Leveling Up by Seducing Milfs-Chapter 37. Ashes and Awakenings

Rick woke up to sunlight coming through the curtains and a pleasant ache in his body from working hard but being happy. For a while, he just lay there, thinking about what had happened with Liora the night before.

The High Priestess had been passionate and, surprisingly, playful. She had made it clear that she wanted to deepen their relationship. He ran his fingers over the small mark on his neck that she had left there, just below his collar.

She called it a "reminder," and she smiled with that mischievous look that was so different from how calm she usually was that Rick can clearly imagine it in his mind, and he starts laughing slowly like a creep. "Heh... hehehe... hahahaha!"

"I finally fucking did it... I, Rick Rolland, now know what it’s like to be blown by a MILF!"

"The experience was a massive ten out of ten! Can’t wait to try out some more..."

Rick let out a sigh. "But... it’s still too bad I didn’t get to fuck her. She told me to wait a little longer, so that’s fine with me."

"That situation right there... at least provides me with some motivation to continue improving and becoming stronger in this world until all MILFs will eventually be mine!"

"Muahahahahaha!"

"Congratulations, you gooner... your wet dreams have become a wet reality thing, huh?" Sebastian’s voice broke through his pleasant memories. The small butler stood on the bedside table with his arms crossed and a monocle that showed he was not content.

"That’s not even a thing..."

"I hope you feel good about yourself. The system had to shut down completely because your actions were making so much emotional energy that they almost broke the calculation matrices."

Rick’s face started to get hot. "I didn’t want it to shut down! I can already tell that I’ll get a lot of EXP because of the blowjobs and handjobs I got from yesterday!"

"No, you just asked a High Priestess to take a bath with you, and nature took care of the rest." Sebastian’s mustache moved. "I’ve been responsible for this system for sixty-seven thousand years, and you’re the first person to accidentally trigger an emergency shutdown by getting too close to it."

"That’s a new low, so congratulations."

Rick, who couldn’t stop smiling, said, "Or a new high, depending on how you look at it."

"Don’t be too sure of yourself."

"You have six days until the Dragon Queen gets to the capital, which you need to help rebuild."

"You also have three partners who are going to have strong feelings about your activities with the High Priestess." Sebastian’s face got more serious. "By the way, the system has completely restarted, and your new skills are now available."

"It’s time to put them to good use helping people instead of trying to get holy women to sleep with them."

"About yesterday... you need to level up into certain levels to get that kind of skill."

"You mean...?" Rick was shocked hearing that.

"Yes... something about climax turned into EXP or something like that. A former gooner like yourself probably knows where this is going, and I hope you can keep up that motivation to become the hero of Mature Hearts."

"Fuck yes! Now I’m even more motivated!"

"When you begin to get intimate with one of your partners, the other partners who have formed a bond with you may not share the same feelings, so they need to experience it directly."

"That’s even better! That means both Carmilla and Natasha didn’t know what was happening with me and Liora last night."

Rick sat up and stretched his muscles, which felt surprisingly good even though he had fought yesterday and done things last night. He could tell that Carmilla and Natasha were already awake and working somewhere in the city through the Spirit Bond. They seemed focused and determined, probably working together to rebuild.

He could feel her warm happiness and amusement through his spiritual connection with Liora. She was not sorry about last night at all.

"Okay," Rick said as he put on some new clothes that had been left in his room. "Let’s go see what needs to be done."

When Rick went outside, the capital was a busy place. The party from yesterday had turned into organized chaos as people started the huge job of rebuilding. Crews worked to clear away debris, carpenters looked at buildings that had been damaged, and healers took care of people who were still healing from their injuries.

Rick saw Carmilla near the merchant district, where she was responsible for a group of volunteers who were fixing a building that was partially falling down. She saw him coming and waved him over.

"Good morning, Rick," she said with a smile that said she knew. "Did you sleep well?"

Rick’s face began to flush as he recalled being aroused by the massages he received from her last night. "A wonderful sleep indeed, thanks for the massages yesterday. You?"

"I slept like a baby. I did feel some intriguing emotional spikes from you around midnight, though." Her smile got bigger. "I’m glad to see you’re getting your energy back."

She gave him a work assignment sheet before Rick could stammer out an answer. "We’re planning reconstruction efforts for the district."

"The merchant quarter got hit the hardest, and I need people with your spirit bond skills to help the business owners who have had to move."

"Many of these business owners are older women who have lost decades of employment. They need help with both practical things and their feelings."

Rick read the list of names and addresses. The first name on the list was Margaret Stonewood, the woman he had saved from the store that had fallen down.

Rick said, "I can do that," happy to have something else to think about besides Carmilla’s knowing look.

"I believe you can." She put her hand on his shoulder. "Go out there and make a difference, hero." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Rick walked through the streets that were slowly getting better, following the address to what was left of Margaret’s store. The building was completely destroyed, it burned down and fell down, and there was no way to fix it. Margaret sat on a piece of broken stone and looked at the ruins with empty eyes.

"Mrs. Stonewood?" Rick walked up carefully.

She looked up, and her tear-stained face lit up with recognition. "You’re the boy who saved me... Rick Rolland, right...?"

"Yes, ma’am." I can help with the rebuilding." Rick sat next to her on the broken rocks. "Tell me about your store."

"Twenty-three years..." Margaret said, her voice breaking. "Twenty-three years ago, after my husband died, I opened this seamstress shop."

"This place gave me money to raise my two daughters and even taught them the business here." She wiped her eyes clean. "Now it’s just memories and ashes."

Rick could tell that she was really hurting, and his Comfort to EXP skill turned on by itself.

[COMFORT TO EXP TURNED ON]

[EMOTIONAL SUPPORT NEEDED: FOUND]