Patch Notes:
-All XP values have been removed from the Character Sheet. This won't make a difference to the story, but I realized that I was essentially already at the point where I was just giving him enough XP to level up at a certain rate, that I might as well save some time and effort and just get rid of the XP and level his class and skills up when I feel it is appropriate. This is the most I can do to clean up the backend without completely overhauling the system, which is something I don't want to do.

Megumin's high-pitched moans filled the room as I pounded her from behind, her voice hitching every time I thrust into her, the head of my dick hitting her deepest part- the entrance to her womb.

My hands were on her hips, pulling her back into me with every thrust. She was bent over, her hands supporting herself on the back of the living room couch as her head dangled. She was mostly dressed, only lacking a pair of panties, which she had taken to not wearing anymore. Though that dress was now pulled up, giving me a clear view of her ass, and the barcode-shaped birthmark there. All Crimson Demons had that though, so I didn't pay it any mind.

Momo had taken the others out into town to show Leticia and Kuro Usagi around and to buy them a few odds and ends. Megumin and I had stayed back to do our daily explosion. But that wasn't enough for either of us, and we quickly teleported back to the mansion to keep fucking. These days Megumin seemed to care about the sex just as much as letting off explosions.

I grunted and slammed into Megumin's depths hard as I came. She climaxed as well, the aphrodisiac-infused cum pushing her pleasure even higher as it filled her womb. It had become my new default, exactly for this effect. After all, why shouldn't my girls cum when I do?

Megumin's knees buckled, my dick slipping out of her tight folds as she fell to the ground, panting. I grinned, barely winded, and my erection still strong. My CON was almost back to its old levels, and with it, my vitality. The number of rounds I could go was increasing faster than the size of my harem. I'd honestly have to either learn a cloning technique or use some sort of time dilation effect if I wanted to reach my limit every night.

I started stepping around Megumin, planning on offering her my dick for her to suck since she was on her knees already, when I sensed someone approaching the mansion. I took a moment to check who it was, and my grin widened.

"We'll have to stop here for now," I said. "I believe a friend of yours is here to see you."

"H-huh?" Megumin said, still catching her breath. Before I could clarify, our visitor reached the door and rang the doorbell. And yes, this place had a doorbell. It surprised me as well, but I appreciated it. We wouldn't be able to hear knocking from most parts of the house.

"I'll go get the door while you quickly clean yourself up," I say. "You wouldn't want to appear in front of a fellow Crimson Demon looking like that, would you?"

Megumin opened her mouth to respond, her brow still furrowed in confusion, but I disappeared, teleporting into the entry. I could have cleaned her up with a touch, but it was more fun this way. Just as it would be fun to open the door in my current state, naked and sweaty with an erection covered in Megumin's arousal and my semen, but that would perhaps be a bit much for the girl at the door.

So after casting [Clean Body] on myself and putting some clothes on, I opened the door to reveal Yunyun, friend and rival of Megumin.

"Hello?" I asked, pretending not to know who she was or why she was here. I'd seen her a few times in town and at the Adventurer's Guild, but we hadn't been introduced.

Yunyun tensed. "M-my name is Yunyun!" she forcefully announced, flinching back at the sound of her own voice. Nervousness and anxiety rolled off of her in waves. "Umm," she continued in a more subdued voice. "I heard that Megumin lives here?"

"You're a friend of hers then?" I asked. "Or perhaps her sister?" Was assuming any two Crimson Demons were siblings racist? I mean, they all had the same hair and eye color. Not that I actually thought that. On a whim, I decided to hit her with [Erotic Pierrot] and slowly increase her arousal. I doubted anything would come of it today, she was too shy for that. But her shyness meant that getting an early start on lowering those barriers and getting her attracted to me was something better done sooner rather than later.

"Sisters?" Yunyun replied in shock. "N-no! No! We're…" she paused, looking for the word. "Rivals?"

Honestly, their relationship was more of a weird amalgamation of friends, rivals, and that of a bully and her victim, but that wasn't really worth delving into right now. "Rivals, friends, same thing," I said. "Come on in, Megumin's in the living room. Or whatever you call it in a house this big."

Yunyun blushed, most likely at the implication that she and Megumin were friends. Yunyun was a lonely girl, and Megumin was too tsundere to ever admit they were friends. In fact, the world 'friends' was something of a weak spot for Yunyun, as she didn't have any but desperately wanted them. Unfortunately, her shyness paired with her tendency to be really intense at times made it hard for her.

Megumin was still cleaning up, desperately wiping up the evidence of our activities, so I made sure to walk a little slowly. "By the way, I'm Axton," I introduced myself. "I'm the leader of our party."

First Impressions Perk Activated
+25 Affection for Yunyun

"I'm sorry for her!" Yunyun replied reflexively, bowing deeply as we walked.

"It's fine, she makes up for her troublesome nature by sheer power," I assured her with a chuckle. We were just around the corner from the living room and thankfully Megumin was putting the last touches on cleaning up. I used [Sound Domain] to make sure she could hear me, letting her know we were about to be there.

"So you admit she's troublesome," Yunyun mumbled, too quiet for me to have heard normally. Megumin heard us and was hiding the towels she used to clean up, stuffing them into a random cabinet. But she was ready just in time for Yunyun and me to turn the corner and enter the living room.

"Megumin!" I called out. "Your friend has come to visit!"

"We're not friends!" Megumin immediately insisted, causing the other girl to wilt slightly. Though her emotions spoke more of depressed acceptance rather than disappointment. Poor Yunyun.

"Why don't you two catch up while I grab some snacks?" I said, ignoring Megumin's denial. She then glared at me, but I ignored that too. "Go ahead Yunyun, take a seat."

Yunyun nodded nervously before sitting down. Megumin let out a sigh and sat down as well, taking extra care when doing so. She still wasn't wearing any panties, and Yunyun was sitting opposite of her. A careless movement would cause her short dress to flare up enough for the other girl to discover that fact.

Neither of them spoke as I exited the room, though once Megumin believed I was out of earshot she quickly turned on the other girl. "What are you doing here Yunyun?" she asked.

"Well…" Yunyun said, her voice nervous and her eyes cast down. "It's just been a while since we talked, and I wanted to make sure you were doing okay…"

I reached the kitchen and started making some tea while I eavesdropped on the two of them. I also kept [Erotic Pierrot] up, slowly making the two of them more aroused as I watched them with [Void Sight]

"I'm fine," Megumin replied shortly. "In fact, I'm doing better than fine. As you can see, I'm a successful adventurer with a party that makes enough money to live in a place like this."

"Everyone in town says this house is haunted though," Yunyun pointed out. Then she crinkled her nose "And it kinda smells funny in here too."

Megumin blushed, "I- I don't know what you're talking about," she said. I allowed myself a chuckle. As much as she cleaned up, getting rid of the smell of sex was much harder, and she hadn't opened any windows. She probably got used to it and didn't even think about it.

"You've always been really bad at lying," Yunyun said with a frown. "Though this smell is vaguely familiar…I'm just not sure where I've smelled it before."

"O-oh! The ghosts! Right!" Megumin changed the subject. "Our party has a really powerful Arch-Priest and she exorcized all the spirits here." Not strictly true. There was still one, the spirit of a little girl, but after Aqua's display of power, she had mostly remained hidden.

"Are you sure you don't know what it is?" Yunyun asked. "It's a pretty strong smell." She took another sniff, and I made sure to increase the effect of [Erotic Pierrot]. There was no way I was going to miss a chance to get her to associate that smell with becoming aroused.

"There's no smell!" Megumin insisted. "You're imagining it! Pervert!"

"P-pervert?!" Yunyun repeated, shocked. "Why am I a pervert?!"

"Going around and sniffing other people's homes? What else can I call you but a pervert?"

"I'm not sniffing anything though!" Yunyun exclaimed. "I just happened to notice it."

"Oh sure, that's what all perverts claim," Megumin continued. "But whatever. I'll be the bigger person and forget it this one time."

Yunyun pouted but didn't push the issue. She probably knew from experience what Megumin could be like. "Fine, fine," she said. Though I could see her brow furrowing as she took another sniff.

Their conversation moved on to more normal things after that, catching up with each other. Megumin was telling Yunyun about our adventurers. She was embellishing them a little, making herself seem more important, but honestly not as much as you would think. I had turned her into our party's ace in the hole after all, so she did play a prominent role in most of the things we did.

The tea finished steeping and I pulled some cookies out of my inventory before heading for the living room. I had given them some privacy to catch up, but now I wanted to get to know Yunyun a bit better.

I entered the living room and placed the tray on the coffee table. "Here we go, help yourselves. The cookies are fresh." Megumin's brow furrowed slightly at my statement. She knew full well that I had spent most of the day with her and that I hadn't had time to make anything fresh.

I took a cookie for myself and sat down next to Megumin. While I wasn't flaunting it, I was no longer hiding my abilities. As someone who had taken out a General of the Demon Lord, I was already fairly famous. If my name spread some more because I could do some amazing things, that was fine too. I made a mental note to grind some levels out as well. No point in staying weakened.

"Thank you," Yunyun said politely as she took a cookie for herself. As she bit into it, I bumped up her arousal a bit more. It was honestly starting to get pretty high, and it surprised me that she wasn't showing any signs of it. No squirming or flushed skin, or anything aside from a slightly higher heart rate, which could be attributed to other things.

+7 Affection with Yunyun
For the delicious cookies

While Megumin took two cookies, seeking to outdo Yunyun in everything, I took the chance to check out Yunyun. I hadn't looked very closely at her yet. I knew from my memory that she was cute, but seeing her up close and personal was a different matter. I was able to appreciate her assets much better.

"So, Yunyun," I said as I tore my eyes away before I was caught staring by either of them. "Are you an adventurer as well?"

"I am," she replied a bit nervously. "Though I don't have a party yet…"

"I'd invite you to join us, but we already have a few competent mages," I said. Yunyun was cute, but I couldn't invite every cute girl to the party. That would be more of an army, really. Which was a tempting idea, but also sounded like entirely too much work.

I felt a spike of pride from Megumin, but Yunyun's eyes shifted to Megumin, doubt clearly written on her face.

"Oi," Megumin said darkly when she saw Yunyun's look. "What's with that look, punk?"

"N-nothing!" Yunyun denied, looking away.

"Bullshit!" Megumin insisted, standing up and leaning over the table. "You were just thinking something like 'Surely Megumin isn't among those competent mages', weren't you?"

"But all you know is Explosion!" Yunyun shouted back.

"Because it's all I need!" Megumin stated proudly. "Axton, tell her!"

"Megumin is specialized, but I count on her and do list her among the competent mages on our team, yes," I said with an amused smile. They sound and act heated, but I can tell from their emotions that neither of them are truly angry. This is just how their friendship works.

"See?" Megumin said, turning back to Yunyun. "You're just jealous."

"Jealous?!" Yunyun exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, jealous," Megumin said, standing upright and crossing her arms under her chest. "We both left the village at the same time, but I've accomplished more. You haven't even done any adventuring."

"Just because I don't have a party doesn't mean I haven't done anything!" Yunyun protested. "In fact, you were there with me when we beat that demon!"

"That was so long ago that I barely remember it," Megumin dismissed.

"It was only a few months ago!" the other girl wailed.

"Now now," I interrupted, "Let's take it down a notch. Megumin, Yunyun is our guest. You should be nicer to her."

+14 Affection with Yunyun
For sticking up for her

I made sure to hit her with another burst of arousal when I saw the Affection increase. I was starting to see signs now. She glanced at me before immediately looking away, a slight blush creeping up her cheeks.

Megumin, on the other hand, was annoyed, though that settled down quickly into satisfaction. "You're right," she agreed, sitting back down. "After all, I'm not a kid anymore. I've matured." Her expression was smug and self-righteous.

"I doubt you've matured that much…" Yunyun grumbled, but Megumin's smile only increased.

"You're wrong," Megumin said with confidence before wrapping her arms around my own and pressing herself to my side. "After all, I've already become a woman."

Ah, so that was Megumin's ploy. Of course, I leaned into it, taking advantage of it to spike up Yunyun's arousal as she understood what Megumin was implying.

"Y-y-y-you?!" Yunyun stammered in shock as her face turned red. "W-with him?!"

"That's right," Megumin said with a smug smile, though there was a hint of embarrassment there as well. I use [Erotic Pierrot] on her as well. She was already pretty horny since we were interrupted mid-sex, but it could be higher.

"Little Megumin who was voted least likely to get a boyfriend is now like this?" Yunyun murmured to herself in shock, causing Megumin's eyebrow to twitch as she tried to hold in her reaction to that. I just watched with a polite smile, but inside I was extremely entertained.

"There wasn't a vote like that, but if there was, then I would just like to say that those voters were obviously just sore losers who were jealous of my charms," Megumin replied. "But I'm past such childish concerns."

"I'm not a child either!" Yunyun pouted. "I have plenty of adult concerns too!"

"You didn't even learn Advanced Magic," Megumin countered. "Shouldn't you still be in school with the rest of the kids?"

"It's because of you that I didn't!" Yunyun shouted. "And that's not true anymore! I earned enough skill points by leveling up to learn Advanced Magic. In fact, that's why I'm here today. Now that I know Advanced Magic, I want to challenge you to a duel!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Megumin replied with a dark grin, not at all worried. "Well then, I accept. And as the one who was challenged, I'll decide the terms."

Yunyun flinched, but squared her shoulders and didn't back down. "Fine!"

Megumin tapped a finger on her chin. "Well well, what should we do?" she pretended to ponder, as her tone made it obvious she already had something in mind. "Oh, I know. We can have a sex competition."

Yunyun froze. "...what?" she asked in a small voice. I was surprised as well. It wasn't quite the direction I was aiming for when I started increasing their arousals. But honestly, this was better. Of course, I took the chance to kick [Erotic Pierrot] into high gear, making both of them very aroused at the idea.

"I mean, if you're not a child anymore, then a competition like that should be fine, right?" Megumin said, her tone smug. "It's just a competition over who can make Axton cum the fastest."

Yunyun's eyes widened, flicking between the two of us. Megumin pushed a little harder by placing her hand on my crotch, putting it directly on the subtle bulge of my boner. We had been interrupted after all, so I hadn't completely softened.

I locked eyes with Yunyun, and I could almost see her mind trying to catch. What I did see was the moment she did, and when she hardened her resolve. She put on a mask of confidence before turning back to Megumin. "Th-that's fine with me!" she proclaimed.

It was Megumin's turn to freeze in shock, which made me realize that Megumin's plan hadn't actually been to start a threesome but to intimidate Yunyun into backing down, giving her a free win. Unfortunately for Megumin, she hadn't accounted for one thing. [Erotic Pierrot], and how I had used it to make Yunyun really really horny.

Megumin recovered quickly though. "V-very well," she said, stammering slightly. "Feel free to forfeit if you decide it's too much for you." With those words she slipped off the couch and knelt between my legs, fingers working at my belt buckle.

I considered making a joke about whether they were going to ask me how I felt about being part of their competition. Because they hadn't. But I was okay with this, so I was content to allow Megumin to pull my pants off of me, causing my dick to spring out. It didn't slap her in the face as much as it just came to rest on it, but the sight of it was just as erotic.

Yunyun gasped, and it wasn't [Erotic Pierrot] that made her arousal spike a little more. She gulped, her eyes locked onto my dick as she pressed her legs together. She was nervous, but she was definitely interested.

It paled in comparison to Megumin's reaction though. A look of sheer bliss appeared on her face as she pressed her face into my cock, practically worshiping it. It wasn't the first time she had given me a blowjob, or the first time she had acted like this. She'd come to strongly associate my cock as something that allowed her to cast multiple Explosions in a day, and it showed in how she acted when we had sex.

Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to indulge in her slow worship of my cock today. This was meant to be a competition, and it seemed I needed to remind her of that. "Your time starts now," I told her, snapping her back to the reality of the situation.

She blinked before focusing on my cock more seriously as she started pleasing me with her mouth. She preferred getting fucked, since that topped her off, but I insisted on variety, so she had a decent amount of experience blowing me, and she put every bit of that skill to use.

I kept a timer running in the back of my head as she licked, sucked, and deepthroated me. Her hands gently cradled my balls as she focused her tongue on the sensitive head of my penis. She couldn't take me very deep into her throat, not with her size and relatively normal human physiology. But she made up for it with enthusiasm.

All the while I counted the seconds in the back of my head. The nice thing about a high INT was that I functionally had a perfect sense of time that I could rely on instead of needing a watch or timer.

Also happening was Yunyun's rapt attention. There was a storm of emotions from her, ranging from lust to embarrassment to curiosity. She hadn't started touching herself yet, unfortunately, but her hand was between her thighs, and I could tell the urge was there, on some level.

Megumin's efforts paid off relatively quickly though, with them being enhanced by Yunyun's stare and the situation in general. I grunted as I let myself cum, not holding it back. Megumin looked pleased and greedily swallowed it all, though it was still transformed into an aphrodisiac rather than a mana potion.

She shuddered, her pleasure spiking, and I suspected just swallowing my cum was enough to get her close to an orgasm. But not enough to cause one. I made a mental note to try to make that happen one time as Megumin turned to Yunyun.

"See, just like that," Megumin said proudly. "You may as well just give up now, there's no way a virgin like you could beat that."

Yunyun paused, but then shook her head. "No, I'll try," she said in a soft voice.

Megumin nodded. "That's okay, there's no shame in admitting defea-" she started before cutting herself off. She gaped at Yunyun. "Wait, what?"

"Move over Megumin," I said with a grin. "It seems your rival has gotten into the mood and wants a taste herself."

Yunyun blushed but didn't deny my claim. Instead, she stood up and moved around the table. She stopped in front of Megumin, waiting for the other girl to move so she could take her place.

Like before, Megumin managed to recover from her surprise, but she wasn't as confident now. "Heh. Don't push yourself too hard Yunyun," Megumin said as she got out of the way. "Axton has a lot of experience, so don't be surprised if you don't match his standards like I do."

I raised an eyebrow at that. Megumin was familiar enough with me to know that my standards were, in reality, fairly low. So long as the girl was cute and eager, I was sure I'd enjoy it.

Yunyun didn't see that though, focused as she was on my dick. She knelt down in the position that Megumin had just been in. She stopped before touching my penis though, instead she just stared at it, breathing heavily. I could feel her breath on the sensitive and still wet skin of my shaft.

"Your time starts when you touch it," I told her gently, not rushing her into it. My words seemed to snap her out of whatever trance she was in though, and she looked away from my cock long enough to meet my eyes and nod. She placed her hands on my legs, took a moment to steady herself, and then closed her eyes before lowering her mouth onto my cock.

