“What’s that?”

  “A kind of stamina potion,” he answered and drank the contents in one go.

  Asterios put the empty container back and tilted his head to give Miria’s cheek a soft peck. She purred and affectionately rubbed her face against his. They both laid down again and Asterios lifted the sheets. Miria smiled to herself seeing his beast eager to go again.

  “With this, you don’t have to worry about me. I have no idea how vigorous men amongst your kin are, but it should be enough to match them,” he added.

  Miria pulled his arm towards her body and hugged it lovingly. She led Ast’s hand lower and lower until it reached her secret place and his fingers brushed over the drenched fabric. She released a quiet moan and smiled at Asterios; her cheeks completely flushed with crimson.

  “I don’t care about other men... Just thinking about your hard penis makes me like this… Whenever I remember how good you pounded me last time, my pussy becomes dripping wet…”

  She moved closer to Asterios, pecked his lips, and pushed him onto his back, throwing the sheets to the bottom end of the bed. Miria then moved on top of him and sat down over his waist, squashing Ast’s cock to his belly with her black panties.

  “So today, let me act like a proper mate, Master.”

  He grazed her sides with his hands and nodded at the determined panthergirl. Miria smiled joyfully and her tail started making slow, happy dances. She looked all over Ast’s body and then her own, noticing that she was now the only one covered by clothes.

  To quickly fix that mistake, Miria carefully pulled the top of her negligee over her head and her springy breasts swayed cheerfully in the moonlight.

  Before he completely lost himself in her care, Asterios quickly drew the Alcove of Serenity sigil on the nightstand with his right hand and used his left to trace the contraceptive rune on Miria’s underbelly. She giggled awkwardly, realizing that she completely forgot about that again.

  After he finished, Miria moved her arms and cupped up her chest, looking at him timidly.

  “What do you… think about them?” she asked.

  It was obvious what the question was about. “They are beautiful. Just like every part of you.”

  Miria leaned forward to hang above Asterios. “You can… touch them… if you want. You can do anything...”

  He did as she said and moved his hands to gently brush with his fingers over Miria’s considerable mounds. He marveled over the soft and warm, and at the same time tender peaks.

  She kept sighing as Asterios traced circles around her areolas and carefully squeezed her breasts from time to time. A moan or two escaped her cute lips when he decided to tickle Miria’s nipples.

  After a few moments of these tame caresses, she moved back to a sitting position. Miria didn’t want to keep letting him make her feel good all the time while she just sat and enjoyed Ast’s affection.

  She moved the bottom part of her panties to the side and started sliding with her lower lips over his whole shaft, lubricating it with her love juices. Then, she raised herself on her knees and pointed Ast’s glans towards her pink slit, rubbing it against her entrance.

  Miria used her other hand to spread her pussy and glanced at Ast’s face. He was patiently waiting through her unintentional teasing, without a hint of rush in his expression. She started feeling bad for being so slow and indecisive and began lowering herself onto his cock, bit by bit until she took it all inside.

  “Nnnnhhhhhnnnnnn~”

  She shivered a little as his stiff member spread her moist vagina. Miria smiled at Asterios, took a deep breath, placed her hands on his chest, and started moving her hips up and down, slowly increasing the pace the more she got used to the feeling of his hot cock going in and out of her pussy.

  “Nyaaa… Nhhnnn… Ahnnn…”

  It didn’t take long before Miria started feeling amazing pleasure in her underbelly. Moans of various volumes began filling the previously quiet air. The last time she had his cock inside, she only knew it felt good with how cloudy Miria’s mind was, but now, every motion was crystal clear.

  She knew exactly what part of his penis scraped where or hit different areas of her snug passage. It was hard to not get lost in all that pleasure.

  Asterios noticed her struggle and supported Miria by holding onto her waist. She smiled and leaned forward to kiss him, still dropping her pussy onto his dick as they joined their lips together.

  He reached with his hand behind her back and rubbed around the base of Miria’s tail, sending shivers through her body again.

