16: Surt (4)

"The air in this city is getting heavier and heavier" - Ren muttered as he frowned slightly - "I feel as if something is about to happen."

"Feeling?" - Eric asked as he looked at his best friend - "It's possible, I mean, we're in one of the worst places on the entire continent."

Ren was silent as he used advanced magic [Clairvoyance] to see residual images the future, only to be met with absolute darkness - ". . ."

"Ren?" - Eri asked with a frown.

"Sorry, I was trying to see the future, but I failed to discover anything" - Ren replied with annoyance before shaking his head - "It seems that the goddess of fate doesn't want to help me..."

"Well, that's good to hear, I mean, it would be boring to know everything about what fate has in store for us" - replied Eric with a mysterious tone.

Ren gave him a blank look before snorting disdainfully - "Anyway, we'd better get ready."

"Do you think they're going to attack us?" - Eric asked with a frown.

"It's obvious" - answered Ren as he started to think - "I guess this is a good time to test the golems we dug up..."

"Will they be ready for the enemy attack?" - Eric asked as he folded his arms.

"I'm not sure" - replied Ren as he shook his head - "I have the knowledge, but not the experience to repair them, so I'm going to have to work a little harder if I really want them to be ready."

Eric was silent before nodding - "I understand, I'm going to tell our people that they'd better hurry up with the barricades."

Ren simply nodded before walking towards the ancient civilization's workshop - "Let's see... I think I left them over here."

After entering the workshop, the black-haired young man began to check the desk, only to frown when he discovered that the object he was looking for was nowhere to be found - "Did I make a mistake?"

"Huh? Oh, it's you, your majesty" - Erika said as she walked over to where the prince was, only to blush.

Ren raised an eyebrow, though his expression changed when he saw the red glasses the girl had on her beautiful face - ". . ."

Erika quickly took them off and left them on the desk as she averted her gaze.

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[Mirage Glasses]

Glasses created by an ancient civilization with the function to see through inorganic materials. The main designed function of this artifact, was to modify and fix in machinery more comfortably.

Restriction: None

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Ren coughed to change the subject while his cheeks were still as red as tomatoes - "I-I see you found the glasses I used to research Golems..."

"Yes, I tried them out of mere curiosity and seeing that they were so useful for cleaning, I decided to use them without permission, sorry, your majesty" - Erika answered while giving him a discreet glance, although she quickly averted her gaze because the embarrassment was too great. She had seen everything of the prince, even his....

Erika blushed even more when she thought this last, there was no way she could look the prince in the face now that something like this had happened, though at the same time her heart was pounding, after all, this was the first time she had seen a man's "manhood" directly. She was aware of its form and function thanks to the training she'd had, but seeing it directly, and much more importantly, being the penis of the boy who had stolen her heart, made her want to see a little more despite how embarrassing it was.

"I-I see..." - Ren murmured as he shook his head in embarrassment noticing how his eyes were unconsciously drawn to Erika's wonderful curves. Just the thought of the mysteries hidden beneath her garments made the prince struggle with the idea of wearing the glasses to check out the girl's smooth skin.

It was a close battle, but after a few minutes his sense of morality and respect for Erika won out over his late-awakened lust.

"Y-Your majesty?" - Erika asked with concern, after all, she didn't want this incident to ruin this new relationship that was just sprouting.

"Huh? Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something important" - replied Ren while averting his gaze because he didn't want the girl to see his red face - "Y-You'd better leave for now."

"!" - Erika's eyes widened like saucers when she heard this as her face paled.

Ren noticed this, so he quickly explained the situation.

Erika let out a sigh of relief before nodding, though not before giving the prince's crotch an unconscious glance, which did not go unnoticed.

Ren blushed again before moving his hands to his crotch, as if trying to hide it.

Erika blushed again at what she had done, so she quickly ran away while cursing herself for such perverted actions - "Now the prince will think I'm a hussy..."

The red-haired girl stopped as a depressive aura began to surround her body.

The members of Ren's group, quickly looked at the girl not knowing what to say or do, after all, this was an extremely drastic change.

"Huh? What are you doing, Erika?" - Rea asked in surprise at seeing the heroine in such a depressed state - "Did you have a fight with Ren-sama, by any chance?"

"Huh? No! It's just..." - Erika muttered with her face red with embarrassment before looking around and taking the blonde-haired girl by the hand.

Rhea was surprised at this, though she did nothing to resist it.

"I think this is a place far enough away that we can talk without anyone spying on us" - Rea said as she tilted her head to one side, after all, Erika's expression was strange. Erika bit her lip with a completely red face as she struggled with the idea of telling her what had happened, although after a few minutes of internal struggle, she decided to talk about it because it was better to have more opinions.

Rhea was silent for a few seconds before letting out a laugh, to the point where she started to cry from laughter.

"H-Hey!" - Erika exclaimed, her face red with embarrassment as she stomped her foot loudly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just didn't expect you to be so... lucky..." - Rhea replied as she shook her head.

What had happened, was a game event, one somewhat advanced in Ren's route, in which the female character with the highest affinity with the prince, had this little kinky event. As a tidbit, if this character was the player's avatar, then the player would see a naked image of the prince with his crotch censored, which caused a huge controversy against the developer because there were scenes where women were displayed doing much worse things.

Back to the topic, the only redeemable thing, was that because of the mosaic barrier covering the prince's penis, you could notice many things, such as how big it was.

"Come to think of it, of all the heroes, Ren is the one with the least perverted scenes" - thought Rea while frowning slightly - "This is the only one where we can see a part of the prince..."

"Rea-sama?" - Erika asked with a frown as her former master seemed to be sunk in her thoughts.

"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry, I was rambling" - replied Rea as she started to think - "I guess I understand what you're trying to say, though it's easy to fix."

"Your teasing smile isn't causing me much confidence, Rea-sama" - Erika replied as she folded her arms - "I feel like you're about to say something extremely stupid..."

"Oh, how rude" - Rea snorted as she gave her a bored look - "What I was going to tell you, it was a good way to be able to take a step further in your relationship."

Erika was silent as she contemplated her former teacher's words - "Please continue."

"It's good that I managed to get your attention" - Rea said as she started to think at high speed, after all, the more affinity Erika and Ren gained, the faster she could move on to the second phase of the plan - "It's simple, you just have to do next is..."

Erika quickly approached the blonde girl to listen to what she wanted to tell her, only to walk away with a completely red face - "Are you crazy?! It's impossible for me to do something like that!"

"And that's why you haven't made as much progress as you wish" - Rhea replied while folding her arms - "Listen, with the short time we've known each other, I've managed to identify how Prince Ren is, and if you keep being this passive, then it will take you years to realize your relationship with him!"

Erika was silent for a few seconds before frowning - "Why?"

"Because the prince is one of those late blooming boys" - Rea replied while shaking her head - "From what I managed to hear, the prince's life is similar to that of a household flower, sheltered and protected in four walls, unable to interact with women his age, or rather, unable to experience love because all the people around him believed that he was stupid."