at my opponent, leaving deep cuts in the arena.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I instantly break into a run afterwards and watch how Kamil manages to block the first and the second de of darkness, but they break the golden cover and push his guard to the side, allowing thest one to smack him right in the chest. Looks like I can properly control the lethality of these skills as his armour receives only a dent. Neat.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Before he can catch a breath, I’m already in front of him. Kamil makes a desperate attempt to block my nodachi sailing through the air at him with his own sword, but I change the direction mid-swing and hit his knee, making him lean forward.


    <span style="font-weight:400">His face heading down meets the pommel of my weapon heading back up and thetter overpowers the former enough to throw him slightly into the air. To finish up the impromptubo, I spin around andnd a mid-kick into his stomach. But, it seems that I have underestimated my already held-back strength and send him flying, crashing into the nearby wall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Whoops.” I retract my leg and put the nodachi back on my shoulder. “Hey, at least you can take a good beating with these skill—”


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">*SHIIING*</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">A huge golden greatsword shoots out of the dust that''s still covering Kamil and obstructing my vision, heading straight for me at an incredible speed. I manage to jump aside only partially, parrying the awe-inspiring projectile with a hastily put up guard, only thanks to my slightly heightened sensesing from my race and high stats.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The holy de zooms past me and ms into the opposite wall, leaving a shallow cut on my shoulder. He is <i><span style="font-weight:400">definitely</i><span style="font-weight:400"> not holding back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You fucker!” Kamil shouts as he emerges from the grey ashes with a clearly unamused expression.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Is that the only insult you know? It’s getting a little boring.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">He sneers at me, recasting the protection on his shield while walking. “Stop using someone else’s techniques and fight me with your own power!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kamil lunges at me, shortening the distance between the two of us in just three big steps. His sword leaves a golden trail as it’s heading towards my head from above with a high vertical swing.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Such an open attack is easy to parry even for me and I let it slide over my angled de to the side. I push him away a bit with a knee hit and we get entangled in an exchange of blows in close quarters. I’m at a bit of a disadvantage with myrge weapon at this distance so I’m reduced to mostly defending.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After a few short moments, an opportunity appears. His sword pushes the tip of my de to the ground and positions it in the perfect ce for me to activate another technique from the Moon-shing Arts.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Surprising him with a sh of white light, I invoke Crescent Cleave while focusing on making the strike blunt. Immediately after my de reaches the highest point, I follow with Falling Star and make a mirrored version of Crescent Cleave, effectively leaving an X-shaped shining cut hanging in the air for a brief moment.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kamil getsunched backwards from the double hit, shoving his sword into the ground to slow himself down. After reaching a stop, he throws me an irritated re.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Is that all you can do?! Mimicking the skills of a girl you’ve fucked?!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I sigh. “Fine. I guess I can humour you for a second.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Releasing the nodachi form, I bring the deless hilt in front of me and begin filling it with mana. The crystal on the bottom shines brightly and I pull the handle to the opposite sides at the same time. As predicted, the artefact splits into two mirrored copies and stays in each of my hands.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s see how much damage you can really tank.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Two ominous greatswords form from both artefacts; one sapphire blue and the other crimson red. I stop trying to mentally limit myself and lean forward, applying more pressure onto my right foot. The moment I hear the pavement under it crack, I rush at him, closing up in a few ground-crushing steps, effectively doing the same as he did previously but without the use of a skill.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing a berserker-like opponent with dual greatswords heading straight at him, Kamil raises his shield at his front and the aura covering it turns much denser, spreading around the edges of the aegis to cover more space.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Both of my weapons strike the golden shield from both sides, and surprisingly, bounce back, apanied by the sound of someone hitting a metal gong. Making use of that short window of opportunity, Kamil thrusts his sword into the air. Immediately, chills run down my spine.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A momentter, immense pressure hits me from above, forcing me onto one knee while I support myself with the blue greatsword stabbed into the ground. Before a blinding light and loud buzzing surrounds me, I catch Shino shouting something and Kamil beginning tough.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Then, in the middle of white that forces me to close my eyes, I kneel under the pressure as my ears are assaulted by an unbearable noise. Additionally, all the skin on my body starts burning and stinging like hell.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Somehow managing to shape the red greatsword into a dagger, I struggle to raise it above my head before I receive any more serious damage. After reaching my objective, I can feel eight thick chains shooting from the ground andtching onto the de I’m holding up in the air, creating a sharp-angled cone around me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The pressure still remains but the light no longer burns me. I open my eyes and find myself in a very tight space created by these purplish chains. It looks like they can withstand whatever this attack is without an issue. I guess their nullification abilityes in handy here.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After ten full seconds, the pressure and loud buzzing slowly fade away. I retract the chains and stand up, waiting for the light to disappear too. The curtain obstructing my vision retracts back into the sky and reveals Kamil standing in the same ce as earlier while stillughing heartily.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He finally notices my barely scratched state and stops as confusion paints his face. “What? How are you fin—”


