Chapter 102
“… Her Holiness the Pope? Me?”
“Yes. Her Holiness the Pope. You, Delta.”
Her blue eyes were filled with conviction. They were eyes that believed that if I were left alone like this, the very thing she feared would surely happen. And I, too, couldn’t easily deny Rize’s words.
It was because I felt guilty.
If, as she said, the Popes had feelings for me that went beyond gratitude, it would explain all the actions they had shown since the Creature Abandoned by God boss fight.
Like clinging to my arm while walking together, pressing their breasts against me, and subtly exposing their buttocks while changing clothes in front of me when choosing banquet attire.
If all of that was their own way of seduction, it made perfect sense. I never imagined that the Popes would have feelings for me beyond gratitude, though.
“Judging by your expression, it seems you feel guilty too, Delta. Right? I knew I was right to come see you today. I almost lost you for real.”
I couldn’t even answer Rize. She was right. There were more than a few things I felt guilty about.
Silence was affirmation. Rize pressed her body closer to mine. Her large mounds, pressed against my chest, spilled out of her sleeveless top. Her fully exposed side boob touched my arm.
“What should I do with our sinful Delta? I liked you first, but I almost lost you to other women. And not just any women, but high-ranking figures who I can’t win against. Delta, do you enjoy seducing women indiscriminately?”
“… I’ve never seduced anyone indiscriminately.”
“Then you’re saying you seduced them deliberately, not indiscriminately? That’s even worse.”
Rize chuckled. It was proof that she wasn’t being serious and was just teasing me. I played along quietly.
“I never planned anything like that either. You know my personality, right?”
“Hmm, well. What personality? The one that seduces women without even realizing it?”
“Seduce, that’sㅡ”
“You know your words aren’t convincing at all, right?”
The fingers stroking my lips applied a little more pressure.
“Her Majesty the Emperor showed great interest in you, Aurora-nim is treating you specially, and now I have to add Her Holiness the Sun Pope and Her Holiness the Moon Pope to the list. Can you really say with confidence that it’s not true?”
“…”
“See? You can’t deny it either.”
I was at a loss for words. Now that I heard her say it like that, there were things I felt guilty about.
It was because of Kykilia that the Inquisition had personally come to invite me to the Holy Kingdom, Aurora also had a side she only showed me, and the Sun and Moon Popes were not even worth mentioning.
Even if I put aside Kykilia, whose true intentions were hard to grasp, it was my fault that I didn’t notice Aurora and the Pope sisters’ feelings.
It was a mistake due to the misconception that they were just treating me specially because I saved their lives.
“You look like you don’t understand at all, Delta. You don’t understand why they have feelings for you, why they feel love for you. Right?”
Rize chuckled and then held up a finger and gently pressed it against my lips.
“Yes. Of course, there’s love that needs a reason.”
Her face got a little closer, just a little bit.
“But, my love has no reason, Delta.”
Her icy blue eyes were fixed solely on me.
“I felt it was fate the moment I saw you, and that’s why I love you. That’s all there is to it. A grand reason? Order? Is that important? Does it have meaning? Love is established simply by the fact that I like you.”
“Rize…”
“Ah, I don’t know. Philosophical questions don’t suit me. I’ll stop being unnecessarily serious now. So, what about you, Delta? Are you ready to answer my feelings? Or is this still not enough?”
With those words, Rize closed her mouth. The finger pressing on my lips was removed. It was a sign that she had finished what she had to say and would wait for my answer.
At first glance, she seemed resolute and as if she would accept it and back down gracefully even if I rejected her here. But the reality was different. Her blue eyes were trembling ever so slightly.
She was afraid. Worried that I might reject her.
Of course, I had no intention of doing so. I didn’t want to be a jerk who would make Rize wait any longer after coming this far, and I didn’t want to make any more ridiculous excuses and reject her feelings.
Since things had come this far, I had to do what I had to do. With my resolve strengthened, I raised my right hand and gently cupped Rize’s cheek. Her pupils trembled and then widened.
