Chapter 810: His understanding

“Because it’s the first time any man has ever said such words about me while not being affected by my lust manipulation,” Aphrodite replied.

“Oh shit, she’s right,” Rowena said in realisation. “Kasumi is still actively suppressing everyone's powers and abilities. I guess that it makes sense that this would be the first time anyone’s ever said such words to you while not being affected by your lust manipulation.”

“Meaning that everything he said just now came from himself, not because her power influenced him in any way,” Lorelie replied before giving Adam a smirk and muttering. “Casanova.”

“Now I’m even more certain that I want to be your woman,” Aphrodite said with a radiant smile that made everyone look at her, not because her lust manipulation was influencing them, but because she wore a smile they had never seen her make before.

Aphrodite smiled often, whether it was the teasing and playful little smirk, or the flirtatious smile of a predator who had her prey in their sights. However, this one was just so pure and innocent that it surprised them. None of them had expected the universe's most famous adult entertainment diva could smile in such an innocent way.

“Ok, ok, we get it, you just fell for him even more,” Stacey stated before glancing at Adam and saying. “Just let her do it so we can find out once and for all. None of us has wanted to admit it, but we’ve all been concerned about this from the start.”

“Alright,” Adam nodded before looking at Aphrodite and asking. “Where shall we do this?”

However, before Aphrodite could reply, Rowena stated, “Here, of course, we plan to watch and make sure nothing goes wrong.”

“Here?” Adam asked in surprise. “You want her to suck my cock in Muriel’s living room in front of Kasumi and anyone else who might walk in?”

“I’m fine with it, and it’s something you’ll have to get used to if you're going to help me in my future visions,” Aphrodite replied while giving him a sultry smile.

“If it bothers you that much, we can ask Kasumi to leave and ask no one else to enter until she’s done,” Lorelie suggested.

“I’m not asking for myself; this isn’t the first time you, Stacey and Revi have watched me having my cock sucked. I was asking on behalf of Kasumi and the others.” Adam explained.

“I noticed you didn’t mention grandmother or Tephe?” Stacey noted.

Adam rolled his eyes before saying, “You know why I didn’t mention Rowena and Tephe will probably sleep through the whole thing.”

“No… don’t leave me out… of the fun baby…” Tephe suddenly mumbled in her sleep.

“I don’t mind if you do it now,” Kasumi stated with a slight blush. “And if I’m being honest, I’m kind of curious to see what you're packing, and it will make Erkath crazy with jealousy.”

“Ohh, I didn’t think of that,” Rowena said with a smirk.

“Have you even seen a dick before?” Stacey asked, causing Kasumi to roll her eyes and ask. “I may be a virgin, but I’m over eighty years old; what do you think?”

Rowena chuckled before looking at Lorelie and saying, “If you don’t mind, it’s probably best if you watch the door; Muriel is more likely to listen to your request about not entering than the rest of us.”

Lorelie nodded before kissing Adam on the cheek and standing up. As she did, she said, "That's fine, but at the end of this day this isn’t our house, so while I will ask the others not to enter and even explain why if they ask, I won’t try to stop them.”

“That’s fine,” Adam nodded. “As long as they are warned about what to expect beforehand.”

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Lorelie nodded and smiled before turning to Aphrodite and saying, “Good luck.” After that, she headed for the entrance of the living room while pulling the door closed.

“Revi, would you mind?” Adam asked as he turned to her while indicating Tephe, who was still asleep on his lap.

Revi nodded with a smile before coming over to him and gently lifting Tephe up effortlessly before carrying her back to her own sofa, where she laid Tephe’s head down gently on her own lap.

Maya watched this happen but opted to remain sitting on Adam’s head since she was quite comfortable there.

“So just for clarification, you're sure you want to try this without me blocking her manipulation?” Kasumi asked, to which Adam nodded and said. “We need to know if I’m affected by it, and if we don’t test it now, it’s just going to be stuck in the back of everyone’s mind.”