  “Nyaaaaaaahnnn~ Master… That’s cheating… Nhnnnnn… I’m supposed to make you… ahnnn... feel good today…” she complained in between kisses and moans.

  He chuckled. “I told you I feel good when you do. How could I not when you squeeze me harder each time I play with your tail?”

  She tried to pout but failed as Asterios suddenly tickled her nipple with his other hand, what made him laugh again. To not give him any more chances to keep teasing her, Miria caught both of his arms and pinned them down on the sides of his head, resuming the tempo she had slightly dropped under Ast’s caresses.

  “Please… Nyaaahnn… Just let me do it for you… Mhnn... “

  He waved his hands to show his agreement and Miria set him free. Asterios extended them forward and waited. Miria stared at him suspiciously, but soon realized what he intended and grabbed his hands.

  It got easier to move for her while they held hands like that. Miria felt happy and did her best to rub Ast’s cock at different angles. With his help, it was simpler to move her hips more irregularly and it felt even better for them.

  She felt Asterios slowly arriving at his orgasm and Miria switched from sitting on her knees into a crouching position, which allowed her to slam her pink flower even harder against his pelvis. With each thrust, Ast’s penis pierced now even deeper into her slit, rubbing completely different spots than before, also bringing Miria close to cumming.

  “Ahhhh… Ahhhnnn… Master… Let’s… nnnnnnhhhh… cum together!”

  As she asked, Asterios focused on sensing both of their climaxes and took matters into his own hands. He started pushing his hips upwards whenever she brought hers down. Miria moaned even louder and started to shake a bit but holding Ast’s hands helped her stay in position.

  “Masteeeeeeeeeeer! I’m cooooooominggggg!”

  Not being able to take it anymore, Miria threw herself onto Ast’s chest and he hugged her tightly, making one more fierce push of his hips, and dove for Miria’s lips. They both reached their peaks while kissing and Miria moaned into his mouth as a torrent of white started stirring the insides of her convulsing pussy, trying to wring Asterios dry to the very last drop.

  A whole minute passed as they spasmed in each other’s embrace. Releasing their mouths, Miria and Asterios panted heavily. He placed his partner on his side and began softly brushing through her hair. With a pleasant warmth spreading through both her bottom and top, Miria purred loudly and kept showering Ast’s lips with a myriad of lazy kisses.

  “You were amazing,” he spoke first. “But is this enough for you?”

  She noticed that Asterios was still hard inside her. Rubbing her belly over the spot where she felt his member, she glanced up into his charming eyes and smiled shyly.

  “I wouldn’t mind… a little more, ehehe~”

  He kissed her lovingly. “How much?”

  “Ummm… Without… holding back… is okay?”

  Asterios chuckled. “You really could have been rougher with me if that’s what you like, you know?”

  “Then…” Miria hid her face in Ast’s chest. “Please… do me hard…”

  He pecked her forehead, pulled out, and rotated Miria around, making her his little spoon. She glanced back at him curiously over her shoulder and Asterios smiled at her. He guided his left arm under her body and tightly hugged her waist while using the other one to lift Miria’s right thigh a bit.

  Then, without a warning, he shoved his whole cock into her unsatisfied pussy in one go, making a loud slap as his waist slammed against Miria’s bottom.

  “Nyaaaaahnnn?!”

  Miria’s back arched a bit from suddenly getting poked at a completely new angle and she moaned in surprise, but Asterios ignored that and started thrusting while keeping her close within his embrace. He raised Miria’s leg a bit more to stretch her pretty lily just a little, and the response was instantaneous.

  “Ahnnnnnnnn~! Ahhhh~! Ahhhh~! Nyaaaaahnnnn~! Yesss!”

  Asterios kept rocking his hips as hard as he could. Miria’s body started shaking from having her tight internal walls assaulted this fast and she grabbed Ast’s arm with both of her hands, moaning without a stop.

  “Nyaahhn~! Nyaaahaaann~! Ahhhh~! Like that! Pleaseeeeeeee! Nhnnnnn~! I love iiit!”

