DxD: Getting Into Shape 3.5

I arrive at the forest Dungeon and set down the cage I'm carrying. It wasn't easy to find livestock at this time of night, but I managed to track down a farm and I stole one of the chickens from there.

Why steal a chicken? I need a test subject, and it's certainly not going to be someone I care about. A chicken is much more expendable. Not that there's any real risk in what I'm experimenting with, but better safe than sorry.

The chicken, who I've decided to name Colonel Sanders because I'm unoriginal and lazy, doesn't seem to mind. It clucks softly as I set the cage down but otherwise remains still and silent. I pull out the key item I need for the first experiment, a Race Change Potion.

Ever since discovering the recipe for this potion, I've been considering how best to use it. Most of the consideration has been focused on me trying to figure out the best ingredients for it. The knowledge granted to me by [Alchemy] tells me that I have the normal limit for the number of ingredients and that the Race Change potion itself counts towards that limit, meaning I can only use four samples to craft a custom race. Though I don't have to use all four. Using less doesn't diminish the quality of the potion, but instead makes it purer.

However, [Alchemy] doesn't tell me anything about the exact effects of drinking the potion, only making it, which is why I'm here today. Race Change Potion in hand, I pull out a handful of snake scales I picked up in the Pharaoh's Tomb dungeon. I add them to the Race Change Potion, infuse it with some MP to finalize the potion, and then use [Observe] on it.

<Race Change Potion(Snake)>

<Changes the race of the drinker>

Already I notice something off. Shouldn't the description have some mention of 'snake' in it? Maybe because it's already in the name of the item? Well, either way, the vagueness of the description means that I really don't have a choice other than to test it.

I empty the contents of the vial into a syringe I prepared for this. Trying to encourage the chicken to drink the entirety of the potion sounded like a pain in the ass so I decided to find an alternative, and injection works just fine for potions.

I open the cage and pull the chicken out of it. It doesn't fight me, still half asleep and seemingly docile. Before it decides to rile itself up, I quickly inject it with the potion before setting it on the ground and stepping back.

Almost immediately, the chicken starts making noise, clucking louder as its body writhes and changes. It doesn't sound like it's in pain, but it doesn't sound very happy either. The process only takes a handful of seconds, and the end result is not what I expected.

What's in front of me is definitely not a snake, but I don't think it can be called a chicken either. It was still vaguely chicken-shaped, but only barely so. Feathers have been replaced with scales, the wings have turned leathery, it has grown a short and scaled tail, and its neck has elongated. It still has a beak, but a forked tongue flicks out of it, and its eyes are yellow and slit. It still has normal chicken feet though.

Using [Observe] on it pulls up its stats, barely any higher than a normal chicken's stats. INT and DEX were higher by a point, but the rest were the same. The race was different though, and I use [Observe] on that to pull up more information.

<Lesser Cockatrice>

<The unholy matrimony of snake and chicken. This creature lacks the supernatural abilities of a true cockatrice.>

Huh. I accidentally stumbled my way into making a mythological creature, though a shitty version of it from the sounds of it. But this result is very telling. Race Change Potions don't swap a race completely from one to the other, but instead, seem to make a hybrid? Or they build off of the base of the race of whatever used the potion. Whichever it is, it's why I got a chicken-snake hybrid instead of just a snake.

Time for test number two. I pull out another Race Change Potion. This time it's to confirm that the potion can be used more than once on a creature. But I can also test a few other things. Like what happens if I put basically a bunch of random stuff in there?

I take a white mushroom harvested from one of the Mushroom People from this dungeon, dragon oil taken from the fire-spitting plants also in this dungeon, and some void salts so I could try something not based on a creature. And to finish it off, I also add my own blood, curious to see what would happen then.

<Race Change Potion(Mushroom/Dragon/Void/???)>

<Changes the race of the drinker>

Very interesting. Not only does it list each ingredient instead of listing the end mix, but it also doesn't know how to classify me. Which doesn't make much sense to me, considering it's a Game ability, but there were other explanations. Maybe my blood added something random, or something about my blood specifically couldn't be easily labeled.

I load this potion into the syringe and approach the cockatrice. It still seems pretty docile, though it's looking a lot more active than before. It looks at me sharply when I move to stick the syringe into it, but it doesn't fight or even try to get away. It remains perfectly still as I inject it with the new potion.

Again its form writhes, but this time it doesn't make a noise. Can it not make any? Whatever the reason, the clearing is silent as the cockatrice changes, and this time it grows as well. By the end of it, its head reaches up to my waist.

My first thought on seeing it is that it's a winged velociraptor, though details stand out that make it different. For one, it still only has four limbs; two wings and two legs. But there are other differences. While its head is more reptilian than it was before, it still ends in a beak, and its feet are closer to a large chicken's than a proper reptile, though it's definitely between the two. Its scales are pure black and cover every inch of it except the leathery membranes of the wings and its beak.

<Chimaeric Void Cockatrice>

<A twisted version of a Void Cockatrice, it possesses the abilities of other creatures in addition to its own abilities.>

Holy shit. I didn't expect such a good result from such cheap ingredients. Then again, I guess they weren't that cheap. Two uncommon drops, one rare alchemy ingredient, and my own blood.

"Look at you now Colonel Sanders," I say as I reach out to pet the strange creature. "Your name doesn't even make sense anymore."

It takes one look at my hand then darts away from me, running deep into the forest. I consider chasing it but decide to leave it alone. I could catch up to it easily, but then what? I don't have an animal taming skill, though I belatedly remember I do have a skill that lets me talk to animals. I could have asked it some questions. Oh well.

I'll let it live here for now. Or maybe it will just die to the dungeon monsters. I'm sure I'll be able to harvest some interesting alchemy ingredients if that happens. But it's not a danger to anyone while it's in here so until I have a better idea of what to do with it, I'll let it be.

Still, the experiment had been very enlightening. While it's surprising that the potion doesn't completely change your race, that's almost better. With that, I have way more options open to me while still remaining somewhat close to human. Like sure, it'd be cool to be a dragon, but I'd like a human-like body at least. Though I wonder what would happen if I tried just Devil blood? Devils are already pretty close to human, at least in terms of physical appearance. Would it change my race entirely? Or would it also just be a hybrid? Half-Devils are a thing I'm pretty sure.

Questions for later though. I'll find an asshole to test that on at some point, but it doesn't matter right now. The questions I had about my own transformation have been answered, and I feel confident in my plans. I have two ingredients ear-marked for my own race change, a third ingredient I know exactly where to get, and ideas for places to find a good fourth one. I'll have everything I need in hand soon.

-x-

After my little experiment, I spend a few hours into the Hard Mode version of the Pharoah's Tomb dungeon. It's pretty much the same, but with more traps, more enemy types, and it's a lot bigger. It's good for XP though, and I get a few useful items, including 2 Gacha tokens. My LUK also increases to above 500 and I get a neat new perk.

<[Tip The Scales] - Control the outcome of a random event such as a dice roll or coin flip. Has a 7 day cooldown.>

I'm sure that'll be very handy at some point. The Gacha items are also neat.

<50% off Coupon>

<Allows you to buy any single item from the Hunie Store for 50% off>

I'll have to scroll through the store sometime and see what's the most expensive thing I can get with it. I have a lot of Hunie, and I can get a lot more. The nice enchanted items are expensive though, so I've been hesitant to buy a bunch until I get my own [Enchanting] high enough. Especially since the gacha keeps giving me items with great enchantments.