Her actions were initially best described as clumsy, as she did little more than wrap her lips around the head of my penis and tentatively lick it. Which wasn't to say it felt bad, but it certainly wasn't going to win her the competition.

That changed pretty quickly though, her hesitation replaced with confidence. The movements of her tongue went from random and tentative to targeted and methodic. It didn't take me long to realize she was mimicking what Megumin had been doing earlier. She must have actually been paying attention and learning when she was staring before, and she was proving herself a quick study.

I let out a small groan of enjoyment, but the clock was ticking, and I could feel the small current of anxiousness slowly rising in the background of her emotions. She knew that she couldn't beat Megumin's time just by copying her. And it was that realization that prompted her to take it a step further.

Her hands came off of my legs and to her collar, which she pulled down, revealing her breasts. I noted idly that she didn't wear a bra, but then again, the way her shirt had clung to her and the way her chest bounced when she walked, that wasn't much of a surprise.

She then shifted closer before sandwiching the base of my erection with her tits. I grinned and Megumin gasped. While I was a firm believer that all sizes of boobs were great, this was one advantage someone like Yunyun had over someone like Megumin.

Yunyun increased her pace after that, semi-awkwardly giving me a boobjob as her tongue focused on the head of my penis. Between her lack of skill there due to not having an example to go off of and the fact that her boobs were just barely big enough to pull something like this off, it wasn't a whole lot better than her previous actions. But it was better, and it was only a short time later that she made me cum as well.

Handling my cum was also something she lacked Megumin's skill in, and she flinched back as the first shot filled her mouth. Which meant that the following shots landed on her face and chest, something she obviously wasn't ready for. By the time my orgasm finished, she was covered with my semen, and it was slowly dripping down her face.

"That was a good try, I guess," Megumin said with crossed arms. She'd been watching the entire time from right beside the other girl. "But you were still slower than me."

"Actually," I interrupted, taking a mental snapshot of the sight of Yunyun covered in my cum. "She beat you by about eight seconds."

"What?!" Megumin exclaimed, genuinely shocked.

"I did?!" Yunyun said at the same time, just as shocked as Megumin.

I nodded. "It was pretty close, but Yunyun was just a little faster."

"I won?" Yunyun whispered to herself in awe.

"You haven't won yet, you cow," Megumin said, shooting down the other girl's hopes.

"C-cow?!" Yunyun replied, shocked, her hands moving to cover her breasts, which were definitely the cause of Megumin's insult.

But Megumin ignored her. "It's best two out of three, that match hasn't been decided yet."

"But that's not what you said!" Yunyun insisted with a pout.

"Well, I didn't think I needed to," Megumin said, crossing her arms and looking away. "I forgot you're still a virgin. This is a sex competition, obviously it doesn't end with just one round. You always go for more."

Yunyun paused. "R-really?" she stammered, unsure. She looked at me. "Is that true?"

I kept my face blank. I couldn't tell if Megumin was just bullshitting to make it so she didn't lose, or if I had really skewed her perspective of sex that much.

"Sex doesn't end until everyone involved has orgasmed multiple times," I agreed with a nod. After all, that was true for me, and I wasn't going to turn down more sex with the two Crimson Demon girls.

"O-oh," Yunyun said, obviously not having expected that as an answer. "Well…if Axton says so…"

Megumin practically radiated smugness. "That's right. And I'm not going to go easy on you this time."

With those words she reached down to pull the hem of her dress up and over her head, shucking the garment entirely. She tossed it to the ground and, with a confidence born of experience, climbed onto my lap, lined herself up, and lowered herself on my dick, immediately taking me as deep as she could into herself.

Yunyun gasped, stiffening in surprise at Megumin's decisive action. But once again, her arousal was flaring all on its own and her eyes were stuck to us like glue. Meanwhile, Megumin was eagerly riding me, her voice escaping her lips in small moans. I could tell she was trying to hold them back, probably not wanting to lose her composure in front of Yunyun, but I had my full suite of lewd skills running now. She wouldn't be able to hold back her voice for long.

I sat back and let Megumin do all the work. After all, this was her competition. It wouldn't be fair of me if I took an active part. And Megumin didn't need my help or guidance for something like this. She couldn't fit my entire length inside of her, but that honestly wasn't that important. She was tight as always and she worked her hips, leveraging her experience to move in ways she knew I enjoyed.

I couldn't see Yunyun, as she was still between my legs, kneeling on the floor, but the emotions I was sensing from her caught my interest, despite Megumin's best efforts to distract me. I quickly checked with [Void Sight] and was treated to the sight of Yunyun staring at where my dick entered Megumin's pussy, one hand mawing at her breast while the other had slipped beneath her skirt, clearly touching herself.

I smirked, satisfied that I had managed to corrupt Yunyun so quickly. Then again, she had always been the naive and impressionable one. But I shifted my focus back to Megumin, drinking in the sight of her mostly naked body bouncing in my lap. She was putting in so much effort to make me feel good, it was the least I could do to appreciate it.

She looked at me, and I could tell from her expression that she had forgotten all about the competition. It was a look I had seen often on her, on many of my girls. Adoration mixed with the haze of pleasure so strong that it's all-encompassing. She leaned closer and kissed me, pressing her chest against me as she rode me, and I allowed myself to place my hands on her hips. I wasn't guiding her, and I did nothing to change her pace. I just wanted to be closer to her, to feel more of her.

She climaxed after only a few moments of kissing, and the way she tightened around me was enough to push me over the edge as well. She let out a cry of pleasure, her lips separating from mine, as I came inside her again. No matter how many times I did it, I never tired of the feeling of filling a girl with my seed.

Megumin slumped as her orgasm trailed off, her head resting against my shoulder as she caught her breath. I reached up with my hand and put it on her back, comforting her. We stayed like that for a while, and I could feel my semen slowly dripping out of her. I had cum inside her a bunch already today, all without using [Clean Body]. There wasn't room for more it seemed.

"Wow," a soft voice said, pulling Megumin and me out of the moment by reminding us she was still here. She was still watching the spot where we were connected, awe and longing clearly written on her face.

I pat the hand that's on Megumin's back. "That was amazing, as always," I told her. "But it's Yunyun's turn now."

Megumin hesitated, and [Empathy] picked up a small burst of complicated emotions from her. But they disappeared before I could untangle them, replaced with lust and competitiveness. She nodded and climbed off of me. She didn't go far though, choosing to simply pivot and sit on the couch next to me.

The two of us then looked to Yunyun, who tensed slightly under our gaze. None of us said a word though. We didn't need to. We all knew what was next, and it was up to Yunyun to take that next step.

Her eyes flicked between Megumin, me, and my cock. She gulped, but she slowly stood up. We watched as she reached underneath her skirt and bent over, pulling her panties down her legs. I took a moment to observe them- they were fairly conservative, all things considered, a plain pink pair.

She stepped out of them before standing back up and pausing. She looked from side to side, holding her panties in her hand and obviously wondering what to do with them. I watched, amused, and didn't offer any aid or advice. Eventually, she tentatively placed them on the couch next to me, opposite where Megumin was sitting. I guess she didn't want them to get dirty by putting them on the floor. In my opinion, it was a bit late for that, judging by how damp they were.

Yunyun didn't copy Megumin in stripping, but that was fine with me. She took the same position as Megumin, straddling me. My erection disappeared under her skirt, but she quickly pulled it up so she could see. My eyes shifted from her sex, slightly reddened and glistening with arousal, to her thigh, where I spotted a barcode birthmark just like the one on Megumin's butt. Huh, I hadn't realized they were in different places.

But the thought fled from my mind as Yunyun tentatively wrapped her fingers around me. Her brow furrowed as she worked on lining up my tip with her entrance. I glanced over at Megumin, wondering if she would say anything. But she was just watching us as intently as Yunyun had been watching the two of us earlier. [Empathy] picked up her feelings of anticipation, clouded as it was by her arousal. She seemed to be willing to just sit and watch it happen, either having given up on trying to get Yunyun to forfeit or having forgotten about it entirely and just looking forward to seeing her rival get fucked.

Yunyun managed then to line me up with the correct hole, and she gasped slightly as I pressed against her entrance, her lower lips spreading to accommodate me. I used [Imbue Elasticity] on her, just in case. She was wet enough, but unused to sex and circumstances hadn't let me loosen her up with my fingers first.

I looked up and locked eyes with her. She was still nervous and hesitating. I smiled gently at her. "Don't worry, I'll make sure it feels good. I promise it won't hurt." She nodded slowly at my reassurance, accepting my words, and she slowly pressed her hips down.

She let out a short but sweet cry of pleasure as I pushed into her folds. She grabbed onto my shoulders with shaking hands, steadying herself as she continued lowering herself. To her credit, she didn't stop or slow down, she just kept her pace, and only stopped when she could go no further.

+14 Affection with Yunyun
For keeping your word about making it feel good

Perk rewarded for 50 Affection with Yunyun
[Lover of Loners] - Increase Affection gain with loners by 20%

She paused there, trembling. I'd have been worried if I couldn't tell what she was feeling, and that was a sense of satisfaction and joy. I gave her a moment to collect herself and get used to the feeling. But after a minute of her not moving, I decided to take the initiative myself. After all, at that rate, she wouldn't stand a chance against Megumin's time.

I grabbed onto her hips and started bouncing her on my lap. She let out a noise of shock at the sudden stimulation and looked at me with wide eyes. I just grinned at her and increased my speed. She quickly began moaning in pleasure, crying out each time I thrust into her.

I should have been treating her like I did Megumin, making her do all the work, to keep things fair. But Yunyun was too inexperienced, so she needed a helping hand. I glanced over at Megumin, to see how she felt about this.

Megumin was splayed out on the couch next to us, her back against the arm of it so she could face us. Her legs were spread and her fingers were playing with her clit as she masturbated, watching us. My cum trickled from her slit as she did so, the white fluid leaving a sticky trail on her skin.

My grip on Yunyun tightened and I started bouncing her faster and harder. Her cries increased in pitch and she pulled herself closer to me, her arms wrapping around my neck. I felt her cum, her insides clamping and writing around my shaft, but I kept pounding her, not quite at my own climax.

After her orgasm, Yunyun went slack, not bothering to hold herself up as she slouched against me, letting me do 100% of the work as she continued to moan. I sped up my movements as I felt my own orgasm building, and before long I was thrusting up into Yunyun and cumming, filling her as well.

We both sat there as I let her catch her breath, but my eyes went back to Megumin as I felt a spike of ecstasy from her. Her brow was furrowed and her eyes screwed shut as she came as well, her hips lifting slightly off the couch as she did so.

When Megumin recovered from her orgasm, I opened my mouth. "The winner for round two is…" I paused dramatically, waiting for both girls to look at me. "Megumin. By about 35 seconds." The minute that Yunyun spent not moving was too big of a time loss for her to recover, even with me doing the work.

Megumin raised her fists in the air in victory. "Yes! Your first win was just beginner's luck after all."

Yunyun pouted. "I'm sorry for being new to this," she grumbled.

"Round three is going to be a little different," I said. I lifted Yunyun off of me, causing her to gasp slightly as my dick slid out of her. "Rather than compare time, I'm going to fuck both of you at the same time, and declare which of you felt better the winner."

Yunyun blushed, but Megumin had long gotten used to group sex. I positioned Yunyun so she was on top of Megumin, facing the other girl, and I kneeled behind them, my knees sinking slightly into the couch cushion. I grinned as I put my hand on Yunyun's ass, caressing it as I took in the view. Both of their pussies were on clear display and dripping with my semen. I pressed down on Yunyun, forcing her to lower her hips until her lower stomach was pressed against Megumin's, minimizing the distance between their entrances.

Both girls looked back at me. Megumin looked eager, and Yunyun nervous, but both were more than ready to take my cock once more. And rather than try to choose which one to start with, I decided to take both of them at once.

My form shifted as flesh was replaced with Void. Yunyun's eyes widened, shocked at my transformation. But I could feel her arousal increase. As much as she was embarrassed by the chuunibyou nature of the Crimson Demons, deep down she still was one, and my Void Form hit all the right buttons for that. Which was something I had discovered when I first showed Megumin this form, as I'd taken to using it at night, so I could please more of my girls at once. When Megumin first saw it, I thought she was going to cum just from the reveal alone.

I didn't switch just to appeal to their unique tastes though. As I had with Ariel, I used the more pliable nature of this form in conjunction with [Shapeshifting] to grow a second penis. Now I didn't have to choose which one to fuck first.

I moved my hips forward, and my twin shafts spread their lips apart and entered their tight and hot passages. I let out a low groan, the sound of it distorted by the Void, at the doubled feeling of penetration. It wasn't quite twice the pleasure, that was far too simple to accurately describe it. They didn't feel the exact same; there were subtle differences in the tightness, texture, and the way they contracted around me.

Both of the girls moaned, their voices harmonizing. Yunyun's confusion disappeared, replaced with pleasure and excitement that matched Megumin's own. I wasted no time in starting to move, thrusting into them. With the power of shapeshifting, I could make it so I was the perfect length for both of them. Each of my thrusts hit their deepest parts simultaneously, and their moans quickly synchronized because of it.

I slowly ramped up my pace, taking my time to enjoy the sensations. And I wasn't the only one doing so. Megumin paused her moaning long enough to reach up and grab Yunyun's face. Yunyun had a moment of confusion that was quickly replaced with shock as Megumin pulled Yunyun into a kiss.

I grinned and picked up the pace. I always did enjoy it when my girls had some quality time together as well. Yunyun wasn't used to this kind of thing, but both of them were smart girls, and Megumin was able to teach her through example very quickly.

My thrusts became more forceful as my climax approached, the pressure in my core once again building up. Megumin and Yunyun kept making out, their moans muffled by the other's mouth. And after a few more thrusts I finally reached my limit and I came, burying my dicks as deep into the girls as I could and once again painting their walls white with my semen.

Both of them climaxed as well when my aphrodisiac cum filled them up, the pleasure causing their lips to finally separate as their bodies shuddered. Their moans filled with the living room before they both slumped over, exhausted.

I let go of my Void Form and sat back, feeling winded as well. Since it drew on my Soul, using that form was pretty much the only way that having sex could tire me out. So once again I just sat back and enjoyed the sight of their creampied pussies as we all caught our breath.

Eventually, Megumin pushed Yunyun off of her, sending the larger girl to the floor with a yelp. Megumin then sat up, glistening with sweat and her pale skin flushed, and looked at me expectantly. "So? Who won? Me, right?"

I grinned. "Sorry, there was no way I could have chosen a winner, you both felt so good that I'd have to call it a draw."

+8 Affection with Yunyun
For the experience, compliment, and the first draw she's had with Megumin

Yunyun beamed at that, but Megumin scowled. "You did this on purpose, didn't you?" Megumin accused me.

"I'd be happy to join you girls in a rematch any time you want," I replied with a wink.

"You pervert," she mumbled, but I could tell she wasn't actually upset. She had enjoyed the experience as much as I did, and so had Yunyun, who was blushing at the implication of doing this again.

I patted them both on the head and stood up. "Now, let's get this place cleaned up. The others will probably be back soon, and not all of them would appreciate walking in on this." I sniffed at the air. "And we should probably open a window too."

Yunyun took a sniff and realization dawned on her face. "That's what I smelled!" she exclaimed. Megumin and I exchanged looks before bursting out in laughter.

Leticia smiled as she followed the others, enjoying the feeling of the breeze gently brushing over her and the warmth of the sun on her face. It was a simple thing, but those feelings never failed to bring her comfort and relaxation.

Her new mistress, Momo, had insisted on taking her and Kuro Usagi, Leticia's fellow maid and best friend, into town to show them around. In particular, Momo wanted to show them the shops that they would be going to keep the house stocked with food and anything else they might need.

Being a maid was a new experience for her, but in truth, it was one she was enjoying. She had lived a long and eventful life. Spending some time doing something as simple as cleaning and caring for her masters didn't sound bad at all. And it came with a cute uniform too.

Said uniform was as professional as Axton promised it would be, at least by more modern standards. The skirt went down to her knees and the collar only hinted at cleavage. Out of curiosity, she had asked him to show her the 'slutty' version. That one had a skirt so short that she was sure bending even slightly would reveal the wearer's panties, and the top covered less than a sports bra.

Usagi had been scandalized, of course. The younger girl was still at the stage in her life where she was weak to lewd things. Leticia, on the other hand, had imagined what it would look like on her. She decided she didn't like how it would look on her default form. She was too small, and the safer and cuter normal outfit fit that look better. But if she were to shift into her larger form, she might be able to pull it off.

Unfortunately, she couldn't keep up that form for long, so right now it was strictly for combat purposes. She'd have to regain the strength that she had lost to be able to maintain it longer. That was fine though, as she didn't have any plans on wearing the slutty version of the uniform anytime soon. Not while she was still getting a feel for what her new master, Axton, was like.

It had only been a few days since he had summoned them, but a lot had happened in that time. For one, he kept his word and equipped them with several accessories enchanted with various effects. None of them were on the same level as her previous Gifts, but there were a lot of them, and quantity had its own quality. He had then used some method she couldn't sense to give them what he called Skills. They were much closer to the Gifts she used to have, in both power and usefulness, but they started out weak and needed to be trained. Training those Skills was what she spent most of her free time doing, alongside Kuro Usagi.

It had been a lot to receive so quickly and for free, but she wasn't sure if that was just a difference between worlds or not. So she had asked Momo if handing out so many free and powerful Gifts was normal. Momo had laughed, and told her it was normal for Axton, but certainly not for anyone else she knew. It was one of many reasons she fell for him, she said. The fact that he would support his friends, or even people that were neutral to him, to such a large degree and act like it was nothing.

She could see how that could be charming. Powerful and generous was an attractive combination, and he was good-looking as well. But he certainly wasn't perfect. Even in the short time she had served him, she had picked up a few things about him that worried her a little.

The most obvious of which was his, in her opinion, extremely excessive lust. She had known powerful men and women with many lovers, but none of them were the same as Axton. Most of them were little more than powerful people treating others as objects to sake their lusts on. Or they were powerful leaders, and their lovers were little more than political alliances, with the romance sometimes being genuine.

Axton fell in a strange place between the two, from what she had gathered from Momo, who was quite eager to tell her everything she wanted to know about Axton. She had to take what she said with a grain of salt, but according to Momo, Axton was a man with a preference for variety, and that applied to more than just the appearance of his harem members. It also included the type of relationship between them.

