Chapter 236 – Bath relaxation (18+)

“Fuck me.” Said Noah, lifting his head and gazing into her face.

“I just did, Master.” Said Zinnia, giggling, sending them both into a fit of laughter.

“Yeah. You did. But I mean, damn. That was crazy.” Said Noah, sighing still in disbelief of the intensity of that orgasm.

“Yes. But very good.” Agreed Zinnia, hugging him slightly harder with her vines, holding him both tightly and gently, while caressing his skin with her hands in an endearment, showing Noah her great adoration of him.

It pleased him to see she felt this way toward him, but also produced an involturay smile on his lips when he imagined how they must have looked from the side.

With her size of a giantess and his normal human body fully fitting on her torso, so that her breast served as his cushion, they looked more like an adult hugging a small kid.

As they lay, Noah noticed the small rivulet of that delicious liquid dripping down her breast and wiped it with his finger, placing it into his mouth. The sweet mix of taste, reminding him of honey, fruit juice and forestry freshness, and with rich floral aroma filled his taste buds, making him voice a satisfied ‘mmmm’.

“Strange?” Asked Zinnia in a bashful tone.

“Delicious. Very specific taste unlike any honey or syrup that I ever tasted but very similar to it. Very tasty.” He said and gazed into her eyes. “May I ask about it?”

“Yeah…” Said Zinnia with a slight tone of hesitation.

“Is it an uncomfortable topic? I don't mind if you don't want to answer.” Said Noah quickly, taking her hesitation as a reluctance.

“No. No, it's not. Nothing like that, Master. Just…Caught me a bit by surprise, I am not sure where to start explaining.” Zinnia hurried to reassure him.

“I see, but I hope it's a good thing at least seeing as you thanked me for it.” He said raising an eyebrow.

“Oh great creator, you heard it?” Groaned Zinnia, covering her face with hands in embarrassment.

“Yeah.” said Noah and gently pulled her hands away, looking into her face flushing with a deeper hue of green than the rest of her skin. “Please don't. You have nothing to be embarrassed about. If I did something bad…”

Zinnia quickly shook her head in denial, showing his guess was wrong.

She bit her lips as if gathering her thoughts and took a deep breath to calm her blushing.

“It's kind of a racial perk.” Said Zinnia after a moment. “You remember that stage crossing problem of monsters that Lady Priscilla and Lady Brianna were tortured with, because they could not fulfill the needed requirement to step into adulthood stage of development, when we just came to live in the mansion?”

“Yeah. Wait. You are saying you also grow in stages by fulfilling requirements instead of growing older?” Said Noah, sensing where she was getting at.

“Good guess. You are basically right. The difference with monsters is that with age we also grow, but in a different way from how humans do. We gain knowledge, strength or size but do not cross stages. For example, I may become a lot stronger than other Dryads of my stage with time, but it does not mean I would become High-Dryad or Dryad-Queen. That part is essentially a common thing for all creatures of spirituality and those who have a strong spiritual part in them. To cross into the next stage of development, certain requirements must be achieved.

“If we make an analogy with the human race looking at how they grow from child into adult with age, then what humans called aging, for us would only bring huge size, strength, bigger mana pool or make us a smart kid, we will still be remaining as a child. Immature.”

“Exactly as in the case with the Doonpine's branch, by the way. It has lived for decades but has not matured at all.”

“To mature for us means metamorphosing into our better selves.” Explained Zinnia.

“Well, you already saw the principle of stage crossing in the case of monsters. Only monsters stay with the same amount of strength and skill and do not grow unless they are sentient. However, spirit creatures can grow even without much sentience, and can become a lot different in strength from each other while in the same stage. Maturity and age are two different growths for us.”

“But the core principle is basically similar to monsters, or it would be more right to say, that monsters are very similar to spirit creatures in this regard.” Said Zinnia.

“Similar to monsters.” Muttered Noah rising from Zinnia's body with a thoughtful expression.

“Similar but not the same. Do not misunderstand. We are entirely different from monsters, Masters.” Said Zinnia, quick to reassure him.

