The Bet

"... That is not something you can have in your hands, now, my disciple." Lady Calisneia reached for his left cheek with her right hand. She tilted her head to the right in endearment, her eyes becoming cloudy. Her lips parted again to say, "Study it first. You can bring it to me whenever I guide you. We have many things to go through, so I may have to transfer some more 'homework' for you in the future, like I did years ago."

“Oh, I see.” Although Heian Ciemnosc became slightly depressed, and his brows became narrowly knitted, he responded in accordance and nodded at his Master’s words. Lady Calisneia silently looked at her disciple’s change and contemplated saying as her face remained the same. “You can now cultivate faster with this discovery, Heian Ciemnosc. Do so. I hope you can break into the Ashes Soul realm before the end of this month’s rest of the days since you became a Wrath Nihility Academy student.”

Heian Ciemnosc nodded again in silence, this time with an objective and goal in mind as his Master reminded him of how much she had been watching him, even knowing there was still 1 week and 4 days before he achieved 1 year and 4 months of studying under the Academy. He kept the Soul-exalting Old World parchment and looked down past his Master’s body.

With a clear voice, Lady Calisneia spoke again as she lifted his spirits, “That parchment is too precious, my disciple. Study it carefully, for even I couldn’t discover half its meanings. I could only make do with a secret among every other I found encrypted within. It isn’t the truth towards creating a Soul capable of becoming a weapon. But it can give birth to many more Craftsmaking creations this world has needed for way too long but couldn’t find a way to make them.”

“That is at least one of the things I figured out before the parchment no longer gave me any further help.” Lady Calisneia traced back her steps before continuing, “This parchment is the major reason I could ascend into power so fast and efficiently under everyone’s noses worldwide. Another would be my stubbornness and perseverance, and even my talent.”

“Heian Ciemnosc, I believe that with your qualities, your path will be much faster but also rocky with this thing. Treasure it. When you learn to create Relics, I will teach you the spatial array formations to keep it in your body and bind it to yourself.” Heian Ciemnosc’s Master concluded her little explanation. There was no need to talk anymore about his dual cultivation method, nor did she push him into trying it in sexual intercourse.”

“Thank you, Master. I will still do my best to find a way to save your life. Even if millions of years have passed since you existed in the Sinvonnia Kingdom… Your lifespan shouldn’t have been nearing its end. I will continue trying,” Heian Ciemnosc said with a bow after clasping his hands and with his elbows against his ribs.

“...” Lady Calisneia looked with flashing eyes as her disciple was dutiful and caring of their relationship. Now, she was anxious to see how he developed before the time came, and time was getting shorter before ‘that’ began.

“Woahuuuuuu!” Milyy suddenly exclaimed at the top of her lungs. Both Heian Ciemnosc and Lady Calisneia looked at her with surprise as she stood up behind Heian Ciemnosc with her arms and legs in a ‘V’ shape. Milyy’s face was overly content, and her fangs bit her upper and lower lips in content. She opened them, their mix of turquoise and hot pink locking on his body before she lunged forward and met head-on with her benefactor.

“Heian Ciemnosc!! Oh my gosh!! Thank you, bro!!!” Milyy hugged him as he rapidly turned around to receive the little kitty, so monstrous she might’ve broken his brains and back if he wasn’t careful. She was excited and filled with emotions, so he was pretty afraid of instantly dying now after so many things had happened.

She placed her chin atop his left shoulder and her neck against his collarbone. Her eyes were closed as she grappled around his neck, and her lower body limp. Not letting go and noticing his worry, she said in the same content tone, full of bliss. “Owww, don’t be like that!! I have been practicing for so long! I no longer kill animals while playing with them, and Mommy even saw me accidentally exploding the bodies of whales 3 out of 10 times!! It’s fine!!!”

Her arms tightly pushed him into her body, and the intention was simply adorable that Heian Ciemnosc had to acquiesce despite feeling alarms ringing off in his head as he embraced her back. When Heian Ciemnosc did, he looked at his Master, who nodded and numbered a ‘3’ with her left-handed fingers to ‘reassure’ him that everything would be okay. At the same time, Milyy noised content at feeling his hands on her back and embracing her as well.

“Hnng, hehem heeem!” Milyy rubbed the left side of her face, chin, and forehead onto him with her left ear a little read before saying in all tenderness. “You’ve allowed me to see dark-dull orange, bright brown-golden, and black globes!! I can finally start finding my way to the Fifth Step! Mommy, Mommy!”

Letting go of Heian Ciemnosc, allowing him to feel the thrill of living again, Milyy lunged herself towards her mother before stopping and making little, baby steps towards her mother’s bosom. Lovingly, she rubbed her face on her mother’s torso before looking upwards at her with shy and lovely mix-colored eyes. “Mother, I will cultivate hard now, I prwomiwsh. I will return now and spend as much time as possible in secluded doors. Even if Heian Ciemnosc is dying or something. I won’t come out and let his death obstruct my way into becoming, I assure you!”

