Chapter 46: 46 | A Master Shouldn’t Feel This Way About Her Student... But Her Body Strongly Disagreed
As she stared at her wet fingers, the shame and embarrassment kicked in at the realization that she had gotten wet for her own student twice.
The first time, she could barely dismiss it as an accident. But now she had no excuse to tell herself.
’A-am I really attracted to Dante?’ The thought crossed her mind, and for the first time, she didn’t rush to deny it.
And that told her everything she needed to know.
Ba-thump!
Ba-thump!
Her heart started racing as the image of Dante appeared in her head. Even if not emotionally, she knew her body had already fallen for him.
’A master attracted to her own student?’ She felt a sense of taboo as something like this was beyond crazy in the awakener world.
More importantly, she was the head of the oldest organisation.
’Dante thinks of me so highly. Will he still look at me the same way if he finds out about this? That his master wants his body...?’
Before her mind could sink any further, she shook off those thoughts. She got off the bed and ran to the bathroom.
She didn’t wait for the tub to fill. She turned the shower on, took off her nightgown, and stepped under the water.
The cold hit her skin all at once and a sharp gasp left her lips.
’Good.’
She tilted her head back and let the water run down her face.
For the first few seconds, it actually worked. The cold pushed everything else out of her head and all she could focus on was the sting of water against skin.
Then her body started remembering his warm touch even under the cold shower.
"Stop it! Stop doing that." She slapped the tile wall with her palm.
To distract herself, she pulled up the system and checked the notifications.
[Congratulations! You have successfully completed the mission — Shoulder the Burden!]
[Dante’s condition has been permanently halted from deteriorating!]
[You have obtained Mana Zone (Epic)!]
Seeing the first reward put a smile on her face despite everything going on in her mind.
It felt like everything was worth it.
She then checked out the second reward.
[Mana Zone (Epic)]
[Type: Technique]
[Description: Creates a zone with a 50-foot radius around the user that draws in and condenses mana. Mana density within the zone increases by 200%.]
"So it’s like a mana gathering formation but better?" Natasha said with a thoughtful look in her eyes. She already had a mythic grade mana gathering formation in her room, but it was only half as good as this one.
The fact that it wasn’t fixed to a location made it so much more convenient, and the mana density was actually higher too.
More importantly, it would be very handy during battles.
"Alright! I’ll test it tonight and see how good it really is!" She made a decision to cultivate for the whole night.
But only a small part of her actually cared about that.
The real reason was that she needed a distraction.
****
An hour later, Natasha was sitting on the bed with her eyes closed, cultivating. The mana zone was working and the density in the room was noticeably thicker than before.
But her brows kept tightening every few minutes, and she shook her head more than once.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes. Her face was filled with frustration like she had finally had enough of it.
"Haa... why can’t I focus?" She fell back on the bed and stared at the ceiling with a puzzled look in her eyes.
This had never happened to her before. Not once in her entire life.
No matter what kind of situation she was in, she could always cultivate through it. Pain, stress, fear. None of it mattered because cultivating would make her stronger and being stronger would solve those problems.
But getting stronger wasn’t going to solve this one.
"Sigh..." She placed her hand over her face and didn’t move for a long time.
She was trying to sleep.
But every time she started to drift off, something pulled her back.
She turned onto her side and pulled the blanket over her shoulder.
’Just sleep, Natasha!’
She closed her eyes tight, but they opened a few seconds later. She turned to the other side and closed them again.
She kept doing that until she flipped onto her stomach and buried her face in the pillow.
’Damn it, why can’t I even sleep?’
At some point, she curled up on her side and just gave up trying.
’This is all his fault. Tomorrow, I’m not making him breakfast. Or lunch. Or dinner....’
The thought didn’t finish as her breathing finally slowed.
Her fingers loosened their grip on the sheets and the frown between her brows smoothed out.
Natasha was finally asleep.
However, she was wrong to think sleep would be her escape.
Because the moment she started dreaming, he was already there... with her.
***
Inside the dream, She was back on the bed, lying face down while Dante massaged her back. His hands moved slowly over her bare skin.
"Is the force enough, master?"
"Yeah... hnng~ Just like that," Natasha moaned, not even trying to hold it in. A pleased look stayed on her face the whole time.
She wasn’t wearing her nightgown. Just a tiny black lace panty and a towel loosely thrown over her ass. Her breasts were squished against the sheets, soft flesh spilling out from the sides every time she breathed.
Dante wasn’t as restrained as he was in reality.
His fingers brushed against her breasts more and more.
At first it seemed like an accident, but when Natasha didn’t say anything and only let out another soft moan, he got bolder.
Instead of staying on her back, His hands went under her body and grabbed her breasts from below, fingers sinking into the soft flesh.
Natasha’s body gave a small twitch, but she didn’t stop him. Her breasts filled his hands completely as he started massaging them properly.
Another low moan escaped her lips.
"Master... should I go a bit harder?"
