Chapter 41: Tease – Part 3

Chapter 41: Tease – Part 3

As we leave the gates I look back and see a mansion protruding out of the mountain, that's the Lord's house, Ankara's parents. I didn't think they would raise a stink with us but I'm glad nothing happened.

The path down the Fort is long and snaking. To our left we see the paddies where farmers slowly work, a small burst of mana comes out of them once in a while as they use magic to make the plants grow faster. To our right we see a few farms protected by high walls, the monsters come from that side often so only the more hardened farmers stay.

As we go down the snaking slope we move much faster than before, but it's still a long way down, much more than we went up. Goldcross slowly disappears from our sight as the horizon lowers and the air gets much more humid and hot.

The right side starts to get less rocky and more wet, the moss and dirt become grass that quickly becomes marsh. Over there is the Elven Wetlands, or Antano in the native tongue.

"We will arrive by night, barely making it," Klein comments.

The road is getting more and more crowded as farmers, adventurers, and soldiers go towards the town. At least we don't have to work on this stretch as any monsters approaching were already taken care of far from us.

"It looks like the town might get crowded," I say.

"It will, it's why Mom and Dad are already holding an inn there for us."

"Won't the other towns in the High Forest also be crowded?" Roxanne asks. "Goloria was packed when I went there."

"Goloria maybe, but before we reach there... not so much," Klein says with a slight cringe.

"We only heard rumors, how are things really like over there?" Hana asks.

"The territory under Crown Lord Este is suffering, they aren't handling the amount of monsters and bandits very well."

I come closer to Hana and Klein's horse and ask in a low tone, "Is the Lord's problem related to how Rande fell from being a noble?"

Klein glances at Rande, who's talking to his mother, "No, that was a few years ago, before I joined. I heard that Lord Este's problems are actually the other high elven Lords."

"So he fell to a conspiracy?"

"Falling, he's still holding on but I think even the empire is getting annoyed at the disruption on the High Road."

"With the fall of Aremut the emperor must be getting very nervous," Lina says.

ld "He would be the worst emperor in history if he lost two territories under his reign," Roxanne says with a laugh.

"And two very important ones too. Aremut is important for attuned weapons, the High Forest is important for magical wood and as a trade route," Ciel says.

"And skin-care products," Roxanne adds.

"How's the situation over there? I hardly know anything about Aremut," I ask.

"Well the undead took over the entire kingdom, and did nothing after that..." Klein shrugs.

"The army is keeping the place on lock down, they say they can't get inside because the undead's corruption is too high," Lina says.

"In the entire kingdom?" I ask and she nods. "How could they even do that? The corruption only lasts when there's an undead present."

Lina shrugs and the others follow when I look at them.

"There's a way to stop it with mobile [Sanctuari]es," Ciel says, "But it's hard to cover an army with it so only small expeditions managed to get inside the City of the Damned."

Lina's Trivia: The City is actually called Spita Bureya but since the kingdom fell the spirits of the area became distorted and malicious, they attack the mind and inflict suffering upon others who come close. The description of the area is on par with a dark and haunted land so the new name became popular quite quickly.

"I heard the only thing the undead changed inside the City was that they added a new tower," Klein says like an old woman talking about gossip.

"That sounds ominous," I say and look at Alissa, who smiles, and Ciel, who frowns.

"Aremut is right next to Mountainhome, maybe we could cross the Atskild mountain range and take a look," Alissa says with a smirk.

Klein coughs and looks at Alissa wide eyed, her brown tail is straight up, tickling Hana's face. "What!? Are you one of those mad adventurers who enters unmanaged dungeons just for a thrill?" Klein's voice cracks a little, then she cleans her throat and recomposes herself. Her tail leaves Hana's face who seemed to enjoy it.

"We are looking for a dungeon to conquer so, maybe? A little?" Hana says with a shrug.

"At least half," Ciel says with a snort.

"Kweh! Kill, undead, they, taste, bad!"

Klein looks at all of us slack-jawed.

"Gih, guh... gih."

Gify doesn't like to fight but he likes to watch.

"Why did you say it like it was sex joke?" Alissa asks Gify, whose beak curves in a smile.

Klein knits her eyebrows, "Doesn't the spirit's mind get molded after the one who tamed them?" She asks.

They all turn to me and I smile faintly. "Wait! Gify is more independent than others spirits, you could say he still has his own personality," I try to defend myself.

"Uh huh... the things you do to me make me think otherwise," Alissa says with narrowed eyes.

Sadistic-Alissa is coming out!

