Hey everybody it's been a while. Sorry it took so long but like I said I gotta prioritize studying over this for the moment and for the record if I do cancel this (which I sure as hell won't) I'll let you guys know. The poll has been up for a while now and I see a few votes but I would appreciate a few more if possible this is just to see how you would feel if I took that route. Also, an interesting little note; this is my longest chapter to date seriously on Microsoft word this is 17 pages. This chapter also has a bit of lime to it.
Kuroinu chapter 10: An "Interesting" Evening
It had taken some time to draw up a rough draft of the alliance between Olga and the other Shield Princesses that the sun was about to set. The terms of the alliance were that in exchange for being excused of all crimes and charges she committed as the Black Queen that Olga would not only participate in the coming war but also that she would tell the Shield Princesses everything she knew about the outlands as well everything she had been working on in the Black fort. This was only the rough draft and would most likely change until the final draft could be passed but for now both parties were pleased with the terms.
"We'll still need something physical later to act as a show of good faith that our alliance isn't just for show later on." –Claudia was examining the rough draft to make sure that the draft had nothing in it that would cause problems later when she voiced the idea. She handed the draft to Celestine who gave it a quick look-over before rolling up the paper.
"Indeed, but we can worry about that later. Seeing how late it has become I believe it best that we call it a night." –Olga stretched her arms up as Chloe massaged her shoulders. Having to sit for so long and discuss the terms of a future document really made one stiff but considering it would guarantee that she and her subordinates would be safe from punishment or enslavement then it was worth it.
"Really must you do that here? That so-called man over there has been looking at you the entire time." –Alicia was still quite unsettled by the fact that she would be working alongside the woman that was her enemy several days ago but she couldn't deny that she knew things about the outlands that not even her best soldiers or scouts knew. What really irritated her however was that the woman just seemed to be showing off her body every time she stretched and every time she did the only man in the room would look at her before looking away.
"What's wrong? Are you perhaps jealous that Sir Mark has been paying more attention to me than he, has you?" –Olga smirked as Alicia's face went from normal to crimson red in less than five seconds.
"Wh-Wh-What are you talking about y-you shameless woman?!" –Alicia did her best to fight back against the Black Queen's retort but her reaction to the comment was not helping her case in the least. Kaguya decided to speak up before the conversation could get any more out of hand.
"Now, now it would be best to end this here don't you all think? As for the matter of Mark-dono's watch on Olga-dono, I'm sure that it's only to make sure that she doesn't try anything after all he spent the most time with her so he would know if she was up to something, isn't that correct Mark-dono?" –Kaguya had been watching the young knight ever since he walked in. Being a Priestess with her power she was taught to keep an eye on the opposite sex.
"Y-Yes Lady Kaguya. If Olga was up to something sinister I would be able to tell." –Mark said as he thankfully shifted his attention to the Priestess of the Shield Princesses. He had been watching Olga the entire time since the shadow ghoul attack earlier. The ghoul's body was taken away by guards who took the creature's body for study as apparently, no one had ever seen one before. Given that Olga and Chloe were the only ones who knew anything about the creature it was safe to say that their information was reliable for the moment.
The only problem was that whenever Olga caught him watching her she'd stretch in such a way that it appeared that she was showing off her body to him. The constant assault on his mind got his teenage hormones working on overdrive. He was thankful that his armor was covering his manhood right now as the erection he had right now would certainly cause misunderstandings.
"Oh, how interesting. Tell me how would you know if I was up to something?" –Olga leaned forward with her elbows on the table and her head resting on here hands and a predatory look on her face.
"Well you see whenever you are planning something you get this certain look in your eyes much like the one you have now." –Mark said trying to focus on the woman's eyes. Probably because of how commanding his mother was whenever she was acting as a Shield Princess he had difficulty handling older women especially, those in power. Olga chuckled at his response while Chloe uttered a low growl. Celestine brought everyone's attention back on to her when she spoke.
"Well now with all this done for now I would certainly agree with Olga's statement in that we call it an evening." –Celestine stretched a little herself before covering her mouth for a yawn. It had been a long day for everyone and it would certainly be in their best interest to get some sleep. Luu Luu was already ahead of everyone on that plan as she was sleeping on Prim's lap. Maia had remained quiet the entire time after the shadow ghoul attack.
