Hey All! Guess who got a chapter done!
Anyway, trying to keep with a consistent schedule and page length, so I'm hoping that I can keep this up, though don't be surprised if it does end up taking longer in regards to certain chapters.
Anyway! Good news is that the results from the polls are in at this point, without further delay, here's who has been added or will be planned to be added!
Serena- Fire emblem fates/ awakening
Aruma- Shinrabanshou
Fenrir- Shadowverse/ rage of bahamut
Tamamo No mae- Monster girl Quest
The amount of Kemomimi is not really that surprising truth be told but it is what it is!
I also feel that this chapter doesn't go over much, but if I added everything that I had wanted to, then it would be much longer and I would still be writing it, so thankfully that gives me a direction to go with the next chapter! Anyway, on to my personal favorite thing to do, which is to respond to peoples reviews!
GioMM: I'm glad your enjoying my chapters so much, also happy that your curious about Aruma as well. She won't be expounded on for a bit, but she will start to gain more significance as the story unfolds, so wait for that!
notstudying6527: Well, they're almost out at this point! So look forward to the next chapter when they actually do walk out!
MGEObserver: Well, we'll see about where she goes from here eh?
Anyway, thats all I got for the time being, so enjoy!
Chapter 8
Sarya looked at Andrew with a warm and fuzzy expression on her face, her hand coming up to stifle the girlish squeal that would have come out of her mouth if she had left it unobstructed. Andrew let out a low sigh at the stare, knowing that it wasn't so much him she was looking at, but the sleeping face of Aruma who clung to his back as she rested. To say the elf was infatuated with the winged girl would be an understatement, and something he only really came to know after Sarya spent as much time as she could trying to observe and talk with the little girl.
With an amused grin crossing his lips, Andrew turned his attention directly to her.
"Ya know she's not going anywhere right? She'll be right on my back when we go to take a stop here in a bit."
"I know that, but I just can't get enough of this angelic face of hers! She's just so adorable!"
Only shaking his head in some mock exasperation, Andrew put his eyes forward and continued walking. It had been a few hours since everybody had woken up, Andrew not having gotten as much sleep as he would have wanted, but he really only had himself to blame due to the fact that he stayed in his upright position the whole time. However, he was happy to see that most of the rest of his group had, though Aruma had not woken when everyone else got up. Instead of waking her, Andrew had opted to carry her gently the whole of the rest of the way. Most of the trip had been done in silence, so it felt like it had been going on for a while, but that had given Andrew plenty of time to think on several things about his current situation.
The first and foremost was the fact that, according to everyone else, he now had the total power of Oda Nobulax at his disposal. This told him that he would need to be very careful about what he did from now in in regards to his power. That much power in his hands was like giving a toddler access codes to nukes. He was just learning how to use his power, and if he wasn't careful, he was sure he would cause unprecedented disaster. However, since he had such powerful familiars who where willing to teach him, he had a feeling that as long as he was careful, then there wouldn't be much of an issue. However, he had another issue that he would need to deal with. And that was that he had the power of the previously feared world tyrant in his body. No doubt the Demon Lord and Chief God would very easily recognize his power, along with any other being or creature that had been alive all those years ago. That was certainly something he would need to be careful of. Outside of all of this though, and Andrew felt that there was little else to worry about. For the next little bit, nobody really said anything, though Sarya continuing to pester Andrew about Aruma was pretty much a constant throughout. Eventually though, someone decided to initiate conversation, that person being Unoma.
"Dear master… I happen to have a question."
Andrew looked up and over to his side where Unoma usually hovered as they traveled.
"Sure, Lay it on me."
Not sure what he meant by that, Unoma simply took it for him telling her to go ahead.
"Alright then. I'm curious as to what your plans are after we get out of here Dear Master. As far as I'm aware, you don't have any kind of familiarity with this world nor of it's rules and foundations."
Andrew blinked a few times at her statement, everything that came out of her mouth absolutely true. He hadn't been thinking of what to do after he got out of here.
Andrew nodded his head at her before he looked up at the ceiling as he continued walking.
"That is a very good question and I honestly wish I had an equally good answer for it. Sadly though, I don't have any plans for what to do when I get out, my only goal being to get out of here as quickly as possible."
However, Andrew heard the voice of Jonathan, which in turn caused him to turn to look at him.
"Well, if it's alright with you, you guys can travel with us until we get to the next town. After that, you can see about getting yourselves situated and finding out what you may want or need to do from there."
Andrew nodded his head at him before he thought about it for a moment.
"How far is it from the next town to here?"
Sarya answered that for him, causing him to look back at the elf by his side.