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">*THUD*</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">I m my fist straight into his face without holding anything back, interrupting Kamil mid-sentence. The blow obviously sends him flying into a wall again as light ripple travels through the air from the force of the impact.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Are you a fucking idiot?!” I shout shortly after the punch.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Without a second wasted, I shape a whip and send it after him. In the next moment, Kamil’s body is speeding back at me, with the rope coiled around his throat. Hends perfectly on my fist prepared for his arrival,unching him into another part of the wall with a mighty blow to the stomach, releasing another ripple into the air.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Did you want to kill me with that?!” I shout again as he crashes into the stone.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The pattern repeats for a while until I run out of the wall to destroy. With onest pull, I bring him back in front of me and wrap up in Void Chains to hang him in the air.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was going to scold that idiot further but he’s barely conscious after taking so many hits. His armour has multiple dents all over it. I have to admit, it’s a very powerful artefact. He barely suffered any internal damage. At least I can rest easy knowing that they do have someone capable of soaking blows around.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Retracting the chains, I allow him to slide onto the ground almost lifelessly. Shino runs up to me as I release a long sigh.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sensei! Are you alright?” She starts checking me all around, especially the cut on my shoulder.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m fine. Much better than this punk.” I stop her and brush through Shino’s hair to calm her down a little. “That move did pack a punch though. My skin still stings like hell. I’ll need at least half an hour with my Rejuvenate to get rid of it.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She releases a sigh of relief and looks up at me. “I got so scared when he used that. Thest time we’ve seen his Divine Retribution, it evaporated a bunch of Abyssals in seconds. But, I’m so d that you are fine.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Somehow. I could have ended up as a toast if not for one of my abilities. Anyway, we better bring him to a healer first. I don’t want this duel to maim him and who knows how he looks under that armour.” I nce at Ross on the sidelines and he nods at me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A few guys in robes run to us immediately. One of them starts casting some low-level healing spell on my wound. The rest of the squad alsoes to us, plus one person I don’t remember being here when we were starting.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino notices me staring at them and pulls on my sleeve. “That’s Vanessa-san. She returned shortly after you guys entered the arena. She is the new member of our team that I’ve told you about, the geo mage.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah. I see. She’s quite the looker. And that gentle smile perfectly suits her almost noble beauty. She must be popr amongst the adventurers. Seems like this world doesn’tck its fair share of badass beauties of various specializations.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I move my attention to Ross as they arrive by our side. “Sorry for the wall. I got a little worked up.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">He gives me a wry smile and shakes his head. “Don’t worry about it. Things like these happen from time to time. But well… to almostpletely shatter a magically reinforced surface… I did expect you to be strong from the disy that time, but it seems that I’ve been slightly underestimating you.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Truly, topletely overpower someone specializing in defence, it was a spectacle to watch,” the brown-haireddy in emerald cloth armourments with a soft smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Vanessa, as I presume?” I nce at her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ah, where are my manners? I’ve heard a lot about you but you might not know me. Yes, my name is Vanessa De Vere, but I often use my alias, Tooru, during my adventures. Since you are a trusted man of King Rossberg and also of the heroes’ group, I think I can mention that King Melrond from Ronerulle is my father.” She makes a courteous bow.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, a princess. It’s my honour.” I also bow my head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">For some reason, Ross seems to be very tense. He often does some weird gestures with his eyes when I nce at him, aimed towards Vanessa. Maybe he actually has a thing for her? He did say that no princess caught his attention though. Who knows.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Dude! That was amazing! Weren’t you supposed to be weak?” Marcia joins in, clearly excited after the bout.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, a lot has happened since we parted ways. I’ve realized a few things and also received plenty of help from other people. My methods to grow stronger are quite… unique.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I know! It’s sex, right? You’ve really scored a jackpot with that ss, getting pussy and power at the same time. Usually, it’s thetter that leads to the former.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I chuckle and shake my head. “It’s not really like that. If it was, this ss wouldn’t have been almost forgotten and its holders wouldn’t be incredibly weak. Random sex doesn’t really help me. It’s actually more about bonds.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Besides, Sensei’s abilities focus more on others rather than him,” Shino butts in from my side.