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Chapter 568: Aftercare?
Lillian rested the side of her face against Marionette’s chest, her arms wrapped tightly around the Assassin’s sweaty body as her sweat mixed in with hers.
Much like Lillian’s body, Marionette’s was marked with the same about - even having a bite mark around her shoulder as revenge for the one she made on Lillian.
"Did you enjoy it?" Lillian asked, looking up at her girlfriend’s face to see whether or not she was satisfied.
Marionette nodded with a radiant smile as she looked down at Lillian with a tender gaze filled with love and affection.
"More than enjoy. I loved every second of it, Lillian..." Marionette answered quietly, her right hand brushing through Lillian’s hair while her other caressed Lillian’s body. "I... was never someone who thought about these things, but in the past, I had never understood why people indulged in sex."
Marionette paused for a second before adding, "I was told it was a pleasurable experience, but I didn’t know to what degree the pleasure was... But with you opening the doors to me... I now know the reason why so many are addicted..."
Lillian chuckled, grinning cutely, "That’s the same for me, except I never would’ve thought I would experience sex either... So, for our first time as a very inexperienced couple, I think we did pretty well! Don’t you think?"
Marionette blinked at Lillian, her smile growing larger as her love for the girl grew even bigger.
Chu.
Pecking Lillian’s forehead, Marionette nodded and whispered:
"Yes, I think so too... Thank you, Lillian, for joining me and allowing me to experience pleasure like this."
"Hehe!" Lillian giggled, snuggling against her girlfriend closer, "Absolutely! And I have to say the same..."
The Rabbit’s face then turned shy as she whispered, "We can... Do this another time. A much better and more romantic time... Like at night!"
Marionette’s pupils seemingly smiled as she heard that, finding herself agreeing with the Rabbit. Unlike during the day, when wasting time could be considered detrimental to some, the night was where they could go on for as long as they wanted until morning.
Locking eyes with one another, the two chuckled softly. The morning truly wasn’t the most optimal of times for this sort of thing.
The Assassin nodded affectionately, "Yes... I have no arguments against that. But I do have to warn you that I will be a lot bolder after this."
Lillian blushed and smiled crookedly. When wasn’t Marionette bold?
Feeling her heart swell at the thought, Lillian nodded timidly, "Sure. Well... As long as it’s to a degree it’s hideable in public, I have no problems with that."
Hearing this, a grin broke open on Marionette’s lips as she whispered, "Do you promise?"
Lillian widened her eyes as she heard before laughing, "Pfft. Yes, yes. Of course, I promise... I’ll welcome everything about you with open arms, Marionette..."
Afterwards, the two fell silent - their bodies still - with nothing but their heavy breathing as signs they were still alive. But that silence of nothing but breathing was soon broken by Marionette.
"Lillian... I want to switch position."
"Huh?"
Lillian watched as Marionette wiggled out of her embrace. She raised an eyebrow as her girlfriend went below eye level with her. She then slowly tilted her head, watching as Marionette stopped shuffling down - the woman’s face now in front of her chest.
The Rabbit then felt the Assassin’s arms embrace her again, pulling her in and causing her chest to collide with Marionette’s face, who buried herself in them.
Seeing this, Lillian finally understood what Marionette meant and laughed as she patted and rubbed the back of the woman’s head. "So, this is what you wanted? Your face on my chest? Geez... You should’ve just asked."
Kissing the edge of the Assassin’s ear, Lillian whispered, "You’re so cute, do you know that—?"
She then paused her words immediately once she felt a squeeze on her rear.
Marionette slowly tilted her head up, her lips curled into a smug smile as she whispered, "You speak as though you wish to go another round, Lillian~... Is that what you want?"
Lillian smiled wryly.
The Assassin then became extremely amused when she sensed nervousness in her Rabbit. She chuckled and pecked Lillian’s collarbone, "I’m merely joking. Or am I~?"
The Rabbit pouted and pinched the Assassin’s cheek, only receiving a loving stare and a monotone, "Ow."
Afterwards, the two fell silent again, but this time, Lillian was the one who broke the silence.
Upon remembering that she needed to recount what happened over the days she hadn’t called, Lillian began to narrate through an entire list.
From her arrival at Restara’s Port, to getting on a ship, fighting pirates, running away from pirates, fighting a giant two-headed leviathan, and what had gone on inside the Trial.
Marionette found herself drawn into Lillian’s narration of events and couldn’t help but find herself becoming more and more proud of her girlfriend with each obstacle she overcame.
Her eyes were widening each time Lillian described the strength of the foes she thought, and her heart was tightening each time Lillian straight-forwardly mentioned how many times she might’ve died.
"Oh! And there was this guy called the Drowned King, you know of him, right?"
"One of the Four Mighty Sea Kings?"
"Yeah, him! It took the combined effort of the entire inside-out group to kill his spiritual and physical body. Both working at 30% of his original power, and also his physical body was unable to use his magic, as well!"
"I see..."
Once Lillian finished her recounting, even speaking about what went on in the auction, Marionette opened her mouth - her cheeks slightly puffed out into what seemed to be a pout.
"I... I wish I was with you on your journey..."
She was greatly envious of those who travelled with Lillian, slept near Lillian, ate and fought with Lillian. It wasn’t fair, wasn’t she meant to be the one who tackled these sorts of things with her? She was the Rabbit’s lover, after all!
Lillian smiled, sensing jealousy inside her girlfriend’s words and hugged her tighter. "You know... In my eyes, you kind of was..."
Marionette’s eyelids lowered slightly, enjoying Lillian’s tighter embrace, "I believe you mentioned this once before... May I know more on the reason why?"
The Rabbit nodded briefly, resting her chin on top of the Assassin’s head and brushing her hand through her girlfriend’s hair.
"Partway through that Trial, I realised. I realised that whenever I fought, I would learn things I hadn’t yet known more quickly. Especially, when I fought with my life on the line. So, I have you to thank for that Marionette."
"Hm?" Marionette raised an eyebrow, her face hidden from Lillian due to the girl’s chest pressing against her face. "For what reason do you have to thank me?"
It was now Lillian’s turn to raise her eyebrow, "Well, wasn’t it your plan to make me like this? To somehow make me perform better in fights?"
Marionette shuffled her face out from Lillian’s chest. She gazed up with an emotionless expression, staring into Lillian’s eyes with blankness that made it hard for anyone to know what she was thinking of.
And if they were able read her mind, they would hear:
’What plan?’
All this time, Lillian’s theory that Marionette had built her up to become a fighter that learnt faster in life-threatening situations was false. All Marionette had done was train her body, stripped away the crude shape in her fighting style, etc.
But she hadn’t ever planned for something like Lillian said. She wasn’t quite sure how to go about planning that, besides making Lillian go through countless deaths using the virtual reality machines.
Nonetheless.
"Yes. That was my plan. Do praise me more."
She wasn’t going to refuse anything that would make her appear much more lovable towards her girlfriend.