It did not take too long for the traces of Edrick's orgy of slaughter and depravity to be discovered as another group daredevils ventured into the woods, only to come running out crying for their mothers, but when that happened, Anoteros was already done with the forest and out of here, back at his residence within the sect, where he spent his time focusing on Mountain Sasquatch Body's gains thanks to the reward, he did not come out again for the day and only emerged in the morning as per usual.
The snow was falling more heavily than usual that day, and Edrick decided to directly pick Hui up to get her to the library, before it had not been necessary from him to walk her to and from the library, but if the snow fell that hard continuously, he would truly be needed for her to get there.
Not that it bothered him, she weighed nothing to him, and this casual stroll allowed him to get a look at who was inside of their dormitories, who was braving the outside, and who was already inside of the library enjoying the warm atmosphere.
It seemed like the sudden increase in snowing at given quite a few disciples cold feet however, as the library wasn't quite as packed as usual, many must have instead decided to endure inside of their dormitories instead of venturing outside, which was probably disappointing for the elders, if the new blood couldn't even face the natural elements brought by the season, then how could they be expected to face an opponent that was actually aiming to take their lives?
"Well, look who's there… Go and greet her, Hui" Edrick helped his third wife take off her coat, revealing the uniform she always wore at the library underneath, he lightly slapped her butt, making the bespectacled girl jump up a bit.
She looked back at him with desire in her eyes before focusing and walking up to the person Anoteros was speaking of.
"Hey! How are you?"
It was Yin, she wasn't usually at the library, spending her days of winter training like a maniac instead.
"Ah, hello, Hui- And Hello, Anoteros" she added as she noticed him standing a bit further behind, finding it a bit uncanny how such a big guy could go unnoticed like this.
"Greetings, Miss Yin, it is quite fortuitous for us three to run into one another, me and Hui just so happened to be meaning to tell you something, well, mostly her, really" he said, and most casually pushed the two women further into the library where no disciples had yet to take seats, as they were currently hogging the tables nearest to the entrance.
"It isn't anything too bad, right?" asked the blonde, raising an eyebrow at the need for secrecy.
"Aherm…" Hui was looking all shy now "...You remember when you noticed the marks on my neck and arms?"
"Of course I do! I am still looking for the bastard who did this- You told your husband?" she turned to Edrick who maintained a neutral expression.
"She didn't need to tell me" he casually responded, Hui speaking up right after.
"The truth is… I lied about the marks back then, but not for the reasons that you believe! No one actually brutalised me or otherwise harmed me, but, huh…" she beckoned Yin to lend her ear, Hui not wanting to say the next part as anything more than a whisper.
"...I actually like it when I get roughed up, and these were just the aftermath of me and Lord Lucien trying to go a bit further, nothing more!"
Yin slowly turned her head toward the librarian, the expression she wore was rather telling as to how disturbing the revelation was to her.
"You… You mean that you are an extreme tormentophilist?" asked Yin, just to make sure that what she had just heard was actually correct.
"Y-Yeah… And also, back then we weren't in an official relationship with Lord Lucien, so I didn't want to talk about it… But I wanted to let you know that there is no need to worry about me, it's- It's just that I ask my husband to be rough with me"
"I… I see"
"I mean… That's good to hear, I think? I wasn't expecting that sort of revelation, but I guess it's better if it was consensual all along…" she scratched her face, looking back and forth between Hui and Anoteros, shuddering with repulsion as she unwillingly imagined the scene in her head, never in a thousand years would have Yin imagined that the introverted Hui was into getting demolished and roughed up in bed at all, and certainly even less to the sort of extent that it left marks like she had seen back then.
'My best friend is a freak… But if she found a man that is willing to play along, then I can only be happy for her… She had never been so happy and radiant before she met this guy after all…' the image of this goliath on top of Hui was a foul one, but as long as the librarian was happy, then Yin could only approve.
"Hui was a bit embarrassed to admit the truth, but we both agreed that it was best to dispel the misunderstanding, I wouldn't want for a bunch of nothing to affect your training after all, I heard you were well on your way to being promoted as core disciple" Edrick smiled and caressed Hui's back, who repressed the want to shiver in delight and just smiled with a slight blush.
"Well, thank you for telling me, even if… Even if it isn't the sort of thing anyone wants to say out loud…" the blonde coughed.
"In any case, I need to be punctual and go train under Elder Ting Zhenniao, I'll leave you two ladies amongst yourselves" he excused himself and soon disappeared from view.
"Sorry for not telling you earlier, Yin, I was just feeling way too embarrassed to say it, in fact, I needed Lord Lucien's support to even manage to do it even now…" Hui adjusted her glasses after staring at Edrick back longingly, he had teased her and just left, a classic of his to let his wives marinate in their horniness for a while, so that by the time he appeared again, they couldn't think about anything other than receive his attention.
"It's alright, I can understand"
"But now that I have admitted this- I feel comfortable speaking about a whole lot of things! I can discuss with the other wives, but they already know what I have to say, would you mind staying here?"
"No problem, I can make some time to spend some time with you"
Yin agreed despite feeling like this conversation would make her want to melt into the ground and disappear.