Validia remained silent for a few seconds after her final moan echoed through the air.
Her chest rose and fell gently—
like she had just weathered a storm…
a storm that was warm, soft, and had soaked her from the inside out.
"W-What is this…?" she whispered in her mind.
Her body still trembled uncontrollably.
Holy fluid had sprayed forward—
warm, coating the Almighty PP and partially splashing Velmora,
who blinked from the sudden heat.
"I… I'm so happy…"
Tears fell—slowly.
But they didn't feel sad.
It was as if her body was releasing the last pieces of loneliness that had hardened inside her for so long.
She leaned back slightly… and felt a warm embrace.
Nathan hugged her tightly,
his chin resting on her shoulder.
Their breaths almost synchronized.
Warm.
Safe.
Absurd.
"Validia…" Nathan whispered.
"You're… beautiful."
Validia didn't answer.
But in her mind, one sentence rose:
"I want to be… like Domina."
Her memory flashed back to the day Domina had giggled,