"I had a feeling that something like this would happen so I had rooms prepared for you all at my estate. As the hosting Shield Princess I ask you to please eat and rest before you return to your respective fortresses." –Claudia
"Forgive me if I sound rude but wouldn't it be bad if we remain here much longer?" –Prim asked as she continued to pet the sleeping demi-human's head. With the Black Dogs as their enemies' time was of the utmost importance. Claudia was about to speak when Olga spoke up ahead of her.
"We have plenty of time. The fact that they used a shadow ghoul to deliver this message means that they haven't even begun to tame the other creatures in my castle. I assure you that shadow ghouls can be considered something along the lines of expendable foot soldiers compared to the other creatures that they could have used to deliver this message of theirs." –Olga stood up and walked around the room as she talked taking note of the various expression everyone had and what she said was completely true. She had several other kinds monsters in her castle that would have been more than capable enough of successfully assassinating the people in this room right now. Some of those creatures were creatures she made herself.
After taking a full lap around the room the Dark Elf queen stopped behind Mark's chair and without any word of warning threw her arms around his neck and rested her head upon his. Needless to say, the shockingly bold display caused nearly everyone in the room to shout out some variation of "What the Fuck?!" in unison.
"I hope that I get to bunk with you "Sir" Mark." –Olga smiled down at the young knight who could do nothing but stutter incoherently. Here was a man that had fought his way through many battles against monsters of all shapes and sizes and defeated her in a game of chess that ended the war and yet a little teasing was enough to break the young man's composure. If she had known about this little weakness of his and how fun, it was to use it against him then perhaps she'd still be sitting on her throne in the Black Fort with him as her "personal" servant.
Before Olga could get the chance to imagine the young man in her arms in a unique uniform of her design Claudia grabbed Mark's arm and ripped him out of Olga's embrace. Claudia immediately got between the two and gave Olga a look reminiscent of a mother liger protecting its cubs before speaking.
"I had rooms prepared for you and your subordinates as well "Lady" Olga and please kindly refrain yourself from making any actions like the one you did just now." –Claudia turned to Mark and grabbed his arm again before dragging him out of the room. Olga smirked at seeing Mark trying to calm his mother down.
"Oh Lady Claudia I have only just begun to take action." –Olga walked out of the room followed by Chloe who was questioning what she meant by that. The others began to follow one by one until the last one in the room was Maia. Maia finally stood up and smashed her fist on the table causing it to violently shake.
"I'm going to get to the bottom of this. There is no way Vault would do any of this. This has to be some kind of poorly planned joke." –Maia said still convinced that Vault was a victim in this before leaving.
Mark and his mother rode in front of the little convoy that had formed from escorting the other Shield Princesses to the Levantain estate. He sighed as recalled what his mother told him about having a "chat" with him when they got home. He had a "vague" suspicion of what the topic would be but decided that he'll cross that bridge when he come to it. He was more worried about how he had behaved during the meeting, or more specifically towards the end of it.
He felt he had made some good impressions on Kaguya and Luu Luu oddly enough but because of Olga's teasing he may have come across as a bit perverse to the others as he recalled how many times he would blush and turn away whenever Olga "stretched".
'I get the feeling that today's events are only signs of things to come.' –Mark thought to himself and he wasn't just referring to the war. After what felt like hours but was in fact a few minutes they arrived at the Levantain estate. Immediately after dismounting from his horse the mansion's staff ran out in force to receive the large group.
"""We are honored to receive you all great Shield Princesses!""" –The entire staff bowed before helping everyone out of their carts before moving them to a separate part of the estate made for storing carriages.
"Oh my, you certainly must have gone to great lengths in order to arrange for all this Claudia." –Celestine watched as the staff worked vigorously to remove the luggage from the carts as well as escort the horses to the stables.
"It was no trouble at all. We are sisters-in-arms this much is only natural." –Claudia turned around and began to walk into the mansion followed by Mark and the others. Claus was coming down stairs when the group entered the main foyer and upon seeing his son as well as the ladies next to him he immediately came down to greet them.
"It is a true honor to have all of the Shield Princesses here this fine evening and it does my heart well to see that my son has returned in one piece as well." –Claus bowed before the group before giving his wife a welcome home kiss and his son a hug before turning to Olga.
"You must be Lady Olga. I do not know how long you will be here but, and I apologize if this inconveniences you, would you mind if I asked you a few questions about your culture?" –Claus being a scholar had a very open mind as such he wanted learn about all the races in the world. With Dark Elves being so rare and having one like Olga enter his home how could he not be excited to learn so much about her race.
