The Eternal Sanctum (Holy Knight Headquarters)

[Apollymi]

Mugen's questions and statements surrounding the body she currently possessed as well as his possession of her general self made Usagi smirk just a little. 'Iie, I didn't really expect a warning. I was just teasing about it being unconventional~' she mused. She'd given herself to Mugen in one of the most complete ways one could imagine doing such a thing. She didn't regret the decision nor did she dislike it for any reason. She was content and would accept his advances likely above all others for quite a while yet. As or her friend and those fingers she was using to manipulate her body as Mugen began pump himself not at such long distances in and out of her person. As for the payback owed to Anais for the distress she was currently causing. 'Ah~ I am building! I still have karma but its form isn't set yet... I think it will end up being a bit more pleasant than the last time given my current inclinations... well at least in this context~' the girl mentioned. She was sure she'd be able to manifest the karma needed for her friend. Not that it was actually completely necessary, to Usagi it was quite cute, how randomly demanding her friend was for her attention when her switch was flipped.

Moving on, or rather as Usagi was being pummeled by Mugen, Ailen was being bullied by Anais. Though the girl retained those movements of her fingers within the other girl, those little massaging motions seemed only to punctuate the pummeling being dished out by Mugen. A little sweet to go along with the spice so to speak. Ailen on the other hand was being treated to Anais's more extreme reactions as the general focal point of her less charitable tendencies. "Well, since we're testing limits, Shishou... gambareyo~" she said wishing the man luck. 'He gave us permission... destroy him!' her internal voice mentioned. Anais had been playing and teasing in her mouth but the request of her internal voice was met with action of taking the man deeper within her mouth and allowing mana to dance across her tongue as she trailed him deeper towards her throat, which hummed with a promising vibration as she approached. Just the same both fingers within and her thumb outside of Usagi would deliver pulses which made the lass sigh. 'She's so outrageous in her own head!' Usagi mentioned. All the while Anais questioned herself while looking only a little devious for her trouble. 'Why am I so extreme?' she questioned her own desires, but went along with them as she believed herself to be in a safe space. Still the little moans coming from Usagi caught her attention and she found herself feeling the gentle tightening of her loins around her fingers while she listened to the noises and she could have sworn she saw Mugen in the corner of her eye, right where she hadn't looked directly behind Usagi. But surely that wasn't the case. If it was... she was sure she was tickling his testicles. No, that couldn't be the case right? Just the same Usagi's senses were becoming more and more accute, she was sure she was onto something... as her body was being fast tracked towards bliss.

[Bloodedge]

Just a tease, Usagi claimed. She still had nothing even remotely negative to say, so Mugen continued twisting his hips to wedge himself thoroughly in the girl's rear. Well, it wasn't as if any naysaying would have truly discouraged him anyway. Shinomiya Kaguya herself had offered every fiber of her being to him, and there was no backing down from that without special circumstances. What were conventions anyway? 'I'll take that as a special request for my attention~♥' he said. Usagi alleged a build-up to Karma aimed at Anais. If that was the choice, they had similar intentions with that girl. 'Ara? Me too. Though... it's entirely her fault, and only going to get worse when she catches up to you. It'll be great for both of us~' he commented, laughing in the end. Now, there was something else he took note of while holding this new form by the hips and taking in her physique. 'This one's got some legs on her. Figured out what you're into as this one yet?' the demon wondered. Mugen was no stranger to consciously possessing a different Spiritual Core. He knew the likelihood that, despite not veering far from one's core self, there were often some... tweaks to one's behavior and preferences. He wondered how that sort of thing might manifest in his apprentice after visiting the opposite alignment.

Meanwhile, Ailen was wondering if he'd even survive the morning. Usagi's involvement had once again taken a backseat to Anais's approach, but that alone could easily keep him physically and mentally occupied for many hours. Actually, Anais had a habit of doing even more ─ not that he'd be complaining. In fact, he'd soon be doing the exact opposite. Once Anais's head lowered, once those vibrations traveled through his manhood, Ailen caught himself slipping just a bit. In this particular case, slipping meant accidentally letting a small amount of mana escape into the girl's throat. Luckily, he stopped himself before wasting something meant for both lasses; that would have set them back quite a bit. "I may need a bit more than luck," he mused absently. In the meantime, Mugen's gaze was shifting toward Anais. She may not have been fully conscious of his presence, but she wasn't totally ignorant of it either. He crossed her mind; he could feel it. She was also undoubtedly tickling his testicles. With a link that would only be strengthened by her mind, she may possibly have even heard... 'A bit more wouldn't hurt.'

[Apollymi]

There was an understanding between Mugen and his apprentice. She knew what she'd offered of herself to him, and as such wasn't really going to say no under many, if any, circumstances. She was a willing participant in debauchery that involved him and his decision to take her teasing as a request for special attention left her happily rocking against that wedging sensation and also feeling the trembles and vibrations offered directly to her sex by her friend's fingers. 'Take that as you like, Mugen-sama♥!~' she chimed in a teasing manner. Beyond that the girl whose fingers currently teased her and her mentor to no end, seemed to be the target of building Karma by both of them. 'Aw? Really? Well, I don't think mine feels quite that sinister at base. I'm sure making sure she understands what she's doing to people... being a corrupting influence and all~' mused Usagi about her friend. The girl truly wasn't quite herself as much as Kaguya remembered her to be. Well, perhaps it was a matter of the faces, there were quite a few differences between her base state and the two she currently had. One of them was noted by Mugen as he took in her newer physique. 'I decided I wanted to be a bit bigger than I normally am, test the waters a bit... but I retained the flexibility. I don't have a lot of preferences yet. I was going to let experience dictate them a bit, and it seems like what I enjoy right now ware these... multiple points of stimulation, but I feel like Mon-sama can be blamed for that~' she mentioned though that was its own kind decision as well.

At the same time, Anais's antics yielded something closer to advice even as Usagi caught her breath a bit. That gentle vibration down Ailen's shaft brought about a spillage in her throat which left her tasting honey, just a hint of it in her mouth. How interesting. Was he holding out? Did she like that kind of challenge? Maybe... just a little. He claimed he'd need more than luck and she pulled back just a bit while looking up at him. "I believe in you, Shishou~" she commented which finally made Usagi look back to the girl, seeing her still moving hands. "I saw that you know... I take a breather for three seconds and look what happens... we're in this together you know?" she leaned into the girl, their lips meeting. Usagi also took the liberty of placing her hand back on Ailen hers and Anais's fingers entwining their thumbs rolling together over his tip still moistened by saliva. 'She's onto us! Quick, before...' Sinais couldn't give the proper amount of advice in this moment, as she heard Mugen's words and direct contact with Usagi, strengthened the connection that Anais had been unconsciously or consciously ignoring.

'Mugen-sama, I finally have my understanding of Karma in this form~' mused Usagi as her forward lean left her slipping her tongue deep into Anais's mouth. Doing so would cause a little black diamond to appear in Anais's palm which connected a bit of this from directly to the girl. The resonance, would leave Anais feeling both the throbbing build up in Usagi's loins and the immense but pleasurable pressure she was also experiencing in her rear due to Mugen's interference. At the same time... she'd feel the extra sensations the lass caused her, lips and tongue while the kissed as if she was searching the girl's mouth for the rest of that honey she'd robbed her of. At the same time, Anais managed to look shocked as a connection to Mugen manifested in her hearing his voice and picturing him behind Usagi's form given her own sensations below the waist. Oh... a little more? Her body reacted instinctually, pulsing mana into those finger tips which brushed against his jewels, almost unconsciously as her eyes closed. Well, given the connection she couldn't stop the movements of her fingers, she'd stifle her own building orgasm which seemed to be echoing Usagi's. It would appear Usagi's new form had looser sexual preferences and was a bit of a hedonist, willing to enjoy and be enjoyed though with karma applied.

[Bloodedge]

'I think I will,' Mugen replied to the silver-haired girl. He'd take her statement, and her, as he liked. First though, he was curious about something very specific. While he awaited the answer to said curiosity, he merely continued working at Usagi's rear the same way. Ah, but there was news! Usagi had come to understand Karma as it would apply to this Core. In showing this new discovery, she formed a special kind of connection between Anais and herself. Based on the sensation radiating from that seal, Usagi had applied Karma in an almost curse-like manner to another person. Ah... he knew where this was going.

Ailen, however, had no earthly idea what was happening. He should not have expelled any mana so quickly. Anais's tactics were evolving with every session; he'd have to work more intensely toward keeping up. Luckily for him, he'd soon have a break. Usagi seemed somewhat bothered by the selfish claiming of mana on Anais's part, appearing to seek the remnants from the elafia's mouth. Both of their hands were stroking away at his manhood, but he assumed only a tricky mouth or overactive tongue could do him in so thoroughly. At the current rate, however, he may have been very wrong. Oh well; he'd find out eventually if that was the case. First, he'd have words to share with Usagi. "You needn't worry about missing that. It was a slip-up on my part, but it has no knowledge in it," he assured.

Mugen soon received the answer he'd been waiting for. He knew Anais could feel him. Now, she could hear ─ and perhaps see ─ him as well. Combining that fact with her current Karma-based affliction, he was going to have a great deal of fun. 'What, no hello? Too busy gushing over having four people in one session?' he wondered. Whatever the case, she did do a bit more as requested. Mana trickled into his sack, and he knew precisely what to do with it. 'Usako, what do you think the cost would be for the girl who didn't offer herself to me after making me wait multiple times already? I think...' His clause was inconclusive, though the point would soon be felt by both girls. As that mana was used against him, a burst of his own mana erupted into Kaguya. It wasn't physical by any means, but that wouldn't change the way it felt ─ apparently to both parties. That was his answer... for now. With the existing link between Anais and his apprentice, Mugen figured this little maneuver could be abused for... an extra effect to his benefit.

[Apollymi]

Mugen would take her statement and her as he liked... that was fine with the girl in question. In the mean time she was busy giving her friend a connection to her which made the girl highly aware of the other presence in the room, which had already given her quite a few strange feelings. She couldn't really reconcile herself immediately. There were too many stimuli. There was the lips and tongue aggressing her mouth but also the the feeling of being on both ends of that situation. There was now the feeling of her rear being filled which she found to be full of pressure but also heat in an oddly pleasant way once she was no longer surprised. There was also that hand and the one entwined with it moving along Ailen's shaft and... the sensations of her fingers, moving within Usagi but also in herself by the same logic. It was far too much. The addition of Mugen's voices to her already sensitive body state sent both her mind and body into fully aroused panic. 'Hot! More bodies more people everything is too hot!! Everything is way too hot!~' her mind was one thing. And then another....

Because their lips would separate as Usagi chose to answer Ailen's slip up and his misunderstanding about the situation. 'Ai-aniki is cute like this... I understand her destructive tendencies towards him~' she mused before speaking. "Iie, it isn't about that... I've known this whole time there isn't any information in it. This is about enjoying you... the rest is a nice bonus!~" she declared. "That... though I didn't expect you to react this way..." Anais said a bit sheepishly of course she would say that. Still Usagi leaned in and pecked the girl's lips again almost playfully as she rocked her own hips against her fingers. "Well you did always say I am pushy, wouldn't want to disappoint~" she murmured, "So let's push together!~" she teased.

At the same time there was Mugen whom she'd not spoken to yet and though it appeared she was looking to Usagi, her hips had started gently moving a she felt far too many sensations from too many angles. 'Ohayou gouzaimasu, Mugen-sensei...' she managed with her rather skittish demeanor already present, knowing her initial tirade had been heard, she was as always embarrassed. 'Hot-sensei is back!~ Round three... or wait... it's four now isn't it~' her internal voice seemed to think this something quite amusing. Still there was the matter of Mugen's next words which sounded a bit threatening, 'Cho-cho-- choutou...' Anais couldn't even get it all out before she felt on three ends a bursting explosion of mana which wasn't real and was. There was what filled Usagi's rear in a spiritual sense, what filled her own by the same logic. The echoing feeling of her fingers finding the perfect rhythm, Usagi's moving hips that tingle which spread from the apex of her sex all across her body. And beyond that both she and Usagi drooling grand releases onto Ailen's manhood as their tongues began swirling around it while their thumbs flickered over his tip. Both girls saw satisfaction though Anais felt it more than once... she was actually sure it was vibrating around her body quite a bit. "Aaah!♥~" she moaned her happiness but also questioned it. 'Why does it feel so excessive?' she wanted to know. 'We like it... doesn't matter.' once more Sinais was a voice of reason in a sea of debauchery. Oddly enough, Anais wasn't alone in this because of the way Usagi's Karma worked she also felt the echoes of pleasure that the other lass felt.. it was the kind of excessive she lived for. Her friend truly was in an interesting place in her development, still questioning her own desires but not saying anything truly negative about them.

[Bloodedge]

Mugen wasn't the only one capable of hearing Anais's inner monologue. Now, the various forms of Shinomiya Kaguya could hear her internal voices as well. Had she learned of this? Mugen didn't yet know, but that was of little importance. According to the free-spirited version of Anais brought to surface by his presence, the only issue at present was... that the current scene was too good. 'Ara? Glad I could be of service. I've got a special reward for you, giving valuable feedback and all,' he said to the dark side of Anais. Of course, that promise had nothing to do with his eventual deposit into the rear of Usagi. No, he was just adding to the tally for Anais at this point.

Ailen... was a goner. Today would mark his final day as a functional elf who had his life together. Of this, he could be almost certain. In warning Usagi that she would gain none of his knowledge from Anais's mouth, he heard the girl claim she already knew. She was enjoying him, she claimed. How very strange. Being desired for anything but his knowledge was a new concept to Ailen. Anais had been the first to value him with little to no consideration for his mind's worth. Was he now to believe there were two? Apparently he was. There was a certain comfort in the notion that he didn't have to keep his mind functioning at full capacity around these girls. He was just beginning to accept that with Anais, and now there was another he could probably be more relaxed around. "That's so strange. Humans... always bring unexpected developments," he muttered.

While Ailen was going through an emotional rollercoaster, Mugen was ejecting a great deal of mana into his apprentice's new form. He may have put a bit more 'oomph' into it due to the knowledge of Anais's second-hand experience. Well... that was her fault for not giving a proper hello. She did give one after being addressed about it, just before her other self started talking about which round it was. Round? No, that wasn't right. 'Not so fast, Little Doe. It's still round zero. That is... unless you're saying I should get out of my chair and make the trip here in person?'

[Apollymi]

It would seem that the words which were the excited utterances of Anais's mind were appreciated by Mugen. Sinais seemed more excited by that prospect than most beings could be. To be fair, the words of Anais were also appreciated by Usagi but in a very different way... 'This is the best thing ever... hearing the things she's thinking is probably my favorite thing about this power~' Usagi admitted. 'Woohoo, Hot-sensei rewards!~' the voice inside Anais's head was pleased by the things she might be given. 'Why am I like this?' Anais wanted to question herself and did so... but seemed not to be separating herself from her baser instincts. The amount of time Anais managed to embarrass herself with her internal musings might be getting way too far out of her control.

Moving on, general acceptance was something easy to find within the friend group that Anais and Usagi both knew. They could said without question that any of their close friends would feel much the same way about people being themselves. Moreover, though the pair was likely among the more free leaning of the group, they were sure most would find some qualities of each person they encountered endearing. It just so happened that they found Ailen to be quite interesting regardless of his brain, though it was still a great asset. Perhaps, they'd find out how abnormal their thought pattern was, but it wouldn't change. "Hai!" both girl's said only to giggle a bit. They went back to work seemingly pleased with the elf's current mindset. Hands continued to move and mouths joined the fray. Both girls seemed content to continue with their actions, even as they experienced great pleasure at each others hands. In fact, even while reaching climax they very literally spent a great deal of time making out with each other around Ailen's girth between their lips and tongues.

Even so, there was more sensation being given to the lasses through the use of Mugen's tool and their own bouncing sensations. It was quite overwhelming. Just the same, her internal voice didn't seem at all discouraged by what was happening... she found it amusing and more or less to her tastes. But what was this? Mugen questioned the validity of her statement, 'Well I see your point. For the record, I've been unboxing all the parts of her that are wrapped up in the quiet one. But... until I'm whole this isn't my call to make~' Sinais mentioned, affirming that she was doing her part to help Anais in her journey towards her next path. Anais felt, relieved. She'd come to start trusting her internal self a bit more... and it seemed to be working... well as far as she understood her own darkness. From her current perspective, Usagi found this interesting... the girl seemed completely separate from her baser desires. Miko wasn't like that before, though she'd been quite odd. That had to be an issue of her time here, and a problem for later. All in all... Sinais was sure, Anais wasn't ready yet, but maybe the other two could help her out a bit, yes that seemed like a good plan.

[Bloodedge]

'Makes it all worthwhile, doesn't it? This one's especially interesting beneath the shell,' Mugen agreed regarding the audible thoughts of Anais. Only seconds later, the elafia's internal voice was expressing excitement about potential rewards. She would be excited about that. Had that one been more toward the surface of Anais's mind, Shinomiya Kaguya would not have appeared in this world. Oh well; there was a silver lining to everything. Anais would eventually find herself officially added to his list either way; her hesitance would only place her higher in the end.

Humans, especially those of Gaia, were proving to be more than the elves could have ever believed. Beyond the mental loops he was being thrown through by these surprising admittances, the elf was brought to veritable silence by all he was feeling physically. The extra moisture from that cooperative drooling on his member was too much once their mouths returned to him fully. It didn't even have anything to do with the mana in said drool; it was just that physically revolutionary. "Hah─ I'm understanding more each day. I can't be sure if I'm getting weaker, or you two are made of something I can't fathom. It's even pleasant to watch," he admitted, taking special note of how their mouths interacted with each other ─ which they seemed easily capable of doing without abandoning him. This amount of synergy was unprecedented. "It's... strange that this would be a first experience for you two as well. Where is this harmony coming from?" he wondered.

'Poor Ai-chin,' Mugen said thereafter. 'You two might break his brain at this rate. Lucky him, right~♥' he added ─ an extra little jab at the lack of approach from Anais. The girl's darker side admitted to bringing forth her inner self bit by bit, but she would not take charge so wholly. She was not yet complete, apparently. Mugen knew that; he also knew it was unlikely that she could be complete without his involvement. What he said next, however, had nothing to do with that. No, the demon's next words were for the innocent one. 'Another no, then? Pity. If I didn't have Usako here, I might even be upset. Though I suppose... between you and me, one of us will only become more upset every time we meet~' he teased. Mugen knew something. Shinomiya Kaguya knew the same thing. Anais, on the other hand, would look back on her own ignorance with disdain one day. 'Oh, I hope you kept the hat,' he added at random, not making it very clear which girl he was speaking to then.

[Apollymi]

'I know, I saw her tell... it's great when she says something aloud and there is just a NSFW version being yelled by her brain and soul~' Usagi mentioned seeming to find it fun after the initial shock of the first time she'd heard the girl's feelings. 'Great, now there are three people that hear my inside voices,' Anais said almost scoffing. Usagi, or more accurately Kaguya enjoying such a thing was about right for the girl's personality. She was one of Miko's most trusted friends, so... her having access to her thoughts wasn't really that odd. She likely would have told her the truth about whatever she said aloud if pressed about it anyway. In a similar light the invasiveness of Mugen since they'd met, meant the girl found herself at his mercy. Though, she didn't necessarily find that to be negative either. For a person who had access to her thoughts since before he'd actually seen her, he'd not actually outed her for her manic and obviously deviant thought patterns. Though her current self was not able to properly appreciate it... she did respect the man for his discretion and gave him a great deal of trust. Even so, she didn't understand her behavior around him and that was something she'd have to continue thinking about for a while yet.

While Anais lamented her fate and her best friend and that girl's mentor relished in her mind's less than savory thoughts. At the same time Anais's mentor seemed to be... having some fun while also experiencing something close to being overwhelmed. He claimed not to know if he was getting weaker or if the pair of them was something he couldn't imagine. He also liked the view... that was good. That slickness along his manhood would be abused and spread about by hands. Since, saliva carried mana, Anais took it upon herself to cause a few gentle ripples along the surface of his shaft all while a grin appeared on Usagi's face. "I doubt it's weakness... there are just some things you can't be prepared for," she mused happily. "Still... it's good you're enjoying yourself, Shishou~" added Anais. Still, their techniques wouldn't stop. Their kissing continued at pace even as tongues traveled along his manhood and danced with each other. He wondered about their synergy given their apparent first time experience with this sort of thing. "We've been friends since middle school when Mi-chan stopped running away from me~" mentioned Usagi. "We also work together and spend a lot of time together. I wasn't running; you were scary..." Anais countered. "We've not done this kind of thing before, but we have complementary personality and skills~" she explained as a possibility. "It also helps that Mi-chan doesn't have hard preferences and is rather flexible in her own thinking~" she added the complement which made Anais blush harder than normal. "There you are~" teased Usagi over the tip of Ailen's manhood she slid her tongue into Anais's mouth. The elafia accepted the gesture and thus helped teach the elf to a massage of two tongues with two different amounts of pressure applied and kinds of aggression applied. Usagi, was deviously accurate firmly tracing with purpose while Anais was soft and encompassing in a more general way. Harmony.

At the same time, Mugen took note of the mental state of his comrade in marriage to the goddess. He claimed this pair might break his brain as if that was a good thing. Of course, given how he treated his wife he likely did think that way. At the very least Usagi could agree that it was a good thing. 'Nothing wrong with giving him a break. If elf stuff is what I think it is~' mentioned Usagi. 'Shishou deserves a bit of luck...' Anais confirmed though she didn't think about it the same way Mugen and Usagi did she definitely enjoying bullying the elf and then taking care of him. But she didn't get much time to think on this... why? Well because Mugen was being cryptic and a bit menacing about her inability to confirm meeting with him. 'Box it,' Anais confirmed with absolute confusion. 'Gomen,' she apologized and she wasn't sure why. Was she scared? Maybe. Was she excited? Also maybe... it was hard to tell how he meant that statement... she didn't know him well enough to figure out how she was making him upset. She also hadn't considered she was the one upset. She was also still not ready for him yet and she wasn't even sure why. 'Huh... so that's how words like that are taken by people,' Usagi said. Besides this Mugen's words meant he understood Anais's obsession with him, even if she didn't know she was obsessed yet. That was going to be a glorious thing.

[Bloodedge]

'Four, if you want to be technical about it,' Mugen replied quickly, cryptically even. In this reality, there was one other person who could hear her internal monologues. Maybe that hadn't been exploited just yet, or maybe that person didn't exist yet in a technical sense. Mugen couldn't tell at the moment. Eventually though, he would know for sure. Either way, he counted two victories thus far. In addition to laying claim to the new Core of his apprentice, there was another effect that had yet to fully manifest. Mana would be constantly swapping between Usagi and Anais, which would effectively seed Mugen into the latter a bit more while Usagi metabolized. Every time he appeared to Anais, he had to be sure the right steps were being taken. She'd be coming to him eventually... and what a day it would be.

Of course, there was still more to be done. Thinking things were coming to an end for him here, Mugen took the time to wedge himself around in Usagi's rear a bit more. While that occurred, the pair continued destroying the mind of Ailen. They had much to say, but that was only more distraction. He should still be focusing on that first lesson about Spirits; it was already prepared and everything. Their long-term friendship was given credit for this unexpected harmony. Even if that were the case, what he experienced now was ridiculous. Two hands were moving moisture and pulsing mana along his length, and two tongues were teasing the tip in a manner most stimulating. "That's all quite lovely, but I hardly registered a thing either of you said. At this point, I believe I owe you both a lesson for the service alone," he insisted. One might note that Ailen's throbbing member had begun to swell in a more permanent way. He was ready to burst minutes before, and it seemed holding out any longer was becoming less possible with every movement against him. Now would be the perfect time to gather that knowledge for a release.

Meanwhile, Mugen was watching as Anais once again missed the greater point. It would all culminate into proper thought eventually ─ maybe whenever she ran out of box space? A misplaced apology came from the elafia as well; she really didn't get it. 'Hm. That's fun,' he commented. Now then, his time was nearing its end due to the obvious encroachment of a new phase with the physical trio. One proper thrust saw the demon expelling his mana into Usagi's rear once more, but... that wouldn't be all. With a quick retreat mid-expulsion, Mugen angled himself to spill the final spurt of mana, which seemed to perfectly target Anais's cheek rather close to the corner of her mouth. She could have that as a parting gift, he figured.

[Apollymi]

'Nope, didn't need to know.' Anais said immediately to the idea that four people could hear her thoughts. Whoever else could, it wasn't something she needed to think about, it went into a box immediately. It was already almost more than her mind could bear... she was already dealing with too much. Mugen's influence on Anais wouldn't be noticed by her at all... it was the sort of thing that would feed her inside voice a bit more, but Sinais regardless of her extremes still functioned within Miko's own limitations and understandings. Usagi for her part in this, would do everything she could to facilitate her friend's happiness, even if she didn't yet know she wanted it.

Still there was the wedging within Usagi's rear which was also something felt by Anais. She'd have to point out to her friend later how crazy it was to have connected their bodies in such a way, but knew how easily one could develop oddly invasive skills so she didn't actually mind it. Instead a little wiggle of her hips occurred as she felt the same thing and what she was still doing to Usagi. Continuous would be Mugen's assault on the pair and the same could be said of the pair's assault on Ailen. Both girls were familiar enough now with male anatomy to understand how the stiffening of his manhood hinted at his readiness. A wicked look would be shared by the two friends, because why not and Ailen's words would be addressed directly. "Well, if you really want to..." Anais started. "Be our guest, Ai-aniki~" Ah but there was something in that combined statement which made it seem like a challenge. Both girls hands on his manhood continued to stroke at their constant and slickened pace, but those tongues met each other and both their mouths opened. The tip of Ailen's manhood would find itself enclosed within the two mouths as they met each other with their heads at slight angles. It was all soft lips, and hot breaths with both tongues seeming to vibrate with excess mana concentrated on them as they aimed to bring about his end. Lesson ready or not. Just the same the girls tongues also vibrated against each other when they met. Leading to more enhanced sensations for both of them.

Ah, and then there was Mugen. Anais's apology didn't seem to mean much of anything. Though she didn't know why she'd done it in the first place. Apparently, something was fun and she wasn't sure what that was either. Instead, Usagi got herself filled again and was thus experiencing an orgasm which both girls shared via her ability. Anais was almost fidgeting as her fingers met slickness once more and it was about time for her to remove them. Apparently Mugen did the same and splashed her face with just a bit. Anais had gotten quite used to bodily fluids and their habits and even in her own mind it wasn't really a problem. She removed those fingers from Usagi who seemed almost spiritually limp and wiped her cheek with the back of her hand. A strange instinct or maybe the force of her internal self had her licking the back of her hand in the moment. The flavor of Mugen's mana didn't originally register in her mind, but it definitely did now. Her eyes widened and she seemed almost excited. 'Waah, I didn't know it was like this! So spice!' only to let her tongue stick out a little bit. 'Still on the food masochism? Still makes you feel alive~' teased Usagi who remembered a conversation she'd had with the girl about her wasabi based habits. 'I haven't had anything spicy like that in a really long time...' Anais admitted sheepishly, not even realizing she'd just fed her darkness in the most literal way she could.

[Bloodedge]

With Mugen's extrication and spillage onto Anais's face, this version of him had a bit of energy remaining. He watched as the elafia dragged a hand across that excretion and let it pass over her tongue. Shock took the girl then, but she seemed satisfied nonetheless. He knew she would be. If it was masochistic tendencies she wanted to play around with, they'd have a great deal of fun indeed. 'That's what I'm here for ─ to spice up your lives. Don't go forgetting me now. And you,' he said, his attention shifting toward Usagi. The final store of mana in this manifestation would be spilled promptly on her face. 'You, I'll definitely be seeing later. Give me a call,' he said while fading.

A few moments would pass from there while Ailen continued failing to get his mind in order. Both girls had urged him to give the lesson he alleged owing them, and yet... it didn't sound like a normal invitation. No, there was something far more devious in their expressions. Worse yet, there were some very erotic faces looking up thereafter ─ protruding tongues and expectant gazes. One notable and mighty throb occurred as he just nearly exploded at a moment's notice. No; he couldn't do that. "Ah─! Well... I'll do my best to actually give it," he said. Those tongues were so ready to receive a lesson, so a lesson would be what they got. A bit of waste erupted from Ailen's tip, as he was failing to fend off the girls' hands. Luckily, he splashed them with only a single spurt before resisting anything more. Having bought himself a few additional seconds, Ailen winced, grumbled and focused.

The expulsion that followed was a grand one which spread outward quickly, carrying with it the intended information regarding Spirit classifications. They could learn of Spirits able to inhabit the world. They would learn how many of said Spirits existed based on whatever lore there was about them, and how their forms and abilities were determined the same way. Of course, there were also lesser beings that classified as Spirits ─ ones that were empty until filled with purpose, who dedicated their existences to those purposes upon gaining them. That was the gist of what Ailen intended to deliver, yet he wasn't sure he got it all where it needed to be. "Ngh... did that go as planned? I'm not sure if I made the whole thing; my apologies. Any questions either way? Any missing context?" he expressed.

[Apollymi]

Mugen had cheeky commentary to share with the group after Anais's exclamation. 'I haven't forgotten...' Anais managed, she knew she was procrastinating but she could have forgotten the demon if she tried. She was as always a blushing mess but that being said she was also just full of conflicting principles currently. It had been a rough couple of days for her and it didn't seem like something which would lighten up a significant amount any time soon. At the same time, Usagi was also splashed in the face, claiming he'd be seeing her later and she should call him. 'Hai hai, Mugen-sama~' Usagi mentioned. She wasn't at all shy and also licked her own lips and drug a bit more towards her mouth. 'Ja ne, Mugen-sensei,' Anais murmured. 'Thanks Hot-sensei, I'm doing my best!~' these were the words of Sinais. Strangely, it was always a bit odd to see him leave. Her ability to attach herself to people was making her wonder if she was just throwing herself into things to avoid dealing with her current issues.

Usagi would be left to metabolize and encourage something similar in her elafia friend. All the while, they were still and now probably a bit more consciously, deviously influencing Ailen. Both girls watched that almost frustration play across his face as he claimed to try and make sure they got the lesson. And both made the active decision to try and make that not happen. Not that they didn't want the information but challenging this man a bit was something both girls enjoyed mentally. And it seemed they got their wish at least a little as a spray of initial fluids didn't contain information but tasted like honey which spread across both tongues initially. Ah, but he stopped it as well, making both girls happily chuckle as their actions continued.

It wouldn't be until the final spillage that both girls ceased their accosting of his tool and both received something of substance to swallow and gain information. While both had fully mouths they more acutely leaned into each other, spreading that information between their mouths as Anais's fingers did their same magic encouraging Usagi and herself at the same time. She'd manage to trigger both their reflexes to reach climax as they swallowed this information between themselves... and both would receive information on the spirits for their trouble. "Eh? I thought we had that one... that was definitely still a lesson about spirits~" mentioned Usagi as her tongue flickered over a little overflow on the face of Anais. "It seemed like we did... maybe next time~" Anais said in a most innocent way, but obviously she had every intention of trying to ruin another of this man's lesson as she sorted through the information within this lesson. "Also it all got where it needed to be... it isn't a problem, Shishou~" Anais mused as she also found herself licking the cheek of her friend and then her extricated fingers as well. While Usagi watched such a thing her understanding of spirits given her previous lessons made her scrutinize Anais a bit harder... it would be after a few moments of consideration and catching her breath that she'd express a curiosity. "She's right, but I do have a question. Spirits are like legendary beings whose powers and likeness are determined by the stories about them, right? So, does that mean they have different powers and appearances depending on how they are perceived and how they understand themselves too?" asked Usagi while giving Anais a casual side eye, which could have been because she was busy consuming her bodily fluids but was more related to her question than anything else.

[Bloodedge]

Success! Ailen may or may not have gotten the full point across, but he most certainly managed to deliver a lesson. A deep sigh escaped him, both from relief and from... well, relief of a more physical nature. That was certainly an ordeal. If he was to have an actual sexual endeavor with this pair of girls, he'd be out of mana before noon. He wouldn't have even taken that as a positive thing three days prior, but now... it was sounding rather fun. "I think I've gone entirely native," he said. In all actuality, Ailen somewhat regretted the delivery of that lesson. If he hadn't done it, he could have continued this little arrangement. Perhaps he still could?

Both girls were seemingly as disappointed as Ailen was. They were both attempting to make his lesson delivery fail, which was something he thought to accuse Anais of previously. Having confirmation right in front of him, the elf found himself wondering if this was exploitable. Ah... there wasn't a need to exploit anything, as Usagi did have some curiosities about the knowledge. Perhaps he could use that? There was a notable look in Anais's direction when that inquiry was offered, implying that she knew more than Anais herself did. Ailen thought it would be best if he remained a bit vague for the elafia's sake. "I see. You are on the right track. There are some examples of what you're questioning. Dragons are among the highest-tier Spirits the world has ever seen. They are above the necessity of keeping to their lore for survival, and can instead adapt to whichever lore they wish to. So long as they understand themselves, it matters not what form they take. There are other such examples as well, if you wish to know," he said to the lass. In that offer for additional knowledge, there was a peculiar tone taken by Ailen. It seemed he was taking a proverbial stab at making a pass at the young Tenbu, while also offering her some more... confidential knowledge. "It is also still imperative that you become more adjusted to my mana and the way my lessons manifest compared to your previous teachers. I believe one more lecture for you would make up the difference."

[Apollymi]

Ailen seemed quite relaxed after his lesson was delivered. He claimed to have gone completely native, and both girls looked at him closely soon after. Given what the man had been like their very first shared lesson and her first sexual experience, she could say she completely noted the changes in his demeanor and appreciated them. Usagi knew her friend enough to know the likeness between them and figured he was developing these kinds of desires of his own which was also good. "I've been here for technically a day and I will say going native is one of the best things to do. It's fun~" she said with a devious little smirk.

Still, it seemed that the elf wasn't at all witless. He understood the question Usagi asked and even had the presence of mind not to answer it directly enough for the elafia to understand they were discussing her existence in the moment. He compared the lore based creatures like dragons were spirits that could take whatever form as long as they understood themselves. "Sou ka... I could see that, dragons are pretty well known on both worlds and they are basically different by region and mythology," she commented. "Yeah, there are also weird ones that differ slightly like how many different things count as Leviathan or all the different lore surrounding Kitsune," Anais added her own understanding of what was being said, it went beyond her notice that she was a person being discussed in this case, but... her internal voices were less obtuse. Oh but there was more, he claimed that if she wished to know he could offer her more information of a more private nature. 'Hoh? Ai-aniki... I didn't think you had it in you~' Usagi thought as she was curious more directly about his understanding of Anais's case. "Well, I wouldn't want to have a bad time metabolizing or retaining anything... I'd love to understand your method~" she teased gently. She gave a playful wink to Ailen and looked over to her friend who encouraged this behavior with a thumbs up. Said thumb was also immediately licked clean as well. The mixture of Ailen, Usagi and Mugen tasted like sweet and spicy Yuzu which was a rarity she'd not considered before this moment. Her eyes shifted to her mentor and she gave him a smile as well... innocent as it could be given her activities. 'Oh? Look at Shishou, testing out his dark side. He should be rewarded!' Sinais concluded. "I was thinking something like that~" said Usagi as she settled between Ailen's legs and licked the head of him clean before beginning to gently move herself along his manhood with her tongue tracing the back of his phallus on the way down. Anais for her part in this, watched the start with wide and glowing eyes. 'Hot. It's hot! Why is it always so fucking hot!?'

[Bloodedge]

Lesson given, lesson received. The matter was so simple, and yet Ailen could only think... a bit more wouldn't hurt. Usagi claimed 'going native' was fun, and that she believed it was among the best choices to make. She'd only been in this world for a day, but Ailen was not surprised by that statement. "You would say that. You are Tohsaka-san's apprentice through-and-through," he declared. Even in a form created using Solomon's offering, Usagi boasted the same general demeanor he'd come to expect of Yume. This was a sign of her Yin alignment, but a rather good one.

Speaking of good signs, there were two more along the way. The first was Anais's ignorance of their discussion. Ailen had known the truth about this girl since discovering the White Hart within her, and Usagi had been building toward an understanding for some time now. It seemed the only one who didn't know, was Anais herself, probably as the creature within her intended. As for the other good sign, it was related to Usagi's reception of his... 'offer' of knowledge. She was quick to take the space between his legs, leaving Anais to one side while licking the residual mana from his tool. So soon after release, he felt that five times over. "Ah─" he uttered, twitching and just about naturally retreating from the stimulus. "That's a bit quick for that sort of approach. I don't think I'm used to it," he added. "With behavior like this from both of you, I'll have to consume a potion or sleep away the first day of the group's journey. Though... I don't think I would find that too upsetting, considering─"

[Apollymi]

The smile on the face of Usagi only widened a bit when she was properly compared to Mugen. She could see that comparison, in the same way she understood the comparison between Ailen and Anais. "Well, Mugen-sama and I are a lot alike~" she mused, happily. Anais could only nod her head to that information. Even the way she was acting around Mugen was oddly similar to how she'd first reacted to meeting Kaguya when they were children.

