Natalie groaned.

  "One day," she said, "I'll have a level-up that es with normal skills."

  Despite her pint, her heart beat faster iement. Like every time before, there was enormous promise in all three of her new abilities. Even if activating one of them required … rather unusual means.

  "That means there's a fun one?" Jordan grinned. She leaned into Natalie's shoulder, squeezing her leg in encement. "e on, don't keep us waiting. We're dying to know."

  Heat rose onto Natalie's face. Likewise, in anticipation, Liz and Sofia also squirmed in pot as willing as Jordan to state their i, but also obviously curious. And maybe something other than just 'curious'.

  Ana, of course, watched with a bnk expression and a slightly tilted head, waiting patiently for Natalie to eborate.

  How was Natalie supposed to expin the skill? Whether her teammates uood her css or not, telling them that she had to cum inside one of them to give a massive buff was—something hard to drop into versation. No matter how prepared they were for it.

  "Well," Natalie said, shifting in po longer able to meet anyone's eyes. "It's kind of … direct."

  "Oh, look at her squirm," Jordan said, scooting even clriing wider. "She's all flustered. It's something good."

  "You're making it worse by tip-toeing," Sofia huffed. "Just say it."

  Natalie sighed.

  "It's called [Divine Invigoration]. I give a week-long massive buff to one of your primary stats. But to do it, I have to … 'finish ihe target."

  That statement hung in the air.

  Jordan burst out ughing.

  Sofia and Liz stared at Natalie, aghast and fming-faced, respectively.

  Ana made a noise of i. "What does 'inside' mean, specifically?"

  "That's your question?" Natalie asked.

  Ana paused. She g the two blushing girls, then Jordan, whose face was buried into Natalie's shoulder as she ughed untrolbly.

  "Is it any hole?" Ana tinued, uurbed. "Or only the most traditional one?"

  "Yeah, Nat," Jordan said. " you only buff us in the pussy, or is it any hole?"

  "S-Shut up," Natalie said, jostling the girl leaning into her arm. "You're making this worse." Blushing, she kept her attention on Ana—at least she was engaging as a professional should. "I don't know. It just says inside."

  "Guess we'll have to test it," Jordan snickered. "Who's up their mouth in the name of sce?"

  "I assume Elizabeth," Ana said.

  That brought Jordan's chug to an abrupt stop. The erain cart looked at Ana. Then Liz.

  Liz poi herself, eyes like saucers. "W-What?!" she excimed. "Me?!"

  Ana tilted her head, fused. "If a 'massive buff' was offered to any individual oeam, it would be the healer, no? It would have kno effects since you also buff Natalie. A greatly empowered support is the obvious choice. Healer and tanks are the bae of every team, so unless—" Ana paused abruptly, then faatalie. "Well, actually. you cum in yourself?"

  Natalie made a choking noise.

  "That," Jordan said, "is a very good question, Ana." She gave a short, punctual nod. "This is the kind of insight we need." She faatalie. "So, Nat? you cum inside yourself? You're pretty flexible, and if the mouth ts as a hole to 'finish inside', it's maybe doable."

  "What's the exact phrasing?" Ana prompted.

  Natalie floundered food several seds. Even worse, Jordan sat there and smirked at her, enjoying the sight of her squirming in disbelief. Liz and Sofia stared, shocked into silence by the question. Even by Ana's standards, it was stunningly inappropriate.

  Ana waited patiently for a response, probably fused as to why Natalie was disoriehat ridiculous woman.

  "I'm— I'm not cumming in my own mouth," Natalie finally said. "That's— that's—"

  "Super perverted?" Jordan suggested. "I don't know," she said, fiddling with Natalie's shirt while she grinned up at her. "I think it'd be kind of hot. And anything for the team, right?"

  "And teically, you already have," Ana added.

  "Excuse me?!"

  "Or your body has, I suppose," Ana said. "Though perhaps that's semantics. Hm. Regardless, it's debatable who would use the effect better. It's either Elizabeth or you. But what's the phrasing of the skill?"

  Natalie just repeated the w, more because she couldn't formute any other response: "Finish iarget to provide a week-long massive boost to their main stat. Target be ged daily."

  "It's ambiguous," Ana said. "It says nothing about self-targeting. So perhaps." She shrugged. "Regardless, Natalie is already the stro member oeam, now that she's level three, and we're not. So putting a buff on Liz to equalize things is smarter. Having too much differen power between us is a poor idea."

  For all sorts of reasons. Like if Natalie went up against an enter she were, for whatever reason, especially weak against, then having the effe Liz meant she could carry that fight. Or if a fight were heavy on disables, and they focused all the debuffs on Natalie, then having arong individual to pick up the sck was best. In general, being banced in power was ideal for a team.

  "Best on me? I-I don't think you know what you're suggesting," Liz stammered. "e on, Ana."

  Ana looked at her, as fused as sihe start. Natalie thought she might not even be faking it this time. Though she could never really tell.

  "Aren't you two already sleeping together?" Ana asked. "Why is it a big deal?"

  Liz squeaked. "W-What? Sleeping together? She just—we just! There's an item! My wand!"

  Well. It was kind of debatable what 'sleeping with' meant, sialie was most certainly fug Liz with her wand once per day, and also using the two-sided effect for linking their health pools—but yeah. Natalie had never actually 'cum inside' her, as the skill required. one much further than what the item o activate. Clearly Liz sidered that a big jump up from their currea.

  After a moment, Ana said, "I see." It didn't sound like she did. She faced back to Natalie. "Then it's whoever would be fortable with the skill, I suppose."

  "W-Well, it's not that I'd be unfortable with it," Liz interjected.

  The four of them looked at her. The royal's cheeks scorched red. She covered her face with her hands. "We figure that out ter!" she said loudly. "What other skills did you get, Nat?"