I pulled her cheek towards me and kissed her.
“…”
Rize obediently lowered her head as I led her. Her blue eyes disappeared between her closed eyelids. Rize’s scent filled my nostrils. This alone was enough to make my lower body twitch in response.
The kiss was brief. We didn’t use our tongues, nor did we mingle our breaths. We simply pressed our lips together. That was enough for now.
As our lips parted, her eyelids lifted. I saw her slightly moist eyes.
“Rize.”
“… I’m listening.”
“I don’t know how this will sound to you, but I’ve known your feelings for a while now. That you like me. I didn’t know why you liked me, though. I couldn’t not know with you clinging to me like that.”
“Then why didn’t you accept me sooner? Did you really have to make me make the first move?”
Rize lightly punched my chest. It was just a playful complaint. Perhaps because we had already kissed, all the negative emotions like worry and fear had disappeared.
“I told you. I didn’t have the confidence to control myself once I crossed the line. I felt like I would just hold onto you all day and roll around in bed.”
“Then you can just hold onto me all day and roll around in bed. How about it? Easy, right?”
“… Was it really this easy to solve?”
“Of course. Did you really think I wouldn’t accept you even to this extent?”
With a sincere smile, our lips met again. It was a more passionate kiss than before. Our breaths mingled. My lips parted slightly, and my tongue slipped inside.
Two warm pieces of flesh intertwined in my mouth. Saliva flowed in along my tongue. Rize swallowed it without a moment’s hesitation. Our joined mouths trembled slightly.
When our intertwined tongues parted and our lips separated again, my mouth also carried Rize’s scent. Rize glanced at me with a silly grin.
It seemed she wanted something.
“Why? Do you want something?”
“I don’t know if you know this, but I don’t have the hobby of riding on top of a man.”
“… So?”
“Are you going to keep lying under me like this? As a man, can’t you at least pin a woman down?”
At this point, it would be abnormal not to know what Rize wanted.
I grabbed Rize’s shoulders and sides and flipped her over. Rize let out a delighted shriek. Because the bed was so large, even though we rolled half a turn to the side, there was still plenty of space left.
We were now facing each other, our positions reversed. My eyes were drawn to her breasts, which were swaying slightly due to the momentum. They still maintained their elasticity despite her lying down.
Rize, now lying beneath me, smiled sweetly.
“Yes. Doesn’t this look so much better?”
“…”
I looked at her, dumbfounded. Rize giggled and continued.
“Delta. Want to know what my fetish is?”
“… Fetish?”
“Yeah. In other words, my sexual preference.”
“What is it?”
My curiosity was piqued. There was no reason to refuse when the woman lying beneath me offered to tell me what she liked.
“Being devoured by a man like you.”
“What?”
“At first, he’s weaker than me, but then at some point, he becomes stronger than me, and I realize that I can’t beat him anymore. And then he starts seeing me not as a teacher, but as a female. My fetish is being violated by a man with that kind of gaze.”
“… That’s a pretty unique taste. Are you a masochist?”
“Maybe. I’ve never been aroused by the thought of me tormenting you. But I have been aroused by the thought of being tormented by you.”
Rize fiddled with her half-slipped shoulder strap.
“I thought it was such a unique taste that I’d almost given up on finding a man like that, but…”
“I fit that taste perfectly?”
“Bingo.”
Rize raised her arms above her head and then bent her elbows slightly, crossing them above her. It was a pose that emphasized her armpits and breasts to the fullest. The slightly lowered shoulder strap was incredibly alluring.
She started to wiggle her thighs in that position and looked at me with suggestive eyes.
“So, now I’m… What’s going to happen to me at the hands of this man in front of me who is far superior, stronger, and sees me as nothing more than a female?”
I chuckled. Her intentions were obvious to anyone. Without hesitation, I raised my arm and grabbed her breasts, which were so large that even half of them couldn’t be hidden, with one hand.
“Of course, it’s this.”