“But you also would have that critical problem if you do not fulfil the requirements in time?” Asked Noah with a slight worry in his tone.

“I appreciate your worry, Master, but no.” Said Zinnia with a smile, realizing she misunderstood his worry.

“This is, actually, where we are very different. When monsters are racing against time in their advance, we spirit creatures have all the time in the world and aren’t in any hurry to achieve it.”

“Oh. Quite convenient.” Said Noah, but judging from Zinnia's expression, she did not quite agree with his words.

“Am I wrong?” Asked Noah.

“If we talk about convenience then monsters have it better, actually. They have a locked list of requirements, same for every monster of the same type. On the other hand, we, spirit creatures, have no certain path and have no rules of development embedded directly into our instincts as monsters.”

“To cross the stage, we must find an individual path inherent to us alone, and it may not be helpful to any of our sisters. The trouble that you saw Lady Priscilla go through is only occurring when monsters live in an unnatural for their kind way. In their natural habitat, such problems would not occur for monsters. They rarely have difficulty fulfilling the needed requirements to cross the development stage. Well, those who survive long enough that is.” Said Zinnia.

“I see. You have less pressure, but the end difficulty is levels above that of the monsters.” Said Noah, nodding in understanding.

“And this is similar for all spirit creatures?”

“Yes. This is a common trait with all that concerns spirit. Advancement is almost always equal to comprehension and understanding.” Said Zinnia.

“I see…” Said Noah thoughtfully, before strugling out of Zinnia’s vines and slowly rising from her body and jumping down to the floor.

“Why don't we continue it in the bath? I think we both need it to lighten the strain on our bodies. And you mother must be waiting.” Said Noah, offering the Dryad his hand in a gentlemanly manner, making the scene look comical.

Smiles spread on both their faces as they both understood that, had she really leaned on him to stand up, with her current size and weight, he would most likely crumble from the strain; but still, he stood there holding out his hand persistently as if oblivious to the fact.

Zinnia gracefully placed her giant hand into his open palm, forcing herself to stop giggling, and pushed herself from the floor, making it seem as if his help was very appreciated.

Once she was upward, she used her Charm and quickly reverted back into her human-like form, standing completely naked before Noah. Gently pressing his lips against the back of her hand, Noah smiled at her.

“May I be graced with an honor to accompany you to the bath, and help you clean your back, My Lady?” Asked Noah cheekily with a curtsey that looked comical in his equally naked state.

“What a naughty offer, sir. Of course you may. This would please us immensely.” Said Zinnia, making a small bow with all the grace of a dignified lady, making them both giggle.

Both completely naked, they walked through the apartment toward the bath, holding each other's hands as lovers the whole way there.

As they reached the bath, Noah stepped into the water first, before helping Zinnia to gracefully come down the stairs, leaning onto his offered hand, before they both sank into the warm water of the big pool that served as a bath in this tree house. Leaning on the pool's wall, sitting side-by-side, they sighed in pleasure as they felt immediate relief when the hot water started to wash away the strain in their overexerted muscles.

They did not continue their previous discussion immediately, deciding to just relax for some time in total silence, both lounging chest-deep in the hot water, absorbed in their own thoughts. After some time Noah finally stirred, rising into a sitting position and beckoned Zinnia toward himself.

The Dryad stood up and obediently walked in front of him, but did not sit down as he showed her, but remained standing over sitting Noah, watching silently down at his face.

Her body was so close to his face, that his lips could almost touch her beautiful labia. Zinnia silently moved her hand, placing it on Noah's cheek and gently caressing his face while letting him look at her naked body, showing him her private parts without any bashfulness.

Noah sat there without moving, wanting to place a kiss on her beautiful lower lips. All he had to do was lean just a bit and he would touch her skin, but he waited to see what she was thinking about, as he sensed that she had something on her mind.

