As I had thought... The painting she made was... Just beautiful beyond comparison.

It was the scene of Emilia and I sharing a passionate kiss and somehow, the painting even managed to replicate the feeling I had when I was kissing her.

By that, I mean that I experienced the same emotion I had when I first kissed just by looking at the painting.

Yes, I have no idea how a painting even made me feel that way but that was what happened when I looked at it.

"It’s... Perfect..." I praised.

I had no other words to describe it because there were no other words to describe it.

It was simply perfect. The composition, the colours, the subjects, the presentation, everything was perfect about it.

I’m sure you wouldn’t even be able to find any flaws with it even if you were to look at this under a microscope.

I noticed that there was no response coming from the painter herself so I turned to the side to look, only to see Minnera staring at the painting with a listless expression on her face.

"Erm... Minnera? You ok there?" I asked.

She slowly turned her head towards me though it took her a moment more to actually shift her eyes away from the painting itself.

"What... What do I do? Aster? This is bad..."

I blinked at her, "What do you mean? The painting is perfect. Don’t tell me you see something wrong with it? I love it."

She shook her head, "That’s not it... I... I painted it so well that now... When I look at it... I just want to kiss you again... And that painting looks so real that I’m only just barely restraining myself from jumping at it to push Emilia away just so that I can kiss you..."

That bad huh...

"In that case... Shouldn’t you just keep it?"

She shuddered, "That’s not good... If I knew I had this... I might take it out and keep looking at it... And then I might get addicted... And I might even start to resent Emilia for being in that picture... I... I can’t keep this..."

"Well... In that case maybe you should just offer it to Ralaie as an offering or something?"

She shook her head again, "I... I don’t trust anyone else to hold on to it... This painting is too dangerous, Aster... I think I should just destroy it..."

I gasped, "Wait! No way! It’s the first painting that you made that is perfect! At least let me keep it!"

She hesitated, "But... But... Now that I know there’s a perfect painting of you kissing Emilia... I can’t help but feel jealous of her!"

I tilted my head, "Then in that case... Why don’t you just paint a picture of us kissing as well? Maybe even a picture of all the girls kissing me too?"

"That... Is actually a really good idea! And I even get to feel you inside of me again, Aster! Let’s do that!! Wait... How am I supposed to paint a picture of myself kissing you though? I won’t be able to see myself..."

I grinned at her, "Did you forget, Minnera? I can do this~"

I activated my Somatomancy magic and used Minnera as a base to transform myself.

Then I called up another of my Shadow Guards and I held her in my arms before smiling at Minnera.

"See? If I do this, you can paint yourself kissing me, right?"

She gasped, "You’re... You’re a genius, Aster!!"

"For my lovers, I try to be~"

"Then let’s do it-- Ahh... Wait... I’m running out of mana so the spell’s going to end soon..."

Well... She was already using her magic from the very beginning to paint and then she had to use it again while painting this kissing scene so it’s no wonder she used up her mana.

I giggled, "Ehehehe~ It’s ok, we can do this another time~ We have three days here while waiting for the prime minister to be ready so that’s plenty of time to paint all of us, right?"

She actually blushed, "That... That also means that... Aster will make love to me for all three days... Right?"

I gestured at the other girls who were also on the bed, "Does it look like it would make a difference here? They’re going to do it with me anyway."

She scratched her cheek sheepishly, "I... I suppose that is true... Aster wouldn’t mind, right?"

"Do I mind making love to you? Of course not~ Did it look like I was forcing myself to lay with you just now?"

"N... No..."

"Then there’s nothing for me to mind~ If you really need me to say it... I do love and care for you, Minnera."

She suddenly clasped her hands together in prayer and squealed, "Iyaaahhh!!! Oh what a blessed day this is!! To think that I would even be able to give my virginity to the most perfect being I have ever met~ And for her to love me back as well... Ahhhhh!!!"

Oh my, who knew that she could let out such a cute squeal?

She quickly recovered and turned to me, "Aster... I love you more than anything in the World! I love you so much that I would rather burn every single painting, every single art piece and every single thing I have ever drawn than to leave you!"

Ok, that was surprisingly heavy... I didn’t think she would go that far...

For her to pick me over her art must mean she was really serious about this relationship.

Then, as if on cue, her Chronomancy spell ended and things sped up back to normal.

That also meant that I felt the love coming from all of my girls at the same time and...

Well... All I can say is that I was totally not expecting it so the pleasure ended up driving me over the edge once again and I climaxed once more... Which then led to another round of climaxes from the girls as well.

Once the screams ended and I returned to my senses, I realised that I hadn’t placed the painting into my Bangle of Folding yet and everyone else had also noticed it.

"Mi... Minnera? What... What is that?" Lisa asked.

Emilia gasped, "Is... Is that... A painting of Aster kissing me?"

Minnera turned to look at it, then back at Emilia to frown at her with a clearly jealous expression, "Yes... Yes it is."

The Nekomata immediately raised her hand to show a single index finger, "I’ll buy it!! I’ll buy it from you!! One Platinum Coin!! One Platinum Coin right now!!"

Woah, woah, woah... Emilia literally just offered a million Creas just for this...

First of all, I didn’t even know she had one million Creas on her right now...

I mean... I know she has a lot of money but I would have expected her money to be invested in the assets and the businesses she made, not in actual cash...

Minnera didn’t even get a chance to say anything before the other girls raised their hands while they were still pinned underneath my Shadow Guards.

"Me too!! Please paint me too!!"

"Paint me as well, Minnera!! Paint me kissing Aster too!!"

"M... Me as well... Please?"

Minnera ignored the other three and pursed her lips at Emilia, "It’s not for me to sell. This belongs to Aster."

Emilia turned back to me, "Bo... Boss? Ple... Please? May I... May I have it? I’ll do anything!"

I cleared my throat, "Ahem... Calm down, all of you... Erm... The plan is that Minnera will paint each of us kissing over the next few days. So... Just be patient, alright? As for this painting... I’ll hold on to it for now and we’ll decide what to do with each of them once everyone has been painted, alright?"

Emilia gave me a despairing look, "I... I can’t have it right now, Boss?"

"It won’t be fair to the other girls if only you have it right now, right? Let Minnera finish painting everyone and if you still want it then... I’ll give it to you, alright?"

"Then... Umm... Is one Platinum Coin enough to buy it from you, Boss?"

"There’s no need to buy it from me, it’s a gift, ok? A gift."

She let out a squeal and wrapped her arms around the back of my neck to pull me into another kiss.

The other girls seemed to be spurred by our conversation and they also started speaking up at the same time once more.

"Sister Aster! Me too, right? You’ll have a kissing painting of me made as well? I need one like that too!!"

"Aster!! Please let me have a painting of me kissing you down there!!"

"As... Aster... Could I also... Have one for myself too? I... I also need one for... For inspiration for my songs... Please?"

Ok, ok girls... I already said I plan for each of you to get one too so calm down...

Who knew one painting could cause them to lose their minds like that?