Beyond this point, Anais was completely unaware of the bigger implications of their conversation. But her inner minds were not. In fact, in the space of the girl's mind... amid a room full of indexed boxes, a light and dark entity looking a bit like the original version of the girl looked at each other from across the way. 'I got a bit of a recharge, time to find the hat... and whatever else she needs to be ready for Hot-sensei!~' Sinais mentioned, approaching the white version who was sitting atop the box. 'Look through anything you want... but this one under me is dangerous. I won't allow you to open it...' she mentioned. 'Oh great. A guardian of pandora's box. Well... as long as it isn't related to Mugen-sama... I'll agree to leave it,' the dark one said. 'It's related to her childhood here, it isn't relevant to that... what you're looking for is with the indexed things from her time on Gaia... its there. Three hundred years ago... 17 years worth of memories belonging to that version of us,' she said pointing out a set of boxes which like their contents seemed a older than her newer memory boxes. 'Oh... fine. But I'll need that one day too.' the other one said.

At the same time, she watched as Anais's friend began to fellate her mentor. Usagi seemed to find Ailen's initial reaction to this so soon after his recent release to be cute. "Hoh? I suppose I could try something else~" she mused. Her body moved a tad until her ample bosom was left in the man's lap. His manhood sticking out of the top of the mounds as she paid gentle attention to it with her tongue and used the lubrication of it to slide her bosom up and down his shaft. With her body like this it was cushioned, but also surround by mana. She closed her mouth over his tip over the top and began again to move. 'That's so hot... I wonder if...' Anais would be found at the girl's rear and soon enough would have hands on both of her bosoms. She didn't need the information but she wanted to test something out. "Don't mind me I just want to..." she pulsed mana into the softness of Usagi's breasts causing them to vibrate gently around the elf's manhood. She could see herself really enjoying a bigger body when she was done growing. Just the same, Usagi could use the girl's handsy nature to learn her tactile based mana manipulation.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen wasn't going to have an easy time of this, but he was going to have a great time. That gentle tongue upon the tip of his phallus was the first sensation of true overstimulation he'd known in ages. Sensitivity was on high, but luckily, Usagi didn't go the route of tormenting him. Or... did she? Well, she said she could try something else. He had no idea what that could be, but he'd find out soon enough.

Ah... Shinomiya Kaguya and her forms had a more naturally-buxom figure to work with. Instead of teasing his tip, she saw to it that he was engulfed by creamy breasts while... still applying her tongue to the tip. "Huah─" Ailen babbled. Why did he expect any less of demon spawn? Somehow, this was far worse. The physical aspect of distraction from her chest should have diluted the sensitivity of his head, but the mana she boasted only made the feeling more internal so to speak. Once she took him into her mouth, he once again discovered the difficulty of resisting pleasure. "Aha... was your intention to make things─" A question did not end the way he intended. Why? Anais had taken her place behind the other lass, applying her hands ─ and mana ─ in a way she seemed to favor. "Worse?!" Ailen finished the moment he felt that additional vibration. A light stream of that honey-flavored fluid jettisoned itself into Usagi's mouth right then and there. It was clearly nothing complete, and was also lacking any knowledge. Anais was quickly developing a habit of forcing these partial expulsions from him, even when he managed to successfully resist the same outcome from her friend. "Well, that wasn't the intended outcome at all. You two are quite the troublesome pair, if I didn't mention before."

[Apollymi]

Soft torment. This is what Usagi seemed content to offer Ailen. Of course, as a person she was invasive as the elafia girl said pretty often. Even so, the continued torment of the head of Ailen's manhood was something done because she knew it was stimulating. The addition of her breasts, was initially meant to soften the blow, but she also knew that at least the men born to this world didn't necessarily understand Gaia side human foreplay. He asked after a hiccup if she'd intended to make things worse and her own little devious smile crossed the face which was no less demonic than it would have been if it'd been in her other form. "I think you've mispronounced better, Ai-aniki~" Usagi mentioned seeming to find it an amusing quip.

Oddly enough she'd soon be subject to a different sort of torment as well. Anais was a handsy individual and she didn't boast the buxom figure of Usagi or Yume. Even so, she understood what was happening at least a little and decided to interject for her own amusement. That pulse of mana made Usagi's bosom rather sensitive while also forcing a small spurt from Ailen. She tasted honey but there was no knowledge. She allowed it to slide off her tongue a bit while looking up at him and then beginning to slurp it back into her mouth. 'Hot!' Anais's internal monologue was clear as a spring morning to Usagi and she could only chuckle a little as she enjoyed the feelings now echoing across their bodies. When Ailen asked the pair if they were aware of their troublesome nature as a duo, Anais looked over at him from behind Usagi with a face of pure innocence. "I have no idea what you're getting at Shishou~" she offered only to have Usagi agree. "Yeah, no idea why we'd be troublesome at all... I'm pretty sure we're helpful~" she said playing around with words as she always did. "Ah, I forgot you do stuff like that... enjoying your word games, Usa-chan?" Anais asked as she licked a small line up the point of the girl's now pointed and sensitive ear. Well... she wasn't part of the lesson, torturing everyone was fair game for the elafia as Usagi finally offered Ailen a break... if break meant, leaving him to be massaged by her basically vibrating breasts while she got a feel for the sensation of mana flowing in her hands with the kind of intentions that Anais normally used.

[Bloodedge]

A break? Ailen hadn't known such a thing in the past few days. The last thing resembling a break he received, was probably one of the other Myouou stepping in on his day with the goddess. Ah, and the last time that happened... he wound up being accosted by an overload of Anais for the first of many times. Now he also had Usagi making situations worse for him ─ or better, as she was so keen to correct. "Are the two not synonymous? Forgive me; I seem to have forgotten word context because of you two," Ailen quipped in response.

At this point, joking was the only thing giving him some solace. Both parties were endangering his plan as if they wanted to rid him of it entirely. Anais didn't even have necessary involvement in the current exchange, yet there she was... surpassing all expectation yet again. "Helpful, troublesome... I'm sure those are the same in this case," he countered. "Though I can't say I mind. You two are the students here; it is your prerogative to slow any lesson's pace if you desire. As I happen to enjoy teaching more than I thought I would, I don't mind at all~" he added.

With that, Ailen opted for a bit of deviance as well. He had jokingly referred to Anais as his sensei a few times before, but there was a seriousness to it, as he had learned quite a bit from her. One such learning involved the very same mana manipulation Usagi aimed to learn now. Since they were content to be so torturous, Ailen decided to ignore the lesson for a bit longer. He'd instead respond to their abuses with a few purposeful flexes of his groin ─ flexes which pulsed mana outward into Usagi's breasts. In a few moments, he even timed them around Anais's mana application. It was in this manner that he figured another lesson could take place. When mana met its equal, the sources tended to cancel one another out... though not without a powerful ripple spreading from the point of impact. In this case, said point of impact happened to be within Usagi's bosom based on Ailen's choice of timing.

[Apollymi]

Joking conversation of the slightly sarcastic variety seemed par for the course among this trio. All present seemed to like the flexibility of words and the implied meanings of their less than direct references. Usagi found this pair to be very interestingly like hanging out with her bestfriend twice over. As for his forgotten word context, a bit of a jest would come from the silver-haired lass as well, "Oh don't worry about it. It happens to the best of us, Ai-aniki~" Usagi mentioned and Anais nodded her agreement. And while Anais truly had nothing to do with the goings on here... she did interject just a bit. At th end of it all, apparently the two girls deviation from the expected wasn't actually a problem. It was apparently a choice of theirs to change the pace of the lessons as the students on the receiving end of them. "Oh? That's... ah... good to know~" said Usagi who was experiencing a strange amount of sensation because of Anais and her elven ears. "I'm glad you're enjoying teaching, Shishou~" Anais mentioned in a rather sincere way, remembering one of their earlier conversations she was happy he was expanding and letting himself enjoy his work.

A little squeal would happen soon enough as mana met mana within Usagi's bosom causing a canceled vibration and a ripple. Oh... she was at their mercy now wasn't she. Interestingly she'd ended up sandwiched between the pair and now both were using her own devious preferences to their advantage. That pulse which cancelled her own would lead to Anais feeling it and understanding the timing. She looked to her mentor with a gently devious light playing in her eyes and continued. Her own pulses of mana working against his flexes and spreading the sensation through different points of Usagi's breasts. The girl between the pair was still moving her breasts but now she was moaning as she found herself at new mercy. Interesting. 'Oh she really is a terribly effective corruptive influence~' thought Usagi as her body began to reach towards the peak of a pleasurable sensation. Of course, that still active connection between her an Anais left the elafia with an echoing sensation a bit more concentrated in her smaller bosom. She was also moaning, but now wondering exactly what Usagi had done to her. "Oi, I never asked but what did you do to me, Usa-chan?" Anais finally managed as a whisper against the girl's ear as she sank her teeth so gently into the point at the tip. "Aah~ You know... just connected us to each other in a way that makes the sensation echo back and forth... you know, magic~" she summarized. Ah that made sense of why she'd felt like Mugen was taking advantage of her body earlier. And why she'd felt like she was masturbating and why she was still pulsing mana into Usagi's breasts even though it was making her own feel rather tingly. And now... Usagi would go back to work, her tongue flickering over the tip of Ailen when it emerged from between her breasts as she moved them up and down his shaft.

[Bloodedge]

Even now, members of this trio were still joking about. Even within that, there were some moments of seriousness such as the genuine satisfaction of Anais. Ailen really had discovered that he enjoyed teaching. Much of it had little to do with teaching itself, but for that, the sexual deviance of these humans was to blame. He was to expect three more of such people, wasn't he? If they were all as intense, he needn't be worrying about any physical activity for a long time. Even if the other three were tame, Anais herself was sure to receive his attention quite a lot. Whether that was by his machinations or hers, well... that probably depended on the day at this point.

Before any of that became something to worry (or fantasize) about, Ailen would be experiencing the first true cooperation between mentor and apprentice... in the most unexpected way. She was sending her mana through Usagi's breasts, and therefore his groin. He responded in-kind by sending mana through from the other side. She then acted by adjusting her own pulses to elevate the harmony of ripples. Ailen lucked out; he no longer had to deal with the mana in Usagi's breasts due to pulsing his own outward. On the other hand, there was still the physical stimuli of her bosom and mouth to worry about. "If I didn't mention, this is well above expectation for both of you," he commented. Ah, but he wasn't the only one with something to say. Anais raised a question which prompted Usagi to reveal a certain truth. There was a confirmed connection between the two ─ one that had them sharing sensations. Ailen had been wondering what those strange reactions were, but he couldn't be sure until now. With that confirmation, he suddenly sported a devious grin. "Is that what's been happening? So if something happens to you, it happens to her as well? Interesting. . ." he said as if there was a plan working itself out in his mind.

[Apollymi]

There was quite a bit of humor left in a group of what some would see as friends at some point in the near or far future. Regardless, all members of this group could easily find themselves well within the confines of their own physical abilities without needed to overextend themselves. Deviant and devious as they were, Usagi and Anais both would easily find themselves teasing the man purposefully or even... accidentally.

Without this there was something else, Ailen felt the need to comment that this pair was well above expectation in case he'd skipped saying so. Both girls offered smiles though in very different ways. "Arigatou~" Usagi said and a similar statement was followed by Anais who managed to be a bit sheepish just the same. "What she said..." she murmured seeming to feel happy and relieved. Strangely, though she knew of her own chemistry with Ailen she didn't expect to fit in another so well. Beyond that point, she didn't expect to find a friend so respective to her actions. Ah, but there was more deviousness afoot. With Anais's own question Ailen had gained something of an understanding of what had been done by Usagi to Anais. A gentle upturn of her lips occurred as her tongue lashed out against him and she felt the pleasure being bounced back and forth between her body and that of the elafia. 'We're in danger!~' Anais's internal voice mentioned. "Yes, you are..." answered Usagi. "Ai-aniki it's a bit funner than that. It's a karma tether... anything that happens to me... she feels multiplied. Double plus one~" she teased. The rest of the application for such an ability was frightening, as it could have been geared towards a very different kind of reception, but... this was about fun and she was just testing it out. Anais was her friend and she had every intention of giving herself and the girl a good time, even if preferences became an issue. "You're so excessive~" Anais murmured while lick the side of the girl's neck her hands still vibrating with energy. "Demonic~" Usagi corrected. Her task would never end, but she found herself a bit curious about what Ailen would do with the information she'd given him... well she was sure it'd be worth it to see.

[Bloodedge]

Something was said by Usagi, targeting Anais. Yes you are, she said. Ailen hadn't a clue what she was getting at, but could easily assume it had to do with her rather Mugen-esque ability to read people. More importantly, their synergy continued to show itself in grand fashion. The kind of ability Usagi mentioned was, in theory, not one he would expect to work two ways. Usagi herself said previously that sensations echoed to and fro between them. It made utmost sense for that sort of Skill to work in a single direction without showing any additional outward signs. He could have been wrong or underestimating the girl's ability, but that would perhaps be even more ridiculous.

Either way, he had some thoughts about the uses of this connection. Usagi called it a karma tether. The way it worked was rather convenient for his purposes, but what of the unusual differences between Usagi and Anais? He'd be the one to find out. "Double, plus one, you say? Hmph. That would be an interesting way to make a potion. But... if you have the right ingredients on hand..." No further words would be said. Instead, he reached out to the unoccupied side of Usagi's head. Two fingers began stroking her scalp in the precise location that would mark... Anais's beastlike ear. One had to figure out the more detailed functions of such magics. Certainly it was all just a study, which happened to add success to his distraction from Usagi's advances. . .

[Apollymi]

That warning was a thing which seemed to be on Ailen's mind and it was also on Anais's for different reasons. "Waah?! Did you have to confirm it?" she asked about her initial reading on the situation developing. "Still invasive..." Usagi stated as if it excused her behavior. A scoff would follow but Anais supposed this was nothing to worry about in truth. Usagi's skill seemed to have a few nuances yet to be fully identified by herself nor anyone else for that matter. In truth the full experimentation of the ability against or rather using someone she harmonized with was at least a background reason for committing the action. With an elf now thinking about it, she was sure to gain a bit of insight and with his devious mind it was bound to come with a bit of fun. What was more, it seemed he was content to study the uses of her tether so who was she to get in his way? Before any great testing would be done though... there was the movement of her chest, that strange vibration which made her loins tingle. Her own tongue still flickering over Ailen as she was content to let him do his experiments.

Those experiments apparently included commenting on the double plus one method and he likened it to a potential for potion making. This made Anais's mind wander, she had enough knowledge of potions now to understand at least a few potentials that could make it interesting. Perhaps... she could use it as a basis for her own potion one day... Well that wasn't really a thought anymore. Why? Because Ailen reached out to Usagi and rubbed against her scalp, it was a strange place to touch someone but it gave the girl shivers. It also made Anais moan just a bit. Apparently this tether as it appeared, accounted at least for placement if one could approximate it accurately enough... and it did indeed feel like her ear had been touched. In fact, those same beastlike ears flickered under the phantom attention. Just the same the echo of it made Usagi comment, between tongue lashings. "Two sets of ears and both of them are sensitive... how do you sleep?" she asked of the girl. "Fitfully, until day before yesterday..." she answered honestly, still she was biting her lip and her face was blushing. It was very strange to feel almost orgasmic from someone touching someone else... she didn't mind it though.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen had only a single curiosity upon hearing what sort of ability Usagi used. Upon approximating the point on her head that would be ears for Anais, he managed to find an answer with ease. Usagi had little reaction... but hers was of little importance. What mattered here, was the sudden outburst of Anais. "Oh?" Ailen questioned curiously. His thumb swiped that same spot on Usagi's head multiple times as he noted the twitchy ear of Anais. "That's so interesting. I wonder what sort of limits there are. If I were just to..."

It seemed Ailen had a habit of stopping his sentences as well. What was to blame? Well, he was beginning a full tirade mentally, but even that would get nowhere. Usagi didn't seem very keen on letting him remain stable. Even during this personal experiment with Anais as subject, she hadn't let up on his manhood. Every few movements, he received a very sharp reminder in the form of quick tingles passing through. Ah, so his mana pulses couldn't completely save him. Though he'd been focusing on Anais for some time, he had little choice in shifting his attention to the silver-haired girl. He could definitely finish his idea with her behaving like that. "Ah, I suppose that could be a way to test it. I do have that lesson ready," he said, knowing there was a matter of seconds remaining now that he'd become conscious of those building tingles again. He'd throb and swell between the girl's breasts, but he seemed to be properly focusing on transferring knowledge this time. By his approximation, he'd need to think for only six seconds to deliver a lecture with zero hiccups this time. All she needed to know was the finer details of the White Hart and... a few other 'too similar' lore tidbits related to Qilin, and separately Kirin and a few other similar creatures.

[Apollymi]

There was a curious questioning of the outburst caused by Ailen's experiment. Usagi for her part in this, could see the turning of the gears in the elf's mind as it concerned his ability to properly affect the actions of his apprentice. "Limits?" she questioned that idea. As if she'd purposefully create an ability that had hard limits beyond whatever she could imagine. Ah well, it seemed the man wasn't planning to finish his sentence... he did that quite a lot... actually Miko was also prone to half-finishing sentences and just carrying on with whatever actions she was thinking about. More swipes of his thumb against that spot on the side of Usagi's head would lead to the elafia clutching the girl before her and squirming just a bit.

Ailen apparently wished to test something else, and Usagi took it to mean her lesson would soon be ready. She kept up her work, shifting slightly to take the man into the depths of her throat instead of simply toying with him. Doing so had her eventually contentedly taking a spillage into her mouth and throat. Doing this and experiencing it pleasurably would have Anais feeling it much the same way. In fact, the elafia would feel an orgasm triggered by her throat for the first time as both of them found themselves moaning contentedly. At the same time, a great deal of information solidified in the mind of Usagi about the nature of her friend. 'Sou ka, you would end up being something like that without realizing it...' she said. Well, that was a good thing to know and keep track of especially while they were out on their adventure. She'd keep an eye on her friend. "Ara? She looks like she had a really good time~" mentioned Usagi who was content not to talk about what she'd gotten but she had received it. She even winked at Ailen in a slightly flirty way as she settled back against her friend who was experiencing the lessening of her aftershocks.

[Bloodedge]

If he gained nothing else today, Ailen could at least say he successfully delivered one lesson on the first attempt. That was worth being satisfied, right? Certainly. Alas, any satisfaction he visually sported was borne of physical elation. He eventually released Usagi's head, and therefore ended the indirect molestation of Anais's ear. It seemed, though, that such a decision would make no difference. Both girls experienced a shift in mana that made their climaxes clear to the elf. How strange; it wasn't long ago that Anais seemed baffled by the idea of experiencing orgasm from the actions of her mouth. Now, she'd done exactly that... via the throat of another person she happened to be connected to. The developments were unending.

"That does seem to be the case," Ailen agreed. He was taking a moment to catch his breath, but Anais was a very easy thing to notice at any given time. As such, he paid special attention to her state of being after the recent exchange. That wink from Usagi wouldn't go unnoticed, though. She seemed to be making some interesting developments of her own, and in fairness... he was meant to be enabling her next cycle transition. "I suppose I should focus, though. You've become attuned to my mana now. What aspect of the Earth cycle calls to you most?" he asked. Such was the way of the Myouou, and such would be the way of the Tenbu. Only Anais could gain everything from him. The others, such as Usagi herself, would only be capable of acquiring a limited amount of his general attribute. "Or are you keen to gamble? It could be focused, but I'm sure you understand that only she can receive the full benefits of my element."

[Apollymi]

Anais was having a minor mental crisis. 'Oh? We did it... indirectly but still that fucking rocked!' her internal self seemed quite satisfied with a development which had been blocked by a mental hang-up Anais had about sexual endeavors. 'I'm going to slut hell. I know it... every time something like this happens I can feel a step being taken towards slut hell!' the girl was mentally beating herself up while also having all the bodily sensations to just enjoy it. 'Worth it!' Sinais was about these sorts of developments and it would be Usagi who had words to share with the lass. "Well, if you go I'll go too. If we go together... it's a victory lap, not a walk of shame, Mi-chan~" Usagi gave this girl the information and it made her stop panicking for a second. Soon after there was only warmth in her chest. 'Kaguya-senpai!~' she was almost crying in her head. 'Woohoo! We got permission to add her to the list. We're taking her with us. Slut Hell Parade!' Oh well... it seemed some parts of Anais were perfectly fine with her random activities. Such a thing would only cause giggles from Usagi. Her friend really did need a bit more affirmation in her life.

Moving on, Usagi was left to consider what aspects of Ailen's cycle of Earth she wished to take. There were many openings given her start as Mugen's apprentice. It left her with way more flexibility than most would get. Even so... she had a few things to consider. What kind of being she wanted to be, what kind of powers she wanted to abuse from this from and the others before it. "Can I get nature... in a general sense? I can... make that work even if the specifics are a bit of a gamble. Also if it isn't too much trouble, elf naming conventions... I wouldn't want to choose something odd," she mentioned seeming to already have some idea of what she wanted at least out of a physical form of a new Avatar, but the powers would need a bit more time. "And yes, I fully understand~ I'm sure she'll be full of all kinds of things eventually~" she teased the other girl just a bit but found it to be worthwhile to see that gentle redness on her face. Well, her base personality wouldn't be changing very much at all. It also hadn't gone unnoticed that Ailen had special eyes for his apprentice... it was very sweet to notice and she could be nothing but happy for her friend. Harem life with acceptance was oddly conducive to healthy feelings she couldn't have had in her previous life.

[Bloodedge]

One more thing was addressed, and it was once again an exchange that started in Anais's mind. Ailen heard Usagi's response while having no context for what she was saying. There was something about 'going together' on a victory lap, rather than a walk of shame. What could that have possibly meant? Perhaps he'd never know. "It's been a long time since I heard only half a conversation," he mused.

Whether he was informed or not, Ailen wondered primarily what the desires of Usagi were. Would she choose anything at all, or would she leave it to circumstance? The answer, interestingly enough, came quickly and directly. She sought nature, in a 'general sense' as she put it. Ailen took a moment to think about that. There were some elves who aligned more naturally with the world itself, capable of calling upon its power without spells, runes or glyphs. As the Myouou aligned to Earth, he could provide that sort of thing well enough to let her cultivate it. "Hmm. That is possible, yes. I can facilitate that," he agreed. Usagi went on to prod at Anais, and possibly Ailen himself, once more. She was sure the elafia would soon be full of 'all kinds' of things. What an interesting way to put it. "Well, I suppose there is that. But... that is the point, isn't it?" he said coyly. "It may even be very soon that she finds herself full of... benefits, I might say."

[Apollymi]

While Anais got over her aversion to a climax caused by service and what it meant for her understanding of 'slut' as a negative term... Ailen only heard Usagi's reply to the girl's very self-deprecating musings. Usagi could give the man clarification on exactly the way Anais was struggling to understand herself, but didn't feel like sharing the girls thoughts when she wasn't willing to do so herself was a good idea either. She'd come around in her own time. "It was just a little girl talk. Though you might have to get used to it... I resonate with her on a fundamental level... I can hear a lot of things she thinks and some of them need adjusting~" she mused. Her friend needed support but also encouragement from time to time. Miko was more innocent than most in the friend group but also one of the more prone to manic thoughts and a touch of charming immaturity. In response to this, Anais's cheeks puffed out in a pouting manner, which Usagi could see from how she was being held but she could tell by the tone in her voice how she looked, "You didn't have to say it like that... Adjusting is hard when you have a lot going on," she said seemingly lamenting. "Artists feelings... so strong and yet so fragile. YOLO... even it if it isn't true anymore~" Usagi said in a manner most direct, she didn't go into full details, but she figured she'd develop better methods of giving advice in the future.

But now they were in the present, and Anais decided that her advice while wholly irresponsible in their former lives, had much more legitimacy in these. Perhaps, she'd stop thinking of herself as cursed to hell someday... and instead embrace her eccentricities? She seemed to be moving towards such a thought pattern as Ailen and Usagi flirted over her potential new lesson. The naked pointy-eared girl was still pulled against her form having a casual discussion as if it was perfectly reasonable. At least part of it was about her and the things inside her. Regardless Ailen could give the girl what she was looking for, "Good good... I am feeling like this one will be really interesting~" she said thinking of her future as some kind of natural elf being. Still before then there was fun to have, after prodding at Anais, Ailen would be the one to respond. He had something rather coy to say which made Anais's eyes shift towards him as a blush came to her face. 'We do like benefits,' she thought which made Usagi chuckle. "Could have said that one aloud, it would have been flirty~" mentioned the older girl. That was pretty direct for him, and fairly direct for her though she hadn't said anything aloud. It made several ideas pop into Anais's head about facilitating this lesson while also still satisfying the urge she had to well, be satisfied by her mentor. "Oh and don't forget you owe me music lessons~" she mentioned to Anais which made the elafia's eyes shift. She needed music lessons and a lesson in nature from Anais's mentor... And Anais wanted to be involved with the sex from a point of it being fun for both of them. Positioning would be key to enjoyment in this case... her mind began to wander just as a certain Sinais, popped open a box in her brain's storage labeled NSFW... which strangely contained, a lot of information about threesome positions. 'Oh! We could do this! Looking at it! Soft boobs against soft boobs and everyone can be involved. It's just hot!' her internal voice mentioned, all the while that gentle tapping her index fingers together.

[Bloodedge]

Information regarding Anais's half of the conversation would not reach Ailen's ears this day. Though it was surely a shame, he wouldn't be too bothered by it. It seemed her strange inhibitions had gone nowhere just yet, but it had been only a couple of days since her life was changed. "I've no problems with secrecy. Though if the connection between you two is that strong, are you not able to converse entirely without words the way Tohsaka-san does? I believe you would find yourself being questioned far less if you weren't responding to things no one else could hear. It would be quite beneficial to scenarios like this, I think."

Ailen had a great deal of thinking to do. He dealt with plants and the like more often than anything else, but it had been ages since he applied knowledge in the way Usagi requested. For this, he'd have to look to his subconscious. "It should be interesting. It does infringe upon the territory of Dryads, though... it is also possible to surpass them by the same means. It's hard to say, really, and should be an interesting thing to observe for that exact reason. Thinking of the possibilities is exciting in its own right," he rambled. With that, Usagi said something else to the elafia ─ something about saying a would-be flirty thought aloud. He wouldn't bother prying on that either. No, Ailen's mind was already tracking two paths at once. One path led him toward unlocking memories necessary for Usagi, while the other... was the same deviant path he'd been on since Anais became his apprentice. "Hmm. Filling aside, I'd like to take a moment to address the actual benefits here. It can easily be said that nature is beneficial to both of you ─ one for evolution, and the other for the sake of becoming a better alchemist," he said, though the latter 'benefit' was primarily... another excuse that he wouldn't admit to.

[Apollymi]

Ailen took no issue with secrecy if the girls needed to speak to each other in ways which didn't involve him. He chose only to question if she was incapable of talking into his apprentice's brain directly instead of leaving herself open to being questioned about the things she was saying. Of course, Usagi gave it a bit of thought before she replied, assuming most knew of Mugen's abilities either directly or indirectly she gave a casual shrug from her place leaned against the other girl. "Well, hearing those things is kind of incidental... speaking directly to her seems like something I shouldn't do without invitation," she said giving a firm nod. That was a bit of her remaining human logic, like how she once wouldn't text the other girl outside of their group chat because she'd not been given her phone number directly. Anais's eyes closed and she exhaled. "Baka! The group chat excuse doesn't work here, it didn't work then either by the way. You literally karma tied our bodies and souls together... and you draw the line of propriety at speaking directly! As if you need an invitation to be invasive!" Anais ranted, and the bullying would start again by a gentle bit of tugging on the girl's ears. 'How you manage to not have common sense, while being so good-willed to me, I will never understand...' she thought as he punished this lass's ears making her squirm in not necessarily a painful way. Though it was accompanied by a warm set of thoughts remembering such moments with her friend seemed to open her up quite a bit. 'Sou ka~ Thanks for having me~' the other girl whispered in her mind causing both girls to burst into laughter soon after, clearing up their 'issue' in a matter of a few short seconds and moving on.

There were other matters to attend to, like Usagi's next evolution and the benefits which could be applied to learning this 'Natural' path the way she wanted to learn it. Interestingly enough, Ailen did indeed want to deliver his lesson, but he also wanted to fornicate with his own apprentice. He had a pretense for doing so, which seemed to revolve around the idea of giving both girls the lesson. Anais for her part, fell right into it, while not having to mention that she was already on the same path of thinking. "Well, I would like to become a better alchemist. I thought a little while ago that I've given no real thoughts to my potion making so maybe it will work as a bit of inspiration. It's a great idea, Shishou~" she said while continuing to tap her fingers. Would that position she was interested in work though?

'Hell yeah it will work. Tell her the plan let her help the Slut Parade~' her mind chimed words which made a devious little smirk appear on Usagi's face. 'Well, I heard that... so what is it? You got a threesome position we can use to ruin your shishou's life?' asked Usagi giving extra emphasis to the petname Anais had chosen for Ailen. 'Yeah, but it's kinda hard to explain, let me just show you~' Anais mentioned, which made her internal self cackle manically. She'd wanted to makeout with the girl, giving her the images of the action was the perfect pretense. And so it would begin, with Usagi leaning her head back and Anais pressing her lips against the other girl. It would take only a second or two for her to progress a little and slide her tongue into the other girls' mouth. With it an image of a sex position with the two of them laid down and Ailen being given access to both of them from his position. In her vision they'd make out and she'd give her the music lesson she claimed to want in addition to teasing her mentor with the three-way. 'I get to be on top!' that was Usagi's demand but she'd agree to the rest. "Hai!~" mentioned Anais, and now both of them were plotting something and their kiss broke and their eyes traveled to Ailen.

[Bloodedge]

Usagi offered a counter to Ailen's suggestion, strange though it was. It sounded just like a demon trying at normal concepts of fairness. Could one truly believe speaking directly to someone's soul was invasive while reading so deep as their innermost thoughts? "That seems rather inconsistent," Ailen blabbered, and it seemed Anais shared that opinion. There was a period of silence after those responses, and body language shared between the two gave Ailen reason to believe a discussion of sorts followed. Sometimes, these matters were much easier to resolve. The pair had a harmony similar to a certain way Ailen himself interacted with Usagi's mentor, though... in a very different way.

One more thing was agreed upon between Anais and her mentor. She sought inspiration for the potion she'd yet to think much about. Ah yes, she would have to address that eventually. One could not be an alchemist's apprentice without creating something of their own ─ certainly not by elf standards. Besides, their fun had been interrupted the previous day. Ailen hadn't forgotten that very important fact. "Then I'll be sure to teach, as a mentor should. I'd be remiss to not grant my own apprentice all the necessary tools for success. What sort of teacher would I be if I did anything else?" he mused.

Just then, the pair of girls became entangled by the mouths. The exact reason was a mystery to Ailen, but there was recently mention of music lessons that could be assumed. The girls met in such a way for a while, as one might expect. Ah, but something strange happened at the end. Once their tongues and lips were separated, they were both looking in Ailen's direction. The elf had been silently watching their mana transfer while thinking over the immediate future. Now though, there was cause for curiosity. 'Hm? That's an interesting look. Am I in danger?'

[Apollymi]

It seemed that though the context wasn't completely clear, Ailen also found flaws with the logic presented by Usagi about her lack of quiet conversation between them. Ah... well, they made peace with each other rather quickly and now had more freedom to plot against Anais's mentor, for better or for worse. In this case Usagi could only comment absently... "In my defense, I wouldn't have known I was welcome if no one said..." she mentioned after recovering. "I think I am going to call that... demon logic~" Anais said seeming to understand some likeness between Usagi and her mentor given the way they both behaved. Actually, Mugen had also mentioned he thought Anais had been trying to get rid of him, when she'd accidentally summoned him.

Moving on, it seemed that Ailen was able to confirm his desire to teach both girls this aspect of nature which Usagi wanted for her evolution. He claimed to not know what kind of teacher he would be if he didn't grant Anais the necessary tools for her success. "Hai hai, I'm sure you'll do your best. I'll be sure to do mine too~" Anais said all the while Usagi watched these two with a bemused expression. She found their interactions cute. They justified actions she would have simply taken, but they seemed to feed their deviance in such a way. It truly was a scandalous student/teacher relationship, but it was also... oddly wholesome. Though at the same time, given the way Anais's mind worked the elf's life was likely to fall apart around this lesson, oh well... breaks were good for people.

Speaking of, a small intermission occurred which likely seemed like the lesson owed to Usagi. It was not. Instead, both girls were plotting Ailen's demise. At the end of it, the elf had their full attention and he seemed a bit skittish under the scrutiny. At the very least, he seemed to realize they were plotting at least. A smirk came across both girls faces as they looked at him, though he'd said nothing both had their own reasons to understand the question in his mind and heart. The two girls would slap their hands together deciding that the man was indeed in danger and it would be Usagi who stood, offering the elafia a hand up which she easily took. Once both girls were standing Usagi found herself plucking at the other girl's forest green lace thong. "We spent literal years trying to get you into lingerie and here you are, three hundred years later finally splurging on something cute~" Usagi mentioned, as she used her hands to slid them down the other girl's body, much to her general surprise, but Anais was having an internal screaming match about it. 'FUCKING HOT!~' Maybe it was simply an effect of demons, maybe they made normal things hotter than they needed to be? Regardless, once the girl had joined the ranks of the fully disrobed they'd be found moving towards the bed and given it was being made a spectacle of, assuming they'd be watched. Actually, Usagi was betting on it, given Ailen's obvious obsession with Anais. She'd done all those soft movements to remove the other girl's undergarments and even drawn further attention to her by stripping her in front of him. If they were still being watched, she'd lead the elafia over to bed laying Anais on her back towards the center and moving to occupy her place atop her. Ah, but the most important part of this set up was yet to come.

[Bloodedge]

Demon logic was yet another thing he and Anais agreed on. In fact, he had only just had the thought moments before Anais vocalized it. "Agreed. Very demonic," he said aloud. He'd known very few individuals who aligned with demonkind, but there was one shared trait among them: a very strange approach to worldly matters. Even the mortals of Gaia didn't compare to the oddities of their ilk, from what he'd witnessed thus far.

Alas, none of that mattered in the long-run. There was a rather concerning expression shared between Anais and Usagi. Both were focused on him for a time, until... Usagi decided to focus on Anais instead. In doing so, she peeled away the other girl's undergarments. Ailen once again found it strangely erotic to see clothes taken off in a non-magical manner, and stranger still how much better it was to watch now. Could another person stripping that article so brazenly have such an effect? Obviously, it could. "Hmm," he murmured during observation. That entire scene appeared to be intended by Usagi as a thing he watched, and watch, he would still. The girls were on the move within moments. Usagi had them both moved toward the bed's center, where she placed the elafia on her back. She then seemed to be climbing atop the lass, which Ailen had some assumptions about moving forward. Would he be correct? Time would tell. Already though, he was standing and turning to gaze upon this turn of events more directly. What sort of thing was being done here? More importantly, which one was his groin most likely to lead him to? That, perhaps, was the greatest mystery yet. "This has all the makings of something I am to simply observe. Any further, and it may be difficult to avoid that exact outcome," he mused.

[Apollymi]

It seemed that both Ailen and Anais thought that Usagi's logic was demonic in nature. She found it to be a bit amusing to think about, since she was aware that she had just thoughts and such a nature to begin with. Even so, it would make sense if she was aligned as such even before finding herself in this world, it wasn't actually a problem regardless of how she thought about it. "Well, I suppose that is accurate enough~" mentioned Usagi. She knew it would likely be how Anais explained away or pointed out her inconsistencies from this point forward. But what was a friendship without an inside joke or reference?

Moving on, the start of this tease seemed to do what was intended. Without much work needing to be done, Ailen had moved to be in the best place to view what was left to be shown. She'd also done a pretty good job of getting Anais wound up as she held herself up with her arms while hovering over her. Their skin gently brushed against each other and she nudged the other girl's legs apart. Every movement done for the benefit of being viewed from the angle behind them. 'Knees up, Mi-chan~' Usagi mentioned as Anais found herself complying with her desires directly Both her knees lifted at an angle opening her legs wide enough for Usagi's knees to occupy the space between them. From this precise angle she was currently blocking the line of sight but she wouldn't leave it that way... she'd also comment on Ailen's observations.

"I think you're wrong about just watching Ai-aniki. I did offer to show you what I'm best at, but neither of us would exclude you~" she mentioned happily. All the while she was supporting her upper body against Anais, lifting her lower half like a gymnast balancing on her elbows and centering her body. She allowed her tongue to travel up Anais's stomach from her navel and that slow motion revealed the elafia's glistening sex to his vision. Only after that movement would her legs which had been straight up in the air split straight to either side of her body and then lowered until her legs were extended in a full split and resting atop Anais's knees. Only after a second or two of looking in the other girl's face did she slide her legs forward just a bit, still lowering herself until both girls were left with their slick sexes exposed to the elf. And Usagi's long legs stayed within their split on the other side of Anais's thighs out of the way and leaving Ailen plenty of room to chose where he'd go as Usagi smiled at the girl in front of her knowingly. With their bodies aligned the way they were, every little squirm sent a jolt of sensation through both of their bodies, and both would moan gently. There was plenty of space for him to fit, and plenty of action he could take, it would leave both girls in a bit of an anticipatory state, wondering how he would choose to join them but knowing it would be rather easy for all three of them to interact in this way.

