Magical Beast Subjugation

"It was a tough fight, but we somehow managed to take the championship.

"That's all thanks to how hard everyone worked, of course. I'm going to give you all a big reward right now.

"… And of course, that includes Setsuna and Leone, who supported us so well even though they didn't get any matches."

Wahhh…

Everyone cheered.

"So, for the rewards… let me hear what each of you wants. We've got plenty of money, after all.

"I'm pretty sure I can give you anything you'd like. First up… Haru."

"Eh, m-me?"

"Yeah, you worked really hard. What would you like?"

"Eh, me first…? T-that's… me fighting for you, Naoto-kun, that's only natural… I don't deserve a reward…"

Haru hesitated.

"Come on, Haru, no need to hold back. Receiving rewards from Goshujin-sama is the highest right we slaves have! Have some confidence and ask for whatever you want!"

"Kanan-san… t-then, in that case…"

Still flustered, Haru steeled himself…

"Naoto-kun… p-please let me… suck your ochinchin!"

… Wait, huh?

"T-that's… isn't that something you do all the time, whenever I ask you?

"Is that really your wish? I don't mind at all, but…"

"Mhm! I want to get even better at fellatio. I love you, Naoto-kun… is that not okay?"

Haru looked up at me through his lashes. C-cute… There was no way I could refuse.

Jupu jupu…

Haru happily sucked at my ochinchin.

W-well, it felt great for me too, of course, so I had no complaints, but… it was already such a regular thing.

Was this really fine as a reward? Maybe starting with Haru had been a mistake. I should've called on one of the greedier ones to make a more selfish demand first…

"… Okay, next is Kanan. It's fine, you know. Feel free to ask for something really extravagant."

"Hehe. Honestly, Haru, putting on a good-girl act just because it's Naoto.

"I'm not going to suck up to Naoto.

"… Now, Naoto, knead my breasts to your heart's content. And don't forget to lick and suck on my nipples either, of course. Squeeze them as much as you want and make me feel good!"

That was the request she made.

… Sure, Kanan would feel good, but no matter how I looked at it, this was a reward for me too.

"Aaah… bliss… my hard work paid off…"

Kanan murmured dreamily as she climaxed from having her breasts kneaded. W-well, if she was happy, I guess this was fine…

"H-hmm, everyone, ask for something a little more extravagant. We're rich now, with 19 million G.

"Something like indulging in what you couldn't do back on Earth… isn't there anything?"

I pressed everyone, but…

"Adelia wants Goshujin-sama to give her a big hug and lots of chu-chus, nya."

"Adelia…"

How adorable… I pulled the naked Adelia into a tight embrace and rained chu chu kisses on her.

"Funyaa… so happy, nya…"

"Yeah… I'm happy too…"

Mmm, bliss… no, just thinking the same thing in my head and aloud wouldn't get me anywhere.

As for Maika…

"Whenever you have free time… I'd like us to go to town together sometime."

"That's… wait, are you saying you want to go on a date?"

If I were the old me, I'd be over the moon. Going on a date with Yukishiro-san, the girl I'd been pining after forever…

Of course, the current me was over the moon too. Nothing had changed there.

"… I mean, I'm happy, but that's not going to cost much money…"

"Is that no good?"

Maika asked, looking up at me through her lashes.

"Not at all! Nothing wrong with it!"

And so I promised Maika a date.

"All right, Yuria, you can read the room and demand something properly extravagant, right?"

"Eh, I want to be hugged tightly and kissed too. Hold me really firmly."

Yuria's wish was the same kind of thing.

"Huh, that's surprisingly cute…"

"Hey, 'surprisingly' is rude. I'm a maiden in love with love too, you know.

"… This is my first love, after all. I want to savor it to the fullest."

"Yuria…"

I held her tight.

"Ah… so happy…"

Yuria murmured as if in a dream… So cute…

Though the naked breasts pressing against me were making it hard to focus on anything else.

"Sigh… I don't really have a wish either… as long as I can be of use to you, Onii-chan, that's enough…"

"S-sorry, Setsuna. The thing is, I want to keep the LV balance among the members… I'll let you take center stage in the B-Class match, okay?"

Setsuna and Leone still seemed a bit dissatisfied even when I told them I'd give them rewards.

"Hmhm… well, it can't be helped. That's just how you think, Naoto.

"Not relying on me, the highest-LV one… I think that's admirable, even impressive.

"… But, you know, I'd be happier if you did rely on me.

