My Gift Is “Beauty”. I Think It’s Useless, but It Seems to Be an S-Rank Gift With the Strongest Buff Effect for Beautiful Girls - Chapter 43.4: Kasumi Hyoudou

Chapter 43.4: Kasumi Hyoudou

I probably got married because I had foresight.

After graduating from university, I met my current husband, who was already running a company, and married him because I thought the “Dungeon” industry would be a genre in high demand for a long time.

Of course, I didn’t marry him just for that reason.

I was somewhat drawn to his passion and fervor.

From the time we met, we didn’t have many chances to see each other, but I still loved my husband, who came to visit me whenever he could.

However, things changed significantly after Kirino-chan was born.

Until then, I had been working, but I quit my job to become a full-time housewife.

I raised Kirino-chan alongside the Hyoudou family’s servants, but during that time, my husband’s company performance kept growing, and he became much busier than before.

My husband runs “Dungeon Guild Co., Ltd” as its president, a dungeon-related company that operates nationwide. Because of this, he often went on business trips.

The number of times he saw me drastically decreased, and in the end, perhaps because of that, we became sexless for a long time after I gave birth to Kirino-chan.

In the midst of this, the one managing my sexual desire was the “Lustful Woman,” summoned by my gift “Lustful Woman Summoning.” She was a palm-sized, humanoid creature with tiny wings.

In otherworldly places like dungeons, she would be called a monster, but she called herself a spirit. Apparently, this spirit was invisible to others and could only converse with me, her summoner.

Through her, I could use two skills: “Aphrodisiac” and “Hypnosis.”

The “Aphrodisiac” skill could increase a person’s sexual desire, make a man’s lower body recover quickly, or make them desire me.

The “Hypnosis” skill, simply put, allowed memory alteration and thought manipulation. It was an outrageous skill that a criminal should never have.

I applied these skills to myself, suppressing the frustration of our sexless marriage bit by bit.

I could have used them on my husband.

But even when he came home, he only stayed for a day.

The next day, he left for work again immediately, so we couldn’t take our time.

I didn’t like interfering with someone’s work. So I had given up.

More than ten years had passed since we became sexless.

When Kirino-chan became a high school student, she brought a boy to our house for the first time.

The boy I happened to see greeted me politely with a bow, seeming like a kind person.

I was surprised that Kirino-chan, who I thought didn’t even have female friends, brought a boy home for the first time, but what shocked me even more was that she had engaged in sexual activity with him.

I smelled the faint scent of our household body soap.

It wasn’t raining, so I couldn’t understand why they took a bath.

From Kirino-chan’s and the boy’s expressions, I immediately understood.

But he wasn’t Kirino-chan’s boyfriend, she said.

In other words… a friend with benefits?

With that simple thought, I considered that if she could do it, then maybe I could too.

I loved my husband, and he said he loved me. But I couldn’t feel loved when he didn’t desire my body.

So, for the first time, I used the Lustful Woman’s skills for my own desires.

I asked Kirino-chan to bring him—Hiroyo-kun—to our house, and I released my sexual desire for the first time in over a decade.

But I didn’t expect the “Aphrodisiac” skill to be so powerful.

Following my initial request, “Don’t stop even if I say stop,” he ravaged my body relentlessly, devouring me until I nearly fainted.

So I thought I couldn’t handle it alone and had the Lustful Woman call Kirino-chan to join us.

I never imagined I’d end up engaging in such acts with my daughter, but it undeniably felt good. It was probably because of his skill, but my body, which had started to wither, regained its vitality.

I thought about continuing to borrow him right after that.

“Using the gift’s power on Takanashi-senpai and Hyoudou-senpai… I think it’s wrong.”

She was a cute girl, like a foreign doll.

This girl, who said she was Kirino-chan’s friend, could somehow see my Lustful Woman, who was supposed to be invisible, and seemed to hear her words too.

She found out that I had used my skills on Kirino-chan and Hiroyo-kun.

She seemed uncomfortable talking to people, and even seeing the Lustful Woman give up on her showed she wasn’t ordinary.

Not knowing what to do, I ended up confessing to this small girl about my sexless marriage with my husband.

“Takanashi-senpai has a girlfriend… someone different from Hyoudou-senpai…”

“They’re kind… so if you talk to them properly… they’ll probably forgive you in the end… maybe.”

