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After fucking Kass, Alea began to grow a little worried. The guards outside had clearly known Kass on sight, and they would notice if her cultivation base had suddenly shrunk. If anything, they’d probably expect Kass’s cultivation base to grow from dominating Alea.

So she reluctantly realized she couldn’t drain Kass dry of Resolve. Alea pushed what she’d taken back into Kass, only to realize that her Resolve flowed easily into the futa she’d collared. She even retained some measure of control over the golden energy, as if it were still loyal to Alea, and would it only serve Kass so long as Alea willed it.

That might fade with time, but for now exchanging Resolve with Kass would provide her additional leverage. It also gave Alea the opportunity to consume one of the ten remaining Pills of Resolve.

She also noted that Kass had swallowed two of the five Pills of Resolve she’d taunted Alea with. Sadly, they were going to waste under the influence of the undisciplined girl’s cultivation technique.

Unwilling to let such precious medicine be wasted, Alea directed the Resolve she’d shoved into Kass’s body to flow in the pattern Alea had taught herself from the manual she’d studied since deciding to become a cultivator.

To her surprise, that worked splendidly. Kass was terrible at seizing Resolve from the surrounding world, but she did a good job of being a receptacle for the Resolve Alea was shoving inside her. In fact, Alea found that with two bodies to work with, she could cultivate twice as fast. After all, so long as she kept a tight leash on Kass, everything the pink-haired futa cultivated would really belong to Alea.

That was when Alea decided to push Kass through to the second layer of Resolve Condensation. It would satisfy any suspicions from her clan or the guards at the Palace of Pleasure about why the nature of her Resolve had changed. It would also give her a much better chance of being accepted into the Throbbing Immortal Fist school alongside Alea, where she could continue to stay close and remain useful.

She didn’t fully understand how cultivation between betas and alphas differed, but Kass was still technically an alpha. A collared and chaste alpha, but still an alpha, and that’s how Alea wanted to keep her. In theory, breaking her through to the second layer of Resolve Condensation should have been identical to Alea’s own ascension to that realm.

Sure enough, after manipulating the Resolve in Kass’s body in a much tighter and more disciplined pattern than Kass herself could manage, Alea pushed the pink-haired futa to through to the second layer. By then, she’d consumed another Pill of Resolve herself, leaving eight. To her disappointment, she didn’t seem to be any closer to the fourth layer of Resolve Condensation.

“These things don’t carry the kick they did at the first layer.” Alea muttered.

Kass had recovered her senses enough thanks to her advancement to the second layer of Resolve Condensation that she could respond. “Sadly, you can only use the same pill so often. Too much and they start to lose their effectiveness. That’s another reason to keep a cultivation vessel or two around.”

Alea grumbled, but she remembered the healer her group had captured on the road. “In that case, I’ll have to save these for later. I’ll use a couple on some girls I know. Maybe trade a few of the rest for with other school-hopefuls for a weapon or two.” She turned to Kass, examining the pink haired futa’s eyes for the slightest hint of a lie.

“You don’t seem mad at me. Why is that?” Alea asked curiously.

Kass blushed, concealing her caged cock with her hand. “I should be. I think it’s a feature of the collar. Every time I think of you, I feel this ache deep inside me. I should have been humiliated and angered when you pinned me to the floor and fucked me… but I just feel turned on. I suspect the collar turns anger into lust. I don’t really know. Got it from a pawnshop and have been waiting for somebody to use it on. I think you’re lucky that bitch,” Kass jerked her thumb over to the bound princess, who was still lying on the bed along with the northern girl, “got me in such an angry and horny mood. Otherwise, I might have been able to resist the collar before it really kicked in.”

“What do we do about them?” Alea asked. “We can’t have them spreading knowledge about your… current state.”

Genuine anger reached the corners of Kass’s eyes. “You’re right. I’d be absolutely humiliated if my clan found out I’d gotten my cock trapped in a cage. Or the Mistress of the Palace of Pleasure for that matter.”

“But we can’t silence them either." Alea said.

Kass tilted her head and frowned in thought. “I’ll have to call in a favor from my older sister. I’ll just let her know the two new girls I just rented really caught my eye, and I want them for myself. The fact that one of them is a member of the Ylissara clan will probably justify it in her mind. She hates those traitorous bitches as much as anyone in our clan should.”

Alea was hesitant to allow Kass to return to her clan. Her family might be able to free her from the collar’s effects. Still, she didn’t see any other way to resolve this scenario.

“Also,” Alea said, holding up the tiny wooden sword she’d found among Kass’s things, “what is this?”

Kass jumped a little. “My sword talisman! It’s… it’s a single use item meant to save my life in a time of great danger. Once activated, it flies around and attacks the target. It should be able to kill anyone under Foundation Establishment, or at least inflict a debilitating enough wound that I’d be able to flee.”

That was exactly what Alea had hoped it would be. “I’ll hang onto this for you until you come back.” Alea stuffed the sword talisman in the pocket of her pants, which were sitting nearby.

Kass bit her lip, but her cock cage twitched under Alea’s gaze and she blushed. “Okay. But before I go, can you at least make this thing take its incorporeal form?” Kass gestured at the pink cage around her cock. “You know how I like to prance around naked. I can’t exactly maintain secrecy with this on.”

“The butt plug vanished… but I’m worried about losing the effects of the cage.”

“Oh, don’t fret about that. Even in its incorporeal form, it should still function.”

Alea sent her resolve into the cock cage, feeling its inner workings with her magic. She found Kass was telling the truth. Not only would the device still be effective, but it would allow Alea to remotely control Kass’s erections and throttle any pleasure she received through her cock.

“Wow. This thing really puts you under my control. I wish I had a couple sets of these. They could come in handy.” Alea said, as she pushed the non-physical sequence of magical inputs using her Resolve that would make the cock cage disappear.

“Let's go get our clothes.” Alea said. A thought came to her, and she added, “And let’s subtly pretend this went the other way, you know? At least while we’re in the Palace of Pleasure. If all the guards are as strong as the one we saw, I don’t fancy myself as being able to fight them.”

“Alright then!” Kass chirped, her cheery demeanor returning to her.