Magic Seed

Roa asked curiously, "Master Roxy, aren't you afraid?"

Roxy slightly narrowed her beautiful eyes and made a listless expression. She said, "What's there to be afraid of? If Roa wanted to, he probably would have buried it inside my body long ago..."

Just as she said, the two of them had lived and slept together for two years. Roxy had been practically defenseless the entire time. If Roa had really wanted to do something, he would have done it long ago.

Roa scratched his head and said in confusion, "But what if this technique was only developed recently? After all, it's magic that controls other people."

Roxy fell silent. Then her face flushed with embarrassment, followed by indignation. Once again, she brought her hand down hard on Roa's head, hitting him with considerable force.

Roa dodged Roxy's strike. Due to the momentum, the girl's hand hit Roa's chest. Roa grabbed her slender wrist in return, and his brilliant golden eyes met Roxy's.

The golden pupils reflected the girl's image.

Roa changed his slightly teasing tone and said seriously, "There are indeed side effects, and they're exactly as I described. However, you're my master, so I removed those side effects. At the same time, its power will be considerably reduced. This is my gift to you."

Roxy looked at Roa with a complicated expression. She had never imagined that someone could develop magic like this. If such magic spread, it would certainly cause quite a commotion.

Roa placed the Magic Seed in Roxy's hand. The moment it touched her wrist, it rapidly transformed into threads that swiftly wrapped around the girl.

The black threads climbed and spread rapidly along the girl's slender arm. In the blink of an eye, the girl was completely bound in pitch-black threads.

Roa was somewhat surprised.

Roxy felt a power that did not belong to her begin to spread wildly throughout her body. The magic power was violent and greedy, wantonly devouring her own magic power as it coursed through every part of her body. Her meridians began to swell, and intense pain instantly filled every nerve in her body.

Almost instinctively, the immense pain made the girl's brows furrow tightly. Roxy's face went pale, and she let out a pained cry.

Seeing Roxy's suffering, Roa frowned deeply.

Roa even saw tears on the girl's cheeks. Roxy's fragile appearance filled him with guilt. It was his own fault for failing to consider everything thoroughly. Modifying someone else's source of magic power clearly wasn't as simple as he had imagined.

Without any guidance or outlet, the magic power rampaged through Roxy's body.

This clearly went against Roa's original intention.

He had intended to gently improve Roxy's source of magic power.

"Roa, it hurts so much." Roxy clutched the boy's hand tightly. Looking at the girl in agony, Roa suddenly thought of a solution.

Magic power could be transmitted through one's blood. Intimate contact would allow Roa to quickly stabilize Roxy's current condition.

Without worrying about whether it was appropriate, Roa gritted his teeth and kissed Roxy directly on her cherry-red lips.

Roxy's lips were soft and warm, but Roa had no time to appreciate them. The ominous black magic power slowly began to calm down, using the boy as its point of contact.

The originally violent magic power quickly stabilized. With Roa as its outlet, it gradually became docile. Roa reached out and touched the girl's body, beginning to guide the places where the magic power had gathered.

With Roa, its original master, present, the magic power slowly and gently began to improve Roxy's body.

Roa gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

After watching so many adult anime, Roa had been deeply impressed by the various methods of replenishing magic power. As the saying went, existence itself was proof of reason. Although the worlds were different, there should still be some similarities.

For the record, this definitely wasn't taking advantage of her.

As Roa maintained contact, the magic power continued to flow through her. Soon, the intense pain disappeared, replaced by streams of warmth spreading along her right arm.

The warm current followed the blood in her right arm and began circulating throughout her body. Roxy's face flushed almost instantly.

It felt so comfortable that she couldn't help but moan.

The sound was far too alluring. Almost instinctively, Roa guiltily glanced toward the wooden door beside him.

Even though he had already wrapped the surroundings in magic power and prevented any sound from escaping the room, he inexplicably still felt guilty.

After helping Roxy through her initial crisis, Roa didn't continue taking advantage of her.

Although Roxy's lips had felt wonderful, he and Roxy had yet to reach the kind of relationship where kissing was appropriate.

Roxy's eyes were misty as she gasped heavily, looking as though she had been thoroughly played with. At some point, her white blouse had become completely soaked, and hot sweat covered her entire body.

Roa frowned deeply at the sight. The girl's lethality was simply too great. Because it was too overwhelming, Roa couldn't help walking over and lightly patting Roxy's cheek.

Roxy's face was lovely—not only did it feel wonderful to touch, it also felt excellent to pat.

Since slapping someone on the face was inherently insulting, Roa saw that Roxy showed no reaction and awkwardly withdrew his hand. However, anyone who observed Roxy carefully would notice that her face was flushed and her body was trembling nonstop.

Roa was still young and couldn't bear to look at this. He fell silent and quietly shifted his gaze away from Roxy.

It seemed he had gone too far.

After hesitating for a moment, he stopped looking at Roxy's expression and pretended that nothing had happened. He sat upright beside the chair as if seriously keeping watch, while actually continuing to sense the flow of Roxy's magic power.

He discovered that his magic power and Roxy's were almost of the same origin, while even the slight differences between them were gradually being altered.

Excellent. This meant the Magic Seed had been successfully planted.

By the time Roxy recovered, more than ten minutes had passed. She still looked somewhat dazed as she stared around her.

Who was she? Where was she? Where was she going?

After sensing the magic power surging through her body, Roxy found that compared to her original power, it had at least doubled. The corner of her mouth twitched slightly. It was like an impoverished housewife suddenly coming into a windfall. That was exactly how Roxy felt now.

The gift her disciple had given her was a little too generous. Roxy looked at Roa, who sat on the chair in deep thought, with a troubled gaze.

Once she came to her senses, she realized that she had unknowingly been drenched in sweat. Her entire body felt sticky.

But whenever she thought of the boy's bold actions, Roxy felt her face flush again.

At that moment, she no longer knew how to face Roa.

Did that count as a kiss?

It should count, right? She pursed her lips silently, and it seemed as though warmth still lingered on them.

She sighed and glanced away from Roa, who was sitting rigidly upright.

Roxy said helplessly, "I'm going to take a bath."

With that, she opened the door and ran downstairs.

After Roxy left, Roa put down his book and let out a long breath.

He was genuinely afraid that Roxy would hold him accountable. What he had done really was immoral, and even the gift he had given his master had gone awry.

While Roxy was gone, he sensed what was happening in that other world.

But the moment he looked over, Roa's eyes suddenly widened.

In another world.

A blond young man was smiling as he held the hand of a little golden-haired girl. The little girl was adorable, with a braid tied at the back of her head. Naturally, she wasn't Roa himself. Looking closely at her expression, she looked just like Asuna at around ten years old.

The blond was extremely handsome. Looking closely, one could see that his facial features resembled Roa's by about seventy percent, but his style was completely different from Roa's feminine appearance. The blond had sword-like brows and starry eyes, perfectly proportioned features, and sharply defined angles. He also possessed a pair of crimson-gold eyes, and a gentle smile always hung from his lips. At a glance, he was clearly the kind of sunny, handsome young man people loved.

That blond's appearance was absurdly handsome. Roa ground his teeth in hatred. Why was he a pretty boy while the blond was a handsome man?

"Is it good?" The blond wore a warm smile as he held little Asuna's hand.

Asuna held a skewer of candied fruit in her right hand, her expression one of complete enjoyment.

Putting aside how the host had become so familiar with Asuna, was what he was doing really appropriate?

Although the host was following his own personality, and although Roa occasionally took a look while leaving things mostly unattended the rest of the time, wasn't this moving a little too quickly?