The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 362: Friendly Match

”She’s really angry! I don’t understand how you do it, since she’s always so calm and understanding. You have a gift.”

”Hehe~ you don’t need to praise me.”

”It’s not praise... rather, I also have to complain. What are you doing with everyone here? Isn’t it uncomfortable for you?”

”A little, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I’d also like a private room... although that feeling of doing it in secret... it’s like it’s awakening something in me.”

Since we arrived in the middle world, the comforts of having private rooms were gone. To begin with, the academy wasn’t even that: it was just the royal mansion hastily remodeled to function as an academy, and the dormitories weren’t enough for everyone.

We had to share a room with at least ten people.

Luckily, with my techniques of abusing authority, I was able to get all the girls in here and prevent them from putting more in, that way if anything happened, it would be among acquaintances.

Most of the time I dragged them to the dimensional rock, but sometimes I just found it fun to mess with them. Today, I didn’t let Elena sleep, and that must’ve annoyed her — not to mention Lys got close and almost caught us.

It was good that I moved fast and did some quick purification, and that it resulted in her thinking that we were just two friends sleeping together.

’Hmmm, but it didn’t feel bad; she felt a little different. Huehue~, maybe I can awaken a new fetish in her, hehueh!’

”Hey, what are you thinking about? Why is the only thing in your head perversions! Haah~ Anyway, before the rest arrive, I want to ask you: where are you? Neither you nor the other one are the real one; where is the original?”

”Oh! You noticed. I see you’re starting to master your blessing, .”

”Yes, so what are you up to?”

”Well, I snuck into an expedition to the Valley of Mist—well, it’s not called that yet.”

”Huh? You snuck into an expedition?... ah!, the Valley of Mist.”

Silvia must know that place from her memories, and since it’s so important, she must deduce what my goal is, even though I was originally only going for my brother. I’m going to kill three birds with one stone.

I also have to tell the rest of the girls. Elena already knew, because just when I finished getting all the information out of David with Aurora’s help, she had nothing to do, and since it was the first time Aurora had interacted with two Seraphinas, she kept looking at me.

I started to tease her a little—perhaps because of the atmosphere in the hotel or because she was confused to see two versions of me—and she got carried away by our words.

There came a point when she was so red that it looked like she was starting to give in, but in the end, She kept refusing to do any of the many things I proposed to her.

And since she forcibly changed the subject, we started talking about other things: what I was doing, the expedition, and so on.

One thing led to another, and I let slip that I also had a charm-like skill.

Aurora began to look at me suspiciously, as if she were forming a crazy theory about my identity.

I wanted to help her by using morphogenesis and looking like a succubus, but before I could do so, Elena—as if she knew exactly what I was thinking of doing—appeared out of nowhere and stopped me.

Apparently, she had followed me to make sure I wouldn’t harm or do anything inappropriate to Aurora when she saw me sneaking her away.

My heart almost jumped out of my chest, but what did come out was a very ”masculine” battle cry, both from me and Number Two.

In the end, I told her one of my three goals for going there, which was reasonable. And since it was an expedition with so many people, including my older brother, and I also had room to leave the doppelgängers behind, she wasn’t against it.

’Yes, considering she only got to sleep for an hour until I idly crawled into her bed... oh shit, with how angry she is, she won’t help me with my homework.’

”Ahem, Silvia, ahem: since you know, I’ll also let you know that my brain doesn’t work well when I’m a doppelgänger. So, as my best friend, ahem, I’d like you to help me a little with my homework. Elena is dangerous, and I don’t think she’ll help me.”

”Don’t take me for a fool! Do it yourself..., rather do you think you can come back in four days?”

”hmm, nope, why, you need me for something, I’m a doppelganger but I can do anything the original”.

”No, I rather thought that with the announcement of the Friendly match , you’d be anxious and want to do it with your main body, considering that you’ll be meeting some of your targets,”

”Huh? What are you talking about?”

”You have to stop sleeping at the academy. Doesn’t Elena scold you?”

”No, I’ve mastered the technique of sleeping with my eyes open.”

”Haaah~ I don’t understand why you’re even going; with all you know, the academy must seem silly to you...”

”No, not at all. I also learned many things I didn’t know. Oh, and speaking of advantages, remember to buy good materials with your academy points: Ciel and I are going to make the equipment. There are no good blacksmiths or magical engineers on this continent.”

”Hmm, you already told me that, but I really don’t know much about it. What do you recommend?”

