Chapter 43: Missing Piece – Part 3

Chapter 43: Missing Piece – Part 3

As we approach the caravan, Ciel eyes us suspiciously. "You spent quite a lot of time out there," she says.

"We had some fun," I say and shrug.

Klein's eyebrows rise and she asks, incredulously, "In the open?"

Alissa nods and happily smiles, her tail wags and hits my belly repeatedly.

"I was ignored, though," Roxanne says with a wry smile.

"Oh, sorry... I'll make it up to you," I say with a slight cringe.

"All of us," Hana says and looks at me suggestively.

Our conversation fades away as we all notice Aoi's happy humming. Her head is turning like it's on a swivel, switching around repeatedly and looking at everything as if it was the first time.

"You look pretty happy, Aoi," Hana comments.

"Kweh! Wolfy, is inside, me!"

Klein chokes on her spit and the other girls look at me questioningly. Alissa, Roxanne, and Gify choke their laughter.

"It's a long story..." I give them a phony smile. "Now... don't say anything else that can be misinterpreted, Aoi," I look at Aoi and give her a sharp gaze. Just to make it more clear, I pull on her blanket inside my mind and give it a few "pokes," making her jump in surprise.

"Sorry," she says and giggles.

"That wasn't literal, right? You guys are just messing around again?" Klein asks.

"Literal... hmm, not sure about that," I say and grin.

Klein uses her tail to massage her eyes, "Why are you guys so weird?"

"You are the one who had sex with all of us, so you're a weirdo too," Roxanne says matter-of-factly.

Klein groans softly and looks away.

"Have you talked to your parents yet?" I ask her softly. Alissa helps me out and leads our horse close to Klein's.

She bites her lip when I come closer and looks at me from the corner of her eyes. "No... I didn't have the courage."

"Well, at least you admit that," Hana says and shrugs.

I grab her hand and kiss it, pushing my soul out of my lips just a little bit. She breathes deeply and keeps her eyes glued to me. I feel a shiver run down my spine and see Anton intensely staring at us.

Oops, better not get too close for now.

I increase the speed of my horse discreetly and the girls follow.

"You should do it soon, it's no use to keep waiting," I say.

"We will keep teasing you if you don't say no," Hana adds suggestively in Klein's round monkey ear.

"And you will eventually go crazy if you don't get off," Roxanne finishes.

Klein turns to Ciel and Lina in search of support.

Ciel shrugs. "It's true. If you want it, just do it," she says.

"It feels good, Wolfy is very gentle," Lina says and nods.

Klein gets even more flustered. "T-that's not what I wanted to know," she says.

"Why do you want to remain a virgin?" Ciel asks.

"A lot of husbands prefer a virgin," Klein answers shyly.

"To be honest, I thought that too, but..." Ciel looks at me warmly, "the good ones won't care."

"But...! I could still be losing a chance of finding one," she looks down as she speaks, not very confident in her words.

"If the man cares more for your virginity than your personality, then he only wants you as a prize, not as a woman." Ciel spurs her horse and leads it to the other side of Klein's horse. She grabs Klein's hand and rubs it gently. "You are a good woman, you should let yourself be free to choose."

"I agree," Roxanne says, "I don't regret having sex with other men before I met Wolfy, I only wish I had met him sooner."

Ciel releases Klein's hand with a soft smile.

"Aren't you older than him? Wouldn't he have been a child back then?" Klein asks.

Roxanne snickers evilly, "That would make it even better." Then she sends me an intoxicating gaze and I feel an instinctual need to call her "onee-san."

I have to teach her how to "ara ara," maybe Ciel too.

Klein lifts an eyebrow and looks at Roxanne worriedly, "Wouldn't that be the Sin of Rape?"

"I'm not that much older than him," -she looks at Klein in horror, then turns to Ciel- "and if it's love, the Gods would allow an exception, wouldn't they?"

"Well..." Ciel cringes, "you are kind of a sadist so I'm not so sure about it."

"How old are you, Wolfy?" Klein asks me and bites her lip, suddenly becoming very embarrassed but she doesn't correct her mistake.

I grin at her and answer, "Sixteen."

"Bullshit," she immediately retorts.

"Yeah," Ciel agrees. "But that's what his system says, so..." She shrugs.

Klein spends some moments analyzing me. "Do you want me as a wife, Wolf?" She finally asks.

