Tatyana gingerly opened her eyes. She had not fallen asleep, but she took a few moments of silence to close her eyes and rest. Both of them could go for longer, but most of the feelings were already vented during the several-week-long mating spree.
The elegant woman was currently buried in the body of her dragoness. She changed back and forth, reverting to her original dragon form in the end. The large dragon perfectly covered her body, her wings acting as covers, and the base of her neck as a resting cushion for Tatyana.
Extending her hand, she touched the dragoness's head resting on her thighs. The long neck allowed her to curve around like that. "Are you satisfied now, love?"
Yasenia snorted gently, her throat purring at the feeling of Tatyana's hand tracing her facial features. "I am not… But I feel that this is enough for now. There are a few things that we need to deal with, after all."
Tatyana smiled, her finger gently tracing the edge of Yasenia's golden dragon eye. "Alright. Then we can move out of bed."
"I don't wanna…" Yasenia nuzzled her head against Tatyana's naked chest, her body moving to find a better position. This made Tatyana laugh.
"Silly girl, didn't you say that we needed to move out? Why are you reluctant?"
Yasenia's long tongue licked Tatyana's cheek, the gentle purring not stopping. "Even then… Let's cuddle for a while. I want Mommy to hug me."
"Alright, alright."
So, Tatyana and Yasenia moved.
The woman leaned back onto the headboard, and Yasenia shifted her position, standing briefly before settling down on top of Tatyana. With her face resting against Tatyana's chest, the woman's legs extended to just below Yasenia's front legs.
So, it felt comfortable for both. Curious, Tatyana's hand moved around her jaw, and then, they began tracing her neck. Yasenia's relaxed body tensed, her pupils thinning as Tatyana's hands approached her reverse scale.
Even when Yasenia trusted Tatyana with her soul, this particular spot was so instinctively out of bounds that the loving purring lowered, becoming a low growl.
Tatyana made a gentle shushing sound, her lips falling on Yasenia's snout constantly. "Good girl… It is Mommy." Her index finger noticed the texture change, and Yasenia opened her maw, biting on her shoulder without strength. "Such a good baby~, this is my finger. It is Mommy's hands, relax."
Yasenia's thinned pupils reflected Tatyana's face like a mirror; both looked at each other softly. Honestly, the fact that she could touch this part and have Yasenia only react with playful bites made her heart beat extremely fast. Rubbing her cheek with Yasenia's face, her fingers continued to gently trace Yasenia's soft reverse scale. "My baby, my love~. I love you so much."
Yasenia growled, her body tense, but there was no animosity in her guarded demeanor. The second Tatyana's finger stopped touching her reverse scale, she softened like pudding and began licking her face with half-lidded eyes.
Eventually, they shared a deep kiss, the dragon almost swallowing her face as she filled her mouth with her large tongue.
After exchanging a passionate kiss, Tatyana finally separated and smiled at the charming dragoness. "Let's get up, Little Treasure. It seems that the tournament you spoke about is being set up, so I want to be present."
Yasenia nodded, and her body began shrinking. The scaly body shrank, reverting to its soft, womanly form. Tatyana hugged the woman tightly in her arms, as if she wanted to fuse with her, and rained kisses on her beautiful face.
They could only come out of bed after two more hours of kisses. Tatyana spoke up. "Cai Xue, come inside."
Outside, the maid heard the words and sighed in relief. 'Lady Death Saintess has wanted to meet with Young Miss for two days already. Thankfully, they finished.'
The girl pushed the door open, her guard down. In that instant, electricity convulsed her brain, her throat releasing a low moan as she bent forward. A sweet scent that activated every single instinct to mate clung to her being, her eyes glazing over as her underwear got ruined.
Yasenia and Tatyana glanced over, their eyes observing Cai Xue's reaction. While she had been mostly accepted, the maid needed to at least be able to hold back around Yasenia. Therefore, they didn't clean up before asking her to come inside.
Cai Xue's legs trembled, her robes soaked with sweat and more. Looking at Yasenia with flushed cheeks, she walked forward towards the bed as if enthralled.
Yasenia didn't cover her body and sat on the edge of the bed, glancing at Cai Xue without any particular expression. "Y-Young miss… Young Miss… Young Miss…"
Standing in front of Yasenia, the origin of most of the scent, Cai Xue fell to her knees, her face approaching the limp member between her legs. Yasenia looked down, her eyes indifferent. "Are you sure? If you reach out, I'll allow it. But… Are you sure?"
Cai Xue heard those words and stopped. In front of her eyes, Yasenia's dragon was slowly rising up, creating a shadow on her face. However, after being frozen there for a few seconds, momentarily sticking out her tongue, she stopped and backed off.
With herculean willpower, Cai Xue rose up to her feet and slowly bowed to Yasenia. "Young Miss, this was a momentary lapse. I am sorry, it won't happen again."
Yasenia and Tatyana were both impressed. Tatyana had planned to forgive her if she held back from going all the way, while Yasenia was prepared to feed Cai Xue her Yang Energy once to relax her body.
However, overcoming both their expectations, Cai Xue managed to stand in front of Yasenia's naked body while surrounded by her mating scent. Of course, the woman's body was a mess of fluids, and there were even traces of tears of pleasure in her eyes. Yet, the gaze in Cai Xue's eyes was both determined and full of willpower.
