Promise

"It might be best to go visit a healer, you know?" from the other side of the door, Yin spoke up, giving Hui a cold sweat, the blonde had gotten here so quickly, the librarian feared that she may have heard Edrick's voice.

Reluctantly ceasing her enthusiastic licking and taking out Anoteros's thumb out of her mouth, she cleared her throat and responded :

"Huh, It's fine… I guess I just need some rest, is all-" Hui stifled a yelp as Edrick casually pulled and then pushed her against the locked door, forcing her to bend over.

"Hui?"

"N-Nothing, oh, I am so clumsy, I just- I tripped a little, that's all"

"Are you sure? That doesn't sound like tripping to me" Yin was correct, as just after pushing Hui against the door, Edrick finished ripping into pieces what little clothing remained on the librarian, and he was definitely being deliberately loud about it.

'Does he want to do it with her being right there?' Hui didn't really needed to wonder, of course he wanted to, so did she in fact, as embarrassing as it was, it was the closest they had ever gotten to getting steamy next to someone unsuspecting, in fact, since the time when there were people in the library, and Edrick first explored her shallow cave, there hadn't been other occasions to do it with people in the vicinity, so they had instead done it on the floor, in the middle of the way, on tables…

These had been exceptional experiences as he had gotten especially rough, to the point of covering her neck, forearms and much other body parts in black and blue bruises, though these had only been done from gripping and holding firmly onto her, much to her sadness, the only strikes she received from him were slaps against her butt.

"Ahah… Must be your ears deceiving you- Mmmf-" mid-sentence, Edrick invited himself inside of her, and through the back entrance at that, she was already prepared for that but she didn't see it coming and as per usual, he did not go step-by-step with her and went as deeply as was possible, all the while grabbing a firm hold of one of her wrist and hair, pulling on both with enough force for it to be painful, exactly how she liked it.

"You don't sound good at all"

"Ah~ Aherm… I am- Fine, I am telling I just- Just, Nngh- Just need to lay down for a while!" as per usual, she couldn't resist for long and let lustful flood loose with much ease, really, Edrick didn't even need to actually stimulate her sensitive parts, he just needed to be rough for Hui to reach the zenith of pleasure.

The fact that Yin, who was probably her best friend, was just on the other side of the door she was up against, perhaps no more than a mere meter away from the action, only heightened the experience to a new height.

Whilst Hui and Yin went on with their somewhat humorous back and forth, Anoteros was having his fun as per usual, although, for once, he was a bit intrigued, he had noticed that something seemed new or different about the librarian, and now that he was probably as close to her as one could physically get, he felt certain that this impression was correct.

In fact, there was something very noticeable right after he stripped her down, her skin was without any blemish, he would know better than anyone else that he had left many traces of his passage, seeing them all gone like this seemed to indicate that she had done something.

But knowing her, she wouldn't have gotten rid of them to hide their presence, she had been ecstatic to be 'marked' by him and had even claimed that she liked it because they tingled with pain that reminded her of him when he wasn't around.

In fact, paying closer attention, pounding felt strangely energising right now, to test it further, he had his great worm exit one cave to instead enter the one currently inundated, and it was the same thing, in fact, it felt even stronger this way.

Also, he could not help but feel that she was tougher somehow, tightening his grip on her wrist, she squealed a bit, but clearly, he wasn't doing as much harm as normal.

'That girl…' he kept at it for a long while, by the time Yin finally relented and left, Hui had her face against the floor with Anoteros's foot on top of it, all the while continuing on performing a sweeping operation upon her two chimneys, Hui loved getting stepped on so move that her nails were basically scraping the floorboards as drool was fed to the wood.

He had already released his elixir a few times, and although it was natural for this body to have rather miraculous stamina in that regard, he felt like he could keep going for even longer than usual.

"Hey, Hui"

"Yes?"

"You wouldn't happen to have picked a cultivation technique to please, did you?"

"Heheh… I used two actually! I didn't want to bore you, so-"

Removing his foot from her head, he effortlessly picked her up and continued what they were doing whilst standing.

"Good thinking, you know what's good for you… But I thought you weren't any good at cultivation? When did you start using these techniques?"

For some reason, having him talk to her so much was incredibly satisfying in a way she did not quite grasp.

"I must have… A talent for these sorts of techniques… Or maybe- It's because I practised them for you~"

Edrick snickered, and threw her on the bed, grabbing both her arms with one hand and pinning down whilst his other hand strongly squeezed one of her small mounds, the pain making her eyelids twitch.

She wanted to moan but held back to finish responding to his question.

"I only began yesterday… With both the Erotic Cauldron and Resilient Manikin…" she said, only then allowing herself to voice her satisfaction.

These two techniques were really only of use in the bedroom, especially the Resilient Manikin, whose increase to one's bodily defences was specifically geared toward such activities, if Edrick attempted to grasp her outside the context of their relations, then she would be hurt like normal.

However, it was rather potent thanks to being so utterly focused.

The same went for the Erotic Cauldron, which was already more useful in a general sense, as it allowed Hui to better fit what Edrick would like from her, although the main usage was its energising aspect, at greater levels of mastery, it could become akin to real boon.

Some might call it dual cultivation, but the truth was that the Erotic Cauldron was only meant for the partner of the one cultivating it to enjoy benefits, it was a one-way road, its origins were largely unknown but nowadays, it was mostly used by housewives who felt like their marriages were falling in ruins or by women who really wanted to garner the attention of a man, generally was that was already engaged.

Naturally, Hui's purchase of it alongside Resilient Manikin painted a rather grim picture, but whatever the seller had imagined was going on inside the librarian's life was far from reality, as she was having the time of her life.

Edrick smiled, a most malicious expression as he further strengthened his hold on Hui, way above anything he had allowed himself until now, and much above the capabilities of her newly learned cultivation techniques.

"Trying to seduce me? Are you really that desperate to get my attention?"

"Well- Yes! Yes I am!"

He grabbed her neck, wrapping his fingers around throat and ever so casually pressing on her airway.

"You'll have to do better than this, train hard and perhaps I'll consider making you my third wife, alright?"

She looked ready to pass out but smiled and weakly nodded, prompting him to stop suffocating her.

"If you really have a talent in such techniques, I can assure you that becoming one of my prized possessions is a possibility"

After finishing things up with Hui, Edrick left her where she was, this had all made him a bit too eager, he had overstayed his welcome, what should have been a short moment became a hour long session, and despite that, he still felt ready to go.

The efficiency of these techniques she had learned definitely shouldn't even be near that effective even if practised for much longer, it seemed like she really had a knack to do things as long as it was for him.