When I'm usually waking up, the sun should already be high in the sky, yet this time was slightly difrent. Despite being a heavy sleeper, when Eve started trying to free herself from my night embrace, my consciousness almost instantly returned to my body.

With no light attacking my fragile eyeballs, I can only assume that it's still before the sunrise, making me wonder why do my lovely puppy wants to exit the bed.

"Good morning."

With no reason to pretend that I'm sleeping, I foil her attempts to leave the bed, bringing her closer instead. Only after I place a light kiss on her forehead, my arms relax, allowing her to do whatever she wants.

"Ah, I didn't want to wake you up. Feel free to go back to sleep, I just want to prepare breakfast for us."

Awww… I'm glad there are no feminists movements in this world, otherwise, I would have a hard time explaining myself how dare I to be happy when my presumable girlfriend wants to prepare food for US! Not for me, not for herself, but for both of us!

"Can't I eat you out instead?"

With her body still tightly cuddled into mine, I'm hesitant to let go of her after all. With my current power, eating is nothing more than a pleasure, unnecessary for my survival at all. Since that's the case, I can present a lot of various exercises that would be far better than just eating!

"Calm your horses, I can't let you have your way with me just a few hours before the duel! While I believe you outclass Baxhar in terms of strength, abilities and literally everything else, but enjoying ourselves in a way that I'm sure you have in mind would drain too much of your energy!"

Wow, so people from this world realised this fact as well? To this day I can remember an interview with one of more famous boxers back on earth, who claimed that for an entire month before his scheduled fights, he abstains from making love to his wife at all! He said that every act of procreation with a full ending forces the body to produce the seed again, lowering the amount of testosterone in the male organism! While the amount of this hormone in one's blood might be just a little advantage, in even matchups even such a slight ace in the sleeve might rule out the results of the game!

"I get it, but can I have at least my morning kiss? I won't have any motivation to stand up without it!"

Lowering my voice to the point when I'm almost whispering, I can't help myself but bait Eve. While I understand that she wants to help me as much as she can and with yesterday's disaster there is no way I will let her aid me in my training, just a moment of comfort in her embrace is more than sufficient to load my batteries!

"Ahh, but just a quickie!"

Probably realising that I won't let her go if she won't buy her way out by fulfilling my request, she sits back on the mattress and leans over my head. Just as she is about to reach for my lips, I grab her in the wais, throw her on the bed and move to the top, blocking her way out with my entire body.

Grabbing both of her hands, I pull them over her head and pin them down with just a single hand. With my second palm rubbing her cheek lightly, I lower my head and connect our mouths.

God damn it! I will never get tired of kissing her! The way she instantly reacts and responds to my movements, relentlessly trying to take the initiative back, intervening her tongue with mine as soon as it enters her mouth… I wonder if she learned this intricate art thanks to my intense teachings, is she naturally talented or do she actually have experience in it?

While the last option would hurt my feelings, there is nothing I can do with it even if that's the case. All that matters right now is that she is MINE!

As our deep kiss continues, I can feel her legs locking behind my hips and pressing on it! And she said that she doesn't want to have her way with me! Wait, no. She said she doesn't want to make me waste my energy right before the duel, considering what was going on for the last two days, there is no way she isn't eager to join in the fun!

But this means that she was trying to hold herself back for my sake! If that's the case, teasing her would be an insult towards her efforts! Am I such a lowly person to be rude just for the sake of satisfying my desires?

Well, I am, but I value Eve's happiness even more than mine!

Letting go of her wrists, I lift myself a bit before placing a delicate kiss on top of her lips. While before I was trying to devour her with my passion, now I limit myself to a gentle smooch, intended to calm her down a bit.

"I'm sorry about that, couldn't stop myself."

Lifting my upper body, I reach with my hands to my back and free myself from the embrace of her legs. As I move out, I can't help but notice her treasure between her spread out legs, barely covered with see-through cloth.

"You said you wanted to prepare breakfast, I will work on my weapon then. If I don't want to kill him in one move, I need to create something new instead of using my windslord."

Explaining myself a bit before leaving, I pretend to not notice her longing stare as I move towards the door. Only when I get out to the street can I exhale in relief!

That was a close one. If I were to tease her just a bit more before the realisation struck me, I wouldn't be able to stop myself from devouring her whole. But I still have matters to attend to, and my time is extremely limited.

To the smithy we go!