Today is the 5th.
Roxanne succeeds in making me cum before I wake up, though she has to use her inside muscles for it.
"That was cheating," Hana says with a frown.
"None of us can do something like this," Alissa says, also frowning.
"Hihihih," she grabs Hana's head and uses her to clean herself.
"Do you, admit, defeat, in front, of the, superior, succubus, race?" She says amid moans.
Hana takes offense on her cheekiness and uses her for a while to punish her.
Once we are almost finishing breakfast a very tired Roxanne comes out of our room.
"You look well," Ciel says, knitting her eyebrows.
"She's learning what being cheeky gets her," Hana says, folding her arms.
"I don't really... regret it," Roxanne says with a stupid smile.
"You want more?" Hana growls to her.
"N-no! I'm fine! I'm sorry! Hahahahah..." She laughs awkwardly.
Ciel and Lina blush until it's time for them to go to Bombur's.
This morning I spend training my mana using [Wind Magic]. I wish I could focus on [Golemancy], I really want to give Ted and Suzy better voices and more physical strength. My morning gets interrupted when I feel my pocket get very warm.
I take out Vanea's lithograph. The black liquid slowly forms words.
"Tomorrow, 10PM, Baalfire's Tavern".
Shit, already?
Lunch is very tense. The expertly seasoned bacon, beans and cornmeal that Alissa and Ciel made with so much love tasted like sand to me.
"How's Lina's training?" I ask Hana.
"She's ready to fight grunts toe-to-toe but anything else she will get suppressed. I focused on teaching her how to defend properly first so she won't die easily," Hana taps Lina's shoulder with pride.
Lina herself gives me a confident smile and a nod.
"She and Hana also have enough mana and power for a proper chantless [
Earth Bullet
], it will certainly catch whoever fights them unaware," Roxanne says with another proud smile.
"Remember it's only as a trump card, don't tell them of our skills," Ciel says.
With Alissa's [Illusion Magic] ready, [
Ghost Lights
] makes it very difficult to dodge her arrows, if you look at her you could get nearly blinded by lights.
"I will keep out my 3 Shad's and Holly, I still don't have much mana for anything else so depending on the terrain I will be on the back line. The Shad's will cover me, Alissa, and Roxanne. I will focus on scouting with Holly."
I learned that summons know everything I know so I can use English with them to give them secret commands. Yelling your commands to your summons will ruin certain strategies since the enemy will know.
Lina increased her "Strength", [Hammer Use], [Parry], [Dodge], [Muscle Explosion], [Shield Bash], [Battlefield Perception], [Dwarven Pride Style], [Mana Control] and [General Enchanting] by 1, her [Earth Magic] by 2, her MP by 70, her "Magic Power" by 35.
Hana learned [Earth Magic] with 1 point, she increased her MP by 95 (now 220), her "Magic Power" by 36 (now 60), and her "Intelligence" and "Wisdom" by 1 (now 9 and 10).
Roxanne increased her MP by 100 (now 1205) and her "Magic Power" by 21 (now 380).
Ciel increased her "Willpower" by 1 (now 13), her MP by 80 (now 885) and her "Magic Power" by 20 (now 270).
