Camelia remained leaning against Jason's chest for a few seconds. His arm rested comfortably around her shoulders, and the quiet between them felt strangely peaceful after what had happened, and the situation they were in.
While Jason was quite optimistic about the current circumstances, Camelia was the opposite, as it would only take the female Ogres rallying together behind Vel for this peace to turn short-lived.
"Stay here," Jason said after a bit, noticing the worry on her face. "I'll go think of something."
Camelia remained standing for a moment before reaching for his hand.
"You might want to, um…" Her gaze timidly alternated between his face and the parts of his body she had drenched in fluids. "Um…"
Camelia wasn't even sure what exactly had happened, but she had splashed him quite a bit. His chest and stomach were still wet, glistening, which made her feel even more timid, but also slightly turned on. It was her fluids that were making his muscles shinier after all.
"Vel's room is that way." She added while glancing at the other end of the tent. "You can… You know, wash."
Jason followed her gaze. A thick hide curtain was on the other side of the area she had leapt out of earlier.
"There's plenty of water there," Camelia continued. "If you're going out, you should probably… You know?"
Jason stared for a moment.
It was ironic that she was telling him to wash when her entire body was covered by sweat and saliva. Her crotch was still drenched, and there were even strings and drops of their mixed-together fluids slowly leaking out.
"That's not Vel's room anymore."
Camelia blinked.
"In fact," he corrected casually. "It's your room now."
She stared at him for a second.
"My room…?"
"This is the Chief's tent, isn't it?" Jason shrugged. "I can say which room is whose, and that one is now yours."
"So I can… Go in there and… You know?" Camelia asked hesitantly.
For some reason, Vel and the others still hadn't come to the tent, so the Catgirl decided to simply accept that they could do whatever they wanted, for now.
"Sure."
Camelia's ears twitched slightly and she turned towards the curtain separating them from the room.
"Well…" She whispered slowly, "It wouldn't be a bad idea to get cleaned up."
Her eyes drifted to the table, the floor, and the scattered chairs and plates, and her cheeks warmed slightly.
"You know," she added quickly, raising a finger, "People get in trouble for going into Vel's room."
Jason raised an eyebrow.
"Again," he corrected, "Your room."
Camelia opened her mouth, then closed it again.
"You know what?" She rubbed the back of her neck, clearly trying not to smile too much. "Fine," she said with a light shrug, "I'll just… Go with the flow then."
Camelia bent down and picked up the clothes that had ended up scattered on the ground. She dusted them off as best she could before turning towards that room.
"Want about you?" Camelia asked.
"I'm clean as can be." He answered.
"Hm…"
The expression on the Catgirl's face made it obvious that she couldn't bear remaining sweaty like this.
'Cats do like cleanliness.' Jason nodded to himself before taking hold of the pants he had discarded, putting them back on after wiping his cock with a piece of fabric that lay on a chair haphazardly, and started heading to the exit.
"Enjoy the new room." He said, waving a hand without turning around. "See you in a bit, Camelia."
Camelia looked at him for a moment, turned to enter the room, but came to a stop.
"Hey…" She muttered right before walking in.
"Hm?" Jason turned around just as he was about to walk out of the tent.
Camelia timidly glanced over her shoulder.
"It's… Our new room, right?"
Jason smiled before turning back to walk out of the tent.
"If you're gracious enough to have me." He said, walked past the exit.
Camelia remained standing for a moment, scratched her elbow, rubbed her chin, chuckled, and walked into the room. Their new room.
…
Jason stood just beyond the tent's entrance for a bit and took a deep breath.
The sun was lower now, casting long shadows between the different huts.
'System.'
With that word, a flurry of messages appeared, messages Jason had ignored earlier.
'Well, I was busy.'
[The Skill "Ero Core Resonance" is Activating!]
[A Link has been Established!]
[Calculating Resonance with "Camelia"...]
[Resonance surpasses 10%!]
[Partial Status Window Analysis is now available!]
[Resonance surpasses 20%]
[Current Status Details are now available!]
[Resonance surpasses 30%]
[Partil Skill Window is now available!]
'Show me.' Jason said right away.
While he hadn't expected the Skill to have such an effect, it was a good thing to see.
[Name: Camelia (Unknown Surname)
Species: Beastkin (Demi-Human, Werecat)
Status: Enslaved, Severe Stat Restriction
Health Points: 140/140(180)
Endurance Points: 100/100(180)
Stats:
-Strength: 20 (30)
-Agility: 25 (35)
-Perception: 23 (33)
-Vitality: 14 (18)
-Endurance: 10 (18)
-Mana: 3 (15)
Skills(Partial List):
-Nurturing Nectar[B Rank] (80% Locked)
-Sharp Feline Senses [C Rank]
]
'Phew.' Jason whistled. 'She's much stronger than me, or even Vel. Must have been extremely frustrating for her all this time.' His gaze lingered on the Nurturing Nectar Skill. 'That must be what healed the cuts.'
[Resonance Surpasses 40%.]
[Calculating Ero Resonance…]
[Attraction: 90%.]
[Intimacy: 60%.]
[Physical Resonance: 80%.]
[Emotional Resonance: 60%.]
'So these make up Ero Resonance.'
[Ero Resonance has been calculated!]
[Ero Resonance: 70%.]
'Not bad, but not great.'
It was obvious that Intimacy and Emotional Resonance held more weight than the rest.
'The two being pretty low kind of hurts.' Jason scratched his head. 'Of course, we've only known each other for a little over an hour, and Intimacy here doesn't just mean sex.'
Such results should have been expected because of how worried and doubtful Camelia had been.
[Ero Core Resonance Link: C Rank.]
[Your Agility Stat increases by 3 Stat Points.]
[Agility Stat: 16—>19.]
'I'll need to show her that she can trust and rely on me.' Jason nodded to himself. 'Gotta show Camelia what kind of man I am.'