Magic 101

Jayr POV - Tortus, Great Orcus Labyrinth - 2013

In the middle of the night, as I lay on my bed, I feel the pleasurable sensation of a tongue licking over my little brother, while at the same time, her small warm hand is slowly moving up and down, and soon after the wet warm embrace of her mouth as she truly starts working on it, I open my eyes and look down, and see a familiar short semi wavy light brown hair and dark brown eyes looking straight at me as she slowly and sensually bobbles her head, and I'm surprised by who is it I exclaim "S... Seika... How... ?", indeed the one currently servicing me is nonother than my girlfriend Seika.

Still sleepy and confused, I try to make sense of what I'm seeing 'How is this possible!? I clearly remember that I was in the Arifureta Universe... So how could Seika be here!?', but soon as I try to move my body I fully realize what is going on, 'Ah... Wait... This sluggish feeling, and my obfuscated senses... It is a lucid dream!', and indeed, as soon as I realize this, I feel that I have some minor control over what is happening, by simply making Seika's hair color continuously change with my will.

Once I realize this, I let go of all control and chose to enjoy the dream while it lasts, and so while Dream Seika continues focusing her attention on servicing me, I think 'Really it is only a day since I left my Universe, and I already miss them so much that my subconscious created this kind of dream... And it doesn't help the fact that my metamorphosis enhanced my body overall... Included my libido that is already quite troublesome thanks to Culture's Blessing, and seeing Eri's naked body didn't help no matter how much I tried to focus on something else...'.

While I was thinking that, Dream Seika stop working on my little brother, and straddled me, and using her hand she leads my little brother into her warm, wet, pandora box, and as I slid in I clearly feel I felt her tight, wet pandora box stretch around me, clenching hard as I got deeper and deeper inside, 'Wow... Gotta admit that this feels almost real... I have to be careful here, or I'll have a wet dream and be forced to change my underwear again!'.

Soon Dream Seika starts to ride me slowly and I can even hear her slight panting and whimpering as she move up and down, but this sets off some alarms in me as I have been together with Seika for 4 years now, and even if she appears to be shy, I know for a fact that when we are together she can be pretty vocal, and much more adventurous than Saori, in fact, it was Seika the one who proposed the threesome and convinced Saori, there is no way that Seika, even in my dream, would act so different.

And so I will myself to wake up, but quickly notice that the pleasant sensation that I felt isn't gone, so I open my eyes and see the figure of a naked Eri as she pants and slowly rides me, with a slight blush on her cheek, and staring down at where I connected with her as she slowly impales herself with slow but deep strokes, I notice that the lips of her pandora box tight around my fully hard little brother, that is starting to glisten with her wetness, but I also notice a small trickle of blood streaming down.

I look at her upper body as her breasts and pert nipples are heaving with each breath and using all my willpower to barely stop ravishing her while still being unable to forcefully stop her, I ask "Eri? What are you doing?", she looks at me with a smile and as she starts to speed up, she says between moans "Haa... Isn't obvious? Haa... My destiny was to die unhappy no matter what... Haa... it is something I realized a long time ago since I did try to take my life before knowing that everything I went through was useless... Haaa... But... You saved my life!".

As she said this, I feel her tightening, and the pleasure I feel increases even more, moreover she is getting wetter and so she starts to move even faster, at the same time, her body is clearly showing signs that she is about to reach her peak and have an orgasm, meanwhile, she continues "And so! You have to take responsibility for it!! And since I have nothing worth living for or even a real place to return... Haaa... I decided that for now on, I'll try to live for you! Un...!!".

I feel her hands clenching on my abdomen as she shudders into orgasm, the walls of her box milking around as she relentlessly thrusts, she isn't vocal otherwise, with only the occasional tiny noise of a moan or whimper, which makes each sound strike a sharp spark of arousal, and at that moment I lose all restrains and couldn't think of anything other than filling her body, as hard and as fast as I can handle.

The already intense pleasure surged up as I came, something hot and thick rising up and pumping into the girl, flooding her deep inside, she whimpered again, and if I had been a normal human, that would have been the end, but I was not anymore, even before my metamorphosis I could keep going for hours without any trouble, but now it wasn't even a release because if anything the lust and need only increased, and so I hammered into her harder.

Unable to stand, she lays her body on mine, while I warp my arms around her and continue thrusting, so soon she reaches her peak again, and as I feel the walls of her box milking around my little brother, and so I came again, with even more seed filling her, enough that it started leaking out where I stretched the lips of her pussy, white and thick as yogurt.