  He thanked gods or whoever had come up with using magic to silence the surroundings because, without Alcove of Serenity, he was sure Miria’s screaming could wake up half of the village they were staying the night at.

  But it existed. And worked. And so, he could increase the strength of his pounding even more so that Miria could cry in pleasure even louder as he kept aiming the tip of his dick at the spots that he hadn’t poked inside her yet. He felt her slowly starting to build up another orgasm.

  “Masteeeeeeeeer! This is the beeeest! I’m sooorryyyy! Ahhhnn~! Ahhhh~! Ahhhhh~! I loveeeeee this moreeee than that! Nyaahnnnn~! I’ll cuuuum soon!”

  “I know… So come and… cum for me…”

  He pushed Miria onto her belly and raised her leg even more. Using the springy mattress, Asterios was able to match his thrusts with Miria’s body bouncing back towards his hard cock and he brought her to a climax in a flash while drilling her pussy like mad.

  Love juices kept faintly splashing from the place where they were connected, sprinkling his chest and abdomen. Asterios slightly moved his hand and pinched Miria’s nipple not too hard.

  “Coooooominnnnnnng! Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaahnnnnnnnnnnnn~!”

  Miria screamed and arched her back. Asterios made the last push and reached his peak, releasing the third load for the night, second inside Miria’s incredible pussy, which squeezed his member as she trembled and convulsed.

  He fell on top of her after his own orgasm finished. They were both a huge panting mess. Even in that mess, Miria rolled them over onto their sides, grabbed Ast’s arms, and embraced her body with them, snuggling her back to Asterios and letting him gently cup her breasts. It felt nice having them softly touched by him after he roughed her up a little.

  She giggled to herself, regaining her breath quicker than him. “Thank you, Master. I love you.”

  Asterios chuckled and rubbed his chin on the back of her head. “You are welcome. And never forget that.”

  “I’ll try, ehehe~”

  “By the way… Did you choose this underwear yourself?” Asterios asked.

  Miria faintly shook her head. “No. Selene picked it for me. She said it suits my slightly toned body and that you would definitely like it, Master.”

  “Figured.”

  “Hm?”

  “It’s nothing. It really suits you. Makes you even prettier and that’s an achievement.”

  “Ehehe~ Thank you. You should see what she picked for herself then, Master.”

  Asterios chuckled again. “Maybe one day.”

  Chapter 20

  The Past Incident

  After the night, Miria woke up first, still in Ast’s arms. She smiled to herself while enjoying his warm morning embrace and stayed close for a few minutes more, just basking in this pleasant and comfortable sensation.

  She finally decided it was time to get up and tried to escape Ast’s grasp without interrupting his sleep, but unfortunately, she failed at quite the early stage of her plan and watched as Asterios softly exhaled and opened his eyes right in front of her face.

  “Good morning.”

  Miria blushed slightly. “Good morning, Master.”

  She pulled herself closer and left a soft peck on his lips. Asterios moved his hand from Miria’s back to her head and started petting her fluffy ears as he returned the kiss. She began slowly melting under the caresses of his fingers, releasing quiet purrs of satisfaction.

  He didn’t intend to imprison Miria in this vicious cycle of pleasure, so he stopped playing with her ears and switched to gently scratching her back as they lay on the bed. She allowed herself to be spoiled for a moment longer before backing away and raising herself on the bed.

  Just then, she noticed that the top of her negligee was still off and Asterios could admire her figure in full view, which naturally caused Miria’s cheeks to turn a shade more crimson as she hid her chest behind her furry arms.

  He chuckled while also getting up and turned around to not embarrass his timid partner more.

  Miria felt happy from his consideration, but also a little bit disappointed, mostly in herself for still not being able to act casually even after the things they did together already. She removed her arms from her chest and hugged Asterios from behind.

  A warm and soft sensation unexpectedly hit his back and two slightly bushy limbs hung over his shoulders. He tilted his head to the side just to be met with a slightly embarrassed face of Miria there.