<[Shape Metal] - Level 13(57%)>

<Allows you to change the shape of metal. Speed and area of effect increases with level.>

The skill the gacha had given me is also useful. I tested it out earlier on some iron ingots I had. I don't think it's as good as blacksmithing, but when combined with my other skills it could be useful. It's a slow process though.

I pick up some catalysts in the dungeon as well, but I save [Enchanting] for later. Instead, I spend the rest of the night on my [Alchemy]. It doesn't need to be leveled anymore, but I've barely experimented with the options that opened up when I maxed the skill out. Such as mixing potions into new potions.

I try the simple ones first, mixing two or more of the same potions together. The result? Nothing. I try it with every potion I have at least two of, but none of them mix together. Not even lower-tier potions can be mixed together to make a higher-tier one, which is the result that I expected. It's a shame too, it would have simplified the ingredient requirements for some of my potions.

I do find some combinations that work though. Primarily the ones related to HP, MP, and SP. One Health Potion and one Restoration Potion of the same tier can be combined into a Life Potion of that tier, which basically just combines their effects, and I can do the same for the MP and SP versions. I make ten of each.

Mixing Health and Mana potions, or any other combination of two HP, MP, or SP restoration potions does not result in a potion that restores both. But I can mix all three together and make a potion that restores or increases the regen rate of all three pools. I can then mix those two together to make a potion that restores all three pools as well as increase how fast they regen. I'm not sure how often I'll need something like that though, so I only make five. At the cost of six ultimate tier potions for just one potion, they're not cheap.

There's one type of potion that has eluded me so far. Well no, there are a lot. But one that I've been wanting so I can give it to Rias to use in her rating game. A potion of Fire Resistance. It's a staple in most games but I haven't come across it yet. Maybe this is how? I can't think of any combination of potions with other potions that would do it, but that just means I have to start combining potions with ingredients.

It doesn't take me long to figure it out. A Protection Potion combined with fire-related ingredients such as fireblossom, ash, lighter fluid, and dragon oil makes me exactly what I want.

<Ultimate Potion of Fire Resistance>

<Reduces Fire Damage by 100% for 1186 seconds>

So worth it considering an Ultimate Protection Potion 'only' reduces damage by 50%. Completely nullifying fire damage is a huge upgrade, even at the cost of it becoming specialized. I go ahead and make twenty of those, more than they'll need for the Rating Game.

By the time I'm done with my experimenting it's time for me to start making breakfast, and as they have for the past couple of days, people start trickling in. The only difference now is that Wilhelm is here as well.

"So you began cooking this early," he muses as he takes his own plate.

"Oh? Did future me cook for you as well?" I ask, making sure the others can't hear with [Sound Domain].

"You often made large feasts and took on the responsibility of feeding any group you led," he answers. "It's something I respect about a great deal. That is before you even account for the taste, which exceeds anything I've had before."

"Well, I don't think my skills are up to that quality yet," I say. "But I'm working on it."

He nods, and takes his plate of food, and sits down to eat a little ways away from the rest of the group. I guess it's hard for an old man to seamlessly join a group of supernatural teens, huh?

The only other oddity is the absence of one person.

"Asia's still sleeping?" Atsuko asks as she looks around the table.

I check with [Void Detect]. "Yep, looks like it," I lie. "I'll go wake her up since I've already finished eating." Before anyone can comment, I [Void Travel] to her door, and I silently slip inside.

Asia is not sleeping. In fact, she woke up around the same time everyone else did. But she's still in bed, distracted enough that she didn't even notice me come in. Distracted with what? Well, what I would guess is her first time masturbating.

Yesterday I increased her arousal a lot throughout the day. When we first kissed, during her massage, and during the bath. She didn't show it very well, but [Lewd Scouter] showed the truth. So I saw an opportunity there.

During the night, while I was working on my potions, I used [Erotic Pierrot] on her, enabled by [Void Sight]. Between that and the [Erotic Dream] I once again used on everyone, her arousal was extremely high by the time she woke up. And having recently lost much of her innocence, there's no way it wouldn't lead to this situation.

This situation being Asia, nightgown discarded and laying on her bed in just her panties, one hand rubbing at her crotch and the other on her breast, the same one I was groping last night. She's breathing heavily and her face is flushed.

"So this is what's keeping you," I say, drawing her attention to me.

"Axton!" she exclaims. She starts to move to cover herself, but stops, deciding not to.

I walk towards her. "I came to see why you weren't at breakfast," I explain. "But I see why that is now, and I'm sorry. This is my fault, I should have offered to help you earlier."

She looks confused. "Help me?"

"You know how I got hard last night because I felt good and Aika helped me with that? Well, girls do something similar, it just shows itself differently. And you felt good last night, right? But you never reached that climax. I should have realized earlier, so I could help you out like Aika helped me."

"Oh," she says. She seems a little out of it still. I might have pushed her arousal a little too high, but I can make it work. "So this is a...sex thing?" She hesitates before saying sex, but she gets it out without stuttering.

"It is," I say as I kneel next to her bed. "Do you want me to help? I can make you feel good, and that'll stop it from being so distracting."

She looks at me, arousal clear in her eyes, and she nods. "Please," is all she says, but even that's enough to send a jolt of arousal through me.

Aware of our time limit, I quickly take her panties, which are fairly wet, off by sliding them down her legs. Asia doesn't comment, but she blushes slightly as I do so. She blushes even more when I turn her so her legs are spread with one leg on either side of me, putting her dripping slit right in front of me. Like I noticed last night, she has some pubic hair, but it's very light, and its blonde color makes it difficult to see.

"Axton?" she asks nervously.

"I'll make you feel good Asia, trust me." She seems to relax a bit at my words and I lean in and place my lips on her pussy, kissing it.

I feel a jolt go through her from where my hands are on her legs and she squeaks a little in surprise. But she doesn't say anything, so I continue.

I run my tongue up her entrance and realize that this is the first time I've gone down on a girl. Which is a shame, because this is one hell of an experience. Every breath fills my nose with the thick scent of her arousal, and I can feel the heat emanating from her much more profoundly than with my fingers or dick. And the taste of her arousal isn't bad either, though I wouldn't go so far as to call it good.

A quick application of [Alter Flavor], which I'm glad to confirm also works on people that aren't myself, fixes that. I give her a few more licks, and now it tastes strongly of honeysuckle nectar, one of my favorite flavors.

Spurred on by the sweet taste, I kick things into a higher gear. My tongue explores every inch of her folds, and I'm soon rewarded by the sound of her moans. "Axton!" she cries out, and my dick throbs in response.

I put my hands on her hips and pull her closer to me. Her slender legs wrap around my head, her soft thighs encasing my head. I'm lost in the sensation of her warmth around me as I plunge my tongue into her entrance as far as it can go.

Her cries and moans increase in pitch, and in moments she's climaxing. Her legs clamp tight as her insides do around my tongue, pushing it out. Her back arches and I feel shudders rush through her as she cries out. At the same time, I'm surprised by a spurt of liquid that hits me in the face, covering it. Did she just squirt? Holy shit.

I quickly cast [Clean Body] on myself. I certainly didn't mind being covered in her juices, but I don't know how she might react to seeing what she did to me, and I can't allow something like that at this time.

