Just want to add before we get back to it. I forgot to add what rank the other items the girls got a loot in the dungeon.
So to clear that up, all items they recived were Copper Rank except Lilly's flower choker which is Iron.
Anyhoo back to the story!
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After Kana's words I felt my mind spin for a while before I felt a slap on my bum. Yelping slightly I glared up at the taller woman as she chuckled and pulled back. "Well we should probably get going now eh, also might be worth you storing that bear if you can. It's only been around an hour so it should be plenty fresh." Nodding at that I made my way over to the still slightly warm corpse and willed it into my storage, a whisp of my mana reached out from the emerald and as soon as it touched the bear it vanished and appeared in my storage space.
However I noticed something pretty odd when I checked it out, somehow the corpse had been dissected and neatly stored into piles, from bones in one side to the hide and then a large pile of meet. I was quite confused at this and mentioned it to Kana. "Oh wow, you really lucked out with that item. Only very high quality storage items can do anything even close to what your describing!" This made me smile as I thought that maybe the system did like me after all. Only to think back to my boons and somwhat doubt that fact.
Either way with that sorted I looked to Kana who was inspecting the surroundings and asked. "So I'm guessing we are wanting to head towards the Forrest edge? You said we needed to head North?"
Kana nodded absentmindedly whilst doing scouty things that I didn't really understand before looking in one particular direction and gesturing me to follow her. "Yep, if all goes well we should be able to make it to the edge by tonight, then we spend one more night in the woods before making our way out and we should be able to make it to Tenebre Village by that evening."
Thinking that made sense we once more settled into pace, Kana taking the front and finding us the path of least resistance. Whilst I followed close behind trying to keep and eye out and occasionally eyeing up the succubus in front of me. My mind wandered from admiring the Forrest around us and throwing out the occasional inspect at random plants to wondering what Kana had in store for me tonight and if she will actually be able to alter my body to her whims.
Just that thought along sent a shiver up my spine and I had to press my thighs together to stop any 'moisture' from dripping to the ground below. The curse of no panties rearing its head again, although the inner exhibitionist tendencies rearing as I thought back to my newest boon. It mentioned that I would get an increased regen the more exposed I was, grinning to myself I try to alter the flower dress whilst keeping an eye on my mana regen as that is the easiest to track.
For a baseline I quickly blow some mana with nature moulding leaving a trail of flowers in my wake till I was about a quarter down then waited for my mana to regen with my dress in its 'base form'. Seeing it took around 10 minutes I nodded, then willed my dress to cover me as much as possible carful to to invoke the added protection as I didn't want to factor in that mana drain.
With that my dress changed itself thin root like vines spread to cover my deep cleavage forming a semi transparent mesh that reached up to and entwined with my chocker, the skirt part lengthened to knee length before it created a split on my right side and continued down towards my ankles, this provided coverage but didn't restrict my movement too much. On my back the dress expanded up till it reached and connected with my choker aswell making it look like part of the dress. Finally for my arms more of the mesh like vines expanded down forming a sort of glove that fully encapsulated my arms and hands.
Admiring the change somewhat I decided that I loved it and tried to imprint this version of the dress as my 'formal attire' version. Happy with that I repeated my test and found that I regenerated my mana from a quarter in just under 15 minutes, so about 5 minutes slower than at my base value. Willing my dress to return to its default version I thought about how to alter it for maximum bonuses.
Deciding to just wing it somewhat I shortened the skirt so that instead of mid thigh it raised to just below my bum in a micro skirt. Then I for used on my upper body, willing the connection from the skirt to top to mostly fall away except for a thin mesh of vines to travel up my spine till it branched out into a sash of flowers that covered each of my boobs before returning to the vine mesh and crossing each other on my upper chest and ending by wrapping around my neck and connecting to my choker.
Looking down at myself I couldn't help but blush at how exposed I felt, with so little skin covered it was almost worse than being naked as all it achieved was to tease whoever looked upon me. Feeling myself get wet again I shook my head and redid my test, finding myself amazed at the results. I could recharge a quarter of my mana in just over 5 minutes! That was an absurd increase and would allow me to fully regain my mana in around 20 minutes!