"The island walk should only take a few hours, though we'll need to wait for the ferry to come pick us up after that. They drop by every two days to come pick people up and ferry them across. I haven't really kept track of it since we've been down here though, so I don't know if they'll be here today or not. The ride itself takes a few days, but after that, we'll be in Gwent."
Andrew nodded in understanding before he looked back at the rest of his group.
"That all right with the rest of you?"
"Of course/ It's fine."
Both of his familiars answered him, and he was sure that Aruma would have agreed if she was awake. However, Serena didn't say anything, her eyes on him, but it being obvious her mind was elsewhere.
"Serena? Is that alright with you?"
"Huh? What? Oh… yeah. That's fine."
Curious, Andrew was tempted to ask if everything was okay, but he opted to divert it to another question instead, Serenas traveling plans unknown to him.
"Actually Serena… what do you plan on doing after we get out? As far as I know, you said you'd travel with us until we escaped."
Serena didn't even hesitate to answer.
"Keep traveling with you. I'm from a different world remember? You guys are the only ones here that I know in this world. So, I'll just stay with you… as for my actual plans… try to keep recovering more memories. And being close to you helps with that."
Serena couldn't help but cross her arms over her chest and smile smugly.
"So, guess what, your stuck with me for as long as it takes."
Andrew only blinked a few times before he let a smile cross his face.
"Is that so? Well I guess I should count myself very lucky that your staying. I get the feeling I would be pretty lonely without you here."
Serena felt her face blush and her words stop. She then started to stammer a bit at his words, the girl confused about why him saying that was so embarrassing.
"St-Stupid! It's not like I'm doing this to make you happy!"
Andrew found himself enjoying the tsundere response, but the smug look on Unoma's face confused him while Labareda could only chuckle to herself.
"Not sure if you're doing that purposefully master, but good job regardless… anyway, we should be out of here in an hour or so. Keep your spirits high everybody!"
The thought of finally getting out of here caused everyone to liven up a bit and increase the pace. Thankfully the last leg of the trip was just as uneventful as the last two days they had been traveling this shortcut, though it was easy to see nothing would happen considering that it had been nothing but a straight shot from one end to the other. Eventually Sarya, with her elven eyes, saw further then anyone else the end of the passage. However, she was a little confused by what she saw.
"So… Uh… I think I see the end of the passage… but… it looks like a straight up wall as far as I can tell."
Everyone looked at her for a moment as if to affirm what it is they had just heard before they turned their attention to Labareda. However, she only had smug smile on her face.
"Even this late in the game and you all still doubt me? Just wait until we get there and I'll show you."
Knowing from experience that the demon knew more about this place then anybody else, everyone simply opted to keep quiet. Eventually they came to the very dead-end that Sarya had seen. No branching paths, no tunnels. Nothing, just a block with no place else to go. However, Morgana was the first to say something, albeit with some sarcasm mixed in.
"So, what now? You plan on kicking the wall down here as well?"
Labareda looked at the mage woman with mock shock on her features.
"What do you take me for? A barbarian? A little ol' thing like me could never hope to break down such sturdy and thick walls."
Everyone mentally called bullshit, but only Andrew would dare laugh at her mocking joke. Seeing that she wasn't going to get anything out of anybody else, Labareda let out a slightly disappointed sigh.
"No, the walls here are too thick anyway. More importantly, this happens to be the location of another teleporter."
Andrew cocked his eyebrow up in some interest.
"Really now?"
"Yes master… don't go jumping into this one if you don't mind."
Andrew only laughed sheepishly at that before Serena spoke up.
"So, what? We just walk to the end of the hall and we teleport?"
"Pretty much, yeah. Everything should still be in working order. Once we get through, we should be in a secret room that should be less then an hour from the main entrance to the Labyrinth."
Morgana, though still annoyed with the demon, couldn't help but voice a curious question.
"I'm surprised nobody found this teleporter on the other side, even after all the years this labyrinth has been here."
Lab looked to Morgana before she held up both hands some distance apart from each other.
"Secret. Room." She punctuated with segmentations of those very words in midair.
With the both of them now glaring at each other, Andrew and Jonathan could only let out perfectly timed sighs. At this point, Jonathan spoke up.
"Well, if nobody has any kinds of qualms, I think I'll go through first to check and make sure everything is alright on the other side."
The rest of Jonathans group simply nodded in understanding, as if this was the norm for them. However, Andrew opted to speak up as well.
"Actually, I think I should go with you as well."
Andrews group seemed a lot less inclined to agree with that idea. Labareda being the first to voice the displeasure of the idea.
