Chapter 220

For a bit, everyone caught their breaths. Particularly Natalie and Liz, of course, but everyone in the secluded train car was blushing and a bit worked up, after Natalie’s thorough abuse of the petite royal’s throat.

Afterward, Natalie pulled out her vial of cleansing liquid and worked on making herself presentable again. That particular escapade hadn’t been especially dirty, not by the standards of some events, but the rather eager way Natalie had grabbed Liz’s head and used it to her content had left some stray saliva and cum in a variety of places. Even if not just to keep their clothes from staining, but for smell too. They were headed for a quest briefing, and she doubted there’d be a chance for a shower in the meantime. Thank the heavens they’d gotten the magical cleansing liquid. It solved a lot of logistical problems.

Eventually, Liz spoke up. “You weren’t kidding, Jordan,” she groaned, a hand resting on her stomach. “She puts out so much. I feel full. People aren’t supposed to cum that much, are they?”

“Another benefit of having a goddess as her patron, I guess,” Jordan laughed. “But yeah. It’s really something.”

“Did it work?” Ana asked, taking the breaking of the silence as an indicator that she could speak herself. “Did the spell take hold?”

Sofia huffed. “Give her a second to compose herself, at least, won’t you?”

Ana pursed her lips, eyes meeting Sofia’s briefly, then landing back on Liz’s. She didn’t press, though her obvious interest went nowhere.

Liz laughed at the girl’s plain impatience. “Yes, it worked, Ana,” she said. “I guess the skill’s wording was vague for a reason.” She blushed, then stammered out her next words. “Which means won’t have to go even further to cast it. So that’s good.”

“Don’t sound too disappointed,” Jordan laughed.

“W-What? Why would I be disappointed?”

“Why would you be sad that Natalie doesn’t have to use a different hole to activate her skill? Hmm.” Jordan tapped her lips as she feigned trying to come up with a reason. “I wonder.”

“S-Shut up. Anyway,” Liz choked out. “Um. Yes. It worked.” She focused on Ana desperately, talking business to escape Jordan’s smirk. “And it’s really strong. It’d probably be a lot more noticeable on one of you all, having physical stats boosted, but even I can feel it. My spells are going to be way stronger. It’s a shame we have to wait to test it.”

“It says it gives a ‘massive’ boost, so probably a lot,” Ana commented.

“There’ll be a chance in town, eventually,” Liz said.

“Slated as a two-to-three day quest, so yeah,” Natalie said, deciding to spare the poor girl by also joining in with the practical discussion. “There’s gonna be plenty of downtime.”

“Wonder what the quest is, anyway,” Liz said.

Natalie shrugged. Tenet tended to provide pretty minimal descriptions of the various quests they assigned—rather, they’d be briefed upon arrival to their destination.

From there, the heated atmosphere of the cabin dissipated. The five of them settled in for a more regular sort of friendly bonding—chatting about what the following days might have in store for them, and other idle things. With this being a several hour long train ride, that conversation naturally tapered off, and soon the five of them were passing time in whatever ways they wished. Which for everyone except Natalie, and strangely Ana, meant pulling out a textbook to catch up on the academic requirements of Tenet.

At some point, Natalie stepped out from the private cabin to head to the restroom, and Sofia followed after her.

“Nat?”

Turning around, Natalie gave the girl a curious look. They were alone in the hallway, between private cabins. Speaking quietly, they wouldn’t be overheard by anyone.

After a moment of chewing her lip, Sofia said, “Thanks for what you did back there, by the way.”

“What I did?” Natalie asked, brow furrowing, not immediately understanding what Sofia meant. “I, uh. Did a lot, ‘back there’.”

Sofia blushed and glanced away. “I don’t believe that you were ... as fast, your first time. You lied about that. Because I was embarrassed by it.”

Natalie briefly hesitated, uncertain whether she should insist on the point—but she didn’t want to lie, especially when pressed. And she thought Sofia’s reaction had been primarily because of her audience, Ana and Liz, not Natalie.

She doubly didn’t want to lie because it would imply that Sofia’s quick finish somehow wasn’t okay, or that it was something to embarrassed about. Which Natalie thought was stupid. She’d planned on bringing it up herself, honestly, if perhaps not so soon.