"Not at all although I do ask for compensation of sorts." –Olga
"What may I offer you then?" –Claus stood there watching Olga think. Olga shifted her sight over to her left and smirked.
"I would consider it a great favor if you could tell a few stories of Mark's childhood." –Olga held her hand out to Claus who was looking her over, trying to figure out what sort of angle she was coming from. It was odd that someone would be asking for stories of another person's childhood in exchange for learning of their culture. He shifted his eyes to the right to see what she had been looking at. All he saw was his s- Claus smirked when he figured out why.
'So that's why.'
"I've got stories for days Lady Olga. You have my thanks." –Claus took Olga's hand and shook it.
"Well now that you are both acquainted let's go get something to eat." –Mark tried to move this along before his father could even get the chance to start telling Olga about any of his childhood shenanigans.
"Agreed, but first we need to talk young man. We can do so in the changing room." –Claudia grabbed her son's shoulder and began to drag him away. Mark knowing how futile it was to resist silent followed.
"You may start without us as this may take a while." –Claudia called over her shoulder as they turned the corner that would take them to where the changing room was located. Claudia eventually let go and the two of them walked in silence. Once they arrived they went in and went to their respective changing screens and began to remove their armor.
Mark was the first to finish and so he sat down at the table in a blue dress shirt and black pants and waited. He didn't have to wait long as his mother came out about a minute later in a white dress and her hair tied in a ponytail and took the seat in front of him. Claudia decided to cut straight to the heart of the matter at hand.
"What happened between you and Olga?" –Claudia
"Nothing mother." –Mark
"You say it's nothing but everything she's done today clearly says otherwise." –Claudia sighed as she saw him avoid her gaze.
"Mark I am not mad at you or anything of the sort. I'm just worried that she'll end up hurting you and I don't just mean physically." –Claudia watched her son as he raised his head and looked at her.
"I challenged Olga to a chess game with my fate and the end of the war on the line. After I defeated her I promised that I would take care of her and when I did she gave me this look." –Mark
"A look?" –Claudia
"Yes but this look was completely different than the confident and charismatic look a leader like Olga had prior to the match. It was the face of someone remembering a distant yet painful memory. After that I'd visit and chat with her in the dungeon up until our escape from the Black Fort and during our return to Rad we bonded some more." –Mark watched as his mother closed her eyes and put her hand to her chin in thought.
"Did you do anything else? Anything of particular significance?" –Claudia said as she continued to process everything Mark said. There was one thing that came to Mark's mind but it could be considered very minor but then again if someone told her about it when he didn't then there would surely be trouble later.
"I may have taken a hold of her hand when we entered Rad as we made our way to the inner castle." –Mark stiffened when his mother opened his eyes and gave him a look that screamed "what did you do again?".
"Mark I understand in the time you spent with Olga that you may have developed a certain level of mutual trust but be careful. I understand given your past "experiences" with the opposite sex that a woman like Olga may catch your eye but you must also remember that you are a knight in service to not only me but Lady Celestine as well and that Olga was our enemy. Many good knights have fallen in battle because their enemies happened to bat their eyelashes at them." –Claudia saw her son lower his head once more, clearly displeased at her words. Whether it was because he really trusted Olga or because of something more was unknown to her. She then stood up and walked over to his side and brought him into a hug.
"I know you may think my words a bit cruel but I say them because I do not want to see you get hurt both physically and emotionally." –Claudia
"Thank you mother." –Mark returned the hug before standing up. He knew his mother had his best interest at heart and that she spoke the truth in some parts as well. There were numerous stories and reports of men crossing paths with female monsters and demons such as harpies or succubae and falling in battle because they were seduced mid-battle. Even if he trusted Olga there was still a faint chance that she would betray him.
The mother and son left the room and moved to the dining room where everyone was already seated and prepared to eat. Conversation was light at first but when the food was delivered everyone began to open up more. Mark was particularly happy to see that the Shield Princesses he looked up to were like any normal women with their fair share of problems as it made interacting with each of them easier. When everyone was done, they agreed to move to the living room for coffee except for two.
"I believe I'll turn in for the night. Thank you for this evening Claudia." –Celestine stood up and thanked her hostess for the evening before turning in for the night.
"Yeah I think I'll call it a day too." –Maia followed Celestine out of the room as well. Mark couldn't help but feel for her since she now had to fight her former leader and colleagues. He could never imagine having to raise his sword against his family.