"Uh, excuse me master, but I would think it would be better for you if you didn't try to get yourself killed."
Andrew only shook his head at her.
"Relax. I seriously doubt anything is going to happen, and personally, I feel it would be stupid to send Jonathan in alone without a little backup. Safety in numbers and all that."
Unoma let a small sigh escape her lips.
"Yeah, but that normally only holds true when all those numbers have the ability to take care of themselves. You would be a tagalong that would require guarding. Also known as dead weight."
Andrew couldn't help but look at her with a less-then-pleased expression on his face.
"You're not wrong per-se, but I feel you could have been slightly less blunt about it."
Jonathan couldn't help but laugh at the group before he spoke up.
"Actually, this kind of job should be handled by a rouge or a scout of sorts. But seeing as our group doesn't have one, it's normally best left to someone who's fast and strong. I would actually like it if I had an extra set of eyes. I also have no doubt that your power could come in handy if the situation should go astray."
Andrew could only smile triumphantly at the other man's words before he looked back at his familiars.
"See. Now that that is decided, Serena, could you hold Aruma while Jonathan and I go take a look. It shouldn't take very long."
Serena only nodded her head before she carefully extracted the girl from Andrews back, carrying the small girl bridal style before she set her gently down on the floor. Andrew walked up next to Jonathan before he looked back at the groups.
"We should be back soon… but if we aren't, come in after about ten minutes."
With that established, Andrew and Jonathan walked right to the end of the corridor, where they quickly vanished from sight. For a moment, nobody said anything, but Labareda couldn't help but say something.
"I feel like this was a bad idea."
Xx ? xX
Alyssa fancied herself as an Echidna of great talent and aptitude. Ever since she was able to read, she had always had the ability to easily and quickly read and understand anything she had ever been handed. This would involve anything from the usual sabbath learning material to the very complex magical tomes her mother would occasionally bring out. With such a quick learning capability, it was almost predictable that this would also extend to the magical arts as well. Able to easily understand and manipulate complex magical formulas that even her own mother, a woman of great magical aptitude, would have some small trifling difficulty with. Her mother and Father couldn't have been prouder of their baby girl. All of this was done by the time she was eleven years old, a prodigy of her family. Imagine the surprise of her mother and father when on her twenty second birthday she said she wanted to become independent. At such an age, a Mamono is still considered juvenile, hardly still able to be on there own without the help and aid of doting parents. However, though her father was almost unwilling to relent, her mother saw that she needed to go and see the world, find a man who would bring out the best and show her a different kind of love. And thus, on her twenty third year of being alive in this world of hers, Alyssa had set out into the world to obtain worldly and scholarly knowledge in all things. For several years, she spent much of her time divulging into the worlds mysteries of magic and the ways of her ancestors, that being that of echidnas. However, despite her great love of knowledge and magic, on her twenty seventh year of life (still being considered very young by mamono of the long-lived variety) she came to a resounding soul shaking realization.
"God I'm lonely."
It was with these words that Alyssa had made into a mantra of sorts over the years. Sadly, she had yet to fulfill the original origin of those words. Letting out a long sigh, the echidna leaned back into a particularly comfy long couch that she used for occasions when she was mentally at her weakest. It had been nine years since that realization, now thirty-six (an age that would be just barely outside of a mamonos younger teens) she could only feel the weight of that crushing loneliness once again. As an Echidna, she knew what she needed to do traditionally, and as far as she knew, she had done wonderfully in her own eyes. Find an unoccupied dungeon, set up traps and whatnot for her worthy potential other and wait for them to show up. However, that had been well over nine years ago when she had done this. At first, she had waited patiently for any potential candidates. However, that hope soon gave way to a realization. Said realization was that she had perhaps made her hideout a little to hard to find. Not once had anybody managed to find the entrance to her makeshift section of the Shadow Labyrinth, her being far too intimidated by the powerful energies of the deeper sections to dare attempt to set up base there. But she thought that she had at least made it manageable. Letting out a low sigh, she looked to the interior of her chambers, more specifically, at her mirror. Staring back at her was a familiar sight, one she had grown used to and comfortable with in her many years down here.
The usual traits of the Echidna race could be found in her, light blue skin, long greenish-blue serpentine lower half, piercing and intelligent golden eyes along with the aqua green colored hair. However, it was only at that that she was similar. Unlike many other kinds of mamono, Alyssa was thinner and streamline in terms of body type. She didn't share any of the curves her mother had generous amounts of, nor was her bust exceedingly large. If anything, it was tiny, only coming out to barely cup-able. She brought her thin hands up to her bust and gently squeezed. It was one of her less admired treats personally, but she couldn't complain about genetics. Her face didn't look anything like her mothers sadly. Where her mother had seductive and soft features to her own, Alyssa had taken more heavily after her zipangu oriented father. More sanpaku like eyes and thin eyebrows with an expression that looked disinterested most of the time. Her hair was short and straight, unlike her mothers who liked to keep it long and wavy. All in all, a more subdued beauty. Letting out a long sigh, she got up off her couch and looked at herself in the mirror for a moment longer before a pout came over her face.
