Love Letter From The Future

Senior Elsi’s visit seemed impulsive.

The smell of alcohol wafting from her breath and her trembling hands were enough to indicate that. If she had intended to attack me deliberately, she should have been calmer than this.

However, even while sitting on me, Senior Elsi was failing to achieve any results.

The first reason was her complete lack of understanding of men’s clothing.

Just as a man is ignorant of women’s underwear, a woman naturally has low awareness of clothing primarily worn by men.

For instance, didn’t I have my own struggles when I had my first experience with Senior Delphine?

One must have a sense of how the underwear covering the chest is secured and how to remove it. In the end, I chose to tear it off by force.

Of course, that was a choice impossible for a mage like Senior Elsi.

While it wouldn’t be impossible with magically enhanced strength, tearing off clothes required a level of determination and courage.

Unless one is pretending to make a mistake in excitement like me, it was difficult to act upon such thoughts.

And the second reason: Senior Elsi was clearly nervous.

In fact, the previously mentioned reason only applies when it comes to removing lower garments. Women who don’t wear belts often struggle to get them off.

But the upper garments were another matter entirely.

What challenge was there in unbuttoning or similar tasks?

Still, the reason Senior Elsi couldn’t remove my clothes at all was entirely due to her hands trembling uncontrollably.

When one is drunk, it becomes even harder to concentrate on delicate tasks. With her hands shaking from extreme tension, there was no way she could undress me.

Thanks to that, I soon managed to regain my composure.

The feeling of embarrassment wasn’t completely erased. However, I was able to grasp the situation from a broader perspective.

For starters, my hands were tied.

They were bound to the bedpost, which was quite a clumsy arrangement.

No matter how much they were tied with magical threads, the bed was made of wood. If it were to fold over, there would be no way to respond.

Of course, I had no desire to resist so drastically.

To be honest, Senior Elsi’s fidgeting touch was quite cute.

Moreover, the sensation of her soft flesh squirming above my waist felt nice.

After such rational thinking, I attempted to persuade Senior Elsi.

“Senior Elsi, please stop.”

“Yes, it’s your fault…”

However, Senior Elsi was already in a state where persuasion was impossible.

Her eyes lacked focus, and her whimpering mixed with laments bore the hallmarks of typical self-justification from a rapist.

Should I start to overpower her?

Senior Elsi was drunk and not in her right mind. The very notion that she could bind me with magical threads indicated that.

Moreover, she wasn’t ambushed from a distance; a mage had come right up to a swordsman?

There was no way to lose without a trap.

Of course, Senior Elsi was a capable mage. No matter how drunk she was, her seasoned skills wouldn’t entirely abandon her.

She could easily overpower some mediocre swordsman.

The problem was that I wasn’t mediocre.

Feeling the sensation of Senior Elsi’s bottom rubbing against me, I tried to persuade her once again.

It was soft and springy.

In fact, Senior Elsi probably didn’t even realize her backside was making contact with my body.

“No, Senior Elsi… could you at least calm down a bit? Why are you suddenly acting this way? And what do you mean, I’m at fault?”

Upon hearing my calm voice, perhaps some rationality returned to Senior Elsi.

Her slightly tearful eyes were now looking at me.

Seeing a woman who had been wounded in her heart stirred something in me.

The relationship between Senior Elsi and me was quite complicated.

We were neither simply friends nor colleagues, and certainly not lovers—an ambiguous relationship.

Having zero experience with women left me blank in such situations.

“You touched me, didn’t you?”

It was a blunt question.

Thus, it made it all the more difficult to guess her meaning.

It indicated that Senior Elsi was trapped within her own context. Pretending to ponder for a moment, I replied.

“What do you mean?”

“Of course, the Lady Virgin Saint, that bouncy girl!”

Hmm, I swallowed hard and subtly averted my gaze from Senior Elsi.

This was a bit unexpected.

In the end, it didn’t go anywhere, but what happened that night was a secret between me and the Lady Virgin. It would benefit no one if this fact spread widely.

Neither I nor the Lady Virgin would gain from that.

I would have to deal with Senior Elsi, and the Lady Virgin would consequently be in a difficult position for almost breaking her vow of purity.

However, surprisingly, it seemed the Lady Virgin willingly shared what had happened that night with Senior Elsi.

Had she trusted Senior Elsi that much?

Or had she concluded that there was a greater benefit to gain?

Either way, it was the worst outcome for me.