"Aah… I want to wield my power under Naoto-san again, soon… that would be the best reward."

"I-I'll do my best."

I had this conversation while kneading Setsuna's and Leone's breasts and cuddling with them.

… But still, no one was bringing me any actual wishes!

"Then, since I'm not going to read the room, I'll seize the opportunity and make a perfectly inconvenient request."

At last, Lyuka was about to offer her opinion.

"Lyuka! Of course! That's exactly what I want. I'll do anything, just say it."

"… Please don't say 'anything,' or I'll start wanting to do lewd things to you."

I got scolded.

"Um… so, what is it?"

"… Originally, allowing for the possibility of a tournament with thousands of participants, the B-Class match is scheduled for the start of next month.

"Since we have nearly a month, the timing would be perfect."

What was she getting at?

"My wish is none other than this. I'd like to enter the monster territory and gather materials."

"Monster territory…"

"Free entry into the monster territory is for B-Class and up, but C-Class Masters can enter as well by submitting an application through the system.

"It's a place that's been confirmed safe enough for C-Class Masters… but powerful Magical Beasts can appear in the monster territory without warning, so it's not necessarily safe. Let's proceed with caution."

"Ah, of course, understood."

And so we set out for our first trip into the monster territory.

There were several towns at the edge of the human territory, and one of them was the eastern town of Marlton.

We went there via Lyuka's Gate and finished the necessary paperwork.

"With this, we can use the Gate to the monster territory.

"From Marlton, we can travel to four C-Class dungeons, two B-Class dungeons, and one A-Class dungeon.

"Please pick the C-Class Kuga Great Forest. I'd like to gather about ten Roper eyeballs, which are said to drop frequently there."

"Mm."

I let Lyuka take the lead.

"So, we can gather materials in the monster territory and have fun with Item Creation, Potion Creation, and the like."

"Exactly. With me and Yuria here, we can produce any kind of item at the lowest possible price.

"So we can power up our Garumon, make lewd items, and so on…

"There are still a great many fun things in this world. I'd say you've barely enjoyed even ten percent of them, Naoto-san."

That was how Lyuka introduced this world to me.

The warp destination, the Kuga Great Forest. A C-Class Master was stationed at a watch post, guarding the Gate where we arrived.

"… Who's that?"

"He's a C-Class Master from Bafen.

"The Bafen Knights' main duty is base defense, and they dispatch their members to bases like the Gate of each monster territory."

"Knights?"

"The eight regions of Bafen, Olsin, Quad, Svira, Sazan, Nord, Ilg, and Welz are collectively called the 'Knights.' Their members are public servants who earn points and rise in ranking by performing various official duties.

"There's an entrance examination to join, and they're treated a step above C-Class Masters from other regions.

"The high public image of C-Class Masters is largely thanks to these eight Knights."

"… Heh. So what drags that image down would be the Masters of Seeds, huh."

"I can't deny it. Because the rule is so simple, with you ranking up just by fighting and winning, it's a popular block for Masters who can't grasp complicated rules or don't want to follow them.

"That said, if you're strong, Seeds is the easiest place to get promoted to B-Class. Talented Masters who reach S-Class or A-Class within a year often choose Seeds."

So C-Class had its own appeal as a place to fight slowly and steadily. Well, I'd needed to hurry to get promoted to B-Class, and in that sense too, Seeds had been the best fit.

The Kuga Great Forest.

It was an eerie place dense with sinister-looking plants, the very picture of a demon realm.

Gii, gii…

Kishaa…

I could hear the moans of Magical Beasts I'd never heard before.

It was a little chilling.

"Now then, allow me to briefly explain combat with Magical Beasts.

"Garumon Battles can be applied to fights against Magical Beasts as well.

"When a Magical Beast comes within 50 meters, it's displayed on the map. Tap it on the map and select Battle.

"If you neglect this and let one approach, you'll enter Out-of-Battle Battle.

"Out-of-Battle Battle is a no-rules real fight.

"Be careful, as you may be surrounded by a group and defeated in an instant.

"Also, while injuries are highly unlikely in Garumon Battle, when an attack lands, the HP-based protection may not engage in time, and the Garumon may be wounded.

"This is especially likely when you're ambushed by Magical Beasts in Out-of-Battle Battle, so please be careful."

"Even if we spot a Magical Beast from far away, we have to get within 50 meters?"

"Please switch the system screen to telephoto mode.

"Using telephoto mode, you can enter a Garumon Battle with an opponent up to 1 km away.

