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Leo was nervous about including his own magical energy in the ritual. He would never forgive himself if he somehow hurt Asa. He trusted Lucy, though, and believed that she wouldn’t let him do such a thing.

The moment he started to chant, the magic circle on the floor lit up. In a moment, it went from a dim glow to bright red lines. Leo and Asa were both bathed in deep red light.

When Leo finished the chant, Lucy nodded and turned to face Asa.

“Soon, a magic circle will appear on the palm of Leo’s right hand. When that happens, take his hand and place a kiss inside the magic circle on his palm before it disappears. With that, the Master and Servant contract will be established.”

Asa and Leo looked deep into one another’s eyes.

The time they’d spent together was incredibly short. But in that short time, they’d become friends. She believed she knew what kind of a man Leo was. And he’d managed to gain a surprisingly deep understanding of Asa.

This was why the moment the circle appeared on the palm of his hand, Asa didn’t hesitate to lean forward and pull the palm of his hand to her soft lips.

Kiss

Immediately, the light of the circle changed from a deep red to a brilliant gold. The two of them were bathed in warm light. A Piece came out of Leo’s chest over his heart, still sticky with his blood. It floated high into the air until it reached the ceiling. 

It was a Bishop.

“Understand that your Pieces are different from others’. You are special, as you’ve already surmised. To stand alongside you, Asa needs as much power as possible.”

The most powerful piece on the board was the Queen. But giving his Queen to Asa would be a complete waste. In a Circle, the Queen represented the second in command — the direct representative of the King. She held undeniable authority directly below only him. 

Despite how much Asa had changed, she had no leadership qualities to speak of.

The Bishop was also powerful. From what Shuri had explained to him, he knew this should grant Asa some form of magic. That would make her a true powerhouse. With her magic, she could defend herself and attack others at a distance. And with her Divine Gear, she would still be able to get to the side of her King or any of his other pieces and get them back into the fight should any of them be injured.

“Now then. It’s time to subdue her. You must make her recognize, body and mind, that you are her Lord. Only then will the piece fuse with her, making her yours for all eternity.”

Taking a deep breath, Leo took the petite blonde in his arms.

“Nnngh~!”

Asa let out a startled cry at his sudden action, though it sounded more like a moan than anything else. Leo didn’t need to look down at the hard points that tented the front of her diaphanous silk camisole to know that Asa was currently in a state of deep arousal.

Already, around her neck, he could see a faint collar-like tattoo manifesting with a heart in the front as a lock.

Leo felt a heat unlike anything coursing through his veins. Unlike last time when Asa had joined him in the tub, this time he wasn’t simply being passive. Holding her in his arms, he felt the heat of her warm body through the flimsy shift. She emanated a musky scent that inflamed his desire. His breathing and heartrate accelerated.

As a healthy twenty-year-old, there was so much he wanted to do to her. But there was something they had to do first. Her feverish eyes and hot breath against his neck as she muttered his name over and over nearly made Leo lose control. At that moment, he could honestly say that he ached for her. 

But first he needed to make Asa submit and swear her loyalty to him. The Master and Servant Contract would be formed only once Asa acknowledged Leo as her true Master.

Leo calmed his heart and focused his thoughts on making Asa acknowledge him. To do so, Lucy had said he needed to touch Asa’s weak spots.

“Ah~!.”

Leo searched and stroked Asa’s silky camisole, finding each of her erogenous zones. Pressing tenderly, he awakened a fire in her lithe body. Her modest breast fit nicely in his palms, while the firm cheeks of her sculpted ass resisted nicely whenever he pressed into them. 

Grabbing one cheek, he kneaded it.

“Leo…”

The power of lust he stoked to life must have been pretty strong. Wherever he touched, Asa reacted. She gasped, moaned, and her breath hitched whenever he stroked her sensitive flesh. She shivered in his arms while crying out with a sweet voice full of sensual promise. 

Still, Leo felt that this wasn’t what he had set out to accomplish. 

