Adam darted forward, zigzagging left and right to avoid Skyrim’s attacks, closed the distance between him and the [Earth Golem], then attacked with [Dance of the Sakura Blossoms].

  -31,420; -62,840; -125,680!

  That was enough damage to destroy the [Earth Golem], so Adam rolled across the ground to halt his attack. He skipped back to his feet and raced toward Skyrim. His opponent panicked and began casting various AoE attacks to try and pin him down. Adam slashed through the man’s [Fire Blast], leapt over his [Shockwave], and took his [Lightning Wall] head-on. It didn’t even damage him thanks to his magical defense.

  Adam was soon standing over Skyrim, who had fallen onto his backside, warily eyeing the spear pointed at his neck.

  “This victory belongs to me,” Adam said.

  “So it does,” Skyrim admitted with a sigh, though there was a hard look in his eyes. “I might have lost here, but I won’t lose to you in anything else.”

  Adam had the distinct feeling this man wasn’t referring to combat, but he couldn’t for the life of him figure out what Skyrim was talking about.

  Auction

  Fayte stepped out of her car as a middle-aged man held the door open for her. She thanked him, but all he did was nod. She was positive this man dressed in the garb of a butler was wondering why someone with such a dinghy vehicle was allowed to visit the Forebear Estate.

  Another pair of butlers opened the door. Fayte was greeted by a rapidly approaching blur.

  “Fayte!!”

  Susan crashed into Fayte, wrapping her arms around the older woman, who returned the hug with a smile.

  “Su… are you that excited to see me? We see each other every day, you know.”

  Susan shook her head against Fayte’s chest. “Seeing you in the game isn’t the same as seeing you in real life.”

  “I understand how you feel. There is something special about being able to touch the real you. Anyway, is everything ready?”

  “Yes! Come on. I’ll take you to my room.”

  Susan grabbed Fayte’s hand and pulled her into an adjoining hallway. Fayte merely smiled as she allowed the girl to pull her along.

  The reason for Fayte’s visit was the online auction they would be doing with the many items they acquired after conquering Alexandra’s Magic Academy. She had decided to do a real-world auction in exchange for real currency instead of in-game currency. Since the bet she made with Levon required real-world money, she believed this was the best way to accomplish the task rather than exchanging the money they already had.

  She also didn’t like the conversion rate or the fact that the government would take a percentage of the money for itself.

  “Adam and Aris didn’t come, I see,” Susan said as they turned a corner.

  Fayte tried hard not to smile at the disappointment in her friend’s voice. “Are you disappointed that you didn’t get to see your savior in real life again?”

  “Wha… n-no! Of course not! I was just curious!”

  “Do you really think you can hide your crush from me? I’ve been your friend for years now, Su. I can tell when you like someone.”

  Susan’s ears turned bright pink. “D-don’t tell Adam, please? I don’t want to be a bother to him.”

  “I don’t think he would see it that way, but I won’t tell him.”

  Chances are good that he already knows.

  Adam was a pretty self-aware guy. He didn’t strike her as the type to not notice someone else’s feelings. He just… ignored them.

  Fayte felt a surge of anger at that. Adam obviously knew how she felt about him, but he wouldn’t do anything about it. She understood that was because he had Aris. If he had started hitting on her, Fayte would have been disappointed in him for his lack of integrity, and yet she couldn’t lie and say that she wasn’t angry that he wasn’t at least acknowledging her feelings.

  Then again, it’s not like I know what I even want him to do. What would I even say if he did acknowledge my feelings and confronted me about it?

  Her feelings toward Adam were a mess, and she didn’t even understand them half the time.

  They soon reached Susan’s bedroom. Her computer was already set up. It was one of the higher-end gaming computers that cost upwards of ten thousand credits to buy and had all the gadgets and doodads a gamer girl could want. Susan had built this computer herself, though her father had bought the parts.