Still, I wasn't satisfied, and I continue to plunge into Eri until she groans and squeezes around me again, whimpering as I keep fucking her through her orgasm, giving her no time to calm down or rest, that orgasm rolls into another as she arches her back in pleasure, and I feel her soft, warm skin sliding against my flesh.

And so I continue going and lose track of the time, another, another, and another one, Eri moaned once, twice, thrice, then whimpered as her body arched and shivered with the most powerful orgasm yet, squeezing so tight it almost hurt, and sagged into unconsciousness, and at that, something more intense than any prior pleasure surges through me and I visibly throb as I pump more seed inside her, in a long, stretched moment of ecstasy.

Then I'm finally satisfied, the lust is blown away like fog and I finally realize what I have done, 'Shit! I lost control again, this time was even worse than before... I feel like a Chinese MC that for some strange plot reason gets drugged and violates some random love interest... But wait! This time I was on the receiving end... At least at the start... Anyway, what should I do now?', while thinking about this situation, I also check on Eri who is now laying on the bed unconscious next to me, I notice a copious amount of my seed coming out of her box, so much that even her belly is slightly swollen, while her body still twitches from time to time.

Seeing her in this state, I quickly use my Cosmo to heal her of any damage I could have caused and think, 'Damn... I really did a number on her... And how in the hell was I able to cum so much? Did the monster meat turn me into some kind of hentai protagonist? What is scarier is that I can clearly feel that I can keep going if I want... Before today I had to cheat a little using my Cosmo to restore my body to keep going but now I feel that I can easily continue if I want to...'.

After I'm done healing Eri, I take a wet cloth and start to carefully clean her body from the sweat and other fluids, then I let out a sigh and lay next to her waiting for her to wake up and find a way to deal with this mess.

And so a few hours pass, and soon, I notice that the faux sky in my Territory is turning bright, a sign that is the dawn of a new day in this Universe, at the same time, I feel that Eri beside me is starting to stir, I look as she slowly gets up and lets out a cute yawn, then she notices her naked body and starts to look confused for a few seconds, but then it is clear that she remembers what happened, and I can't help but be a little stunned by the pure happy smile that appears on her face.

But soon Eri notices my presence and quickly she hugs my arm making me feel the softness of her modest bosom as she shyly says "G... Good morning dear, d... Does this mean that you won't leave me now, right?", I look at her and notice the expectation, but also the clear fear and borderline desperation in her eyes and tone, and seeing her like this, I can't help but think, 'Seeing her in this state... I don't feel it's right rejecting her... Especially after what we have done... Sure it is clear that she is trying to manipulate me, after all, she is the one that started it yesterday... But I'm also at fault, and... I have a thing for girls with glasses, sue me! And even if she is borderline crazy, she still didn't do anything evil...'.

I let out a sigh and decide to be honest with her, "Eri, to tell you the truth, even with all your evil and manipulative tendencies, I still find you cute... And as long as you do not hurt innocents, I'm fine with how you are...", and I see that as she hears my words, the smile on Eri's face widens, meanwhile, I continue "...But, there is one thing that you have to know... I already have two girlfriends, who know about each other and are fine with me having other girls... on the prerequisite that they get to know them, and that the number doesn't grow too large... Are you okay with that?".

Eri still smiles, but I have the sensation that the temperature in the area is getting colder, as she tilts her head and asks "So who are they?", and mutters in a lower tone, but with my enhanced senses I can still clearly hear what she is saying "Can I kill them to keep him all for myself? Or maybe should I lock him down somewhere so that he can be only mine? No... He is much stronger than me even with my magic... Then get knocked up and cut off his thing...?", hearing that I shake my head thinking, 'Okay definitely Yandere material... Luckily nothing short of totally erasing my existence can kill me... At least as long as I can use the Dark Resurrection technique... But still, the thought of her cutting off my little brother does make a cold shiver run through my back!'.

Then I reply "Their names are Seika and Saori, and I can guarantee you that it isn't wise to antagonize them... As my Universe is quite a lot stronger than this one... But also because this could prevent you to be happy...", hearing that Eri asks confused "How so? If I get rid of them I will have you all for myself...", but I look at her and say "But I love them, and they love me even with all my faults and defects... Without them, in my life, I would be quite unhappy, and so would be you as I could resent you for anything that happens to them...".

Eri's eyes widen as she hears me say that, and a hint of tears appears in them, but I gently hug her and continue "But wait a minute and think about this... Both Seika and Saori already accepted the fact that there could be more women in my life... Now, if you can at least try to get to know them and open your heart a little, you could end up even happier than what you thought possible...".

