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Chapter 34: After-School Reward (R-18)
Lefiya Viridis was burning with rage. The reason was obvious—it was all the fault of that detestable Bell Cranel and those obscene books!
Ever since they started circulating in Orario, the reputation of the Loki Familia—especially Ais's image—had hit rock bottom!
What in the world was a Dangerous Minotaur!? There was no way Ais would ever train in such a ridiculous outfit!!!
"Grrr...! I have to catch Bell Cranel and that perverted woman and make them reflect on what they've done!"
Normally, other members of the Loki Familia besides Lefiya would be here too. However, even if they found the culprits, she would escape immediately. Plus, after what happened with Bete, the men were hesitant, afraid of being dragged into the terrifying realm of fujoshi (gay relationship) fantasies if they messed up. The women, meanwhile, had to secure Magic Stones in the Dungeon for their daily living expenses and couldn't join the search frequently. As a result, only Lefiya—who had both the capability and the savings—was left to hunt them down alone.
As she frantically roamed all over Orario without a solid lead, she spotted someone other than her target.
"Ah, Tiona!"
"Hm? Oh, it's Lefiya! What are you doing out here?"
After bumping into Tiona, who was on her way back from shopping, Lefiya explained why she was wandering around the area.
"Ooh~, so you were walking around here trying to find the creator of those books about Bell."
"Yes, exactly—wait, Bell?"
"Hm? Oh yeah, I started calling Argonaut-kun by his first name recently. Well, it doesn't really mean anything special, though..."
No matter how you look at it, isn't it because you've started seeing Bell Cranel as a romantic interest!? Lefiya's mind screamed a massive retort, but she barely managed to keep it from leaving her lips.
"What's wrong, Lefiya? You're making a super weird face."
"And whose fault do you think that is... Sigh, anyway, are you on your way back from buying... books? What kind of heroic tale did you buy this time?"
It was a well-known fact among the Loki Familia that, despite her appearance, Tiona was an avid reader and a massive nerd for heroic tales.
That was exactly why Lefiya assumed the books Tiona bought were heroic epics.
"Oh, nope. I bought these!"
She pulled two books out of her shopping bag. The covers featured Bell drawn in that recently familiar art style, paired alongside Lefiya in one and Tiona in the other.
"—Huh?"
Faced with something so utterly unexpected, Lefiya froze instantly, as if her mind had been entirely paralyzed by an Unlimited Void.
In front of her, Tiona waved her hands vigorously in front of Lefiya's face to check if she was still conscious. That motion finally snapped Lefiya back to reality. In a trembling voice, she asked about the books.
"T-Tiona. What are those books...?"
"I heard a rumor that a new book about me and Bell came out. When I went to buy it, it was being sold as a set with your book, so I figured 'why not' and bought them both on impulse!"
"O-Oh..."
That wasn't what Lefiya was asking, but seeing Tiona talk about buying two erotic books with such an innocent, pure smile, Lefiya couldn't bring herself to yell. She reluctantly let it slide with a stiff, awkward smile.
If it had been a vulgar smirk like Loki's, Lefiya wouldn't have hesitated to punch her in the face, even if she was a higher level and a fellow Familia executive.
"Oh, right! If you want, do you want to come to my room and read them together, Lefiya?"
"...Huh!?"
Tiona's suggestion was so sudden that Lefiya's comprehension failed to catch up. After freezing for a few seconds, her brain finally processed the words, and she let out a loud shriek of surprise.
"Whoa, you scared me!? What's wrong all of a sudden?"
"That's my line!! Why do I have to look at a book where Bell Cranel and I... you know... f-flirt with each other!!?"
Seeing Lefiya desperately mumble her way around calling it an "erotic book," Tiona finally let out an "Ah!" She remembered that Lefiya was a pure, innocent elf and realized with a wince that she had made a terrible blunder.
"Umm, well then, good luck with your search, Lefiya!"
"Ah, ngh—wait!"
Lefiya grabbed Tiona as she tried to hurry away.
Tiona, who had fully expected them to part ways right then and there, widened her eyes in surprise. Meanwhile, Lefiya, blushing and struggling to find her words, finally spoke up with sheer determination.
"U-Umm, well... p-please let me check the contents of that book too!! —Ah, but it's not like I'm interested in what's inside! I just want to make absolutely sure it doesn't contain any weird alterations or misunderstandings that make it look like I have feelings for Bell Cranel, like last time! There are absolutely no other hidden motives, so please don't get the wrong idea!!!"