I coughed lightly, trying to divert the focus, but it was already too late.

Tears began to form in Senior Elsi’s eyes.

“I didn’t even touch you! I didn’t even try to assault you when I was drunk, so why… you, you too have fallen for that bouncy girl?!”

“No, well…”

It was an accurate observation.

Unable to lie, I eventually trailed off. In response, Senior Elsi, seemingly more frustrated, pounded my chest with her fist.

Even so, it wasn’t ticklish.

Senior Elsi wasn’t genuinely trying to hurt me.

She simply wanted to convey her feelings of frustration.

“I told you to be careful… Do you know how much that girl, the Lady Virgin, flaunted?!”

“What was she boasting about?”

“It was a bet!”

Finally, the circumstances behind it began to take shape in my mind.

Previously, when Senior Elsi had tried to tempt me, she had passed on such a warning. Hadn’t she said to beware of the Lady Virgin?

The reason was simple.

It was because she had made a bet with the Lady Virgin.

Based on what I heard today, I inferred that they had likely decided to wager by trying to seduce me.

What a pointless thing to do.

What if I ended up overwhelming both of them?

No, I should have been contemplating what to do at that time.

Anyway, I had managed to piece together the story leading up to the present, albeit clumsily.

Now, there was only one question left.

“Why would you make such a pointless bet?”

“P-pointless?!”

Despite my logical questioning, Senior Elsi showed no signs of calming down.

In fact, she grew angrier.

“You keep being alone with that girl, Delphine…”

As she spoke, Senior Elsi’s body trembled in anger.

A drop of her tear rolled down her cheek. Her wounded heart was clearly reflected in her chewed-up lips.

I let out a deep sigh.

Because of that damn rumor, what kind of chaos was this?

Fundamentally, it was my fault.

Senior Elsi struggled to emphasize by propping her breasts with her arms. As if it would somehow stand against the Lady Virgin or Senior Delphine.

There was a fundamental gap between Senior Elsi and the two of them.

Especially the Lady Virgin, who had to discuss the miracles of the divine. While Senior Elsi had a considerable bust of her own, it was limited to a general standard.

You couldn’t compare wild animals to domestic ones.

And above all, there was a limit to Senior Elsi’s claims.

“Look! I have it too! I’ve had many confessions when you were absent… And yet, I even personally confessed, and you touch another girl instead of me? You could’ve touched me!”

“Then why don’t you free my hands?”

I said that, feeling quite incredulous.

If you want to touch me, wouldn’t you need to release my hands first?

Senior Elsi, who had been sitting on my waist while huffing, finally wore a slightly sheepish expression.

Then, snap, her hands were released.

Feeling the long-awaited freedom, I repeatedly balled and unballed my fists.

As the situation progressed, it was actually Senior Elsi who became tense.

I heard a gulp, the sound of her swallowing dryly.

The maiden’s body noticeably shrank back. I smiled wryly and slowly lifted my upper body.

This positioned me and Senior Elsi directly across from one another.

Moreover, since Senior Elsi was wrapping her legs around my waist, we were in a very close posture.

Her eyes, resembling blue sapphires, were slightly cast downwards.

After pausing for a moment, she cautiously spoke to me.

“Well, I’ve been drinking and haven’t washed yet…”

“Yet you intended to assault me?”

Senior Elsi’s head dropped deeply.

She fiddled with her two fingers, as if embarrassed.

She looked much like a puppy being scolded.

“I-I was drunk! Do you have any idea how much I was mocked that I ended up drinking so much?!”

“Then I’ll make sure you’re not mocked anymore.”

And thus, the distance between Senior Elsi and me grew even closer.

Our breaths mingled in the sweet interval.

Senior Elsi’s body grew increasingly stiff. The closer I got, the more she shrank back.

“…So, is it alright to assault you?”

That single question was thrown like an ultimatum.

Senior Elsi turned even redder in the face and began to hesitate. Either way, my heart was already inclined.

I was a bit angry.

About the recent actions of the women surrounding me.

Every night, they came to bother me, and no matter how I thought about it, it was infuriating.

Especially since Senior Elsi had come to see me not once but twice, it wouldn’t be strange if I showed her a lesson.

In that final moment, Senior Elsi chose to run away, eyes tightly shut.

“W-wait until I wash up… Aaaah!”

Before she could finish, my body had already pressed down over hers.

Amid the flickering shadows of flames, the two figures became intertwined.