  Susan sat down on the chair, the latest model of gaming chair. Unlike the models of old, which featured unusual designs that were said to be ergonomic and good for your posture, her chair was more like a couch. It was soft and comfy, had a retractable footrest, and everything was automated. Her keyboard was also connected to her chair. With a simple push of a button, the keyboard located on the side moved up and positioned itself in front of her.

  Fayte shook her head. She loved video games, but Susan took her gaming to an entirely different level.

  After booting up her computer, Susan went straight to the website where the auction would be held.

  “I’ve already supplied a list of the items we plan to sell via the auction house. The American Federation was very accommodating. They said they would only take a ten percent cut of the profits from the items auctioned,” Susan said as she tapped away at her keyboard, bringing up the auction page. This was a real-time view of the auction. Right now, the item being auctioned wasn’t one of theirs but a weapon that someone had found in a dungeon. The current bid price was $120,000.

  “That’s probably because of the quality and quantity of items we have for sale,” Fayte determined.

  They had a lot of items to sell, and many of those items were 3 to 4-Star equipment.

  At this stage in the game, most people were still using 1 to 2-Star equipment. That was the current standard. Only a few people from large guilds like the Pleonexia Alliance, Daggerfall Dynasty, and the big international guilds had better equipment.

  “How much do you think we’ll make?” asked Susan.

  “A lot,” was Fayte’s immediate answer. “I can’t even estimate how much our items will sell for, but the auction house has been advertising them for a while. A lot of people on the forums were very excited when they saw some of the items on sale. I can’t see us making any less than a few billion credits.”

  “Do you think you’ll make enough to win the first stage of your bet?”

  “I believe so. I hope so.”

  Several items were auctioned before one of their items appeared. It was called the Staff of Everlasting Peace and was a healer-specific magic staff. It not only provided a fifty percent boost to all buffing spells, but it also gave a one hundred and twenty percent boost to healing spells like Cure, Cure All, Heal, and Heal All.

  Fayte placed a hand on Susan’s chair and leaned forward to watch as the item was auctioned. The starting price was $1,000,000, but it quickly went up $1,500,000, then $2,000,000. She narrowed her eyes as the price continued to rise.

  “It’s already up to ten million! That’s unbelievable!” Susan exclaimed.

  But Fayte shook her head. “It’s not that big. I’ve seen some items get auctioned for several billion before. This is a good item, but since it is specific to healers, I can’t imagine too many people are interested.”

  Healers played an important role in gaming, but Age of Gods did not have a lot of good healer classes. So far, there was Medic, Healer, and Doctor. Each class had its own unique healing skill set and buffs, but they were very basic classes and didn’t offer that many benefits. A lot of people were waiting for a specialized healer class to appear.

  The Staff of Everlasting Peace sold for $50,000,000 in the end, which was good, but it wasn’t near enough to win her bet.

  The next item was called Robes of the Forlorn Mage. It was a robe set that could be worn by any class and provided a massive boost to every magic-related stat as well as resistance to status effects. If Fayte didn’t have her Elemental Sorcerer Robes, she would have worn this.

  Unlike the healer staff, this one went for 3.5 billion credits, which was about what she had expected.

  “S-so much money…” Susan mumbled.

  “You say that like you don’t have enough to buy that,” Fayte said.

  “I mean… we do, but it just seems so wasteful. Father would never spend that much on an in-game item.”

  Eugine Forebear was not a gamer. He was one of the ten percent of the population who had never touched a VRMMORPG. His life was firmly planted in the real world, helping the citizens of the American Federation live better lives. Fayte had a lot of respect for him.

  Another item was soon placed in the auction. Fayte and Susan turned their attention back to the screen and watched as the price climbed higher and higher.

  Aris was bored.

  She was so bored.

  Fayte was visiting Susan to watch the auctioning of their items, Adam was currently inside Age of Gods, teaching spearmanship to the members of Daggerfall Dynasty, and Aris? She was lying on the couch in Fayte’s living room, bored out of her mind.

