God Of Crafting

Chapter 44: And the trick is...?

"I'm the one taking advantage of you, not the other way around."

Claire's hands stopped, only to then move to grab a hold of my head. She then pried my face up, looking down right into my eyes.

Her hips twitched, making my erection shift just a little bit closer to the same position it was in back when she first straddled me back at my place.

"You have no idea just how far you are going to go. All the things we offer you are…" Claire suddenly bit down on her lip again.

This time, however, she did so with a slightly pained expression.

"They are all meaningless in the long run. Knowing how things go, it won't be long before you… outgrow everything that we can offer. But…"

I squinted my eyes when I saw the complex expression suddenly taking over Claire's face.

It was as if she was… holding something back?

"But my father will never let you go. And the worst part about it all," Claire's face suddenly twisted as if she was about to cry out, "I'm just a tool to bind you down to him!"

Claire never raised her voice. It was the intensity of it that made her statement so heavy.

At this point, I could only sigh.

"Listen, in a scenario where I take all you just said for a perfect prophecy or equally as perfect estimation…" I shook my head before blinking my eyes and looking right back into Claire's tense… if not desperate eyes.

"Then I should be damned if I ever changed so much your company would be displeasing."

The moment I said that… I've realized just how much I fumbled.

'What is this, a shounen manga?'

Despite being in the middle of my twenties, I was still capable of spouting such lines?

"I mean, just look at you…" I moved my hands again to grab Claire by her waist before pushing her off my chest a bit. "If I've ever met a bastard with a girlfriend like you being ungrateful…" I shook my head, somehow struggling to find simple and straightforward words to explain my own feelings. "You are a bombshell, you know it? And while I admit, I ended up blindsided by your earlier looks…"

I pursed my lips as I, once again, looked for proper and simple words to express myself.

"Ahh…" I shook my head. "Assuming you are right and my prospective future leads me far away from the point where I am at…" I shook my head again, this time along with an exasperated sigh. Then, I took a proper breath while replicating Claire's idea and gently taking hold of her head all to direct her face up and look down at her beautiful, brown eyes.

"I refuse to accept the idea of ever-growing into some kind of scumbag who would be dissatisfied with such a beauty like yourself."

Claire tensed up a little… but didn't avert her eyes. Her pupils appeared to be… spinning as if to hypnotize me.

"Or, to be even more direct," I put on a small, cheeky smile, my head full of nothing but desire to tease her back a little, "If you are the prize, then honestly," I spoke… only to suddenly push my hands to the back of Claire's waist and pulled her close, slamming her bosom against my chest as I embraced her tightly and leaned over her ear, "then honestly, I don't really mind living in the cage your father builds."

This time, Claire didn't tense up… but froze on the spot. Then, her body trembled as if a thrill went up her spine, only making her squirm more right on top of my lap.

"Like I said," Claire once again used her hands to conquer and grab a hold of my head, "I don't really mind this arrangement either. With that said, though…"

To say that my expectations didn't rise as my moral barriers fell down one by one would be an outright lie. Still, when Claire suddenly caught my face again and rose up on her hips just a tiny little bit…

I obviously didn't expect her to pull me up, only to slide down behind me as she once again pressed herself against my back while wrapping her soft, warm flesh around my hips and above my shoulders.

"With that said, we really shouldn't waste the time on just talking. We can talk perfectly fine while I'm holding the burden rather than the effigy," she explained… quite a reasonable point.

"So we are in the green now?" I asked, just to make sure, while ignoring the throbbing of my erection so suddenly deprived of the warm embrace of Claire's meaty upper thighs.

"Yeah, it switches off by itself when I drive my cultivation. And if we are really going to use it, then we should properly prepare to make the most out of it, right?"

Even though I could see Claire's face no more, somehow, I could tell that she displayed a playful smile.

We knew each other for only a few days… But went through quite a lot in this limited frame of time.

"Actually, let me explain," Claire then quickly spoke again. "For us to make the most out of the trick, we need to both get as close to the edge as we can. So, while it might seem freaky at times, it's all just a scientifically proven method, alright?"

Claire shifted uncomfortably as she started her preamble.

"Ugh, I guess I'm alright?" I replied, not really sure what she had in mind.

A trick?

Did she mean how there was a way to hasten the process of fighting back this drug I was injected with?

"Good," Claire's voice brightened up so much she simply had to be smiling. "Just for you to know," she then added as she leaned over my shoulder to bring her lips closer to my ear, while simultaneously pushing her left arm to single-handedly complete the circle over my neck, "If we do it, you will never be able to share all those benefits with anyone else."

Somehow, Claire's voice changed yet again, turning into some kind of foreboding warning?

"Do what?" I inquired, trying to get a better picture of the situation…

Only for Claire's free hand to once again press against my chest, only for her fingers to instantly start tapping against my muscles, bringing her hand further and further down with each tap…

"Isn't this obvious…?" Claire asked, leaning her head far enough to me to catch a glimpse of her mischievous smile.

Her hand conquered the last inch again, grasping at the base of my dick… but in a much different, gentler… sensual way when compared to how she did it before.

"I'm talking about dual cultivation."