By Zephyria 
“Ugh, ha….”
The member that had almost slipped out near the entrance pushed deep inside once again. Because he scratched against the walls with movements slower than usual, it was actually harder to bear in silence. While Ardian leaned forward on his arms and moved his hips slowly, clinging to me like mating animals, I repeatedly gripped the bedsheets tightly, my brow furrowed.
“Adam, just a little….”
“Yeah, a little what?”
“…Hurry, ugh.”
I felt Ardian pull his upper body closer and press his lips against the nape of my neck. His voice was full of amusement as he whispered a mock concern about what would happen if we were caught. Feeling somewhat irritated, I reached back with my elbow and poked him in the ribs, making him let out a small chuckle.
“Then, Ray. I know a way to do it without making noise. Want to try?”
“…What.”
Suddenly pulling his member out, Ardian gently tugged me, helping me sit up. He asked me to wrap my arms around his neck and hold him, so I did. I wondered what he was planning, but Ardian suddenly hoisted me up in his arms, stood tall, and aligned the tip of his erect member with my puckered entrance.
“……! Hey…!”
“Shhh.”
Ardian gripped both sides of my buttocks, pulling and spreading them to make it easier to enter. Perhaps because of the weight shifting downward, he slid in quickly. When he sank in all the way to the root, I reflexively curled my body, and Ardian nibbled softly on the tender cartilage of my ear.
Waiting for me to relax, he soon put strength into the arms supporting my hips and began to move.
“Ha, ugh, ah.”
In a position where I had no control over my own movements, a lewd, slapping sound echoed every time he rose and fell.
Swallowing my ragged breaths, I dropped my head onto Ardian’s shoulder. Ardian, breathing out low, hot breaths that matched my own temperature, rubbed his cheek against mine and murmured.
“You’re beautiful, Ray. It’s cute how you’re struggling not to make a sound.”
“Be, quiet.”
“Other people couldn’t even imagine it. You, making this face while coming undone.”
A sweet voice, vibrating with excitement, descended upon me. Every time his member, swollen as thick as a forearm, stretched my narrow inner walls and slammed home, my waist shuddered violently.
Waves of rushing pleasure violently churned through my mind. By the time my head had gone white, leaving nothing but pleasant euphoria and excitement, the sensation of climax surged.
“Ugh, hng…!”
A low moan leaked through my teeth. My body trembled as if seizing. Semen surged and splashed from the member that pulsed in time with his movements, and Ardian, twitching, stopped his thrusting.
Drip… As the volume of the member that had erupted deep inside decreased slightly, the pooled liquid flowed out through the gap. I vaguely thought I should wipe it away, but my drained body slumped, making it difficult to move even a finger.
As I leaned against Ardian’s body, panting softly, Ardian caught his breath and laid me back down on the bed. He crawled up over me stealthily and kissed my collarbone. He smiled as he swept the semen splashed on my stomach with his finger.
“Shall we wash together?”
I stared at him silently and then flicked my hand, signaling for him to hold me.
Having tried it secretly once, I had become bolder than I thought. I knew very well that Ardian intended to make more subtle advances in the bathroom with only a single lamp lit, but I decided to play along and pretend I didn’t notice.
I stayed in the bathroom with him for a long time.
The quiet and secret play of love continued throughout the night.
Fifteen days later, after forcibly sending away Ardian, who whined about not wanting to leave, I rested deeply for the remainder of my leave. After finishing my month-long vacation, I returned to the White Night Guild.
Ardian… contrary to how he had whined about not wanting to part, he didn’t contact me often, perhaps because he was busy with piled-up work. Well… rather than saying he didn’t, it would be more accurate to say he couldn’t.
As for Herman, he contacted me about twice, and Tom and Zeon contacted me frequently. They had told me to make sure to get in touch, but because they contacted me first before I could, I ended up never being the one to initiate contact, which led to Tom giving me a hard time again.
-I knew it, I knew it! Look at you not contacting us! You heartless fellow!
I felt it was a bit unfair.
There was one more person who gave me a hard time.
“How cruel. How could you not send a single message during your vacation?”
It was Cloud.
That was the first thing I heard as soon as I stopped by the guild headquarters.
“What employee contacts their boss on their day off?”
“Huh? Where did you learn such a clever line?”
“From Sherry.”
Sherry Ileiva, a Black Class ranker like me and Cloud, and a graduate of Merzel Academy.
