Chapter 22 – Water Incubus #2

About late afternoon the next day, I felt the need to refill the basin with water.
It was because the practice of manipulating water was so intense that the water in the basin flowed down to the floor.
Still, it paid off satisfactorily overnight.

‘Now, if it’s simply changing the flow of water, it’s possible.’

Push-!
It was the moment I raised my index finger.
A small column of water gushed out of the basin and ran down my fingers. From then on, every time I flicked my finger, a column of water continued to rise.

‘That’s great.’

The fountain show unfolds by moving your fingers.
Honey Jam is because I am the one who causes the show.
After wiping the floor of the room soaked with water.
I went outside the inn to get some water in the basin.
Of course, it was possible to fill the water with water magic, but I wanted to go out and get some fresh air.
Being stuck in an inn all day is exhausting.

There was a well not far from the inn.
At dusk, I reached the well with a basin.
But at the well, I saw a familiar person.
It was Rebecca.

“Eww.”

Rebecca was sticking her head into the well for some reason.
With her hips up, I could see a pretty good view from behind.

‘Kolly is a loaf of bread.’

The hips that draws the unique curves of women.
Elastic buttocks exposed over tight leather pants.

“Kuhmm! Rebecca? What are you doing there?”

I hurried over to Rebecca and talked to her.
She was sticking her head out more and more down her well, and it looked like she might fall out.

“Huh…!”

At my cry, Rebecca almost fell into the well in her scramble.
I quickly reached out and grabbed Rebecca by the waist and pulled her behind her.

“Lou, Luke? Don’t scream all of a sudden! I’m surprised!”
“It’s because you’re doing something dangerous. Why stick your head out of the hole in the well? If you want to drink, you can float with a bucket.”
“Who doesn’t know that? It’s because something bothersome happened while drawing water. Something important is missing in the well.”
“What’s missing?”
“It’s a hairbrush. It’s a precious thing.”

Rebecca pointed her chin towards the well as if to look directly at it. I let go of Rebecca, walked to the well, and poked her head. When I opened my eyes and looked closely, I could see that the comb had sunk at the bottom of the well, just as Rebecca had said.
A hairbrush that women can carry.
Rebecca said it was a rare item, but it wasn’t a hairbrush that looked particularly expensive.
It’s just a plain wooden hairbrush.

“If it’s a cheap comb like that, you can just buy it again. You can buy a hairbrush like that for about two coppers at the general store.”

Rebecca shook her head as she crossed her arms.

“I told you it’s a precious item. That hairbrush was a gift from my parents. I can’t just throw it away.”
“Parents…?”

I scratched my cheek at Rebecca’s words.
If it was a gift from her parents, Rebecca could have treated her hairbrush as a valuable item.
Rebecca was definitely a foreigner from her own country, and her outer continent was a foreign place to her. It’s also understandable that she cherishes her hairbrush with her memories of her hometown.

“Haha, why did I make such a mistake…”

Rebecca looked at the comb at the bottom of the well with a frustrated expression. The well here is narrow and the water is very deep.
It was obvious that if someone took it in carelessly, they would drown without being able to come out.
Even so, Rebecca couldn’t let go of her lingering feelings.

“I can’t help it. I have to go in and get it out.”
“Hey, are you crazy?”

Rebecca was taken aback by her diving pose.
If you leave it alone, you will earnestly acquire it.
It seems like this endless year-.
I stood in front of Rebecca with a feeling of surprise.

“You don’t have to go in! I’ll get you out.”
“How do you get it out? Let me go in instead? Or get out of the way.”
“I can pull it out with magic.”
“Magic-?”
“Just watch.”

It’s not a lie.
I said earlier that it was hard to get it out, but thinking about it, I had a way to get my hairbrush out without having to go into the well myself.

“Liquid-.”

Liquid magic that manipulates water.
As a result of practicing for two days, I was still immature in making shapes, but it was possible if it was to change the flow of water.
Even if there was no sophisticated technique, all you had to do was apply force.
Of course, I don’t know if I can really pull out the hairbrush.

‘Is it too deep?’

There is a difference between dealing with shallow water in a basin at best and dealing with deep water in a well.
I didn’t know if the manipulation would be undone before my power reached the far bottom.

“Are you thinking of shooting a magic orb into the well?”
“Of course not. What are you going to do by shooting the spheres? I learned a new magic yesterday. It’s my first time using it in front of people. I need to concentrate, so be quiet.”
“Ah Okay.”

Rebecca pressed her mouth together in her half-doubt.
I made up my mind and signed the contract.
The moment you complete the water mark you saw in the book, the surface of the well wriggles finely.
It is proof that the liquid magic was successfully cast.
Now, I was remotely controlling some of the wells.

Part of the well.
A lump of water the size of a bath, the size of a basin.

‘Below’

That was the moment I gestured down.
The water mass slowly descended toward the bottom of the well.
Watching from above, it felt as if a large round bubble was descending.

“Muh, something like a drop of water is moving in the water.”

Rebecca looked at the well blankly.
It sounds absurd to hear, but Rebecca’s expression was accurate.
It was because the water mass was moving in a lump in the huge water.

Cold sweat ran down his forehead.
It was a job that required a high degree of concentration, so I couldn’t put my nerves anywhere else.
This was because in order to send the water mass down, it had to overcome the repulsive force of the well.

That the flow of water is forcibly manipulated.
In order to maintain the operation, mana had to be constantly injected. It was harder than expected, but I couldn’t give up now. Rebecca is looking at me and the well without blinking her eyes.
With all my might, I moved the lump of water.