And now I can clearly see that she is having difficulties following me, and I can also understand why, as my reasoning is quite convoluted and nonsensical, but maybe this is just what she needs at this moment, so I continue "You see... You already told me that you don't have anything worth living for and no place to return... So why should you reject a new place that is willing to accept you? Me, Saori, and Seika, could become your new family and home... Don't you want to at least try?".

She looks conflicted for a few minutes, but then she lowers her head and says "Hmm... I'll try...", I then hug her, and give her a small peck on her lips, before telling her to lay down and rest while I prepare the breakfast, for Eri, I make some simple Tamagoyaki, with egg, dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and a little of sugar to balance out the tang of the soy sauce, while for me I use another monster wolf and make it a cutlet with it, 'Well, deep fried meat in the morning isn't exactly healthy... But I decided to only eat Monster Meat at least until my stats do not raise anymore... And this meat tastes so bad that I almost have PTSD over it, hell the taste hurts more than the actual effects... So I have to find a way to make it at least a little better...'.

After cooking everything, I go back to my cabin and start to have breakfast with Eri who is now curiously looking around, then she asks "By the way... Are we still in the Labyrinth? The last thing I remember is falling asleep in your embrace after crying...", and eating the monster cutlet, that by the way still has a terrible taste, 'I'm almost tempted to cut off my sense of taste...', I ignore the slight pain caused by the meat and reply "No, right now we are inside some kind of alternate dimension bound to my soul, that only I and those I approve of can enter... It's called Soulbound Territory, it's quite a mouthful, so let's call it S.T., anyway do you like the Tamagoyaki?".

She nods and says "It's quite good..." then she asks me what are we going to do now, and I explain to her a quick story of this world, and my plan to learn every Age of Gods Magics hidden in the various Great Labyrinths and deal with the evil god before he fucks everyone life even more, then after breakfast I ask her if she can tell me what she knows about magic, to which she happily agrees.

Once outside, she quickly puts on her glasses and starts explaining "Like with magic in some games, books, or movies, it is divided into various basic elements as follows, Light, Dark, Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Ice, Thunder... Many types of magic spells fall under one of these Element categories, like both "Barrier" and "Healing" magic spells that fall under the Light Element", and until this point, what she explains is pretty basic stuff.

Then she continues, "Each spell is graded a Level depending on their base power, strength, and usage difficulty... The grades of spells are as follows, Beginner Level, Intermediate Level and Advanced Level...", and this is even simpler, I have to admit that the Author of Arifureta was kind of lazy with this magic system, but it is better, the more vague and unclear, the fewer limits it has, meanwhile Eri moves to another basic topic to give me a clear idea, "Aptitude with magic or spells can differ between people either because they were born with it, or because they belonged to a particular race, aptitude with magic can also help someone to either easily learn a spell, or focus more power more easily into a spell... And in general, Humans as a race have an average aptitude towards Magic and Spells, while Demons have a high aptitude towards them... I have also heard that the Vampire race had the highest Aptitude towards magic and spells, while the Demi-Humans/Beastmen have almost no aptitude towards magic...".

After she finishes the introduction, she talks about the mechanics of the system "In order to be able to use this form of magic, a person must first possess Mana in their body and then channel their Mana to a magic circle, which has the spell inscribed within it, with the help of an incantation, and then cast the spell... There is no clear limit as to what type or kind of spells a person can use".

Then she raises her staff pointing at the sky and starts to chant "Swallow them whole, O crimson mother... Flame Tide!", and see a crimson magic circle of around 20 centimeters in diameter appears in front of Eri's staff, then from it, a wave of fire comes out that then takes the shape of a heart before dispersing and then with a shy smile she says "This is an intermediate-level fire spell that summons a wave of fire that the caster can freely control...".

And she further explains "An 'Incantation' is a chant which helps channel the Mana of a person, and the length of an incantation is directly proportional to how much Mana one could pour into a magic circle, so the effectiveness of a spell was directly proportional to the amount of Mana used to cast it... It can be anything it comes to your mind, that helps you have a clear image of what you want to do... As for the magic circle, the more complicated a spell is or the larger its area of effect, the more inscriptions need to be added to the magic circle, making it quite large in many cases, in my case thanks to my job the Dark spell inscription come to me naturally, while those for the Fire spell I had to learn on my own... Anyway, even a basic simple spell like "Fireball" might need an intricate magic circle that could span over 10cm in diameter, since the magic circle has to contain the inscriptions for the element, strength, range, span, Mana required, and maintenance of the duration".

