After enduring several troublesome side quests, Erika decided to return to her quarters at The Temple with Emil.
“Miona Dreco, that bitch! Just wait and see. One day, I’ll strip her naked in front of everyone and whip her like I’m driving a pig!”
Ever since the duel was interrupted, Emil had been in a state of extreme agitation. Her unvented rage seethed like a hyperactive volcano, ready to erupt at any moment.
A tall beauty with an overheating “engine” was truly a terrifying sight.
“Next time, I’m definitely going to kill her. I mean it!”
If this were the Erika of the past, she would have been frightened by Emil’s vicious muttering. To be honest, she was still a little intimidated now.
But upon closer reflection, she felt more wonder and novelty than fear. She watched Emil’s slender calves, her ankles, and the spirited way those Glass High Heels went “click-clack” as she strode forward.
The girl couldn’t help but realize that, not long ago, she had been intimately connected to that body in its female form. This was the first time in two lifetimes that she had successfully managed to experience intimacy with a beautiful girl.
Furthermore, it was an SSR-rank blonde beauty of a fantasy caliber. This gorgeous girl even possessed the rare Tsundere trait, with a figure so perfect that even Erika, a girl herself, couldn’t help but feel envious and admiring.
However, if her relationship with Emil were discovered, things would naturally become incredibly complicated.
“Hey, Erika. What happened today must remain a secret, understand? Nothing… happened between you and me.”
Emil once again tried to seal Erika’s lips. This left Erika a bit confused — who was really the one who had lost out here?
She had originally wanted to silently condemn the other for being a “hit it and quit it” kind of person, but when she thought about it, she, with her newly grown tail, seemed more like the culprit.
Ultimately, Erika didn’t feel like she was in a real relationship. There were always various accidents between her and Emil, but it hadn’t reached the point of being a natural, blossoming romance yet. Could they just be called “friends with benefits”?…
If Emil went around announcing “I’ve already finished off Erika,” the girl would definitely find it humiliating. She would probably find a hole to bury herself in. Having the tall girl stand up and say this actually made her feel relieved.
Though she felt relieved, for some reason, a less-than-pleasant emotion was quietly growing. Why was she feeling this way?…
Erika thought of a joke she had seen before she crossed over. It was like a high school student who has a girlfriend, but she never mentions him to others and never acts like she has a lover.
She never posted a single photo with her partner in her status or as her profile picture, to the point that no one even knew she was that person’s girlfriend. The current situation was somewhat similar, wasn’t it? Why had this inexplicably become an underground romance?
According to the cat-lover Schrödinger, if your romantic relationship is in an unobservable state, it is equivalent to not being in a relationship at all.
What? You’re asking if the parties involved don’t already know? At the time, Xiao Jun had laughed his head off — ‘There are no humans left among those two anyway.’
She never expected the boomerang to hit her so quickly.
Even though they hadn’t even held hands and hadn’t had a proper date, she wondered if this could even be called love…
Even though she was the descendant of Noelle and should only focus on taking revenge against the descendants of her enemies instead of falling in love… and even though Erika told herself she didn’t truly like Emil…
Seeing Emil want to keep their time together a secret, as if it were something shameful, made the little girl’s psychological quirks flare up. She felt inexplicably angry.
“Do you understand? Keep our time together a secret… Why aren’t you answering?”
Faced with Emil’s confirmation, Erika turned her head away, her long black-purple hair fluttering. She replied coldly, “Do you feel I’m an embarrassment to you? Is it because I was born a slave, a lowly person with no family, Angelina?”
“Hey, what kind of talk is that? I didn’t mean it like that. Are you so smart that you don’t understand why I’m saying this?” Emil looked at her as if she were a rare animal.
Despite knowing Emil’s intentions, even a usually wise and calm girl could be willful. That was why Erika had found it difficult to maintain her composure just now.
“Phew.”
No, she couldn’t be this emotional.
