Growth (6) (Adelia)

Kanan's avatars were each interesting in their own way, but… what stood out as especially interesting to me were the future episodes I'd heard about from Sanka.

Well, it was a future after my death… an awfully ominous future at that.

Even so, the episode about Adelia getting pregnant was especially interesting.

Sanka had said several had gotten pregnant, so surely it hadn't been just Adelia.

But who else had gotten pregnant — Sanka hadn't remembered. She had at least clearly stated that she herself hadn't.

The fact that she only remembered Adelia made me think Adelia was probably the first to get pregnant.

… Of course, Sanka's future was, in various ways, separated from the line that extended from ours. Even among our group, there was no guarantee Adelia would be the first to conceive.

… And of course it wouldn't be strange for anyone to be first. So it wouldn't be strange for Adelia either, but…

It was certainly a bit unexpected.

Among our group, the ones with the highest number of times having sex were…

Seika, with her twenty years of experience, was first. Former-prostitute Irana came second.

Griera's party basically did it almost exclusively with Griera, so their count was on the higher side.

Same for Ursula's party. And Melvis. And Shaina.

In terms of my own circle, it would be Leone. She had experience with her ex-husband too.

She was also my first partner, and for a fairly long stretch I'd only been doing it with her.

… In this world, Garumon were said to be extremely hard to impregnate.

At the earliest about a thousand times, at most around ten thousand, on average around five thousand vaginal ejaculations — only then was the body finally ready for pregnancy.

That readiness was apparently noticeable because the womb area would start to glow.

If you didn't miss that moment and ejaculated inside, pregnancy was said to be nearly certain.

In short, you needed to have a lot of sex. Once I'd started sleeping with everyone, I'd kept the counts roughly even, so the order in which I'd started having sex with each girl roughly matched how many times I'd done it with her.

By that measure, Adelia was tied with Kanan among those with the highest count.

And if individual variation could be as wide as tenfold, it might not be strange at all for Adelia to come earlier than Leone or Seika.

Pregnancy, huh…

Zuchu, zuchu, zuchu…

"Nya, nya, nyaaaa…"

While having lovey-dovey sex one-on-one with Adelia, I found myself thinking.

In my original world I'd been a student. Marriage, kids — I'd thought all that was still very far off.

But the current me was a full-fledged Garumon Master… and an S-Class one at the top tier, with enormous income.

There was no problem at all with me getting married. If anything, it was encouraged.

Daughters born from excellent Garumon were likely to become excellent Garumon themselves.

Masters with outstanding talent might be born too.

A Master who'd reached S-Class really ought to be making children one after another.

… So I really ought to be impregnating everyone, one after another.

"I'm… a father, huh…"

But somehow… yeah, honestly, it still felt a little heavy.

It wasn't that I absolutely didn't want to. I loved everyone. I wanted everyone to bear my children, to get pregnant.

The kids would surely be adorable. Most of them would no doubt grow into very beautiful, charming Garumon.

After all, their mothers were such peerless beauties.

… But somehow, feeling responsibility about making children… that was probably normal, right?

It wasn't something to do casually without thinking.

Still, since I loved everyone and was performing acts of love, it was only natural in this world too that crystallizations of that love would follow…

Yes, of course, I'd resolved myself, I thought.

That was why I'd been ejaculating inside everyone left and right.

But somewhere deep down, the resolve still felt incomplete; there was a part of me that flinched…

Well, I figured every father in the world was the same way.

No one was perfectly prepared to become a father without the slightest hesitation.

It was normal to have second thoughts, to be uncertain.

But to the child being born, I would be the one and only father…

So forever not being ready wouldn't do.

I had to firmly carry that sense of responsibility…

And so I'd been thinking heavy thoughts like that.

… Of course, sex with Adelia really was so good that there was no room at all for extraneous thoughts to creep in.

Zupu, zupu, zupu…

"Nya, nya, nyaaaa… Goshujin-sama, Goshujin-samaa… love you, love you so much, nyaa… I love you, nyaa…! Goshujin-samaa…!"

"Adelia, I love you too. Adelia…"

While gently stroking Adelia's cat ears, I held her from behind, fondled her soft breasts, and kept swinging my hips.

… But, sweet, cute, girlish Adelia becoming a mama was also a little…

Ah, so the fact that having children would force everyone into motherhood… maybe that was part of what felt heavy too.

… Well, in this world child-rearing originally ended at age six.

It was a world where, once you put your kids in school, that was that.

In that sense, the responsibility of having children was light.

Only nobles were allowed to keep children at home and continue raising them. That was probably because they had subordinate knights and an environment in place for looking after the kids.

So the responsibility of having children being light was probably still the same.

