Ten days have passed since Lisbeth's behavior changed.
While her behavior itself hasn't drastically changed, anyone who knows her can clearly sense the shift.
Unless there's a special reason, she's always clinging to me, her conversations with Ars becoming brief and perfunctory, or frequently ending in subtle awkward silences.
Conversely, when talking to me, she always wears a bright smile, initiating conversations or prioritizing my opinion over Ars's, showing a much closer attitude.
Furthermore, when out on missions, she wears the gorgeous earrings I gave her, but removes the ring Ars gave her during his proposal, citing "it would be terrible to lose it."
On her days off in Radhadia, she reluctantly wears the ring, but it always feels like a preparation for distancing herself from Ars.
Of course, Lisbeth's completely clingy behavior towards me, like a lover, is still limited to the nights, and judging from her recent actions, she doesn't seem to have completely given up on Ars... but now, on the surface, Lisbeth and Ars seem more like friends than lovers, indicating that she is indeed actively maintaining distance.
If Ars were perceptive, he should have noticed something by now, but he remained skeptical of Lisbeth's change.
Furthermore, to experience the increased difficulty of the adventure activities, I only accepted quests from nearby areas, so I felt perfectly justified in spending every passionate night with Lisbeth.
The first night after the ban was lifted. I did go a bit too far, working until sunrise, so I later limited it to finishing around 2 or 3 AM before returning to my room.
Even with the time limit, I would still immediately enter Lisbeth's room after dinner for intercourse, the frequency being about the same as the first night.
Although it's regrettable that I've only secretly touched Claire two or three times in these ten days… now I should focus on Lisbeth. The fact that Claire's attitude is gradually softening makes me quite satisfied.
"Claire. This time, let's deal with the guy inside. Give me a blessing."
"Yes. Merciful goddess, grant me the power to crush the enemy…"
After handing the axe to Claire, she placed her hand on it and chanted a blessing incantation.
Today's assigned task was to hunt down a swarm of poison dart frogs nesting at a water source in Ladia.
One or two wouldn't be a problem, but it's said that these poisonous creatures, if their numbers increase, will cause considerable trouble at the water source—even if they're not in swarms.
I initially thought the frogs wouldn't pose a threat, but these unique frogs are about a meter long, usually crawling on all fours, occasionally standing on two.
Moreover, they seem to possess some kind of intelligence; the leader-like creature at the deepest point even seems to be directing the group. It's definitely different from low-level missions.
However, since they're still close to being weaklings, their numbers have noticeably decreased after everyone concentrated their firepower and took them down one by one.
After receiving Claire's blessing, I looked towards the frog swarm. Ars was providing cover for Lisbeth while dealing with two, while Lisbeth unleashed five rockets at the swarm.
"Ars! Go take care of the one inside!"
"Understood! Lisbeth!" Ars slashed through the frogs in front of him and charged out, while Lisbeth provided cover fire, unleashing rockets at the surrounding frogs.
As a small gap appeared in the path ahead, I sprinted forward, swinging my axe towards the largest creature at the back.
"Is that your iron axe?!"
......
"Sigh…" After dealing with all the frogs, I stared again at the axe clutched in my hand with a bitter feeling.
The sword I originally bought broke, and I thought the axe would be fine, so I chose this cheap, small battle axe-style one-handed axe… Although it didn't break, it just didn't feel right to use.
Finding a suitable weapon is really too difficult. Maybe I should try a spear or something next time? Just as I was thinking this, Lisbeth ran towards me, extending her hand as if to give me a high-five.
I obligingly gave her a high-five, and Lisbeth smiled and moved closer to me.
"As expected of Shimo. Thanks to you for easily completing today's mission?"
Actually, in terms of mission contribution, everyone's contribution was about the same. Lisbeth's attitude towards me has clearly changed in the past ten days; now she always flatters me like this.
"Hehe. Thanks to Lisbeth's magic. She can fly over to support us whenever we need to, making our operations much easier."
"Hehe. That's great. Ah, Ars, you've worked hard too."
As Ars approached, Lisbeth secretly glanced at him and said "Thank you for your hard work" as a polite greeting.
"Yes, everyone has worked hard. There were more people than expected, so the battle dragged on a bit. Let's quickly gather the materials and go to the lakeside for lunch and a rest before heading back."
Ars spoke without noticing anything amiss. Since he hadn't noticed Lisbeth's change in attitude that day, it seemed he had gradually adapted to her changed attitude.
At this moment, Claire, who was walking slowly from behind, heard Ars's words and lowered her head apologetically.
"I'm sorry... I could have helped if my eyes weren't like this..."
"It's alright. Claire's buffs are incredibly useful. Even defeating this boss monster was thanks to her buffs, right?"
