Charlie had truly gotten carried away.
Unknowingly, the hours-long "reproductive activity" in the wild finally drew to a close just as the sun reached its zenith directly overhead.
Fortunately, Ais was no ordinary girl...
As a Level 6 adventurer, her physical constitution had been repeatedly reinforced by Falna, granting her superhuman physical endurance.
Had Ais's place been taken by an ordinary girl, Charlie might have accidentally bedded her to death under his uncontainable passion.
Even so, Ais's body still bore the marks of such intensity. The sensitive area of her groin appeared slightly bruised and swollen from Charlie's relentless, overly forceful thrusts.
Yet, there was not the slightest hint of resentment on the girl's face. On the contrary, Ais accepted the situation with sweet resignation.
"Ais... I'm sorry." Charlie softly stroked the cheek of the girl still resting against his chest. Guilt welled up in his heart at the sight of her physical condition. "I got so carried away that I ended up hurting you like this..."
Ais looked up slowly, gazing at him with innocent, golden brilliance. She shook her head gently.
"It's alright, Charlie... I don't blame you. It felt... so warm, and it made me happy."
She touched her own sensitive area, which felt slightly tender and swollen, then added in a tone of pure honesty.
"Even though it stings a bit... if it's with Charlie, I like it."
Hearing the girl's earnest sincerity, Charlie could only force a wry smile. He stroked Ais's blonde hair, which was still somewhat disheveled.
Noticing that the shadows of the trees were shortening, indicating it was already past noon, Charlie shifted the conversation.
"It's already noon, Ais. Are you hungry? Should I cook something for lunch?"
Ais blinked her eyes slowly. Rather than answering yes or no, she instead raised her small hand and gently patted her smooth stomach, which now appeared slightly bulged and completely filled with Charlie's seed.
"I'm already very full, Charlie... Inside here feels so completely packed."
She continued to stroke her slightly protruding tummy.
"Ahem! Ahem!"
Charlie choked on his own saliva and coughed awkwardly.
His face flushed slightly upon hearing such an ambiguous statement from the girl beside him. He hurriedly wrapped Ais's bare body in his cloak so she wouldn't catch a cold.
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In the end, they decided to take a full hour of complete rest.
This time was desperately needed by Ais to recover her thoroughly drained stamina.
An hour passed in a flash.
Once his stamina had somewhat recovered, Charlie dressed deftly. As he tidied his shirt, his eyes inadvertently locked onto Ais's smooth body, still lying atop the cloak.
The girl's porcelain skin was now painted with reddish traces in the form of hickeys stretching around her neck, shoulders, chest, all the way down to her slender waist—a very clear mark of ownership from their previous marathon session.
Noticing Charlie's gaze growing hot once again, Ais—who was currently bending over to pick up her underwear and pulling her miniskirt up—abruptly halted her movements.
Remaining in that half-bent posture—showcasing the alluring curves of her hips and long legs—Ais turned her head to look at Charlie.
"Charlie... Do you... want to do it once more?"
Desire within Charlie briefly flared up at the enticing sight. However, noticing the subtle tremble in Ais's legs that signaled her physical exhaustion, he firmly suppressed his urge.
"No, Ais."
"Your body is completely exhausted, and that part is still swollen. Let's hold off for now, we'll do it again another time."
Ais nodded lightly without arguing. "Mhm... Alright. Next time."
She offered no further resistance and began putting on her full attire step by step.
She put her white blouse back on, fastening the buttons until it was neatly closed, then slipped on her black miniskirt and pulled her black stockings up until they neatly enveloped her smooth legs.
After ensuring no belongings were left behind at the campsite, Charlie extended his hand.
Ais welcomed it with a faint smile, gripping Charlie's fingers tightly.
Together, the two of them began walking away from the quiet of the forest toward Orario.
However, Ais's current way of walking appeared far from normal.
With every stride she took, her still bruised and swollen groin rubbed against the fabric of her underwear and skirt, causing a sharp, stinging pain to shoot through her.
The Sword Princess's usually graceful and light steps now appeared somewhat bow-legged, stiff, and slightly hobbled with every footprint she laid down.
Seeing Ais's unnatural gait, Charlie could only adjust his pace patiently while continuing to hold the girl's hand tightly throughout the journey.
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"If you mess with time, it tends to mess back."
Charlie vividly remembered Tony Stark's legendary quote from Avengers: Endgame.
Because of that, he escorted Ais along the streets of Orario until they arrived in front of the Loki Familia headquarters, Twilight Manor.
Of course, throughout the entire journey, Charlie utilized illusions so that the eyes of those around them saw them merely as two ordinary, uninteresting civilians who could be completely ignored.
Returning to the main topic.
Charlie had no desire to personally experience the tragic cycle Doctor Strange endured.
Every time Strange rewound time using the Eye of Agamotto to save Christine Palmer—whether by changing the travel route, asking her to drive, or canceling the trip altogether—fate always found a way to correct itself. Christine invariably met her end through another path, ranging from a sudden heart attack, a street mugging incident, to being trapped inside a burning building.
Fearing that such a sickeningly repetitive tragedy would fall upon him, Charlie maintained complete vigilance around Twilight Manor, ready to obliterate any potential threat that could endanger Ais's life.
Fortunately, however, everything proceeded completely normally.
Ais stepped through the gates of Twilight Manor without suffering a single mishap.
As for the reason why Charlie received no backlash from messing with the past, he surmised it was all due to his overly overpowered strength.
In the presence of a 3-Digit domain entity—even if he currently suppressed himself to the 4-Digit domain—fate did not dare to initiate retaliatory schemes before him.
The fundamental difference between Charlie and Doctor Strange ultimately came down to a difference in power.
If Strange possessed power on his level, Charlie was utterly confident that the man would never have tasted the bitterness of losing the one he loved.
"It's time to return to my original timeline."
Before stepping away, Charlie first concealed the "traces" of their intimate activity on Ais's body.
He alleviated the red marks and the swelling in the girl's groin without erasing the sweet memories in between, ensuring that Loki, Riveria, or the other Familia members would not notice any physical abnormalities on Ais's body.
Having finalized everything, Charlie turned around, stepped back through the layers of the River of Time, and shot toward the normal timeline from whence he came.
*SWISH—!*
In the blink of an eye, Charlie's silhouette distorted and reappeared right at the exact coordinates where he had first departed.
His figure now stood tall atop the summit of the massive wall surrounding the City of Orario.
From that height, Charlie was greeted by the radiance of the rising sun, slowly refracting from the east.
The dawn's golden light swept across his handsome face, illuminating the entire panorama of the Labyrinth City as it began to awaken from the darkness of the night. The morning wind blew rather briskly, fluttering the clothes and hair he wore.
Squinting his eyes toward the steadily brightening horizon, Charlie carved a subtle smile loaded with meaning.
"Next, let's check the changes in this era caused by my actions in the past."
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