If the gods had heard Lefiya's excuse just now, they undoubtedly would have smirked and teased her with comments like, "Nice tsundere, lol."
However, the only one listening was the pure and innocent Tiona. True to her nature of speaking her mind without overthinking things, she took Lefiya's blatantly tsundere-sounding declaration entirely at face value.
"OK! Got it. Let's head back and read it together, then."
"Y-Yes... Let's do that..."
Perhaps she hadn't expected to be believed so easily. Lefiya couldn't hide her bewilderment at how smoothly the conversation had progressed.
Tiona didn't mention it, simply pulling Lefiya by the hand as they headed back to their Familia Home.
And so, having been invited into Tiona's room, it finally dawned on Lefiya what an absurd situation she had put herself in—she was about to sit next to Tiona and read a book depicting herself having intimate relations with Bell.
"U-Umm, you know, maybe I should just go back to my own room..."
"Wow! Bell is doing some crazy things to you, Lefiya!!"
"Why are you reading ahead on your own!?"
With enough momentum to generate a swoosh sound effect, Lefiya slid in and sat right next to Tiona, who had already opened the book and started reading without her.
Completely forgetting that she had just tried to retreat to her own room, Lefiya peeked over her shoulder. The contents were shockingly intense.
『 "Lefi, it's gotten amazing down here..."
"Ngh~♡ That tickles, Bell~♡"』
The setting was a familiar-looking classroom. Lefiya was sitting inappropriately on top of a desk with her legs spread wide, while Bell had his face buried under her skirt.
Though the skirt covered exactly what was happening, the wet, squelching sound effects, combined with their posture, left very little to the imagination.
"Filthy! Despicable! Perverted rabbit! Enemy of all women! Lewd and impure relations! This is the epitome of shameless, unwholesome literature!!"
"Ooh! What an impressive string of insults."
Her face flushed beet red, Lefiya stood up, pointed at the book in Tiona's hands, and screamed. Tiona, however, ignored her protests. Wanting to know how it led up to that scene, she flipped back to the first page and started reading from the beginning.
『 "Honestly, Bell! Fawning over girls and slacking off on your studies until you get a failing grade on a test!"
"L-Like I said, that was a misunderstanding..."
"But the fact remains that you failed the test and have to take a makeup exam, doesn't it!?"
"Ugh, that's... Yes, you're right."
Lefiya exasperatedly tapped a textbook on top of Bell's drooping head.
"Come on. Show me the parts you didn't understand. I'll help you out so you don't get held back a year."
"Eh, b-but I couldn't ask you to do that!"
"D-Don't misunderstand! It's not like I'm helping you because I'm worried about you, Bell! I'm only doing this for the poor teacher who has to suffer because of you!"』
Seeing the blushing Lefiya acting like a textbook tsundere, Tiona voiced her thoughts aloud. "Ooooh! Yeah, Lefiya would totally say that."
"Wait!? I might... say something like that. B-But still, staying behind alone in a classroom with Bell Cranel for extra tutoring..."
Despite her grumbling complaints, Lefiya didn't move an inch from Tiona's side. Instead, she joined her in reading the rest of the book.
In the story, despite scolding him, Lefiya spread out textbooks and notebooks on the desk and began teaching Bell what he didn't understand.
However, when Lefiya leaned forward to point out one of Bell's mistakes, her breasts pressed against the desk, altering their shape. Bell noticed.
"Beeell~? Where exactly are you looking while we're studying?"
"Eep!! I-I'm sorry!!"
"Jeez! You have zero focus!!"
Blushing while covering her chest, Lefiya glared at Bell with an obviously angry expression.
The real Lefiya was currently making the exact same face as her fictional counterpart. She seemed utterly repulsed by the lecherous gaze of the manga Bell, whose eyes kept darting toward her cleavage.
Watching this play out beside her, Tiona was genuinely impressed, thinking, Wow, this author really knows their models inside and out.
"A naughty, unfocused boy like you might need a special study method."
"S-Special...?"
"If you manage to get a good score on your makeup exam, I'll give you that erotic reward you love so much~♡"
Flushing red with a mischievous smile, Lefiya whispered the proposition right into Bell's ear. Bell audibly gulped.
"—————!!!?"
"Sorry, what was that, Lefiya?"
Lefiya had let out a scream of utter hysteria, prompting Tiona to inadvertently ask her to repeat herself.
But Lefiya didn't answer. She simply gritted her teeth, trembling violently with rage.
