Chapter 108: Let Off Some Steam

Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Let Off Some Steam

"Come on, Xavier, smile. It’s the last day of our expedition. Tomorrow we’ll be going back to the academy." Allen picked up a chunk of roasted meat and offered it to Xavier. He sat in their camp surrounded by David and the rest of the team, eating the boar they had just hunted for dinner.

"I’ll smile when we get back to the academy," Xavier replied, stuffing his mouth with the roasted meat.

Even without seasoning the meat was juicy and tender. There was a saying among the Red Forest tribes: the more dangerous the beast, the tastier its meat.

It was their third Red Forest expedition and Xavier was, yet again, stuck with Allen by his side in the random pair-up for the wilderness survival class, while all his girls had been placed in separate groups. He had hoped at least to find Kaya during the week, but even that had not been possible; they had been dropped off at a completely different location from their first time.

It had been two months since the last night he spent with Kaya on his first visit to the Red Forest, but he did not worry about her. She was a strong woman, the future chief of the Bloodmoor tribe. She could more than take care of herself.

What Xavier was actually worried about was Allen.

"If you don’t start being careful, you’re going to die one of these days. It’s already our third expedition and you haven’t improved much since the first one."

"Hey, it was my first time fighting a silverback boar. I just wasn’t prepared," Allen replied.

"Allen, it’s no time for excuses," David said. "If it hadn’t been for Xavier, we both would have been seriously injured. The truth is we were careless. Just think about Benny. How would she cope if something happened to you?"

Allen fell silent at David’s words, thinking about Benny.

"You’re right. I won’t let it happen again," Allen answered, his tone heavy.

After dinner they all went to sleep quickly and made an early start the next morning, heading out of the Red Forest. A wave of summer heat hit their faces the moment they stepped into the open grassland beyond the shade of the black trees.

"Come on, I won’t tolerate any slackers. No matter how much you sweat, I don’t care. Even if you have to crawl, keep up with the group," Professor Freya said, leading the group of one hundred students toward the rendezvous point to meet the other professors and teleport back to the academy.

As soon as the students landed on the Western Gate Plaza another surprise was waiting for them. When they entered the academy and returned to their dorms, they found the midterm examination schedule posted on the notice boards.

"What? Just one week to prepare for the midterms? That’s nowhere near enough!" Allen exclaimed, reading the posted schedule.

After the first expedition the academy had discarded the plan of sending each year on a separate day in order to keep the lectures schedule consistent. They had adopted the plan of sending all students of all years into the Red Forest on the same day so they could return together and continue the lectures without delays, since each of the optional lectures had students from every year.

"It’s more than enough if you actually pay attention in any of the classes," Xavier replied.

"Come on, man, you’ve got to help me. You’re the smartest person I know," Allen cried, begging Xavier for help.

Xavier looked straight into his eyes and patted him on the shoulder. "You don’t need me. You can do it. I believe in you." He said it with a straight face and walked away without looking back.

Xavier went straight to his room, sat at his desk, and opened his textbooks. He was not worried about the midterms. He knew he could pass them even without studying, but he had promised Elena on the first day of the academy that he would not hold back. This time he was going to snatch the rank-one position from her. Honestly, he did not care about the ranking itself, but it would be disrespectful toward Elena if he simply let her keep it. He knew she would be angry if he did that.

The midterm exams at the Imperial Academy were an event in themselves. Apart from the theoretical exams, all the practical exams were held on different days and served as entertainment for the entire academy. This included swordsmanship, conjuration, practical endurance, and other popular subjects.

The first exam was diplomacy, which carried the highest credits of all, and it was exactly one week later. They spent the whole week studying diplomatic theories. In the last few days, during a group study session with Elena, they helped Melli, who was repeating the subject.

"The imperial commandment 42E states that the origin of any natural watercourse shall not be obstructed, diverted, or claimed for the deprivation of another territory without the explicit consent of the affected sovereigns and the direct authorization of the Emperor."

Xavier sat sandwiched between Elena on his right and Melli on his left on the sofa in Elena’s room, studying diplomacy the night before the midterm exam.

"Is this section clear?" Elena asked, helping Melli with the subject. She leaned in toward Xavier, her soft warm body pressing firmly against him.

"Yeah, I guess. I don’t think it will get any clearer no matter how many times I repeat it," Melli replied as she leaned against him as well, her gelatinous squishy thighs pressing against his own.

Xavier was trying his best to hold back his erection. It was a crucial time for Melli. He could not have her repeat the first-year diplomacy class because he got horny and spent the whole night fucking her slimy pussy instead of letting her study.

"That’s it. I cannot study anymore. My brain hurts. It’s funny because I don’t even have a brain," said Melli.

"We have already covered the entire syllabus three times. I don’t think you can be any more prepared than this," Elena replied.

Both girls’ hands slowly slid from Xavier’s arms down to his pants.

"Girls, what are you doing? I thought you invited me over to study together," Xavier asked, knowing all too well where this was headed.

"Didn’t you hear her? We’ve done all we can. We need to let off some steam." Melli’s hands unfastened Xavier’s trousers as she leaned in and slid her tongue all the way from his collarbone to his neck, savoring the natural taste of his skin.

"That’s right. I thought you’d seek me out as soon as we returned from the Red Forest, but you never did. I waited for you the whole week, spending my time studying, and now I’m fed up. I can’t resist anymore." Elena unbuttoned his shirt one button at a time from top to bottom while looking up at him with a cute, adorable puppy face.

With two hot girls all over his body begging for his dick, Xavier realized his plans of restraint were about to go straight down the drain.