After gazing into his face for a long moment, she slightly reeled forward as if by accident, pushing her hip forward just enough to barely graze Noah's mouth with her lower lips and moved back, silently showing Noah what she wanted but not voicing it, as if questioning whether she was allowed to ask for it.

Noah did not need any more invitation and leaned forward, placing gentle kisses on her puffy pussy lips, showing her that he would be glad to pleasure her with his mouth.  As if receiving some kind of answer and coming to a decisio, Zinnia finally closed the gap between them entirely, pressing her lower lips against Noah’s ready mouth.

He instinctively sensed that unlike all their crazy fucking in the past, she was in the mood for something else. This was not a foreplay asking for a nee round of hot sex. She desired a more gentle, more sensual type of pleasure. She wished for something caring and loving. So, Noah started to kiss all over her pussy lips with the gentlest of touches, making Zinnia moan quietly.

For a few moments she stood enjoing his kisses, while gently rubbing his head with her hands, sinking her fingers into his hair, then she raised one of her legs and placed her thigh on one of Noah's shoulders, presenting her spread open pussy for his mouth to be eaten throughly.

Noah rubbed his hands up her legs, gently massaging her thighs and butt, as he stretched his tongue, penetrating with it between her lips and slowly licking her vagina as if slowly making out with her lower mouth, then changing backnto kissing and sucking her pussy lips, and going back to licking.

Unlike before, Zinnia did not hurry him and was not impatient. She simply enjoyed everything he did at the pace he did it, languing in pleasure without sinking into raging lust as she always did.

“It's wonderful, Noah.” She whispered, unusually calling him by the name and watching down at his face. They held each other's gaze while Noah's lips and tongue continued to pleasure her, until he grazed the fleshy knob at the top of her lips, making her shiver and close her eyes, while producing a loud moan.

“Oh, Noah. Mmm. Yes right there, dear.” She gently moaned as he sucked her clit into his mouth, licking and pressing it with his lips, while massaging her hips and butt with his palms a bit rougher, pushing her harder to the peak.

With this attack on her clitoris, it took her just a few seconds to reach it, sending her body into a great tremble from an orgasm, almost making her topple from the weakness in her legs.

Zinnia stood there with her hip on Noah's shoulder, leaning on him with her hands to keep from falling, until she felt strength return to her limbs enough to stand on her own again and moved her leg off him before crumbling down into the water and embracing Noah in a tight hug.

Noah did not understand what was happening, but could sense that it was something significant for her, so he kept his silence, only gently hugging her in return.

As if finally ready to face him, Zinnia raised her head and placed a gentle kiss on his lips.

“Thank you, Master.”

“You may call me just Noah, as you did before.”

“Maybe another time when I need some more proof that I am more than just a way to satisfy your needs.” Said Zinnia.

“You are…” started to say to Noah, but she placed her index finger against his lips, stopping him mid sentence.

“I know. You don't need to prove anything. You already showed me all I needed to know. But I am a girl. Sometimes we still demand proof even if we know it very well.”

“I don’t understand.” Said Noah quietly and received a gentle kiss on his lips followed by the gentlest of smiles, full of joy and kindness, that brightened her beautiful face.

“Our race can bring pleasures. Great pleasures straight out of people's greatest dreams. We are a strong drug, immensely addictive and capable of destroying the sanity and mind. We screw with minds and perception of pleasure of our prey. Not intentionally. It is in our nature. We can not avoid it. It makes males we have intimacy with inevitably sink into the lust and be consumed by the pleasures brought by our bodies. After a short time as our partners, men would soon stop seeing us as partners and simply wish to receive pleasure from us, like any addict desires a new dose.”

“Eventually we stop being the objects of worship and adoration for our males, and convert into means of delivering pleasure in their eyes. Just convenient tools to be used. They would stop caring about us and only demand to be given pleasure. A male sunk into such a state would not be able to do what you just did for me and stay silent and relaxed as you are right now. For some strange reason you are imune to our poisonous nature.”

“We have long since gotten used to such treatment and in return, simply use any male we desire as a mere tool to get what we need before discarding him once he loses any interest to us.” Said Zinnia going silent at the end while pressing her face deeper into his chest.