“...” Though speechless at her daughter’s speech and the content face she spoke it, Lady Calisneia gently caressed Milyy’s back and ruffled through her hair. As Milyy purred, her cat ears and tail came out. Her human ears went away, and her bum somewhat turned more flexible. It was a unique sight in Heian Ciemnosc’s eyes to witness this transformation for the first time.

After all, most Beasts are locked in one image for the rest of their lives. While the majority become anthropomorphic, there are some who become totally human-like. In this case, Milyy was neither, as she could become human-like or anthropomorphic with just a thought or emotion rolling through her body and mind - her being.

“Al…right, go ahead and take a break then. You won’t be able to do this alone in the short run. My disciple will help you with his dual cultivation method, and you will do whatever he tells you to do at those times, understood?” Lady Calisneia softly said. But when her last few words were spoken, she became severe and lowered her head to press heavily on her daughter’s spirit.

“Yeah, whatever he wants, hehe!” However, Milyy was in such good spirits and content, making her mommy proud, and seeing her become so severe just to help her set her feet solid on the ground also made her feel exceptional. Lady Calisneia was baffled by how her daughter showed her fangs and smiled so beautifully even when saying those words. Milyy understood what her mommy said, but she didn’t think it would come to extreme situations. As for if it did happen in the end… she would deal with the situation accordingly. She was a powerful cultivator now!

“...” Meanwhile, Heian Ciemnosc was poker-faced as his Master and ‘Senior’ Apprentice Sister talked about his death like a typical occurrence. After Milyy had many huggies with her mommy, she let go of her and only gave Heian Ciemnosc a curious side-glance before dashing away into the dark. Lady Calisneia recomposed herself and spoke to him as she swung her hand as if treating air like water, “Now, take the Soul-exalting Old World parchment out, and let’s begin. It’s about time you started learning more about Souls. Let’s begin.”

“Mn!” Heian Ciemnosc sat cross-legged and nodded at his Master before taking the parchment out before meditating as she walked around him and lectured him. As she did, Heian Ciemnosc noticed a slight change in her approach. She wasn’t simply teaching him. Now, she was quietly reciting him with her knowledge and leaving space for him to figure things out or have different thoughts as she continued to elaborate. This step forwards in his master-disciple relationship with his Master left Heian Ciemnosc feeling pretty good…

. . .

Days later, 1st day of the following week. It was barely early on the morning and in the empty black space of Heian Ciemnosc’s Master’s abode.

“Huff, huff…” - “Haish…” It was already the end of Heian Ciemnosc and Elena’s sparring session. She was sweaty, and her blonde hair was a mess, with her female front layer stuck to her left cheek, which was the messier part of her hair for now. She supported herself with her hands on her knees, facing Heian Ciemnosc, who was slightly sweating. She was no longer a ‘trifling’ Ashes Soul realm cultivator but a Crabstynian realm 1st stage life-destroyer. Even though she was still weak against Heian Ciemnosc, she made him move more and react to more moves than any enemies he had faced before. And without using lethal force, which was all he knew about other than an impenetrable defense, he ended up slightly sweating.

“You lost, now what? My dear El?” Heian Ciemnosc said. His words made her stand back up with her back nearly straight. She cleaned the blood from the left corners of her mouth and looked confused at first, her sweaty face covered by a couple layers of it attractively frowned. “El? Is that my couple's name? Ah, does this mean you’re finally my puppy? Nice~.”

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“...” As always, Heian Ciemnosc can sometimes be bested, and Elena showed it as a great smile formed on her lips. Though she gained beauty after becoming 17 years old and some more over the past few months, she was still the kind of beauty that isn’t like Milyy or Arla, simply attractive. But for Heian Ciemnosc’s eyes, as he now honestly accepted his weakness to table-bodied females, she was dazzling, to say the least. Her smile further confirmed his ‘delusional’ thoughts even more.

“Well… I fucked it up thrice in a row, now what?” El, the Brave, commented and asked as her body slightly slumped. Though Heian Ciemnosc won the first week of the debt, and Elena won the second, she felt her misses were the reason he won against her and not because Heian Ciemnosc was simply good enough in classes. Thus, Heian Ciemnosc had to show her it was the latter.

“Are you ready?” Heian Ciemnosc took his Vocón Link out, making Elena’s trained eyes immediately lock its position before letting go and looking at his incredible, darkest eyes. She shrugged her shoulders and spat out without any taste, “What haven’t you seen of me already? Unless you force me now, you won’t see anything you’ve already seen and touched.”

