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Two phrases were pertinent to how Yue felt after drinking a few tablespoons worth of Ziggy's blood: 'You are what you eat,' and 'Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.' She knew about the dragon blood after the interaction with Tio, but she wasn't yet aware of his new, more sexually inclined ability from a legendary bloodline.

Right now, she was feeling a massive influx of energy coursing through her body, soothing that gnawing hunger she felt for powerful blood. Still, as the initial high cools a little, it settles, sending a warm pulsing throb through her groin, causing her face to flush and her nipples to stiffen against Ziggy's chest.

He blinks his eyes open, noticing her change in breathing and how she's rotating her hips to rub her mound against his abs, a light coating of her dripping wetness smearing onto his skin. He touches her shoulder, and she pulls her mouth away from his shoulder where she had bitten, a last flick of her tongue dancing across the wound.

Yue pushes herself back and away from Ziggy's chest until they are face-to-face. Her flushed cheeks and lust-lidded crimson eyes send a charge through his body, forcing his blood to pound through his veins and fill his loins, firming his cock to steel-like rigidity and causing the tip to brush against the velvet outer lips of Yue's pussy, sending a tremor through her body.

Her breath hitches, and a soft squeak pass between her lips as the shudder calms. She swallows hard, and her breathing calms a little; her little pink tongue flicks out and licks her lips. Ziggy sees a spark of resolve in her eyes, and her body tenses. Biting her lower lip, she starts to push herself back onto his engorged member.

Ziggy's hands move quickly to her waist, halting her motion and holding her in place. "Hey. There's no rush, you know," he says. "We've barely met. You don't have to push yourself."

She locks her ruby eyes on his sapphire. "Want it," she says with firm finality.

Ziggy was less concerned about her wanting to have sex right now and more concerned about the logistics of her having sex with him right now. Yue is a very... well, to be honest, the word 'petite' doesn't cover it. She was about the same size as Hestia, only with less meat on her boobs- er, bones.

It could be challenging for her body to accommodate an average-sized fuck-stick, and Ziggy is not what one could term average. He is more than half a meter taller than she is and the monster she was attempting to impale herself on was more than half that difference.

It would be like her trying to shove her own fist and forearm inside herself, and that doesn't even account for the fact that her forearm was more narrow than the beast she was attempting to tangle with. She was just that tiny.

'Man, I didn't think about this before. What am I going to do when I meet Lily? Pallums are even smaller than Yue is,' Ziggy thinks. It is kind of telling that it didn't even occur to him to exclude the Pallum girl from his eventual pursuit, even though the eventual sexual interaction may fly in the face of physics.

Ziggy had experience with petite women in his previous life, and it wasn't always a positive experience. More than a few of his relationships ended due to sexual incompatibility. There is a reason why many women prefer guys in the fifteen to seventeen-centimeter range. The average woman's vagina can only accommodate so much without hurting themselves or at least some training.

It didn't help that his porn-ready size made him cocky early on, and his technique was terrible. Fortunately, he met a great girl in his freshman year, Heather, who helped guide him toward being a better and more considerate lover. The first lesson stressed the importance of foreplay and its effect on what the body can take. It involved her sexing up her roommate, Hannah, and fucking her with what she termed the 'vanishing wristwatch technique.' I'll just let you imagine how that looked.

Heather and Hannah graduated at the end of Ziggy's sophomore year and moved across the country together. A couple of years later, just after he'd graduated and started his job, they called him up and asked if he would consider being the natural sperm donor for their children and maybe more.

He and Jess had been together for over a year at the time, and he declined. Jess said he should have gone for it, but he didn't like the idea of not being an active and consistent part of his kids' lives. Not that Heather and Hannah would have kept them apart, but they all had their own careers and lives on opposite sides of the country, and the logistics were not optimal. Even if he could have found a job on the opposite coast, he just wasn't ready.

Those same logistics didn't stop Jess from becoming friends with the couple. She thought it was hot how they shared Ziggy through their junior and senior years. More than once, Ziggy found them having a video call, talking about what Ziggy was like back then, and it always turned to sex talk. After that, Jess started to express interest in the concept of him having a harem. Heather and Hannah thought it was hilarious.

Ziggy's thoughts refocused on the tiny blonde squiggle out of his grip and onto his cock. "Why are you in such a hurry?" he asks.

"Why aren't you? Don't you want me?" she throws back.

"Of course, I do, but that doesn't mean I throw caution to the wind and fuck every woman I find attractive at the drop of a hat," Ziggy says. "You were perfectly calm before you drank my..."

The cloud of stupid surrounding Ziggy's brain suddenly cleared, and realization dawned. "Oh... Well, fuck."

He thinks about it for a second. "Yue, I need you to stop and listen to me. I think my blood is affecting you. It's acting like an intense aphrodisiac. That's why you want to have sex with me," he says.