After some light conversation, which lasted for an hour everyone else began to turn in as well. Mark walked the halls of the mansion as he made his way to his room. He contemplated how greatly things had changed in such a short amount of time and what he would have to do to finally end the fighting.
"Things are going to be interesting." –Mark arrived at the door to his room and walked in… only to discover he had some unexpected company.
"Good evening Sir- no that would be rude here. Good evening Mark." –Celestine stood in front of Mark's bed and with the moon light shining through the window next to it she had a mystical yet captivating glow about her.
"Lady Celestine?! Wh-What may I do for you?" –Mark was shocked to see Celestine in his room especially since she should have been asleep already.
"Please, this is your room, you need not address me with a title here." –Celestine sat down on his bed and patted the spot next to her on her right. Mark carefully moved forward and sat down next to her, making sure there was enough room between them that it wouldn't be considered rude. He then turned his head to her meet her gaze while trying his best to remain as calm as possible.
"You see Mark just as I was about to turn in for the night I realized that I had yet to reward you." –Celestine said keeping her eyes firmly on Mark although she moved her hands to her lap and began to twiddle her thumbs.
"Reward me? For what exactly Ce-Celestine?" –Mark stuttered Celestine's name, nervous/happy to be able to address her in such an intimate way.
"You brought Olga to Rad safely despite the dangers both traveling to and from the Black Fort as well as… saving me from the shadow ghoul." –Celestine had a faint blush on her cheeks as she remembered how Mark ran to intercept the shadow ghoul's attack and how he even apologized for scaring her just before cutting off its claw.
"You don't have to. I mean I am a knight and protecting you is my sworn duty-" –Mark was about to say more when Celestine stood up and suddenly cut in.
"No! I absolutely must do this! I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't reward my savior for his good deeds and hard work!" –Celestine blushed when she realized at how close she was to him as well as seeing the blush on his face. She sat back down on her spot and tried to regain her composure while waiting for her face to turn back to its normal color.
"I apologize that was rude of me. But please it troubles me if I don't repay you for your heroism. So, name your reward if it's something within my power I will fulfill it to the best of my abilities." –Celestine said waiting for Mark's response.
Mark didn't know what to do at this moment. Celestine herself was rewarding him for his service and seeing how much she wanted to do it given her earlier outburst then he truly had no idea what to do. He looked at Celestine as she resumed playing with her thumbs and still had some faint redness on her face. Her face it truly was angelic. He could stare into her eyes for all eternity and never get tired of how they seemed to shine in the light.
Mark then lowered his sight and took notice of Celestine's lips. They were thin and small but made Mark want to run his finger across them and savor how they felt. A kiss from them must have felt heavenly.
"A kiss." –Mark said in a whisper to himself without even thinking about it. Unfortunately, his whisper was heard by the elf goddess in front of him.
"EH?!" –Celestine was so shocked by the small whisper that she uttered a shocked yet cute noise. Mark looked up at Celestine's face and saw how red it had become it was then that he realized that he had said it out loud. His face turned a shade darker than Celestine's as he quickly tried to fix this situation.
"P-Please pay that no mind Lady Celestine I was actually… thinking of this musical group called KISS. They aren't quite known yet but their music-"–Mark tried to play it off but Celestine's response stopped him in his tracks.
"O-Okay." –Celestine said as her right hand began to rub the upper part of her left arm. Mark was frozen. Did Celestine really just agree to kiss him?
"A-Are you sure Celestine? I mean this is quite forward of me to ask this of you and I don't want to force you to do something you don't want to do." –This was the woman that Mark had sworn loyalty to. The last thing he wanted to do was force this on her reward or not.
"Yes, I am sure. You risked your life at my request as well as saved mine. The very least I can do is grant you this. B-But if you could, please close your eyes and give me a moment to p-prepare myself." –Celestine watched as Mark obediently closed his eyes and waited. She had never expected to do this but then again she knew that Mark was a kind man and one she could trust and he did save her today surely she could do this.
Mark meanwhile couldn't be any more nervous. He had accidently asked Celestine to reward him with a kiss and now she was going to give him it. As happy as he was he thought himself a bit of a bastard if he hoped for one on the lips so he took a deep breath, relaxed himself, and waited to receive one on cheek. He waited a while before he felt Celestine place her hands on his shoulders. He could feel her coming closer as he began to feel her breath on his face and her…breasts on his chest. Something about this whole situation felt more like an erotic moment in a romance novel than receiving a reward for doing his job but he remained quiet.