Her body relaxes, the tension leaving her and her legs unwrapping themselves from around my head. I get up from where I was kneeling and lean over the bed to kiss her gently. "How was that?" I ask her.

"Is that what sex feels like?" she asks, more lucid now but still breathing hard.

"No," I say. "It feels even better actually. But yeah. That's why me and the girls I love do that. It feels that good, and feeling that good makes us happy."

She nods in agreement before reaching up to wrap her arms around my neck and pull me back down for a deeper kiss. I have to struggle once again with my self-control to not take her then and there. I'm absolutely positive she'd accept it, happily even. But there's too much chance of us being interrupted now, and that would soil her first experience.

With that in mind, I force myself to pull back. "As much as I would like to make out with you all morning, everyone else is finishing up breakfast now, and the food is getting cold."

She blinks at me, confused, before realization hits her. Her head turns to look at the clock. "It's already this late?" she says as she scrambles to her feet. "I'll get dressed super quick!" she promises and I laugh.

"No rush, we have time," I say. I quickly tap her on the shoulder and use [Clean Body]. "But I'll let them know you're coming." Stepping to the side, I [Void Travel] back downstairs.

"She slept through her alarm," I say as I sit down again at the table. "She'll be down soon."

"The past couple of days have been pretty tiring," Atsuko says with a yawn. "Did I really fall asleep in the bath last night?"

"You sure did," I chuckle. I look around. Good. [Sound Domain] had made sure of it, but no one seemed to suspect what just happened. Not that I minded if they knew, but this way Asia wouldn't have to put up with questions or comments. Those could wait until she's more comfortable with sex.

My dick throbs, still hard, as I recall the event though. We'll go all the way soon. Very soon.

-x-

When I asked Wilhelm if he wanted to join us in the dungeon, he declined. According to him, I've offered to train him with my dungeons a lot, but he has no interest in it.

"I'm an old man," he said. "My goal has been accomplished, and you don't need me as a sword by your side. If it's all the same to you, I'd prefer to restrict myself to teaching and standard butler duties."

I saw no reason to push him on it, so I didn't. So it was just the normal crew going into the dungeon. And since they cleared the normal Forest Dungeon already, I decided to kick things up a notch and bring them to the hard mode version.

I was worried at first, but they surprise me with how well they handle things.

Swarms of spider-like beings made of animated roots climb out of the ground, but before they can begin to approach they're torn to shreds by a barrage of crackling black and red energy. Rias is putting her second form of attack to good use, Destruction Gatling. It's a rapid-fire form of the Destruction Rifle I had her working on day one, where the focus was on quantity and speed while making them as small as possible.

While Rias keeps the Root Bugs at bay, everyone else is fighting their own targets. The melee users are focusing on the Keeper of a Seal, a large Ent wielding another tree as a club. It made my heart race to see Atsuko duck under an attack, it barely missing her, but between her now using four boosts and equipped with a higher quality great ax I picked up in the hard mode Pharaoh's Tomb dungeon last night, she's doing a terrific job. Technically, her stats are higher than mine, and that's at only four boosts.

The mages are keeping back the other enemies. The trees surrounding us are filled with creatures made of vines and flowers that spit poison and thorns and all sorts of nasty things. I'm helping a little with careful applications of [Void Beam], but for the most part, I'm leaving it to them. They're doing a good job. Akeno and Aika take out multiple with each spell they cast, though it comes at a heavy MP cost. Asia uses her Holy Barriers to block their projectiles and uses [Dryad's Aura] to trap them in place on the tree branches they stand on so the other two girls can more easily take them out.

My attention is drawn to the Ent as it roars, the flames of Kiba's sword pouring over it as it collapses and dies. At its roar, all of the other creatures flee.

Everyone takes a moment to relax and catch their breath, but I know we don't have time for that.

"Good job guys, but we can't rest yet," I say. "The boss of this place isn't trapped in a room like the other one, and he'll have sensed that guy dying, and he's gonna be pissed. We need to hoof it back to a safe zone."

There are some groans, but the sound of a not-so-distant roar catches everyone's attention. As one, we rush back to the safe zone. The Devils pull out their wings and fly above the treetops, while I scoop up Asia in my arms and run us back. Trying to take on an invincible boar that's pissed off is bound to go wrong.

We make it back to the safe room, which is really just a different clearing with a small set of stone ruins in the center, in just a couple minutes without encountering it though.

Once we're there, I use [Dungeon Traversal] to bring us back to the real world, setting Asia back on her feet as we arrive. "You guys did well today," I tell them. "I'll give you the full debrief during lunch, but I'll say that I definitely expected this dungeon to challenge you a lot more than it did, and you can thank your teamwork for that."

There are several pleased smiles at that, especially from Rias. We walk as a group to the outdoor tables and I see Aika and Akeno having an animated conversation while Atsuko, Koneko, and Kiba talk together. Kiba is laughing at something Atsuko said and Koneko has a smile on her face. Even Rias and Asia are talking about something with smiles on their faces.

The old members of Rias's peerage were already close to each other before this, but seeing everyone being so friendly together in these casual moments really shows how well the new members have integrated into the group. And the dungeon runs have been a big part of making that happen.

They've also leveled up quite a bit. Rias is over 150, and everyone else is over 100 now. My own leveling is slower, but I've leveled enough to push me over 1000 DEX and earn me a perk.

<[Bullet Time] - Once a day, slow down time massively for five subjective seconds. You can move normally but everything else moves at a 1% speed.>

In real-time, that isn't very much time at all. But it's a powerful perk that, used appropriately, can either get me out of any situation or let me land a killing blow once a day.

My spirits high, I start distributing lunch to everyone. Training is going well so far, and we're not even halfway done.

-x-

The sound of steel on steel fills the clearing as Wilhelm and Kiba fight. They're holding identical sabers in their hands as they clash. Kiba doesn't stand a chance, not when Wilhelm's DEX is so high. Wilhelm is practically standing still, only shifting his weight slightly as one arm wields his sword to block, deflect, and parry all of Kiba's attacks. He's holding his other arm behind his back while his face remains passive.

Kiba is his opposite in every way. He's moving constantly, circling around Wilhelm and attacking from every angle. I can see the concentration and sweat on his face, and every swing has his full strength behind it.

Is this really teaching? I'm no expert, but this looks more like Wilhelm showing off. But I'll choose to believe that Wilhelm knows what he's doing and I'll leave him to it. I've also given him a few health and stamina potions, and he has those in the potion belt pouch that I don't use because my inventory is better.

Leaving them to continue their sparring, I [Void Travel] to where Atsuko is training. She's still running laps around the mountain because training her stamina is the most important thing right now. Her level-ups and boosts give her the stats she needs, but they don't do anything for her stamina, which she needs to maintain her boosts.

"How's it going?" I ask as I appear out of nowhere in front of her. She starts and nearly trips out of surprise, but she manages to stay on her feet as she stumbles to a stop.

"Axton!" she exclaims. "I wish you would stop doing that," she complains as she catches her breath.

"Sorry, that's one wish I can't grant," I reply with a laugh. "It's way too fun."

"Jeez," she grumbles, but then she perks up. "Oh right! I'm glad you dropped by, there was something I wanted to ask you about."

"If I can answer, I will. What's up?"

"So I've been having these weird dreams lately," she starts.

"Erotic dreams are pretty common for a girl your age," I cut in, teasing her. "Especially for one that's recently started having an active sex life."

