The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide - Chapter 273

From that moment on, it was entirely up to me what happened next. Lortel was inexperienced, and with no idea what to do, she simply followed my lead.

Given the situation, and the fact that I had just revealed I’d read the secret thoughts in her notebook, she was completely flustered. It was as if all the blood in her body had rushed to her face.

But I was still a man.

After coming so far, I couldn’t just calm Lortel down and quietly leave the room as she wore a blanket. I was not good when it came to understanding women, but even I knew that wasn’t right.

It was the perfect time to move further. I slowly pulled Lortel’s shoulders closer to mine, bringing her back into my arms.

Lortel was like a doll that naturally fell into my arms. Her shoulders started to tremble a bit in shock.

Only then did I realize just how small she was.

She was the new head of the Elte Company, ordering around the other merchants. But holding her like that, my arms easily wrapped around her. I could feel Lortel’s breath as she exhaled on my body. Lowering my head, that cold-blooded merchant was nowhere to be seen.

“Th-this is dangerous, Ed…”

“What is?”

“E-everything. N-nothing is going like I had expected it to…”

Even though she was a veteran merchant who could calculate interest rates on the fly in minutes… In bed, she couldn’t even control her facial expressions properly.

It couldn’t be helped. God was fair, after all. He may have given Lortel the gift of a merchant, but not the instincts of a lover. And for what she lacked, someone had to make up the difference.

“S-since things are like this, I should tell you… I imagined about it quite a bit…”

“…Imagined?”

Lortel nodded with a bright red face that looked as if it would explode at any moment.

“You don’t think I’m an easy woman, right?”

I remained silent.

“I-it’s just… It’s already been a few years since I openly confessed to you. With so much time passing, I couldn’t help but imagine all sorts of things…and…um…well… It’s not a sin to imagine.”

Thinking back on Lortel’s notebook, it seemed that there was a high chance that her imagination was extremely far from reality. In the world of merchants, she was more cold-blooded and realistic than anyone else. But imagining her first time, her imagination was wild and romantic even for a young girl.

“Th-there were many scenarios I had predicted, but…”

“But what…?”

“…I forgot them all.”

In fact, Lortel already seemed on the verge of exploding just from my touch. She had grown a habit from work to carefully have everything planned out, no matter what it was. However, things didn’t always go as planned.

“Still…This is a rather incredible feeling…”

For the moment, I decided to wait until Lortel’s fingertips stopped shaking. She took a deep breath as she buried her face into my chest, speaking in a whisper.

“The happiness that comes with being hugged by the person you love… It can’t be converted into money.”

“…”

“No matter how expensive the room I’m in, or what kind of fine alcohol or food I enjoy, none of it could ever compare to this feeling… It’s irreplaceable.”

Lortel’s hands slowly stopped trembling. Finally, it seemed that she was starting to relax.

It was just us in this dark room. The only thing we could see was the crescent moon out of the window. The moon shone gently onto the night sea. It strangely seemed as if it was turning away from us that night, as if pretending to not see us.

Lortel smiled under the soft moonlight.

She was the head of the Elte Company who always had an insidious, merchant-like smile on her face. A girl that was always smiling like a fox. I never imagined there would be a day when I would see her look so innocent and pure.

I was sure that she would also be surprised if she saw herself in the mirror.

Then, slowly, my hand came down Lortel’s shoulders as it reached down to her curves.

It was a long night.

There was no need to rush. Even though everything must have been unfamiliar to her, there was plenty of time to slowly get accustomed to it.

My hand gently brushed across her body before moving further inside. The more my hand slowly moved down her body, the more I felt Lortel’s body shake. Still, there was no resistance.

Rather, she had completely entrusted herself to me.

Was she afraid?

She was a girl that was never flustered even in the most competitive of marketplaces where gold coins came and went. But from the touch of my hand, she would flinch.

Every time my hand moved towards an area of her body no one had ever touched before, she would look at me with tearful eyes. She wasn’t hiding her fear.

I whispered as gently as I could that there was nothing to fear. Those words seemed to comfort her as Lortel started to come closer to me.

It didn’t take long for Lortel’s voice, which had been nervous the entire time, to turn into moans of pleasure.

Lortel put her arms around my back as she held me closer, closing her eyes tightly. She started to feel and get accustomed to my every movement as she moved her body.

I felt her warm breath on my neck.

Then, Lortel realized that she was breathing heavily on me. She quickly put her hand over her mouth, covering it.

Perhaps because she was embarrassed by it, she started to blush again. I told Lortel once more that there was nothing to be embarrassed of. I then gently pushed her down onto the bed.

Lortel’s body naturally followed along as she held her breath, looking at me. There was no need to rush anything. What was most important was to make sure she could relax.

I slowly brushed my fingers over her neck, being considerate of her. That alone was enough for Lortel to gently close her eyes and hold back her voice.

Whatever I did, I made sure to do it slowly. Just as time was passing slowly, I made sure to take care of Lotel so she could fully get used to and feel everything that was happening.

As if she realized I was purposely being gentle and slow towards her, Lortel wrapped her arms around my neck as she whispered in my ear, “It’s all right, do whatever you want.”

At that moment, I lost patience. I jumped immediately to the point. Time, which had been moving slowly, had suddenly begun to move very quickly.