  “Thank you,” she whispered and pecked his cheek before hastily moving away and jumping through the dark red portal to take a proper bath after the night.

  Asterios also walked to the small toilet area next to his room and wiped himself clean with the help of some basic spells available in Livelihood Magic's repertoire. The inn in this village didn’t have full-sized personal baths, but a bowl with a few towels was enough for now.

  He checked out and went to eat a quick breakfast around the main square, grabbing a few fresh buns and a roasted lizard from the available stalls. After half an hour, Miria joined him already back in her full gear and they resumed their journey home without any further delays.

  The path back was calm and uneventful. They passed two caravans going the opposite way, but other than that, nothing much happened. Miria chatted with Asterios along the way, explaining to him more about the topic of the previous night, which was how exactly did the beastfolk’s bodies work under the full moon.

  He accepted her suggestion of playing it safe and taking care of Miria’s libido during more idle moments instead of letting it build up until it would start making her noticeably uncomfortable, reaching inconvenient levels during undesired situations, like an unexpected fight, quest, or inside a dungeon.

  It amused Asterios a bit how after people found a magical way to deal with one recurring and periodic aspect of a woman’s body, using a little bit of magic specifically invented for that purpose, they somehow managed to encounter a different yet similar situation.

  In their case, instead of waiting for a proper moment to embrace their partner without any risk involved, they had to actually do it before a specific day came, to avoid another risk and inconvenience. And he wasn’t sure if magic that would reduce Miria’s ramping up desires existed in the first place.

  She felt a little bit apologetic, but Asterios again reassured her that it wasn’t something she should worry about as it was just the natural way of things. And besides, he would always be happy to spend some time close with her so she shouldn’t hold back unnecessarily.

  Selene kept listening to the duo talking mentally and couldn’t help but wonder how her next full moon would go. Thankfully, or not, due to the intense pain that had usually accompanied those events, she didn’t have to worry about the issue of her going into heat as it was completely mitigated by the suffering. There was no way for her mind to be affected by hormones her body was still releasing even in her anguish.

  Additionally, Spiritual Foxes weren’t going through heat as heavily as Pantherkin tribes or other clans. But, thanks to Ast’s help, her pain should be at least a level or two lower during the next full moon and that was what worried her the most.

  She didn’t want to get her hopes and expectations up, but it was just impossible. What was going into a bit of heat when compared to finally not experiencing excruciating pain? She couldn’t wait for the day, or more specifically night, to come, almost as much as she didn’t want it to ever happen, scared that it would only become worse.

  Asterios and Miria arrived back in Rosewind around mid-late afternoon. The town was bustling as usual and not much changed since they had left its premises for their quest to escort Ast’s mom's transport.

  Miria switched back to her humanoid form and jumped to her realm shortly after they entered the city, mustering enough courage to give Asterios a quick hug in the middle of the street before running away into the crimson mist. She had to keep taking small steps like these if she wanted to one day be able to show her affection in public without struggling.

  With a smile, Asterios walked towards his house. He planned to pay a visit to the guild and let Ellie know he was back after he met with his mother, who was obviously a priority.

  Not that much time had passed, less than two weeks, but he wondered how Tina was doing at the academy and if she found herself in any trouble because of him. He didn’t want to come back there this soon, but it would be better to check on her just in case.

  Finally arriving at the cozy building, he opened the door with his own key and went in. The moment he stepped inside, two distant voices reached his ears. The owner of the first one was obvious, his mother, but he wasn’t so sure about the other one as he couldn’t think of any reason why they would be here.

  “Listen… I really can’t take this... It’s too much... I’m really grateful for your generosity and help, but…”

  “Please don’t say that, Miss Kindra. It’s been over a week now. Just look at it as a small loan. I know you will return it with interest as soon as everything gets resolved.”

  “You shouldn’t involve yourself in this or you may get in trouble too… They’ve already seen you come here a few times… If they learned that you gave me money while under investigation…”