Volume 3 Chapter 21 Last Night Was Enjoyable I
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”No, I want to do this. Manon’s having a hard time, and… this is all I can do for her.”
”Her Excellency is already being quite helpful. It’s a very high-quality doll. Selling magic like a proper witch, huh? Do the other witches do this kind of thing too?”
”No. I’m the only one who can create Golems… because it’s difficult; you need to arrange complex magical formulas and wire them into the body just right.”
”Is Ms. Lucretia an academy graduate? Does she not have the training to make Golems?”
”This kind of work requires a certain level of skill from the person themselves.”
”So that glasses witch is quite clumsy?”
”That’s… yes. Extremely clumsy. She cuts valuable spirit grass roots into chunks instead of slices, and she bursts the gallbladder of Spoon·Wing. Moreover, her technique is dangerous. At first, I thought she might be scared of blades, but it seems she just isn’t suited for crafting. She’s aware of her own clumsiness and doesn’t practice.”
”If she’s bad at something, isn’t the solution to practice hard until she can do it?”
”You see, Kian, not everyone is like you. It’s not normal for someone who takes 5 minutes to mince an onion to practice with a knife. It’s like how I can’t practice to fix my communication barrier.”
”I see, it sounds like a serious issue… What about the others?”
Kian stood up and inquired as such.
Then, before Christy could answer, a sudden “creak!”
The sound of the floor creaking came from the next room.
It was a sound too faint for the human Christy to hear, but with his vampire abilities, Kian could hear it clearly.
”The others? Well… how do I put this? Manon’s choices this time were… unusual.”
”Which means?”
”Quite a few of the job applicants were from the academy, yet among the 6 new witches hired, only Lucretia was an academy graduate… I mean, it’s impolite to say this about the others, but there are some who seem to lack a proper understanding of modern magic and knowledge about items and potions…. Ah, of course, not all academy graduates are proficient in these matters.”
”That’s to be expected.”
Sophia, who used to be Kian’s receptionist, is a good example.
She became a specialist after studying Dungeon data, monsters, and potions from various places after getting the job, but during her training period, she was just clinging to the manual to deal with Adventurers.
In contrast, Christy knows an unbelievable amount about monsters and potions, as well as ritual magic, for her age.
While potions are her specialty, it’s surprising that she has more knowledge about monsters than even Kian.
This is the kind of place where you’d expect the top candidate to shine.
She’s a quiet hard worker, a bookworm at heart.
Enough digression.
”Are the others former Adventurers or something?”
”Yes. Some were village healers or recovery magicians. It can’t be helped, so I created a textbook with the bare minimum magic knowledge. I’ve got a Golem writing it now.”
Christy pointed to a person sitting seiza-style in the corner of the room, delicately moving a puppet.
”I intend to sell this as an internal product soon, but the Female Magician Association and the central magic Guild are opposed.”
”Of course they are. The Guild’s goal is to monopolize and conceal rare magic knowledge.”
”It’s not like you can use magic just by reading books, but… we might accidentally give knowledge to dangerous people without realizing it, and they have a point. Mysteries should be kept secret. But… we’re really short on funds, and we can’t afford to turn our backs on this.”
”Is the public treasury really that bad off?”
”Quite. You remember that mithril golem you captured for us? Even selling that wasn’t nearly enough. That’s how tight things are financially. If we’d at least been able to recover Natasha and the others’ secret funds, it might’ve been a different story, but…”
”Didn’t you have enough time to deal with the Beastmen Martial Arts Guild?”
”They don’t cost much. You may not know, but that Beastmen Martial Arts Guild is filled with wealthy merchants and the children of lords. So, instead of seeking rewards as guards, they are following Manon for different privileges, status, and honor. However, it’s hard to say what will happen when their enthusiasm starts to wane.”
”I see. …Even if it might strain finances in the future, you still need military power.”
In this borderland, he learned well just how dangerous it is to be unarmed, especially from the recent battle against Oswald.
Maribel has been careful about increasing her subordinates.
Although it doesn’t concern him directly, when Kian frowned, Christy clapped her hands to change the mood.
She pointed to the raised floor cover.
”Hey, I’ll prepare some herbal tea for you, so go take a bath first. The underground is just as you know it. But don’t go into the study in the back. There’s research on Oswald’s blood going on.”
”Got it. Thanks.”
Kian replied while glancing towards the next room.
