Something was wrong with my body.
I was getting tired way too easily lately. Even simple tasks left me drained.
"Shop owner? Are you okay?"
Reiza looked at me with genuine worry.
"Yeah… honestly, I'm a little concerned myself."
I visited the town doctor, but he just shrugged.
"No obvious abnormalities. Probably accumulated fatigue."
That made sense. Expanding the business, opening a new store, dealing with endless paperwork—it was all piling up.
Still, something felt off.
I decided to take a full day off to rest.
Even on my rest day, though, the urge hit me hard.
"Even when I'm this exhausted, I still want to fuck…"
Maybe I really had been having too much sex.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Merry asked, peeking into the room with worried eyes.
"Yeah, thanks."
Seeing Merry made me horny again, so I holed up in my room to avoid jumping her.
"Customers are here. Want me to turn them away?"
It was Ramel.
"A customer?"
"A person wearing a mask."
"Jelahagdome-san, good to see you."
He had come to check on me and brought a strange gift—an apple-like fruit with a carved face and teeth. Some kind of creepy folk craft.
"After analyzing the medicines you can create with your magic, I found three dangerous ones."
"Dangerous?"
"The youth restoration potion causes extreme manic-depressive swings."
That explained Avale's mood swings. She had good and bad days, sometimes unable to work at all.
"Next, the muscle enhancement drug leads to a loss of rational thought. The user becomes incapable of coherent thinking. That one's the worst."
Terrifying.
"And the stamina/virility potion destroys your sense of empathy."
My heart skipped a beat.
I had used that one.
"I used the virility potion… and I've been abnormally tired."
"That's not from too much sex?"
"Well… I mean, I do have a lot of sex, but…"
"Your ejaculation count has skyrocketed. Your body can't keep up. On top of that, you've lost the ability to empathize with others."
The realization hit me like a truck.
Yuiira and Oumi.
What I did to them… that wasn't playful. That was straight-up rape.
I had violated a woman who had done nothing but help me, and dragged her daughter into it.
All because I couldn't feel how wrong it was in the moment.
"I… I did something horrible…"
"How do I fix this? I hate what I've become!"
"Simple. Produce the neutralizing agent."
It appeared instantly in my palm.
The moment I drank it, an overwhelming wave of guilt crashed over me. I nearly collapsed under the weight of my own actions.
I had to erase those memories. I couldn't let Yuiira live with the knowledge that I had destroyed her pride.
"Jelahagdome-san, thank you. Thanks to you, I stopped myself before it got worse. I'll take full responsibility for what I've already done."
"There was also a memory-alteration drug. It didn't show signs of mental corruption, but don't rely on it too much. We have no idea about long-term effects."
"Understood. I'll only use it this once."
My magic was terrifying. I had been using it too casually.
I hurried to Roiza's shop and carefully erased the memories of that night from both Yuiira and Oumi—every detail of the anal sex, the hypnosis, the bukakke, everything. After two days of observation, it was as if nothing had ever happened. They behaved completely normally around me.
(I'm so sorry…)
The virility potion was now strictly off-limits.
I forced myself into two full days of abstinence—the longest I had gone in a while. It was difficult, but not as bad as the time Reiza caught me masturbating.
That proved the potion really had been pushing my body and mind past their limits.
"This magic produces far too many dangerous substances. I need to be much more careful."
I also gave Avale the proper neutralizing agent.
"…What is this?"
"It will counteract the side effects of the youth potion."
"Will the youth effect disappear?"
"No. I can recreate the youth potion safely later if you want. But the mood swings and instability were caused by the corrupted version. This should fix that."
Avale drank it.
After a moment she asked for a mirror.
"You look the same."
"My mind… feels calm again."
"I'm truly sorry, Avale. I should have noticed sooner."
"It's fine. I was prepared to die for youth. This has been a good lesson for both of us. I'll consult you more often if anything feels off."
"I'd appreciate that."
The golden-haired girl had returned, speaking the common language of the continent fluently now.
"No more fairy around?"
"I listened to it enough to learn."
Her accent was still a little strange, but that didn't matter.
"I came for advice. I believe you can help."
She was overestimating me, but I listened.
"I considered using cannons to exterminate magical beast nests."
"Cannons? You can make those?"
"I managed a prototype, but I'm staying in this world now. I'm getting married."
"…You have no lingering attachment to your old world. That's one way to live. I won't deny it."
She was surprisingly understanding.
"I've started to like this world a little. There are still many things I dislike, but my father explored uncharted continents. I admired that. Slowly, I'm coming to terms with my situation."
That was good to hear. She was finding her own path here.
Then she added something that made my blood run cold.
"It is the duty of gentlemen and ladies to teach proper values to the uncivilized barbarians."
Uncivilized barbarians.
She sounded exactly like the colonial powers of my old world—conquering lands and forcing their "superior" culture on others.
Jelahagdome's warning had been right.
I needed to consult him again.
"My policy remains the same: help her return home as quickly as possible."
Jelahagdome's masked face gave nothing away, but I felt him smiling.
"Don't be so afraid. One person's power has limits. The world doesn't change that easily."
He was right.
"Let her do as she wishes for now. Then send her back. That's best for both her and this world."
---
When I got home that night, I found Merry waiting for me.
"Merry…"
"Hm? What's wrong?"
"Sorry… can we just cuddle and sleep tonight?"
"Of course♡"
It was the second day of abstinence. I was horny as hell.
But I held back.
"Tomorrow I'll go back to being the usual me."
I hugged her tightly.
"Living in this world… there's so much I still need to think about."
Was I really okay? Had I already changed the world in terrible ways with my magic without realizing it?
The anxiety was crushing.
"I just want to go back to being the guy who makes soba, drinks sake, and happily holds cute girls."
I shouldn't overthink it.
I was a soba shop owner.
Even in another world, I would keep making soba.
With my cute wife by my side.
That was enough.
---
Late that night, something warm and wet moved between my legs.
"…?"
"Ehh…?"
"…I want it…♡"
It was Merry.
She was gently stroking my cock with her small hand.
"We haven't done it lately… Sex is off-limits tonight, but… at least let me use my mouth…"
I swallowed hard.
"Sorry, Merry… can I ask for that?"
"Yes♡"
My head felt clear for the first time in days. The new day had begun.
I was back to normal.
"Nnnn♡ It's still so big…♡"
"I'm so lucky to have a cute wife like you, Merry."
"Me too♡ I'm so happy…♡"
She licked my cock like an eager kitten, soft tongue swirling around the head, then along the shaft.
Just the licking was driving me crazy.
"Cum in my mouth today, okay?♡"
She opened her small mouth wide and took me in deep—deeper than I thought possible.
"Wha—?! Eh?! Isn't that choking you?!"
It wasn't just deep. She was using her throat muscles to squeeze me rhythmically—throat-ring tightening.
The sensation was mind-blowing.
Her warm, wet throat constricted around my cock like a living sleeve, milking me with every bob of her head.
I couldn't hold back.
"Merry—!! I'm cumming!!"
I exploded straight down her throat.
"Nnnnngh!!!!"
*SPURT—SPURT—SPUUUUUUUUUURT!!*
Thick, heavy ropes blasted directly into her throat. She coughed a little—"Keho! Keho!"—but kept sucking greedily, swallowing every drop while her throat continued to squeeze and massage me.
The pleasure was so intense I saw stars.
"Merry… are you okay?"
"Mm♡ Did it feel good? You came so fast♡"
"It felt incredible… thank you."
"I'm glad♡"
Later I learned that technique was called "throat-ring tightening." An advanced blowjob skill.
It was ridiculously erotic.
I was overwhelmingly grateful.