Mark waited…and waited…and waited for the kiss to come. Finally, right when he was about to open one of his eyes and see if something was wrong he felt something. It was small and soft and yet it sent a wave of warmth through his body unlike anything he felt before and it was coming from…his lips? Mark slowly opened his eye just enough to see what it was when he both saw and realized what it was. Celestine was kissing his mouth. He was shocked but at the same time couldn't bear to pull himself away from the goddess that was kissing him.
Mark began to feel bad about making Celestine do this so he wrapped his arms around her and began to kiss her back.
"Hyamph." –Celestine let out a surprised yelp at Mark's surprising action but relaxed. She knew he wouldn't force himself on her but feeling him respond like this she felt the urge to try and do more so she decided to open her mouth a bit and slide her tongue across his lips. She had heard that couples do this "open mouth" kiss as a showing of how important they feel the other person is at least according to what the married couples that would come to the church in her fortress, Ken, said.
Mark felt Celestine open her mouth a bit and felt something slide across his closed lips. It didn't take him long to realize what she was doing so he decided to reciprocate it and open his mouth a little and let his tongue dance with hers a bit.
"N-No I'm supposed to." –Celestine tried to put up some resistance but found herself melting in his arms. She moved her arms to his back and let them dance up and down Mark's spine.
"You do more for the people (smooch) then I do. Y-you should be rewarded to." –Mark knew how much a leader like Celestine must have had to sacrifice to live for their people so, while it was forward, he decided to reward her too obviously without crossing the line. They continued for a bit longer before they separated with a small pop. Their faces were red and they both had a dazed look in their eyes as they looked at each other with their arms still wrapped around the other. At an unspoken signal, they removed their arms from their places and took some distance from the other. Silence filled the room until Celestine spoke up.
"W-Well then, I best turn in." –Celestine said her voice possessing a lighter, happier tone.
"Yes well would you like me to show you to your room then Lady Celestine?" –Mark said not sure of what else he could say.
"No I'm sure you are quite tired as well. Well then good evening Sir Mark." –Celestine stood up and made her way to the door. Right as she reached to open it she stopped.
"Is something wrong Lady Celestine?" –Mark
"No but I was wondering if I could request something of you again? At private times like these, when it is only you and I, could we be like we just were?" –Celestine began to tremble a little after asking Mark if they could be like this again. She heard Mark get off the bed and walk over to her before she felt his arm wrap around her again in a gentle embrace.
"If it's alright with you, Celestine." –Mark whispered with his head by her ear. Celestine shivered a bit at such a small thing. Elf ears were sensitive so having that done to her was extremely pleasing.
"Thank you and you can keep the crystal. We will be able to speak with each other more often with it. Well then until next time…Mark." –Celestine turned around and gave Mark a kiss on the cheek before leaving. Mark closed the door and stood there still sort of dazed after what happened. His first kiss was with Celestine Lucullus and he would even get to see her again. Unfortunately, now that that had happened he couldn't bring himself to fall asleep it was just too amazing an event and he was certain that Celestine would be in his dreams as a result of it.
"I guess I'll just hit up the training room for a bit." –Mark said hoping that working out a bit would help clear his mind and use up some energy. He quickly changed into his training clothes, a white under shirt and gray pants, before he opened the door to his room and looked into the hallway, making sure no one else was around. He moved as quietly as possible as he didn't want to be rude and wake up anyone who happened to already be in dreamland. After taking numerous twists and turns he arrived at the training room.
The training room was large and had numerous machines in it that were used to train certain muscles in one's body along with numerous different weights for lifting, a mat for practicing hand to hand combat, a punching bag to test one's strength and it was all illuminated by a chandelier that was enchanted with light magic set to activate when the door was opened at night. Mark looked around the room before walking over to the punching bag.
He placed his hand on it and gave it a shove to see it swing before he entered a fighting stance that had his left fist forward and his right drawn back. Then he started to attack the bag unleashing blow after blow; punch, chop, kick, knee, elbow, he used everything he could use to attack the sand filled bag. But he continued to think about Celestine and each blow started to become stronger than the last.
He hated himself as his mind began to wander into more lustful thoughts about the kind elf but he just couldn't help himself. He was a knight that fought numerous monsters and yet he let his teenage hormones over power his will. Then he realized that may have also been her first kiss as well. He had given her his first kiss and he had taken hers; that fact infuriated him as he felt like he had taken advantage of Celestine's pure and kind nature.
