I Became the Academy’s Time-Stopping Villain – Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Encore Kiss

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“Do you want to have sex with me?”

“…………”

I put down the keyboard and took three deep breaths. After calming down, I asked Mars,

“Are you crazy?”

“………….”

“Are you really crazy?”

“Hey!!”

Mars yelled, but she clearly looked out of it.

“Ugh… honestly, honestly, there’s no other reason for you to help me!”

“Would you have let me have my way with you if I tried?”

“….Well, survival of the fittest is the law of the world.”

“That’s a dangerous ideology.”

Well, that was typical Mars. I quickly countered her question with another question.

“So, Mars, would you have felt better if I had just left you there to fail yesterday?”

“Of course!…. I mean…”

“Of course, what?”

“……No, even if that’s the case…”

Her voice was conflicted. Survival. A survival game. Survival of the fittest. Therefore, if you can kill a wounded predator, regardless of how cowardly it may seem, it’s the natural order of things. Mars believed there was no reason for me to help her, but at the same time, she seemed to be realizing how she would have felt if I hadn’t helped her.

“…What if, what if,”

Mars finally said,

“even if you had defeated me, I wouldn’t have blamed you.”

That’s only natural.
The natural order.
The way of the world.

At least, the ‘world’ as Mars understood it operated under such ‘principles.’ Therefore, even if she had been defeated, she wouldn’t have blamed ‘Chrono‘──but

“But didn’t you think I would come after you once I recovered?”

What if Chrono resents her?

Mars hid her true feelings and asked a roundabout question, essentially asking what I would do if she turned on me after I saved her. I calmly pressed a key on the keyboard and asked,

“Would you kill me?”

“Huh?”

“Would you kill me?”

“Uh…. no?”

“Then it’s fine.”

“…..That’s not the point…?”

She sounded flustered. Mars asked again,

“What if, you know, you suddenly attacked me and ran away?”

“Would you attack me?”

“………….”

“No, right?”

“…….Yeah.”

“Then isn’t it fine?”

“…………….”

The silence stretched. Finally, Mars asked,

“You… how can you trust me so much?”

“…Suddenly?”

“No, seriously. You know what I’m like at the academy.”

“I know that very well.”

A lone wolf. A tyrant. Her words were rough, and her actions were reckless. Her affinity rank with others was usually rock bottom, but

“That’s not a reason not to help you.”

“………What?”

I know. I know it too well.
‘If she gets NTR’d by the Abyss, it’s game over.’

This is a special event related to the upcoming Ragnarok (Great War). If Mars‘s affinity rank is 3 or lower and her NTR rank reaches 2 or higher while in a dungeon, she defects to the Abyss. Something about following whoever gives her power. She suddenly appears in a bikini armor, making an already difficult event even worse.
‘That can’t happen.’

I don’t plan to pursue her romantically, but I can’t let her fall into despair. It’s a bit presumptuous of me to decide this, but──we’re already connected. I have to do what I can.
‘And there’s no significant penalty for failing this event.’

It’s worth a little inconvenience to prevent future NTR. I finished the song and took a breath.

“….What are you looking at?”

“Nothing. Why? Got a problem?”

“Yeah.”

“So what, idiot?”

“………….”

“…..You idiot.”

Idiot. A pushover. Too kind. Mars mumbled and buried her face in her knees again.

“….Hey.”

“What?”

“I’ll protect you.”

“……..Okay.”

I wasn’t sure who was protecting whom, but I nodded and chose another song.

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

“….?”

“What, idiot?”

As I started playing, Mars inched closer.

“Aren’t you… a little too close?”

“Mind your own business.”

“……….”

She was definitely too close, but I ignored her and continued playing.

“…….Hey.”

“What?”

“….Can I hug you? Just once?”

“………..”

Fortunately, I didn’t miss a note this time. But a Perfect dropped to a Good. Good thing I wasn’t in All Perfect mode.

“Why aren’t you answering? Are you ignoring me?”

“………….”

“….I’ll take that as a yes.”

“………..”

She was taking my silence as agreement. I ignored her as much as possible and finished the song. Mars reached out and grabbed my shoulder.

“Just for a moment.”

“Seriously?”

“Would I ask if I wasn’t serious?”

As if she had enough, Mars pulled me into a hug.

“….Tight.”

“You think?”

Mars buried her face in my chest. With the difference in our sizes, my skinny frame couldn’t fully embrace her.

“The opposite of Dad.”

But Mars didn’t seem to mind. She just nuzzled her face against my chest and mumbled,

“Small, weak, dependable… maybe, maybe not…”

“Hey, don’t breathe on me. It tickles.”

I tried to push her head away, but she hugged me tighter.

“Pat my head too.”

“….Are you seriously crazy?”

“Hurry up.”

“Ugh.”

What is this?
Was there a scene like this in her affinity rank story?

I tried to recall Mars‘s affinity rank story and slowly patted her head.

