Chapter 65 - With Racshell, Beneath the Moonlight
"Racshell, I've kept you waiting. Now I'm going to put my thing, filled with everyone's hopes, inside you."
I leaned over Racshell.
"…What was all that time for, I wonder?"
"I'm not sure why, but it felt like something I had to do."
My head was spinning. Maybe Racshell was right, and it was all just a waste of time. Should I kiss her? While I hesitated, she wrapped her arms around my neck and drew my face close. A soft sensation met my lips.
"I've finally become Mash's lover."
Racshell smiled.
"…Is ‘lover’ okay with you?"
"Perhaps you would have preferred I forced myself on you? Like with Mizuki."
My eyes met Mizuki's. It wasn't just her; everyone was watching me and Racshell. A shiver ran down my spine.
"No, I mean, is it okay for a goddess to favor one single person?"
It was a simple question.
"You already know what kind of place I reside in now, don't you? Even when I leave that place, I am still bound like this. Mash, you who travels by carriage—what are you bound by?"
"The world, I guess. Too many restrictions."
I placed a hand on Racshell's waist and pulled her closer. This time, I was the one who initiated the kiss.
"Mash, the moon is beautiful tonight."
"If you're quoting that Meiji-era author from my old world, you know that's supposedly just a creative myth, right? Shouldn't you know the truth?"
At my words, Racshell gave me a mischievous smile.
"You should tell me your feelings too, Mash. Even the most cliché words will do."
"It might not reach this room, but the moon is always shining, every single night."
"Oh, but it is reaching us. Look."
Moonlight streamed in through the room's window. She reached out a hand as if to scoop it up. I entwined my fingers with hers and squeezed tightly. I kissed her lips fiercely, and she responded by embracing me with her free hand. We parted for a breath, only to seek each other's lips again. I pushed her down, my tongue slipping into her mouth. She met it with her own, our tongues tangling together as we explored the slow, soft, wet sensation.
"Mash…"
Our lips separated, but a thread of saliva still connected us. It snapped and fell to the corner of her mouth, the droplet tracing a path down her cheek. She touched my head, and I ran my hand through her hair. It was golden, with gentle waves. I stroked it downwards, following its flow. So silky. I moved my hand to her bountiful chest. It felt just as amazing as ever.
"Practice again today, is it?"
She must think I'm just teasing her.
"This is the real thing."
I buried my face in her cleavage. Racshell, sensing my intent, cupped her breasts with her own hands, pushing them up from the outside and giving them a gentle shake. The fluffy sensation spread across my cheeks. I felt like I was drowning in bliss. My head was spinning again. I remembered that my mana was running out. Still, I was lasting much longer than the first time. I pushed myself up and checked my condition. I'd been fully erect this entire time. Was this the effect of her charm ability? I slid my hand down to her mons pubis. Descending the hill of golden hair, I reached the cleft between her legs. I traced my finger lightly along the slit.
"Ah… huff…"
A sigh escaped Racshell's lips. This time, I explored her shape with my finger, parting the folds to touch her clitoris. After rolling the small pearl a few times, I slid my finger down to the entrance of her vagina. I slipped a finger deep inside. It was already slick and filled with her juices. I suddenly remembered the time Fam and I were inside her.
"My, my, you're thinking of another woman, aren't you?"
Why are women so perceptive? Was it written all over my face? I gripped myself and pressed the head against Racshell's entrance. She watched the act intently.
"I'm putting it in. Brace yourself."
"…"
She just stared at me, her lips sealed.
"What's wrong?"
"Mash… hurry."
At her words, I began to sink myself into her. The head parted her folds and settled inside Racshell.
"Aah!"
Racshell cried out. As I pushed deeper, I reached a point of resistance. When I applied more force, her face contorted in pain.
"Kuuu…"
Racshell gripped my skin, her nails digging in. Watching her expression, I pushed my penis in all the way.
"Aaaahhh!"
Racshell's vagina clenched tightly around me, the sensation heightening my pleasure. I pulled back until I was almost out, then slammed my hips forward, driving myself into her deepest point.
"Agh!"
Racshell let out another cry.
"This is perfect. When I tried to pull out, you sucked me right back in."
"W-Wait, Mash, wait. I've torn… It hurts a little, so please wait until it calms down."
I had to come before my mana ran out.
This time, I moved my hips in small circles.
"Ngh! Please wait! Just a little longer!"
With no other choice, I began to caress her breasts. At the tip of her translucent white skin were two pale pink buds. I latched onto one, rolling it with my tongue.
"Aun…"
Just kneading and sucking them sent her excitement soaring. I suckled her breast, then traced a line up her neck with my tongue. Racshell moaned in time with my movements. Was it still hurting? The tightness around my penis had lessened. With every movement, her slick folds wrapped around me, a sensation that was unbearably good. They were squirming, trying to draw me deeper. I wanted to start thrusting and fully savor the feeling of her vagina. Unable to bear it, I kissed her, pleading.
"Ah… fuu…"
Racshell let out a sweet sigh.
"…Racshell."
"Fufu, actually, the pain faded a little while ago, and it's been feeling quite good, you know."
Racshell smiled.
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"Your desperate face was just too cute."