"I can't answer that, it must be a unanimous decision to accept you," I say.

"And we don't think you would enjoy traveling with us," Hana says.

"I... have to agree with that," Klein says with a sigh.

"But we do like you," I say and look to the girls, who all nod, even Aoi. "And we would like to enjoy our time with you."

"It's not like you are a pure maiden, anymore," Roxanne says and grins evilly.

"I'm still a virgin," Klein pouts and turns away, chin held high.

"Only in body, not in spirit," Alissa says.

"That's what counts."

"Keep lying to yourself," Alissa smiles.

"Klein, we may be pressuring you, but in the end, the only thing that I want is for you to be happy," Hana says.

Klein turns around and they look at each other in the eye. Klein reaches over and tenderly holds Hana's cheek with her hand. Hana's strong hand grabs the back of Klein's head and pushes her closer.

I summon a tall earth elemental that blocks their horse from the view of the carriage following behind us. Our horses are quite far ahead now, but still, better safe than sorry.

Their lips seal and their mouths open. Hana hugs her tight and takes charge of the kiss. Her tongue explores Klein's mouth and I can only imagine the sweet taste of their saliva mixing.

Klein's right leg swings over the horse so she can sit on it sideways and kiss Hana better. Hana stops hugging Klein and her free hand explores the brim of Klein's pants. It snakes below and disappears inside. Soon, Klein is moaning softly.

The caravan coming towards us is still too far away, I just hope that nobody there has [Hawk Eyes].

They break the kiss and a bridge of saliva connects them for a moment. Their heavy breaths mingle and Hana's hand moves fast enough to be visible beneath Klein's pants.

Alissa turns into a small fox and runs up my shoulder, then she jumps and lands behind me, back in human form. Her hands easily unfasten my pants and pull out my erect penis.

Klein's eyes then glue to my cock and she licks her lips. Alissa strokes me and even Ciel starts to finger herself. WIth one look from Lina, Ciel fingers her too. Roxanne lonesomely fingers herself.

Klein comes first and Hana licks a small amount of cream off of her fingers. Not long after, Alissa aims me to the grass and I shoot. Hopefully, no one noticed.

"You made me... wet my panties..." Klein complains as she regains her breath.

I reach over and push my finger inside Klein's pussy. She breathes in and then shivers when I push my soul out of my finger.

I wiggle it for a few seconds then I cast, "[Clean]." Klein shivers and leans toward me, almost as if she wants to kiss me. I pull my finger out and lick it, savoring the small amount of cream that came out with it.

Hana makes Klein sit correctly again and I finally let them leave the protection of the earth elemental. Through Aoi's eyes, I notice Anton's intent gaze is unchanged, but he likely doesn't suspect anything since he could barely see us at this distance.

As our lust subsides, we go silent for a while. I send the earth elemental away as if I was sending it to kill a monster, and then I dismiss it when it's far enough. We discreetly slow down our horses so we can get closer to the caravan again.

"Ciel, was Wolf your first?" Klein breaks the silence.

"Yes."

"Now that's convenient."

"But it doesn't feel good... please toy with my mind later."

"No."

"Hngh...!" She moans softly.

Well, shit, now she's getting excited at being ignored too.

"Hey, Wolfy...?"

"Yes?"

"Love you," she says in a cheeky tone.

"Hngh...! I love you, too."

"Did you just moan...?"

"Hm, no...?"

"Love you, love you, love you, love you."

"Ahn! Stop! It's hard to control my emotions in here!"

Alissa laughs out loud and Roxanne feels something hard touch her cute ass.

"You two are having fun..." Ciel comments, a little jealous.

I smile at Ciel and continue. I dive inside Aoi's mind and find her humming, it's more chipper than Alissa's.

"Aoi?"

"KWEH!"

I groan internally and my mind is filled with a giant Aoi. Her jaws open wide and the black maw rapidly approaches me.

"Calm down, you're resisting."

The huge blue dragon clamps her mouth shut and looks at me apologetically, then it slowly shrinks into nothing.

I grab her "brain" and pull it back towards my mind.

"Okay, this is how we talk."

"Yay! I can speak freely here!" She answers inside my mind. This voice of hers is much less childish and slightly sensual. I think that when she fully matures it's going to be on the lower end of a woman's voice, like Hana's or Osaria's.

"Your voice is different in here."