  “There’s nothing to do in Age of Gods right now. There’s not even much point in playing if Adam isn’t with me. Haaaaaaaah.”

  Aris had tried playing on her own for a while, but she had quickly grown weary. She was a social creature. Aris liked spending time with others and hated being by herself. She was like this even before getting Mortems Disease.

  “Hmmmm. What should I do? I don’t want to just sit around here.”

  Now that she was able to move freely again, Aris wanted to explore her newfound freedom by doing all the things she couldn’t do when she was bedridden.

  “I want to go out, but I don’t want to go alone. And I don’t want Adam to worry. It would be bad if he logged off and found out I wasn’t here.”

  Adam was a worrywart, but she didn’t think he worried without reason. She knew that he was just concerned for her safety. He had been looking after her for many years now, and acting like a mother hen was just ingrained into him by this point.

  “Hmmm.”

  Aris got off the couch and wandered into the bedroom she and Adam shared. He was lying on the bed, seemingly comatose. She knelt beside the bed and reached out to poke his face. His brow furrowed.

  “You realize it’s all your fault that I’m bored right now, right? How are you going to take responsibility if all you do is teach a bunch of nobodies which end of a spear you’re supposed to stab someone with, huh?”

  Her poking soon turned into stroking as she ran her fingers along Adam’s strong jawline, then his collarbone. He wasn’t wearing a shirt, so she had full access to his torso, and what a magnificent torso it was. Adam wasn’t big, but he was defined. Every muscle on his body had the kind of hard definition that made them visible even without a strong light source.

  Aris leaned down and began kissing Adam’s stomach. She enjoyed the way it twitched underneath her lips. He was definitely feeling this. She giggled at the thought of him suddenly feeling horny while teaching those spearman how to fight. The thought tickled her funny bone.

  Her hands weren’t idle either. While she branded Adam’s abs with her mouth, she mapped out his chest and sides with her hands. The muscles of his body were like mountains and grooves, and she was the cartographer mapping it all out. If people had classes in real life, she was certain hers would be something like Explorer.

  After several minutes of kissing and touching Adam, Aris noticed the pitched tent his boxers were making. She reached over and was about to stick her hand inside when another idea occurred to her.

  “Having sex is fun… but wouldn’t it be more fun if there were more of us?”

  Ever since their seduction of him, Lilith had been joining them in bed, but it was only in the game world. Adam had yet to sleep with her in real life. Aris wondered why that was. Could it be that a part of him was still hesitant to accept Lilith? She pouted at the thought. That just would not do.

  Aris grabbed Adam’s phone from the charging stand and quickly dialed up Lilith.

  “What do you need from me, Master?”

  “Sorry, but I’m not your master.”

  “… Mistress?”

  “Oooh! I do like the sound of that. I definitely don’t mind you calling me ‘Mistress’ from now on. Anyway, are you free right now?”

  “I am. Did you need something from me?”

  “Yes! Please come over, pronto!”

  “Very well. I will be over soon.”

  Aris placed the phone back on the charge and thought about what she should do while waiting. She glanced at Adam’s face. He wasn’t really sleeping, but he looked so vulnerable just like someone who was sleeping.

  “You’re so defenseless right now. It really makes me want to play with you.”

  Aris pressed her fingers against her crotch. She was only wearing one of Adam’s shirts and white lace panties, so she had easy access. She bit her lip to contain her moan as she rubbed herself over her undergarments. What she wouldn’t give to push this fabric aside and play with herself directly… but no. She couldn’t do that yet. She had to wait until Lilith got here at least.

  Ugh… I’m so horny right now.

  Aris reluctantly stopped what she was doing and told herself to be a good girl and wait for Lilith. She sat silently. She glanced at the clock. It was only 8:30 in the morning. She looked away. Several minutes seemed to pass before she glanced at the clock.

  It was 8:31.

  “Are you kidding me,” Aris complained. “Why does time only go slowly like this when I’m waiting for something? Unbelievable. Dammit, Lilith. You had better get here soon or I really will start without you.”