Me… cute? Come to think of it, though she looked to be around twenty, she was a goddess who had lived for thousands, no, tens of thousands of years. I'd been treating her like a normal woman this whole time. Racshell moved her hand to her groin, touching where we were joined. She scooped up her own juices with her finger and brought them to our lips. Her finger was coated in a fluid mixed with a tinge of crimson.
"How is it? It's the taste of my first time, you see."
Our eyes locked as we licked her finger together. It tasted faintly of iron.
"Mash, I want you to make me feel good now, please."
Beneath me, she began to move her hips. Following her lead, I started to thrust.
"Aahn, ahn, ahn, ah, ahhh…"
Racshell cried out in pleasure.
"Mash… Mash…"
She whispered my name into my ear. I covered her lips with mine, silencing her. Our tongues tangled, exchanging saliva. We were mixing together, becoming one. I kept thrusting. Sweat dripped from my body, mixing with hers and melting away. Every time I drove myself into her, her juices made a lewd, wet sloshing sound.
"Mash. It feels so good… pleasure is just… bubbling up, one wave after another!"
"Racshell. Me too. I'm… I'm about to cum."
"Mash, together… Push up from below. Press your stomach against my clitoris!"
Listening to her cries, I kept thrusting just as she'd asked. Reaching my limit, I emptied myself deep inside her.
"Aaaaaahhhhhhh!"
Racshell let out her loudest cry yet. I gripped her hips firmly, holding her still as I continued to cum deep within her. With each of my pulses, her vaginal walls convulsed in response.
"Racshell…"
Finished, I pulled her into an embrace and begged for a kiss. She obliged, pressing her lips to mine. My vision swam. My mana was about to run out.
"So this is the way of mortals."
Racshell said after we broke the kiss.
"What do you mean by that? Is it different for gods?"
"We do not have this kind of form. Unless we make a covenant or the like, that is."
"You mean… this wasn't your first time?"
"It was my first time. You are my first lover. From now on, you will treat me with care, as my lover should."
In the face of her seemingly eternal existence, how must I appear, with my life that is but the blink of an eye? That was what I pondered as my consciousness began to fade.
"Please wait!"
It was Karpana.
"My clan has lived with the dream of the day we could serve Lady Racshell once more. Please, grant us a revelation, a way for us to live on!"
She was kneeling naked, bowing so deeply her head touched the floor. It was a sight that made me want to have Racshell step on her, awakening some new fetish within me. I wanted to get behind her and play with her exposed anus.
"…Mash. Are there any imminent threats?"
"Come to think of it, a swarm of Big Hoppers is approaching from the west. We have to protect the city."
Something we discussed during the day felt like a distant memory.
"Then let us take a look."
"I can't. I'm out of mana. I feel sick."
"In that case, Miss Mizuki, please lend me your mana."
"Eh…? Huh?"
Racshell held a hand to the bewildered Mizuki's forehead. Mizuki collapsed on the spot as if falling asleep, and didn't move.
"Hey, if you can do that, you should be stealing mana from people other than me."
"I can only do it from you and Miss Mizuki. Oh, and I can take a little from those you two have bonded with."
"Is that so?"
Having Mizuki or my other companions drained of mana during a fight would be disastrous, so it didn't seem very useful.
"Well then, let us go. Please open the window."
When I looked, Racshell was sitting on a spear that had appeared out of nowhere. She was draped in a celestial robe that shimmered with rainbow hues. She flew out the window Karpana had opened and soared into the sky. Karpana and I followed her with our eyes. A goddess, sitting on a spear floating in the air beneath the moonlight. She raised her hand, then swung it down toward the western sky. From nowhere, hundreds, thousands of arrows appeared, flying west. Their tips glinted in the moonlight like shooting stars before vanishing over the horizon. As we watched the fantastical sight, Racshell flew back.
"Did you see? Those were the arrows of my soldiers, your ancestors."
"…Yes."
Karpana nodded.
"You have not inherited this power."
So they hadn't inherited the power, yet they were cursed to a life of wandering. It was utterly unfair.
"Are we… no, am I a burden?"
Racshell answered her with a smile.
"Then you should seek the words of the god that sleeps in this land."
"Mash."
Racshell called my name. It was no good. My consciousness was blurring. I couldn't hold on.
"What?"
"Mizuki's mana gives me almost no power at all. All I did was launch them in the enemy's general direction. You'll have to do the rest."
Of course. We didn't even know the location of the monster swarm. I had no idea how far away they were, but based on the daytime scouting, it had to be dozens of kilometers or more. If she could snipe an enemy from that distance, I'd be invincible.
"Racshell… I just remembered something I wanted to ask. The Demon Lord… is already gone, right?"
There were other things I wanted to ask, too. Please, Maira, I need you to wake up.
"Please, defeat the Demon Lord."
"Tch, what are you, some NPC A?! You're not bugged, are you?!"
Her voice sounded distant. My own voice felt like it wasn't mine, far away. Was she even hearing me?
"Also, I've made major revisions to the Guide to the World, so please be sure to read it properly."
"That's right… the day Mizuki and I were summoned… you had a video prepared. I want to see… that…"
My consciousness dissolved into darkness.
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