But then she point the staff at me and simply chants "Oblivion!", and see a small dark magic circle appear in front of the staff, and calmly watch as the dark beam hits me, choosing to trust Eri, but also sure that in this place with me being able to use my Cosmo she is truly unable to hurt me, and soon the beam hits me and all I can see is a black haze in front of my eyes, and hear Eri's voice as she explains "The most common method is to inscribe it onto a special kind of disposable paper, which while it allows for many different variations of Spell usage, it has the limit of being one-time only, while the other method is to carve the inscription for the magic circle on various kind of specific minerals, which while bulky and limited in Spells they can cast, are reusable and are far more powerful in general, like my staff... However, all the requirements of casting a spell can be ignored, or at the very least reduce the length of the magic circle and incantation, depending on the Skills or magical affinities that a person possesses... Magical affinity allows a person to apply various effects depending on their affinity to the spell without it losing either power or strength, if a person possesses an elemental affinity, for example, they can ignore the need to add the inscription of the element into the magic circle, thus shortening its size..."

At the same time, I feel her voice coming closer "Instead they have to imagine the form of the element while chanting the spell, and are able to add the element into the spell in that way... Possessing magical affinity to an element also increases the base strength and power of a Spell, depending on the additional Skills or Derivative Skills a person might possess, some affinities might also increase the efficiency of usage, decreasing the Mana consumption and can also affect the cast time of a spell".

After she finishes her explanation, I feel her arms wrap around my neck and her lips touching mine as the black haze disappears, I also lightly hug her as our kiss deepens, then she distances herself and I hear her whisper "Thanks for trusting and saving me...", and then she asks as if nothing happened "Is everything clear?".

I nod then I try to fully use magic for the first time, as I focus on moving the Mana inside me, I hear Eri exclaims "Huh...? Your eyes!", but I ignore her exclamation and for now and focus on the first magic skill I have gained, the Lightning Clad that I got from eating the twin-tailed wolf's meat, and so I move my Mana and remember the scene of the monster wolf using it, and on instinct, I'm easily able to use it, as I notice the sparks of red electricity that I release from the fingertips of my right hand.

And again I hear Eri "And now you are using magic without incantation or magic circle! What is going on?", I stop using this magic and try to remember the magic that Eri used before, I focus on my mental image of it, and at the same time, I try to create an imaginary Magic Circle in my mind, in place of a physical one, then I raise my hand pointing at the sky and chant "Flame Tide!", but to my immense shame, nothing happens, 'It seems that for monster magic the only thing I need is Mana Manipulation, but for the more normal ones I have to learn more about Magic Circles... I know that it is possible to construct one in your mind to remove the need for either a spell paper or magical equipment...'.

But my thoughts are interrupted by Eri who wants to know about my ability to use magic without incantation, and of the change in my eyes color and the strange red tattoo-like lines on my body, which leads me to explain to her about the monster meat, its risks and benefits, and also the pain that one needs to go through to gain such power, but I also add, that I can make it so that she doesn't feel any pain if she really wants to eat it too.

But she rejects my offer simply because she doesn't want to eat such meat, and also says that the power she gained from being a summoned individual is enough, but she is also curious about why I'm doing all this to gain more power, and why I'm traveling to different Universes, and I tell her everything, about the Concepts, the Champions, I also tell her some things about my home Universe, something that shocks her to the core, especially knowing the capabilities of the powerhouse of my Universe, but I also told her about my sisters and my friends, and of course about Seika and Saori, but didn't go too much into detail as I don't want to overwhelm her with an info dump.

At the same time, I try once more to create an imaginary Magic Circle in my mind, this time for the weakest spell that Eri is able to show me, the Spark magic, simple magic that even children could perform with a 10 cm magic formation, and so the rest of the day quickly pass with Eri joining me in my training, and I finally have succeeded in creating an imaginary Magic Circle in my mind, but what surprised me is that Eri was even faster than me, in fact, soon after on her Status Plate, the voice Image Composition appeared on her skill tab. and she informed me that is is now able to use all the magics without external help, but she still needs incantation to move her Mana.

After that, we returned to the Athena's Bidoof to have dinner, and rest, but this time I told Eri that we would only cuddle in my cabin for two simple reasons, first tomorrow we will start to truly move deeper in the Labyrinth, and I want us to be at our best, and second I do not want to turn our relationship into something only physical, and so we both go to sleep in each other embrace.