"However, you must close to within 20 meters in three minutes, so be careful. If you run out of time, they'll escape."

"I-I see."

The system had that kind of depth to it too. Truly something else…

"Then first, let's give it a shot, learn-by-doing style."

Watching the map, I cautiously advanced through the forest.

… Before I'd even spotted anything, a red mark appeared on the map.

I tapped the mark.

That was the prompt. I tapped Yes.

Then the battle field unfolded.

Whoa, it was just like a video game transitioning from the field map to the combat screen.

"For one minute after the battle field deploys, nearby Magical Beasts can join as reinforcements.

"So whether you can target just one is a matter of luck.

"But it'll cap at 3-on-3 at most.

"The advantage of conducting a Garumon Battle is that there's no danger of being surrounded by a crowd.

"You also don't have to worry about damaging the area outside the battle field. The contents of the battle don't leak outside either.

"After the battle ends, you're granted a 10-minute period of invincibility, among other benefits.

"Making full use of Garumon Battles is the trick to safely adventuring through the monster territory."

The Roper was joined by Magical Beasts called Giant Bat and Killer Jackal, making it a 3v3 battle.

"All right, Lyuka, Kanan, Setsuna. Go."

"Mm, then first move… Death Requiem!"

Setsuna's performance. The three Magical Beasts died instantly from that single blow… Weak.

The combat system was the same for both Garumon Battles and battles against monsters.

Just like normal, monsters had HP that you could check via the gauge above their heads, and once it hit zero, you took them down.

When defeated, green system-screen-like blocks materialized around the Magical Beast.

Wrapped in them, the Magical Beast's corpse vanished.

Within a few seconds, it was gone without a trace.

What remained was a system message.

"So we don't have to skin them ourselves. That's convenient."

"Defeated Magical Beasts are collected by the system, dismantled into their constituent parts, and the materials in good condition are returned to us. The subjugation fee is paid out as well. This is how we gather supplies.

"Every Roper has eyeballs, but the chance of leaving one intact when defeated is low. So the eyeball drop rate is on the lower side." So farming runs were essential for material hunting.

"Is it possible to start an Out-of-Battle Battle from our side? Like spotting one from far away and sniping it in one shot?"

"It's possible. The system automatically collecting and dismantling the corpse upon defeat works in Out-of-Battle Battle as well.

"But… please be careful.

"In Out-of-Battle Battle, the terrain takes damage. Trees can fall, forest fires can break out.

"Because that makes you easier to spot from outside, when you fight Out-of-Battle Battle, lots of Magical Beasts come swarming in.

"As a result, you wind up surrounded by a crowd of Magical Beasts and forced into endless combat.

"There are many such drawbacks. I cannot recommend it to anyone but thrill-junkies.

"That said, since you also have the freedom to fight without worrying about a battle field or a numbers cap, you can do flashy things like sniping from long range, or unleashing mass-destruction magic with a large group to flatten the terrain along with the enemies.

"There are people who count that side as a merit and prefer it.

"But the swarming Magical Beasts can include Boss Monsters that are leagues stronger, so please understand that fighting flamboyantly in Out-of-Battle Battle raises the mortality rate."

"… I'll pass on that."

To get stronger, you do have to push yourself. But needlessly exposing yourself to mortal danger was something else.

Jumping off a building without a safety line wasn't called training. It was called suicide.

"That's the appropriate decision. Out-of-Battle Battle is something you choose only when you've been caught off guard, when you have a stealthy sniping skill that means you don't need to fight, or when you're certain you have an absolute advantage in Out-of-Battle Battle. Please absolutely never select Out-of-Battle Battle as your first option."

I took Lyuka's advice to heart, and we kept fighting Magical Beasts.

C-Class dungeons came in many varieties, but the enemies that appeared here were around LV15-20. We were currently LV38 or higher.

In other words, we were well above the appropriate level, so there was no disadvantage or anxiety in combat.

"… If it's this easy, why isn't it allowed for those below C-Class? Wouldn't it make a great training ground for D-Class, E-Class, and F-Class Masters?"

"It's a shift over time… at first it was permitted, but the high mortality rate led to this change."

I see… well, fair enough.

And so, swapping members in and out as appropriate, we kept fighting Ropers in pursuit of the eyeballs.

The eyeball drop rate wasn't all that high, around 30%. As long as we defeated enough of them, ten in a single day was doable.

… Unlike Garumon, however, when monsters' HP hit zero, they died.