“For the first time in a very long time, I feel that I've met someone who’s far more than that. I know Dahlia feels the same and know that Aster would no doubt feel the same as well. You are just that special, Master. But it scares us that we may screw with your brain and turn you into that type of crazed man who’s only after an incredible pleasure.”

“I am not..” Started to say Noah, but Zinnia stopped him once again.

“I know you aren’t. I see it now. Even after having me whenever you desired for the last two weeks, even after such intense lovemaking and experiencing such mind-blowing pleasure, you still remain unchanged. And that makes you special. A male that is immune to our poison. Man that we can honestly be with.”

“Not only that, but you are gentle, caring, thoughtful, funny, strong-willed, and as clear minded. You are too wonderful for us Dryads. Like a dream man.”

“Every Dryad has at some point dreamed of meeting a pure man who would be able to stay true to himself under her influence. But to not get burned with false love or have our hearts ripped and shattered, we learned to see males as useful things and not become attached. But you… You, Master, seem to be just like a man out of dreams of creatures that themselves live in dreams. Our dream man. You make us believe that you desrve our trust and belief in happyness.”

“However, having such a belief is dangerous for our hearts. What if you raise our hopes to the sky now but then succumb to our poison and turn screwed and mindless as our usual prey? Our hearts will shatter and we will no doubt die inside. For spirit creatures it may be far worse than death. Eternal life of as a broken being. We’ve seen this happen tobsome of our sister. And it scares me…But I want to believ, Master.” Said Zinnia looking deep into his eyes.”

“So… Please, stay as you are, Master. Please don't ever stoop to the level of just our prey. Because it will devastate us to know that we have turned you into it, that we came into your life and ruined you. We would rather die than live with that thought.” Said Zinna, hugging him strongly.

“I see. So that’s what you’ve been worried about. You don't have to worry, Zinnia. I'll be alright.” Said Noah, gently stroking her cheek.

“Can we really believe it, Master?” Whispered Zinnia.

“I promise you.” Said Noah, placing a gentle kiss on her head.

“Besides sex wasn't even that great. I’d rate it a solid six.” He added a few seconds later with a laugh.

“Ass!” Said Zinnia smacking his chest so hard he fell down, splashing the water in all directions. “You were moaning with a shrill, like a girl ready to shatter from pleasure. How is that a six?” She said angrily.

“I was not. I roared with the mighty howl of a beast.” Said Noah, laughing as he rose from the water and wiped his face.

“Yeah right. Why do you think I  was worried about your mind so much? You were a disgraceful mess, from the pleasure I gave you, Master.” Said Zinnia turning away from him as if angry, but a happy smile played on her lips.

“You sure you were not talking about yourself. I distinctly remember that the roles were completely reversed.” Said Noah with a cheeky smirk.

“Your mind must have been playing tricks on you from the pleasure you received, Master. Now shut up and clean my back. You dragged me into here with you, promising to clean it for me.” Said Zinnia in a pout.

“Ah yes, my lady.” Said Noah smiling widely.

“And on the scale up to ten I am twelve, you were just too out of it the most of the time to remember it.” Added Zinnia with a graceful move of her head, lashing her wet hair to the side as if to give him proper access to her back while intentionally smacking him in the face with them, before gathering them in the bun over her shoulder.

“As you will, My Lady.” Said Noah wiping his face before reaching for the soap and washing towel, lathering it well and starting to gently wash Zinnia's back.

As Noah eased all tension lighting her mood with dumb joke, Zinnia smiled happily withbher backntoward Noah, enjoying his gentle moves as he washed her.

Once Noah decided thay her back was throughly cleaned, he moved his hand forward, hugging her from the sides and slowly caressing her front, first stroging her belly, then gently massaging her breasts while making it look like he was still washing her.

Zinnia turned her face looking at him with squinted eyes, but turned back forward without saying a word, allowing him to do as he pleased.

