Chapter 12

“What?” I asked at first, but quickly realized that by breaking the trickle, I had blocked her drain of mana from me. I cupped her face with a smile. “Don’t worry. I already told you, I will share my mana with you. You will never be hungry again.”

Zoe smiled, relaxing. Then her smile widened as her tail wagged behind her. “I did it! I can control the drain,” she said, looking proud of herself. “I need to be really focused, but I did it!”

“Good job. I’m proud of you.”

Zoe wiggled her ass on my lap, as my cock was still lodged in her pussy, and her juices were slowly trickling onto my crotch.

“Can you feel your mana now?” Zoe asked.

I closed my eyes, focusing. It took me a brief moment, but I sensed it far away from me. Getting closer to it was harder this time, as Zoe was not feeding on me. A shiver went through my body. I was getting closer to it while lying motionless on the ground. It was messing with my head. Additionally, the mana seemed to be bigger than me while at the same time being inside me, which made no physical sense.

“I can,” I answered.

“Good. Now, try to separate a part of it,” Zoe instructed. Her voice was high-pitched as her ass wiggled on my lap, stimulating my cock faintly. The distance between me and the mana increased when I lost my focus.

It took some time to ignore Zoe’s body sitting on top of me and sense myself close to the mana again. Instinctively, I wanted to reach my hand and grab some of it, but I couldn't do it. I was left with intentions and thoughts. That had worked last time.

I focused, imagining a small trickle coming from the mana. It took a brief moment, but the mana shifted and parted. That was harder than breaking Zoe’s drain, but after some time, I gathered a much smaller portion of mana. I broke the connection between them and ended up with two portions.

“I did it,” I said, my voice breathless.

“Now, focus on the separated portion and the skill that you want to use.”

I concentrated on the Tame a Demon skill while maintaining my hold on the mana. I didn't know how it worked, but I needed the target, so I tried to think about Zoe, her neck, and the shape that I wanted her tattoo to be.

It wasn't easy to hold my focus on all of those things at once, and nothing really happened. I waited, but there was still no reaction. Opening my eyes, I sensed that the smaller pool of mana had merged with the big one.

“It’s not working,” I said, looking at Zoe sitting on my lap for more advice.

She frowned and seemed to think about something briefly, but eventually, she shrugged.

“It works for me.”

I sighed. “I will try again.”

Closing my eyes, I needed a bit of time to feel the mana again. I was going to separate a small portion of it but stopped. Why does it not work? I had mana, the skill, and the target. Zoe and the mana were in different places. Could that be a problem? Shouldn’t I push the mana into Zoe’s body? Or something like that? However, it was in… I don't know where it was, but not here with us in this cave, certainly. Could it be in another world? I had no way to find an answer to that question.

“Shouldn’t I transfer mana here? To this cave? So, I could use it on you,” I asked.

There was a moment of silence while Zoe didn't answer, as I maintained my focus on the mana.

“I’m not doing it like that. I don’t even know how to bring it here,” she said.

“Wait, where did you get the mana from before? You were hungry for over ten years because you didn't have it.” I realized that she had been using her illusion skill in the past while she didn't have mana. When she didn't answer, I opened my eyes, losing my focus again.

She was looking to the side with slumped arms, and her tail was wrapped around her stomach, which she was stroking nervously with her hands.

“It should be like that, but I’m a freak.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s because I’m broken.”

“How does this connect to mana?”

“No-Normal succubi get their mana from men and use it to live and use skills. But I… have two different mana sources. The first one is like all other succubi, but I also have another one… Similar to yours, it regenerates on its own, and I used it for skills.”

“Zoe,” I said gently. “Think about it. A normal succubus needs to use someone else's mana to live and use skills. You have your own. You are different, that’s true, but you are better than other succubi. You can use your own mana, and now you can also use mine.”

She stared at me for a long moment, her eyes moving quickly over my face. Finally, she squealed, lying down on my chest, and kissed me all over my face.

“I love you!” she screamed, attacking my lips. I was shocked by her confession. We hadn't even known each other for a day, and she jumped out with something like that.

Zoe raised herself slightly, but our faces remained close to each other. She stared at me with dreamy eyes, her pupils were really dilated, and she had an expression of adoration on her face. Her confession surprised me, but I believed that she truly felt that way.

After years spent alone in a cave, without any contact with anyone, and after being treated badly by everyone, that wasn't even so irrational.

Zoe moaned, her pussy gripping harder on my cock. I was incredibly aroused after spending so much time while being deep inside her. Her lips parted with a moan, and her eyes rolled back as she fell forward, landing on my chest. She was drooling, leaving a wet spot on my chest.

