According to Sharla, Grace was a genius. Not only in healing magic, but in all magics. She had a huge pool of essence that put others of her same Ring to shame. She may only be a 1st Ring right now, but she could possibly compete with low 2nd Rings!
To top it off, her photographic memory was discovered by accident when she was able to recall every little detail of her sexcapades with her Master. A blushing Sharla, who didn't mean for her apprentice to explain EVERYTHING she did with Alex, quickly realized how strange this sex slave was.
It was tested multiple times over the course of his time lounging around for the latter 3 months of his time at the Setter Inn. Using that amazing memory of hers, Grace was able to read and memorize every book in the public library which held a couple hundred books about all sorts of things.
She learned of all the details of monsters and plants in the area around Floren, the Ether forest, and also their destination, Carson. She wasn't just a pretty face anymore and that made it even more imperative that he kept her safe.
She wasn't just a slave, she was a threat.
If she managed to fall into the wrong hands, they would literally know everything about Alex. Except for the details of his system.
He mentioned a few skills or titles before to his girls, but he had yet to talk to them about his otherworldly origins since he was scared about how they would react.
He didn't tell any of this to Grace since he knew she wouldn't care and wouldn't know what to do with that knowledge. It was just best to keep it from her until she could really understand what he meant by it.
"Master, is it 'Pleasure Time' yet?" Grace asked him as he was moving at high speeds.
He almost tripped over nothing as he coughed and continued on his way.
"No baby, you'll have to wait until later." He sighed and she just pouted over his shoulder.
'A very strange Genius you are baby.' Alex thought and smiled.
Although Grace was extremely smart, she still had mental issues in the end. Her brain had literally been wired for sex, and her body agreed with those wirings so it would be a very long time, if he or someone else could do it at all, to completely rewire her entire being to be 'normal' again.
Normal was relative since a lot of people were eccentric in this world but she was definitely a contender for 1st place in that 'competition.'
He was glad to have her as a companion still. This journey would have been very boring and lonely if he was just by himself so although she drew a lot of attention and made his dick tired every night, he wouldn't change a thing about their life right now.
It was a few hours later when they reached the Elsen Woods. It was dark inside similar to the Ether forest, however, there was still plenty of light. Not just from the setting sun above, but also because the flora glowed with essence at night.
There were hundreds of different species of flowers, fungi, and even weeds that glowed with essence in these woods. It was like a light show and made it very easy to see most of their surroundings.
Alex put Grace down after removing the clinging koala off his clothes and asked her about what kind of flora was around them. He kept an eye out for any auras he felt from monsters or sentient plants since those were a thing too.
She began pointing and saying the names of many plants she saw. Some sounded straightforward, similar to the monster naming scheme this world tried SO hard at making, while others sounded like she was speaking gibberish.
Well, technically she was, since she was speaking runic, which was basically just the audible equivalent of the runes used in making formations, enchantments, and spells. Grace had memorized the runic alphabet of course and Alex didn't bother since he couldn't use magic at all.
The sexy girl had all the theoretical knowledge to be a great mage, but she still needed practical experience. She got a bit of practice with Sharla, but the redheaded cheater was busy with her business so she couldn't spare much time.
Alex also practiced with her, but since he was so much stronger than her, and not a mage, he couldn't really offer anything other than moral support or to be a human punching bag. Grace refused to hit her master with magic so he could only cheer her on as she practiced.
Grace had a harder time with making magic circles, which was a step in spell casting where the mage was basically creating a canvas for themselves to write out the code for their spell. This step was all about feeling, and Grace had none of it other than pleasure.
She also wasn't super imaginative so this was the step that took the longest for her to learn. She was able to get the healing spells down easily because Sharla pushed her to learn them for Alex's sake. This lit a fire in the girl's eyes so that's why she could do healing magic just fine now.
She still needed to figure out the image she needed to form in order to form a proper magic circle for offensive and defensive skills so until then, she was support.
Alex gave her the list of herb materials they needed and they started working together for another hour or two collecting anything in this general area before setting up camp for the night.
They got some good stuff, but not enough to finish any quests. They still needed to spend the next 3 days working so this was the last night they could relax together.
When evening settled in for good, Alex pulled out his camping equipment to set up the tent while Grace began getting the fire together. Finding dry sticks here was difficult but she was able to find fireseeds, the same ones that could be turned into a condiment, and she wanted to use them as a small bomb basically.
Alex didn't like her idea of setting off bombs in the forest so he helped her contain her arsenic tendencies and crushed them into a powder to sprinkle them on the dried items she did find. Using his flint, he was able to start a fire that seemed to pop more than usual but it was enough to get their bellies fed with an extra hint of spicy flavor.
He decided to hold on to the remaining fireseeds and see if he could find more tomorrow. It helped season the food wonderfully since he noticed that this world didn't season its foods nearly as much as earth did. They only had things similar to pepper, salt, and a bit of spice like fireseeds.
There were also some sweets, but there wasn't nearly enough sugar to his liking since sugar was a very expensive item mostly reserved for nobles.
It was nighttime, around midnight when Alex was sitting at the small fire and admiring his surroundings. The fire was slowly going out since they didn't really need it with how bright the forest was thanks to the bioluminescent flora in the area.