"I think I'm sexy enough to warrant some effort out of people. Sure, I'm not drop dead Gorgeous like my mother or young sisters, but I'm a certain kind of cute at least…"
With no one to answer that for her, the snake woman could only mentally chastise herself once again for talking to herself in the mirror. Though admittedly, it was all she really had outside of her magical studies. Deciding to indulge in her own self talk for a bit more, Alyssa wound her long body around herself in a large self body hug.
"I wonder what someone would think of me if he did see me… maybe they would be smitten with me the moment they lay their eyes on me? Would they want to embrace me warmly? Or maybe pin me to the floor and ravage me wildly? I think either option is good my my opinion… but I personally am a fan of the first option. But I guess that would really depend on the man who made it here… would he be tall? Or short like my father? Maybe burly? He would have to be strong to make it through the creatures and traps this place offers…"
For a moment, she continued to contemplate over hypothetical what ifs and maybe this's for a few minutes before she suddenly felt something in her room change. For a moment, she wasn't sure what it was, but then it hit her. She hadn't expected it at all, not today of all days, but here it was.
Someone had just teleported in the chamber outside her door. Almost unable to even comprehend what it was that was going on, she almost didn't move for a good few seconds before her mind suddenly hit it into overdrive.
"Ohmagoshohmagoshohmagosh… someone is actually here!"
Checking to make sure that she, along with the room, was in proper order, Alyssa double checked to make sure that whoever it was wasn't about to walk in when she wasn't ready. Taking a few deeps breaths, she set herself in down on her couch in the most commanding way she could, the echidna willed both her heart and her mind to steady. However, they would only see her at her best after all, they had obviously worked hard to get here and it would be discourteous of her to not show the proper amount of respect for that hard work. Taking one last deep breath, she waited.
Meanwhile, Andrew and Jonathan where busy looking at the large stone door that stood in there way. Though door was something of a subjective term based on the fact that it mostly looked like two large slabs smashed together. Jonathan let a low hum escape his lips for the third time in the last minute they had been in here.
"Are you sure you checked the room for any kind of lever?"
Andrew nodded his head.
"Yup. Double checked and triple checked. This place isn't very big after all, and it can't hide anything considering there is nothing to hide with. I'm telling you it's gotta be a magic door."
Jonathan only shook his head.
"No, I can't detect any magic from it at all. It either needs to be opened with sheer brute strength or with some kind of mechanism. I would rule out brute strength right out due to the size."
"Well, we could try it first to see if that's the case."
Jonathan thought about it for a second before he simply shrugged his shoulders.
"I guess we could. I'll take the right and you take the left?"
"Fine with me."
Doing as they agreed, both men moved to either side of the two slabs. Wedging their fingers between the hand-width crack, they both looked to each other to see if the other was ready. Not needing anymore confirmation then that, they both turned to look at the task at hand.
"Alright Jonathan, you ready?"
"I am."
"Alright, aaaaaaaaaaand… go!"
With that, both young men pushed with all there might and surprisingly, the slabs moved out of the way very easily. When they stopped applying pressure to the slabs, they stayed in place, allowing both young men to look at them in more detail. Andrew was the first to notice that the slabs where attached to some kind of track on the wall. This made it easy for them to move. Humming to himself curiously, Andrew nodded his head lightly.
"Huh… guess it's a kind of sliding door."
Jonathan could only hum in agreement.
After that, both young man walked into the room, determining if what was beyond the door was in fact safe. However, the moment they both walked beyond the threshold of the door, the room became brighter, but not bright enough to blind them. A bold commanding voice then called out in front of them.
"Welcome hero! You have traveled far and delved deep into the shadow labyrinth to find my… wait… are there two of you?"
Both young men, curious about this voice, looked at its point of origin. They found a snake woman sitting atop an adorned couch of sorts, having been laying on her own coils in a regal manner… or she had been until she had noticed two people in her home. Looking to each other, Jonathan was the first to speak up.
"Yes, there are two of us."
For a moment, Alyssa failed to say anything. But it only lasted for as long as thought could process.
"I… see… That was not expected."
She had lost her regal like air as she stared at both people. However, Andrew was the first to recover his sense.