“...” Heian Ciemnosc grinned a little at her words and tilted his head slightly forwards and to the right. With a quiet voice, he softly said. “It’s almost as if you’re begging me to make a move. Mn, I feel like a housewife lusting after my young, capable, and quickly rechargeable body. How scary.”

“This housewife is no housewife, but she could be.” Elena haggled back, forcing Heian Ciemnosc into a surprised face with his mouth somewhat opened. Elena grinned before getting ready to face her punishment, stuck her chest out, and kept her face straightly looking in Heian Ciemnosc’s direction.

“...” Heian Ciemnosc’s face became calm, and he silently let some time happen. They were deep in the night. His Master’s outer array formations concealed everything they said and did and continued to do the same. Only 10 meters distanced their bodies as Heian Ciemnosc slowly raised his right hand and lowered his left shoulder, his back visible to Elena’s brown eyes that didn’t depart from his face.

Whoosh, vuwp vuwp vuwp…

Heian Ciemnosc twisted his wrist, and his eyes remained calm and semi-opened as he thrust his right elbow towards Elena’s left and above! His Vocón Link traveled through the air as any other whip would, and when it reached its current maximum range of 16 meters, its end retracted quickly like a snake turning its head back.

Rapidly, it reached Elena’s back, and the sound of it slashing at her sounded, followed by the apparent small pieces of cloth falling from her back to the side. Elena didn’t even flinch as she felt ⅓ of her back fresh to the air and the cold of the world. But Heian Ciemnosc twisted his wrist again such that it faced the sky and jolted his right forearm to the right. Immediately, his Vocón Link moved, and a large portion of its other end hit the left side of Elena’s body.

“... haff…” Elena’s left ribs were fully exposed, but only her sternum was revealed. Not a single portion of her breasts or tummy was shown on the side of her body. She reacted at last, and her chest heaved up and down, but she kept a T pose as she saw Heian Ciemnosc’s movements. That meant his Vocón Link would hit her again, but with her current cultivation base, she couldn’t tell when it would happen. Thus, as soon as she saw his movements, the Vocón Link surprised her, struck her front legs, and left her almost pantless.

“Ai!” Elena voiced an uncommon high-pitched scream before looking down at her body. When she confirmed her crotch area wasn’t touched, with such fierce and swift whiplash, she felt relieved as she wasn’t sure her poor body wouldn’t react if he toucher her there… He was also not allowed to poke anything there. Not even on the slender mound of venus.

Whoosh- vuwm. Before Elena knew it, one whiplash after another followed. Her body was so exposed to the cold air she almost couldn’t distinguish it even more. Only her breasts, around her crotch and bums, had some clothing covering them, but her cleavage was already showing… That is, if that could be considered cleavage in the first place. Elena was now raggedly breathing all the time. She could feel her special nub and cherries involuntarily erecting.

“Woo-huff, huff…” Elena’s lowered eyes looked at the last piece of clothing leaving her waist as her crotch was revealed. He still didn’t touch her but let the vulva appear before his eyes, or at least her mound of venus. She felt slightly embarrassed being played around like this since it was Heian Ciemnosc, and he had indeed more than ‘seen’ what her bare body looked like. Then, she felt her breasts pressed against twice, and her last piece of clothing was crushed apart from her body.

Whoooooosh- fwi- fwi- fwi- fwi… plash.

Elena became overly surprised when she saw yet another ‘attack’ from the Vocón Link. The sensation of Heian Ciemnosc’s eyes on her nonexistent chest made her slightly dizzy. And when she noticed the Vocón Link’s extra attack, it was already hugging her body after several rounds. Just as she looked in Heian Ciemnosc’s direction, demanding an explanation, she felt a strong pull from the Vocón Link. Heian Ciemnosc’s figure became closer and bigger in her eyes.

Her body started spinning in the air as her feet were just 2 inches above the ground, no longer able to see Heian Ciemnosc standing a few meters away.

Thud… slap slap- slap slap…

“!... ?... ?!... !!” Suddenly, Elena’s tightly shut eyes from spinning so fast and equally being forced into motion opened. She felt her whole back crash against Heian Ciemnosc’s body, which was solid yet comfy, and wasn’t moved even after the force pulling her struck him as well. Her body was like a fragile piece of bread landing against a wall of icy metal as it softly bounced back, giving Heian Ciemnosc enough time to slap them buttcheeks and then tap his palms at her slightly toned stomach to pull her back against his front body.

“Ah…” Elena exclaimed softly, feeling everything his frontal body had to offer. As her bare and only nude body from the two rubbed slightly onto Heian Ciemnosc, she felt vulnerable and all his to do as he wished. His hands went lower and even softly traced the corners between her groin and thighs, causing her to incessantly shake. “Ah, Heian Ciemnosc! Ah!”