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Marcia moves her gaze to the samurai girl with a wide smile. “You’ve finally taken him for a ride, haven’t you? Took you long enough, geez. So, is he as amazing as we thought?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino hides behind my arm as her cheeks steadily grow redder and redder under Marcia’s enthusiastic barrage. With a wry smile, I raise my hand to stop her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s not forget that we are in public. Not everyone is as open and easygoing as you, Marcia. We are in the presence of royalty too.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She rolls her eyes and shrugs. Ross must be already used to her way of being while Vanessa seems to be holding up pretty decently, with just a tinge of rosiness present on her fair cheeks. Paul tries his best to hide his embarrassment but it doesn’t work that well for him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The King clears his throat, capturing our attention. “I suggest we move back to the castle while our healers take good care of Kamil. Judging by the intensity of this fight, I don’t think it would be wise to send you out too early so I guess you are free to do as you please until he makes aplete recovery. We can talk about possible destinations for your journeys after that.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I can feel Shino’s joy through our bond after hearing his words. In the end, that means she can spend some more time with me without worrying about others. I’m pretty sure it would be hard deciding between apanying them or staying with me. She does have a decently strong sense of obligation, especially towards her close friends.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As the robed healers carry Kamil out to wherever they are going, we head the opposite way and follow Ross back into the castle in pairs. Marcia can’t stop fangirling over thetest bout and keeps pulling Paul into a one-sided conversation again and again while Natalie and Vanessa follow shortly after them, exchanging some short sentences now and then.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We close the group with Shino, walking pretty much in silence. Just when I’m going to try and make some small talk, her petite hand slides into mine and the world around me swirls into darkness once, twice, thrice before I regain my full vision. But, it happens at an unfamiliar ce; some kind of a small chamber, most likely a bedroom.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Where are we?” I ask while looking around.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sensei…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ignoring my question, Shino moves to my front and guides my hand—that she is still holding in hers—under her skirt and then into her soft panties. My fingers reach a very warm and incredibly moist spot over the delicate skin of her girly mound. She looks up at me with a heavy blush.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“My, my. You seem very bothered. Astrea might have been on point back then, hadn''t she?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She shyly nces to the side for a brief moment before returning her eyes to mine. “Yes… Although, it wasn’t that bad… Just a little tingly… But it got way worse during the duel… I don’t think I can hold back any longer...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I chuckle and rub my finger over her hot lower lips a little, causing Shino’s mouth to open cutely. She ces a hand on my crotch and gives me a pleading gaze.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“This is my room so no one should find us if we are quick… Please?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">cing a soft peck on her forehead, I stir my fingers some more, evoking a barely audible moan from her this time.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“How can I say no when you are like this? It’s my fault, isn’t it?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino giggles quietly as she pulls my cock into the open, giving it a few strokes up and down, still gazing straight into my eyes. After leaving a soft kiss on my lips, she turns around, leans forward a bit to hold onto the nearby wall and uses her other hand to slip her panties to the side, uncovering her clearly wet slit. She stares at me over her shoulder while spreading it wide with her fingers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I step closer and lean my body over hers, entwining the fingers of her hand pressed on the wall with mine as my shaft touches her warm pussy from below. She shivers a little when our private parts make contact.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So…” I whisper to her ear as my body presses into hers from behind, rubbing my rod over her leaking honeypot back and forth. “How many times did you fantasize about having a quickie with your sensei?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mhhhhnnn… I’m sorry…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“What for?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“For being such a lewd girl…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I chuckle again, realizing that the answer might be a pretty high number.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“And? Did I ever say that I dislike lewd girls?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“N-No…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Then what did your sensei say?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That you l-love lewd girls—aaaaahhhhhhhh…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Just as she finishes answering, I slowly slide my ns inside her snug entrance, knowing well how tight she was thest time. Shino releases a tame moan and moves her other hand onto the wall too. Bit by bit, I push deeper and deeper, making sure that she enjoys every second of it and doesn’t feel any difort.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sensei’s p-penis… So hot…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Fuuuh… I could say the same… Are you trying to melt my cock off?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She giggles adorably and presses her cheek against mine after I position my face next to hers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I can’t help it. It already feels so much better than thest time…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well then. Let’s not make the others wait too long, shall we?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino nods and we enter a slightly awkward kiss with me pressing onto her from behind, pretty much pinning her to the wall. I begin to slowly move my hips back and forth, immediately causing Shino to sigh blissfully into my lips.