"So… Uh… Nice to meet you? I guess? My name is Andrew by the way. This is Jonathan."
The echidna didn't say anything at first, but she quickly rectified that.
"I see… Welcome Adventurers Andrew and Jonathan. My name is Alyssa, the master and keeper of this small and modest part of the labyrinth. I congratulate the both of you on making it here past my traps and puzzles. No easy feat for a whole party of adventurers, even more impressive if done by just two very handsome men."
Andrew didn't miss the look of excitement in her eyes, but her face remained rather neutral. However, he felt he had to say something about that.
"Actually… I get the feeling we didn't come in the right way. We actually just came from another part of the labyrinth much deeper in that connected to a secret passage."
"Huh?"
Alyssa wasn't sure if she heard him right and thus let out an odd noise.
"Wait… did you come in from the secret path I set up on my teleporter? The one that leads to that horrible room filled to the brim with all kinds of malicious energy?"
Jonathan nodded his head in answer.
"Yes, we did."
Alyssa found herself momentarily speechless. She had originally set that up in the event something tried to do her harm, and by making it look like she was escaping out the main entrance, she knew she would lose any pursuers by giving them the slip. But she had never thought someone would actually come from that way, thus why she never set it up be locked from that side. She quickly regained her posture though and looked at them both.
"That's… actually even more impressive then getting through my traps. If what you say is true and that path does lead deeper into the labyrinth, then you have no doubt earned your right to be hear… and to the reward I would promise to those who make it to me."
Jonathan spoke up when she got done.
"Um, actually, we just happen to be looking for the-"
Andrew quickly cut him off before he could finish his sentence.
"We would love to have this reward you just so happen to be offering up! Been drudging around in the belly of the Labyrinth for a few weeks now, so I think it would be nice to get something out of it."
Jonathan looked at him in a confused manner, but the sound of Alyssas voice brought their attention back to the blue skinned woman.
"Understood… but… well… there is a problem in regards to me giving this reward…"
"Why? Is this one of those things where we have to fight you to get it?"
"Oh, no. Nothing as ridiculous as that… no… it more comes in the facet of quantity… you see, the reward I was offering was to… well… for me to become the designated individuals wife… and… since there's two of you…"
The Echidna couldn't help but scratch at her cheek in an embarrassed manner, her regal appearance disappearing behind the face of a rather embarrassed woman.
"I will admit that I had not thought of this scenario myself… its quite a large blunder on my part."
Andrew thought about it for a moment before he spoke up again.
"Well… what do you think you should normally do in this scenario?"
"Well… I guess… ask if either one of you wants to be my husband? Barring that, knock you out and take the one I like the most while giving the other one to one of my younger siblings, though I like to think I'm a little more diplomatic then that."
Andrew and Jonathan both looked to each other for a moment, an unspoken conversation happening between the two of them. Eventually it became a spoken conversation.
"So Jonathan… you interested in a wife?"
"Ehhhhhhhhhh… well… not to say that she isn't an attractive young lady… but at the same time, I still have my duties as a Hero to perform, so I couldn't be tied down here. How about you Andrew? Are you interested in a wife?"
"My statements are about the same as yours here Jonathan."
They then looked back at Alyssa, who only had a resigned expression on her face.
"I somewhat figured that would be the general response. I'm not even mad at this point. I figured this would happen since two of you came in… sigh… I guess I shouldn't have picked such a difficult place to hide out in…"
Seeing her defeated expression, Andrew couldn't help but feel bad about it.
"Well… I mean… if one does become your husband, do they have to stay here all the time?"
Curiously looking at him, she shook her head.
"Of course not. What kind of monster keeps someone locked up in their own home? I wouldn't even mind relocating to a better home. Ten years of being in this place does wear on the mind after all."
Andrew then looked back at Jonathan, a big grin on his face.
"How about now?"
The blonde man only gave Andrew a cross look.
"I'm not looking to get married this early."
"Okay, how about concubine if you have someone already?"
"You're not listening to me Andrew! For that fact, why don't you? You seem eager enough to have several women love you."
Andrew thought about it for a moment before he answered him.
"I actually wouldn't mind it that much, but I like to get to know someone first before I decide on marriage. Not only that, but I don't have a home to relocate to."
The echidna watched them back and forth for a moment before she let out a low sigh.
"It's alright. Really. You both have things you need to do outside of this place. Though I do appreciate your concern."
Andrew looked back at her, still feeling bad about how he and Jonathan seemed to be throwing the issue back and forth like this.
"Well… I guess neither one of us are willing to get married… but… would it make you feel better if we offered to have sex?"
