Sociopathy.
A psychological illness that shares a great deal with psychopathy.
Key symptoms include; Superficial charm or intelligence, persistence lying and deceit to exploit others, using charm or wit to manipulate others, impulsivity, an altered perception of emotions, extreme egocentricity and arrogance.
And the kicker, a complete lack of guilt, remorse, or shame.
Psychopaths are generally referred to as the more extreme version of sociopaths, though there are differences, like an almost inability to make emotional attachments of any kind. Sociopaths are often more expressive and aggressive, while psychopaths are calmer, subtler, able to do horrifying things without their expression shifting in the slightest.
I sat somewhere in between them.
The reason I called myself a sociopath was that I was once called that when I was young, which is how I found out about it, so I've gone by that since then (though I was probably closer to a psychopath).
These kinds of people are dangerous. They'll be your best friend in moments, get what they want, and be gone just as quickly. They'll do anything if it means a benefit for them. They will lie, cheat, manipulate, steal and harm (and much more!) to get what they want, often without hesitation or fear. They knew of right and wrong, they just don't care.
They are flawed however.
They have great difficulty in considering the consequences of their actions, and with their poor impulse control and willingness to break the law; they often find themselves with criminal records. They possess a level of egocentricity where they believe themselves highly superior, and as such, have difficulty learning from their mistakes.
Now about me.
Superficial charm and intelligence that I could flip on and off like a switch? Check.
Lying, manipulating and differing emotions? All check.
Guilt? What's that?
Arrogance and impulsivity though? Not likely.
This is where I differ. I viewed thing with an objectivity that judges dream of.
Egocentric? Sure. But I wasn't arrogant. And while I certainly did as I pleased, I made rational and informed decisions.
I knew of empathy too… to a degree. I could understand the pain someone may be going through, but I didn't get any compulsion to help, unless of course, doing so would benefit me.
While I wasn't the best at planning ahead, I could certainly do it. I could also learn from my mistakes. In fact, it's what I strive to do. A mistake should only ever be made once, in my eyes. That's why I chose to learn martial arts.
I was small, and couldn't defend myself in any meaningful way, so I found someone who could, and learnt everything I could from them.
Contrary to what you may believe however, is that a psychopath isn't necessarily a killer. Though most serial killers are psychopaths, that doesn't mean we all are. We aren't born with like, inbuilt sadism, that's a kind of, per person thing. It's not decided because you're a psychopath.
All psycho/sociopaths could kill, don't get me wrong, and do so without any form of emotional or moral difficulty, but we don't necessarily want to, or take joy from it. Most of us are smart enough to realise that murder is basically an express ticket straight to jail, and you can't have much fun in jail, so it's generally not worth while trying to kill someone. Plus, they might fight back, which would be painful.
At least, that's how it works on Earth. Here though?
Well. Things are different here.
"Look Megumin, bottom line is, unless you learn some other skills, we can't keep you in our party,"
It was unfortunate, because the 'explosion' spell could be very valuable, and her immobile body would make for good bait, but she doesn't have any consistent forms of damage output.
I want her in the party, she just needs another, more versatile spell.
"I understand," Megumin said dejectedly as she stood up.
Was she seriously that unwilling to learn a new spell?
Guess she'll need some coaxing.
"Hey, wait! Megumin, I really want you in the party, but you need a more valid form of attack spell. I can see you're unwilling, so how about this; if you learn another spell, I'll look for a method that'll allow you to cast 'explosion' twice a day. Plus, if you have another spell you can use lots, you'll also be able to level up faster, so you'll have more points to dump into 'explosion',"
She bit her lip, looking thoughtful.
She was close.
"And, eventually I'll learn 'explosion' too,"
That was it.
Her eyes widened. "Really?!" she exclaimed, excitement palpable, as she stood and leaned across the table to look me in the eyes, "You'll walk the Path of Explosions with me, Kazuma-san?"
