Side: Lena

“─This must be it.”

Led by Nina, who used the skill 《Tracking》 on Shin’s note, we arrived at a large yet dilapidated house.

The gate swung open, and through the visible windows, there wasn’t a single light, even though it was deep into the night.

“Shin is here─!”

Unable to contain my racing heart, I started to run, but a hand reached out and firmly grabbed my shoulder.

“─Fana-san!?”

“Lena, calm down. We need to be cautious—we don’t know what’s waiting for us.”

Her words, soft yet filled with resolute will, cooled my heated blood. For the first time, I realized I had been tensing my muscles with nervousness.

“Yes, you’re right. We have to─bring him back. …Right?”

Her hand left my shoulder, and she gently patted my back as if casting a spell that melted the anxiety in my heart.

“Nina, scout for enemies… and watch out for traps too, okay?”

“Okay, leave it to me… here we go!”

Following the instruction, Nina scanned the surroundings with her skill, giving a small nod. It was the usual sign that the safety check was complete.

“Then, let’s go. Cautiously─”

“─It won’t be that easy, will it?”

The voice that interrupted Fana-san’s was feminine.

A quiet, cold voice like still water, belonging to none of the three of us.

“─Who is it?”

Shouting this, the three of us formed a triangle, standing back to back, scanning the surroundings.

“─Over here.”

The voice came from beyond the gate, outside the house.

“Who might you be?”

Fana-san, holding her staff ready, cautiously asked in the direction of the sound.

As we were lured to look in that direction, a woman emerged from the darkness of the night as if born from the shadows.

Long black hair, a calm expression on a beautiful face, and a maid outfit with a level of exposure far from modest or demure.

“Nice to meet you, I am Kaguya. And─goodbye. Sweet dreams─”

“─《Summon Magic: Summon Illusion Succubus. 《Dream’s Kiss♡》”

An unfamiliar spell echoed from outside.

“─No, dodge it! Ugh…《Holy Protection》”

Right after Fana-san’s words reached my ears, a fluffy, comfortable feeling enveloped my body, and like when magic power runs out, my vision faded into darkness.

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Side: Lena

“─Nn, ugh… huh, where is this?”

When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by an unfamiliar ceiling and wallpaper.

Strange.

Where was I just a moment ago?

I definitely wasn’t in such a beautiful room.

“─Lena?”

As I harbored these doubts, the voice I longed to hear most reached my ears.

Right in front of me, as if suddenly appearing, there was a bed, and on it lay Shin, completely naked.

“─Sh, Shin!”

All doubts and feelings of unease vanished instantly, and I lunged forward to embrace the person I loved.

“I was so worried! Never, never…!”

I could feel my eyes softening with joy and relief.

Holding onto Shin’s body, which I knew was truly there, I hugged him tightly, then gently, then fiercely again.

“I’m sorry for worrying you. It’s all right now. We’ll always be together.”

Shin spoke with a gentle voice, smiling at me.

And then,

“I love you, Lena. You’re the most important person to me. To make up for worrying you, you can do whatever you like. Go ahead, as you wish─do it.”

Overwhelmed by the declaration of love I had always dreamed of from Shin, my mind boiled over, melting away all reason.

“Shin♡ Shin♡ Shin♡ ─Nn, chu♡… love♡ love♡ I love you♡”

Driven by my emotions, I discarded my clothes.

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Side: Nina

“What the… what is this?”

I found myself in a room filled with an obscenely pink light.

“Huh? What… was I doing?”

There was a clattering sound. I looked over to see a chair, and for some reason, there was Shin, tied up with his hands behind his back, displaying an erect penis.

“Shin! You─”

“Nina♡ I love it♡ More, more, torment me♡”

Shin, with a childlike, needy expression, was appealing to me, making my lower abdomen instinctively throb.

“What on earth…?”

“No♡ I can’t stand it anymore♡ I want Nina to make me feel good─to be mean to me♡ Please♡ ─Do it♡”

His begging woke up my instincts. My sadistic and protective desires flared up, filling my mind.

“─Guess I have no choice♡ I’ll torment you thoroughly♡”

I stripped off my clothes and turned to face Shin.

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Side: Fana

“Ah… ha… what? Wh, what are both of you doing!?”

Right after I somehow blocked the enemy’s magic, I turned to look at Lena and Nina, and an unimaginable scene unfolded before me.

