A few minutes passed, during which, under normal circumstances, Lily would have long pulled away from the Demon Queen, who was shamelessly and casually groping her smooth rear without the slightest hesitation.
Now, however, the girl lay with her snout buried in Vespera’s fragrant bust, hiding a small, crafty smirk. In her head, she had the interface display pulled up, watching with growing delight as her Pleasure Energy bar smoothly jumped from six to ten points.
Holy shit... gaining points and skills in this whole System is ridiculously easy! she thought with a gleam in her eye.
After a moment of this shameless snuggling, she intended to slowly pull back from Vespera’s embrace. After all, she still remembered her former male life, where no one had ever groper her rear - it was an extraordinarily bizarre, almost abstract feeling that sparked a fair amount of embarrassment.
Yet when she activated the System in her mind again, she noticed in disbelief as the counter twitched once more, jumping from ten to eleven energy points.
Seeing this perfect opportunity, Lily abandoned all restraint instantly. Instead of pulling away, she surrendered herself completely to the demoness - softly and sweetly rubbing her cheek against her firm breast, deriving a thoroughly shameless little pleasure from the touch.
For a fraction of a second, an extremely brazen thought even crossed her mind to reach out her own hand and grab Vespera’s own bountiful, rounded rear - after all, the System would surely grant her a massive boost of experience for something like that!
No... no, let’s not push it, that’s way too dangerous, she scolded herself internally at the last second.
Sure, this woman likes me and treats me like a sweet plush toy, but she’s ultimately an extremely bored, capricious ruler.
She has thousands of twisted moods. Better not ruin her disposition and just settle for what’s within arm’s reach.
She closed her eyes, taking a deep, slow breath. The scent of roses, combined with the unbelievable softness and firmness of the Demon Queen's breasts, sent a pleasant shiver across the girl’s body.
Suddenly, Vespera’s hand left her buttocks, and a loud, melodious laugh echoed through the bedroom.
“You really are a needy little pervert, bunny...” the demoness cackled, looking down at her with a sly smile.
“Taking such deep breaths just to gorge yourself on my scent?”
Lily froze.
Shit... she caught me! panicked thoughts raced through her head.
Without letting go of Vespera’s corset, still clinging to her chest, she tilted her head back and spoke in her new, sickeningly sweet, silky voice:
“B-But... Mistress, I can’t help it! You just smell so staggeringly wonderful that my body seeks your closeness all on its own... You’re the most incredible and gorgeous ruler in the world!”
Vespera looked at her with condescension, though an amused, dangerous spark flashed in her eyes.
“My little whore... don’t make me laugh,” she tossed out with vindictive delight.
“Do you think I don’t know what you’re up to, my little bunny?”
She leaned over her and whispered straight into her erect, trembling bunny ear:
“Trying to use ME to farm free Pleasure Energy points is an exceptionally dangerous game, sweet-talker...”
At those words, Lily’s entire body went rigid as a boulder. In a fraction of a second, the girl scrambled away from her on the bedding, retreating to the far end of the bed with her ears plastered fearfully against her head.
“I-I’m sorry! I’m so sorry, Mistress!” she stammered in pure panic.
“I... I didn’t mean to! Please don’t be mad at me!”
At the same time, as she backed away in terror, a massive wave of bewilderment erupted in her mind.
What the hell?!
Why am I so utterly terrified of her?!
Just a second ago, it felt like my rawest primal instincts were screaming at the top of their lungs: Run, or you’re going to die right now!
Is it some built-in, stupid rabbit race trait that I react to the slightest threat with panic?!
Vespera, taking in this picture of sheer misery - a trembling bunny girl pressed against the headboard with her ears tucked in - erupted into genuine, amused laughter.
“Oh dear, don’t worry so much, sweet-talker!” she called out, waving her hand dismissively.
“Honestly, I’m thoroughly impressed! I’m glad you grasped the mechanics of your System so quickly and are trying to use them to your advantage. You really are a natural little whore! Had I known this earlier, I would have crafted a far more seductive and provocative body for you instead of making you merely a sweet plushie...”
After those words, the Demon Queen looked at the floating interface window, focusing specifically on the progression branch named Bodycraft.
“Well, no matter... nothing is lost,” she purred slyly.
“In the future, we’ll certainly use certain skills from that path to modify your curves in the right places.”
Cold, icy shivers ran down Lily’s entire spine.
Seeing her Mistress’s dangerous thoughts drifting toward further perverted experiments on her body, she decided to cut the topic short immediately and switch subjects.
“B-But... Mistress! What am I actually supposed to do now?” she blurted out quickly, folding her hands sweetly.
Vespera raised her eyebrows, looking at her with slight surprise.
“What do you mean?”
Lily blinked, taken aback as well.
“Well... you didn’t create this body and snatch my soul from Purgatory just to chat about the System for a few minutes, did you? You must have a specific task or goal for me!”
Vespera nodded with absolute, stunningly disarming honesty.
“Ah, that’s what you mean! Well... my original plan was dead simple: I planned to play with you for about an hour, feast my eyes on my new toy, and then simply throw you into the dungeon and hand you over as a reward to my newly appointed Elite Maids so they could get to work and play with a sweet, helpless virgin like you.”