Grace had asked for permission to go around the area more to search for anything else that would be worth using that wasn't necessarily on their list of things to get. Alex agreed, after mentioning she didn't have to ask him, and then they had a very 'heated' argument about her being a slave, and having to ask permission from her master for everything.
Alex sighed and gave up, knowing he couldn't beat her slave logic right now. He could only encourage her to speak her mind more often, which she was doing, just not as much as he would like.
Either way, she was away from the camp for a moment and Alex started coming up with a plan of attack for how they could get all their tasks done. If they stuck together the entire time, he was sure they wouldn't finish the earliest quests in time. But could he rest easy leaving his slave alone? She was only a 1st Ring while the forest had some 2nd and even 3rd Rings in it.
It may not be as dangerous as the Ether forest, but it still had plenty of man-eating plants and criminals lurking around.
'I really don't want to bring it out but I may have to...' Alex thought when he heard leaves rustle.
He looked over to see his girl coming over holding a bunch of glowing mushrooms and plants using her dress as a basket. He coughed as he saw her beautiful pussy exposed to the elements.
"Grace you shouldn't lift your dress up like that. What if someone happened to see you?" Alex questioned, worrying about her.
"Master, Grace is fine. Even if someone saw Grace's pleasure hole, they could not use it since it is Master's property." She blushed with a straight face and Alex chuckled.
She was a weird girl but she was extremely loyal all the same. He wasn't sure how he managed to convince such a wonderful girl to be at his beck and call. His earthling side of him would say that this was wrong, that he shouldn't be 'forcing' a girl to do whatever he wanted. However, the freak in him couldn't care less.
It was hot to have a girl do whatever he wanted, and he had a feeling the vast majority of men would feel the same. Even some women would probably agree with him. To have an attractive woman like Grace by his side, he knew he would have an exciting life ahead of him.
"Master," Grace said, bringing him back to their conversation, "I found some mushrooms that... increase our pleasure."
Grace smiled and blushed harder as Alex could already see her pussy dripping in excitement. Alex widened his eyes in surprise, this forest held aphrodisiacs? Would that even be safe to have in the middle of the forest?
"Would you like one Master?" Grace had already moved over by the dying fire and left most of her loot in a pot that was used earlier for food.
She then held up a glowing purple mushroom that fortunately, or unfortunately, looked like a real penis. Alex didn't really want to eat a penis mushroom but his girl had already put one in her mouth and started chewing it.
Alex tried to stop her, unsure how much it would affect her since she experienced pleasure way more than other humans but it was too late. Grace looked fine for a few seconds to a minute, but then she started breathing harder as the girl stared at her master with overwhelming lust.
Standing up, she pulled up her dress again and started rubbing her pussy violently, making wet squelching sounds from all the pussy juices that poured out of her suddenly.
"AAAhhhhh~ Master! Please fuck Grace's slutty pussy!" Grace screamed out after cumming in an instant.
She sprayed clear liquid everywhere, putting out the fire and covering the still shocked Alex in her fluids. She didn't stop however and continued getting herself off in front of her master.
Alex thought that her irises became a purple heart eye shape but it might have just been him hallucinating since he quickly found his girl shoving one of those glowing penis mushrooms into his mouth.
The world around him started becoming a hazy purple with Grace becoming the only thing he could really focus on.
"Holy Shit Grace, what did you feed me!" Alex worriedly asked as his body heated up and his cock stood at attention.
Grace couldn't answer since her horniness inhibited her other senses and her mind was filled with thoughts of her master's cock defiling her body. Grace quickly took off her dress to reveal her bouncing breasts before she threw herself at her master's crotch and rubbed her face against the bulge in his pants.
"Master, please let Grace pleasure you with her throat pussy." Grace panted against his member after freeing it from its confines and making him twitch hard.
Alex threw his head back from the intense pleasure he felt just by her warm breath. He held his head in frustration since he didn't really like not being in control of himself. Before he could get himself focused again, he lost it all when his girl deepthroated him without warning, causing him to burst a heavy load into her stomach.
"Ahh shit!!" Alex grunted and shot his hips up deeper into her mouth, causing her to gag on his cum.
Some even started coming out of her nose, but she just let it happen as she tried to suck up the rest of his lust, afraid she would never get it again. After Alex came down from his massive orgasm. He tried to fight back against the aphrodisiac as much as he could and took his horny slave into the tent.
Before he could try to knock sense into her, she rubbed her soft body all over his and his knees gave out as he came again on her stomach. He wasn't sure how he could cum just from a slight touch and he wasn't able to think about it as his vision felt clouded.
Grace looked like a Goddess as she descended onto his 'pedestal' making them both scream out in pleasure and cover each other in more of their fluids.
"K-Kill anyone that gets near us!" Alex gritted his teeth and yelled.
He looked to his outstretched arm on the ground as his tattoo began to move on his skin and his Ego chain weapon clanked around its surroundings as it listened to its master. Grace didn't even notice the huge chain that suddenly appeared out of her master's arm and just focused on getting herself off.
Alex also quickly forgot about the object leaving his body and gripped Grace's ass hard, before slamming himself up into her. She screamed in pleasure and pain as she collapsed onto her master's chest.
They started fucking like animals as the chain weapon screeched out into the area and swam through the air into the trees to survey its surroundings for people to eat.