Widely-!
How much time has passed
Finally, a lump of water reached the bottom of the well.
Twisting the water ball with difficulty, he grabbed the comb and pulled it up.

‘It’s a complete dollhouse, this.’

Memories from a previous life came to mind.
It feels like playing a doll in a game center.
I’m not proud of it, but when I was living on Earth, my doll drawing skills were outstanding.
To the extent that the younger siblings’ room is filled with the dolls I gave them as gifts.
In other words, the art of picking things up has been mastered.
After generously pouring the mana in his body, he pulled his hairbrush out of the well.

With a splash-!
The hairbrush that bounced upward fell to the ground.
When I saw the hairbrush on the ground, I let out a breath that had stopped only then.
My head is dizzy from over-concentration.

“Geez, you really took out the hairbrush…”

Rebecca stuttered and picked up a fallen comb.

“Take care in the future.”
“Yes.”

Rebecca put her hairbrush into her arms with a thrilled expression.
Her munching seems to be expressing her appreciation for something.
At least in my opinion it was.

“It’s enough to say thank you.”
“It’s not like that.”

Rebecca grabbed my shoulder as she was about to leave.
At that moment, the words that came out of Rebecca’s mouth far exceeded my expectations.

“Luke, do you like me-?”
“…?”

Upon hearing her words, the dizziness in her head disappeared.
The rest of her surprise left her with hiccups.

“Heeep!”

Holding her breath barely stopped the hiccups.
The words I heard were real, not hallucinations.
Rebecca was staring at me as if demanding her answer.
She seemed to have something to say, so she hurriedly opened her mouth.

“Joe, do you like it? Why do you think so?”
“You ask because you don’t know? You’ve been taking care of me until now.”
“When did I?”
“It was like that when we first met, when we went to gather herbs, and when we did investigation quests together, he always helped me. Besides, he even took my hairbrush out of the well.

What do you mean by noticing?
Rebecca was smiling like a detective who had uncovered her culprit.
It must have been that I had misunderstood something.

“That, and there is conclusive evidence-.”
“Tell me.”
“You got excited when you saw me when you were in a dirty mood because of pheromones. Don’t you know that I have feelings for you to some extent? Maybe it’s love at first sight.”

Do you think you have a heart because you’re excited?
Strictly speaking, this is incorrect.
It is possible to get an erection without loving a woman.
A guy who’s called a dick has no integrity.
It’s not some kind of Joseon Dynasty courtesan maiden.
Why is a kid who is open-minded in his attire so hard-headed?

“So right? I like it.”
“No.”
“Yes?”
“Just in case, wait a minute.”

She closed her eyes for a moment and gathered her thoughts.
It had only been a week since I first met Rebecca.
During the week I looked at Rebecca’s body, there were countless times she was in heat.
However, if she feels her fresh love for Rebecca, it is not.

When I was in college, I had an unrequited love.
An innocent-looking girl with straight hair.
Her name was Hyesu. Class of 17 Hyesu, who had a cute smile.
When she sees Hye-soo, the affection she always has, when she sees Rebecca, she doesn’t.
Really stupid logic, but I can’t help it.
Because I was of the opinion that physical pleasure and mental love are different.
You can’t feel affection for a girl you’ve only known for a week.

Calculation complete.
Calculating…
OK!
It’s Impossible!

“Even if you think about it, it’s not. I’m sorry.”
“Are you saying I’m mistaken?”

Rebecca’s face was slowly filled with shame.
I could have nailed it in, but I quickly realized that I shouldn’t cross the line here.
Rebecca, who has an impulsive personality, listened to me and didn’t know what she was going to do.
A bitch like an uncontrollable Topsor.
Besides, if I were in Rebecca’s position, the moment I heard her say that she wasn’t, I would live with a dark history for the rest of my life.
It means that similar confessions were rejected.
A hard-fought fixed party may be disbanded here.

The dissolution crisis of the fixed party came quickly!
I quickly rolled my tongue three inches to appease Rebecca.

“To be honest, I don’t know how I feel either… But isn’t it time to argue about who you like or something like that?”
“Why?”
“We’re adventurers with a fixed party, Rebecca. We haven’t succeeded as adventurers yet, and we haven’t reached an agreement, but we can’t bring out our personal feelings. Do you know what the biggest reason for a fixed adventurer party to break up?”
“Do not know.”
“It’s a relationship between a man and a woman! If a man and a woman are clumsily formed and then go wrong, the party ends at that moment. I’ve seen three mixed-race adventurers’ parties broken up like that.”

I said, looking straight at Rebecca.

“So, what I want to say is this. I’ve been in a fixed party for less than a month, and I don’t want to take the ‘risk’ of breaking the party. Confession is the most dangerous action in an adventurer’s party.”
“That’s right.”

Rebecca was distracted by my greased tongue.
The party’s dissolution crisis, the danger of confession, etc., Were listed to diverge the topic.
Even when I thought about it, I never thought I could talk so well with a woman.

“You want to know if I like you?”
“Yes.”
“Then, I’ll let you know in a month. It’s until then that we promised to have a fixed party. After the period is over, it’s only fitting for both of us to share our feelings. Isn’t it?”
“In a month… I’ll remember.”

Rebecca nodded her head in agreement.
Fortunately for her, she showed no sign of her anger.
At this moment, with just a few words, the crisis of dissolution of the fixed party was prevented.
I was moved by my own performance.

“Then see you tomorrow, Luke.”

Rebecca returned to the inn with a smile.
For some reason, her steps seemed to be very light.