Illusion

"Still, it doesn't sound that great. Why would anyone even want to go there? Wouldn't it be better to stay in this realm?"

"Because of power and because of life span. The two things that can move everything.", Celine says bitingly. It seemed like she had had a bad experience because of these reasons. Maybe it had something to do with her state when he had met her, Ivan wondered.

"Exactly. The higher the realm the higher the life span. And the more power, the better for most people. Not only does it makes one safer, but it also enables you to amass more resources.", Susan continued. "And with your bloodline and your situation, I bet you will go there, so the first thing you have to learn, is to use each opportunity to get stronger.

This doesn't mean that you have to give up time for relaxation or that you have to throw away any moral code you have. But try to use those opportunities that are given to you."

Ivan nodded. He understood what she wanted to tell him. If he wanted to go to the upper realms, then he had to strengthen his will and experience more things, so he wouldn't be influenced by others. He also had to become more proactive. Looking back, ever since he had been reborn, he more or less had gone with the flow.

Of course, that hadn't been bad for him. He had a family and was constantly getting stronger. But according to what he heard, that wouldn't work in the upper realms. If he acted the same way up there, then he would just become a playtoy for stronger people.

"Think about it. That's enough talking. I can't wait to get my massage.", Susan said and then started to slowly remove one piece of clothing after another. She even took the time to display herself to Ivan after each piece.

Ivan's first instinct was to look away, but remembering what she had told him, he suppressed the impulse and instead continued looking. Still, since he wasn't used to seeing the female body a slight blush spread over his face, making Susan smile in delight. She really seemed to enjoy, eliciting unusual emotions in him.

When Susan started to remove her underwear, lust welled up in him. With the lust now suppressing his shyness, he started to truly appreciate her body. It was toned, with smooth skin which was shaved everywhere, leaving only the hair on her head. Her breasts were well-formed and looked very soft yet springy. Their size was such that he would be able to comfortably grab them and play with them.

Then to his surprise, Susan didn't move towards the massage table but instead moved towards him. She smiled seductively at him and cupped her breasts with her hands.

"Do you like them?", she asked with a seductive whisper, "Do you want to touch them? Come I'll let you touch them."

These words of her together with her actions, stimulated his lust, removing any rest of rational thinking. If not for her arriving before him, then he would have jumped towards her.

She now stood before him and took his hands into hers. Then she pressed them onto her breasts. The feeling was wonderful and Ivan started to play with them, so he could better enjoy that feeling. Susan too seemed to enjoy his touch, since she started to let out small moans. Both of them completely forgetting about Celine who was in the room as well.

"Harder", she whispered into his ear.

In response, his soft touches changed. He started to knead them eliciting even stronger moans from her. Those moans fanned his lust even more and he pinched her right nipple.

"Ahhhhhhhh....", she screamed, but the scream wasn't filled with pain, but instead with lust and satisfaction.

"More, please, more.", she begged him, when she regained her composure.

Just then, Ivan suddenly felt a pain at the back of his head, and the picture around him started to shatter. It revealed the room with Celine standing beside the massage table and Susan standing beside him, fully clothed. She was the one, that had hit his head.

"Urgh, what happened.", he asked confused, while rubbing the back of his head.

"I made you fall into an illusion.", Susan explained. "You see, when I removed my clothes, you lost some control over your mind, which opened a rift in your defenses. This way it is easy to make you fall into an illusion."

"So that's what happened. Then what I saw wasn't real?", he asked, while still trying to calm down.

"No, it was just something created from your imagination and the illusion skill."

"Then do you know about the content of the illusion?" Hopefully, she didn't. If not he would be so embarrassed.

But her next words destroyed that hope. "Of course I do. After all, I control it."

"Urgh.", he sighed. "Then the you in that illusion also acted as you would?"

She smiled at him. "Mmm."

Although she didn't say it explicitly, the sound she made, made it clear that this was the case.

Ivan took a deep breath. Then he stretched out his hands and pulled her into his lap. Although she could have easily avoided him or resisted him, she let it happen.

"So, you like someone playing with your breasts that much?", he whispered into her ears teasingly, before lightly cupping them in his hands.

His movements elicited the same moans from her like the ones in his illusion. He had to admit, that he enjoyed playing with her like this. Not only felt her breasts great in his hands, but her behind also had an effect on him, when she started to slightly squirm on his lap.

But when he tried to move his hands into her top, she stopped him with a slap on his fingers.

"Don't. You would first have to sign the contract.", she warned him. "Then you can enjoy my body as much as you like."

"Tsk.", Ivan clicked his tongue in disappointment. "So that's why you showed me this illusion. You wanted to make me sign the contract by using your body.", he said in fake anger.

Susan chuckled, "Now you understand." She then turned around, so that she was sitting with her face towards him. Because of their size, he just had to slightly lower his head, for it to land between her breasts. She then smiled at him cheekily, "So didn't it work?"

He gulped down some salvia and suppressed his lust even further, which was hard, considering their position and the memories from the illusion.

"I guess so. But I still want to talk to Lara first.", he admitted but still stood to what he had said before.

"Fine.", Susan pouted. She then stood up and got ready to leave. "I'll leave you two alone, so you can get your message."

She then turned towards Celine, "Thank you very much for the massage. It was great."

"No problem. If you have time, you can call me and we can do it again, alright?"

"Really? Would that be ok?", Susan asked happily while grabbing Celine's hands.

"Sure. It is great to have someone to practice on. And besides, I get the feeling that we will spend a lot of time together anyway."

"Me too.", she happily smiles and then says her goodbye, after promising Celine that she would call soon.

"So what do you think?", Ivan asked Celine after Susan had left.

"Hm, I'm not sure. I think she is serious about the offer. But there seems something wrong about what she wants in return. She said that she wants blood and base essence in return, but if it is only this, then why wouldn't any other dragon offer it to her? After all, it would normally just regenerate."

"So you think that maybe it wouldn't if she gets it?"

"Yes. Although I don't know why that would be the case."

"Me neither. But it's not like I have much knowledge about such things. In the end, doesn't it just makes this a decision between short term gain and long term gain?"

"Maybe. But there is one thing, where she is correct. Her method would be better than my ritual. Although they shouldn't be exclusive, so you could use both methods to strengthen yourself."

"Then you would say that I should accept the offer?"

"Mmm, I think you should.", Celine nodded. "But talk about it with Lara first. Maybe she knows more. After all, Susan is a servant of her father."

"But you can think about it more, later. For now, let me give you a massage. So remove your clothes please."

After experiencing the illusion, Ivan didn't feel that shy and he removed his clothes swiftly, before laying down on the massage table, face down.

"Now close your eyes and relax.", Celine told him in a soft voice.