Anyway, there was nothing to do, so I just sat down in front of the tent and watched Alencia sleeping.
Her expression stayed the same, with her long, light green hair. She had tied her hair up before going to bed, but now she had it down. Her expression was dull, but even then, I could that something was different about her right now.
Her skin was incredibly white, just like what I had imagined the skin of an elf to be like. Her hair was also long coupled with the usual pointy ears that all elves possessed.
"....hmm"
Elf ears. How can someone with such pointed ears be pretty? The elves depicted in Earth's creations have long, awkward ears, and they feel out of place...
Elf ears. Elf ears....
....Honestly, I want to touch them. Well, elves are the race that comes to mind when you think of fantasy. There are many differences, but at first glance, the ears are the only thing that differentiates them from humans in terms of appearance.
Sometimes when I watch fantasy works, there are scenes where characters touch elf ears, and now I understand. Those pointed ears. I want to touch them.
"....Just a little bit. Just a little bit."
Eventually, unable to resist the desire for the elf ears in front of me, I reached out toward her ears with my hand. Thinking about it, elves are said to be sensitive to 'malice,' but is the desire to touch ears also malice?
I stopped my hand a hand's distance from the ear, wondering if she would sense malice and wake up. However, when I looked at Alencia, there was still no movement coming from her.
Just in case, I gradually brought my hand closer and examined her face, but she still showed no sign of waking up.
Though, just to make sure, I used [Sensory Block]
Skill application failure.
If I blocked her senses, I thought I could touch her ears safely, but the skill did not work as expected… in fact it failed. Even though it had reached level 3… It was still too early to cast a spell on an advanced explorer.
I gave up on casting the skill. However, I still wanted to touch her pointy ears. If she woke up after touching her ears, I would just apologize honestly. Though, if there was a special meaning to touching an elf's ears there might some problems rising, but I decided to think of such things later.
I steeled myself and touched her ears. I just had to… I got transmigrated into a fantasy world, it only made sense for me to do such a thing.
"Hmm..."
They're soft. Their temperature was lower than I thought. The feeling was more boring than I thought. Even though they're from a different race, their skin looks similar to humans', so maybe I had too high of expectations.
It felt soft and smooth, like touching a baby's skin. And when I touched her skin, it felt somewhat addicting for some reason.
Fortunately, she didn't seem to be waking up, so I just started touching them with both hands. When else would I touch them if not now?
Rub rub rub
I kept rubbing her ears, then briefly looked away. However, when I looked back… I couldn't help but look a bit below her face toward her chest.
Rumble-
"...Gulp."
I saw her chest. And because of the angle, her sternum was clearly visible, I could clearly see the outlines of her breasts.
In the first place, since she wears armor during the day, Alencia's clothes are very thin by nature, and because of that, I could see all the curves of her body now that she had removed her armor.
I hadn't even thought about it until a while ago because I was distracted by her ears, but seeing Alencia's beautiful voluptuous body, I started to feel lustful little by little...
My eyes widened when I saw her suddenly move ever so slightly.
Crazy, was it really true that she would wale up from feeling 'lust' and 'malice' because I was barely lusting after her body. I was attracted to her, but I didn't even think about touching her and her chest.
No way. Now that I think about it, if she woke up feeling my lust, wouldn't I be screwed? I only touched her ear, but if she were to wake up because of the lust I currently had, then I might be in trouble.
As the crisis approached, my mind started spinning in a hurry. Then, as fast as I could, I put a little more strength into my fingers that were touching Alencia's ears.
[Heavenly Touch lv. 1] activated.
[Massage lv. Max] applied - Relieves target's tension. Reduces pain. Muscle relaxation
The moment I put some pressure onto her ears, it was recognized as a massage, and the [Heavenly Touch] skill suddenly activated on its own.
At the same time, the effects of [Massage lv. Max] were applied.
Alencia's movements, which looked as if she might wake up at any moment, stopped, and the strength in her eyelids, which seemed like they would open at any moment, disappeared.
After witnessing all that, I hurriedly let go of Alencia's ears and returned to my spot where I had been standing guard.
Alencia didn't wake up until then, and then sure enough, it was finally time for me to wake her up.
***
"Instructor, did you sleep well last night?"
I asked Alencia, who had just cleared away the tent where we had camped and was coming out wearing her armor. She had just woken up, and since she was said to be sensitive to lust and malice, I thought that Alencia might had sensed something. However, it seemed like she hadn't noticed anything at all.
"Really?"
Despite my worries, Alencia still had a blank expression, but she spoke in a slightly lighter voice than yesterday.
"Yes, I slept very well."