Chapter 1: Trying Out Practicing – Part 2

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Part 2

　He was called back from his thoughts by Shera’s voice.
「Is that Kikou, and what you did with Sorami-san, connected with each other?」
「Y, yeah……of course. It’s because that was Kikou practice.」
　 He didn’t lie.
　Compared to the Martial Arts that were spread to the Adventurers, the application range of the Gado-style Kikou was vast. He was able to catch a glimpse of it.
　Shera had her eyes shining.
「I want to try it too!」
「U, umu……Is that so. In that case, eventually.」
「We’llーdoーitーrightーnowー!!」
「Now!?」
「I mean, I, lost again after all.」
　She dropped her shoulders.
　Diablo hadn’t seen their fight, and had only heard the story from the Kobolds but……
　It seems that Shera’s group fought against the Royal Palace Knight Geibalt’s Summoned Beast. Going by their features, they were 《Fafnir》 and 《Ifrit》.
　With both of them being SSR-class that exceed the level limit, Geibalt’s abilities are quite considerable.
　As an Archer, Shera is most likely right before the limit breakthrough──She should be either level 99 or something close to that.
　However, there was also the difference in battle experience, and it seemed that it was an utter defeat.
　Shera was making a rare serious expression.
「If I were stronger, I feel like things would have ended without the Kobolds having to fight, and it would have ended without Rem turning strange.」
「That might be true.」
「I wouldn’t have had to run away from Nii-san……and then, we wouldn’t have ended up parting like that either.」
「That, wasn’t your fault.」
「But, Diablo, I’m always being protected by you and Rem……」
　That wasn’t true at all.
　Unlike when they had first met, Shera had now grown into a full-fledged Adventurer as well.
　Since she had the equipment that was strengthened by Krum, she could at least defeat low-class Demonic Beings.
　Geibalt was just too strong of an opponent for her.
　──Besides, it’s not like I’ve become fully able to use Kikou either.
「Hey, teach it to me too, Diablo! What should I do? Do I just have to lick your belly button?」
　Going *pero pero*, Shera put her small tongue out, and moved the tip of it.
　Diablo flinched.
　──That, wasn’t me having my belly button licked.
　He wasn’t able to give her a detailed explanation about what it was.
　Shera took off her waist belt.
　She raised the hem of her one piece.
　The area from her pure white panties to her well-shaped belly button were in full view.
「Or, Diablo, do you lick my belly button? Do you think I’ll get stronger with just that?」
「Agagagaga……!?」
　Having something like that shown off to him all of a sudden, he had a hard time maintaining his sense of reasoning.
　──If I lick your belly button, you’ll get stronger~.
　He couldn’t say something as stupid as that to her who was seriously troubled over it.
　Diablo folded his arms and worried over it.
　As he started to think about a “method to become stronger” even while having panties and a belly button in front of him, his thoughts went into himself and he became unaware of the things around him.
「……At that time, Sorami herself used Kikou, and gave guidance by touching me so I could feel it. Shall we give that a try?」
「Un!」
　Dropping the hem of her one piece, Shera nodded.
「In truth, it would be much better if you received guidance from Sorami though.」
「Do you think she’d teach me if I asked?」
「No……」
　There was something that he didn’t tell Shera.
　As the assistant instructor of the Gado-style, Sorami had accepted a request from the Caliture Feudal Lord. It was to hold Diablo back.
　In the end, having no choice but to fight, she struck her with powerful magic to the point that she couldn’t stand up.
　Since Diablo’s group ended up opposing the Lifelia Kingdom, they were now fugitives.
　Visiting the Gado-style estate that was in the Frontier City Caliture, would they be able to have the secret technique of their school taught to them from the opponent that he had stomach punched with all his might?
　That was impossible even if it was Rem’s home.
　Diablo put out a finger.
　He wasn’t as used to it as he was with Chemical Elemental Magic but……
「I shall use Kikou. It is a Martial Art that heights one’s physical abilities with SP. Try and sense it.」
「I’ll do my best!」
　Diablo also needed to do his best. He had been taught Martial Arts that were used when wielding a sword by Master Swordsman Sasala.
　However, Kikou was something much more delicate.
　If he had to liken it to something, it were as if what he learned from Sasala was how to heat up ready-made curry, while what Sorami told him was the way to make curry from spices.
　Martial Arts that could strengthen people effortlessly was spread to many Adventurers.
　If he succeeded in using Kikou, he should obtain even more appropriate options to situations.
　He heightened the Kikou in his body.
　The finger that Diablo had extended, Shera went and──

　*Pakun*, put it in her mouth.

「Hanmu.」
　*Numeri* The soft and wet sensation of her tongue touched his fingertip. The warmth of the inside of her body was being transmitted to him.
　Diablo stiffened.
「Wh, what……?」
「Npa……If I remember correctly, you hold it in your mouth, right? Like this? Like this?」