She blushes slightly. "I don't mean that!" She pauses. "Well okay, I've had some of those too, but I mean the other dreams I've been having."

"Oh?" I'm surprised [Erotic Dreams] leaves room for other dreams.

"I can't remember them too well, it starts fading by the time I wake up," she starts, finger on her chin as she struggles to recall. "But I'm pretty sure there's been this big red dragon appearing in my dreams."

My first reaction was to wonder why the hell Great Red was contacting Atsuko, but then I realized that there was another red dragon that was more likely to appear in her dreams.

"That's most likely Ddraig, the dragon that's in your Sacred Gear," I tell her.

She pauses. "When you say that it's him-"

"I mean it's literally him, talking to you through your dreams, and not part of your imagination," I clarify.

"He can do that?" She looks a little nervous.

I shrug. "I mean, probably? His soul resides in your Sacred Gear, which is part of your soul. If he's appearing in your dreams, it probably means he's close to waking up, and he'll be able to talk freely when that happens."

She frowns at her left hand, opening and closing it as she looks at it. I can feel the worry from her. "What do you think he's like?" she asks.

"You'd know better than me," I say. "What does he seem like in your dreams?"

She shakes her head. "I don't remember. I barely remember that I see a dragon at all."

"Do you remember an emotion maybe?" I push. "Was it scary? Unpleasant? Cool? Funny?"

She furrows her brow. "I don't think it was bad. Maybe a little scary? But he's a big dragon, so of course he's a little scary."

"Well, if he didn't leave a strong impression, he's probably not too bad," I say. "I wouldn't worry about it too much for now."

She nods and lowers her hand, turning her gaze back to me. "Right," she agrees, and I can feel her emotions clearing up. "So! What kind of training are we going to do today?"

I grin. It's nice dealing with someone who doesn't let things get to them. "I'm pretty sure we can get more boosts out of you now, want to see what your new maximum is?"

She lets out a shout of joy and we enter the Game Board. Riser is going to regret his actions so hard by the time the Rating game is over.

-x-

Koneko and I are once again in the Game Board squaring off against each other for some friendly sparring.

"Tell you what," I say as we take our starting positions. "If you manage to land a hit on me today, I'll bake a bunch of cookies just for you." A little motivation had worked well for Aika, and Koneko is even easier to figure out the proper motivation for.

She pauses, but she looks very interested. "You won't just run away?" she asks, wary.

"No, I'll be fighting you normally," I say. "I just won't be holding back, and I'll be using some of my skills. I won't teleport or attack with any spells though, or attack from range at all."

"If I don't hit you?" she asks.

I shrug. "Then you don't get cookies. They're a reward, I'm not making a bet with you. If you don't succeed today I'll give you the same challenge tomorrow. Though maybe with fewer cookies."

I can see determination settle on her face at the thought of not getting the maximum number of cookies possible. She nods, accepting the challenge and she settles into a fighting stance. With a grin, I mirror her.

There are a few tense moments as neither of us moves, each of us sizing the other up. But I don't let it last too long before I dash towards her. She starts to dodge out of the way but I see on her face as she realizes she won't be fast enough. She crosses her arms in front of her and tenses, blocking my punch.

The force of it sends her flying backwards into a tree with a crack, but from our previous sparring, I know something like that won't phase her. Especially with the use of Iron Body. Sure enough, when I check her with [Observe], she hasn't lost any HP at all. Hand-to-hand combat isn't exactly my forte, so it's not like my punches do all that much damage, but considering the huge gap in our stats, I'm impressed at the effectiveness of Iron Body.

Koneko doesn't waste any time in her recovery and counterattack, rushing at me again by kicking off the same tree I had punched her into. It snaps in half at the second application of force to its trunk and slowly falls to the ground.

I duck under her lunge, twirling around as I do so, which I'm glad for as I tilt my head out of the way of her punch, her body twisted upside down. I lean back to avoid her follow-up kick and then her lunge takes her out of range and she flips around to land on the ground about ten feet away.

She knew I would dodge the lunge and was ready for it. Good thinking, but she's still too slow to catch up to me. I activate [Void Detect] though. If she's actually going to try this hard it's my duty as her teacher to make her work for it.

We spend a while like that, with Koneko trying to maneuver to my blind spots and attack from there. It doesn't take her long to figure out that I'm doing something else other than using my eyes to sense where she is and what she's doing, but she continues to test me, looking for blind spots in my technique. Unfortunately for her, [Void Detect] doesn't have anything like that.

I grab her leg after she overextends with a kick before spinning around and throwing her. As she flies through the air I notice her ears sprout on top of her head and a tail grows out of her lower back, poking out of her shorts.

She flips in the air and lands feet first on a tree branch, which bends back with the force of her impact. When it snaps back into place she launches herself forward at me again.

I use [Observe] as our fight continues. This isn't the first time her cat features have come out during our sparring. They also tend to appear halfway through massage sessions. But this is the first time I've thought to see if there are any changes to her stats. To my surprise, there aren't. But she's moving faster and more precisely. Is it because she's no longer focusing on hiding her cat features? Or do they help in some way?

Still, the difference in her skill with her cat ears out is relatively small. Noticeable, but not enough to close the gap between us.

We continue fighting like this for half an hour. Over a dozen trees get broken and Koneko ends up splashing into a river at one point. As time passes and it seems less and less likely she'll get her reward, her attacks become more frantic.

It's as I'm wondering if I should maybe try to let her get a hit on me that things suddenly change. She speeds up, moving faster than before, and [Void Detect] picks up energy from her that is vaguely familiar, but I can't place it. [Observe] shows her stats have increased by over double. And more interestingly, it shows her name as Shirone instead of Koneko.

It catches me off guard at first, but even with her new speed it's not enough and I'm able to dodge her flurry of attacks. It leaves me off-balance though and totally unprepared for the ball of blue fire that she launches at me. I don't have the leverage to dodge out of the way in time, so all I can do is block it with a raised arm. I feel the heat as it burns lightly, but it isn't strong enough to do much damage.

We both stop moving for the first time since our fight started and catch our breath, but Koneko's breathing is only getting heavier and I feel her panic rising with [Empathy]. I'm confused at first before it clicks. That feeling from her was ki, she was using Senjutsu at the end. And she has some sort of issue with Senjutsu if I recall correctly.

"I'm- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," Koneko stammers. "I didn't want to, I shouldn't have-"

"Hey hey hey," I say to her as I approach her. "Calm down, it's okay, you didn't do anything wrong."

"No no no no," she says. Her ears and tail disappear and she sits down on the ground. She pulls her knees in towards herself as she keeps repeating the word.

Unsure of how to handle this, I just sit down next to her and wrap an arm around her. I try to comfort her but I don't think she even hears me, lost as she is in her panic attack. For the first time, I wish I had true emotion manipulation, instead of just being able to increase a single emotion, lust. As it is, all I can do is sit there and help her ride out her panic.

We spend ten minutes like that with her panicking and me trying to calm her down. She slowly starts to lose steam though, and a couple minutes after she finally stops repeating the word 'no' she seems to come back to her senses.

"...I'm sorry," she says after a moment.

"There's nothing to be sorry about as far as I'm concerned," I deny. "More importantly, do you want to talk about it?" She tenses. "I won't force you to, but talking about it can help, and if it's anything I can help with I will."

