Leon was surprised to see that cinder asked him for a spar after dinner was over and salem backed up that request making him sigh since as per his side of the deal he had to do it. what he didn't do however was state how battles between maiden level forces should be conducted unlike what he did with winter. as a result leon quickly overwhelmed cinder with his all out attacks ending the spar in no time at all. both salem and cinder were left in shock at how easily he dispatched her and after thinking back on it realized that the only reason he hadn't killed cinder at atlas was because he kept getting interrupted.
"Kinda intense isn't he?" ruby asked from the divine realm far from the planet. alex laughed "oh yeah , he might seem playful most of the time but every step he takes serves to bring him ever closer to his goal." he said with a smile. "if half those adventurers in orario had this sort of drive there'd be many more high leveled individuals." freya said with a disappointed sigh. "it's one of the reasons earth is a treasure trove of potential , there are so many people there who merely need the opportunity to become something more than human to reach impossible heights." alex said honestly.
Leon meanwhile had turned in for the night so that he could go grim hunting in the morning but that plan quickly fell through. salem told him he needed to spar with cinder at least once a day and that he was only allowed to hunt the grim once per week. as much as he hated being forced to slow down his improvement he was bound by the deal to obey.
He made a point to ignore the attempts at seduction salem was slowly trying as well out of spite even if he was ever so slightly interested in ringing her bell. leon had never said he was a morally perfect person to resist the temptations put before him , merely that he wasn't a right evil bastard. it was small things really like perfumes and revealing outfits as well as making sure he got an eyeful whenever possible. leon was honestly speechless at how straight forward her seduction strategies were considering how long she had to perfect them.
He would have been much less surprised if he knew that despite her great age salem had never actually tried to seduce anyone before and as a result was a complete amateur at it. the most salem knew about the subject was that men loved to see skin and be flattered. it was honestly rather funny really since despite seeing salem's attempts none of her minions were going to give her any advice on the subject. a month quickly passed like this with leon sparring with the rapidly improving cinder and killing millions of grim at the start of every week all while not showing any outward interest in salem despite her best attempts.
A few time leon briefly popped over to vale to check on things and exhaust glenda with some enthusiastic bedroom gymnastics. salem knew about these short trips of his that usually only lasted two or three hours but she couldn't really say anything since leon had told her he was going to do it. halfway through the second month salem just decided to drop the formalities and snuck into leons room at night naked. leon decided to mess with her and rather than ravishing her he simply used her as a body pillow which worked out surprisingly well since she was very soft.
To say that salem was frustrated at the lack of interest in her body would be a massive understatement. she had even taken out her anger on the grim just minding their business outside the castle with her magic much to their confusion. she had finally gotten her sex drive going again only for her to be left unfulfilled by the target of her desires leaving her in a poor mood. the gods watching this found it hysterical as it was the best entertainment they could possibly want.
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