"Sir?" Glenn asked, looking at his inventory to see a strange device there.

[Don’t waste time and use it on her. I won’t kill her, just knock her out for good.]

"Alright!"

Glenn had unwavering faith in Aiden, much like the rest of the wolves. If he said something would work, then it would. Besides, with the landlord watching, he couldn’t possibly accept defeat, could he?

He rolled his shoulder once, tightened his grip on the shield, and charged straight at her like he had multiple times before. As expected, the woman read it as another battering ram attempt and shifted her weight to dodge like before.

However, at the last possible second, Glenn dropped his ruined shield, leaving his right arm open. The woman had moved out of the shield’s way, but before she could adjust, Glenn’s hand shot out, pressing Aiden’s gift right on her exposed abs.

The woman looked down at it, then back at Glenn, who smirked and even waved at her. The next second, the electro bomb let out a loud whirl and unleashed the hundreds of volts of electricity on her.

The woman’s entire body locked up at once, every muscle seizing, her sword arm snapping rigid at her side. A short, clipped sound escaped her throat before even that was cut off.

Her sister watched her in shock as she dropped to the ground. Being the gentleman he was, Glenn crouched down to check her vitals. It was as Aiden had said, she was alive, just knocked out cold.

"Not bad, sir," he said. "Not bad at all. If only I had more of them—"

As soon as he said that, a notification appeared before him, informing him that a dozen eletrobombs had been deposited in his inventory and the caps had been charged for the cost.

[Deal with the other one as well and bring them back. I hope you can do it now?]

"Of course, sir," Glenn smirked, grabbing a ballistic shield from the shop. "I won’t fail you."

Aiden nodded as the duration of [Supervision] ended, and he looked at Lina.

"Magnificent work," he said, pointing at the electrobomb Lina was working on. "But you don’t need to make more of them. I have added them to the shop so anyone can buy it now as long as they meet the criteria."

"Ah, I see. T-Thank you f-for your hard work, sir," Lina sighed, gently hitting her shoulder.

Although she didn’t complain about it, the tiredness on her face spoke volumes. Aiden wouldn’t have cared about it, but he couldn’t just ignore her after the time they shared, and also because he always appreciated those who worked diligently.

"I should be the one thanking you," Aiden said, resting his hands on her shoulder.

"S-Sir!?" Lina stammered, tensing up with Aiden’s touch.

"Shush, just relax," he said and began massaging her shoulders while standing behind her.

Lina’s body stiffened at first. She felt weird. She knew for sure that Aiden did not do such things for others. Then why was he doing this for her?

Even as she felt weirded out, she couldn’t deny that it felt good. So much so that as his strong fingers pressed into her tired muscles, a soft moan escaped her lips.

"Ahhn~"

The sound surprised her. She quickly covered her mouth with both hands as her face turned red with embarrassment.

"S-Sir... this is not n-necessary... I am fine..."

"Nonsense, I can feel how tense your muscles are," Aiden said and did not stop. His thumbs worked deep into the knots on her shoulders.

He continued, "You have been working too hard. Besides, I want you to design and make some wedding rings soon. You cannot do good work if you are tired and stressed. Let me relieve some of that stress."

"O-Okay... just for a little b-bit then..."

Lina bit her lip. She wanted to argue, but the way his hands moved felt too good. She slowly relaxed under his touch. Another soft moan left her mouth.

"Mmm~ Sir... that f-feels... really n-nice..."

"Good, just relax like that."

Aiden continued massaging her shoulders and upper back. His hands moved smoothly, pressing and kneading the tired muscles. Lina’s breathing grew heavier. She leaned forward slightly on the workbench, enjoying the feeling.

But when Aiden’s hands moved a little lower, he accidentally brushed against the sides of her breasts. Lina jumped in surprise.

"Ah!" she gasped, and Aiden immediately pulled his hands back.

"Sorry. I did not mean to touch you there."

Lina’s face turned bright red. She stayed silent for a few seconds, then shyly reached back and took his hand. She placed it back on her breast.

"T-That part... is also s-stressed... after w-working for so long..." she stammered. "P-Please... continue t-take care of it t-too."

Aiden paused for a moment, then nodded, stifling a laugh. He knew it had taken her immense courage to admit that she craved his touch, and not letting her enjoy it would be a disservice to her.

He gently started massaging her breasts through her clothes. His hands squeezed the soft flesh carefully. Lina let out a shaky moan and gripped the edge of the workbench.

"Ahhn~ Sir..."

Aiden kept massaging her breasts. He squeezed them gently and rubbed his thumbs over her nipples through her clothes.

Lina bit her finger hard to stop herself from moaning too loudly in front of Aiden, but that did little when she was already breathing so erotically.

Unconsciously, her hips started moving. She began humping the corner of the worktable slowly. Her body rocked back and forth as Aiden continued massaging her breasts.

"Mmm... Sir... ahh~" she whimpered.

"Shush... just enjoy yourself."

Aiden did not say anything about her movements. He simply kept massaging her soft breasts, occasionally pinching her nipples lightly.

Lina’s face was completely red. She kept biting her finger while her hips moved faster against the edge of the table. The workshop was quiet except for Lina’s embarrassed moans.