She's silent for a moment. For several moments actually, and I begin to worry as she doesn't respond and just sits there, silent and tense.

She eventually shakes her head. "No, it's nothing. I just did something I'm not supposed to."

"That blue fire?" I ask, and I feel her anxiety spike. Dammit, if that's all it takes to almost set her off again, I have no choice but to pull back for now. "Well, I can't say I understand why. I'm not hurt. But I won't push you to talk about it."

She nods, and I can feel some of her tension flow out of her as the anxiety lessens. But they don't go away entirely, and I can tell she's still shaken.

"Tell you what," I say as I stand up. "Why don't we go make those cookies? I think you need some time to unwind a bit, and the way I see it, you got a hit on me, so you earned them." I look down at her with a smile and offer my hand to her.

She looks at my hand for a moment, and I can tell she's conflicted about counting that as her win. But the allure of cookies wins her over, and she nods before taking my hand, allowing me to help her to her feet.

As I take us out of the Game Board and we start walking towards the cabin, my mind is a million miles away, trying to figure out how to handle this. I need to figure out a way to help her get over her fears, but it's hard. I know the truth, but I shouldn't know it, there's no explanation for how I could have learned it.

First things first, I need to get the full story out of Rias or Serafall or someone. I'll figure it out once I 'learn' what is going on. For now though, I'll just focus on getting closer to Koneko, and cookies are the perfect way of doing that.

-x-

As my tongue explores each fold and crevice of Akeno's pussy, I curse my past self for never going down on a girl. The feeling of her soft thighs wrapped around my head and under my fingers combined with the smell and taste of her arousal and the sound of her sweet moans as I bring her to climax is nearly divine.

I switch my focus to her clit, stimulating it with my tongue from different angles. Akeno's cries increase in pitch until she cums, her orgasm washing over her as she lets out a single prolonged moan of pleasure.

As the tension leaves her body and her legs loosen from around my head, I untangle myself from her and step back. I wipe some of her juices, once again flavored like honeysuckle nectar, off of my lips and appreciate my handiwork.

Akeno's chest is heaving as she takes deep breaths, her chest moving in an almost mesmerizing way at the action, and her hair is splayed out and wild under her. There's a light sheen of sweat on her forehead and her eyes are slightly unfocused as she recovers from her climax. With a beauty like Akeno, it's an extremely arousing sight.

"I know that it's not a massage, but how relaxed do you feel now?" I ask, tone smug.

"Very," she says, breath still a little short. "More so than I would after the massage, I think. I definitely won't have any trouble getting to sleep tonight."

"I'm glad," I reply as I touch her lower leg and cast [Clean Body] to wipe away the sweat. "I'm trying to personalize my massages for each person."

I see Akeno smirk. "And for how many people are massages just you have sex with them?"

I shrug. "Just Aika and Atsuko. And maybe Asia soon. And you, a little bit. Kiba, Rias, and Koneko all get normal massages."

"That's why the smell was so strong today, Atsuko was in here before me wasn't she?" Akeno mentions as she sits up.

"Should I light some candles?" I ask.

"I don't mind the smell, but Koneko might," Akeno says as she gets up. "She has a sensitive nose."

"I'll make sure to account for that," I reply. Though how I'll account for that is the opposite of covering up the smell.

"I'll leave you to the rest of your massages," she says as she grabs her towel and opens the door. "Have a good night Axton."

"You too," I say and she leaves, leaving me alone in the room. I sigh and start cleaning up, preparing for the next person.

As she normally does, Rias comes in just a couple minutes after Akeno leaves. Though the smell of sex should only be stronger after what Akeno and I did, Rias doesn't seem to notice it. [Empathy] doesn't pick up anything at least, nor does she comment on it.

As she lays down on the table and I start on the massage I restrict myself to low levels of [Touch of Pleasure] and not using [Increase Sensitivity] and decide to broach the topic of Koneko with Rias. Getting the story out of Koneko would be difficult at best, so it's better to get it from someone else.

"So something happened during today's training with Koneko," I mention.

I can feel her tense up slightly under my hands. "What happened?" she asks, tone serious.

"During our one on one sparring it seems she got frustrated and tapped into some power or ability that increased her skill and strength and let her throw a ball of blue fire," I explain. "But then she had a small panic attack about it and I had to calm her down. She didn't explain anything, and I didn't push her to."

Rias sighs. "I was worried this would come up, but I didn't think it actually would," she says. She goes silent for a moment. "How much have you figured out?"

"I know she was some sort of cat youkai before being reincarnated," I say. "From day one, Yua referred to her as a cat, and her ears and tail appeared during her first massage."

"They did?" Rias asks in surprise. "That's...very unexpected. Even totally relaxed I'm surprised she let them show."

"I also know that whatever she did today was ki-based," I continue. "I didn't recognize the feeling at first since my own ki-based skills are pretty limited, but I'm pretty sure that's what it was."

"It was," Rias confirms. Not that I needed it. Despite my phrasing, it's obvious what she used was Senjutsu, but the more in the dark I seem, the better.

"I guess I should explain what happened," Rias continues. And over the next couple minutes, she does. She explains how Koneko is a Nekoshou, a rare type of Nekomata that has a high affinity with Senjutsu, a skill that involves manipulating life force, or ki. She explains how Koneko, called Shirone at the time, and her older sister Kuroka were adopted by a Devil, and Kuroka joined the Devil's peerage.

Then tragedy struck when Kuroka suddenly went on a rampage, drunk on her quickly growing power, killed that Devil, and fled, becoming one of the most wanted criminals in the Underworld. Koneko was also persecuted and nearly killed by those afraid of her possibly doing the same thing as her sister until Sirzechs stepped in and protected her. That's when he gave Koneko to Rias to join her Peerage.

"I guess Sirzechs wasn't worried about Koneko then," I say, continuing my massage of her lower back. Though thinking about it, I don't know why he wouldn't be. Unless he knew or at least suspected the truth. But could he even know the truth, with that being that the Devil in question decided to start experimenting on Koneko instead of just Koneko's sister, Kuroka? Does anyone besides Kuroka know that? I'm not sure how they could.

"But Koneko is," Rias says sadly. "That poor girl. The first time I met her, she looked dead, like she had lost everything. I've been giving her time and a family. It's been helping, but she still refuses her Nekoshou heritage and Senjutsu as a whole just so she doesn't risk going down the same path as her sister."

"Leading to the panic attack when she accidentally uses it," I conclude. "Makes sense."

"How did that happen?" Rias asks, and it's my turn to sigh.

"I told her if she could get a hit on me while I wasn't holding back I'd make her a batch of cookies just for her," I explain. "And I guess she got desperate enough that she instinctively reached for Senjutsu to help her."

"That does sound like Koneko," Rias accedes with mixed emotions.

"I ended up making the cookies," I continue. "Both because her Senjutsu did hit me and as a way to calm her down. It seemed to work."

"Is that why you didn't come to me immediately?" Rias asks, a little sharply. "I know I've mostly just handed the reins to you on this whole training camp thing, which I've done only because I trust in your ability to help us grow and you've done a good job of it so far, but something like that should have been brought to me immediately."

I grimace as I start massaging her lower legs. "In hindsight, yeah, I should have," I admit. "Truth be told, I panicked a little when she started panicking and focused just on making her feel better. And once she did, it didn't seem urgent enough to bring to you immediately."

