Similar to how the crowd was confused, the trio were also baffled as well.
Skadi narrowed her sharp eyes, voice laced with quiet urgency as she turned to Aisha.
"What the hell even is that ability? Do you know anything about this technique?" She shook her head slightly. "I donât remember Master ever showing off magic. I mean, does he even have mana?"
Aishaâs lips were pursed in a small frown, her brow creased as she studied the stage.
"No...not really. Iâm as lost as you are." Her voice carried a rare touch of hesitation, the usual crispness dulled by genuine confusion. "And youâre right...I donât feel any mana either. Nothing. Itâs like his bodyâs completely empty...no flow, no core, not even residual traces."
Julie leaned forward, arms crossed beneath her chest, her tone light but tinged with curiosity.
"The only thing Iâve ever heard him say, if itâs even relevant, is that he...âreceivedâ this gift from someone above. Like, literally. He always talks like itâs a reward. Something he was given for doing something incredible. But he never says more than that. I tried asking once, and he just smiled."
Their heads tilted slightly in unison, a shared bafflement bridging the three of them with the audience who stared on, waiting for some sort of explanation.
But instead of shedding light on the power, Cassius just smiled, stepping forward as the crowd collectively leaned in.
"I know youâre all wondering how exactly Iâm going to do this." He said, his voice calm, carrying like a steady drumbeat through the hush.
Several in the front rows nodded eagerly, others murmuring, hungry for an answer.
"But before that..."
He turned his gaze downward, to Emma, clinging tightly to him, her arms looped around his neck, her cheek brushing against his chest.
Her eyes shimmered, half-lidded with a heated, dreamy haze, lips parted and breathing faint and quick. She pressed her body against his like she was trying to mold into him, and there was no mistaking itâher hips kept shifting, grinding subtly, like she was aching for something more than just comfort.
"...Let me take care of Emma over here."
The crowd blinked in unison.
"Sheâs clearly...craving something." He said with a faint grin. "And since Iâm the one who caused it, Iâm going to take responsibility."
He turned his head to the onlookers, his expression totally unapologetic.
"Just give me a few minutes." He added casually. "Iâll be right back."
Before a single voice could rise in protest, Cassius was already striding off, Emma in his arms, carried behind the thick curtain draping the rear of the makeshift stage. The warehouse fell into an uncertain hush, the rustle of fabric the last sound as he vanished from view.
A pulse of confusion rippled through the crowd.
"Wait, whatâs going on?"
"Is he seriously, what is he going to do?"
"Behind the curtain? Right now?!"
And then it started.
At first, it was just a small sound, Emmaâs voice, high and breathy. "W-Wait...Young Master...How can it be this big...?"
A pause. And then a giggle that melted into a rising moan.
"That wonât fit...I-Iâm serious...th-thereâs no way..."
More gasps. Then her voice cracked into a squeal.
"N-No! Wait, wait! A-Aahhnnâahhh! Oh my godâoh my god, i-itâs going inside!"
Then the sound that made jaws drop: wet, rhythmic slapping. The unmistakable pap pap pap of hips meeting flesh. Again. And again. And again. Each hit sharpened by the echoing acoustics of the warehouse.
Emma was practically screaming now.
"Aaahhh!âĄ~ Itâs so big, s-so deepâhaaahhh, itâs so inside of me!! I c-canât, I canât believe this...! Nghhh!âĄ~"
Moans came like waves crashing against the walls, drawn out, high-pitched, lost in pleasure.
"Aaahn! Yes! Yes, just like thatâbohhhâyouâre too fast, Young Master!âĄ~ T-Too fast! Hyaaah! D-Donât stop, donât stop, please!âĄ~"
Hearing this happen right behind her, Julie blinked, cheeks flushed, her face unreadable for a moment before she gave a breathy laugh.
"Well...guess thereâs no such thing as shame for characters like him."
Aishaâs teeth clenched, her arms crossed tightly, red flooding her face as the chorus behind the curtain kept rolling.
"He really has no damn shame...in front of hundreds of people, no less..."
"I mean..." Julie added, shrugging. "He does whatever he wants. Whoâs gonna stop him? Thatâs just how he is."
"Poor girl...It looks like Master has taken a liking to her body." Skadi muttered under her breath, but even she was shifting awkwardly, her own cheeks tinged faint pink as Emmaâs cries rang louder.
Meanwhile, the audience was collectively stunned.
No one moved. No one even dared breathe too loud.
A handful had their hands clamped over their mouths in disbelief; others flushed from ears to collarbones, some even holding their thighs tightly together, trying to process what they were hearing.
