She closed her eyes tightly to see if my touch was satisfying, and began to burrow deeper into my arms.
“Umm…”
Yeon-hee wasn’t making strange sounds because she was particularly sensitive, but rather it seemed like a side effect from using a lot of magic power.
“Ha… Hiiiaaang… Umm…”
Hmm… That must be it…
Well, anyway, right now anyone who could moderately massage her would make her feel good.
Carefully avoiding her bones with my hands, I continued to pet her for a while. Of course, the round magic power radiating from below her skull was gently pressing down on her head as well.
Managing magic power like this requires some concentration on my part too.
Twenty minutes later.
Yeon-hee could no longer hold back the sounds escaping her. Well, what was there that she couldn’t show in front of a summoned creature?
“Ah… Uhm… Ugh…”
*Hmm, I need to make bombs…*
But it was fun doing this since my sense stats were going up. The soft and voluminous texture of her hair felt exquisite. Every time I brushed her hair aside, I caught a hint of a mysterious sweet scent…
I contemplated investing the stats I gained from leveling up into my senses for a while. If I raised it by about 100,000, I felt it might get close to what it used to be.
*This area should feel cooler than her head.*
As I gently pressed against her head like massaging it with water-colored magic, I swept it softly along her curves and cradled her ears.
Squish-squish—
—!!
She trembled violently at my touch, curling her toes, her round eyes looking up at me.
“Uugh… My ears… Ah, don’t do that, Il-wol…”
*She seems to be enjoying it, but why? It’s not something anyone can do like this.*
In truth, handling magic power this way isn’t particularly difficult for me now, but I couldn’t completely prevent some magic power from slipping away and being consumed. I had to manage it moderately since I couldn’t exhaust all the magic meant for making bombs.
But seeing her face flushed bright red made me want to tease her more. Did becoming a skeleton also drop her mental age? She just had this face that made me want to joke around.
“Uugh… Hah, p-please…”
*Phew… I’m glad I have [Calm] on. She’s clearly startled today, so I should stop playing around here. I still have plenty of Lizardman corpses left, so I should get some work done today. I’ve never been the type to procrastinate.*
As my hands stopped moving, she covered her face with her hands, laid on my lap for a while, and suddenly called Wang-wang. Then she cuddled Wang-wang, slowly getting ready to get up.
Wang-wang!
(Weren’t you told multiple times not to mess around in the house, you little rascal?)
Roar—
While Wang-wang didn’t communicate quite as clearly as Lizardman 1 or Dotti, I got the feeling he was telling me not to lecture him because he couldn’t even dig.
(Arrogant Wang-wang… I’ll grab that digging trait in no time!)
Wang-wang?
To avoid hearing complaints like that, I need to hunt Earth Puppies in the dungeon and steal their digging trait, hmm—I should be able to take down about ten.
I had been putting it off, thinking I’d catch them when Yeon-hee wasn’t looking, but I completely forgot about it.
Now my sense stats had risen significantly, and I could operate around 80m away from Yeon-hee.
That should allow me to sneak into a stealth state, go hunting, and return.
Yeon-hee wobbled as she stood up, holding Wang-wang and tiptoeing into the room. Even after getting a massage, it doesn’t immediately relieve all fatigue; she would still be quite tired… But with Noh Ha-yoon coming tomorrow, it shouldn’t be as grueling as today.
Clang-clang—
Bang-bang-bang—
Vroooom—
After working on bombs, I found that I could create only two bombs from the “Teeth” bones.
For the Lizardman, I could make one from the skull and one from the spare bones. In total, two could be produced, but the “Teeth” could only make two from the spare bones.
*It doesn’t seem to be just about the quantity of bones… It’s probably about quality?*
Skeleton Bomb (Intermediate)
– Made from the bones of the Chimera’s “Teeth,” this bomb has significantly enhanced destructive power compared to an ordinary intermediate bomb.
– Enemies damaged by the bomb will enter a paralyzed state for 0.15 seconds.
– Enemies damaged by the bomb will have their movement speed reduced by 30% for 10 seconds.
*Hehehe, this is insane!*
The paralysis duration from the bomb made from Teeth bones was still minimal, but the added movement speed reduction effect was remarkable. Making enemies slow down by 30% was truly a messed up performance.
*This Bombardier class is so much fun. It would be fantastic if I could also grant functions like a timed bomb or mine.*
For now, I decided to keep the bombs made from “Teeth” bones for later use, and headed back to the bathroom to start the dismemberment work on the Lizardman corpses.
