Chapter 77: Aftermath

"I am so sorry!"

By the time Flora was done, Simon was very very woozy unable to do anything but fall flat on his back, thankfully the monster girl was kind enough to grab him and lay him down on one of the sofas.

"Itsh Fii-ne..."

Simon was still coherent if only barely.

What he just went through... was an experience. But he survived and secretly, might have even enjoyed the act.

It took a bit of effort but he managed to drag his arms and pat on the vines that still held onto him.

Through his currently slightly blurry vision, he could see that Flora was currently on her knees with her head alomst touching the floor.

About half a dozen vines were still holding him giving him a bit of stability in his dizzy state.

"Ghett-e U-pp... Itch alllwite."

"I swear I shall make this right! I do not know why the psychics did not intervene but I will turn myself right now!"

Simon groaned, his current state made it very difficult to think not to mention communicate.

But he had to do something, a small voice at the back of his mind was insistent about that fact.

If he did not stop her, it would not end well for anyone. That was what it was telling him and he listened.

An idea came to his groggy mind.

His legs looked like they were in kicking distance of her head and mustering as much strength as he could he chucked his foot forward.

There was not much force behind the action but it achieved the desired result as he managed to lightly tap her head.

Doing so, made the monster girl look and grimace at the result of her indiscriminate feeding.

Simon was sure he looked like shit given that his mind was having a hard time keeping focus.

But it was not like the time Amy went ham, he was not drained. It was just that he had been so overstimulated for so long that his brain was taking its sweet time trying to find its equilibrium.

It was like there was currently some sort of disconnect between his mind and body and everything was coming out sluggish and off.

"Com-eph upth theeare."

As he said so he tried beckoning her which he only half managed.

Flora did so, being able to understand his gibberish words.

She tentatively approached closer but still kept a bit of distance with her body, her vines were still acting as support.

"Are you alright?... I am so sorry. I do not know what came over me. No. I know exactly what happened. I let myself go, I let my base instincts take over... I am so evil... I am a hypocrite..."

She started talking herself down and as she did so, she started to widen the distance between them.

This irritated Simon. He was the victim and he was saying it was fine. Not to mention, he was the one who goaded her into starting the whole thing.

He tried again.

"Itsh Fin-e. Cohme heeare."

Flora looked at him with anguish clear in her expression.

It was only made worse by what she was feeling inside. One would think it was remorse but no, a vast majority of her thoughts surrounded the fact of how delicious her to be Tamer was. And how good it would be when she finally turned him into her tree.

It was sickening just how easily she almost fell into old, selfish, and evil habits. Even after years of trying to cultivate a more kind and docile persona. The moment her powers started to so much as hint at a bloom things almost immediately went insane.

And she did not realize it till she saw what she had done. Such was its insidious nature. It was this inability to feel sorrow for her actions that had her in so much pain.

"No, it is not! Do you even realize what I have done to you? What I could have done to you? It is a small miracle you can even speak at this moment. I may have even damaged your future as a tamer! I must turn myself in!"

"I shaid itch fine."

Simon was starting to get angry, and the slowly building rage helped him focus. Even in his stupor, he understood that she wanted to go to the authorities, which would mean she would go away.

The thought of no longer being able to tame her made Simon irrationally seethe.

"How can you..."

It boiled over.

"Goddammit, I said it's fine! Come up here!"

Simon found his balance and it was at the rage he was feeling at the thought of Flora not being his. It triggered something deep and primal.

He wanted her and he would have her.

Flora was stunned at the sudden clarity of her supposed victim. Not only was his speech fixed quickly a couple of other things happened in rapid succession.

First, his body regained most if not all of its strength, something she could intimately feel through her vines.

Second was that his eyes were glowing in a crimson light which had a slight hellish tint to it.

Finally, the bands were glowing again and this time small invisible chains wrapped around his body. Flora realized that the seal was currently suppressing whatever power he was trying to unleash.

"Did I stutter?"

There was a command to his voice and Flora's inner ego wanted to immediately clash, her inner legend not at all liking the condescending timber of his voice.

He should be grateful that he was not dead at the moment. What he should be doing was start feeding her again.

But she stuffed that sudden surge of dominant emotions and instead answered much more demurely.

"No..."

As she said so she started to move only to have a hand stop her.

"Actually. I have a better idea."

Without any context whatsoever, he brought out his penis back in the open and said.

"You are going to suck on this except you are going to be good and suck on this like a good normal monster girl."

Flora's mouth dropped in astonishment. She could not keep up with what he had just said. Her inner monster, however, was supremely interested in obeying all of a sudden and salivated at the appendage despite being fed mere minutes ago.

"What are you!?…"

She was cut off mid-sentence by a dismissive wave of her hand followed by a growling statement.

"I don't fucking care what you have to say! Be a good girl and suck on me like N-O-R-M-A-L!"

She was caught very off guard by this massive change in stance.

This was just a boy and he had been so reserved the last time they had met. Why was he?...

She was hit with an extreme revelation.

This was a boy who had just reached sexual maturity.

But he wielded power far far beyond what was reasonable for a Tamer his age.

Many different pieces started falling into place in the head of the ancient World Tree.

She carefully came back down on her knees now inches from his appendage. Her inner ego was completely assuaged now that it was about to be fed.

While looking directly at him she took him in her mouth entirely.

He looked satisfied at her actions and even pet her head as if he was training a pet.

Flora was going to follow along but after this, both of them needed cool down and have a serious discussion. Simon had a lot of problems.