[Bloodedge]

As Ailen wondered what would be unfolding before him, the answer was made clear. Legs. Legs were unfolding ─ particularly those of Anais. Even with Usagi in the way, Ailen bore witness to the elafia's limbs spreading to either side as if her friend had a method of penetration ready to claim her. Usagi had also claimed she'd be showing what she was best at. What could that possibly be? Well, he'd soon find that out as well. It would certainly be beyond expectation. What he saw first was the elevation of Usagi's body, though her upper torso did not move. No, he could see her fore, upside-down as she hovered over Anais. It was baffling.

Ailen's eyes were drawn down momentarily, as Anais was there, legs spread and so clearly ready for copulation. That alone would have drawn him in, but his attention would be robbed once more. It wasn't enough for Usagi to balance in such a way; she spread her own legs as well. Actually, spread wasn't a powerful enough word for the action. The thing she claimed to be best at must have been contortionism of some sort, as she had a leg moving outward to either side of her body, until... her body lowered again. What Ailen witnessed within moments was a shimmering pair of lips so close to one another, Anais's separated legs and Usagi's plump rear. Madness, he thought. "Ah... I see─" was all he could say. Was he now meant to choose? The elf was instinctively moving closer to the pair, a firm rod pulsing madly as if attracted by magnetism and leading the charge. His gaze was fixed, but upon whom? Perhaps the answer was a strange one. Upon reaching the pair, his hands clasped Usagi's rear as if to brace for insertion... but his manhood had different plans. Indeed, it was both girls whose folds would feel the initial rub of his girth as he slid between them. All things considered, he simply couldn't make a decision. The logical answer was to immediately begin Usagi's transition into the next cycle, but logic was often thrown to the wind between Ailen and his apprentice, right?

[Apollymi]

The legs unfolding before Ailen and the show of pure physical ability from Usagi were all very interesting to see. Even Anais from her place beneath was left to marvel at the sight. She'd also had her belly licked by the other lass in quite the teasing manner. It was as if she'd intended to tease both of these people and she'd succeeded in a very direct way. By the time she'd properly lowered herself against the other girl and began rubbing their bodies together, Anais only had an exasperated sigh to give the girl... "Show off..." she commented in a good natured way. "But you love me~" she claimed as if it was the most natural thing to do, while pecking Anais's lips and the elafia didn't deny loving her friend. Meanwhile, both girls were left with strange anticipation what would Ailen do.

A peek around Usagi and Anais knew the elf was somewhat stricken. It had to be a bit overwhelming for him. She didn't envy him his choices in this moment and knew that she alone seemed to cause great pauses in thought. The addition of another might be a bit too much for him. 'No such thing! If he chooses wrong we break him♥~' her internal voice seemed quite certain of this, but what choice would actually be made? 'You might have to break him then. These hands are huge and comforting... I think I get it~' Usagi almost purred as she found hands bracing against her hips. This entire scenario was almost too much to bear, and there was no penetration involved. It didn't help that Anais was currently paying her back for that little tongue manuever earlier with a very firm line traced up to her collar bones. If Usagi didn't know any better, she would have assumed the girl was always looking for an excuse to be intimate with her. And now was just as good a time as any, but where was Ailen besides his hands?

Well... there was rubbing. Quite literally, Ailen sandwiched himself between both girls' folds and rubbed against their sex. He added to stimulation they were already giving each other and teased them with the promise of girth he wasn't delivering. Well, neither would be allowing him much reprieve if this was what he chose. Both sets of those hips seemed to seek the other and with him sandwiched between them, their gentle grinding would include him. They seemed content to wet his member and stroke themselves against him while seeking the sensation such a thing caused. In fact their movements were echoing against each other, encouraging a harmonious movement between them, one up and one down in alternating shifts. Just the same if Ailen's hands on her hips were something which was pleasing as a sensation, Anais's inching up around the back of her neck and along her spine was also encouraging. Was Usagi really the one in danger? It was at least a consideration.

[Bloodedge]

If Usagi happened to be showing off as Anais claimed, she had an excellent sense for timing. She was certainly a thing of the Void inside, and currently being in the shell borne of a Celestial made things worse. There was something about that aura ─ something inexplicable when purpose was applied to activity. "If showing off is the mark, execution is nigh unparalleled," he mumbled as if speaking only to himself. Admittedly, he was a bit transfixed by the silver-haired girl's behavior ─ certainly more so than he could have ever expected.

Too much was indeed a possibility for the elf. Of course, there was nothing inherently wrong with a bit of excess every now and again. If one thought to 'break' him in whatever way that meant, it may have been a bit too late. If the actions of Usagi weren't enough to cause ruin in some way, the follow-up to his first maneuver would do the trick. As he slid his way between the two, there was a slick friction applied on both fronts to his tool. That focused grinding on either side was a danger to his wellbeing, surely. Feeling two synchronized yet separate sources of pleasure was one thing, but what he saw was another. From his current position, it was naturally Usagi whose body he had the best view of ─ and what a view it was. How could one resist the temptation? "Interesting. I was having a surprisingly difficult time making a decision, but..." A decision had been made. A few thrusts were made between the girls' folds, as he had finally discovered what Mugen found so pleasant when first meeting Anais. Once he had an understanding of the pleasure, however, the next thrust heralded a full retreat... mostly. His tip would be found following its natural upward curve between the lips of Usagi, and a slight forward movement would have him at her entrance. How could he have made any other decision when her arse was staring him in the face so confidently? He couldn't. As such, Ailen firmed his grip on the girl's backside and worked toward infiltrating her canal, slowly but surely. "I suppose this was always the more logical choice. First lessons are very important."

[Apollymi]

"Arigatou~" Usagi chimed. Well, having her exhibition appreciated was at least part of the reason for such a showing. She was after all willing to make this an experience for everyone involved there wasn't even anything resembling malicious intent behind it. Flirting and the like was simply part of her nature now and she'd not be denying that at all. So... what was going to happen next?

Well, Ailen seemed to be enjoying his time between the pair as most people would. As they ground against him, Usagi couldn't help but notice the oddilty of this action as it was taken by both Ailen and Mugen as a thing she knew they didn't need to do. 'Is this your fault? Did you show them this rubbing thing?' asked Usagi of Anais as the other girl seemed content to kiss and lick along her neck while it was decided the order of operations. 'Probably, meeting Mugen-sensei the day before yesterday was odd and this world doesn't have pianos so I found myself explaining and he happened to be quite naked at the time,' Anais murmured quietly. Ah, but that rubbing would eventually come to an end and though Ailen admitted to having quite a bit of confusion surrounding his choices here... he eventually made one.

He pushed himself slowly but surely into Usagi's core and the silver haired girl let out a sigh of relief as he made his way in. A bit slower than she had previously liked but this kind of pacing was something she'd adjusted to with Solomon. Just the same Anais felt it as well at a greatly increased sensation rate. Ah... he'd chosen Usagi over his apprentice in this case. First lessons were important... quite right. 'Wrong choice, Shishou~' her internal voice seemed quite sure, but it was almost laughing maniacally. Why? Well, in accordance with her own words, he'd have to be broken for making such a choice. Logic had no place here... 'We're his only student... ever. Forever... it's his first lesson as well~' Sinais confirmed. Hearing Anais's inner monologue made Usagi feel a bit nostalgic, she hadn't heard such determination from her friend since her era as a middle school disciplinary committee chairperson. It would be at this moment that Sinais made a minor appearance looking to the girl atop her with a great deal of deviance playing across previously innocent eyes. 'It's your first lesson too, senpai!~' she mused, which made the other girl open her mouth and that little 'o' shape silently. If Kaguya had known that this aspect of Iino Miko would be making an appearance she might have taken a different path, oh well. If Usagi maintained any ideations about her placement in this she was wrong according to Anais's desires. And now rather suddenly she felt endangered as well... and now Anais was coming in to kiss her and she'd still not gotten that music lesson but Anais was invading her mouth an biting her lips while one hand had gone back to molesting her rather directly sending shocks and pulses of mana around her body where her hands made contact, and they were gently running along the other girl's thighs causing her to twitch and shift just a bit as she was entered. Well, Usagi getting her lesson was still a priority, but making sure they understood each other was also part of it. Naturally tempting though she might be... Sinais and thus Anais had very self-centered world view around this new life of theirs.

[Bloodedge]

Upon beginning the delve into darkness, so to speak, Ailen found himself both welcomed and rejected. On one hand, he felt a mighty pull that demanded he keep inserting his full length to her core. On the other hand, however, the demonic nature within felt more oppressive the deeper he went. Ah, but Ailen was an elf. Even he didn't know fully how attuned elves could be to the Forbidden, and he possessed a great deal of Forbidden Knowledge already. With that being the case, even that oppression did not truly stay his encroachment. "Hmm. It's so..." Another sentence was not finished. The dive into Usagi's loins was akin to drowning without death ─ unlike earlier experience with Anais, who reminded him of resting amidst growing vines. A certain bitter coldness was there within the depths of her heat, not at all in the physical sense. Ah... so this was what it meant to bed the attribute of Metal, was it? He'd take note for later.

Strangely, something else felt ominous as well. It certainly wasn't Usagi; he knew that feeling all too well. There was something... looming from the moment he entered the girl. Well, he couldn't spend too much time being worried about whatever it was. Currently, it was his primary concern to reach the end of Usagi ─ a thing he'd do before bouncing back and caving to the urge to immediately thrust deep again. It wouldn't stop there; it couldn't stop. After finding himself at home within the lass, he found himself almost sliding to and fro with greater ease than he could have anticipated. This would probably be an easy lesson to deliver, the elf thought. He could probably ignore that strange sense of foreboding. Maybe it was a demon trait he didn't yet understand.

[Apollymi]

Ailen made a mighty push... all the way forward and just the same, Usagi found herself accepting such an entrance with a great deal of ease, physically. Mentally, there was a marked bit of turmoil... as she came to realize the demonic qualities of the girl currently teasing her muscles with magic and shifting their hips against each other in a gentle rocking motion. It was if stimulation came from both points, internal and external and began the build towards something rather pleasant. All the while... there was a certain oppression in the gaze of the elafia. It almost seemed misplaced in its intensity when Usagi saw it, but it was also... hot. Yes, that was the right word. Her innocent friend had found her attitude somewhere in that mind of hers and suddenly she was being rather dominating even while not being completely involved. 'Hoh? You like that do you~' Anais questioned in a teasing manner, knowing her friend's glaring related sensibilities but find it odd that she thought such a look counted as such. 'Yeah, well think it odd all you want... you can't see the way you're looking at me!~' mentioned Usagi who seemed to find herself enjoying both the look and the easy movements of Ailen even though she fully recognized the potential for Anais to turn against her. Rather... she was fully expecting it...

Well, she was also receiving it already. As Ailen found his movements in a constant manner, fingers that had traced along her thighs and enticed her into sliding movements against the other girl and the man within her. It was all quite well orchestrated. She met the thrusts forward by moving back and then the tingles in her legs, made her inch forward and send little jolts of sensation into both of their loins. Eventually the rhythm was one she found herself keeping up naturally with her form. And Anais's hands would move again, one pressing down gently on her lower back while the other was wrapped up in silver locks. She forced the girl to kiss her and while their tongues danced little slips of mana escaped her finger tips dancing across the girl's scalp and penetrating her lower back. It was a sensational overload for Usagi, which led to one for Anais, but she wouldn't allow it to change her actions as she had a specific goal in mind. One which was... oddly demonic when one considered her visage. 'Yes! Do it! Make sure they don't forget!~' Sinais was nearly cackling, but such was the nature of her internal voice. That ominous voice made even Usagi feel a bit bad for her part in this... given the elafia's own words, she truly planned to break her mentor.

[Bloodedge]

Many things were happening in this room without Ailen's knowledge. All he got from it was that unusual sense of foreboding, but that didn't seem very dangerous, so he let it escape his notice moving forward. Speaking of moving forward, his physical movements were being responded to in a very harmonic manner. Ailen's hips thrusted and retreated, and Usagi was continuously moving as well. He could easily continue at such a pace for some time, until the lesson was delivered. Ah, speaking of the lesson...

Usagi wished for a lesson in nature itself. This world had a long history that could be traced back to its previous incarnation, just a bit. Ailen had a bit of work to do if he wished to weed out the things none should know, but Usagi's lesson luckily did not infringe upon the Forbidden too much. He needed only to collect knowledge of plant life and the relation of flora to the souls of fauna. All things in this world possessed souls. He supposed it would be good to include knowledge of plants' unique form of reincarnation, the ways they consumed and shared mana with the rest of nature, and how they could be equated to human and humanlike life in ways less understood by the masses. All of these things, Ailen considered as he casually knocked upon the door to Usagi's creation chamber.

[Apollymi]

That sense of foreboding would likely not be going anywhere anytime soon. But in the meantime, Anais continued to accost the mouth of her friend. While Ailen gathered his lesson, she supposed it would only be fair if she actually delivered hers as well. Unlike most other things, it was barely necessary for her to gather all the information. Playing instruments and musical theory came quite naturally to the girl and in her current form as a bard... all she really had to do was focus on a particular instrument. She decided that the koto was a fine place to start and gave her friend a full lesson on its play. While those things flowed through the mind of Usagi, she found herself being knocked nearer and nearer to the edge. In fact, that knocking at the entrance of her womb was quite enticing and the sensation of her sex rubbing against another was equally so.

Even though, Anais was bullying the lass in the moment, that delivery of a lesson was happening while her tongue was caressed and the heat of her mouth was being passed into her. She could feel the echoes of sensation as she approached orgasm and Anais did the same. The elafia's fingers even traced the tips of her ears and held her face lovingly. After that rather aggressive stare, the tenderness of these motions had the silver haired lass melting further and further between this pair of individuals. They were quite dangerous as a pair and she was sure Ailen didn't even realize it. A harmony orchestrated by Anais, his own curiosities and nature leading him in steady steps towards his end goals. And Usagi, sandwiched in the middle. 'Music as you teach it... is so full of feelings for someone who doesn't express herself very much~' Usagi mentioned which gave Anais pause. 'Hm, I suppose it does... well keep track of it. I'm sure your songs will be quite alluring at the very least,' Anais commented almost neutrally. It was such a slow and steady build up that Usagi found herself happily moaning around Anais's lips and tongue. Anais tilted her head eventually kissing down her face and neck to hear the lovely sounds which enveloped the room. Though she had a particular plan in mind after this ... she could still enjoy the harmony created by these movements. With her mouth free, Usagi spoke aloud... "Aha... Ai-aniki... tell me that lecutre is coming along pretty soon. I'm pretty close~" she mused as her hips flexed against his. She'd easily fallen into their manner of speech about this, but she was also dealing with the 'disruptive influence' that was Anais, whose actions were causing her body to quiver and the amount of sensation she felt to be increased by a great deal. An additional thought she had was one to share. 'I will say no matter what, sex in this world is way better than it was the first time I did it in the other world. I'm starting to wonder if I should have just done it with you~' she mused as she leaned forward to kiss Anais more directly. 'Should have asked, we would have ruined your life then~' was the immediate words of Sinais who'd been searching through Anais's memories and spoke only the truth. Usagi or rather Kaguya, might have thought she was very straight, but now she was realizing that she likely had a soft-spot for at least a few of her female friends as well... considering how much she was seeking Anais in this moment while rocking her hips against the girl's mentor. Anais, had apparently never had such strict thoughs about the gender norms and didn't bother shushing her internal voice about giving up that particular secret. That knocking against Usagi's womb making Anais squirm at a higher frequency as she was feeling it more, even she couldn't deny that particular sensation and it was glorious enough that she was moaning.

[Bloodedge]

For the most part, silence had fallen upon the group at large. Well, there was nothing verbalized, at the very least. Ailen presumed the girls were conversing amongst themselves, or perhaps not. Either way, they had become very physically involved with one another. How strange. Mere days before, his apprentice seemed entirely adverse to the mere idea of sexual contact. That other world and the upbringing of Aincrad must have been something learned people found repulsive. Oh well; it was all moving forward quite nicely now.

Shinomiya Kaguya, on the other hand, was a breed of flower that seemed to blossom in an instant. They hadn't been acquainted for an entire day thus far, yet she took the time of finally having a free mouth to speak of receiving his lesson. If only teaching the eventual other three would be so easy, he'd have a grand time moving on to more important matters as an instructor. "It should be no issue," he claimed. The lecture itself was something he'd been thinking over for minutes. It had become a simple matter of recalling his own memories. Soon enough, his pelvic thrusts would be accompanied by the firsthand experience of interacting with nature as a whole. It was all heralded by an expulsion of his lung's air. One final pump breached the barrier at Usagi's end, and with it... there was a cascade of mana which carried the bulk rundown of sylvan magic. A great deal of theory and application may have been missing, but no full lecture came from a single experience. What a new student needed was, first and foremost, general background.

[Apollymi]

The outward silence, and harmony of noises filled the room initially. Eventually voices spoke aloud and Anais appreciated them as well. Usagi asked for her lesson and was told by Ailen that it was mostly ready. She would have braced herself for what was coming but there was no point. Her own movements had her rocking back against him at his final pump and Anais contributed by shifting her own legs towards herself just a bit. Doing so would make the impact of that penetration more intense for Usagi, and the feeling of it more intense for Anais as well, she couldn't help her body's natural inclination to orgasm. Even so... she seemed to bear only a grin on her face as she saw the shocked face boasted by Usagi. "Kawaii!~" Anais mentioned aloud seeming to find the face cute.

That information filtered through Usagi's brain and her own orgasm had her internally clamping onto Ailen's manhood as well. It was quite the myriad of sensations to deal with considering his nature based lesson was also filtering through her brain space. That last maneuver also wouldn't be one she forgot at all. "Definitely no issue!~" Usagi mentioned to Ailen. She'd not forgotten the words of Anais's internal voice and still had the curiosity about how intense that had to have been in their original lives. She supposed it'd eventually be worth looking into... but for now there was the matter of Anais's similar lesson which likely was going to be ruined by the lass herself. Right at the moment there was funneling to be done. This new bit of information needed somewhere to go and the creation of a core was something she was familiar with... so she began the process. But while it swirled a bit of deviance crossed the mind of Anais...

The elafia peeked once more around her friend relaxing against her as she begin trying to move that mana around in her person and looked at her mentor somewhat innocently. There were many things in her mind and the one she settled upon was sharing a specific experience with Usagi, and prodding her mentor just a bit. And while Ailen was still within the Usagi's womb laid one of her mana manipulating hands against Usagi's back and played a quick melody against it, aiming to manipulate both of them into experiencing a bit more. A vibration of that liquid within a closed in space against both of their rather sensitive body parts would leave her internal self cackling her happiness while Anais just smirked a little, granted she also felt it quite a bit so another orgasm was to follow for her as well. Though afterwards she'd have rather nice words to share. "That was kind of a lot... I just thought to help~" she said seemingly amused. Well maybe she had a demon's idea of help. At least, that is what Usagi thought as a secondary orgasm followed her first, a near quivering of her loins, had her wondering if this was a punishment. Given the look on Anais's face she could say... maybe?

[Bloodedge]

Ailen was far from done with the process of teaching Usagi. He was in the process of delivering her first lecture, which could be considered the most important in many ways... but there would be other tidbits to address. According to the silver-haired girl, there were indeed no issues with delivery. His seed poured into her womb from that final thrust as the entrance and en route canal collapsed around his girth. Humans would call this exchange certain impregnation. Ah, but she clearly knew better than that by now. After all, the girl from Gaia was already on her third cycle. "Ah~ good. I do loathe failing when I've decided to actually give instruction. That should be great for a start," he said.

Ah yes, a start ─ it was meant to be that. Ailen had begun thinking about filler information that would evolve the girl's newfound knowledge momentarily. That was the plan, at least. Alas, plans sometimes went astray. Such a thing happened this time due to Anais's machinations, which perhaps had something to do with that air of foreboding earlier. Contact with Usagi's back had the most unusual effects on Ailen himself. Suddenly, there was a series of strums pulsing through him as if his manhood had been made into a harp. Help, Anais called it. Funny; it felt more to Ailen like a forced secondary ejaculation during his most physically sensitive moments. Well, there was no need to fret over Usagi's lesson. In mere seconds, the girl would be filled to the absolute brim with 'knowledge' in greater quantity than a single body could hold. Meanwhile, Ailen was having some sort of a seizure behind her. "U-ack!" he blurted out, shaking furiously from head to toe. At least he happened to deliver additional knowledge as a result of this intervention, whether it could all be retained at once or not. Oh well; a bit of spillage was nothing new to demons and their ilk anyway.

[Apollymi]

Usagi listened when Ailen mentioned loathing failing at delivering instruction when he decided to do so. She couldn't help but snicker internally knowing of a few complaints about his student from other teachers in the past and her disruptive thought processes. She could only imagine the girl was doing so on purpose when it came to her personal mentor and the kind of learning they found themselves partaking in. "Hai hai, no worries~" she mentioned of course, there were worries, ones even she didn't see coming.

Anais was somewhat vindictive, but in a strangely endearing way. That vibration through her womb made Ailen spill more into it, which served the purpose of an extra orgasm and had extra information spilling into her brain. Even so.. some spillage still occurred out of her loins and Anais felt it and squirmed a bit. Just the same she'd taken to watching Ailen and his response seemed to sate her internal aggressive tendencies. 'Mi-chan are you sure you aren't a demon?' Usagi asked the girl, with a near strangled breath escaping her lips. 'No idea what you would mean by that... I'm an elafia~' she mentioned as if that fixed the problem of her behavior. The innocence returned to her visage as she watched Ailen struggle after forcibly delivering that extra lesson. "Shishou, you're shaking a bit, is everything alright?" she asked sincerely. Of course, there was a certain amount of deviousness in the girl, she couldn't really help it at this point. All the while she seemed to be rather casually stroking Usagi's back while she caught her breath again. "Ha... ha... ha... is she always like this, Ai-aniki?" Usagi managed while sorting through her lessons. Nature was such an interesting thing... she could definitely work with what was given. That being said she was almost certain that this behavior couldn't have just popped up.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen had no issues with the idea of delaying lessons for the sake of a little... exploration, as he and his apprentice liked to call it. Even so, delivering lectures was imperative. Hours of pleasure-seeking could occur consecutively, but the final result had to include learning if that was the initial purpose. Usagi merely had to understand that just as Anais did. Ah... but Anais was the primary culprit of lost lessons, wasn't she? That was a recurring thing, even though it couldn't be called much of an issue.

What was an issue, was Ailen's sudden physical inability. Usagi alone had caused a strange amount of goose flesh to appear on the elf's body. Anais's efforts made it so he couldn't control his own muscles. When was the last time he experienced ejaculation in such a powerful way? It had certainly been awhile. "I..." he stuttered when answering the elafia. Surely she knew the answer to that question already. Even when speaking, he hadn't regained physical stability. "Yes, I believe I'm well. More than well, even. Though I didn't anticipate expending so much so quickly," he finished. Catching one's breath couldn't have always been so difficult... right? Regardless, he still had to answer Usagi's curiosity. "No, but also yes. There have been some signs since yesterday. In terms of execution, however, this is unprecedented. You're not much one to talk though, are you? That was quite remarkable even before."

[Apollymi]

Lessons had been given, and while Usagi already understood the importance of completing lectures... Anais was a special kind of influence in certain moments, who was prone to procrastination. Ailen seemed to have no problem delivering the needed information but it would seem that Anais was at least thoughtful enough to be actively distracting him from time to time. Well, it seemed she was learning just the same, but it was interesting to see the elf struggle because of this wayward girl and her playfully innocent visage. Still, Anais's question would be answered just as shakily as Ailen's legs had been moving about. An initial stutter before her confirmed his wellness. "Well that's great, Shishou. I still need my lesson after all~" she expressed a genuine happiness, but there was something just a little bit off about the way she smiled, like she was amused by his fluster.

Usagi found herself looking at her friend while catching her breath and hearing Ailen's commentary about her nature during an event like this she could only scoff. He had confused words initially about the way Anais was behaving being both normal and abnormal, but also claiming that he'd seen signs of such things since the previous day. He also asked if she had room to talk. "Of course I have room to talk... I'm a demon we expect the unexpected from me~" she expressed of herself. Something about Anais's hand moving up and her back the way it was seemed almost threatening after that previous maneuver. "I am glad though... I always aim to have a good time. Still if her execution is on the upswing we remain in danger..." Usagi mentioned. 'I wonder if I picked the wrong side of the alliance?' she pondered only to remember that if she'd done so she'd definitely know. It would also appear that Anais was currently content to let them both actually catch their breath from that moment forward, but she still wasn't really done with them yet. As such her smile and gentle touches remained even as she watched her mentor.

[Bloodedge]

Of course Ailen couldn't be in a bad way after that unexpected expulsion. If he wound up that way, he'd affect... the other lesson he already had to give. This was one hell of a morning he'd agreed to. "Indeed you do. Your course on nature, hers on the elven languages and remaining conventions of nature. The others may end up waiting for you," he said.

The aforementioned 'others', according to Ailen's senses, were quite busy themselves ─ at least three of them. Charlemagne's morning consisted of being used as a goddess's mount, and Astolfo's consisted of... watching his leader be mounted, and enjoying the absolute hell out of it. Since he'd reached a position that would leave him unseen by the other male, Astolfo was having even more scandalous thoughts. Sakura had an incredibly plump bottom, perfectly rounded and just about in the perfect position for him to see her anus. His skirt had already become nothing more than a drape over half his cock, which small amounts of mana were pooling at the tip of. Maybe his new impulse would be a worthwhile one to follow?

Regardless of the others' situation, Ailen still had much to deal with. Even if they finished their dealings and gathered at the meeting point, he had lessons to give that had already been arranged. He wouldn't leave his students ignorant when they sought knowledge ─ especially not his apprentice. Besides, there was something interesting happening with the demeanors in this scene. Usagi insisted that she had plenty of room to talk, being a demon and all. "Is that so? Strange; I didn't think flexibility was a demon trait," he quipped. Ailen still had a firm grip of the girl's rear, and he was keen to squeeze it even while his pelvis was being saturated by a mix of their fluids. "I think it will be fine. We've come to an understanding in our arrangement. It's all in the spirit of learning, right, Salentael?" he asked of Anais mostly in rhetoric.

[Apollymi]

According to Ailen with all that needed to be taught the girls could potentially end up being late to their arranged meeting. Usagi gave it some thought and her senses opened up quite a bit, allowing her to see most of the area of this HQ and everyone within and outside of it within a certain radius of herself. "Eh? I don't really think we'll be too late even if we finish all the necessary lessons~" Usagi mentioned. A few seconds later Anais was giving it consideration. "Well, I do hate being late for things, but I can't really skip lessons either... if Charlie isn't out and about yet it should be fine," she murmured. 'Besides it's best if I don't think about it.' she confirmed to herself. Yes, that was the stance she took. If she happened to be late again well no one would actually blame her... she was studying. Yes, that worked as a valid excuse for anything, no one blamed a contentious student. 'Brilliant, already making excuses~' Sinais mused. That version of herself seemed to enjoy when Anais found something she wanted to do more than her responsibilities. Perhaps it was truly demonic in nature.

At the same time, Sakura was having quite a good go of her ride of Charles. Her senses were always open and she was fully aware of the placement of most people within this building. She knew her father and the apprentices were busy. She also knew the placement of Astolfo so she had no reason at all to be concerned about her actions. Moreover, Charles had basically said she could do what she wanted, and a morning exchange would be quite good for them. Anything she'd taken into herself so far had been quite thoroughly processed by now and she would easily find herself leaning over the lad to offer it back to him. Her large breasts directly in his face as her ride continued. "If you don't want to empty yourself out too much, you should take some back. You did mention that you were going to train today~" she said keeping in mind the things he'd previously mentioned. Her understanding of humans was strained in general but that didn't mean she didn't have a basic understanding of human life. Just the same her forward lean would have her rear quite up and in the air, for an undisclosed amount of time.

Speaking of time, it was flowing pretty easily towards a morning full of sex and lessons. Interestingly enough, they were allowed their recovery as Ailen questioned the flexibility of a demon. "It's a me trait... but demons are capable of a lot of things~" Usagi mentioned seeming to find it amusing. Just the same, Ailen was gripping Usagi's rear with those very large hands of his and she was sure she could feel them on all of the skin of her rear. There was surprise on her face when she looked down at Anais. "Eh? His hands are huge! Like they cover my whole butt and it's a lot you know? It wasn't even small to begin with... " she stated as if she fully understood it. "I am aware of how big it is... always have been," Anais answered with a smile on her face which was likely a bit disturbing. Beyond those words the ones shared by Ailen caused a gentle blush to cover the girl's face. All in the spirit of learning using a rather interesting elvish term as a reference for her. "Hai, all in the spirit of learning... Shishou~" she said while a little prickle of power escaped from her finger tips down the spine of Usagi who once again wiggled her hips a bit. "Oh? You know when you smile like that you look like your mom. Is this like the 'sweetie' versus 'cutie' thing?" Usagi asked as her mind seemed to be ready for the next lesson.

[Bloodedge]

Lateness wasn't much of an issue. It already didn't matter for Ailen, and it seemed neither of the students thought it would make a difference regardless. With the excuse produced by Anais, he nodded. Opportunities for learning were to be taken advantage of. Much to the elf's satisfaction, both Anais and Usagi seemed more interested in taking advantage than bothering with other things. "Ah, good. We'll finish the lectures then," he said.

Charlemagne's life had been full of sex since his first experience only a few days before. Sakura alone had kept him busy for hours on end. They hadn't known each other for a week yet, but he was sure this was a month's activity thus far. Based on his normal understanding of self, he should have been out of mana tens of minutes ago... but that wasn't the case now. He had mana plentiful enough to keep going for hours more, it seemed. Still, he wouldn't be turning down the offer of some recovery. Charlemagne took the goddess's teat directly to the mouth, inhaling as if he'd soon be in danger of dehydration otherwise. After all, by now the lad understood how much a bit of extra mana could actually do for him. Attending that group meeting hadn't been a conscious thought for some time now.

Meanwhile, Astolfo was experiencing even more of a treat. When Sakura leaned into Charlemagne, her rear was lifted. He witnessed its constant rise and fall, burned its roundness into his retinas while peering into a potential entrance. Ah, but peering wasn't enough. The pink-haired lad felt drawn, and he was never one to refrain from impulses. As such, he was soon enough creeping closer and closer to the bed, his hands lifted and grabbing at the air as if he planned to fill the emptiness with Sakura's body soon.

Once more, Anais and Usagi had words to share with each other. This time, it was on the topic of Ailen's hands ─ specifically their size. Well, he was an elf after all; these differences were to be expected. No matter; they would quickly move on to an agreement about the spirit of learning. "Indeed. Now, with everything agreed upon, I suppose we should begin the next lesson? It should be..." And again, there was an incomplete statement. The time had come for Ailen to extricate himself from Usagi's womb. He managed that much, though not without discovering an urge to continue gently thrusting into her canal. Why did that occur? He recalled acting on such an impulse ages ago, upon meeting Miwa. Well... this one was also in the form of a Celestial with the soul of a demon, he supposed.

[Apollymi]

"Hai hai," mentioned Anais and Usagi also nodded. She knew such a thing would involve a retreat from the space of her womb, but that wasn't truly a problem for her. In the meantime there were other people living a very different style of threesome. There was a distinctly more voyeuristic quality to the early morning scene playing out between Sakura and Charles.

In this particular case, Sakura's continued ride was being accented by the suction of mana directly from her bosom. Such a thing was quite good for general purposes such as making sure that the mana of Charles didn't deplete entirely. That aside she was quite certain it felt nice as her hips moved against his still erect manhood. Though she was leaned forward a gentle rise and fall soon became associated with a deep almost throbbing sensation within her as mana was drawn directly from her body. Ah, well at least she understood why people would offer it this way... it did feel quite nice when there were no truly high stakes involved. It wasn't that she hadn't enjoyed it in the first place it was simply that this had a more intimate feeling to it.

Ah, but was that intimacy to be maintained. Such was a strange mental question she found herself grappling with as she knew that Astolfo was in this room and could almost feel his intentions radiating off his person. Was he going to join them? Given Charles's stance on monogamy even just a day ago... she doubted this was a normal occurrence though she was quite sure that making an offering wasn't necessarily something to shun. She began to wonder if this was a distinctly human line of thinking... perhaps she'd have to ask one or more of her fathers for a clear answer.

Just the same, Ailen's withdrawal was seemingly a bit slow going even after he exited the womb of the girl in question. The gentle stroking of her lower back by Anais seemed to be about to shift as the movements of Ailen continued without full withdrawal. She wasn't jealous per se... she understood how ones desires played out in a single moment. "I think it should either be Nature since it it still on your mind or... elvish for Usa-chan if you don't plan to withdraw~" Anais teased slightly. Even so, she didn't necessarily want to wait forever for her own lesson to begin. "Nature for Mi-chan would be best I think," Usagi added figuring it would ease everyone to rotate a bit. As Anais thought over another tap to enforce her own desires... the statement that she looked a bit like her mother while smiling made her face shift greatly. "Do I?" she asked. She gave it a great deal of thought as she considered those words. She remembered the sound of her mother's voice as she said the words cutie and sweetie. She could... hear her being asked things... periodically as she grew up, but she couldn't for the life her her match a face to that voice. It was almost blurry to the point of sadness and frustration... but not the type she would share with others. "I... don't remember what she looked like. The words though... I can hear those, in her voice..." she mentioned. "Wait so do you also not know what you looked like either?" she asked of the girl seemingly concerned. "I remember being very small, but not really the details. I was pretty ordinary so I likely have a warped view of myself," she said as if she was detached from the subject. "Hoh? That's no good. I realize you've been here a long time much longer than our original lifespans were expected to be, but I guess this explains quite a bit. You weren't actually ordinary you know, just a little small. But that's okay, I know what it's like to feel like you'd forget and also to have a sort of terrible self-image," mentioned Usagi. Her hips were shifting gently, seemingly in response to Ailen's prodding, but she also leaned in to kiss Anais again, this time... she held fresh a memory of the girl's mom from what was just a few weeks prior when they'd gone to her house as a group. And while she kissed her friend, Anais's memory of her mother became so much clearer. In the space of her mind the top blew off a box not that she could visualize such a thing... no that was the domain of her inner selves to deal with and Sinais would do exactly that.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen was having some difficulties yet again. There were more lectures to give, more lectures that would certainly be given, but also a struggle to actually remove himself from Usagi's nether. In the time of said struggle, Anais counted the viable steps during this session. Of course, she also mentioned the chance of him not removing himself. Usagi went on to make a firmer suggestion about offering Anais's nature-based lesson. That was an excellent idea; he even agreed wholeheartedly. "Hmm. That idea is very sound. With the residual information in mind presently, that would be the best course of action," he concurred. Ah, but there was still one blaring issue. Even when agreeing to that plan, he'd not yet pulled back. Usagi wasn't doing much to help either, as she was still moving against him. In due time, he did manage freedom... though only after putting himself in danger of reigniting a raging fire of his own loins. Even then, that last retreat was a slow one that he so obviously took the time to enjoy on purpose. "Yes, right. Apologies; I'm not sure I expected that sort of reaction."

All the while, Charlemagne was having milk for breakfast for the first time in... so many years. He already didn't expect to be capable of saying something like that ever again; the specifics of this drinking was completely unheard of. Liquid mana was pouring down his throat, tasting and acting of plum wine that intoxicated him by the moment. While his mouth drew from one breast, his hand began relentlessly groping the other. Blissfully ignorant as he'd been all this time, he remained unaware of Astolfo's presence even as the other male encroached upon the bed. Standing at its edge behind Sakura, he extended both arms with every intention of getting two heaping handfuls of that divine rump. If he had his way, he'd be molesting those cheeks with vigor, squeezing, spreading and generally admiring as he heavily considered joining an existing scandal.

[Apollymi]

It seemed that Ailen really did intend to remove himself from Usagi's core and actually give a lesson to Anais. Still it was a rather slow going process which Anais was distracted from a bit by her rather pushy friend. Though the pushes of her hips against Ailen were more reaction than purposeful, Usagi felt the elf's agonizingly slow withdrawal and also wondered if he intended to actually go along with her idea. "Are you sure?" she mused seeming to find it a bit funny. At the same time having pulled away from that kiss with Anais she watched as a single tear rolled down the elafia's face. A core memory seemed to have returned to her and that meant that Usagi's work was done. "Hey, none of that... you can't go from mature 300 backwards~" Usagi teased, but still she wiped the other girl's tear away and felt like she'd done something good for her friend. Perhaps she should remember to tell the girl to make herself a new avatar, it'd likely be easier for her to remember important details from her past, if she didn't stay within a single body for hundreds of years at a time. "Hoh? Seemed a bit indecisive for a moment there... Ai-aniki~" she added seeming to scoff at his apology understanding why he seemed to stricken. Saying no to darkness was difficult for many people she could only imagine what kind of strength of character the elafia was showing not to have caved and sought it out already. Anais for her part in this also didn't seem too upset about the continued dalliances of her mentor, she understood that this was likely difficult for him. She also had problems making choices so she wasn't going to judge him for it.