As he finished saying this, Adam glanced at Aphrodite in a sympathetic way, causing her to tilt her head and ask, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“I guess I only now realised how hard it must be for your race,” Adam explained. “Sure, sex comes easy to your race, something I’m sure many people are jealous of. But they probably fail to understand the emotional turmoil it must create for you, always second-guessing whether someone truly loves them or is only with them because lust manipulation compels them to be.”

The other women stared at Aphrodite in silence, as some of them only now understood it was for her, a Succuba who searched for love and someone to have a child with, but never sure if they truly loved her. Aphrodite, on the other hand, smiled at Adam before standing up and slowly approaching him while saying, "I knew I picked correctly this time; you're the first man to ever understand the pain and worries I hid away in my heart.”

“I guess that’s my cue,” Kasumi said with a smile as she deactivated her void power and observed Adam and Aphrodite with interest.

Aphrodite sat down next to Adam in Lorelie’s vacant spot before she slowly ran a hand up his leg while saying, “You’ve made me stare and long for your magnificent weapon all this time; finally I get to have a taste.”

***

Merith Galaxy, Universal Pleasure.

“Lady Astarte, here’s the latest information the workers have been able to gather from our more influential guests,” Kailey, Astarte’s personal assistant, reported while sending some files from her uniband to the room's console.

“Thank you, Kailey,” Astarte replied as she began to peruse the files while asking. “Is there anything of interest?”

“As per your previous instructions, we have been working; the employees have been paying special attention to anything related to the Nogitsune race and that secret organisation,” Kailey began. “It turns out that both parties are, for some reason, interested in the Reotin Cluster in the Tinatred Galaxy.

Also, the Nogitsune seem to be planning to vote for Senator Sedna in the upcoming Universal Senate Supreme Speaker Selection purely because of the Reotin Cluster, though we’re still trying to ascertain exactly why.”

“I see, keep digging,” Astarte instructed before asking. “Anything else?”

“It seems that Oracle Andromeda plans to attend the Universal Senate Supreme Speaker Selection personally,” Kailey replied, causing Astarte to look up with interest and ask. “Oh! Any idea why?”

Kailey shook her head and said, “Nothing concrete as of yet.”

“Well, keep digging. If Oracle Andromeda plans to personally attend the selection, then it could mean she has had a vision regarding it,” Astarte replied.

Kailey was about to respond when Astarte suddenly turned her head in a certain direction and smiled slightly before mumbling, “He really does understand you, doesn’t he?”

“Lady Astarte?” Kailey asked in confusion.

“Oh, sorry, Kailey, I was just thinking out loud,” Astarte said with an apologetic smile before asking. “How are our profits looking?”

“Excellent,” Kailey said with a smile. “We always make out big when we park Universal Pleasure within the Varulv Galaxy; the Lycans are almost as hungry for sex as the Succuba… err, no offence, ma’am.”

“None taken, you are correct after all,” Astarte said while laughing. “Honestly, we should thank that secret organisation for building a base near here. Because of that, and the Lycans' ravenous desire to procreate, we can visit this galaxy often without arousing suspicion.”

“Indeed, though we have yet to learn the secret organisation's base of operations,” Kailey said with a sigh.

“I suspect that information is only known by a handful of…” Astarte began to say, only to stop as her body shivered slightly while her green eyes began to glow.

Kailey stared at her in surprise, which quickly turned to bewilderment as Astarte released what could only be described as a pleasurable moan. This shocked Kailey because it was well known that Lady Astarte maintained extreme self-control over her body and its desires, since one wrong move could lead to her death.

As Kailey thought she was seeing things, Astarte suddenly grabbed the edge of her desk before breathlessly ordering, “Kailey… please leave me.”

“Oh! Of course, Lady Astarte quickly replied before hurrying from the room with confusion written all over her face.”

As soon as her office door was closed, Astarte pressed a holographic key that sealed the room and tinted all the windows before she reached inside one of her desk's compartments and withdrew one of the toys Aphrodite had sent.

“How, how is this possible?” Astarte wondered aloud, breathlessly, as she spread her legs and turned on the toy's vibration function.