Chapter 40: Feats of the ancients (1/2)
”Umh, mhhhm!” At first, Irea didn't offer any resistance. Happily accepting Layn's lips, she immersed herself in the pleasure. But after just a short moment, her face suddenly tensed up.
”Umph. Oph. Stop!” Freeing herself from Layn's arms, Irea leaned backwards before lowering her head and stabilising her breath.
”You didn't like it?” As soon as the first sign of resistance appeared, Layn backed off. Relaxing his hold on the girl's arms, he allowed her to escape from his direct reach.
In the end, if he wanted a whore, there were bound to be some whorehouses around. If the girl was resisting him, Layn had no wish to push her any further.
”It's not like that…” Turning her head to the side, Irea avoided Layn's curious stare. ”It's not the time for it.” Pushing her hands forward, Irea forced Layn a single step back.
”I had to enlist Sitra's help to get you to the registration.” The girl's aura slightly changed. With her shyness replaced by annoyance, she stared daggers at the man in front of her. ”You are not going to waste this opportunity by being late!”
Grabbing the man's hand, Irea swiftly pulled him outside. Not giving Layn any time to analyze the situation, she brought him back to the outside before forcing her way towards the fortress of the academy.
”Wait, so does that mean…” Unable to catch up with the events, Layn got confused. And in this confusion, those words managed to slip out.
”If it's past the sunset and we are alone, back in my place…” Despite pushing forward at a breakneck pace, Irea still managed to somehow clearly communicate this message.
”Great, let's focus on the registration first, then.” Rather than nailing down the point, Layn decided to give the girl some breathing room. In the end, when compared to his previous, naive self, Irea would have to basically throw herself at him for his dense former self to notice her advances.
But even if the archmage changed past Ortensia's betrayal, it didn't mean he knew the ropes of acting forward. That's why, as much as he wanted to press the topic, his less proactive self made him wary of just scaring the girl away.
Thanks to this mindset, the duo managed to reach the academy grounds in a relatively short time. Yet due to the pace ordained by the girl, by the time they were only passing the outer gate to the compound, Layn was already soaking wet from his own sweat.
'So much for improved body condition thanks to the ancient's magic…' Complaining inwardly, Layn didn't waste the chance to look around even before they moved past the inner set of the proper walls.
'As magnificent as it looks… How would they defend against long-range attacks?' As much as Layn wanted to shake his head over the naivete of the ancients, he couldn't afford to act spoiled like that.
Because judging from the situation yesterday, this place had a chance to be filled with freaks, willing to curse one's entire family line just because of a small, meaningless insult.
”Welcome to the academy.” Speaking up for the first time since her intimate confession, Irea opened up her arms as if she wanted to embrace the whole place. Even though this was obviously not the first nor the second time she entered the place, a gleam of excitement in her eyes had yet to die out.