Chapter 32

Ash felt like a man who was going to climb a mountain, there were curvy hills everywhere that were distracting and potentially deadly, he steered clear of them and swam around Yuri to reach her back. Her shoulders were broad and taught, her back muscles were well formed and the curve of her back curved just the right amount and then dipped under water.

He slowly moved closer, he was obviously at full mast and was being careful not to poke her.

"What are you waiting for, hurry up, it's the left one, " she said.

Ash moved closer and looked over her back, he grabbed the shoulder bone and started massaging the muscles around it, from his vantage point he found that he had a clear sight of the goods beyond, and with no danger of being caught now he feasted his eyes.

He found the same feeling of excitement coming as it had when he had seen Maya up close and all naked. Yuri's breasts were much bigger and looked heavier, the water had made them wet and the small water droplets flowing down the curves made them look too enticing.

He increased his hand movements and started kneading the muscles in circles and extended his fingers downwards on the top of her breasts which caused them to move too.

Yuri sighed slowly showing her pleasure.

Ash boldened and started inching downwards very slowly, he moved from the shoulder to the side of the arm, and then slowly he moved one hand to the base of her neck and the other near her bicep, this hand his fingertips grazing the side of her tits. He waited and increased his pressure to elicit another louder sigh from her, she also moved her head back, her eyes closed enjoying the massage and the water.

Ash wondered if someone had ever done anything sexual in these waters because they seemed to be helping him out relaxing them both. Ash was just about to make the brave choice of moving his left hand forward when he remembered that he had to get back to the temple, he had a time limit and if he missed it he'd be stuck here and Sasha would skin him alive. He felt like all his good luck had turned into bad luck, he was pissed. 

"Umm, I should get back to the portal in the temple that Sasha created to bring me here," he said to her. 

"I see, yeah it's better you get there in time, thanks for the massage, it was much better than I expected," she said turning around. 

"See you later," he said and left feeling disappointed. He was too worked up when he reached the temple, he used the portal to get back. He was back in the office, he looked around for a second then left to look for Maya. He was too agitated to wait for her in the office, she'll just have to find him. When he reached the bottom floor, he saw that most of the rooms were quiet, with soldiers resting. The city was quiet too, only movement that could be seen was on the walls, of guards taking turns keeping watch. He roamed around to calm his mind, the silence was peaceful since the city was practically a forest with trees all around, he didn't sit under one because he was sure there were some camouflaged elves high up in them. Aimlessly roaming around he found he was in the city market, there were stalls and shops like the human kingdom, usually the market was near the front gates of the cities. The shops were close and there were only a few houses here and there from which dim lights were coming. He sensed someone watching him, he looked at a window of the house and saw someone peeking at him from beyond. 

He moved closer to the window, the window opened wide and a very young boy was standing at the window looking at him with big curious eyes.

"Hi, I am Ash," he introduced himself.

"I saw you today, you killed that big bad monster, Mom! The human who saved us is here?" the boy called to someone inside. A few minutes later a female elf appeared at the window beside the boy placing an arm around him. Ash didn't remember the people he saved because of all the chaos, but he did feel like he had seen the woman somewhere.

"Can't sleep, Mr. Blake?" she spoke coolly. There was something about the woman, she was young or it was the usual elf genes, but she didn't look like a normal civilian, she had some experience dealing with a lot of people, and the way she spoke. 

"Yeah, I am too shaken, You know," he said.

"Yes, I can see, your mana flow is all imbalanced," she said looking up and down at him. Ash felt something familiar in the way her eyes looked through his soul. 

"How can you tell?" he asked.

"I used to be a healer for the army," she said with a bit of sadness in the words.

"Not anymore?" he asked.

"Kevin, it's time for your bed, go to your room," she said to the boy before answering. Kevin looked at Ash for a few seconds more, staring at his ears, and then left.

"I am not allowed anymore," she answered finally.

"You seem pretty good," he said.

"I guess I was, certainly better than most of the ones they have in now, I studied at the best academy in the kingdom, all kinds of methodologies," she said.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I went too far one day, to save a guards leg, he didn't want to be carried around for the rest of his life and begged for me to kill him instead, I used a technique that hadn't been approved by the council and when they found out they sacked me," she said.

"Was the soldier fine?" he asked.

"Yes, he was walking within a week," she said.

"Then it worked, they should thank you instead," he said.

"Well we can't do anything about it now, I must thank you for saving me and Kevin's life, I don't know what will happen, they were saying in the market, that we are getting help, is that true?" she asked.

"Yeah, I guess, reinforcements are coming," he said.

"You don't seem happy about that," she said.

"No, I am, I must just look tired after today," he said.

"No, you don't weirdly, or you'll be asleep, it happens to me sometimes too, when there are too many thoughts in my head, I have a warm mountain grass tea usually it really helps calm my nerves down, come in I'll make you some," she said.

"Oh, no thanks, you don't need to, it's very late," he said.

"It's fine, I am not getting much sleep today anyway, and I can sense that you really need it," she said.

"Uh, what about your," said Ash.

"My husband? I don't have one," she said.

"Oh, well I guess, if it'll really help," he said and went to the front door of the house. Now he realized who she reminded him of, his mother, she was also a doctor, and she also had this weird power of making people do what she wanted when she was treating someone. 

"I never got your name?" he asked after she had let him enter inside the house. It was much similar in terms of space to his own home, though it looked much more like a house made out of a tree. 

"It's Amyra," she said and led him to a room. Amyra was tall, at his eye level, she had black hair but her eyes were a shade of violet which gave her a mysterious look. Ash sat down in a cushioned chair in front of a small hearth, the lights in the room were very dim, there were thick-covered books on shelves and piles of multi-colored liquids and the room had a sweet smell. It was very cozy and Ash already liked it there and relaxed back in the chair. He felt sad that she would have to leave this place soon, and it will never be the same.

She came back looked at him leaned back in the chair, and smiled.

"That's my favorite spot too, here drink it while it's warm," she said.

Ash drank the tea, it was delicious, Amyra took a seat across from him.

"I have always wanted to visit the human kingdom, well I had planned to travel the whole continent once actually, my family was pretty well connected, we were from the capital, but it was just me and my two parents, they passed away many years ago, glad they weren't there to see what happened to me later," she said.

"You can't start it all up again?" he asked.

"Well that's the other side of being well connected, everybody knew soon enough what I had done, I can't work anyplace fancy now, definitely not treating people," she said.

"So, was it anything in particular that had you roaming around our city in the middle of the night looking so troubled," she said.

"I think it's just the new place," he said.

"Yeah, I can't imagine, how it must feel, to be in a completely foreign place not knowing anyone, and I know how rude us elves can be," she said.

"Yeah, but I must say, I am finding some good company lately, like you, you haven't told me how dirty I look yet," he said and she laughed.

"If you don't mind, can I take a look at your mana circulation," she asked.

"What's that?" he asked.

"It's kind of like how blood flows in your body, it's pretty simple like checking someone's affinity, we healers usually have affinity towards mana itself, so we can help deal with magically induced injuries better," she said.

"I guess you can take a look," he said.