## Chapter 310 – Academy Arc (83) – Grand Magician Scarlet (6)
311. Academy Arc (83) – Grand Magician Scarlet (6)
“Haven’t you been spending too much time with my mother lately? Even going to the Royal Library in the capital… and having frequent private lessons. My mother is a busy person.”
“Huh? But the Countess said she’s been free lately, so it’s fine…”
“Ugh. That’s…!”
Inside Charlotte’s room, she and Raul were discussing Scarlet’s lessons. Charlotte didn’t exactly suspect a relationship between her mother and Raul. There were no signs of it, and it was hard to imagine her strict mother getting involved with another man.
However, she also had her own schedule, and since she was using studying as an excuse, her time with Raul was limited.
Charlotte didn’t like that. So, she had been bickering with Raul about this issue several times. But the conversation always ended up going nowhere.
“…You could just learn magic from me like you used to.”
“But the Countess’s teachings are incredibly helpful for researching higher-level magic… And actually, Charlotte, you benefit a lot when you take lessons with me, right?”
“It’s not just about studying!”
Charlotte’s face was sulky.
They had long passed the stage of testing each other. She was honestly expressing her dissatisfaction.
“We don’t have enough time alone. We only see each other a few times a week… And the number of times is a problem too. These days, we only do it three times each time we meet, right?”
“That’s… well, it’s because Charlotte is too…”
Raul’s face flushed slightly, and he looked embarrassed.
Charlotte stared intently at him.
When Raul trailed off, she could guess what he was going to say, so she smiled and decided to add the rest herself. After all, it was a line Raul had said many times before, a conversation they had had countless times.
“Why? Is it because my body is too hot… that once you start, it’s hard to stop?”
“Well, that’s… yes. Honestly.”
“Hehehe… I knew it, right?”
Her stuffy mood lifted, and a bright smile bloomed on her face. In fact, when the physical intimacy had decreased recently, she had wondered if he was tired of her, but that wasn’t the case. It was just that Raul was studying magic too hard.
‘It would be nice if Raul could be less diligent and just laze around with me.’
As the top student of her department, she would never have imagined thinking like that before. Anyway, a sticky atmosphere was created in an instant. Having read the lust in Raul’s eyes, she half-closed her eyes and went behind the bed curtains to slowly change her clothes.
A moment later, when Charlotte stretched out her foot and pulled back the curtain, Charlotte, wearing a seductive see-through slip, sat on the bed, gazing at Raul with a bewitching expression. Her legs were already spread wide, revealing the pale skin of her thighs and her private parts to Raul.
“Raul?”
Tap, tap.
She tapped the bed with her palm.
“Come here.”
“U-uhm…”
“Hurry up and come here. You want to eat this, don’t you…♥?”
Tap, tap, tap…♥
Charlotte made an explicit invitation, flicking her fingers against her plump, protruding mound. As if showing off its elasticity, she flicked it with a light snap several times, showing off the trembling of her mound.
“Let’s not think about anything today and just relax. I’ll be sure to nibble on your little guy until dinner♥ Now, don’t just watch from there, come here and put it in? Ugh, my pussy is lonely…♥”
“Ugh. Charlotte, really…”
“Hehehe…♥”
As usual, she mixed sweet moans with vulgar words, eliciting an excited reaction from Raul. His breathing became rough, and his pants were bulging. A satisfying reaction in many ways. Raul was completely in her grasp.
‘Raul is so simple, after all♥’
Charlotte was so engrossed in herself that she didn’t notice Raul sighing secretly. Raul, with a secretly bitter expression, slowly took off his clothes and crawled onto Charlotte’s bed.
Just as the heat was rising and the two were about to start rolling around together,
The mana that had been rippling on one wall disappeared.
As secretly as ever.
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“Your concentration is lacking today.”
“I’m sorry…”
“…Did something tiring happen?”
“Ah, no. It’s just that I had to catch up on some of my department assignments…”
“…………….”
In Scarlet’s mansion, she sat on the sofa, glancing at Raul’s shadowed eyes.
Catching up on assignments, huh. Raul’s hastily made-up excuse seemed strangely consistent with what she had seen, making her feel rather strange.
Scarlet was giving him private lessons again today, but Raul was so unfocused that she was just giving him a break. Knowing the reason, she couldn’t just throw out words in a fit of hysteria.
No matter how she looked at it, it was a tricky situation.
If he had approached her daughter with impure intentions, she would have finished Raul off immediately, but it seemed that Charlotte was the one with impure intentions. But if she tried to separate them to correct her daughter, her daughter’s magical power was getting stronger every time they were intimate due to the divine power latent in Raul. What was she supposed to do? The coping methods that came from life experience were only possible within the boundaries of what she knew.
While she was thinking, Raul, who had been quiet, quietly opened his mouth.
“Um, Countess… If it’s okay, would you like to go out with me?”
“Huh?”
Looking at him with an absurd expression at his sudden words, Raul waved his hands and explained.
Raul said that he thought it would be a good idea to go out to the city for a change of pace since she was always working. It was true that she had been staring at books lately. She had been accumulating stress in many ways. Was he bringing it up out of consideration? Or…
Scarlet blinked.
“No. What if we go out together and rumors start spreading? I’m Scarlet Bronde of the Allton family.”
“Then… how about using a perception-altering magic from intermediate magic? Then no one will recognize us.”
“Are you that free?”
“Ah, if you don’t want to… I’m sorry. I won’t bring it up again.”
“…Well, it’s not like I don’t want to.”
She was just testing the waters.
Scarlet wasn’t as opposed to it as she had pretended to be. She was also grateful that he had made that annoying woman look foolish at the last gathering… So, wouldn’t it be okay to hang out with him as a reward? Perhaps thinking it was an opportunity because of her ambiguous attitude, Raul kept begging her to hang out with him. He said that he also wanted to see the capital, but he was lonely alone.