Shacking my head at that ridiculousness of that i decided to save this outfit as my 'battle dress' form, whilst it might look slutty as hell I couldn't deny the benefits it provided. I looked forward glad that Kana hasn't been looking back whilst I experimented. But there was still one more thing to check despite my unwillingness to ever have to use it. Gritting my teeth I removed the dress so I was in the buff once more. Repeating the experiment I found that I regained my mana in around 4 minutes. Sighing in relief that it wasn't that much of a improvement over my battle dress form I quickly look up to see Kana oggling my nude body. Feeling my everything flush I quickly called my dress back on in its default form stammering an excuse about testing out my new boons effects whilst refusing to make eye contact.
Hearing Kana chuckle caused a shiver to run up my spine when I heard the desire in that simple act. But thankfully she moved on and asked. "So what are the results from your 'experimentation' I did see you change your dresses form a couple times." Then after a moments pause she continued with a bit of extra heat in her tone. "I definitely enjoyed the last one you used, you know before you decided to strip bare."
Blushing all the harder I quickly explained the different 'styles' I came up with and their effect on my regeneration even Kana's lust couldn't stop her amazement at how potent that boom was. "So you are basically a endless mana fount so long as you are naked! That is one hell of an ability." She laughs as she finishes up. I can only nod in mildly embarrassed pride.
With my fashion desires sorted for now I decide to check how my other items help. My ring wasn't really game changing but was still a valuable addition and until I got something better it would stay on. My choker got plenty of tests I I tried to absorb entire berry bushes once kana indicated they are good to eat, thankfully it worked so we now had plenty of berries to snack on through the day. Lastly for my tattoo I found that it basically acted as an invisible sock, preventing any dirt from clinging to my foot leaving it clean, and it also worked to prevent anything from digging into my feet, I could still feel and grip fine I now just didn't have to watch were I was walking quite as closly which was quite the boom when you don't have any shoes and walking in a Forrest.
Seeing as it was late morning when we entered the dungeon and just past mid day when we left after a couple hours we stopped to have some lunch, this time it was bear meat on a skewer. It was supprisingly delicious which Kana attributed to the Nature mana that was imbedded in the meat which resonated with my own affinity. This seems logical to me to I just accepted it.
After our quick lunch we set off again determined to get to the Forrest's edge before nightfall.
Hours passed with not much happening, Kana pointed out useful herbs and spices that could be found and I made sure to collect as much as I could, glad to be able to get to use my storage item some more. I don't think I'll ever tire of just absorbing random objects with a thought.
As the sun neared the horrison the trees had started to spread out more and more the Forrest slowly transitioning into a different biome we started tooling for a spot to stay that night and we found a small cave, more of an overhang really in the side of a small hill with a small waterfall off to the side. Deciding this was perfect I got to work on some protections whilst Kana went off to hunt for a bit and to have a quick wash.
I decided to go bold and dropped my dress and in the buff I covered the cave in a thick later of moss, then retrieving the berry bushes I had collected I laid them out in a semi circle around the cave with just a single path through which faced towards the waterfall. Using nature moulding I encouraged the bushes to grow and interlock to create a living barricade to protect our camp, realising I forgot about a fire pit I removed some of the moss from a central point and set up a circle of stone I had collected over the day and pulled out some good fire wood too thankfully I had all this thanks to my somewhat mad joy I had of just pastoring random crap, and being in a Forrest most of the random stuff was wooden. Finally I summed one more elemental flower with a fire focus and gently laid it upon the logs and watched in satisfaction as the flower dissolved into flames that quickly caught the logs alight.
With camp sorted i made my way over the the small pool that formed at the base of the waterfall and allowed myself to float in it for a while and enjoy the ambiance of the Forrest around me and the water crashing down behind me. I got so lost in the feeling that I only came back to myself when I felt something poke the sole of my foot causing me to flail and splutter in a panic, looking around somewhat wildly and summoning my sword into my hand, I paused as I saw Kana's amused expression. "Enjoying the pool are you?"
I blushed before dismissing the sword and nodded. "Haha yeah I just felt so relaxed in the water listening to the world so I lost track of time and kinda zoned out." I awkwardly explained.
Shacking her head Kana nodded and nodded back to the cave. "Well shall we head back and have some dinner?" Then with a smirk she added. "And after dinner I think I want to have some desert." Saying so she gently slapped my bum and walked towards the camp. Feeling myself get slick with excitement I quickly head after her.
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Bit of a more relaxed chapter this time, got ready for some lemon next time tho.