19 Pink Jasmine and Rosemary.

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[1250 - Early Night - Deep within Magpie Forest, Temeria - 23rd Day.]

Seeing the two official lovebirds finally coming out of the tent, half-naked, kissing, and giggling with each other after spending three hours inside, Keira snapped at Zefron.

"I said go and talk. Not shag and hump at her."

Laughing and breaking the kiss, Zefron wiped away the anguish tears from Triss's cheeks in his embrace and turned to the blonde.

"Who said I fucked her? We were just talking about something."

"Then what? What are you two talking about that it takes three hours to finish?"

"Talking about…"

Seeing Keira's annoyance, he just laughed and turned to face the red-head again, touching his nose to Triss's in an attempt to tease her, which made her giggle.

"Where will I pop Triss's cherry? Is it Pont Vanis with its beautiful oceanic scenery? Is it Mount Carbon where we must sneak into a cold mountain scenery amidst the danger? Or is it…"

Biting Triss right nipples gently, Zefron's dramatic saying and the ticklish things he did made her laugh, and she said 'stop, stop'.

Finally, after minutes of enjoying leaving his mark all over her right tits, he finally mentioned the last beautiful place that he read about in the Aretuza Encyclopaedia in their Past Fate.

"Beauclair with its enchanting vineyard and castle."

Seeing the two flirting with each other, Keira's lust suddenly burned up again. She immediately removed her undergarments and said to the two, "Let's have a threesome."

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[Two hours later.]

Laying down on the large carpet and gazing at the stars, three naked friends with benefits lie in silence, enjoying each other's company.

It's a peaceful night, carrying the scent of honeysuckle with a touch of citrus from the blonde, and the scent of pink jasmine and rosemary from the red.

With buzzing insects from far away in the background constantly ringing peacefully, the two ladies still manage to have a good smell after the intense session they had a moment ago.

With steady breathing over the moonless night and the crackling fire slowly dying down, the three had already finished their delicious meal that Zefron made, exchanging the burnt food they had set aside, which he must have cooked in the middle of the session.

While the man was already closing his eyes, wanting to enter the dreamland, the blonde took a deep breath in nervousness and suddenly asked out of the blue.

"Zefron, if I manage to break this Fate Binding spell, will you truly let go of me? Will you not hunt me down just because I know your identity?"

Opening his eyes lazily, Zefron casually replied, making the red-head smile in his embrace, "I already made a deal with Triss. In exchange for doing whatever I want with her body, I promise to consider her point of view. So, if you manage to break this spell, you can do whatever you want with my information."

Pausing for a moment, he then continued, "As long as by the time you break it, we are not enemies."

Hearing this, Keira was satisfied with the answer, as she didn't even consider becoming an enemy to the man who imprisoned her. Because in these short 22 days, she had realized how terrifying Zefron is.

From the will he displayed over the injury of pain that she first-hand knows and inflicted upon him, not only physical injury but also the emotional injury she slowly manipulated and schemed to test his limits.

To his decisive action of doing what must be done when he stole the entire city of Dorian, just because it was the best decision at that time when he still didn't know much about how this world works.

To his fighting style and progress in learning magic, even though his talent is beyond abysmal, even lower than that of a Witcher that Triss talked about during the journey, which she still doesn't understand how he is able to make any progress at all. She doesn't want to have that kind of enemy.

Thinking thus far, she then asked about how he managed to shape his magic, knowing he will answer to her and Triss no matter the question or circumstances that he must undergo, "Oh yeah. How come you were able to learn seven months' worth of studying in just short one month? And how did you manage to have the inspiration to create an entirely new spell from the cantaloupes that we taught you?"

From the Igni spell, talisman magical flow engraving spell, talisman magical flow identification spell, rune magic writing, rune symbol discernment, to theories about the elements, he managed to create an entirely new spell to Infuse an item that he was already familiar with cantaloupes, for a one-minute duration by combining all of that.

Opening his eyes and then closing them again, Zefron replied, making Triss shake her head in his embrace over how easily he can lie, as if it's a straightforward fact.

"Did you forget that I can read 70 minutes into the future?"

"Yes, I remember. But how can you create this 'Infuse Item' spell? You haven't even studied the third year's curriculum yet."

"Then do you remember what I said when we first met, when you punched me like a berserker from Skellige island?"

Eyebrows twitching, Keira answers, "Yes, I do recall that perfectly. What of it?"

"At that time, I did say that we could share each other's talent, whoever is binding fate with me. And one of my talents that I received from my deceased Puppet is being able to simulate different outcomes based on what I know. So you could imagine having the ability to experiment without doing anything and the implications, right?"

Even though Keira is not picking up on the sudden change of word, harem to Puppet, when addressing the one whose fate is bound, due to the relaxed atmosphere and the laziness in Zefron's voice, Triss hears it clearly.

If that were in the past before she knew everything, before knowing the entire story on how skewed and damaged Zefron's mind is, she would probably already be thinking of how to kill him even at the cost of her life because a dangerous man like him is not supposed to be walking in the land of the living.

But now, she is filled with warmth anguish and warmth determination to guide or, in harsh words, manipulate him to not go back to his personality of the past, but to the new one that she wants to influence and control.

Warmth determination, because she wants to change his character, where he sacrificed an entire city with a nuclear bomb just to kill one person, just because he couldn't be bothered to search for a needle in the haystack.

Warmth anguish, because she will never understand the suffering of having to kill your very own little sister without feeling anything, for it is what the little girl wanted, to Change Destiny of her big brother, who suffered on the same operating table with his brain always being touched by a strange machine.

While Triss knew that Zefron was aware of her decision to manipulate him, she also knew that he could do the same thing, which he probably couldn't be bothered to do because of his resolution of 'new world, new personalities,' with the extra sacrifice from her to quell his bloodlust by allowing herself to be used however he wants.

Even being tortured and humiliated like his former Puppets, Triss is ready to do whatever it takes to quench that personality from ever being considered in his mind.

For her, it's because of a selfish desire to make him only hers alone, slowly but surely. For him, it's because he has already suffered enough, and she couldn't bear to see his past experiences happen again. And for this entire continent, it's to prevent it from ever being bombed into oblivion, which she knows he is considering studying how to recreate that nuclear weapon.

With a touch of a seductive voice and getting closer to let her tits be grazed on Zefron's chest, Keira said, "Then, handsome, care to share it with me? I can even do blowjob if that's what you truly want."

Snapping out of her contemplation, Triss frowned and said, "It's not worth it, blowjob with Iteration talents."

Shaking his head, Zefron replied to Keira, "Like what she said, it's not worth it to trade my simulation talent for something that I can easily get from Triss."

"Then what is it worth to have such 'talents'? Money? You clearly now have 2000 crowns, while I merely have 1000 crowns. Magic? You are now stealing my knowledge by easily divining my past. Body? Like you said earlier, Triss can also do the same."

"Nah, nothing. Nothing is worth in my eyes except loyalty."

Seeing Keira's downcast look on his naked chest, Zefron continued, which made her look into his eyes with excitement, "Although, an investment could not hurt."

Turning to the other woman in his embrace, he asks, "Say Triss, how many simulations should I give her. One? Two? And how much range can she use it? Certainly not Three, and not whenever she wants to, like you."

With a flat tone, as if throwing her sister under the bus without a second thought, Triss replied, "One. Only for experiments."

"Okay. Two it is. And the range is for experiments and in the case of danger."

Feeling left out, Keira snapped at the two, "Hey, I am here, you know?"

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