They didn't fall until HP hit zero, but the moment they died, depending on the finishing blow, their heads got chopped off, they got incinerated… incredible things happened, and it got a little gross.

Well, the system mercifully made the corpses vanish instantly. Thanks to that, the gore didn't stick with you afterward.

The stench of decay and the like was also sealed away and dispelled immediately, so you could enjoy it like a video game.

Even so, killing living creatures, even if they were Magical Beasts, was that something we, who'd grown up in peace, could really do?

Battling cute Garumon among ourselves was a different thing from battling grotesque Magical Beasts. The pressure had to be different, surely…

I'd worried about the Japanese members' stress on this front, but…

It didn't seem to be much of a problem.

We were all used to fighting monsters in video games.

In the end, if you thought of it as a hyper-realistic 3D game, it was no problem at all.

"As expected of Maika! Next is me!"

"Yep, give it your all, Kanan!"

"I'll do my best too…!"

If anything, everyone seemed to be having a great time.

… Honestly, I was finding it fun too.

But…

"Ethically speaking, isn't it kind of messed up to one-sidedly massacre Magical Beasts who are just living their lives peacefully? Don't they have lives, families and all that too?"

Feeling vaguely guilty about taking lives, I asked Lyuka what was on my mind.

Lyuka seemed slightly surprised. Then, after thinking for a moment, she opened her mouth.

"The food we eat was once someone's life too. The strong killing the weak and taking from them is the great principle of life.

"Assigning the moral values of good and evil to that is what humans do.

"… In the value system of those of us who live in this world, we don't acknowledge any right to life for Magical Beasts.

"When it comes to Magical Beasts, killing them is precisely what's good.

"People and Magical Beasts are mutual natural enemies, and we view each other as exploitable materials.

"They come at us fully intent on killing us too.

"If we lose, we're killed and used as material to strengthen them.

"If we win, we strip them as material and put it to use.

"That's all there is to it.

"That said, those who feel resistance to killing Magical Beasts don't need to kill them. It's the same as meat.

"Not everyone needs to slaughter cattle. People outside the livestock industry can simply buy their meat at the store.

"It's the same with Magical Beasts: those who can kill should kill, and those who can't should pay money to buy the materials.

"That's what economics is.

"That said, since the supply of Magical Beast materials is low compared to demand, they tend to be expensive.

"Roper eyeballs are relatively widely circulated, so you could probably buy one for around 10,000 G.

"But the market price fluctuates, so ten of them won't necessarily go for 100,000 G. You should figure on around 300,000 G.

"I suggested subjugating them in the monster territory because I thought it was very expensive compared to the effort of actually defeating Ropers, but if you have any resistance to subjugating Magical Beasts, Naoto-san, I think it's a cheap price to pay.

"In that case, however, I'd like to withdraw my request…"

That was Lyuka's explanation.

… Did I make her angry by saying something weird?

"… Sorry, Lyuka. I said something weird, didn't I?

"The thought just popped into my head for a moment; I don't seriously think killing Magical Beasts is pitiable.

"It's good combat experience, and I have almost no resistance to it. Honestly, I find it fun.

"I'm truly grateful you suggested subjugating Magical Beasts.

"Paying 10,000 G or 30,000 G for things you can get with just a bit of fighting, no matter how I look at it, that's expensive.

"Back in our original world.

"There's a phrase, 'even a one-inch worm has half an inch of soul,' and a way of thinking that says taking lives needlessly is wrong.

"Even with insects, even with grass and flowers.

"But that's a way of thinking peculiar to civilized people who no longer have natural predators.

"If Magical Beasts existed and attacked humans without provocation, even Earthlings would all be screaming to kill the Magical Beasts.

"In reality, when pathogens appear, we just try to wipe them out without question.

"It's a shallow way of thinking, in the end."

"… I'm not angry either.

"If I suggested something you weren't keen on, Naoto-san, then I'm sorry for that.

"If you've taken to it, that makes me happy.

"I like you, Naoto-san, so I want you to be happy.

"I'm not really thinking about anything beyond that."

Lyuka said that placidly. Her ears were just a little bit red.

What was this, it was making me melt. So this is what they call the sunao-cool type, huh.

Tsundere is good too, but this is also nice.

"That said, hearing about otherworld values from you, Naoto-san, is a lot of fun. It tickles my intellectual curiosity.

"From now on, please don't hold back on what you're thinking; share it like you just did. Hearing interesting ideas is more enjoyable to me."

"… I see. I like you too, Lyuka, so if you find it fun, that makes me happy."

