Chapter 35 - Thirty-Five: So That's How it is

We both quickly dressed and joined Lillia and Altria who were already sat around the fire patiently waiting for breakfast to be cooked.

"Good sleep you two?" Asked Altria.

"Yes, thank you." Replied Serin.

"Yeah, it was comfortable enough." I replied, Altria knew full well that I had been interrupted in my sleep at least twice.

"Glad to hear it. Not long until breakfast is ready."

Something had bothered me a little for a while now, I was surprised enough how Lillia and Altria reacted when they found out I was sleeping with them both, let alone when they allowed Jules to join in. Now with Serin as well… I hadn't expected Lillia and Altria to behave any differently, but Serin didn't seem like the type of woman that would easily accept her lover also having multiple partners, yet she didn't seem to have any reaction at all and she had at the very least noticed Lillia's visit to my tent last night.

"I've been wondering something…" I muttered out loud almost unintentionally.

"What is it?" Asked Serin.

"Well, I'm not sure how to say this, so I suppose I'll just come out with it. How are you all okay with sleeping with me, doesn't it bother you?"

"Oh, that… Well here it is common for a man to have many mistresses even when they are married, in many cases they will all live in the family home."

"Oh right."

I suppose that did make sense with the lack of men here.

"And in your case, you aren't even married so there shouldn't even be a discussion about these things. If you were to marry one of us, I'm sure things would be fine to carry on the way they are as we are all close friends already…"

"We wouldn't mind." Chimed in Lillia.

Altria just silently nodded in agreement with the conversation.

"You would only be able to pick one woman to marry of course, and it would be up to the others to decide if they would be happy simply being a mistress. This is because only one can take the family line and the inheritance to the children. That can some time cause issues as you would expect." Explained Serin.

"I see… And you are all fine with this kind of thing?"

"Why wouldn't we be?" Asked Serin.

I suppose if that was just how things were in this world then they would have no reason to question it.

"I don't know, it's just not how things were where I came from." I answered.

"I see… Well I have never considered if I would be happy simply being a mistress. I had never really considered being a wife either though. My family would expect me to marry a noble due to my position, but I have yet to meet one that wasn't repulsive in one way or another. But now I suppose I would just see how things panned out." Serin said looking at me warmly.

As things stood, Serin was definitely seemed the most likely to be a long-term prospect, not that I didn't enjoy being with the other girls.

"I think the only one that you have any problems with either way would be me." Lillia announced suddenly.

"Right, Liz did say something about the elves taking these sorts of things seriously especially with you being a princess."

"They do, but I'm sure they would get over that if you were successful in you task… It's more to do with my engagement."

"What! You're engaged?" I said almost choking on my words.

"Well, yes. It isn't serious though. It was such a long time ago now, I haven't even seen him in the last hundred years, and we would only be expected to marry if father passed away. The family would definitely have issues if they found out about this though."

"You mean you've been cheating on him this whole time?"

"Oh, no, no. We both agreed it was fine for us to have other partners just as long as it wasn't made public." Lillia explained matter of fact.

"Right… What would happen if they did find out?"

"They would probably have you executed."

"What?"

So that was what Liz was really getting at.

"Executed." Reiterated Lillia.

"Oh, Lillia, didn't you explain this to him before you engaged in such activities?" Asked Serin, sounding a little shocked for the first time in this conversation.

"Well the first time happened so quickly and after that I just kind of forgot. Sorry."

I can't say this didn't fit with her usual behaviour.

"You really should have told him what he was getting himself into. He could be killed!" Serin admonished Lillia.

"I know, I know, I'm sorry. No one is going to find out about it so don't worry about it."

"I must admit I am a little concerned." I said.

"I promise no one will find out." Lillia said trying to ease my concern.

"Right."

I know she wouldn't let it slip on purpose, but Lillia did have the odd tendency to bit a little absent minded at times so I couldn't be a hundred percent confident in her ability to keep a secret.

"You have no need to fear implications from my family." Altria said reassuringly. If anything, they would be happy if I bore a child from a promising hero."

"Uhh, thanks Altria, but just to be clear, you aren't after a child right now?"

"No of course, not. I'm too young for that sort of commitment yet, that would definitely interfere with my adventure's lifestyle." Altria replied in her typical fashion.

Well I had no reason to doubt her, that response seemed well with her normal personality. I suddenly found myself wondering whether this world had any form of birth control. I didn't want things to become any more complicated than they already were.

"Are you averse to the idea of having children?" Asked Serin.

"I wouldn't say I was averse to the idea, but in the current situation having something unexpectedly happen like that would make things difficult to say the least."

"Yes, it would. You don't need to worry, that isn't something I think any of us are looking for right now." Serin said with a smile.

"Thanks, Serin."

For some reason hearing that come from Serin made me feel a little better than the other girls' words. I had to admit I felt a little weird to find out that Lillia had a fiancé, I felt sorry for them whoever they were, even if Lillia said they were totally fine with it. I would need to think things through that much more in future, I really had gotten a bit carried away with all the s.e.x with these beautiful women, not thinking about the possible consequences.

After our conversation drew to a close, it was time for breakfast. This was quickly eaten and then we set about getting the camp dismantled and continuing with our journey. Lillia explained that today was just walking, it would be another day until we reached the next spot where we would do some training again. It probably took us less than half an hour to dismantle the camp and set out on our way.

We spent the entire day walking across the grassy plain, it wasn't until the early evening that we reached our camp. By now we had the routine down of setting up, creating a fire eating and then drawing lots for the night watch. Tonight, I was the first on watch. I'd gotten used to spending the hours sitting there now so it didn't seem like long before Lillia got up to relieve me.

"I was just about to wake you." I said as she approached the fire.

"Well there's no need now, you go and get some rest."

"Thanks."

I climbed into my tent and went to lie down, that's when I realised that my bed wasn't empty.

"Serin?"

"Sorry, I just wanted to lay with you."

"That's fine I was just a little surprised."

I undressed and climbed into bed next Serin. We hugged and kissed a little, but that was as far as it went this evening. To be honest I was glad of the rest. I wasn't woken by either Lillia or Altria tonight, and only briefly woke when Serin left and returned from her time on watch. It was the next morning when I awoke next to the gorgeous Serin that my biology started to take control. I had woken before anyone came to fetch us and rolled over and started to kiss and caress the sleepy Serin.

"Oh morning Theo." She said as she awoke. "You seem to have plenty of energy this morning." She said grabbing my hard d.i.c.k.

"Do we have time?" I asked.

"You know that one of the others will be along to fetch us any moment. We should probably get dressed." She said that but she was still stroking my d.i.c.k.