Chapter 306 – Academy Arc (79) – Archmage Scarlet (2)
307. Academy Arc (79) – Archmage Scarlet (2)
The basement of the Faculty of Arts.
The distortion magic that the Cube had told me about was still in place, so the goddesses had no way of noticing this secret place. As usual, I focused my mind while absorbing the dark energy accumulated in the magic stone.
I could feel my power filling up in real time.
I now properly understood the sense of incongruity and unease that I had always felt while absorbing dark energy.
The Cube was emitting a yellow light on my hand.
[Cube, if I keep absorbing dark energy like this, am I going to turn into an incubus?]
[Dark energy is just energy in the end. At most, it will give you the properties of an incubus or succubus, but it won’t change your original form. Well, you could say you’ll become more lewd.]
The more dark energy I absorbed, the more promiscuous I became. Just like Charlotte said, it seemed like my vibe had changed a bit too.
I already thought that my life of just having sex was a bit too much… And while before there were special circumstances or purposes, now I just wanted to do it because I was horny.
Well, it’s not a bad thing. After all, I’m getting stronger with dark energy.
I just hope I don’t mess things up by thinking with my dick instead of my brain.
[But does the quality of the dark energy generated vary depending on the subject’s ability? For example, an archmage or a hero?]
[Of course, it’s different. That’s why succubi are completely obsessed with heroes. There’s a reason why they try so hard to seduce them. But why? Do you have someone in mind?]
[The archmage I mentioned last time.]
[That woman named Scarlet? If she’s an archmage, her resistance to mental attacks must be immense… I can’t guarantee anything even with my mental techniques or your hypnosis.]
[I don’t need hypnosis.]
[Huh? …Hmph, is that so?]
[Well, we’ll see when we try.]
From the start, Louis told me to refrain from using my authority to bring chaos to the central kingdoms as much as possible. So, I can’t use hypnosis on key figures like Scarlet. I’m also afraid of the aftermath if I fail to subdue an archmage in one go. Last time, when I went to steal the forbidden book, the mage in the library briefly resisted my hypnosis with a groan, ‘Ugh…!’
Based on that, I’m not sure if she’s an archmage.
But if I can’t use my authority, then I can just have an affair fair and square, right? And as for the story about dark energy… I’m curious about how great the dark energy drawn from an archmage would be, but that’s not the main reason. I just want to create a pretext.
The biggest reason was that Scarlet was incredibly hot.
‘She’s even pretending to be blocked in her magic learning, deliberately slowing down her progress… Is that okay?’
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Scarlet would occasionally teleport to her daughter’s mansion and tutor Raul and Charlotte together.
Part of that time was also for a private conversation with her daughter.
These days, she was only teaching Raul magic, nothing more, nothing less. Lately, a strange sense of irritation kept rising inside her, so she didn’t want to have long chats, and it was also awkward to see his face. Still, when Raul innocently asked questions about magic, she would give him proper answers, even while speaking in a brusque tone.
After some time, Scarlet visited Charlotte’s mansion again, taking advantage of another empty slot in her schedule.
She would do magic demonstrations in the large backyard of the mansion and give real-time corrections. After a few warm-ups using magic and consuming a moderate amount of mana, they were now in a large common room, discussing magic theory. As today’s schedule was coming to an end, Scarlet noticed Raul glancing around, looking at her.
“Countess. Um…! Excuse me, but could I visit the Royal Magic Library one more time…?”
“The Magic Library? Is there another book you want to read?”
“Yes, there was something interesting I was reading last time. I’d like to read some other things too.”
“…Hmm. Well, I don’t mind. When would you like to visit?”
“Ah, then in two days…”
Seeing that she was allowing the visit, Charlotte, who was sitting next to Raul, also looked around. If he was going to bring this up, he should have told her in advance so they could have coordinated. If possible, she wanted to study or flirt with Raul by his side.
“Mother, I was also looking for new books, could I visit with Raul?”
“Charlotte… I’ll take you separately later.”
“…Then I’d feel too bad. You don’t have to go to such trouble.”
“If a young man and woman are seen walking around together, rumors will spread quickly. And it’s not much trouble, so don’t worry about it, Charlotte.”
“R-Right. I understand, Mother.”
Charlotte was still hiding her relationship with Raul from Scarlet. Raul didn’t have a proper position yet, and she thought her mother would look down on him as a commoner with no background.
As Scarlet said, if she, who had been strictly keeping away from men under Scarlet’s management, suddenly started walking around with Raul, rumors would spread quickly. Especially if she was the daughter of the powerful Earl Allton. There would be noise from various noble families who could be candidates for marriage alliances. Even if they didn’t actually marry, just being seen together could be politically useful.
Charlotte knew about the stories of adults to some extent.
In the end, she had no reason to speak up and kept her mouth shut. She would probably be like this for a while. Charlotte secretly pouted, feeling resentful towards Raul.
“Then I’ll come to pick you up in two days.”
“Yes, thank you. Countess…!”
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Telamis, the capital of the Kingdom of Glishen.
Scarlet’s private mansion.
As they came out of the portal room, the maids greeted Scarlet and Raul as before.
Raul sat with Scarlet at the reception table in the living room.
Since they weren’t here to steal forbidden books like last time, Raul leisurely looked around.
Now that he looked at it, Scarlet’s mansion was quite large for someone living alone, yet there were hardly any servants in the house. A few maids would come and go from the kitchen and dining table when there were guests, but that was about it. Other than that, there were a few coachmen and support staff waiting outside.
As Raul had seen, Scarlet actually solved most things with magic. Cleaning, interior rearrangement, and chores were all done much faster by using mana for a moment than by servants. Also, the fewer people there were in the house, the more privacy she could maintain, and the quiet atmosphere calmed her hysterical mind.
