“Don’t be afraid, Hailey, relax… hand your hand to me.”
Idledra held Hailey’s hand, her slender fingers circling in Hailey’s palm.
The ticklish sensation made Hailey burst out laughing, which Idledra immediately noticed.
Realizing she had lost her composure, Hailey quickly restrained her expression, turned her face away, and put on a puffed-up, sulky look.
She still hadn’t settled the score with someone who had just pretended to be pitiful to trick her.
“Y-You, don’t come any closer. I haven’t agreed to let you approach me yet.”
“But without me, Hailey can’t guide this new mana properly on her own. Hailey also wants to use magic like a mage, right?”
That hit the mark. She really couldn’t refuse this proposal.
After all, having crossed into a fantasy world yet being unable to use magic would leave a faint sense of regret.
Even though she was extremely tempted, faced with such an obvious lure from Idledra, she had to keep her composure!
It wasn’t like she especially wanted to casually wave her hand and release something so cool and dashing like Idledra could…
“Ahem. Since you’ve put it that way, then I—why do you have that ‘just as I expected’ look again, you jerk?! I knew it!”
When Hailey shyly looked at Idledra, preparing to “show mercy” and reluctantly accept the proposal, she saw Idledra resting her chin in her hands, smiling playfully at her.
This person… really made her want to punch her every single time, yet she couldn’t win, and she couldn’t bring herself to do it either.
“Pfft… I knew Hailey wouldn’t be able to resist agreeing. Then I get to see that rosy expression of hers. How interesting.”
“All right, all right, Hailey, don’t be mad at me, okay? Please, I’m begging you…”
“Enough. I’m not angry. So tell me, how are you going to teach me?”
Idledra was about to speak with a sly grin when the vigilant Hailey stopped her with a serious expression, holding up a hand and staring at her suspiciously.
This woman was definitely going to use teaching as an excuse to do something bad again…
“We agreed—before you teach me, no touching randomly, no overly intimate actions, that is… anyway, no teasing me!”
Once Hailey realized she had been seen through, she stopped pretending altogether.
She firmly pulled the softly placating Idledra closer and demanded they “set three rules.”
This time, she absolutely would not let herself be taken advantage of.
“Of course. I’m a gentleman. How could I do those bad things to Hailey? You have to trust me.”
Idledra obediently agreed every time. After all, once Hailey agreed, no matter what Hailey thought during the lesson, it wouldn’t be up to her anymore…
Hailey felt like she was being set up, but before she could think further, Idledra had already taken her hand and placed it”—w-wait, wait, wait, where was she putting her hand?”
“Hey, wait! Why… why are you putting my hand on your chest?! Don’t get so close, it’s going to touch— even between girls, that’s not allowed! And I’m not exactly—”
“What’s wrong? Hasn’t Hailey already seen it before? Why are you still shy… or is it because I came closer on my own, hmm?”
“L-Let go! When did I ever see— even if I did, that was because you forced me!!”
Hailey was about to retort when she suddenly remembered what had happened one night when they were stuck in the bathroom together.
Even though she had tightly shut her eyes to avoid it, once inside the bathroom there was no avoiding “being completely honest with each other.”
Especially when she had to wipe the body of a certain unseen troublemaker, that person would suddenly pull her face over with a wicked grin.
How could she possibly dodge such a surprise attack?
“Hailey, what are you thinking about? If you don’t touch my body, how can you feel the flow of mana?”
“Th-Then holding hands would be enough! Why do we have to touch the body…”
The more she spoke, the less confident Hailey sounded. She couldn’t exactly admit that she had indeed thought of something that made her face burn just now.
“No, no, this must be something that had to be done…”
“B-But, I mean, could we use a more ordinary position? Like you put both your hands on my back, then pass the mana to me?”
“Then how about we try mouth to mouth? Mana transfers faster that way, just a little bit is enough…”
All right, as expected, compared to body contact, she was even more afraid that this woman would suddenly kiss her again.
After weighing it, Hailey very reluctantly accepted Idledra’s original suggestion and obediently handed over her hand.
“Now, Hailey, what do you feel?”
“Mm… hehe, it’s ticklish.”
“It’s kind of soft and bouncy… very warm, very gentle, like a light breeze brushing across my face. It feels comfortable.”
Golden particles of light slowly flowed from Idledra’s chest into Hailey’s palm, then gradually resonated with the milky-white mana within Hailey, quietly swaying as they slipped toward her.
Feeling the flow of mana entering her, Hailey seemed to understand why Idledra had looked so pleased and reluctant to stop when she had pressed Hailey down onto the bed before.
This was really hard to refuse…
Soon, the golden particles attached themselves to Hailey and obediently merged into her body.
Some noisy black particles also bounced about restlessly.
The two kinds of mana belonging to Idledra were fusing and drawing close to the pure mana generated by Hailey’s body, gradually becoming the milky-white mana unique to Hailey.
Soft, yet a little mischievous.
“Of course, the black magic particles still resisted somewhat.”
After being kicked a couple of times by the light particles, they could only obediently merge into the pure mana as well.
After a while, Hailey reluctantly opened her eyes. Naturally, what greeted her was Idledra smiling at her, her face slightly flushed—though that was due to mana conduction.
“How is it? Doesn’t Hailey feel very comfortable? I felt the same way when I was with Hailey before…”
Idledra gently stroked Hailey’s cheek and lightly nibbled the tip of her ear.
After Hailey’s face flushed red, she suddenly realized—how had she been turned around and bullied again this time?
“No! While Idledra was still immersed in Hailey’s shy expression, Hailey suddenly used her strength to push Idledra down onto the soft sofa, revealing a triumphant mischievous grin as she stared at her aggressively.”
“Hmph, since this time it was someone giving me mana, shouldn’t we also do some nighttime things? This time I’ll be the one to move…”
At a moment like this, she finally had a chance to counterattack. Take this.
“All right.”
“Huh? Wait, what did she say?”
Idledra gave a sly smile, wrapped her arms around Hailey, and pulled her into her embrace.
“Eh, wait, that’s not what I meant—stop—”
“No, Hailey means exactly that. I understand…”