"Yep. But only once you learn a new skill," I answered, smiling
"I'll do it!" she cried, immediately pulling out her adventurer Card. She played around with it for half a minute before stood once more, showing me the card excitedly, smile splitting her face in two.
"I've done it! Look Kazuma-san, see?"
"I see it," I said, smiling with her. She had taken the spell 'Detonate', "Welcome to the party Megumin. Take care of me and Aqua with your spells, yeah?"
"I will!"
"I need to learn some more skills," I said.
Aqua had joined Megumin and I for a late lunch at the Guild.
"How about-"
"No Megumin. I'm not learning 'explosion' right away,"
I had looked at my card. Explosion was available, but it was a whopping 35 points. I wasn't gonna have the points to take it for some time.
Megumin pouted as Aqua joined the conversation.
"What kind of skills do you want?"
I had thought about this quite a lot.
Now that we had Megumin on attack, I didn't have to worry as much about my own damage. So considering my relatively low health and agility, the most valuable skills to have would be "Stealth or range based skills,"
"Well you're in luck," A new voice said, "'cos stealth is my specialty!"
The voice came from a girl sitting at a close by table.
She was young, about my age, and had a petite figure. Silver hair framed a stunningly beautiful face, deep violet eyes looking out from nigh flawless cream skin, the only flaw being a small diagonal scar running from her right cheek to her jaw that only enhanced her beauty.
The girl wore a deep blue sports bra styled top, strap only appearing on her left shoulder. A green sash wrapped around small shoulders, and a light blue scarf trailed behind her. The smooth, creamy skin of her midriff was exposed down to her waist, where the view was cut off by low-set denim short-shorts, held up with a simple leather belt. Brown leather boots covered her legs up until her calves, where her white socks took over, up until mid-thigh, where they too stopped, showing off another few centimetres of skin until skin-tight opaque fabric that disappeared under her shorts. Finally, black gloves covered her small hands and half her forearms, though skin remained hidden behind deep blue sleeves, likely apart of her top, though oddly separate, and a dagger behind her, connected to her right thigh.
Another girl sat with her.
Ah, it was the weirdo from yesterday.
"You're the party that Darkness wanted to join, yeah?" the new girl said with a bright smile, "Ah, where are my manners. Chris, the thief, at your service, and this is Darkness" she said with a cute little bow.
"Kazuma, and this is Aqua and Megumin," I responded, gesturing at the girls.
A thought was starting to sprout, but it sat out of reach, so it remained ignored, but not forgotten. I had learnt to trust my intuition long ago, and I wasn't going to stop now.
"Thief skills are pretty cheap, points wise, so they'll be good for a Ranger like yourself to learn. I'll even teach you a few, if ya treat me to a crimson beer!" she said, finishing with a wink.
This Chris girl was giving me a weird feeling, but this was an offer too good to pass up.
"You've got yourself a deal," I told her before turning to a waitress, "Excuse me, a glass of ice cold crimson beer for my new friend here!"
"The thief class, as you may be aware, has lots of stealth based skills. The first ones I'll teach you will be Sneak Attack," Oh yes please, "Hide, Detect Enemy, and Steal!"
All very valuable, but Sneak Attack would be invaluable.
"Darkness, could you please turn and face the other way?"
"Hmm? Okay,"
The girl turned about face as Chris began walking towards, and then jumping into, a wooden barrel a short distance away from her.
"Watch closely," she said to me quietly before facing Darkness, a rock in hand.
She hurled the rock and immediately ducked down into the barrel. Hide, I suppose. The rock struck Darkness in the head, and she whipped around, immediately stalking towards the barrel Chris was hidden inside of.
"Sensing enemy… sensing enemy… I can strongly feel that Darkness is angry! Huh, Darkness? You should know I only did that to teach him the skills, I couldn't help it! Please have mercy–ahhhhhh, stop ahhhhhhhh!"