Info
Name: Alissa | Age: 16 | Race: Fox-Type Wereanimal
HP: 100 | MP: 235 | Magic Power: 65
Level: 29 | Experience: 100/8000
Stats
Strength: 11 | Endurance: 18 | Dexterity: 22
Speed: 20 | Intelligence: 11 | Wisdom: 12
Willpower: 16 | Charisma: 10 | Piety: 15
Perception: 17 | Sanity: 15
Other
Status Effects: NONE | Titles: Blessing from the Goddess of Love, Blinding Arrows
Affiliations: Wolf Ryder (fiance), Blood Slave (Owner: Wolf Ryder), Helios (Fellowship)
Companions: Wolf Ryder, Roxanne Succubus, Hanafuria, Ciel, Lina
Crimes: NONE
Alissa Skill Report
Physical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Sword Use: 9 | Bow Use: 26 | Parry: 4
Dodge: 2 | Sense Presence: 6 | Hide Presence: 4
Enhanced Olfact: 5 | Enhanced Hearing: 3 | Hawk Eyes: 3
Muscle Explosion: 1 | Quiet Steps: 3 | Quiet Action: 2
Enhanced Stamina: 1 | Tracking: 2
Magical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Sense Mana: 1 | Mana Control: 3 | Fire magic: 1
Light Magic: 1 | Space Magic: 1 | Conjuring Magic: 1
Illusion Magic: 2 | Fox Transformation (innate): 5
Miscellaneous
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Housework: 3 | Cooking: 4 | Cleaning: 2
Washing: 5 | Riding: 2 | Oral Technique: 4
Pain Resistance: 2 | Hand Technique: 2
OBS: Level means (free point)+(trained point)
Name: Roxanne Succubs | Age: 21 | Race: Succubus-Type Demon
HP: 100 | MP: 1205 | Magic Power: 380
Level: 33 | Experience: 6022/10000
Stats
Strength: 8 | Endurance: 9 | Dexterity: 11
Speed: 8 | Intelligence: 18 | Wisdom: 17
Willpower: 14 | Charisma: 15 | Piety: 10
Perception: 10 | Sanity: 12
Other
Status Effects: NONE | Titles: NONE
Affiliations: Helios (Fellowship), Wolf Ryder (Fiance)
Companions: Wolf Ryder, Alissa, Hanafuria, Ciel, Lina
Crimes: NONE
Roxanne Succubus Skill Report
Physical
Skill Name: Level
Dagger Use: 2
Magical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Sense Mana: 3 | Mana Control: 24 | Reduced Mana Cost: 3
Mana Efficiency: 9 | Fire magic: 22 | Water Magic: 23
Light Magic: 1 | Space Magic: 8 | Conjuring Magic: 5
Alchemy: 3 | Potion Brewing: 11 | Poison Brewing: 2
Miscellaneous
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Housework: 1 | Cooking: 1 | Cleaning: 1
Washing: 1 | Riding: 1
OBS: Level means (free point)+(trained point)
Info
Name: Hanafuria | Age: 23 | Race: Fire-Type Dragonkin
HP: 150 | MP: 220 | Magic Power: 60
Level: 36 | Experience: 11050/12000
Stats
Strength: 19 | Endurance: 24 | Dexterity: 10
Speed: 13 | Intelligence: 9 | Wisdom: 10
Willpower: 19 | Charisma: 16 | Piety: 11
Perception: 9 | Sanity: 17
Other
Status Effects: NONE | Titles: NONE
Affiliations: Wolf Ryder (fiance), Blood Slave (Owner: Wolf Ryder), Helios (Fellowship)
Companions: Wolf Ryder, Alissa, Roxanne Succubus, Ciel, Lina
Crimes: NONE
Hanafuria Skill Report
Physical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Sword Use: 20 | Spear Use: 14 | Bow Use: 9
Two-Handed Sword Use: 9 | Pole Arm Use: 6 | Dagger Use: 4
Shield Bash: 6 | Block: 8 | Parry: 6
Dodge: 4 | Tatesomu Style: 4 | Muscle Explosion: 4
Battlefield Perception: 2 | Taunt: 3 | Intimidate: 2
Enhanced Reflexes: 2 | Enhanced Stamina: 4 | Enhanced Strength: 2
Enhanced Endurance: 4
Magical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Sense Mana: 1 | Mana Control: 1 | Fire magic: 1
Earth Magic: 1 | Light Magic: 1 | Space Magic: 1
Conjuring Magic: 1
Miscellaneous
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Housework: 2 | Cooking: 1 | Cleaning: 1
Washing: 1 | Riding: 3 | Massage: 1
Dismantling: 4 | Oral Technique: 1 | Pain Conversion: 1
Fire Breath (innate): 5 | Summon Wings (innate): 2
OBS: Level means (free point)+(trained point)
Info
Name: Ciel | Age: 21 | Race: Human
HP: 100 | MP: 885 | Magic Power: 270
Level: 31 | Experience: 3500/9500
Stats
Strength: 14 | Endurance: 13 | Dexterity: 17
Speed: 18 | Intelligence: 15 | Wisdom: 18
Willpower: 13 | Charisma: 17 | Piety: 21
Perception: 12 | Sanity: 19
Other
Status Effects: NONE | Titles: NONE
Affiliations: Wolf Ryder (fiance), Helios (Fellowship), Templar Knights (Honorary Member), Temple Priestess (Former Member)
Companions: Wolf Ryder, Alissa, Hanafuria, Roxanne Succubus, Lina
Crimes: NONE
Ciel Skill Report
Physical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Glaive Use: 15 | Sword Use: 5 | Parry: 8
Dodge: 6 | Block: 4 | Imperial Hasterrum Style: 2
Muscle Explosion: 2 | Battlefield Perception: 1