　Come to think of it, she had witnessed Sorami firmly holding him in her mouth.
　Diablo’s spine shivered from the sensation of Shera’s small tongue. His heart was beating fast, and his breathing became rough.
　──At this point, I can’t tell her that touching it with her hand would have been enough.
　He was no longer in a state of mind where he could focus on the Kikou.
　Rather, his blood ended up converging on his lower abdomen.
　Shera opened her eyes wide.
「Nn!?」
「Wh, what is it!?」
「I got it! I’ve got it, Diablo! This light is Kikou, isn’t it!? I saw it gather down below, you know!?」
「…………」
　So she saw it.
　Putting that aside for now, he felt that Shera really was a genius.
　When Diablo first came into contact with Kikou, he couldn’t tell anything but the sensation of how Sorami’s chest felt. At the end, his Kikou was forcibly made to work by her, and had his body dominated.
　Though, as a result, by experiencing his own Kikou, he became a bit able to use it.
　Being somewhat excited, Shera spoke.
「Amazing! Amazing! To think that SP could be used like this.」
「U, umu. So you’ve also become able to see it. You’re somewhat good, aren’t you.」
　I’m still better though──he said it with that sort of tone.
　In his mind, he was struck with admiration.
　Even if Shera, an Archer, was more familiar with SP than Diablo, a Chemical Elemental Magician.
　At this rate, it seemed like she would use Kikou at any moment now.
　Shera badgered him.
「Diablo, show me more, okay? Do it even stronger.」
「U, umu.」
　Even if she says that, he can’t really calm down with his finger being lapped up.
　An ingenious idea came out.
「Next, you should try doing it.」
　Finally, Diablo’s finger was released from being inside Shera’s mouth. It was nice and warm, and sodden.
「Eh? You think I, can do it?」
「To begin with, Archer Martial Arts endow SP into their arrows. If we’re talking about the Gado-style, it’s Gaikikou. Using it within the body to strengthen one’s physical ability is Naikikou.」
　He proudly spoke about the second-hand knowledge he got from Sorami.
　He felt like making this sort of “smug look that looked like owned that smattering knowledge” was an act to be embarrassed about but……it couldn’t be helped. If a Demon King were to speak with a tone of “I heard that from Sorami-san though”, his solemnity would come to nothing.
「Then I’ll give it a try! Here.」
　Shera held out a finger.
「……Mu?」
「Next, Diablo, it’s your turn to hold it in your mouth. Since I’m going to try using Kikou.」
「N, no……」
　There ain’t really a need to hold it in his mouth, right? If she used the Kikou, she could tell that herself, right?
　However, Shera held out her finger with a face that didn’t have any misgivings.
　Diablo was bewildered.
　Should I hold it in my mouth?
　No, should I plainly refuse and say it’s unneeded?
　However, since it can make her focus on the Kikou in a good mood, should I just go along with her?
　Going “Ha!”, Shera realized.
「Ah, could it be that beginners can’t go with the finger!?」
「Eh?」
「Come to think of it, Diablo, you also had your belly button licked, didn’t you.」
「……Ah, yeah.」
　It wasn’t his belly button though.
「Here!」
　Just like earlier, Shera lifted up the hems of her one piece.
　Her belly button and panties became exposed.
　──You’re telling me to lick it!?
　Diablo stiffened up.
「……ッ」
　At that time, a voice that was like an earth tremor came from the side.

「Just what in the world are you doing, you two?」

　*Biku* Diablo’s body stiffened up, and he turned towards it.
　With her clothes sill pulled up, Shera also turned her eyes over there.
「Rem!?」
　With an expression that looked like she would transform into a Demon King at any moment now, Rem opened her eyes.
「……Right beside someone who’s sleeping.」
「Rem Rem Remー, it’s the real Remー!!」
　*Gabah* Shera hugged her.
「Wapuh!? Ah, what’re you……」
「Ahh, that way of getting mad, it’s the usual Remー」
「……If you understand that I’m mad, then let go.」
「You were really scary before after all!」
　Diablo also remembered.
　──I clearly felt bloodlust from the Demon King-transformed Rem.
　He shivered.
　At that time, Rem’s eyes shone red.

“……It’s a want, to kill you……then die myself.”

　The Kikou spear that was said to have slaughtered even Ifrit had been turned towards Diablo’s heart.
　He thought that he was going to die.
　He was glad to have lived through that.
　To think that he, who had no communication skills, would have a connection to having bloodlust turned towards him from a female.
　──No, I guess that’s wrong.
　It was because he had no communication skills that bloodlust was turned towards him.
　If it were a riajuu they were talking about, whether it was two or three of them, they would have surely been cheering and having a good time.
　Since he couldn’t say even a single decent line, he made her feel anxious, feel lonely, feel despair, and that broke their relationship.
　Diablo turned towards Rem, and opened his mouth.
「I’m sorry.」
「Ah……」
「I am a Demon King. I am sure that I did not meet your expectations.」
「N, no……I selfishly got mad……or rather, once I used the 《Demon King’s Fang》 that I received from Krum, my sense of reason was sent flying.」
「Fumu?」
　──Did she just say 《Demon King’s Fang》? That’s an item that wasn’t in the MMORPG Cross Reverie. Going by Rem’s words, does it send one’s sense of reasoning flying and then make their abilities make a sudden rise?
　Rem spoke.
「……It isn’t Krum’s fault. In her own way, she worried about me, so that I wouldn’t lose my life. What ran wildly, was my own weakness.」
　Shera tightly hugged her.
「Let’s become stronger together, okay? I’ll also do my best. So.」
「……That’s true. Next time, let’s win against Geibalt with our own abilities. I also have my pride. I don’t want to lose against the same opponent a third time.」
「Un!」
　The two looked at each other and smiled.
　She smiles a lot more when she talks with Shera than when she talks with me──is what Diablo pathetically thought.

　──As I thought, I really am bad, at talking with people.

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