She had been close with Cloud from the start, and since I became a Black Class, we had grown quite close and saw each other often. Whenever she visited, she would teach me about social etiquette and the implicit rules of society.
It was very helpful. Just like now.
Cloud gave a scoffing smile as if it were absurd and flicked my chin up with a finger. Then, bringing his face close, he narrowed his seductive eyes.
“Still, contact me once in a while. Even if not as boss and subordinate, we can contact each other as close seniors and juniors, right? It’s not like the Vice Guild Master and I are just some ordinary pair you find rolling around everywhere.”
“Anyone listening would misunderstand. Please express yourself accurately.”
Cloud was the one who had evaluated and passed me when I went for the Black Class certification exam, which was why he kept saying things like that. I only recently realized that people around us misunderstood those words in a suggestive way. One day, a member of the White Night Guild called me aside secretly and asked if I was dating Guild Master Cloud; that’s when I realized.
I explained that it wasn’t true, but it didn’t really matter to me how others saw it. The reason I cautioned Cloud’s arrogant mouth was because of a certain fellow somewhere who would burn with jealousy.
“Eh, no fun. You’ve become a total devoted sunflower, haven’t you?”
It wasn’t as if I hadn’t always been that way.
“Anyway, follow me. There’s a request I want to hand over immediately.”
“You’re working me the moment I arrive.”
“You don’t actually hate it, do you? You’ll be taking home a hefty sum for it.”
That was true.
“Still, please distribute the work a bit more moderately in the future.”
“Why?”
“Because someone said they hate it when I’m too busy with work to be contacted.”
“…Wow. Are you seriously rubbing it in right in front of the person who has a crush on you?”
Cloud arched an eyebrow and let out a hollow laugh.
He asked why, so I simply gave the reason.
More than that, a crush? Rubbing it in?
“Do you still like me? I didn’t know.”
“This man? You’re stabbing the sore spot with such a nonchalant face!”
He was the one who brought it up first.
With a short sigh, Cloud entered the office and picked up a document. He handed it to me, and as I read it, I found it was a request to urgently deal with Fiends that had descended upon a small village near a B-rank special management zone.
“They say it’s urgent and want it handled by tomorrow. People are dying. I thought if I sent just anyone, the casualties might increase, so I’ve been putting it off until you returned. Can you do it?”
“Is there anything I can’t do?”
“I love that confidence. Truly… Also, I heard one of the Red Class members from another guild will be accompanying you. For an ecological survey of that region. It’s someone you know. And they asked that you also provide security for the researcher.”
“Researcher? Who?”
“It’s no fun if you find out beforehand.”
Cloud smiled mischievously, seemingly intending not to tell me. Since my network was tiny, there were only a few people I knew; if it was a Red Class, I could roughly guess. Moreover, it was a survey of a B-rank danger zone.
Even if they were Red Class, they must be a fairly high-ranking member.
So, I didn’t bother asking further.
“Understood. I’ll take this request.”
“I’ll send you the coordinates. Good luck, Mr. Vice Guild Master.”
Cloud patted my shoulder, chuckled, and left the office. Despite his demeanor, he was the Guild Master and was busy overseeing all sorts of general affairs.
The next day.
When I used Space Transition to move to the coordinates Cloud had given me, a desolate landscape greeted me. The contaminated lands called ‘special management zones’ are generally barren like this, making it impossible for living creatures to survive. Here, too, no water flowed, and there were no trees or animals.
‘If the village is nearby….’
I looked up at a small forest visible in the distance.
It seemed to be beyond there.
I could sense quite a few signs of life. And since I came to solve a problem in the village, I should head there first.
Just then, I felt a presence behind me and turned around.
The person who had arrived via Space Transition a step later than me was Herman.
‘As expected.’
Herman is a ranker with Red Class 4th Grade.
Since a meticulous task like an ecological survey was being assigned, I didn’t think Melicsa or Newit would come, so I figured it would be Ibelia, Clona, or Herman.
“Ah…. So the person coming from White Night was you.”
Herman seemed not to have been told in advance, as he approached with wide eyes.
“You didn’t expect it?”
“Hmm. I thought it might be….”
He scratched his head awkwardly.
Although we had contacted each other a few times via Communication Orb, it had been a long time since we’d seen each other in person, and this was the first time meeting for work, so it felt strangely new. It seemed Herman felt the same.
“It’s a new feeling seeing you like this. Ray, have you been doing well?”