She crouched and looked at it.
The leaves in her hair shifted to a pale gold, which was the color she associated with things she already understood but had not yet processed.
She already knew what it meant.
She stayed crouched for a moment and told herself she was just confirming the channel, which was true in the technical sense and not the complete one.
That was when she heard them.
"Ahhhnnn~! Rexxx~! Ohhhhh~!"
"... ...!" Nerith was shocked hearing it.
The sound came at an angle that didnât match the direction she was facing; she turned toward the actual direction and saw the gap in the trees about fifteen meters further in, where the moonlight came through in a wider band.
She should have turned around.
But...
She didnât turn around because of her own curiosity.
She could then clearly hear Aisellaâs voice; it was very quietâthe kind of quiet that spoke volumes about the situation. She could also hear Rexâs voice, though it was lower.
"Youâre feeling all lonely because you missed fucking with me, huh?" Rex laughed. "Donât worry, my elf bitch... youâre going to get it today!"
Nerith stepped to the ash tree beside her and leaned her back against it. What she did next was definitely not watching. What she did was stand behind a tree, already imagining what happened behind her.
Then she looked around the edge of the tree, which made the distinction she had been trying to maintain somewhat theoretical.
The thought that came first was the wrong one to have, which was...
âW-What...? T-Thereâs no way...â
âThis is what they called as s-s-sex...? A-and Aisella is doing it with Rex even though she should do that with Apollo...â
She understood it was wrong because Aisellaâs choices were not hers to judge. She recognized it was wrong because she had witnessed the way Aisella looked at Rex on the road and the way Rex looked back.
That kind of connection didnât happen by chance and didnât belong to anyone else. She knew it was wrong because Aisella was her own person, having been so long before Nerith ever formed an opinion about her.
And now... she knew all of this.
The thought returned: that should be Apollo.
Then, more slowly, came the second thought: But it isnât, and Aisella doesnât seem like someone who made a mistake.
Nerith stepped back behind the tree.
âI need to leave... I donât want to get caught...â
The heartmoss was still growing at the base of the ash, quietly and steadily, doing what heartmoss did in places where the natural energy had decided something was stable and worth anchoring to.
It didnât have opinions about who the person was or what they were doing. It just grew.
She looked at the cluster for a long time.
She was not going to ask Aisella. That was the first thing she was certain of.
The question would require pointing out how she had arrived at needing to ask it, and that explanation had a shape that she was not prepared to give it.
She was not going to ask Rex either, because asking him anything about this felt like standing at the edge of a conversation that would take her somewhere she had not decided to go yet.
She straightened up.
The channel was quiet now, the door closed again, or perhaps just less interesting than it had been. The heartmoss cluster sat at the base of the tree and said nothing, as heartmosses did.
Nerith slowly looked around the ash tree, her heart racing with shock and interest. Her eyes got big and her cheeks turned a deep green, like the leaves in her hair.
Aisella was only a few feet away from where she was hiding. The elf she knew was maiden, who was usually calm and collected, and was now a picture of raw, uncontrolled desire, with her long blonde hair falling over her shoulders in a wild mess.
Her eyes were glazed over, and her mouth was open, making a steady stream of moans and gasps. "Ahhhnnn~! Rexxx~! Ohhhhh~!" Aisella moaned, and her voice rang out in the night.
"It feels so good~! I can finally feel it again~!" Aisella giggled. "Thank you for choosing me and using me like this~! Ohhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnn~!"
But what really shocked Nerith was where they were. Rex, a tall, muscular man with tan skin, had Aisella bent over and leaning against the same tree that Nerith had been using as cover.
His strong, calloused hands held Aisellaâs thin wrists tightly, keeping her arms stretched out in front of her while he thrust into her from behind with powerful, controlling thrusts.
Nerith felt a confusing mix of shock and a strange, but not unwelcome, tingling sensation all over her body when she saw her small elven friend being roughly handled and penetrated by the strong human male.
âN-No... this must be a nightmare...â
âThereâs no way, right...?â
âRex and Aisella are just two great friends... they wonât do something like this...â
PLAP! PLAP! PLAP! PLAP! PLAP!
With each powerful pump of his hips, Rexâs chiselled glutes tightened and loosened. His huge, tanned cock kept disappearing into Aisellaâs once-perfect folds, which were now glistening.
"OHHH~! HOHHH~! YESSSHHHH~!"
"I can fucking bet already that fucking bum Apollo wonât ask for something like this, and of course... he wonât last for one minute because he looks like a virgin that doesnât know how to do his shit~!"
"YESSHHH~! UOOHHH~! THATâS TRUE...!!! EVEN IF HE WANTS IT... I WONâT GIVE IT TO HIM!"
"I ONLY WANT TO GET FUCKED BY YOUUU~ UGGGHHH~!"
"HEâS A FUCKING VIRGIN WHO DOESNâT WANT TO BREAK ANY WOMAN~!"
Nerith closed her mouth and eyes while thinking what they just said. âItâs so wrong... why... why did they say that...?â
âApollo is such a nice gentle man, and he wonât even hurt a bug for it... Why did they just say all of that mean stuff behind his back?â
The wet, disgusting sounds of flesh hitting flesh and Aisellaâs shameless moans filled the air, washing over Nerith and making the heat between her legs grow. She knew it was wrong to watch and hear such a private, sexual act, but she couldnât look away.
Her curiosity and growing desire kept her there.
With each rough thrust, Aisellaâs thin body shook and bounced. Her big breasts swayed and jiggled, and the moonlight shone off her sweaty skin.
Her delicate feet rose off the ground, leaving her suspended and completely at Rexâs mercy. Nerith had never seen anything like the way he controlled and used her, or the raw, animalistic desire they had for each other.
It was very scary... and exciting.
Nerithâs heart raced as she kept looking through the crack between the tree trunk and Aisellaâs shoulder. She couldnât take her eyes off the disgusting show.
âThis is too much... I canât stop looking at it because itâs somehow... a new type of thing to see it myself.â
The cool bark of the ash tree dug into her back as she pressed herself harder against it, as if trying to hide, even though her body was betraying a growing curiosity and unwanted excitement at the lewd scene unfolding before her innocent eyes... eyes that had never seen such raw, uncontrolled love between a man and a woman before.
âA human and an elf... are having sex just like that...â
âIt looks like breeding... I see it a lot in the forest, especially with those animals, yes...â
âThey look like animals that are breeding... ugh...â
"Come on! Beg for it more, Aisella!!!" Rex spanked her ass.
SPANK!
"OHHHHH~! PLEASE~! AHNN~! FUCK ME HARDER~! I CAN TAKE IT~!"
"EVEN IF YOU WANT TO HURT ME~! I CAN HEAL MYSELF FROM IT~!!!"
"Hahaha, true, true! Iâll fucking break your pussy more then!" Rex grunted and growled, and his breathing got rougher as he thrust into Aisella harder and harder, egged on by her breathless cries and whimpers of pleasure.
Nerith felt a strange mix of shock and a new, but not unwelcome, tingling sensation in her body as the elf maidenâs sexy body bounced and jiggled with each rough, dominating thrust. She knew she should look away, but she couldnât.
Her curiosity and a new, growing desire kept her there as she watched the sexual act...
âWhat should I do...?â
âI need to leave... but this position... I could get caught by Rex...â
âUgh... I just need to wait a moment until I can leave this place...â
âYeah... thatâs right... I didnât intend to watch or listen more to it...â
âIt feels... wrong...â