Lortel first let out a grunt of pain, but slowly, the emotions hidden in her voice started to turn into a more passionate pleasure. Lortel learned quickly, no matter what it was.

At the start, she was being led by my hands. However, at some point, she started to get used to it and followed the flow herself. Her body moved to the tempo as she would brush her hands across my body or bring her lips to mine.

Moments ago, Lortel had been panicking, at a loss for what to do, and constantly blushing. However, at some point, she had regained her usual relaxed smile. Then she started to lead the flow herself. She would pull on my shoulders, hold my arms tightly, or move me over.

She still felt more pain than pleasure. Everyone’s first time was like that. However, at some point, Lortel showed no signs of pain. Rather, she looked happier than ever. For Lortel, the time we spent together at night was more precious than anything else.

I could hear her whispering my name. When I came back to my senses, Lortel had flipped me over, now on top with her hands on my chest.

I’d always known that she was a genius and quick to learn. I’d witnessed that many times before, but… Before I realized it, Lortel had taken the initiative and was now on top of me.

Seeing Lortel from below was entirely new for me. She was beautiful in an entirely different way.

Lortel continued to indulge in the unfamiliar euphoria she was experiencing for the first time in her life. She was a woman who always achieved her goals with her own hands. Even in the inn late at night, that forward-looking attitude didn’t change. She wasn’t a person who would sit still and passively accept that feeling of happiness and pleasure.

Whenever the opportunity arose, she would take it. She would try and do everything she could. That was the greed she had towards me, the man that she had her unwavering eyes on for years.

It was a moment that only Lortel and I would share. As if every second was more valuable than any gold or treasure there was, she tried to keep me to herself for even a little while longer.

Without realizing it, at some point, I didn’t even need to do anything. As we continued to exchange heavy breaths with each other for a while, we finally reached our limit.

Lortel laid down next to me as she held my face. We finally ended that precious moment of emotions together.

We took a break as we exhaled heavily, trying to catch our breath. While we held each other, Lortel whispered my name once more, saying that the night was still young. I knew what she meant, but for the moment, I needed to catch my breath.

It felt as if the tables had turned.

Lortel then sat on my waist, looking down at me. She looked much more emotional than before. She had a sense of endless excitement in her as if I had helped open her eyes to something new.

Was that how I was going to be devoured?

Even though I hadn’t experienced everything, I would say that I was still decently skilled…

But Lortel’s relentless greed started to overshadow my confidence.

It was true that I had been neglecting Lortel for some time, even when she only had eyes for me, but I had never expected that helping her open her eyes like that would come back at me.

But I couldn’t tell her to stop. I never thought I was the type to worry about things like that, but I guess it’s my sense of pride as a man. Being in front of a beautiful woman who was so enthusiastic and obsessed with devouring me, it wouldn’t be right to retreat.

And I was a man who survived in the wild while Lortel was a merchant. There was no way I would lose to her physically. I was sure of that… But as Lortel hugged me close and whispered in my ear, I had a strange feeling that I was wrong.

“The night is long. There are lots of things I want to try.”

Lortel’s words made me feel as if I were being sucked away, little by little.

* * *

The night was a little longer than usual.

I washed my body clean, changed my clothes, and opened the door to go out and get more cold water. However, there was something on the floor of the hallway.

I looked down, curious as to what it was. Looking closer, it was the clothes I had asked the worker to buy.

It was a neat dress that was often worn by female merchants of Oldek. Looking at it briefly, I thought it would suit Lortel well. It seemed that being a worker in an expensive inn gave her good judgment.

But come to think of it, I didn’t hear her knock or anything… The worker must have realized what was happening in the room and left it behind, not saying anything.

I felt rather embarrassed and awkward about it, but it wasn’t like anyone did anything wrong. I quickly grabbed the clothes and went back inside.

On the bed, Lortel had covered herself with the blanket as she wiped her face.

It seemed that she belatedly remembered what we had done last night and was only now feeling embarrassed.

“Ed… D-don’t get the wrong idea. J-just now, I was… I was just wiping something off… I wasn’t embarrassed…”

“There’s no need to be so worked up. It’s natural.”

“A-ahh… M-my back…”

Lortel frowned as she complained about the pain. I handed her the clothes I got from the worker as I briefly explained the situation to her. Lortel thanked me as she quickly changed under the covers.

As for why she was on my bed—it was because Lortel’s bed was no longer usable.

Lortel kept on wiping her face. She seemed to be imagining just how embarrassing it would be when the worker came in later to clean the room.

I sat by the window, I enjoyed the early morning breeze. There was still no sign of the sun rising. Oldek’s nights really were long.

“…Ed.”

Lortel was dressed in her new clothes as she approached the window, sitting opposite me. Lortel and I felt much more relaxed now.

But suddenly, Lortel said something rather surprising.

“…Thank you for being by my side.”

Lortel was probably used to the long, dark nights in Oldek. Nevertheless, she was still afraid of the dark. After all, spending long nights alone only made that feeling of solitude worse.

“Hey, Lortel.”

With that thought, it was time to slowly head out.

“I need to head back to the Elte Company. I’m supposed to meet with Secretary Lienna. I’ll let her know that your physical condition is back to normal.”

“This early in the morning…?”

“Well, there must have been urgent business she had to take care of… I should get going.”

I put on my coat and said, “But before I meet with her, shall we walk down the pier together?”