"So what?" she says, surprising him as she tries to slam her waif-like body down onto him. "I was prepared for this when I came here. It's not like I didn't know you wanted to create a harem. Why are you fighting me on this? Shouldn't this be what you want?"

"In the abstract, yes. Women throwing themselves at me, literally, in this case, isn't bad, but you're at least partially under the influence, and I'm not comfortable with that. What happens if you regret it later? That could impact our future relationship. Believe me; it's not that I don't want to have sex with you. It's that I want to have sex when we're ready to. You being under the influence of an aphrodisiac isn't us being ready."

Yue frowns and squeezes her eyes shut. "I'm so... my body feels like it's burning up."

"Yeah, me too. I'm going to have a miserable case of blue balls after this, but truthfully, I'd rather that than regret not waiting. We will have plenty of time in the future. Let's take some of it to get to know one another."

If this was some girl he had a passing interest in and they were hot to trot right out of the gate, Ziggy may go with it and let the pieces fall where they may, but Yue was part of his Familia and part of his team. He needed to take it slow and not screw it up. He also wanted to check with his goddess to see if the effect of his blood would have long-term adverse effects on Yue before he exasperated the issue with sex.

Yue takes a shuddering breath. "Fine!" she says with a pout. "But you have to take responsibility."

Ziggy raises his eyebrow. "Isn't that usually said after sex?"

"I'm too horny right now, and it's your fault," she says. "You have to cuddle me until it passes."

Ziggy rolls his eyes, lifts her off of him, and spins her onto the bed facing away from him. After wrapping the sheet around his waist to separate his junk from her slick cunt, he pulls Yue into a spooning embrace and nuzzles against her hair.

"Since we're going to be here a while," he whispers. "Why don't you tell me some more about you? We can use this time to get to know each other better. Then maybe next time we find ourselves in this position, we'll be ready for it."

Tsk. "So, sure, we'll end up here again," she says, still sulking. "Who says this wasn't your only shot."

"If that were the case, then it would be better not to take the shot at all," he says. "You are not someone I'd only want a one-night stand with."

Hmph. She pouts, but Ziggy feels her snuggle into his embrace. After a few minutes, she calms down and slowly tells him about her life growing up in the palace.

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An hour later, Ziggy and Yue walk toward the dining room to get some breakfast, and Ziggy explains his first experience with a petite woman and the embarrassment and pain he'd accidentally caused the poor girl.

"You know you don't have to worry about that with me or any girl with a Falna," she says. "The blessing makes it so that it would take significantly more than sex with a well-endowed man to cause us damage."

"Hmm. I dunno. I still want to have some extended foreplay before we try for intercourse."

"I agree," she says. "Foreplay would be nice, but you don't have to treat me as if I'm fragile when we do come together. I'm stronger than I look, and with the Falna, I'm even more resilient."

"I'm just used to girls your size, being a little... intimidated... by my size."

She shrugs. "Maybe a little, and I appreciate that you didn't take advantage of the situation. Romance was never really an option for me before, and I admit that the idea of getting to know each other is appealing.

I was resigned to the fact that I would be married for political alliance, so it hadn't occurred to me to treat our inevitable bonding as anything more. The fact that your blood is an aphrodisiac only made it easier to think in those terms. Many noblewomen rely on them to help get them through marital duties."

"Well, that's depressing. I wouldn't want to marry someone I didn't have feelings for."

Yue nods. "It is very rare for nobles to have extended contact with their future spouse before the wedding... and of course the wedding night, but if it makes you feel better, most of the time, as long as there wasn't a truly bad match made, feeling develop to some extent. That's how my mother described her relationship with my father."

"Well, thank the gods for small miracles, I suppose," Ziggy says.

"Indeed."

At that moment, Asuka rounds a corner in front of them, nearly walking into Ziggy. He catches her by the shoulders and flashes a thousand-watt grin at her.

"Hey, I caught you this time," Ziggy says, sliding his hands around her and pulling her into an embrace. "Good morning Asuka. Did you sleep well?"

Pressed against the warmth of his body Asuka feels her face warm as she sees the petite blond beauty walking next to him, giving her a knowing smile.

"U-um. Y-yes, I did. Thank you," Asuka says with a soft voice.

"We were just on our way to the courtyard for morning exercise," Yue says. "Are you coming this morning?"

"Hmm? O-oh, yes," Asuka says, pulling back from Ziggy. "I was actually coming to find you. Some members of the Loki Familia have arrived and are interested in joining."

"Oh, that's nice," Ziggy says. "Well, let's not keep them waiting then."

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The morning routine went well with the new additions of the Hiryute twins, Lefiya and her roommate Elfy. Ziggy still thinks that's a weird name, but she's a cute girl, so she gets a pass. At the end of the workout, Ais told him they would be diving into the Dungeon the day after tomorrow and wouldn't have time for the morning workout until they returned.

