Chapter 381

Chapter 381. Marian is Depressed. (2)

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<Option 1: Let’s ask her why she’s like this. (Proceed with linked event)>

Anyway, since I chose Option 1, it’s as if the system is guiding me.

Marian, who was relatively far away, was walking with a dazed expression, but before I knew it, she naturally approached me. I immediately waved at her, trying to figure out what was going on.

But as I approached with that thought in mind…

Unlike my fresh and naive assumptions, Marian’s problem turned out to be much more complicated than I thought.

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<Event>

<Marian is even more depressed.>

<Content>

<Seeing Marian in deep sorrow, you decided to respect her privacy and remain silent. However, as a commander, you felt a sense of responsibility and casually slipped in a question...>

<Contrary to your assumption that it was about “that day,” the reason for Pirate Empress Marian’s depression was...>

<It’s been two years since she started living with you, and she wanted to celebrate that, but unfortunately, due to the circumstances, the anniversary ended up being completely forgotten.>

<However, it seems there are other reasons as well, but...>

<Unfortunately, since Marian herself isn’t willing to reveal the other reasons, you can’t find out more.>

<The Pirate Empress Marian has been given the “Depression” trait (All stats -5%).>

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‘Ughhhh.’

A ridiculously cruel debuff has been applied, and the reason is that some kind of “anniversary” was carelessly missed?

Seeing this unfairness start again, I felt an indescribable, strange irritation bubbling up.

But aside from that, it’s not like I couldn’t understand Marian’s feelings.

I decided to comfort Marian, who was depressed about missing the anniversary, by calling her aside later to talk.

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And after Icarus resolved to comfort Marian with some “pat-pats”…

During that brief moment, while deleting a pile of cursed memes and grotesque images that had accumulated, I was subjected to visual terrorism.

“Bogdano… I mean, Marian, the Commander has made up their mind.”

“Huh?”

“The time for the decisive battle has finally come.”

“Hmm, it seems the Commander is ready to embrace a woman.”

Marian, Jessica, and Bendalope, of course.

In the conference room where all the superhumans, except for Oxianor, Gryanarr, and Tiamat, had gathered, everyone was putting in their utmost effort to seize this opportunity.

The reason for their efforts was none other than to offer Marian’s virginity to Icarus, thus transforming her from a virgin to a non-virgin…

No, it was to finally send Marian off after she had been showing nothing but pure love moves for over two years.

“Of course, Marian should be the first with the Commander.”

“Ugh.”

“Exactly.”

“To ensure our Marian can satisfy the Commander, I’ve taught her all 101 ways to please a man♡”

“When did you even teach her that?”

“Hehe♡”

They were thoroughly preparing to ensure that nothing would interfere with the Commander’s one-on-one meeting with Marian.

They were going all out to make sure Marian and Icarus could have a scorching hot first night together.

Of course, they had their own reasons for pushing Marian so hard.

“Do your best, Marian.”

“That way, we can also sneak in some time with the Commander.”

“You’re being way too bold♡”

Except for Tiamat, Oxianor, and Bendalope, whose favorability had risen but wasn’t quite at the “romantic” level yet, the other superhumans…

With their favorability at +200, they were in a state where they wanted to do something deep, sticky, and utterly intense with Icarus.

So, naturally, under the agreement that “the Commander’s first time (?) should be with Marian, but the rest is up for grabs,” they were all eagerly boosting Marian’s morale.

And to prevent any issues if Marian or Icarus tried to go all the way…

“Here, the aphrodisiac you wanted.”

“Ohhh.”

“It’s not dangerous, right?”

“Isn’t it? The Commander’s physical abilities don’t seem that exceptional.”

“Anyway, the Commander’s body is surprisingly strong, so it can handle drugs that would normally be used by superhumans.”

“Does the medicine even work on the Commander?”

“Even the Commander’s body is slightly affected by a potency of 3,000 times. Plus, there’s an aphrodisiac component about 3,500 times stronger than a normal drug.”

Gryanarr brought over a drug labeled ‘extremely dangerous,’ clearly aiming to prevent the first night from going off the rails.

Of course, the numbers related to the drug’s potency made everyone doubt their ears.

Not only Marian, who was about to use the drug, but the other superhumans also started to worry that Icarus might end up permanently messed up.

No matter how much they wanted to have fun with Icarus, it was only under the current circumstances that they wanted to enjoy themselves.

They couldn’t accept the possibility of Icarus suddenly losing his mind, going insane, or becoming disabled.

But to the superhumans’ ‘concerns,’ our drug expert, Professor Gryanarr, said:

“Don’t worry, I’ve already tested it on the Commander.”

“Ooooh.”

“Then we can trust it!”

“You didn’t just test it once or twice, right?”

“What do you take me for? I ran plenty of tests.”

After conducting human experiments (?) on the Commander, Gryanarr concluded that there shouldn’t be any major issues.

With Gryanarr’s confident attitude, the other superhumans, as well as Marian, who held the drug, let out a sigh of relief and seemed reassured.

Of course, that was just the superhumans’ reaction, as they planned to use it themselves later.

“…I’m sure we thoroughly checked every possible angle, but where did you find a gap again?”

“Ah.”

Jessica, who was basically stuck to Icarus handling miscellaneous tasks and preventing lunatics like Gryanarr from doing crazy things to the Commander, had a completely different reaction.

-*Thump, thud!*

As Jessica stood in front of Gryanarr with a smiling face and veins popping out, Gryanarr realized he had unknowingly acted like a criminal turning himself in at a police station and let out a sigh.

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And shortly after.

“Marian, go spend some quality time with the Commander.”

“Yes, I’ll do my best!”

While Grigri was being subdued with all his joints twisted, our Jessica threw the drugs Grigri had to Marian, boosting her spirits.

Seeing Jessica’s actions, Marian thanked her and quickly ran off to Icarus’s room.

She was wearing a ‘battle outfit,’ with only a coat draped over it to cover up.

But just as Marian dashed off in an instant, Gryanarr rummaged through his pockets with his pet tentacles…

“W-wait! You took the wrong drug!”

“Huh?”

Gryanarr tried to call Marian back in a frantic tone, but unfortunately, Marian had already disappeared into the distance, unable to hear him.

Seeing Gryanarr react like that, Jessica and the other superhumans, who were about to punish him, were left with question marks floating above their heads.

And that reaction soon turned into:

“What do you mean she took the wrong drug, Gryanarr?”

“The aphrodisiac for the Commander and the super stamina drug got mixed up. This will turn the Commander into a complete beast.”

“…Oh.”

“Oh…”

“Ohhh…”

Realizing that Icarus would become a wild beast, leading to a fierce, sticky, and wild battle—aka ‘yas’—all the superhumans present decided to pray for Marian, who was about to experience ‘yas’ for the first time in her life.