“Should I take off my clothes again?” Rina asked Fran after removing the ribbon, that held the blouse of the maid uniform together.
It had been almost a year since Rina had taken private magic lessons from the former High Priestess. They usually lasted two to four hours and took place every day after her mistress had gone to bed. Since Rina usually accompanied Clara before bedtime at 11 PM and woke her up at 6 or 7 AM, this, unfortunately, meant that she only got a maximum of five hours of sleep a day. But this was nothing she couldn't push through with willpower.
After all, Fran had offered her the answers to her innate Dark magic abilities. So, since the beginning of the nightly lessons, Rina had told the elf everything about her magic, that not even Clara knew. By doing so, she learned that it was not only her elemental affinity that was abnormal. The facts that she did not need to chant and that she could draw Mana from any part of her body made her special, too.
Before coming to the capital, Rina hadn't known that each person was only supposed to be able to pour Mana out of only one place of their body. So, although she had noticed very early on that she could drain Mana from every body part through her skin, it felt more than uncomfortable to do it anywhere other than her palms. So she didn't mind it.
But during the lessons, Fran had insisted that she practised the other areas as well. So, when Rina had told her teacher that she felt uneasy doing so, she had been advised to exercise it without clothes first. Guiding the Mana to leave the body through naked skin was much easier than with clothes on.
And indeed, Fran was right. Although Rina still felt unwell, it was much more bearable than before. So, for a few weeks now, her daily routine during the night training was to strip down to her underwear and practise the Loading Phase with Fran observing her and pointing out tips when necessary.
That was why, Rina almost reflexively undressed herself when she heard the suggestion to continue practising the Loading Phase. Fortunately, she was fast enough to stop herself and ask Fran for confirmation.
At the question, the elf seemed to be thinking for a few seconds with her hands on her chin, which was then followed by a subtle grin.
Seeing her teacher's behaviour, Rina had bad feelings creeping up her spine. Over the past months, she had learned that Fran could be very mischievous. The elf somehow loved to be very touchy-feely with Rina, especially when Clara was present. At those times, the blonde girl would always get angry at Fran. To make matters worse, Rina would also be yelled at afterwards for some reason. “You must always be on your guard! Especially with that wretch nearby!”, she would be told. Unfortunately, it confused her even more, as she was always watching her surroundings to protect her mistress. Especially after Fran had once thrown a toy dagger at Clara when they first met.
Ignoring Rina's inner distress, Fran stood up from her chair and walked over to the bed. Then she hugged the small girl from behind and pulled her down so that Rina was sitting on her lap.
“L-Lady Fran!?” Even though it wasn't the first time that Rina had been in very close contact with her teacher, it still caused her panic. After all, she was hugged from behind by a beautiful woman. In her previous life, when she had still wished for a wonderful love life, she had often imagined what it would feel like to be embraced from behind. So, when a fantasy from her past life came true, she couldn't help but feel very distressed. “W-what are you doing!?”
While the redhead was still struggling to understand the situation, the person, who was hugging the little girl, raised her voice and spoke up loudly. “Stay still, Rina. You're tired from today's maid work, aren't you? No wonder, you're still eight. Leave your body to me and let me undress you today. Just relax for a moment. You still have to sweat a lot later, after all.”
These words made Rina's head spin extremely fast. She didn't know why, but she could feel her body heating up at an alarming rate. She knew very well from her experiences in her past life that she was rather weak when it came to sexual pleasure. After all, were it not for the fact that she had relieved herself several times a day in her previous life, she wouldn't have been able to endure the hell back then.
She knew that her urges would one day reappear in this life, but as she was still in a body of a child, there was no problem on that front yet. So, why did she feel so strange now?
Was it because the elf's hands were roaming all over her body, tickling her? It was by far no comparison to the disgust she had felt when the men had touched her body a year ago.
Was it Fran's strange choice of words, that made her mind imagine all sorts of things?
Or was it Fran's voice, which for some reason sounded overly seductive, albeit loud?
Either way, Rina's fantasies were running wild again, which caused her to stop struggling – involuntarily, if one might add – and let Fran do as she pleased.
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Fortunately, or unfortunately (?) the elf was interrupted, as...
*BAM*
… a loud noise echoed through the room. The cause was the door being slammed open. When the elf looked at the entrance to the room, she saw a blonde girl in a pink nightgown standing there, glaring at her.
“W-W-W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY MAID!?”, the newcomer shouted while pointing at Fran.
Seeing how Clara was boiling with rage, Fran grinned even more mockingly and tightened her arms around the girl on her lap, who was still in some sort of daze, to provoke the young lady even further. “Lady Clara, can't you see that you are disturbing us?”
Unfortunately for Fran, Clara had experienced enough teasing over the past year, so the eleven-year-old girl managed to calm down a bit, or so it seemed because her voice was still shaking. “H-hooooh? S-so what am I disturbing you with if I may ask?”