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“Hooo……”

Mars exhaled and nuzzled her face against my chest. I could feel her lips moving against my clothes. I wish she would stop.

“Still… different from Dad.”

I said to Mars,

“If it’s that different, why don’t you ask your dad to do it?”

“I’ll fail the test if I leave now. Don’t you know that? Dummy.”

“You’re really….”

This is giving me a headache. I shouldn’t talk to her anymore. I grabbed her shoulders and pushed her away. This time, she let go easily. Did she finally give up?

“….Let’s kiss.”

“???”

No, it was one step back to take two steps forward. Mars stepped towards me and pushed her face close. Of course, I──No! Stop! Don’t do it!

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“There are so many things wrong that it’s troubling.”

“It’s just a kiss. Families kiss all the time.”

“We’re not family.”

“It’s fine. It won’t wear out.”

“My heart will wear out!”

I pushed her. I tried to push her away. But my resistance was meaningless against her overwhelming strength.

“────*Kiss*….!”

My lips were stolen. I promised my lips to Ur-noona….!

“….Mmm. Different.”

Mars, who had stolen my lips, said it was different. Something was different.

“Kissing Dad, kissing Mom and Dad… it wasn’t like this…”

“….Can you let go now?”

I was starting to feel strange. Even if I protested, I was still a man. If she kept pushing, I would get ‘that feeling’ too…
‘NTR… can’t happen…!’

Chrono could become Chrono. I tried to push Mars away.

“Just once, just one more time.”

“You cra──mmph….?!”

Our lips met again. Unlike with Ur-noona, her tongue didn’t enter my mouth, and our lips didn’t intertwine. Just a simple peck, a light, innocent kiss like a child would give, but

“Haa….. hooo….. haa…. hooo…..!!”

Since our lips were pressed together, I could only breathe through my nose. My breathing grew ragged, and my breath grew hot. Mars wrapped her arms around me and pressed her lips against mine relentlessly. At this point, I couldn’t tell if it was a kiss or a headbutt with lips. What? They’re the same thing?

‘My gums hurt.’

She was practically headbutting me with her lips. It was definitely different. My gums started hurting, so I slapped her shoulder hard, and she finally pulled back.

“Hooo….. are you crazy? Are you insane? What kind of kiss was that?!”

“…………..”

“….Hey?”

Mars touched her lips dreamily, her unfocused, hazy eyes staring at me.

“This is… more pleasant…”

“………”

I felt a chill run down my spine. It was like being prey caught by a predator. Her eyes looked like she was about to devour me──

“───Who’s there?”

Mars flinched and turned her head, drawing her greatsword and looking around as if someone was there. The forest was silent. There was no sign of anyone──but I could feel it. ‘They’re here.’

Nearby.
And many of them.
Surrounding us.

“I didn’t expect to see you here, Chrono-ssi.”

“Minerva…?”

The strongest presence emerged from behind a tree and approached us.

“Mars, we still have some unfinished business, don’t we?”

“….Yeah. A lot of it.”

Mars glared at me and gritted her teeth.

“Leave him alone.”

“…..You…”

Mars, her eyes fixed on Minerva, said to me,

“Run. They’re here because of me. I don’t want to cause you any more trouble.”

“…..Mars.”

She looked resolute, ready to fight to the death. A fighting spirit, an intangible energy emanated from her as she glared at everyone around us. Like a loyal subject willing to sacrifice herself for her master. I started walking.

“…What are you doing? Why aren’t you running?”

“What are you talking about?”

I didn’t run, despite Mars telling me to. Instead, I stood beside her, as if ready to fight alongside her. No, not as if. I was going to fight alongside her.

“Are you… stupid? An idiot? Even an idiot wouldn’t do this!”

Mars yelled, trying to push me away. But I had already made up my mind.

“I was prepared for this when I decided to heal you.”

“What….?”

“You came here covered in wounds, what else did you expect?”

“….Chrono, you….!”

I turned to Mars.

“Mars, you don’t know how to kiss, do you?”

“…Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”

“No reason.”

I’m going to teach you. I placed my hand on the back of Mars‘s neck and pulled her towards me.

“What──?!”

She looked surprised. Are you surprised? I am too. But what can I do?
‘This is how the skill works.’

A powerful skill with an awkward activation method.

“Mmph…..?!”

I pressed my lips against hers. Deeper. A deep kiss, our tongues intertwined.

“Haa! Haa… haaa….??!”

As I pulled away, a shimmering thread of saliva connected our lips. Mars blushed crimson and covered her mouth with her hand.

“Y-you, you, yooooouuuu!!!”

“Don’t get any ideas.”

I wiped my lips and said,

“I had to do that. It’s the ‘trigger.'”

“…..Huh…?”

A faint blue aura enveloped Mars. She looked flustered by the change, and I smiled.

[Encore Kiss].

A skill that doubles your stats for a certain duration──a very game-like buff skill that requires a kiss to activate.

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