The battlefield was a tranquil chamber created by Adeptal magic. The combatants were exceptional people. A yellow haired man who was known far and wide as the Traveler, savior of Teyvat. A pink haired elegant shrine maiden who had witnessed centuries come and go, who's cunning made even the bravest shudder: Yae Miko. They fought with the only weapons befitting two heroes of their stature. Weapons, that in the hand of an expert, were truly deadly. Genius Invocation TCG cards.

This round he opted for an Ayaka-freeze team and things had been going well. Miko was on the defensive. Yet, he couldn't help this nagging feeling the fox had some sort of scheme.

Her long fingers brushed the top of her deck as she drew her two cards. Yae Miko examined the two cards. Four long seconds passed. Aether got nervous.

,"It seems the cards just aren't on my side this time. I'll spare us both the trouble and concede. I believe that makes the score 3-1, your favor," she said. "Well done."

"You really pushed me. I'd expect nothing less from the second place Inazuma champion."

"Trying to butter me up?" she said with a quirked brow. "I hardly match up to you. I expect you could beat half of Teyvat."

"Well, I have played with people all over," he admitted. For a moment, he felt like he'd fallen into some kind of trap she'd laid. Just paranoia, probably. "Anyways, I'm glad we could play today. Do you have time for another round?"

"I suppose I could be convinced but…"

"What is it? If there's anything I could do, let me know."

She closed her eyes thoughtfully. "Well, the game's gotten a little boring. Perhaps if we both bet something…"

He felt very uneasy. "Like what?"

"Well, you have that lovely Teapot."

"That's…my home. I can't."

"Are you sure? Too bad. Then how about… strip TCG?"

Her expression remained casual, as though it was hardly a big deal and he could willingly turn down her offer. He would've except…he really didn't want to stop playing with her. Nobody else challenged him like she did.

People like Itto or Chongyun pushed him, but their strategies were always so transparent it was downright laughable. She kept him constantly guessing his next move, hiding her every intention behind a coy smile. One minute he could be winning only for her to reverse the situation in a single turn. TCG with Yae Miko was always exciting, fun, and totally unpredictable. The fact he enjoyed her company was just a nice bonus.

She sighed, "No? What a pity. I suppose we can just play…"

"N-no, I'm game. But are you sure? I mean…you shouldn't have to if you don't want to."

"My, somebody's a gentleman. If you're willing to play, it's only fair that I play too. Besides, on the off chance I win," Miko studied him with a sly twinkle in her smile. He got a very strong sense that he'd fallen into one of her traps.

The coin toss determined she would go first. They drew their hands, rolled their dice, and began. Her Miko set up a Sakura. He used Xinqiu's skill card. Yae Miko played a quick swap, and changed to Collei. Then she used Collei's skill card, getting a dendro core and applying dendro to his active character. Not good, he thought. If she had the right cards, she could stop his freeze team. He attacked, getting up another energy point. She ended her turn, then he ended his.

They rolled their dice. Miko played two Legend of Vanessa cards, then a card that made all her dice omni-dice. She played another quick swap card, swapping back to Yae Miko. She played the card that applied electro to her main card, canceling out the hydro application, then she played the Mona energy card. Then she played Adeptus Temptation, a dendro reaction card.

Aether watched in horror as his Xinqiu fell to Miko's elemental burst. Without his hydro applicator, his team was practically dead in the water. He sent out his Chongyun and set up the frost field. Maybe, with a burst, he could make a comeback.

In the end, Yae Miko claimed victory without losing any units. He had no choice. Aether grabbed the hem of his shirt and pulled it over his head. The woman studied his pectorals and his stomach. Her tongue licked her upper lip so sensuously. Her eyes seemed to undress him, sizing up his whole body like a grand prize. The traveler now understood how the hare felt, caught in the jaws of a fox.

"Hmm," she purred approvingly, "Hmm-hmm. I can't wait to see more."

He reddened with embarrassment. But a part of him was actually kind of happy. Getting ogled by such a beauty did wonders for his self-esteem. The fact said beauty was Miko only sweetened the perverse joy.

