64 2.19 Trial of Self-control - Part 2

Both of the doors that were open were automatically closed with a heavy metallic sound.

'Guess this means it's time for trouble to show up,' I thought as I saw that happen.

"Eliane, what's that between your breasts?" Princess Anna asked while looking towards Princess Eliane.

Princess Eliane looked towards her breasts and said "huh?" in confusion since there was nothing there.

'Can she see her foot without bending?' I thought out of curiosity even though I knew it wasn't the time to be thinking about something silly like that.

"Ara, Anna is getting jealous of those big bosoms," Arica said in a teasing tone.

"No, I am not. I definitely saw something there; besides I am fine just the way I am," Princess Anna replied in a hasty tone.

'Guys, would you stop that. I am right here, y'know.'

"Erm, we are in a trial of self-control here," I said in an attempt to bring things back to the topic.

"Yeah, but if you don't focus on your diet, Sistina will beat you soon," Arica said, ignoring me.

'Man, are girls always like that?'

"Ha! as if! I think you two should stop eating too much to reduce the fat in your breasts," Princess Anna said looking irritated.

"Men think the bigger are better. Tee hee!" said Arica with a giggle.

"No, they don't!"

"Then why don't we ask Nara?" said Arica. She then turned towards me and asked, "Nara whose breast do you think is better?"

'Man, why am I in the middle of all this? I can't choose between them since I like all of them. But I can't say 'I like them all' because that would sound perverted,' I thought as I looked towards everyone's chest.

"Erm, I... I don'-"

While I was stuck in this predicament, a miracle saved me. A small black humanoid creature with tiny pointed ears and short snake-like tails jumped out of Princess Eliane's breasts. It had short black hair and a small horn at the center of its forehead. The only thing of a different color in its body was its white teeth that could be seen as it laughed while making 'kehkehkeh' sound.

Right after one jumped out of Princess Eliane's breasts, another similar-looking one jumped out of Arica's breasts. They were so fast that both of them didn't even get enough time to be surprised.

'Damn those lucky devils! No, let's focus on clearing the trial for now.'

As they started jumping around from one wall to another, I looked towards Princess Eliane and asked, "You said this room is too small to catch them, is that because they are fast and can jump around from one wall to another while evading us?"

"Yes, and they are also very slippery. The only way to catch them is by hitting them with long-range magic attacks when they are in large groups in an open area," princess Eliane replied while dodging one of them that came towards her.

'Man, this is troublesome. Our movements are restricted in this small room while they are small and can move freely. And on top of that, their movements are unpredictable.'

"Everyone let's stand next to each wall so that we can catch the one that comes towards any of us," I said since that was probably the only way to prevent collision with one another.

I stood next to the wall with the door from which I came from earlier while Princess Eliane stood next to the door in front of me. Arica stood next to the left wall while Sistina stood next to the right one.

The height of the room was around 4 meters so there was plenty of space above our reach, but they were trying to provoke us by staying within our reach.

When I was closely observing their movements, one of them came straight towards me. I used this opportunity to move a few steps forward and tried catching it. But right when I had it within the palms of my hand, it slipped through like a slippery fish. Even though I felt like I was about to catch it, it didn't show any kind of fear. Instead, it teased me by sticking its tongue out.

'Man, how are we supposed to catch that? We can't even use magic properly here.' I thought as I stepped back to my original position next to the wall.

Princess Anna tried doing the same thing as me several times but every time she did that, it slipped past through her.

I created a small amount of sand in my hand using earth magic and rubbed it in my hand in the hopes that it would make it less slippery but that didn't work. Instead, due to the momentum, I ended up colliding with Princess Eliane. As a result, both of us ended up falling down with my face over her breasts.

'Heavens! they are so soft.' is what came to my mind, but I soon composed myself while raising my head and apologized saying, "Sorry, this was an accident. I was too focused on the devil that I didn't see you there."

"N-no, don't worry about it, it was my fault too," she replied, her cheeks were a little red.

'Wow, this side of her looks so - cute,' I thought as I stood up. She stood up after me but the redness on her cheeks was still there.

"Can you guys come back to reality and focus. We are trying to catch the devils here," said Princess Anna in an irritated tone.

It was after I came back and stood next to the wall, that I realized something was off. Even though I touched Princess Eliane's skin, it didn't feel like real skin.

"Princess Eliane, do you still feel uncomfortable in the clothes that you are wearing," I asked while looking towards her.

"Now that you mention it, I don't," she replied.

'Damn! So, it was an illusion all along. What made her feel uncomfortable wasn't the size of the bikini, but the tiny devil inside there. It must be an even powerful illusion to fool almost all our senses to this extent.'

I could do something about the illusion but catching the devils was still a problem. There was no point in knowing their movements when they could easily slip out of our hands.

It was then that something came to my mind. But for this plan we needed someone so I turned towards Arica and asked, "Hey Arica, can you summon Jack?"

"Yeah but our movement is already hard with just four of us, so do we really need him?" She replied.

"Yes, I have got a plan."

Next chapter: Trial of Self-control - Part 3