The barrel she was hidden in was toppled over and Chris screamed as it rolled on the ground.
My, how professional.
"Okay!" Chris said, voice once again bright after recovering from her rolling in the barrel, "Now let's try the skill I recommend the most; Steal! With this skill, you can snatch away one item in the possession of the target, be it a weapon held tightly in hand, or a wallet buried deep in clothing. Both the probability of success and the quality of the item taken are dependent on your luck stat. It's a great skill to have on hand in lots of circumstances!"
And even greater for me, considering how high my luck is.
"I'll demonstrate the skill with you as the target. Ready? 'Steal'!" she exclaimed, hand outstretched.
She opened her hand, revealing that my wallet had left me.
I see. Cool skill.
"Oh! Jackpot!" she exclaimed, looking pleased with herself. "Of course, I'll return…" she stopped and smiled deviously.
"…How about this; let's have a match. You learn 'Steal' now, and I'll let you take one item to keep, and I won't complain, no matter what it is,"
An interesting proposition.
She continued her explanation.
"Your grand prize would be my wallet, I've got quite a bit in there at the moment, but the jackpot would be my dagger," she gestured at the weapon, "It's worth a good 400,000 Eris by itself, so how 'bout it? You game?"
I thought about it, and pulled out my adventuring card, looking at the skills I had learnt. I saw the four skills she had taught me there. They were cheap, only 2 points for the four of them, so I learnt them immediately. After that, I expanded the 'Steal' skill to see what upgrades I could get. There were two; 'Increase chance of success', and 'Increase chance of higher quality reward'. I took the second, leaving me with 6 remaining points.
"I'm game," I answered her, "You ready?"
"Yep! Just so you know, your consolidation prize will be these rocks!"
She held out her hands, where six small stones sat, three in each palm.
Clever. Good thing I improved the skill then. Plus, not like I had all my money in there, most of it was at the inn.
I smiled, "Aren't you a smart one?" then held out my hand, "'Steal'!"
I felt something soft in my outstretched hand.
I brought it back towards my face and unravelled my hand.
I started laughing uncontrollably.
"What is it?" Chris asked, confusion in her voice, "What did you get?"
I showed her. Between my hands was a small amount of soft, elastic, white fabric.
Her violet eyes went wide, and her face red, as she screamed "Give me back my panties!"
After learning the skills, I returned to the bar and found it to be lively.
"Aqua-sama, one more time! I am willing to pay for it, could you perform 'Nature's Beauty' once more?"
"Fool, Aqua-san prefers food instead of money! Right, Aqua-san! I will treat you to a meal, so please do 'Nature's Beauty' again!"
For some reason, there was a crowd around Aqua that looked troubled.
"Talent shows are not things that could be performed several times on request! A great man once said a funny joke could only be told once. Doing the same tricks several times because it is popular means you are a 3rd rate performer! I am not a performer, so I won't accept money for my performance! This should be the basic attitude of talent show artisan. And I didn't perform 'Nature's Beauty' for you to see– ah! Kazuma! You're finally back! And what's wrong with Chris-san?"
Before I could speak, Chris spoke in my steed.
"Kazuma stole my panties and then I lost all of my money!" she said tearily.
Oh? Is that the game we're playing? You're gonna regret trying that on me Chris-chan.
"Oi!" I exclaimed, looking to her, "That's what you wanted me to do, remember? It's not my fault you couldn't handle me, Chris-chan," I said, smirk rising.
With that, the negative attention that had been building vanished, instead shifting to Chris, who was stammering, and quickly going red.
I win.
Chris said she would pay 'anything' to get her panties back, so now I had her wallet, and my wallet back.
'I win' times two.
Chris managed to regain some of her composure as she said, "Alright Darkness, I'm sorry, but as I'm now out of money," she said, before turning and shooting a playful glare at me. "I've decided to join a profitable dungeon exploration party!"
