Chapitre 31: 7.3 Grocery Run
'Okay time to do this'
Before going downstairs Stanley had to take a lengthy shower. He tossed the bed sheets in the hamper and made a note to have Ezraphel clean out the stains in the mattress. He then mentally affirmed his decision to pump the brakes and take it slow for the time being. Ezraphel should understand that even with her making him recover faster it was only delaying the inevitable and he needed to do some work so she can continue to live in comfort.
'She would understand' he thought to himself.
So why the hell was he so nervous about this?
Oh right, he was about to tell a now empowered Lilim that she can't service him anymore. As if telling his girlfriend she can't pleasure him was the most devastating thing he could do to her at this point.
"…my life has become ridiculous."
As per usual he found her in the kitchen where she making him another mouth watering breakfast which was good because...
*Growl*
He winced a bit as he sat down and promptly dug into the breakfast. Today was a light affair compared to all the others, pancakes, bacon, eggs, hash brown, a fruit plate, juice and the ever present tall pitcher of oddly warm milk. As one of the few adults who is not a fan of coffee Ezraphel has taken to serving him warm milk instead, which is as weird as it sounds. Weirder still is that she chose to serve most of her meals with milk nowadays and not just for breakfast.
He didn't need to ask, apparently she learned how to cook from the Kikimori who taught her how to be a 'splendid maid' but even her mentor lacked the fine knowledge of the various studies on food nutrition available on earth. Ever since she started watching all those health documentaries and Jamie Oliver recipes Stanley's food diet now only consist of wholesome balanced meals. He hasn't had fast food in weeks, not that he's complaining. He wasn't particularly picky about food so long as it tastes good and Ezraphel is a woman who always delivers.
Halfway in he realized that Ezraphel wasn't eating anything which as odd, she would always have a plate for herself.
"Why aren't you eating?"
He knew he walked into a trap the moment she gave him 'the look'. You know the one with the sultry smile, slightly blushing face and lewd expression "Oh, I already had my fill this morning" she patted her stomach
"No shit, huh" he mumbled dryly.
Then her eyes suddenly took on a glint "although I could go for another taste~" to punctuate this statement she stuck out her tongue and placed a finger on it.
As an aside it reminded Stanley that Ezraphel's inhuman features extended past what was seen on the surface. For example she had an abnormally long tongue, it was longer than he would've guessed, a bit more plump-no thicc and…moist? No that wasn't the right word for it, juicy is the word he looking for is. Long, thick, juicy and it might have been the trick of the light but sometimes he could swear, just like in some fellatio dominant hentai, the thing almost looked like a pus-
Boner Engaged!
'Aw, shit!'
Wait he could salvage this, she doesn't know-
A dainty foot started caressing his crotch.
'Fuck, fuck, fuck-'
Ezraphel gave a Cheshire grin "oh Stanley is this for me? You shouldn't have~"
Stanley's eyes darted about even as Ezraphel's feet did a pretty damn good job of getting him fully erect. His window is getting smaller, he knows the moment she gets under the table there goes the rest of the afternoon and possibly the entire day.
'Come on think of something, anything!'
"Uh, um…" his eyes suddenly noticed something and he pointed at it "what's up with that?"
"Hm?" Ezraphel's head turned to see that he was pointing at the pantry door left ajar "ah, that reminds me. We are out of food" even as she said this her feet did not leave his crotch and his steadily gaining erection.
"What?" she might have her priorities but Stanley saw an out and you best believe he took it. Uncomfortably he went over to the pantry "that can't be right I bought groceries a few days ago…"
Annnd it's empty. Well not completely empty but there was barely enough stuff to make a meal for one of them. He checked the fridge and saw that it was a virtually cold wasteland with nothing but a few products and soda.
Stanley stared then looked at Ezraphel, back to the near empty refrigerator before closing it.
'How long has she been keeping me under?'
Suddenly Stanley felt even more unsure of himself. In any case this food shortage has provided him with an out. Good thing because he really needed to be alone with his thoughts right now.
"I'm going for a food run. Write down what you want me to get."
Ezraphel took a moment before she replied "actually, I would like to accompany you Stanley."
*Record Scratch*
What?
'What?'
"What?"
"I want to go shopping with you" at the look he gave her a hint of concern entered her voice "is that alright?"
Is it alright?
"You…plan to go looking like that?"
"Of course not silly" she laughed and snapped her finger.
Stanley took a startled step back as a magic circle appeared at her feet and above her head before meeting at the middle of her body in a near blinding light.
"Ta-da~"
Stanley didn't answer immediately as he was still blinking the spots out of his eyes. Despite this being the first time Stanley had seen her cast a successful spell he could not help but suspect something.
"You did that on purpose didn't you?" he said still wiping his eyes, damn that light was bright.
"Do what"
"The flashy transformation"
"N-no, of course not, this is how Mamono always transform" she said not looking him in the eye.
"Right" he said in an obviously unconvinced tone "well next time you do something like that warn me" he paused as he got a look at her.
She was still Ezraphel alright, though with a distinct lack of her inhuman traits. Her eyes were now a crystal blue and her hair was platinum blonde as opposed to snow white. It took him a minute to see the most subtle change but he did and Stanley was a little startled to realize that Ezraphel's hypersexual and bombastic body proportions that would best fit a Porn Star/stripper with surgery done were scaled down to something that would be found naturally on a human woman.
Provided said woman had excellent genes and also took the greatest care of her body.
Even her supernatural charm is dialed down something and Stanley can tell due to being unwittingly and deliberately exposed to a lot of that charm over the months. She would still turn heads of course, Ezraphel is still very beautiful but at least now Stanley is reasonably certain she wouldn't cause a traffic accident walking down a street.