Magical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Sense Mana: 2 | Mana Control: 6 | Reduced Mana Cost: 1
Mana Efficiency: 4 | Wind Magic: 15 | Fire magic: 1
Light Magic: 24 | Space Magic: 3 | Conjuring Magic: 1
Diagnosis: 7
Miscellaneous
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
First-Aid: 3 | Housework: 3 | Cooking: 2
Cleaning: 1 | Washing: 1 | Riding: 1
OBS: Level means (free point)+(trained point)
Info
Name: Lina | Age: 15 | Race: Dwarf
HP: 100 | MP: 270 | Magic Power: 140
Level: 21 | Experience: 1240/7000
Stats
Strength: 8 | Endurance: 8 | Dexterity: 12
Speed: 11 | Intelligence: 16 | Wisdom: 11
Willpower: 17 | Charisma: 10 | Piety: 10
Perception: 14 | Sanity: 11
Other
Status Effects: NONE | Titles: NONE
Affiliations: Wolf Ryder (master), Helios (Fellowship)
Companions: Wolf Ryder, Alissa, Hanafuria, Roxanne Succubus, Ciel
Crimes: NONE
Lina Skill Report
Physical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Hammer Use: 5+9 | Parry: 1+4 | Dodge: 0+4
Block: 0+6 | Muscle Explosion: 1+1 | Shield Bash: 0+1
Battlefield Perception: 1+1 | Dwarven Pride Style: 1+1 | Enhanced Speed: 2+0
Magical
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
Sense Mana: 1 | Mana Control: 4 | Mana Efficiency: 1
Fire magic: 1 | Earth Magic: 3+2 | Light Magic: 1
Space Magic: 1 | Conjuring Magic: 1 | General Enchanting: 8
Magic Tool Carving: 1
Miscellaneous
Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level | Skill Name: Level
General Blacksmith: 4 | Sewing: 4 | Housework: 1
Cleaning: 2 | Washing: 1 | Math: 4
Riding: 1 | Stonebody (innate): 3
OBS: Level means (free point)+(trained point)
We have to level Roxanne and Ciel so they can learn more advanced spells, Hana is also suffering from only having 2 skill points left.
We tried to formulate a plan but aside from brushing up on our team tactics there's not much else to do, we don't know who and where we are fighting.
Due to the tenseness of the atmosphere I summoned a corgi for the girls.
"Roxaaanne, It's my turn now," Ciel cries.
"Nuh-uh you spent 15 minutes with it last time, I'm not even 10 yet," Roxanne answers, keeping the corgi away from her reach.
"We didn't even get a chance to cuddle with it yet," Alissa says, her fox ears drop.
I massage my eyes and try not to laugh at them.
"How about this, we cycle the corgi, Ted, Suzy, and Aoi. Ten minutes and then you girls change the one you are cuddling with," I say.
Aoi raises her head, just waking up from her nap on Hana's shoulder. Hana looks at me as if I was stealing Aoi.
"Let's all share the things we love, we are all mature enough for that, right?" I say, the two girls look guiltily at each other, "Just like how you all share me we should share other things, right?"
They nod. I look at Hana, she purses her lips and then nods.
I'm glad I did this. Lina and Alissa monopolize everything until it's time for my classes. I certainly did not expect a teddy bear riding a corgi having a mock battle with a cloth doll riding a small dragon.
I try to focus on my mana cost class, I feel it's related to how mana in general works. It's essentially the same thing as "Magic Power", you do more with less, it's just that it's something deliberate. With the skill you
learn
how to do it while "Magic Power" it's
your body
that increases its "affinity" with mana.
The professor is telling us to focus on the unit of mana, the smallest amount of mana you can invoke and turn into a spell, to focus on this and repeatedly try to increase the power of the spell while maintaining the same mana cost.
Normally this is impossible, mana cost equals power used but he's trying to have us disassociate these two concepts. Mana equals power but the conversion isn't static, it's dynamic, it depends on our "Intelligence" to learn more about mana, our "Wisdom" to refer back to what we already know and our "Willpower" to force the world to bend to our will. In the case of [Light Magic] our connection to the gods helps us change the world in accordance to their will, we understand more of it and allow them to help us channel magic through our bodies.
I feel like I understand it, somewhat. The focus on the unit of mana is helping me, it's like it's on the tip of my tongue. It's dangerously close to direct mana manipulation, or rather, it's nearly the same thing, we are manipulating how the mana is used for our spells. We are rejecting the reality of how mana works and replacing it with our own.