“Zoe?” I asked, stroking her back. Her body lay limp on top of me, not even her tail was moving.

“Mmm…” she purred. “I can feel your mana in me. That’s amazing. It’s like you. As if… I had you in myself.”

I snorted, amused. “I would have thought you would already know this feeling well,” I said, flexing my cock inside her pussy.

Zoe shook her head slightly. “No, not like that. Different. More… intimate. Like… like I have a part of you inside me.”

I snorted again.

“Not physically,” Zoe added. “More like… I have a part of your soul touching my own soul. Amazing…” she trailed off, seeming lost in her feelings.

Her hips rose slightly and lowered very slowly, enveloping me back into her heat. She gasped softly on my chest as a pleasant tingling sensation spread through my cock. Zoe repeated this motion, working her hips slowly, as I was stroking her back gently. My hand wandered to her ass, squeezing her firm cheek. All this time spent inside her, with her pussy wrapped around me, made me really horny, and close to orgasm.

Without changing her pace, with almost lazy-like movements, Zoe pushed me closer to my peak. I grabbed the base of her tail and pushed her hips down, pressing her lips against my pelvis, as I felt my balls erupt. It felt wonderful as I released my load inside her. She moaned softly at the same time, and I knew that she crossed the finish line with me.

It wasn’t wild sex as we had before, and the orgasm wasn't as intense, but it was much more intimate and no less amazing, fitting perfect after her confession.

Could I feel the same way about her?

No! I couldn’t. I had already loved one woman, and she had broken my heart. I couldn’t make the same mistake twice.

I enjoyed the closeness and warmth of her body against my skin, but thoughts about the skill resurfaced in my mind.

“Zoe,” I whispered, brushing her hair gently. “I still don't know how to use my skill.”

My small, cute demon didn't answer. I shifted my head and saw her eyes closed in relaxed expression, while she was breathing rhythmically. She had fallen asleep. I decided to let her rest for now since I wasn’t sure she could help me anyway.

Closing my eyes, I prepared to focus on the mana again, but I reminded myself about the Mana Control skill. Perhaps it would help me? It was supposed to summon mana. I opened my status, and before I moved to the skill, I noticed that I still had one point left to spend in my stats after a level up of Sex Mage class.

I pondered how to use it but decided to ask Zoe and Gemma for advice later. I wasn't in an emergency, so it could wait a moment.

Focusing on the Mana Control skill, I read its description again.

[Mana Control Level 1 (Active) - Allows a Mage to summon and control mana.]

That wasn’t a lot, but perhaps summoning mana was exactly what I needed right now. I focused on the mana again. It took me a moment to sense it, but I had the impression it was getting easier. Slowly, I separated a small portion of it and focused on Mana Control, imagining mana in the physical world, in my hand.

It didn't move into my hand, but I at least felt something, while trying to use this skill. Kind of like the mana was shifting or vibrating, as if it was trying to move but couldn't.

I tried for a few more minutes, and then I felt something different. The large mana pool inside me remained in place, but I could sense mana in the physical world, outside my body. Just above my hand. Excited, I opened my eyes, but at that moment, I lost the feeling.

Damn it. I had lost my focus. With a sigh, I closed my eyes again. It took me a long moment to repeat all the steps, but eventually, I had mana above my palm again.

This time, I remained concentrated while slowly opening my eyes. I couldn't see anything in my hand, but I knew that it was there. That was a small success. I closed my eyes, focusing on the skill that was supposed to bond Zoe to me.

Nothing happened. I slowly shifted my hand toward Zoe’s neck, intending to use the skill, but there was no reaction again.

I imagined a collar around her throat, wrapping around her neck, made of mana, but all my attempts were futile. When my mana brushed against her skin, she murmured and scratched the spot where it had touched her. Her fingers passed through the mana, and it slipped out of my mental grasp.

At least I discovered that she could feel it. But that didn't help me with learning how to use my skill. I must have been doing something wrong. I opened my status, wanting to go through my skills again, but I stopped before I reached the skills section.

“Fuck,” I murmured. Closing my status, I refocused and summoned mana to the cave again. It took me some time, which was frustrating, but I couldn't let those emotions rise if I wanted to remain concentrated.

When mana hovered above my hand again, I waved my fingers through it, feeling a slight resistance in the air before it slipped out of my focus. I wasn't sure what actually happened to it. Did it disperse? That wasn’t important at the moment. I quickly opened my status again.

I was an idiot.