At that, Jonathan and the Echidna looked at him in surprise, Alyssa speaking up in a surprised tone.
"You're… awfully forward aren't you? … but I can't say I dislike it.'
Jonathan gave Andrew a kind of stare.
"Andrew! What are you doing?!"
"What? I feel its only fair that we offer her some kind of compensation for intruding at least. Who knows how long she's been down here for?"
"Ten years, you two being the first to actually make it."
"Thank you. See Jonathan, the first set of guys she's had in ten years and we both up and refuse. How's that for dashing hopes and dreams huh?"
Jonathan let out a rough sigh at him, some frustration on his face.
"I get that you feel bad about it, but at the same time, why are you including me as well? I really couldn't care if you did it, but I'm not really that into the multiple sexual partners thing that a lot of people favor."
Andrew hummed a little bit at that before he looked back over at Alyssa.
"Sorry, my friend here seems to be keeping himself off the table. A real pity to since he's such a looker in the male looks department."
The Echidna couldn't help but nod in agreement with the male's statement.
"I concur. If anything, his appearance is more my type. No offense to you of course."
Andrew only shook his head.
"None taken. Anyway, I'm sure your eager to get this started, so let me stop being rude and allow myself the pleasure of giving you some small satisfaction."
Oddly enough, the echidna only seemed to blush at his words, but she didn't dislike it at all. Walking over to where she was laying, Andrew took a moment to examine her body up and down, enjoying the lithe look of her body behind the two cloth wraps around her modest bust. However, he wasn't here to intertain himself and smiled at her.
"I'll let you take charge of the situation seeing as I want you to enjoy this as much as possible."
Feeling a flush on her face at the levels of deference he was giving her, Alyssa only nodded at him before she managed to slither her way off her couch. Taking a moment to circle around him in some parts examination and others thought, the echidna looked him up and down, his odd clothing making it hard to see what his body might look like. Letting out a low breath, she issued her first command.
"Take it all off."
Without hesitation, Andrew removed all of his articles of clothing, the young echidna amazed at the number of layers he seemed to have on. Eventually, Andrew stood bare before her, his clothing neatly piled up and folded away from him. Now that she had a better look at him, she had to admit that though he wasn't her preferred type, she did find she could enjoy his looks in a sexual way. He certainly looked as if he put effort in making himself strong, and the fact that she wanted to be embraced with those arms only told her that she really did look forward to this. Slithering closer, Alyssa didn't hesitate in running a hand over his chest, it being very obvious that Andrew didn't seem to have a problem being touched nor of being exposed in such a manner. Continuing this trend for a moment, Alyssa ran her hand over other parts of his body, seemingly fascinated with him. It wasn't as if she had never seen a man naked before, but she had to admit that her father was the only male she had ever seen as such. In all of this time, Alyssa had spent more of her attention on magical studies, thus having neglected any relationships she could have had. However, words from the male in front of her caused her to pause.
"As lovely as it is to be touched by such an attractive woman, would you mind terribly if I did the same with you?"
She had to think on that one for a moment, but she felt her blush creep back onto her face.
"I don't mind… go ahead… though do forgive me as this will be my first time engaging in a sexual act with a man… I feel my experience will be somewhat… lacking."
Andrew only smiled at her before he placed his hands on her shoulders, gently removing the cloth bindings hiding her breasts.
"It's fine. We all have to start somewhere after all. I'll help you out as we go."
Drawing himself closer to her, Alyssa felt her cheeks flush deeper when Andrews face came up next to hers, where he then planted a kiss on her lips. It was quick, but it had been warm and inviting to her. Not sure what she might need to do, Alyssa opted to let Andrew do as he should. Seeing her lack of action, Andrew decided to see the limits of what she would allow him to get away with, thus he began to gently run his hands across the smooth expanse of her skin. Unlike Unoma or Labareda, her skin felt cooler to the touch, not only that, but her skin had the strange sensation of smooth skin and glossy scales as well. It made for a unique sensation and was very pleasant to his sense of touch. Wanting to feel a little more, Andrew moved his hands to her breasts. This really didn't feel any different, but he couldn't help but notice her embarrassed look.
Deciding to be gentle, Andrew squeezed her breasts and began to kneed them like a small lump of dough in each hand. Alyssa could start to feel it now, the beginning of her lust building in her body, but it was still manageable.
"I guess you must like the way I feel considering your hands like to touch my scales."
Andrew noticed that he had been focusing more on the scaled bits around her breasts rather then on the soft flesh or nipple itself. Feeling himself smile sheepishly, Andrew decided to focus more on pleasuring her.
