After the Battle: Bonding with Aqueria

After the battle…

I had the feeling there was a mountain of things I needed to do and things I wanted to do, but the first thing that came to mind was…

"Let's go thank Aqueria-san."

That was it.

The one who had hosted this tournament was the S-Class number 2, Aqueria-san.

She'd called in Silvana, arranged all the various shows…

Maybe it had all just been routine work for her, but there was no reason not to thank her.

Of course, I also had a mountain of ulterior motives, hoping to use it as a chance to get even a little closer to her.

But well, no matter what scheme I had in mind, nothing would start unless I actually talked to her.

So, the moment the tournament ended, I tried contacting Aqueria.

For your management of this tournament, my deepest thanks. I would like to formally express my gratitude, if I may…

I wrote, trying to be as polite as possible.

Thank you for your courtesy. Truly, congratulations this time. Your performance was magnificent.

I would very much like to offer my own words of congratulation as well. If it's agreeable to you, might we meet once?

That was her reply.

Ohh, what an extremely favorable-feeling response!

Spirits high, I went to visit Aqueria.

"… Akai Naoto-san. A splendid victory. My heartfelt congratulations."

The one who greeted me with that lovely smile was the surpassingly beautiful Aqueria herself.

No needless secretaries or anyone else in attendance, ushered straight into her private bedroom…

Huh, somewhere along the way, has Aqueria's affection for me gotten really high?

Had my performance in the tournament really been that impressive? I couldn't tell on my own.

S-Class number 2, Aqueria.

Her rich blue hair flowing, her beauty like a goddess of the deep sea robbed me of my breath no matter how many times I saw it.

Maybe because today was private, she wore a single loose dress of thin silk… she really was beautiful and alluring…

"U-um, Aqueria-san. Thank you. For holding such a wonderful tournament.

"I transferred here from Reido Academy and fought in this world…

"It feels like this world welcomed me, and I'm truly glad.

"Once again, thank you."

So saying, I bowed deeply.

"Don't be… I'm the one who got to see such fine battles… They were truly magnificent.

"All your many battles were truly magnificent… wonderful."

"Ahaha… I'm really glad I didn't embarrass myself in front of you, Aqueria-san."

"Fufufu, hardly.

"Eclair was a very capable Master.

"And yet you overwhelmed even her… it was truly magnificent.

"Congratulations on your win, Naoto-kun."

Aqueria praised me kindly.

"And then, what came after, too…"

… After. As Aqueria said it, she blushed and squirmed a little. Erotic.

… Oh, Aqueria-san, was she perhaps touching on the sex I'd had with Eclair?

"… Ahaha… that… is embarrassing."

"No, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. If anything… it was truly lovely.

"… Fufu, yes… it's been a while since I got a little… worked up."

So saying, she twisted her body with a little squirm.

She wore only a single thin robe, so the lines of her body were clearly visible. When she twisted, her large breasts jiggled with a soft bounce…

And as proof that she was a futanari, I could make out the bulge swelling at her crotch.

The lines of her body beneath that thin cloth were so bewitching that, even though she was clothed, she felt intensely erotic.

Bikibiki, piiin…!

Seeing Aqueria like that… not much time had passed since my fierce sex with Eclair, so my penis, which should have been plenty satisfied…

regained a fierce hardness once more.

"… W-well…"

Aqueria blushed at the sight.

"Ah, s-sorry. Excuse me."

Showing off an erect penis like this — even in this world, surely that counted as rude?

"No. Fufufu… I'm happy to get such a lively reaction."

Aqueria smiled at me. So cute…

In this world, it basically wasn't rude to praise a Garumon as erotic or alluring.

… In other words, signaling this is fully erect! was by no means rude.

This custom was hard to get used to.

Toward the esteemed Leonhardt-san, I couldn't exactly go,

"Mercheada-san is super erotic! My cock's rock hard!"

That kind of appeal was a tall order.

In practical terms, I did think that would be a bit rude, and that part of it came down to the mood in the room.

Just because something wasn't rude didn't mean anything went.

… For now, toward Aqueria, going,

"Aqueria-san, you're super erotic. My cock's rock hard!"

That kind of appeal — I got the sense she'd forgive it.

"But… are you sure? In your otherworld, isn't there a custom of looking down on women who have children?"

Aqueria asked me something like that.

True, she only looked like a beautiful girl of about seventeen, but she was in fact the mother of one child…

She was Gabriella Aqua's real mother.

Of course, the idea that having a child made someone worth less was impossible to me.

In my original world, there were apparently people fussy about such things — the idea that only virgins had value, otaku and the like.

That kind of thinking didn't seem very common in this world.

In this world, a Garumon's body suffered no degradation whatsoever from bearing children, so there was no concept of looking down on a Garumon who had them.

If anything, given the low birthrate, a Garumon who'd borne many children was considered to have high value.

In fact, virgins were treated rather lower, in the sense of being a hassle since they were hard to have sex with.

