“You…!”
Lilia felt a lump in her chest, nearly choking on her indignation.
She knew it!
This pervert never had good intentions!
The reward was fake, and the opportunity was fake too!
She just loved watching Lilia get close to success, only to destroy everything herself!
“Bastard! You heartless pervert! Meow!”
Lilia was so furious she kicked and scratched wildly in Lucia’s arms, her claws flailing.
But she had just been washed over by Magic Power.
Her body was limp and sore; her struggle was useless.
“Oh? You still have the energy to curse.”
Lucia didn’t care at all, her arms tightening around her.
She turned and walked toward another part of the meditation room.
“Your body is more durable than I thought. Perfect, we can start the next project.”
“Again… again? Meow?!”
Lilia’s entire body stiffened, her cat ears drooping in fear as her voice cracked.
She had suffered more today than in her entire previous life combined! And this pervert wanted to continue?!
“Of course,” Lucia said, her pace never faltering.
“Your body was screaming too much just now; it needs some soothing. Work and rest must be balanced for you to grow better.”
Lilia’s breath hitched.
‘I don’t believe a single word! The “soothing” this pervert talks about is scarier than torture!’
Lucia held her, not leaving the starry expanse, but walking into the shadows on the other side.
A white jade bath had appeared there at some point.
Milky white liquid steamed within the tub.
A rich, sweet fragrance filled the air, making one’s throat feel dry just by smelling it.
That wasn’t water; it was some kind of viscous energy liquid.
“Th—this is…”
Lilia’s eyes widened as she stared at the tub full of liquid.
Just breathing in the scent made the torn pathways in her body scream with longing.
“Moon Goddess’s Milk. Something the elven royalty of the old era used to cleanse their bloodlines. It will be good for that tattered body of yours.”
Lilia’s throat bobbed.
Taking a bath in Moon Goddess’s Milk?!
In legends, a single drop of this could grow flesh on bare bone!
Even the Pope of the Holy Church of Light would find it impossible to get even a small bottle! And yet she was using it as bathwater?!
*Gurgle—*
An ill-timed sound came clearly from Lilia’s stomach.
This stuff smelled like… she really wanted to drink it.
“Want a drink?”
A soft chuckle came from above.
Lucia looked down at her, seeing right through her little schemes.
Lilia’s face instantly turned scalding hot.
She buried her head in Lucia’s chest, refusing to look up.
‘So embarrassing!’
Lucia carried the little creature playing dead in her arms to the edge of the bath.
Then, Lilia’s eyes widened in horror.
She watched as Lucia, still holding her, stepped inside one pace at a time.
“Meow—!”
The moment her body touched the warm liquid, Lilia couldn’t help but cry out.
It was too comfortable! A warm current seeped in through her pores, gently enveloping the cracked pathways of Magic Energy in her body.
Nourished by this power, the torn wounds healed and regenerated rapidly, becoming even tougher than before.
That feeling of comfort from the inside out nearly made her moan.
“No… stop! Put me down! I’ll wash myself! Meow!”
Lilia suddenly snapped back to her senses and began to struggle with all her limbs.
Bathing with this pervert?! Just thinking about the image made her skin crawl.
It was worse than being washed over by the Magic Power of the world core again!
“Put you down?”
Lucia’s arms tightened around her instead.
“And let you drink every last drop of my bathwater?”
Lilia’s cheeks turned crimson, and she was so choked up she couldn’t say a word.
“Be a good girl.”
Lucia ignored her and sat down on a smooth piece of jade in the center of the tub, positioning Lilia so she was lying across her lap.
“The first part of today’s soothing is repairing your body.”
She paused, and a cold hand began to unfasten Lilia’s sweat-soaked clothes.
“And… incidentally, I will teach you some knowledge about your body that even you don’t know.”
Lilia’s body instantly tensed up.
‘Knowledge about my body?! What kind of insane new lesson is this?!’
“No… stop! I’ll take them off myself! Meow!”
She hurriedly tried to push away the hand wandering over her body, but her strength was laughably weak before Lucia.
After a few moments, her soaked casual clothes were neatly stripped off and tossed aside.
She was now lying naked across the pervert’s lap.
“You see, your body is very interesting; it hides many secrets you haven’t discovered.”
Lucia’s voice was very low.
Her warm breath blew against Lilia’s ear, making her shiver.
That cold hand began to move slowly across her damp back.
“For example, here.”
Lucia’s finger tapped just below Lilia’s left shoulder blade.
“The intersection where Magic Power flows through the chest and arms, the Wing Node. If you stimulate this spot…”
The finger suddenly applied pressure and pressed down.
“Meow—!”
Lilia’s body arched upward sharply.
An intense numbness exploded from where she was being pressed, instantly surging through both of her arms!
Her arms wouldn’t obey her at all; they were sore and numb, and even the joints of her bones felt incredibly itchy.
“… It can make the Magic Power output of your arms more stable and faster when casting spells.”
Lucia continued her lesson, her fingers sliding down to the small of Lilia’s back.
“And here. The hub connecting your upper and lower body’s Mana Cycle, the Core Wheel. If you can open this up…”
Her fingers slowly and steadily drew circles on that patch of soft flesh.
“Nngh… ah…”
Lilia bit her lower lip hard.
Her teeth sank into her flesh as she tried to swallow all those humiliating sounds.
But her body’s reactions were completely beyond her control.
Waves of heat surged from her abdomen, draining all the strength from her body.
Her Tail swayed uncontrollably back and forth in the water.
“… Your perception of space elements will be ten times sharper than it is now.”
Lucia’s voice was clearly tinged with amusement.
“See? Isn’t it interesting?”
‘Interesting, my ass!’
Lilia roared in her heart with all her might.
‘This isn’t a lesson! She’s clearly toying with my body under the guise of teaching!’
She could clearly feel the power that was about to break through the Third Tier Magic Shield.
Under the impact of this increasingly intense and strange sensation, it began to riot again.
The shield inside her was cracking!
‘No! I absolutely cannot break through here! Not in front of this pervert. I won’t break through in such a humiliating way while she’s toying with me!’
Lilia used her last shred of reason to frantically mobilize her Spirit Force, suppressing the power that was about to spiral out of control.
She bit her teeth hard, her nails digging into her palms and leaving deep bloody marks as she tried to use pain to buy a moment of clarity.
“Oh?”
Lucia noticed the stiffness and resistance in her body.
Her hands didn’t stop; instead, they became even more brazen.
“Want to suppress it? My little pet, did you forget? Your body hasn’t belonged to you for a long time.”
Her other hand reached over as well.
One hand pressed firmly against the Core Wheel, while the other hand pinched the soft flesh at the back of her neck.
And then — both hands applied force at once!
“MEOWWWWW—!”
Lilia’s body bounced in the tub, her back tightening and arching as she splashed a huge amount of water.
Two domineering sensations exploded from both ends of her body simultaneously — one numbing, one scalding!
The two forces crashed into each other inside her, churning into a mess!
Her mind went blank with a loud ring.
The power she had been suppressing could no longer be contained.
It burst through the Magic Shield within her body and rampaged through her pathways in the most unreasonable way possible!