At the question, the elf brought her hand to the cheek of the girl in her lap, who, by the way, was still motionless, and caressed it. “Don't you see it?”
Witnessing Fran's actions, Clara nearly exploded again, but, fortunately, she managed to stop herself. So she turned to her maid, as talking to the perverted elf didn't seem to be going anywhere at all. “Rina!”
When Rina heard Clara's loud and clear voice calling her name, she immediately snapped out of her trance and panicked as she saw a pair of crystal blue eyes glaring at her. “L-Lady Clara? W-what are you doing here?”
The blonde crossed her arms at her maid's bewilderment. “Are you seriously asking me that? The question is why are you here?”
“I'm here to take extra lessons from Lady Fran. She told me that she could help me get better at casting Dark magic.”
“I see. But what does your current state have something to do with you learning magic?” Clara asked calmly. But a closer look at her revealed that she was on the verge of blowing up in anger, for her face was twitching uncontrollably.
Only then did Rina look down and see that her clothes were dishevelled. Were it not for her immature body, and were she actually a beautiful person, she might have argued, that her own state could be considered somewhat erotic. To make matters worse, she was currently sitting on Fran's lap while being held by her from behind. It was then that it dawned on Rina that the blonde girl had misunderstood the situation tremendously.
So, she quickly explained in order to ease Clara's anger(?). “Ah, Lady Clara, you seem to have misunderstood it. For my usual training session, I have to take off my clothes. But as I seemed to be tired to Lady Fran, she was kind enough to offer to undress me instead.”
Unfortunately, Rina only achieved the opposite, as, throughout her sentence, Clara nearly coughed up blood several times. 'W-what!? Undress!? Usual training session!? Is Rina always alone with that wretch at this time!? Naked!? How long have these sessions been going on? Since when?' The longer the blonde girl thought about this, the more colour drained from her face as despair slowly but surely formed inside her. Eventually, unable to bear the horrible scenario that was building up in her mind, tears welled up in her eyes.
Until...
“Pffffffffft... HAHAHAHAHAHA! THIS IS TOO GOOD! *cough* *cough* *cough* HAHAHA!”
… a loud laugh echoed through the room. The source, of course, was the former High Priestess who had already let go of Rina. She was currently rolling on her bed laughing, occasionally choking on her own saliva.
Seeing Fran's reaction, Clara's face regained its colour. She closed the door so that the naughty elf's loud laughter wouldn't wake anyone in the mansion in the middle of the night, went in, and sat down on the chair where Fran had been sitting before. It was clear, that Fran had just messed with her. But instead of getting angry again, this time Clara was visibly relieved because it meant that all her earlier imaginations regarding Rina were just that, imaginations.
So, while Fran was still busy laughing herself to death, Clara took a closer look at her maid, only to immediately blush and avert her face again. The state Rina was currently in, was somewhat... too dangerous for her. “R-Rina would you mind fixing your clothes?”
The girl in question, who was confused by the strange behaviour of her mistress and her teacher, did as she was told. “I'm ready, Lady Clara. I'm sorry that you have to see something unsightly because of me.”
Usually, the blonde girl would have chastised Rina for those remarks again, but as her mind was somewhat preoccupied with trying to calm down, she just nodded on autopilot.
So the awkward situation continued for a while, with Fran still rolling around on the bed laughing, Clara blushing and avoiding eye contact with her maid, and said maid standing in the corner observing the situation that clearly went over her head.
It was only five minutes later that Fran managed to calm herself and spoke up, still chuckling, “Ah, that was the best laugh I've had in a while.”
Torn from her fantasies, Clara regained her composure and glared back. “I can imagine. So, can you explain in all seriousness what you have been doing with my maid all the time?”
“Didn't your maid already tell you? She is here, so I can teach her how to handle her dark magic.”
At these words Clara looked at Rina, who nodded in return, confirming Fran's words. “Rina, why didn't you tell me?”
But instead of Rina, it was Fran who answered the question. “She is not your lifelong servant, so why should she tell you about her magic powers? She is here to train and cast her Dark magic spells. Your presence here is tantamount to her revealing the details of her powers to you, don't you see it?”
But upon hearing this, Rina was quick to deny it, as Fran's words might convey that Rina didn't trust Clara enough to reveal her magic powers. “No, that's not it. It's just... the time for the training is this late. Usually, you would be asleep by now. And I thought you wouldn't be interested in what I do when I'm not with you.”
Unfortunately, Rina's words hurt Clara even more. “... since when have you been doing this behind my back?”
“A-around ten months ago?”
“... I see, so practically from the beginning... Say, Rina?”
“Y-yes?”
When Rina met Clara's eyes, she could see those blue eyes getting wetter and wetter. Then, after a few seconds, the first tears dripped from the blonde girl's face.
“Is your trust in me that low?”