Athena's Confession
The Imperial Palace of the Empire, standing in the city of Ruyter.
Among the throngs of people bustling about, one man sat upon a throne of pure, radiant gold.
White strands showed through his golden hair, marking him as a man of no small age—yet even so, an overwhelming presence radiated from him, a force that seized the very air of the chamber.
He was the Emperor of the great Karaz Empire.
Baruus de Magistia.
"Is that true?"
A deep, resonant voice rolled from Baruus's lips.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The informant has made the situation all too clear."
"Mm… This has become troublesome."
He pressed a hand to his throbbing temples.
From his position, the present circumstances were exceedingly awkward. The one who had committed the unlawful act was a being even he could not treat lightly. And yet, to leave the matter alone would deal a far too severe blow to imperial authority.
In the end, after long deliberation, Baruus finally reached a decision.
"Summon Sir Godric."
At his command, the finance minister hurried out at a run.
"I only hope nothing goes wrong…"
Baruus muttered to himself and let out a heavy sigh.
"P-please… press it… just like last time… hard…"
Hera lifted her own clothes, baring that snow-white skin to me. For an instant her dizzying temptation nearly snapped the last thread of my reason.
I bit down on my tongue hard enough to taste blood and pinched my own thigh until a bruise formed, forcing myself not to be swallowed by the sight before my eyes.
I had to concentrate.
If I let my mind slip for even a single moment, my reason would break right then and there.
The figure that filled my vision was simply too sensual.
Almost there.
All that remained was to finally taste the meal set before me.
I had opened her heart completely, and her body had been trained to answer my touch.
Tonight I would endure the temptation of the woman begging me to take her, and I would make her spread her own legs for me.
At last the fruit of patience was ripening.
I would not let that fruit slip away. I would suck every last drop of its juice dry.
.
.
.
Athena fixed me with an intense gaze in answer to my desperate plea. Countless emotions I could not name seemed to pass through her eyes.
"A… Athena…?"
When I called her name carefully, Athena shook her head a few times from side to side, then let a cool smile bloom across her face.
"You want me to press your belly?"
"…Yeah…"
Saying it again with my own mouth sent a fierce blush flooding my cheeks. But I was truly at my limit now.
My body burned as if it would burst. I wanted Athena to soothe this heat as soon as possible.
"All right, Hera. Lie down on the bed just like that. Keep holding your clothes up."
I obeyed and lay back on the bed. She straddled my thighs and settled her weight on me, then began to stroke the bare expanse of my stomach as if caressing it.
"Hera. You asked for this, so you won't mind if I'm a little rough, will you?"
Athena sought my permission in advance. Was she planning to be stronger than before?
It didn't matter.
As long as she could ease this stifling heat—
"Yeah… handle me however you want…"
Crack—
For a second I thought I heard the sound of teeth grinding to pieces.
"Hold on… just a little longer… hold on…"
Why did the sight of Athena trembling and murmuring under her breath feel so frightening?
Once she had steadied herself again, Athena raised her hand above my head. Golden mana slowly wrapped around my skull.
A warm, cozy sensation seeped in, and something seemed to trickle gently into my mind.
"W-what are you doing…?"
Athena answered with a mischievous smile.
"You mustn't pass out tonight, so I put a protective spell on your head."
P-pass out…?
Did that mean she intended to go hard enough to make me faint?
I had asked for this myself, yet I couldn't help feeling a little afraid.
I was about to beg her not to be too rough when—
Press—
"Hyaang?!"
The sensation of my lower belly being pushed down, and a thrilling current raced through my body that had been blazing like fire—cool and hot at once, a pleasure that spread through me in an instant.
Athena gave me no time to recover. Her fingers began pressing again and again without pause.
"Hnn… nngh…!"
I thought I finally understood why the slaves called this feeling pleasure. I myself was trembling as that pleasure slowly traveled through my body.
Press—
"Haah…! …I-it feels good…"
Excited moans slipped from my lips of their own accord. Athena seemed to like the sound; she stacked more fingers on my belly and pressed harder than before.
"Hhk! Heuk!"
My body jerked and rocked under her hands. Unlike last time, though, my arms were free, so I clutched the sheets tightly and endured the pleasure as best I could.
Press—press—
"Hhk… hyaah…!"
