[Nightmare]

Charlotte didn't cover her body as she looked at her chest with a devious expression.

Helix blushed and turned away.

"Ah! Come, now, Hellie. It's just an illusion, right?" She asked while staring at her see-through bra.

"Charlotte! What are you doing?" Marie whispered.

Helix wouldn't look the blonde in the eye.

"Marie. I've got a question for you~" Charlotte grinned.

"W-What?" She whispered.

"Hellie's been hiding this Nightmare cuz it's special." Charlotte reasoned.

"Question is… how special. Are these my real nips?"

She pointed at her chest, causing Marie to blush furiously.

"Hellie. Do you want to guess?" Charlotte asked with a mischievous expression.

"Don't be shy. You have to look if you want to guess."

Helix sighed and turned to her with a pitiful smile.

"I can genuinely tell you that I don't know.

But if you want me to take a guess, I'll be more than willing to." He replied with a hopeless expression.

Charlotte grinned.

"Is that so…." She whispered while bringing a finger to her lips.

Helix studied her breasts with a pensive gaze.

After a moment of contemplation, he dropped his shoulders in defeat.

"I… don't know. At the moment, I'm ashamed to say that I don't think it matters."

Charlotte's eyes widened and lightened with playfulness.

"Riley? What do you think?" She called out while pointing to her nipple.

Riley studied her body carefully.

"I… think that this Nightmare is broken…." She asserted.

"So, I'll go against all reason and say yes?"

Charlotte grinned deviously.

"Hellie. Would you like to confirm?" She asked.

Marie and Riley turned bright red.

However, Helix had long since lost his sanity.

"Charlotte… it's a cultural necessity." He replied shamelessly.

Charlotte put her fingers to her lips in thought.

A moment later, she shrugged and reached behind her back.

Everyone in the room was spellbound by the scene playing out.

Charlotte unbuckled her bra and then held it in place with her hand to tease Helix.

After a moment of playful fumbling, she started pulling the bra away.

Helix's mind went blank in anticipation of the scene.

When he saw her bare right breast, his heart almost exploded.

Charlotte held the bra on the other breast.

"Oh~Hellie. What do you think?" She asked with a grin.

He compared the two side-by-side when he looked down, and his eyes widened in shock.

Everyone's facial expression dropped.

"So~Hellie. You've got some serious explaining to do~" Charlotte chimed.

Helix nodded in a perplexed haze.

Noting his reaction, she could tell that he didn't have all the answers.

Charlotte dropped her bra to the floor to continue seizing on the moment.

Helix's heart sank, and it was hard for him to think.

Water rushed down Charlotte's chest in a masterful display of art.

"Don't leave me waiting. What do you think?" She asked playfully.

"Your body… this scene… it's a work of art." He replied in a daze.

Charlotte giggled.

"Hey, Helix…." Marie called out.

Suddenly clouds passed over the area.

He looked up and sent a wry smile to the sky.

"What's… that look for?" Marie asked worriedly.

Helix gave her a pouting face, causing all the women to light up in excitement.

They had never seen such an uncharacteristic emotion on his face.

"That's the signal that there are thirty seconds left." He chuckled pitifully.

"I don't have enough spirit particles to keep this going."

Charlotte frowned, and Marie gave the sky a wry smile.

"Ummm…. Helix." Riley called out quietly.

Helix turned to Riley with a gentle expression.

"I've been practicing my spirit particle manipulation…?

I can release small amounts." She explained bashfully.

He had never seen Riley so bashful before, which made him mesmerized.

"Do you want… a spirit particle transfusion?"

Marie and Riley lit up after hearing they could keep the illusion alive.

Helix walked over to Riley and gently embraced her face.

"I-I'm not read—"

Helix kissed passionately and gently pushed his tongue into her mouth.

The two made out for a few seconds before he looked at her.

"Sorry… I've wanted to kiss you all for so long." He said with a gentle smile.

The other women heated up with envy but also flushed red with brightness.

"Riley, can you please give me a transfusion?" Helix requested.

"You don't need to hold back. My Nightmare makes my reserve grow faster than my stats.

I've been training, and I'm no longer the frail man I was."

Riley looked hesitant, but she trusted him.

She took a deep breath with her eyes closed and pressed her lips against his.

Helix felt life itself was being breathed into his lungs.

Unlike the first time his body needed to circulate the spirit particles because his reserve couldn't hold it, he only felt vibrancy.

The clouds disappeared from the sky, illuminating the two in the moonlight.

The forest, water, butterflies, and other sounds became bright and vivid again.

Marie and Charlotte held their breath when they saw the scene unfold.

"That… was magical…." Marie commented.

"Hey, Hellie. I get spirit particle transfusion rights next time you're almost out!" Charlotte demanded.

Marie puffed out her cheeks and flicked the wet red hair out of her eyes.

"No! I'm the only person that hasn't.

I've been practicing too!" She huffed.

"Correction! Core~rekt~cion!" Charlotte declared.

"You have already done it."

Marie gave Charlotte a murderous glare.