”Well, you always buy equipment to cover your weaknesses. You’re a balanced mage, but you lack mobility and defense. You have the robe you got from William’s legacy, but I still don’t think it’s enough. Internal armor would be good, and some kind of movement-enhancing artifact... or better yet, something that helps you move. That’s why I would recommend trading your points for Echostone.”

”Yes, I thought so too, but to create a staff, since it conducts fire and earth magic well, and other elements.”

”Nah! Echostone is better for creating a movement artifact, since it supports spatial runes. Instead, I have some ’magma golem heart’ stones I got; I also have a good staff, and Ciel has a useful skill that will recycle it and transform it into a staff tailored to yo”

I still had things like armor and weapons from William’s legacy, but really none of them were suited to us or our rank; same with the blessings.

So, with Ciel’s help, I’ll remodel them, adding materials and upgrades, not just for the girls but for our whole group.

That’s why I had everyone buy materials instead of buying something complete: that way they could get more and have better things.

I spent mine on Aurion and Pyrophrax. They were rare materials that were worth a lot of points per gram; in fact, the academy didn’t have much, but since I wanted those specifically, they did their best to get more.

It wasn’t really for me, but for what Rosy needed. I completed the Aurion and I have all the Pyrophrax; unfortunately, the academy had no way of finding the other three, but if all goes well, only two will be missing... and I think I know where to find one of them.

”He can? Didn’t you say he’s still young?”

”Yes, but that doesn’t change the fact that he has the potential to reach the top of the magical engineers and blacksmiths. I think he can even reach a good level of alchemy. The skills that come with his race are a trap, and even more so since he inherited the entire repertoire. Well, for now he’s just an antisocial brat. Anyway, what was that about a Friendly match?”

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”(≖_≖ )”

”What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

”You seem curiously excited. What are you planning?”

”In Death by Snu-Snu, ahem—I mean—in upholding the good name of our academy.”

”Save your nonsense for those who believe it.”

”Oh, but I’m serious.”

”Hmm... if that’s the case, could you tell me the name of our academy?”

”Tsk! Eira, do you think I’m a fool? We’ve been here for over half a year; how could I not know the name of the academy whose name I want to uphold?”

”So, what is its name?”

”...Avaloria Kingdom Academy.”

”You didn’t even try! Fool! Tell me what you have in mind; you’ve been smiling for a while now, and nothing but wicked intentions come out of you.”

”Hey, do you see any trace of wickedness in these eyes?”

”Don’t play dumb, you’re wearing the blindfold—why even wear it if you’re the doppelgänger?”

”It still works for training the senses. I already told you we’re all basically the same.”

”...Whatever, then. What are you going to do? Remember, this is friendly; you must act with restraint.”

”Of all people... you’re the last one I expected to hear that from.”

”Huh? What are you insinuating?”

”What you heard: if anyone goes crazy, it’s most likely going to be you; with how easy it is to provoke you, I bet someone will say ’I choose the pink dwarf over there’ and piss you off, you’ll go out and destroy them to the point where it’s no longer friendly.”

That’s what happened in the alternate timeline, so there are precedents.

’I wonder if that idiot who ended up with an ice pick stuck in a place I don’t even want to imagine will do it again?’

”The only one I’m going to hit is you, idiot. Who are you calling a pink dwarf?”

”Hey, it was just an example, and look! It’s so ea-! Ugh!... I’ll let that display of aggression slide, since one of us has to be the mature one in the relationship and... Ouch!, you little shit, you’re asking for it!”

”Come on, bastard, last time you got away with excuses.”

”I... Tsk! Now is not the time for that. I’ll let it slide for now; when we get back, I’ll get you back. I’ll give you a good spanking for old times’ sake—although lately you seem to enjoy it more than anything else and—”

”Shut up! Don’t talk nonsense! What if someone hears you!?, put up a barrier.”

”No! Besides, you’re the one who started yelling.”

Well, everyone was focused on what was happening in front, so I don’t think anyone is listening.

”Grrr... Let’s drop that subject, we’ll sort it out later.”

”I see you’re looking forward to it, I won’t disappoint you: I’ll leave you red.”

”You won’t, and I’m not looking forward to anything... Ugh! You really are like my mother, you change the subject too easily. I don’t know why I let myself be led. Haah~ So what do you have in mind? It’s definitely nothing good.”

”Well, I won’t do anything... but if things go well, there will be a new member of the harem. Huehuehue!”