Some were like Momo and were serious and loving relationships. And some were girls he had one-night stands with. Some were political, some were friendly, and everything else in between. Momo believed that, if he had the time, he would develop a loving relationship with all of them. But it wasn't just time preventing that. She said that Axton also respected the preferences of the girl, allowing them to set the boundaries of their relationship.

So far that seemed to be the case. He had, as he had promised and warned them, flirted with herself and Kuro Usagi. But also as promised, he never pushed past what they were comfortable with. When flirting with Usagi, he kept it light and teasing, refraining from anything serious or even too lewd. Which wasn't true with Leticia. Between the two of them, it had turned into a game. Axton would heavily flirt and drop innuendos around her, and she wouldn't react. He won if he got her to react, and she won so long as she remained indifferent to his advances.

It wasn't an official game they had decided on, but it was something they had naturally, and quickly, settled into. It was fun for her, and it appeared to be so for Axton as well. It did make her wonder if that's how most of his relationships started. Something harmless and fun, but one that slowly got her more and more used to his lewd side. Would it reach a point where their game escalated to a more intimate level? She could see it happening.

She wasn't completely sure how she felt about that. She didn't dislike Axton, and she was grateful for what he had done for them and for what he promised to do. But to already be at the point where she was contemplating whether or not she'd wind up in his bed was a little scary with how fast it was. But on the other hand, it had been a long time since she'd had a lover, and based on the sounds she heard from his bedroom every night, Axton was a very good lover indeed.

For now, she was content to wait and see. Axton had a few other personality traits she would consider bad, like the occasional arrogance and what seemed to be a need to constantly be in charge. But she had yet to meet someone perfect and without flaws, and those were flaws she could live with, so long as they didn't get worse.

She was also aware that his desire to be in charge wasn't entirely unmerited, either, considering his companions. Momo was fine, she was smart and decisive. But she seemed accustomed to working under someone else. And none of the others came close to being suitable as leaders.

Megumin was single-minded in her quest for more and bigger explosions, though Leticia had to admit that the spell was impressive, even if she could only do it once a day. Not very useful for the Games she was used to, but she could appreciate such destructive potential.

Darkness sometimes acted responsibly and seriously, and Leticia was sure that she had some sort of noble or wealthy background. But if so, she was likely disowned, considering how easily she would shift gears into what Leticia could only describe as a super-masochist mode. When she was like that, Leticia was fairly certain that she was even more perverted than Axton.

And Aqua…Leticia wasn't entirely sure what Axton saw in Aqua, beyond her looks. From what she could gather, Axton could heal just as well as she could through his potions, and Aqua was clearly an annoyance and immature, as well as being a self-proclaimed goddess. Leticia had no idea if that was true or not, not knowing what was considered normal for this world. She hoped it wasn't true though, if only so the title of God could retain some level of respect in her mind. Still, Axton mostly just seemed amused by her antics, rather than annoyed. At worst, he sometimes got exasperated.

Momo handled her similarly, as she was now. They were stopped in front of a large stall selling produce. Aqua was pestering Momo, who controlled the money, about buying something from a nearby stall. Which wouldn't have been a big deal, if it wasn't the ninth time she had done so. But Momo was patient and firm, like a mother handling a child throwing a temper tantrum.

As Momo handled Aqua, Leticia noticed Kuro Usagi suddenly stood up a little straighter. "I think she's here," Usagi whispered nervously, low enough that only Leticia would be able to hear. "I heard angry mumbling from an alley about twenty meters behind us, and I looked and they're wearing a cloak so it's hard to be sure, but I think they match the description."

Leticia was very careful not to tense or look in the direction that Usagi had noted. At least, not physically. Instead, she used one of the Gifts Axton had given her and Usagi, Void Sight, to view the alley remotely. Sure enough, there was a woman at the mouth of the alley that was definitely looking in their direction.

She changed the angle of her viewpoint so she could see the woman's face. Orange hair, red eyes, and an angry expression paired with the smile of a hunting predator. She matched the profile of Clementine that Axton had given them, to the letter. And even if it wasn't her, someone watching them with that sort of expression was something that needed to be addressed.

"You stay here, I'll take care of it," Leticia said. They had decided that ahead of time. Leticia's job was to keep the assassin busy, and Kuro Usagi was responsible for getting Momo and the others away and coming back with backup. Both of them also had items that allowed them to communicate telepathically with Axton directly, so they could call on him.

But their first order in regards to Clementine wasn't to engage in a fight. After all, she needed to be told the rules of the Game between her and Axton. Kuro Usagi nodded, and Leticia used her nail to slit her wrist before using the second and third Gifts Axton had given them, Void Teleport and Hemomancy.

Once upon a time, she had been Gifted with a shadow, something vampires usually lacked. She was able to use it as a weapon as well, forming it into blades and other constructs that easily cut through steel. Unfortunately, alongside all of her other Gifts that weren't her vampirism, she had lost that to the damnable Perseus Community.

Axton had said he hadn't found a shadow or darkness manipulation Gift yet, but he gave her a few options and allowed her to choose one to replace it. While none were perfect, Hemomancy was the closest she could find. And she wouldn't admit it, but as a vampire, having a Gift that controlled blood felt fitting.

Clementine had just barely started to react when Leticia appeared behind her and tendrils of blood erupted from Leticia's wrist and wrapped themselves around the cloaked woman, binding her tightly enough that she couldn't move.

Leticia then teleported the two of them away, bringing her to the woods where she and Usagi had played a game with Axton that first night here. When Axton had asked them to do this, she and Usagi had come up with a plan, and they had quickly realized that teleporting the assassin away was the best way to protect Momo. She would have brought her farther away, but the Gift was limited to places she had seen or been, and she hadn't scouted out anything further away yet.

Clementine struggled, but all Leticia had to do was bleed more to thicken her restraints, and another of Axton's enchanted items made it so she could bleed a great deal without worry. Once Leticia felt that they were deep enough into the alley she turned Clementine around and pinned her against a tree.

The woman glared at her with hateful eyes, continuing to struggle. Ignoring her expression, Leticia curtsied. "Good afternoon, my name is Leticia Draculea," she introduced herself.

Clementine's eyes narrowed, but she stopped struggling. "And to what do I owe the pleasure?" she asked, voice dripping with angry sarcasm.

Leticia ignored it though. "First, a question. Are you Clementine, the assassin that was thwarted by Axton?"

Clementine's expression twisted into one of rage and she started thrashing again, significantly harder than before, cursing and swearing in anger. That would have confirmed it, even if it weren't for the smell of blood, blood that wasn't Leticia's, emanating from her. Leticia's instincts warned her that this woman was dangerous.

"Don't worry, I have no plans of turning you over to the authorities or killing you if I don't have to," Leticia said, interrupting Clementine. "I simply wished to talk to you to pass on a message from my Master, Axton."

"I should have guessed you were that pervert's maid," Clementine said, vitriol clear in her voice. "I bet he has you cleaning his cock more often than his house."

Leticia didn't respond to Clementine's crude words, but she didn't ignore them either. From her words, it was possible that Axton's reasons for trying to redeem Clementine weren't as pure as he made them out to be. But Leticia found herself not really caring. Even if his intentions were less than ideal, turning Clementine into a decent person would be a net positive. She'd only interacted with the girl for less than two minutes, and already she felt gross.

"Axton has invited you to play a Game with him," Leticia continued. "And he was afraid he wasn't explicit enough about it last time you two met. So I am here to set the terms."

"Fuck you and fuck him and this bullshit game!" Clementine snarled. "I'm going to murder him."

"That is your objective in this Game, yes," Leticia continued, unphased. "And his is to not be murdered. If you succeed, you win. If you give up, he wins."

"Fat chance of that happening," Clementine said derisively. "He'd have to kill me."

"Under the rules he has come up with, that is an option for him," Leticia confirmed.

"Rules?" Clementine asked, flabbergasted. "Rules? That bastard thinks I'm going to care about whatever rules he's come up with? I don't plan on playing fair."

Leticia nodded. "He believed you would feel that way, so he prepared a punishment." A large chest appeared at Leticia's feet as she pulled it from a pocket space. Yet another Gift from Axton. He had more than kept up his side of his bargain in terms of providing them with powerful and useful equipment. She opened it up, revealing the contents. Most of the space was taken up with carefully stored vials filled with different colored liquids. Axton's potions, the ones he had given to her for emergencies. But there were a few other things in there, and she pulled one of them out before closing the chest and willing it to disappear.

Clementine eyed her wearily. "What is that? Is that a fucking collar?"

"It is," Leticia confirmed. "I haven't been told what it will do or even if it even does anything at all. But I'm told that, once I put it on you, only I can remove it." She approached the other woman, collar raised towards her neck.

Her eyes widened, and she started thrashing. "No! No no no! There's no way I'm letting you put that on me! Who knows what that pervert did to it?" Leticia ignored her though, and the blood tendrils she was controlling held Clementine still enough that she was able to close the collar around her neck.

Clementine froze as soon as the collar snapped shut. Leticia stepped back, observing the other woman. But after a moment, Clementine's brow furrowed. "It's…not doing anything?"

Leticia shrugged. "Perhaps it is a subtle effect, or it only activates in response to certain stimuli." Or maybe it did nothing, and this was some sort of mind game. She didn't give voice to that idea though. "Either way, it's simple. The collar will only be removed once the Game is over, and one of you has won. But only if you don't break the rules. If you break the rules, then I will never remove it from you. And I doubt there is a being in this world that could remove it instead. At least, not without removing your head." Leticia grinned there, a deliberate affectation to drive the threat home.

Clementine clenched her jaw, anger twisting her face. "Fucking fine! Tell me your dumbass rules I have to play by."

Leticia nodded, satisfied. Things were going about as well as she had hoped so far. "The rules are actually very simple. Until the Game is done, and one of you has won, you are not allowed to kill or harm a sentient being except in self-defense, or in the defense of others, not including attacks that you provoked with the intention of lifting that restriction. Additionally, you are not allowed to interact with anyone that Axton cares for, except for him and myself, since I will be acting as the Judge for this."

"Oh that's rich," Clementine sneered. "He's scared of me going after his harem? And his little cum dump of a maid is going to be the judge?" She spat at Leticia, missing, but it hit the ground near her feet. "That's bullshit."

Leticia prided herself on being mature and steady. She was able to keep a cool head no matter how dire the situation, and she had dealt with political leaders who could insult everything about you without once saying something negative.

But Clementine was quickly pissing her off. For a moment, she contemplated just killing the woman. It was hard to believe that she was the least bit redeemable, and she was a danger to society and to innocents. That danger was why Leticia even agreed to do this, to corner her and put a collar on her, to enforce the rules of the Game so she wouldn't target innocents.

But maybe that was too risky. Killing her would be much safer. And it wouldn't even be difficult. All she had to do was sharpen the blood tendrils she was using to hold Clementine in place and then quickly pull them away. She had them wrapped around major arteries in her arms and legs, Clementine would bleed out in under a minute after that. And out here, in the forest? There was a low chance of anyone finding the body, much less identifying it once the animals got to it.

But after a moment of murderous contemplation, she sighed, and the anger drained out of her. She wasn't the type to kill in cold blood like that, not unless she had no other choice. Perhaps Axton saw something she didn't. He had certainly proven himself a good judge of character, and he was capable of a great deal, more than what he had shown to her, she was sure.

"I do not care if you believe me or not, but I give my word that I will act impartially in my role as a Judge," Leticia said in a serious tone. "And I will know if you break the rules." She wasn't as confident in that as she claimed. But between Axton, his familiars, herself, and Usagi all keeping an eye on her, chances were high that they'd catch her. Either way, the most important thing was to make her believe that she'd find out.

Clementine just glared at her though. Leticia looked back with a blank face, even while she retracted her tendrils, reclaiming her blood and releasing the assassin from her bonds.

For a moment Clementine just stood there, her stance and expression wary, her fingers twitching in the direction of her cloak, where she no doubt had weapons ready.

"I'd advise you to figure out what that collar does before you try attacking me," Leticia said calmly. Clementine tensed more. "After all, if you're going to break the rules so easily, it would be better to understand the cost of doing so."

Clementine hesitated a short moment longer before cursing and then running away, heading deeper into the forest. Good. With that, Leticia was reasonably confident that Clementine wouldn't try anything. At least, not for a few days. She checked the location with Void Sight before teleporting back to Kuro Usagi's side.

She had only been gone a few minutes, but as soon as she appeared, Momo turned to face her. "Problem?" she asked simply, not a trace of concern on her face.

Leticia had hoped she had been fast and subtle enough to escape notice, but perhaps she should have known better than to underestimate her. Though judging from the confused looks on Darkness's and Aqua's faces, Momo had been the only one to notice.

"No," Leticia answered. "Just had to take care of a small thing for Axton." He had asked them not to worry Momo over the issue with Clementine, not wanting his pregnant wife to feel like she had to change her habits or be on the lookout. She wasn't sure if she fully believed that, but she believed it enough to agree to his request. For now, at least.

Momo smiled. "Ah, that's fine then. If you're ready, let's move on. We get our milk delivered, but there's a stall that usually has some good cheese a bit down that way."

Leticia nodded, and Momo led the four of them down the street. This was a strange situation she found herself in, but all in all, it was one she thought she was beginning to enjoy.

"The goblins in Everdark Woods have been killed," I said to Luna as I placed a few Status Cards on the counter for her to look over. One was mine, one was Momo's, and the last was Megumin's, as it was the three of us that had the kills recorded on our cards since the other two just played support. "The other's headed directly home, wanting to wash all the mud off. Really, it should be called Everdark Swamp."

Luna briefly glances over cards, checking for lists of exterminated goblins. She nodded and then placed the cards and a sack of gold on the counter, which I grabbed and put in my pocket.

"A few years ago, the name was more fitting, but an adventurer that was a powerful water-focused mage flooded the whole place and it never really recovered," Luna explained.

I sighed. Of course it was an adventurer, probably one with some sort of hydromancy that was granted as a blessing from the gods, that was responsible for their easy mission turning into an exhausting trek through mud. I'd used [Clean Body] on everyone, but it did nothing for their clothes, and it didn't warm them up. So I sent them all home to take a bath, just swapping my own dirty clothes for clean ones.

"Well, it's got a large pond now," I reported tiredly. Megumin's Explosion had carved out a crater that was immediately filled with water. "And no more goblins. For now at least."

Luna nodded, a smile appearing on her face. "Good. Excellent work as always, Axton," she praised me. "I'm grateful that you can consistently and quickly complete quests without issues, even with the…eccentric party you have."

"Oh they're not so bad," I replied. "They're quirky, but they're good at what they do, and I can fill in any gaps." I smiled and winked at her. "And it's a small price to pay for your praise, and taking a bit of stress off your back."

She blushed but smiled back. "And what would be a large price to pay? You've already defeated a General of the Demon Lord."

"I'll defeat another one then," I promised. "Hell, I'll defeat them all if they're causing you stress."

She laughed, not taking my claim seriously, but enjoying our banter. "Well, if you manage that, I'd be very grateful. Grateful enough to give you a special reward," she replied in a sultry tone.

I grinned. Ever since making a contract with Ariel, I've had her succubi working on the dreams of a few people. Not every night, as that would be too suspicious. But I worked out a schedule for them to follow. Luna was one of the people on that list. I had her dreaming of me taking care of all of her worries, and taking her as my prize. And according to the Succubi, she was definitely enjoying them.

Manipulating her dreams like that meant I could then flirt with her according to the scenario I had set up, which made it far more effective. I barely ever used [Erotic Dreams] now, simply because the more hand-crafted nature of the Succubi was so much more effective.

"Then I'll have to work hard and earn that special reward," I flirted back. "Because I'm definitely looking forward to it."

Of course, I could only flirt with her like this because it was known that my marriage to Momo wasn't something exclusive. Megumin was bad at hiding our new relationship, not that I bothered to ask her to try, and rumors had spread quickly. I used [Sound Manipulation] while at the Guild to make sure they were the right kind of rumors though. To my delight, years of reincarnated heroes had helped normalize strong individuals gathering harems, and because I'd defeated Beldia, that was enough for people not to make much of a fuss about it.

"I'm glad I've been able to motivate Axel's best adventurer," she said with a smile.

But her praise gave me pause. "Oh?" I asked, my tone only half-serious. "So despite having the Adventurer class, I'm better than even Mitsurugi?" Mitsurugi was, of course, someone who was brought here from a version of Japan. He was granted the legendary sword Gram by Aqua, and he'd used it to become one of the best adventurers in the country.

But at my question, Luna grimaced, and our flirting died. "In truth, Mitsurugi has…" she trailed off, and her eyes looked away as she carefully chose her words. "He's become less reliable." She settled on eventually, looking back at me. "Actually, it was something I was hoping you could potentially look into. You may be a newer adventurer than him, but I believe you two have equal accomplishments, and if you talk to him, he might listen."

I frowned. Mitsurugi had become unreliable? I couldn't think of anything I had done that would have directly caused it. Kazuma might have done something. In canon, and as a guy, he had taken Gram from the man, but Mitsurugi had recovered it without too much issue. With Kazuma a girl here, I doubted that he had done anything to piss her off.

"For you, I'll at least see what I can do," I told her. "Do you know where he's at now?"

+6 Affection with Luna
For agreeing to help her with non-official work

She shook her head. "No, but his two companions are over at the bar," she said, indicating the direction with a nod. I turned to look, and sure enough, two familiar girls were sitting at the bar.

I nodded. "I'll start with them then. I'll see you tomorrow Luna."

"Thank you very much, Axton," she replied. "I look forward to seeing you again."

I waved goodbye and headed across the Guild Hall to where the bar was. My two targets were Fio and Clemea. I didn't know much about either of them outside of the fact that they were in a party with Mitsurugi. And also that they were both very cute.

As I got closer though, [Empathy] started picking up their mood. Both of them had strong feelings of annoyance, frustration, and jealousy, which was an interesting combination. The jealousy was especially telling, and it was likely that Mitsurugi was the source of their frustration. Combined with Luna's comments about him becoming unreliable, something was definitely up.

I also checked both with [Observe]. Fio was a Thief and Clemea was a Warrior, and both were in the upper 30s in terms of levels. I frowned. Wasn't Mitsurugi's party horribly unbalanced? The last time I had seen him he was in his upper 60s, and that was a few weeks ago. He and his party tended to travel between cities a lot, so spotting him was fairly rare.

