Although he just woke up, Axel's mind was already turning at full speed.
With slight movements, he looked around, checking his state and his surroundings. Thankfully, he was still mostly clothed. Except that his shirt's buttons were opened completely, exposing his chest and not-so-toned abs. With his state, he could tell that nothing had happened just yet.
'Navi's nowhere to be found. And the clothesline I used for the bath earlier is now standing at my tent's entrance,' he quickly noted.
After he got the basics of his situation, he then focused on the other party, Maria.
She was no longer wearing her maid outfit; it was folded carefully and placed a short distance away by Axel's feet. Her long, brown hair was also released from its earlier ponytail style, cascading down over her face, adding to her charm.
Currently, she was wearing nothing but her chest cover, something like a half-tank top, which allowed Axel a clear view of her underboobs. No, not only that. Even within the poor lighting, he could make out the shape of her twin peaks, pushing against the sheer cloth.
Her expression, albeit with a hint of embarrassment, was filled with resolve... for a reason he couldn't understand.
"Why are you doing this?" Axel asked in a steady voice, staring straight into Maria's eyes.
Maria's shoulders trembled for a moment, as if not expecting such a question from him. Still, she carefully parted her lips, mouthing words that contained no lies.
"I'm offering you my body, Sir Axel..." She whispered, shy but filled with a strong will. "So please, don't touch Princess Eve. She is the last hope of our Kingdom..."
"You..."
Axel sighed internally.
Of course, he had no intention of "touching" an underage woman. In fact, if not for this situation, he didn't have plans to touch any of them at all!
'However, in this case...' Axel pondered hard. 'Refusing her advances might cause further misunderstanding and strain the relationship between all of us, too.'
Although he was thinking a lot of "excuses," as a man, he wouldn't refuse a woman who had already thrown herself into his arms. If there's a man who would refuse such a beautiful woman's advances, then they're either gay, stubbornly loyal to their partner, or simply an idiot.
Axel wasn't any of those.
"What about the night watch?" he asked as his hand moved.
He gently caressed the pristine thigh straddling his waist, testing the waters.
Maria's body trembled a little, but Axel could feel her warmth through his palms. From her temperature, he could tell she's already in heat—aroused.
"T-That... A-Arianne is standing guard at the moment..." Maria whispered through gasps, feeling each movement of Axel's fingers.
Seeing that her reaction wasn't bad and that she was fully accepting his touch, Axel went even further. His hand travelled from her thigh to her waist, slowly rising along her smooth, sweaty skin, before gently pushing the heavy fruits hanging before his eyes.
"Mmm~!"
A sweet moan escaped Maria's lips. Something that she, herself, didn't expect.
But before her embarrassment could take over, she leaned further forward, until her arms were both propping her body up, positioned right beside Axel's head.
"S-So... you'll embrace me, Sir Axel?"
She shyly asked for confirmation, as if a lost child looking for solace in a dark forest. Her eyes trembled, not from fear, but anticipation.
Axel stopped deluding himself at that point. There was no point in doing so anyway.
He accepted his interpretation of Maria's actions at face value, without any calculated filter or anything. He accepted it simply as a lonely man trying to appease a lonely woman.
With a resolute voice and both hands moving fast, catching Maria's dangling ripe fruits, he replied.
"Did you hear me refuse?"
"Ahn~!"
Another sweet moan escaped as Axel played with her stiff nipples. She was extremely sensitive, enough that her arms almost buckled from just that slight pinch.
"W-Wait..." Maria called through warm, bated breaths.
But Axel ignored her plea and mercilessly switched positions with her. It was now Maria who was lying on the ground, with Axel looming over her half-naked body.
"What?" Axel whispered in a strong, commanding tone. "If you want to back out now, then it's too late."
His head moved close to Maria's shoulder, kissing her neck—sucking—leaving a mark. "Remember, I didn't start this. You did." And whispered such, intentionally blowing against her ears.
Maria's body squirmed uncomfortably beneath him. But despite that, she showed no signs of resisting. Rather than resigning herself to her fate... she seemed to be looking forward to what's about to happen instead.
Her breathing was labored, ragged, and hot.
Puffs of misty smoke escaped her lips with every gasp. Every kiss from Axel, every fondling, and every pinch, her body trembled with pleasure.
"I-I'm... Cumm...!"
And before he could finish their foreplay, Maria ended up reaching her limit fast instead. Her body spasmed as her panties got drenched. All her limbs tightened around Axel, hugging him tight against her body.
Then, when the spasms ended, she fell right back to the ground, panting hard, with eyes looking glazed and unfocused.
"What's with that satisfied look?"
Axel bore down on her, pulling her top over her twin mountains. "We haven't even started yet." He grinned, licking his lips.
Maria, seeing Axel's lips come closer to her chest, quickly panicked. "N-No, wait...!" she said, hands pushing powerlessly against Axel's head. "I just came and I'm...!"
But before she could finish her words, Axel had already placed her nipples into his mouth, sucking on them. He played around with his tongue, taking a playful bite at times, and sucking.
"Hiik...!"
Maria's voice came as interrupted gasps. And with every shake of her body, the sound of squirting could be heard faintly.
Axel slowly moved his right hand, caressing the sweaty space between her breasts, tracing downward. To her navel... and further downward, until his fingers went under a cold piece of cloth, and touched a wet, sticky part that kept on trembling.
"T-That's my...!"
Without hesitation, Axel's two fingers went on an expedition.
"...!"
Right after, a silent scream of pleasure escaped Maria. Her body rose, arms wrapping around Axel's head tight, almost as if wanting to crack it open in her embrace.
Such a cute reaction only triggered Axel's sadistic side even further.