Chapter 203: A Divine Reward [+18].

After some back and forth, a conversation that gradually grew more intimate, and a few timid kisses, both Noah and the goddess were ready for the next step.

First they continued with the kisses, which deepened, slow at first, until the heat between them became impossible to ignore.

"In this place it’s just you and me."

She whispered against Noah’s lips, with a smile that mixed tenderness and desire.

Noah gently pushed her back onto the mattress and the goddess’s body sank into the softness of the bed as if she had been born to be there.

Every curve was perfect: firm, round breasts that rose with each breath, a narrow waist that invited hands to encircle it, wide and soft hips, long and toned legs that opened naturally when he positioned himself between them.

Her skin glowed with a faint divine radiance, warm and silky to the touch, as if the heavens themselves had materialized into flesh.

"You’re... perfect."

Noah murmured in a voice hoarse with desire, while sliding his hands over her torso, exploring every inch as if he feared she might disappear.

Meanwhile she arched beneath his fingers, letting out a sigh that resonated like music in the room.

When Noah lowered his head and took one of her nipples between his lips, the goddess moaned, and the sound was so pure, so intoxicating, that something broke inside him.

It wasn’t just attraction; it was the certainty that he was touching a being who had existed before time itself, and who was still surrendering to him with complete abandon.

When Noah entered her, the heat that enveloped him was overwhelming, for her interior was soft, wet, perfectly fitted, as if it had been molded to receive him.

Each thrust was deeper, more intense, so the goddess wrapped her legs around his waist, digging her heels into his back to pull him farther inside.

"Harder..."

She begged, her voice trembling with pleasure.

"I want to feel all of you."

Noah obeyed and passion completely overtook him.

He no longer thought of anything except the divine body moving beneath his own, the moans escaping from that perfect mouth, the way her inner walls clenched around him with every thrust.

The bed creaked softly under the increasingly wild rhythm.

He took her wrists and pinned them above the goddess’s head, looking into her eyes as he thrust into her hard, driving deep to the hilt again and again.

The pleasure was so intense it was hard to breathe.

Every time he sank into her, he felt as if he were touching something sacred, something no mortal should know, and yet he could not stop.

The goddess moaned his name, arching, offering him more, asking for more, and Noah gave himself completely.

When the climax arrived, it did so with a sweet violence.

Noah buried himself to the limit and spilled inside her, flooding her with hot, abundant spurts while his body shuddered.

The goddess clung to him, contracting around him, receiving every drop with a long, satisfied sigh, as if that act completed her in some way.

Afterwards they remained together on the bed while the soft glow of the divine room enveloped them.

Noah was still inside her, breathing heavily against her neck, while the goddess stroked his hair with her soft fingers, and neither of them spoke right away.

There was only the heat of their joined bodies, the slow heartbeat they shared, and the certainty that, at least for that night, the mortal world and the divine had ceased to be separate things.

Noah lay beside her while the goddess rested near his shoulder, with a calm expression.

For several minutes neither spoke, and finally Noah broke the silence.

"This was unexpected."

The goddess lifted her gaze.

"Do you regret it?"

Noah thought.

"No, of course not."

She smiled.

"I’m glad to hear that."

"But I still have questions."

"You always have questions."

"And you never answer them."

The goddess let out a small laugh, at which Noah looked at the ceiling.

"Does this change anything?"

She raised an eyebrow.

"Between us?"

"That’s right."

The goddess thought for a few seconds.

"It depends on what you want."

Noah looked at her.

"What exactly does that mean?"

"It means you don’t have to promise me anything tonight."

She rested a hand on his chest.

"I also don’t expect you to change the way you treat the girls because of me."

Noah stayed silent while she continued.

"I just wanted to be with you."

He looked at her again.

"That still sounds strange coming from you."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because you normally have some hidden intention."

The goddess smiled.

"Maybe I just wanted you to stop arguing with me for a few hours."

