And so, Diz’s instruction on 【Meditative Sleep】 began—
“Hey.”
“What?”
“What’s wrong?”
“I understand the logic, but why do we have to be this close…!?”
—Ur was already on the verge of breaking down.
Right now, they were lying on the bed. Ur and Shizuku were side by side, while Diz was practically on top of them, leaning over. The three of them were almost completely pressed together, and they were all in their underwear, half-naked. To put it bluntly, this was incredibly intense. If anyone could remain unfazed in this situation, they’d have to be a sage, a hermit, someone who couldn’t feel anything, or just not interested in women at all.
“It’s to see the flow of magical energy. It’s easier to tell with bare skin. So, calm down, okay?”
“Can I, though?”
[Niitan, you’re such a pervert.]
“The reason my sister hates me is just too unreasonable.”
Ur felt sad under Akane’s cold gaze, but there was nothing he could do about it.
“It’s alright, Lady Akane. Sir Ur would never do anything inappropriate.”
“That kind of excessive trust is its own kind of pressure…”
If it were malicious temptation, he could resist it. But being surrounded by so much bare skin wasn’t unbearable, but it was still tough. No matter where he tried to look to distract himself, there were stimuli everywhere. When he covered his eyes with his hands,
“Keep your hands free; they’re important.”
“Give me an escape route.”
“Sir Ur, if it’s too much, would you like to hold my hand?”
“Thanks, Shizuku, but that’ll just make it worse.”
Shizuku’s whispers, breath, and closeness from directly beside him were exerting an absurdly destructive force. When he tried to divert his attention from her, he ended up facing Diz’s pale skin. There was no escape. Watching Ur struggle, Diz shrugged and said, “Well, whatever.”
“Ur’s a lost cause, so let’s start with Shizuku first.”
“Please take care of me, Diz-sama.”
“Ur, watch closely.”
“Are you serious?”
Diz literally threw herself into Shizuku’s embrace, hugging her tightly. The sight of two beautiful girls hugging each other was, to put it bluntly, sensual and almost too much for the eyes. This was serious training to acquire an important technique for the upcoming thief subjugation mission. Ur kept telling himself that.
“Keep your breathing steady. Breathe from the depths of your stomach, inhale, exhale, and feel the magical energy.”
“Yes…—”
[This feels kinda perverted, doesn’t it?]
“Don’t ask me for agreement, Akane.”
While Ur and Akane were bantering, the two girls slowly moved their bodies. From the side, it looked like they were intertwined, but after a while—
“—Ah, I did it. And she’s asleep. You fall asleep easily, Shizuku.”
Suddenly, Diz said this and lifted her head.
“That was fast.”
[Pervert.]
“I’m not regretting it…”
After Diz moved away, Ur peeked over and saw that Shizuku was indeed asleep. She was breathing deeply, her chest rising and falling gently with each breath.
[She’s sleeping so peacefully, isn’t she?]
“…Is this what good sleep looks like?”
“It’s not just deep sleep. It’s about normalizing and activating the flow of magical energy within the body.”
Look closely, Diz pointed at Shizuku. When Ur focused, he could see a thin layer of magical energy forming over her body, flowing along her form.
“It creates a flow of magical energy outside the body, enveloping it like a barrier. It boosts the efficiency of circulation and absorption. It’s also more responsive to disturbances in the surroundings, so it’s good for reacting to surprise attacks.”
“…I don’t get it just by looking.”
“Well, it’s best to experience it yourself. Now, it’s your turn, Ur.”
Diz smiled and leaned over Ur, who was lying down. No matter how much he told himself that she was the enemy who had taken Akane and tried to destroy her, she was undeniably beautiful. Her body was covered in scars, but she still looked stunning.
And that was the problem.
[Niitan, do your best?]
“If anything, I need to not do my best…”
After a while,
“Ur.”
“Yes sir?”
He had switched to polite speech.
“Focus, but not too much, and fall asleep quickly, okay?”
“That’s an incredibly difficult thing to ask.”
He understood what she meant. He understood, but being half-naked with her clinging to him while trying to focus and fall asleep was just too much. No matter how much he tried to concentrate, thoughts like “she smells nice” and “she’s so soft” invaded his brain.
[Still feels perverted, doesn’t it?]
“Akane, please just go to sleep already.”
“You’re not circulating your magical energy at all. You’re hyper-focused on one thing.”
“It’s completely my fault, but please spare me in front of my sister…!”
The sexual harassment was severe. He felt like he wasn’t the one at fault, but Ur had no choice but to apologize.
“I’m trying, but I can’t get a grasp on controlling my magical energy at all…!”
“Even with external interference, your magical energy moves sluggishly. You’ve got no talent.”
“I’m about to cry.”
He had received training at Greed’s magic guild. He could use simple spells like 【Purification】, but only if he was calm and focused. He hadn’t mastered the technique of controlling the magical energy within his own body, and honestly, he didn’t feel like he’d ever get it at this rate.
“Well, whatever.”
Diz let out a small sigh and lifted her body off of him.
Had she given up on him out of exasperation? Maybe that was for the best. Just as Ur let his guard down—the next moment, Diz unhesitatingly removed the camisole she was wearing.
“Whoa!?”
“We’re going with a rough treatment. Magical tools and other things get in the way.”
Without giving him a chance to stop her, she even removed her crimson hair ornament, let her hair down, and stood completely naked in front of Ur. He instinctively tried to close his eyes, but right before he did, he noticed something.
“—Wait, your ears…?”
The moment she removed the hair ornament, Ur noticed that the shape of her ears had changed. They were longer than a human’s but shorter than an elf’s, and different from a beastman’s or a dwarf’s. They were oddly in-between.
“Don’t worry about that. Now then—”
But Diz ignored Ur’s observation and immediately leaned over him,
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” —Just accept it, okay? “
Before he could even ask what she meant, an overwhelming sense of discomfort washed over him. Wherever Diz’s body touched him, it felt like a hot mass was being pushed into him. There was no pain, but Ur couldn’t help but feel his breath catch.
“What… is this?”
[Don’t move. I’m directly interfering with your 【soul】.]
“Is… that… safe?”
[You’ll be fine. I’m the one at risk.]
He could hear Diz’s voice. But her mouth wasn’t moving. Her voice was coming from deep within him. The discomfort made him want to twist away, but he remembered her words—”accept it”—and endured.
Seeing this, Diz smiled and said, “Good job.”
[Basically, when souls interact, the one doing the interfering is weaker. If you seriously rejected me, I’d be sent flying, so keep up this attitude, okay?]
“Wh… how long…?”
Before he could even finish his question, a change swept over Ur’s body. His blood and mana suddenly grew hot, coursing through his entire being. It felt like the heat he experienced when fighting monsters, yet his heart wasn’t racing—instead, it was strangely calm.
What was even more peculiar was the sense that he himself was causing this phenomenon. He could somehow understand how to manipulate the flow of his mana.
“Don’t forget this feeling, okay?”
Her words echoed in his mind. Ur tried to nod, but the warmth enveloping his body and the accumulated fatigue hit him all at once, and he soon lost consciousness.
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