Lyuka smiled happily.

"… I see. Indeed, if humanity became overwhelmingly superior to Magical Beasts, to the point of driving them extinct if we hunted too many, then the idea of protecting Magical Beasts would arise.

"But in that sense, the humanity of this world is nowhere near that stage.

"We're in a desperate fight to live."

"… Understood. Lyuka said it was interesting, so I'm glad about that, but I'll be careful not to say weird things in front of others."

It would be like telling a researcher who was working day after day to wipe out pathogens to save people suffering from disease, "But pathogens are alive too, so why are you trying to kill them!" and getting in their way.

Cultures and values differ between worlds, so I shouldn't push my own.

… In that sense, even the system that controls Garumon in this world might be the product of necessity.

If Garumon refused to obey their Masters' orders and didn't fight, and the world got overrun by Magical Beasts and destroyed…

Criticizing the current system might be on equal footing with screaming "Magical Beasts are alive too, so we shouldn't kill them!", both equally absurd.

In the end, wasn't this just saying "Garumon are cute so don't bully them, Magical Beasts aren't cute so killing them is fine"…?

"… If there were a cute Magical Beast, would it be possible to not kill it?"

"That's possible. There's a class called Beast Tamer that can subjugate and use Magical Beasts.

"A lot of Masters use Ropers as servants. The tentacles are said to be erotic and great.

"Also, high-tier Magical Beasts are called Demons, and essentially they are Garumon.

"Since they're Garumon, if you defeat them without killing them, you can subjugate them. Demon subjugation is a useful method for adding powerful Garumon to your party."

"Huh…"

"That said, beating a Demon would be extremely difficult for a C-Class Master.

"If you're attacked by a powerful enemy and have no other choice, there's a technique where you challenge them to a Garumon Battle and then escape.

"You specify the minimum number of turns and challenge them to a Garumon Battle.

"The exact turn count depends on the opponent, so I can't really say, but usually it's around 5 turns.

"If you desperately survive those 5 turns no matter what, the battle ends in a DRAW after 5 turns.

"For 10 minutes after the battle ends, the system protects you, and you become invincible.

"In this state, the enemy can't harm us, so you can use this window to escape.

"If Yuria or I are with you, we can escape via Gate, but while our bodies are invincible, the Gate is not.

"So if the opponent is a clever Demon, they may destroy the Gate and prevent escape, in which case running away on foot has a higher success rate."

Since this was our first Magical Beast battle, Lyuka was quite enthusiastic and went into detail.

She must have studied up a lot in preparation for inviting us to the monster territory.

I was listening to her explanations with interest, but I was also thinking how truly cute Lyuka looked giving them so happily…

"Lastly, let me explain about wipeouts. Since it's a Garumon Battle, even when HP hits zero and combat is impossible, they lose consciousness, but the system protects them and they take no further injury.

"However, if all of the battle members reach HP zero, that's a wipeout.

"The drawback of a wipeout in a battle against Magical Beasts is that with an 8-person party, even though there are 2 reserves, the reserves and the Master alike all get incapacitated at once. All system protections, including virginity protection, cease to function, and the Magical Beast side is free to take, kill, or violate as they please.

"If a Garumon is devoured alive, the Magical Beast undergoes a dramatic power-up and becomes a Great Magical Beast.

"Great Magical Beasts are monsters that even S-Class Masters sometimes lose their lives to.

"So Masters without authorization are forbidden from recklessly entering the monster territory and getting wiped out.

"Well, since wiped-out Masters are already dead, that may not be much of a concern."

"… Hahaha… in any case, never get wiped out, got it."

"Yes. Battles in the monster territory should all have turn limits. There's a risk of letting tough enemies escape, but I think it's better to be able to hope that even against an unexpectedly strong opponent, surviving those turns means you'll be saved."

"I'll do that. Um, in the system, set turn limit on by default… settable from 1 to 99, but the minimum turn count varies depending on the opponent monster, huh…"

"That's the turn count for one party. With two parties, it doubles, so be careful."

"Ah, then… let's go with 10 or so."

… It felt like I'd been talking with Lyuka the whole time, but everyone else had been keeping up the rotation and fighting steadily, and…

"… We've gathered all the materials. Thank you very much."

After building up so many flags, I'd been jumpy thinking it would be weirder for a Demon not to attack us, but somehow nothing of the sort happened and we managed to gather all the materials.

"No, no, our levels went up too, so that was great. And no Demons appeared either…

"By the way, what materials were we gathering?"