To me, Aqueria was so beautiful and alluring and radiant it was no exaggeration to call her the most beautiful in the world…

Whether her being utterly wonderful was a view following this world's values or my own personal view, I couldn't say, but either way, there was no doubt she was the most alluring of all.

"That's not true. Even in my original world, I don't think I looked down on a woman just for having a child.

"And even if, hypothetically, I were the kind of person whose sensibilities looked down on women with children… the moment I met you, Aqueria-san, I'd have thrown away that idea instantly.

"There's no woman more alluring than you, Aqueria-san."

I declared it boldly.

"I-is that so… thank you."

Aqueria blushed.

… Honestly, that I could woo Aqueria this boldly to her face. Even I thought I'd grown.

"… Then, if you'll go that far for me…

"Would something like this please you?

"Shururu…"

So saying, Aqueria shed a layer of clothing for me.

It was… beautiful. Blue hair, blue pubic hair, and… a towering penis. Large breasts with pink nipples.

A flawless, perfect beauty…

A goddess of the finest looks stood there.

In dazzling, fully nude form.

"Fufufu, you know of this world's custom of the bare salute, yes?

"The bodies of us futanari are held sacred…

"and showing them is treated as a kind of medal, a status.

"… Your battles in the tournament were truly wonderful, so… I wanted to praise them.

"It was truly… a wonderful display of fighting. Naoto-kun."

So saying, Aqueria blessed me.

… Aah…

How… wonderful. A bare salute from Aqueria, of all things. Just how great an honor was this?

It felt like the greatest honor I could conceive of in this world.

"Aqueria-san… aah… thank you. I'm truly… glad from the bottom of my heart.

"It's the greatest… honor."

… Really, me. I'd just had the most amazing sex with Eclair and tasted the most amazing fulfillment, and yet…

Now I was unbearably eager to have sex with Aqueria.

"Akai Naoto-kun. You are… very lovely.

"Brimming with talent, blessed with Garumon luck, with a burning will to better yourself.

"Your passion to acquire many Garumon, your will to fight, your talent… they're dazzling.

"Meeting a sparkling young talent like you is a happiness for me too.

"Please, from now on, do be friendly with me as well."

Aqueria held out the back of her hand and reached it toward me.

Oh, this is that. I'd learned this from Ursula. It was the signal that I could take her hand and kiss it.

Taking the hand here and kissing Ursula's mouth had caused a bit of an uproar — that memory was still fresh.

"Ah, yes, gladly…!"

I grasped that hand, drew Aqueria close, and kissed her beautiful lips.

… I had learned nothing at all.

No, no, it couldn't be helped. The fault lay in Aqueria being far too alluring.

When something that alluring reached out a hand while baring its breasts and penis, who could refrain from one or two kisses on the mouth? No one could.

And so, with that rhetorical question in mind, I licked all around the inside of Aqueria's mouth, savored the deliciousness of it fully, and then drew my lips away.

Aqueria-san smiled for me, but…

"… Naoto-kun, really… That's no good.

"It's fine for us futanari Masters to kiss first, but kissing a futanari Master without permission is, properly speaking, a crime of disrespect, you know?"

It didn't seem to have put her in a bad mood, but I did get scolded. Had I gotten too carried away…

"… I'm sorry. You were just so alluring, Aqueria-san, that I couldn't help…"

I apologized.

"Fufufu, it's fine. For today, in light of your wonderful performance, I'll let it pass."

Aqueria forgave me, but…

"… Um, what should I do so that, not being disrespectful, I can get closer to you, Aqueria-san?

"I want to get much, much closer to you, Aqueria-san."

Aqueria's lips… they'd been deliciously melting. I wanted to taste them more, much more, to the fullest…

That craving had become impossible to suppress.

"Fufu, being wanted this strongly makes me very happy.

"But… well, yes. I am S-Class number 2, Aqueria.

"I can't simply let myself get close to you that easily."

So saying, Aqueria fell into thought.

"Yes. First… be acknowledged by my daughter.

"Be acknowledged by my daughter, Gabriella Aqua, and receive her bare salute.

"If you meet that condition… yes. Then I might be willing to get a little closer to you."

How much "a little" meant, I wasn't sure.

But since she'd let the kiss just now pass…

I could probably hope for at least "kissing is OK."

"Understood! Then I'll do my best to earn Aqua-san's acknowledgment!"

I lit a fire of passion.

"… Fufufu. Yes, do your best.

"… That child seems to have no friends her own age either… if you'd get close to her, I'd be glad too.

"I have great expectations for your future endeavors."

Aah…

It seemed that by defeating Eclair, I'd been acknowledged, to a certain degree at least, by Aqueria-san too.

My goals right now were… many, but the goal of getting close to Aqueria-san was among the very greatest of them.

That I'd taken a big step toward that goal was truly like a dream.

Earn Gabriella Aqua's acknowledgment, and get closer to Aqueria.

Toward that goal, I burned with passion, hot and fierce.