"Damn it all!" -Mark let out a large yell before he unleashed a kick that sent the bag off its chain and flying into the wall. He stood there mentally berating himself for what he had done and probably would've started to physically punish himself for it if it wasn't for the sound of clapping that suddenly echoed in the room.
"Congratulations. I've never seen such a display of anger towards an inanimate object like that before." –Olga stood there in the door way clapping her hands and a sarcastic tone in her voice.
"Good evening Olga. I'm sorry if I woke you but I was having some difficulty sleeping and decided to work off the energy." –Mark said as he turned and bowed to her as an apology.
"No need to apologize. I was having some difficulty sleeping myself. Given the fact that this was the home of an enemy up until a few hours ago I couldn't quite relax after all one never knows when they may be attacked." –Olga began to move towards Mark as she looked about the room.
"Yes I can imagine that to be quite difficult." –Mark turned around and picked up the punching bag and moved it to the side. Olga stopped in front of the mat and then turned to Mark with a sly smile on her face.
"So then since we both are having difficulty sleeping why don't you and I go a few rounds?" –Olga began removing her shoes and stretching her body. Mark, still having a few lustful thoughts in his head, blushed at her words. Olga laughed when she turned and saw his face.
"I mean sparring of course. While magic is my forte, I made sure that my CQC skills would be able to serve me just as well." –Olga stepped on to the mat and resumed stretching.
"S-sparring. Yes of course, but are you sure? I would rather not hurt you if possible." –Mark stepped on to the mat and waited for the former queen to finish.
"While I appreciate your concern it's unnecessary. One cannot survive in the outlands for centuries without strengthening both mind and body. Still I like that kindness of yours it makes you quite different than then other males I've met. Now then, before we begin let's make this… interesting." –Olga finished stretching and turned to Mark who had taken his stance.
"A wager like the one we had at the Black Fort?" –Mark
"Hehe, indeed although the stakes aren't anywhere near as high as that time. It's simple first to pin their opponent gets to do any one thing they so desire to their opponent within reason. Is that acceptable?" –Olga took her own stance with one fist far out in front of her and the other closer to her head with one leg forward and the other back. Mark was interested in the stance as it appeared to emphasize using an arm and leg for quick attacks while the others would deliver more powerful attacks. He knew that this would already make for an interesting match.
"Very well then but no complaining afterwards." –Mark had no idea what he would do if he won so he decided to perhaps save it for a later date
"Good. We will go on three. One…two…three." –Olga lunged forward with surprising speed and took a quick jab at Mark's head. Mark quickly moved his head to the side, the punch just barely grazing his cheek. Mark grabbed the stretched-out arm with his right hand to keep Olga from evading his counterattack which was an uppercut with his left.
Olga, while shocked that he had managed to dodge her punch, quickly moved her own body which slightly threw off Mark's punch making it just pass by her breasts. Olga then aimed for his open body with her right leg which had been drawn back. The kick hit Mark and nearly made him fall on his knees but he held his ground.
Before Olga could draw it back for another kick Mark grabbed her leg with his free hand and twisted his body for an improvised throw that sent Olga into the air. Olga was surprised by the sudden move but quickly recovered in midair as she knew that Mark would've gone for the pin as soon as she hit the ground. Mark upon seeing her recover quickly pursued her for a rush attack. Olga quickly turned around and went for a rush attack of her own.
The two clashed with amazing speed. Blocking punches, dodging kicks and knees the two were evenly matched and were waiting for the moment that the other would make a mistake and capitalize on it like a bird of prey on its favorite prey. Olga was the first to make the mistake when she went for another kick to Mark's midsection.
She had been throwing punches and even an occasional chop during the clash so she believed that a sudden kick without word of warning, especially one in such close proximity given that there was a foot and a half of distance between them, would allow her to get some momentum. The kick had enough speed to it to catch even an experienced fighter like Chloe or her maids off guard and injure them but to her surprise Mark caught it easily. Mark had a confident look on his face before he turned his body to the right and threw her once again only this time Olga failed to recover and landed on her stomach and her hair falling over her face.
Right as she was about to get up Mark jumped on her back and brought her arms behind her back with a firm grip. Olga struggled for a few moments before whipping her hair to the side so she could speak with Mark.
"You're good. Although you do remember you have to pin me on my back first to claim the win." –Olga looked up at him and smiled while looking stunning with her hair off to the side.
