Karla woke up late the next morning. She was surprised that she didn't notice how tired she was as the moment she laid down on the bed she felt drowsy.
Last thing she remembered was that her boyfriend was spooning her as he talked about the new healing skill he unlocked in more detail. She turned around to find that he was still sleeping beside her but was facing the other side instead.
She thought that he might have been a bit upset since their daily night sex got skipped last night. So like a good girlfriend she decided to make up to him as she moved downwards and reached his crotch. She then caressed his manhood. His morning wood was noticeable in front of her eyes.
She chuckled a bit as she freed the dragon to give it a nice taste of her mouth.
Her boyfriend woke up at that moment and looked at her in surprise but didn't stop her. Instead he caressed her head that was bobbing up and down in rhythm. He looked at her with a gentle smile but she noticed a hint of guilt in his expression.
She stopped the headjob and raised an eyebrow to question,
“What is it? Did something happen?”
“...”
He remained silent for a moment. She noticed that he seemed conflicted about whether to talk with her about it or not. In the end, he shook his head as his gaze dimmed a bit.
“Sigh… what a bad liar.”
She said in exasperation as she continued the headjob with more vigor to show some feint anger at him. She also started to rough up that proud dragon but of course she made sure not to hurt him in any way. After going at it for another five minutes she stopped to continue the conversation,
“You know, if it is something difficult to talk about then I will naturally wait till you feel comfortable about it so there's no need to feel so… I don't know, just don't make that expression, okay!!”
She said in a flustered tone as she noticed that his early morning face kept being colored with more guilt and sadness. She truly didn't like seeing such an expression on his handsome face that always radiated warmness like that of the spring's sun.
She was now very curious as to what got him feeling like this and what happened after she fell asleep. However, that wasn't at the cost of making him uncomfortable from her questioning. She decided to wait for him to talk about it later while she investigated discreetly.
In order to make him feel better she became more diligent in her “job”.
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Blue freshened up after having a gentle morning sex with Karla.
He was satisfied with her consideration towards his “guilt” and the results he got last night. He had completed the side mission without much difficulty. Though Clara was much higher in both class and existence levels than him but in front of his schemes and manipulation that was crafted so meticulously, her conclusion was that of a butterfly in a spiderweb.
Last night, after he revealed the bombshell, she was shaken to the core and sat still for some time as she didn't know how to go about replying to him.
He also let the mood keep being highly awkward before he finally lifted his head to gaze at her with a complicated expression that was mostly marked with embarrassment.
Seeing his gaze Clara also snapped back to her senses and looked away from him as her face became beet red from the embarrassment she felt at having been exposed like this. She however still asked in a low voice,
“So you were aware that mother was also there?”
He didn't answer her but instead asked her back,
“Even if I did, what could I have done at that moment? Embarrass everyone by panicking?”
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His tone was also very meek. He however didn't let her reply as he added,
“At that time, I only noticed Miss Laura as this was actually not the first time this had happened. I was, however, genuinely shocked to find your presence at the end of… when we finished there…”
He pretended to not be able to continue further as he also looked away from her. Clara finally looked back at him in shock as she questioned in a baffled tone,
“W-wait! So mother had witnessed such things before and you knew about it all along!?”
He only nodded his head slightly and kept being silent while refusing to look at her properly from “guilt”. He kept quiet as the rooftop became silent again. He was letting her sort out her thoughts.
Blue had managed to expertly tilt the conversation towards this direction where she would now be on the active side while he remained “passive”. This allowed him to give her the illusion that she was the one who kept digging into this matter further and further while he had no choice but to comply with her.
“Why didn't you say anything about it? You just let the situation progress to this point? Now I have to rethink about your true character.”
“It is all my fault…”
He “confessed” with an extremely guilty expression. He showed such an expression as he looked back at her that she would get the impression of his resolve to confess everything tonight despite the immense guilt and embarrassment he was feeling at that moment.
“This all started back in Carnova. On the day Karla and I truly… became one, Miss Laura apparently noticed our relationship instantly. Both of us kept the matter hidden initially as we didn't know how to go about revealing it but unfortunately things took a drastic turn on that very night.”
Clara had an extremely focused expression as he confessed till there. She frowned though when he stopped narrating and showed a conflicted expression.
“Please continue. I need to know what happened.”
She pressed him further even though she felt hurt to see such expressions on his face. However, this matter was related to those she deemed most important in her life. She couldn't let herself remain ignorant about the entire situation.
Though Karla revealed her relationship with him on the day she met him face to face for the first time, she only told her about how she fell in love and even her mother only revealed that she later approved of them, that's all. But now that he was “confessing” to her about the real “incident” that happened back then she had to get to the bottom of it as it involved her entire family.
“... At that night, I asked Karla to come to my room later as I wanted to properly talk with her about the matter of Miss Laura having noticed our relationship. She was also very sure that it was indeed the case but when I finally made the decision to tell her about us before we head to the academy Karla still felt, uh, somewhat shy to reveal it? Then we… got intimate and the night ended as we both thought we could take our time about this matter.”
“Let me guess, mother witnessed you two that night.”
“Yes, that was indeed the case.”
“So you were aware that she was watching you from way over that long ago but kept feigning ignorance about it till now!?”
“No, it wasn't only me! Karla also knew about that night.”
“...”
Her angry expression froze as she didn't seem to have expected that Karla was in on this. She kept looking at him skeptical but her eyes hinted at him to explain properly so he gazed downwards as he continued,
“At that time, both of us only awakened recently and didn't know anything about aura so even if Miss Laura had watched us that night from a distance we were oblivious to it as we were too… indulgent of each other. The next morning however Miss Laura didn't question us or anything but acted normally so we were more certain that we got away with it until Karla found me after breakfast and we started experimenting with her new skill.”
“Ah! Time Remote skill. So that's how both of you found out.”
She had a look of realization as she could already see how the matter progressed on that morning.
Blue kept quiet with his head still low while now wearing a blank expression on his face as if the “confession” was easing the burden on his heart and he had no conflicting thoughts from now on, his resolve much firmer.
He let her digest the information as he wanted her to form her own assured conjecture from this moment on. He was aware that because her favorability point was in the “interested” stage earlier and his “hypocrisy” that was “exposed” by himself tonight the favorability point would take a great hit. He had been constantly appraising her to better navigate his words and expressions.
The favorability point had been decreasing till now and when he got to the latest “confession” it finally stopped dropping and was now stuck at 60, barely staying within that threshold. It seemed that anymore negative image she would have of him would instantly drop it to the “goodwill” stage and she would no longer be sexually attracted to him.
It might seem that he was ruining things by taking this approach but his schemes were also targeted to the distant future with her so such “honesty” at this early point was a necessity for a stable foundation. It couldn't be skipped even though it brought him some hardship. He now had to put in extra effort to progress further yet he wasn't worried.
The night was still long and he had certainty to turn it around.