Noah let out a laugh.

"That seems more believable."

"How cruel you are."

After a few moments, Noah remembered something.

"By the way, about the Great Mother..."

The goddess’s expression changed slightly and Noah noticed it.

"I need to ask you something."

"I already imagined as much."

"She knows things about my previous life."

The goddess remained silent and Noah continued.

"She also knew Stella would be chosen before I received her magic item."

"I see."

"How is that possible?"

The goddess watched him, so Noah waited and, finally, she answered.

"There are things you still don’t understand about this world."

Noah frowned.

"That answer doesn’t help me much."

"I know."

"Then explain more to me."

The goddess slowly shook her head.

"It’s not the time yet."

Noah sighed.

"Of course you were going to say that."

She smiled.

"But listen to something, Noah."

Noah looked at her again.

"Don’t underestimate the Great Mother."

"After what happened with Stella, I don’t plan to."

"Good."

The goddess stroked his hair.

"And don’t assume that all her decisions have the purpose you imagine."

Noah frowned.

"What do you mean by that?"

She didn’t answer, at which Noah immediately said.

"Don’t do this to me again."

The goddess let out a small laugh.

"You should rest..."

"No, wait...!"

"...my dear Noah."

"You just said something important."

"And you’ll remember it tomorrow."

Noah tried to sit up quickly.

"Wait...!"

Suddenly the room began to lose clarity and Noah looked around.

"Again?"

The goddess smiled.

"Your body needs to wake up."

"We still haven’t finished talking."

"We can talk another time."

"You always say that."

"Because it’s always true."

The goddess leaned in and gave him one last kiss.

"Good night, my dear stallion."

"But wait, I still want..."

Everything disappeared and Noah opened his eyes, seeing that he was in his room.

The light indicating that dawn had already broken entered through the window, so he remained motionless for several seconds and then slowly sat up.

"..."

Noah looked at his hands, then looked around, and everything was exactly as he had left it before sleeping, so he brought a hand to his face.

’What just happened?’

He remembered the conversation with the goddess and what they had shared perfectly, but he also didn’t know how to classify that experience.

Suddenly his phone rang and, when he checked, he saw it was a notification from the Clover app.

[Congratulations on the completed mission.]

Then another notification appeared.

[The next mission will arrive in a few days, enjoy your rest.]

Noah, upon reading that, let himself fall back onto the pillow.

"Great."

He stared at the ceiling while thinking that now there was another problem he had to consider, which was his relationship with the goddess.

He didn’t know if that had been an isolated encounter, nor did he know if it would happen again, and above all, he had no idea what she planned to do afterward.

With so much to think about, Noah closed his eyes and considered something.

’Should I tell someone?’

He thought of Yume, then Luna, then Aria, Iris, and Ren.

’Better not.’

He definitely wasn’t ready for that conversation.

’I don’t even know how to explain it.’

Besides, there was another matter that worried him even more, which was that the goddess was responsible for his reincarnation, so she had powers that Noah barely understood and that she wouldn’t tell him about.

Noah opened his eyes.

’Wait a moment.’

He stayed still, because he remembered that she had called what happened a reward and he also remembered her words about enjoying his new life.

Noah frowned.

’She wouldn’t have done something strange, right?’

He had no concrete reasons to think that anything else had occurred, but he knew that woman too well to completely discard the possibility.

Besides, she still hadn’t answered him about the Great Mother.

Noah sighed.

"I need to talk seriously with her."

From the hallway came Emma’s voice.

"Noah! Breakfast is ready!"

He looked toward the door.

"Coming!"

He got up slowly.

He had classes and also needed to check how Stella’s training was progressing.

He would probably receive messages from Yume and Luna before leaving.

His daily life would continue, but now something had happened that he had never considered possible.

Noah stopped in front of his room door.

’Will what I did with the goddess bring consequences later on?’

He didn’t have the answer, and that was precisely what worried him the most.