The two of them sat quietly in the large living room.
Raul took a good look at Scarlet’s appearance for the first time in a while.
She was over 180cm tall, similar to his height.
Her side hair was curled like Charlotte’s.
Her skin was still young enough to believe she was in her 20s, and she had a sharp appearance.
She wore a simple corset-style mage top with some exposure. Her shoulders and breasts were largely exposed, and her huge breasts were supported from below, looking like they were about to burst out. A flashy multi-layered necklace was draped over her chest, but it was not enough to hide the alluring skin of her chest.
Below, she wore a long skirt like a mage’s robe, and inside the slit of the skirt, she wore tight black pantyhose. It seemed like she intended not to show her skin even if the wind blew, but this design rather stimulated a sense of decadence and secret fantasies.
Her vulgar large breasts and her large buttocks that matched them.
It was a body that seemed like Charlotte’s body, which was a lump of sexiness, had fully ripened.
Well, looking is looking…
“Haa…”
Raul deliberately sighed softly and leaned back in the reception chair for a moment. Scarlet seemed to glance at Raul, then immediately got to the point.
“So, should I take you to the library now?”
“Huh? The library? Ah… That’s right… Well, now that I think about it, it might be okay to look at the magic books in the mansion first. Yeah, so I’ll continue with what I was reading last time…”
“I don’t mind… Then let’s take a break for a while. We have plenty of time.”
“Ah, if, if you say so, then yes…”
‘Indeed… I think I understand.’
Scarlet had somewhat guessed Raul’s psychology.
The reason he had asked her was not so much that he wanted to go to the library, but rather that he was uncomfortable in that place. The reason for that, of course…
Scarlet sighed softly to herself and decided to rest in the living room for a while.
“Meow.”
At that moment, a cat suddenly popped out, looked at the two of them, and then walked gracefully into Scarlet’s arms. It was a house cat that looked high-class and well-behaved at a glance.
“Wow. You… You were raising a cat? I didn’t know.”
“What’s so surprising? There’s one in Charlotte’s mansion too, isn’t there?”
“T-That’s right. Yes.”
The atmosphere seemed like it would suddenly turn cold, but it wasn’t as bad as she thought.
Raul had gotten quite close to Scarlet.
She was always hysterical, but the fact that he was accepting that hysteria was, paradoxically, proof that they were getting closer.
Also, a person can’t be annoyed all the time.
When the topic of conversation suddenly stopped, Scarlet petted the cat and thought slowly. She didn’t think it was something to hide, so she told him about the cat’s background.
“…When she was young, I was strict with Charlotte, so I didn’t allow her many things. Raising a cat was one of them. But things are different now, aren’t they? Charlotte has grown up a lot. So I thought, what would it be like to raise one myself… and I’m raising one.”
“You’re trying to think from your daughter’s perspective. I can feel that you cherish her very much. Like this… you’re raising a cat too.”
“That’s enough. …More than that, you’ve been stuttering strangely since a while ago. Raul, do you not like cats very much?”
“Meow~”
“Ah, no. I like them. That cat… the cat is cute. The meow… the meowing sound is, y-yes… …Ugh. I’m sorry. I got a little dizzy for a moment.”
“…………….”
Raul held his forehead and trembled slightly.
He looked like a soldier with PTSD.
Just by looking at Raul’s actions, Scarlet could easily guess what he was thinking about.
So… she wasn’t supposed to do this, but very occasionally, she would visit the mansion and watch the two of them through a clairvoyance spell. She would rationalize it by saying that she was watching to see if anything more extreme would happen, and she would watch everything that happened in the room.
Looking at Raul, who was holding his head, she thought that maybe she had gone too far.
‘It’s like he’s seeing Charlotte as a succubus…! So… hmm…’
As she recalled what she had seen, the briefly flared-up emotion quickly disappeared.
Her daughter, wearing a perverted cat costume, spinning her waist on top of the boy in front of her while being eaten.
And her daughter, shaking her butt and seducing him to eat her actively.
When Raul was tired and resting, she would flick his dick with her finger and play with it, and then force him to get hard again.
Her daughter, looking at herself in the mirror as if she was intoxicated, licking her dick with a cat-like tongue…
And Raul’s tired expression that he made secretly from his daughter.
Being eaten and eaten… being eaten by her daughter continuously… When he tried to rest, he would be eaten again… He would be eaten again in a surprise attack…
That was what Scarlet had witnessed in the room.
Scarlet nodded to herself.
She felt like she could understand why Raul wanted to be with her instead.
It was a complicated feeling as much as the complicated situation. Anyway, Scarlet felt like the tips of her ears were about to turn red, so she took a light breath and sent the cat away.
“I’m thirsty. I’ll bring some tea.”
“Ah…! I’ll do it. It’s the one you always had during tutoring, right? I saw it last time, so I can do it.”
“Is that so? Then I’ll leave it to you. The ingredients are all preserved fresh and dry in the kitchen.”
So Raul brewed the tea using the ingredients as he had seen.
But Scarlet’s taste was picky, and she put down the cup right after taking a sip.
“It’s too strong. It’s not even that difficult, but this kind of clumsiness affects your mindset for magic. You weren’t like this at first, but it seems like your progress has been too blocked lately?”
“Ugh, I’m sorry…”
“Well. Still, you did a good job for the first time. Hmm…”
Sip.
Raul grumbled to himself, ‘I’m sure I got the proportions right…’
Sometimes she seemed too sharp, but well, even an angry beauty is beautiful.
The atmosphere was gradually moving away from studying. As time passed, the two of them were soon exchanging trivial stories casually.