  Fortunately for Aris’s sanity, the doorbell chose that moment to ring.

  Aris bolted out of the bedroom and headed for the door. Lilith stood on the other side.

  “Come on,” Aris didn’t even give the woman a chance to say hello before she was dragging her to the bedroom.

  Caught in the Act

  Aris dragged Lilith off to the bedroom, where Adam was still lying on the bed, eyes closed. Lilith furrowed her brow as the younger woman dragged her over.

  “What are we doing?” asked Lilith.

  Aris turned to her with a shit-eating grin. “Hee-hee. We’re going to have some fun with Adam.”

  “I… am not sure that’s a good idea,” Lilith tried to say.

  Aris waved her off. “It’ll be fine. I do this all the time. Come on. Just follow my lead.”

  Lilith hesitated as Aris crawled onto the bed, but she eventually followed her master’s woman. She slipped off her shoes because Aris had dragged her off before she had the chance to remove them. Then she delicately climbed onto the bed.

  Aris was already touching Adam’s chest by the time Lilith was on all fours. Her mouth went dry at the sight. Lilith had seen Adam’s chest many times in the past, and she’d even seen it up close, but she had never just touched him like that. Jealousy welled up inside of her.

  “Come over here, Lilith.”

  Lilith shunted aside those emotions. How could she think this way about her master’s woman? She crawled over on all fours, careful not to step on Adam. She reached Aris and sat on her thighs as though waiting for the other woman to tell her what to do.

  “Have you ever wanted to kiss Adam’s body?” asked Aris.

  “Well…”

  “Now’s your chance.”

  Lilith didn’t know if this was appropriate, and yet, as she stared at Adam, she felt an inexplicable urge to worship his body. She reached out and placed a hand on his chest. His skin was warm, the muscles hard. Taking a shaky breath, she moved her hand across his chest, mapping out the contours of his torso.

  Aris grinned. “He’s got a nice body, right?”

  “Mmmm.” Lilith nodded.

  “Why don’t you stop using your hand and start using your mouth?”

  “I… what?” Lilith looked startled.

  “Come on. Kiss him. You’re already his. He’s had sex with you several times now, so it’s fine.”

  It was true they’d had sex a number of times since she and Aris had seduced Adam, but it was always in the game. She was still worried about overstepping her boundaries. That was why she had avoided Adam in real life.

  Aris continued to goad her, and Lilith eventually capitulated. She gave into her desire and pressed her lips to Adam’s chest. A jolt passed through her lips and traveled straight to her brain. Once she began kissing him, Lilith found herself unable to stop; even the idea of stopping didn’t occur to her.

  A pair of breasts pressed against her back. Lilith went ramrod straight when Aris cupped her wet sex through her pants and whispered alluringly in her ear. “Use your tongue.”

  Lilith shuddered but did as commanded, sticking out her tongue and dragging it across Adam’s skin. He tasted a little salty. She didn’t mind that at all.

  While Lilith busied herself licking Adam’s chest and stomach, Aris went behind her. She grabbed the hem of her pants, then pulled them and her underwear down, until her wet snatch was exposed to the cool air. Lilith shivered, but then she moaned when a small tongue licked her outer labia.

  “I’ve never tasted another girl before,” Aris said in between licks. “But I’ve always wanted to.” Another lick. “Hmmm. You don’t taste as good as Adam.” This time, her lick was long and slow, and caused Lilith to moan loudly. “But I could get used to this.”

  Lilith couldn’t think of anything to say, so she said nothing and continued servicing Adam as Aris ate her out. The girl was good. Lilith wasn’t what one might call experienced. Not only had she never been with a man besides Adam, but she didn’t play with herself like Aris. Even so, she felt like Aris was very talented at pleasing people. It did not take long before Lilith’s body was shuddering from head to toe with an orgasm.

  “How was that?” asked Aris as she wiped her mouth.

  “M-Master is better,” Lilith said.