Hearing those words, Lily was literally paralyzed.
The Demon Queen’s red eyes gleamed with indifference as she placed a finger to her lips, pondering out loud:
“I was just tremendously bored and wanted a bit of entertainment... I thought that after playing for a bit, I’d discard the whim and give you to the girls as a fun gift. So... I didn’t plan anything further ahead.”
The vision of being abandoned, thrown into a dark dungeon, and handed over to be devoured by strangers - ruthless demon maids - sent a wave of paralyzing terror through Lily’s entire body.
In a fraction of a second, her automatic survival instincts activated. She used the [Puppy Eyes] skill, tensed the muscles in her fluffy ears to fold them in the most wounded, adorable manner possible, and spoke in her new, impossibly sweet, cracking voice:
“Y-You can’t just abandon me like that, Mistress! Please! What will I do without you?!”
Oh shit, if this woman throws me out now, I’m done for! Lily screamed internally in wild panic.
I don’t even know what kind of world this is, where I am, or what rules govern it!
I’m level one, with zero combat stats and a Sex Slave class!
Everyone here will use me and crush me!
This woman might be completely unpredictable and crazy, but she’s terrifyingly, massively powerful if she just barged into Purgatory and stole my soul right in front of the Goddess!
I have to stick to her at all costs!
Vespera, taking in the sight - a sweet, fluffy bunny girl with big, sparkling tears in her eyes, begging for her protection - softened for a split second, then reached out her hand and began tenderly, gently squishing her ears.
“Oh my goodness... don’t worry, my little pet,” she purred in a touched voice.
“Seeing how impossibly sweet, adorable, and obedient you can be... how could I just hand you off to someone else?!”
However, before Lily could even exhale in relief, Vespera’s eyes suddenly flared with a dangerous, almost obsessive and possessive light.
Without warning, the demoness firmly gripped the girl’s chin, squishing her chubby cheeks. She pulled her face within inches of her own, staring at her with terrifying dominance.
“After all, you belong completely to me now, pet... Only to me.”
Hearing those possessive words and gazing into those carmine, predatory eyes, Lily felt a hot, paralyzing shudder course through her entire body, and a subtle dampness suddenly began to leak from her newly discovered, hot slit below, trickling down her thighs from that gaze alone.
“Y-Yes, Mistress! I’m all yours! I’ll be the most obedient and faithful pet you’ve ever had!” she called out instantly in her sweetest voice, striving at all costs to maintain her mood.
Hearing those eager assurances, Vespera smiled radiantly and patted her head.
Suddenly, she stood up from the bed, her long silk gown with its high side-slits rustling around her perfect legs.
“It’s decided!” she struck one fist into her palm with sudden excitement.
“Listen, my little bunny. You’ll wait here in the room for about an hour, as I have a few urgent matters to attend to. Afterward, I’ll send one of my maids with your new outfit, and once you’ve changed, you’ll join me for dinner!”
With that thought, she leaned over once more, pecked the shocked girl sweetly on the forehead, then turned on her heel and proudly strode toward the exit.
Lily, leaning on her trembling hands, released a massive gust of air from her lungs, feeling a weight lift off her heart.
She’s not throwing me out!
I’ll have a roof over my head and the Demon Queen’s protection!
However, seeing Vespera heading for the door completely bare down below and with her chest exposed, Lily suddenly caught herself and called out after her:
“M-Mistress! W-Where do I even have any clothes?! I can’t show myself to another person like this!”
She pointed a trembling finger at her completely naked, petite body, accentuated only by her small breasts and bunny ears.
Vespera, without even turning her head as she placed her hand on the doorknob, tossed out carelessly over her shoulder:
“You’re a whore, darling... Get used to walking around naked.”
And with those words, she left, slamming the heavy oak door shut behind her.
Lily froze on the bed with her mouth agape, staring dazed at the empty doorway. A dead silence fell over the bedroom.
“What...?” she forced out.
After a moment, rage and frustration broke through her shock. The girl pounced on the mattress and began pounding it with all her might using her tiny, delicate hands, huffing with fury!
“You shameless woman!” she screamed, though due to her new perk, her shouts sounded like the squeaky huffing of a small hamster.
“Just because I have some stupid Sex Slave class and this filthy System doesn't mean I want to parade around completely naked in front of strangers or maids! I have my dignity, damn it! I’m not some free exhibit! How could she just leave me like this without a single scrap of cloth?! What a cruel, capricious, perverted woman! She turned me into a bunny, gave me a body that reacts ten times harder to every touch than it should, and now she tells me to flash my bare ass!”
She struck the soft pillow a few more times with her clenched little fist, venting all her built-up fury until she finally ran out of steam.
The anger stored within her slowly gave way to exhaustion.
Lily rolled onto her back and sank softly into the vast velvet mattress, staring up at the richly decorated, carved ceiling of the demonic palace.
Her fluffy ears flopped freely on either side of her head, and the girl let out a long, quiet sigh, waiting to see what the coming hour would bring.