Visit Eva before nightfall.

After a final exhausting hop back to the entry gates of Castle Phoenix, you and your allies have a delicious dinner. A chill starts to set in as the sun nears the horizon. Clouds cover the darkening sky, though lamps still decorate the cobblestone paths betwixt the homes and shops within the great stone walls like snaking cables of Christmas lights. People eventually disperse to do their own thing, whether that be work on their trade, get some exercise, or simply relax. You on the other hand think about all that's happened--Elok Daven, the Circle, Vivi's family, and Eva's bloodline.

Magic eaters, huh? Some sort of ancient people, hunted to near extinction. It sounds like people didn't like them because they could, or had to, literally consume magic. Maybe they were able to feed off mana directly. I wonder what that actually implies. Could one chew on a magic shield, and sap it of its enchantment in full? And then there's Eva. Her mother was one. If I'm thinking this much about it, I can't imagine she's having an easy time. I better go check on her.

After not seeing her immediately outside the doors of the castle, you decide to check her room first.

You head up the stairs, and then down the upstairs hallways towards where your chambers are located at the end. Though one of these rooms is hers. You stop outside of it after noticing it's shut tight, and for a moment you listen.

There's a faint buzzing noise.

As that may imply something rather embarrassing to be walked in on, you give a gentle few knocks to the door. "Hey. It's me," you say softly.

The buzzing stops. Then after a moment, Eva speaks up. "You can come in. It isn't locked."

So you do.

You enter her chambers and shut the door quietly behind. Meanwhile, she sits on the foot of her bed. In her hands is something long and smooth, besides the subtle intricate runes decorating it from top to bottom. You've seen something just like it before in the hands if Mina. With the sound you heard before, and what you see before you, it's pretty obvious what this magic item was made to do.

She looks to you with faint pink across her face. "It's uhm... It isn't what you think. It's okay."

"Don't mind me. You can continue."

"Stop~," she says with a giggle and a bashful glance away. "N-No. I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"Well--" She looks down at the top of the object, and with a shift of the bottom, it begins to buzz once again. As it vibrates, the colour in her face spreads. She may not be doing something entirely erotic, but holding such a toy in her hands in front of you has definitely caused her to flush. And her face turns even redder as she nears her lips to the head. Then gently, her soft, supple lips touch against it. Her tongue starts to stick out, and she places the head against it as she slides it in--just the tip. Her eyes flutter closed. Then you see something peculiar.

You can just barely make out glowing lines of blue snaking up the shaft. The glow travels up towards her, and then into her mouth as she seems to be absorbing the very magic used to create the item. Lick lick. She sucks gently for another moment before pulling away with a gasp. The magical energies disperse. Though the object does continue to vibrate in her hands.

Her eyes turn to meet yours, and she looks rather distressed. "Wh-What am I?" she asks.

You come in close to wrap your arms around her. "Hey. It's all right. You're still Eva Beela, the extraordinary magic and exhibitionist."

She giggles softly. "D-Don't you dare call me that again..."

You pull away, but sit down beside her instead. "All you've done is added another ability to your arsenal, all powerful sorceress queen."

"I like that title more." She turns the switch to disable the object's buzzing once again before resting it on her lap. "I've never really tried nibbling on a magic item before. Not that I've really had them to begin with, but I guess now that I think about it, I always did think your sword looked kinda tasty."

"Please don't absorb the magic from Lauo."

"I won't! And see, I didn't even suck enough out of this one for it to stop working. I don't really know how this whole thing works. I just thought I'd give it a shot, and well, it kinda came to me right away. My dad was right. My mother really was a magic eater. Kyle, can you please not bring this up with the Circle?"

"Of course I won't."

"Oh. I wonder if Mela would know more."

"We'll ask her tomorrow."

"Maybe this is actually an exciting thing. I feel more connected to my mom already."

"So how do you feel? What happens when you... eat magic."

"I'm guessing it would have restored my mana? I can't imagine I would gain the properties of just any items I eat, right? That would have made magic eaters exceptionally powerful. And I'm not like, vibrating right now. Ah, this is a lot to think about."

"If you're stressed, I could rub your shoulders or something."

Eva smiles and scoots a little closer. After a brief moment of silence as she looks you in the eyes, she speaks once more, though quieter now. "Only my shoulders?" she asks, face flushing yet again.

You smile back. Staring into her eyes, there's an intensity there, almost like a switch was flicked in her mind. Speaking of switches, you come in close as you touch your hand to her leg, and then up to her thigh as you near the ends of her skirt. Finally, you grab her hand which still rests on the toy on her lap, and you push it down firmly so that she can't move either.

Then, you active the object.

Eva gasps in shock as an audible moan escapes her lips from the surprise. Though after that, it isn't surprise that keeps them coming. She squirms, but there's nothing she can do against the vibrator being pushed between her legs by her own hand. "Ah... Aah, Kyle~! Wh-What are you doing?" she asks, though the expression she gives says that she knows exactly what you're doing.

"You're right. It does still work," you whisper.

"Mmmhmm~!" The buzzing is quiet, but her sounds if pleasure are not, and she continues to wildly squirm in place until the movements of her hips slowly turn more into bucks. Though she isn't the most physically strong amongst your allies, and with her stuck sitting, she can't do anything but me at your mercy--as if she'd want anything else right now.

"You said something about my sword being tasty--"

Though immediately, she grabs your head with her free hand and plunges her tongue into your mouth. She squirms and moans and kisses you with such incredible passion that you release your grip from the magic toy, releasing her other hand, which she immediately uses to grab your head even more firmly. After finally releasing from the kiss, she takes deep, panting breaths, and she drags her tongue slowly around her teeth. "Tasty," she repeats under her breath. "I love the taste."

"I loved watching you suck on the toy," you admit. "I know you were trying to use your hidden abilities, but did you have to do it so sensually?"

"Y-You silly... No. I didn't. But uhm, I liked h-how you watched," she also admits.