Then she struck revenge by grabbing Charlotte's breasts sarcastically.

She did it without considering that Helix was there.

It was just petty.

But Charlotte's mind went wild in an impassioned state and struck back.

The two girls erupted into a groping match.

"Helix, would you like me to join them?" Riley asked.

Helix looked at Riley with a charming yet depleted gaze.

"Riley… if only for my selfishness, please do." He pleaded.

Riley's eyes went wide when she realized how bad he wanted to see her body.

She nodded eagerly.

Riley was wearing a white shirt and pitch-black shorts that day.

She took a suggestion from Marie to look a bit more girly when she showed up.

Riley stripped off the shirt, exposing a thick purple striped bra.

"No way!" Charlotte cried excitedly.

"Does she have matching anime panties!?"

Marie looked at Riley with confusion and saw the conventional stripes look with interest.

Helix was a sucker for that cliche, and Marie pouted after realizing the underwear wasn't for sale in Myriad.

She mentally noted that she should find a tailor in the future.

Riley unbuckled her belt and slowly stripped off her shorts.

She looked into his eyes when she was standing before him.

She had a light blush and a partially nervous expression.

"Do… you want me to join Charlotte?" She asked.

When she said those words, she blushed completely for the first time in his presence.

The other women were captivated as well.

Helix gave the sky a thankful smile.

"If you want to, I'll gratefully accept." He replied with a charming smile.

The difference between Riley and Charlotte was that she was two feet away from Helix.

She nodded and slowly reached behind her back.

Helix's heart started pounding.

Riley's hands returned, and her bra fell off her shoulders and fell to the floor.

"Riley… you have a stunning body." Helix replied.

She blushed, and her eyes lit up with happiness.

"I'm going to go now." She replied with a smile.

After saying so, she pranced to the waterfall, leaving Helix with every shade of confusion and acceptance.

Charlotte grabbed Riley's waist playfully and pulled her under the waterfall.

She was conscious of the time limit, so she wanted to start the party.

Once Riley was sufficiently captivated, Charlotte gave her a devious grin.

"You saw the score, right?" She asked.

"The part where we grab each other's breasts?" Riley asked in confusion.

Charlotte gave her a puzzled expression.

Riley was so bashful just seconds ago.

Yet she was already back to her normal self seconds later.

"Yes! Dem~on~stration!" Charlotte declared with her finger in the air.

She pulled her hand back from the sky, and it landed on Riley's breast.

Then she squeezed, causing a light reactionary moan.

"See, Marie? She gets it." Charlotte harrumphed.

Marie puffed out her cheeks.

However, she got conflicted with the sight before her.

The two of them had their bras off, and she didn't.

However, she didn't have the confidence to initiate it.

She gave Helix a sidelong glance.

He gave her an expression that said please while not giving her any pressure.

"Marie. Girl. Woman. Fairy. Whatever." Charlotte called out.

Marie turned to her with a pout.

"Hellie would never pressure a woman to strip off her bra.

But trust me, his heart will start drooling all over the place if you ask or just do it." Charlotte replied with a mocking tone.

Marie's face blushed hotter, causing Charlotte to roll her eyes.

"Hellie loves us for different reasons.

Riley's serene comfort, I'm lust and excitement, and you're conventional love.

You were the first girlfriend for a reason." She continued.

Marie's eyes went wide.

"I'm your rival, but you're also important to Hellie and me.

So I'm helping you out just this once.

But… I demand compensation." Charlotte grinned before squeezing Marie's breasts.

Marie squirmed but quickly saw Helix looking as happy and helpless as possible.

"I'm… love?" Marie whispered in disbelief.

She remembered that this dreamland was made for [her].

He created a new type of butterfly for [her].

He told her that he'd turn down the harem for [her] alone.

"If it makes him happy…. " Marie whispered.

"You can do this…. Be bold for once…"

She took a deep breath and then walked out of the waterfall toward Helix.

Her water sprinkled pink toenails glittered in the moonlight.

When Helix saw her approaching, he activated a new Conditional Summoning to make the entire world dark except for a ray of moonlight that illuminated them.

When Marie saw what happened, she understood what he was saying.

She ran up and pushed herself into his arms and kissed him.

Her breasts pushed against his kiss, making heat up.

The two made out passionately for a few seconds.

She then pulled back, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

Helix's mind was blank, but he remained prepared.

The summons condition triggered the moment their lips connected, and he received the breathed-in spirit particles.

The butterflies exploded with vibrancy, the moon returned, and beautiful luna flowers bloomed.

"Wheeeeeeeew!" Charlotte whistled in amazement.

Suddenly her eyes trembled in confusion.

"Riley… do you… smell that?" Charlotte asked.

"Yeah… I smell those flowers. Not just that, I can smell the water and forest as well." Riley confirmed.

"What…." Charlotte gasped in confusion.

"Helix… I…." Marie whispered with her hand in front of her mouth.

"Yes?" He asked.

Marie started blushing.

"I… don't know if you want this…." She whispered with a cringing expression.