Pretty cranky, and onto another day!

Once he was done teaching Dorothea, he sighed, and undid the time stop on Sothis. She started moving again, before ironically stiffening a bit, bracing herself... Before pausing as she realized that the pleasure she was expecting didn't come. "...Master!?" she whined, puffing out her cheeks.

"Sorry Sothis, I needed to focus. Perhaps we can try out the sexual applications of this new ability another time," he promised.

"Ah..." Sothis huffed, and crossed her arms and looked away, clearly miffed. Dorothea and Manuela giggled before Byleth headed back to his quarters, a bit tired.

...

Early next morning, Byleth was looking over his notes for the lesson plan for the day, Sothis massaging his shoulders with her hands, and his back with her breasts. Incidentally, he was shirtless at the moment. "So... You up for trying that time stop thing with me now?" she asked hopefully.

"Hmm," he mused, considering it.

"Ah come on... I know the not so little guy down there is "up" for it~!" Sothis teased, trying to press the issue.

Byleth was about to respond when a knock came to the door. "Professor?" Edelgard's voice asked from the other side. "Might I have a moment of your time?"

Curious as to what this was about, Byleth stood, Sothis pouting at being denied again. She'd get that time stop experience one way or another! Still, she saw another potential opportunity here. As Byleth reached for his armor, about to ask for Edelgard to wait a moment, Sothis cut in. "Wait a second Master! You should totally let her see you shirtless!"

Byleth blinked, and looked up at her. "Seriously?" he asked her in an undertone, and she nodded.

"Yes, of course! It's not THAT indecent, given you're a guy, and you definitely have enough muscle on you to make for good eye candy! You'll make so much progress to seducing her without even trying! And if she says anything, you can just apologize, and say you never gave much thought to modesty in the mercenary life! Come on!" Sothis tempted.