She ends up postponing it

Dinner for Elwur and Yutsuko was a rather luxurious affair, a large hotpot stocked to the brim with ingredients from shitake mushrooms to napa cabbage, tofu, beef, pork and sesame dipping sauce. For the meat, a raw egg was served in a dipping dish. The soup was tonkotsu broth, made by boiling pork bones with a variety of seasonings and spices until milky white.

Yutsuko loved every morsel, and she greedily dug into her meal like a ravenous pig. Elwur, on the other hand, ate with the monastic grace of a refined nobleman, though he did not lose in terms of speed to Yutsuko.

Along the way, she ended up **** on a piece of beef she mistakenly swallowed, sending her into a fit of heavy coughing. Elwur was by her side, patting her back and offering a cup of water which she slowly drank.

"Thanks," Yutsuko smiled weakly, "Not a great way to enjoy an expensive dinner..."

"We can order more," Elwur said, "We ordered a hotpot buffet, and the coupon covers all costs."

"Ah, right. Forgot about that," Yutsuko noted awkwardly.

There were extra helpings of rice, and Elwur dug his way through a heaping portion of rice, soup and ingredients. Each time they ran low, they rang the waitress to bring another serving of ingredients and hot soup. The other diners, looking at Elwur and Yutsuko, felt a myriad of emotions from disbelief to disgust, unable to believe one man could eat so much.

At the end, Yutsuko patted her tummy with a face of blissful satisfaction. Elwur simply wiped his mouth with a grunt of approval. The waitress who finished finalizing their fees - all totaling to zero yen - looked as if she faced the end of the world.

At least the coupon would allow the ryokan to claim compensation for all fees incurred.

After dinner, the couple took a walk outside by following the nearby trail, both to work off the calories gained and to explore the sights. Yutsuko, having long suffered confinement in a prison of whitewashed concrete, enthusiastically breathed in the fresh air of the mountain, the fresh smell of nature awakening her senses. The two of them were dressed in trousers, sweaters, jackets and hiking hats along with matching pairs of hiking shoes. Yutsuko had two hiking poles to aid with walking, but Elwur had none.

Yutsuko offered to buy them for him, but Elwur refused, simply stating that he needed no such aids.

"Whew... how long has it been since I smelt air so clean?" Yutsuko smiled, "Even the public parks don't smell as fresh as this!"

"We are outside the city, away from the urban world. Savour it," Elwur said.

"Yeah... it's been forever since I last set out on a mountain hike," Yutsuko said, "Come on, let's go! I wanna complete the trail before 8pm!"

Elwur followed without question.

All along the trail, they could see a vast, endless expanse of forest green, a welcome break from the bland, sterile grey blocks of concrete of urban jungles. Little insects buzzed from treetop to treetop in search of sweet flowers to pollinate, some going too close for Yutsuko's comfort. Others simply left them be, like the occasional monarch butterfly with their striking amber wings. Occasionally, they would come across a flowing stream, the water crystal clear, the gentle flow playing like a fine-tuned instrument.

Barely ten minutes into their walk, however, Yutsuko was panting slightly, her legs wobbly.

"Crap, ten minutes and I'm already this tired...?" Yutsuko lamented, weeping crocodile tears, "And here I was looking forward to exploring the rest of the trail..."

"We can take a break," Elwur said.

"I know, but..."

"It is no trouble," Elwur insisted, "We have the entire week, and there is plenty to do."

"...If you say so," Yutsuko nodded, though she frowned.

They managed to find a bench to rest their legs, and Yutsuko lightly tapped her thighs as if trying to get a faulty tool to work through a caveman's strength.

"Ow, ow, ow... Man, my legs hurt," Yutsuko complained, "I guess being very physically inactive's taken its toll on me. I really need to exercise more."

"I can teach you exercises to do at home, though there is a gym near our house," Elwur stated, "We can go there whenever."

"Really? I mean, I'd love to go to a gym," Yutsuko smiled, "But I admit that I fear for our expenses. I mean, how much does a gym membership fee cost? I know that paying a membership allows you some benefits regular customers don't get, including discounts on certain items, but how much does the monthly fee cost? And can we really afford it for the long-term? Ah, what do I do?"

Yutsuko, having had to live from paycheck to paycheck to pay for her son's upbringing and education and to afford their house, regularly worried about her savings. Only when you reached high school did she finally pay all outstanding debts and gain leeway, but even then, money was still tight. With the recent court case for Matoi Corp, she received a generous stipend that ensured they were golden for over a decade, but old habits die hard.

"When we return to the ryokan tonight, I will hand you a gift that will solve your money woes," Elwur stated.

Yutsuko had to do a double-take, eyeing Elwur's face for any deception, only to sigh.

'Would he really make up stupid lies in the first place?' She thought.

"Well, then I guess I'm looking forward to it," Yutsuko said.

Elwur nodded with satisfaction, moving his head a quarter of an inch.

"Let us go. We ought to clear as much as possible before the sun fully sets," Elwur said, getting up and taking Yutsuko by the hand.

"W-Wait, my legs are still hurting!"

After a twenty-minute hike, Yutsuko declared she absolutely could not take anymore and pleaded for a return to the inn. Elwur obeyed his master's wishes, and they quickly changed before taking a soak in the hot spring. Needless to say, it was a blissful experience, the hot water loosening Yutsuko's aching muscles and warming her up.

After the hot spring bath, they bought strawberry milk to quench their thirst.

They returned to their room, Yutsuko laying back on her chair.

"Whew, that was a really nice outing today. Kinda wish I could have gone on a longer hike though," She said, "Oh yeah, what time is it now?"