"… Hehehehe."

Yuria was laughing.

… We returned to Marlton via Gate and processed the exit paperwork.

"For C-Class Masters, half of your income is automatically collected, so there's no problem.

"Please note that materials cannot be sold to anyone but the system, except when you're using them yourself."

"Um, what do you mean?"

"The system's buyback price for materials is extremely cheap.

"Even though they sell them for over 10,000 G, they buy them back for around 100 G, and only pay 50% on top of that.

"Many people find that ridiculous, so cases of negotiating directly with Masters who need the materials and selling on the black market are rampant.

"What I'm saying is that's prohibited."

"E-eh, um… what happens if I do something prohibited?"

"No, in practice there aren't really any drawbacks. Selling for 10,000 G to a Master who needs it nets you 5,000 G.

"The risk lies in the negotiation with other Masters itself. There are Masters who steal materials and don't pay.

"Since it's a black-market deal, you can't appeal to the system either.

"Also, since the black market is illegal, the Knights occasionally crack down on it. If you happen to be there at such a time, you may be arrested."

"That's nothing but drawbacks! … Well, can I just keep materials I don't use?"

"Yes. To begin with, with me and Yuria here, there's no material you won't use, so there's no need to worry."

… Right, I'd recruited the world's foremost item creator and potion creator.

We made it home safely.

Yuria received the materials and immediately shut herself in the workshop, coming out again about thirty minutes later.

"When I asked Lyuka for her cooperation, I promised her one thing in return.

"Namely, making the medicine Lyuka wanted me to make. And that… is this!"

Bababaan, Yuria pulled out two bottles of medicine.

"I'm giving these to you, Naoto. The blue is the Secret Elixir of Growth, the red is the Secret Elixir of Rejuvenation. 100 pills each.

"Take one pill and grow 1.5 years; take one and de-age 1.5 years."

"Secret Elixir of Growth, Secret Elixir of Rejuvenation…

"Amazing medicine. Aren't Secret Elixirs supposed to be no big deal in this world's medicine ranking?"

"They really aren't. In this world, all Garumon are eternally young.

"Even Masters at B-Class and above are eternally young, as long as they have the willpower.

"If you have the passion to want to be young again, you'll just naturally de-age, no need for medicine.

"There's still some demand for it among C-Class and below Masters, though.

"Being an adult doesn't make you strong, and it only really changes appearance.

"… For lolicon Masters to make a young-girl harem, or for breast-enthusiast Masters like Naoto to grow up loli Garumon, that sort of thing."

"… Lyuka… how… I think you as you are right now are truly beautiful, charming, and lovely.

"To change your body for my sake, that's…"

"… No. I'm happy to hear you say that. But… is that really true? Haven't you… ever thought you'd want hair to grow on my… smooth parts?"

"… Ugh!"

T-that I can't deny… no, the light element is incredibly useful, and…!

"For us Garumon, growth and de-aging are about on the same level as putting on outfits to our Master's taste. If our Master is happy, there's no greater joy.

"… Plus, I'm just curious. I want to try having a tayun-tayun figure, just once…"

Lyuka said this bashfully.

"… Yuria, there are no side effects or anything bad for the body, right?"

"Yep, none."

"All right, then no problem. If Lyuka's curious, let's give it a try."

And so Lyuka took one pill first.

"Mm, mmh…"

Suru… Just slightly, her bob-short pale-blue hair extended down to her shoulders. And her barely-budding breasts swelled ever so slightly… no, definitely larger. They became lovely palm-sized breasts.

And… at her crotch, ever so faintly, pale-blue hair grew softly in…

"Oh, ooh…"

T-this was… 13.5-year-old Lyuka…

We'd gone from "complete crime" to "still a crime, but it's a little unavoidable, she's so erotic"… that level.

How… beautiful. She had been wonderfully beautiful at 12, but at 13.5, Lyuka was even more brilliantly beautiful.

"… Then, one more pill."

Suru… Her hair grew again, this time reaching just above the shoulder blades on her back.

And… the faint hair grew gradually thicker.

More than that, the breasts. From lovely palm-sized breasts, they swelled into clearly overflowing-the-palm large breasts, fuller and fuller, until they stopped.

"Whoa… whoaaa…"

I groaned. W-what… what beauty, what eroticism! This was already erotic. As for criminal… well, an adult man laying hands on her would still be a crime, but at 17 myself, you couldn't really call it one.