I was examining my spoils when she continued, saying "I'll be back after I earn some cash, so have fun in the meantime! I'm gonna go find what quests are available,"
And with something as simple as a coin, it clicked.
Her name, the weird feeling, and the coin. The thought from earlier had finally revealed itself.
I stood as Chris did. "Well, if you're leaving so soon, let me treat you to another drink," I said with a smile.
"Sounds good!" she replied, smile bright, and we approached the bar together, where I ordered her another Crimson beer.
Once her drink arrived, she sat and enjoyed her drink quietly.
"You know, I guess I was in luck," She looked at me inquisitively as I recalled what she had said earlier.
"Thanks for that, I guess, Eris-sama," I said, shooting her a wink.
The way her jaw dropped was delightful, and I enjoyed her shock as I turned and walked away.
I learned that this world worshiped may gods, however the two most powerful were the Axis Cult, who worshiped the goddess of water; Aqua (yes her), and the other is the Eris Order, who worship the goddess of luck; Eris.
I came to the conclusion that Chris was, in fact, Eris.
How? Three things; her name, a feeling, and a coin.
The most important was the feeling. It wasn't like, a gut feeling, like I had first assumed, but a physical sensation. The feeling was her 'Holy Aura', though it was substantially less apparent than Aqua's, likely because she was better at hiding it. The second part was her name. 'Chris' was a western name, but there was no 'western' in this world, it was, instead, a minor modification to her real name, Eris. The third was a coin. The currency of this world is the 'Eris', and when I looked at a coin? Well, wasn't that face awfully similar to that of Chris'?
My short conversation with her was a simple check, and based off her reaction, she was certainly the goddess Eris.
Maybe I should thank her more for my high luck stat? She is the god of it, after all.
I sat back down to notice that Darkness had joined us at the table.
"Darkness?" I asked, "Aren't you going with Chris?"
"No," she answered, "People with the same vanguard class as me could be found anywhere while thieves are essential for dungeon exploration. There are many teams that want to recruit Chris."
I see, Aqua said that Arch Priests were rare and wanted by every party, so the treatment each job received are different.
A little while later, we saw Chris leaving the Guild, now a part of a small group of adventurers.
She waved at us. In return, I held up a finger over my lips, and winked at her once more.
It seems she understood that I would keep quiet about her divinity, as she nodded ever-so-slightly in return.
"It's already evening; Chris and her party are going to explore the dungeons now?"
"The best time to go dungeon diving is early in the morning. So most people would set off one day earlier like them, and make camp before the dungeon until morning. There are even merchants operating with these adventurers as their target market. So how was it? Did you learn any skills?"
Hearing Megumin say that, I smiled confidently.
"That I did! I've now got; 'Hide', 'Sneak Attack', 'Detect Enemy' and 'Steal'! Observe: 'Steal'!"
In my now outstretched hand lay lacy black fabric. I looked up to see a now red-face Megumin. Isn't this a little too mature for you, little Megumin?
"Huh? Isn't this supposed to be random?" I asked no-on in particular. Hmm, bet Eris had a hand in this. "Sorry 'bout that Megumin," I said as I handed her back her underwear.
"S'okay," she mumbled, embarrassment still clear. She then stood quickly and turned into the toilets, almost certainly to replace her pilfered panties. She returned just as quickly, retaking her seat.
There was a bang as Darkness slammed her hands into the table, her chair pushed away as she took her feet, her eyes sparkling, likely with some perverse, highly masochistic fantasy.
"I was right! To strip the panties of a young girl with so many people watching, you really are the worst…! Please…! Please let me join this party!"
"Not a chance."
Unfortunately, my curt and immediate negative seemed to have only added fuel to the fire. Her face grew red and her body trembled lightly as she let out a whimper.
Are you fucking serious? She's getting off to rejection? Just how fucked up is this woman?
"Hey, Kazuma, just who is this? Is she the one who came for an interview while me and Megumin were at the bath house?" Aqua asked.
