Chapter 26
I gazed endlessly at the softly cascading moonlight.
It had been a very long time since I'd been able to admire the moonlight this peacefully in a trial area.
'I was much weaker in my first run.'
Trials were difficult enough from the outset that the bonus stats gained through leveling up alone couldn't handle them.
If your stats were low, you'd have to run from monsters from the very first trial.
You'd get injured and lose sleep….
You'd continue that life on the run and gradually grow exhausted, until, if you were lucky, you'd complete a quest—and then, without exception, you'd immediately move on to the next Shelter.
'Item farming? Who had time to think about something like that? You had to survive today before you could even hope for a tomorrow.'
If you kept struggling like that and rolled your snowball in the wrong direction, that momentum would carry you through to the final stage of the trial.
You gained experience, but still struggled just as much as you had in the first trial.
You left your life to the uncertain whims of 'luck.'
"Mr. Minjun, here's some tea."
"Thank you."
"What are you thinking about?"
I had been fiddling with Vardo's remains, but I tucked them away and accepted the cup the Saintess handed me with a smile.
"I was just thinking that the moonlight was beautiful."
"Oh, it really is. It's such an exotic, fantastical scene."
A fantasy world. Someone must have dreamed of entering a world like this, but reality was truly a cesspool.
If I had to compare it to something, it was like seeing the lush green fields of the countryside that you'd only ever watched in videos, while the foul stench of cow dung assaulted your nose.
'Still, things are different this time from my first run. My stats are ample, and I have plenty of room to farm.'
Especially with such capable companions by my side.
"Is Ms. Hana taking the first watch?"
The Saintess smiled sweetly, jiggling her ample breasts up and down.
"Yes, Seoyeon said she wanted me to go first."
"That's surprising. Honestly, I thought Shin Seoyeon would take the first watch herself."
Even young women knew that the first and last watches were the easiest. For Shin Seoyeon to give hers up—you really did live and learn.
In any case, we decided to stand watch in pairs. The Saintess's combat power was close to zero when she was alone.
"Mr. Minjun."
"Yes."
The Saintess began to say something, then suddenly fell silent.
When I looked back, she was fidgeting with her cup with her head bowed.
"Is something troubling you?"
"Yes, yes. It's just… I know this is a strange thing to say, but…."
"?"
"You and Seoyeon… You said the two of you were childhood friends, right?"
"I suppose so."
We were hardly close enough to call ourselves childhood friends, though.
We had only attended the same kindergarten and schools; you could even consider us complete strangers.
Right? Think about it. What sort of childhood friends would extort money from one another?
"But why do you ask?"
After hesitating for a moment, the Saintess looked at me with tear-filled eyes.
"I think you two are a better match than I am."
I stared blankly at the Saintess for a moment. Suit each other? Who with whom? Me and Shin Seoyeon? The Saintess drove the point home.
"I think Seoyeon is a better match for you than I am, Mr. Minjun. Sniffle."
"Why do you think that?"
"I saw how naturally you two joked around earlier, and how well you traded banter…."
Us? Was that really a joke? Hmm, I thought our swordplay had been fairly earnest.
"You even communicate with just your eyes, and your banter flows so naturally."
Well, I suppose it could look that way.
One way or another, I'd known Shin Seoyeon for over ten years… no, counting the years, for more than twenty. By now, I could tell what she was thinking at a glance, and even what she wanted to say just by looking into her eyes.
In other words, even if we didn't want to be in sync, we couldn't help but be.
'Still, the Saintess didn't need to worry.'
I was utterly devoted to our Saintess. I had been ever since she first helped me.
So I was about to tell her to have some confidence, when, wouldn't you know it, the Saintess clenched her fists and put on a determined expression.
"Still, I'm never going to give up on you, Mr. Minjun."
"Huh?"
"I've spent my whole life yielding to others and having things taken from me. But this time, I absolutely will not! I absolutely won't let anyone take you from me! Just you wait, Mr. Minjun!"
"……."
Whew, what a scare. I was worried she'd play matchmaker for Shin Seoyeon and me, then remove herself from the equation.
No, if that was what she intended, why had our Saintess set such an uneasy tone in the first place?
'Anyway, the Saintess's awakening.'
It wasn't a bad development in its own way. Though that passionate expression had lasted only a moment.
"Sis! I want to sleep!"
"Huh? S-s-sorry, Seoyeon! I'll be quiet…."
Her confident voice gradually grew softer and more timid, until it was barely a whisper by the end.
That was more like our Saintess. I chuckled and pulled her into my arms.
Her ample breasts swayed again with the movement. Enjoying their soft feel, I grabbed the back of the Saintess's head and pressed it between my thighs.
"Suck me."
"Huh? Right now? Ah, Seoyeon isn't asleep yet, either."
"If you keep being so yielding, Seoyeon might take me away from you."
"!!"
As if that was absolutely unacceptable, the Saintess yanked down my pants. Then she took my cock into her mouth and began sucking it.
'Ah, this feels good.'
Sex in a room was nice, but sex in a ruin-like dungeon like this had its own appeal. It came with a fantastical sense of freedom, so to speak. There was even a touch of taboo.
