## Chapter 293 – A Chill
Even after leaving the Magic Tower, it seemed like Winia had a lot of things to buy, dragging me around on a shopping spree I couldn’t understand. Looking closer, it seemed like she was buying magical supplies from the commercial district around the Magic Tower.
Since I was completely clueless about magic, I just went along with it, looking around and gradually accumulating more and more luggage to carry.
“Ah, this looks good.”
“What the hell is that?”
“A magic catalyst. I need a lot of things since I have to start ice magic from the very basics.”
“I see.”
It looked a bit pricey, but Winia opened her wallet without hesitation. Looking back, she’d always been a bit of a spendthrift.
Of course, she probably earned a lot too, so it didn’t matter.
After picking out a few catalysts, Winia handed them back to me.
“Ah, damn it, this is so heavy.”
After organizing the luggage I’d received, my backpack was full, and it looked like I’d have to carry a box on my shoulder. Only then did Winia finish shopping and say we should go back.
“Winia. Please, let’s carry some together.”
“No.”
“Ugh.”
Grinning.
Winia, walking next to me, looked incredibly happy. She kept smiling and looking up at me. Was she enjoying tormenting me?
That… cute girl!!!
“Blackie. How was I earlier?”
“What do you mean?”
“Earlier, damn it, I saved Blackie.”
Winia tapped me on the head with her own head as she spoke.
“Really… I was so grateful I was about to cry.”
“Hehe. Right?”
“Yeah.”
I never expected her to save me like that there.
The worst-case scenario I had imagined was getting beaten up together with Winia and being kicked out half-crippled.
Of course, Winia was a mage, so that probably wouldn’t have happened, but in the worst case, I might have been completely screwed. If I had come to the Magic Tower alone, that’s exactly what would have happened.
Even if it wasn’t my fault, if Roel reacted like that, it would have been unavoidable because of public opinion.
“Blackie, you should always think of me like I saved you today.”
“Of course. There’s not a day I don’t think of you.”
“I hope so.”
“No, really.”
“You only ever think about Sis.”
“That’s true, but I think about our Winia a lot too.”
“Sigh.”
Well, I’m using almost half of my brain capacity for Claudia-related things, so it can’t be helped. Winia probably thinks similarly.
And Karin too, for that matter.
Damn it.
I’m over 150% capacity.
“By the way, Winia. Do you know what a Snowtail is?”
“Snowtail?”
It was the name of the monster written on Risha’s note.
I asked about it, suddenly remembering it.
“I heard about it when I was selling stuff last time, apparently its tail is worth a bit.”
“Yeah. Probably. It’s a relatively rare monster. They use the tail as a magic ingredient. It’s probably expensive? But it’ll be hard to find.”
No wonder I hadn’t heard of the name; it was a rare monster.
Winia definitely knew a lot more than a nobody like me. If I asked her something I was curious about, she almost always knew the answer.
“Really? What about Sasquatch?”
“I don’t know about that one. I don’t really move around in the winter anyway.”
I talked with her as we walked along at a leisurely pace.
Whatever the case, I was glad she seemed happy now, even after experiencing such a shitty thing. We walked across the park and found a bench to sit down and rest for a while.
“Ugh, I spent a lot of money, so I should probably start earning some soon. Blackie, do you know of any jobs that pay well? I haven’t been out gathering information lately, so I don’t know.”
Winia, who had the audacity to sit on my lap because her butt was cold, asked.
“A job that pays well… I bet merchants are here to buy Owlbear hides? The reason I ended up catching spirits was because I went out to catch those guys in the first place.”
“Really? But why do merchants want them?”
“Apparently it’s fashionable for nobles to use their hides in their fashion.”
“Ah, nobles…”
Winia fell silent as if thinking for a moment.
“What about nobles?”
“Nothing. Then I should go out for a while after a long time. Let’s go do that.”
She was talking about going to catch Owlbears as if she were going for a walk.
The difference in class was remarkable. Well, Copson said that three skilled swordsmen could butcher an Owlbear, so it must be a simple monster for Winia.
“You’re making it sound too easy. Can you even find them? I couldn’t find them, so I couldn’t catch them in the end.”
“Blackie… our Blackie couldn’t find an Owlbear?”
She tilted her head up and looked at me, teasingly. I had searched with Copson and Meria, but we couldn’t find them in the end.
“Well, I have to be able to find them to catch them. How am I supposed to find them?”
“Blackie, who do you think I am? I’m a mage. Don’t worry, I can find them.”
She leaned on me completely as she said that. If it was a mage like Winia, tracking monsters would be a piece of cake.
“You definitely have more experience as an adventurer than me.”
“Hehehe. Experience? Ah, speaking of experience, I remember when I first met Blackie.”
“Ah, damn it, why that again.”
Winia, who said it with a smile, suddenly turned to face me and mentioned a story from my unfortunate past. Seriously, why bring up such embarrassing things in public…
“Damn it, you and that bitch Lena teamed up and screwed me over back then.”
I still couldn’t forget that they cheated me out of my pay. At the time, I only felt hatred, but all my resentment towards Winia had long since been resolved.
“Ah, sorry, Blackie. Are you still thinking about that?”
“No, I’m okay with you… but that Lena. What’s she up to?”
“I don’t know? Hmm, come to think of it, I used to hang out with her a lot back then. But she disappeared at some point.”
“I hope that bitch died somewhere.”
“Hehe.”
It was a pretty unfortunate past for me, but Winia, who had pinpointed that memory, laughed as if she was enjoying it. In fact, Winia was probably enjoying it quite a bit back then, just like she was now.
No, she definitely enjoyed it 100%.
“So how is it now? Do you hate me? Or do you like me?”
“I love you so much… so let’s not talk about that time.”