"Hold on," Megumin chimed in, "She's a Crusader, right? There's no reason to reject her, right?"
"Huh?! Are you serious? Are you not seeing the problems I am?!" They weren't serious, right?
Alright then, let's try and show them the problem.
"Darkness, we might look this way now, but we are serious about taking down the Demon King."
Megumin, who had yet to hear this, looked surprised.
"That's right, listen to me too, Megumin. Aqua and I want to take down the Demon King no matter what. That's our goal as adventurers. And so, our adventures will become more dangerous. Especially Darkness, as a female knight, you'd be force to, well, I'm sure you can guess, if you get captured by the Demon King."
"That's right! Since ancient times, getting sexually harassed by the Demon King was the job of the female knights! That alone would be worth the trip!"
I looked at Aqua and Megumin, as if to say 'you see this shit?'
Right, I should warn Megumin too.
"You should know too, Megumin. Our final opponent is the Demon King. Not right now, obviously, but Aqua and I are planning to fight the strongest being in this world, so if you wanna leave the party-"
Megumin knocked her chair away and stood up.
She flicked her cloak hard and said, "I am Megumin! The top wizard of the Crimson Demon clan, the master of 'explosion' magic! For the demon king to call himself the strongest and ignore me! I will decimate him with my strongest spell!"
Got it, they're all stupid.
"Know what? Fuck it. Welcome to the party Darkness," I said, anger and disgust present. "I'm going out for the night, so see you tomorrow," I declared as I stood, my line mainly directed at Aqua.
I need to blow off some steam, and I knew just how to do it.
I asked around, and found that this was the most popular bar in town. I went into the reception, and purchased a room for the night, before heading to the bar area itself.
It was late evening, around 5, so it was relatively populated. People sat spread among tables chatting with one another. A bard sat to one side of the bar playing upbeat music on a loot with vocal accompaniment, with two couples dancing in front of him. The whole place held a positive atmosphere.
Of the five people sitting at the bar, one caught my attention.
A beautiful girl, a little older than me, sat alone, simply enjoying the music.
She wasn't an adventurer, I could tell. The civilian clothes were a dead giveaway. She wore a simple button down blue shirt and thin fabric pants over a slim and supple body, long orange hair flowing like a silk waterfall down her back.
The additional vulpine features only added to her appeal. Two tall, upright ears poked out from her smooth hair, and a bushy, but well maintained tail swayed in time with the music behind her.
It was a typical Fox-girl.
Yes, she would be perfect.
"Enjoying the music?" I said as I took the stool beside her.
She looked my way, and gave me a smile. "I am," she replied simply.
"Then how about a drink to go with it?" I asked, and before she could respond, I called to the bartender. "An ale for me please, and whatever the pretty lady would like too," I said, sending her a wink.
She looked a little surprised, her face becoming tinged with a little red, perhaps not used to such a forward approach, but then she smiled and responded "A crimson beer, thank you,"
"I'm Kazuma," I said, introducing myself, as I looked into her bright green eyes.
"Shiro," She responded in kind, "Pleased to meet you Kazuma-san, though I don't think I've seen you around before. What brings you here?"
"Fair," I said, tilting my head, "I only arrived a couple of days ago, so I'm still exploring the place. I asked around and was told this would be a good place to unwind,"
"Oh? Only been here a few days, but already needing to unwind? What hardships have you been forced into Kazuma-san?" She asked playfully, taking a drink from her newly placed glass.
Good, she was taking an interest quickly.
"Ohh, too many to count!" I fake-whined, to which she giggled, taking another drink. "I came here to be an adventurer, but my party members are all so crazy!"
"Is that so?" she said with a smile behind her glass.
"You wouldn't believe it!" I crowed, voice overly dramatic. "With how many times I've had to save them, you'd think they want to be killed!"