"Sorry, your skin is very unique to me, so I couldn't help but want to explore it a bit."
Enjoying that praise, Alyssa suddenly had an idea.
"I see… well… if you enjoy the sensation of my scales so much…"
Without finishing her sentence, the echidna moved away from him and began to gently move around him, coiling herself around him in a full body embrace, her coils pressing his body against hers. Andrew had felt a little nervous when she had coiled herself around him, his mind going to images of pythons crushing their prey, but this was more like a full body hug then a life ending embrace. She allowed him full reign of his arms and some movement, but he could feel her heat against his. Looking around himself curiously, Andrew looked back to her and he could see she was somewhat embarrassed about being so close, her face just a little below his chin as she looked up at him.
"Well… I will admit, this is very nice in its own way…"
Moving his arms to embrace her upper half, Andrew slid his hands along the conutures of her body and down her back until he eventually placed them on her ass.
"Your somewhat thin, aren't you?"
Feeling some embarrassment of another variety come into her chest, Alyssa looked away for a moment.
"It comes from my father's side… he said the woman from his homeland never got very big and that I seemed to have obtained those traits myself…"
Andrew only squeezed again, causing her to let out a small yelp of surprise.
"It's not an issue if you thought I was complaining. I actually rather like thin girls myself."
Andrew brought his head over her shoulder, where he then gave her a kiss on the neck, all while still fondling her ass. Alyssa had to admit that she wasn't very used to a guy like this, one who seemed very affectionate and touchy feel-y. She didn't dislike it though, especially since the state of her body seemed to have aroused him enough for his recently flaccid penis to become quite hard and pressed against her stomach. Pulling away from her for a moment, Andrew looked up and down her front half curiously, the girl letting yet another blush form on her face.
"W-What is it?"
Taking note of where her snake half meets her humanoid upper torso, Andrew let a curious look come over his face.
"Just a little curious, but where's your pussy? I've never slept with a lamia-"
She stopped him right there with an annoyed look on her face.
"Echidna. Despite our serpentine origins, Lamias and echidnas are still different on a very basic structure."
Andrew slowly nodded at her.
"Understood, I won't forget it… but back to what I was going to say. I'm having a hard time trying to find where your vagina is located."
Letting the annoyance fall from her face, Alyssa covered where her pelvic region was.
"That would be because most mamono have the unique ability to cover its more delicate parts with natural ability or with magic. Mine being a combination of the two. See?"
Andrew watched her remove her hands and was surprised to see that the scales had moved themselves out of the way to reveal a much softer and moist mound, her slit leaking lightly to indicate her arousal. Andrew reached down and gently ran his fingers over it, the girl shuddering at the light brushing.
"Huh… fascinating…"
With those two words out of his mouth, Andrew continued on with pleasuring her, one of his hands gently stroking and caressing her wet sex while his other hand went behind her back and brought her in close for another kiss, this time on her delicate looking lips. Alyssa, not denying him that, let it happen. However, she was not expecting him to put his tongue into her mouth, the girl not having expected that action. Thankfully she had some confidence in this and returned his kiss with one of her own, this time forcing her much longer and more prehensile tongue into his mouth.
Andrew had been surprised by it to say the least, but he wasn't going to stop his momentum. For the next minute or two, the two of them continued to kiss deeply as Andrews hands worked on other parts of her body. During this, Alyssa had worked up enough nerve to start stroking his dick, the kissing and mutual masturbation making for quite a show as Jonathan tried his best to keep a straight face. His face was straight to be sure, but it was very forced, and the blush was a very easy indicator that he was highly embarrassed by this. Even more easily to see was the tent in his pants. Jonathan had normally done his very best to keep away from things of a sexual nature, but sometimes he would come across situations like these and then even he couldn't help his male nature. Andrew couldn't help but peek over at Jonathan, the look of forced calm on his face only causing Andrew to internally laugh. However, he stopped looking when he felt Alyssa suddenly tense up, her coils tightening up on him as what he guessed to be her orgasm lanced throughout her whole body. It was only confirmed when he felt the walls of her vagina clamp down on his fingers, stopping him from extracting them. For a moment, she stayed that way, though Andrew was finding it a bit hard to breath with how tightly she had wrapped herself around him. It didn't last forever, and eventually she loosened up… in both her outer coils, and her inner walls, allowing Andrew to extract his fingers from her dripping cunt. Andrew also couldn't help but look down and see the imprint of her scales on his skin. Grinning to himself as the girl leaned against his shoulders with some heavy panting, Andrew embraced her a little more tightly.
"Well, Glad to see one of us managed to get off in this situation."
