Second Round

Jingyi did not like leeching off of people, especially those she considered close to her, so despite how much Li wanted to give her special privileges such as staying in the sect's main building like a core disciple and permitting her to stay in the sect free of charge despite being what some might call a dolt at cultivation and also physically unfit to even do basic manual labour, she couldn't bring herself to accept and instead stayed in the outer portion and did some work for the sect to earn her stay.

As the sun had already retreated and left place to dull moonlight that barely allowed for one to see their own feet, Jingyi returned from this menial work, the cold biting at her weak body, her breath fully visible with every exhale, thankfully, the way wasn't too slippery and she managed to return to the particular place where she was staying alongside a few other girls.

Quickly slipping inside without paying any heed to the fact that the door was already opened, the other disciples always left it open for her since she was always back later than them, she was thankful to have such nice friends, and naturally, she wanted to make that in return, they were all here before locking the door.

Tentatively and carefully, she tried to reach for an oil lamp that should be near the entrance, almost knocking it over as it was closer than expected, lighting it up after a few moments, her hands still trembling from the cold, as although not nearly as cold as it was outside, the outer portion of the sect wasn't attributed with well-insulated quarters, to forge some characters, the elders would say.

With small steps, she carefully checked all the rooms.

"Huh?"

The first one was empty, and so was the second, and the third, and all of the others, no one was here for some reason.

'When it's so late? Did they fall asleep at the library or something?' she even checked her own room just to check if they weren't pulling a prank or surprise on her, but likewise, it was empty and dark, so she moved to the common living area, where there was a minuscule kitchen area and dinner table that didn't even have enough space for everyone to eat at once.

Everything was just as usual, save for the fact that one of the chairs supposed to be around the table was missing, and naturally, Jingyi's gaze turned to the only remaining portion she had yet to illuminate, instantly finding the chair, as well as the shadowy figure sitting right on it.

For a moment, she froze out of fear at what she thought was some sort of vile creature, but things were much worse than her imagination as the silhouette rose up and reached for her with one of its long arm, grabbing her hand as to prevent her from dropping the oil lamp out of fright before its other hand grabbed her by the neck, it was ridiculous how easy it would be for Jingyi's neck to be snapped right there and then by a mere squeeze.

"Hey there, why so scared?" the hand on the girl's neck wasn't pressing down at all, so she could speak or even scream perfectly well, not that this would be a good idea.

"You- It's you!" although she preferred not to think about it and honestly didn't remember most of the details due to the panic she was in, it would have been impossible for her fear to not shoot through the roof, these big and strong hands were a dead giveaway, and even if the voice didn't sound the same, Jingyi was certain of it.

He had come back again, he had found her again.

"P-Please…" horrified, she could only beg as the intruder forced her to raise the lamp up to his face.

Edrick smiled down at her, baring his teeth at the helpless girl, seeing an expression he most enjoyed, absolute terror, utter horror, the face of someone who could already imagine the worst happening and didn't have the guts to fight against it in any significant manner.

"Please what?"

"Please… Not again…"

"Heh… You begging me like that only turns me on more…" with his hands still in the same placements, he forced her to walk backward, alongside him.

Understanding that asking nicely would not work, she scrambled her hazy and petrified mind for something, whatever that might just dissuade Anoteros.

"I-I- I saw your face! I'll tell Li! He's a core disciple so- So you let me go!" she stuttered and felt tears swell up in her eyes as his thumb went right over her throat, giving a minuscule push.

"Heh… You stupid bitch, which one is your room, this one, right?" amused, Edrick flung open the door to her room and threw her in, making the frail girl fall hard against the wooden floorboards as he casually locked the front door with a key laying right by it, stepping into the bedroom before Jingyi could do as much as stand, shutting the door as well as he placed the oil lamp on a nearby furniture, messing with the simple mechanism to make the flame larger and properly illuminate the room.

He much preferred when he could see what he was doing.

"Wait! I won't say anything if you leave me! I swear!" she pushed herself up onto her butt and slid in the direction opposite to him, her back hitting the bed, warm tears travelling down her face now.

"Please…"

"Oh, you stupid little thing… Don't you know who I am? Your dear Li, my status far outranks his, not just within the sect, but in general too, a mere little peasant without even as much as a family name… Passable cultivation talent, but still just a core disciple" he grabbed Jingyi's white hair and forcefully raised the girl up to her feet as she just kept sobbing and trying to plead with him through the pain.

"If you don't want me to target him, then show some obedience, you're only allowed to struggle and beg for me to stop at best, so cease with your attempts at threatening me, alright?" he leaned forward and whispered right into her face, finding that she looked much more attractive in this state than normal.

Jingyi barely had time to register his words that he threw her onto the bed and pinned her down with his superior strength, the bed frame groaning as she uselessly tried to struggle against him.

Edrick grabbed hold of her robes and tore the flimsy thing off of the disciples's body, reserving the same treatment for any and all articles of clothing on her person, stripping Jingyi down to nutter nudity.

Although lean and lithe, she did have some curves, especially her hips.

He slapped them.

"I was wondering what those two buffoons saw in you, here it is, they must think that you make for a nice trophy wife, weak and otherwise useless outside of being a nice hole and bearing children"

"N-no… They wouldn't-" she tried to stop him from assassinating their character, but her gaze was suddenly thrown from Anoteros's face to the wall on the side of the room as she slapped her.

He pulled her eyes back onto him by grabbing her face.

"Shut up and spread your legs"

"..."

"I can always hit you harder"

"..." with much reluctance, she did as ordered, instantly trying to roll off the bed as she saw him undo his belt and pull out what could only qualify as a murder weapon, but he held her into place and slapped down his currently flaccid trunk onto her stomach.

"Don't…"

"Mmh? But you got so wet for it last time"

"N-no…"

"Heh, you really don't have many lines to offer, huh? Stand still if you know what's good for you…"