Of course, the divine beauty was still such that I, of all people, wouldn't be allowed to lay hands on her! Beautiful, not just beautiful but erotic.

The breasts… the breasts were big and full and…!

"… Then, one more pill."

And… Lyuka popped it into her mouth and swallowed. Even her swallowing was erotic…

"Mm, mmh…"

Sara… Lyuka's hair extended further, down to about below her shoulder blades on her back. Or you might say down to chest level. But that was hard to say too.

Because… her breasts had grown bigger still.

Aah, now… they were tayun-tayun bakunyuu size! Splendidly full breasts, easily on par with Kanan's.

Her crotch had grown just a bit thicker than before. But still light… Lyuka's pubic hair was sparse, after all.

It might not get any thicker than this.

But this was enough; shaving and saving it would be no problem.

"Mm… my glasses don't quite fit anymore…"

With that, Lyuka took off her glasses.

There's the classic expression "she takes off her glasses and is a beautiful girl."

Since she was already a peerlessly beautiful girl even with her glasses on, I'd assumed there was no way that applied to Lyuka…

But she really was a beautiful girl when she took off her glasses.

In other words, glasses-beautiful-girls and non-glasses-beautiful-girls were the same beautiful girl, but they were separate attributes, and Lyuka, becoming a different-attribute beautiful girl, was practically reborn. Wasn't this on the order of triggering a Big Bang?

I didn't even know what I was thinking anymore, but anyway, this beautiful girl in front of me, I just wanted to hug her, kiss her, suckle on these voluptuous breasts, suckle even on her crotch, and then, then, then, just, aaaaah…!

"Naoto-san, Naoto-san."

… The beautiful girl in front of me was calling out to me with concern.

"… Hah! An angel…"

"No, I'm of the Faerie race."

That cool way of speaking…

"Lyuka… you're so beautiful. No, that's not to say that the original Lyuka wasn't beautiful. But it's undeniable that a new charm of yours has been brought out… Aah, never mind. I love this Lyuka too! I really love you!"

"… T-thank you. I'm happy."

The way Lyuka smiled then was just like an angel.

… Incidentally, she took one more pill to become 18, but that barely changed anything. Just her hair extended a tad.

… In other words, Lyuka's breast size was one size smaller than Yuria's…

"… Grr… I wanted to catch up to Yuria…"

She seemed a bit frustrated.

"… So this is what tayun-tayun breasts are, huh.

"I'd heard your shoulders get stiff… but it's not that bad. Of course. Considering Garumon physical strength, the weight of breasts this size is no different from the weight of a feather. Which means…

"I conclude that those statements were made just to irritate me. Yuria."

"Pii pi-pii pi-pii…"

Yuria turned her face away and whistled exaggeratedly.

The relationship between these two was funny too… they were absolutely on good terms, though.

"Lyuka, you're so beautiful…"

"Yes, lovely, Yuria."

"Aw, if you've gone and become like that, I can't tease you anymore… too bad."

"Just being free from your teasing, Yuria, is more than enough merit for taking this form."

"What, I was only teasing you because you were cute…"

Yuria looked dissatisfied.

"… Yuria, do you dislike how I am now?"

"As if! Are you saying that while looking at my rock-hard cock!? Honestly, it's erotic!"

Yuria asserted forcefully.

Mhm, I fully agreed.

"Thank you… Now, Naoto-san. Speaking of which, you haven't given me my reward yet."

… Hm, wasn't gathering Magical Beast materials supposed to be the reward…?

"With this body, please do everything you want with me, Naoto-san. That's my biggest reward."

I keep telling you, that's a reward for me…!

But I couldn't object. I'd take her up on it without holding back.

"… And yet, the very first thing I do is this… I think this is already past the point of making excuses."

I dragged the grown-up Lyuka into the shaving room and had her take her usual pose. Stark naked, with only small handkerchiefs covering her breasts and crotch…

A pose to make shaving easy.

"… All right then, Lyuka… I'll be shaving."

"… Yes, please go ahead."

I gently lathered soap onto Lyuka's thin pubic hair. As if dressing it in clothes…

"Fuwa, ha, aah…"

Lyuka let out a sweet voice… Her body had grown a bit rounder and bigger. Strictly speaking, her voice should have gotten a touch lower too, but it had barely changed.

… Just slightly, though, instead of a girl's voice, it had the feel of a woman's voice.