But the large level discrepancy only made the fact that their classes weren't balanced worse. Mitsurugi was a magic swordsman, but that just let him draw the most out of Gram. They had no tank, no healer, and no proper mage. Mitsurugi could sort of tank, he had heavy armor, unlike the two scantily clad girls in front of me, and he certainly drew aggro. And Fio, as the Thief, could provide some utility.

But, despite Gram being a magic sword, they lacked any actual magic, and since this world didn't have health potions, they had no way to heal themselves outside of coming back to town to find a priest.

Of course, all of this made sense if you put them together to come to a singular conclusion. Mitsurugi was cocky and carrying the team. You don't need a healer if no one gets hurt. You don't need a mage or tank if his sword can kill everything. The levels of his companions don't matter because he can just take care of everything.

I had been fairly neutral on Mitsurugi before, but that realization made me lose any sort of respect I might have had for him. All it took was one strong enemy he couldn't insta-kill for deaths to start happening. I knew what it was like to be an overpowered leader, which is why I let my party do most of the work, to train them up. Did they need training? No, not really. But it was the safer and better option.

I sighed. It would seem I'd have to step in and change things. Thankfully, a masterful plan was forming in my mind, one where everyone except Mitsurugi came out a winner.

"Yua," I mentally called out to her through my familiar bond. "Tell Mama an opportunity came up to take care of something, and I won't be home tonight."

"Okay!" she replied obediently.

It wasn't unusual for me to not come home some nights. In fact, I made a point of doing it every now and then so it wouldn't be unusual. Nighttime was a great time to take care of certain things. And letting my girls get to bed at a normal time every now and then was good for their health.

Message sent, I sat down next to Clemea at the bar. Both girls instantly looked over at me, brows furrowed.

"What'chu want?" Clemea asked, voice slurring a bit, indicating that they were already a little drunk.

"Well, I saw two beauties sitting here, obviously upset, and I thought you could use some company," I replied with a friendly smile. "My name is Axton, and you two are Fio and Clemea, right?"

First Impressions Perk activated
+25 Affection with Fio and Clemea

I also hit them with [Erotic Pierrot] as I introduced myself in an attempt to make them think they were attracted to me. Though it was barely needed. As soon as I nudged it a little, enough for them to notice the feeling, both of them instantly checked me out and their arousal rose a bit more all on its own.

"You know ush?" Fio asked in surprise, her voice also slurring a bit.

"How could I not?" I replied. "You're powerful, successful, and beautiful. Only a fool wouldn't recognize that."

Clemea snorted. "Then I know at least one fool," she grumbled before finishing her drink.

That was an opening if I ever heard one. "Oh?" I asked. I turned to the bartender. "Another drink for the ladies, and one for me too, please," I said. He nodded and started preparing the drinks, pouring the ale into new glasses. I turned back to the girls. "So, who's this fool?"

+9 Affection with Clemea and Fio
For buying them a drink and providing a chance to vent

"It's Mitsurugi," Fio said, annoyance clear in her voice. "We've adventured with him for months! Almost a year! But tha' floozy is the only person he listens to now!" She also finished off her drink before slamming it back down on the counter.

Angry and drunk, the perfect combination to get them to talk. This talk of a 'floozy' intrigued me though. "Floozy?" I asked. A few possible candidates came to mind, but none of them seemed likely. This certainly wasn't something that had happened in canon.

"That Axis priestess bitch," Fio continued. "She corrupted him!"

I blinked in surprise. An Axis Priestess? "I hope you don't mean my party member," I asked. The bartender placed three glasses of beer in front of us, and I nodded in thanks as I picked up my class and took a sip. I had to hide a grimace. It wasn't very good, as usual. I briefly considered making my own ale and selling it to the Guild before deciding to save the thought for later.

Thankfully Clemea shook her head. "Dunno who your party member is, but Cecily wasn't in a party before we met her in Arcanletia."

My eyes widened slightly. I had forgotten about Cecily. She was a priestess that worshiped Aqua. If I was remembering correctly, in canon she ended up coming to Axel after getting a 'message' from Aqua when the despairing goddess cried out to her followers to help with her money issues.

But Aqua didn't have money issues because of me. So Cecily wouldn't have ever come here, which obviously had butterflied something different into happening. "Ah," I replied, taking another sip of the ale. "Well, I'm relieved to hear that it's not my party member causing trouble, though I know how difficult an Axis Cultist can be."

"They're the worst!" Fio agreed enthusiastically. "And Mitsurugi is too! He always worshiped Aqua, but he wasn't a weirdo, so we looked past it." Clemea nodded in agreement.

"And I'm guessing that changed when this Cecily girl entered the picture," I said. "How'd that happen?" I scooched slightly closer to Clemea and increased the strength of [Erotic Pierrot] as I asked. Information wasn't the only thing I was hoping to get from them tonight.

"Mitsurugi had a meeting with the head priest," Clemea explained as Fio started chugging her glass of ale. "Tha's normal. He donates money and asks for quests. But dis time he came back with her followin' him. Said she was joinin' our party."

"He dinnit even ask us!" Fio whined, slamming down the now empty glass. It was a good thing the glasses here were so sturdy. And the bar itself too.

"And ever since she joined, all she does is throw herself at Mitsurugi!" Clemea continued. "Like flirting with him, and pushin' her shtupid big boobs against him, or gettin' in 'is bed at night."

"Damn fucking harlot," Fio grumbled.

"And how did Mitsurugi react to that?" I asked, genuinely curious about the answer. I'm not sure how I'd react to Cecily coming on to me. I'm pretty indiscriminate in my tastes but the worshippers of Aqua unnerve me.

"He was embarrassed at first," Clemea said. "But den she went off on about how being true to one's desires is part of Aqua's teachings, and now…" Fio trails off, her sadness and jealousy spiking.

"And now dey're fucking!" Fio exclaimed angrily.

Huh. Well, I could see how a priestess of Aqua would have an advantage with Mitsurugi specifically. Between her forceful nature, the teachings of Aqua, and Mitsurugi's devotion to Aqua, it was an easy capture. But it still surprised me to hear it.

"She's tricking him though!" Clemea heatedly followed up. "Axis cultists are da worst! She admitted she just wanted 'is babies and money. And she wash being a creep about the babies. She can't be trusted!"

"Sheesh really really creepy about wanting girls too," Fio added.

Yeah, that sounded like a member of the Axis cultist. "And Mitsurugi is just fine with that?" I asked.

"She hides it from him," Clemea murmured angrily. "We tried to warn him but…he dinnit believe us and we got in a fight."

"He didn't believe you?" I asked, spotting an opening. "His trusted companions for all this time and he believes the Axis Cultist with obvious ulterior motives over you?"

"It's weird, right!" Fio exclaimed. "So we thought she was mind-controlling 'im or somethin'. We hired an Eris priest to check."

That was something priests could check? I'd have to look into that later. "And?" I prompted her to continue.

"And nothin'," Fio said morosely. "No mind control or illusions. And den both of 'em found out and she went crazy on da other priest. And den…and den…" Fio struggled to continue her sentence.

"Mitsurugi kicked us out of the party! Waaaaaah!" Clemea declared before starting to wail and cry. She buried her face in her arms on the dirty bar.

"He was really angry," Fio continued as Clemea cried. "It was actually really scary. He called us heretics and bad-mouthed us for being mean."

"Wow, what an asshole," I sympathetically replied. I activated [Touch of Pleasure] on a low level and started patting Clemea on the back in a consoling manner, even as I increased the effects of [Erotic Pierrot]. "I can't believe he would treat you two like that."

"Me neither," Fio replied. "Is why we're drinkin'."

"Well, I say you're better off without him," I said, trying to reassure him. "If he'd believe some girl he just met over his two long-time companions, then he never thought much of you in the first place. I say he deserves whatever Cecily tricks him into."

Fio looked at me in drunken shock. "You…are sooooo right!" she agreed emphatically, regaining her energy. "Fuck him!"

"He honestly doesn't deserve either of you," I continued, egging her on.

"He nevah let us do anythin' anyways!" Fio replied. Or she might have just been continuing without even registering what I said. It was hard to tell. She stood up suddenly. "I'm gonna go tell 'im that! Come on Clemea!"

"Unfortunately, she's fallen asleep," I said, causing the other girl to look closer at Clemea. Sure enough, over the past couple of minutes, Clemea had gone from crying into her arms to falling asleep at the bar.

"Oh," Fio said, energy going out of her. "Fine, we can tell him tomorrow." Fio sighed. "Clemea can never hold 'er boozh. And I always gotta carry her to bed."

"I can carry her if you want," I offered. This wasn't how I planned on things going, but I could make it work. "You're looking a little unsteady yourself, it'll be safer for me to do it. You just lead the way."

+9 Affection with Clemea and Fio
For being a nice guy

"You're so niceee," she slurred with a smile. "Mitsurugi never carried us. Shaid he shouldn't put his hands on a drunk girl." Fio snorted. "Like we thought that limp dick would ever do anything."

I had definitely unlocked the gates on her badmouthing Mitsurugi, huh? Well, that was fine by me. The Affection gain is what I was after. They were at 43, and as I turned to pick up Clemea, I used a Heart Crystal, adding 10 more Affection.

Perk rewarded for 50 Affection with Clemea and Fio
[Fangirl's Favorite] - Increases Affection gain with fangirls by 20%

The perk was nice, but mostly I just wanted them over 50. The higher, the better, but they also weren't worth investing better Heart Crystals into. I needed to hit up a dungeon soon, farm some more.

[Touch of Pleasure] still activated, I picked up Clemea in a princess carry. Her outfit was little more than a tube-top covering her practically non-existent breasts, a loincloth bottom that was barely any better than just wearing panties, and a pair of thigh-high socks. So getting skin contact while carrying her was easy.

While the three of us headed towards the stairs that led to the rooms that adventurers could rent I used [Erotic Pierrot] on both of them. Granted, there didn't seem to be much point in using it on Clemea, who was fast asleep, but it still worked on her, and I didn't see a reason not to. I started it off light but increased the strength of it more and more the closer we got to their room. With any luck, Fio would attribute the feeling with bringing me to her room and not find it strange.

Clemea squirmed in my arms slightly as my touch and my skill aroused her, but she remained fast asleep. I watched her with a bit of amusement as we arrived at their bedroom door and Fio pulled a key out from a small pouch hung from her belt and unlocked the door.

"You can put'er on the far bed," Fio said, taking off her mantle from around her shoulders. Fio wasn't wearing much either, especially with that off. A top that only covered slightly more than Clemea's, though Fio's breasts were certainly larger, and a short skirt held up by a thin belt.

I did as I was instructed, placing Clemea on top of the bed. She stirred but remained asleep. Fio approached me from behind, so I turned to face her. She smiled at me coyly before she wrapped her arms around me and pressed her chest against me. "Mmm. Why don't ya stick around for a little bit?" she whispered. "I could do with some comforting, you know."

I grinned. "Is that so? Of course, I'd be more than happy to comfort you as much as you want." I doubted she would be this forward under normal circumstances. But she was drunk and horny, and I was absolutely willing to take advantage of that.

She giggled cheerfully before standing on her tiptoes so she could kiss me. I wrapped my hands around her waist as I kissed her back, our kiss rapidly deepening as I pushed my tongue into her mouth. Her mouth tasted like ale, but a quick use of [Clean Body] fixed that.

The other bed was right behind her, so I slowly pushed her onto it, not wanting to break the kiss as I did so. Soon she was splayed out on her back on the bed with me over her. Our kiss became deeper and more urgent in that new position, the promise of this just being the beginning more clear now that we were horizontal.

My hand traced a path up her waist, to her stomach, and then finally to her breast, which I groped, the thin fabric of her top doing very little to lessen the sensation of it for either of us. She moaned into my mouth as I touched her, which only made me want to squeeze harder.

She reached out with her own hand and found the erection that was tenting my pants and started touching me back. Her touch was a little clumsy, and my pants were thicker than her top, but it was still enough to cause my excitement to spike up, and my hips reflexively pressed into her touch.

Finally, when I could wait no longer, I pulled away from her, straightening my back and separating our lips. She made a small noise of complaint as I did, and her fingers still stretched to try to touch my hard-on.

But I locked eyes with her, catching her attention. "Are you ready?" I asked.

She looked up at me and her face split into an eager grin. Instead of replying, she reached behind her back, where she fumbled for a moment before her top loosened and she pulled it off, revealing her bare breasts. I noted that her nipples were erect and her areola were larger than average. But I quickly forgot about that as she then spread apart her legs and pushed aside her panties, revealing her dripping slit.

That was all the consent I needed. I shucked off my shirt, throwing it to the side, undid my pants buckle, and pulled out my cock. Her eyes widened at the sight of it, and her arousal spiked. I lined myself up with her entrance, cause [Imbue Elasticity] just to be safe, and then pushed my hips forward.

Fio cried out in pleasure as my shaft spread open her tight folds. The sound of it echoed through the room. No matter how often I heard it, I never grew tired of the sweet symphony that came from a woman's mouth when I fucked them.

Though I did prefer the taste of their lips, and Fio was looking at me with such hunger that I felt compelled to lean back down and kiss her once more. Her arms wrapped around my neck as her eager tongue met my own.

I didn't bother starting slow and sensual. She was wet, she was elastic, and more importantly, she was burning with desire. I bucked my hips in quick and powerful movements, the head of my cock splitting her open and pounding the entrance to her womb.

Even with my lips muffling her voice, her moans that were more akin to squeals filled the room. Her cunt writhed around my shaft, and every minute or so I felt it spasm as she climaxed. [Touch of Pleasure] was still on a relatively low level, so she must just be pretty sensitive.

Each of her orgasms caused her to cling tighter to me. Her nails dug into my back and her two soft breasts were pressed against my chest. I could feel the heat of her skin and the frantic thumping of her heartbeat. My thrusts became shorter but more rapid as her legs wrapped around me and refused to let me go.

I finally reached my climax, the pressure in my gut overflowing as I slammed into her depths and let myself go. I didn't apply any special properties to my cum, instead just allowing it to fill her up as I kept thrusting into her, milking out every drop.

When my orgasm finally ended I once again straightened my back, peeling myself off of her. Her eyes were unfocused from the intense fucking she just received. Her chest was heaving as she desperately tried to catch her breath, and her skin was flushed and covered in sweat.

I pulled my cock out of her, shivering slightly at the feeling of her hot and tight pussy trying to hold on to my still sensitive shaft. She whimpered slightly, her eyes focusing a bit as she noticed the absence. Cum slowly started leaking from her entrance, but I tore my gaze away from the erotic sight to look over at the other bed.

Clemea was there, no longer asleep. Instead, she was on her side, watching us with wide eyes and her hand between her legs. She wasn't touching herself, but I could tell she desperately wanted to.

Fio followed my gaze and snapped out of her blissful reverie. "C-Clemea!" she exclaimed. "You uhh…you woke up, huh?"

Clemea blushed fiercely, realizing she had been discovered. She sat up, her hand slipping out from between her legs. "Of- of course I did!" she replied. "Even drunk, there was no way I could sleep through that noise!"

Fio blushed, but I just grinned in amusement. Clemea had woken up as soon as I had penetrated Fio. At this range, [Empathy] was very good at telling when someone was waking up. Even distracted and not looking at her, I could feel her emotions as she became conscious and aware of what was happening just a few feet from her.

I didn't mind being watched though, so I put it out of my mind to deal with afterward. I didn't even need to use [Erotic Pierrot] on her, as her arousal shot up all on its own. Which would make turning this into a threesome easy.

Fio unwrapped her legs from around my waist and turned to face Clemea as she sat up. I did the same, shifting to the edge of the bed until I was sitting up facing her, my feet on the ground. Of course, I was still erect, and in this position, I was making that very clear to her.

Sure enough, her eyes flicked to my cock and her arousal spiked. But then Fio spoke, drawing her attention away. "Sorry 'bout that," Fio said awkwardly. "I kinda forgot you were there."

"You could join us if you want," I butted in, extending my hand to her. "You look like you could use some nice and relaxing fun, and I still have a lot of energy left." My dick twitched, as if to accentuate my words, and her eyes flickered back to it momentarily.

Clemea looked at Fio, and some kind of wordless communication happened between them as they locked eyes. But after a moment, Clemea nodded and Fio grinned.

Fio changed position so she was kneeling on the bed behind me and she was leaning against me, her hands on my shoulder and her chest pressed against my back. As she did so, Clemea got to her feet and started stripping in front of me. It didn't take long, as she wasn't wearing much. Her thin top was quickly unclasped in the back, similar to Fio's, and her loincloth was swiftly untied and dropped to the ground, leaving her in just her thigh-high socks.

I took a moment to run my gaze over her body. She was toned, lean muscles defined themselves along her body. Her skin was pale, but it was not smooth. She had a handful of small scars on a few different parts of her body. Rather than detract from her beauty though, it only added to her charm.

Her chest was small, the shape of her breasts barely defined beyond her nipples. She wasn't the smallest girl I've been with, she was of average height and her hips were definitely womanly, but she might have been the flattest. Not that I minded.

She approached me a little hesitantly. It wasn't that she was unwilling, I could feel how much she wanted what she just watched Fio get, but she was nervous. I turned up [Touch of Pleasure] slightly as she climbed on my lap though, rewarding her actions.

She straddled me like that, a few inches separating our crotches. She looked down at the space between us, where my erection stood. She reached out and wrapped her fingers around the shaft, still wet with Clemea's juices, and started slowly moving her hand up and down.

My dick twitched at her touch, and I allowed myself to let out a small noise of appreciation. She gained a bit of confidence at that and increased both her grip and her speed. I reached out as well, putting one hand on her hip and placing the other on her lower lips. She bit her lip as I came into contact with her and felt how wet she already was.

As I slipped a finger into Clemea, Fio started kissing my back, her soft lips pressing against me repeatedly even as her hand slipped down to between her legs and she lightly started touching herself. But I was focused on Clemea right now. I leaned forward and kissed her just as passionately as I kissed Fio earlier.

Her nervousness had already disappeared, so she returned the kiss eagerly, her stroking speeding up. I reward her by increasing [Touch of Pleasure] by another notch and pushing my finger deeper into her snatch.

She cums shortly after that, her stroking halting as she cried out in pleasure. Her body shuddered, and her inner walls squeezed like a vice around my fingertip. I stopped moving as well, waiting for her orgasm to end.

When it did, I pulled my finger out, causing her to gasp slightly, and then put both my hands on her ass before standing up. She yelped in surprise and clung to my shoulders, but I was holding her up. Then I turned around and placed her face-up on the bed.

Fio, who had let go of me when I stood up, positioned herself next to Clemea, and then the two of them looked up at me in anticipation.