“So, this production of honey from the mammaries is somehow related to your crossing the stage?” Asked Noah remembering the topic they were discussing previously as her breasts were brought to his attention.

“You could say that.” Said Zinnia as if oblivious to the fact that Noah mostly spent time massaging her breasts now, than washing her.

“The path we take to cross the stage is individual, as I explained, but it still follows a certain racial rule so to say. Just as humans grow from childhood into teenage stage and then to adulthood, spirit creatures follow similar steps. In other words there are still some general criteria thay we must fulfil with every stage. But it is only a direction, path we choose is totally up to us.” Explained Zinnia while grabbing his hands and pushing them away, stopping his playful act. Then she stood up, took the towel from his hands and started to gently and caringly wash Noah's back and hands.

“Not sure I understand.” Said Noah.

“You remember the High-Dryads? How different they look from each other.”

“Yeah.”

“Well the direction is the same. They all ended up as High-Dryads. Each represent spiritual laws and ancestral plants. But each has different comprehensuon, different  aptitude and disposition. Inclined to diffetent element and energy types. Each took entirely different path to reach that place, so to say.”

“I see. So you have generalnudea in mind what you musy achieve but must understand how to do it on your own.” Said Noah, nodding. “So it has something with the way you use that spirit magic?”

“Yeah. When we are in our ‘childish’ stage, or immature stage, we learn to use the Charm. Mastering the spirit magic to a certain degree is the first obstacle. It may sound easy but actually not as simple as it sounds. To master spirit magic you need to understand the laws of this world, of nature, and how they influence everything around us.”

“To move from the teenage, or mature form, that I am currently in, and step into the full Adult stage, we must not only understand the laws and how to bend them, but must learn how to break them. And that is exponentially harder. One such law that we must break is stating that spirit magic is intangible, not perceptible, unseen and most of all - unreal. We must find a way to make it tangible, make it real.”

“Hold on. But in the past you explained that  the border world made of spirit energy does not mix with reality because matter and spirit energy simply do not mix.” Said Noah.

“You've been listening well, Master, I am glad. The lecture will be a lot shorter then.” Said Zinnia, making a theatrical sigh of relief.

“Haha. I am not entirely lost cause, alright?” Said Noah in annoyance.

“I know.” Said Zinnia, kissing him on the cheek. “Anyways, there is a trick to do it.” She continued to explain while wash his body, starting on his front, rubbing his chest as he did to her before.

“With a good understanding of laws and good control over spirit energy, you may construct the so-called inner world. A world that exists inside you. A world where you are a master crafter and a God. World of your own creation. World operating on the laws that you have made it to operate on. World that obeys your will. That is what every spirit creature must achieve to move further. Well, making it is only a part of the path. Easiest part of the path. What comes next is projecting it.”

“Projecting?” Asked Noah.

“By bending laws of this world with spirit magic we must overlap a part of the world around us with the world of our own creation. Sort of substitute one with the other. In short, make a domain around us that entirely obeys to our will.”

“Well achieving such a grand step from the beginning is of course impossible. That Is a level of Dryad Queen in our case. Before doing something of this level we first learn to start with something far smaller. Project a small part of the world. Starting with a small speck of dust or drop of…liquid.” She said, clearly pointing out the word with her intonation.

“Then move to something larger. Once we can project an entire law of our making into this world, spirit creatures become fully matured or - an Adult. In our case we become a High-Dryads.

“And to make you understand what you have done to me, Master, by sucking that drop oit of my breast…” Said Zinnia, stopping her movements entirely. “I have not been able to project anything yet. Not even a speck of dust. I was not even entirely ready to do it.”

“Wait so that liquid was…” Said Noah rubbing his chin with a thoughtful expression.

“Coming from my inner world. It was projected into reality from my imaginary world through the spirit magic. For the first time. You helped me to take a first step into adulthood, Master. Now that I have achieved it once I can comprehend the feeling, learn from it and soon recreate it on my own. Probably progressing… years ahead of when I would have achieved it on my own. I might make it ahead of Dahlia, even.” Said Zinnia in an excited voice.

