I Reincarnated as a Mob in a Depressing Erotic Video Game World. When I Saved the Main Heroine That Fallen Into Despair, Her Overwhelming Obsessive Love for Me Wouldn’t Stop. - Chapter 29

After I finished talking with Ralthea, I went back to my room, where Ena was waiting.

I opened the door,

“—S-Shiruto-kun…!!”

“Whoa…”

The moment I stepped inside, Ena hugged me tightly. The door slammed shut behind her on its own. She didn’t just run over, she practically flew.

Had she been standing here waiting for me all this time since I left?

Her hug grew even tighter as she buried her face in my chest.

“…Welcome home, Shiruto-kun…”

“Yeah. I’m home, Ena.”

I gently patted her hair.

She let out a warm sigh in my arms.

“…Hehe. It’s your scent, Shiruto-kun.”

“Um… do I smell bad…?”

“No, it smells nice. Your smell is the one I like, Shiruto-kun.”

Ena sniffed me softly. I noticed her hair and skin smelled sweet, like flowers, and she was pressing against me… but I held back. I had to hold back.

“I’m sorry, Ena. I made you wait.”

“No, I knew you’d come back. I trusted you, Shiruto-kun.”

I had just gone to the student council room for a bit, but she spoke as if I had gone into some dangerous battlefield. If I left her waiting without telling her… that would have been bad. I had to be careful.

“So… Shiruto-kun. You met with Ralthea-sama, right? What did you talk about…?”

Still hugging me, Ena looked up at me with worried eyes. I exhaled and calmed myself before speaking.

“Ralthea-sama said that starting tomorrow, you and I are moving to the Special Scholarship Class.”

…Actually, I was the one who suggested it, but that didn’t matter. I’d skip over that for Ena’s sake.

“—Huh? Special Scholarship… you and me…?”

“Yeah. I have the ability to use forbidden magic, and you have huge magical power. Ralthea-sama is making a special class just for us. A class for just the two of us.”

“Just the two of us… Shiruto-kun…”

She smiled widely.

Ena looked happy and relaxed.

“Hehe, ehehehe… Shiruto-kun, we’re going to school together, just the two of us…”

First step, cleared.

But the real challenge was ahead.

Would Ena really accept it?

“But Ena… there’s the next midterm exam, right? We have to be recognized as First-Class Magicians by then.”

“…Huh?”

The First-Class mark was just a goal I had set for us.

It was the highest rank a normal magician could reach, excluding the extraordinary Super-Class. Only a few geniuses could ever reach it. Regular students could never achieve it.

But… if we could fully master the magic using the “Witch’s Seed,” we could reach that level. No, Ena could even become Super-Class.

In other words, if she couldn’t control the “Witch’s Seed,” there was no way she could become a First-Class Magician in just three weeks.

“First-Class… me too…?”

“…Yeah.”

“Th-That… no way… I can’t do it… I’m still Seventh-Class…?”

Even students with magic were called magicians.

My rank was Fifth-Class, a bit above average, not too special, and not a failure. Pretty much anyone could reach it with some effort.

But Ena… she was the lowest, Seventh-Class.

And now she was being told to aim for First-Class in just three weeks. It was natural for her to think it was impossible.

“It’s okay. I’ll support you, Ena.”

I knew it wouldn’t be easy.

Still, to cancel Ena’s death sentence, she absolutely had to control the Witch’s Seed.

“That means you need to be able to control your magic. It’s scary, I know. But I’ll always be by your side, Ena.”

The Witch’s Seed inside Ena was implanted by her own father after cruel experiments.

So the fear she carried wasn’t just about losing control.

Using the Witch’s Seed meant facing the trauma from her childhood.

“…Shiruto-kun… you knew… about my… body…”

Ena stayed while hugging me tightly.

Her hands gripped my uniform hard.

“…Hey. If I can’t become First-Class… what will happen to me…?”

“Th-That… is…”

“Shiruto-kun… will we… be separated…?”

Ena looked up at me with moist eyes.

—I could avoid the topic here. Or I could leave Ralthea’s supervision and just run away, starting a life on the run.

But,

The Witch’s Seed inside Ena’s body was something she would have to face eventually. It just so happened that the time was now. So,

“…Yeah. That might happen.”

I steeled my heart and spoke harsh words to Ena.

Her small and delicate body started trembling.

“N-no… no, no, no, no… I don’t want that… I can’t… live without you, Shiruto-kun…!”

“…Me too. I want to always stay with you, Ena.”

I knew this wasn’t the nicest way to handle things. But I judged that it was better than just telling her, “If you don’t control it, you’ll be executed.”

Controlling the Witch’s Seed wasn’t something anyone could do half-heartedly.

…I knew it wasn’t a perfect method. But I had to be harsh sometimes to protect Ena’s happy future.

“It’s okay, Ena. I believe in you. You can do it. And I’ll be there to support you every step of the way.”

“…B-But I…”

“—That’s right. There’s something I want to try right away.”

Complete control of the Witch’s Seed.

And with that, promotion to First-Class Magician.

For that, I was going to give it my all while using all the knowledge I had from the original story.

“Ena. Let’s move to the bed.”

“…Huh? Are we… gonna do something naughty…?”

“Th-That will be another time…”

I cleared my throat.

“First, I want you to understand how much magical power you have and how it flows inside you.”

The method was simple and very common in works like “Magiaka” and similar series.

“A magical pressure-sensing massage. It’s one of the few special skills I have.”