"I am well aware of that and will do so after I have worn you out more." –Mark smiled back. Olga certainly had some skill in CQC and glad that this was a sparring match, if this was an actual fight, and he hated to admit this even if it was to himself, then he wasn't entirely certain he'd come out victorious.
"Worn me out? Oh, my I had no idea you had those kinds of thoughts about me." –Olga's eyes gleamed when she saw him blush at the double entendre and noticed that he slightly loosened his grip on her arms but that was enough for the Dark Elf. Before Mark could respond Olga wrestled her arms out of his grasp and hit him with an uppercut which sent him flying off of her.
Olga quickly got up and as soon as he hit the floor dashed towards him for the pin. Mark, while still somewhat dazed, managed to barely roll out of the way and lunged at her exposed back with his right fist ready to strike.
Ordinarily a knight would never attack a woman much less one attack her from behind but with an opponent like Olga, even if it was for a sparring match, he couldn't afford to pull his punches. Right as his fist was about to make contact Olga moved her head to the left and grabbed Mark's arm once it passed her shoulder and threw him over it. She held his arm as she threw him to keep him from getting any distance after he landed and after he did Olga stomp her foot on his chest; she had won.
While short the match had a fast pace to it so both fighters were panting heavily. Mark looked up at Olga and something about the way she stood over him left him in complete awe. She had an air of authority about her that he had never seen before and the way the light from the chandelier shine had shadowed some off features giving her an even more mysterious look almost as if she truly was a queen of darkness. He couldn't see her eyes but the smile she had on her face was all too telling.
"It's my win." –Olga said before releasing his hand and moving her foot off him. Olga simply smiled down at him before moving from his sight and began to take a lap around the mat. Mark sat up a bit to see what she was doing when suddenly she spoke up as if she was narrating something while making a noise vaguely reminiscent of a crowd cheering.
"That's right ladies and gentlemen you saw it right here. The one, the only, the sensual queen of the ring Olga Discordia has defeated her longtime rival Mark Levantain. Look at her strutting her stuff as she takes her victory lap around the ring. I doubt even Celestine could stand up to the goddess of darkness that is Olga Discordia." –Narrator(Olga)
"WOOOOH!" –Crowd(Olga)
"Thank you, thank you. You're all too kind. But I have to hand it to my opponent very few people can stand up to this combination of- " –Olga trailed off before making various poses.
"Brains." –Olga said pointing to her head.
"Beauty." –Olga then posed her body with her back to the "crowd". The way she showed it off however made it look like she was posing for Mark as the way she looked; body half turned, hands on her hips, her left knee pointing inward she certainly looked captivating.
"And…brawn." –Olga then raised her arm and flexed her bicep before kissing it. She then resumed her lap while blowing kisses out to the imaginary crowd. Mark couldn't help
but chuckle at the former queen's antics. Olga stopped and turned to Mark and walked over to him. She then raised her foot and used it to gently push him back on the ground.
"A defeated enemy should remain on the ground Mark. Especially when I am about to claim my prize." –Olga removed her foot and stood over him with his body in between her legs all while she stared down with a "sinister" smirk on her face.
"Very well then. What will you do your highness?" –Mark said with a somewhat lighter tone in his voice. It was a great fight and he lost because he let his guard down at a crucial moment. It had helped him take his mind off of what he had done earlier with Celestine so his compliance with whatever it was she was going to do was his way of thanking the fallen queen. Olga crossed her arms underneath her breasts and closed her eyes while thinking.
"Hmmm, I'm not entirely sure. I could have you carry me around on your back for a day, or I could force you to spread your legs and I can give you an "embarrassing" footjob. There's just so many possibilities." –Olga kept shifting her head left and right as she talked when suddenly she snapped her fingers and four magic circles appeared underneath each of Mark's hands and feet. Mark tried to move them but he found that somehow the circles were keeping them from moving.
He was about to ask what she was doing when she unfolded her arms and opened her hand before striking it with her fist in a manner similar to a hammer.
"A thought just occurred to me." –Olga opened her eyes and look directly into Mark's.
"What?" –Mark asked as he looked up at her. She began to lower her body closer and closer to his until she had to kneel on her knees and straddle his body. Her face was darkened once more but the tone of her voice suggested that she was about to pull something.