“I see. But…” Said Noah hesitating.

“Yes?” Asked Zinnia.

“Does that mean I kind of turned you into an adult. You know…popped your spiritual cherry so to sa…bghe.” Said Noah cringing from a smack on the head that almost made him fall into the water face forward.

“Ou. You can't do that to your Master.” Said Noah rubbing the back of his head as he turned to look at Zinnia but froze as soon as he saw her flushed face, almost entirely covered by her blushing.

“Wait. That's really is the case?”

“Sort of. Yes. You can’t understand it if you are not a spirit creature. But one of the easiest and sure ways to achieve this step for many spirit creatures, is to find a partner among other spirit creatures and do it in a kind of union manner as a pair.”

“Holy.. Dual cultivation is actually a thing?” muttered Noah.

“What?” Asked Zinnia.

“No. Nothing. Continue please.”

“Anyways, it is a very intimate act that you would not share with just anyone. So yes. You can draw some analogy with what you humans call as losing one's virginity.” Said Zinnia with her eyes turned down.

“Is that so? Sorry…for making a joke of this. And I am happy I was your partner that helped you to achieve it.” Said Noah with all seriousness in his voice.

Zinnia looked him in the face and nodded happily while biting her lips shyily, before pushing Noah to turn back so that she could continue washing his body. Not because she did not make it thoroughly clean already, but so that he would not see her bashful face. She simply used it as an excuse to have some time to calm down.

Noah understood it but did not comment on it, silently turning away and just enjoying her gentle ministrations.

“Anyways. How did you do it, Master?” Asked Zinnia, trying to seem unperturbed.

“That must have been my ‘Dairymaster’ skill's doing.” Said Noah.

“Skill? You're saying you actually have a skill that can achieve it?” Asked Zinnia in surprise, stopping her actions once again.

“Yeah. It's passive though, and there aren't many explanations for it, so I don't know its full use. But I think it's possible to repeat this if… you need some more reference so to say.” Said Noah scratching his cheek.

“Mmm.” Voiced approvingly, Zinnia bitting her lip. “I…I’ll gladly take you up on that offer some time, Master.”

“Any time. I will be most pleased to do it for you.” Said Noah.

“Master. I think it may be smart to not mention this skill of yours in front of my mother.” Said Zinnia a bit later.

“Why not?” Asked Noah.

“If this skill can really repeat this feat with any Dryad, you may not leave the forest any time soon. Or at all...” Sain Zinnia without a thread of joke in her tone.

Noah looked back at her with his eyebrow raised.

“Why?”

“Master in this forest there are currently three Dryads that are on the step to start projection training and would be glad to receive your help. Sister Dahlia, Sister Rose and Sister Magnolia. Other than them there are forthy three Dryads at my level who would want to have a bite at you as well, if they find out, that you can let the gain on years of training. Hundreds more of those who still a bit far from us, but will be there quite soom. Dozens more in the Southern Great Unending Vines Labyrinth and several hundred or even a thausand of Dryads in the Northern Great Swallowing Grassland Labyrinth. For all of them, you are too big of a meat peace to let you go so easily.”

“Oof. That would take months…” Muttered Noah rubbing his temple nervously.

“That would no doubt turn you into mindless fool. Don't even think you'd be just massaging breasts without them jumping you. You might be literally fucked to death.” Said Zinnia.

“Can't say it's a bad way to go, but I'd rather live a bit longer, so I think I'll keep this skill's effect to myslef for now, as you suggest.” Said Noah nodding. “Thanks.”

“I think we should get dressed we delayd our visit to meet my mother quite a lot already.” Said Zinnia standing up and leaving the bathroom, before taking out a new set of clothes for herself and quickly dressing. Then she took out a set for Noah that followed her soon after and with efficiency of a professional maid, helped him dress as well, straightening all folds on his shirt until he looked perfect forna visit with a Queen.

“Alright. We are set to go.” She said smiling and placing a quick peck on his lips, making them both smile.