Witnessing the sheer terror of an infuriated elf, Tiona decided not to provoke her any further and immersed herself in the rest of the book.
From there, Bell tied a headband around his head, chugged what looked like an energy potion, and began frantically scribbling in his notebook.
Then, in the after-school dusk, having finished his makeup exam, Bell burst energetically into the classroom where Lefiya was waiting.
"I did it! I got a perfect score on the makeup exam!!"
Smiling like a child who had just received a present from Santa, Bell held up the test paper high. It was stamped with a large flower mark for a perfect score. Waiting inside the classroom, Lefiya let out a soft chuckle.
"Wow~ To think a failing student like you would score a hundred. You must have really wanted my erotic reward, huh?"
"E-Eek! No, well, I mean... it's not that I didn't want it. But that wasn't the only reason..."
"Hehe, I was just teasing. I know you're a hard worker, Bell. But you did get a perfect score because you wanted an erotic reward, right?"
"Auuuuugh..."
Seeing Bell's face turn bright red from embarrassment, Lefiya giggled again and opened her arms, inviting him in.
Timidly, Bell approached the invitation and gently wrapped his arms around her.
"I worked really hard, so I want my reward from you, Lefi."
"Yes, yes. Good boys who work hard and act honestly get properly rewarded."
In the twilight classroom, Bell and Lefiya's lips softly met.
At first, it was just a light, pecking kiss. But as their mutual tension began to melt away, the kiss stretched longer.
When Bell's tongue tapped against Lefiya's lips like a knock on a door, she responded by parting her mouth slightly.
Slipping into that gap, Bell's tongue intertwined with hers.
"Gyaaaaaaaah!!!"
"So loooud!?"
Lefiya let out a screech so deafening it could have been mistaken for the roar of a large monster. Tiona covered her ears in protest.
But Lefiya couldn't care less. Her face was bright crimson, and she was staring intensely at the kissing scene between herself and Bell through the gaps in her fingers.
"No, no, this is strictly just a scenario in a manga. Bell Cranel and I would never actually k-k-kiss in real life. Ohohoho..."
"Lefiya broke..."
While Tiona stared blankly at Lefiya, who kept laughing in a bizarre, forced aristocratic tone, the broken elf plowed ahead with the book in a state of reckless abandon.
"Hey, Lefi. Is this enough? I'm getting..."
"No. I can't give my best reward to a bad boy who rushes things! Honestly, stop looking at me like an abandoned baby rabbit. Come on, if you're a man, you need to properly prepare a girl first~♡"
And so, it looped right back to the page Tiona had first opened.
Understanding the sequence of events that led to that moment, Lefiya felt a phantom sensation, as if the back of her head had just been smashed in with a hammer.
"Ahahaha... This is a lie. That's not me, it's just that woman's delusion~"
Feeling as though little chicks were chirping and circling above her head, Lefiya mindlessly turned to the next page.
"Hah~♡ Hah~♡ Hah~♡ Stop! Preparations are complete! Next is Bell's turn... Though it looks like you don't need any preparing~♡ Well then, I'll give you the ultimate reward you've been waiting for~♡"
Lefiya smiled with a devilish look, using her foot to poke at Bell's rock-hard crotch. Bell blushed, but his throat bobbed with anticipation.
Then, as he pulled down his pants, an incredibly magnificent thing said hello! Seeing it, Lefiya's devilish grin vanished, and she gasped sharply.
"M... Murder! I'll absolutely blast Bell Cranel and the author of this book to pieces with Arcus Ray!!!"
"Aren't you being a little too murderous, Lefiya? I mean, Bell didn't even do anything wrong..."
Tiona's words didn't even register in Lefiya's ears. She should have just stopped there, but instead, she flipped the page and kept reading.
To be fair, the fact that she hadn't stopped reading by this point made it obvious she was incredibly interested in having sex with Bell. But even Tiona, who normally couldn't read the room to save her life, recognized this as a massive landmine and purposely avoided stepping on it.
"H-Hey, Bell. Maybe we should do a different reward instead..."
"N-No! You've made me hold back for so long, I feel like I'm going crazy!!"
Teary eyes, flushed crimson cheeks, and a delightfully messy expression—to older women with those kinds of tastes, that face alone would be the ultimate reward.
In fact, the older-than-Bell Lefiya must have fallen hook, line, and sinker for that look. Mumbling incoherently, she lifted her skirt to show Bell her fully prepared entrance.
