Volume 2 - CH 11.2

Act 2-11.2: Love Potion

She instantly silenced the Dark Knight by using such an excuse.

（What an easy man. He’s far easier to handle than Reiji.）

Rena left Kuroki’s room and looked for the woman she met at the entrance, she found her standing in the kitchen. Locking her target, Rena subsequently erased her presence and approached the woman.

The woman was preparing two beverages for them.

After secretly approaching her, Rena looked into the content of the beverage. One seemed to be liquor and the other one was tea.

（Why did she prepare different beverages? Normally speaking, the liquor should be for the man, right?）[EN: I’m grinning so much for what’s about to come, she deserves it so much! Hahahaha, become his slave, HAHAHAHA!!!!!]

Rena then recalled a certain Elios God like her, the God of Battle and Power Thors.

Thors was a hearty drinker, he could drink numerous barrels of liquor without feeling drunk. His little sisters, Goddess of Healing and Herb, Fanacea, and the Goddess of Book and Knowledge, Totona, on the other hand weren’t avid drinkers.

They weren’t the only example, it was basically the same for all women in this world.

That’s why, Rena tossed the entire bottle of love potion into the liquor.

Though one drop was enough for a normal human, the same standard couldn’t be said for the extremely powerful Dark Knight.

（No matter how powerful that Dark Knight is, this amount of love potion will definitely turn him into my loyal slave. Prepare yourself, Dark Knight, I’m gonna work you to the bone.）[EN: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ]

Rena went back to the Dark Knight’s room after she poured the love potion into the beverage. Though the Dark Knight seemed to be suspicious of her independent action just now, she judged that it wasn’t a big deal.

Rena looked at him for a while as she touched her necklace.It was a necklace she planned to use on Chiyuki to deceive her eyes. It was an enchanted item that could inhibit and weaken all kinds of senses within a certain range.

The reason she had decided to use this necklace was because the mana in the love potion was very powerful. There was a possibility that the other party might feel that there was something wrong in the beverage due to this mana.

Rena prepared this necklace beforehand since she knew that Chiyuki had an extremely powerful mana sense.

Rena was very proud of having this necklace. Its only downside was that it affected the wearer as well, but this wasn’t a problem to her.

A while later, the woman had finally arrived in their room to deliver their beverage.

「Thanks, Peneroa-san.」

The Dark Knight then thanked the woman.

The woman placed the beverages in front of the duo.

「Well, I shall excuse myself then.」

The woman then went out of the room after she spoke those words with an ambiguous tone, it was obvious she was having fun.

But, Rena wasn’t worried about the woman’s attitude. She removed her hood and used that chance to naturally touch her necklace to invoke its effect.

She then picked up her cup as she gazed at the Dark Knight.

「Dark Knight, despite many negative things happening between us, I personally want to get along with you. You should be familiar with “Kanpai”, right? I was told that it’s some sort of ritual to deepen relationships, but…」

Rena’s knowledge about this matter came from Reiji and the others. She herself had no idea what “Kanpai” meant.

But, she knew that it was some sort of ritual to deepen relationships.

And all they needed to do was to toast each other while clicking their mugs, then drinking the liquor in their own mug.

Something like that was far too easy for her.

「Kanpai? Yes, I know about that. It’s something you do when you’re drinking with someone.」

Rena was rather curious about the different definition of “Kanpai” known by the Dark Knight. But, she took it as the vaguer version of Reiji and co’s theory.

「Hee, then I guess there’s no problem since you know about it. Let’s do a “Kanpai” for a better relationship between us.」

「That’s… oh whatever.」

The Dark Knigth presented his own mug as he said so.

Rena did the same.

「Kanpai」

They drank the beverage in their mugs after they toasted each other.

Rena drank a mouthful of her beverage and then took a glance at the Dark Knight.

The gulping sound from the Dark Knight’s throat was all she needed to know that the Dark Knight had already drunk his beverage.

（I WON! NOW GOOD BYE, LOOK INTO MY EYES!）

Rena then drank another mouthful of her beverage, elated of her victory.

Even if the liquor was low quality compared to the liquor she occasionally tasted in Elios, it tasted much better now since she was elated from her victory.

The Dark Knight was looking at Rena.

（Fufu, with this, you are mine. How enjoyable.）

Though Rena felt something was wrong, she ignored it as she looked at the Dark Knight.

（Dark Knight… or should I call him Kuroki? Kuroki, what a nice name.）

Rena’s chest became warmer as she thought about Kuroki’s name.

「Fufufufu.」

She unintentionally let out a smile as she looked into Kuroki’s eyes with a passionate gaze.

「KUROKI!!」

Rena suddenly went to kiss Kuroki while calling his name.

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（Oh cr*p. I have no idea what Rena’s thinking about.）

Kuroki was racking his brain, trying to uncover Rena’s plan.

He knew that she had already taken the reign of their conversation.

By the time he realized that she wouldn’t crack that easily, the day had already turned into night. But, he couldn’t let her go since he knew that Rena was up to no good.

In the first place, Kuroki had no idea why Rena came to this country without telling Shirone and the others.

That’s why, Kuroki knew that she was up to no good.

But Kuroki, who had almost zero experience in talking to women, was no match for Rena.

（So troublesome.）

When Kuroki tried to invite Rena for a tour around the country since he knew that he couldn’t let her go, she unexpectedly agreed to his request.

But only after he found out that all the restaurants they visited were jam packed and that he had nowhere to take Rena did he realize that he just made a grave mistake.

Thus, he reluctantly invited her to Galios and Peneroa’s house.

「Kanpai.」

Kuroki and Rena made a toast with the beverages that were brought by Peneroa for them. After their toast, they chugged their drinks.

Kuroki raised his face after he heard the sound of Rena drinking her beverage. Thus, his eyes met Rena’s, whose face had already been revealed after taking off her hood.

（Such a beauty, she might be the most beautiful woman I have met so far. I mean, I don’t think there will be another woman as beautiful as her.）

The more he looked at her face, the more uncomfortable Kuroki became.

（Reiji, who has more experience in this regard, might be able to do better than me in this kind of situation.）

Kuroki’s head was filled with such thoughts.

On the other hand, Rena was looking back at Kuroki with an alluring smile on her face.

（GEH! THAT KIND OF SMILE IS CHEATING!）

Despite the existence of charm magic, Kuroki was fully aware that Rena’s enchanting smile right now was enough to bring any kind of sane man to their knees, falling in love with her.

Rena was looking at Kuroki with moist eyes.

「KUROKI!!」

And suddenly called out Kuroki’s name.

（Eh?! How did she know my name?!）

But, as soon as he started pondering about that matter, Rena’s face had already arrived right in front of him.

Yes, the very same face that one might call a transcendent beauty.

（What is this, my head feels… dizzy.）

And then, his lips overlapped with Rena’s red and enchanting lips.

Kuroki could feel the scent of liquor invading his nasal cavity.

（Oh no. I…）

He felt something in his head snapping as he succumbed to his instincts.