She giggled again, before giving me what must have been an (admittedly poor) attempt at subtly looking me up and down.
"See something you like?" I asked with a sultry smile on my face as her eyes returned to my own. Said emerald eyes widened, and her face began reddening.
I chuckled, before very obviously doing the same to her, "Because I certainly do,"
She gasped, as her face attempted to camouflage itself as a tomato.
I laughed at her reaction, and said "Relax, I'm just teasing you,"
She finished off the remainder of her glass as she attempted to compose herself. She lightly swayed as she did so.
God, this girl is a lightweight. Well, it'll make things easier.
"So what's a beautiful woman such as yourself doing out at a bar by yourself?" I asked, "Shouldn't your boyfriend be with you?"
"Hmm?" She hummed with confusion, "I don't have a boyfriend,"
"Good," I hummed, "Then no-one can get mad at me when I do this,"
"Huh? Do wha-"
Her confused response was cut off as I leant forward, cupped her chin in my hand, and claimed her lips.
I had only been holding the kiss for a couple of seconds before I leant away. Her face tried to follow mine, but I was too quick, and broke off the kiss.
Her face had gone red once more, and a shuddering breath escaped her as she opened her eyes slowly.
"Do that," I answered, enjoying her expression.
"Oh,"
I turned to face the bar again.
"Bartender? Another crimson beer over here please," I said, giving her a moment to recover.
I turned back, though she still had the dazed expression. Her hand had been lifted and she was touching her lips.
Oh? Is she that inexperienced? It'll be fun to show the pleasures of adulthood then.
"So?" I asked, bringing her attention back to me, "What are you doing at a bar by yourself gorgeous?"
"I-I… Uhh," She stammered, panicking mildly. She stopped and swallowed, visibly gathering her courage. "I-I come here e-every night," she finally answered, face still red, and breathing still ragged.
I could see her mind was still trying to make sense of what was going on.
Aww, she's so cute. And so innocent too.
It's kinda a shame that her innocence will be gone so soon.
"Yeah? It is a pretty nice place," I said, giving her a safe conversation topic so she could collect herself. Properly this time.
"Yeah!" she exclaimed, the colour of her cheeks beginning to fade as a bright smile came to her face. "I love it here! The atmosphere is always so nice! And the music is always good too!"
"Yeah, I can tell," I said with a smile, turning to look at the dancefloor and bard.
"Hey," I said, "See those guys dancing?" She nodded. "Wanna join them?" I asked her with a grin.
"A-ah, no… I c-can't dance…" she responded quietly.
She wanted to, I could see, but she didn't want to make a fool of herself.
I stood and grasped both her hands in mine, "Well neither can I!" I exclaimed with a laugh, pulling her to her feet, "But that won't stop me!"
"W-wait! What are-"
I cut her off. "Aww, c'mon," I whined, dragging out the last syllable, a kinder smile in place.
She wasn't resisting very hard.
"You know you wanna," I claimed with a cheeky grin.
"O-okay," She stopped resisting, but looked away, embarrassed.
We got to the dancefloor, but she looked lost, unsure of what to do.
I took the lead, taking her hands once again, and started pulling us around the floor in a manner that barely resembled dancing.
She gasped as she accidentally trod on my foot.
"Ow!"
"I-I'm so-"
"Vengeance!" I exclaimed, cutting off her apology with a vendetta, a lightly stepping of her own toes, just enough to be painful, which she gasped at.
Hopefully she took the hint.
She did. A glint came into her eyes, an evil smile came across her face, and she stood on my toes once more.
"Oi!" I looked up from the toes she had stood on to look at her face. A cheeky smile adorned her face and her eyes were shining.
I narrowed my eyes in mock seriousness before smiling and declaring "This means war!"
Thereafter, we tried to both attempt to dance, while stepping on one another's toes as often as possible.
It was a silly battle, full of smiles and giggles.
Eventually, we went back to the bar, smiles wide and out of breath.