Feeling her body quivering right against his, Heian Ciemnosc failed to concentrate for a moment, which gave El enough time to turn around and face him with her arms hugging his neck and her hands placed on the sides of his neck. Her nose was up against his chin as she leaned over him, and her bare belly was basically eaten from any angle by his black jacket.

“You know, I start to believe this bet of ours is really stupid and nonsensical,” Elena said in a deep, low volume as she didn’t want to move to keep this pose for as long as possible. Heian Ciemnosc grinned and looked downwards, his lowered arms raising a little as his hands met her bums, kneading them softly and slightly. “I know, right? That’s why we agreed on this.”

“Eek- heehee!” Elena was astounded at the response. It made so much sense! She giggled and wiggled her bum exposed to the air, her front body still stuck against his. His hands massaged her body a bit more as she seemed to invite him further in. His fingertips found a little crack but didn’t additionally play along and kept themselves to massaging those small buttcheeks.

“Hey, Heian Ciemnosc… do you not see me as a woman?” Elena asked after he no longer attempted to do anything other than give her a comfortable, relishing massage on the asscheeks she is now so proud to show him.

Heian Ciemnosc lifted his face a little, and his eyes looked down at her, his silence already exposing his displeasure, but Elena looked at him as her right palm found its way down his abs to his pants. Heian Ciemnosc stopped her by grabbing that naughty hand’s wrist with his left hand. But before she could grow disappointed or saddened, the fool. Heian Ciemnosc’s right hand left her body after forcing her to lean on him with only the left side of her body and then lowered his pants enough to let the monster come out.

It was already semi-erect, floating in the air with intense heaviness, and its pale glans was covered by foreskin as she couldn’t depart her eyes from it. It slowly dangled and swayed, and as if she could feel and sense its warmth, she ignored the coldness it gave her as Heian Ciemnosc’s left hand brought her right hand to handle it on the underside.

She held the heavy, meaty, fresh, and cold object with relish as he forced it from the back of her knuckles to press it between her palms. She began breathing harder, and that was when Heian Ciemnosc hoarsely-whispered into her right ear as she still had a clear vision of his member with its tip against her belly button as if trying to enter her from here.

“You never asked me this… out loud,” Heian Ciemnosc moved her hand slightly up and down before letting her hand go lower, her knuckles against his testicles as he continued. Elena could only lick her lips and sharply breathe in as much as she could. “But every time your eyes, body language, and beating heart asked me that, I showed it to you, no?”

“Yes…” Elena complied, becoming entranced as she cleared up the penis head, and it was revealed but hidden by her belly. It wasn’t too thick, but at least it was pretty long and had enough width. She was never tired of seeing his sexual organ. And even his testicles were so wonderful to her every touch…

“Elena, I don’t think I’ll be capable of resisting if we kiss right now,” Heian Ciemnosc said as she looked up while pleasing him. Her belly button served like an item holder where a third of his head was encompassed and ‘hugged’ by it. She looked at his eyes still after he said that and offered no comment until something came up in her mind. She let go of the powerfully hard penis that got erected for and because of her.

Hugging his neck again, she straddled her bare pussy onto his clothed abdomen and bit his forehead and helix from his ears. Amidst her biting, pulling his flesh out, and panting, she proposed. “I’ve got an idea. Since I’m at the Crabstynian realm now, and I’m close to the 2nd stage thanks to you, Cici. Master wants to show me more moves for my halberd Art that will go hand-to-hand until the Spirit Rebirth realm. By then, he will teach me another Art that will follow me throughout my life, and it will be complemented by my halberd Art. So, I was thinking… next time we meet, you… find me, my man?”

“...” Heian Ciemnosc was content to hear so many good things were being given to Elena. She was already powerful without using lethality, unlike him so much. Hence, if she was to become even more potent and her master granted her more Arts and tools… Well… just the idea made him feel content, let alone knowing it would happen soon.

“Sure, next time we meet, I’ll bring you to a room.” Grinning cheekily, Heian Ciemnosc responded to her words. And for the first time, she didn’t become saddened nor troubled by his response. She simply looked at his darkest eyes with knitted eyebrows with desire. Her delicate expression didn’t steal her tomboyishness as Heian Ciemnosc promised and hugged her tightly.

‘I also need to breakthrough. I have only a week left to break into the Ashes Soul realm. That will make Master content, hm~.’ Heian Ciemnosc thought as he and Elena closed their eyes and put their foreheads together, slowly letting their thoughts of wanting the other calm down as the dual cultivated… Just like this. In the middle of nowhere and out in the open.

But Heian Ciemnosc’s Master was protecting them. They were all free to do as they wished, with nobody even above the Second Step able to see through.

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