"Hoo…"
After pressing my belly several more times, Athena looked down at me with a somewhat dazed expression. Then she shifted her fingers into a different shape and took hold of my stomach.
She curled every finger except her thumb into a fist and set that fist on my belly, resting her thumb lightly atop my navel.
"A… Athena…?"
"……"
Athena bent her arm at an upward angle, settling into a posture meant solely for driving downward.
"Hup."
The moment she put strength into her fist—
"Hoooh?!"
My mind rang with a sharp jolt, and it felt as if my brain had been shaken once through. I fought to keep my wavering pupils focused and looked down at my belly.
My lower abdomen was deeply dented beneath her fist, and her thumb had sunk into my navel.
Athena put force into her fist again and began pressing my belly hard. At a glance it could almost have been called a piston motion. Each time her fist crushed down, her thumb stabbed into my navel and sank in with it.
"Hoooh?! Nngh?! Uooh?"
It felt as though Athena's fist were reaching the parts inside my body directly. My head buzzed and throbbed with every punch of her fist, and my eyes began to roll back little by little.
"Hyaah? Th-this… th-this feels weird—aah?!"
The sensation was far too intense. Yet my body, already burning hot, took even this feeling as pleasure.
"Nngh?! Too strong?! J-just a little gentler—hoooh?!"
Creak—creak—
Every time she pressed me, the massive bed that should never have moved creaked along with my body.
"Hera. Stick out your tongue."
"Ooh?! Heuk?! Be… beh…"
At her words my tongue thrust outward on instinct. Athena licked the upright tip of my tongue this way and that, as if tasting a lollipop.
After several long strokes she pushed her mouth into mine. Our tongues tangled like snakes, exchanging saliva.
Even while we kissed she never stopped moving her fist.
"……♡♡♡♡"
With my mouth sealed I could not cry out; all I could do was thrash.
Slurp—suck—
The wet sounds of our mingled saliva filled the room for a long while. Only after she had pounded my belly until bruises formed did Athena finally pull her face away.
"Heehk… hweehk…"
My whole body felt pickled in pleasure; all I could do was pant roughly. Watching me, Athena stroked my hair once, then brought her lips to my ear and whispered in a voice so sweet it seemed ready to melt.
"Hera. Don't you want to feel even better?"
"Hweh…? Heehk…?"
"If you want it, I can give you pleasure so great it makes stimulating the brand look like nothing."
"M-more…?"
Thump—thump—
My heart began to pound hard at her words.
F-feeling better than this…?
I was already so far gone I could go mad…
If not for the protective spell Athena had cast, I would have lost consciousness long ago. The pleasure she had given me was that intense.
And yet something far greater still…
My body, already set aflame by her touch, could only be drawn instinctively toward her words.
"W-what are you going to do…?"
When I asked in a voice mixed with anticipation and anxiety, she brought her mouth very close to my ear and whispered quietly.
"-…."
"-…."
"…"
The more her words flowed into my ear, the whiter my mind went.
W-w-w-what…?!
I couldn't help being flustered. What Athena had said to me was simply too blunt—
"Hiyah?!"
When I failed to answer, Athena stuck out her tongue and stirred once inside my ear.
"Well, Hera? Doesn't it sound like it would feel good?"
"I… I can't…!"
"Why?"
Athena looked at me as if she truly did not understand. Wasn't it obvious?
"Th-that kind of thing is something only lovers do…!"
"Lovers?"
"B-besides, we're both women…"
Yet even in the face of my refusal, Athena's eyes still burned with fierce desire for me.
"Hera. Even between women, people don't normally touch each other's bare bodies like this."
"…Huh?"
"They don't kiss until drool runs down their chins, and they don't let out vulgar moans the way you do."
"Th-that's not true…?"
It couldn't be. Lily had clearly said that touching each other's bodies was a natural expression only between women. Kissing… letting out excited moans… she had called all of it common sense.
Athena must simply be mistaken.
"And they don't ask someone of the same sex to press their lower belly, either."
"N-no…"
"And if you had been nothing more than a woman, our bodies would never have mixed like this."
"W-what are you trying to say…?"
"You still haven't caught on?"
Athena looked down at me with the most intense, desire-laden eyes I had ever seen.
"I love you as a woman, Hera. I'll make you live happily as my bitch for the rest of your life. So—"
She gave me a light kiss, then spoke.
"Become my wife."