We sat and took to our drinks again.
After I finished my drink, I turned to Shiro, who was just finishing her own drink.
"Say," I began, and she turned to me, "what's your opinion on ale?"
Still out of breath, Shiro turned to me, a little confused.
"I don't mind it, why do you ask?"
"Well," I began, "want a taste?"
She glanced at my empty glass with visible confusion.
Really, you'd think she'd understand what I was getting at.
"Bu-"
I cut her off again with another kiss, this time more passionate.
She moaned lightly, enjoying the contact, her eyes screwed shut and face once more going red.
I pushed my tongue forward through my lips, tasting hers.
She gasped at the new sensation, and I took the opportunity to invade her mouth, exploring everything I could reach.
She moaned, louder this time, into my mouth. Her arms moved, her left arm wrapping around my neck, while her right hand entangled itself in my hair, and she began reciprocating the attention I had been giving her mouth, wrapping her tongue around my own.
I stood, never breaking the kiss, and closed the distance between us, forcing her to tilt her head upward and rise from her seat slightly to remain connected. I wrapped my right hand around her, holding her waist tightly, while I began rubbing the side of her thigh with my left.
After a moment, I slid my hand further up, examining her shapely ass with it.
She seemed to enjoy it, as she pulled her arms tighter, pulling herself tightly against me, the soft globes of her breasts squishing against my chest.
I squeezed her rear, smile coming to the forefront, and in response she quietly squealed into our lip-lock, tensing up for a moment before beginning again with more intensity.
Ooh, she liked that very much.
I moved my hand from her ass, bringing it back up to the top of her thighs and began rubbing again; thumb teasingly close to her crotch.
I broke off the kiss slowly, sucking at her bottom lip as I left her whimpering in disappointment while my hand continued.
Her eyes remained closed for a moment, before they opened slowly. The spheres of emerald were glazed with lust, dazed and unfocused.
Her breathing was open mouthed and ragged. Her tongue crept forward over her lip, testing and tasting. She ran it around her mouth, over every inch of skin available on her lips.
Her eyes regained focus and she locked eyes with me.
If I thought they were lustful before, now they looked downright hungry.
She wanted to continue, and now, but I had a better idea.
"I've got a room upstairs," I whispered to her huskily.
She bit the side of her lip and stared up at me.
She removed her hand from my hair and moved it around my neck, then leant up, pressing herself bodily against me, and whispered into my ear "Take me Kazuma,"
I smiled victoriously at that.
I reached into my wallet and tossed down money for our drinks and stood up, Shiro still against me.
I wasn't going to be able to walk like this.
To fix this, I picked her up off the floor, similar to bridal style, but more upright, and then went for the stairs.
Before I was even half way up, she pounced on me, pulling me into another heated kiss. I did manage to make it up the stairs and into my room, where I tossed Shiro onto the bed.
She looked at me hungrily, biting her lip and made a 'come hither' gesture. I grinned and fell onto the bed, supporting myself above her and immediately claiming her mouth.
Her hands went to go around my shoulders once more, but I grabbed one, her left, and redirected it under my shirt so she could explore my physique. She began feeling around my abdomen, fingers tracing the valleys between the muscles, and quickly her other hand joined the first in its ventures.
My left hand went down to her thigh, before slowly returning upwards, rubbing across her thigh, her hip, the exposed skin at her waist, and finally up to her chest, where I slowly slid it over her boob.
The moan she let out was cut off by a gasp as I squeezed, enjoying the soft and elastic feeling under my palm.
She whimpered as I pushed away, upwards onto my knees. I stripped off my shirt quickly, and she raked in my chest. After giving her a moment to enjoy the view, I leant down and gripped her shirt just below the collar, then pulled, ripping her shirt apart and exposing her naked chest, buttons flying.
I spent a moment enjoying the incredible view I was laying witness to.