"Slurp. Slurp. Slurp-slurp-slurp."
The Saintess's technique had been clumsy at first, but she was quite good at sucking now. I reached out and grabbed her rounded buttocks beside me.
'The smooth feel is wonderful.'
[Lumina's Holy Garb]. The luxurious fabric, smoother than human skin, met the Saintess's firm, shapely buttocks and delighted my fingertips.
'When you look at it closely, it's a remarkably lewd outfit. I can understand why some people enjoy dressing women in priestly robes.'
Touching her made me want to thrust into her. I grabbed the Saintess by the hair and pulled her upright. Understanding roughly what I meant, the Saintess looked flustered.
"Do you want the main event too?"
"Yes. Get on top."
"B-but Seoyeon is still…."
"Then shall we yield here for Seoyeon's sake?"
The diligent Saintess hesitated, then abruptly sprang to her feet and positioned herself over me.
"I'll try to be brave."
I lay back comfortably with both hands behind my head and looked up at the Saintess.
On top of me, the Saintess spread her legs wide like a crab and moved aside the fabric covering the intimate area at the front of [Lumina's Holy Garb].
When she pulled her panties aside as well, a pretty pussy that had seen little use was revealed.
'Oh.'
With her back to the moonlight, the Saintess spread her thighs and displayed her pussy—she was the very image of a goddess.
Her especially voluptuous breasts possessed a mysterious power that satisfied a man's desires simply by existing.
"I'm going to put it in now."
The Saintess reached out. With that cautious hand, she grasped my cock, stiffened it, and guided it into her cunt.
Schlup-
With a lewd sound, her pussy swallowed my cock, and a searing sensation closed around it.
'Our Saintess's pussy is really hot.'
I felt it every time we fucked, but it was as if she was perpetually heated.
After swallowing my huge cock all the way to the root in one go, the Saintess's nipples poked stiffly through her priestly robes as she shuddered.
The sensation of her pussy warmly enveloping my cock made it even larger and harder than before.
"Would you move now?"
"Ahh. Ahh. Haaah."
"Harder."
"B-but… if I go any harder, they'll really hear us. The lewd sounds will carry…."
"So what? Or do you want to hide that you're in this kind of relationship with me? Is that it?"
"Of course not!"
Then the rocking began. The Saintess placed her hands on my chest and started vigorously rolling her hips in earnest.
Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump!
The unmistakable sound of us fucking echoed loudly throughout the stone chamber.
"Ahh! Ahh! Haaaah!"
Her rough moans came as an added bonus.
Even so, this time there was no witch shouting that it was too noisy and telling us to go to sleep.
When I shifted my gaze past the Saintess, I saw the lewd Witch of Crimson Flame peeking at us with only her head poking out from beyond the tent.
Schlick, schlick. Schlick, schlick.
The inside of the tent was faintly illuminated by the moonlight, which revealed the full silhouette of Shin Seoyeon's body.
Shin Seoyeon was on all fours like a dog, sticking only her face out of the tent. She had wedged the staff I'd given her between her thighs and was subtly rocking her hips back and forth.
"Mmph."
Then our eyes met, and she was startled before ducking back into the tent.
A moment later, her face popped out again.
A piercing glare.
As if she didn't understand why she should hide, she stuck her head back out and glared at me with wide-open eyes.
'Should I give our feisty childhood friend a little show?'
I grabbed the Saintess's butt tightly.
The Saintess, who had been riding me enthusiastically, leaned her upper body forward and hugged me, as if she knew what I was about to do.
In that position, I thrust my cock upward forcefully.
Smack-smack-smack-smack-smack-smack-smack!
The Saintess's large, round buttocks bounced wildly up and down from my rough thrusts.
I turned my body toward the Witch of Crimson Flame so she could see better, giving her an unobstructed view of my cock sliding in and out of the Saintess's pussy.
"Ahh! Ahh! M-Mr. Minjun! You're being too rough! G-gently, just a little…! I think I'm going to cum!"
Shin Seoyeon stared blankly at us, as if entranced.
During sex, it was normal for partners to look at each other's faces.
But this seemed to be Shin Seoyeon's first time seeing a cock sliding in and out of a pussy in real life, and she stared blankly at us with her eyes wide.
No, although her eyes had stopped moving as if frozen, her hips were moving even more busily atop the staff.
"Mmph. Hah. Haaah."
Faint moans from Shin Seoyeon began to mingle with the Saintess's rough cries and the pounding sounds.
"M-Mr. Minjun, I'm coming! Ahh! Ahh! I can't hold it anymore!"
"I'm about to cum too. Where should I cum?"
"Inside! Hurry, inside! Haaah. Cum it all inside me!"
I gripped her butt tightly and pumped my cum deep inside her pussy, just as she wanted.
The Saintess convulsed helplessly through her orgasm.
And Shin Seoyeon was twitching in the same way.
"Ah."
An aching expression rose on Shin Seoyeon's face as she watched us. Her hungry gaze lingered for a long while on the place where the Saintess and I were joined.
But that lasted only a moment. As soon as our eyes met, her cheeks flushed red and she hurriedly disappeared back into the tent.
'Our Seoyeon isn't getting any sleep tonight.'