[Vyra’s perspective.]

Weird that Elin went to the basement in a time like this, since we built she barely visits it… Oh, yeah, Kael is there, that makes sense.

Vyra looks at one of the tables and that tanned woman is sitting there with her gaze fixed on the table, her eyes shaking, and by the looks of it. Probably hungry too.

This feels wrong. Still hard to believe Miria accepted someone like her; I don’t want to leave her alone. The last thing I want is to feel guilty if anything happens to her. But Kael? Shouldn’t he be a priority? I don’t like to think about what Elin would do to him if Miria actually let her do whatever she wants.

Her expression twisted into a frown—eyes squinting, showing clear frustration.

Finally, we have a man in the group, and she wants to monopolize his access without giving it a second thought. AND I’M THE ONE TO TEACH HIM MAGIC.

“Are you mad at me?! If-if you want me to leave… I-“, the woman slowly stood up from her chair, placing her hands around her chest with visible concern.

Oh yeah, she is here. Almost forgot again. She is too weak to be competition, poor woman; weak like that, she will be dead in 3 weeks. Should I teach her magic too? It would be quite useful to have someone who is a beginner helping the boy develop. Haha, that would be fun. If she’s useless, I bet Miria will decapitate her.

“Don’t need to. I’m mad at something else, lady. I was cooking something downstairs; if you want to eat, follow me and help me finish it.” Vyra strolled toward the kitchen and cast a look back at the woman.

“Y-yes.” She reacted, hurrying along to keep up with the mage.

If she doesn’t stop stuttering, I will kill her myself.

[Miria’s perspective.]

She leaned her back against the tree with her arms crossed.

“I’ve heard you found someone else to join your puny little group.” A voice came from beyond the trees. Mixing with the sound of the leaves blowing.

“Yes. You’d love to see them.” Replied Miria, tucking her feet against a rock. “Especially the last one.”

“I bet I would. But I’m busy with rather peculiar business.” The voice now moved to behind the tree where Miria was. “Most of which are problems caused by you and your small-minded behavior.”

“You ran away from me but not from my problems. I gotta say that’s cute.” She replied with a smirk, taking steps away from the tree where she’d taken shade.

“Your outlook is disappointing. The façade you’re creating will eventually crumble, and you might end up alone by then.” The voice coming from the forest echoed one last time before disappearing completely.

“Don’t need to remind me.” Miria walked away from that tree giving her last reply. “Know it better than anyone.”

[Kael’s Perspective.]

Kael and Elin sat together in the bathtub, now filled with water, their bodies closer than before. Everything he felt was an overwhelming fear intertwined with desire.

I can’t let her do this to me… Even if she just wants to tease me. I know the relationship bar is probably filling up, and if I lose my head over a woman like her, what will become of my life? She obviously doesn’t see me as a person, more like prey.

He looked down at his groin, where his penis was submerged underwater, and her body was covered too. It was a bit easier to think now. He struggled to process the fact that she was channeling mana directly into his penis.

“I-I can help you with anything you want.” He bit his lip, trying to stay in control of the overwhelming ecstasy he felt.

“Yes.”

“Oh, what is it? What is it that you want?” he asked, glancing back at her a bit confused.

“Silence.”

Hearing that short word, he felt his head pushed into the bathtub. The back of his head pressed against its bottom. Bubbles left his mouth, emerging to the surface.

Kael tried to grab the edge of the bathtub to pull himself up. But Elin’s hand pressed against his chest, weighing like an anvil.

He desperately struggled to get up, pushing her hand off him. To no avail.

Not like this!

Elin wrapped her legs around his waist as he struggled to escape. She pressed her slit against his penis, feeling his internal despair as the air left his lungs.

After a few moments, she released her hand, which prompted Kael to surface again.

He pushed himself up with both arms against the tub’s edge. He took a deep breath to regain some consciousness.

Elin was inches away from his face. With an expression of pure delight.

Kael slipped away from her grasp and placed his arms on the edge of the bathtub, with his body still turned to hers. She was far from feeling any guilt. Rather, the elf was filled with euphoria.

She inhaled and exhaled over and over again.

The sense of danger seemed endless in front of that woman.

“I. will. Let. You Live.” Each word dragged before the next came.

You will let me live?! What? Did she really think of killing me?

“T-thanks,” Kael replied, trying to avoid eye contact with Elin. Whose attitutude seemed more like a fiend than a human.

“Good.” She murmured, nearing him again. Her eyes stared down at his groin.

“You are. Too weak.” She raised herself from the bathtub with her face turned to its usual blank one.

Is that it?! Am I not worth killing, or am I not worth killing now?!

He stared at her naked body, opening a small drawer and grabbing a towel and wrapping it around her. Without giving a second thought, she left the room.

What the fuck?

Kael glanced at himself and grabbed the soap by the tub. Then, he started to wash himself. Even if the imminent threat of having to deal with her was over. The man still had a hard-on, and he felt he should deal with that after the bath. However, he came to a grim discovery.

“Wait… I can’t touch my dick.”