"9pm," Elwur said.

Yutsuko's eyes instantly widened and glittered with stars, and she quickly crawled to Elwur's space.

"Can I start drinking, please?" She pleaded, flashing him the cutest puppy dog eyes in existence.

She suddenly twitched, and she curled up like a prawn as she moaned in pain.

"Agh, my legs..."

Elwur then asked, "Would you like for me to massage you first?"

"You would? I mean... Sure. Please," Yutsuko mumbled, suddenly turning bashful.

Opening her futon, she lay down flat on her stomach, and Elwur moved the flaps of her yukata to expose her thighs.

Relying on a diet of packed lunches and instant noodles, her legs and hips were slightly flabby and thick, a source of constant needling by her colleagues who preferred slimmer women. Elwur gently pressed on her tight muscles, his fingers accurately applying pressure on all the right spots without causing pain.

"Oof, that's the spot," Yutsuko breathed, "How do you know all this?"

"Work," Elwur answered.

"You had to work as a masseuse?" Asked Yutsuko.

"At times," Said Elwur.

Yutsuko sighed internally, wishing Elwur would talk more, but getting him to speak more than a sentence at times was like getting a mountain to move an inch. Then again, most people would get simple one-word or two-word replies from the stoic man, and that was a miracle. If he gave you the silent treatment...

It would be the worst news one could ever receive.

Thus, Yutsuko decided not to press the matter further and receive Elwur's massage. He pressed along the entire length, at times going near the joints, and at those parts she twitched and yelped, and he would temporarily stop or go slightly softer to give her time to acclimatize. When he started massaging her ass, kneading her cheeks like two fistfuls of bread dough, she began to blush heavily.

'Of course he's going for it. I mean, when does he never?'

It was not as if she disliked it, far from it; she was dying to have him pamper her after two straight weeks of overwork.

Elwur's fingers began to dig deep into her ass, going dangerously close to her anus. With each knead, she heard the tell-tale 'gori-gori' of her tight muscles and tendons being attacked, and she clutched her pillow in pain.

"Ow, ow, ow..."

Yutsuko realised in this moment that her ass muscles were extremely tight, and she was having nearly twenty years of accumulated fatigue being released from her body. It was a terribly agonizing experience, but she persevered, feeling her tightness lessen with every creak.

"Raise your ass."

Yutsuko did a double-take.

"What?"

"Raise your ass," Said Elwur.

Elwur's words were a command, but there was strange power in those words that compelled her to comply, the naked glory of her ass exposed to the Dark Elf's face. And then, without warning, he plunged two fingers into her anus, and she yelped in pain.

"It will be excruciating. Bear with it."

At Elwur's words, Yutsuko bit her pillow, muffling the screams that came from Elwur's aggressive fingering. It felt as if a hot iron rod was piercing her insides, scraping every inch like barbed wire. A thick fluid was slowly secreted from her ass, lubricating Elwur's finger and easing the process, and despite the pain she also felt an inexplicable pleasure she did not feel from vaginal sex.

Before long, she squirted onto the tatami mat floor, gasping and moaning, before her hips collapsed as Elwur's fingers popped out. Yutsuko's face was flushed, her breath short as she levelled an accusing glare at the Dark Elf.

"You did that deliberately, didn't you?" She asked.

"Yes," Elwur said, "Did you like it?"

Count on Elwur to say such an embarrasing truth while appearing completely nonplussed. Yutsuko blushed deeply as she admitted the truth.

"I... I want more."

"Then turn and lay on your back," Elwur ordered.

She obliged, and she felt Elwur push her legs back in a kamansutra position, his erect cock ready to go. Light flashed in his hands, and he opened a glass bottle full of oil. Popping off the cork, a fragrant nutty aroma filled Yutsuko's nostrils. The amber coloured liquid was lathered onto Elwur's monstrous 18-inch sword, glistening like a polished gemstone, and he positioned it at Yutsuko's opening.

Bracing herself, Yutsuko tightly clutched her pillow, and she groaned loudly as Elwur hilted himself hip-deep.

Ordinarily, such a huge cock would have problems entering a tight, narrow anus, especially one freshly deflowered. Elwur's magical oil, on the other hand, provided sufficient lubrication and somehow loosened her walls, easing his ingress. He fucked Yutsuko hard, making her moan loudly as she ceased to care about her volume.

"Fuck! It's making me feel weird!" Yutsuko exclaimed, stars dancing in her vision as every thrust brought forth a new wave of pleasure.

The initial tightness and pain faded as her fucking went on, and while she melted under the pleasure, Elwur leaned down and kissed her on the lips, before wrestling with her tongue. Then he went on to lick her earlobe and inside her ears, before making hickeys all over her neck and shoulder. She shuddered under his expert touch, and she lay like a powerless maiden, allowing her master to do as he pleased with her body.

When he climaxed, she shuddered with a loud groan, feeling her ass contract tightly around his massive cock and milk it dry of every drop of semen. At the end, Elwur gave Yutsuko a deep kiss, before moving to lie down on his back. Yutsuko leaned onto his chest, basking in his warmth and the rhythmic rise and fall of his chest.

"If you wanted to fuck me in the ass, you could have just told me," Yutsuko complained, pouting cutely.

"What is the point of ruining the surprise?" Asked Elwur.

"Surprise my ass, you just wanted to pull that on me without warning," Yutsuko pointed out, "Well, not that I'm complaining or anything..."

And she kissed him on the cheek, before closing her eyes and going to sleep.

Outside their room, Isono decided not to knock on their door, her cheeks blushing like mad after hearing their loud noisemaking.

"...I think I'll leave it for another day."

And with that, she let them be.