Klein's eyes dart between me and Alissa.

"Look at his face, Klein, that's the face of a sadistic sex-fiend, a monster who abuses his slaves daily," Hana says in a low tone on Klein's ears, her pupils dilate and her eyes glue to me in fear. Hana's voice turns into a barely understandable whisper, "he made me bleed on my first time and didn't even stop, he enjoyed the blood."

"H-Hana, that's a bit too far, we didn't do it like that. Y-you are scaring her," I say and force a smile.

"Oh?" She raises her head and smirks, "So you didn't spread our assholes wide until we bled and kept fucking us? Even when we cried?"

"N-no, not like that..."

Roxanne hugs me tighter and licks my face. "This taste... is the taste of a liar!"

"Wolf Ryder, you monster," Ciel starts, barely containing her smile. "You stole my innocence, then abused me and held me in place while my lover was being taken by another right in front of my eyes!"

Klein looks at Ciel and frowns, "Oh..." Her posture relaxes as realization kicks in, "So you guys really are weirdos... damn you, Hana, I trusted you."

Hana snickers evilly and hugs Klein tight, her hand drifts dangerously close to the border of Klein's shorts. "We are fun weirdos, Wolfy is very open-minded so we just play around quite often," her voice turns suggestive at the last few words.

"Better to have fun now since we all might die horribly tomorrow," I say.

Alissa looks at me oddly, "Rather morbid for you."

"Bad things happen, we must enjoy the now until the bad things disrupt our fun." I shrug.

"Sounds better."

"You sound like a priest of Love," Klein says with a chuckle.

Ciel puckers her lips a little sourly and looks away.

As we talk, Hana's hands trace circles below Klein's belly button, making her breathe heavier, while the other hand slowly inches upwards until it's covered by Klein's shirt. As I see her nipples poke through her shirt I get the confirmation that she doesn't wear a sash or bra.

Hana's hand squeezes Klein's ribs, making her gasp lightly as it slowly inches upwards. Hana leans over and breathes down Klein's neck, her emerald scales rubbing on the brown monkey ears.

Klein arches her back and raises her head higher, rubbing her cheek against Hana's. She closes her eyes and bites her lip, her hands grab Hana's thigh strongly as her hips move back and forth, trying to rub herself on the saddle.

Hana's hand drifts upwards and squeezes the right breast, making Klein moan softly. Her arm angles upwards and makes the shirt rise up, exposing a brown underboob. The other hand enters her shorts, then Klein suddenly grabs both hands and pushes them away. With a heavy breath she merely glances at all of us, a small smile forms but is quickly suppressed.

Ciel and Roxanne aren't pleased, though they look rather anxious instead of angry.

Okay, we really need to talk about Klein tonight.

The rest of the way is a little awkward as we turn silent and Klein's excitement slowly dies, it is then replaced by full-blown embarrassment. I only glance at Laertes once and see he's at the window of the carriage, glaring at me, so I don't look again.

Goldcross slowly becomes fully visible again as dusk comes and the commoners give happy but tired cries. The light yellow wall is just as high as Rabanara's, covering most buildings from our view but I still see the orange shingles and cute leafy crowns from the imperial and elven styles. There's no castle in this town but there's still the Lord's mansion that will peek above the houses once we get on the main street.

There's some people building a part of the wall a ways to the right of the town, an extension to the city. When you have [Earth Magic] to help, building and tearing down walls is not a very hard job.

The town blocks our view of the High Forest but we can see the peaks of the Ultirei's Tomb artificial mountain far behind the town. It looks like a rusty, giant, jagged meat cleaver.

As we finally approach the line to enter town, the night has already come. The psychedelic moon is fully visible in the night sky, the blue one is shining bright.

"You know, aside from the sexual innuendo that is quite profound," Roxanne says and we chuckle.

"But we don't... really love one another in the same way..." Ciel says and frowns, she's conflicted.

"Well, you said sex can be used as comfort for loved ones," I say.

"I know, it's just that me doing it is a little different. Our family is... confusing," she answers with a shrug.

"We all share, that's all," Hana says with conviction.

"I love you all, in different ways, but I do," Alissa says, she wades over to me and rests her head on my chest, "I trust you all and that's what's important for me."

"Awn..." Ciel melts a little and nearly submerges herself underwater.

Lina shyly comes towards us and gives me a hug, then the others follow, including Aoi and Gify.

"Love, love, love, love, love, love!" Aoi gives everyone a lick after each word.

"Gih," he says and nibbles on my ears softly.

