NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 41. Trophy Catgirl
Both Lucy and Rina were left speechless as Yara's proposal was truly unexpected for both of them.
"...Yara, can you repeat what you said?", Lucy finally asked, wanting to ensure that her hearing wasn't deceiving her. Although the interactions between her and Yara during the fight had been "a bit" ambiguous, she hadn't seen any sign indicating that Yara was interested in entering a relationship with her, so it was quite hard to believe that she had understood Yara's words correctly.
"Well, Lucy, I've realized that I find you very attractive. Your blushing face, your soft skin, your ears, your moans... I find it hard to get them out of my mind... Anyway, I'm sure you like me too, so I don't see why we shouldn't try to get into a relationship. Of course, I don't intend to come between you and Rina; on the contrary, I believe the three of us could get along well..."
"You... dark-elf slut...", Rina's scream interrupted Yara.
Completely enraged by Yara's words, Rina rushed towards Yara with fists ablaze, ignoring both the level difference between them and the fact that Yara was a completely unsuitable opponent for her, as Yara could easily counter her direct fighting style.
"Yara, don't hurt her!", shouted Lucy, aware that if she tried to stop Rina, it would only make her even angrier.
"Okay... I'll let her blow off some steam...", Yara said while easily dodging Rina's punches, their fight resembling a matador facing an enraged bull.
Seeing that Yara was only on the defensive, Lucy breathed a sigh of relief as the chances of Rina getting hurt were almost zero. Not wanting the situation to escalate, she thought it best to just stay on the sidelines and supervise the confrontation between the two, or, as the saying goes: you two fight, and I'll love the one who wins. Well, maybe that expression didn't quite fit, as Lucy was aware that Rina didn't have much chance of winning.
With the shock of Yara's confession and then the worry for Rina not allowing her time to think, she thought it would be good to take advantage of that moment to form an opinion about the whole affair.
Lucy couldn't deny that she found Yara extremely attractive, but the same could be said about Rina, who was also a true beauty, and whose athletic body made her mouth water every time she saw the sunlight reflecting off the beads of sweat that emanated after intense effort. So, Lucy wasn't more biased towards either of them due to their appearance; the only thing that mattered was her feelings towards the two.
Sentimentally, there was no doubt that Rina was in first place. Although she hadn't known Rina for more than a day, Lucy had really grown attached to her, the warm atmosphere around Rina making her feel at home. Plus, the adventures they had gone through that morning made her deeply impressed by both Rina's loyalty and determination.
'And sometimes she's extremely cute, like when she's sulking or has her mouth full of pastries...', Lucy added in her mind another reason why she liked Rina.
However, Yara did not propose to replace Rina but to become her second girlfriend, so the fact that Lucy preferred Rina as her girlfriend if she had to choose between the two didn't really affect the situation, as in such an arrangement, Rina would still remain by her side.
'But is there any chance that Rina would agree?', Lucy wondered. Seeing how Rina's blows were getting stronger and stronger, Lucy was sure that at that moment Rina had nothing else on her mind but the total annihilation of Yara.
'Well, that's kind of how Rina and I met...', Lucy tried to reassure herself that there was still a chance for Rina to make peace with Yara.
Knowing that for now, there was no point in making assumptions about how the conflict between Rina and Yara would conclude, Lucy continued to analyze her own feelings about being in a relationship with both of them, which wasn't too simple since she hadn't imagined the possibility of having multiple girlfriends at the same time until then.
Lucy couldn't deny that this offer was tempting because, well, Yara was extremely beautiful and sexy. Besides, she almost had nosebleeds just imagining what it would be like to be squeezed between two great beauties.
'But is it common in this world for a person to have multiple partners at the same time? Hmm, probably yes, otherwise Yara wouldn't have proposed it so nonchalantly. Plus, that old guard in the lionkins' village also said he would have set me up with one of his granddaughters if she wasn't married, even though he knew I was in a relationship with Rina...', Lucy began to analyze how normal it would be in this new world to be in a relationship with multiple people.