Emil was right. She should also keep this matter strictly confidential. After all, she hadn’t admitted to being in a relationship with her either, had she?
**[Calmly judging the situation! Gained experience points for the skill “Calm Thinking.” All Class XP +5]**
“I misspoke. My apologies.”
“Hmph, as long as you know. If it were anyone else, I would have twisted their head off long ago.”
“Does that mean you still find me special, Emil?”
Erika felt that her mindset today was exceptionally abnormal.
At her question, Emil’s body jerked violently as she walked ahead. She kept her head fixed forward and quickened her pace.
“…If you weren’t special… would I… have done that kind of thing with you? You idiot.”
So that was it. It really was like that.
It was completely different from the days when they hadn’t even held hands.
Erika wanted to say more, but Emil didn’t seem to want to continue the conversation. Her pace became faster and faster.
Erika was already breaking into a sweat just trying to keep up. She held the hem of her skirt with one small hand while her little legs hurried along in short steps under her cloak.
“Can you walk a bit slower?”
“…”
*Tap, tap, tap.*
Emil, walking briskly in her Glass High Heels, and Erika, chasing closely behind, attracted many gazes.
Emil, a tall blonde beauty in a red dress, walked down the street as straight and chic as a model. Erika, a petite girl with poor stamina, followed closely behind in a cloak, panting for breath. Naturally, they drew the attention of everyone around them.
“Hey, look over there. Are those noble ladies?”
“I don’t know, but both are so beautiful. If I could marry one and have the other as a mistress, I’d be willing.”
“Yeah.”
“Greedy bastards, aren’t you?”
Although she was usually accustomed to such looks, a strange sense of shame instantly dominated Erika when she thought about how these two girls — who might be mistaken for master and servant or best friends — had just shared an intimate moment.
From appearance alone, both were impeccable girls.
But they weren’t some pure pair of best friends. They had transformed from a relationship of bully and victim into these sorts of ambiguous partners.
Remembering that feeling with a burning face, Erika’s steps faltered. She felt a bit embarrassed.
To think she actually felt that doing it again wouldn’t be so bad… Was she really such a lewd girl?
No, no, no! It must be the tail’s fault!
But how should she handle this relationship…?
And Erika, who lacked romantic experience, could pat her small chest and say she was already an adult.
Yet at this moment, another goal toward maturity appeared before her eyes — a point in the distance labeled ‘Second Experience’…
Stop! Her thoughts must have been scrambled by the tail. She could be a femme fatale who ruins nations, but she could not be a daemonette of Slaanesh!
After running for a while, Erika was out of breath. The Temple gradually came into view, and Emil’s pace slowed down accordingly.
“Hah… hah…” Erika finally managed to steady her breathing.
If they just walked into The Temple like this, would everything that happened today be buried in their memories? While Erika was still wondering, Emil, walking in front, suddenly spoke.
“What about you? Are you hiding anything from me?”
“Hah, hiding what?”
“First, there’s the tail. And you said it was your first time… but besides the part where you unilaterally bullied me afterward, you seemed quite skilled in those movements. And I actually didn’t think it hurt that much… I heard the first time is supposed to be very painful… Was that also because of that tail…”
Emil’s words were hesitant. If the girl didn’t have those sensitive elven ears, she probably wouldn’t have heard half of it. In fact, she didn’t hear the following “Was that also because of that tail…” at all.
But based on the situation, that was likely what she meant, right?
“Are you doubting that I’ve had that kind of relationship with others?” Erika automatically skipped the topic of her nape.
“…Because you didn’t seem like a novice at all. At least, that’s how it looked to me.”
Did that mean her first experience went smoothly? While it was purely Emil’s suspicion and misunderstanding, did it mean the big girl also enjoyed the time they spent together?
She had been worried that her not being a male would make the other’s first time feel lacking in something. It seemed she was more talented in that area than she had imagined?
It was probably because the teachers in the adult videos from her previous life taught her well.
Could it be…
Was she actually an intimacy genius?