Tossing and turning in her sleep, Rina couldn't manage to find a comfortable position for her head.

   'Why is this pillow so hard? Have its feathers lost their fluffiness? Maybe I should capture some geese...', crossed her mind as she tried to change the pillow's shape by stuffing her face into it.

   Unfortunately, no matter how hard she tried, Rina couldn't make any progress because the pillow she was resting her head on wasn't made of soft feathers, but rather Lucy's firm thighs, so she raised a hand and began to pat and knead them.

   "Ouch!! Ouch!! Rina, stop it!"

   Awoken by these screams, the first thing Rina saw was Lucy's teary eyes, expressing a deep sense of grievance. Brainwashed by what she had seen in anime, Lucy was convinced that offering Rina a lap pillow would greatly impress her upon waking up, potentially advancing their relationship. Therefore, how could she not be upset if, instead of sharing a romantic moment, she was being beaten?

   "Lucy?... What's happening?", asked Rina, rising from Lucy's lap and starting to rub her eyes.

   "Well, after you were captured, you lost consciousness because your entire mana was drained. I gave you a mana recovery potion as soon as you were released, but it took a few minutes for you to recover. Anyway, I was thinking of letting you rest for another quarter of an hour, but seeing how hard you hit my legs, I figured you're in good enough shape..."

   As sleepy as Rina was, she would have to be completely blind and deaf not to realize that Lucy was upset with her.

   "I'm sorry, Lucy... I thought I was in bed...", she apologized with remorseful eyes and flattened ears, then began to caress Lucy's thighs with more attention than a lioness cleaning her cubs.

   'This girl only knows how to hit straight balls. How can my heart withstand so much sincerity?', Lucy asked herself, completely captivated by the affection in Rina's movements.

   Unfortunately for Lucy, this episode lasted no more than a minute, as the two were interrupted by Yara's appearance, who was dragging an unconscious Silas by the collar.

   "Huh, she's still alive?", Rina asked, realizing that the person approaching them was the dark elf woman who had captured her. She had thought Lucy had to kill the dark elf to free her.

   "To ensure your safety, I had no choice but to come to an agreement with her..."

   Although Lucy didn't seem to pay much attention to the young dark elf woman's appearance, Rina remembered the way the two had interacted while fighting, so she couldn't help but wonder if Lucy had a weakness for her.

   "Are you sure you didn't have other reasons? It seemed to me that you didn't fight her very seriously... Hold on..." Rina stopped as a gust of wind came from Yara's direction. "Sniff, sniff!... Why does she smell so much like you?"

   Lucy didn't have time to be impressed by how capable Rina's nose was, as her brain was working at full capacity to find a way to explain to Rina what happened after she was captured so that she wouldn't get upset.

   But is there such a way? How could she tell her newfound lover that she was brought to orgasm by another woman, even if it was accidental? For the first time since becoming a catgirl, Lucy cursed the fact that her libido had increased considerably.

   Seeing that Rina was about to catch fire, Lucy had no choice but to tell Rina a heavily diluted version of what happened, explaining how Yara wanted to humiliate her by treating her like a cat, but without mentioning that these actions had stimulated her greatly.

   Lucy hoped this explanation would be enough to quell Rina's anger, not realizing how important she had become to Rina. Well, she found out at that moment, as Rina suddenly got up and headed towards Yara with the clear intention of fighting her, even though she was aware she had no chance of winning.

   Though impressed by Rina's desire to avenge her, Lucy had no intention of letting her destroy the peace she had hardly obtained (and consuming many points), so she teleported instantly next to Rina and put her down using a karate throwing technique.

   "What, don't tell me you want to protect her!", Rina yelled, seeing that Lucy had no intention of letting her get up.

   Under Rina's accusatory gaze, Lucy couldn't help but blame herself for not providing enough security to her new girlfriend.

   "Shut up...", she finally said, then leaned her head down and captured Rina's lips in an intense kiss.

   ..........................

   Because she had promised Lucy that she would lead her to where the Marquis Olsen's son was waiting, Yara had to wait too for Rina to regain consciousness. However, since she didn't find it interesting to look at how Lucy treated Rina, she left to retrieve Silas, who had also lost consciousness once released from Lucy's illusion.

   Not intending to waste time explaining the situation to Silas, Yara poured a sleeping potion down his throat, then grabbed him by the collar and headed toward where Lucy and Rina were.

   As the hearing of dark elves is very good, Yara didn't need to be very attentive to hear what Lucy and Rina were discussing after they saw her returning, so she quickly realized that the two were in conflict because of her.

   'What's with these girls? Why waste time with such useless explanations? They act like a pair of lovers...'

   But before Yara could deduce the truth, the fact that Lucy and Rina were in a relationship became something she could be absolutely sure of the moment she saw how Lucy put Rina down and started kissing her.

   '...I should have realized this sooner. This catgirl doesn't seem capable of controlling her hands in the presence of a beautiful girl, so it's no surprise the lionkin girl couldn't be spared by her...'

   Recapping all the interactions between Lucy and Rina that she had witnessed, Yara realized there were enough signs indicating they were lovers, but since she hadn't previously considered the possibility of being in a relationship with a woman, she ignored that two women could be together as well, so she hadn't given much importance to it.

   Watching the two of them kiss as if their lives depended on it, Yara couldn't help but compare how Lucy was behaving at that moment with how she behaved when she was being "pampered" by her.

   '...The catgirl seems much more excited than when she was in my arms. It's as if there's nothing else in her mind but the lionkin girl...', she thought, unable to keep herself from becoming irritated.

   Yara, who didn't know why she had suddenly become so competitive, was tired of being treated as if she were invisible, so she left Silas leaning against a tree and approached them.

   "Ahem, I don't want to interrupt your moment, but I think we should hurry..."

   A little embarrassed to be kissing in front of another person, Lucy and Rina stopped and stood up, but they didn't separate, Rina taking Lucy in her arms from behind as Lucy wiped her lips of saliva.

   Seeing the proud expression on Rina's face, Yara, who had begun to calm down once she was no longer stimulated by the sight of the two kissing, felt provoked again, and various thoughts began to form in her mind about the possibility of making Lucy to choose her over Rina.

   Yara had always been someone who didn't like complicated situations, so such ideas were new to her. But could her lack of enthusiasm for work make her ignore them? It seemed not; on the contrary, it urged her to use everything at her disposal from the beginning to ensure she would win as quickly as possible. So, in the bewildered gazes of Lucy and Rina, she raised her hands and pulled the material covering her face down.

   "I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Yara, a member of the Silvermoon tribe. I hope we get along well from now on...", Yara said after her entire face was visible, both Lucy and Rina feeling their hearts skip a beat at the sight of her seductive smile.