Eat The World Tree

Chapter 225: Lonnie (5)

Woooong.

In the dark room, only the sound of the magic stone illuminating the light quietly resonated.

Maronnie, frightened, was huddled in the corner.

Maronnie squeezed the staff between her thighs and hugged her knees and staff simultaneously.

Her sweat-soaked underwear was clearly visible as her skirt was rolled up.

I lowered my gaze.

‘…Phew.’

I was going crazy with arousal.

The parts I usually didn’t pay attention to now just looked completely erotic.

Her tiny toes wiggling almost drove me insane.

It felt like my vocabulary was rapidly deteriorating.

I couldn’t stop rolling my eyes, feeling my sanity slowly split.

Rumble.

Maronnie trembled as she saw my eyes.

From the thin veins visible on her instep to her prominent ankle bone, to her well-defined calves and thighs.

Transparent sweat trickled down her thighs as if it were tickling. The soft light from the lamp met the sweat, giving her thighs a sheen.

Her soft thighs looked as if they were coated with sugar water.

Gulp.

Crouching like a cat, in a defensive posture. It’s arousing.

Maronnie had a softer and more slender body than anyone I’d ever met.

Her waist was thin. I could probably wrap one arm around it.

The same went for her arms and neck.

But calling her body not erotic would be a lie because her thighs were so soft.

Look at the buttocks slightly squashed by the floor tiles.

Her thighs had enough flesh despite her thin waist. A magical thigh with enough fat from sitting at her desk studying all the time.

Now, after a long period of walking, her thighs must be soaked with sweat and body fluids.

Her slightly swollen chest popped out every time she panted. Like a 3D movie where a dinosaur jumps out of the screen, I almost reached out without realizing it.

If we kept staring at each other like this, something bad would happen.

“……Shall we split the rewards?”

Maronnie spoke with a face on the verge of tears.

“Rewards. Oh right, rewards. We need to split them.”

I slapped my cheek to calm my dizzy head.

Smack!

My head vibrated roughly, shaking my brain. It felt like my lower body was cooling down a bit.

“Wh-what’s wrong with you suddenly?”

Terrified by my odd behavior, Maronnie hugged the staff tightly as if it were a bamboo wife pillow.

“……Nothing.”

I wanted to devour her so badly.

Saying something like that would land me in trouble.

I took deep breaths filled with arousal and headed to the center.

Three bags and three sleeping bags.

The bags contained enough food for three people to eat their fill and still have leftovers for a day.

If we rationed, we could make it last for three days.

I handed one backpack to Maronnie.

“Since we’ll be here for a day…. Let’s each take one and finish this one today. How does that sound?”

Without a word, she nodded. When I handed her a sleeping bag, she reluctantly took it, avoiding touching my hand.

And the only box we had.

Creak.

Opening it, various potions and artifacts were inside.

Let’s see. We need to know the purpose of the artifacts. There are three mana potions and three health potions each.

I took out four potions from the box and handed them to her.

“……You’re giving me this much?”

Maronnie cautiously asked, holding the potions.

Her face was cute and arousing, filled with fear yet slightly happy.

Instead of looking at her, I lifted an artifact.

“I’ll take this in exchange.”

Upon checking, it was a tracker that could follow a cadet.

An essential item for teaming up with Maronnie.

She swallowed and nodded.

Despite the good artifacts, the mana potion she held was just as important.

It’s a tool crucial for mages in critical moments.

I placed two potions and the artifact in my bag and set it against the wall.

Maronnie followed my actions.

What’s left were one backpack and one sleeping bag.

The sleeping bag was useless to us, so I took the backpack and pulled out the food inside.

“Phew.”

A hot breath escaped my mouth.

“Are you going to eat?”

Growl.

Maronnie blushed.

“……Yes.”

Hearing her voice made my body heat up.

My whole body felt sensitive, and my lower half tingled.

Thud.

I started unpacking the food, trying to suppress my desires.

Each type of food was different, so sitting together to eat would be better for Maronnie despite the discomfort.

Ciabatta bread, fresh fruit. Cheese and biscuits. Steak preserved with magic.

Slice. Slice.

I cut the fruit with the knife from the backpack and spoke to her.

“Aren’t you going to put the staff down? It must be uncomfortable to hold it all the time.”

My staff was already hung beside the bag.

She hesitated for a long time, but seeing my face through the mask, she slowly lowered her guard.

I got her feelings. I was struggling just as much.

Maronnie probably noticed my erratic breathing.

She might have felt threatened.

Crunch. Crunch.

I placed the sliced apple pieces on a plate and offered them to her.

She picked up an apple slice and took a bite with a complicated expression.

Maybe because it was sweet?

The corners of her cowardly mouth subtly lifted.

With food in my stomach, I felt slightly more at ease than before.

“Let’s eat now.”

“…Thank you.”

Her shy yet wary voice came through the translator.

Maronnie, sitting a bit apart, moved her hips about 10 cm closer, placing her hands on the ground.

Our mealtime continued in silence.

Crunch.

I chewed the biscuit, moving my jaw mechanically.

Munch.

I put an apple in my mouth.

Before swallowing it, I stuffed meat into my mouth.

We ate in silence, only filling our hunger.

Even during the meal, she kept glancing at me with a complicated expression.

Maronnie, who had grown to control her unique abilities, immediately read Lee Shiheon’s thoughts.

This guy. Even while eating, he’s thinking dirty thoughts.

Maronnie felt a shiver run down her spine.

The eyes inside the mask looked cold. He seemed deeply troubled. His pupils trembled.

The man sat cross-legged, shaking his legs lazily.

Was there a reason for him to be so distracted?