At the same time, Sakura soon had her personal space encroached upon. Whlle Charles enjoyed his breakfast Astolfo, made his way from his hidden chair perch and became a bit invasive as an individual. Sakura had no understanding of this addition to her morning and didn't know if this was normal for Charles or not... she was assuming it wasn't but the lad had approached with such seeming confidence that she didn't assume this was uncommon. As such her hips continued to move and her body would eventually find that rattlign sensation fairly close to her ending. It would be quite gratifying as she moved to ride through that explusion and tightening of her loins around Charles while he fed in a rather literal way.

[Bloodedge]

Was Ailen sure? Mentally, yes. Physically however, it felt as if putting Usagi's session on hold was a terrible idea. The slow process of withdrawing was easily one of the top ten most pleasurable sensations he could recall in at least a thousand years, yet it was also quite terrible to know the end was near for a moment. His mana was even beginning to leak through toward the end, a consistent trickle leaving itself within Usagi and persisting as a prominent drip even after he was free of her clutches. Calling him indecisive didn't even begin to cover the truth of things. "I'm quite sure it was something far worse than indecision. Temptation may be too weak a word. I may well understand Miwa's struggles better than anyone else after that," he said with a sigh. Luckily, he managed to escape in the end. Anais would soon be able to receive her lesson, but Ailen hesitated still. He looked down, having second thoughts about this positioning. Would he be capable of delivering the lecture to its intended place with Usagi's backside staring up at him like that the entire time?

Ailen wasn't the only one having trouble with someone's ass. Astolfo could see the time of his ─ of anyone's ─ life right in front of him. Lucky, Lucky Charlemagne. That poor fool was swallowing the product of Sakura's teat, groping the other with one hand, and another hand was so stupidly holding her by the side. How could he be so wasteful? Great asses were to be squeezed, and this one had to be the definition of perfect! 'Astolfo to the rescue!' the pink-haired lad thought as he groped away at a magnificent pair of goddess cheeks. How satisfying. How life-changing! He couldn't even dare to think two hands were enough. Surely he could get away with more, no? 'Astolfo luck!' he chanted mentally, as if willing luck into existence. It only felt right that he treat such a magnificent curve with due respect... by spreading goddess cheeks and wedging his dick between them. How was Charlemagne letting himself miss out on this sort of debauchery?! It couldn't have been Astolfo!

[Apollymi]

Ailen had finally freed himself from Usagi bit it seemed he'd had quite the hard time. He was left hesitant even after his expulsion and Usagi understood why this was the case as she gave into darkness as a temptation immediately upon encountering it. Even now, she still didn't believe in truly stopping it when it appeared before her. "Ai-aniki is quite a strong person... doing way better about it than I do. Miwa-sama too~" she mused being rather honest. "Knees down, Mi-chan~" she commented. As such Anais lowered her own legs and left the other girl still split on her lap. She brought her own legs in and rolled with the other girl a few times giggling all the while. Until their bodies were entwined but left enough room for Ailen to have a seat beside them. Still both girls easily gestured for the man to take a seat as both thought about the nature of their next leg in this journey.

'Personally I think you should take this one of your own accord. I'm a bit interested in seeing how you broke this rather studious elf in the first place~' mentioned to Anais. Anais managed to look sheepishly down at her friend. 'I don't think I did anything worth watching...' mentioned Anais. 'Doesn't matter, half a show is confidence and you missy need to let that pushy inside voice be in charge of that~' Usagi countered. At the very least the inside one was sure she was breaking things. Going in with an attitude like that would be beneficial for balancing things out. 'Welp, you heard her! We're breaking in Shishou~' said Sinais, there was a very specific imagine in Anais's mind... one of her atop the man in question, facing him with her legs spread wide bouncing along as she pleased. "Hai hai~" that was all Anais had to say about it, while Usagi looked both pleased and a bit worried for Ailen's sake. Miko's natural state wasn't necessarily that of a showoff, and her current self was seeming much more insidious than a simply reactive individual. This really would be interesting to watch, she untangled their limbs and watched as the girl approached her mentor. 'I wonder how many it will take for that lesson to get where its going?'

Charles was devouring his breakfast in a way that few would have understood. Just the same Sakura was experiencing something quite odd. The lad Astolfo despite his girlish face and somewhat less than human demeanor seemed to be going about entering their morning exchange in a very human way. Sakura felt a strange amount of molestation to her rear. It wasn't as if she hadn't witnessed some odder things before, maybe humans just thought to worship godly bodies when they encountered them? 'Yes, that seems right...' the lass thought absently. Of course, her own hips were still moving and could easily be found adjusting for the intrusion though not in a truly accommodating way. No... her rocking would allow the lad wedged within her cheeks to experience the slick sensation of skin against skin while he groped and she rode Charles for the sake of their morning's happiness. Just the same, her back would arch a bit more intensely, eventually causing the lad to lose his full oral grip on that one breast while his hand was left on the other. In this case, Astolfo luck might have actually been on his side... as such maneuvering would leave him hotdogged between the lass's cheeks.

[Bloodedge]

Surely both Ailen and Miwa did have an easier time resisting temptation than this girl. Just as demons possessed the power of temptation, it seemed demons and their ilk were also easily tempted to enjoy themselves. Ailen couldn't fault the lass for caving to Mugen easier, but he also could not take much credit for resisting after a long struggle. "I'm afraid I've done nothing worthy of note," he insisted, leaving it at that. The time for change came soon enough, beginning as Usagi facilitated a roll of both girls. By the end of their joint maneuver, Anais was atop the other lass, and their original space was left vacant... apparently for Ailen's use. Ah, this was good. If control of penetration was wrested from him, delivering knowledge unto the right person would be no issue. The when part, however, was in question as always, but that was mostly due to a certain habit of Anais when receiving his lectures. However long it took, Ailen was satisfied by the potential, and thus would be found taking a seat right where Anais's back was previously.

Meanwhile, Charlemagne was somewhere between death's door and the dawn of new life. Each experience with Sakura thus far seemed to awaken something that may not have originally belonged within him. It was something he'd been running from since before he even fell to Munetsuchi. How long had it been? There was no telling, really, but he was beginning to greet it as an old comrade-in-arms, taking it into battle somewhere deep inside the young goddess's body. Even as she leaned away from him and freed her bosom from his mouth's clutches, he marched onward spiritually. Actually... the most literal march was being organized in his loins at the time. A grand army of soldiers stood at attention within the barracks, awaiting a single command to engage the enemy. All the while, Astolfo flanked said enemy's dugout with his own arsenal at the ready. Nothing was better, warmer, and more inviting than this! With the widest of smiles on his face, Astolfo happily began stroking away at the flesh of Sakura's rear, seemingly in tandem with her movements against Charlemagne. How he managed to make such maneuvers in a way that didn't disturb the bed or alert Charlemagne, well... that was an Astolfo trade secret. Luck was indeed on his side thus far, but alas... Astolfo did always have a bad habit of pushing his luck. Time would tell if this was such a moment.

[Apollymi]

Ailen didn't think much of his ability to finally resist temptation after the struggle of starting it, but both Anais and Usagi disagreed though for different reasons. "Shishou, you aren't giving yourself enough credit," Anais said, knowing that she'd all but sank into Mugen and had only wrested herself from him because of her own self-deprecating feelings. "Um-hm, Mi-chan is right... resistance is nonexistent for some of us~" she mused knowing that she was always in trouble of a certain kind. "Also want to note, that this is what it's like talking to you. If you ever wanted to know how it is trying to get you to acknowledge things..." Usaig gestured while stretching. "This." Moving on, Anais worked her body into the more upward position and stretched her body with a deep arch in her back over her friend, not with any particular intentions but just to get the feeling of looseness in her lower back. Once she'd accomplished that, she shifted herself into Ailen's lap.

'Woohoo, back to bullying Shishou~' there was a gentle happiness in Sinais, knowing that she fully intended to have her soft self ruin an elf today. A hand reached out for Ailen's manhood to stroke it gently while she decided the exactness of her position. While the other reached up for the back of neck to pull him into a kiss. She knew it was unnecessary to touch but she truly wouldn't be stopping her habits as she aligned him to herself. That kiss of hers would be gently forcing his back towards the bed while her hips be began a slow and prodding descent. Much like the first time, she seemed quite skittish but this wasn't a matter of not knowing she could accept him... No. She was already quite slick and more than easily capable of taking more but didn't do so initially. 'Drop down all the way. Punish him for choosing wrong!~' Welp that wouldn't be a choice. That slow prodding had her lean back and immediately sink down to the end of her so swiftly that even Usagi found herself hiccupping at the action, which definitely saw Ailen make a rather speedy entrance to Anais's womb. Her core would easily tighten around him there after. Her legs were spread on either side of him. Her knees apart as she balanced still on her toes with his manhood securely inside of her. That was quite the nice feeling and she'd even stopped because she'd reached a rather blinding flourish. 'How is it a punishment for him if it knocks the wind out of me?!' she questioned herself. And all that would be offered as a reply was a rather sweet but slightly menacing smile to Ailen.

At the same time, the march of Charles towards his impending doom was similar for Sakura. Each movement of her own hips and those of the two men now involved seemed to steadily push her towards her orgasm. Actually, her core was practically vibrating with the possibility and almost alluringly drawing Charles deeper and deeper inside. Her lowering nudged him against her cervix and her constant movements would only make it easier and easier for the lad to find himself wedged into that particular barrier. Saturation would be no problem as Sakura soon enough found herself reaching the peak of pleasure by her own actions her hips moving along still to make sure Charles got to the same end. The luck of Astolfo wasn't really something which was thought of, Sakura hadn't exposed more of herself to him, as her movements were controlled strictly by the desire to have Charles buried rather deeply inside of her and that required a bit more of an upright posture.

[Bloodedge]

Both girls claimed Ailen was to receive more credit than what he gave himself. Alas, he knew that to be objectively false, given his existing connection to the Forbidden and his long-term resistance to anything greater. Surely he had no issues turning away the appeal of mana and power. What made him cave so easily, in the likeliest scenario, was simply pleasures of the flesh. For that, he could claim no victories. One victory he could claim, however, was an indirect one over fate for Anais deciding to take charge of her own lesson. He sat comfortably until Anais took her place atop him, and then... he was guided downward until lips met ─ albeit unnecessarily. Anais would be receiving no knowledge from his mouth, but that would not stop the pursing of Ailen's lips against hers. During this time, he felt the casual stroking of his member become an effort toward alignment ─ which itself quickly became something far more extreme than bedding a demon. Anais's mouth was released instantly as Ailen felt the glory of penetration twice in one fell swoop. "Haah!" he gasped. Where did the skittish elafia go? Apparently, she wasn't here. Ailen was instead faced by someone who intended to turn that trickle into a spurt, which of course also boasted no knowledge.

Speaking of spurts, there was something far more impactful welling up within Charlemagne. Sakura rose and lowered in his lap, eventually descending to such an extent that he bypassed the barrier within her canal. He was constantly gasping, constantly grasping, and constantly staring. This would soon be the moment he met his end. None could fathom the amount of power he felt building while his eyes traveled up and down Sakura's bouncing form. Something was off, though. He'd seen her hair change colors before, but was it beginning to turn pink in the back? Charlemagne wondered, but the cold truth involved Astolfo pressing himself fully against the lass from behind. His firmness had been nestled between her cheeks for some time now, working on an expulsion of his own. Ah, but even though Charlemagne hadn't caught wind of his presence, there was still an oddity realized. "Ah─... are you... doing that transformation thing again?" he wondered.

[Apollymi]

Maybe one day, an explanation would come from someone so Ailen would understand that the way humans saw things... even if the only temptation he was giving into was those of flesh, he was still doing much better about it, than most humans could dream of. Ah, but that didn't matter right now, right now Usagi was having a second-hand experience with the extremes of the elafia called Anais. She knew for a fact given the sensations she experienced, that the other girl had sent the elf straight into her womb, which he immediately spilled his mana into. likely sans the lesson. She also felt the orgasm created by such an extreme and felt herself rolling and breathless. "Eh? That's so extreme!" she said. Yes, Usagi was demon kind, even so... she found Anais's behavior on the far side of the specturm. Just the same, that outburst and her mentor's gasping were like music to her ears. This was why she'd take such extremes because it made her happy and enforced her will... which wasn't something she'd considered before. She could do nothing but smile as within a short time she caught her breath and it would be a while before she began moving. There was still more deviousness left in Anais, 'Hell yeah! Ruin them!~' her internal voice seemed content so long as Anais was going along with her methods. And today at least, Anais found herself more than willing to comply with her inner demon. Why not? This room, these people... they were safe. "Shishou~ I figured something out a little while ago~ You don't mind if I test it out on you right?~" she chimed seemingly pleased. 'Danger Ai-aniki. Danger!' Usagi stated in her mind but even she was a bit curious. Obviously the girl could only do so much, Usagi had sex with an actual demon... it couldn't be too much, right?

At the same time, Charles was feeling something rather deep welling up within him and Sakura was willing to continue her ride just the same. He could take in her form and appreciate her visage. His friend was doing much the same. Astolfo was definitely wedged within the meat of her ass but not intruding in any conventional way. She wondered if this was some human thing to do, rubbing against things that felt nice? Well... it wasn't necessarily a problem for her. Perhaps this was part of how he interacted with Charles as his subordinate. She didn't fully understand their friendship so perhaps it was just something like that. Oh? But there was something else which contradicted this thought pattern and that was... Charles asking about a potential transformation. "Iia... I... that transformation only took place because something of greater energy concentration than I had in my body entered me," she expressed of herself. "Why did you ask?" she questioned as a follow-up, knowing there was something about this situation she didn't understand.

[Bloodedge]

So few times in life had Ailen considered his own mortality. There were undoubtedly less than five total times, and this was undoubtedly one of them now. As one who naturally leaned toward receiving mana, if she had the capacity to do so, Anais could have theoretically drained him dry on a whim with that descent. Actually, the elf was feeling rather winded and lacking in energy already. How much had he lost within her womb in that first moment? He couldn't tell; it all happened too quickly. Usagi was right; that was far too extreme. Ah, and now Anais was talking. The elafia claimed she'd figured something out recently. Whatever it was, she wished to test it on him. Well... he wished to catch his breath ─ something he had to do before responding was even possible. Doing so only took longer as he readjusted to the clamp of Anais's cervix, which he found notably unique now that he was within her once again. "Ha─ah... what? You mean there's something else?" he asked. Whether he was terrified or excited, Ailen couldn't be certain. He suddenly understood something Mugen had once said. "I will always be true to my word with you. If you are in need of a subject for experimentation, I am ready and willing. Just... try your best not to kill me before you've learned all I have to teach, yes?"

Sakura's hair had to be changing again, right? Wrong. As she went about keeping him wedged in her womb, Sakura claimed she only changed the first time due to extraordinary circumstances. If she wasn't undergoing some transformation this time, though, what could be the cause behind that pinkness he saw? Sakura wondered why he was asking, but he was just a bit too overwhelmed for an immediate answer. "I a-uh─" he stammered. Notably, both of his hands gripped the lass tighter. "Your hair looks different," he finished at last. In that moment, Astolfo figured his luck was running out. Luckily, he didn't need much more time. Sadly though, the pink-haired lad was struggling a bit mentally. He could easily bring things to an end by continuing the strokes he'd been utilizing, or he could run the gambit of penetration ─ each of which would count as an experience beyond any he'd known before. Charlemagne was mere moments from a discovery ─ among other things ─ so his indecision may not have been for the best. . .

[Apollymi]

While Ailen was considering his mortality, Usagi was left squirming and wondering exactly what kind of switch her once innocent friend had within her mind. As far as her Miko was concerned that girl read dirty books and seemed admittedly a bit skittish but was a straight shooter. The kind of person who followed rules even if she wasn't enforcing them. This seemed like a huge jump... and one she didn't really have time to consider as she felt like the deepest reaches of her core were being invaded. Usagi for her part in this was also surprised when Anais claimed to have something more to try out on Ailen. "Eh? I don't get confirmation?~" she asked in a teasing manner. "You bound our bodies and sensations together you signed up for this~" Anais stated clearly to her friend who couldn't argue. Perhaps this was a good lesson all around, besides what more could she do? At the same time, Ailen seemed to get himself together enough to speak properly and he questioned something as well. "Yes, well a little something else. I would want to learn from experiences~" she said in her teasing way of justifying her own actions. Actually, what she had in mind was just perverted and something she thought would feel good. 'Oh? Shishou's excited!~ Wreck him!~' Sinais mused. A second later hearing Ailen's confirmation and his warning about his pleading to be spared his life until he was done teaching Anais leaned forward a bit and pecked his lips. "Of course, Shishou... I still want to learn everything I can from you!~" the girl mused. It would be at this point that she copied something he'd done earlier. The muscles of her core tightened and mana pulsed throughout the length of her canal. Of course, doing so would be the equivalent of a kegal exercise, but also with enough mana vibrating that it could be felt around the entirety of his manhood. Another squeal came from Usagi as she felt this. Her friend truly was extreme, and Anais felt rather nice as within as well.

Moving on... Charles was experiencing confusion and Sakura was confused right along with him. Though he was fairly close to his own orgasm he held onto her body tighter and she found herself enjoying it enough to relax into the extra contact. He'd not actually managed to get his question out initially, but he did while her hips continued to move. She also noted the lad at her rear still hadn't been noticed by his leader, she wondered if his senses were okay. He claimed her hair looked different and as she moved in his lap and against Astolfo's cock she could only reply in ways that made sense to her. "It's not different though... are your senses okay, because you seem legitimately confused for something that has a very observable answer..." she said. She'd known there was someone behind her, she was a bit worried if this hadn't been in Charles's senses at all. But perhaps it would become clear once he reached his peak? She assumed so, and as such her ride continued and she felt the start of another orgasm which tightened herself around his core more violently than the previous time.

[Bloodedge]

The life of an elf was among the longest in this world. Ailen could go several millennia more without falling back into the reincarnation cycle, but those thousands of years would be worthless if he did not pass along this Core's knowledge before doing so. Such was the way of the High Elves, especially in the dynasty he remembered. With his upbringing being what it was, a true shame would be forgetting the greater purpose of his life as an instructor. When he requested that Anais avoid killing him, it was more metaphorical than anything else. He knew how improbable it was to die of a sexual encounter, but he also knew Anais had every ounce of potential necessary to turn him into some sort of sex fiend. She wanted to learn everything she could, eh? That wasn't the least bit comforting. "Haha... that's exactly what I'm afraid of," he said. Just then, Anais went on to prove his point. That first slam was ridiculous, but infinitely worse was the sudden application of technique based on his own earlier experimentation. Some likened the sex of a woman to a dam, but no... Ailen was the dam today, and the waves of a mighty sea were crashing against him relentlessly, their concussive force rattling him to the literal core. His mouth hung open, but only air escaped. It wasn't very easy to retain conscious thought, nor was it apparently easy to keep his legs from spasming to no end.

Sakura's hair wasn't different. Once she said so, Charlemagne's confusion reached a new high. Was he seeing things? No, that couldn't be right. She questioned his senses, which made him realize he hadn't been paying attention to anything beyond the goddess herself. Now that he'd been made aware, the answer was indeed quite obvious. Astolfo. He must have been there for quite some time, as Charlemagne never even saw him approach. Maybe the tunnel vision applied to his physical eyes too? At this point, anything was possible. "... Astolfo," he said aloud, seeming equal parts disappointed and concerned. "Yaho!" the other male exclaimed, peering around Sakura at last. Of all the things that could endanger this newfound libido of Charlemagne's... Astolfo may have sent himself to the top of the list. "Not cool. Most uncool thing ever," he sighed. In spite of that reaction, Astolfo was still rubbing away between the luscious curves of a goddess's rear. His libido couldn't be affected by anything, it seemed. Ah, but even a cursed Charlemagne had little choice but to spew ungodly amounts of mana while being squeezed so thoroughly. He could only be so bothered by Astolfo's presence. Just the same, an Astolfo who wasn't bothered at all was... already done with his business ─ which he was freely spewing all over Sakura's back while Charlemagne filled her womb.

[Apollymi]

The words of Anais were offered, and apparently Ailen was afraid of them. Ailen was a HIgh Elf and given this information it was likely his life's goal to give away all of his knowledge to someone who could expand on it. Anais, would of course accept this without question, but she'd also found that she enjoyed sexual deviance and bullying of this particular man. "Excited for~" Ah, that was Sinais deciding that now was the time for her to speak through her lighter self if only to be able to share that more demonic logic. All the while she watched after her most recent maneuver as Ailen seemed to lose everything including the functionality of his legs. Ah but she could hear the air escaping his lungs, and she couldn't help but grin and enjoy it. The little squeals from Usagi did something similar to her and given the lack of tension she had on her legs, as she vibrated around her mentor's cock. Her friend in feeling the new motion couldn't help but question her, as she too was left out of sorts by her friend's rather extreme form of coitus. "You're trying to kill us... I'm sure," Usagi managed, as she writhed in pleasure from the feeling that was caused not in her own body. She was sure this had to be like having a vibrator but inverting it for whatever reason. Or maybe turning oneself into a sex-sleeve? Yes that was more likely, whatever the case, she was sure this girl wouldn't be receiving her lesson as she chased her next orgasm exactly as she was.

At the same time, Charles was finally coming to his senses fully. Perhaps he'd just gone blind while being in the middle of sex, but as they approached the end he seemed to gain some clarity and his friend finally spoke. The movements of Sakura hadn't stopped but Charles words would eventually find her ears as he claimed that the actions of Astolfo were uncool. Perhaps, she should have said something earlier, but how was she supposed to interpret this? Well, first there were things to complete and the first of them were the sex acts which would only come to completion as she slammed Charles home within herself. "Ah~" She felt the flow of seed upon her back as well and figured Astolfo had done what he intended as well... even so, this was quite the unusual situation. She wasn't socially experienced enough to fully understand this situation. She recovered from her orgasm but made no moves to remove Charles from her core. "Sou ka... I suppose this isn't a normal interaction for you two. I thought it might be because you had nothing to say when he entered. I didn't realize you didn't notice," she managed after her own, Charles's and Astolfo's orgasm. Still her body would absorb the mana offered and begin filtering it through. From Astolfo such an offering wasn't bad in quality it simply didn't match up to what Charles had to offer. She could accept it but it couldn't be considered her favorite.

[Bloodedge]

In expressing his fear of the immediate future, Ailen was corrected. Was he excited rather than afraid? Yes ─ especially by demon logic. That correction was even a statement given only by demons or incredible teases, either of which Anais had all the potential to be. Well, at least he could adjust to these new sensations more over time. How much time it would take, though... that was a different question. Those vibrations were stronger than any muscles could manage, and far deeper than anything physical. He could have sworn there was something reaching his Spiritual Core. If that wasn't enough, the position Anais chose was beyond obscure, as he couldn't even imagine a handful of people who could balance that way while being sexually penetrated. If nothing else, she may have become more attuned to her spiritual self after that earlier mana flow regulation. "Death is... a gift. I believe... this classifies as torture," Ailen managed to blurt out. He wasn't having much luck regaining stability, but he was having a great deal of luck continuing to lose mana. It seemed he was fated to unleash a full spurt every ten seconds or so, writhing in ecstasy all the while.

Ailen wasn't the only one rapidly losing mana. Charlemagne couldn't even fully reprimand Astolfo for this sudden invasion of privacy, as he became far too occupied with the filling of Sakura's womb. As Sakura herself didn't make any efforts to slide off his manhood, he was even left to loose a few additional spurts that lost intensity with time. During that time, Sakura once again showcased her lack of understanding for social norms. "No. No, it's not normal at all," Charlemagne stated while Astolfo clasped both arms around Sakura's midsection. "But it could be! We could be like brothers!" the lad countered. Charlemagne sighed once more. Now that he knew Astolfo was here, he could feel the extra movements occurring. Astolfo was still rubbing his dribbling rod between Sakura's cheeks. One particular movement had his tip wedged between, as if to make the intentions he'd soon allude to more clear. "So let's go! We've got plenty of time to get in a really good round ─ all three of us!"

Of course Astolfo would immediately make a suggestion like that. Charlemagne had some thinking to do. He wasn't keen on such a thing happening at all, but... could he justify being upset? He kept being reminded about the nature of goddesses and others with magical knowhow, and he was far from faithful as of late, at least according to his own original beliefs. "I... no?" he said with an upward inflection. No way could he justify keeping Sakura from whatever 'mana transfer' or other such terms she sought. On the other hand, he couldn't say having some threesome with Astolfo was at any point a good idea for him ─ definitely not at present. He had so much to figure out about his own relationship status, he wouldn't add an iota of complication. "You guys uh... do whatever you want. I'm going to get ready." With that, Charlemagne took the necessary steps to rise, shakily as it were. He intended to slip himself out from beneath Sakura. If he managed as much, he'd soon be en route to the bathroom to clean himself.

[Apollymi]

Even to Usagi, Anais was showing some strangely demonic qualities. Well, if they were still human she'd call the girl a teasing sadist in the sexual sense. She was content to shre but not be ignored and in response to feeling even passively slighted she'd taken to rewiring the brain of her mentor by sexual force. What was more, Usagi had encouraged the lass to show off a bit, she didn't know she was hiding something like that wide-legged balanced on tip-toe position in her arsenal. What kind of hentai had the other girl seen to pull that one out of nowhere? It was obvious the people of this world wouldn't see it as normal, Ailen's reactions made it seem as if he was quite unused to this sort of thing. Anais for her part in this, felt multiple spurts being released into womb and was satisfied by the sensation alone. A little knowing smirk appeared on her face as she heard her mentor refer to her current positioning and vibrating insides as... 'torture'. If death was a gift, it wasn't one Anais intended to give him... but what she would give him was something else. Something slightly imposing, all the while her body was burning up energy to... open up several boxes within her mind which had been sealed for the duration of her life on this planet. "Shishou~ You can't call it torture..." she said as she grinned at him, leaning down so she could whisper her next thought in a way which would be oddly seductive and given his own mentality maybe a little scary. "I haven't started moving yet~" she reminded him of his current state of stasis regardless of her constantly vibrating canal. She then began properly... maybe a bit of movement, rising and lowering her hips, but not removing Ailen from her womb at all. "Don't forget about my lesson....Shi-shou~" Ah, this was going to be quite a while wasn't it? Yes... well, Anais wasn't much of a morning person even beyond that... it wasn't abnormal for her to show up in less than stellar condition for early morning gatherings.

Meanwhile, Charles remained buried inside of Sakura for quite a few moments giving more mana at slower intensities from his first burst. There was one firm answer, that this situation was definitely not normal for Charles. They didn't normally interact in this way which made it more strange to Sakura. But her understanding of that was a personal curiosity still related to hers and Charles's earliest interaction. What was more, Astolfo claimed this could be normal... that this kind of interaction could make them like brothers. He wasn't wrong about that in the open sense of understanding. As far as Sakura understood humans didn't maintain the kind of logic that allowed them to understand those sorts of mana based interactions. It would also seem that Astolfo was willing to continue, but... was Charles.

Well... no. Though his 'no' was one of questioning. It made Sakura look at the lad curiously. When he said words like this he was usually deep in thought. Such non-firm answers usually came with some level of emotional dissonance. It'd happened a few times, when she first offered him mana, while they were having sex the first time, when she was helping him rebuild himself. It seemed there were still complexities to interacting with humans that she didn't get. She was also a bit lost on the emotional aspects of this entire situation but it was fairly clear that Charles didn't see the suggestion to make him and Astolfo brothers indirectly through contact with Sakura as something to do. Ah, but there was something else as well... he told the pair to do what they wanted. That was always a weird thing, Charles went about removing himself from Sakura admittedly a bit more readily than he normally did. Strange, she wasn't sure she was ready for that. She didn't stop him from doing what he wanted, but... it felt strangely empty when he withdrew. "Sou ka, that's odd. I don't normally feel this way..." she murmured as she sat on the bed. That poking of Astolfo hadn't gone unnoticed. It was natural for her to want to accept mana even if she didn't need it. But did she want it? Would it combat the current slightly empty feeling she had? She wasn't sure... this was all quite complicated.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen, the Paragon of Potions, a point of pride among High Elves, was an instructor. Here and now, he was no such thing. One could say he was being taught a firm lesson, or perhaps more accurately... taken to school, as some might phrase it. Ah, but he couldn't call it torture; Anais was sure to make that claim. All those things he felt in his body and soul simultaneously, could not be called torturous. Why? Well, she'd make sure he knew that as well. She closed the distance between them to whisper in the most seductive and, thus far, uncharacteristic way she could. She pointed out her lack of movement up to this point. What? "Do you mean you can still─" Yes. Yes was the answer to an incomplete question, as Anais began moving her hips before he even finished speaking. Something of a gurgle escaped the elf as he reeled in... something. Pleasure? Agony? It could have been either, or even both. Whatever it was, he was losing mana to her body more quickly than a Manaflame Sylph in a dead environment. "I─ah! Lesson? Yes, of c─ourse! What was it again?" he pleaded. Surely she didn't really expect him to remember during all that, right?

Charlemagne managed to remove himself from contact with Sakura. There wasn't much by way of resistance, apart from Astolfo's pouting. Maybe it was something he said? Regardless, the black-haired male worked toward regaining the feeling in his legs while crawling to the bed's edge. Though he was leaving now, he doubted that would have been the case without Astolfo's inclusion ─ maybe not even for several hours. Erections were the most persistent things to appear in Charlemagne's life as of late. He'd just expelled a great deal within Sakura, he was now walking into the bathroom, and he couldn't even feel it losing stiffness. How did gods deal with this sort of thing? How did they get anything done if they could just be this way all the time? He had some learning to do.

It seemed Sakura also had some learning to do. She verbalized some abnormal feeling while Astolfo was basking in the aura emanating from her body. He didn't know what sort of struggle she was going through, but he didn't seem too bothered about it either. "Me neither! Anyway, he said we can do what we want!" Astolfo cheered. Sakura hadn't stopped him from approaching earlier. Moreover, the 'mana' he spilled all over her back had long since seeped into her body. What could he take from that, if not consent? Astolfo would easily find himself aligned, ready and prodding at the goddess's backdoor. Something about that particular hole was calling him, whispering in his ear, telling him everything would be better right away if he just climbed inside. Of course, Astolfo was never one to argue with the strange voice in his head, even though that voice was his own. His embrace of Sakura was slightly detrimental to an immediate insertion, but he was fine with penetration taking a bit of extra time. After all, Charlemagne tended to bathe for way too long when he was floating around in his own head. Maybe taking some extra time to get things going would result in Charlemagne coming back with a change of heart about the threesome?!

[Apollymi]

Ailen was seeming very... cute to Anais suddenly. She'd called him pretty before and she'd meant it. She'd found herself easily swayed by him looking at her or looming over her as she tried to think and converse. In a few short days, the part of her personality that would take advantage of a man had been sparked to life. In current times, she found herself enjoying fully this elf's inability to even complete a sentence. It was her fault yes, but that is what made it sound so sweet. Her hips were now moving and she officially began to chase the sensation of orgasm for herself while atop her mentor. Perched on her tip-toes her legs spread at the knees before him her entire body open for viewing in this way. She couldn't help but smile at him. "Ah? It seems you had that question answered already, that's good... Shishou~" she mused. "I'll always offer anything I know freely~" she chimed. Just the same there was the matter of her actual lesson while her womb and canal vibrated around Ailen's cock repeatedly. She wouldn't stop at a gentle rise and lower, no... her hips would rock in circular motion as she chased sensation. "Nature, is the lesson you're giving... and you can give me all of it... whenever you're ready~" she claimed as if he hadn't been emptying himself into her this entire time. Actually, she made that claim while still moving her hips... it really might have been torturous to ask the man to concentrate. Just the same, Usagi was still writhing from all the sensations. The fact that she took such a pose was madness... the fact that she could still move while doing it was crazy, her flirting with the elf from such a dominating position? 'I need to know. Was she always like this in her own head? Or did three hundred years in this world give her some interesting new tastes?' wondered the silver haired girl. She almost felt bad for Ailen, when Anais's inner self mentioned punishment she didn't know she meant one so very firm.

Charles had a massive erection and didn't understand how to deal with it. Perhaps someone would one day explain his actual anatomy to him... until that day though, he'd be left to his own devices, and Sakura would sit in contemplation. Such wouldn't be done alone though... Astolfo was still around. In truth his presence was neither a good thing, nor a bad thing to Sakura. She was strictly apathetic about this lad. His mana had absorbed into her body already... she understood its composition and what it could offer but it was nothing so great as to make her demand it. Charles had told them to do what they wanted, and Astolfo's stance on what he wanted was rather clear, he remained at her rear, rubbing and now poking away at her bottom. But Sakura herself was left feeling something... new? "He did say that yes..." she said looking in the direction that Charles had walked off into. "And what you want... is obvious, but what do I want? I don't often consider that. Char-kun, told me earlier I should think more about myself, " she said of Charles. "Hm, but there are complexities to it as well... the nature of my life as a goddess says that accepting mana from those I wish to is the right thing to do. I don't need this mana though it wouldn't help me with my current creation. I could accept it, but I am not inclined to take it either, which doesn't make sense." she said seemingly working through something. "Does that mean I don't want to do it? And if I don't, why?" she questioned at the end of her thought pattern. Given the lack of human logic in Astolfo she doubted the lad would be able to answer her question. She doubted if Charles would want to speak to her immediately after leaving... she needed a bit of assistance to navigate these more human aspects of life, she didn't have enough understanding yet to say anything with conviction.

[Bloodedge]

Whatever Ailen had done to awaken this side of Anais, he needed to avoid doing so in the future. No, that wasn't right. Whatever he'd done to awaken this side of her, he needed to figure out for the sake of triggering the change manually. Yes, that made more sense. Her posture and movements were ridiculous, unheard of, and more impactful for draining him absolutely dry than... possibly anything else he'd ever experienced. Ah yes, the lesson he was meant to give involved nature. If he had the time to focus properly, he could seed it into any of the numerous expulsions currently ongoing. To do so, however, would end the lesson. "Yes, that's it. I believe I had most of it ready," he claimed. Alas, finishing that train of thought required much more mental capacity than he was allowed. Every time he tried to process, he had another sudden spike in sensation, or another distraction from the unique pose being held above him. "I'll just... ah─... have to make sure it's all concise. No half-baked lectures for my precious apprentice~" he added ─ yet another excuse for something he was consciously deciding to put off. An opening would present itself eventually, but first... there was enjoyment to be had.

Speaking of enjoyment, Astolfo was all but sure he wasn't far from the time of his ─ or anyone's ─ life. Charlemagne's departure came with a suggestion that he'd always freely listen to. No one ever told him to do whatever he wanted! Now that he had this divine privilege, Astolfo could be stopped by nothing... except apparently Sakura's rambling and lack of effort to progress. Why was that? It seemed she had to consider her own desires as Charlemagne once advised. She didn't need Astolfo's mana, nor would it help him. She wasn't inclined to receive it, though. What did that mean? Who cared?! "It doesn't have to be about the mana! It's about living the good life!" Astolfo insisted. With that said, he quickly took to groping the girl's breasts intensely with both hands, still persistently prodding away at her rear. "You don't have to do anything like earlier if you don't want. If you just bend over a little, I'll gladly take care of everything!"

[Apollymi]

While Ailen pondered over the methods through which to trigger the switch of his apprentice, Usagi laid on the bed breathless and confused. Her friend was so different suddenly and she really wanted to know why. Obviously, being raised in a cult had contributed to her weird ideations about going to hell, she doubted that it contributed to her sexual desires at all, but that only made her more curious. She was sure this elf had given up half his body weight in expulsions of liquid mana and was quite sure this was part of the enforcement aspect of the elafia's dominating desire. Just the same the circular bounces of Anais's hips seemed to push her further and further towards a healthy and happy orgasm. Each time she shifted Ailen's manhood inside of her body she felt a jolt and each jolt was culminating in more and more feeling. it was only a matter of time before something quite grand crossed her mind. "Of course, Shi-shou... you did just give the lecture to Usa-chan after all~" she said about nature. Such was a thing which made the lass almost giggle. Still, if she as his apprentice wouldn't be receiving a half-baked lecture who was she to argue. "Hai hai, Shi-shou~ As your precious apprentice I'll readily receive the perfect lecture~" she said contentedly. She understood his musings. She knew the elf had no real intentions of offering his next lecture with anything resembling urgency. As a chronic procrastinator herself, she couldn't even be mad, instead she allowed herself to fully enjoy her first orgasm from this position and kept up her movements through it... the only shift in her position seemed to be the bouncing atop her toes and the swaying of her hips. "Aaah!♥~" she couldn't help the extra clamping nor the additional fluid leakage from within her, but... she'd not wasted a lesson or anything so... what did it matter if she built up another orgasm to make sure her mind was clear enough to retain the information? Yes, that seemed like a perfectly logical way to approach this scenario. 'This is somehow both cute and dirty♥!~' was the thought of Usagi as she recovered from that orgasm. Maybe they wouldn't continue to feel so violent. She didn't remember multiplying them for herself or anything.