After a few seconds of rib crushing, mostly caused by Hana, we disentangle.

"Buut... we have to talk about Klein," Roxanne starts and looks at Hana, Ciel nods repeatedly and stares at me.

"Okay, first," Ciel raises her hand and points it to Hana, "what do you want with Klein?"

"Well..." Hana rubs on her scales awkwardly, then she shakes her head and smiles, her resolve set, "I want to fuck Klein, like, really bad. Though, let me say this, I don't need to fuck her, I just want to."

"Do you, uh, love her?" I ask.

"No, I don't really want her as a wife, for me or Wolfy, but I want to fuck her, I want to take her virginity. But since I don't have a dick, I want Wolfy to do it while I watch. It's pure lust," she shrugs.

"I also don't want Klein as a wife," Roxanne says quickly but then her posture shrinks, "But I want to watch Wolfy take her virginity."

Alissa's heartbeat quickens, Ciel groans, and Lina frowns.

"Well I don't think she would be a good wife but she would be nice to play around with," Alissa says.

Ciel massages her eyes so I look at Lina, waiting for her answer.

"I don't know... I don't want Wolfy to love another, but... I don't love Hana the way I love Wolfy, I just... want her to abuse me," she says and cowers, getting slightly more flushed than the hot bath is capable of.

"So, you think it's agreeable for me to have sex with Klein because I don't love her?"

"Yes...?" She questions tentatively, "Is that too weird? It sounds weird..."

"It is weird," Ciel mutters.

"It is called trust," Alissa says.

"It is called depraved degeneracy," Roxanne says.

Alissa shrugs, "Can't deny that, but it can be both, or all three."

"Alissaaaa, you corrupted me!" Ciel complains.

"Yeah, she kind of did it to me, too. I don't think I can look at a fox the same way I did before," I say and awkwardly scratch my head.

"You did it to me first," Alissa says and laughs, her wet fluffy tail splashes on the water repeatedly.

"Look, let's make it clear, none of you have to accept any of this. I love all six of you. No, Gify, I don't love you like that-..."

Suddenly Aoi raises her head high and she shows me the widest, fanged smile she can.

"Kweh! You, love, me, like, them!?" She asks.

"I, uh... yes...?" I say with a phony smile.

Aoi swims forward like a fish towards me but suddenly gets grabbed by Ciel, "Not now, please, you can kiss him later," she says.

"Kweh..." Aoi deflates and becomes even smaller.

"Anyway... none of you have to accept this, I have absolutely no need for any other women than you all," I finish.

"But we need it," Alissa says with an evil smile and chuckles. Hana smiles faintly and Lina frowns but shrugs.

Ciel and Roxanne remain quiet, they stare at each other for a few long seconds and turn away. They sink lower in the bath and try to relax and focus on their thoughts.

Suddenly Roxanne rises, "Honestly, I don't care. I just want you to promise me not to fall in love with another woman and you can fuck whoever you want," she says.

I blink repeatedly, taken aback.

Ciel slowly rises, staring at me intently, then she suddenly fires word after word in high speed, "We have veto over any woman, and you can't do it in secret, and you can't do it repeatedly, and you have to ask all of us first, and we all have to agree, and you can't ignore any of us, ever!" She hits her hand on the water once done.

"You enjoyed it, didn't you?" Alissa asks in a soft tone.

Ciel swallows her saliva and remains quiet.

Alissa smiles sadistically, here comes her other side.

"Come now, priestess, you know you shouldn't lie about your feelings. Having Lina taken by Roxanne felt good, didn't it? You felt the exhilarating pain, the disgust, the self-hate and the humiliation. But it all made you feel better, didn't it?"

Ciel can't look away from Alissa, their eyes are locked. Alissa wades over to Ciel and kisses her softly on the lips, making Ciel melt and relax just a bit. Alissa holds Ciel's head with both hands and their noses touch.

"You want it, you love it, you need it. Tell me the truth, Ciel, how did it feel?"

Silence.

"Tell me the truth!"

"I... felt horrible, and it hurt, and I felt disgusted, and I hated myself... because it felt good..."

Alissa laughs and releases her, Ciel massages her eyes again and groans.

"You don't have to accept this," I softly say to Ciel.

"No, Wolfy, she doesn't, but she needs it," Alissa says and returns to my arms.

"I'm sure you can have some fun with Klein, too," Hana says to Ciel.

"Well, first Wolfy has to get past that monster," Roxanne says and they all stare at me.

Umm... what the hell just happened?

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