64. Exploration Battle (7)
Karla’s thoughts didn’t last long.
The very moment Ivan’s hand, driven by desire labeled as lust, moved swiftly was the instant it happened.
With her right hand raised above her head, Ivan pressed down on her wrist, leaving Karla completely unable to resist.
“…Ivan? Please, please…no, right? Ivan?”
Ivan’s eyes began to glow a deep red.
His irises shone crimson, then the whites of his eyes became bloodshot.
– A pheromone agent potent enough to drive even a Gigantis into a frenzy, Karla.
– I’m looking forward to hearing your cries.
It was as though the voice of the now deceased Lucas echoed in her ears.
Surely, surely not.
Surely not.
“grunt?!”
A small moan escaped Karla.
Ivan’s hand roughly grabbed her breast.
Even through the Academy uniform, the sensation was unbearably clear.
Karla winced in pain for a moment but quickly glared up at Ivan and shouted.
“Move it, Ivan…! What are you doing…!”
“Hold still, woman. Because of that damn aphrodisiac… grunt.”
Ivan couldn’t speak clearly.
His tone revealed a malevolent presence lurking within Ivan.
Karla’s heart began pounding even harder.
Somewhere along the way, both her legs were pinned beneath Ivan’s knees, and her right arm was restrained as well, leaving her completely immobile.
The only part that remained free was Ivan’s left hand, which now roamed under Karla’s blouse as if it were in its own home.
“Ivan, Ivaaan…! Snap out of it!”
Karla cried out, her face contorted.
However, Ivan’s gaze was no longer on Karla, but on her breast that he tightly gripped.
“For me… sacrifice yourself!”
“Don’t talk nonsense, Ivan…! Move, right now if you don’t…!”
“And what do you plan to do if I don’t move!”
Karla froze at Ivan’s sudden roar, halting her resistance.
If he doesn’t move, well… if he doesn’t, what can Karla do?
In truth, she could do nothing.
“But, but, Ivan, I thought of you… as a man…!”
“Shut up! Right now, aren’t you just a woman’s body! If I don’t stop this, the magic circuit in my body will reverse!”
At his words, Karla’s body stiffened.
If the magic circuit reverses, there will inevitably be damage.
Damage to the magic circuit—this equated to the end of a magician’s life.
Karla had lost her left arm, but her circuit remained intact, allowing her to function as a magician. But if this circuit were to reverse, Ivan would…
“Ca…Karla…!”
The pressure that had been holding her down momentarily eased.
Ivan’s voice once again brimmed with the gentleness characteristic of the original Ivan.
“Ivan, is it really you?!”
Before he could change his mind, Karla quickly rose to her feet.
The lingering heaviness in her chest.
She pushed past the pain and cried out.
“Stay away from me, Karla… I, I… feel something strange happening to me!”
Desperation laced Ivan’s voice.
Perhaps the aphrodisiac affected both the original Ivan within his body and the other hidden personality.
“Ivan, Ivan…”
Karla slowly took a step back.
To antidote the aphrodisiac, there was, in fact, only one way.
Intercourse between a man and a woman, which was nearly the only possible antidote.
However, it was not easy for her who still maintained her sense of self as a woman.
Karla intended to create distance from Ivan.
‘…If Ivan’s magic circuit were to reverse…’
Again, if somehow she recovers her arm, perhaps then—
As she stepped back, a dark desire rose from her ankles, growing stronger.
If she recovers her arm,
Wouldn’t that mean she could surpass Ivan and reclaim her honorable 1st place?
Despite stepping back, Karla’s eyes remained fixed on Ivan.
Unable to tear her gaze away from him writhing in pain, she reluctantly took small steps backward.
“Hurry, hurry, go Karla…! I don’t know what’s happening, but I feel my body slipping away…! Quickly, get away from me…!”
Her step gradually slowed.
Was it right to leave Ivan who was thrashing about like this?
Karla wasn’t sure.
