Chapter 698: Intermission- A Siren’s Legs
It was an exact copy of the legs of the one she had given her heart to so it came as no surprise that she would love the feeling of touching anything that was related to her.
Naturally, she was talking about Aster, who had given her permission to be the one whom she used as reference to transform her tail into legs.
When she first suggested the idea, her main reason was because she did not feel comfortable using just anyone else's legs to transform her tail. Thus, she had asked Aster to be her muse for the transformation instead.
It all worked fine and Delmare even felt honoured that Aster would let her walk around in her legs.
Until the Siren realised that she was actually walking around in Aster's legs.
She never really did pay attention before but because she needed to know how Aster's legs looked like in order to use the magic, she had to get rather intimate with the Meslatar's legs as she scrutinised every little inch of it while learning the spell.
That included her feet of course and even though Delmare did not think herself to be someone who might be into feet before that, she could not help but realise that Aster's legs had an indescribable allure to them.
Their shape, their curves, the thickness of her thighs, the smoothness of her shins, the dainty little digits that form her toes and how pretty her nails were as she beheld them, she burned every inch of it into her memory.
Aster didn't even mind when Delmare asked if she could taste her, coming up with a ridiculous excuse that perhaps using her tongue to taste her lover would help her transformation even better.
Her lover did not even suspect that she had lewd intentions in mind when she requested such a thing and allowed the Siren to lick her toes, her feet and every inch of her leg. The only response she gave was to giggle at the ticklish sensations Delmare had brought her, only moaning a little when the Siren got a little too close to her sex.
Still, there was at least some truth to the Siren's words as she did, in fact, manage to create a perfect replica of Aster's legs using the spell and they performed magnificently for her.
After that, she started noticing that her gazes were directed at Aster's legs most of the time.
Aster caught her staring a few times but the Meslatar had the misunderstanding that Delmare was trying to copy the way she was walking as well, which was partially true.
Delmare did have to watch how Aster walked to get used to the feeling of having legs but she overcame that pretty quickly.
Now she was just admiring her lover's legs and how sensual it looked when she walked.
She had the secret desire of wanting nothing but to dive in between those legs and asking Aster to clamp her thighs around her face while feeling her feet rub all over her.
But she managed to hold herself back from doing that and merely limited that to her own fantasies lest Aster thought that she was just as perverted as Lisa.
Then again, she doubted that she would reach Lisa's level of perversion as she had seen the things that the Infrid was prone to doing when it came to their lover.
Still, Delmare felt that it was something shameful that she dared not admit to and would rather keep this a secret to herself.
Thus, it has reached the point where she would transform her tail into Aster's legs and start admiring them like what she was doing now.
She ran her hand down 'her' shin, her fingers trailing along until it reached the top of her foot, pausing for a moment before continuing forward until she was brushing 'her' toes along her palm.
The Siren shuddered at the immorality of such an action but immediately went back to admiring 'her' legs again.
She looked down at the toes, marvelling at how they curled as she flexed and relaxed them.
Caught up in the moment, Delmare lifted 'her' leg towards her face, aiming to try and taste 'her' knee.
But the moment she opened her mouth to extend her tongue was when the spell was broken, causing her legs to turn back into her tail instead.
Her fantasy shattered and she was once again reminded of the limitations of the spell where she could have Aster's legs but never actually taste them like how she had done back then.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this was one of the primary reasons why she was desperately trying to improve her Somatomancy magic so that she could make the transformation stay without needing to keep chanting the spell.
Right as she was about to chant the spell again to transform her tail, the flap of her tent that she was sharing with the other maids in her group was pushed aside, causing her to jump in surprise.
She spun to see Katsuki peering through the flaps, the Inugami maid giving the Siren an odd look when she noticed her looking flustered.
"Is something wrong, Delmare?" Katsuki asked.
"Ah, n… No. You just surprised me. Do you need something?"
"No, but it's already dinner time and you have not joined us yet, I came to check on you."
Delmare jumped a little, "Eh?! It's already that late? I'll… I'll be right out!"
Katsuki then saw the notebook laying by Delmare's side and nodded, "No need to rush. I see that you are writing a new song for Mistress, is that right?"
Delmare followed her gaze and realised what she was looking at, which made her blush a little.
It was true that she was trying to write a new song to sing for Aster when she came back but then she got distracted by 'her' feet while doing that.
"A… Ah… Yes I am… Please don't tell Aster?"
"Only if Mistress does not ask. But worry not, I will not tell Mistress about it if she shows no desire to know about it. Although I would argue that Mistress would already know that you are working on a new song regardless anyway."
"Ah… You're right. Ehehehe~ I'll come out in a bit after changing my tail."
"Very well."
The Inugami left the tent, letting the flap swing back down to close off the interior from the outside.
Delmare let out the breath she had been holding, composing herself once again before she started to chant the spell she needed to transform her tail.
The magic took effect and her tail slowly morphed back into her lover's legs.
Just the sight of it was enough to make her shiver.
She almost reached out her hand to start caressing 'her' legs again when she quickly snatched her hand back, reminding herself that she was currently expected elsewhere.
She sighed internally and hoped that her Somatomancy magic would quickly improve so that she could keep this as a permanent spell instead of a temporary one.
Delmare picked up her notebook and the sketchbook she uses to communicate while keeping the spell and was just about to get up when the tent's flap was pushed open again, stopping the Siren as she was halfway in getting up.
"Heyyyy!! Are you still sleeping?! Oh, you're up!" Odeta chuckled, giving her a wide grin. "We thought you got too tired from practising your magic the entire day! So are you coming?"
Delmare gave her a nod since she could not speak because of her spell.
She wondered how Katsuki and Odeta could have missed each other since the Inugami had been there just a few moments ago so Odeta should have seen the maid leave at least.
"Alright! Let's go then!" The Amrap beckoned, sticking her hand out to her.
Delmare grasped it gratefully and allowed the taller girl to pull her out of the ten and out into the snowy village of the Magridars.
It was already late at night and the village was lit up with a mixture of torches and magic lanterns, illuminating the entire area with a warm glow.
Most of the servants participating in the training camp were using the current time to rest in preparation for another day of arduous training tomorrow which included Delmare herself.
She also spotted the new 'acquisitions' of Aster who were supposed to be part of the Shadow Corps gathered around at the side, though she realised she hadn't seen them for the past day and a half for some reason.
All of them seemed to be sporting some bruises on them but at least they didn't look like they were hurt that badly.
As for Odeta, she knew that the Amrap was following Sebastian out on hikes towards the forest outside the past few days and each time she looked rather upset when she returned.
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It was only today that she had a look of triumph on her face so she knew the Amrap must have achieved something.
Now if only she could get her proficiency in that spell up…