Chapter 25: Cultivation (1/2)
All at once, Layn's world exploded.
From the moment the girl's wet lips rubbed against his mouth, from when her tongue pushed a bit of her saliva inside his mouth, from the moment the two of them joined in a deep kiss…
Not only Layn's lower body reacted. Rather than that, it felt as if a certain innate drive, something hidden deep within him, was moved.
This strange occurrence was clearly a magical reaction… But one that the archmage experienced for the very first time.
And then, as if a sledgehammer smacked itself right into Layn's head. With his body possessing an incredibly high magic affinity, a sudden invasion of the foreign energy shocked and paralyzed the man.
But rather than wreaking havoc inside him or burning his insides only to suck them off later, this push of Irea's mana served like a kick that started the entire chain reaction. The magic that was infused in his flesh started to move.
Feeling the glib tongue of the girl moving around in his mouth, Layn's let himself go in this intimate moment, minding the potential onlookers not. Since Irea was all right with this, he had no reason to refuse her advances.
After all, who was he supposed to be faithful to? His cheating wife that would take several millennia to even be born? No, there was no reason for that at all.
But Irea wasn't going to give him even this little time to think the matters through. Pushing her body against his skin, she wrapped her hands around Layn's head, locking it in place as she continued to exchange saliva with him.
And at the same time, Layn's insides were exploding in both pain and ecstasy. As if some kind of slug was cleared out from his body, as if a certain kind of magic virginity was torn apart, his energy finally started to rotate.
'So that's the idea…' It was impossible for Layn to figure out the magic of the ancients without experiencing it on his own. It was simply so different to what he was used to, that his own expertise would block him from ever understanding it. Only when Irea forced enough energy through her affectionate kiss into his system, did the seed of understanding sprout in Layn's mind.
And in an instant, he noticed several problems with the situation. Instinctively understanding the principle behind what the girl was trying to guide him through right now, Layn reached out with his arms before wrapping them around the girl's waist. Under the guidance of his hands, the girl climbed up his legs, sitting down deeply on his lap.
Entangled as much as two humans could be, the pair of a modern person and an ancient got lost in their own world. While for an inexperienced eye their actions would look no different to just making out, not even a single of the ancients from their group seemed to look at it like that.
”Ah…!” Suddenly breaking the kiss, Irea deprived Layn of the crucial energy that he was using to push his own mana forward. Only now noticing how red the girl's face became and how the light in her eyes seemed to fade, Layn desperately grabbed Irea's shoulders before pushing her away.
'Right… That energy had to come from her, it's no wonder she's exhausted.' Realising what should be obvious, Layn looked at the girl with terror in his eyes. While he was insanely thankful for her showing him the ropes of the ancient magic, he got too absorbed into the euphoria stemming from growing stronger.
”I'm sorry. It seems I'm only capable of helping you out so little…” With her cheeks flushed in red, Irea turned her deep, blue eyes away. With her lips trembling, she clearly was in a sorry state.
A state that would make it rather hard for her to travel under such an intense regime.
”Argh!' Suddenly releasing a pained whine, Layn grabbed his face. Attracting the attention of the other ancients with that move, the archmage could feel the pressure building up.