Chapter 75:Pretenses
"Hello! Simon! I am sorry if my appearance disturbed you!"
The first thing Flora did was suppress all her negative emotions and project an outward appearance of being normal.
Simon did not need to know that an extremely large part of her wanted to drag him into her tree and feed on him for a century or two.
Scaring him would be very counter-productive to her wishes.
"No. It is alright. But why are you standing here Miss Flora?"
"Well..."
She scratched the back of her leafy head, she had an excuse, she only hoped it would work.
"You have joined part way through this semester and you made quite an impression. So I thought, why not try to teach you in private to help you catch up with the rest of the class!"
Now, this was not entirely a pretense. She did conduct private lessons for some Tamers who were lagging behind her class.
She even had a pair of books relevant to her class material wrapped in vines on her back.
She just happened to have some ulterior motives attached as well.
"Oh!"
The boy seemed to brighten up at the declaration and followed it with an immediate answer.
"Alright."
Flora put a green hand on her chest, bringing attention to her absurd bust, which looked like it wanted to rip out of the confines of her blouse as she let out a sigh of relief.
"Good."
Her expression turned studious.
"I wish to discuss this further with you. Do you wish to come to my office or are you willing to have it in the comfort of your own home?"
Simon shrugged.
"Let's do my home since it's closer."
Flora nodded calmly and began to follow the boy who had already started moving to his abode.
In her head, however, she leaped for joy, the first step was completed!
Then she noticed something.
At the edges of her magical senses, there was a presence. Given that it triggered one of her alarms, that entity was using some kind of hiding ability.
Her instincts told her to act on it immediately, but she stopped herself. She was powerful and if came down to it she could handle a threat, but she did not need to jeopardize this important 'first' impression.
His home was luxurious, which was to be expected, based on the data she dug up on the boy, he was designated as a blessed one. They got quite a few perks not given to the average Tamer.
One thing she was very deliberately ignoring, was the sealing magic existing as a black tattoo on the boy's wrists and neck. She also knew that there was one around his ankles as well.
If everything went badly and the boy wanted to reject her, she was planning on using that bit of information as a final trump card.
"Miss Flora?"
"Yes?"
"What now?"
"Oh! Sorry!"
Flora blushed, she was getting so caught into her own schemes that she forgot that she needed to execute them.
"Alright. First! We need to create a timetable. How many times a week are willing to house me?"
"Every day?"
"Was that a question?"
"Sorry, I do not know how many days a week I may need. Is it flexible?"
"Yes."
"Then every day for now."
She was over the moon at that answer though she would not show it. She had an entire outline planned out, specifically designed to get them closer. But before all that, she needed to ask a very important question.
"Something I would like to get out of the way, and I would not even ask if you were not a new student. You realize that you are obligated to feed me, correct?"
"I figured as much. Sure. I can agree to that."
"Excellent!"
This time she could not help the excited giggle that escaped her plush naturally purple lips.
Yes! He had accepted!
She became very very excited, and the amiable answer brought out her held-back hunger.
Feeling emboldened by his positive reception she decided to see how far she could push.
"Dear Simon. I have a favor to ask."
Simon looked at her with a raised eyebrow and a knowing smirk.
"You want me to feed you right now? Am I right?"
Flora looked away, the wind taken out of her sails.
"Yes... I am sorry if that offended you."
She messed up. She had come on too strongly. Now, he was going to use this to...
"What are you doing?"
"How am I supposed to feed you without getting my penis out? Speaking of which, do you have a book I can read while you get your fill?"
Flora blinked.
"You are not angry?"
"No? Why should I be? You are a monster girl, it is very reasonable that you came to me because you find my essence attractive."
Reality suddenly hit Flora like a mountain of stone and she looked down.
What was she doing?
Taking advantage of a new Tamer for her own gain. Didn't that make her just as bad as the people she hated?
"What's wrong?"
"Hmm?!?"
Flora looked back up as she found the boy suddenly very close. Her instincts were enraged at his proximity but her bout of self-loathing locked it up in an impregnable cage.
"Your leaves wilted and you suddenly look sad. Is everything alright?"
She let out a raspberry as she shook her head.
"No."
Her expression was resigned as words spilled out of her.
"Simon. I am very sorry, I did not approach you to teach you. It was just an excuse..."
She was cut off as the victim raised his hand.
"It was an attempt to try and be bound to me. Right?"
She slowly nodded.
"Then it is fine."
Her emerald eyes went wide as she stared at him.
"No! It's not!"
"Yes, it is."
There was a glint in his eye as he said it, and Flora noticed something else, the tattoos were softly glowing.
"Simon... I think... there's something..."
Her thoughts were halted abruptly as he brought out his penis mid-sentence.
"Come on and feed already. I know you will like it!"
Flora felt threads of magic come out of the black tattoos and attach themselves faster than she could react. It was like all her higher thoughts suddenly became very distant and sluggish.
*Slurp* *Suck*
"Ooh... She was a tough cookie to crack... I wonder how Victor will react. If he knew his boy was going to get a tier 7 legendary monster as his third monster! I can't wait!"