"What do you think?" She struck a perfect sexy pose and Stanley, for the first time, was barely affected by it.
Typical response for if a human girl was to do such a thing.
"I'm impressed" she preened under his praise even though it was delivered in a deadpan "but I was actually talking about your clothes."
Ezraphel paused "my clothes?"
"Yes Ez, your clothes."
She looked at her attire with some confusion "is there something wrong with my attire?"
Ezraphel subscribes to the typical Mamono mindset that clothes are a means to an end. If it can get them the attention of a man then they would literally wear anything. In Ezraphel's case she almost always wore a combination of clothing that emphasizes her front and rear while showing as much skin as possible. Admittedly that's the way he likes it but unfortunately his personal preference for what she wore in private wasn't going to fly in public.
Stanley glared at her pointedly with narrowed eyes causing the Lilim to chuckle "I jest, this outfit is clearly inappropriate" she gave a sultry look as she bent down slightly while palming her breasts "and I would loathe for anyone other than you to see me like this~"
Then with an extra sway in her hips and a pep in her step she made her way upstairs to change. Stanley's eyes trailed after her. Once she was out of sight he planted him butt down on the living room sofa. Now that he had a couple of minutes Stanley found himself feeling apprehensive about this shopping trip with Ezraphel.
Sure the woman has cooked, cleaned, comforted and pleasured him extensively but that was in the privacy of his house. There was a part of Stanley that was apprehensive about being seen with her in public. Sure he accepted her as his girlfriend but part of him was still in a state of disbelief about having a girlfriend and doing stuff couples would do. That's not even mentioning public perception because there are people out there familiar with him and he'll be lucky if suddenly showing up with the world's sexiest woman and proclaiming her to be his girlfriend will only get him shock and disbelief.
To quote a wise man: people are bastard coated bastards with bastard filling and the last thing he needs is for them to think he's pathetic enough to pay an escort to pretend she was his girlfriend. He knew for a fact that there exist guys that are so desperate and stupid.
'On the other hand maybe it wouldn't come to that.'
It was a hopeful notion because in this day and age of acceptance there are a lot of 'odd couples' floating about and being familiar with him didn't mean that people knew him. T them he's just some greasy midget who occasionally leaves the house but otherwise he's a mystery. All his social media accounts are under the alias he uses for work and the only Stanley Berkowitz actively online at the moment live in different states and across the world.
Thinking back to the disguise Ezraphel outdid herself with how human she actually looked which honestly exceeded his expectations. In hindsight Stanley realized how odd it is he is surprised by this when Ezraphel is an accomplished mage of sorts who would have obviously had experience blending into human civilization based on some of her offhanded comments.
'I keep forgetting Ezraphel is a lot more clever than she shows, more than I give her credit for'
"I'm ready~"
He sat up and upon seeing Ezraphel thought to himself 'or maybe she isn't and I am entirely justified.'
Ezraphel was dressed in…well it…she looks like a prostitute, make of that what you will because Stanley certainly has and no words could properly attribute the… mixed soup his emotions are right now.
Wordlessly Stanley got off the sofa and made his way to the garage, once he made it to the Lilim he gave her the most withering glare that actually had the disguised Lilim break out in a cold a sweat.
"Ezraphel…"
The Lilim swallowed at the oddly deep baritone of his voice, it shocked her that something like that could be produced by a man of such stature. It was both terrifying and arousing at the same time.
"Y-yes, my love" she stuttered for reasons even she could understand.
"You are not ready."
"Erk" he did not need to elaborate, the finality in his tone spoke greatly and it was like an enchanted axe impacted her chest and froze her from the inside out.
Metaphorically frozen in place Ezraphel didn't realize Stanley had left until she heard the car engine.
"Wait Stanley, I was merely jesting!"
In a blink her prostitute clothes were gone, as the product of an illusion, to reveal tight capri jeans, low heeled sandals and a crop top.
"I'm sorry, take me with you pweeze~" she begged wih large doe eyes.
"Fine, just get in the damn car so we can go" he ended by opening the garage door.
The Lilim pouted and sniffled as she dragged herself into the passenger seat and…
"What are you doing?"
"I am placing protective wards on the car" she said while her hands lit up with magic.
"Not that I'm complaining but why?"
"For safety"
"Obviously" he rolled his eyes
"My protection spells will ensure that no harm comes to you or the car even if it were hit by Tier 3 offensive spells…"
According to Ezraphel there are 12 Tiers of magic in her world with the highest being able to wipe out entire dimensions. So put into that context 'Tier 3' is kind of a big deal, he's certain nothing short of the equivalent of an RPG rocket could scratch the paint of his car now.
"So what brought this on?"
"I have researched these 'cars; when you first showed yours to me-"
'Oh no…' he knew where this was going.
"-and I have found that an appalling amount of fatal accidents have occurred in these contraptions. Did you know there were over thirty nine thousand deaths relating to cars crashing just last year?"
'Ah, shit'
See, this shit right here. This is why he put blockers on her laptop…and why he blocked the News stations on TV.
"Ez, this isn't necessary"
"This is entirely necessary Stanley" she answered quickly.
"No seriously, you don't have to-"
"Actually, I do" Ezraphel gave him a piercing stare "you are my husband Stanley, the single most important being in my life and as such your safety is of the utmost paramount" she reached out to caress his cheek "there is nothing I would not do to ensure your well being. I would sooner tear the very fabric of this dimension asunder than knowingly place you in any form of danger" as she spoke her unblinking blue eyes bled into familiar pools of molten crimson laid upon obsidian bedrock then they closed as she adopted a cheery expression "so let me do this, 'kay?"
Stanley stared at her in disconcerted shock before conceding with a sigh of defeat "uuugh, proceed."
For the next two minutes all that could be heard were the sounds of Ezraphel humming.
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