Rias sighs again. "I'd have rather you come to me immediately, but I am glad you handled it as well as you did, and I do want to thank you for that."

"Of course," I say as I finish up the massage. "It was no problem at all. Koneko is a friend too."

"I'm glad you feel that way," she says as she sits up. "And I don't think I've said it yet, but thank you, Axton, for all of this. The training, the massages, everything you're doing to help us. Before I wasn't sure about defeating Riser, but after these few days of training, I feel like we have a real chance."

"Oh you have more than a chance," I say. "By the time we're done, I expect you to be able to humiliate him in that Rating Game."

Rias smiles at me, uncaring of the fact that she's currently naked and facing me. "Right!" she exclaims, pumped up. "We'll make him sorry for ever thinking he could lay his hands on me!"

"Hell yeah," I encourage her. "Now go get some rest, we're not even halfway done with our training yet."

She nods and leaves the room after wrapping a towel around herself, and I spend a moment trying to figure out why Akeno leaves naked when Rias doesn't when Rias has the exhibitionism fetish and Akeno doesn't. Or is that why? For Akeno, it's just something she does, but for Rias, it's something that arouses her, so she's less likely to be casual about it?

As I'm contemplating that, Asia comes in for her massage. A smile breaks out on my face and I greet her with a hug and a kiss before she starts stripping. My smile widens as she steps out of her panties as well, going completely nude for her massage. She blushes a little but doesn't move to hide herself as she gets onto the table.

I really am living a blessed life, being able to casually see so many attractive girls naked and be able to put my hands all over them. And also have sex with a lot of them. I'll have to thank Kyu later. But right now, I focus on rewarding Asia for stripping down completely by increasing the strength of my lewd skills as I massage her.

"How's your training with Wilhelm going?" I ask. I was in the Game Board with someone else during the time she trained with him so I didn't get to see much of it.

"Good!" she responds cheerfully, even as a flush is slowly rising on her face due to my skills taking effect. "He's very kind. He doesn't mind my klutziness and is very patient with me."

"I'm sure you're doing great," I encourage her. "Already I can feel a difference in your back muscles, especially around your shoulder blades."

"Really?" she asks, surprised. I don't actually, not really. Her back muscles are more tense maybe, but how the Game deals with an increased STR stat and musculature is weird and doesn't always feel consistent, though I'm sure it's just due to it following a set of rules or pattern that I haven't figured out.

"Really," I lie, because the confidence boost is worth it. "Soon you'll be able to lift me up and use me as a sword," I joke, and she laughs at the absurdity of the image. The rest of the massage continues with us casually talking and joking, and all too soon the massage is done.

She gives me another kiss before getting dressed. "See you in the bath?" she asks.

"Of course," I reply. "I'm looking forward to it already." She smiles at my words and she gets dressed and leaves.

As usual, Koneko is the last one in for her massage. Once again she makes a face of confusion when she walks in and smells the scene of sex still lingering in the air. And once again, I hit her with [Erotic Pierrot] to heighten her arousal when she smells it. She still looks like she isn't sure what the smell is, but she doesn't worry too much about it today.

She strips down to her normal bra and panties. Her chest is small enough that she doesn't really need a bra, but she still wears what looks to me like a simple sports bra, though it covers a little less skin than most sports bras I've seen.

As she lays down and I get started on her massage, I contemplate my plan of action. Right here, right now, this is not the right time to push things. Unlike Rias, I'm not willing to sit here and just wait for it to magically get better. Though I don't think confronting her issues early on would have been a good idea either. But she's at the point where she should be ready to face those issues, but she needs a push.

But I have to be careful about that push. Going about it the wrong way risks it backfiring and her becoming even more afraid. And pushing right now would most likely result in that. I'll take it slow, for now, and come up with a plan.

"How are you feeling after training today?" I ask, and she tenses up a little at just that, but she quickly relaxes again.

"Fine," she says. Not a great sign. Koneko doesn't speak a lot, and when she does she keeps it short, but one word clipped responses like that is even less than usual.

"Your muscles aren't too knotted up," I comment. "That's good. I guess you do a good job stretching."

She makes a small noise of agreement but doesn't say anything. I sigh in defeat and decide to do one last little push. "Look Koneko, if you ever need anything from me, whether it's information or help or you just want to talk, you can come to me at any time, and I'll do everything I can to help, okay? I don't know what's bothering you, but I want to help. So don't hesitate to reach out to me, okay?"

She doesn't respond immediately, but eventually, she nods. [Empathy] picks up a mixture of appreciation and anxiety from her, but I'll consider it a win and a step forward.

The rest of the massage continues in silence, but not an uncomfortable one. I quickly finish up and pat her on the head before she leaves, which she seems to appreciate and she relaxes more at my touch.

After she leaves I quickly clean up and decide to put that Koneko situation aside for now and just enjoy my bath with my girls.

-x-

I squeeze the soft flesh under both of my hands and moan in pleasure. My lips are captured by Asia's as we kiss, one of my arms wrapped around her as I cup her ass. Asia's ass, like her breasts, isn't the biggest, but there's more than enough for me to be able to grab a good handful of it, and from the way she leans further into my side I can tell she enjoys the sensation as much as I do.

My other hand is on Atsuko's waist, guiding her movements as I pound her from behind. My dick repeatedly plunges deep into her, our flesh slapping together rhythmically as I fuck her.

She's moaning, but it's muffled by the fact that her face is buried in Aika's crotch, eating her out. Aika is groping herself with one hand while the other is tangled in Atsuko's hair. She watches all of us, eyes unfocused with lust.

I thank [Void Sight] for the ability to view things from any angle I want even as my actual eyes are closed while I make out with Asia, and I don't miss a single part of this wonderful bath time orgy.

Feeling the pressure rise in my core, I break my kiss with Asia and separate from her just enough to speak. "I'm cumming!" I say as I speed up my thrusts, and in moments I'm filling Atsuko's womb with my seed, burst after burst of semen shooting deep inside of her.

I slump slightly as my orgasm finishes, though I remain inside Atsuko and I'm still facing Asia, our lips close enough that I can taste her breath as we both breathe heavily.

"My turn!" Aika says, and she gently repositions Atsuko, pulling her off of my still erect dick. After a moment of shuffling the two girls wind up so that Aika is positioned where Atsuko was, and Atsuko is below her laying on her back. Aika leans down and starts kissing Atsuko even as she wiggles her ass at me. I'm not one to turn down an offer like that, so I don't hesitate to line myself up and sheathe myself in her in one go.

Her cry of pleasure is muffled by Atsuko's mouth, and I continue what I was doing with Atsuko, fucking her hard even as I go back to making out with Asia. [Touch of Pleasure] and [Increase Sensitivity] are both very active and between those skills, our makeout session, and her adjacent position to the sex that's happening has made her pretty aroused, but I don't do anything to address it.

Instead, I just keep kissing her and stoking her arousal even more as I pound Aika from behind and enjoy the view of the two girls making out. Aika orgasms within minutes and the way she clamps down on me when she does draws out my own climax. I fill her with semen just as I did with Atsuko, though this time I do it without breaking my kiss with Asia, keeping our lips interlocked even as I cum.

It's only as I finish and remove myself from Aika that I break my kiss and pull back. Asia looks like Aika did, eyes filled with lust to the point where she looks dazed. Once again, I rein in my temptation to have sex with her right then and there. Despite her inclusion in our group sessions, I want her first time to be just me and her. I'm so close to that now, and I won't ruin it.