A flushed face looked up at me, hungry eyes looking into my own. Her chest was heaving, large breaths struggling to quench her thirst for oxygen, her beautiful breasts flowing up and down with each gasp.
I went back down, smile wide and intent to truly started showing her the pleasures of the flesh.
Now the fun really began.
I woke to find Shiro's naked body pressed against my own, and I let free a sigh.
The sex had been great.
We had been up well into the early morning enjoying ourselves, so I woke tired.
Though she was (past-tense) a virgin, and had no experience, she more than made up for it with her enthusiasm.
Her willingness to experiment was just a bonus (mind you, a very big bonus).
And it turns out her ears and tail were very sensitive, which made for a lot of fun.
I carefully untangled myself from her, so she would not be woken, then began dressing. After I was done, I picked up a piece of paper and pen, and wrote a small note for her.
'To Shiro,
Morning beautiful!
Hope you had as much fun as I did last night ;)
Unfortunately I had to head off early to meet with my adventuring party, which is why I'm not still with you.
I may be busy for a few days, but I'd love to catch up again, so I'll be at the bar again whenever I can!
See you soon - Kazuma'
I pocketed the note and went downstairs to the bar and ordered some breakfast. Just some simple scrambled eggs and toast.
When it arrived, I asked for a tray, put the meal and letter on the tray once it had arrived, and headed back to my room.
I crept in to find Shiro still fast asleep, her arms now holding tightly to the pillow I had slept on.
I was tiptoeing over to her when the door slammed shut because I forgot to close it behind me.
I winced and she stirred.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked around blearily, before her eyes landed on me.
"Morning beautiful," I smiled apologetically as I greeted her, "Sorry for waking you,"
"S'okay," she said, before yawning cutely.
Shiro began pulling herself upright, but seemingly forgot her lack of clothes, as the sheets slid down her smooth skin, exposing her breasts.
I enjoyed the surprise flashing before she realised her mistake, letting out an "Eep!" as she covered herself.
I chuckled and walked over to sit next to her, laying the food on the bedside table.
"Have fun?" I asked smugly.
She blushed and looked away, but nodded.
She leant over and rested her head on my shoulder.
I sighed; feeling relaxed, and rested my head against hers.
"Sorry Shiro," I began, "I've gotta go and meet up with my adventuring party, so I can't stay, even if I want to,"
"I had a great time with you, and I'd love to meet up again sometime," I continued before she could speak, "But I'm gonna be busy with adventurer stuff for a couple days at least. So, you wanna meet up again here when we can?"
She smiled, "I'd love to. I'll be at the bar every night,"
I smiled in return, "Awesome," I said, before turning and planting a sweet kiss on her lips.
"Alright," I said as I stood, "I'll see you next time gorgeous,"
As I turned to leave, she called to me, "Wait, Kazuma!"
I turned around as she leapt up at me, grabbing my shirt and pulling me into a heated kiss.
Her hand journeyed down and began massaging my groin, then she broke of the kiss.
"One more time?" she pleaded, giving me the 'puppy dog eyes' as her ears flattened against the head.
Holy shit, how the fuck was I meant to resist that?
I rolled my eyes with a smile, stripping off my shirt. "Alright," I said, "One more time,"
It ended up being five more times. But in my defence, she was very, very enthusiastic.
After I finally escaped her sexy clutches I went to the Adventurers' Guild for some breakfast.
Upon entering, I saw that Aqua and Megumin had already arrived and they sat eating.
"Morning," I said as I sat down next to Aqua and let out a yawn.
"Oh," Aqua replied, surprised, "Good morning Kazuma. Where did you go last night?"
I let out another yawn before answering, "Went to a highly recommended bar, danced with a pretty girl, then had great sex with her all night,"
Megumin sucked in a breath, and began coughing, choking on the food that was in her mouth, while Aqua instead opted to soak Megumin with the drink that had just been in her mouth.
I sighed.
It was gonna be a long morning.