She looked down and looked ready to scream. She backed up against a wall while still on the bed but Elizabeth swiftly placed her hand over her mouth.

"I'd appreciate it if you don't overreact," Elizabeth commented. "Having him sleep is the most convenient thing possible if I want to make sure he doesn't run off or get dragged into something dangerous."

Tina blushed as she stayed on the bed. She stared at Tibaut in silence.

"Aren't you coming off?" Elizabeth asked.

"Urgh, when I fully wake up." She hastily responded. "Besides we're just sleeping on the same bed, there's nothing wrong with that."

"I'm surprised he even agreed to be on the bed with you," Elizabeth commented.

"What the hell's that supposed to mean?" Tina bluntly commented while wearing an irritated expression.

"Oh, what's this? Are you strong enough to have that type of tone with me?" Elizabeth commented as she motioned to get up.

Tina placed her arms in front of her and motioned for Elizabeth to stop. "Woah, woah, Elizabeth it isn't like that but don't you think that comment's a bit mean?"

"Hmm? Oh no, not like that, I only meant with how sensitive he is to these sorts of things, I'm surprised he agreed to sleep with you."

"(I don't remember the specifics but I sure as hell don't remember him on the bed when I fell asleep.) Sensitive? Doesn't he hang out with Vanessa?"

"That's why she hangs around so often. I remember the first week he came here, you'd see him as red as a tomato whenever Vanessa came around him."

"Huh? That's their relationship? She just hits on him all the time?"

"Yup. I honestly don't know why the grandma doesn't just ask him out, it's not like he'd have the ability to refuse."

"Grandma? Isn't she only 40?" Tina asked.

"42 but… honestly Tina how many boyfriends do you think she's had since she's been a part of my guild?" Elizabeth asked.

"Uh, you won't get mad at the answer, right?"

"Trust me, if your answer isn't mean about the old hag I'd be disappointed."

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"I mean, she regularly goes to brothels so it has to be a lot right?" Tina said in a timid voice. "50?"

"That's being conservative wouldn't you say?"

Tina started blushing. "Over 100?"

"Incorrect, Tina. It's zero." Elizabeth responded, with a smirk.

Tina sat on the bed, her jaw agape at this answer. She slowly tried to process the information she heard.

"Could you repeat Elizabeth, I think I misheard you."

"You didn't Tina, the answer is none."

"But… it's Vanessa. It's I-I-Impossible. There's no way! I've heard stories of men flirting with her all the time."

"But how many have you heard from people saying they've slept with her?"

"I mean, I've heard rumours."

"How many have you heard from people who've actually done it?"

"..."

No matter how often she ran the idea through her head, she couldn't fully accept what she was hearing.

"So you say Tibaut's sensitive to things like this?" Tina said, switching the topic so abruptly you'd be at risk of getting whiplash.

Just like a computer needing several hours to render an animation, Tina's mind needed several hours to fully absorb the information she received from Elizabeth and in the meantime decided to switch gears.

"I could almost guarantee he'd wake up red-faced with you still on the bed," Elizabeth commented

Tina had no idea how they both ended up on the same bed but hearing what Elizabeth said, it seemed neither would have done this normally. Was it the exhaustion of training that led them both to this?

"Is that so." The remaining brain cells she had unoccupied began turning. "(Heh, if that's the case, I suppose I should pay him back for lifting me up.) Hey Elizabeth, I don't mind staying in here a bit longer to watch him."

"Hmm, are you sure? You were blushing when I woke you up."

"Uh, it was just a bad dream."

Elizabeth sighed. "If you say so. Just let me know when you've left."

Elizabeth got up and promptly left the room.

("Hohoho, that's why you were so adamant there was nothing between you and that maid. I suppose he is young, so it makes sense he isn't the man I thought he was.)"

She wrapped her arms around him once more and hugged him tightly.

("Hehe, I wonder what face you'll make when you wake up? Will it repay the humiliation you've given me or will I have to do it more than once to be fully satisfied?")

It seems her entire philosophy of how to deal with him changed when she learned sex appeal could be used as a weapon.

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Vanessa woke up with a splitting headache.

"Ugh,"

She looked down to see Lily drooling on her as she slept. She slapped her face a few times.

"Huh?" She looked disoriented and looked around the area. "How'd we end up in my room?" Lily commented.

Both short women were on the single bed in the room. The windows were closed, with the curtains drawn but the small amounts of light coming in told them it was day.

"Now that you mention it, Merrill and Bayley always put us in my room," Vanessa responded.

"Wait, I remember seeing Tina," she said as she felt her neck.

Vanessa quickly got up and headed towards the door. "It won't open…"

"You're quick to run back to your boyfriend aren't you Vanessa? I remembered seeing him as well."

"Lily, you've been fucking annoying lately."

Vanessa walked to the other side of the room and opened the window. Lily quietly followed her out and they basked back in the presence of the sun.

"My eyes!" Vanessa said before using her hands to cover her face.

"How long has it been since I've seen sunlight?" Lily said while squinting so much she had basically just closed her eyes.