"Nice and slow! Don't you dare shove it all in at once!!"
"—Ngh!! Sorry, Lefi, you're so wet and warm... going slow might be impossible~♡"
The skin-on-skin intimacy of two first-timers naturally conveyed a sense of tension even to the reader. Indeed, Lefiya, who had been throwing a hysterical fit just moments ago, was now holding her breath, silently and intently reading the scene. Beside her, Tiona had dropped every ounce of her usual boisterousness, her eyes absolutely glued to the page.
"Ngh! It's all the way in~♡ Ah~♡ Wait, Lefi~♡ If you squeeze that tight, I'm going to cum!?~♡"
"—Ngh! Don't be unreasonable!! It's my first time too! There's no way I wouldn't react to having something this big suddenly shoved inside me!!~♡"
They held each other tight, staying perfectly still for a moment without twitching a muscle. But as they gazed into each other's eyes, they began kissing again, neither of them initiating it over the other.
It was a deep, passionate kiss, their tongues intertwining as wet, sloppy smooch~♡ sounds echoed between them.
"Wow, that's intense. You guys are kissing so hard your faces are completely changing!? Wait, Lefiya?"
"Hweh...?"
When Tiona turned to look next to her, she saw Lefiya with bright red blood dripping from her nose—the result of her excitement meter breaking past its limits from a barrage of various shocks.
Tiona hurriedly grabbed a handkerchief and pressed it against Lefiya's nose.
But Lefiya was far past caring. Perhaps because she had been staring so intently at Bell's sex scene and kiss scene, her brain had melted into a fluffy field of blooming flowers.
"Here, you should lie down for a bit! Oh, do you want some water?"
"...Pleash."
Holding the handkerchief to her nose, Lefiya answered Tiona in a quiet, apologetic voice.
Tiona brought over a glass of water and handed it to her. Lefiya chugged it all in one go and finally let out a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Lefiya had calmed down, Tiona gently patted her on the shoulder before turning her eyes back to the book.
"What do you want to do? Should you head back to your room and rest?"
"Ngh, no! Since I've made it this far, I'm going to see it through to the end!! Besides, if you end it on such a cliffhanger, I won't be able to rest even if I go back to my room!"
"Ah... Yeah, that makes sense."
Thinking about how she would feel in the same position, Tiona understood Lefiya's feelings perfectly.
But still, her honest thoughts whispered, if you're getting so worked up you're having nosebleeds, you really should just go back and rest.
While Tiona was lost in thought, Lefiya had reopened the book she had closed and resumed reading right where they left off.
"I'm at my limit!"
"Ah, you can't!? We're not even wearing a cond—!!?~♡~♡~♡ Geez... You really couldn't hold it in, could you."
"...I'm sorry."
Lefiya puffed her cheeks at Bell, who had just completely blown his load without taking any responsibility, and pinched his soft cheeks in retaliation.
Then, the moment Lefiya pulled Bell's member out, a far greater volume of Bell-brand milk than either of them expected spilled out, making a mess on the floor.
Watching her manga counterpart and Bell frantically cleaning up the mess, the real Lefiya sported a dry, hollow smile. She muttered brokenly, "Student pregnancy, shotgun wedding, the absolute pinnacle of lewd and impure relations..."
From there, the story continued with Bell feeling responsible and vowing to make things right. They began dating with marriage in mind. Like typical students, they studied together, went shopping where he bought her cute clothes and accessories, and built a lovey-dovey relationship, doing things like saying "say ahh~♡" at cafes.
Well, in the end, they just rented a room at an inn, and the two hormonal teenagers fired up in their school uniforms devolved into monkeys in heat, engaging in endless coupling.
Ultimately, the story closed with a scene of their happy family life after graduation—a pregnant Lefiya rubbing her belly while Bell handled the chores in an apron.
"As usual, the book is thin, but the plot is super thick."
"Yes, it was overwhelmingly thick..."
Stroking her stomach, Lefiya replied to Tiona with an utterly exhausted expression.
A whirlwind of complex emotions bubbled up inside her like a spring—the yearning for that happy future swirling in her chest, contrasted against the image of herself having a steamy affair with her supposed rival, Bell Cranel.
There was still one book left, but since the model for that one was Tiona, Lefiya decided she couldn't take any more mental strain and gave up. Slapping her wobbly body to snap out of it, Lefiya returned to her own room, renewing her resolve to hunt down the author of this book and make them pay at a later date.
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