While morning lessons continued to be thought through, Sakura found herself at the receiving end of Astolfo's strange logic and his manhood. It was more than apparent that her confusion wouldn't make sense to him, but beyond that he claimed that mana and the like had nothing to do with what he was proposing. It was apparently about living the good life. Well, that didn't really answer her questions either. "Eh? That doesn't seem related at all to my thought processes," she stated knowing it wouldn't make sense. What was more, she was being actively groped but it didn't have the same sort of feeling she'd gotten used to from Charles. She'd told and allowed him to touch her in such a fashion and it seemed to be pleasing to her for it to occur. Astolfo doing it, wasn't unpleasant but it wasn't what she was used to, nor what she wanted to feel. Her body would always react to stimulus but this wasn't... the same. "Hm, I liked doing the stuff I did before... this isn't quite the same as that..." she explained. "I don't know if this counts as 'the good life' for me the way you would see it. I..." there was a pause. Sakura was actually legitimately unsure of her own actions. This wasn't a thing which occurred very often. How did she handle it? Letting Astolfo be the one to choose would leave her at his mercy and she knew he intended to invade her rear by his own machinations. While the act itself wasn't something she was adverse to... she wasn't sure it was something she wanted. As such she was stuck. It was strange. Maybe finding out was something she should do for the sake of understanding, it was the best she could do under current circumstances. As such her hips seemed to shift gently at first as if her body had a mind of its own to faciliate the alignment between Astolfo and herself. Was there a reason she shouldn't do this though? Did she miss something in her understanding? Why... did Charles leaving earlier leave her feeling empty for his lack of presence? These were all the questions in her mind that needed answering.

[Bloodedge]

Anais was right; he did just recently give a lesson on nature to Usagi. With that being the case, he couldn't just give her remnants, right? Correct. She was his single direct apprentice, entitled by her identity to his entire mind, his entire being. He could offer nothing but the best. Ailen was gambling a bit, though. Mana was leaving his body in spades, even beginning to pool in his lap as Anais continued using his rod as an object for her own desires. How she came up with the method, he had no idea... but watching his own cock moving about like an inverted pendulum during each of Anais's movements, and seeing the whole of her body continue shifting about in such an abnormal way, kept him from making the logical decision of seeking Usagi's mana. He should have done that. He could have refueled his own mana using the other girl, but... doing so would hinder the view. What sort of sense did that make? No, he merely had to gamble on still having mana to give by the time this lecture was ready ─ or by the time Anais grew tired of the position. "Have your fun. I should be done with my preparations by the time you tire of this... unusual approach," he stated.

Sakura was in quite the conundrum, and Astolfo would not be helping in any reasonable way. She claimed his argument didn't seem related to her thoughts at all. If she didn't understand his point, she never would. After all, it wasn't as if Astolfo ever had the ability to explain himself. In truth, it was likely that Astolfo didn't understand how such conclusions were reached in his mind either. Oh well. Moving on, Sakura asserted that his groping was not the same as Charlemagne's. Of course it wasn't; he was Astolfo! He could never be the upstanding beacon of light his leader was, nor would he try to be. "I'm Astolfo!" was all he said. He wasn't even going to question Sakura's vocal responses. Her words were unsure and not at all carrying consent, but that didn't matter to Astolfo. What mattered was that her hips were moving in a very favorable way. He was so close to being able to truly begin the day, but... not close enough. Astolfo's upper body would soon be moving forward, pushing against Sakura's back in such a way as to promote her bending at the waist. Surely he could have found his way inside already, but where would the fun in that be? Nowhere Astolfo wanted it. "Hai hai, just bend way over~! This'll be fun!" he insisted.

[Apollymi]

Ailen went through the line of thought that he wouldn't be giving his direct apprentice a remnant lesson. If either of these girls knew what he was thinking they would have realized it was all just a justification. A pretense given so that he could contlnue the experience, and why wouldn't he want to? Anais continued to bounce around on his manhood swinging her hips in circles while he experienced being locked into her womb by the mechanics of her body. Each movement she understood seemed to stir her and help with the vibrating quality her depths seemed to have undertaken.. And because she was constantly being fed mana she could technically speaking never truly tire of the activity until there was nothing left to take. Of course that didn't speak of the physical nature of her body at this point either, legs and feet that wouldn't actually feel the negative impact of their constant movement. She could help but enjoy herself. And it would seem Ailen agreed, his words reached her ears as they justification they were and she grinned down at him while her hands stretched above her head extending the sensations she felt. "I'll make sure we have fun, Shishou~" she commented not even bothering to mention that she wouldn't tire of the position. No. She simply kept it up, her rhythm shifting over time as she orchestrated and conducted a small upbeat five beat rotation. All the while, Usagi was still squirming and watching as Ailen had only eyes for his apprentice even to his own detriment. She could feel with her body, Anais moving this man around within her core with almost reckless abandon. She was sure she'd not put anything multiplicative on her own side of their tether so why did she have stars dotting her vision as she orgasmed based on Anais's own machinations?

At the same time, Sakura found herself in a rather compromising position rather quickly. Should she stop? Should she continue? Astolfo claimed that he was himself as if that was reason enough for his inexplicable actions and his even more confounding logic. Yes, he was closer to understandable than most humans but what she needed right now was to understand her own reactions. What she wanted was to understand the actions and her own feelings without the added pressure. Well, it was always possible to ask her fathers, but... if she was going to be out on an adventure she should actually learn to look after herself a bit more. "Hm, I think I'll do that..." she commented, ah but what was that about? She'd been thinking about such a thing most of the night... maybe now was the time? As Astolfo claimed she should bend way over, he pushed at her body and set her into position to do so... she didn't fight against it even if she wasn't fully committed just yet. No... instead she was preparing something else or rather enabling an ability which would allow something a bit more solid as she found out if this was something she was interested in. That bend at the waist created by Astolfo pushing would give him better access to her rear and from there... he claimed he would do the work so perhaps this was just something worth doing.

[Bloodedge]

Damned be the meeting these youngsters had to attend today; Ailen was never concerned about the journey itself anyway. When he decided to accompany them, he did so only because it meant having more opportunities to teach Anais. Now that he was on the receiving end of a 'lesson' instead, he may as well indulge Anais and himself. Alas, Ailen wasn't even sure what he would (or could) do with his hands. Anais seemed to know what hers would do as she raised them overhead, somehow creating an even more alluring visage for his observation. Lucky Ailen. If not for the visual distractions, he may have been dead already. All that bounding and rotating felt like it should have been snapping his manhood off at any given moment, but... Anais was apparently a top candidate for excellent dancing partners, never missing a beat or moving too roughly for comfort. One might think Ailen forgot that he was married to a goddess, given how transfixed he was on the actions of this girl... who was a virgin in every sense of the word a mere three days ago. What else could he think, though? She had absolute control over the situation, seeming to need no contributions on his part. In fact... "I'm regrettably unsure what I could even do now. I fear anything that comes to mind would ruin everything you're doing. Enlighten me if there is something I might contribute, Anais-sensei~"

Meanwhile, Astolfo's luck reared its head once more today! The conflict of Sakura's mind continued to play out, even without the lad realizing what her actual issue was. Ah, but once again, only one thing could be of concern to Astolfo. What would actually happen? If he was rejected, he could take solace in what he got earlier... and probably go prodding someone else later. It seemed however, that there was something she decided to do. Context of the conversation gave Astolfo every reason to believe that 'something' was him. She then bent at the waist just as he was hoping, which resulted in Astolfo leaning back to admire the sight of a goddess in a better way than he could before. This was the sort of thing mere mortals dreamed of, and there he was with his cock pressed against a more available hole. He was ready to push, and he would do exactly that in an attempt to enter bliss itself. Ah, but he couldn't just push in recklessly. This was a thing to take in fully, so he had to take the time to properly grope fresh goddess ass during the insertion process.

[Apollymi]

Everyone supposedly involved in that morning meeting was having a very different start to their day than originally planned. If Anais was being honest, she'd not imagined letting herself get so worked up... she'd blame her dark side but in doing so she'd only blame herself. Even so, she could help but appreciate being the center of her mentor's attention even for the amount of time she currently had it. Her movements were continuous and of semi-rapid pace until Ailen spoke. He called her Anais-sensei and spoke of being enlightened for any potential contributions. He was unsure of how to add himself to her current endeavor... She blushed. Her internal voice softened quite a bit in the moments immediately following. She swooned at the words he spoke. 'Oh yeah! Our Shishou is back!~' Sinais was waiting for this kind of thing. Anais in immediate response, slowed those movements of hers without stopping. She allowed them to tapper off and become more grinding bits of movement instead, such movements seemed to be more relaxing to her as she thought of how to address the things for her mentor. 'And I think he found the gentle punish switch... still I know she likes that nickname!~' Usagi thought while sighing, how was slow also excruciating? A bit of a slower pace while still being rhythmic had her slowly rotating her hips as well waiting for the next slower building orgasm. "I have found when looking to contribute the easiest and usually most impactful are usually also simple," she expressed her understanding. "In the case of this... I'd say you can and should touch whatever is within your reach that you fancy. It wouldn't interrupt me and even just rubbing against things without magic always feels nice for everyone involved. Explore at your leisure," Anais explained all the while her steady ride which was now punctuated by gentle grinding still perched on her tiptoes continued. It was a great mystery if Ailen would choose to touch her, and where would he touch her, open legs her exposed torso... he could even technically decide to use himself to brace her and hold her hands. His choice of movement and contribution was his though... and he shouldn't feel like he'd impede her actions in anyway.

Meanwhile Sakura had made something resembling a decision surrounding her actions this morning. It was a bit complex in its nature but also something she thought worth trying out. Her bend had given Astolfo access to her rear as he wished, but in doing so he didn't immediately find himself entering. There was no great urgency in his start here... instead he pushed his now aligned member against her and continued to grope her flesh as if it great appreciation. He would easily find himself entering a hole meant to accept and would find it quite easy to do given the girl's physiology. At the same time, though Sakura herself was feeling the entrance and had it feel like sex did. She was also in deep contemplation as her body did what it was created for her energies did what they wanted as well... and aimed to pull the lad further in, inviting a plunge towards her flesh that most mortals couldn't deny. Her own hips seemed to flex backwards willing a deeper dive of Astolfo than he was currently taking such was natural. At at his entrance a certain thread began forming which she could easily see, and the harder she focused the clearer the pictures etched along the thread became. Ah... this wasn't simply Charles's bedroom in the Eternal Sanctum where she was being penetrated by another... no, it was something else as well.

[Bloodedge]

Being the studious apprentice he was in moments like this, Ailen awaited guidance from the ever-knowledgeable Anais. Following his request for knowledge, her movements slowed. Finally, some reprieve... sort of. Everything was suddenly less hectic, but was it really reprieve if every sensation was felt over a longer period of time? Yes, but no. He could relax, but he couldn't stop feeling far too stimulated. Ailen realized it wasn't the intensity of Anais's ride, but instead the ungodly tightness she created with this position. Now that things were slowed down, he could feel that friction fully. "Ah. I understand why I'm being murdered now," he mused. Regardless, teachings would come in verbal form. He could reach as he pleased without impeding her actions, could he? "Hmm. Very well," he thought aloud. Now then, where would he be touching? It was less difficult to think since Anais slowed the pace, but he had two hands and... so many opportunities. Both hands were lifted, his left finding its place at her inner-right thigh while his right cupped her left breast. This was comfortable, and yet so very... limiting. "If only I were born with more hands," the elf mused half-jokingly. Now, he supposed it was time for another fun little experiment. How well could he control his own mana and assault Anais's body while she was vibrating her own through his organ.

Astolfo's luck had truly monstrous qualities today. As he gazed down upon the almost glowing ass of a goddess, he knew life would soon be changed forever. Perhaps the whole of reality would shift around this momentous occasion. He was completely prepared to enter Sakura's rectum, and from the looks of things, she was fully prepared to be entered. Well... that may have been an understatement. There was a certain inviting quality to Sakura's rear ─ one that influenced the force of his initial thrust. At the same time, Sakura shifted back toward him and... his dick disappeared. "Waaah?!" What a strange occurrence that was. Already astounded by the otherworldly sensation of entering a divine anus, Astolfo was further blown away by how quickly and easily his frankly massive meat was inhaled. Was this enlightenment? This had to be enlightenment! Stars dotted his vision, his mana activated and surged in ways never experienced before, and he could have sworn he was swelling inside the lass. Now he really had to find out how Charlemagne avoided letting the proverbial dog out of its cage.

[Apollymi]

As that ride slowed down to a slow tempo grind, it seemed that Ailen became more capable of true thought. Though the tightness of fit and general distraction of her vibrating core didn't stop... there was at least a bit of time for the elf to pace himself. Much to Anais's general happiness her mentor seemed to find his voice and his sass once more, making her chuckle just a little. "That's great, why is always a very important question to have answered~" Anais replied in a light-hearted manner. Of course, soon after her lesson was given to her 'student' and he seemed to take it to heart. She awaited most anxiously for his choice while shifting her hips about with him still filling her core, only to find him with a hand on one of her thighs and the other cupping one of her breasts. He had a complaint about not having enough hands and perhaps in a rather obvious turn of events Anais shared in his joking despair. "I've always wanted more hands too~" she chimed. Soon after she bit her bottom lip. It really was nice to be touched in such a way, it would definitely part of the help of her current push towards orgasm, which was building at a mighty frequency. "Fast is jarring. Slow is excruciating... and of course you always wanted more hands. I'd always assumed it was for music but now I wonder~" Usagi had a comment to give while her body neared an orgasm which was once again outside of her control. She began to wonder what kind of person her friend was... had this world ruined their friend groups most innocent... or had it simply enabled her? Well, she knew one thing, there was a certain amount of enabling going on between Ailen and Anais, as the former decided to use his mana where his hands made contact and the latter would be found moaning her happiness as her slow ride continued. All the while, Usagi was suffering the consequences and feeling all of the sensations. This tether might have been the worst, best idea she'd ever had.

At the same time, Sakura was changing a life. Astolfo though worldlier than most, was still having a new experience. She could hear his response to the sudden disappearance of his member and broke her concentration for just a moment to look back at the lad over her shoulder with those alluring eyes of hers. She peeked over her shoulder and took in his visage. It wasn't unpleasant. Astolfo wasn't ugly in truth he was rather cute in a a girly-yet-scamp-y sort of way... but somehow it didn't evoke the same kind of feeling from her. She didn't feel like smiling at him because of his reaction. Odd, she was certain a similar reaction had come from Charles and she'd basked in the idea of it. Mana seemed to be flowing rather easily into her body and as it did she turned her body back and rocked her hips. That thread she saw was being aligned until she saw an image which aligned with the start of this very situation. But what was more... it wasn't simply this thread she saw. A great number of threads spread from her point of contact with Astolfo and each seemed to hold different scenes and points in time. Interesting. She wasn't sure how she would have visualized this under different circumstances, but like the unraveling of a thread was quite good for her understanding. Still, her body moved to accomodate, faciliating the movement of Astolfo in and out as this section of the thread grew which each action and decision.

[Bloodedge]

Both Ailen and Anais wished for more hands. Frankly, having a couple of additional extremities would have many uses. One such use would of course be grabbing at least two other parts of the elafia's body, in this particular case. Surely that desire should be worth sprouting an extra arm or three. "It would be great, wouldn't it?" Ailen kept on. Luckily for him, Anais had chosen to keep the slower pace for the time being. Ailen could think clearly, and if he could think, he could act. That little experiment of manipulating his own mana while being internally ravaged by Anais's energies could reach a new level, and he'd be sure to do exactly that. His mana spread into her thigh and bosom, creeping inward as plants penetrated soil. That wasn't all. His earlier testing gave him a good sample size for mana manipulation through the groin, which he used to reverberate pulses directly into Anais's womb. Between every vibration of hers, there was a beat going the other way, consistent with the throb of his girth. Ailen wouldn't be working on that lesson just yet ─ not while they could both learn new forms of entertainment like this.

Sakura's rectum had to be synonymous with heaven itself. Every person in the world should experience such bliss before death, he was sure. He felt as if he'd been in the coldest tundra, and someone had... well, tightly wrapped a heated blanket around his cock. Ah, but something was quite off. Astolfo had many experiences, and there were some consistencies among them that weren't held here. He could hear nothing but the sound of his own breathing, and when Sakura looked over his shoulder, sensual though she appeared naturally, there was an apathy that belied... disinterest? Had he reached the limit of his capacity? Astolfo of the Twelve Peers ─ could he not satisfy a goddess, even a little? The plan was failing! What could he do?! Sakura was moving in a way that enabled a proper thrust, so he naturally moved along with her. Perhaps as his pelvis slapped against her rear, as his tool throbbed within her, order would be returned to the world. One couldn't convince Astolfo that he was incapable of accomplishing anything at all.

[Apollymi]

The need of extra hands was one shared between mentor and apprentice. "Hai!~" Anais confirmed, the epic greatness of some extra hands. The addition for debauchery alone was likely something that would have been considered by Anais currently. She couldn't know it was a consideration of her younger self for similarly perverted reasons. Oh... no matter. Here and now she was experiencing the renewal of her mentor's antics. Her slower ride left him the ability to continue his own ideations. And in response, a tingling hand on her leg and thigh wouldn't be all what were offered. No. That creeping sensation seemed to brush against her very soul, causing her a great deal of sensation she didn't normally have. 'Oh no. He's onto us!~' was the voice of her internal self as she understood the nature of this man practically seeding extra sensation into Anais's body. But it was just an appetizer to a very well thought out dish. Her core vibrated semi-constantly and between those vibrations would be pulses from Ailen's manhood as well. This was an additive sensation, causing a gentle moan to slip from between Anais's lips as the rhythm of it was overwhelmingly delightful. Enough that the slower build towards orgasm became steady rather quickly. "Ai-aniki, you too?!" Usagi was feeling particularly unsteady. She could also feel his hand and that creeping mana on her thigh and breast. And the alternating vibration and pulsing in her loins wasn't something she could ignore. Both she and Anais were so close their climax could be reached simultaneously on one of Anais's forward grinds. It was almost random but both girls would be found moaning their pleasure in chorus as Anais's core sought to collapse upon that consistently pulsing tool.

At the same time Sakura was engaged in a very carnal act. She'd learned early in her life that sex was to be enjoyed and used as one saw fit but this was quite different for her. While the sensations were about what she expected, and thus were enjoyable enough to her body she just didn't feel it the same way she did before. Again it was odd, she had no problem with Astolfo, she was even moving her hips to help him along. Oh, but now he was moving too... an exhale escaped her lips a bit louder than her normal breathing. "Hah~" All the while her body did what it was made to do. The gentle pull of Astolfo's manhood along with his more rowdy movements were a change, but still not quite what she was looking for. Why? Her position shifted slightly her knees separating so she could lower her chest to the mattress creating a deeper arch in her back... it gave the lad a better angle to work with. Just the same she felt nothing bad it wasn't that Astolfo was a bad partner he was doing quite a bit... but as she experienced this... there was no warmth in her chest. Her heart wasn't beating very fast at all... there was no blush applied to her face. It was curious. She'd had sex with Charles when he was a broken human literally fading out of existence and felt more inclined during it. It was obvious that Astolfo understood the mechanics of sex, and appreciated her form physically but somehow they didn't equate to a two-way interest, like she'd had before. Still her body progressed the sex act itself the angle of her body changing and meeting strokes, squeezing against throbbing as it should. She shook gently with each movement, and it seemed that she was preparing to take the offering as her body wanted to receive it. All the while Sakura wondered if this was one of those emotional things that didn't make sense to her.

[Bloodedge]

Was Ailen onto them? Truthfully, no. The elf was merely seeking pleasure of his own, which he chose to do by ensuring his apprentice also had a better experience. They agreed that two hands just weren't enough. On the other hand, they had the ability to make two enough. When he made contact with Anais, he reached deeper than physical things could allow. That depth applied not just to his hands, but to his member as well. He hadn't spilled himself within Anais for a few minutes now, but her womb would still be flooded with metaphysical mana that spread out from his tip, reverberating off the walls of her chamber to add an additional 'drumbeat' to their musical. He could hear Usagi from the side ─ she seemed quite bothered. Ah, but that was her fault in the end. "You've still got that thing active? Well, I hardly believe we can be blamed for anything you experience as a result. All experiments have associated risks, right?" he asked, the question of risks aimed at Anais.

Astolfo's mind was racing. How could he make an impact? He'd overcome much adversity in life. Now, his greatest challenge was getting a rise out of a goddess. He thought to do something nice for Charlemagne by granting Sakura a sample of the 'dog' he saw in the Holy Emperor. Their session had been exciting, but also a bit... tame. Of course, Astolfo was just as readily seeking his own pleasure, but he was going to get that regardless. It seemed his personal shift had done something that also included another change in Sakura's position. Ah, there was the chance! Her legs separated more, and he felt a tighter grip as a result. Her back arched more, and he found an opening to use both hands and bear down on that arch. Astolfo was soon lifting his own legs until he could squat and thrust as such. Given how tame the behavior of Sakura and Charlemagne had been, Astolfo figured he could make up the difference in size by achieving maximum depth. He couldn't even call himself a man if Sakura felt nothing from their exchange; he definitely couldn't call it an accomplishment. What was the answer to his conundrum? "Eh?! Deeper? Harder? Faster? What more?!" he wondered aloud. "I thought you were thinking about what you want!"

[Apollymi]

Mentor and apprentice was pleasure-seeking in a pure sense of the term. Ailen had taken to being more relaxed in Anais's presence and continued to try and give her a better experience. He always succeeded at his endeavors and this time would be no exception. Even after her climax, her still filled womb seemed to become something of a rattle. It was in truth a fluid filled drum that Ailen was responsible for the beat of, Anais couldn't help but feel herself falling towards an endless abyss. Just the same Usagi had offered a complaint only to have Ailen claim it was her own doing. He asked his final question to Anais who could only agree thorough those deep penetrating vibrations. "Um-hm. Experiments are always risky, more so when you use your own body... she knows~" claimed Anais. "Hoh? You're both right, I do know the risk and it's definitely my fault but it isn't like I can just cancel it," she explained herself as she bit her own lips. "I mean... how can I give up the opportunity to know the sensations that go along with those emotional spikes and wayward thoughts..." she asked as the most demonic part of her nature became obvious. "It's literally something no one should know, I can't give it up while stuff is still happening... I can't miss anything!" she claimed. "Sou ka, I forgot you were the groupchat creeper, in addition to being invasive~" mentioned Anais as her behavior was very much related to wanting to know things she might never have an active use for. Regardless the trio could easily use their bodies as instruments until such a time as lessons were given. And while they weren't focusing on that, Anais decided that Usagi's honesty should be rewarded and she began molesting her unoccupied breast as well, to... feed her the sensations of it, since she was going to continue her spiritual voyeurism. 'Slut train, co-pilot training begin!~'

At the same time, Sakura's shift in position led to some more changes from Astolfo. He bore down on her back seeming to become a bit rougher with his motions. He changes his own body's position. It seemed to give him greater leverage but she noted that during this shifting his desires seemed to have change. No longer was his concern simply trying to bed her. He aimed for something else... something she didn't really understand as a desire. "Oh? Your desire is changing." she observed in her odd way, her breaths leaving in small bursts as his movements physically knocked wind out of her, given his depth. Again she could say she was quite sure he understood sex that these kinds of tactics were definitely pleasant physically. Still, her heart didn't appear to be in this particular sex act. Regardless of how tame sex between her and Charlemagne looked, it felt like something. It was truly odd to complete an act with someone and feel fully invested and naturally near completion with someone else while feeling nothing. She found herself peeking over her shoulder once more studying the lad's face as he asked questions. 'Harder? Faster? Deeper? What more?' did he mean to offer her satisfaction? She'd get that in a physical sense regardless. Her mother sometimes said such words to elicit certain responses out of her fathers but to give them now seemed, unnecessary. 'I wonder how Char-kun would react to such demands?' she thought. Maybe that would be more worth finding out. It was already seeming like a better idea. As for her thoughts, she could easily share them, even as her hips worked against his seemingly of their own accord. "I was thinking of what I wanted... accepting mana offered to me is a natural thing to do. You offered and my body was ready to accept. Your desire was to give and I allowed it, but now your desire is something that I don't understand," she gave those words, while studying this lad's face. What had changed for him? It was odd... this line of time was becoming something she felt only had something to teach her... so she'd learn from it, if she could.

[Bloodedge]

Even with the risk of experimentation being pointed out, Usagi held firm to her decision of connecting with Anais. He couldn't really blame her for that; there was nothing at all wrong with pleasure-seeking. Ailen had nothing to currently offer the lass anyway, so it was completely to her benefit to keep that link. "If you're learning something, then it's all for the better," he said in passing. Even then, it seemed Ailen's gaze would not shift. He was fully aware of all the squirming and such going on at Usagi's end, but as always, he felt looking away from a focused Anais would result in missing a moment of utter greatness. Ah, and he was right. Had he looked away then, he would have missed the moment she took hold of her own chest. There was a potential mana-related reason for someone to do so during a transfer, but that was not Anais's reason. It was interesting to note how much freedom she had. One would expect this position to involve hands on one's knees, for balance at least. As Anais had no need of either hand for such purposes, Ailen had another idea that would be addressed in a roundabout way while he stared into the elafia's occupied genitals. "Hmm. If self-stimulation is possible, it may be worthwhile to push sensory limits... to test the connection's strength more fully. . ."

Sakura commented on a change in Astolfo's desire. He wouldn't call it a change so much as a focus, but he supposed it was accurate regardless. His altered position and approach seemed to be accomplishing something, but still, Astolfo felt he was falling short of something. She was looking at him again; surely she knew that would turn any man into a throbbing meat rod with a body attached. Physically, Astolfo responded in kind with swelling and long strides. As it seemed, their bodies were both on autopilot for the time. Sakura had no immediate answer to his series of questions, but she did speak on her thought process and how she didn't understand his current desire. Ah, maybe explaining things would get her up to speed properly. "Huh? Isn't the point to get you off? You don't have to think so much! It's supposed to be fun, so play around with it! Nobody really cares about all that mana stuff anyway~!" he asserted. "So let it be... fun! he added further, emphasizing the clause with a firm smack to that luscious piece of goddess ass he'd been obsessing over.

[Apollymi]

Both Ailen and Anais seemed to understand the risk/reward analysis done by Usagi. "Of course~" was the agreement of Usagi as she continued with her karma based tether in place. Besides that there were other things to take from it, because she was feeling sensations the way that Anais was, she was getting a feeling for how the elafia manipulated the mana within her body. This was good for learning a more dexterous use of mana manipulation. Ah, well and there was the bonus of still being technically involved in the fun while also getting to be an outside observer. Ah, and now she was feeling a tingle and flicker of her other nipple to go along with a more penetrating use of mana on the other side. That was Anais with a devious smirk on her face... such would only be growing over time. Now that Usagi was doing this... she could admit that she enjoyed a bit of voyeurism. She couldn't help but notice how very appreciative of his apprentice Ailen was. He hadn't taken his eyes off her since this 'lesson' began... perhaps that was part of the girl's plan. Whatever the case, Ailen's strange almost absent deviousness showed its face again as he made a round about suggestion to the elafia still showing the entirety of her being to him from her perch. "Ah, that is quite true. I mean I have a pretty good idea of the amount of sensation being given, but a stress test would be good for everyone involved~" Anais confirmed. Her other unoccupied hand traveled down her stomach to come to rest where Ailen watched. And she felt strangely empowered under his constant gaze. Even as her hips continued their slow grinding motions, the internal pulses from Ailen and vibrations from herself would be joined by the manual stimulation of her sex. So gently around that space but ever so often in time with a pulse from Ailen her finger tip would rub against it directly. Anais found this rather intense herself, gently biting her lip as she worked herself and someone else to orgasm under the watchful gaze of her mentor. The squirming of Usagi had almost stopped in fact she seemed almost frozen as the sensations provided seemed to hit all of her senses at once. It brought to the front of Anais's mind a random memory she had of... thinking she could have given the girl the orgasm she missed her first time having sex. No time like the present to figure it out. That slick moving finger continued as she worked the other lass towards an orgasm which had her legs open and gently twitching due to its combination.

Moving on, Sakura's observations garnered a bit more information. Though Astolfo's body was still plunging into hers, it seemed he wished for something else. He claimed when she mentioned how they'd gotten here that this situation was about getting her off. Hm, that sentence had a few implications... one of her fathers said such things, speaking of bringing orgasms to her mother that had nothing to do with any particular purpose. Ah... yes that is what the pink haired lad was saying. It was supposed to be fun, not about the mana thing which humans didn't understand enough to care about. Right... Charles had mentioned that too... the feelings were important, she knew that, but she hadn't considered why such a thing should be considered fun. Or why this pink haired lad thought to try and stir her physically beyond the purpose of giving her mana. Perhaps another test was in order. "Sou ka, you mean for it to be done for physicality alone? Okay..." she said easily. In the same moment, her souls desires were cut off... and she was left only with the feeling of her body. Leaving no part of her understanding to the desire of her soul. Physically the lad had plunged into her quite deep. There was an extreme pressure which felt a bit better than nice. A firm slap to her bottom was a stinging sensation, it made her gasp, but it too wasn't bad. 'Hm, I wonder if that would be quite a deal more fun to coax Char-kun into doing?' she questioning remembering how much the lad seemed to cringe when he rested atop her. That could be fun. In actuality she could feel the build of an orgasm physically. Her breathing was fairly steady... but, she despite it feeling quite good she wouldn't call this act fun. Her hips were shaking, and she was enjoying the pressure of the sensation alone, but without the pull of her soul to agree... the sex itself while feeling good seemed purposeless.

[Bloodedge]

As no particular turns had been taken recently, Ailen saw nothing wrong with a little change to involve the third wheel of the current lesson. Anais obviously agreed for reasons he couldn't know, but the reason didn't matter. What mattered to Ailen, was that he had the privilege of watching still. The addition of a single hand to Anais's folds halted the additional movement of the bed, presumably because Usagi had been shocked to stillness. Well, it was good she could enjoy herself while being a technical extra. It was as if she'd gotten involved without having to insert herself, which allowed Ailen to enjoy things the way he always meant to ─ with his apprentice. He could probably start work on that lecture now that he had some additional peace. He dared not close his eyes, but he focused nonetheless. Propagation was a decent extra to throw in; that one wasn't given proper consideration before.

Sakura was also collecting her thoughts. Astolfo was insistent upon mana playing little to no part in sex, which was always true for humans. That wasn't all, though. Relationships across reality were better for ignoring that silly old 'desires of the soul' mentality in favor of people just enjoying one another. Of course soul synergies remained important ─ and probably always would. As one who proved capable of sharing himself with anyone, however, Astolfo found it incredibly easy to just... not care what souls wanted. What would Sakura make of it though? She seemed willing and able to shut-off the spiritual part of her desires, and that did appear to make a difference. "Better~?" he questioned. Maybe enjoying things as humans did would make things easier for Sakura, which would in-turn make things easier for Astolfo... and Charlemagne in the long-run. It was a great plan, Astolfo thought. Wait... it was a plan, right? Sure. Astolfo could make plans. He'd say so anyway.

[Apollymi]

Ailen and Anais were content to continue enjoying each other and in an almost auxiliary sort of way, Usagi. In their play of school and scientific experimentation, the other girl's experiment became something to test. Moroever, the gentler pace of their current endeavor meant Ailen could continue thinking. The same couldn't be said for Anais though. As she used her own body to control the reactions offered by Usagi, the elafia realized she could just as easily cause her own orgasm using such a place and having figured out the sort of thing she would like about it. Those nimble fingers of hers, turned her lovebud into something more akin to a key on a piano. Each press of sent an almost reverberating sound to a string somewhere in her soul. Ah, but this was exactly the point of that connection wasn't it? Just the same her ability to multitask and keep up her other movements didn't help her current predicament. "If you do it like that it's torture Mi-chan... stop being a bully~" Usagi mentioned which made a small smile appear over Anais's face. This wasn't the first time her friend had said such a thing to her and likely wouldn't be the last. "Iia, it seems to be very much a part of me. Don't you all preach the acceptance of one's inner darkness?" asked Anais mostly rhetorically. As she continued to push the girl closer and closer to an orgasm at a slower pace than she would have normally accepted it. Ah, but Usagi wasn't complaining and nor was Anais in truth. "Shi-shou~... I'm getting pretty close now, is my lesson ready?" she asked of the man wanting of course to fully utilize all aspects of her morning debauchery.

At the same time, in removing the background noise of her souls desires, Sakura was allowed to feel just the pleasure of the flesh, so to speak. Aggressive movements were fine and each one seemed to bring about an almost pulsing quality from her rear. Even so... aside from it feeling quite good, there didn't appear to be any added benefits. Humans by this logic only sensed life this way, as a slave to their bodies motivations. Sakura didn't understand it. Though her body enjoyed the actions taking place, she still felt as if it was missing something. 'I feel like I wouldn't have this question if it was Char-kun,' she thought as her hips seemed to gain a bit more rapid pacing. Her body in full control it chased only the orgasm, but... the girl herself was still almost a shell. Astolfo's question would be answered though, "Better is subjective. Without soul interference the physical nature of this activity is more apparent, if the desire is to cause an orgasm... it will succeed shortly. But, I wouldn't call it better than anything else. It is simply different," she explained of her current thought pattern. The lad desired to make her orgasm. She could reach orgasm in this way... and was fairly close to doing so... Perhaps it would be good to use this spark and think thorough the potential uses of this encounter. Maybe she could give herself enough room to understand now that she understood separately the feeling of her soul and the feeling of her body?

[Bloodedge]

Once more, someone was acknowledging Anais's behavior as torture. As he'd been the one to suggest this new layer of pleasure-sharing, Ailen could say nothing. Of course, he wouldn't have much to say anyway. He had many Sparks of Wisdom recently, so a few more ideas were reaching his mind. Propagation was valuable, so he stored it. Understanding the life/death cycle of flora was still valuable, so he stored it. So many background things had potential uses as well, so he made sure they were also included. Many things would perhaps fail to reach the forefront, but they would all theoretically register as needed at a minimum. Anais brought the encroaching lesson into question, and Ailen's mana was beginning to collect rapidly in his groin. The lecture he had in the works was quite a bit heftier than even the workshop he once gave her knowledge of. "Just nearly," he answered. "I've thought of many new things that could be important. These past few minutes, I've been collecting my memories. This one will be a bit costlier than I anticipated," he admitted.

Regardless of Sakura's thoughts on the ordeal, Astolfo was physically having the greatest time of his life. He'd continue to do so. Sakura's body was moving with increased haste, which tended to be a good sign. Climax encroached upon the lass as it seemed, but she had something to say about the subjectivity of 'better' as Astolfo put it. She thought it different, not better, but also said nothing about it being worse. He was plunging balls-deep into her rear, and she was able to say such things with apathy and apparent objectivity in her visage and tone. Astolfo had only one thing to say about that. "... You freaky," he said blandly with an undertone of terror. 'Screw it! Goddess butthole!' he thought thereafter. Bearing down on the girl once more, Astolfo continued plunging away with only one additional bit of commentary to give. "Well if there's something you want out of it, you're running out of time! I'm almost there!"

[Apollymi]

Usagi was hit with some rather direct insight from Anais. Demons were indeed the sorts of beings who would tell people to enjoy their inner darkness. In truth, Usagi didn't expect to be on the receiving end of her friends rather interesting brand of sadism after she'd turned her attention to her own mentor. Oh well... there was also the general thought that she could have stopped this torture at any time herself but was content to continue experiencing it. Still Anais continued what she was doing. That gentle teasing of her sex done for the purpose of continuing to tease the girl. She seemed capable enough of noting how the other girl's body shifted and given her reactions knew what she liked. She was quite enjoying knowing she could have done exactly what she thought before. 'I definitely could have righted that wrong~' she said seemingly gaining a bit of confidence. Ah... but there was the matter of her lesson. Apparently it was a hefty lesson and one which Ailen thought more costly than he originally anticipated. "Oh? Well, whenever you're ready Shishou~ And don't worry, even if it's a lot you have time to rest up~" she said seemingly pleased knowing she could exhaust the man.

At the same time, Sakura was apparently shocking Astolfo. The lad didn't seem to be easily unnerved but even while diving headlong into her rear, he found her a bit unsettling. At least that is what Sakura took from his word choice. That didn't matter though... she wasn't concerned with how he saw her. Actually, with no spiritual stuff to get in the way she was sure this wasn't something that truly interested her... that would only make what she was about to do a great deal easier. "I don't think I'll ever actually run out of time if I don't wish to..." she said nonchalantly. "But I already have what I need..." she said as her body convulsed around his. His weight atop her was interesting but she was sure she would have enjoyed it more if he was Charles. And though she was unsure directly what it was, even now with her soul inactive she was sure this so... perhaps her motivations could be simple? She would reach orgasm under this continued pummeling causing her rear to clench on Astolfo and then she'd see that thread again, and at the moment of this ending she'd snip and go back to the beginning of the same interaction. Long before any sexual activity took place, Sakura could easy start anew. And... casually move herself forward in bed. The shift in time was one thing. The shift in scenery was another... that little thread missing from the timeline was wound up on itself and stored within her Imaginary Number Space... a thing that simply hadn't actually occurred.