Maronnie stuffed the food into her mouth quickly, like a hamster.

Cheese and bread, crammed in. Her cheeks puffed up so much that her jaw wouldn’t move properly.

As she hurriedly ate, the eyes of the man in the mask watching her narrowed.

“Why are you eating so fast?”

Maronnie’s hand, holding the bread, froze.

To Maronnie, who had lost her sanity, his words felt like a warning.

Should I spit it out?

“Uup.”

“……Don’t spit it out. Just eat what’s in your mouth.”

She reluctantly stuffed what she was about to spit out back into her mouth.

“Hiccup.”

She hiccuped while eating, with bread still in her mouth.

No camera, no sanity, so elegance or beauty of the National Tree was thrown away.

Gulp.

At the end of the meal, Maronnie rubbed her full stomach, inwardly frowning.

‘I feel like I’m going to get indigestion….’

What if he really tried to assault her? She should respond strongly. But if she lost?

Gulp.

Could that imagination become reality?

Huddled in the corner again, Maronnie stared at Lee Shiheon.

He had been making uncomfortable breathing sounds, swaying side to side.

Maronnie watched him warily.

The man in the white mask was restless. If she looked down, his pants were bulging.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Her heart pounded. Sweat dripped from her body.

The man’s black pupils stared at her ominously from inside the mask.

He tried to avert his gaze from her as much as possible, constantly looking elsewhere.

His body movements suggested he was desperately trying to suppress something.

‘…….’

Why did he suddenly seem like a pitiful puppy?

‘…Still, he didn’t do anything while we were eating. He even peeled an apple for me.’

Suddenly, a thought crossed Maronnie’s mind.

Gasp.

Startled, she shook her head side to side.

Her twin tails swung around.

“No, no.”

Her cheeks felt hot. She tried to regain her sanity.

Lee Shiheon’s behavior was creepy at first glance. Her DNA rejected it.

Maronnie gripped the staff tighter, glaring at him.

The tension lasted a long time.

In retrospect, it had not even been 30 minutes since they entered this room.

They had to spend the entire day together like this.

If they were in the middle of clearing a dungeon, they might have had something else to focus on.

But this was a place for just the two of them.

“Phew….”

Maronnie felt her heart soaked in fear.

‘…Why am I like this?’

Suddenly, she had a question.

Had she ever been this scared of someone else before?

Thinking back, the sign at the dungeon entrance said it would strengthen one’s temperament.

Temperament was a passage that vaguely revealed a person’s identity. The man’s discomfort had started from then.

Maronnie slowly regained her sanity.

‘Could it be because of that?’

Could someone’s personality change so much due to temperament?

If her hypothesis was correct, the man was forcibly suppressing his instincts.

Maronnie felt as if she had peeled off a layer of the terrifying cloak.

“……”

Still, it was just as scary.

Even if a rabbit mustered courage, it was still a small rabbit.

It would only express its fear by shaking its fluffy white tail.

Even if the man wasn’t like that originally, the fact that he could harm her didn’t change.

Maronnie hugged the staff, thinking.

Coward. The effect was strong enough to realize her unrecognized temperament. What about the man’s temperament?

“…You, you. Is it because of the temperament?”

Maronnie asked him in a trembling voice.

Nod.

Without even answering, Lee Shiheon nodded, looking distressed.

Maronnie felt even more conflicted.

“Is… Is your temperament really perverted? Really?”

“Yes, it is.”

“How is that possible… Do you usually have dirty thoughts?”

She wasn’t sure if it was right to ask this, but as she inquired about his condition, the conversation naturally flowed in that direction.

“No. Especially today.”

The man’s voice resonated calmly through the translator.

At least, it wasn’t completely impossible to communicate.

‘…If I persuade him well, I might avoid any harm.’

Maronnie gulped.

This was the most nerve-wracking moment of her life.

If she failed to persuade him, she would be assaulted right away.

She tried to think positively.

“Ugh.”

The man looked too exhausted in her eyes.

“…Are you okay?”

“Don’t talk to me.”

He responded roughly despite her concern.

His creepy eyes scanned her body from head to toe.

She shivered once, but seeing him turn his eyes away again, she felt his inner turmoil.

‘Is there any way to help?’

She began to worry.

Maronnie put down the staff and cautiously moved a step closer to him.

Her sweat-soaked hair swayed in front of his eyes.

“Don’t come closer.”

The man overreacted.

“But, you. You’re in a really bad state….”

“Why don’t you just sleep? You’re going to be in serious trouble if you keep this up.”

With a grimace, Lee Shiheon took off his mask, feeling the heat in his head.

His revealed face looked extremely painful.

“Phew… shit.”

Shit…? He cursed incomprehensibly, ruffling his hair.

Both Maronnie’s face and Lee Shiheon’s face were pale.

No, the person in front of her seemed to be in much more pain.

“…How about I use magic? Something like purification might work.”

Maronnie moved one step closer to him.

At that moment, his pupils dilated and captured her figure.

Pure blue eyes, and the valley of her sweat-gathered collarbones.

Was it because she ignored his warning?

Grab.

“……!”

With invisible speed, his hand seized her shoulder.

“Eek!”

Maronnie shuddered as his hand made contact, swallowing her breath.

In that brief moment, Maronnie’s body was flipped over.

Thud!

His hand slammed the floor next to her ear.

When she came to her senses, Maronnie was pinned beneath him without resistance.

His beast-like eyes roved over her cheek.

Scary.

“Hiccup.”

Maronnie hiccupped, her hair disheveled, tears welling in her eyes.

Her shirt had lifted from the fall, exposing her small belly button.