"That's right. Having a priest in the party is so reassuring. You might hurt your hand; we'll handle the material gathering."
Although Claire needs to protect her eyesight and has some mobility issues, her buffs are indeed crucial.
Although the duration is short, when the body is blessed and the weapon is protected, even ordinary monsters seem as easy to deal with as regular enemies during this time.
Although I haven't been seriously injured yet and haven't used healing, recalling healing Ars at the Hero Devourer, I think fractures and the like should be easily healed.
After comforting the apologetic Claire and organizing the materials, we began moving towards the lake a little further away.
While moving, I secretly checked Lisbeth and Claire's status bars from behind.
......
Name: Tania Lisbeth
Race: Human
Level: 25 (620/9120)
Title: Female Mage Who Loves Cock
Age: 20
Female Skills: [Lewdness LV.9] [Male Scent Poisoning LV.8] [Horse Semen Poisoning LV.8] [Submission LV.8] [Submission LV.5] [Desire LV.7] [Adoration LV.9]
Female Records: [First Kiss: Cock] [First Sexual Experience: Cock] [First Anal Sex: Cock]
Male Affection: Shimo 93% Ryan Ars 6% Others 1%
......
Name: Nelis Claire
Race: Human
Level: 13 (1120/4860)
Title: Candidate for Saintess of the Cult of Goddess Who Fears Cock
Age: 27
Female Skills: [Male Scent Addiction: LV.3] [Horse Semen Addiction LV.2] [Fear LV.1] [Desire LV.2]
Female Record: [First Kiss: Cock]
Male Affection: Mad Paul 66% Shimo 5% Others 29%
......
Lisbeth's female skill level is quite high.
Perhaps level 10 is the maximum, so if one skill reaches level 10, will there be any changes?
However, the skills "Lust" and "Love" were directly at level 9 from the day after the daily limit was lifted.
Despite the frequent sex over these ten days, those two skills remained at level 9.
It seems that sex alone cannot satisfy a certain need…but since she's already almost indistinguishable from my females, it should only be a matter of time.
Although I haven't touched Claire much, occasionally helping her with her sexual desires seems to have paid off; her female skills are slowly improving, and her affection is starting to show.
Although the fear hasn't completely subsided, she's stopped trembling at the sight of me lately and we can converse normally now. I just need to take my time and slowly work things out.
What's unusual about her affection level is that Paul's isn't very high, while the other characters' are... Considering it's displayed as a percentage, perhaps it's not that Paul's affection is low, but rather that he's kind to strangers too.
Should I really call her a potential saintess? She's quite different from Lisbeth, who was poisoned by Ars and whose affection for everyone else is only 1%.
Anyway, I need to completely win over Lisbeth as soon as possible before I can officially start pursuing Claire... While I was staring at their status bars, deep in thought, we arrived at the lakeside, prepared lunch together, and sat down.
During lunch, Lisbeth sat down next to me and chatted happily.
For some reason, Ars looked a little dazed, but he seemed to only feel uncomfortable, neither initiating conversation nor stopping us.
He's hopelessly oblivious. But thanks to him, I felt quite comfortable.
After lunch and a short rest, I gently patted Lisbeth and gave her a wink.
Lisbeth seemed to understand immediately, a slight blush spreading across her face as she smiled and said,
"I need to find a stone to make a magical tool. I'll be right back."
"Huh? Lisbeth. Why don't we go together…"
"It's nothing. Just checking if there's one around. I'll let you know if anything happens. You rest." Lisbeth decisively refused Ars and walked into the grass by the lake.
Seeing this, I stretched and stood up, saying to Ars and Kleia,
"Ah~ I'll use this time to relieve myself. There aren't many places to hide; I'll have to go deeper."
"Okay. Go ahead."
I walked towards the grass in a slightly different direction from where Lisbeth had entered, finding a suitable spot with dense trees and thick grass quite a distance from the lake, and slipped inside.
Just then, Lisbeth suddenly leaned over from the side, laughing and striking up a conversation.
"Hehe. Can't hold back even before it's dark?"
"Ah~ It's all this guy's fault for suddenly saying he wanted it." She grinned and lifted the fabric at my waist, revealing the Cock peeking out from my right leg.
Lisbeth blushed and leaned closer, gently placing her hand on the Cock and asking,
"Pfft... what did you say?"
"I said I was going to run some errands. Ars didn't suspect a thing."
"Hehe. Ars has always been so oblivious. Well, okay then..." Lisbeth squatted down against a tree, pulled down my pants, and took out the Cock.
Then she opened her mouth wide, making circles with her hands in front of it, and said to me,
"Please pee all you want in my mouth♡" Hearing this, my Cock began to erect, ready to spray white urine.