Looking at his sparkling eyes, she couldn’t help but smile.
Raul was probably the only one who would approach her like this even though she was constantly throwing fits.
She didn’t want Raul to be discouraged.
So, well… it wouldn’t hurt to hang out with him for a while.
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“…………….”
Scarlet, looking at herself in the full-length mirror, touched the neatly loosened side of her hair. When she undid her curled bun, she became an ordinary blonde woman with long hair. Even if she used perception-altering magic, her delicately curled hair would still catch people’s eyes.
She was wearing a slightly off-the-shoulder dress, making her look like a commoner woman.
‘Haa. What am I doing, acting so foolishly….’
“Is this okay?”
“Yes. Um, even in ordinary clothes, you’re incredibly beautiful…!”
“Okay, enough with the flattery.”
“I’m serious…”
Even though she said that, Scarlet was quite pleased to hear the compliment. If they just went outside like this, rumors would spread among the servants, so they secretly left the mansion using invisibility magic. The area near the mansion was quiet, but if they walked a little further to the main street, there was a lively downtown area.
They hadn’t planned anything in particular, and since Raul didn’t know the area well, Scarlet ended up leading him around. Raul was just excited to see the capital, looking around here and there. At first, Scarlet wondered what she was doing, but seeing his happy face, she pushed that thought aside.
Unlike the provinces, there weren’t many entertainment districts, but there were quite a few wholesome things to enjoy.
There were performances at the theater, and the shopping district surrounding the square was so prosperous that it was a feast for the eyes just window shopping. The capital’s national park was dazzlingly beautiful, proving that the Glyschen Kingdom was an artistically developed kingdom, and there were many couples and other people everywhere.
Of course, to enjoy a proper schedule, you had to come at the right time and for the right period, so what they were doing now was just looking around and walking.
Then, when they found something interesting, they would go into the crowd to look at it.
“Wow, that’s amazing. It moves just like a real person.”
“It’s not a bad device. It’s quite elaborate for a street performance.”
A simple puppet show was being performed on the street, and the puppeteer was freely controlling wooden puppets connected by strings. They weren’t simply connected, but there was a magical device at the end of the strings, and the puppeteer was skillfully flicking his fingers delicately, making the puppets’ movements as smooth as a person’s.
When they were about to leave after the puppet show, like the others, the middle-aged puppeteer stared at them intently. Perhaps he had noticed the two beautiful young men and women with blonde hair, he casually threw out a question.
“Hehe, are you two lovers, you and the beautiful maiden behind you?”
“Huh? L-lovers… Ah, no. That’s…”
“…………….”
Scarlet turned her head to the side. The man, who had roughly guessed from her reaction, chuckled.
“The man is a bit shy. Hehe, good luck.”
The man controlled the strings to make the puppets hug each other, and Raul awkwardly scratched his cheek and left a tip, saying, ‘Ah, um….’
Since there was still plenty of time, they looked for more things to see.
Scarlet was also enjoying herself more than she had initially thought, and she felt good. Or rather, she felt refreshed. She had always lived close to work, so she didn’t have many opportunities to go out like this. Her husband was also an indoor type, like her… While she thought she was being foolish, she felt like she had become younger, to be honest.
Raul bought some food from a street vendor and offered it to her, asking if she would like to eat it.
It was a cheap bread with some meat.
She had hardly ever eaten such roughly made food in her life. ‘It’s probably not very good for your health if you eat it often.’ Even as she said that, Scarlet took the bread and took a small bite.
It wasn’t made with health in mind, so it was a bit greasy…
But it tasted okay.
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“…That’s what happened…”
“Yes…”
On the way back.
The two’s words were gradually decreasing. Scarlet tried to ignore it and act nonchalantly, but every time someone asked if they were lovers, their words decreased, and the atmosphere became subtly sensual.
Looking at his expression, she knew that what she was feeling wasn’t a delusion.
A little later, as expected, Raul glanced at her and spoke in a subtle voice.
“Um, I’ve been thinking, Countess. I’m also… well, it’s hard to say this, but I’m a young man in my prime, right?”
“…So?”
“No, I mean… I was wondering if you were still bothered by me being with Charlotte… I was thinking that maybe it would be okay if I reduced my studies with Charlotte and stayed away from her more… So…”
“…………….”
“Instead, I thought it would be nice if I could get more lessons from the Countess… But is that too much of a bother? What do you think, Countess?”
“…………….”
Dangerous.
Scarlet felt a moment of dizziness.
It was because Raul was exuding a sweet atmosphere as he said those words. When she came to her senses, the distance between them was close.
She knew. She had seen Raul glancing at her wedding ring on her left hand while they were walking around today. Every time, he would give her a wistful look… At this point, Scarlet could no longer keep hypnotizing herself, saying it was her delusion.
‘This kid likes me. Probably for real….’
She could feel so strongly that Raul liked her.
Why this hysterical old woman…?
Her feelings were complicated, but they were definitely not bad.
‘What should I do….’
A signal kept ringing in her head. She was worried about what to say. It was as if the re-establishment of their future relationship depended on her answer.
…But when she thought about it, was this something to worry about?
No, it wasn’t something to worry about.
It was a reasonable and plausible proposal, so she just needed to make a rational decision.
Yes, rationally.
“………That’s true. My daughter is also at an age where anything could happen… Okay. I don’t have much work these days, so I’ll take care of it more.”
“Ah…! T-thank you, Countess! Then, I’ll bother you a little more…?”
“If you must.”
After saying that, Scarlet turned her head away without realizing it.
She didn’t even know who she was turning her head away from.