    <span style="font-weight:400">While my left hand is entwined with hers, I use the right one to yfully roam my fingers under her shirt, caressing her belly and chest in turns. My waist begins hitting her soft bottom strong enough to cause light pping sounds already and Shino also lets me hear some of her quiet moans.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mhhhhn… Nhhhhnnn… Sensei… Nnnhhhnnn… You don’t need… to be so gentle… Mhhnnn...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Complying with Shino’s wishes, I turn the pace up a bit which soon raises the volume of her dreamy sighs and moans. Each time my cock rushes through her hot insides and rubs against her uneven walls, Shino breaks our asional kisses to show her satisfaction. Her whole body jumps a little when I pound her from behind.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ahhh… Ahnnn… It’s actually… so much better than I imagined… Ahhhh…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m d to hear that… Haaah… Anything else for my dear princess?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino doesn’t answer for a moment, clearly hesitant about voicing out her desires, but she finally pushes through her worries and catches my eyes with hers as I keep giving her pussy a good time.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ummm… Ahhhh… Can you… push me harder into the wall? Mhnnnn…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She’s really getting anxious over the smallest things. I immediately begin incorporating her little fantasies into our session and squash her smaller-than-mine frame into the wooden surface, without pressing too hard onto her but enough to get rid of any distance that was left between her chest and the wall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I catch both of her hands and move them slightly higher. As I present her exposed neck with countless soft kisses, I keep shoving my cock inside her yearning hole even harder.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Being tightly pressed against the wall, her body has no more room to run away from my pounding and each thrust causes her waist to lightly hit the hard surface, which produces a rhythmic apaniment of noises created by my hips hitting her plump butt, wet sounds from my dick making out with her pussy, and her waist softly hitting the wooden wall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ahhh… Ahhhh… Ahhnnn… Like this… is good… Ahhh… I’m almost… Ahhhh...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I give her pretty neck a tame bite and feel her whole body shudder. At the same time, Shino’s hot internal walls coil around my shaft with increased force, rubbing me in just the perfect way.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As Shino releases an alluring moan, riding her high, I also groan a little and allow waves of milky liquid to fill her up. I make a few more thrusts, aiming to paint her furthest depths in white as her whole body trembles and then wait for my little princess’ orgasm to reach its end, holding her firmly against the wall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We stare at each other while breathing roughly and Shino smiles at me. “One more?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I chuckle at her. “What happened to the quickie?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She adorably escapes my gaze, slightly ashamed of herself. I gently pull my penis outside and turn her around, cing my hands on the inner side of her thighs. Shino quickly catches onto my intention and ces her own hands on my shoulders as I lift her up and press her back against the wall, aiming my tip against her pink crevice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She entwines her legs behind me as I slide myself back inside and seal her lips with mine at the same time. Without waiting, I start pounding her pussy again, giving it a good stir from below, hammering her body into the wall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mmmmhnnn… Nhnnnn… Mhhnnnn…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">With our mouths sweetly rubbing against each other, only muffled moans are able to escape the passionate kiss. Shino seems to be enjoying the rough affection today so I keep poking my tip as deep as I can in this position, tickling some spots she gives the best reactions to.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her hands, now free, get themselves busy by exploring my hair and her slender fingers run through it with tender movements. I can feel her relishing in the pleasure and I’m sure she can also sense how good her tight insides feel to me through our bond as she breaks our kiss from time to time with a smile she can’t hold back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Perhaps because she hase recently, Shino’s high is building pretty quickly and very close to reaching another breaking point already. Since that works pretty well for us, I spread her thighs to the sides a little more and give her pussy an even stronger pounding. Shino’s body keeps sliding up the wall from the force of the impact each thrust creates.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ahhh… Mhhhnn… Ahhhh… Nnhnnnn… Ahhhhh…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She persistently aims for my lips after each time we are forcefully split apart by her moving up, resulting in a weirdbination of muffled and open moans, which, I have to admit, sound pretty hot.