[Bloodedge]

No matter the outcome, lessons would be taught. Even if he had no other sticking points, Ailen was firm in his assertion that teaching be done in the end. There was an additional person involved this time around, but the time it took to reach the lesson was still less than a gap experienced the day before. Progress was good. Speaking of progress, preparing to deliver teachings was not a thing that required consideration. In fact, Ailen had more trouble hanging on long enough to build up knowledge than he would ever have releasing it. Anais tended to make sure that was the case. If anything, that fact was a boon. Ailen found it so incredibly easy to unleash the greatest trove of knowledge thus far. Nearly everything about nature as he understood it was dumped into the elafia's womb. One might only hope a sizeable portion of it could be retained, as Ailen calculated his remaining mana would soon be a measly 13% ─ something nearly within fatal range in most cases.

Meanwhile, something very different was occurring in Charlemagne's room. What happened was... deja vu? Astolfo had only just suggested that Sakura bend over. In doing so, he felt the moment had occurred before... but surely it hadn't; even he would remember making a move on a goddess! Still, Sakura made a decision to do something. Astolfo presumed she meant to acquiesce and bend at the waist. She was moving forward at a gradual pace, so perhaps that was it? Astolfo's excitement was palpable. Ah, but so was something else. A surge of overwhelming mana struck the area in the span of a blink. It vanished just as quickly, leaving behind an aura of ominousness that seemed to be leaking out from beneath... the bathroom door? Astolfo had been excitedly rubbing himself between luscious goddess cheeks, but even he had to take pause in that moment. "Eh? Did something just happen? I feel weird," he babbled.

[Apollymi]

As an elf, Ailen wanted to deliver his lessons. It was interesting to consider that this was the elf's sticking point, but as far as Anais was concerned it was a reasonable one for a teacher to have, even if she was a disruptive influence. So knowing that her lesson was coming soon, she began the work of pushing both herself and Usagi over the edge... which would overtake both girls in the moment before Anais's womb was filled. "Ah♥!~" What a lovely feeling. She was sure this lesson on nature included way more than any one person would ever need. Her mind was burning with the information as she absorbed it all. Ah... but to keep the influx of mana while she finished processing it'd have to spread around her body quite a bit. In this case, her breasts would be swelling quite a bit as her body came to relax. Just the same, Usagi received a full orgasmic release without being touched directly. Ah, when she'd found herself lacking perhaps seeking someone like her friend here might have been the best possible idea. Anais came down from her current climax, relaxing her body and moving enough to settle in against her mentor, wrapping her arms around him and letting her legs come to rest on either side of his torso, without separating them immediately. "Shishou that really was quite a lot, though I think I can definitely use a lot of it," she mumbled seeming to move her thoughts a bit closer to her eventual potion making. Propagation had some pretty interesting properties. "Oh, I can also help your natural mana regeneration along... if you'd like," she offered knowing the man had been giving lessons all morning and knowing that she'd abused him quite a bit. She was also fully aware of the amount of his essence currently being processed by her body, and it was substantial. "Cuddling and mana regen as aftercare?" mumbled Usagi as she stretched and rolled over onto her belly. 'Such a weird sadist, I don't think I mind be a target of it though...' Usagi thought. She might be able to use it to help with improving a particular effect.

Astolfo had suggested Sakura bend over... yes that part remained. Her reset of this time had taken her back to just prior to the start of coitus. Even so, her soul was currently still in the disabled state she'd placed it into during that time line. And having come back to this moment she realized she indeed wasn't very interested in having sex with Astolfo. It was missing something and she wasn't sure what it was. Sakura began to wiggle forward aiming to slip out of Astolfo's grasp and away from his throbbing manhood, though it was still mostly sandwiched between her cheeks. But before anything else, there was that burst of mana, which caused Sakura to look towards the bathroom and for the first time since she'd started dealing with Astolfo a little smirk formed at the corner of her lips. Strangely, Astolfo complained of feeling weird, she wondered if he had some knowledge of what she'd done? That didn't make a lot of sense, but the lad was a bit beyond the norm as an individual. "Something is always happening or not happening," she pointed out most indirectly. No need to potentally confuse a brain by pointing out that she'd changed reality around them. "Huh? Unforeseen variable... interesting," she said waiting to see what would come from that aura leaking beneath the door. While she did she more consciously began to withdraw from Astolfo's reach.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen had been through many things in life, but being so low on mana was never on that list until today. If he'd even been close before, he definitely hadn't experienced such an explosion in one moment. He was heaving ─ his chest rising and falling with every breath. There was a time of leakage for him to deal with as well. One large blast could not be the whole of it; residual mana still wished to stream its way out of him over time. Ah, but he could make use of that with purpose. A few minutes before, he realized there were a few things he should have shared with Usagi. With that remaining build-up, he could offer that missing segment. "Regeneration would be lovely. There is one thing, though," he said while finally glancing in Usagi's direction. "There is a missing aspect to what I shared with you: propagation. I have enough left in me to teach it," he concluded.

Astolfo was confused. He had no idea what sort of energy he was feeling, but it was the most oppressive thing he'd ever experienced. The pink-haired male felt as if he couldn't act without instruction ─ as if that sensation was the embodiment of the law. Damned be his feelings of deja vu. He was still wedged in place even as Sakura seemed to be moving away, but his rubbing had come to an almost immediate halt. While Sakura continued moving away, the bathroom door swung open. There was Charlemagne, his eyes glowing an unworldly shade of red. He'd only just gotten into the bath before that pulse. As such, Charlemagne was both nude and dripping wet as he returned to the bedroom. Those eyes were on Sakura, as if no other existed in the room ─ or in creation for that matter. No words were shared. Even so, the potent aura he exuded seemed to make its own demands. Order itself said something was wrong. By now, she was supposed to be bent at the waist in preparation. That single demand spread through the ether while he stood nearby in wait. All the while, a confused Astolfo had an additional curiosity. "Uuuuh? Did we change our mind about boarding the train...?' he asked, though no form of retort came from Charlemagne.

[Apollymi]

The steady drop in Ailen's mana was something which was actively noticed by both girls. Even so... his current demeanor implied a certain happiness with his current state of being. To the answer of her form of aftercare and with the permission to give it... Anais went about forming a single floating candle. Her exposure to Ailen's mana would make said candle's efficacy quite high. As it burned it would speed up his natural mana regeneration taking it in from the nearby atmosphere in the way candles generally burned and dispersing it directly into the man through the established connection. Such was a change only made recently and it would make it even better than the more advanced version that Charles had seen a couple of days ago. "It's not aftercare..." murmured Anais. Ah, but there was something more... Ailen apparently thought the idea of propagation would be good for Usagi. The lass having recovered a bit more than him shifted, "Oh? I suppose if you still have it to give... I wouldn't want to stress you about it later~" she mused having a pretty good attitude about getting stuff done before it became a problem. She'd even go without teasing him about the forgotten information, given the nature of his apprentice the elf had enough on his plate already. Anais would take the time to remove herself from her mentor's lap, this time she'd likely actually to manage it bar interference. And with the candle she'd made in place she'd take up her place at his side instead, investigating her larger bosom and thicker general visage in response to the amount of mana taken from Ailen so directly.

Meanwhile Sakura and Astolfo were being treated to a very different form of Charles than the one who'd left the room. It was odd for Sakura given the lad seemed mostly skittish except while in combat... to see him now with red eyes and a booming authoritative aura was... arousing? Yes, that was probably exactly the case as she felt a skip in her heart beat and a tingle in her loins. Knowing that this wasn't specifically a reaction of her soul... it had to be that she found this appealing in the way humans did. Interesting. There was a demand unspoken but very much felt... if Sakura understood desires as a nonverbal thing... his power as it pulsed had a very specific meaning behind it. Sakura had already separated herself properly from Astolfo and had moved on from thinking about him since all of Charles's attention was on her. She had nothing to say and would continue until a slight rotation was necessary and she could, bend as the power demanded presenting herself fully ready to enter to Charles instead of Astolfo, peaking back over her shoulder with that same unsettling grin. Her pristine rear end up in the air presenting both holes she possessed on that end to the pulsing aura of Charles. Which would he take? What would he do? What would he say? Well... these were all unknowns to Sakura but she was more than willing to wait and see.

[Bloodedge]

Anais insisted her behavior wasn't 'aftercare' as they put it. If Ailen had it right by context, however, the offer of help fell directly into that category. She produced a burning candle that was perfectly attuned to the elf's spirit; its presence was immediately noticed to boot. Relaxation overtook the elf right away. He wasn't immediately shot back up to half capacity or anything, but there seemed to be a calming effect added to some remarkably rapid recovery. "You've enhanced it since earlier?" he questioned aloud, inspecting the candle while Anais extricated herself from his lap. "Also, if I'm correct in the meaning, this is certainly what one would call aftercare," he added. As for the missing piece of Usagi's lesson, he now had an opening to offer it. Even with Anais separated from him, he was still suffering the physical effects of that last spurt. As such, he merely turned himself toward the lass as if to brandish his tool. The transfer, he figured, would be the easiest one yet.

Astolfo received no answer from Charlemagne, nor did he get one out of Sakura. The pink-haired member of this trio was being given the silent treatment as Charlemagne stared down the only woman in the room ─ and the culprit of a crime he didn't even realize was committed. He didn't even know what needed to be done, but he knew what he had an unnatural desire to do. As Sakura bent over in front of him, Charlemagne stepped forward again. Something had to happen; something was supposed to happen. Soon enough, both hands were upon the goddess's rear, groping thoroughly the very same way Astolfo had done previously. At the same time, Charlemagne's tool was pushing itself against her backdoor. As was the case in a now-aborted segment of reality, it was a slow-going process... but something else happened in that timeline. Originally, Sakura shifted back and pulled Astolfo into her own ass. Order had to be restored from this temporal paradox, so Sakura would find herself pulled by the rear onto Charlemagne's rod, while he also thrusted forward.

[Apollymi]

Anais was content to deny the idea of her offered help as aftercare. Mostly due to the given implication that she'd been engaging in sadistic practices which was implied by such a statement. Moving on from that, Ailen took note of the advancement of his apprentice's magic. She'd used it the day prior but hadn't expected anyone to take care or notice the finer nuances of something she used fairly carelessly. She managed to blush slightly and look exceedingly sheepish. "Eheh~" she giggled nervously, as a single finger could be found absently rubbing against her cheek. "I have a lot more information to work with and my understanding of mana has increased a lot since I met you... I wouldn't want the information to go to waste. I figured it would be a bit more effective this way," she explained it away. "It might be one of the simpler and most used things in my skills list, I didn't think anyone would notice the difference..." she murmured softly. Usagi watched her friend and chuckled as she felt that strange shyness and appreciation well back up. For someone who'd been bullying everyone earlier a simple acknowledgement of progress seemed to go pretty far for her emotional well-being. Still there was the extra reply about the aftercare which made Usagi laugh aloud. "Ha! Told ya' so... anyway, she didn't like the word because it implies she's a sadist which she always has been but~" Usagi let that bit hang in the air with a casual shrug. As for the rest of her lesson since it had a place to go, and Ailen had all but brandished his tool at her, she moved right along pulling her still throbbing body into a more upright position and mounting the man in a more traditional way to slide him into her depths. It was a trip easily made and all the while she couldn't help but smile. This elf and his apprentice were really cute together... was the only thought she possessed while she watched the elafia begin to twitch from the still active link between them. A little taste of her own medicine wasn't far off...

Meanwhile Sakura took note of Charles imposing presence. The man didn't normally act so aggressively but here he was... feeling up her rear as it was pointed towards him in a manner most similar to Astolfo. She still had those memories. She knew what it'd felt like but... this was was so much better! Her face immediately reddened and a quiet almost whisper of a moan slipped from between her lips. Oh! Even without her soul being involved she was quite certain that this was way more entertaining than the previous encounter could have been. She was quite happy she'd erased it now... but why the change in stance? She supposed she'd have time to think it over... but not now. No... in the present moment, Charles was actually taking the initiative to line himself up with her rear... he didn't even take the time to allow her to push back against him, instead pulling her hips towards him as he pulled her into him, his manhood would disappear with high tier friction. It didn't burn, but the tightness of it was far superior to the previous form of the same penetration. A hiccup would leave her mouth and her lips would be reddened as she bit down on them delightedly this was way better. Her body was nearly quivering already. This felt good. This was fun!

[Bloodedge]

Anais didn't think her earlier use of the candlestick was noteworthy, but Ailen had been paying very close attention to all things occurring at the time. She believed her growth would go unnoticed, and that it was simple. Ailen disagreed completely. "I was considering the potential for taking on an apprentice, despite my earlier belief that I would never have one. It was only natural that I be attentive when seeing the extraordinary. Tracking its development is second nature, considering," he explained. Shortly afterward, Usagi put herself in position to receive knowledge she was owed... albeit in the most unexpected way. Ailen was visibly surprised as she straddled him, wasting no time in an effort to receive his length within her core. Needless to say, this was not the intention he carried initially. "Oh... interesting. I thought you would simply receive it orally; the residual mana should be more than enough for that lesson─"

Sakura performed the duty of readying herself to the letter. Order would be restored seemingly without a hitch. It all began properly as Charlemagne's girth disappeared within her rectum, where it then began to swell. Those auditory responses were not part of necessary developments, but even so... Charlemagne had no qualms with them. He didn't make any moves after that sudden insertion. No, Charlemagne felt it was not the way things should go. It was she who would have to move, as Order demanded. Charlemagne felt that Sakura should be swaying to and fro by now, and... peering over her shoulder for some reason or another. He envisioned it, he desired it, he... demanded it via that eerie aura. Only when she managed that, would Charlemagne even be capable of anything further.

[Apollymi]

Apparently, Ailen had been watching Anais's actions while considering that he may want her for an apprentice even while he was actively thinking he wouldn't get one. He thought his attentiveness in this case was second nature and that it made perfect sense to keep an eye on the things she was doing and the development of her skills. To Anais the candle was just a candle, it regenerated mana and emitted a calming effect. It wasn't anything extraordinary but then again she didn't think herself extraordinary. "I mean... when you say it like that it makes sense... but I didn't think something like that should have qualified as noteworthy," the elafia mentioned. She still wasn't exactly sure of those kinds of mentions of her abilities and Usagi could only shake her head. Looking at that little piece of magic it was indeed exquisite. Regardless of how ordinary the elafia thought it was... not many people could or would be able to get those kinds of effects out of a basically costless effort. Speaking of efforts Ailen acknowledged the fact that Usagi was mounting him and seemed surprised by the fact that she hadn't just taken the residual lesson as he figured she would have. "Eh? Ai-aniki you weren't very specific, so you left it up to me how I'd take it~" Usagi teased. "Mi-chan help me out here~" she said as she was sliding down the elf's girth. "Hm, she is right... you kind of left yourself open. Kaguya-senpai in all of her forms is... quite pushy, if you leave her room she'll force more," Anais mentioned of her friend. Even so she didn't seem to mind. "It's alright Shishou... I was just thinking I might not want these so big, so quickly so you can have it back... since I got the lesson I needed already~" she offered the man the energy back, taking to her knees near his upper body with her bottom towards Usagi. The latter would receive a firm smack as Usagi began a ride of more appropriate pacing while teasing the elf with the entrance to her womb all for her elafia companion to feel while she fed him. An untested sideeffect of her candle offering, would be an even easier conversion of her mana into energy for him when taken from her directly.

In the meantime, Sakura was reliving a time line she'd abandoned, though with a new variable. Charles seemed to be making the same choices that Astolfo had, or rather he seemed to be enforcing what had happened previously as far as physical actions were concerned. She knew the sounds escaping her now... hadn't been a thing in her previous bout. She also knew the state of her soul hadn't gone back to normal... as such what was happening now was specifically what had happened physically... to the best assignment of the abilities of an unknown party. 'Sou ka...' she thought. It was such an interesting development. She'd found herself rocking her hips against him after he came to a stop, wanting more, aiming to entice him to get a reaction. And when she looked back over her shoulder she saw him and couldn't help but be pleased by the sight. Yes... this is more what she was looking for earlier. She felt almost compelled but took no issue with it. In fact, something about this being a demand or desire of Charles's made it so much better. And this aggression was something she'd have to figure out... she needed this result to see this side of him. With that thought in mind her body seemed to tighten around him, encouraging his movement as her hips moved as well. Her blushing face studying his and her once dead eyes full of some kind of emotion several different ones including excitement.

[Bloodedge]

There was something unusual about the way Anais considered her own abilities. She did claim before that she didn't count as an adventurer, but this sort of behavior was still quite the oversight on her part. "If you truly believe that, I'm afraid there's much of the world you should see... Or perhaps Solomon is the one you should address," he said, knowing there was no simple Magecraft he could equate that candle to. Ah, but he didn't have much time to harp on Anais's growth. He was in mortal danger via the mounting of Usagi ─ an act that he was given blame for due to not offering specification. Even though there was plenty of time to adjust, she slid herself onto him anyway. How troublesome. Well, there was a silver lining at least. Anais took some form of issue with her enlarged bosom, and thus offered a more direct replenishment of mana. With a nod and an arm wrapped around the lass, Ailen didn't hesitate to take her nipple into his mouth and begin draining her of energy. Usagi mounting him was going to make things more difficult, so he'd readily take all the aid he could get.

Meanwhile, conditions were being met to sate Charlemagne's unknown desires. Sakura's hips were on the move, and her head turned until she saw the male behind her. Now that requirements were fulfilled, Charlemagne could begin thrusting until his pelvis slammed repeatedly against the goddess's backside, all whilst he throbbed furiously inside her. Astolfo watched intently, seeming proud in an almost parental way. The thought of involving himself crossed the lad's mind, but... something was wrong. He felt something was disallowing his movement toward either of the involved parties. Moreover, this was all starting to seem familiar in the strangest way. Could he take responsibility for the 'dog' emerging? He felt like he could take responsibility. He probably would do so regardless, but he'd yet to realize his actual involvement.

[Apollymi]

Apparently, Anais's thoughts about her own magic usage were quite skewed. She supposed it would make sense if they were, her friends were quite amazing people what she did pretty regularly didn't seem very noteworthy by comparison. Usagi agreed with Ailen about the girl needing a bit of confirmation on her excellence from Solomon. "Hai hai, Mon-sama would love that... and he will definitely be able to give all the technical reasons its way better than you think it is. Though I should say you having some awesome friends isn't any reason for you to think you aren't awesome, but you always have that problem don't you?~" Usagi mentioned, seeming at base to understand how the girl missed out on the epicness of her own developments. As a person who'd recently completed her lessons with Solomon she could tell the candle the girl made was no simple use of magecraft, but explaining the technical aspects of it weren't really her forte. Beyond this, she'd begun a ride in Ailen's lap as the man took to drinking directly from his apprentice knowing he'd need the energy. A little moan left her mouth as he did this and that candle seemed to start rather rapidly shrinking in size as he took in mana more directly. "Oh? it's a visualization of his mana stores?!" Usagi seemed a bit surprised by that knowledge. It truly was way more complicated than a 'candle' could ever be. Ah, but there was a certain thing she was doing and as that ride began proper pacing she slapped her friend's rear once more knowing that she felt the residual effects within herself from the ride the other girl was taken as well as the pleasure of giving mana the way her body wanted to give it. "Hai, it does that. I think I am a pretty decent ways off from visiting Solomon-ou... but I'll be more considerate of my own abilities," she said giving it a fair bit of consideration. She was always trying to learn, and if learning to believe in herself was part of it, then she'd do that too.

Meanwhile, shy and avoidant was nothing happening in Charlemagne's room. If anything the lad had become direct and imposing and it was oddly, something that Sakura found beyond entertaining. He was pulsing constantly within her rear, and now moving forcefully to boot. There was no current room in Sakura's mind for the extra thoughts concerning the stopped activities of Astolfo. No, she was too busy feeling like her heart was going to beat out of her chest. She was too busy having her tongue fly out of her wide grinning mouth and fluids leak from her loins as she was quite frankly wrecked by Charles actions. It was probably the most arousing use of her body she'd gotten so far and she liked it so much she was sure she'd reach climax just by feeling and the like alone. So many pushes forward would eventually leave her reeling. 'He really is the most interesting,' she thought and as she did her desires seemed to be manifesting something... a glowing mark seemed to be etching itself in over her womb and along her lower back. It was ornate and feathery and seemed to be glowing in purplish hues as her body repeatedly tightened. Eventually she wouldn't be able to hold it back anymore and she'd reach a blinding flourish, moaning her happiness aloud as a puddle of her own liquid mana leaked from between her folds. "AHHH♥!~" At the same time, her brain seemed to reach fever pitch and worked through the approximation of what might have caused Charles current behavior and why the look on his face was so familiar, it was because she'd seen it before the previous day when he'd been fighting Siegfried.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen wouldn't be put out of commission just yet. So long as he had a steady stream of mana coming from Anais, he could survive the ride of Usagi even as it went against his original plan for maintained longevity. The elf had little to say, but there was a note from Usagi about that candle's functionality. Only upon watching it shrink did Ailen pull away from Anais to speak. "So it is. More of an inverted display of supply; as I gain more mana than I had at its creation, it burns away. There are some nuances that may prove detrimental in active combat. Be mindful," he advised. With that, Ailen was right back to... well, he supposed he would now be building a single lesson for Usagi that wasn't mere scraps of knowledge already delivered.

Elsewhere, the developments toward righting a segmented timeline continued. Even with things moving in the right direction, however, there were some hiccups. Sakura's reactions were in no way the same. That was fine, but she physically reached a point that she originally only showed signs of moving toward. Though that was not consistent with Order, it seemed Charlemagne's own decisiveness was willing to ignore the slight. Something else was going against Order as well ─ a mark that realistically disagreed with the world itself. That, too, would have to be ignored just like the screaming and clenching of Sakura that did not originally occur. There were other things that had to be righted anyway. Charlemagne would speak at last. "Deeper? Harder? Faster? What more?" he asked in a cold tone. One would also find Charlemagne lifting his legs one after another, until his feet were on the bed. Just as Astolfo did previously, he'd be squatting and bearing weight on the girl's back, as if to force a stronger arch in her posture, as he plunged into her rear. "Didn't you decide to think about what you want?"

[Apollymi]

It would seem that Ailen was now more prepared to give a lesson than he had been previously. Even so, he didn't stop paying attention to Anais at all... no, in fact there was an active conversation occurring about the nature of the candle based magic she employed in a general sense. According to Ailen, there could be a potential problems with its active use in combat. Anais gave that a bit of thought, her use of such abilities in combat were very different. "Hm? I'll keep it in mind, though my use of such things in active combat are a bit different," she said thinking of the vigil which used her own mana as a base and basically shared her regenerative abilities instead of letting her team rely on their own... Still, she was always looking to improve upon the things she did so she'd find it worth it to give it a bit more thought. Just the same, the movement of Usagi's hips continued on, she was content to build herself towards an orgasm as Ailen gathered her lesson and spoke with Anais. They were cute together while they conversed so she enjoyed the view. Just the same she wasn't currently trying to influence her mentor's line of thought, he did have a lesson to deliver and she could feel an orgasm building within her own loins as well.

Meanwhile, Sakura heard the words she'd previously heard from Astolfo from Charles in a cold way. That lad himself wasn't a cold individual so what caused this change in demeanor? She could spend some time figuring it out, even as he changed his position and forced himself further into her from a different angle. The arch in her back became more intense and she let out another utterance as she actually appreciated this more aggressive approach. "I did think about what I wanted..." she mentioned in between rather aggressive thrusts. She'd barely been able to recover from her orgasm and now he was still knocking away rather aggressively. "It was this and I am getting it so what I wanted was you, Char-kun~" she mentioned. Oh. Well that wasn't the empty way she tended to say things and she also didn't mean to imply that she wanted what he wanted. No... it was more complex than that... she desired him and getting from him these expressions were now her primary desire. She wanted to experience this sort of thing with him and now that she was getting it it would only truly be satisfying when it reached completion. "Though there is also the mystery of your behavior but that seems less important," she explained of her thought processes. What would happen when more things changed leading up to the moments which were different. If it was his plan to keep things the same... would her words even register to him properly? She supposed this was part of the experiment as well... the changes to her body had remained, so she wondered if there was a limit to what Charles was doing.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen couldn't know exactly how Anais approached active combat. To his knowledge, something like those candles had great potential uses... albeit with a couple of potential drawbacks as well. If she had another way of making her abilities work, then he had little else to say about it. He couldn't call himself much of a mentor if he didn't take the lass at her word. "I see. As long as you've found something functional," he said. With that, Ailen was back to draining the girl's mana once again. Doing so would only slow the pace of build-up for Usagi's lesson, as his body became more prepared to receive. Ah, but he doubted that would make much of a difference in the end ─ especially given the habits of these girls.

Charlemagne awaited some form of answer from Sakura. One came eventually, though only in response to his final statement. What she wanted was him, the girl claimed. Something within Charlemagne resonated with that statement, showing in the slightest elevation of his eyelids when hearing it. Her mention of his mysterious behavior was of little consequence. "... Fun," he said as if repeating the phrase from somewhere else. Astolfo perked up, finding that line familiar for reasons he couldn't understand. "It's supposed to be fun. Let it be... fun," he said further, enacting another similarity to the aborted fragment of time via a solid slap to the goddess's rear. There was indeed an end to the repetition, but it would not come just yet. As for what happened when Order was established, well... that timeframe ended in the middle of an act. Time would tell what occurred whenever Charlemagne wasn't being guided by imaginary events.

[Apollymi]

There was an interesting interaction taking place between mentor and apprentice... it would seem that he only gave her advice and no judgements. From where Usagi was perched she would call his words encouraging and supportive. She'd also say that he'd managed to take the lass at her word and not enforce any of those new weird self-doubting habits she had. It was a nice change to see. "Given that our plans as a group always go straight out the window... I'm sure you'll see eventually," she mentioned knowing that Charles had some interesting habits as their group leader. And beyond that, even she fully recognized that her combat potential wasn't exactly lackluster or anything of the sort... she simply wasn't combat oriented by her own nature. Whatever the case, she'd have plenty of time to consider all the new information... whenever her mentor was pulling mana from her body in such a direct and stimulating way. Usagi would continue the semi-constant movement of her hips, she used her knees lightly for leverage on either side of the elf, rising and lowering herself as he nudged at her deepest point. She'd decided that she'd put off for a while the actual joining of the pair to further her ability to keep the information. "Oh... and since you are putting together another lesson anyway Ai-aniki... Elf Language... I don't want to name myself anything weird~" she commented remembering she'd intended to get that out of him earlier but had let it slip both their minds given her own preference for debauchery.

Meanwhile Sakura was being pummeled by Charles while he kept up the actions from an aborted timeline. Interestingly enough the changes made to it since its inception didn't seem to be a problem, so perhaps he had a bit more control over his actions than Sakura anticipated. Even so... he seemed to still be following a script saying things that he felt needed to be said and carrying on with actions as he thought they should be carried on. There were dozens of potential questions to consider about this situation, sadly, Sakura couldn't bother. She didn't have to maintain her previous curiosities because she was currently living them. A stinging sensation spread throughout her body bringing goosed flesh to her form and making her audibly gasp. It wasn't a painful reaction, it was simply a reaction. One admittedly more reactive than the girl had managed to be for several days. Ah... and that wasn't all, her nether tightened even unfilled and she found herself moaning as she rocked her own hips back against Charles's. Life was suddenly rather interesting... she could swear she could feel her heart thumping within her chest... she could feel blood rushing about her body. It wasn't just sensations it was living in earnest. "Hai! Char-kun!♥~" she replied. If he wished for her to enjoy herself and she was already doing such, she could easily fall into both the physicality of it, and her obvious interest in Charles. She peaked over her shoulder with little black dots forming in her vision as a great orgasm seemed to be quickly approaching.

[Bloodedge]

Indeed, it seemed the goings-on of this group would soon enough result in open combat. That much had been seen on the day of their arrival, and Ailen would be willing to bet it wouldn't take another week for another encounter. Before any of that would come to pass, he'd have to make it through an extra lecture for the day. One more was all he had to deliver. While he worked toward doing so, Usagi brought up another thing he'd forgotten about earlier: the language of elves. There were quite a few, but he could compile them in an efficient enough manner. "Hngh... language, yes," he started upon briefly releasing Anais's bosom. "I will focus the one from my own dynasty, but You should have fluency in the others as well. I'll need just a few moments."

Sakura agreed to the idea of fun, albeit not before having a marked reaction to that sudden, yet familiar spank. She seemed to receive that sort of thing positively. Would Charlemagne make note of that? It didn't seem he would, but it would perhaps reside in his subconscious for some time. Whatever the case, her movements were steady, and... something else became clear. In looking down upon her rear, Charlemagne took note of a strange mark manifested on her lower back. He felt drawn to it, even connected to it in the strangest way. Perhaps that was something worth questioning at a later time, but for now... "Better?" he asked. When Astolfo presented such a question, it had to do with the deactivation of a soul's desires. That may not have applied to Charlemagne's words, but instead... he may have been referencing the intensity of his own throbbing, which seemed almost intent on stretching the girl's opening more.

[Apollymi]

Ailen was a very observant individual it wouldn't have surprised Anais if he'd marked her group for the kind of misfortune they seemed to suffer. Luckily enough the entirety of the group wasn't present, if they had been several others would have simply suggested more violent approaches. No matter.. as was the case with most things existing outside of their current happiness, Anais would put it to the side even as her bosom was freed so Ailen could speak specifically on the nature of the extra lesson requested by Usagi. "Hai, arigatou gouzaimasu~" she chimed seeming content to continue her ride at pace neither faster nor more intense, she actually wouldn't be stopping him from delivering this lesson in any direct manner. "Oi oi, I also forgot something I meant to give you, come here Mi-chan~" she mentioned. Anais would move towards the girl curiously one brow raised. "What? I don't remember needing anything..." she mentioned but still more than willing to lean in for a kiss just the same. She'd have come for a kiss even if the girl hadn't given her a reason if she'd asked for it... such was Anais's nature as a person. "What you remember and what you need are very different things, Mi-chan~" she mentioned. Once their lips met their tongues would meet soon after and in that dance information would be exchanged but only about halfway through. Usagi would be giving Anais the information, regarding physically changing avatars as well as the sensations of it through their karmic link. She didn't know why but she thought the girl might need it at some point in the future. Just the same, their make out would be something easily witnessed by Ailen as she continued to ride him while awaiting her lesson.

While those lessons were being prepared and given, a bit of life experience and experimentation was on the books for Sakura. In truth her reactions in this secondary experience were nothing at all to scoff at. If she was being honest, this was exactly what she wanted and she couldn't have enjoyed the previous version of this activity as much as she was enjoying this one. Those extra reactions from Charles while not his usual fare were quite titillating and she planned to make it her life's work to elicit such behavior from him as often as possible. Even though he still seemed to be following the previous line's words, they seemed to have slightly altered meanings and effects. In this case, the question of better while he throbbed in her rear was one she could easily answer. "Um-hm! Much better, don't stop," what a gentle request, demand? She never really felt demanding before. Perhaps she was learning a great many things about herself today. That throbbing sensation which seemed to fill her extra would leave the girl writhing a gentle wiggle being applied to those backward pushes as she reached closer and closer to a legitimate orgasm untainted by her soul's desires. Those markings on her body though, became more solid each thrust seemed to solidify it as Sakura became more sure physically of her own desires.

[Bloodedge]

Luckily for Ailen, he wasn't being thrown into a series of unexpected ejaculations while preparing this final lecture. It was surprising to note that the demon-borne lass was the one granting some reprieve, as opposed to a child of the forest. He even had a slight break from conversation to continue compiling knowledge... though it was while the pair of girls were locking lips right over his face, which itself was distracting in a way. Oh well; at least Ailen wasn't being physically, spiritually and mentally overwhelmed to such an extent that he couldn't think at all. As if filling potion vials, he prepared two lessons separately. All those Sparks of Wisdom had done him well. He'd come to the realization that separating lessons could be easier than he originally thought, and that doing so could allow easier procession and retention of the knowledge. Just the same, he could express a bit of deviance by such a method. The first lecture would come with the ways Ailen and his forebears physically experimented with propagation, but the second... well, there was little need to know the physical sensation of languages when one already knew how to speak. Those were normally delivered from one mouth to another, but he had a much better idea at present. Besides, the elf was now at about a one-quarter his mana capacity; adding an additional lesson would no longer be an issue. "Hmm. It seems they're both ready," Ailen mused. Alas, the glint in his eye belied a plan yet to be verbalized.

Another occurrence went against the order of events just slightly, but it was also of no consequence. It didn't matter so much what was said, but instead what happened. Sakura's apathy had not made an appearance. Instead, she behaved in a more energetic way than Charlemagne could have ever imagined from her. He didn't know how this was brought out exactly, but it was a wonderful transition. Maybe he should be taking the advice that just came out of his own mouth? Yes, if these were the results of such a thing... it was undoubtedly worth consideration at least. Either way, it seemed things were working out for a better experience overall. "Good. But if there's something else you want, you're running out of time," he warned. The purpose of his words was once again different. It wasn't the ejaculation of Charlemagne that was encroaching to bring an end to things, but instead the end of Order's reestablishment. Sakura had one final chance to make clear any desires of the body she was harboring or developing, at least... to this version of Charlemagne.

[Apollymi]

Ailen was being left to his own devices but not to any specific means. Usagi in her infinite charity had decided to allow the man the ability to complete his lessons as he wished. He already had one truly distracting apprentice, she didn't want to add too much to his proverbial plate. Even so, that little hint of deviousness seemed to appear within the elf. For someone who'd previously seemed all about his educational and research pursuits it seemed it would be falling into a few of his apprentice's bad habits. Once Usagi and Anais were done kissing their lips would separate, but, Anais would be seen sucking on the other girl's tongue for just a moment. "Hai hai... whenever you're ready, Ai-aniki~" Usagi managed as that gentle tapping against her womb would become a bit more pronounced as she waited for that lesson. Anais backed away just a tad looking at her mentor. He looked a bit different, what was that about? 'I'd say we're in danger but it also looks like when he goes native~' Sinais mentioned. Only to follow up with... 'Keep them this size, a handful is nice~' and to punctuate it, she forced the girl to take the remaining handful of her breast into her own hand, and enjoy the sensation of it. She supposed it wasn't too far gone and she could deal with it. She was also processing the information about changing forms. Hm, there were many things to consider, all the while that orgasm building between her legs would reach fever pitch and a gentle moan would escape the elafia and the demon in Ailen's lap simultaneously.

At the same time, Sakura found herself being asked questions which were still inline with the ones previously asked but having more readily available answers. Perhaps this was a matter of compatibility but in truth it seemed to be a matter of choice. She chose Charlemagne and as such she was technically more willing to bend to his desires. Beyond that she was also more open to exploring her own. It felt odd to say but her soul type and the type of body she possessed didn't seem to lean easily towards harmony she seemed to need to find her own. And she was finding something like it right now, as Charles throbbed away inside her rear and she rocked back against it. He mentioned her running out of time if she wanted something else and she remembered that her own cut off for her previous experiment had been at this point. She'd not really wanted anything but... here she did want something. She found herself looking over her shoulder once more a temping light playing in her eyes. "Iie, I'm not running out of time, I only want one thing now..." Sakura started as she moved her hips. "You to fill me... like this, you can do that right, Char-kun?~" she said her own will being something very real. That mark on her body seemed to demand the rest, the end of this cycle was to be something magnificent she knew it and she would know bliss. And her words seemed tainted with temptation, she wished to be filled and she wanted Charlemagne to be the one to do it.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen had the easiest time compiling a lecture thus far, thanks mostly to Usagi's more lax approach to receiving it. He didn't realize how much of a break he needed until it came. Now that he had the benefits of it, producing the lesson would be a simple matter. He had it prepared; all he had to do was release it. Usagi took the warning and stated her readiness to receive, and with that, he nodded. It was without effort that a few bucks of the elf's hips took him from tapping Usagi's womb, to entering it. The moment he broke through was the moment the first prepared lesson would enter her, granting a thorough knowledge of propagation and its related theories that could be rivaled only by what he'd offered Anais previously.

Meanwhile, a request of a similar nature was being made ─ sans the shared knowledge. Sakura made clear her remaining desire, though she refuted any time constraints. Why? It was an objective truth that only a few moments remained of this temporal repair effort. He was thrusting, she was reversing to meet said thrusts, and the final exchange had occurred. However, with time winding down, that final 'request' would be answered. One after another, the thrusts continued in spades. The red was beginning to fade from Charlemagne's eyes, but that final decision had been made. "Gotcha~" the entranced Charlemagne said as if drawing from some satisfaction within his core persona. Both hands gripped tightly the girl's backside, and his thrusts carried ultimate purpose in the final moments of that red-eyed state. One, two, three, four, and then... the fifth achieved maximum depth, accompanied by a quivering pulse that marked a mass of fluid rushing through his shaft. Charlemagne exhaled a deep, deep breath as his essence gushed out. In the meantime, his eyes became normal as if the ongoing expulsion itself was the cause for normalcy. A state of wooziness would overcome him, and his eyes fluttered to a close. Such satisfaction the lad felt upon regaining full, proper consciousness. Ah, but what would he do from there? Well... first he had to bask in it all. . .