"I never gave you a proper reward for saving me from that bastard Vault and those dogs of his." –Olga
"You need not do that. I was doing my sworn duty at the time. I couldn't just leave you there to suffer." –Mark
"Regardless I am a queen, a fallen one, but a queen nonetheless. I could never live with myself if I did not properly pay a debt so consider what I am about to do a consolation prize." –Olga raised her hands and placed them on Mark's cheeks to hold his head in place. Mark was amazed by how soft her hands felt on his face, it was almost as if they were like marshmallows. Olga's voice brought him out of it before he could go too far into his thoughts.
"Pucker up handsome." –Olga, with speed faster than she had moved during the spar, slammed her face into his with the point of impact being their lips. Mark opened his mouth to respond but Olga quickly silence it with her own and forced her tongue into Mark's mouth.
Her tongue moved about his mouth in a frenzied yet somehow methodical manner. Like she was rapidly trying to familiarize herself with every little detail of his mouth. Mark got over the shock and tried to push back with his own tongue but Olga's tongue wrapped around it and began to dance around with it eliciting a content groan from the two of them.
Mark knew that this kiss was different from the one he had with Celestine. With Celestine, it was more like testing the waters while desperately resisting the urge to jump in but Olga's was sudden and passionate which even despite all her teasing today was something he never thought Olga would do. Olga was right to restrain his arms and legs otherwise with his hormones shifting into overdrive for a second time that night he'd be torn between throwing her off or doing the one act he swore he'd never do to a woman.
Still it did not change the fact that while here she was laying on top of him in the training room, her amazingly mesmerizing scent filling his nose he was starting to run out of air. Olga was sucking him for every bit of air he had in his body and yet he still couldn't help but try and reciprocate the pleasant feeling of warmth that was starting to fill him again. Mark forced his tongue out of the hold that Olga's tongue had on it and wrapped it up in a sort of retaliation.
The two began to groan more vocally as they continued this tongue dance and right when Mark thought he would run out of air Olga released him with a pop that he could have sworn echoed throughout the house. Mark took deep breathes with his mouth as he tried to get as much air back into his lungs as possible while Olga breathed down at him with a content smile on her face. After a few minutes Olga stood and looked down on him before passing over him and making her way off the mat to retrieve her shoes.
At that moment though something fell off of Olga's body and landed next on the edge of Mark's lips. It was wet and warm. Mark, acting solely on instinct, opened his mouth to taste it; it was warm and had a bit of a bitter taste to it but Mark could grow to like it. Mark shifted his head to look at Olga who had begun walking towards the door.
She snapped her fingers and the magic circles that held his hands and feet disappeared and yet he still didn't move almost as if he wanted to wait and see what Olga would do next. Right when she got to the door she placed her left hand on its frame and stopped before turning around to him.
"Hey Mark?" –Olga said in a voice Mark never thought was possible, a clear and serene voice that could easily rival Celestine's.
"Y-Yes Olga?" –Mark continued to lay there as Olga brought her right hand to lips and formed a small ball of mana at the tip of her index finger before she pressed it against her lips and pulled it away the ball now having taken the shape of her lips. She stretched her arm out to Mark with an eye closed like she was aiming and the lip shaped mass of mana pointing at him and her thumb upwards. The moment she brought the thumb down the mana shot towards him and impacted his left cheek with a pleasant sting.
"Sweet dreams." –Those were the last words Olga said before she left to call it a night. Mark however continued to lay there. He had been kissed by two of the most beautiful women he had ever seen in his entire life, not counting his mother for obvious reasons, in the same night.
Mark had heard that the first two kisses a man gets are the most important ones of his life. So, for them to be taken by Celestine and Olga each greatly confused him. All he knew now was that the feelings of admiration of them that he had before would never be the same. Mark got up and returned to his room still trying to sort out the night's events in his mind with little success. He arrived at his room and went straight to the bed before getting beneath the blankets.
"Why do I feel like tonight's events are only a prologue to future events?" –Mark turned over and saw that there was something underneath the blankets. He reached out with his hand and touched it; it was soft and warm. Was this here before? With Celestine appearing in his room he didn't really have a chance to look around the room for anything out of the ordinary. Mark then recalled that his mother had been thinking about getting specially enchanted body pillows to warm up the beds when it was cold a few days before he initially left for the Black Fort apparently, she went through with it. Whatever it felt nice. Mark wrapped his arms and legs around the pillow and went to sleep with hope that tomorrow would help him clear up the new thoughts in his head.
So then see you next time guys. I got the idea for the sparring match from Justice League Unlimited believe it or not. It was like early season one where green arrow and black canary "officially" met.