Then, as if saying Hiroyo-kun had a girlfriend and that I could still turn back, she spoke words to admonish me and left.

“Kirino-chan, I’m sorry. I used my skills on you and Hiroyo-kun. It’s unforgivable, but… I’m really sorry.”

I did as that small girl said.

Using my skills on someone so much younger and forcing them was practically a crime.

“So… that’s why it felt so strange…”

“Because I altered your memories…”

Kirino-chan nodded, as if she understood, placing her hand on her chin.

“That’s why I—”

“I won’t tell Hiroyo-kun and the others.”

“Huh…?”

I planned to apologize to Hiroyo-kun and his girlfriend first by talking to Kirino-chan, but it didn’t turn out that way.

“I think some things are better left unknown. If we tell everything, Hiroyo-kun and Hibiki-chan might not know what to do and could feel bad. So it’s better not to say anything.”

“But…”

“Sexless is a word I didn’t want to hear from my mom, but I think I might understand your feelings. Because if I couldn’t see Hiroyo-kun for a long time and couldn’t do those things, I’d probably feel miserable too.”

“Kirino-chan…”

The relationship between Kirino-chan and Hiroyo-kun was probably complicated.

She didn’t talk much about it, but I could tell she cherished it.

“Maybe with your skills, Mom, you could control Hiroyo-kun’s reactions. So I think you should talk to Dad first.”

“But Dad…”

“I can call him back. Dad loves me so much.”

“…But he doesn’t prioritize me.”

“There’s no point in saying that. But Dad really loves you, Mom.”

Whether he loved me or not, whether he cherished me or not.

Lately, I couldn’t tell anymore.

I thought it was normal to become sexless as we aged, but my body still ached with desire.

Did that man, nearly ten years older than me, still have sexual desire?

Did he ever desire me?

“So just wait.”

“Okay.”

After that, Kirino-chan easily brought my husband, Genroku Hyoudou, back home.

Apparently, she lied about a serious injury.

Kirino-chan had somehow become skilled at handling people.

“Kasumi, I’m sorry for everything…”

The man bowing on the floor in my room was my husband, known in public as a tough guy.

When I told him for the first time about my struggles with our sexless marriage, he suddenly knelt and apologized.

“Actually, I couldn’t bring myself to say it either… After being away for work for so long, I didn’t have the timing to initiate… And when I came home, I thought maybe you didn’t desire me anymore because I’ve aged…”

I had never heard that before.

I hadn’t said anything either, but it wasn’t something easy to say.

If I said it and got rejected, it would confirm that we’d never be intimate again.

Both he and I were scared.

If we had faced each other and talked properly, we might have resolved this much sooner.

“Do you still love my body?”

“Of course! I’ve traveled all over the country, but I’ve never met a beauty like you.”

“Even with all the young women out there?”

“You only look like you’re in your twenties.”

“Well… I do make an effort.”

No matter how much he complimented me, I couldn’t easily accept it.

So I started by denying it.

“Three times a month.”

“Huh…?”

“I’ll come home and make time for you.”

What did that mean?

Was he saying he’d cut back on work for me?

“That’s my limit right now… but those three times, or maybe four… I’ll definitely make time.”

“And then…?”

“Even someone like me, can I love you again?”

“Ah…”

The moment he said that, tears overflowed from my eyes.

“That’s great, isn’t it? This old guy’s got quite a bit of sexual desire. He’s been using it for work until now, though.”

The Lustful Woman whispered beside me. My husband couldn’t hear her, but she seemed to know about his body too.

“Kasumi…”

“Genroku-san…”

We embraced each other right there.

His body had a slight hint of age, but like his father, his muscular, robust frame was masculine and strong.

Being held tightly by his large body made my inner sexual desire feel like it was set free, burning hot.

“Is today okay?”

“Yeah. I meant to make time for Kirino, but… I’m free.”

“She’s happy right now. She doesn’t need us that much.”

“So we don’t need to worry too much.”

“Right… so look at me more.”

“I understand…”

Dialogue was such an important thing.

Once we talked, we could become intimate so easily.

I did something truly awful to Kirino-chan and Hiroyo-kun.

It was better not to tell them, but I’d leave the rest to Kirino-chan.

And that girl—Asami-chan.

She was a mysterious girl, but if she hadn’t spoken up, I might have kept making mistakes forever.

Kirino-chan, you’ve really met some wonderful people.

Thank you.