    <span style="font-weight:400">When her fingers move to my back and dig deep into the leather of my coat, I also quickly shift my hands to wrap them tightly around her waist and pull Shino’s body down onest time, impaling her on my hard cock and sending my tongue out to explore her mouth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She moans fervently with our connected lips, causing vibrations to tickle my muscle and mouth at the same time as her pussy attempts to wring me dry for the second time. I very much oblige and fill her up to the brim with another luscious load. I hope this is enough to satiate her burning desire or the others will definitely figure us out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino rests her head on my shoulder as she slowly calms down. I brush through her ck hair affectionately. She finally straightens her back and arrives with her face in front of mine, giving me a warm smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That was amazing, sensei. And… Sorry.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Apologizing again?” She chuckles. “I’ll pin you down and fuck senseless anytime you want. That movement skill of yourses in handy for that. I’m so jealous.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Can’t you copy it like my other abilities?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Once every two days, I guess. I need to check if I can use it. But, I do have Void Affinity so it should be fine?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I slowly let Shino down while still supporting her with my body. Noticing a stream of white beginning to drip out of her precious ce, I quickly press my fingers over her lower lips to save her tights from getting identally stained.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino giggles at me and pecks my cheek. I give her a soft kiss back and carefully cast some cleaning magic to get rid of the evidence and also dry out her wet panties since they are quite thin.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After I’m done tending to her, Shino insists on cleaning me up too, obviously, with her mouth. I enjoy her warm tongue for a moment and she stuffs my cock back into my underwear after getting rid of her leftover saliva with a bit of magic too. It will always feel weird to hear that my semen tastes amazingly sweet.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We check ourselves and each other all around and exit Shino’s room. A group of maids spots us and quickly escapes behind the nearby corner.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Right. I don’t think this room has any silencing wards and we’ve assaulted the wall between her chamber and this corridor pretty roughly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino picks up my hand and nods at me with rosy cheeks, warning me about the transfer this time. We make three shadowy jumps again and reappear around the same spot we’ve disappeared from. I lead us back to the meeting chamber.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Al! Shino! Where did you two go?” Ross asks us the moment we step inside.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I got quite thirsty after the duel and we took a turn to the kitchens. Apologies for taking so long, we’ve lost track of time while chatting there.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">He nods at me and we move to sit down near Natalie. Somehow, I have a feeling that she has again figured things out just from exchanging nces with Shino. Fortunately, I don’t think anyone else is as sharp as her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We talk a little more about things connected to the Abyssals and what ns Ross has for the heroes. It seems like he is truly trying his best to support them properly and has researched the best areas for them to explore and experience the world. Rather than ordering them to head to somece, it’s more like he provides them with good opportunities.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Alright. It was fun meeting you all again, and you Vanessa, but I have to head back. There are things in a few days that I have to prepare for properly. Ah. The ns, Ross?” I speak as I stand up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“They should be delivered by now. I had them verified as much as possible. If you notice any discrepancies, I would be d if you could note them down.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Of course. Thank you. I believe you should be quite <i><span style="font-weight:400">satisfied</i><span style="font-weight:400"> with the oue.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ross gives me a wry smile, clearly trying to force it down before the others notice. Good. With the most recent map of the sewage system and Astrea’s knowledge, it should be a piece of cake to navigate through the canals.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After making a courteous bow, I start heading towards the door.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You are going too, Shino?” Marcia’s question stops me and I turn around with Shino right behind me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes… I will be staying at Sensei’s ce… For now…” she answers quietly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You are going to live in a brothel?” Paul asks.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well now. Outside of the working hours, it’s still a noble-ss mansion worth thousands of gold, you know?” I answer. “Our residents are always praising the living conditions.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Now I’m even more interested in seeing that ce,” Marciaments.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You are free toe with us for a short visit. It will be just in time for a little dessert.” Then, I nce at Vanessa. “I’m not sure if inviting a princess to such a ce can be considered as a huge offence, but since you are part of the group now, you are also wee.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t pay that much attention to this kind of stuff outside of the official, public affairs. You can say that I’m currently Tooru the Adventurer and not Vanessa the Princess and I have to admit that I’m also a little curious about your ce after hearing some bits about it when the two of you were gone.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I nod at her and we move out as a full group. As we stroll through the city, I reach out to Cornelia and Elea to let them know about the iing guests and they happily oblige to prepare a warm wee for my friends. I beg them not to cause a scene for once and they just chuckle at me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We arrive in front of the main gate and they can’t believe that it’s really here. Marcia repeatedly asks if I’m not screwing with them, making me chuckle. Shino assures them that we are at the right ce and the two of us lead everyone to the main entrance.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Fortunately, after opening the door, we do not stumble on two rows of bowing maids loudly announcing their happiness from meing back home.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“stair.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">A calm voice arrives from above us and we nce up just in time to catch Astrea jump down from the first level and gracefullynd on the ground in front of us, surprising everyone greatly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She nces at Shino for a brief moment and nods at her, definitely taking notice of our earlier fun. She then slowly walks up to me and I lean down a little to let her softly peck my lips, sighing inwardly. There goes not causing a scene.