They changed their decks and started another round. This time, Aether would use a melt deck and she a Jadebloom Terror, Thunderbird, and Alhaitham. He went first, setting up Chongyun's frost field. Her Dendro turkey attacked with its elemental skill. He didn't have much else he could do, so he put a sacrificial sword on his Dilluc and played an Elin card. Then he ended his turn. Miko swapped to her Thunderbird. She played the catalyze reaction card, equipped a gambler's earring, and one-shot his card. He grimaced, swapping to his Qiqi. She put out her Lieben to utilize her remaining dice.

He put out Qiqi's summon. She used Thunderbird's elemental skill. It hurt. He used Qiqi's normal attack to heal her and put a cryo application on her card. Her Thunderbird swapped out for the Jade Bloom Terror. He attacked again. His Qiqi had all the energy she needed for her burst and Aether had the dice needed to pull it off. The Dendro Turkey hit his Qiqi hard, using its skill card. But he whipped out that healing burst.

Yae Miko smirked. "Wrong play, little one." She played two Dendro Dice cards and unleashed the Dendro Turkey's elemental burst. Qiqi went down. Now it was just Dilluc. He'd made such a basic blunder. He had the lotus crisp, he could've saved Qiqi. Ugh, he didn't consider the possibility she had that up her sleeve.

His Dilluc put up an excellent fight, but he too fell.

Aether reached for his gloves but Yae Miko playfully shook her head, pointing a finger to his pants. He gulped. Slowly, he removed them. "Turn around," she teased him. He did. Yae Miko let out a sort of mock gasp as she took in his backside. She playfully bit the tip of her finger in a way that made his heart skip. "Very nice. I bet you'll look even more delicious with nothing on at all."

That voice, titillating with a lustful wilt, made him shiver with nervous excitement. He was, oddly enough, kind of enjoying her lewd gaze. But he couldn't let this vixen screw with his head. He sat back down, determined to win at least once.

He swapped to a Mona-Klee deck, she her scum-Shogun deck. First turn advantage came to him this time. He used Mona's skill, putting hydro on the opposing Shogun. The Shogun used her skill. He quick swapped to Klee, equipped her skill card, and delt five points of damage. Miko used an electro energy card, set up a Paimon Card, and ended her turn. He used Klee's normal attack with his two dice. Then he played the card that gave him two more dice and struck again. When he ended his turn, Mona's summon took out the Shogun.

He grinned. It always felt so good killing a Shogun before it could get off its broken burst. With the Shogun down, Yae Miko's strategy fell apart. This time, she lost the round.

"Um, Miko, you don't have to take anything off if you don't…"

He never finished. The shrine maiden rose up to her full height. "Watch closely. You earned this." She locked eyes with him and hummed. It sounded familiar, a kind of laconic sitar melody. Then, Yae Miko began to sashay her hips. Slow, rhythmic, hip shakes while her fingers glided up her body, the long white sleeves fluttering in their wake.

Her bare legs stepped in tune with her humming, slowly pivoting so her audience got a good look at her butt. Then her hands touched the hem of her shorts, slowly lowering the clothes. She stopped. Those hands glided back up her calves, back up her body, to her chest. They roamed the surface of her breasts, letting Aether appreciate their size, and the fingers traced little circles there. With each circle the fingers made, she opened her mouth as if she were about to moan. Still her hips kept swaying and the hum had taken on an almost ritualistic air.

Those hands languidly trailed up to her luscious pink hair. She turned, showing off how it fell down her back, settling on the few exposed inches of her panties. Like an elegant ballet, the woman danced, using the full extent of her mesmerizing body.

She never stopped looking into his eyes. Whenever she turned, those violet eyes fell on his, sending waves of excitement down his spine. Her voice hummed the tune, always seductive, always in perfect tune with the motion.

Her smile invited him deeper into her dance, deeper into every little movement of her hips. He fell utterly under the fox's spell, drinking in her every sound. Somehow though, no matter how much she danced or how much she hummed, he needed more.

She winked, as she grasped the hem of her robes and inched it upwards. He saw the hem of her panties. Then her enticing belly with her navel. Yae Miko paused at the lower curve of her breasts. She bit her lip, as though nervous to show him anymore. He gaped, fully at her command. She had him completely in her hands. The shirt came off.

She wore a triangle bikini that could scarcely contain her ample bosom. Generous portions of her chest hung bare for the world. The nipples, however, she left to his imagination.

She touched him, her hands drifting up his chest to his neck, to his cheeks. She brought her lips closer and closer, until her could taste her sweet breaths. "You're trembling, little one. Whatever is the matter?"

