Lingering Sweetness

"Can you walk, Rokuko?"

"Kehmaaa…"

Rokuko's breathing was shallow with her cheeks flushed and her eyes glistening… To put it simply, she was extremely adorable. Oh crap—that aphrodisiac must've affected me too. I lent my shoulder to Rokuko and walked down the hallway. The sweet scent of the lingering aphrodisiac. Her high body temperature was transmitted even through her clothes.

"I want… to kiss…"

Muttering softly, she looked into my eyes and pleaded for a kiss. Couldn't she just keep on looking forward? I felt like I couldn't hold back any longer.

Rokuko opened her mouth slightly and licked her lips with her cute little tongue. Her hot breath, filled with her body's warmth, fell on me.

"Hey, can we kiss? Can we? Can we kiss?"

This is bad. Was the source of the smell close to Rokuko? Or was it an aphrodisiac that worked particularly well only on Dungeon Cores?

Being whispered to in a feverish voice ticked my eardrums. My ears felt fluffy.

I shouldn't make a move on her in this state at least. If I wanted to make a move, I'd rather do it when she's sober. If I make a move, Haku-san will kill me… no, maybe if it's here… no, no, Leona's watching. I can't make a move.

I'm a man who rebels when someone tries to set me up with a smug look on their face!

"Rokuko? Let's go back to the room for now. Okay?"

"Yeah, the room, right? Just the two of us, right? Hmm."

"Hyan—!?"

When she started to suck on the tip of my ear, I let out a strange sound. Her warm and soft tongue kept crawling around. I need to hurry back to the room…!

"Ahaha, Kehma is so cute… Mm."

"Let's go back to the room first, okay?"

"Muu, if we have to…"

Rokuko clung to me, letting her soft body touch mine. I reluctantly picked her up, carrying her like a princess using the Golem Assist.

… She's even closer this way—!

"Ahaha, Kehma…"

"Hold on tight, okay?"

"Yup."

And Rokuko reached out to my chest, stroking and caressing… Did she listen to me? Isn't it ticklish and thrilling?

I somehow managed to bring Rokuko all the way back to the room and I gently laid her down on the bed.

After that, she would probably recover without any issues using the "Divine Comforter."

"Alright, Rokuko, hurry up and bring out the [Divine Comforter]—uwah!?"

"Kehma, Kehma, Kehma, Kehma—"

"Nuoh!?"

As soon as I put her down, Rokuko hugged me and pushed me over.

"Come on, let's do iiit. Kiss, then, make a baby… nnn."

"S-stop stop stop."

I avoided Rokuko's approaching kisses by putting my hand between us. Her lips touched my hand with a soft sound. Her tongue licked up along the lifeline of my hand.

"Kehma's taste… delicious… I love it…"

"Rokuko, I have a request. Can you bring out the [Divine Comforter]?"

"… If I bring it out, will you kiss me?"

… If I kissed her right now like she wants, I didn't think I'd be able to stop.

"It's not a good idea right now, but how about we sleep with the blanket first and calm down? Rokuko, wouldn't you rather kiss when you're in a perfect state, instead of in a questionable state where you might not remember it well?"

"… Hmm… that's true, maybe? Yeah, I want to remember Kehma properly?"

"Then let's get some sleep. Once the drug is out of our systems, we can try again. Okay?"

"Hmm, so you'll kiss me after we sleep, right? I got it… but will you sleep with me, Kehma?"

That's actually what I want too since I need to get this aphrodisiac out of my system.

… Sorry, Leona! Things won't go as you planned!

 

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"Good morning, Kehma…"

"Mm, good morning, Rokuko… Your face is still red. Are you alright?"

"I-I'm fine! Um, so… what are we going to do now?"

It seems the aphrodisiac has completely worn off. Thank you, God. Thank you, Ofton.

Since Rokuko seemed to be fine, we started to discuss what we'd do from there.

"We'll do our best to escape this place. With all our might."

"Eh, that? What about the promise to kiss me when we wake up?"

"Rokuko…"

"I-I'm kidding…! I just wanted to lighten the mood a bit, yeah."

… Are you really okay? Have you recovered?

"So, what do you mean by [with all our might]?"

Rokuko casually used [Purify] to refresh herself from the sweat before asking me that.

I was a little worried, but since she seemed to be okay, let's talk about our plans from here.

"We'll use all our strength. It seems Leona has prepared various things in this country. But we'll ignore all of that. We'll destroy the summoning magic circle and then escape. That should buy us some time."

After that, we could chug mana potions by the barrelful and use [Teleportation] to get back to the imperial capital.

If we're summoned to this country again, we'll immediately destroy the magic circle and escape using [Teleportation]. We already had a rough idea of our location, so we could escape before they had a chance to toy with us.

"So, let's go, Rokuko. Bring out the blanket."

"Ah, okay."

The [Divine Blanket] boasted the strongest defense power with the exception of how it helped induce sleep. I had Rokuko wear the blanket like a poncho.

"What about you, Kehma?"

"… I'll be carrying you on my back!"

By doing this, I could fully protect Rokuko, gain invincible defense for myself, and continuously recover my physical and magical power.

"I see, that's efficient."

"Ah, please use your small form. It's easier to carry."

"… But my bigger one lets me press something softer against you, you know?"

"Use the smaller one. Be efficient."

We don't want anything like that right now.

"Wait, are we leaving now? Wouldn't it be fine to relax for two or three more days? There are so many date spots and it looks like so much fun."

"Hey, Rokuko?"

"But she said she didn't intend to harm us, right?"

"Even if she doesn't mean to, there can still be real harm. They're the kind of people who would abduct you with a smile."

Rokuko remembers the words when she was under the influence of the aphrodisiac; they might be planning some kind of brainwashing. Hypnotizing her with that sweet scent and implanting words to force trust.

… Speaking of which, I forgot to ask about the prince and the others with suspicious names.

That sweet scent must have had an effect on disrupting thoughts as well. That must be it.