Cigarettes After Sex

In romantic stories, after the lovers made love, all problems would be solved and they fell into a deep sleep, hugging. Sadly, nothing was that smooth in real life. I was full and satisfied, ready for a sweet sleep but it felt very wrong to turn off my consciousness and present my defenseless body on a silver platter to someone else.

I was lying on the bed in a hotel with one of the most brutal warriors I have ever met. I couldn't stop myself smirking looking at my new conquest, the muscular body built to kill, covered with tattoos, the calm face of Ender with his closed eyes.

''You use birth control right?'' Ender said. Ah, reality sucks. I didn't bother myself with birth control because the fox said that succubus was difficult to reproduce, but when I thought about the possibility of there is a life growing inside me, I gulped.

Opening his eyes, ''I know you still have the healing skill, you have healed my eyes so I'm not worried about cupid's disease and I thought you can't be stupid enough not to use contraception. Please tell me I'm right, I don't want children.''

''Of course, I had my own ways. Don't be silly,'' I said. I lied. But seriously, what were the chances?

''Heh, evolving into a succubus and getting pregnant at the first cumming? Girl, that'd be a record in the entire history of the breed. Nodding, I've made a note of researching a few herbs that will completely eliminate the low chance.

I watched the eyes wander through my body, eyes which were full of lust moments ago, this time with curiosity. ''One more interesting tattoo. I don't remember you were into tattoos the last time we met.''

Are you trying me? This was what I wanted to ask, I knew he knew more about demons than anyone ordinary. But it would be foolish to tell him what I am now, if he didn't fully figure out sex will help me gain influence on him.

''Well, it was destiny rather than choice.'' Turning face down on the bed, I took the tattoo out of his sight. He put his hand on my neck and caress my back. His hand was no longer burning my skin since I was full. Still, it was a warm and nice feeling.

''How do you get both narrow shoulders and big breasts?''

''Got it from mama,'' I said.

Ender sighed in an artificial manner, ''I know. While we, poor people were starving, you nobles were busy enjoying and passing on their genes to future generations with beauties, who were unrivaled enough to enter the harem.''

I punched his chest lightly, ''How ungrateful. Who is busy enjoying the beauty now?'' He laughed and grabbed my hand in the air and put it on his chest. I could feel the heartbeat.

''Did you know that according to the old story, the woman was made from this rib here? Close to the heart, under the arm. For the man to love and to be a shield.'' I got up from the bed and grabbed the tobacco made from weed that helped me clear my mind from the leather bag on the armchair.

As soon as those last words came out of my mouth, I regretted it, thinking I just said something stands beside our point. Without realizing I got closer to the limit between romance and sex. It wasn't on purpose. I just remembered the story and spoke without thinking.

''Is the bone that protects the heart? Sounds like a terrible way to being vulnerable to me,'' Ender said. Rolling my eyes, I was convinced that my worries were unnecessary. ''While we were... busy as you said, I received an interesting update. Come, look.''

I ignited the tip of the cigarette with a lighter and took a deep breath. The lavender scent made me feel better in an instant. He visualized the system window in a way that others can able to see. I got closer to him and leaned my head on his shoulder.

{ ****SECRET*****

THIS FILE IS PREPARED FOR MISSION MANAGERS ENDER, LADY, AND ANGEL. DO NOT TAKE PHOTOS, DO NOT TAKE NOTES, AND NEVER EVER ALLOW ANYONE TO SEE.}

Frowning, ''Are you sure about that?'' I asked.

''Yeah, go on. They put the same warning at the beginning of everything.''

Maybe they have a reason, I thought but since I was so curious about 'they' and 'mission', I didn't say anything.

{The Legend: The Trickster god, the fire god Loki, and his wife, the giant woman Angrboda, have three children. The oldest Fenrir is a giant wolf with one lip touching the sky and the other the earth when he opens his mouth.

Another sibling is Jörmungand, a venomous serpent that, according to legend, wraps around Midgard in a shape that bites its own tail. The name means wolf-snake in the old Norse language and its movement causes earthquakes. He is Thor's antagonist, and they destroyed each other on the day of the destruction of the universe. One must consider the similarity between the Jormungand and Ouroboros narratives.

Lastly, the ruler of the hellish frozen floor dimension Helheim or Niflheim, the youngest daughter of Trickster Loki and the one who brings grief Angroba, Hel. She is half alive and half dead. She brings sickness and old age, old age is at least as bad as illness, since it is condemned to die of old age rather than on the battlefield.

The goddess Hel is depicted as an old woman or young face but with a rotten corpse body. Her throne is the deathbed, and her palace is Elvidner, or suffering in another saying. The name of the goddess, believed to be fed by the brains of humans, is the original version of the word 'Hell' in our common language today and she was also the origin of some other legends.

Fenrir's Imprisonment and Freedom: Because the brothers were too dangerous to even the gods, one night they were taken from the mother of the monsters Angrboda's house and brought to Asgard, while Jörmungand was thrown into the ocean, Hel was burnt into Niflheim and allowed to rule the dead until Ragnörok.

However, Hel was very happy about this and gave Odin two gifts, and even though they broke up later, the important part of this mission is Fenrir's story, so we will pass Hel.

While Jörmungand was thrown into the ocean, Hel into the frozen dead realm, the oldest brother Fenrir was imprisoned in the sky. Fearing Fenrir's growing size and power, the gods decided to chain him.

They presented the first chain they make 'laeding' to Fenrir to try. Fenrir, who thinks the chain is too weak, let them tie him and broke the chain in one go. The gods then made a much stronger chain called 'dromi' and gave it to Fenrir to try, Fenrir objected saying it's very strong, but they convince him saying that if he manages to break it, he will gain honor and glory. Fenrir agreed and let them tie him one more time, and eventually broke this chain too.

Knowing that they could not forge a chain stronger than Dromi, the gods collaborated with the dwarves, masters of blacksmithing, and made 'gleipnir' from six mystical materials. Gleipnir was stronger than steel but softer than silk, and it'd imprison Fenrir in the sky until the destruction of the universe, namely Ragnorok.

The gods who deceived Fenrir tied him to the sky, and the saliva flowing from the mouth of the imprisoned angry wolf formed the 'van', the river of hope. Eventually, the day came, Fenrir got rid of the gleipnir and started the apocalypse. He killed everything he came across, including Odin, swallowed the moon and the sun. The devastation continued until he was stabbed to death by Odin's son, Vidarr.}

I stopped reading, ''Wait. How are we still alive if everything is destroyed already?''

Ender saved himself from my hair spread across his chest. What happened to my ribbon? I couldn't remember.

''Who knows? Our legend may be the truth of another time or dimension,'' he said. Nodding, I got back reading.

{The Dungeon 'Sky': How do you imprison someone in the sky? The sky has always represented freedom, but it seems that the Norse gods were able to build a dungeon made of sky and imprison Fenrir. We truly believe that the door to the original sky dungeon in the original dimension, which is the source of many legends, is in our size and in the Snowflake forest.

Your Mission: Three managers, who lead three different teams, have been placed within the three great powers that are currently trying to take over the door. What you have to do is make sure we get the prize, no matter who wins the war. Soon you will receive another file containing all of what we have learned so far. Stay online.}

Ender checked his notifications and there was nothing new. "Now, that's interesting," he said.

"What's interesting?"

"Lady, Angel' and Me. Oh, right," he said smirking, "You don't know them."