[Apollymi]

Anais took note of her friends most casual nature while her mentor prepared his lesson. She wondered briefly if there was something underlying the girl's choice, but apparently she was simply less disruptive. Though if she remembered correctly this girl was more prone to making a rash initial decision than a habitual one. All was well in this case, as eventually the elf managed a few rousing hip thrusts from below which eventually planted him firmly in the lass's womb. Doing so would begin her orgasm and that of Anais while at the same time allowing the lesson of propagation to fully enter her mind. A few agonizing seconds of bliss would occur while she held her eyes closed and her body relaxed against the elf she rode completely. "Whew~ I really do like learning like that!~" she mused, Anais could only agree though not verbally. It was like Usagi would never really get used to information transferring in such a way. While she processed she noted one peculiar thing and thus didn't immediately try to remove herself. "Eh? Ai-aniki... that one didn't have my language lesson..." she observed as Anais recovered from a near writhing orgasm. Why that connection was still active she didn't know, but she still hadn't told her to disconnect it so she probably retained some responsibility for it.

At the same time, Sakura was having a life changing experience. Her flirty words were taken by Charles and apparently he fully intended to comply. Every movement he took from there forward seemed to be one of purpose. Even the word he spoke of affirmation sounded a bit chipper. Ah, it was nice. And then the moment eventually came, some five thrusts later those pulses became a wave of mana entering the body of Sakura. It was a delightfully warm feeling and it seemed to spark her brain and offer something else as she moaned her happiness. A completion of sorts. A feeling she wouldn't have known otherwise, she even got to watch as the lad enjoyed himself in what she assumed given his own rather skittish behavior was likely a first time experience for him. She enjoyed this sight and this feeling. Even as her body continued to pulse with its own orgasm she couldn't take her eyes off the lad. This was what she wanted and what she enjoyed of that she was certain. Ah, and with her certainty and that influx of mana came the solidification of that strange mark upon her body. Glowing on her lower back and a slightly altered version glowing over her womb. She'd already decided her favorite thing, but this simply made it something obvious. Her body relaxed quite a bit there after and eventually her eyes would shift towards her front and her body would relax almost stretching with the lad inside of her. "Hm, definitely already have what I need~" she murmured seemingly in a good humor.

[Bloodedge]

And so, the penultimate lesson of the morning was given. Ailen suspired and leaned back, needing just a moment to catch his breath. His mana had been righted well enough and then some, but the day had already been quite full of physical activity. How strange; he was quite sure most of it required little to no movement from him. Even so, the elf felt impacted by all the debauchery. "Well... this has all been something, hasn't it? I'm either getting old, or out of shape," he commented. As for the one thing missing, Ailen shook his head. Nothing had been omitted without purpose this time, but he supposed he'd yet to mention it properly. "That one is stored separately. I'm sure you realize this form of mana transfer grants not only knowledge, but the feeling of experience as well. As there is no need to feel languages, that sort of teaching is normally received orally. I have the lesson stored for both of you whenever you are ready to move," he said. Of course, Ailen wouldn't be admitting aloud that there was just... another thing Mugen happened to enjoy, which he thought to experience himself for once. Perhaps he'd caught the wastefulness of demonkind from interacting with Usagi's mana? That was always possible.

Charlemagne had come to, and what a time it was to be alive and conscious. What was that feeling? It was obviously sex, though he wasn't 100% certain how it ended up this way. Something was... different. He looked down again, and saw two unexpected things. The first thing he realized was that seal on Sakura's lower back. He knew the implication of such things, but surely he had nothing to do with that, right? Well, there was no room to question it once he realized the other thing: the placement of his member being in a different hole this time. If nothing else, that explained the extreme tightness he felt. "Wha─?" Charlemagne's mind raced, but the end result involved no questions at all. What would be the point? He'd always question the actions of either himself or Sakura, only to have the same sort of answer each time. Besides, he was becoming less likely to fight against the results with every encounter. There was only one nagging sensation remaining in the lad's mind. Ah, but there was also Astolfo, no longer burdened by that odd feeling from earlier. Finally, he could speak! "Confused Astolfo! Is this a thruple, or am I a third wheel?" he asked. Charlemagne couldn't really say what was happening anymore. Last he checked, he was dipping himself in a bathtub. . .

[Apollymi]

To both girls present it seemed as if Ailen was properly worn out from their early morning adventure. Even so he took a moment to get his breathing back under control before commenting, claiming to either be out of shape or old. "No way you're out of shape, I can't speak for old though. After finding out Charlie is 1000 and Mi-chan here is 300 I've decided I'm basically an infant," Usagi said with a careful shrug. "Definitely not out of shape. Though, it felt more comparable to actual physical training for me... a little shy of some of the more scary individuals I could take as a training partner but pretty high intensity, conditioning...." Anais murmured knowing it was likely a good answer for bringing oneself up to physical speed with the high aerobic activity that was sex with high libido human types. Ah but what was this... Ailen apparently had a fairly reasonable explanation for the undelivered lesson. According to him oral transfers were better for language and both girls could receive it that way. Anais and Usagi looked at each other. And though they had the ability to do so, neither girl physically or mentally communicated with the other. No, a simple look was shared between them, one which seemed to connect to girls across all of space and time in deviance and friendship. This elf, this husband of a goddess who was for all intents and purposes an upstanding citizen, had just given a logical explanation and a very clinical explanation for wanting to finish officially on their faces. This was peak deviance. The highest tier of breaking, to let him choose and justify his own dark desires. Hands were extended without a single word and both girls shared a wicked grin as their hands clapped together. This was success and they would reap their rewards. Usagi, gently slid off the elf's lap and Anais held out a hand for the girl to use as both transitioned to the floor in front of Ailen. They would not even bother properly replying to his suggestion, both would simply end up taking places on their knees at his feet, mouths open, eyes slightly lidded and tongues hanging out. It was obvious the implication and with their still sex blushed faces they were obviously intended to be a bit tempting.

At the same time, Charles seemed to fully become himself again and Astolfo seemed free of his invisible bindings. Sakura was easily basking in the remaining sensation seemingly with a devious little smile on her face. Still, there were no real questions from Charles and Sakura could easily begin removing herself from him, which she did by gently moving her body forward. Sakura managed to take her eyes off Charles after witnessing a few more strange looks on his face but she decided she'd save her questions for him for later. Here and now, Astolfo had a question which Sakura had a bit of a problem with, still her emotional status wasn't being pulled by her soul, so the answer would come out with bland disinterest at best. "I am not sure what thruple nor third wheel actually mean," she said calmly as she worked towards extricating herself from Charles. "But if that is a question of your placement, I am not interested," she said clearly. Without her soul telling her she should accept and knowing she wouldn't enjoy it as much as she enjoyed doing anything with Charles, Sakura could clearly offer Astolfo rejection, something which she would have been incapable of doing directly. Ah, and there was no more that needed to be said about it, she'd almost finished removing Charles from her rear, there was no direct need to stay locked in place and she figured he might want to relax and wouldn't want to do it in such an uncomfortable position. "Char-kun, you look like you might have had questions... can I help with them?" she asked almost sweetly by comparison.

[Bloodedge]

Usagi could not be a mark for his age, being baffled by a mere 300-year old elafia. Charlemagne's thousand years was a bit ridiculous for a human to those who lived on the lower world, but there had certainly been a few similar cases throughout the ages. In his case, he was on the higher end of years even as an elf... but perhaps that didn't need to be addressed. "I'll leave it at that. For my own sanity, I believe it's best to let that positive energy be the end of it," he commented with the lightest chuckle. Moving on, his mention of logic was met by a shared moment between friends. Their hands clapped together in a gesture he'd seen humans perform a few times before. As he recalled, it was a sign of companionship in moments of excitement or... victory? Perhaps there were other meanings. Regardless, they were soon both moving away, taking their places next to one another and presenting themselves thereafter in a very appealing way. Ailen was staring into their faces as he took a page out of Sun Wukong's book. There he was, rising until he stood over them. He'd be stroking himself to completion with both girls' faces in his sights. With such a view, he hardly found it difficult to quickly spray knowledge with a central target point being right between two faces.

Meanwhile, Charlemagne was being pulled away from by Sakura in a way that seemed to take literal hours. He had no outright questions about what they'd recently been up to. In fact, he could remember it all, though it felt as if he wasn't in control of himself. Was that a negative? Yes, he figured it was... just slightly. Charlemagne wouldn't have made such an approach himself, but it seemed he could have gotten away with doing so. That sort of thought was arousing in its own right. While he mulled it over, Astolfo was addressed by Sakura. She didn't understand his phrases, but had no interest in his involvement. Some would have been utterly discouraged by the rejection of a goddess, but Astolfo... Astolfo only appeared triumphant. 'Not me?! Yes, the king is here!' he thought. Just then, Charlemagne was questioned as well. Sakura wished to know if she could help with whatever questions he had, as he did seem to have some. In response, he reached out to grab the retreating girl's shoulder. A sudden lunge forward had him right back where he'd been in the beginning: deep in the goddess's rear. "Why are you pulling back, I guess? That's not like you," he asked, ignoring his own present difference in behavior. The triumph Astolfo felt only grew in that moment. 'Even better! THE DOG IS HERE!' he shouted mentally.

[Apollymi]

Usagi and Anais would be leaving Ailen a happy thought concerning his age. If both girls were being truthful an age gap between them and any of the men they were interested in wasn't really a problem. In Anais's case it could be considered a bonus simply because her sexual preferences seemed to revolve around older and taller men. Ah, but there was still a bit of fun to be shared. The two girls seemed apt enough to take their places before Ailen, both girls offering faces which felt most natural while being in this position. Their faces touching on the sides as their mouths remained opened and waiting. They witnessed the man stroking himself to completion which was admittedly oddly erotic for both when knowing they were responsible for his state and his fall into their type of debauchery. And then, it came. Or rather, Ailen did, spurting between their faces as they aimed to catch it between themselves. Both girls would swallow what landed on the tongue post his spray and soon after both would have slightly dripping faces and mouths... being slightly deviant as they were another quick glance had them silently agree... and begin to kiss each other. The girls taking to lashing each others tongues and the sides of their faces to clean up the rest of the now flowing languages of the elves. While also getting rid of the last bit of their less than savory activities. Oh but that wouldn't do either would it? No, because there was still what remained on Ailen to be taken into consideration and both girls would attack that as well between their faces. A mixture of honey, persimmon and yuzu dances across their tongues as they cleaned his manhood and their own faces, bringing their little activity all the way back to their beginning this morning. Though both would still manage a wayward glance or two in Ailen's direction. This had been a surprisingly fun experience for both girls... and a rather eventful morning beyond it. "Arigatou, Shishou~" Anais managed as a final lick was applied to the side of her friends face. "Hai hai, same from me Ai-aniki, appreciate the lesson and breakfast~" she mused happily.

It would seem at the same time, a slightly different kind of ending was occurring for Charles. The lad had completely come back to his senses but it seemed that he might have had questions. Though Sakura had been very clear about her lack of desire aimed towards Astolfo the lad hadn't taken it too harshly at all. Perhaps it was his flexible personality that allowed this, or rather his lack of normal sense which did the same. Regardless, she'd almost extricated herself from Charles when he reached for her shoulder and lunged forward. His apparent first question concerned their separation, which caused the girl to hiccup by its suddenness but also feel the strangely immediate tensing of her loins as if she'd been overstimulated into a quick but effective orgasm. Her tongue had fallen out of her mouth for a brief moment and she had to exhale slowly to get her breathing under control. "Given your other reactions it seemed like it would be less stressful for you if I did..." she explained, seeming to take an almost completely logical thought process. "Unlike earlier it isn't necessary for us to remain this way," the girl mentioned. She'd taken to generally allowing his more avoidant behavior and without her soul to interfere and force the issue she would have let him get away with it now as well. "As for it not being like me, I disabled the passive functionality of my soul so I could better understand regular emotions," she explained of her general current strangeness. She understood that most humans wouldn't understand why she thought such a thing necessary but it had been a good experiment and she'd need to try and replicate the results.

[Bloodedge]

Ailen's final deliverance of knowledge was no less rewarding than those which were left within the loins of his students. Just as he thought, Mugen was onto something. The waste of mana was automatically righted by a sight for the ages. Moreover, having two people at the receiving end immediately negated the waste, as both parties took to licking one another clean of the residue. That, too, was something Ailen couldn't peel his eyes away from. A bit of time spent tending to each other's faces, and the morning came full-circle with attention paid to his groin again. That certainly wasn't a way to successfully end things, but... he did suppose the responsible solution would outweigh debauchery this time. "Breakfast?" he questioned with a chuckle upon receiving the girls' gratitude. "I suppose it does count. Though you two should actually be getting ready, should you not? If you keep that up, I'm afraid we'll be here all day. Not that I would mind personally, of course. There's always so much to teach~"

Alas, someone would be even later to the meeting even if the lasses ran off that exact moment. Charlemagne found himself making a decision in the heat of a moment. That decision, of course, was personal enjoyment. While Astolfo sauntered off giddy as a schoolgirl, Charlemagne was plunging his way back into Sakura's rear. He had to have the experience while fully conscious. Sakura apparently attempted retreat due to his earlier showings of stress, which... Charlemagne was quite sure he already made his opinion of clear. "I'm going to find stress regardless. Do what you want instead of worrying about how it'll affect me. That's what living your own life is all about," he proclaimed. As for it being unnecessary for them to remain, he didn't particularly understand Sakura's meaning. Of course it wasn't necessary, but it hadn't been before either ─ not by his understanding. "I'm not sure I get it, but... did you have a different idea?" the lad asked as he built toward another round of degeneracy.

[Apollymi]

On her knees naked and in the floor Anais had received more than a little mana this day. Of course Usagi could say the same and both girls could only chuckle at Ailen's assertion. It would seem they were taking the responsible path but both had already noticed Ailen's descent into their special form of madness. This was going to be an eventful adventure to say the least. "Well at least we know it's an option, an encouraging option even~" mentioned Usagi who gave a playful wink to both people as she stood and stretched. In truth, Anais was lamenting her existence. If not for a greedy old man god, she'd be a child of the forest free to undertake her studies as she wished with no need of the extra. Ah, but alas she was also a good friend and she wouldn't leave any of her friends in a bind if they needed her. Still, she couldn't help but feel the warmth of procrastination calling her name. "Yes, we should, but I don't wanna!~" Anais was feeling pouty along with the warm comforting pull of procrastination. But her friend from the other side was along to help mediate a few of her lesser known bad habits. "Oi oi, three hundred years you can't still be this much of a serial procrastinator. Come on, we'll have a bath... I'll go back to being Yume, and we can have a normal day. Meet people and train while I piece together my new Avatar~" mentioned Usagi. A pout remained on the elafia's face but she took her friend's now outstretched hand and went along for a bath. All the while her mind was being unboxed by her internal darkness who was content to find what was missing in the girl's life as it would complete all facets of them currently present.


While two people made the more responsible decisions and actually got up for baths and dressing. Charles had restarted what could have been a finished endeavor. Even so, Sakura couldn't be bothered stopping him either, she quite enjoyed the attention when it was Charles giving it. And what was more, he claimed that she should do what she wanted instead of worrying about how it would affect him. "I don't think I can agree to that. Living my own life at the expense of negatively impacting someone else, for something I don't need but simply want is... unkind," she responded. Such logic was the sort of thing people didn't think most divinities had but Sakura had it in her base personality. Perhaps she didn't have the right words for it, but it wasn't just important for her to do what she wanted, she oddly found herself searching for something similar to approval she couldn't get that if Charles was falling apart over things that didn't require explanation. Besides that she was quite unsure of her own actions. Ah, but that was fine, Astolfo had already left in an apparently good mood and Charles was in a good moon. He claimed that he didn't really get what she'd meant but wondered if she had any ideas... he seemed to be leaning into the sex part of this as well and that was, fine with Sakura. "Eto, I meant only that this particular entrance is purely for storing mana... no pure acts of creation only the reception of power so... it won't help us harmonize," she said as that mark on her lower back pulsed just a tad. "As for ideas, we could go like this a bit more... I think you might find it a bit easier to do it kneeling if we slightly shift positions," she stated, while motioning for the lad to lower himself. To her credit, if he went along with what she desired, she would rotate to her left leaving a leg up against his shoulder while still leaving him in her body. From this angle she could more easily see him and he could still ge the leverage necessary for the deeper plunges without standing on the bed. In fact, he could do so kneeling comfortably. Yes, she'd like to watch him enjoy her like this...

[Bloodedge]

Ailen's involvement of the morning had come to an end, as he saw things. With a bit of playfulness shared between friends, both girls were off to prepare for the meeting they were certainly late for. Ah, but they couldn't really be called late when the host had yet to start preparing. Charlemagne was on a path that would take him some time yet, and Sakura was doing nothing but joining along on that path. She insisted upon her ideals, refuting the idea of seeking her own goals if doing so would have a negative impact. They had to reach an understanding, it seemed. "What negative impact? It hasn't been negative so far. I don't think it will be," he admitted. Charlemagne understood that his earlier reactions were unusual to the lass ─ as much as hers were unusual to him. In spite of that, things had gone... swimmingly, if he were being truthful about it.

With Astolfo gone and the moment between them continuing uninterrupted, Sakura further explained the situation at hand. The current exchange could do nothing to help creation processes, and could not connect them in the way conventional intercourse did. Charlemagne saw no issues with that. "Is that a problem? There's been a lot of that uh... 'harmonizing' already," he commented, believing it would be fine for the goddess to seek something she could clearly appreciate as a matter of fun. Even he couldn't deny the positives while they were right in front of him. Sakura had another suggestion, though. Urged to balance on his knees, Charlemagne lowered both legs while... Sakura raised one of hers all the way up to his shoulder. Was minor contortionism a goddess feature? It almost seemed to be at this point. Charlemagne found an interesting quality to the clench of her rear, both during and after that movement. He soon found an arm hooked around her elevated thigh while his other hand pressed against her back. Thrusting was suddenly much easier with newfound leverage. "Hn─yeah... it's definitely something; I'll give you that."

[Apollymi]

Anais and Usagi went off to share a shower, while Ailen was allowed a moment of peace without company. As their aspect of the morning moved towards 'normal productivity'. In the mean time a different sort of understanding was needing to happen between Charles and Sakura as it became one of those moments where they needed to find clarity with each other. Their disagreement while not large was one of slightly different understanding. Specifically Charles chose to question the negative impact she thought she was having and point out that he saw no such thing... and didn't think there was anything to worry about. "I will admit that my understanding of emotions is very different even if I can sense them I can't fully understand them... your reactions earlier did seem negative in some way though I can't put a name to it..." she explained of herself. "Just the same... if you say it isn't a problem, I'll choose to believe in you, Char-kun..." she offered with a small smile. She did also think they got along quite well and she was thinking that even now without her soul to influence her desires. She was experiencing things as a point of pure physicality but she also felt something else while engaging with Charles that she didn't quite have a name for yet.

Regardless they would be going for that shift in position she'd mentioned. And he seemed capable enough of going along with her strange demands even though it likely didn't make as much sense to him. He asked if the lack of harmonizing was a problem as well... and as far as Sakura understood... "Iie, it isn't a problem at all. My soul isn't currently active so there wouldn't be much point in harmonizing but that would have been the reason to remain connected if we weren't continuing," she explained of her thoughts earlier. The lad seemed to be going off the script, but it seemed he was fine with the ending that he'd contributed to, and he also wasn't in the mood to stop apparently. No matter, she could understand his feelings and now with her altered and contorted self she could see his face once more as he experienced this shift. She had an arm hooked around her elevated thigh as well as the lad getting a bit of a tighter squeeze out of the sensation. It seemed her understanding of this position was correct as they both managed to feel more and have access to more. There was even a comforting hand against her back and she found herself smiling. "Hai, it's definitely that~" she commented with a slight teasing quality to her voice.

[Bloodedge]

Charlemagne's earlier reactions may have seemed negative, and indeed they may have been intended to. Regardless, his overall reception of Sakura's behavior was always positive in the end. He couldn't complain about a single thing done ─ he could only complain about the idea of their union based on preconceived notions of such connections. More and more though, it seemed those notions were becoming worthless. "I don't think it's that much of a problem. People are more complex than that," he suggested. Perhaps his current line of thought was the wrong one, or perhaps he was more on the right track than ever before. Such things couldn't be determined until all facts were laid out. That time of discovery would not come today, so Charlemagne would try his best not to worry about the possibilities.

Furthermore, Sakura spoke of her inactive soul voice, thus alluding to their unnecessary connection. Charlemagne didn't care about that. This continuation could be the most unnecessary thing he ever did, but he wouldn't ─ couldn't ─ be kept from it. There was to be a meeting. Of the necessary participants, he was well on his way to being the last arrival, yet... that didn't matter at all. "Well, we're probably already late and only getting later. I'm sure everybody will be willing to give a pass just this once, so why not just enjoy the moment?" he mused. Charlemagne's hips were moving like clockwork, not an ending in sight for the chosen activity of the morning. There was a very real chance he'd even be a few hours later than anticipated at the current rate. . .

[Apollymi]

There was apparently some underlying complexity to human emotion. Sakura had it explained to her that things were not always so cut and dry. She supposed she could see the truth of that, and she'd do her best not to think about how negatively some things played out. For all she understood, she might become better at reading people the more different sorts of people she interacted with, at the very least, the people on this adventure with them seemed to be capable of understanding her and expressing themselves in a way she understood. "Hai, I'll keep it in mind," she mused seemingly fine with the slightly less intuitive way of thinking.

Moving on from that point, it seemed that they would be continuing. Even with the explanation that it wasn't necessary, Charles seemed apt enough to continue. Sakura had recently come to understand the fun of the situation and with that mark on her lower back pulsing she couldn't really dispute the idea either. Even without her soul being involved she could at least see the fun of further experimentation. "Late? Hm, I suppose you did say sunrise..." she commented looking at the dawn facing window of his and knowing they were indeed late by now. Still his steady pounding was continuing and she hadn't done anything to stop him from pursuing his current goal. "Enjoying the moment, huh?" she said seeming to think it over a bit. There were no real negatives in her case, her senses were open enough to let her know they were far from the only 'late' arrivals but they would likely be the last to show. Regardless, it wouldn't be to anyone's detriment, besides she didn't really want to stop either and that was simply her truth. "Hai, let's enjoy..." she chimed happily. Her own hips beginning to help along the shift even as she was captured in an odd way. Time would pass obviously and a few more flourishes would come from her person before they finally split and she would take no issue with this current form of exploration.

[Bloodedge]

Sunrise was quite some time ago, as Charlemagne saw things. He hadn't been to the Eternal Sanctum in ages, but he could never forget how the rising sun shone through that window. Oh well. Charlemagne couldn't make himself care how late he was. Enjoying a moment was the name of the game, so to speak, and he intended to kick back and smell the roses for once. Too long had he been stressing over this and that. Whatever consumed him in prior minutes, it had done the world of good. So often of late, he'd decided to take the enjoyment route simply because he was already on the path. Now, for once... he'd make the conscious decision to do so, and he'd be better for it.

And so, another hour passed before Charlemagne even managed to remove himself from the purple-haired lass. With that passage of time, he was soon found in the bath again. This wasn't the time for another long cleaning, but he would at least soak for a few. Besides, it was best to collect a few thoughts before addressing the others... who had probably been waiting around for a very long time now. He'd eventually do something about drying off to make way for the courtyard, having a few ideas that he seemed to be mumbling about. "Two years for a journey. That doesn't sound long, but it also sounds like forever. At least four people in the group have never been on an adventure even half this long. I think that can be managed easily enough. . ."

[Apollymi]

Charles and Sakura spent the morning enjoying themselves. For the most part it was Charles own decision to make that happen. Of course, Sakura had nothing negative to say about it, even as they moved past his original plans for the day had to be shifted further into the future. In fact she could only enjoy herself as much as Charles wanted to enjoy the situation. About an hour later he'd finally withdrawn from her and she'd decided to go along with his morning preparations. They shared that short soak in the tub and she'd sat quietly with the man while he gathered his thoughts.

When he finally spoke aloud, he remarked on the length of time of their upcoming journey. "Two years would be most of my life at the point where it ends, but I don't think it will be time badly spent," she mused knowing that she was quite young, but that traveling and adventure were heralded as good life experience. "I think everyone on the adventure will find it rewarding in their own ways," Sakura commented in an almost eerie way. Of course, she had clairvoyance to a certain extent and could see some potentials for their coming future. She'd already had a few related to the parts of the group she'd already witness she could only imagine it potentially getting better over time. Just the same she emerged from the tub not seeming to care about the water dripping from her person as shadows moved to dry and wrap her body back into her little black dress. Perhaps she'd continue thinking about everything else for a while yet.

[Bloodedge]

"Yeah, there is that," Charlemagne said, knowing Sakura's current lifespan was one of the strangest things he'd ever encountered. The one he was most concerned about, however, was not Sakura... but instead the actual youngest of the group in terms of being in this world. Between Yume and their unknown final member, he wondered how the group as a whole would adjust to this world's darkness. Rewards would almost certainly be found; he'd yet to meet an adventure that didn't have some sort of benefit throughout its duration. Some may not have been worth it in the end, but there was always a silver lining somewhere.

One certain thing was the length of their journey. Two years was given as a firm estimate. In that two years, they would have to visit quite a few places pursuit of the Holy Grail. How the Knights of the Round Table managed to find its spawn location, he didn't know. "There are some people I might need to ask a few questions. Well... one specifically, but I am so not mentally prepared for that," he mumbled. Charlemagne would have to revisit the Nexus relatively soon, but first... there was the group they were steadily approaching.

The most random addition to the party happened to be facing away from Charlemagne and Sakura during their approach, but it was his voice first heard at the time. Who was he speaking with? Well, that would possibly become clear moments later. "Eto... it's more like one of those fantasy things, like the wardrobe from that one story. I'm not really sure how it works; I haven't been around for very long. . ."

[Apollymi]

Sakura could only nod her affirmation. She did have a unique situation, but according to the people they'd talked to the previous day she was far from an outlier as far as her age in this world was concerned. In fact even in their current group, she had a bit of age on someone like Yume. Regardless she wouldn't have been able to comment on Charles's understanding of the current world. Everyone saw and responded to light and darkness in different ways, she was willing to wait and see what this new group of people came up with. To Sakura though two years would be most of her life it would also be a fun way to spend her time, which would have been otherwise uneventful for the same duration. Whatever the case, Charles claimed he wasn't mentally prepared to talk to someone whom he had questions for, "I'm sure it will be fine, Char-kun. Whenever you're ready, I'll go with you," Sakura offered. Even with her soul off, she hadn't decided to abandon the lad to things he found overwhelming. No instead she fully intended to keep helping him along in whatever way she could.

In the meantime, Charles and Sakura approached a group which contained, a lad facing away from them speaking to Martha. The woman with her long purple hair had returned from her mission and had been chatting up the lad for quite a bit. They'd also recently been joined by Anais and Yume both of whom were standing around with them hearing out the newer lad's speech. "So it's like a door?" asked Martha who seemed to be deep in thought. It would be Yume who spoke up. "More like a gate...I assume anyone can't just wander though it," mentioned the dark-haired lass in her short dress. Both she and Anais seemed to be in relatively good spirits with a slight glowing quality to their skin. Anais for her part in this was paying attention but mostly she was looking through an assortment of herbs she'd gathered recently from the Eternal Sanctum's garden, knowing both their medicinal and cooking uses would make long term travel potentially less boring. Sakura had a similar glow as well, mostly due to her morning's activities. "Oh? Did we miss something interesting?" she wondered aloud.

[Bloodedge]

"That..." Charlemagne had to take a moment of thought. Sakura's offer to accompany him for the impending discussion was well-placed, but... a bit of consideration had Charlemagne thinking otherwise. "... Yeah, I'm not too sure if that would actually make things better," he concluded. It was impossible for Charlemagne to know how certain people viewed certain things in this world, but he had a long list of thing that would make future dealings quite awkward. To an extent, the difficulty of that meeting would depend on what Jeanne d'Arc had already brought to someone else's attention. Well, he'd have to just deal with it when the moment came.

For the time being, they were stumbling upon a very random conversation involving... an old story from the other world? There was something said about a door, or even a gate, and a story-based wardrobe ─ Charlemagne made a somewhat quick connection to a book he once read. "Gate sounds more accurate ─ I guess like a magical portal or something? It comes with a barrier that stops anything not given permission. That's what the man-god said," he explained just before hearing another voice to turn his attention. This girl and the male with her had not yet been seen by the young man, so he bowed to the pair right away. "O-oh! Tenjou Yuuya! I was asked to meet all of you here for an expedition of some sort," he said hastily. Meanwhile, it was Astolfo who answered Sakura's question... as he lay draped over the back of that stolen horse. "He's got a freaky door that connects the worlds. He walked into Narnia!"

[Apollymi]

Sakura had offered her assistance to Charles as she seemingly always would, and in return the lad mentioned that he wasn't sure if her accompanying him to ask his question would be better. Hm, she could consider a few reasons why that might be the case, but none of them would really make sense to her as a person. But, she was for making the lad's life as easy as possible while he adjusted to his new style of existence. "I don't really get it, but whatever you decide in this case is fine... if you change your mind about having company, I'll go with you..." she said. She still wasn't quite sure about the nuances that Charles was sorting though, but she figured if it needed addressing it would be fine.

There was a clarification offered to Yume which made the dark-haired girl nod her understanding. Martha for her part in this looked at the group and watched as Charles showed up a bit later than his usual but apparently not in bad spirits. The lad whom they'd been offered to be introduced to the day before, named himself as Tenjou Yuuya which made Sakura shift her eyes towards the lad. "Sou ka," she murmured. "Tohsaka Sakura," she said introducing herself, only to immediately have her curiosity piqued. "What's Narnia?" she asked seeming to find that name a bit odd. Was it some foreign land? Was there context clues she missed before she showed up? In the meantime, Yume could only snicker. Narnia and all its associated lore was quite a bit. "Is there a way to answer that which wouldn't be odd?" she asked Anais who seemed to be organizing a spice rack to put into her bag. "Eh, fifty-fifty, it will either end up being something we have to explain or it will actually exist..." Anais said seeming to have given up on properly explaining Gaia Fantasy tropes to native Alayans. "Good Morning, Charlie and Saku-chan," Anais offered. "Ohayou~" Yume offered both people seeming to have shifted her focus to their forms and gaining a most devious smile as her thoughts about what was taking so long were proven correct.

[Bloodedge]

Sakura was open to a chance of mind on Charlemagne's part. Alas, there wasn't much room for change in this case. "I wasn't saying you couldn't go. It's a weird kind of situation, like... if it's going to be a problem, it's going to be a problem anyway. You being involved would have a chance of making it weirder, but if it's not a problem, then you wouldn't be an issue. Though I'm not sure if that makes any sense," he rambled. Once they were finally among the group, some introductions were in order. Their mysterious extra presented himself as Tenjou Yuuya, receiving the immediate acknowledgement of Sakura. "Charles Martel. Good to have you along," Charlemagne greeted afterwards.

Ah, there was another question presented by Sakura. Once Astolfo referenced Narnia, Sakura made clear that she didn't know what it was. Funnily enough, Charlemagne knew of Narnia twice. Anais's claim of a 50/50 chance on Narnia being imaginary or real ─ he knew the truth. "Eh? Huh, I guess you weren't around back then," Charlemagne murmured. "People like us know of Narnia as a book series. The Kingdom of Narnia is a real place, though. It's part of the Calormene Empire and everything, on on the far-west side of Alea ─ past the huge mountain range. It's one of the few beastfolk-friendly areas on that continent," he explained. It seemed Charlemagne didn't intend to acknowledge his lateness. Instead, he focused on the morning greeting. "Good to see everyone here. What's this about a world-connecting door though?" the lad asked while Yuuya lifted his head. "Gomen. It wasn't really Narnia I went to or anything. At least... I don't think it was. I came to this world through a door. The man-god said he saw a way to connect the worlds through it, and that it needed to be done that way for some reason. I don't really have any more information than that."

Following Yuuya's explanation, Charlemagne tilted his head. Strange as the details were, he could make a few obvious connections to something he recently experienced. "Man-god? I get the feeling I know who that is," was his immediate commentary. "I guess that's one more thing to ask about. . ."

[Apollymi]

Charles gave Sakura a bit of a more solid explanation, granted it seemed a bit more open to interpretation. His claim seemed to balance on the idea that it would be weird for her to go, but not that he was saying she couldn't. He simply didn't know if the interaction with whomever he was meeting would be made odder by her presence. He wasn't sure if he was making any sense and in her own experience it made sense but only in a very specific way. "It sounds like a human overcomplication of something that should probably be a non-issue. But given the reactions of others, if I have to assume some amount of the same misinformation floating around. I'll then further assume you see the potential for an oddity I do not based on your understanding of the other world," she said giving her conclusion based on the given information. Whether she wanted to go or not wasn't material at this point... she'd offer herself up if he wanted someone along to support him, but if he'd rather do it on his own she'd be fine with that too. "That is fine though, I wouldn't want to make things weirder for you than they have to be," she said. Without her soul active her words could have sounded harsh, but she wasn't being mean her understanding of things was just pretty clear cut, though it'd been that before.

"Ais-nee, Yu-nee, Ohayougouzaimasu..." Sakura greeted both girls in a rather familiar way making the pair look at each other and then off to the side. They were both fine with it, but given their own morning they hadn't expected such a familiar greeting. Though Sakura would be privy to how they existed as extensions of her parents so perhaps it was actually just accurate for her to think of them in such a way? Yeah, that seemed right. What also seemed right was Charles's explanation of the Kingdom of Narnia, and its actual existence on a continent that Anais had least heard of before. "Sou ka, I might be a bit too young for something like that Charlie. Though I wouldn't mind a Beast Kin friendly kingdom or three..." she said. "Arigatou, Char-kun," Sakura thanked him for the extra information and began wondering if tales of this world often made their way to the other one. "Woo, we got one. I was wondering if we were just going to see shattered tales and the like every time something was mentioned," said Yume who found it amusing that a story seemed to make it over without it being potentially completely ruined. Speaking of Narnia her mind began to wander back to that story which she casually found floating into her mind after the mention of the name. A lion had been among the man focuses of that sort. 'Hm, I wouldn't really mind getting to know a lionman, or maybe a spirit lion or something like that... I don't think my list included stuff like that before...' Anais thought to herself. 'You should...' the quieter of her inside voices said. 'Ride a lionman! I'm for it!' Sinais mentioned making Anais begin tapping her fingers together abasently. Yume watched her friend and heard the speaking of her soul. 'It really is a tell!' she thought seemingly excited. 'I can still hear you, you know~' she mentioned to the elafia whose face only blushed more soon after.

"Right I guess you did mention chatting with god yesterday. Still a lot but I'm not going to think about it too much... are you compiling a list of things to ask him... or is it just a ask as needed sort of thing?" Martha wondered. If Yuuya was potentially needed to connect the worlds then there was an implication that one could move back and forth and that did sound pretty fun. That being said... it wasn't as if she disliked this life she presently had, especially with an adventure on the horizon.

[Bloodedge]

Charlemagne always saw some potentials that Sakura didn't, and the same worked in reverse. When it came to humans of Gaia, Sakura proved her lack of understanding for their mannerisms time and time again. Perhaps though, there was enough Alayan influence on the person he thought to interact with, that she would be more knowledgeable? It had been long enough that he couldn't say for certain either way.

Ah, but there were stranger matters to address still. Hearing about an easy path between worlds was something Charlemagne had gone over a thousand years without even conceptualizing. Narnia existing was one thing, but a tangible method of returning to one's original world was another. What was the Nexus thinking? "The stories are usually off in a lot of ways. From what I remember, Narnia wasn't much different from the story I used to know," he said following Yume's assertion. This gate, though... it was such a bothersome thing. At this point, Charlemagne did have an entire list of questions for the Nexus, though not by design. "I was hoping for an as-needed sort of thing, but it doesn't seem to be ending that way. He's so eclectic it's hard to figure out what he's even trying to do. But... at the same time, it's all immediately helpful in a way I've never seen before. I guess that's Mister Animusphere in a nutshell. AoE's card game was always having new sets release to fix problems the community didn't even realize existed until right before they picked up the new cards. So then... I wonder what sort of problem that door is here to fix?" he mused.

At that point, Yuuya thought it best to chime-in once more. "Ah! I'm not sure if it has any limitations or anything like that! He wouldn't tell me much about it ─ just that I'd have it when it was necessary. I mostly used it to have a safe place to rest when first getting here, and to try avoiding too many days lost at school... though I came to realize time works very differently than I expected," he added.

