Lucia was standing in front of her probably only long-term addiction. However, the dispenser for her fix was currently occupied by another, and that in itself was fine. What was not was that it had been close to a month and she was still attached.
Samuel for his part simply adapted to the change. His alchemy, enchanting, and artificer supplies were all strewn across the once very spartan room. Though she said strewn they were all still neatly organized as was his nature.
Currently, he had an artifact monocle on working on one of his many pet projects. The scene was comical with him delicately designing the intricate carvings into what looked like the beginnings of a brooch while someone was on her knees buried into his crotch.
He was enacting one of the many free-use methods. This particular one was the ignore method where masters would go about their day while disciples availed themselves of their bodies. They would not react in any way and the scene in front of her reminded Lucia of that.
Lucia was the first to break the silence with the question that had been haunting her for the last couple of weeks.
"So... How much longer do you think she will stay like that?"
Samuel's eyes came up from his work though his hands were still active, most elders were very good at multi-tasking, especially given that they were constantly subjected to the desires of their disciples. Samuel was a notable exception(till now) but he still picked up the habit,
"I cannot be sure but at this point, I have just taken it as a part of everyday life."
He had a very practiced patient smile on his face. This made her happy because that smile came from the fact she had once asked him to smile more and he had taken it to heart despite it still being something he rarely did.
But it did do anything to stop the burning need welling deep in her heart.
"Hah... Why though? I mean, shouldn't you have figured out how to remove her by now?"
"Yes."
Samuel's simple answer made her blink once... then twice...
Something exploded in her and she could not help the excited tone of her next couple of words.
"...Wait... That's it?! You figured it out and you still have that leech stuck to you?!"
He calmly took his manacles off as he gave her a more appraising look.
"She is not a leech. Her cultivation potential just happened to be much larger than I initially thought. So much so that I believe that if she did try for the master's path her chance of success would have been as high as 10%."
Samuel's answer despite the even delivery had an air of wistfulness about it.
Lucia did not know why but it irked her a little which did not help her degrading mood one bit.
"...And how does that relate to her being latched on to your cock?"
Samuel narrowed his eyes at her. In a way that she did not like.
"Her essence circuits and subsequently her essence core is not normal. She has an innate cultivation method. Which means..."
It felt like he was trying to explain to a child and Lucia would get him back for this insult but not now, at this moment she desperately needed him.
But she still was a nascent soul and had the extra mental capacity to connect the dots.
"She has a unique bloodline..."
Of course, the first disciple Samuel took in would be special and Lucia was not even jealous about it. What she was jealous about was just how much of Samuel's time the disciple took despite not even being coherent.
"Precisely."
Samuel nodded, with a cadence faster than normal, which meant the man was excited(in her head).
"I see... So your cock is acting like an essence garden?"
"Correct."
As he said so one of his arms traveled down to the disciple's blonde hair and combed his fingers through them. The touch was gentle and affectionate in a way Lucia had never seen or experienced from the man.
It did not end there, however, as she could hear the gulp the woman took as Samuel probably dumped one of his precious loads inside the bitch's mouth.
Something inside Lucia snapped.
"...This is mean..."
"What is mean?"
Samuel tilted his head in an act of confusion.
"...Get her off..."
He replied to her statement with another question.
"Sorry?"
All of her roiling emotions finally boiled over and she shouted at the top of her lungs, though she did not inject any of her essence into it.
"Get her off!"
Samuel was stunned, his brain unable to compute the sudden outburst, and replied equally as loud mimicking her in his confusion, but there was this distant look in his eyes.
"Why?!"
Lucia did not bother mincing her words and gave them to him straight.
"You got me addicted to your cock and this hoe needs her fix!"
Samuel was wide-eyed at her sudden proclamation and spluttered out a reply. He blinked rapidly as if trying to get something off his mind.
"What?!? Why is that my fault?!? Aren't you the one who did it to yourself?!?"
Lucia did not care at this point, her need combined with her irritation caused her to do something she had promised she would not do to him.
At the back of her mind, she knew she was going to later regret what she was about to say but she was in too deep to stop and consider it.
She asked in an outwardly calm voice.
"Are you going to deny your best friend? Is that really what you are going to do?"
Samuel was even more taken aback at her sudden proclamation. His mind was unable to compute properly.
"I... I am sorry... I did not know I was causing you distress..."
His voice broke as he suddenly looked genuinely distraught by the sudden revelation.
His head lulled down in looking at the disciple his hand stopping.
"I... I will try to hurry this up..."
All of Lucia's momentum immediately crashed back down.
"Fuck..."
At this moment Lucia knew, she fucked up.