Once, though, when I'd consulted Lyuka about such thoughts,

"Indeed. I do not know about the original world, but in this world, Garumon are to be impregnated and give birth, one after another," Lyuka had said matter-of-factly.

"Certainly, during pregnancy and just after birth, Garumon temporarily cannot fight… but to us, with our long lifespans, that is a very brief period.

"Bearing children is basically not much of a burden for a Garumon. For the Master, the one who fathers the child, it is even less so."

"I see…"

"For us UR-Class Garumon, the probability of bearing a UR-Class child is said to be about 30%.

"Furthermore, the depth of love and the depth of trust raise that probability further.

"Compared to the system's gacha probability of obtaining a UR-Class Garumon being said to be 0.00…1%, you can see how high it is.

"For an SSR-Class Garumon, the probability of bearing a UR-Class is said to be 3%, but even that is vastly higher than the system gacha.

"Because Garumon's birth rate is so low, there aren't many chances…

"People called Garumon Breeders hire many Masters to embrace their own Garumon and proactively impregnate them."

She told me about such things too.

"… So that kind of thing exists, huh. But I don't like that sort of thing.

"Calling sacred childbirth a high-probability gacha…"

I furrowed my brow.

"… M-my apologies."

Lyuka shrank back, worried she'd put me in a bad mood.

"No, Lyuka, you only told me about it, so I'm not blaming you.

"There are probably Masters who do that.

"But I don't see it that way. The fact that everyone wants to bear my children is, I think, proof of their love for me, and because I love everyone too, I want to pour my seed in and have them bear my children.

"Because I love them, because they're precious to me… that's exactly why I'm careful not to make children lightly."

"Naoto-san… yes, I think that's wonderful."

Lyuka smiled happily and gazed at me.

… That's right. What was I doing forgetting what I'd said myself?

The reason I was having sex with Adelia right now… was because I loved Adelia.

How much had I been saved by her being beside me?

Thanks to her I'd met Leone, met Lyuka… met Yuria, and our world had expanded from there.

It was all thanks to Adelia.

… I couldn't help but love her. Of course, Adelia was cute and charming, sex with her felt good, she was incredibly strong as a Garumon, and being with her was comfortable and happy… she was the best girl, so it was only natural.

"Adelia… I love you."

Just murmuring that warmed my heart. Her warmth, her pleasure, filled me.

"Nyaaaaa… Goshujin-samaa…"

Adelia… beloved Adelia. The reason I was now in this rose-colored world was all thanks to her.

Whether or not I'd met her first when I came to this world… that had changed everything.

To me, she was an existence that symbolized this world. That was Adelia.

For an Adelia like that to bear my child… if that wasn't joy, what was?

… My mind was made up. Like this… I'd ejaculate. If Adelia was the first to be able to bear my child, then by all means let her bear it.

And I'd love Adelia and the children she bore, my whole life through.

Once I'd made up my mind, I drove especially vigorously into Adelia's depths.

"Funya, nya, nya… Goshujin-samaa, so rough, nya, I-I'm coming, I'm coming, nyaaaa!"

"Aah, Adelia, I love you. Come. I'm… coming too!"

"Aaah… I love you, nyaa, Goshujin-samaaa! Adelia is happy, nyaaaa…!"

Doku, doku, doku.

I ejaculated with all my might. Sex like this, just the two of us, was sort of like a warm-up before sex with everyone… but it didn't feel like that at all; an unbelievable volume of semen burst out, pouring into Adelia's womb.

"Aaah…"

Adelia lay there in a daze. At that moment…

Pikaaa… Adelia's body began to glow.

"…!"

Was this finally it — the readiness for pregnancy!

Even if it was, I didn't care…! I'd just ejaculated and my penis was sensitive, but I endured the painful oversensitivity and kept moving anyway.

It immediately regained its hardness, and as it dug zubo zubo into Adelia's hot insides, the urge to ejaculate welled up again.

"Aah, Adelia, I love you. Bear my baby…!"

"Nya, with pleasure! I'm happy, nya! Goshujin-samaaaa…!"

Doku, doku, doku, doku…!

I released more abundantly than ever before. If pregnancy readiness had been reached and she was glowing, ejaculating inside reportedly led to pregnancy nine times out of ten.

But even if it hadn't been, I'd released so abundantly that pregnancy seemed possible regardless.

… Sadly, the glow this time wasn't the glow of pregnancy. It was the glow of awakening.

… Of course awakening was also a happy thing; it meant Adelia was being strengthened.

But, a little disappointing. A baby with Adelia… what an adorable child it would be.

Well, future pleasures had to be saved for the future.