* * *
Lee Yeon-hee was in the blanket hugging Wang-wang, flapping her legs about.
Wang-wang?
Seeing Yeon-hee so different than usual, Wang-wang licked her cheeks with his rough tongue.
(Master’s body is hot. I need to cool it down.)
Lick lick lick lick—
Yeon-hee, touching Wang-wang’s plump belly with a sense of mission, recalled the previous situation.
*I read somewhere that massaging the head with magic power is good for recovery… But I thought that was just knowledge; I heard not just anyone could do it…*
As she stroked her own head, the gentle magic power blossoming from Il-wol’s hands had started pressing down on it for more than a week now.
She could still hardly control such delicate magic, so how could Il-wol use magic so naturally?
A few possibilities danced around in her mind, but there was no certainty in any of them.
She let out a soft sigh and started reading through messages.
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Summoned Creature List
1. Il-wol
2. Ran
3. Lizardman 1
4. Lizardman 2
5. Lizardman 3
…
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Once, she wondered if Il-wol might not be her summoned creature, but now the list in her head clearly confirmed Il-wol as her own.
*Ever since he changed jobs to Bombardier, Il-wol has been in first place…*
At first, she thought the order on the summoned creature list was just the summoning sequence, but as time passed, she realized it was not.
It had long been since the steadfast number one, Spirit Ran, was pushed to second place. And she had the intuition that this order would not change going forward.
*If Ran is in the upper ranks, it must not be by combat power… It seems based either on their activity in battles, or by a hierarchy…*
If her second thought was accurate, that in itself was strange. The Skeleton Soldier was considered one of the weakest monsters alongside the Earth Puppy. Many regarded it as even below the Slime.
But was the Spirit, which felt extraordinary, ranked higher? Even considering that Il-wol had changed to Bombardier, it didn’t quite make sense.
However, on reflection, it did seem right. To Yeon-hee, Il-wol was more mystical and powerful than anything else, and he was like a guardian that cherished and protected her.
“Ha… Huh…”
The moment Il-wol’s hands touched her ears was vividly etched into her memory. Although they were really cold and hard bones, why did they feel so warm and soft?
“I should have just stayed still…”
Feeling too embarrassed and flustered, she regretted acting like she disliked it. She had already shown all her silly sides, what else was there to be embarrassed about?
Bouncy-bouncy—
Wang-wang—
She tightly embraced the soft Wang-wang.
Il-wol, Wang-wang, Ran, Lime, Ddung-i, Lizardman 1…
How could her summoned creatures be so adorable?
Among them, Il-wol was the most special. The problem was that it wasn’t just her who thought so.
The first to notice Il-wol’s uniqueness was Sorceress Yu Dal-ri.
She was a person with immense talent. To realize Il-wol’s uniqueness after just one battle… And she even possessed abilities similar to his.
Since the gate opened, countless things had turned the common sense of the world upside down. Everything we thought we understood had been flipped, denied for decades.
That history led many to believe in the infinite expansion of possibilities.
*Yu Dal-ri… Who can say she won’t take Il-wol away? Nothing is impossible in this world…*
So, somehow, she desperately avoided Dal-ri’s party. Self-loathing? She felt none of that at all.
*He’s mine! Mine… How could I let someone else touch him… Cheh!*
Imagining Il-wol touching someone else’s head was horrifying.
*Hoom… Is he still working on the bones? Should I ask him to massage my shoulders…*
Since there was no communication, she always wanted more skinship. At least when their bodies were touching, the mystery of magic allowed her to vaguely feel what he was thinking.
Always, the emotions shown by Il-wol towards her were endless affection and pure concern. That moment when she felt those emotions was wonderful.
Of course, the physical pleasure that accompanied it was a bit embarrassing, but… She thought it would become okay with time.
With Il-wol, who allowed her experiences she couldn’t feel with other summoned creatures. With Wang-wang snuggled in her arms, chatty Ran…
*I want to live like this forever…*
She had never lived with such fulfilled emotions. After a lifetime of being hurt, disappointed, and desperate by others, a clear blue light was finally seeping into her gray life.
So to continue this happiness, she had to become strong enough that no one could covet it. So that nothing like today would happen.
So that when she went out with Il-wol, no one would meddle.
“I will get stronger…”
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