Leveling Up by Seducing Milfs-Chapter 235. Worth Every Ache

The morning light coming through the water outside Rick’s room made the same patterns on the ceiling that he had come to associate with peaceful mornings in Meridia. He woke up slowly, with his mind coming back in waves instead of the loud snap of an alarm or emergency.

The first thing he felt was warmth against his side. Nerissa was curled up next to him, and her face was calm in sleep, which he had never seen before when she was awake.

Years of responsibility and decades of feeling nothing had made Nerissa’s face tense, but when she slept, those lines softened, revealing hints of the young woman she must have been hundreds of years ago.

The second thing Rick noticed was that he couldn’t move.

Not because Nerissa was holding him really tightly; her arm was across his chest. But every muscle in his body screamed for him to stop moving.

His back hurt.

His legs felt like they had run a marathon.

His hips were completely ruined.

Rick thought, "Holy fucking shit," as memories of the night before came rushing back to him.

"We went way too hard having sex for way too long...!"

"Well... who wouldn’t!? After fucking a lactating milf with those massive jugs!"

Nerissa’s essence from the royal chambers lived up to the hype. What should have been an hour of close connection turned into nine or ten hours of the most intense physical experience of either of their lives.

The stamina boost was no joke, and Nerissa, who had been holding back her feelings for fifty years, was so excited about their consummation that she was almost desperate.

Rick attempted to shift his weight slightly and instantly regretted it, as it caused pain in muscles he was previously unaware of.

"Okay," he said to himself. "New plan... stay here forever, and don’t ever move again."

"This is my life now... and it’s fucking worth it because I don’t have to face any more problems—okay, wait, no, I don’t want to raise any red flags."

Then he could feel it.

A warmth that had nothing to do with Nerissa being close to him. It began in his chest, where the Spirit Bond connected them, and spread out through his arms and legs.

The pain didn’t go away completely, but it got a lot less intense, making it easier to deal with instead of debilitating.

[PASSIVE SKILL ACTIVATING: REGENERATIVE ESSENCE]

[HP RECOVERY: +5% per minute when in physical contact with Spirit Bond partner]

[Status Effects: Muscle Strain, Fatigue, Minor Bruising - HEALING]

Rick’s eyes got bigger as he understood what was going on. He had learned new skills from having sex with Nerissa, and one of them seemed to be a healing power that worked when he touched his partners.

"There it is... a new skill, and fucking finally...!"

"It was related to healing, which I desperately need after sacrificing myself multiple times to attract some MILFs!"

Rick was able to get out of Nerissa’s arms and sit up on the edge of the bed without waking her up.

"Now... I gotta make sure I didn’t wake her up because I felt bad fucking her hard last night."

He did this slowly and carefully. His body still hurt, but it was bearable now. The healing kept going, but it took longer.

"Well, well, well," Sebastian said, and his chibi form appeared next to the foot of the bed with his trademark grin. "Look who finally woke up after intense sex."

"I was beginning to think you had died from being too tired... and of course, that would have been hard to explain to the other bonded partners."

Rick muttered, "Can you not?" and looked back at Nerissa to make sure she was still sleeping. "Please turn down the volume of your early yapping."

Sebastian said, "She can’t hear me unless I want her to," but he did lower his voice a little.

"Perks of being a system administrator, and seems like you forgot about that. Well, justified after you fucking her like a monster"

"S-Shut up!"

"Anyway, how was your first night with the Ocean Empress? I’m guessing it went well since you can barely move and she’s sleeping like the dead." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Rick’s face got hot. "There you go... you asked the same shit again so I’m not going to talk about this with you."

"That’s too bad, because I need to talk to you about the rewards you got." Sebastian pulled up a few see-through screens. "Congratulations, gooner."

"You just hit the jackpot."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that having sex with an eight-hundred-year-old Ocean Empress who hasn’t been with anyone in fifty years and then having sex for five hours straight has given you more experience than beating some mid-level corruption entities."

"The system is very impressed."

Rick blinked. "What kind of experience are we talking about?"

"Enough to level you up a lot. Plus, you get four new skills, one of which you’ve already found." Sebastian’s smile grew. "But here’s the thing..."

"The exp gain is so big that your body will need to process it properly. If you try to do it here in the palace, you might damage the whole building."

"I’ll... what?"

"The power surge when you level up this much tends to be dramatic. Lots of elemental manifestation, energy discharge, that sort of thing."

"You need to go topside, stand on the ocean surface, and let it rip."

"Otherwise, you might accidentally flood half of Meridia when your oceanic powers go haywire."

Rick looked down at Nerissa, who was still sleeping soundly. "I can’t just leave her."

"She’ll be fine."

"Ocean dwellers can sleep for twelve hours straight after a lot of physical activity, especially if they’ve released fifty years of sexual frustration in one night."

"Just leave her a note, go get your power-up, and come back before she wakes up. That’s easy, right? But you make it like it’s harder than fighting the Cthulhu itself."

Rick thought about it for a moment, then sighed. Sebastian was correct.

It would be better for him to level up away from the city if it was going to cause problems.

He carefully wrote a note explaining where he had gone and why. Then he put on some simple clothes that wouldn’t matter if they got wet.

The healing skill had gotten good enough that he could move normally now, but he still felt a nice soreness that reminded him of what he had done the night before.

Because he could move faster underwater, it took less time than usual to swim to the surface. Rick broke through the surface of the water and into the early morning sun.

He floated easily in the calm waves. After Cthulhu’s corruption had been cleaned up, the ocean was clear and blue in all directions.

"Okay." Rick said, "What do I do?"

"Just relax and let the system do its thing like usual," said Sebastian’s voice, even though the chibi butler wasn’t there. "The exp will automatically integrate."

"You’ll know when it starts."

Rick took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and floated on his back in the warm water. "Same old thing, huh... I better get a lot of EXP after saving Zorathia."

"Don’t expect too much, gooner."

Then it hit him.

He sensed a surge of energy coursing through his veins. Rick’s eyes flew open as his back arched on its own.

Every nerve ending lit up with a feeling that was both pleasure and pain, which was stronger than usual.