[Apollymi]

The influence of Alaya on people from Gaia seemed to be the sort of thing they either naturally aligned with or shunned. As far as Sakura understood this was mostly due to a lack of information or a lack of understanding for the way things were supposed to work. But she'd been raised to be a tolerant individual and as such she was willing to at least figure out what it was she disliked about certain things before making individual judgements. Whether she ended up chatting with whoever Charles wanted to talk to next or not, she had little negative to say about the potential to learn more from someone else.

In the meantime while Anais died of embarrassment, Charles explained what he'd encountered of their fairytales on Gaia and the like here. Apparently, Narnia wasn't too far off as a story, but that was an outlier of some sort. Sakura got to know what Narnia was for both sides of the world and Yume got to hear all the random things that Anais was thinking about animal people in her head. Ah but they weren't just talking about that... they were also talking about the whimsy of God, known to most of them by the name Albertus Animusphere. "Hm, the data books for the table top campaigns were the same way..." mentioned Yume who didn't participate in other forms of AoE given her own disposition. Anais gave it a bit of thought and could only nod her confirmation, what she knew of that man fit the same general description and all was well... "Hm, I remember the game I loaded up having a whole set of updates when I first tried to play it. It must just be his way..." she concluded. Until of course Yuuya specified the nature of his abilities.

A pause came from both Martha and Anais in that moment as both stared at the gate wielding lad. "Wait you're going back and forth?" asked Martha seemingly surprised. "And you know how time works between the two?" ask Anais. That was news which needed to be shared and dissected immediately. "More important, you get teleported to the magical world and you don't want to miss school?" that was the question from Yume, who found the lack of true immersion on his part rather interesting, compared to what she'd seen in the others of this group so far. Sakura stared at the mall in turn seeming to be deep in thought as she processed the information they were sharing and what it might all mean.

[Bloodedge]

Matters of Albertus Animusphere aside, the mind-boggling creation of a two-way portal between worlds was worth everyone's attention. Martha questioned his trips in both directions, Anais questioned the time differential between worlds, and Yume questioned his interest in school despite entering a fantasy world. Charlemagne had different things in mind, most closely related to Yume's question. Not to bombard the lad with too much at once, though, he refrained for the time being. Yuuya would have quite a lot of questions to answer right away. "Eh... I do go back home from time to time. I mostly come here on weekends and off days, which... answers your question?" he said with an upward inflection, his attention shifting from Martha to Anais. "When I come back here, it seems like months or years have passed since my last visit ─ even though it has only been some days on the other side. I've nursed little creatures back to health, and they've been fully grown greeting me like an old friend when I revisited. After a few trips back and forth, I noticed trees were growing taller in the forest," he explained.

As for Yume's question, Yuuya didn't really know what to say. When he arrived in this world, he was the only human in a forest of monsters. He didn't even realize others were in this world for a long time. "Well, that's what I was trying to say at first. I didn't get teleported; I just walked in and back out. I figured out that if I spend about three months here, it'll only take up my Sunday at home. It'd be more accurate to say going to school is like a vacation from fighting monsters in the forest, until I came here. I'm on spring vacation now, so I've got a little less than 2 years normally ─ but when I leave the door in place, time is consistent between both worlds."

With that explanation, Charlemagne was glad he'd waited for his own question. Some serious math would have to be done, but a glimmer in his eye belied an idea. Two years could be easily passed if they could reach the right area quickly enough. "So if we went to the other world right now for a few days, we'd pass the whole waiting period over? If we could figure out the conversion of that, we might be able to make some aspects of this trip way simpler. Though... I think a good few of us are up for a long adventure, so I wouldn't want to suggest trying to wait the whole thing out. What do you guys think?"

[Apollymi]

There was a bombardment of questions and answers surrounding the abilities of Yuuya and his gateway to the other world. Sakura for her part in this conversation was remaining quiet but she was mostly using that to help sort through information for when everything else was ready. Moving on from that point... Anais and Martha both had their questions answered pretty directly. He was still busy trying to explain himself for the time being Anais and Martha both accepted his answers while having a strange amount of thought regarding that information.

At the same time, Yuuya claimed that he didn't teleport to this world, he simply walked through his gate, and he considered going home and to school as a break from the monster killing and intensity of this world. He also claimed that when his door was stationary time was consistent between the two places on the other side. "Sou ka, maybe I am the weird one here..." Yume concluded. Her own personal situation meant to her that with her friends on this side she literally had no reason to even entertain going back to the other world, aside from potentially missing some commodities of home. And with this world working the way it did she could always invent or create those kinds of things. "You're not weird, I understand why you'd make the choice you did regardless," Anais noted. She seemed to be exceedingly contemplative. This whole situation was bringing a possibility to the forefront of her mind that she hadn't considered in quite a while. "Yuuya I am sure your teachers appreciate you showing up to school on a regular basis. I'd be excited to know a student was willing to come back from a magical world," Martha mentiond.

At the same time Charles seemed to be thinking something else. That the adventure could be particularly short if they decided to spend any amount of time on the other side of the world. If they crossed over they could potentially shorten their trip quite a bit. "That's a pretty decent idea... if you didn't want to go on the adventure to its extremes, but there have to be caveats right?" said Yume not sure of everything but sure there were at least a few. "I can think of several... are we going back in the forms we currently have or our previous human forms? And how much time has actually passed for those of us who have been here for longer? Even in videogame time, 300 years is a lot, over a thousand and they could be returning to assumed deaths, empty apartments, cops or anything else..." mentioned Anais. "At the same time, I'd be lying if I didn't say that my first thought wasn't about potentially seeing my parents. And clearing my browser history," Anais confirmed of her own thoughts. "I suppose there is the potential space time problem, like if he's from a time earlier than ours, if we cross back and see ourselves does something weird happen? Do you Back to the Future yourself? Ugh... I am a history teacher not a science nerd," Martha said, her head beginning to hurt from the possibilities. "Still I wouldn't be against going back either."

[Bloodedge]

"I wouldn't quite say that," Charlemagne countered upon hearing Yume's claim. "You've been here for a day, right? After being here for a long time, it's not such a bad thing to just want... a normal day or two. Though everyone has their own situation, so I can't say much. No need to call yourself weird though," he continued. Ah, but she was right; there were surely some caveats to going between worlds. Anais was quick to comment on one in particular, as someone who lived for hundreds of years. For someone like Charlemagne, he'd be lucky to return within the lifetime of his would-be children on Gaia. There was something else, however... something he understood for the oddest reason.

By the time Martha spoke again, Charlemagne was in deep thought. Had he registered her words, he probably would have realized something unrelated, yet incredible. Yuuya's response would reach his ears, but all too late for a separate realization. "I don't think going back in time would be much of an issue. Even if I cross and go right back, it's all forward. Though I guess you all got here differently, and might not even be from the same year as me..." he mused. By then, Charlemagne's deep thought had reached something conclusory. "Temporal Reprieve," he blurted out seemingly at random. "There was a card called Temporal Reprieve that released to counter the time manipulation archetypes that were becoming popular. There was Counterflux Nexus, a rare field that accumulated counters and had a weird mechanic that could basically delete the opponent's next turn if played a certain way. That might all sound unrelated, but... I'm guessing this gate of yours is some sort of big, double-sided door ─ maybe with an owl motif?" he asked of Yuuya, who immediately seemed surprised.

"Eto... yes. That's exactly how I'd describe it," Yuuya said after a few moments of hesitation. With that confirmation given, Charlemagne couldn't be more sure of his thought process. "Then we've got our answer! That's Temporal Reprieve! When the door stays up, it streamlines the time between worlds. I might be guessing, but I'd say Mister Animusphere-god-man-thing up there opened the door in a way that'll end up perfect for us."

[Apollymi]

Charles had some oddly reassuring words for Yume. Though she'd called herself weird for very specific reasons, their group leader had claimed that after living in this world for so long seeking a normal day wasn't necessarily a bad thing. In the same breath however he claimed that even without knowing her exact circumstances he wouldn't call her weird for making the decision to throw herself into life after a single day. Yume looked at the lad most strangely her mouth opening into that little 'o' shape which was silent as she realized what he was like, "Yes, he's always like this. No it isn't just you...' Anais affirmed quietly. Charles was exactly the person he tried to be whether he fully realized it or not.

Moving on, Anais had mentioned several potential problems with moving back and forth between worlds but only one real part of her statement hit the ears of Yume. "You can clear browser history?" she asked as if this was a completely foreign concept to her. Anais for her part in this looked at her friend incredulously. "How Ai-senpai hasn't exploded from frustration I will never understand," she commented absently. Apparently two people here needed their browser history cleared. Soon after that Charles was talking children's card games. Most specifically the one based in AoE. Apparently his understanding of Yuuya's gate ability would come from that and be described in such a way that it could technically be understood by everyone present. Even from Martha's perspective it made a bit a of sense. His general idea being that time would be the same or rather sync'd up properly between both sides of the world as long as Yuuya's gate was open. "Sounds pretty far fetched even for a fantasy," said Yume. "Iia, if Charlie is talking card games.... his expertise isn't to be questioned. If he says it works, I believe him," said Anais. Ah, well that was enough for Yume. Her friend group took the opinion that their most innocent friend had the best opinions, if she spoke strongly about something they belived her. "The Indulstrial Illusions founder also isn't a bad guy according to everything about him... so if he's the who did this, I suppose it's worth at least trying out," said Martha, who knew only what news articles said about the man but, if he was the real god of this world and not actively ruining anyone's life, she could give him a bit of credit.

[Bloodedge]

Amid some odd exchange about browser history, Charlemagne was continuing his train of thought. Yuuya spoke of the door keeping time consistent between worlds. By his own assumption, that door would have only been made after the time of its related trading card and Albertus Animusphere's alleged disappearance. Yuuya mentioned being on vacation for spring as well, which placed him almost perfectly inline with Charlemagne's time, provided he wasn't some years into the future. "Tenjou─" he started, only to be interrupted immediately. "Iia, iia! Yuuya desu!" the lad corrected. "Ah... right, no problem. Yuuya. I think what we all need to know here, is how recent Age of Eternity and all its relevant materials are."

Yuuya took pause, giving the curiosity some proper thought. He didn't really consume any of the related media, but he wasn't entirely ignorant of it. Industrial Illusions as a corporation became known across the entire world shortly after its inception, so Yuuya only had to recall when he first heard of it. "I'm not sure exactly, but I knew about it for less than a year, I think," he stated. "Then there we have it. We're still in the first big year of AoE. If it's during spring break, that means... it's around the same time I came here, give or take some days. Anyone else on weird time?"

[Apollymi]

It would seem that Charles was still busy thinking about the nature of this potential cross over adventure. It didn't however escape anyone's notice how quickly Yuuya stopped Charles from being overly polite with him. Interesting. Many in his position would not be so quick to abandon formalities. Many more than that would have figured out from context that they were the people who could call the shots and more than a few might have tried it. Instead this lad was aiming for friendship which was a fine quality within the minds of both Anais and Yume. Moving on, the question now was about timing and the timing could not have been more fortuitous.

Even after a moment or two of thought, it would seem that... Yuuya was living at least in the same time as this group. And that AoE was a in its first big year. This was all good information to have for everyone present as it would place their disappearances at around the same time. "Spring Break? Yeah, that's the right time for me," Yume said with a nod. After all, her date couldn't have taken place during any other time, and it was the first time she'd felt like she could relax enough in a while. Besides that the rest of her friends were somewhat busy and also easy to access around the same time, and she'd not noticed the complete absence of Iino Miko which meant she was in the same boat. "Spring Break of that year is about right for me too... I didn't get here under the same circumstances, but I was seeing one of the related movies..." Martha mentioned of her own mishaps. Perhaps... they were all about to find themselves potentially back around the time periods they left from, but there was always another question looming in the distance. Who would be leaving and trying it out first?

[Bloodedge]

Charlemagne disappeared from their original world during spring break. Yume and Martha confirmed an absence during the same time period, and Astolfo often complained about his own lost spring break oh so long ago. The only missing note from their world was Anais, but he figured she would have said something if things were different in her case. "Is it the same for all of us then? If so, it's worth trying out," said Charlemagne.

There was indeed one thing remaining ─ that being the matter of who would be making the test trip. That wasn't much of a question, though. Charlemagne would undoubtedly be volunteering himself to go, but they would first have to address matters of importance within this world. "All that aside, I should address what I called you all for. Assuming a general rundown has already been given, the goal is to follow the trace of the Holy Grail. I can... sort of feel it in the atmosphere now. There's one that feels really big, and one that feels like it's been fading away more since yesterday. Someone tell me if it sounds wrong, but I made my suggestion earlier thinking the current big signal will start to fade only when a new one appears. We'll basically be chasing spots if I'm right. So... I thought it would be good to cut the time with periodic trips to the other world, once we've gotten to the active spot ─ until the next one is big enough to follow. It wouldn't be good to run into Aincrad's grail expedition if they're using the same method we are, and I doubt they could find us in another world if Ten─... Yuuya's door is barriered. We'd just have to figure out how much time there is between pulses, which we could probably gather on the way to the current one," he rambled.

Whether the others were onboard with his line of thinking or not, Charlemagne found it more imperative to find the first trace of the next Holy Grail. It felt large, yet distant to him. Ah, but they were on an island of Chaldea. Most important of all would be finding their way off this island without requiring more of the Holy Knights. "First we need to get out of here. Annie, can you do your thing?"

[Apollymi]

Was it the case that all of them had gone missing around spring break. "Hai, that seems to be the case..." Anais confirmed her own placement in this. It'd taken quite a while for her to go through her own mind just a bit. Of course, it would be fine for them to go back regardless, if everything worked the way they thought it might. And moving on from this, there were the facts of their coming adventure. Charles would be following a feeling related to the soon to be spawning grail and then find it. Apparently it would also be reasonable for them to avoid people from Aincrad. "Well, avoiding the enemy would be a good thing. So would spying on them... we did a campaign like that once..." Yume mentioned seeming to give it a bit of thought. "As for the timing of the whole thing, you'd probably need about three to get a good feeling for it. And account for variation between the pulses," Martha added. A sample size of preferably an odd number to make sure of frequency.

No one could immediately think of anything to say against the lad's decision and no one had any immediate arguments to his thoughts. Actually, the plan seemed like one anyone would follow with the ability to come back to the magical world and not be stuck in their previously mundane lives. Speaking of the previously mundane, Anais was called upon to do her thing. Scouting was one of her primary uses within the party that they both belonged to, and in this case, she figured she was to find them modes of transportation which would allow them to move from this island to the next, since none of them had a vehicle big enough for all of them. She'd done this sort of thing several times before, though this land was a bit more advanced than others. "Hai hai, just a second..." Anais mentioned. She stood then moving and taking a deep breath. She pulsed her mana outward making use of her sensory abilities to track the animals nearby so that they could find something to help them cross the area. Of course, in using her power this way, she received a much wider range on her abilities than she had originally. The feeling of her mana spreading out like this and bouncing along other things led her to several groups of animals spread out over the entirety of the island. She was marking them mentally, keeping track of their positions relative to where they were currently located... it would take a moment for her to organize the information and all the while Martha would be watching with a raised brow. "And for the uninitiated what exactly is she doing?" she whispered not wanting to interrupt the girl's concentration.

[Bloodedge]

With Anais chiming in, it was confirmed that they could all return to Gaia. Charlemagne nodded, knowing this idea could at least have a great deal of potential behind it. As for Yume's addition, he had but a single qualm. "Spying on them isn't inherently a bad idea. I can't outright agree with it though, because we don't know who we'll be dealing with yet. I'm almost certain there will be Templars in the area at some point. If we happen to find out who's in the group, we might be able to keep tabs on them. There are a lot of potential hard counters for some of us though," he added. With that, there was Martha's addition to the conversation. She suggested that three be used as a sample size for grail signs. Frankly, Charlemagne agreed. "That's solid. We'll keep track until three ─ no messing around with the time part until we've got solid numbers."

Upon request, Anais went about scanning the vicinity for creatures. She'd been proving invaluable for that ability, especially on their most recent expedition from Aincrad. Ah, but Martha spoke while her scan was being performed. She was not a member of their group, and thus had no knowledge of the 'thing' Anais did. Charlemagne had no issues explaining for a comrade. "She's scanning for creatures. We wouldn't want to ask if you guys have ships or anything, since there's a chance of it being destroyed when we're out. So, she's checking for any flying creatures we might use to get to other lands up here," he explained casually.

[Apollymi]

According to Charles, spying on the enemy wasn't a bad idea. Though he did claim that some might have a few hard counters to them as a group. Well that was better in the thoughts of someone like Yume who thought that knowing what was coming up would make it potentially that much easier to deal with. Besides that if they can keep ahead of their competition they could control the flow of the upcoming interactions a bit better. "Sou ka, I'll keep it in mind..." mentioned Yume as she figured she'd likely be at least a little involved with such a task if it came up. Beyond that there was the idea put forth by Martha which entailed three points of tracking before deciding officially on timing, and that was also called solid and accepted. It was good to have such a smooth planning session. Martha would nod to that before her final question was answered. Apparently the lass who'd introduced herself properly this morning as Anais, was scanning the area for creatures they could use as transport. As far as skills went that one seemed a bit specialized for someone who was a healer. "So, she's like an animal whisperer/scout and a healer?" she said seeming to find the mix odd but, she supposed having a varied set of abilities was likely good for adventuring as someone like Charles would have undertaken it.

"Scout huh? I could see that..." Yume mentioned seemingly amused by the comparison. After that speech hand ended Anais opened her eyes and seemed to be gathering her thoughts. "That was a bit wider range than I expected," she murmured softly. "I... scanned the whole island and there are a few griffins to the west," she commented. "Some wyverns nesting by the mountain," she added while pointing. And then...she turn looked towards the southeast of the mountain directly... "There is something winged and equine gathered up over there. I'm not sure what it is, but there are multiples," she added having come to her own conclusions about that. The wildlife of this place was rather varied but as far as flying creatures that could be used as mounts were concerned, those flying horses were likely their best bet.

[Bloodedge]

What Martha gathered of Anais's overall ability was rather spot-on, yet also far from the whole truth. Since he was already on a roll with card game references, Charlemagne found it surprisingly easy to make a more accurate claim for the Twelve Peers' resident elafia. "Among other things, yeah. I'd rather say... a staple. One that probably needs a nerf, but one that'll still be played even if they absolutely nerf it into the ground," he countered. Some cards were unfair. If his own group became a series of trading cards, any deck variant he had would surely feature Anais and all associated spells as a core engine. Actually... now that he thought about it, he did intend to do something about creating trading cards in this world, as per an earlier conversation with Angelica. Maybe he now had some inspiration.

Once Anais completed her scan, she made clear the fact that it was more powerful than it was previously. Charlemagne stared at the elafia, sporting a deadpan expression with a glint of understanding in his eye... and something else. "Yeah. You should be nerfed," he said absently. As for what she found, the first mention was particularly interesting. A griffin would be an incredible familiar and support creature, but taming even one was nigh impossible. "Ugh. One the right size would carry three people, but... the problem would be taming even one. Astolfo and Martha are the only ones with confirmed ability to ride draconian species, so I guess our best bet is the... err... I want to assume pegasus, but I don't think they group up like that."

While the discussion neared its end, Ailen decided to insert himself. He'd been sitting on a nearby bench while the others discussed their upcoming journey. Quite a few things had his interest, but he seemed bent on fiddling with a few weeds and twigs taken from the nearby area. Finally, he had something to add. "It is likely a form of pegasus most closely connected to darkness. There are some heavy traces of demonic activity in the area, so these creatures were surely attracted to it ─ as that breed would be attracted to each other."

[Apollymi]

Healer, Scout, Animal Whisperer. All of these were things that Anais considered herself. She was also a bard and a fairly reasonable sword-wielder, and now... a fairly proficient alchemist. How Charles described her, was how he would have in terms of a children's card game. In truth, the term staple was one which was apart of his earlier words enough that Martha understood what a compliment it was coming from him. "I see. I'm glad she ended up hanging out with someone like you then," Martha added. Anais from even just a few moments of conversation seemed to be quiet and unknowing of the true depths of her own abilities. Given this, she could have easily been taken advantage of in the wrong kind of situation. As far as Martha was concerned Charles was probably one of the best people for her to end up hanging out with of the people she knew...

"Griffins are kind of unruly at best... and I thought Pegasus liked to go solo, like unicorns," Anais murmured. She'd never tried riding anything draconic at all either so she figured the horse creatures were likely to be best, but as a scout she presented all options as openly as possible. 'We could ride a dragon, wanna find a hot one and try?~' Sinais was suddenly rather talkative again and this time beyond the lionman of their earlier discourse encouraging her to ride a dragon, with a tone and cadence that implied a very specific kind of riding. Finger tapping had returned and Yume remained watching with something of a devious smirk on her face. How very interesting. Luckily Ailen decided to speak which was enough to distract the elafia drawing her attention to her mentor.

He spoke of a species similar to a pegasus which would be drawn by the void influence present here. Anais and Yume had both noticed something, but neither found anything negative with what they felt. "Sou ka, I thought I felt something familiar, so we going to investigate the dark horses?" Yume asked, Anais could only look in the direction of their query and Sakura did as well. The abilities being shown by this group at large were rather interesting and she'd remained quiet to take it all in. She found their abilities interesting at least, but more so than that, Charles had become very interesting. Initially she'd been a bit worried about his mind, but it seemed his thoughts were more suited to things she didn't have expertise in, so she'd falling into her older habits, observing his thought patterns directly while being rather reserved.

[Bloodedge]

"That makes two of us," was Charlemagne's simple response to Martha. With that, his thoughts moved forward to the acquisition of some unknown pegasus-like creature. Ailen's words were quite helpful in identifying the target he thought best for their approach. "Are they dangerous?" Charlemagne asked, causing the elf to shake his head. "Not at all. Though it would certainly defend itself as any creature would, a Thestral is peaceful in nature. They only receive a terrible reputation for two reasons: they are creatures of demonic origin, and they can only be seen by those who have witnessed death. Most mortals view them as bad omens, but they are wonderful creatures," Ailen insisted.

Thestrals seemed like a suitable option for their departure. It seemed most of the group had eyes already set on the horizon, so Charlemagne wouldn't be holding them up at all. Yume was the one to question the finality of their decision; she'd get an answer posthaste. "I say we go for it! We run up, we find these thestrals, and we go..." Charlemagne paused for a moment, opening his senses once more to the Holy Grail trace. Once he'd done that, he pointed southeast. "That way! It doesn't feel too ridiculously far from here, so it shouldn't be much of a flight. Lead the way, Annie!"

[Apollymi]

Martha was a pretty understanding individual. She'd seen the kindness of Anais even yesterday when she'd offered to heal Siegfried without prompting and when she'd gone along to do so regardless. She seemed like the type of person who wasn't quite finished yet and who could use someone looking out for her, and as such Charles was one of the best people for her to meet. Soon after that, Ailen's brain was being exhausted a bit, as questions were asked of him concerning their next major endeavor which was taming something he'd called a Thestral. According to Ailen they'd defend themselves against danger, but weren't inherently dangerous they were simply misunderstood. They could apparently only be seen by those who'd witnessed death, and beyond that were demonic in nature and as such the people of this world didn't appreciate them very much. "Sou ka," Anais murmured seeming to be storing and processing the information processed by her mentor, she might have a few questions later that needed clarifying.

But right at the moment she was needed. She'd be leading the charge towards the creatures and so she took up a casual pace towards them. Her own senses were also open so she could avoid scaring the creatures if possible. Technically they weren't too far off from the Sanctum itself. But it was still a bit of a walk for those who were unused to the sort of activity it would have been. Up a plateau towards an area that overlooked a rather large opening right at the edge of a tree line. They were quite skinny but they had black leathery wings like bats while having the general shape and demeanor of horses. They grazed, and frolicked with unusual abandon. All along, Anais herself had been making no noise upon her approach and would be the first to step out to greet them to keep them from panicking if necessary. But... something strange would be happening with that notion. Small heard of the creatures would be turning to face the elafia and bowing in subservience. "That's unexpected," she said softly.

[Bloodedge]

And so, the group was guided toward a herd of demonic, flying horses. Ailen seemed easily capable of casually following the elafia. Charlemagne was in the same proverbial boat, and Astolfo... well, Astolfo was still lazily slumped over a horse, letting it carry him along. Yuuya, the least known of the leading group, also appeared to have no issues making the trek. Along the way, it was Ailen who seemed the most distracted. Everything in this upper layer of the world was quite fascinating. Both flora and fauna were of extraordinary quality everywhere he looked.

In due time, Anais stepped out ahead of the others to meet with the thestrals. In doing so however, she was met by the subservience of an entire herd. Charlemagne was almost certain she hadn't done anything intentionally, but there was obviously little to no point in waiting around now. He stepped up behind the elafia, treading softly and slowly. Once he reached the lass, he spoke just as softly as he'd been walking. "Did you... by chance, get another ability I don't know about? Or am I racist for wondering if it's a related species type of thing?" he wondered aloud.

[Apollymi]

Martha was another who walked along as if unperturbed by the distance or nature of things. At the same time, Yume seemed not to be doing much walking at all, after a certain number of steps the halo above her head seemed to be glowing, keeping her in a tractor beam of sorts which had her floating gently along absently poking Astolfo's nose one in a while as he was slumped over his horse. Meanwhile, Sakura was taking in the sights, in a manner rather similar to her elf father, though admittedly with much less enthusiasm. 'I wonder if I could have borrowed Wu-papa's cloud?' she wondered curiously.

Eventually though, they would find themselves before a herd of thestrals. The bowing to Anais was something she'd not expected. There had been no magical assertion, no skills use or anything like that. They'd simply decided to bow to her, as odd as she found it. At the approach of Charles they seemed to stand a bit straighter, but as there was no showing of fear from Anais there they seemed content to wait for her approach. Charles's words to the elafia were comical at best, but a bit of sarcasm seemed capable of escaping her in the moment. "I've been able to upgrade a few of my skills, but I haven't gotten anything new, at least not for this... and you're definitely racist~" Anais said casually. "Definitely racist, she's not a demon horse," mentioned Yume who'd approached as well, it would seem that bowing was back on the menu which would garner her a look as well. "Hm, I'm demon stuff... I am wearing one of their gods as a dress.. so it makes a bit of sense. Petting a demon horse now~" she mused as she approached more than willing to walk up to one and after a tentative approach while one remained with its head down she gave it a gentle pat rubbing its neck gently. "Hm, in that case it's probably has to do with the spirit then," Anais hypothesized. 'Hell yes it was me! Bow before me!~' Sinais was quite an interesting person inside her head. And it would be Yume who looked towards her and raised a brow. "Yes, the deer spirit." Yume's words held a certain amount of sarcasm. "I guess that takes care of the ride thing. But do we ignore how ridiculous this is?" Martha asked legitimately.

[Bloodedge]

If Charlemagne was certain of one thing in recent times, it was that oddities would continue occurring. Anais received the subservience of creatures none of them had mentioned encountering before, he was apparently being racist again, and Yume received a similar reaction to Anais upon her approach. Whatever the reason for these events, Charlemagne had plenty of reason to sigh. "Of course I'm being racist. Again," he huffed. While Yume went ahead to pet one of the thestrals, Charlemagne stood back and contemplated the immediate future. For flying creatures, they didn't seem like they would possess enough stamina and coordination to carry multiple people who were not of the Rider class. On the other hand, they couldn't gamble on griffon-taming or wyvern-subduing for all eight of them. This remained the best course of action.

Ah, but they did have two Riders along with them. With those two leading the charge, perhaps their flight could be organized well enough? "Asta, Martha, do either of you think it's possible to corral these things for a cross-island trip?" he wondered. Luckily, there was no need for their answer. Ever the wise elf, Ailen knew the potential difficulties of riding eight thestrals across long distances. While behind the others, it seemed he had somehow produced a carriage large enough to fit eight-to-ten adults. "Sharp mind. No need to worry. You're right in assuming a coordinated trip would prove difficult, but it is easily solved by keeping all of the thestrals grouped like this," he said, drawing attention to the large, wooden construct behind him. There appeared to be small branches and leaves sprouting from the carriage, as if it had just been literally grown. Alas, Charlemagne, Astolfo and Yuuya didn't see a thing until Ailen spoke. "If we had half as many taking the trip, it would be no issue. With this number however, I would say at least four drawing a carriage would be ideal unless there are many stops to be made along the way," the elf added. Charlemagne had enough of questioning the ridiculous, but Yuuya was baffled by the carriage's sudden appearance. "Sugoi! Did he already have that? It looks like it was just built, but there aren't trees missing or anything. I keep seeing so many new things in this world!"

[Apollymi]

Charles gave a huff, which was about what Anais had come to expect. It made her smile just a little to see him a bit more in a regular mood from what he had been the two days prior to this. Sakura also took note of the playful discontent and wondered if it was more normal. There was also his question of racism, which she didn't understand but figured that was along thing she just didn't have context for, yet. Meanwhile, Anais took to questioning Yume gently. "Why did you say deer like that?" she asked while also petting one of the creatures. "No reason, you can see them right? You think Kei-chan would like them?" she asked about the creatures. "Yeah, demonic horse is definitely right up her alley," Anais confrmed.

In the meantime Charles brain was still working. He was thinking through the coordinated movement necessary to see eight people get to a new place. He asked their resident riders about corralling multiple creatures, and Martha began giving it some thought... only to have her thunder stolen by the elf that had been along with them the entire time. "Eh?" that was the only thing she could say. Though Martha had been in this world much longer than Yuuya, she also didn't expect the appearance of a carriage out of nowhere. "It's really nice, Shishou," Anais said taking notice of the box. It would seem about four would be needed and she had begun picking them for the expedition. She didn't choose the bigger adults nor the smaller juveniles but instead the ones within the middle who looked like they were apt for adventure. And in the end with a bit of her mana applied she had four following her towards the carriage. "Hm, you guys think these four will work. I thought they had the best general size and fitness requirements," she offered to Astolfo and Martha. "Are we really just skipping past the Cinderella carriage?" she asked, of the world at large. She was used to combat proficiency and a bit of extravagance when one encountered the Egyptians, but this was getting out of hand quickly even for her.

[Bloodedge]

With a carriage at the ready, Ailen seemed prepared to move at any given moment. This upper world was so interesting that he thought it worthwhile to investigate more areas. Even if he remained at the Eternal Sanctum for a while longer, he'd only be observing for ages to come. Such was the life of a scholar in new environments. Luckily for him, Anais was quick to collect a group of thestrals that all seemed suitable to the journey ahead. Astolfo seemed a bit whiney for reasons not yet made clear, but... in typical Astolfo fashion, he'd make his gripes clear soon enough. "Will they get us to the beach episode? All that talk about spring break reminded me of the beach episode!" he groaned.

"That's 'Astolfo' for 'they're fine,'" said Charlemagne. He wasn't even bothered by the sudden carriage, but Martha apparently was ─ while Yuuya was merely astounded. Talk of a Cinderella carriage was very on the nose, Charlemagne thought. "If I'm being honest, that's the least crazy thing I've seen this week. It only gets weirder if you think about it too much," he assured. With that, he was en route to the carriage. Despite his lax behavior about it, Charlemagne would be the one most immediately affected by its interior. The front possessed space enough for two, as one might expect when two Riders were present. Inside, however, there were two seats right behind the drivers' location, and... two seats on either side of a throne at the other end. That throne seemed fit for two. Of course it was. Seeing the lad's strange expression, Ailen spoke again while urging him into the carriage. "In elf society, transportation follows the arrangement of our councils. I've adjusted that view of hierarchy based on the structure of Munetsuchi by adding a throne fit for two. Go on. I think setting up the thestrals will be easily handled without you, so perhaps we should start moving."

[Apollymi]

And there it was. Everything with Astolfo came back to the 'beach episode'. He had whiny type statements to share about the potential for these thestrals to lead to that eventuality. Anais could only shake her head. She cuold fully tell at this point that the lad was related to her friend, she also had a strange fixation on very specific subjects from time to time. Ones which would come up literal months after the fact with the same enthusiasm. Charles, even went so far as to explain that the lad thought the creatures fine for their purpose. "It's okay. I understood that one, I now fully realize how much he's like his sister," Anais muttered as she gave a final gentle pat to the creature.

It would seem beyond that, Martha wasn't ready for the sheer number of outrageous incidents she was likely to encounter being attached to Charles and his group for any amount of time. The lad claimed that the elf making a carriage out of nothing wasn't even the most ridiculous thing he'd seen all week. "I am morbidly curious but I also don't think I want to know. Like I don't get how you're handling all this... I have no idea how I am going to handle all of this..." Martha clarified. Sakura looked at the woman confused. She was a teacher but she didn't want to know this thing? Was this another human emotional thing? She supposed she'd continue observing. Just the same she looked into the carriage and smiled at the interior. "Arigatou gouzaimasu, Otou-chan," she said willing to enter with Charles after he received his explanation. She had no problem taking the seat that was meant for her, leaving enough space for Charles to join her. Yume went and flopped down seeming to have some understanding of the hierarchy already she took a window seat opposite the other pair. And Martha for her point in this understood her job as a rider and took one of the front seats assuming that Astolfo would take the other. She cast a simple magic that would let her harness the thestrals and ready them all for departure. Anais went to join her mentor and would enter the carriage with him whenever he was ready to do so. And then they'd all be ready to go.

[Bloodedge]

"... Somebody decided to make two of them?" Charlemagne wondered aloud accidentally. He didn't know Astolfo had a sibling in either world, and he couldn't imagine someone making the conscious decision to birth a second person like that. Knowing they were similar in a noteworthy manner only solidified that train of thought. Astolfo didn't seem to mind the form of conversation being had about him; he was far too busy lamenting his lack of a true, scandalous beach experience. In fact, he was dragging his feet upon actually sliding off that horse. At least he still had the horse. It wouldn't have been naturally capable of accompanying them, but as a Rider, Astolfo was able to link it to himself via temporary summoning contract. Once he managed that, the pink-haired lad took a seat next to Martha.

Charlemagne just had to deal with some things at this point. He was obviously meant to share a seat with Sakura. They both understood as much, with Sakura thanking her father for the construct while taking that middle seat herself. Charlemagne didn't even bother arguing before joining the lass on the throne. He would be joined soon enough by Ailen, who took the empty seat at Sakura's side. Yuuya, feeling as if he belonged the least among this group, took the open seat on the carriage's less-crowded side. All the while, Astolfo was joining Martha with some magical reins of his own. "Blehh! Astolfo Taxi activate!" he exclaimed, albeit somewhat lazily.

[Apollymi]

It would be Yume who had an answer to the craziness of the Totsuka. "They are twins," she said simply. So at least it was a little true that the pair hadn't tried to have two children the same amount of crazy, they had simply spawned in that way. That was the case, Anais remembered initially thinking the girl was lying because she'd never met her twin before, but the other girls had corroborated his existence. They apparently lived with different parents and only visited each other periodically, to avoid 'school issues'. Whatever the case, that part was going to be left to the winds. No, there was Martha and Astolfo would be dong the driving and Charles had entered and taken his seat beside Sakura in the big throne. Ailen and taken a seat on the side next to Sakura which left Anais taking the one next to Charles. "I know what this set up is like this... but it feels odd," murmured Anais.

The carriage would be taking off at any moment, with Martha choosing to follow Astolfo's lead. Moving on from this point, it would be Yume who spoke again. "You never like where you sit. Just be happy it isn't a car and you're not just stuck in the middle~" Yume teased gently. Miko was small and as such whenever the adults drove them places the other girls made her sit directly in the center because she didn't need the leg room in her previous form. "Speaking of, you guys have about five minutes of time to ask me questions or get my input on thing," Yume said already yawning. How was she always so relaxed inside of a vehicle.

[Bloodedge]

Twins. How strange. Charlemagne could never have imagined a girl being the same as Astolfo ─ possibly due in part to his preexisting feminine visage and manner of dress. The mental image he had of a sister was... A short-haired Astolfo in full plate armor, somehow with hidden voluptuousness of ridiculous quality. That was a tough image to process. Oh well; he could move on without too much curiosity, taking the slightly-snug fit next to Sakura in the carriage throne. There was just enough space for the pair to sit side-by-side, but just little enough that he had to sling an arm around her midriff to fit comfortably. This had to be part of the plan. Oh well.

Yume warned the group that they had only five minutes of access to her for whatever purposes, yawning as she did so. It seemed she was the type who might sleep her way through a road trip. That, at least, was Yuuya's thought on the matter. Charlemagne thought the same, and shook his head as if to say he needed nothing. Meanwhile, Astolfo was taking necessary steps toward moving the group along. He seemed no less disheartened even as he shuffled around a bit. Astolfo snapped the reins in the strangest way. He did so while simultaneously slinging one leg around Martha, pinning himself between the carriage and her back and... of course, keeping his groin pressed firmly against her lower back as it peeked from beneath his skirt. The snapping motion itself landed his hands on the woman's breasts, leaving the reins wrapped around his wrists as if he intended to handle control using Martha's bosom as handles. "Hyah~!" he called during the initial jiggle of the female saint's mounds. With that, the journey would officially begin (http://www.roleplayuniverse.net/forums/showthread.php?1064-Charles-Patricius).