I grabbed Clemea's ankles and lifted them up to one of my shoulders, causing her legs to press together. I could see her pussy outlined by her long and beautiful legs, but I wasn't planning on penetrating her quite yet. Instead, I pushed my dick in between her soft thighs, the bottom of it grinding against her lower lips.

She moaned, [Touch of Pleasure] making it feel just as good as normal sex, and I grinned. I then started thrusting, fucking her thighs. Intercrural sex was something I enjoyed a lot, and Clemea had the perfect legs for it.

Clemea's body bounced on the bed and each time I thrust my balls slapped against her, causing a smacking sound to echo through the room. Fio lay next to her, on her side, and she watched us with rapturous attention as she fingered herself.

I felt my orgasm quickly building. Her handjob had gotten me halfway there already, and now the sensation of her thighs and her pussy encompassing my sensitive shaft was rapidly getting me the rest of the way there. I sped up my movements, eager to finish.

I let out a groan as I climaxed, my eyes closed as I focused on the sensations of her softness and the deep satisfaction that came with cumming. When I was done, and I opened my eyes, I was treated to the sight of Clemea covered with my cum. Strands of it streaked her body from her face to her lower stomach. Her neck, her collarbone, her breasts, her stomach- all were covered in white.

Clemea looked shocked, her hand moving to her face to wipe some cum from her cheek. She looked at her semen-covered fingers for a moment before slowly placing them into her mouth, licking the cum off of them.

My dick twitched at the sight of it, and I decided it was time. I let go of her ankles, letting her legs fall and spread open as I grabbed her waist. She jolted slightly in surprise, but she just grinned at me as I lined myself up with her. I paused a moment, letting the tension build as I cast [Imbue Elasticity], and then I pushed my entire length into her in one go.

Just as Fio had, Clemea let out a loud and piercing cry of pleasure as I sheathed my dick inside her. She came immediately, having been edged by my earlier grinding, and I gave her a moment to recover.

Fio, apparently feeling left out, or just so aroused that she needed to do something about it, took the chance to start licking Clemea, her tongue lapping up all of the cum covering her friend. Clemea didn't seem to mind, and if anything her arousal increased even more. I didn't even do anything special to my cum.

Still, it was turning me on to watch her do that, so I quickly started moving my hips, fucking Clemea even as Fio's tongue traveled all across her body. Clemea was tighter than Fio, but she wasn't as sensitive it seemed, because she wasn't cumming as frequently.

I had rutted Fio like an animal, giving her the rough dicking she desired. But with Clemea, I was careful with my pacing, going neither too fast nor too slow. Granted, I was able to control when I climaxed pretty well, so even restricting myself I was pounding Clemea fairly roughly.

But I wanted to give Fio enough time to completely clean Clemea up. I watched, entranced, as Fio's tongue methodically worked its way over every inch of Clemea, starting from her stomach and slowly working her way up. Clemea's moans increased in pitch as Fio's tongue reached her breasts, especially as it flicked over her nipples.

When Fio reached her collarbone, she shifted position from beside Clemea to straddling her. This, of course, put her ass pointed straight up at me, her slip dripping with arousal and my cum. And I couldn't ignore a present like that. I cast [Clean Body] on her and then plunged two of my fingers into her snatch.

Fio stopped licking Clemea long enough to let out a yelp of surprise that turned into a moan. I grinned and started thrusting my fingers into her, matching the timing with the thrusts of my hips. Fio's hands tightly gripped the bedsheets where she was supporting herself above Clemea, and her voice echoed out alongside the other girls as I fingerbanged her.

After a moment she collected herself enough to continue her quest to lick all of the cum off of Clemea. I watched as Fio's tongue lapped up the semen covering Clemea's neck, which the other girl bared for her. Clemea also had a tight grip on the bed sheets beneath her as orgasms wracked her body.

But when Fio's licking reached her face, Clemea let go of the bed to wrap her arms around Fio's neck, and trapped her lips with her own. I felt a small note of surprise from Fio, but it quickly faded away as they made out.

I was ready to cum right then and there, but I held it back. I wanted to savor the sight of this moment, and I wanted to give them a chance to grow closer. The same couldn't be said for them though. I made Fio cum three more times and Clemea twice, all while they kissed and moaned into each other's mouth, before I let the walls fall down.

I grunted as I emptied my balls straight into Clemea's womb, my semen once again forcefully shooting out. Clemea's back arched as she felt my hot jizz enter her and she came as well, her body pushing Fio's up as she tried to push her hips closer to me.

When my balls stopped churning, Clemea relaxed again, and Fio allowed her to fall on her own, separating the two girls. I pulled my dick and fingers out of them, and Fio collapsed sideways, once again laying next to Clemea.

This time both of their chests heaved as they caught their breath, the multitude of orgasms and the long period of kissing leaving them winded. But they positively glowed with arousal, affection, and satisfaction. They looked at each other, and understanding passed between them before they turned their gaze to me, where I stood, my dick still very hard.

"I hope you girls aren't too tired yet," I said with a grin. "Because we're just getting started."

They looked at my cock, then my face, and then each other. Then they smiled and pushed themselves up and approached me.

It was several hours before we went to sleep.

I woke up to the familiar feeling of naked bodies pressed against me. I cracked my eyes open to see Fio and Clemea half laying on me, their chests on mine, and my arms wrapped around their shoulders. Each of them had one leg hooked over one of mine. We were all completely naked, the last bits of cloth having been thrown to the ground in our activities last night.

I used [Void Sight] to look around, checking how my girls at home were doing and looking at various places. It looked like it was still around breakfast time, so I hadn't slept in too much. Which meant I had enough time to lay here for a bit and enjoy the moment.

Unfortunately, I accidentally shifted and the slight movement was enough to wake up Fio. She groaned as her eyes opened, her expression confused and disgruntled. She blinked a few times as she looked around, her eyes struggling to focus as she took in the sight of the naked me and Clemea, before finally looking down and seeing she was naked too.

"Good morning," I said with a bit of amusement. Clemea stirred slightly at my words, but her eyes remained closed.

Fio's brow furrowed. "My head hurts," she complained groggily.

"You drank a lot last night," I pointed out.

"I did?" she said, frowning. After a moment, a look of realization crossed over her face. "Oh, right. I remember now. Mitsurugi kicked us out, so we got drunk, and then you came over and we…" she trailed off, a blush creeping on her face.

"Had an extremely fun night of debauchery," I finished with a grin.

She blushed, but after a moment she relaxed. "It was pretty fun," she agreed. "I can't believe I was so bold last night. But…I'm glad I was."

"Me too," I replied, moving my hand up to her head and patting her.

+9 Affection with Clemea and Fio
For being nice and caring the morning after

She smiled at my touch and shifted slightly, putting herself more on top of me, which caused her thigh to bump against my penis. She looked down, and then back up at me. "You're hard again?"

"My stamina is limitless," I jokingly replied. It wasn't quite limitless, but it might as well have been. Even with six girls in my bed, they all tired out before I did.

"I'd offer to give you a hand but I'm hungover, and we have things we need to do today. Like finding a new party." I could feel her good mood sour as she said that. Then she looked at me. "I don't suppose you have any openings in your party?"

But I shook my head. "I wish I did, but we're already at five people. As much as I would like to have you two in my party, and in my bed every night, adding two more would be a bit too much."

She nodded, having expected that answer. "Oh well, I thought I'd ask. We might have to leave town to find a new party then."

"I know someone who might be interested in joining," I replied. "There's a Crimson Demon by the name of Yunyun in town who still hasn't found a party."

"The Explosion girl?" Fio asked. "I don't think-"

"No, not her," I replied. "That's Megumin, she's in my party. Her friend is a very normal Arch-Wizard, but she's shy and not very good at making friends and talking to strangers, so she hasn't been able to form a party."

"Really?" Fio asked. "There was someone like that in this town?"

I nodded. "Ask Luna. She'll be able to point you to her. She's a nice girl, and she's as skilled as a Crimson Demon member can be."

"She does sound like the perfect fit for us," Fio admitted. "And having an actual mage would be nice."

"They say the best revenge is massive success," I pointed out. "So you should show Mitsurugi how much of an idiot he's being by going out there and kicking ass."

+9 Affection with Clemea and Fio
For believing in them

Fio giggled, her mood lifted. "You know what? I think we will. He'll regret choosing that crazy girl over us."

"That's the spirit," I said. "Now, as much as I'm enjoying this moment, we should probably get up soon. That includes you, Clemea."

Fio tilted her head, but I just looked at the seemingly sleeping girl. Clemea opened her eyes and looked at me with a small pout. "You knew?" she asked.

"Your breathing changed," I lied. In truth, just like last night, I realized she had woken up because of [Empathy]. But she apparently wanted to keep cuddling, because she pretended to still be asleep, despite Fio and me talking at a normal volume.

Her pout grew more pronounced, but she got up with a sigh. "You're right. I'd like to spend all day in bed, but we can't." She glanced at my dick, and I could feel her contemplating it, but then she shook her head and stood up.

I was a bit disappointed, but all three of us were aware that if we started anything now, lunch would be over by the time we stopped. At the earliest. But I shrugged and got up as well. I had my girls back home, and I still needed to work on seducing Leticia and Kuro Usagi. And put the final touches on my plan for getting Aqua, who has been annoyingly resistant to everything I've thrown at her.

The three of us dressed, tracking down the clothes that were strewn all over the room. But before I left, I pulled both of them into my arms and gave them a kiss. First Clemea, then Fio. They leaned into it, wrapping their arms around me, and affection clear on their faces.

"Do you think we could do this again sometime?" Clemea asked a little shyly.

"I'd be very sad if we didn't," I reassured them. "I can't promise every night, or even every week, but I'll make sure to take the time to spend with you two again." I meant that too. Despite being 'side characters', I thought they were two of the most attractive characters in the setting, and they were wasted on Mitsurugi. I could only thank my LUK stat and all the perks related to it for this welcome turn of events.

After a bit more kissing that almost got carried away, I finally left. But I didn't go home. I had a couple things to take care of first.

Luna wasn't in yet, but I wrote up a quick note about what was going on with Mitsurugi and gave it to one of the other receptionists to give to her when she came in. And then I started walking through town as I looked around with [Void Sight].

I had already mapped out most of the town, so it wasn't hard to find what I was looking for, especially since I had a few ideas of where to look. When I did, I started walking towards the edge of town, where my home was. Once I was out of sight of anyone, I activated [Void Shift] and then used [Void Teleport] to appear in Mitsurugi's room.

Invisible, intangible, and silent thanks to [Sound Domain], I looked around. The Guild Hall was the default place for adventurers to stay if they didn't have more permanent lodgings. But there were still a few other inns and such places around town. The Guild rooms were small and plain, so wealthier individuals would room in one of the nicer places in town.

And this was as nice as it got. Still fairly basic to my modern standards, but the room was large, well furnished, and, judging from the food spread out on the table, served rather nice meals. It was nicely decorated too.

I turned my attention to the large bed in the room, where two figures lay asleep. They were, of course, Mitsurugi and Cecily. Their lower halves were covered in a blanket, but their nude torsos were exposed. I was actually a little surprised. Fio and Clemea had said they were sleeping together, but I half expected her to be leading him around without actually putting out.

Still, I shrugged and turned away. Mitsurugi was more than welcome to have Cecily. She was cute, but not as cute as Asia. And she was also insane in a way that I really didn't want to deal with. She wasn't worth the trouble.

But I didn't come here to contemplate that. No, I was here for another reason. To punish Mitsurugi. I may have benefitted from him kicking Fio and Clemea out of his party, but it didn't change the fact that he had made them cry. And since they were mine now, I couldn't let that go unpunished.

Petty? Yes. But I was fine with being petty. What was the point of infinite power if you didn't use it to satisfy your desires? Plus, I never really liked Mitsurugi much anyway. He annoyed me.

There was a wardrobe pushed up against one wall. It was locked, but that wasn't a problem for me. Konosuba's locks were hilariously simple to pick, and I had it open in seconds, dropping [Void Shift] just long enough to interact with the lock before turning the skill back on. Inside I found exactly what I was hoping to find. Neatly stored was Mitsurugi's armor and his magical sword, Gram.

I placed my hand on the sword and put it into my inventory. I left his armor alone and simply closed the wardrobe and locked it again. Then I teleported back to where I was before, dropped [Void Shift], and continued walking home.

Mitsurugi was cocky because his sword carried him hard. Without it, he wouldn't be half the hero he was viewed as. And that felt like a fitting punishment to me. I wasn't sure how Cecily would react. Without Gram, Mitsurugi wouldn't be able to continue doing adventures, at least not the high-level ones he was doing before. Would she see this as a decrease in his value, and leave him? Or would she take advantage of his lowered status to make him rely on her, and use his attraction to her to manipulate him into being only hers?

I was fine with either one because both ruined his life in some shape. Besides, I could put much better use to a sword as powerful as Gram than he could. Not personally, but I had several companions who would benefit from it.

My mood was so good I started whistling a tune as I walked home. Today was already a pretty good day.

Kazuma stripped quickly, placing her clothes in a basket. She was surprised at how quickly she had gotten used to wearing girly clothes. Sliding her panties on and off felt natural at this point. It had weirded her out at first, making her feel like a pervert. But now that she was on a team with another girl, she couldn't get away with wearing men's underwear.

However moments like what she was experiencing now made it worth it. She glanced over at her companion, Lynn, who was also getting undressed. Lynn wasn't exactly the most voluptuous girl, but her figure was still decent, and a naked girl was a naked girl.

"What's up Kazuma?" Lynn asked as she noticed her staring. She was curious, instead of angry or skeeved out.

Kazuma smiled. "No, nothing. I'm just glad I agreed to join your party," she replied.

Lynn beamed back at her. "Me too! I'd always have to bathe alone before, and that gets lonely."

Kazuma had a moment of guilt, but those feelings flew away when Lynn pulled her into a quick hug, and she could feel Lynn's bare skin and breasts pushed up against her.

The two of them finished undressing and then grabbed a towel before leaving the changing room and entering the bath. There wasn't anyone else here, so it was just Lynn and Kazuma with the open-air bath to themselves, even if it was a pretty small one.

That wasn't very surprising though, considering where they were. The job that they had just completed had taken them to a small town about a day's walk from Axel. They opted to stay the night here rather than try to trek back overnight. But despite it being a relatively small town, the local inn still had two open-air baths. One for men, and one for women.

Kazuma wished there were more women around for her to ogle, but she could satisfy herself with just Lynn. They'd spent a lot of time together since Kazuma joined the party, including sharing a room, bathing together, eating meals together, and more.

She was doing pretty well as an adventurer as well. At first, the others were a little unsure about how useful someone with the Adventurer class would be. But she had learned several useful skills and she had quickly become a valuable party member.

Honestly, it was easy to do. The Adventurer class was absolutely broken in her eyes. She could serve in any role she wanted. She had primarily focused on Thief and Ranger skills, but she had added some basic magic to her repertoire recently as well. Her magic power was low so they weren't useful as attacks. But she could heat up food, freeze puddles, and throw dirt in enemies' eyes.

She had a pretty low opinion of the creativity of the people of this world if they thought the Adventurer class was bad. Sure, the stats weren't there, and it was a bit expensive in terms of skill points, but she could always switch classes later if she felt her growth was too slow. She already qualified for a few, and she would keep all her Adventurer skills. It was a win-win.

Kazuma shook her head. This was no time to be thinking about that. She was in the bath with Lynn! It was time to put Operation: Yuri Skinship into play!

She sidled up behind Lynn, who was washing her hair while sitting on a bucket. Her towel was on the ground next to her, leaving her open. Kazuma grinned before she reached around Lynn's body and groped her breasts.

"Kyaah!" Lynn exclaimed in surprise, her arms coming down to try to protect herself. But Kazuma's hands were already in position, and she was already groping Lynn to her heart's content.

"Why do you do this every time we're in the bath?!" Lynn complained.

"It's not every time," Kazuma defended herself. After all, if it was every time, Lynn wouldn't bathe with her anymore. "But I can't help it. Your figure is so nice compared to mine. I'm so jealous." She gave Lynn's breasts another squeeze.

Operation: Yuri Skinship was born from years of watching anime, and realizing that she could get away with a lot as a girl. All she had to do was disguise her intentions. Lynn still thought Kazuma was a pervert, but she never pushed her away, seeing it as harmless.

She had gone from hopeless virgin NEET to being able to grope a cute girl's breasts while taking a bath with her. All in all, she was warming up to being a girl now.

"That doesn't stop Dust from calling me a little girl," Lynn grumbled.

"You're going to listen to Dust of all people?" Kazuma asked, her hands not slowing down at all.

"Well…no, I guess not," Lynn replied. After all, Dust was a reliable party member, but outside of that, he was a trash human being. Lynn relaxed slightly, which was the moment Kazuma was waiting for.

She ran her hands down Lynn's body, one feeling up her hip and the side of her ass while the other felt along her inner thigh. "There's no way this is the body of a little girl," Kazuma assured Lynn. "I really wish I had your figure."

Lynn squirmed under her touch. "Kazumaaaa," she whined. But she didn't push her away. "Why is your touch so dirty feeling?"

"You're imagining it," Kazuma replied. She didn't dare touch the sacred land between her legs. That would go beyond simple skinship, but her hands roamed everywhere else. Feeling up some tits was nice, but every part of a girl was worth touching and exploring.

Kazuma heard a noise to her side and froze. This wasn't the first time she'd had some fun with Lynn. But it was the first time she had done it in an open-air bath. And anime had taught her that overly-touchy female bonding wasn't the only perverted act to occur in open-air baths like this.

She turned her head to the side, and there she saw Dust's head peeking over the fence. He was watching them with wide eyes, and a perverted smile growing on his face.

Fear and embarrassment lanced through her, but her time as an adventurer had conditioned her to respond with action in cases like this. Dust realized he had been spotted, and started to try to hide, but he was too slow. Kazuma used her grip on Lynn to turn her to face the other direction even as she lifted her hand.

"Flash!" Kazuma shouted as she closed her eyes tight, casting the spell of the same name. Even through her closed eyes, she could see the bright flash of light, and she heard Dust scream out in pain as he was flashbanged.

"Kazuma?!" Lynn shouted in surprise. "What was that?!"

"A dirty pervert," Kazuma spat. "Dust was peeking over the fence." She carefully ignored the hypocrisy in getting angry at Dust for peeking.

"Oh," Lynn said. "I guess that's why you used Flash then?"