He found strength speak. "Miko, you're beautiful." He clasped the back of her hands, savoring their soft, tender touch of her skin. She smiled—not a superior, teasing smile, but a pleased smile full of warmth. Those lips came closer and closer, and Aether could only close his eyes.

She flicked his forehead. The fantasy ended. Miko returned to her seat. "Let's play again. I simply must free your raging cock from those boxers."

He played horribly. There was a lot working against him: the chaos downstairs, the half-naked lady sitting across from him, the way Miko pressed her elbows together and let her breasts really pop. His dice rolls weren't too good either. The next round she won with ease. And then the next, and the next, until he had nothing left to lose but his boxers. He lost again.

He started to take off his final scrap of clothes when she clasped his hand. "I won't force you," she said. "If you have any reservations, we can stop here."

"No way," he said. "After that dance, I want to go all the way."

"In that case," she said with a lustful smirk, "allow me."

She traced down the length of his arm to the waistband. Her index finger slipped inside. Yae Miko let out a devilish grin as her finger wandered down. "Why, hello there, little one."

"M-Miko, I can't hold back much more."

"Good," she grinned. "Because I want to see what sort of face you'll make when I take you."

Yae Miko stroked his golden hair. Her lover used her breasts as a pillow and slept soundly in her arms. They lay absolutely naked on the bed, coated in sweat and other stuff. She was well and utterly spend. Oh, she got him to squirm. She dominated him in the most humiliating positions imaginable. She used him like a toy to satisfy herself.

She had finished pounding him, enjoying the sight of his face contorted with pleasure, when he pounced on her. "Sorry, Miko," he said, "But I'm getting payback now!" He was true to his word. He kissed her with so much passion it left her breathless. The way his tongue slid around hers as he palmed her breasts filled her heart with ecstasy. And his little one was not such a little one. In fact, it was really freaking big.

She didn't expect he'd have so much energy. No matter what she did, he always wanted more. She had never begged or moaned more in her life. "Miko," he whispered between thrusts, "I want to make you happy. I want to make you mine."

For all intents and purposes, he had. There wasn't an inch of her skin he hadn't touched with his lips, his hands, or his tongue. He had brought her to climax so many times she lost count. Her entire existence became one of pure, carnal pleasure.

At some point, she'd blacked out. He did too. Now, her little darling slept like an innocent angel, his free hands laced around her other breast and her thigh. He held her, like he was afraid she'd fly away from him. Well, the idea had crossed her mind to give him a little tease when he woke up. But he whispered her name between snores.

"Miko," his husky voice whispered. "Miko."

She found that she didn't want to go anywhere. So, she ran a finger across his hair, appreciating his fair face.

He stirred. "So, not complaining, but why'd you do this?"

"I wanted you," she said simply. She could've added on some teasing remark to goad him, but that would've been disingenuous. Her lover deserved some honesty, for however much longer she had him. Before some other girl took her away. Plenty of girls out there with bodies as fine as hers. Girls who wouldn't toy with him, who he'd fall in love with.

"Miko?"

"Hm-hm?"

"I love you."

Of course he loved her body. She knew that much. She gave his head a little pat. Aether grumbled. He brought his face to hers. "I'm serious, I love you." Her lover planted a tender kiss on her lips. "I love you," he said again. "I'll say it however many times it takes, I love you."

For the first time that night – maybe the first time in her whole life – Yae Miko blushed. He loved-loved her. Miko squirmed, a little nervously. She never thought—never imagined anyone could want her like this. But he did.

"Aether," she said, her voice catching. He smiled and came in for another kiss. "Aether," she said again. They kissed more and more, their hands exploring one another. She gave his butt a playful squeeze, prizing out a most delicious moan. He countered, massaging her breasts as he flicked her nipples until she groaned his name. They parted, a strand of saliva connecting their lips.

"Aether," she said again. "Be my husband. I want to make love like this every single night."

"I will," he promised.

"I want your children," she added. "I want to grow fat with your babies."

Aether moaned. "Miko, when you talk like that I get…"

"I know," she smirked. "That's the point."

Beneath the blankets she felt his little one grow and press against her inner thigh. It was hers, all hers. And so was he. Forever.

"So, how many kids do you want, my beautiful wife?"

She gave a thoughtful hum as though seriously considering her answer. "Well, my darling husband. Let's play a game. The winner decides."