I feel refreshed and excited, this is kind of a mindfuck for me but I feel like I grasped something significant over this lesson.
"It's all on the unit of mana, that's the secret," I say.
"Hoh, for me it's more on the 'building' aspect of the spells, I feel like there's redundancy," Toroo says.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I have been observing how mana flows through me and I see that every spell has many similar aspects, the gathering, the conversion, the building, the expulsion, and the trigger. The 'building' part seems very similar, like a 'stack of boxes', just that they are not all boxes and instead they have many shapes and forms. I have been trying to see how they can fit better together, the more 'snug' this building is the more stable the spell is, requiring less mana."
Interesting. I haven't been looking very closely to how
exactly
the mana transforms into a spell, my concern was more philosophical, I guess.
"That's a completely different view from what I have. I guess mine is about rejecting the way magic is formed and creating your own in a more efficient or rather, personal way."
"That! That's what I was thinking about!" Lyle exclaims.
Hatara and Lyle are leaning more to my side, Garanae is leaning to Toroo's side. Well it's not really a "side", more like a perspective. I can focus on training on my perspective but when I reach a wall I can switch to Toroo's perspective to continue leveling the skill.
Alissa and Lina pay a lot of attention to our discussion, both are wanting to get more involved in magic so it will be useful for them in the future.
Back at home I spend all my free time giving attention to each of them. Except for when we leave for a dungeon we always get very tense and sex help us all relax, though I feel drained again, 6 times on a single night, Hana wanted seconds.
Tonight is Ciel and Lina on our bed. I crawl inside and nearly collapse, life's good.
Ciel comes behind me and squishes my head in her bare breasts, it's her turn to cuddle with me. I grab Alissa and hug her from behind, Lina is then hugged by Alissa. It's going to be warm but I can deal with it, I'm already used to sleeping like this.
"Say, Wolfy. What is sex to you?" Ciel asks.
"The ultimate show of affection to your partner, that's the common interpretation on my world. Why do you ask?"
"Well, your world is different so I wanted to know if we thought things similarly."
"In comparison to my world, people in here have sex much more easily. The most unusual thing I see is prostitution being so accepted, religion in my world is not very fond of casual sex."
"So 'love' is the only accepted reason for having sex?"
"Kinda, the idea of having sex only for pleasure is accepted up to a certain point but it's complicated. The idea of selling your body is definitely not accepted in a large part of the world, even on the parts that are accepted it's not a respected profession. Also, people would definitely be disgusted to what I did to Alissa, Hana, and Lina."
Now Alissa and Lina turn their heads towards me.
"What do you mean?" Alissa asks.
"Slavery is not accepted, in my world you are basically sex slaves, I have absolute power over you. Even if you consent to having sex with me your decision would be considered biased, tainted by the fact that I can punish you in any way I want if you deny me. Even if I treat you like an equal you are still subservient to me, you are not able to give me proper consent to me, so in a way, I am raping you."
Alissa grimaces.
"The Gods say it isn't so, I do not care what your world is like, I am
yours
and you are
mine
," her voice is tinged by anger.
Hearing her say these words brings me peace.
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do, that's a saying in my world. I'm trying my best to adapt to this world, I do not care what others would think of me back at the home I abandoned. I already made my decision to live here as Wolf Ryder."
Alissa kisses my lips lightly, Ciel kisses the back of my neck. I extend my hand to Lina and instead of coming to me she kisses it, that's not what I wanted but whatever.
"In this world sex has more uses," Ciel says, "It can be a way to give comfort to loved ones or help ease their pain, even if that person is merely a friend or family."
"Wait what, incest is a thing?"
"Incest?" Alissa asks.
"Parents having sex with children or siblings having sex with each other."
"Yes, as long as you don't procreate," Ciel continues, "Keep in mind the Sin of rape, family rapists suffer in hell for much longer."
"Is there an afterlife? Like, when you die your soul goes to suffer in hell or have pleasure in heaven?"
"Heaven?"
"Paradise."
"Yes, there is. Sinners suffer in hell in proportion to their sins, some necromancers try to trap their souls eternally or simply break their spirits making them dissipate into nothing so they don't have to go through hell, no one knows if that works," he shrugs, "Others try to become undead, but that is another thing completely. Paradise is a place for family to reunite one last time, it's also for heroes that did not get to live long enough to enjoy their rewards. Anyways, we are digressing, you said that prostitution is not accepted?"
