Many people weren't aware, but women were equally, or even more perverted than men.     

Women liked to see the horrid side of life; they had a morbid curiosity and an emotional appetite for the gross and grotesque fetishes that even made the bravest of men wince.     

Not only were women interested in sex, they were also open about it with all of their girl friends whom they hanged around with.     

They took pleasure in sharing their experiences with their boyfriends down to the last detail.     

The male ego was not strong enough to resist this kind of pressure, where their girlfriend's friends knew everything about their naked body and their whole love life down to the T...     

Most men were noble about the idea of keeping love secrets from other people's ears.     

They would usually just mention a few words saying they managed to enjoy a fine evening with their woman and that was the end...     

The women, however, loved dissecting everything for hours on end.     

From the moment of foreplay, how long the men lasted, what kind of faces they were making while making love... all went into the discussion and was thoroughly enjoyed by the women during their time off.     

Even the most of embarrassing moments such as putting it in the wrong hole.     

They were merciless.     

Definitely not speaking from the experience.     

And so as long as women were women, nothing would change.     

As if to confirm this hypothesis immediately, Barbara took a hold of Fischl and kidnapped her into the gossip group, where both her and Lumine asked spicy questions regarding her love life.     

Women were evil. Any struggling man would realize as much...     

In the meantime, Yomite glanced at Lisa in hopes that she would help settle the matter regarding the 'boarding of girls onto his back', but she was busy looking at the scenery, seemingly unaware of the ongoing conversation.     

He looked around and noticed Paimon collecting valberries and apples in the nearby forest.     

The moment she picked up something, she stuffed it into her mouth like a squirrel, and he could hear her chewing happily.     

As for Iris, she was chasing after butterflies also known as Anemo crystalflies.     

Venti once told him they were pure elemental life-forms composed of drifting Anemo particles, as free and unbound as the butterflies they resembled and that they were pretty common and even used for alchemy.     

Maybe that's why she wanted to eat them.     

Eventually, the girls quieted down for some reason, and all three of them went to talk about something in the back, so that no one could hear them.     

'Hopefully, Barbara won't convince Fischl and Lumine to do something weird... hopefully...'     

Yomite took the hint to not barge into their conversation and came up to Lisa instead.     

"Hey...Lisa? Do you have a minute?"     

"Call me 'Teacher.' when we're with other people." Lisa replied with a smile.     

"Alright...teacher, where are we exactly? How long will it take for us to get to that so called Abyss?"     

"Yeah! Are we there yet?" Hu Tao chimed in.     

"We'll soon arrive at the place I promised you, but as for the real Abyss...I don't know. I've never been there. I've only entered something called 'Spiral Abyss' once, and that was during the expedition to the Ancient Ruins. We've thought it was the whole extent of the Abyss, and we were wrong."     

"...Then how did you find out about the 'real' Abyss?"     

"We've captured a few Abyss Mages, the rest was quite frankly an easy task. Torturing them wasn't that hard."     

"..."     

'That's a bit scary... Maybe Kaeya was right after all?' Yomite thought.     

"How were they tortured...?" He wondered.     

He took the Knights of Favonius as a lazy and a weak force that pretty much allowed most things in the country of freedom.     

Yet it seemed their 'interrogation' department had some drastic measures in play...     

"Oh? Are you curious?" Lisa stopped in her tracks to consider. "Maybe I should...give you a little demonstration."     

Suddenly, she turned around and walked towards him, pressing her fingernails against his chest.     

Drumming her nails over the thin fabric of his shirt, she whispered in a low voice, "What would you say, if I used these nails to scratch the skin off of your body until it bled, tearing it apart piece by piece?"     

The sight of her sharp fingernails running circles on his chest was enticing, rather than scary or threatening...     

She then leaned in close to his ear, whispering quieter than before, "I can make you bleed easily. I can make you scream so loud the whole world will hear you."     

"Yes, please do so." Yomite replied without hesitation.     

...     

..     

.     

"...Huh? What did you...what did you just...say?" Lisa was taken aback.     

So much so that her purple witch hat almost fell off. The shock must have been too much for her to handle.     

Unsure if she heard correctly, she looked at Yomite, expecting an answer. But he simply stared back at her with a slight grin.     

"I'd love to see you try." Yomite added.     

He wasn't a masochist, but he was open to try out most interesting stuff. And he certainly found this very appealing. He'd be able to experience something new.     

He could be quite cruel when provoked though, so if she tried something too extreme, well...She'd better not.     

Else he would turn the tables and she would never ever leave his bed. The pleasure could go both ways after all. Even if it would cost her more sleep than she had to give.     

Once she heard his response and realized he was completely serious, she became confused and pulled her hand away.     

In a way, she wasn't sure how to feel about it, and even felt an emotion close to embarrassment to a certain degree, which she thought was impossible to feel at her age.     

After a brief silence, she spoke again in a softer tone, "That's...that's a bit...my fault, I went too far..."     

"...No, not at all," Yomite smiled.     

He hadn't expected such a reaction from Lisa, and he didn't understand why she'd pull away from him.     

For him, an offer like that was simply irresistible. Perhaps he really had a teacher fetish after all.     

In the end, he managed to crack her calm and relaxing personality and made her slightly flustered, although it wasn't to the point of her blushing, sadly.     

"So~ what did the Abyss Mages spill?" Hu Tao inquired curiously, "Was it something reaa~ly top secret?"     

Since she was still riding on top of Yomite, Hu Tao heard their whole exchange, yet didn't understand the inuendos behind it so she didn't think much of it.     

As for Lisa, it was hard calming down after Yomite's unexpected response, but eventually she decided to explain, "Well...Anyway...Yes...Some of their secrets...We've learned that the Spiral Abyss we've entered before, is just the entrance...the real Abyss, which they also call, The Void Realm, is apparently hidden beyond the spiral. In addition, the Abyss is infinitely deep...and contains things unimaginable."     

"Unimaginable? I would say this world has already shown me many unimaginable things..." Yomite sighed.     

From the annoying dendro slime impostors, to the amount of food his girls ate, to the weirdest femboy he'd ever seen in real life, these past few months had been filled with unbelievable events.     

Yet none of them seemed to bother him in the slightest anymore. He was almost accustomed to it by now, like it was normal.