Aika rolls off of Atsuko and lays face up, sprawled out on the cool stone of the bathroom floor.

"Axton?" Atsuko says as she recovers her breath, chest heaving in an alluring fashion.

"Yeah?" I respond.

"I'm so happy right now," she says simply, and I smile.

"Me too," I reply. I reach down and cast [Clean Body] on the two girls laying on the ground, and on Asia as well. "Come on, let's go relax in the bath."

They nod and slowly make their way to the bathwater a few feet away. We sit in the same arrangement as we did last night, Aika on my left, Atsuko on my right, and Asia between my legs. Despite all our action, I'm still erect, but I long ago gave up on the idea of having sex until I go soft, and from the way Asia pressed her back into it, it doesn't seem like she minds.

I let out a sigh of contentment. "I'm going to have to make sure Serafall includes a nice bath like this in my new house," I say out loud.

Aika pauses. "Serafall as in the Satan?" she asks, confused.

"Oh right, I guess I didn't mention it," I reply. "I made a deal with her for some potions and in return, she's building me a new place to live. A nice big one that'll have more room than my tiny apartment."

"That's a pretty big deal," Aika says.

"Nah, it's just a business transaction," I say. "It's what I would have spent the money on anyway, but it's hard to build a house when you're sixteen years old. Plus, she can get it done faster."

"Are your potions worth that much?" Atsuko asks.

"Oh yeah, for sure," I say. "I've given you guys some of my basic potions, but you haven't really needed them for much. I have more specialized ones that Serafall is very interested in. Plus, she's rich as hell. Pretty much all high-class Devils are, and the Satans are even more so. Building a house in Kuoh is no big deal at all for her, and I'm the only one that can make these potions."

"I see," Atsuko says, and I think she actually does. "In that case, yes, you should definitely have a bath like this. And a huge bed. And a pool!"

I laugh. "I'll pass that along to her later," I say. "I think construction has already started, but it shouldn't be an issue to add some things like that." Or at least, I don't think Serafall would have an issue with it.

"Good," she says.

"How about you two?" I ask the other girls. "Anything you want to request?"

Asia shakes her head, but Aika perks up. "A sex dungeon!" she enthusiastically suggests, causing me to laugh again.

"I'll see what I can do," I say. "That could definitely be fun."

We spend a few more minutes chatting about fun things to add to the house before we finish our bath and head back to our rooms to sleep for the night.

-x-

I'm alone in my room sitting on my bed and looking through my inventory when I hear a soft knock on my door. "Come in," I call out, knowing who it is, and I turn to face Asia as she opens the door. Instead of her normal nightgown, she's wearing something far more transparent. She's wearing a matching bra and panties made of white lace so transparent that it hides nothing at all. I grin as I see it.

"That looks really nice on you," I comment as she steps into my room and hurriedly shuts the door behind her. "Did you get that when we went shopping the other day?"

She nods. "Aika insisted on it," she explains. "I wasn't sure about it at the time, but she said it would make you happy."

"She was right," I say as I extend my hand out to her and invite her to come closer. "I love seeing you in something like this."

Her embarrassment seems to lessen a little and is replaced with joy and relief and she gladly approaches me. I take her hand and pull her close. Due to how I'm sitting my head is level with her chest, and I can clearly see her nipples through the sheer fabric.

"So what can I do for you?" I ask her, and she blushes.

"You remember this morning?" she asks.

"Vividly," I reply immediately, causing her to blush harder.

"Well, I feel like that again," she admits. "And I was wondering if you could help me with that again?"

I grin. This is it. "I would love to do that," I say, and I pull her towards me. She follows my guidance and climbs on my lap, legs spread on either side of me as she straddles me. As her head becomes level with mine I put my hands on her waist and lean forward to kiss her.

Kissing Asia isn't like kissing any of my other girls. Each of them kisses differently, but the way Asia kisses stands out to me. Her kisses, no matter how heated things get, are always tender and loving, and I can tell each moment is bliss for her. Even as her arousal heightens and she loses herself in the kiss, neither her lips nor tongue become frantic. They're always calm and loving and deeply passionate.

I put my hands on her waist and pull her closer to me, pressing her crotch against my quickly rising erection in my pants. She eagerly responds, pushing herself even further into it, and she whimpers in pleasure into my mouth. My dick twitches at the sound of it, and I can feel myself losing control.

I break our kiss. "So how do you want me to help you?" I ask her, voice husky but teasing. "With my mouth again? Or maybe my fingers, for something new?"

But she shakes her head. "Those aren't what I want," she says, nervous.

"Tell me what you want then," I encourage her. "Communication is important in a relationship."

She pauses, and I can feel my heart beating as I watch her gather her courage. This is it, it's finally here.

"I want you to use your thing," she says quietly.

I can't resist teasing her more. "My what?" I ask. "I'm not sure what you mean?"

She pouts cutely. "Your penis," she says in a quiet voice. "I want to have sex. I want to feel like the other girls did, and I want to make you feel good too."

I smile at her and kiss her. "I've been waiting for you to say that," I tell her. I spin her around and lay her down on my bed. She looks nervous, but also expectant. As much as I like her outfit, it's in the way. I quickly stash her clothes into my inventory while I do the same with my own clothes, leaving both of us naked.

I gently kiss her on the lips, and she starts to kiss back, but I separate from her. She looks confused until I plant another kiss on her neck, and then another one on her collarbone. She simultaneously tenses and relaxes as I move downwards, gently kissing her breasts, her stomach, the skin right above her crotch, her inner thighs, and then directly on her lower lips.

She lets out a shaky breath at the last kiss, and I smile up at her. Moving back up, I kiss her normally as I position myself next to her. My fingers reach downwards and start playing with her pussy. My dick presses against her side.

"I know you said you didn't want my fingers," I explain between kisses. "But despite what I did with Aika and Atsuko earlier, I need to make sure you're ready down there." I kiss her again. "So I'm going to make you feel good with my fingers," another pause for a kiss, "But things won't stop there."

She nods and wraps her arms around my neck. "Okay," she says. "I trust you."

I smile fondly at her and kiss her again. This time I don't break contact after a moment, and instead, I deepen the kiss. As our tongues meet, I run a finger along her wet slit, teasing her.

I take things slowly, drawing out the experience so I can savor every moment of it. I tease her entrance with my fingertips, gently circling her clit on occasion. I can feel the shivers run through her as she becomes wetter, and eventually, I slowly insert a single finger into her.

She cries out softly, a small noise of pleasure and surprise and I insert my digit into her tight folds. I immediately know I made the right call warming her up though, as she's incredibly tight. I quickly use [Imbue Elasticity] on her. It doesn't decrease her tightness any, but now I can stretch her without worrying about hurting her.

"That feels...strange," Asia comments, breathing heavily.

"Strange bad?" I ask, but she immediately shakes her head.

"No, it feels good," she denies. "But it also feels weird."

"I'll make sure it feels good enough that you don't even notice the strangeness," I say. She nods and kisses me again.

Less worried about being gentle due to [Imbue Elasticity], I slowly push my finger deeper into her. She moans into my mouth as I push my finger all the way inside of her and wraps her arms tighter around me.