"Yes, selling your body is not accepted."
"So who heals the broken and the lonely?"
"Therapists, I guess. These problems of the mind are given much less attention than the ones of the body. Things were improving on that area, though. Do prostitutes do that?"
"Prostitutes are trained by priests in how to help the lonely or those with a broken heart or mind. During sex people bare their hearts to each other, it's in this most vulnerable state that we can truly see inside someone's mind and give them the proper help they need."
Sex as comfort and healing, seems progressive.
"Seeing how prostitutes might be the most common client for priests it makes sense they help each other."
"Indeed. Surprises me it isn't like this in your world, you said they had more evolved knowledge of the non-magical sciences."
"Things are more complicated than that, the morality of my world is different. Over here people are pragmatic and hierarchical, in my world people are very individualistic. It's a very heterogeneous world, I think that the lack of the Gods made people go their own ways, only in science can we find the most things in common that we agree upon."
And even in science there's a lot to disagree on.
"So the world is in the Age of Discord," Lina says.
"A proper comparison, but my world is much, much less deadly."
The conversation dies down on this point. Prostitutes with a degree in psychology, incest, and sex for comfort. This world never stops to surprise me.
Today is the 6th.
Alissa wakes me up, she was so delicate I dreamed we were floating in the sky as she gave me head. When I woke up I was a little confused whether or not that dream was real.
I pull her close to me and hug her tight. The shrieks of the dying space mage woman replay in my head every time I think about tonight.
"What are you feeling?" Alissa asks.
"... Scared…"
"So am I…"
There's no more words that need to be said.
I pull strands of her hair from blocking her beautiful orange eyes, which then look deeply into mine.
I grab one of her ears and just massage it, she lets out a sound that was almost a purr.
She runs her hand through my hair and we give each other a massage until Ciel and Lina properly wake up.
I increased my MP by 20 (now 760) and my "Magic Power" by 5 (now 285), it seems I couldn't focus much on training yesterday due to Vanea's message. I learned [Wind Magic] with 1 point and surprisingly I learned [Reduced Mana Cost] with 2 points.
The gloomy mood spreads and we eat breakfast in silence.
"Let's just relax this morning, we already trained all we could and it's best that we don't go into battle too tense," Alissa says.
There are no arguments against this. We spend this chilly morning in front of the fireplace, we bring blankets and pull the table away so we can all cuddle in front of it. I spend my time brushing Alissa's tail and hair, I just love to touch this fluffiness, it's not the fluffiness itself that makes me happy but it's the person it's attached to.
After a while I just hug her from behind and rest my chin on her shoulders. Lina is sleeping on Ciel's lap, which in turn is playing with Lina's silky hair. Roxanne is taking care of Hana's hair, she grumbles whenever she finds a matted patch, she first brushes it then she passes some oily hair product so it won't mat anymore, Hana is just obediently sitting still. Ted and Suzy are awkwardly dancing with each other in front of the fireplace, something Roxanne taught them.
Aoi is on Alissa's lap, she traces her fingers lightly over Aoi's scales. Aoi raises her head and looks at me.
"Saa?" She asks.
I feel she wants to know why we are all so sad.
"We are not sad, we are tense, we will have to fight."
"Faig, fuun," he strains herself to talk.
She thinks fighting is fun. It might be if we are on a dungeon and we know what's coming.
"We are fighting other people again, it's not fun for us to fight other humanoids."
She looks confused and tilts her head, imitating Alissa. Cute.
"For us, fighting other humanoids there's no glory, it's... Almost like fighting a friend," Alissa says.
"Freen?"
Aoi is starting to understand what the other girls talk, but they don't fully understand her yet.
"Almost a friend," I say.
"Udeer-tan…"
I reach over and rub her slick head.
In space class the professor made the students demonstrate [
Item Box
], then he held a discussion about how the skill feels and how it could be modified. Not that many space mages actually reach level 20 on this magic school, those who are dedicated enough can improve the amount they can carry without increasing the level of the skill. I didn't participate much and thankfully the professor didn't mind.
Listening to Lyle and Lina helped me clear my mind, even though jealousy burned in my heart.
I cast on everyone [
Wind Armor
], [
Sharp Blades
], [
Swift Foot
], [
Rainbow Shield
], and [
Rainbow Crystal
]. The last spell creates a faint rainbow diamond on the back of our hands, it's certainly more visible than the other spells.
We make a simple dinner and by 9:30PM we leave towards Baalfire's.