They began their walk back, and Aida walked slowly, her body burned. She felt so tingly that every step sent a jolt through her body. 

But she couldn’t be so shameless, so she tried her very best to resist her desire bubbling out of everywhere. Yet, it didn’t help much. The tingling sensation made every part of her itch. 

She felt hot, and like she was in heat. Still, in a brief moment of clarity, she remembered her magic, and tried to use her own healing magic to calm herself down. The magic flooded through her body from her heart, and temporarily, she felt better.

Then her magic ran out of control, and its energies swirled out of her body. She was a healer, but right now its the raw quality of her mana overwhelming her attempt to control it. 

The necklace on her neck glowed, her magic temporarily subsided. 

"Are you alright?" Edmund asked. The powers of magic was clear, and Edmund could sense it in the air. It was unstable, and Edmund immediately stepped closer to support her. 

Aida’s face was red, and when Edmund held her shoulders, her body jolted again. The necklace glowed once more, and then, she fainted, overwhelmed by the sensations of her body. 

***

When she woke up, she was back in her room, all changed and in far lighter and airy clothes. 

“Oh.” Her face blushed as she remembered what led to this place, and then, she felt the strange sensation in her body return. This time, the sensation was gathered down there. 

At that moment, the door opened and one of the senior maids, Zaida, walked in. “Greetings, Lady Aida. I have something for you that would assist you with your frustrations.”

Aida’s face was still flushed. “Assist me?”

“Yes. Master Edmund instructed me to deliver some relief for your frustrations.”

“Frustrations?” Aida didn’t quite get it, but the maid Zaida walked closer and then took out some toys from a bag on her waist. They were made of wood and bronze, they were shaped like a dildo. 

Aida flushed when she saw it. She’s seen some of the other older ladies use them back in the village, usually fashioned out of wood. It was common for the ladies, especially those who lost their husbands or their husbands were frequently travelling as merchants or hunters, to find relief for their own desires. 

The maid Zaida smiled. “Don’t worry. Every lady has her needs. Even Edmund has his needs, that’s why we have night maids and escorts. We are not prudes, and in truth, many prudes indulge in such activity and relief.” 

Aida flushed. Zaida then picked them up one by one and explained how to use them. Aida’s mind were swirling, her body hot and heaty. 

“If you wish for some assistance, I’m also allowed to assist you.” 

Aida’s red flush immediately turned redder. 

“It is often easier to have someone else relieve your pleasure. The older maids often assist each other, since our duties in the manor take many of us away from our partners or husbands for a long period of time.” 

“Ah.. uh...” Aida couldn’t help it. Her body’s sensation surged and she nodded. “If... if you could.”

Maid Zaida nodded and smiled. “It is nothing to be ashamed of.” 

The senior maid promptly assisted to remove Aida’s clothes, and then started work on pleasuring the healer. She moaned and screamed, but luckily the walls of the room were thick enough that her lewd voice was constrained mostly to the room. 

***

Edmund, on the other hand, was busy. He could sense Aida’s gradual degeneration, his energies in her body provided all the data he needed. But for now, he had business to deal with. 

“Count Edmund, I have the latest reports you wanted.” His aides gathered in the room, and started their briefing. They first started with the hero. 

The hero was moving slower, and started to fight some demons. One fellow Demon Lord, Demon Lord Ivarde, was fond of ghosts and similar creatures.

Currently, the hero’s entourage only comprises Aman, Hannah and Kiera. They’ve not recruited any mages or magic users, which meant the ghosts of Ivarde would be a difficult challenge. 

The first mage that the hero would recruit, if he remembered correctly, was an elemental mage, Melanie. Melanie was pretty much the ‘starter-tier’ magic unit in the game, since Kiera and Hannah were both knight and tank respectively. If he remembered correctly, she was also one of the most ‘plainly-designed’ female units in the game, so she didn’t have that many fans. 

They would meet at one of the cities along the hero’s travels, as she was ambushed by some demons. Prior to that, Edmund couldn’t remember where she was. 

“We have some news of mage Melanie. Per the merchant’s guilds, she is engaged to escort a shipment of goods from Kellabin to Loomari. She’s part of an adventurer group.” 

Ah. “Make her a counter-offer. Engage them to provide security to the Kenarias lands’ travel convoys, and pay her three times what her current employer is paying, and also offer to cover damages and breakage to her current employer.” 

“Count... that’s too much for their tier of adventurers-”

“Do it.” Edmund insisted. “I have other reasons. Let the adventurers’ guild know this is an off book arrangement.”

The aides paused. “Noted. Will do so immediately.” One of his aides immediately went out to make the necessary commitments. If he could delay the hero by messing with his future party members, that would buy time!

Then, he thought about the Kenarias lands. The aides updated that the situation in the Kenarias lands remained volatile, and some of the other counts and dukes disputed Lady Erenia’s claim to the land.

There were distant relatives of the main Kenarias family that were now put up as successors to the land. 

Annoying nobles. He reminded himself to arrange for some of his demonic operatives to pay them a visit, and make them an offer they couldn’t refuse.