While she seemed quite sensitive in all those places, he didn’t think he’d managed to find her weakness. Looking down into her lost expression and parted lips as she opened her mouth to exhale a shuddering breath, Leo brought his face down and kissed her full lips.

“!!!!”

When his lips touched hers, the effect was immediate. Asa locked up in shock, almost like a silent scream. She shivered from head to toe and a sheen of sweat sprang forth on her pale skin when he deepened the kiss, darting his tongue between her lips to tease hers. Drops of a viscous and unknown liquid dripped from her to puddle on the floor inside the magic circle.

Pulling back, Leo looked down, watching as Asa briefly chased his lips before melting against him. Her eyes were completely glazed and her cheeks flushed as she panted softly.

Leo turned to his succubus maid with wide eyes and gulped. Lucy nodded, favoring them both with that faint sliver of a smile.

“Apparently you’ve found it… Asa’s weakness.”

Leo did not answer as he gently laid Asa down on the floor. She clearly could not stand on her own. He leaned over her, with the young woman still in his arms. This caused their position to be even more intimate, and had the advantage of further reinforcing who the dominant one in their relationship was.

Her see-through shift had ridden up her torso when Leo had laid her down, revealing her almost naked body to his gaze. His hungry eyes feasted on the delicate beauty before him. 

For Asa, everything happening seemed almost like a dream.

When he took her in his arms, it ignited a warmth deep in her chest and between her thighs. Leo’s touch fanned those flames, leaving her hot and bothered. But the moment he kissed her, she felt an incandescent all-encompassing light explode within her. It was a completely different level of pleasure than what she’d felt in the bath.

“Leo!!!”

Asa writhed beneath Leo, her hips rolled, her thighs clenched, and she clutched him close as pleading words dripped from her lips—lips that ached to be devoured by him.

Leo was all too happy to oblige.

Leaning down, he pressed his lips to hers, tilting his head slightly to the side as he slowly pushed his tongue into her mouth, deepening the kiss. This sweet sensation robbed Asa of the ability to form coherent thoughts. 

Her first attempts to kiss him back were awkward; she was completely inexperienced. But Asa had always been a quick learner. And, instinctively, she sensed how to respond when he leaned into her and kissed her more fervently.

Their kiss became torrid. For Asa, it was more than a communion of lips, tongues, or bodies. He touched her soul. 

‘I like him. I really like Leo. I like him so much that I can’t help myself.’

Asa did not know if it was love or lust that was talking, but deep down, she ached to have him fill a gap within her that she hadn’t realized was missing. She knew no other way to put it than… he completed her. The realization made her heart melt with happiness and inflamed her body with ecstasy.

She felt safe in his strong and reliable arms. His presence confirmed that nothing could harm her. She was happy because of how much he seemed to enjoy this… intimacy.

Asa’s arms entwined around his neck, and she kissed him with even more passion. She ground herself against him, as if she could meld and fuse their bodies into one.

‘The kiss feels so good… HE feels so good…’

Leo didn’t just kiss her. His hands gently caressed her body. He stroked along her collarbone, gently squeezed her breast, and rolled her nipple between his finger and thumb as he pinched it. His other hand reached lower and cupping one cheek of her ass, kneading it insistently.

The moment they separated to catch their breath, Asa couldn’t help herself.

“I like you... I do… I really like you… I really really like you, Leo.” Once she said it, her heart overflowed. Her entire being was filled with these… feelings.

At the same time, those words were a sledge hammer against Leo’s heart. Holding her tightly he breathed into her ears words that he knew he could never take back.

“Be mine, Asa.”

Those words were the last straw. Any final vestiges that Asa kept of herself for herself, the final barrier that prevented the ritual from completing—they all crumbled to nothing. 

“Nnnnnghh~!?”

Asa’s mind blanked. And then a fierce pleasure consumed her heart. Her vision telescoped down to a white-hot dot as a pleasant feeling encompassed her. It was as if a warm wave crashed down over her, starting at the top of her head and extending to the very tips of her toes. It filled her so completely that soon this sensation leaked out from every pore.

Asa felt as if she was floating.