In fact, even if she did feel shame and guilt about it, there was as strong sense of vindication because it bore the expected fruits. She was back in the game. Even if she was only at square one, she was at the very least back on the board.
So she tuned down the feelings of guilt and shame to a background buzz, opting instead to revel in the pride of her accomplishments and immersing herself completely in her work, directing her subordinates left and right and overseeing different experiments at the same time, bringing the concept of multitasking to a different level.
Time flew and without anyone noticing, even by Rin, noon was soon upon them.
"Miss Tohsaka...," one of her subordinates called out.
"Not now," she mumbled without looking up from her desk.
"But…"
"I can come another day if it's a bad time," a rougher, more mature voice spoke. This time, Rin did look up.
"Lord El-Melloi!" she greeted, immediately standing up. "I'm sorry, I was…"
"No apologies are required. I should have known better than to disrupt your work. However, since it's too late for that would you mind giving me a bit more of your time? Since it's about noon, I'll treat you to lunch."
The room didn't quite fell silent, but it was obvious that her subordinates were listening in, feeling varying from surprised to shocked.
A teacher, and a Lord at that, had invited their lead researcher for a meal.
It was either a very good thing or a very bad one. No middle ground at all.
"Thank you, Lord El-Melloi. I'll gratefully accept your invitation."
They left the laboratory and went to the cafeteria.
Rin wasn't overly worried. Of all the teachers and Lords of the Association, Lord El-Melloi was perhaps the most level-headed and the less stuck up. Many young Magi with relatively short bloodlines looked up at him, as he treated all with the respect they earned and never looked down upon anyone who hadn't deserved it. More importantly he didn't play the game of politics most Magi of noble families engaged in, quite often telling people what he thought of them to their faces.
In short, he was a trustworthy fellow all around.
"I've seen you made a lot of progress lately, Miss Tohsaka," he commented after they had ordered their meal. "Few people would have recovered from the blow you received. I'm impressed."
"Thank you, Professor," she replied evenly, option to address him by his role within the Association rather than his noble title. "Though if you forgive the audacity, I wonder what's your interest in it."
"Hm. A fair question. Let me be honest, Miss Tohsaka. It's very rare to find a person with talent like yours who's also so hard working. There is much you can contribute to the Clock Tower and I would hate to see this potential lost."
"You have lost me, Professor."
"Your recent successes have been received less than pleasantly in some circles. The number of people that would like to see you fail will only increase from here onward. It's not my business what you had to sacrifice to get back on your feet," he noted and saw a look of horror dawn on Rin's face, "nor I care to find out. My only counsel is this: sometimes it's better to fail than to pay the price of victory."
"Professor, I-" she coughed, regaining her bearings. For a moment she thought he knew exactly what she had to sacrifice. "Your concern is truly appreciated, but I'm fully aware of everything you said. However I am Magi, with everything it entails."
"I know. As your teacher, however, I could not just let it go unsaid. Now, with that ugly piece of business out of the way, is there something you would like to ask me while we are already here?"
For the next hour they chatted about classes and the upcoming tests. Neither of them knew just how prophetic the Professor's warning would turn out to be.
-xXx-
"Slrrp… slrrp… slrrp… slrrp…"
Rin was bobbing her head over the length of Gerard's dick with a dispassionate look. It was the seventh week of their agreement and something had changed. While one might consider Rin's detachment as a step back, for Gerard it was a huge success.
She was starting to see something like kneeling in front of his cock and sucking him off like something normal, as a refuge from the pleasure he forced her to feel otherwise. It was something she could handle.
A small consolation, since he would still fuck her brain out, but everything that contributed to make her feel at ease during a sexual act was an improvement. He patter her head and she glared up at him. Good, the last thing he wanted was to break her spirit or rather her spirit was the thing he wanted to break last.
However small is progress were, he still enjoyed them. For one thing, He was sitting while she was on her knees and he was still fully dressed while Rin was completely naked. Of course it was to avoid staining her clothes, but there was a sense of inequality in being naked while the other was dressed. A first small step to ingrain a mentality of subordination into her mind.
Really, just the sight of Rin her knees, naked, doing her best please his cock was almost enough to make him come. Almost.
"Enough of that Rin," he said after a while. "Let's get to the main course."
"Wh-t?" she mumbled with her mouth full. "You are not going to come in my mouth this time?"
"Do you like that much?" he joked.
"It's nothing like that!" she protested.
"Whatever you say. Stand up now and straddle me."
"O-oi! Are we going to do it on the chair?"
"Yes. Is that a problem?"
"N-no, but…!"
"Listen, I know it doesn't look like it, but I'm gathering important data here," he explained. "I have already exhausted what I can learn from intercourse on a bed for the time being. We will go back to it sometime later, but for the time being this is what I got to do."
"W-well, if there is no other way."
Standing up she took a deep steadying breath and slowly spread her legs apart so that she could straddle his waist. It was an inelegant and deliciously carnal. She pulled it off almost without flinching, however she stopped momentarily when she had to grab his cock and lead it to her pussy with her own hand.
Little more qualified as willingness other than guiding a dick to the entrance of her womanhood and slowly impaling herself on it under her own power.
He slid inside her without particular difficulty; a telltale sign of how her body had already learned to respond to a situation. Sucking him off didn't excite her yet, but her body knew what would have followed and prepared accordingly.
Slowly she slid his manhood all the way to the base, gritting her teeth at the intrusion of her flesh. It didn't hurt, Gerard knew as much, she was just trying to stifle the moans. In the past month and a half, her body had become attuned to his, whether she like it or not, and he had every intention of making it grown to full addiction in the weeks to come.
"I'll start moving now," she said after a moment.
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