"Impressive." Yasenia smiled and took out a Scent Absorbing Pearl. The pearl absorbed part of the scent in the room; it was unable to swallow everything.
"Hm? One is not enough?" Looking at the pearl with surprise, Yasenia ended up needing three more pearls to eliminate all the scent and traces in the room.
With the enthralling scent out of the way, Cai Xue breathed in the fresh air greedily. She wanted to cleanse the remaining scent clinging to the inside of her nose. Yasenia chuckled and stood up, embracing the maid. "You did a great job~. Here, a small reward."
Cai Xue's eyes widened when Yasenia's hand reached into her robes. Her body was instantly under her mercy, a beautiful melody spreading in the room for the next hour.
Cai Xue breathed roughly, her face flushed with happiness and satisfaction. Yasenia giggled, licking her fingers. "Hm~, not bad."
Looking at her Little Treasure, Tatyana chuckled. "Alright, Cai Xue, since you've calmed down, dress Yasenia up and prepare us to go outside."
"Right… away." The maid nodded, her gestures languid as if she had an otherworldly experience.
Another hour later, the three of them left the room, Cai Xue walking two steps behind Yasenia, with a cordial look. Inside her heart, though, she was squealing in delight and swooning over Yasenia like a crazy woman. 'Oh my Heavens! Oh my Heavens! Oh my Heavens! Young Miss's fingers are crazy. If this is the usual reward, I don't need anything else! Young Miss, I love you~!'
"Yasenia, tell me a bit more in detail what you had in mind when creating this tournament. You must understand that I am really reluctant to let you participate with your current condition."
The dragoness instinctively reached out to her belly, understanding her worries. Then, she explained. "Honestly, if you can cancel it without it becoming a mess, I don't mind. The reason I even agreed to the Tournament was to give you time."
"Me?" Tatyana blinked and then understood. "Ah. Since they were pushy, and creating meetings for later would probably not work, you decided to create a concrete situation that would give you the most time."
Cai Xue blinked from behind, and Yasenia explained a bit more in-depth. "Yes. If I told them that we should delay the talks, they wouldn't accept it easily. After all, they might think that I am telling them that because I have something planned. If, instead, I suggest a tournament, I am just an overconfident junior who thinks they don't have geniuses good enough to beat me."
Yasenia smirked. "Wanting to prove me wrong, they would accept my conditions. Moreover, since it is a prize, they would think that I would not dare touch the treasure in case I lose. After all, if I did something to it and lost, they would be completely validated in their intent to kill me. Even resisting at that time would put me in a bad position."
Everything clicked into place with this explanation, making Cai Xue's eyes gleam with understanding. 'Lady Yasenia's thoughts seem to be much deeper than I thought.'
She never thought of Yasenia as someone stupid, but there were no chances for Yasenia to show her foresight and ability to scheme. Therefore, at best, Cai Xue evaluated Yasenia as an intelligent junior, the word 'junior' being the key point in describing her evaluation level.
With that explained, Tatyana pondered while tapping her chin. They were walking toward the sect's main hall, taking their sweet time. "I understand. I don't really want annoying flies to be around you, but this tournament might be a good chance to tell everyone not to mess with you. Now that I am here and most of my scattered forces are traveling over, there is nothing to fear. You showing your talent will only make the elders understand that making you an enemy is stupid."
Yasenia frowned. "Are you sure? If I reveal my hand, wouldn't they think that I am too big a threat?"
"Don't worry. Those at the Seventh Realm are not that close-minded… At least not in the same sense as usual."
The dragoness tilted her head. "I don't understand."
"Let me explain it briefly." Tatyana smiled. "Everyone who has reached the Seventh Realm has tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of years of experience. The longer one lives, the more one attaches to certain values. This is something you understood quite early on, right?"
Yasenia nodded. She had noticed, for example, that Tatyana had an obsession with finding someone to love. Then you had Valeria, who was incredibly hell-bent on creating new life with her own body. Mirrory was still a big question mark in Yasenia's mind, though.
Tatyana smiled. "After living for so long, who has not seen a talented person surpass them? Who has not seen powerful sects rise and fall, empires be created and collapse? Moreover, our ages look ridiculous; you must also take into account that over 99% of that time is spent meditating or cultivating. There are times that we go into closed door cultivation, and after we emerge, the world's cultures have changed until they are unrecognizable."
The dragoness understood where Tatyana was going. "So, unlike Transcendence Realm people, who have only started touching upon the feeling of being immortal, Seventh Realm cultivators do know how that feels and therefore also understand that talent can't be easily stopped?"
Tatyana corrected her. "It's not that it can't. It is actually quite easy to kill talented people. The problem is that it is not worth it. Yes, you can kill a one in a thousand year genius, but does that matter? As long as you don't create animosity with those geniuses, supporting them will eventually give more benefits."
"That's… Interesting. So, as I grow in strength, should I expect fewer people to bother me?"
"...No."
Yasenia almost tripped, and Tatyana smiled awkwardly. "You will make enemies, and you will receive hate. Age is not a factor that reduces the conflicting nature of intelligent species. It only allows us to hide it better and evaluate whether acting is worth it or not. Moreover, the desire for new stimuli is increasingly more prevalent, and your beauty is a great fuel for that. So, you will continue to find people who bother you along your journey. Only, their schemes will be less direct."
"... That sounds worse than meeting a Young Master, to be honest."