"He must be massive..." Someone whispered in the crowd.
"Yeah, no wonder sheâs screaming like that."
"Thatâs not even acting...thatâs real..."
"...I want to see it."
Behind the curtain, the storm continued, unabated.
"OooohâYoung Masterângh! T-Thatâs it! F-Faster! Please! Aahnâaahhnn, yes, yes, yes!âĄ~ R-Ravage me!âĄ~"
The sound of the clap, clap, clap of bodies only grew harder, more frantic. One could feel the speed increase from the pounding rhythm alone.
More breathless declarations followed, Emma babbling between moans:
"S-So goodâhaaah!âĄ~ It feels so good I canât think, my headâs meltingâahhh, Young Master!âĄ~ â
"Please, please, fill me up, Young Master!âĄ~ D-Donât stop, Iâm yoursâIâm yours!! Young Maaaster! I-Iâm gonna cumâIâm cumming!âĄ~"â
"Schlurp!âĄ~ Splish!âĄ~ Splat!âĄ~ Squish!âĄ~"
"Gloop!âĄ~ Drip!âĄ~ Splurt!âĄ~ Plop!âĄ~"
Hearing the sound of seemed to water splashing behind the curtains, the crowd went silent.
Utter silence. As if someone had hit mute on the world.
And then the whispers began, soft at first, like the rustle of dry leaves, then swelling into a storm of gossip and flushed awe as the crowd began talking over one another in hushed but increasingly desperate voices.
"Did you hear her? That wasnât acting, that was real. She was crying."
"She sounded like she died and ascended. Iâve never heard a woman scream like that without getting murdered."
"I think she was...happy about it, though. Really happy."
"What the hell did he do to her back there...?"
"I thought the rumors were exaggerated...But after that? No. No way. That wasnât acting. That wasnât faked. You donât scream like that unless your soul is getting turned inside out..."
Dozens of women were flushed down to their collarbones, fanning themselves, biting their lips, thighs pressing together beneath skirts and leggings, shifting on their heels.
Some had their hands casually resting low on their bellies, almost unconsciously rubbing themselves, drawn with the heel of a palm through fabric, pretending it was just nerves.
But it wasnât.
"I swear I could hear her insides sloshing from out here." A younger girl murmured, mouth slack. "And that sound...oh god...the slapping...I could feel it in my bones."
"He must be huge." Someone whispered with reverence. "Like...really huge. You heard her. She kept saying it wouldnât fit..."
Another joined in with a sigh. "It wasnât just size though. The way she moaned...it was rhythm. She was crying, then laughing, then begging like her body wasnât hers anymore. Thatâs technique. Thatâs skill."
A woman in a red blouse groaned softly into her palm. "What the fuck...why canât my husband do anything like that?"
Her friend nodded, voice breathless. "Same...same. My man gives me a minute and an apology. This manâs out here giving spiritual awakenings."
"I donât even know what positions they were inâbut whatever the hell he just pulled behind that curtain? I need to learn it. Study it. Live it."
"And the way she screamed for him to fill her upâgods, she sounded like she was about to die and be reborn in his cum."
One particularly red-faced woman gasped and fanned herself with both hands.
"He mustâve slept with hundreds. No, thousands. Nobodyâs born that talented. Thatâs practice. Thatâs training."
"Rumors said he kidnapped girls, right?" One woman murmured, blinking in dawning realization. "But now? I donât think he had to."
"Yeah, screw that, if he just walked down the street doing that technique, people would line up."
"Forget lining up! If he so much as lifted his shirt Iâd throw my entire life saving at him!"
"And that poor girl behind the curtain, sheâs not walking straight for a week. I guarantee."
"Oh, sheâs not walking anywhere."
"Iâd kill to be next." Someone whispered under her breath, barely audible.
"Same."
"Same."
"Same."
Several nods. Some too vigorously.
"Why canât my husband do that?" One girl muttered. "I ask him to slap my ass once and he acts like I suggested arson."
"Right?" Another groaned. "Last week I asked mine to choke me a little and he went to complain to his mother the next day."
There was laughter, then another wave of flushed silence.
Every eye was on the curtain.
The aura of Cassius hadnât even faded, and already the crowd had rebranded himâfrom charming playboy to walking, breathing sex god with a mythical dick that apparently broke logic.
"He really has no shame." Aisha muttered as she watched everyoneâs reactions. "But I suppose, for once...thatâs exactly what we need for the mission."
Julie nodded before saying with a wry smile, "Letâs just hope he doesnât start a new religion in this village by accident, since everyone here looks like they want to build a temple and worship him."