Thinking that even in the world where she had spent her previous life there were certain areas where it was accepted to have multiple partners, Lucy began to see Yara's proposal as not so unusual and worth considering.
'Besides, most people are in such relationships, just without knowing it...', Lucy thought, alluding to the fact that many cheat on their partners.
However, entering a relationship with Yara didn't depend solely on her but also on Rina, as Lucy didn't want to force her to accept someone else joining them; just imagining Rina's disappointed expression made Lucy feel a lump in her throat.
'Maybe it would be better to see how things develop first...', Lucy finally said to herself, thinking there was no point in making all sorts of plans until Rina calmed down to find out if she was willing to give Yara's proposal a chance.
If Rina agreed, she would end up with another extremely sexy girlfriend. If not, so be it. It's not like Rina wasn't enough for her. In her previous life, Lucy thought she would end up marrying her left hand, so the current situation was much better than her most optimistic dreams, never imagining she would have such an attractive girlfriend as Rina.
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The outcome of the confrontation between Rina and Yara was just as Lucy had anticipated, with Rina ending up exhausted and having her hands and feet tightly bound with a whip by Yara in about five minutes.
'It seems that using a flexible but non-sharp object, like a whip, to limit mobility is the best solution to counter the effect of the collar I gave Rina. Too bad I didn't think of this when I fought the dark-elf man...', Lucy thought to herself, berating herself for her lack of imagination. However, considering that Yara had probably seen many more instances of how the collar worked, she managed to patch up her ninja pride.
"What's the matter, liongirl? Are you tired?", Yara asked teasingly, taking Rina in her arms from behind as she tried with all her might to free herself.
Rina didn't bother to respond and continued to struggle for a while, until she realized that her tail had slipped between Yara's legs, leaving her completely petrified.
"Mmmm, Rina... Why did you stop? You're still so hard...", Yara said reproachfully, pressing Rina's tail between her thighs, which until then had been rubbing against her intimate area.
"No!... No, it was... It was an accident!", Rina began to apologize, trying to pull her tail out from between Yara's legs. Unfortunately, the only thing she managed to do was elicit some soft moans from Yara as the almost nonexistent distance between them made extracting her tail from between Yara's legs an impossible mission.
Seeing Rina's face becoming redder and redder, Yara could hardly contain her giggles.
"Rina, are you always this considerate with all your opponents? Does it matter where you touch them in a fight? Or is it that you feel attracted to me, making you react this way?", Yara asked in an extremely seductive tone, her lips brushing more or less accidentally against the space between Rina's shoulder blades.
"You're dreaming!...", Rina said through gritted teeth, then began shaking her head to try to push Yara away with her lush hair as Yara continued to blow on the back of her neck.
"Are you sure? It seems your body disagrees; its increasing temperature and your accelerated heartbeat are clear indicators that you're not indifferent to my touch. Look, for example, right now...", Yara said, then slowly bit Rina's neck. "I can feel your heart about to leap out of your chest...", Yara continued, very proud that her demonstration had been successful.
"!!!!!", Rina panicked, trying once again to escape Yara's arms. Maybe before attacking Yara, Rina was sure that Yara had said she was interested in her too just to enrage her further, but after Yara's latest actions, she began to believe that maybe Yara wasn't lying.
However, given that the chances of Rina escaping Yara’s arms with her limbs already bound were almost nonexistent even when she wasn't tired, it was expected that she wouldn't succeed in her current state. Thus, Rina remained under Yara's control, who tried to calm her with sweet words and by caressing her abdomen.
"Lucy!.. She, she... She's bullying me...", Rina cried out, her wet eyes no longer showing any trace of hostility, only fear. She was really afraid that if things continued in the same direction, she would lose not only the battle but also her virginity.
Seeing how the situation had evolved, the only thing Lucy could think was, "Damn it! Yara really knows how to handle feline girls...".