“Our Blackie, I tormented you so much, but you still like me?”
“Yeah.”
“Aww, you’re so good!”
Suddenly, Winia’s affection exploded, and she planted kisses all over my face with tremendous force. Seriously, how could I hate her when she was like this?
Even her big breasts were touching and squishing against my chest. I looked around and stroked her back. Fortunately, no one seemed to have witnessed our excessive public display of affection.
“And when Blackie came looking for me with a knife, that was the real deal.”
“Damn it. Do you know how scared I was back then?”
“That’s the funny thing. How can you be scared and run away after coming to find me? Huh?”
“Ugh.”
I was so immature back then.
I couldn’t suppress the courage that had welled up for a moment, and I impulsively tried to challenge Winia to a duel as soon as I met her.
Thinking about it now, it’s so absurd that it’s unbelievable, but in conclusion, I think that because of that incident, I’m now whispering sweet nothings and rubbing bodies with Winia, so if I could meet my past self, I’d tell him to just be patient for a few years.
We rested for a while and talked about such things before moving again.
“Blackie. It’s been a long time since it was just the two of us like this, hasn’t it?”
“Yeah, it has. Is that why you’re talking about the old days?”
“Yeah. I think so. I’m really enjoying it right now.”
“Then let’s carry some of the boxes.”
“Shut up.”
“I can’t believe it.”
It was past noon when we finally arrived in front of the lodging. It felt like winter was almost over, but it was still cold and the snow hadn’t melted.
I hoped spring would come soon.
Thinking that, I climbed the stairs and opened the door.
“Oh.”
The first thing I saw when I opened the door to the lodging was Claudia.
“You’re back?”
“Yeah… but what are you doing?”
“Oh, I was bored, so I was organizing the luggage.”
Claudia was currently wearing a purple bikini.
This was probably one of the ones she bought when we went to the beach last time. The area of fabric covering the top and bottom was quite small, and there was even a ring in the center of her chest.
She even had a string tied around her left leg to emphasize her sexiness.
“How is it? Does it look good?”
She turned around with a smile.
“Claudia-sama is the best, jaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!”
“Ah, damn it. Sis is making a fuss again because of you.”
I put down the luggage and didn’t know what to do, so I admired Claudia’s figure.
A purple bikini that matched her hair color.
And her long, glossy hair looked as beautiful as a work of art, and above all, her attractive brown skin and full breasts provided supreme happiness…!
“S-Supreme happiness! This is a present!”
“Hehe, do you like it that much?”
I was seriously aroused and wanted to pounce on Claudia right away.
“Sis, if it’s you, wouldn’t Blackie like it so much he’d die? Ha, seriously. This perverted bastard.”
“Winia, this isn’t perversion. Rather, it’s fundamental and correct. It’s never distorted.”
Claudia was already a concept and a foundation for me. If you cut open my head, it would probably be purple.
“What the hell are you talking about? You’re so good at bullshitting. Sigh, how can I monopolize this? Sis, how can I get you to hand Blackie over?”
“Hmm, I can’t hand him over?”
“Damn.”
Winia said that and smiled briefly.
“That’s right. Kim Kat is public property.”
“What a load of crap.”
I took off my equipment and organized it, then took off my clothes and hung them on the hanger. Winia also took off her coat, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
“Blackie. Please organize the luggage first.”
“Okay.”
I opened the backpack and took out the things I bought, lining them up. Some kind of experimental tools, magic catalysts, paper, ink, and candles were the majority.
“Kat, what did you do with Winia?”
Claudia approached and brushed her hair behind her ear as she asked. Long, dangling ears… with three gold earrings.
This must be what sexiness is.
“I went to the Magic Tower and shopped for magic materials. Something unfortunate happened in the middle, but Winia helped me survive.”
“Something unfortunate?”
I briefly told Claudia what had happened today.
After listening to the story, she touched her ear and said softly.
“Hmm… would it have been better if I had gone with you?”
“Hehehe, Winia is so great that there’s no need for that. But Claudia. Have you been staying inside too much lately? Are you sure you’re okay not going out?”
I was a little worried about this.
It was the first time I had seen her so inactive. Perhaps because she was a desert dark elf, she seemed to be quite weak to the cold. She was sleeping more and being lazier.
“Are you worried about me?”
“Of course I’m worried.”
“Hehe. I’m fine.”
Claudia smiled and continued.
“Well, still…”
“Still?”
“I never imagined winter would be this long. I was surprised that it snowed so much, and it’s my first time experiencing such a long winter. I thought it would end soon, of course.”
Even if she didn’t say it, her body seemed quite sluggish.
It would be nice to go out for some fresh air for a change, but it seems like the priority is to get some cold-weather gear for her.
“So I’m a little stuffy. I’ve been lazy for longer than I thought. Then should I go out for a change after a long time?”
Yes, you should.
“There’s a monster called Owlbear that’s been popular lately. Are you interested?”
“Oh, a monster I’ve never heard of before.”
It seems like the three of us should go catch Owlbears tomorrow. There’s nothing better than three people facing one.
I organized all the luggage, took a shower as usual, and went up to the bed.
“Hehehe, Claudia. Come here. Don’t take off your bikini.”
“Really. Do you like it that much? Hmm, then what should I do for you today?”
“No! I’ll do it today!”
“Kyaa!”
Excited, I freely touched Claudia’s body and satisfied my desires.
I slipped my hand inside the tight bikini and grabbed her breast, licking her neck and tasting it.
“Haa…”
For some reason, I couldn’t control my desires today.
What… is going on?
This overflowing lust in my chest?
Of course, it was always unbearable, but seeing Claudia in her bikini today made me feel more than twice as excited… good.
I overlapped bodies with Winia, who had barged in, and enjoyed a 3P as usual.