“Shin♡ I love you♡ Look, look, breasts♡ Suck them, lick them, you can be as spoiled as you want♡ Ahhh, cute♡ I’ll keep letting you breastfeed as long as you want♡ Look, you’re leaking~♡ Let’s make a leaky mess together~♡”

“Hey, hey, Shin♡ What’s with this erection♡ You really want me to torment you, huh♡ It’s just been a titjob so far, but what will happen if I go all the way♡ …Nn, you can moan and squirm all you want♡ Here, here, squish squish♡ Slurp slurp♡ Begging already? You’re about to come, aren’t you♡ I’ll keep teasing you until you feel good♡”

Despite the unknown enemy in front, the two had disarmed themselves, stripped naked, and were moving their bodies towards the void, babbling incoherently as if they had lost themselves.

“What have you done to them!”

I called out to a petite girl with light blue hair who had just appeared.

“Ara ara, don’t peasants even know manners? When asking something of someone, shouldn’t you introduce yourself first?”

“Don’t mess with─!”

“You’re speaking out of turn.”

As I tried to retort, the maid in the unusual uniform slashed at me with a strange-shaped knife, which I blocked with my staff.

“Aha! Quite agile for a sage, aren’t you? Well, I’ll tell you. They’re currently in a world of dreams created by my summoning magic.”

Summoning magic.

A rare magic that employs monsters or spirits, wielding their power as one’s own.

I felt inadequate that my defensive magic hadn’t reached them in time, but quickly switched my thoughts to dealing with the maid in front of me and finding a solution.

“You better hurry, or they might turn into invalids? …Not that I think a mere sage could do anything about my enhanced summoning magic. Kusu.”

“Don’t joke with─”

“That’s disrespectful to Lady Alice.”

“─Kuh!”

Distracted for a moment, a knife lunged at me. I twisted my torso to barely dodge it, but the blade caught the fabric and tore through my shoulder.

“You said your name was Alice? What are you after?”

The name the maid had mentioned—likely belonging to the light blue-haired girl—I asked, and instead of a response, she laughed loudly.

“Ahaha! I love that flustered expression of yours. Now then, what do you think our purpose is, White Lightning Sage, Nina-san? Kukuku.”

Before I could even feel irritation at her responding to a question with another question, the maid launched another attack. Each time, I barely managed to block her with my staff, and the metallic clink of staff against knife echoed through the air.

“Well, what will you do? Lady Alisa is asking you.”

“─Tch. Then, at least give me a chance to answer!”

I swung my staff with the intent to break her arm along with the knife, but she easily dodged and leaped back, creating distance.

Is she an assassin or something? In any case, there’s no way a sage like me could match someone with a combat profession head-on. I’m grateful she even retreated for a moment.

“So, you’re after Shin-san, aren’t you?”

“Oh, how dull. You’re as sharp as the rumors say. If you’d like, I could even hire you as my servant.”

I felt a surge of anger toward the young girl who dropped her shoulders and declared such a frivolous thing. Her attire and manner of speaking suggested she was probably a noble. It’s this condescending attitude toward commoners that makes me detest nobles.

“I don’t know what methods you’ve used, but if he─if Shin-san knew about this situation, someone like you, a child…!”

It was a pathetic retort, even to me, but if he─if Shin-san were here, we could turn the tables immediately.

The words I spoke clung to a thin thread of hope.

However,

“Hehe… Kufufu, haha… Ahahahahaha!”

“Ah, Lady Alisa, that’s a bit… Hehe… how rude… Hehehe.”

The two women openly mocked me without any attempt to hide their laughter.

“What’s so─funny?”

“My apologies, it’s just too amusing. You say such funny things, I couldn’t help but laugh. Kusu.”

The maid’s gaze was one of utter disdain and pity toward us.

“Ahaha! …Hah… Hehe. Kaguya, there’s no point in being so roundabout. You should tell them directly─he’s not coming to save you! Ahahahaha!”

The enemy’s tone was full of confidence. I had no idea of Shin’s condition nearby. He could be captured or injured. But with Shin-san’s capabilities, I believed he would surely escape any predicament and make it here.

“…He will… come!”

My words were firm, but they only seemed to deepen Alice’s smile, as if they hadn’t affected her at all.

“Really? Then let’s make it just as you say─”

With that, she snapped her fingers with a dramatic flourish. Behind her, the mansion’s door slowly opened.

The chilling tension that ran up my spine at the thought of a new threat quickly turned into a warming reassurance.

“Shin-san! Good─”

The person we were looking for walked toward us, seemingly unharmed.

I called out in relief, but,

“─Shin. Cast support magic on Kaguya as well.”

My call was drowned out by the voice of the young girl who spoke to him familiarly.

What is she saying?

“Yes, Lady Alice♡”