That said, this was a serious moment. I steadied my heart so my hand wouldn't slip…

Shori, shori, shori…

Aah, the pleasant sound of hair being shaved, playing out from Lyuka's crotch… it was like a dream I'd given up on coming true…

And then, at last, I was able to harvest Lyuka's pale-blue hair.

I was looking forward to the light-element Spirit Garb I could make from this, but the thought of having had her grow up just for this and then shaving it off to return her crotch to its original 12-year-old state… this high-level play moved me beyond words.

… After that, of course, she let me touch Lyuka's breasts.

"… Mn, mn…"

Lyuka let out sweet sighs.

… So soft. Soft, soft…! Her original little budding breasts had been soft, sure. But this overflowing fullness, beyond what a palm could hold!

So melting! So sof～t! Aaah, just, just…! Aah, in the end I really, really am bewitched by big breasts…!

How, how splendid this is, aah, breasts, Lyuka's breasts, breasts…!

I latched onto Lyuka's breasts, lost in it. Lyuka's sweetness filled my mouth, breast sweetness, the sensation of her nipples in my mouth, on my tongue… I wrapped my tongue around her full breasts, sucked on her nipples, licked, sucked again.

Aaah… delicious, breasts really are delicious! The best…!

"Mmmm… Naoto-saaan…! N-no, this, breasts… it feels too good! With my erotic parts grown so big like this, I, I can't take it! Haa, aah, ah, no waaay!"

Bikun bikun bikun!

Lyuka's whole body convulsed hotly, and hot fluid burst from her crotch.

… When she squirted like this, telling apart whether it was love juice or pee was difficult. Well, a girl's lewd fluid had spilled out, and it didn't really matter which, the way I saw it…

"… This is pee, isn't it. Lyuka, you grew up but you wet yourself."

"I-I-I, I never wet myself in my previous form! B-because I grew up, I feel things differently than usual, so I-I just leaked a little…!

"Ha, ah, aaah…"

Shaaaaaa…

Maybe saying that intensified the urge, because Lyuka just kept on going, letting her pee gush out.

16… or was it 18? Well, since she didn't change, it didn't matter which.

I gazed entranced at the scene of 16-year-old Lyuka shyly peeing.

"For the last… aah, this… to be able to squeeze your ochinchin between my… full breasts. Naoto-san.

"I'd actually been really jealous watching everyone else doing it…!"

With that, she squeezed me with her plump, full breasts.

"Wha, aaah…!"

Lyuka's fine, supple skin wrapped completely around my ochinchin… enveloping it!

The pleasure I'd never been able to taste before brought me to the peak in an instant, just like that.

But this being Lyuka's first paizuri, releasing in such a flash would be too much of a waste.

I'd long since passed my limit, but I held on desperately. Still…

"Mn… mn."

Yusa… purun, purun!

Lyuka jiggled her large breasts as she lifted them up and down. What an erotic, captivating sight! The plump squeeze of her soft breasts! Soft, yet somehow so enveloping with that munyu pressure…

Aaah… no, I really can't!

Dopyu, dopyu, dopyuuu!

"Mmmm! Haaaaa… Breasts! I made Naoto-san cum with my breasts…!"

Lyuka wore a rapturous, ecstatic expression.

I had… the same expression on my face from the spectacular pleasure.

… Truly, it was wonderful… such wonder, savoring it alone would be a waste.

"… Lyuka, that was the best. Truly… Now, do it for Yuria too. You have to thank her for giving you such a wonderful body."

"… Hehe, sounds good.

"… Come on, Yuria, come here."

"Eh, eh, eh…"

"Hehehe… You've teased me about being loli-shaped, calling me a loli over and over.

"I'll make you cum plenty with these breasts of mine."

"E, ah, ah, aaah… no, ahyiiii!"

Sandwiched between Lyuka's breasts, Yuria moaned pathetically and came in even less time than I had.

"Lyuka's breashts shoo gud, sho guuud…!"

"Hehehe, getting one over on stuck-up, eyesore Yuria… I'm thoroughly satisfied!"

Lyuka was laughing happily.

"Since the medicine has no side effects and you can drink it any time… I think you should normally stay in your 12-year-old form, after all.

"This erotic figure should only be shown to us…

"I mean, otherwise all of Lyuka's Spirit Garb would turn into Lewd Garb."

"… Understood."

"But in the morning and at night, I'd love to enjoy either form."

"… Yes, I want to be loved in either form too."

Lyuka said that and kissed me.

… Honestly, how cute can you be. Grown up or not, Lyuka was cute. But it was certain that I'd just discovered another new charm of hers.