I continue to take things slow as I probe her insides with my finger, slowly pulling it out slightly to make sure I explore every angle, looking for a spot that gives me a bigger reaction. It doesn't take me too long to find it, and as soon as I do I slowly pull my finger out of her.

She whimpers again, this time sad that I stopped, but her whimper turns into a high-pitched moan as I stretch her insides even more by inserting two fingers into her this time. I immediately use both fingers to focus on the spot I found earlier, and the results are pretty immediate.

She breaks our kiss and starts moaning loudly, her high-pitched voice serving to increase my own arousal. I watch her face twist in pleasure as I finger her to an orgasm, fluid once again spraying from her as she cums. I guess that confirms that Asia is a squirter.

I give her a moment to recover before I speak. "Are you ready for the real thing now?" I ask her after she catches her breath. "That should be enough to loosen you up so it's not painful for you." That and [Imbue Elasticity]. Honestly, that skill is a female virgin's best friend.

She still looks a little dazed from her orgasm, but she nods, her eyes lighting up. I reposition myself, spreading her legs and sliding between them. I line myself up and press the head of my penis against her entrance.

She looks up at me, expression and emotions a mix of nervous and anticipatory, and I lean down to kiss her, capturing her lips with my own again as I slowly push into her.

She cries out, voice muffled by my mouth, as I slowly enter her and stretch her out. Thankfully, her voice is pure pleasure, though I only barely notice as I'm distracted by her incredible tightness. I'm barely a few inches in and already the feeling is incredible.

I don't stop there though, and keep going. She continues moaning into my mouth as I do so. Eventually, I'm forced to stop as the tip of my penis presses against a wall. It's hard to guess distance when the pleasure is threatening to overwhelm me, but I'd guess I managed to get roughly halfway into her.

I stay there for a few moments, giving Asia a chance to adjust before I start moving. But I can't resist for long, and my hips start bucking, making small thrusts in and out of her, each thrust butting up against that wall deep inside her.

I slowly start increasing my pace, mind consumed by the feeling of her hot passages clamping around me. I feel her orgasm twice around me, body shuddering, as I make short and rapid thrusts into her. She never breaks our kiss, only ever wrapping her arms around me tighter and tighter.

Her third orgasm is enough to push me over the edge. And for the second time that day, I cum while kissing Asia. I don't stop thrusting as I do, and we both orgasms as I thrust deep into her and spurt shot after shot inside of her. I realize distantly that I'm cumming way more than I did earlier.

As both of our climaxes peter off, I finally break our kiss and look down at Asia. Immediately I spot the tears in the corners of her eyes.

"What's wrong?" I ask, confused. [Empathy] doesn't reveal any sort of sadness.

She shakes her head, and she smiles softly at me. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing," she says. "I'm so unbelievably happy right now. I didn't think I'd ever feel joy like this, especially not after the Church excommunicated me. But you've made me so much happier than I ever could have imagined."

Ah, tears of joy. I smile down at her. "You deserve it," I tell her. "I love you, Asia."

Her face lights up and she smiles back up at me. "I love you too Axton."

I'm about to ask her if she's interested in a round two when I notice the fatigue in her eyes and the way her eyelids are drooping. So instead, I kiss her on the forehead. "You go ahead and get some sleep, okay?"

She nods sleepily and lets her eyes close. She's asleep within moments. I cast [Clean Body] on her so she doesn't have to sleep all night with my semen leaking out of her and pull a blanket over her and tuck her in so she can sleep comfortably.

Getting off the bed, I quickly equip some pajama pants and sit down in front of my desk. As I do so, my attention is drawn to movement on top of the dresser, and I spot Kyu there, in her tiny form laying there. I can see that her panties are soaked, and she's breathing heavily, no doubt masturbating to the sight of me and Asia having sex.

"Enjoy the show?" I ask her, using [Sound Domain] to make sure Asia doesn't hear me. Kyu doesn't answer and just raises her hand to give me a thumbs up. "I thought I sent you away with Yua?"

She finally sits up, snorting as she does so. "Like hell I'm going to miss you having sex with the cute little nun for the first time," she says. "Plus, I also didn't want to miss girl number eight." With her words, a window appears in front of me.

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Quest Complete!

Lusting over the Love Fairy

Objective: Sleep with 8 girls(8/8)

Bonus Objective: Raise Kyu's affection to 80 or more

Bonus Objective: Max out Kyu's affection

Reward: Sex with Kyu unlocked, [Harem Leader] Perk, 8000 Hunie

Bonus Reward: +15 Affection with Venus, [Harem Master] Perk, 8000 Hunie

Bonus Reward: +20 Affection with Venus, [Harem King] Perk, 8000 Hunie

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<[Harem King] - Women will have no problem with you sleeping with multiple women, and will find the idea of being part of your harem slightly arousing>

I blink. "I should have guessed the mysterious Affection reward would be for your boss," I comment. "Am I going to meet her?"

"Hmm," Kyu thinks about it. "It's possible. She really only comes by for those who are promising, but you definitely fit that bill."

A thought occurs to me. "Does Affection even work on her?"

Kyu moves her hand in a so-so gesture. "Only as much as she lets it. That's kind of her whole schtick. With other girls, Affection is a measurement of how much she likes you, but there's also an aspect of it going the other way and affecting how much a girl likes you. Usually when Heart Crystals or bonus perks come into play. But that won't work for Venus, hers will always reflect how she feels about you."

"As expected from the Goddess of Love," I comment. "What about these harem perks? The one I got is pretty good, but what are the lesser versions like?"

"The Master one is the same thing as King except it doesn't turn girls on, and the Leader one only decreases feelings of jealousy from you sleeping around instead of removing it entirely," Kyu explains. "But is that really what you're most curious about?"

"No," I admit. "I simply wanted to leave the best reward for last." I get up and walk over to the dresser, once again storing my pants into my inventory, allowing my dick, still slightly slick with Asia's juices, to stand tall. "I can teleport us back to my apartment if you want some privacy," I say, teasing.

"Hold your horses big guy," Kyu says, ignoring my dick. Well, mostly. I can tell it's distracting her, but she flies up to eye level with me and puts her fists on her hips. "I may be horny for that dick, and you might have finally earned it, but I'm not so easy as that. I fully expect you to take me out on a date and buy me dinner first."

I pinch the bridge of my nose and sigh. "Of course you do," I say. "You realize that I'm busy for the next three days at least, right? The last day before the Rating Game I plan on being a rest day unless we haven't trained enough, so that's the earliest I can take you out on a date."

"Then you'll have to wait until then," she replies, arms crossed and expression smug. "You made me wait for weeks, you can wait for a few more days."

"Yeah but now you have to wait to get laid while I'll be having foursomes every night," I point out.

"Look, there's a proper order to things, and you have to impress me on a date first," she snaps at me.

I raise my hands in surrender. "Alright alright," I say. "If that's your decision, then that's what we'll do. Next chance I get I'll take you out on a date, so keep your schedule open."

"Good," she says primly. "I look forward to it." With that said, she flies out of the room, heading off who knows where. Probably to dig through someone's panty drawer or something. I shake my head in disbelief before putting my pants back on and sitting down at the desk again.

I cast a look at my bed, where Asia is sleeping peacefully. It's so tempting to join her. But I sigh and look away. I've had my fun and time to relax, now's the time to grind my crafting skills. Still, today was a good day, and I can't stop smiling as I get to work.