"He won't be able to peek for a few hours at least," Kazuma replied grumpily. "Come on, let's get in the bath before he tries anything else."

"Just let me rinse off and I'll be right in," Lynn said. Kazuma nodded and let go of Lynn, the mood ruined.

She sighed as she got in the bath, submerging herself up to her neck in the hot water. Her emotions were in turmoil. Lynn didn't seem overly affected by Dust peeking, but Kazuma's heart still pounded and she was suddenly uncomfortable. Why? What was this feeling, and why wouldn't it go away?

She didn't know, but she just knew she hated it, hated it more than that time she tried to ask a classmate out in middle school only for the girl to say "Ew, no." Kazuma placed her face in her hands as she remembered something so embarrassing, but even that didn't compare to the feeling she had now. It wasn't just embarrassment at being seen. She felt gross.

Her bad mood persisted even when Lynn sat next to her in the bath. Maybe…maybe being a girl wasn't all that great after all. Not for the first time, her eyes wandered to her wrist, where Aphrodite's Gift was still stuck on her wrist. And also not for the first time, she wondered if there was any way to take it off.

She clenched her fist. She was a successful adventurer now, and she had met a lot of really smart people. Starting tomorrow, she would start looking around for a way to remove a cursed item.

Kazuma was pulled from her thoughts as she felt slender arms wrap around her. "Payback time!" Lynn said cheerfully in her ear as she started groping Kazuma. "For all your talk of jealousy, I think your boobs are the same size as mine."

Kazuma squirmed under Lynn's hands. "L-Lynn!" she shouted in surprise. She hadn't ever done this before. And it felt good, almost scarily so. She thought it felt good to touch herself as a girl, but another girl's soft hands on her sensitive parts was another step above that.

As Lynn's fingers touched her all over and sent tingles of pleasure through her body, she amended her previous thought. Searching for a way to remove a cursed item could wait just a little longer.

I looked over my skill list as I walked through town, deciding which ones I should focus on, and trying to come up with more combinations. Nearly every time I combined a skill, it was worth it. There were a few that were neutral, trading power for functionality or vice versa, but in general, it was a net gain.

The riskiest part of it was that I never knew what I was going to get. I could tell when skills could be combined, but I didn't get so much as a hint as to what the skill would be. Beyond the obvious guesses I could make based on the skills I was combining. But every potential possibility had a few different ways I could see the pieces fitting together. And there was always the question of if they would synergize, or would they find a middle ground to meet at?

As I approached the Guild Hall I shrugged and closed the skill window without doing anything. I'd found a few combinations, but none I was ready to pull the trigger on yet. One had interesting potential, but it required several skills I relied on, and I was certain some of the functionality would be lost. I needed to think about it more first.

I entered the Guild Hall and looked around. Today was a rest day for my party. Momo, Yua, and Kyu were all spending some time together back at the mansion. I had considered sticking around, but they had made plans to spend some time with each other, and if I tried to include myself it probably would have devolved into me sending Yua away and fucking the other girls. And I didn't want to ruin their plans like that.

Megumin, Aqua, and Darkness had all left the house after breakfast. None of them mentioned where they were going, but that wasn't unusual. Well, except for the fact that Megumin usually preferred doing her daily Explosion sooner rather than later. Especially since our trip usually turned into a chain of lust-fueled Explosions.

With everyone else busy, it didn't leave me much to do. I could have spent some time with Leticia and Kuro Usagi. I hadn't made much progress with them since summoning them, and I knew Kuro Usagi would take some time to wear down before she'd give up her chastity, which she was so protective of, for some reason. Leticia wouldn't be difficult though. She responded pretty well to my flirting, even flirting back just enough that I knew she didn't dislike the attention.

But I was feeling restless. I didn't want to spend the day lazing around or even grinding one of my skills. So I walked to town. My original intention was to stop by the Succubus Cafe, maybe meet with Ariel for some more fun, but I decided to check-in at the Guild Hall first to grab some lunch and see if anyone cute was there I could hit on. I was getting close with Luna, I could feel it.

I quickly spotted two familiar faces, sitting at a table with each other. One was Darkness, who apparently left home to come here and meet with Chris, the other person sitting at the table. Chris was a Thief with silver hair and a friend of Darkness from before she joined my party.

She was also the Goddess of Fortune, Eris, in disguise. I grinned. I'd been hoping for a chance to start getting to know her, but she had made herself scarce these past couple of months. But she was here now, and there was no way I was going to pass up this chance.

Her appearance as Chris was pretty cute too. She rocked that tomboy look in an outfit that showed off a lot of skin. Boots, thigh-high socks, denim pants worn over some sort of black cloth pants, a top that wasn't much more than a bra covering her modest chest, a green mantle that covered her shoulders, and a scarf. A very Thief-like outfit, and one I definitely approved of. I certainly enjoyed how it looked on her.

She also had a fairly prominent scar on her right cheek. That was fairly normal for an adventurer, we lived dangerous lives. They weren't quite seen as a badge of honor, but they were often seen as an indicator of experience. A fake scar would be the perfect way to disguise yourself as an adventurer.

But I knew hers was real, and something she covered up when she appeared as a Goddess. I don't know how she got it, but I had a couple guesses.

I headed for their table and suddenly sat down next to Darkness, butting into their conversation. "So this is where you headed off to Darkness," I said as both girls looked at me in surprise.

"Axton!" Darkness exclaimed in surprise. "I thought you'd be at home today." The way she phrased that was pretty suspicious, but she doesn't sound guilty or accusatory, just shocked.

"The others were busy, so I decided to take a walk around town," I explained. "I stopped by here for some lunch, and since I saw you and your sexy friend here, I thought I'd say hi." I turned my attention to Chris, who had taken my casual compliment in stride. "Hey there, I'm Axton."

First Impressions Perk Activated
+10 Affection with Eris

Now that we had finally met, I had her Affection unlocked, which meant I could, in the worst-case scenario, use Heart Crystals to push her over 50 Affection. Even ignoring how much I wanted her in my bed, having the literal goddess of luck in this world at over 50 Affection would be very useful.

She smiled at me. "Nice to meet you, Axton, I'm Chris. So you're the 'brutal and womanizing' leader Darkness is always talking about?"

Darkness spluttered, turning to me in fear and embarrassment, but I just laughed. "Yeah, I'm the one holding on to this pervert's leash," I replied. "She's useless as an attack dog, but she's adequate as a meat shield."

Darkness squirmed as I casually degraded her. "A-Axton," she breathed. "Not in front of Chris!"

"Is that really how you think you should be responding to that?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow. Not that I expected anything different. Darkness blushed, and Chris chuckled.

"I see you've already gotten used to her," Chris said with a smile.

I nodded. "She has her quirks, but she really is a good friend and valued party member. I wouldn't trade her for anything."

Darkness froze, her face rapidly reddening at the sudden and sincere compliment, but Chris just smiled.

+10 Affection with Eris
For being a good leader and friend to her friend

Good. I was hoping to earn some affection by using Darkness. "So I hope you aren't trying to poach her from me," I continued.

"Nah, I work solo," Chris denied easily, a smile still on her face. "We're just old friends catching up with each other. My jobs take me all over the place, so we don't see each other as often as I would like."

"Ah," I said, nodding in understanding. Of course, I had known that already, but I couldn't tip my hand yet. "Well, sorry for interrupting you guys."

"It's not a problem at all, I've been wanting to meet you myself," Chris said. There was a hint of something in her voice, and a twinkle in her eye. Oh? Did she have an interest in me as Eris, rather than Chris perhaps? Or was it something else?

I leaned forward. "Well, I wouldn't mind getting to know you better," I said with a wink. Her eyes widened slightly as she picked up my implication, but she quickly hid it. Well, that ruled out her flirting with me. Shame.

She schooled her reaction quickly though. "Hmm, maybe some other time," she answered noncommittally.

"Playing hard to get?" I asked. "That's so old-fashioned." My tone was light though, accepting her deflection. She rolled her eyes, but I got a vague sense of gratitude from her through [Empathy].

"Stop flirting with my friend!" Darkness interrupted, sounding shocked.

I laughed again. "Sure, sure, I'll stop. For now."

Darkness glared at me, but Chris just shook her head, amused. "It's fine Darkness, he's not being serious anyway." Well, I was acting lighthearted, but I was definitely serious, but I think she knew that. Darkness grumbled but backed off. "We were actually just talking about Mitsurugi," Chris continued.

I very carefully forced myself not to laugh at that. The situation was just too amusing. "I heard about that," I replied. "It's a messed up situation."

I had talked to Luna later that day, and she hadn't been pleased by the news of Mitsurugi getting wrapped up with an Axis Priestess. She held out hope though, citing me as an example of someone who could manage one relatively well.

That hope died the next day when word spread that Mitsurugi was spotted desperately going around town, searching for his all-powerful magical sword. Public opinion had immediately looked at Cecily as the culprit. Getting close to someone to steal a valuable object from them that they could sell was expected of worshippers of Aqua.

Cecily, of course, denied it, and Mitsurugi defended her. Cecily pointed her own finger at Fio and Clemea, describing their motive. To his credit, Mitsurugi had seemed torn about that possibility. He wasn't so far gone that he would viciously turn on his former companions. But it was clear that he doubted them, even going so far as to point out that Fio was a Thief.

Of course, both girls had a pretty rock-solid alibi. Mitsurugi's own testimony had restricted the time frame where it could have been stolen to somewhere between late that night, when he had put it away before going to bed, and late the next morning, when he had gone to get geared up after breakfast.

And during that time, several people were able to verify that Fio and Clemea had been at the Guild Hall. They started drinking well before Mitsurugi had gone to bed, had gone to their room with me, and had spent the entire morning in the Guild Hall, waiting for Yunyun and Luna.

It helped that I had a bit of a reputation at this point. It was well known that Momo was my wife, but it was also known that she was more than happy to share. Rumors couldn't decide how many of my party members I was sleeping with, but they were sure it was more than just Momo.

So when I said that I spent the entire night with both of them, people accepted that as the truth. Which it was. And after, several people saw me headed off in the direction of home, and I had made sure to only visibly teleport to three places; my home, the guild, and the spot Megumin and I used to do our Explosion ritual. The Teleport spell here was limited like that, and there was no reason to think that I had changed my spots.

Mitsurugi refused to believe that Cecily did it though, and Cecily shifted to blaming the Eris Church. At which point pretty much everyone else became certain it was her that did it, but without Mitsurugi, the owner of the sword, pressing charges against her, nothing had happened on that front yet. There were rumors that the royal guard would get involved because Mitsurugi was so important to the country as a top adventurer, but nothing had come of it yet.

"It's not so strange that someone stole it, but I'm surprised it hasn't turned up in a shop somewhere, or in a noble's home." Her eyes briefly started to look at Darkness before she stopped herself. "That's actually why I'm in town. There's a request to find it, and I thought I'd use my connections to try to track it down."

I shrugged. "They probably realized it was too hot to sell right now, and are biding their time," I guessed. "Or they stole it for a specific person, who is hiding it in their private collection."

Chris grimaced. "That's what I'm afraid of. It'll be difficult to track down if so."

I was carefully paying attention to her emotions and her expression, and I was surprised to find she didn't seem to suspect me at all. Unless she was a better actress than I thought she was, but that would mean the small slips she had made were deliberate, and…no, that didn't sound right. I wasn't even sure if she would have reason to suspect me. As Chris she shouldn't, but I don't know how much information she had about me as Eris. She was a goddess after all.

"Well, I wish you the best of luck," I said. "If I hear anything, I'll let you know." I briefly considered planting the sword somewhere and directing her towards it, but I immediately dismissed the thought. The bit of Affection I'd get from doing so wouldn't be worth undoing Mitsurugi's punishment and losing such a powerful weapon.

"I'm sorry I couldn't be more help," Darkness added a bit morosely.

Chris shook her head. "It's fine, it was a long shot anyway." Her eyes flicked to me. "Though if you want to help, there's something else I could use a hand with. There's a quest that I was asked to take care of before this issue with Mitsurugi's sword came up. I haven't had time to do it, but I can't just leave it hanging."

I raised an eyebrow. "What kind of quest is it?" I asked.

"Something simple, just a scouting slash investigation mission," Chris said. "There are some weird monsters appearing near the beginner's dungeon a bit to the south of here. The Guild needs more information so it can issue the right kind of quest."

I had to hide my reaction to that. Strange monsters near a dungeon, at around this time? That was Vanir, right? Did she know that? Or was she just being a good adventurer? "Sounds simple enough," I said. "Darkness and I could even handle that by ourselves."

Chris blinked. "Not your whole party?" There was just a hint of worry in her eyes. So she did know that a General of the Demon Lord was to blame. Or at least that it was more dangerous than it seemed.

"For just scouting?" I asked with a shake of my head. "I've got enough Thief skills to sneak about and if it comes to a fight I can count on Darkness here to serve as a meat shield. If we come across anything we can't handle, I'll be able to escape and get the others."

Darkness squirmed. "I'll buy you as much time as you need, no matter what kinds of terrible tortures the monsters inflict on me! An hour, a day, a week, or even a month!" She was breathing heavily as she lost herself in her fantasy.

Chris awkwardly chuckled, looking a little uncomfortable, and I grinned. "It shouldn't take a month, but your dedication and resolve are comforting," I told her.

Chris shook her head, but she had a small smile on her face. Then she stood up. "Well, I'll leave it in your capable hands. You can get the details from Luna, I think she's working on putting the quest back up now."

I nodded. "We'll do that, you just focus on finding out who took Mitsurugi's weapon." My mind was already on the dungeon though as I used [Void Sight] to take a look. We had been there before, and as Kazuma and his party had in canon, we cleared it out and sent the Lich, Khiel, who had made the dungeon, to the afterlife so he could rest with his wife.

As Darkness and Chris said their goodbyes, I spotted a small little doll wandering out of the entrance of the Dungeon. It was about a foot tall and wearing a butler's suit and a mask that completely covered its eyes and forehead. The mask was half black and half white. That was definitely Vanir.

Chris left and Darkness and I talked to Luna. She was ecstatic that we would take care of it and she sent us off immediately. It was a few hours' walk to the dungeon. I could have teleported us there faster, of course, but it wasn't one of my three pretend spots, and all of those would just put us further away. It was fine, we'd be able to teleport back.

The time passed quickly, and soon we were there. As Darkness and I approached the dungeon I signaled her to come to a stop. The dungeon entrance was built into a cliffside. The area immediately in front of the entrance was clear of anything but what used to be a nice stone floor, but it had been ravaged by time.

Further away, about a hundred feet or so, the dungeon entrance was surrounded by a fairly dense forest. It was in that forest that Darkness and I hid as we observed the entrance to the dungeon. In the time it took us to get here, a few more of the dolls had made their way out of the dungeon and all of them were aimlessly wandering around the entrance. They didn't seem interested in leaving the area though.

"Those are the monsters?" Darkness whispered to me. "They're kind of cute…"

"So Darkness has a girly side too, huh?" I said, teasing her.

"W-what does that mean?!" Darkness exclaimed, still whispering. "Of course I do!"

I just grinned and shook my head. "Hey, why don't you approach one and see what happens? Maybe they're friendly?"

"I thought we were just scouting?" Darkness asked.

"Just saying 'yeah we saw some cute monsters' isn't enough for scouting," I replied. "That level of information is what brought us here in the first place. We need to find out more about them."

"It feels kind of reckless to just approach one without a plan though," Darkness grumbled.

"It is, yeah," I admitted. "Who knows what kind of terrible things they might-"

"Come here, little guy!" Darkness shouted as she stepped out from behind the tree and started walking in the direction of the nearest doll.

It looked at her with an almost curious body language before it waddled towards her. She had a hand on her sword but hadn't drawn it yet. She watched it warily as it approached her. But it made no moves to attack her. Instead, it just grabbed onto her leg, and I could see her relax.

"Axton, I think you were right, they are friend-" She was cut off by a loud explosion that kicked up a plume of dust as the doll exploded.

The dust cleared after a moment to reveal a perfectly fine Darkness. Not even her armor was marred. She turned to face me, her face perfectly blank. "Axton, I think we need to investigate these monsters."

I sighed. This masochist. Still, I wanted to do the same thing so we could fight Vanir. "Sure, sure. You draw their attention. I'll follow behind you, invisible."

"Understood!" Darkness replied enthusiastically. She drew her sword and charged at the other dolls remaining outside. To my surprise, her sword actually hit them. I guess it helped when they were literally throwing themselves at her, but I had thought that she had some sort of conceptual curse of not being able to hit anything with her sword.

I made a mental note to investigate it later. I was okay with her being a tank with no offensive capabilities, but more DPS was more DPS, and that was always a good thing.

The next thirty minutes went by pretty quickly as we delved deeper into the dungeon. The only enemies present were the exploding dolls that did nothing to Darkness. She was having a blast though, excited that she was actually hitting things with her sword. And the explosions weren't hurting her, but she seemed to be enjoying them nonetheless.

I did as I said I would and followed behind her under the cover of [Void Shift], letting her have her fun. Khiel's Dungeon was a beginner one and therefore not very large, so it wasn't long before we were approaching the deepest part. The number of dolls was decreasing as well until finally, we reached a hallway without any.

I knew from our previous time in here that this hallway turned up ahead, and at the end of that turn was the secret entrance to the core of the dungeon, where Khiel once resided. From my memory of the anime, Vanir should be right outside of that room.

We were definitely past the point of 'just scouting' now, having exterminated most, if not all, of the strange monsters we were meant to be investigating. But I didn't say anything to Darkness. I wanted to keep going, and a confrontation with Vanir might not happen if I pointed it out. Better for her to stumble on him and for us to be 'forced' to fight him.

Sure enough, eager for more targets, Darkness rushed down the hallway and turned the corner before coming to a stop. There, sitting on the ground in front of the secret entrance, was a man that looked just like the dolls. In front of him was a doll, slowly changing shape and growing under his hands.

"So you are the fiend responsible for those monsters!" Darkness shouted, causing Vanir to look up and notice her.

"Monsters? I suppose you could call them that," he said as she stood up, brushing the dirt off of his pants. The doll in front of him shuddered slightly before it straightened up and began to mimic Vanir's movements.

"I don't know what your plan is, but as a Crusader, I won't stand for you continuing to put people in danger with your creations!"

"Danger? Ah, I see, so my little creations have started wandering out of the dungeon. Good, that means I've finished my task of wiping out all of the monsters here." He snapped his fingers and the little doll in front of him crumbled into a lifeless pile of dirt. "And with their mission complete, they are no longer needed."