Ziggy reminded her to be careful and not take anything for granted, especially safe zones. She promised, and Tiona made kissy faces and made fun of the two of them, joking or not, about how she wished someone would show that level of care for her well-being.

Ziggy smirked and walked over to Tiona, placing a gentle hand against her cheek and, looking into her eyes, said, "Be safe, be careful, be well. Be sure to come back to me."

Both Tiona and Lefiya's cheeks burned red while Tione just laughed at her sister's face. Ziggy walked away but called over his shoulder. "That goes for all of you. There are people here that care about you, don't make us sad."

Ziggy didn't stick around to see what the fallout was. He had another mission for the day. The rest of his team would be training up with Lei Zu and some of the other members of the Familia, but he was going for his own jaunt into the Dungeon.

He arrives in the plaza around Babel and sees someone he wasn't expecting to come across just yet. 'I guess when you think of the devil, she sometimes appears.'

Ziggy lets out a sigh and walks over. "Excuse me, Miss Supporter?"

A small girl, barely waist-high, wearing a white hooded coat and a backpack that could easily fit three of her in it, turns toward Ziggy. She plasters on a fake smile. "Yes, Mister Adventurer? How may I assist you today?"

"I was wondering if you were available today," he says. "I'm doing a shallow dive for training purposes, and I kind of have my hands full."

He shows the array of weapons and shields he's carrying to practice with while killing his way into the Dungeon. It's somewhat cumbersome to carry them all, only to drop them when he starts killing monsters—then having to pick them all back up before moving on to the next area.

"I am indeed available. Would this be an extended arrangement or just a single-day excursion?" she asks.

"For now, let's go with a single day. I'm not sure how long it will take for the rest of my group to get comfortable with Dungeon diving, and I wouldn't want you to wait on my availability. My name is Siegfried Solomon, by the way, but please call me Ziggy."

"Very well, Ziggy," she says. "I'm Lili, and I'll be your supporter for the day. Shall we shake on it?"

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"Miss Lili," Ziggy says as they walk toward the entrance to Babel.

"Hmm?" she says.

"I don't wish to alarm you, but a few less than savory characters have been eyeing you. A couple of weaselly-looking human adventurers and a short, fat raccoon guy who looks like he'd assault his grandmother for her pocket change."

Canoe Belway, the short, fat raccoon guy, and his crew regularly beat Lili and took her stuff. The guy looked like a badly shaved Wario in a tanuki suit.

Her head drops a little. "Oh, them," she says dully before brightening up. "Don't worry about them. They're from my Familia. Probably just making sure I got a job for the day. Don't worry; they only look sinister."

Ziggy looks at her. He doesn't expect her to trust him any time soon, but if he can spare her a little suffering, it would make him feel a little better. Ziggy considered what he should do but realized he'd be biting off more than he could chew with his current power level.

It would be better to earn more of Lili's trust and maybe even level up before trying to help with her situation. It would be even more challenging when it came to Haruhime.

"Well, if you're sure," he says regretfully. "I won't pry."

'I need to push myself a little faster. Maybe I should... Nah, Jess would laugh her ass off at me if I did that,' Ziggy thinks.

"So, Lili, how far down into the Dungeon have you been?" Ziggy asks.

"Oh, I've been down as far as the eleventh level, but that was with a group of four adventurers," she says.

"Wow, you must have seen some crazy things," Ziggy says.

"Yeah, a few," Lili replies. "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

"Why are you practicing with so many different weapons? Most adventurers try to master a single weapon so they can master it."

"I probably will focus on a smaller number in the future and maybe even have a favored weapon, but weapons are tools to achieve our goals. You wouldn't use a hammer to cut a board, and I wouldn't use a spear in an enclosed space where a dagger would work better. I also wouldn't use a dagger to cut through hide that is as thick as the blade is long. It's self-defeating."

Lili nods. "I guess that makes sense. Are you sure it's not just being indecisive?"

Ziggy laughs. "It could be, but I think I'll stick with my rationalization. It makes me sound thoughtful and careful. My advisor would appreciate that. Better than being wishy-washy, at least."

"You have a point," she says, chuckling.

'This guy is weird. He's way too friendly to be an adventurer," Lili thinks, the edges of her eyes tightening. 'What's his deal?'

The two make their way into Babel and, after waiting in line for a short period of time, make their way to the first floor of the Dungeon.

"I think I'll start with the bow for now," Ziggy says, taking the recurve and a quiver from Lil's pack. "There is supposed to be a rare spawn on this floor that has an amazing drop, but it's fast and runs away on sight."

"I think I've heard of that monster," Lili says excitedly. "It's called a Jack Bird."

Ziggy smiles. "Well, maybe we'll get lucky," he says slotting an arrow to the string.