Chapter 90: Speed Run, The Starting Line

After the sex they had, the last thing Kir expected was for Stella to suddenly be all-business.

Yet even unable to stand, she had a serious look he'd seen only once. "Remember that favor you owe me?" she looked him in the eyes. "I'm calling it in."

Kir nodded. "Alright. What do you need from me?" he asked.

"I need you to teach me magic. Real magic."

"Okay," Kir said, but Stella continued to explain.

"Now I know you might be against it, but I'm half-gnosinian now... that means if our contract ever ends, I go back to house Goetia... I don't want to end up on a table getting studied for being a freak... so... that's my favor. I need to be able to hold my own with the mages of Hell and that spell you cast-"