"Hihih. My throat hurts when I try to speak, so it never sounds right, but now you know that this is my real voice!" I can just imagine her puffing her chest in pride. She's currently being petted by Alissa, so she's in a rather undignified position, sprawled all over Alissa's lap.

"Your voice is beautiful, you will certainly sound very mature and dignified when you grow up."

"Uhmm..." She considers my words and tries to understand the meaning of my emphasis.

My fingers snake into Roxanne's pants and her tail tightens a little around my neck in response.

I pull out the golems, they spend their time practicing [Telekinesis] and playing dead when other caravans pass us by. Anton and Rande look at us curiously but say nothing.

As I give Roxanne a breather, we get closer to the carriage so we can see inside. Klein is asleep in the carriage. She and Oura are leaning on each other and drooling slightly, to the amusement of everybody.

"Have you been keeping Oura up too late, Rande?" Hana asks with a teasing smile.

He smiles back suggestively but it turns soft, "She just loves to read too much. When she's absorbed with her books, she loses track of time and forgets to sleep."

"Oh, I know how that is," I say and Lina nods along.

"When it's our turn to sleep with Wolf you never lose yourself," Ciel says teasingly.

Lina pouts and stays quiet.

"What are those things?" Rande asks, looking at Ted and Suzy in Hana's lap.

"Golems, my creations. Think of them as simple, artificial life," I say.

"Oh, so that's where your title came from. But... is it really 'life'? Do the Gods allow you to create 'children' at will?"

"They are more like copies of humanoids. Think of them as tools rather than living beings," Ciel says.

"If you say so, priestess," Rande shrugs and looks at the golems warily.

"Can they fight?" Anton asks.

"Not yet," I answer. With [Telekinesis], Suzy raises a small rock on the wayside and shoots it a few meters away.

Anton looks at them warily. "Aren't they dangerous?" He asks.

"If you don't know what you're doing. Though, considering that I'm the only living 'Golemancer,' I do know what I'm doing," I smile calmly.

I spend my time trying to create a chant for [Bind]. If I can alter it so the girls can only use it for communication, then it would be much safer and possibly less taxing on the mind. If it's difficult to maintain more than two [Bind]s for me, who is used to multi-sense sharing and other inner-mind shenanigans, then how would the girls fare?

Dusk comes and we get very close to the entrance to the High Forest. We leave the road and find a good spot to make camp. A few other caravans stop a good 50 meters away, this seems to be a regular spot for camping as the ground is unusually flat.

With this amount of humanoids in the wild, we had to deal with a few more Kappatti and Marsh Goblins, the sneaky cousins of the poisonous Swamp Goblins. Though, since we are on the left of the road, in the more dry and rocky area, the monsters had to expose themselves before they could reach us, so they were easily dispatched by my elementals.

During the bath, I pull Lina to me and start giving her my love.

"You don't want it?" I ask.

"Huh? Yes, I want it, please," she raises her head and plants her lips on mine.

"You seem distracted."

"Oh... I have just been thinking about Madame Helganst."

"You shouldn't bother with her."

"She's a bitter woman, and she's not the kind that needs pitying," Ciel says.

Lina nods and kisses me again. I wrap my arms and legs around her and use her like a doll. The more I hug her, the more her insides heat up.

Dinner is more beef wellington, and a not-carrot and not-potato salad with cream and not-chives. Krista takes her job seriously; every meal is perfectly made.

Laertes is so quiet that even Klein tries to cheer him up, but that may have just made things worse.

After dinner, I sneak out of the tent and store some boulders inside my [Item Box]. They could be more reliable than barricades, but just a little more awkward to use.

In our tent, Lina finishes the enchanting of her switch-axe and adds [Double Strike] to it. The weapon now has gold and silver lines running all along it. This will give her enemies pause when they realize how dangerous it is.

We all practice our spells a little. I practice my [Soul Manipulation]; Alissa's [Ignorance] is starting to form; Roxanne is learning [Water Spirit]; Hana's [Double Image] is perfect so she's starting to practice [Godly Language] more seriously; Ciel's [Holy Spirit] is almost independent; Lina's [Weaken] is starting to work; Aoi is nearly done learning [Item Box]; and the golems are using [Telekinesis] to move around more easily.

"Gih," Gify calls my attention.

I follow his advice and use [Sense Soul] on Aoi. I see a familiar bump on the outer layer of her soul.

Soul InfoName:Aoi

Oh boy.

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