I pulled myself together and checked the system.

Oh, this one had branches.

"Lyuka, Yuria, Ursula! And for Beastkin matters, Leone! Come quickly!"

I called my main members over to consult.

"Both are Beastkin-line Ultimate-Jobs.

"Fire Divine Beast is the common Ultimate-Job for fire-element Beastkin.

"Cat God is the Nekomata-exclusive Ultimate-Job.

"The 'Red' prefix means fire-element."

"They're fairly common Ultimate-Jobs, huh?"

"Yes, that's right… Though Garumon who can become Ultimate-Jobs aren't exactly commonplace.

"It's as Lyuka said. A fire-element Inugami can also become a Fire Divine Beast."

Leone explained.

"Fire Divine Beast excels at firepower, while Red Cat God excels at trickery and special effects.

"Nekomata are originally a race that excels at illusion and curse magic."

"Hmm…"

When something was called Nekomata-exclusive, I thought maybe that's the one I should pick, but…

But in how we'd run things up to now, Adelia had always been a fire-element firepower-focused finisher.

It would be strange to make her go back to the Nekomata orthodoxy now and turn her into a trickery type.

"Adelia, do you have a preference? A class you admire?"

"Adelia is fine with either, nya. Being of use to Goshujin-sama is Adelia's wish, nya."

… She's so cute.

"… All right, decided. Fire Divine Beast. Adelia has come this far with firepower specialization.

"Let's push it even further."

"Yes, nya!"

And I tapped the option.

Ooh, a new skill!

Farewell, Buster Hand. She'd had it for a long time, but because she'd learned Flame Claw so quickly, I didn't really have strong memories of relying on it.

I'd used it in the early days when skill counts ran short, and for clearing mobs… well, thanks for everything until now.

Now, the newly-learned Demon Art - Beast-Blood Release was a skill that let you use other skills three times in a row in one turn.

The "regardless of skill counts" part was nice too. In other words, if you used it with one use remaining, you could use it two extra times.

… Compared to Setsuna's Crimson Quartet, which let you combine multiple skills for a total of 4 uses…

It felt a bit lower in versatility, and one use fewer.

But that one was just absurdly broken, and this one was plenty potent.

Turn 1, Demon Art - Beast-Blood Release + 3 Boost Powers for 3.375x. Turn 2, same for 11.39x. Turn 3, Demon Art - Beast-Blood Release + Demon Art - Flame Severing Claw, a 6-hit combo at 5013511.39. Against an enemy with 100 defense, you could expect 768 or 4608 damage.

That was the minimum, and since Boost Power was 1.5x, if paired with Setsuna granting 200% UP every turn… 42x.

That's incredible.

"Nya, can Adelia be of more use to Goshujin-sama, nya?"

"Of course! Adelia is strong! I'll make you the strongest Garumon!"

And so I picked Adelia up in my arms.

"Nya! For Goshujin-sama's sake, Adelia won't lose to anyone, nya!"

What a cute Adelia. I held her tightly and kissed her firmly.

… A little aside.

In this world, Beastkin-line attackers were treated somewhat poorly.

… I'd been indignant when I saw such book descriptions.

Sure, I'd admit Mikoto was strong, but!

Adelia, Leone, and Lizalind were also incredibly strong! I wanted to shout.

… Well, Patty was a Beastkin too. But Patty had that special-tier feel.

Presea was still an enemy…

After this, I wanted to get a Moon Rabbit (pun included) and complete the seven top-tier Beastkin subspecies.

… At present, the only lead I had was Leonhardt-san's Moon Rabbit, Elmira-san.

But that person was Lasheid and Amira's actual mother, you see…

Since Lasheid was working hard at B-Class too, at the very least he ought to hand over Elmira-san and Safa's actual mother Aji-da-san, I thought.

If they told me "having my real mother handed over would be awkward," I'd reconsider.

By the way, Reichhardt's actual mother was a healer named Christa-san.

We didn't have a healing specialist either, so if asked, sure, I'd want her. If Reichhardt had turned over a new leaf since then and was working hard sincerely, Christa-san was also a candidate to be handed over.

I'd also heard from Suzanne about Garland and Garland's companions' mothers.

But that would be a spoiler, so I'll stop. Especially the companions.

… Garland's mother should be fine since Garland himself isn't fighting. That secretary, Aureia-san, is apparently Garland's actual mother. Such a beautiful mother, yet she has the most unremarkable looks…

Maybe Garland's father is… no, let's not think extra thoughts.

Even hypothetically, if he had been the child of Sub-Master Richard or Philip, Leonhardt-san was said to have treasured him as his own.

It was supposed to be Adelia's growth story, but the aside got long.