Darkness faltered. "O-oh," she said, the tip of her sword lowering a bit.

Vanir looked at her and smiled. "Fret not, lusty girl filled with perverted desires, I am the Villain you are hoping I am."

"L-lusty?!" Darkness exclaimed, shocked.

Vanir continued, ignoring her. "I am the one known as Vanir! Duke of Hell and General of the Demon Lord!"

Darkness tensed at that, her drooping sword point instantly rising up to firmly point at him. "Foul demon! What are you scheming?"

Vanir smiled, looking pleased with Darkness's reaction. "I have come at the Demon Lord's behest, investigating the death of Beldia, who should not have been defeated in such a place." He gave Darkness a look. "And I see you had a hand in it. You and your party of powerful adventurers. And yet, you're down here alone? No, your leader is here, invisible. Invisibility that can escape my vision? That is quite impressive."

I could feel fear and panic creep into Darkness's emotions as Vanir does his mind-reading trick to figure out the truth of things. I start walking past Darkness, heading for a good position behind Vanir. I was certain that this would become a fight, and I wanted to make it a fast one.

"You- how do you know?" Darkness asked.

Vanir grinned, a faint but familiar emotion emanating from him. It was like a mix of sexual pleasure and the feeling of enjoyment and satisfaction that came with eating a good meal. It was a feeling I sometimes picked up on from Ariel. Demons feed off the negative emotions of humans after all. Ariel was a bit more versatile, being a succubus, but most had their own preferred flavor of negative emotion. And if I recalled correctly, Vanir preferred the taste of disappointment and shame.

"There is very little that I do not know and cannot see," he explained. "Your mind and your desires are as clear to me as the words written on a piece of paper. The way you lust over your womanizer of a party leader, your intense jealousy of all the other women-"

Darkness's face turned red and she rushed at Vanir. "In the name of Eris, I will kill you!"

Vanir laughed. "Oh yes, that's how it should be!" He dodged out of the way, easily avoiding Darkness's blow. That feeling of enjoyment grew stronger as Darkness's shame did. "He's here, after all, and you wouldn't want me to tell him about what you did in the bath on that day."

A look of mortification passed over her face and she yelled wordlessly as she redoubled her effort to slice Vanir in half. Unfortunately for her, not only had her inability to hit anything firmly reestablished itself, but I also already knew exactly what had happened in our bath, and had watched her vigorously masturbate.

I didn't take action myself though, not yet. I was debating the best way to handle this. Vanir was one of the Demon Lord's Generals, which meant I had to take him out. But it didn't have to be permanent. Vanir was a pretty chill guy. So I decided to keep Ouroboros in my inventory. Vanir was a demon, so even if I killed him he'd be fine in his real body back in hell or wherever demons live. But an immortal killer like Ouroboros might have worse effects.

I watched as Darkness continued her assault on Vanir, who was laughing and enjoying himself without attacking back. In fact, underneath his gleeful taunting, I could see that he was on edge and wary of a surprise attack.

Normally I wouldn't worry about that, but Vanir wasn't someone I wanted to underestimate. As far as demons go, he was ranked quite high and was probably one of the most powerful beings in the world. He claimed to be stronger than the Demon Lord himself, though many could make that claim since the Demon Lord himself wasn't especially strong and his position was due to his ability to empower his forces. He certainly wasn't a pushover on his own though.

Though maybe I was overthinking this. Vanir was strong for this world, but I was ludicrously overpowered, even with my nerfed stats. I decided to try my luck at a sneak attack. Even if it failed I would be able to try again or come up with a different plan.

I positioned myself behind Vanir before dropping [Void Shift] and simultaneously pulling out a dagger made of blackened bone that radiated necrotic energy. Vanir tensed as he sensed me appear, but I had chosen a moment where he was off-balance, dodging one of Darkness's swings, and his attempt to move out of the way was too slow for my lightning-fast thrust.

The dagger impaled Vanir in his back, right where his heart was. Or where it should have been, but I could immediately tell that his body was abnormal. It felt like I was stabbing dirt, not something made of flesh and blood.

Vanir looked at me over his shoulder, shock and annoyance clear in both his feelings and his expression. "You-" he started. But I didn't like how hearty he sounded, and I realized my stab probably wasn't a fatal blow. So I gripped him tightly before shoving him forward, right into the arc of Darkness's blade.

Despite her inability to hit a target, her sword was high quality. And since it rarely hit its targets, the edge was quite sharp and not dulled by battle. So when I shoved Vanir into the path of her swing, one that would have missed if I hadn't pushed him, it bit deeply into him and opened a gash in his torso that stretched from shoulder to hip.

Darkness's eyes widened in surprise and she froze as Vanir fell to the ground. There was no spray of blood or a scene filled with gore though. Instead, both of Vanir's wounds simply revealed the clay his body was made of.

"Ah, to be felled by two adventurers while investigating the death of a comrade," he moaned, unmoving on the ground. His voice was faint and growing fainter. "It was not the defeat I wished for. I curse the two of you and promise that I will…have my… revenge…" His body completely collapsed then, losing all cohesion and turning into a pile of clay.

"I…we did it?" Darkness asked, sounding unsure.

"We did it," I confirmed. "Good job Darkness. Just the two of us were able to take down a General. You proved today that you are an exemplary Crusader." A smile of joy grew on her face. "And don't worry about all the things he said, I know he was just trying to throw us off balance," I continued with a grin. "Besides, you're an adult woman with certain completely normal and natural urges. What you do in private in the bath is no concern of mine, and I would never judge you for it."

Once more I'm treated to the sight of her face growing scarlet. "You-! I don't do that- I mean I don't have- agh!" she sputters, unable to form a coherent sentence as she tries to deny all of my statements at once.

I shake my head. "It's okay Darkness, this is a judgment-free zone. But we don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. Just make sure you only do it in the bath when everyone else is done."

Her face grew even more flushed, somehow, and she stiffly turned away from me. Shame and embarrassment radiated off of her, but there was also a heavy amount of arousal and enjoyment. "Let's just grab the mask for proof and leave," she grumbled. "And never talk about this again." She bent down to the pile of clay that was once Vanir, hand reaching towards his mask.

Oh shit. "Wait, Darkness, don't!" But I was too late. The mask leaped from the pile of clay and latched on to Darkness's own face.

She froze immediately, and I cursed. I was hoping to skip phase two of this fight, but I was too distracted by teasing Darkness to remember that he wasn't finished off from just that. Vanir wasn't the clay puppet after all, but instead the mask that controlled it.

"Darkness?" I asked, hesitantly. She stood up slowly from her crouched position, her sword held casually in one hand, tip drooping towards the ground. A grin that looked out of place on her face grew as she turned me.

"Your companion isn't here right now," Vanir said, using Darkness's lips to speak. "You foolish mortals thought I was defeated, but I-"

"Axton I think he took over my body!" Darkness's voice cut in, interrupting Vanir's monologue, causing her body to freeze. I was sensing the emotions from both of them with [Empathy], though it was hard to separate the two. But I was pretty confident that the annoyance and surprise was Vanir and the quickly growing excitement was Darkness.

Darkness's body tensed for a moment. "It appears as if she is putting up more of a fight than I anticipated," Vanir said. "But every moment she resists my control her body and mind are put through unbearable pain!"

"I'll hold out for as long as I need!" Darkness added in her own rather excited-sounding voice.

Vanir took a deep breath, using Darkness's body, to calm down his quickly rising annoyance. "Axton, she called you?" He continued in his previous tone. "If you hold any affection at all for this woman, I suggest you give up now."

"Don't give up Axton, I can take it!" Darkness said, her tone even more excited. She was practically panting. "This pain is nothing!"

Vanir twitched. "My control over her mouth may be imperfect, but my control over the rest of her body is not!" He suddenly lunged at me, forcing me to dodge a thrust of Darkness's blade. "And what a fine body it is! Powerful, fast, and muscular!"

"I'm not muscular!" Darkness's voice protested, even as Vanir kept attacking me. "How could you say that about a girl!"

"Shut up you!" Vanir snapped. My back hit a wall and Vanir grinned. "So, lowly adventurer, what will you do now? Backed into a corner, and with me possessing your friend? You cannot even fight back without hurting her."

Both of us paused as Darkness's body trembled. [Empathy] picked up a massive spike of arousal. "Axton…hurting me?" Darkness's voice whispered.

Horror marked Darkness's expression as Vanir realized what was happening. "What is wrong with you?" he whispered in disbelief.

I sighed internally. Well, I guess I could give Darkness a bit of a treat. She had done pretty well so far after all. Before Vanir could react I pushed off the wall and closed the distance between us. My left hand grabbed her wrist and twisted, forcing her to drop the sword.

Darkness cried out in what might have been pain, but sounded more like a moan, as my grip on her threatened to fracture her wrist. Her body, despite being piloted by Vanir, reflexively shifted to reduce the pressure I was putting on her wrist. I took advantage of that to twist her around and pin her arm around her back.

I then grabbed her other arm and forced it behind her back as well as I pushed her over and to the ground. Vanir resisted, squirming and kicking Darkness's legs in an attempt to drive me off, but after some struggling, I managed to pin Darkness down on the ground. Her arms were twisted behind her back and I was holding them in a way that was deeply painful but didn't actually risk hurting her. Well, not too badly at least. Dislocating her arms was still a possibility, but that was pretty easily fixed.

"Axton!" Darkness called out, her voice filled with passion. "So rough!"

"Don't enjoy this!" Vanir shouted, wresting control of her voice again. "You're stronger than you look, boy."

"I eat my veggies," I quipped. "And you're fighting a losing battle. I can't hurt Darkness? On the contrary, I definitely can do that. She's a masochist after all."

Vanir growled in frustration. "Damned masochists, always ruining a good meal."

"You're making me sound like some kind of pervert!" Darkness protested.

"That's because you are one," I replied bluntly. "So, great and powerful Vanir. What will you do now? Trapped in the body of a masochist and nowhere to run?"

Darkness's body slumped, and a sigh escaped her lips. "Oh very well, I can admit when I've been bested. I'll just-" His voice is suddenly cut off as the mask flew off of her face and straight at mine.

I had a split second to react, but I ignored all the options that came to mind and let the mask settle onto my face. Surprisingly it doesn't impair my vision at all, which means I can see the notification message that appears.

Mental influence blocked by [Gamer's Mind]

[Gamer's Mind] wasn't a skill that I had ever needed before. The only mind control effects that I even came close to encountering were the ones that the Devils used, and I hadn't given them a reason to try to use it on me. But I still trusted it to handle Vanir.

I felt a pang of fear from Darkness. "Axton?" she asked hesitantly, the excitement gone from her voice.

I opened my mouth to reassure her when an idea occurred to me. My expression twisted into a dark grin, and I let out a laugh in a voice that was definitely not my own. "Did you really think I would give up that easily?"

Darkness cursed and started struggling beneath me. "You demon! Let him go! Take me instead!"

I'd be touched by her words if I couldn't feel her jealousy. I rolled my eyes and stood up. "Nah I'm just messing with you," I said. I reached up to take my mask off. It tried leaping from my face to somewhere else, but I caught it before it could get away. "Looks like he can't affect me, for whatever reason."

Darkness pouted. "That was mean of you," she grumbled as she got up. "I was really worried for a moment."

I suppressed the urge to call her out on that and just shook my head and turned the mask around so it was facing me. "You know, I'm a little tempted to let you take over Darkness again so I can take a moment to gloat," I said. "But honestly, that would be way too cocky, even for me. So instead, I'm just gonna say good effort, but better luck next time."

The mask struggled more in my hands, but I put both hands on it and pushed. It didn't give at first, even under all of my strength, but after a moment it snapped in half, producing a sound like a gunshot. Darkness flinched as the loud sound echoed in the tight halls of the dungeon.

The mask instantly stopped trying to move, and I could sense there wasn't any magic left in it. I nodded and turned to Darkness with a grin. "And there's another Demon Lord General down."

I can see and feel it as Darkness processes that. How we went from a simple scouting mission to indulging in her fun and then fighting and defeating a General. "We…we did it? Just the two of us?" she asked.

I nodded and put a hand on her shoulder. "We sure did. You did a good job today. I'm glad it was you I was with when we ran into him." After all, I got to fit in some nice teasing because of Vanir.

Darkness shifts, uncomfortable. "It's weird when you praise me," she mumbles. Then she looks around. "So…we should report it to the Guild now I guess?"

I shrugged, taking my hand off of Darkness's shoulder and shoving the mask shards into a pocket. "I'll teleport us back once we get out of the dungeon."

Darkness nodded and the two of us started retracing our steps towards the dungeon entrance. It's an awkward silence at first until Darkness speaks up.

"Doesn't it feel anticlimactic to end it like this?" she asked.

"And the thing with Beldia wasn't anticlimactic?" I pointed out.

"The fight might have been, but you and Megumin ended it with an Explosion," Darkness said. "That was an appropriate way to finish him off."

"I'm not casting Explosion in a dungeon like this," I said flatly. "Even you wouldn't want to be buried alive."

"I guess not," she admitted. Then she realized what I said. "Wait, what do you mean "even you"?"

"I just meant that you're tough enough that you could probably survive it," I lie, a grin on my face. "Why? What else could I mean by it?"

"You are getting entirely too comfortable with your teasing," she pouts, looking away.

"I'm sorry you feel that way," I said, not sounding sorry in the slightest. "I guess I won't ask you to spar with me more often. That submission hold was pretty useful, and something I need to practice more-"

"I'll do it!" Darkness cut me off, suddenly whirling to face me. I look at her with a shit-eating grin on my face, and she looks away. "I uhh. I mean. If you need help, then as your teammate, and as a Crusader, then I'd be glad to assist you."

I laughed, the sound of it echoing through the tunnels. I was glad I decided against going for the fast and easy seduction. Teasing her was just too much fun.

Reporting to Luna that we had defeated another General went about the same as it did last time. Disbelief, checking of Status Cards, congratulations, and a huge celebration from everyone in the Guild Hall.

The biggest difference was the focus on just Darkness and me. I used Yua and Tara to tell Momo what had happened, and the rest of the party made their way to the Guild Hall to join the celebrations, but they weren't the ones with the stories to tell.

"And then, while Darkness was keeping him busy, I snuck around to lay a trap," I was explaining for at least the eighth time. "The demon was wily and difficult to pin down. But he had no idea I was there, and Darkness did. Showing a level of teamwork that any Crusader would be proud of, despite not being able to land a blow on him, she maneuvered him into a position where I could guarantee a hit on him. I'm not one to waste a chance like that, so I struck him in his heart."

The crowd cheered again, as they did every time, but I raised my hands. "But this is a demon we're talking about, they wouldn't die as easily as that, right? Fortunately, Darkness was well aware of that fact. The Demon was caught off guard by my knife in his back and she took advantage of that slight pause to cut him down, nearly bisecting him from shoulder to hip."

Hands slammed down on tables as the adventurers cheered. The story I was telling wasn't quite the truth, but it was close enough and much easier to tell. I looked over at Darkness, who had her face buried in her hands. Her forehead was still visible though, and it was visibly red, revealing how hard she was blushing.

Teasing her with praise was basically the opposite of what I did last time we killed a General, but the effects were just as good. A few others laughed at seeing her reaction and clapped her on the back reassuringly, but that only made her more embarrassed.

I was just about to elaborate more on Darkness's heroic exploits when I heard a familiar voice speak up right behind me. "Axton, could I speak with you for a minute?" Luna asked me. "There's something I need to discuss with you about your reward for defeating Vanir."

I gave her a look. Her expression was fairly normal. Smiling in genuine happiness at another General being defeated, but still with a professional air.

But her emotions told a completely different story. Anxiety and arousal were the two big ones, alongside guilt, excitement, and determination. It wasn't too hard to put together what the truth was, especially since this was something I had been aiming for.

I turn to the group. "Sorry guys, I'll be back in a bit. Gotta take care of business first." There are some complaints and shouts of 'Save it for later!', but I ignore them and turn to Luna. "Sure thing, Luna. Lead the way."

She nodded calmly, but her emotions all spiked as I agreed to her request. She turned and led me away from the main area and towards the counter. I followed quietly as she led me behind the counter and through a door, into the back rooms. Nobody paid us any mind, too drunk or distracted.

The door to the backroom closed behind me and I looked around. I hadn't ever been back here and I hadn't bothered looking with [Void Sight]. But it was pretty much exactly what I expected. A massive safe was pushed up against one wall and I could feel the magic protection on it even from here. The rest of the room was filled with bookshelves and desks and just a massive quantity of books, scrolls, folders, and loose piles of paper. Obviously, this is where all the paperwork and recordkeeping happened.

"Please, have a seat," Luna said, indicating a chair near one of the tidier-looking desks. Hers, perhaps? I sat down, expecting her to also do so. But she remained standing.

"There are two parts to your reward," Luna explained. "The first is of course the bounty. It pains me to say it, but the bounty is quite large. It's more than we typically have on hand, especially since we recently paid out the bounty for Beldia. We will have to send word to the main headquarters in the capital and ask them for the coin."

I nodded. "That makes sense. No worries, none of us need the money immediately. There's no rush on getting it to us."

Luna bowed to me, giving me an excellent look down her shirt. She really did have massive tits. And if this was going the direction I thought it was, I'd soon be enjoying them. "Thank you, as always, for your understanding," she said as she straightened up.

"And the second part of my reward?" I said with a small smile on my face.

She blushed and averted her eyes, but her arousal was growing without me using any skills on her. We were on the same page now. "The second part of your reward is a bit special," she said. "It's not from the Guild, but something I want to give you."

"And it is?" I prodded her.

She swallowed. "I'd like to give you…myself. For tonight, or however long you want. I'll obey your every command, no matter what it is." She looked at me then, passion burning in her eyes. "Will you accept this reward? Accept responsibility for me?"

I let my smile widen. "You know, as much as I downplayed it, our encounter with Vanir was quite harrowing," I said. It was a lie, of course. But right now, this moment wasn't about telling the truth. It was about playing a role and creating a scene. A scene where the hero claimed his reward from the willing and eager maiden.

"Going through a dangerous situation like that, well, it's exciting," I continued, stressing that last word as I placed a hand over my crotch. Her eyes instantly homed in on the area. I wasn't hard yet, so nothing showed through my pants, but that was quickly changing. "I could use your help relieving some of that excitement."

Her arousal skyrocketed. "I stand by what I said. I'll gladly do whatever you tell me to."

"Then my first order is for you to strip," I said, pulling my hand away from my crotch and leaning back in my chair as I watched her expectantly.