    <span style="font-weight:400">At the same time, Elea and Cornelia make their way down the stairs, one at each side, in their casual clothes. The presence of the Court Magician they know from the castle surprises them even more, except for Vanessa, of course.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing that Astrea has already gone ahead and did it, the both of them also go for a short kiss after arriving at our spot. Paul is clearly confused by this whole situation while Marcia stares at me with wide eyes. Natalie nces at Shino, who giggles quietly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The two beauties invite everyone to the upper level for some snacks and drinks. We sit down in the recreational area and chat for a bit about the whole ce and what we actually have to offer.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Marcia clearly shows interest in the fun devices I mention when talking about servicing also female customers so Elea offers to take her to one of the Pleasure Chambers for a quick visit and the two leave.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shortly after, Zalia and Mafaris pass by and stop for a moment to give me a hug from behind. I introduce them and mention that Mafaris is the one who usually takes care of women with different tastes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Then, since Marcia is gone, I suggest a tour to the others too and everyone leaves to take a walk around apanied by someone. Cornelia escorts Paul, Astrea escorts Natalie, and Mafaris joins in to escort Vanessa, somehow quickly befriending the princess.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shino also leaves to take a bath while I head to my chamber to check if the ns have been delivered. Moments after arriving there, I receive a Whisper from Mafaris, asking if they could upy a room for a moment while we aren’t technically open. Slightly surprised by the turn of events, I tell her that I don’t mind and they are free to do whatever they want during their free time.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Not even three minutes pass when I receive another Whisper, this time from Elea, asking if Marcia can use the chamber as she is barely holding back after seeing all the equipment. I also tell her to allow the redhead to have as much fun as she wants and then return to the maps.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Around half an hourter, someone knocks on my door and I get up to check it. It turns out that it’s Vanessa, with slightly flushed cheeks.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hi. I didn’t know where to go so Mafaris led me to your room. The others aren’t done with their tours yet, it seems.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That’s fine. Come in. Do you want something cold to drink?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She nods and walks inside. I show her to the coffee table by the window and grab some homemade lemonade I keep in a cab equipped with a frost array set up by Cornelia. Pouring both of us a ss, I sit on the opposite side.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Had fun?” I ask with a smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Vanessa blushes slightly but nods. “She is a very open and likeable person. I kind of… got swept up by her enthusiasm…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hahaha. Don’t be so uneasy. I’m actually d that you are fine interacting with a demi-human.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Our kingdom doesn’t hate them as much as this one. Personally, I don’t think they should be treated so harshly either.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That’s good.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You are a good person too. Shino and Natalie talk about you a lot. I was curious if they were exaggerating, but now I can see that you are really as kind and understanding as they said.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Thank you. It’s also nice to know that they’ve made friends amongst people of this world. You’ve pretty much filled the spot created by my leave.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She smiles beautifully. “One thing led to another, and here we are. I didn’t think I would join their party. At first, they were only asked by my father to bring me back to our capital for the burial of my brother.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“My sincere condolences.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It’s okay. Thank you. Anyway, after that, they were heading here so I decided to apany them since our paths aligned. The details of my brother’s death were very vague and I wanted to investigate it myself,ing here to ask King Rossberg about it since he had passed away in Evaneheim. But, so far, I feel like he has been dodging my questions by repeating the same things. Back to the party though, we’ve gone through a few difficult situations together and I just feel like it’s fun around them. We have a good synergy too. And I do want to protect people from the Cmity.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Suddenly, something clicks in my head. Rossberg’s weird behaviour around Vanessa begins making a lot of sense if I’m not mistaken about this, and every piece of information keeps telling me that I’m not.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A few of my Void Chains in the form offortable thin purple straps shoot from the ground and wrap themselves around Vanessa’s legs, arms and waist, effectively incapacitating her movements as she is cing down her ss with lemonade.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She nces at me, slightly confused. “What’s the meaning of this?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I deeply apologize for this offence, Princess, but I’m not stupid enough to ignore such a heavy g.”
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