”No problem. Don’t mention it. …Is there something wrong with the Wall?”
”No. The next room is Ms. Lucretia’s, right?”
”…? Yes, that’s correct.”
”It’s nothing. I’ll go take a bath.”
Saying that, he took a quick glance through the wall of the adjacent room.
There, a red magic power shaped like Lucretia was pressed against the wall, listening intently.
It seemed she was completely eavesdropping on their sounds.
Knowing her personality, it wouldn’t have been strange for her to come over immediately, but apparently, she had no intention of doing so.
(She’s aware that I’m in Christy’s room, but is she eavesdropping because she thinks we might start having s*x? She looks serious, yet she’s surprisingly lewd.)
If she wants to hear the sounds of s*x, then so be it.
He should definitely awaken the lust of the virgin Lucretia properly.
And if all goes well, he’ll take the chance──.
* * *
After getting out of the bath and returning to Christy’s room, she was brewing herbal tea by the light of an aromatic candle.
On the small table, there was a ceramic tea set, and the sweet-smelling tea was giving off white steam.
Christy sat with her legs close together on the bed and patted the space next to her.
”Come on, sit here.”
”Thanks for letting me use the bath. Your herb bath is the best, as always.”
”Well, glad to hear it. —Ah.”
As Kian sat on the bed, his weight creaked the bed.
Christy shook her body up and down and then smiled.
”That was quite a shake!”
”Well, my weight has increased to about a hundred kilograms.”
”Really!? That’s like twice my weight! Speaking of which, your muscles are impressive. You were so scrawny when we first met… Hey, can I touch your arms?”
She blushed slightly and looked up at him with big eyes.
The black eyes peeking from under her neatly trimmed bangs sparkled with curiosity and intent.
”Go ahead.”
”Wow, amazing. It’s so hard and big, just as I thought.”
”……”
”Mighty… and rugged.”
She pressed her slender fingertips tightly against his arm, twisting and turning them to feel the texture.
There was little hesitation in her touch; she was feeling him up thoroughly and without restraint.
It wasn’t his imagination—Christy’s breathing had grown noticeably heavier. No matter how he looked at it, she was clearly getting excited.
Without asking for permission, her hand wandered to his chest, feeling over his pectoral muscles, and she even leaned in to sniff his arm, taking in his scent with a sharp, audible breath.
”────”
(If that’s how you want to play it… then I won’t hold back from visually devouring you either.)
Silently, he observed the body of the woman wrapped in a white negligee.
The large open neckline revealed her shoulder blades and the deep valley of her chest.
She was slightly damp with sweat, and the negligee clung to her skin, accentuating her black underwear.
It was a bra that could never be worn by the likes of Maribel or Serena, designed for adults.
A unique piece crafted by an Alchemist.
Of course, her lower abdomen was also visible, and the material of the negligee was wedged between her thighs, revealing black Beastmen-style thong panties.
He found himself thinking… Christy really did wear these kinds of provocative clothes on a regular basis.
Not because she was trying to catch a man’s eye—no, it was probably because she thought they were more comfortable, or simply because she found them cute──(and also because she had way too much confidence in her own proportions)──she was, how should he put it, a woman who was incredibly unkind to the groin.
”Mufu, mufu, amazing, it smells so good. Fuhehe…”
”……”
”Ah, s-sorry.”
”No.”
”H-herbal tea! Let’s drink it.”
”Ahh.”
”Yes! Here you go. You couldn’t have taken such a leisurely tea break while adventuring, could you?”
He felt bad that she was giving him a beaming smile, but the truth is he often enjoyed tea at Natra’s place.
He recently found out that her hobby is collecting coffee beans and delicious tea leaves, so unknowingly, he often ended up enjoying tea made by her.
That said, the tea you drink in a cave or by a riverside has a different charm altogether.
Especially when sipping tea while observing Christy’s defenseless sexy body; it was the highest form of entertainment that didn’t even require snacks.
”Ehehe…. Hmm…?”
The black-haired witch had been innocently smiling, but as expected of a woman, she seemed quite sensitive to furtive glances from men.
Christy, who had quickly noticed Kian’s exceptional peeking, froze her expression while still keeping her smile.
”Are you watching?”
”……”
”That’s a bit much; your eyes are scary.”
”……”
”────. Hey, hey? …Want to touch mine, too?”
She said this while slightly flushing.
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