There was Ivan’s kindness towards her,
And the time when, thanks to Ivan, she managed to stand up and walk, barely.
And her own self who, without Ivan, would have been permanently broken.
All these things held her feet firmly in place.
That’s why, although she should take steps back,
Although she should distance herself from Ivan,
Her steps felt so unbearably heavy.
Ivan raised his hand high.
Rainwater dripped from the sharp edge of the stone clutched in his hand.
The stone was aimed at Ivan’s own hand.
Even from where Karla stood, she could see the magical circuit glowing brilliantly on the back of his hand.
A perfectly structured magic circuit with 31 peaks, one that raised doubts as to how a commoner could possess something so complete.
“This pathetic magical circuit…”
No, it can’t be…
Karla muttered without realizing it.
Ivan was undoubtedly attempting to destroy his own magic circuit.
To destroy it so that even if it reversed, it wouldn’t cause problems.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Ivan’s scream of anguish echoed as he brought the stone down—
“No, Ivaaaaaaan!”
Simultaneously, Karla darted forward, causing both of them to tumble and roll together.
“You idiot, you commoner, stop this nonsense!”
Karla, atop Ivan, stared at him with blazing, angry eyes filled with fury.
“Karla, run…! Quickly!”
Ivan’s eyes, burning with lust, brimmed with pain.
His insides felt like they were being burned, and an indescribable desire stirred in his lower body. Inside his head, an unknown voice demanding the abandonment of his flesh, and the impulse to covet that woman, tormented him.
“This damn aphrodisiac…!”
Karla stopped speaking mid-sentence and bit her lip.
She swiftly removed her Academy uniform jacket and flung it far away.
Then, she forcefully tore off her blouse, becoming increasingly frustrated as it clung to her wet skin, and eventually ripped it to shreds in anger.
“…Hold me. Ivan, hold me.”
“Karla…!”
“Magic circuit, the circuit… the destruction you’re attempting, I can’t allow it…! Even if your broken circuit results in me becoming number one, that, that wouldn’t make me happy at all…!”
Karla’s words trailed off.
The moment Ivan’s fiery gaze beneath her flickered, he flipped her over instead.
“Karla, you’ve made a wise decision…!”
Karla closed her eyes tightly.
Strangely, the heavy rain outside lent the moment an unexpected charm.
As Karla panted, she noticed her breath forming faint clouds amidst the torrential downpour.
Somewhere along the way, most of the clothes covering her body had been shed.
What remained could only be scraps of her blouse that she had almost torn apart herself.
“…Ivan. Bring my Ivan back.”
Looking up at Karla, Ivan’s gaze shifted from her breast to her face.
“It should be…right that my first time is with Ivan. Even if it’s because of the aphrodisiac, it’s annoying to lose my virginity to someone like you.”
“…What foolishness.”
Ivan smiled slightly as he said this.
Perhaps it was an acceptance, altering the harsh and inhumane impression Ivan had given so far.
“Karla…”
“…Even with that look, I have nothing to teach you, Ivan. This is…your first time too, isn’t it?”
Karla glanced briefly downward.
In fact, it wasn’t just her who was undressed.
Ivan had shed all his clothes as well, and the sight of his erection poking her in a tender area drew her eyes.
“Just…penetrate.”
“Karla… really, grunt. Is it…alright…?”
Even under the aphrodisiac’s influence, retaining some self-control was quite remarkable.
Considering he was still thinking of Karla at such a moment, how docile was this guy really?
“This is my decision. So just hurry up.”
Karla clenched her eyes shut.
That heat pressing against her groin.
Even in the rain, it radiated warmth, unmistakably.
She never imagined she’d end up in a situation like this, but what’s done is done.
“Karla, Karlaaaa…!”
Heat.
A rod-like warmth.
It finally began to enter Karla.
But—
It hurt.
At the moment something seemed to snap, Karla couldn’t help but wrinkle her face and scream out without realizing it.
“Pull it out…pull it out, you damn commoner!”
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