She nodded once again and started working on her clothes. She wasn't wearing much, just the normal Guild receptionist outfit, which was fairly simple. A collar with a sort of bow tie, which she took off first, a top that left her shoulders bare and exposed a lot of cleavage, a pair of denim shorts that left the vast majority of her thighs bare, and a pair of simple brown boots.

Her collar was soon tossed carelessly on the ground. She did her boots next. Not very sexy, but keeping them on would be weird. The sexy part came after, when she positioned herself straight in front of me, facing me, and grabbed the bottom of her shirt before pulling it up and over her head.

I was surprised when I saw her nipples and realized she wasn't wearing a bra. Luna was surprisingly perky for her breast size. I was treated to the sight of them hanging from her chest too as she bent over to slide her shorts down her leg. She carefully stepped out of them, leaving her in just her panties. They weren't a plain pair either. Instead, obviously anticipating this, she was wearing a sexy pair of black panties.

"Leave those on, for now," I instructed her as she looped her thumbs under the elastic band of them. She paused and looked up at me before nodding and straightening her back. I had an idea for those, for later.

For a moment I sat there and drank in her form. There wasn't a single person amongst the adventurers, even the female ones, who didn't think Luna was beautiful. And all of them would be jealous of me if they knew what was happening right now.

While this exact scenario was something I was aiming for, I was surprised at how quickly it happened. I thought I would have to take care of at least three Generals before being rewarded like this. But there was another factor to this situation that I hadn't accounted for. The loss of Mitsurugi as a top adventurer.

Though it was all a coincidence, I couldn't have timed things better. I was already the rising star of Adventurers, taking out Beldia so soon after the start of my career. Taking out a second, one that was in fact a demon, mere days after Mitsurugi lost his sword? In their minds, I was likely the person who was replacing him, filling the gap he had left due to his weakening.

And I'm sure that spurred Luna on to act sooner than she would have. That or I was just underestimating how much she wanted this before I started manipulating her. Both were equally as likely, and they could even both be true.

"Is- is that all you wanted?" Luna asked a little nervously, pulling me from my thoughts.

"No, no," I denied. "Sorry, I just got a little distracted. I admit I've fantasized about this situation a lot. Though I never imagined it would actually happen."

She blushed, but she also had a small smile on her face. "I just wanted to show my appreciation for the hard work you do for the Guild. For me, as well."

"I certainly feel appreciated," I replied. I spread my legs, making room between them. "Why don't you come kneel here, and you can show me how deep your appreciation goes."

Her pale skin grew a bit pinker as her arousal kicked up another notch. She moved slowly, her actions precise and deliberate as she got on her knees. Thankfully for her, there's a rug beneath us so she wasn't kneeling on a stone floor.

Once she was kneeling, her breasts just above my waist level, she reached towards my belt. Her eyes flicked up to meet mine and I nodded at her, giving her permission to continue. I could stash my clothes, but that wouldn't fit the scenario.

She undid my belt and unbuttoned my pants, her hands brushing against my erection. Each bit of contact sent small tingles racing down my shaft. That didn't last long though, as the zipper was undone and she pulled my pants, and my underwear, down enough for it to spring free.

Her eyes widened. "You're bigger than I thought you would be," she murmured. I smirk. I had been making the succubi change her dreams to similar scenarios like this one, but I had left them with instructions to give my dream self a smaller penis. Not a ton smaller, just a couple inches, which left it at a still pretty big eight inches. But I wanted to instill in her mind, and the minds of others that I was giving dreams to, that reality was even better than what they dreamed.

"So you've fantasized about what it would look like?" I asked in an amused tone.

Luna blushed but didn't back down. "A couple times," she admitted as she looked at it. She gently wrapped a few fingers around my shaft and trailed them up and down in small motions. There wasn't any lubrication, but her grip was loose and her movements slow, so it was still quite pleasant. "I wouldn't reward anyone else like this, you know? This is just for you."

I loved hearing that. Hypocritical and selfish it might be, but a woman giving her and her body to me and me alone? I loved it. I'd sleep with a girl without inducting her into my harem, without claiming her as mine forever. They were free to do whatever they wanted. But there was something special about making them mine and mine alone.

I was planning on remaining passive, allowing her to do the work as she rewarded me, but her declaration only made me want her more, so I decided it was time to speed things up a bit. I activated [Touch of Pleasure] and [Increase Sensitivity] before I reached out with both hands to grab her breasts, my fingers sinking into the soft and warm flesh. "So I'm the only one that gets to enjoy the feel of these?" I asked as I groped her.

She bit her lip and her hand movements stopped even as her grip tightened around my erection. "That's right," she said after a moment. "I'll do anything, just for you." Her breathing was getting heavier as my skills enhanced the simple action into something far better.

I give her breasts one last squeeze before pulling my hands from them and leaning back again. "Good," I said, satisfied. "I'm horny, and I want to cum. Wrap those amazing tits of yours around my cock and make me cum."

She was eager to obey. Her movements were still deliberate and precise, but they were faster as she leaned forward to place her breasts on my lap. My dick slid between them, settling into the valley there before she pressed them together, fully encompassing my penis. Except for the tip of course, which jutted out above her cleavage, where it stopped just below her chin.

Luna let out a shaky breath of pleasure, my skills making sure that even something that focused on me felt good for her as well. She took a moment to acclimate herself to the sensations before she started moving. Even without lubrication, her movements were gentle and her skin was smooth. The little friction there was served to enhance the feeling, rather than make it painful.

I sat back, content with letting her do the work and just enjoying the sensation of it. And it was a heavenly sensation indeed. She didn't just move up and down either. She varied her movements, sometimes adding a front and back motion, or moving her breasts in opposite directions, one moving up while the other moved down. She experimented, trying to see what brought me the most pleasure, and I made sure to be expressive enough to give her accurate feedback.

She was a quick study, and a few minutes of that was all it took for her to settle into a rhythm that felt amazing. At that rate, it would take a while for me to cum, but I was fine with taking it slow and enjoying the process.

Apparently she disagreed, or she had her own desires, because she leaned her face down and took the tip of my penis into her mouth, even as she continued moving her breasts. Her mouth was warm and wet and the feeling of it was so much more intense than the gentle softness of her breasts.

Her tongue lapped against the sensitive bit of skin at the base of the head of my penis as her supple lips closed around the shaft. Her tongue started moving in earnest then, each one sending jolts of pleasure through me. Her eyes were cast down, focused as she gave me a simultaneous blowjob and titjob.

I put a hand on her head, my fingers weaving into her blonde hair, and pushed her down slightly deeper onto my shaft. She was slightly caught off guard at first, but adapted quickly and even picked up her pace, encouraged by my reaction.

When I came, I did so without warning her, holding her head down as my hips bucked slightly and my dick twitched, shooting ropes of cum deep into her throat. She flinched in surprise as the first shot filled her mouth, but she quickly started swallowing and taking it all in.

I held her there until I finished cumming. Satisfied, I let go, and she pulled herself off of my cock. She swallowed one last time before lightly coughing. She then looked up at me, a pleased expression on her face, and opened her mouth wide, showing me that she had swallowed it all.

My grin widened. "You did amazing," I told her. "But we're not done yet. In fact, we're just getting started. Stand up and turn around."

She did as I said, giving me a clear view of her ass. I leaned forward and ran my fingertips along her thighs. "You know, as great as your tits are, your ass and legs are also amazing," I said in a conversational tone.

"I'm glad you like them," she replied distractedly. "Feel free to use them however you wish."

"Oh I plan to," I said before grabbing hold of her panties and pulling down. I pushed them down to her ankles, where she dutifully stepped out of them, leaving her completely naked in front of me. I couldn't see much beyond her wonderfully shaped butt cheeks like this, but that was about to change. "Bend over," I commanded her. "Put your hands on the desk in front of you."

The desk in question was just far enough away that she had to bend almost ninety degrees to put her hands on it. But that was exactly my intention, as her new position treated me to the beautiful sight of her wet slit, perfectly framed by her ass and legs. There was some lightly colored hair around her entrance, but it was thin and wouldn't be an issue.

I increased the effects of [Touch of Pleasure] and [Increase Sensitivity] before placing my hands on her ass. She stiffened and let out a small noise of pleasure at the touch, causing me to grin. I gripped her ass cheeks, fingers sinking into them as I kneaded them. She moaned again, this time a little louder.

Playing with her like that was fun, but my attention was quickly pulled to her dripping pussy. I let go of her ass with my right hand and used it to trace my fingers along her slit. She shuddered, the sensitive area reacting more strongly to my touch.

I thought maybe I would have to prepare her more, but it was obvious that it wouldn't be necessary. So I didn't hesitate to push a single finger into her entrance. She really moaned then, as my finger delved into her folds. She was a little tight, but not so much that I felt the need to use [Imbue Elasticity]. In fact, I immediately pulled out and then pushed back in with two fingers.

Her head drooped as she let out another moan, the sound of it echoing through the room. I paused there for a moment, stretching my fingers just a little bit to get her used to having them inside of her. And then I started moving, pumping my fingers in her snatch.

Her body trembled as she moaned, her legs and arms shaking with the effort it took for her not to collapse as the pleasure overwhelmed her. I was cheating, making something like this feel ten times better than it normally would, but I only cared about making her feel good and hearing her lovely moans.

I slowly accelerated my fingering, my thrusts into her getting faster and deeper as time passed. It must have felt like ages for her, hanging on to the edge of the desk like that. Her knees almost buckled a couple times, but she caught herself, following my orders until I brought her to orgasm.

She cried out even louder as she came, loud enough that I had to use [Sound Domain] to make sure no one outside this room heard it. The adventurers were too far away and too rowdy to realistically hear it, but a few of Luna's coworkers would have.

I expected her to crumple when she climaxed, but she managed to hold herself in position. Impressed, I slowly removed my fingers from her snatch and sat back once more. "You can stand up now. But don't turn around."

Still shuddering, she nodded and took in a deep breath before slowly straightening her back. My mind flashed back to just minutes ago, before she bent over. Compared to then, her skin near her ass was more flushed, and her thighs shone from the arousal that dripped down them.

"You did a good job holding out as I played with you," I told her. "Why don't you take a seat, right here on my lap? I have a special place, just for you."

She looked at me over my shoulder, her eyes straying down to my erection. I gave her a wink, and she nodded in understanding. My legs were still spread, and she was still standing between them, her legs pressed tightly together. All she had to do was bend her knees to lower herself onto my lap.

I moved my hands so she could grab onto the armrests of the chair as she lowered herself, using them to angle myself slightly so that, when she lowered herself enough, the tip of my penis pressed against her lower lips, spreading them open and starting to enter her.

She paused there, and I adjusted a little more to line myself up properly as she mentally readied herself. She took a deep breath, and then lowered herself further.

I grunt as my shaft enters her cunt, but the sound of it is drowned out by her own sweet moaning. Inch by inch, she lowers herself, my dick driving deeper into her. With each inch, the pleasure intensifies. And for a moment I think that she'll be able to take all of me in.

Unfortunately, she falls short, with the head of my penis pressing against the entrance to the womb with two inches left between her and my lap. It's still impressive considering I didn't use [Imbue Elasticity] and her being a normal human. And it's more than enough for me to fully enjoy the feeling of her around me, her insides clamping down on my intruding member.

She paused there, her heavy breathing laced with hints of moans as she steadied herself. After a moment, I considered grabbing her by the waist and moving her myself, but she caught her breath soon after that and slowly started moving.

The chair wasn't especially tall, so her feet were still able to touch the ground. She used that in conjunction with the armrests to slowly lift herself up before lowering herself again. She let out a small noise as I pushed against her deepest part again. Then she repeated the motion, slightly faster this time.

I reached around her and grabbed her tits. I didn't get my fill of them when I groped them before, and since my hands weren't doing anything now it was the perfect chance to feel them more.

She bit her lip, holding in a moan as I touched her. She also stopped moving, distracted by my touch, but a quick buck of my hips reminded her and she resumed bouncing herself on my lap. As she did, my fingers sank into her tits, lifting, squeezing, and kneading them lightly. I never got tired of groping boobs and the way they filled my hand. Big boobs like Luna's that my fingers sunk into and little boobs like Megumin's that were more sensitive and fun to play with.

Luna leaned back into me, her bare skin resting on my clothed chest. I planted a kiss on her neck, right where it met her shoulder, and my fingers moved to her nipples. She wasn't able to hold back her moans then, and they echoed in the room, bursting out of her each time she pushed herself down onto my cock.

I felt her pussy clench around me as she shuddered in my arms, climaxing again. The sensation pushed me further, getting me right to the edge of my own orgasm. I started bucking my hips, pushing up in time with her downward thrusts to make them faster and rougher. Her moans increase in pitch and volume as the pressure builds inside me.

I grunt, gripping her breasts tight and thrusting up one last time as I cum, my balls churning as I fill her womb with my seed. With each burst of semen, I pull back and thrust again, making sure each one goes as deep into her as I can get.

When my orgasm finally finished, Luna slowly stood up, pulling herself off of me. She stood in front of me for a moment, swaying slightly as my semen started dripping from her pussy, running down her thighs. Then her knees gave out, forcing her to kneel on the ground. I was hoping to play with her some more, but I guess her endurance needed some work.

"Luna, I have one last thing I want you to do as part of my reward," I told her as I pulled my pants up and knelt behind her.

She looked at me, a mix of emotions rolling through her, and nodded. "Anything," she repeated.

I gently grabbed her chin and leaned forward, capturing her lips with my own. They were soft and sweet, and she leaned into the kiss. I pulled back after a few seconds and met her gaze. "Become mine, forever. The only reward I want from here on out is you."

She stared at me blankly for a moment before she understood the meaning behind my words. I thought she was blushing pretty hard earlier, but her face turned almost scarlet as she realized. "I- you- we can't- I still have my job- if the Guild found out-"

I cut her off by putting a finger on her lips. "Nothing has to change right now if you don't want it to. But you aren't satisfied with just this, right? We can keep it simple. I keep working hard as an adventurer, making life for you and everyone else safer. And then, whenever we want it, I claim a bit of your time as a reward, just like we did today. Anything more than that we can figure out later. Sound good?"

Luna's nervousness slowly started to die down as she thought over my proposition. "I do want to do this again," she admitted. "It's a big risk, I could lose my job, but I wanted it so badly."

I nodded. "We can be sneaky about it. But part of that means I have to go back to the party soon, or everyone is going to guess what's going on. But I want more as well. So, we'll just make sure we get a chance to do it again. That makes sense, right?"

She nodded. "I- alright. We'll do that. But I'll decide when you get your reward."

I rolled my eyes but decided to let her have that bit of control. "Sure, I don't mind. As long as you don't make me wait too long."

She smiled at me, now comfortable and confident once more. "Oh you don't have to worry about that," she flirted. "You've addicted me to this feeling, I don't think I'll be able to go long without it."

I grinned. "I won't apologize," I said. I kissed her one more time before I stood up. "Now, I'm going to leave while you clean up a bit, and no one will be the wiser. And you'll make up some reason we need to talk in private next time you want to reward me."

She looked down at herself, sweaty, flushed, and my cum dripping from her and onto the rug. "Clean up. Yes. I definitely need to do that."

Actually…I leaned down and put a finger on her shoulder so I could use [Clean Body] on her. "There you go, that should take care of it. That's one of my favorite spells."

She looked down at herself again. There was still cum on the rug, but none on her, and her sweat was gone as well. "I can see why," she commented. She looked up at me and raised her hand to shoo me away. "Go on, get back out there. You still need to leave first to make it not suspicious. I'll get dressed and clean this last bit up."

I smiled and turned to leave. "Thanks for the reward Luna," I said. "I'll be waiting for the next one."

I made my way back out the door and into the party. I pushed my way into the crowd, getting back to my friends. "Axton!" Darkness greeted me. "Is everything alright with Luna?"

I waved off her concerns as someone pushed a drink into my hand. "Oh, it wasn't that big a deal," I explained. "It's just been too soon since we defeated Beldia, so the Guild didn't have the money for Vanir's bounty on hand, and it'll be a bit before she can get it to us. They'll have to get it sent from the capital."

Darkness blinked. "Oh. That's perfectly reasonable. I'm surprised it took you that long to figure that out though."

"Oh you know Luna," I said with a grin. "She's good at her job, and makes sure to dot her I's and cross her T's."

Darkness frowned in confusion. "What?"

I paused before realizing that idiom didn't really work with Konosuba's writing system. I shrugged. "There was paperwork," I clarified, causing Darkness's eyes to widen in understanding. "But who cares about boring stuff like that. We defeated a General!" I raised my drink with that last statement, and the crowd around me cheered.

I grinned and downed my drink. Being an adventurer was great.

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AN: Sorry for the delay on this. Between my time being taken up with my other projects and work being somehow even worse than it was in November, I've been tired and had trouble focusing. It also ended up as my longest chapter, breaking the 30k mark I was trying to stay under. Oops. Still, I've been chipping away at this, and I've decided to focus more on this fic until it's done because I really want to finish it.

Originally the Yunyun scene wasn't going to be lewd, meant merely to introduce her, but it was one of those situations where I started writing it and it just made so much sense for it to transition to smut. Yunyun was never going to be a particularly difficult girl to seduce anyway, and unlike Darkness, it's not worth drawing it out for the comedy. This works better for my future plans anyway.

I know the Leticia scene was a little repetitive in that it didn't tell us much we didn't know already, but I was hoping to show her mindset a bit. It was also a way for me to figure out the details of her character. I can't just copy canon exactly because her circumstances are a bit different here. Kuro Usagi will also get a scene soon too, but since Leticia will be easier to add to his harem, I wanted to give her a focus sooner.

Clemea and Fio are two super minor characters, but they're also pretty hot and I needed to lewd them. So I did. The plan for that changed a few times(I almost killed off Mitsurugi, but decided against it), but I'm pretty satisfied with how things ended up. Their smut wasn't long, they are side characters after all, but I'm satisfied with it happening at all.

Not much to say about the Kazuma scene except Lynn is cute and I'm looking forward to the rest of that subplot. The Vanir scene was roughly the same as canon, but I cut it down to just Darkness and Axton to give a bit of a focus on her. Darkness is actually kind of hard for me to write, but she's worth it.

And then finally, the Luna smut. This chapter really was the chapter of side girl lewds. The Luna one was fun, once I figured out the angle I wanted to go with it. It's almost but not quite a dom/sub thing. Really a dom/sub thing with a very specific scenario.

Anyway. Hope you enjoyed this one. The next one shouldn't take as long, but I appreciate all my readers for their patience. Until next time!