For a moment she didn't say anything, the feeling of her recent orgasm still filling body. But eventually what he said did in fact process in her mind and she felt her face flush in embarrassment rather then arousal.
"I-I'm sorry, I've not done that with a male before, so I was a little unprepared… a little pitiful on my part truth be told…"
Andrew simply smiled again before he put his hand on her head and began to gently stroke the back of her head in a loving manner.
"It's fine. I was like that the first time as well… nothing to be embarrassed about… but… are you willing to get to the main part of this little love making, or did you want to put it on hold?"
Pulling herself back, Alyssa shook her head before she diverted her attention to his pelvis, her eyes zeroing in on his enlarged member that was pressed against her stomachs.
"I'm good… but if you don't mind… I would like to do the work this time."
Andrew only nodded at her.
"That's fine, though only if you don't mind my hands working a little with this body of yours. I can't get enough of the touch."
Feeling a small smile creep on her face from the complement, the Echidna nodded.
"I don't mind at all… though if you don't mind my saying… that's an impressive member you have on you."
Curious, Andrew looked down at his dick to see what she was on about and he found himself A little confused by what he saw.
"Huh… I guess your right… was that always like that?"
He didn't remember his dick being quite that large or thick in the past, the size and shape looking somewhat different from the last time he got a good look at it. He didn't get a chance to think about it much longer before Alyssa took his dick in her hand and directed it to her anticipating slit, the snake woman bringing her body closer before his tip was pressed against her entrance. Andrew felt the warmth of her body against his tip and was eager to thrust into her with the eagerness of a beast, but he held back since she wanted a little more control this time. He didn't need to wait long though, as she seemed to forgo any kind of ease and instead let a determined look come over her face before she embraced him tightly for a moment before she plunged the whole of his length straight into her sex. Andrew almost lost his load right then and there at the sheer speed and tightness she forced onto him, causing his hands to grip at her hips in some mental comfort to stop him from embarrassing himself. However, the same could not be said of her, as he felt her the walls of her ribbed pussy clenching around his dick in a second orgasm in under a minute. Feeling those walls convulse around his dick caused him to loose the torrent held back in his balls, his seed spilling out into her womb with the force of a dam unleashed. For a moment, the both of them only stood there, the coils around Andrews body the only thing keeping the both of them up at the moment as they held onto each other in their culminated bliss. Eventually though they managed to come out of there current state, the both of them flushed from arousal and embarrassment. Alyssa was the first to speak up.
"I'm… sorry… I ended up coming far to quickly… just by putting it in… that's rather disgraceful of me…"
Andrew could only laugh sheepishly as well, though he leaned in and gave her kiss on the lips delicately.
"It's fine… in case you couldn't feel it, I pretty much did the exact same thing… I've been in a few girls before myself, but yours has to be one of the better ones my dick has had the pleasure of being in."
"I hope your not saying that hers is better then my own Dear Master, Labareda I could concede, but to an Echidna you just met? You wound my pride as a woman and as your familiar if that's the case."
Surprising the both of them, Andrew and Alyssa looked over to see that the rest of the party had managed to arrive as well, Lab and Unoma looking cross about what he said while Morgana only looked cross in general. Sarya was observing the situation with several hints of amusement but with a great deal of jealousy. Jonathan was covering the eyes of the young Aruma while Serena was covering the girl ears, the male looking happy that it was over while Serena only looked conflicted about the whole thing. Not letting it get to him, Andrew only waved at the group.
"Oh hey, happy you guys could join in. Has it been ten minutes already? It's so easy to lose track of time when your having fun."
Sarya chuckled to herself.
"So I see… are you done yet though? We need to get going."
Andrew only cocked his head to the side curiously as he hugged the echidna closer, an action that surprised Alyssa and annoyed Labareda and Unoma.
"But we haven't found the exit yet."
At that, the Echidna pushed him away gently as she began to unwind herself from around him.
"Actually the way to leave is the way you came. Just go back through the magic sigil on this side and it will drop you off at the start of my dungeon."
Labareda looked slightly annoyed, as if she was about to explain that very thing, but she didn't say anything. Andrew nodded his thanks to her.
"Huh… well I guess I didn't have to do this… but I'm more then willing to do this with you at any time… unless you happen to want a go Jonathan."
With an annoyed blush on his face, the blonde only kept Arumas eyes covered so that she wouldn't have to see this spectacle of nudity.
"I'm fine thank you very much."
Andrew only looked back at Alyssa with a sheepish grin.
"Well, I tried at least."
With only a little giggle as her response, Andrew could tell that she was done for the time being, and thus he started to get himself dressed, though he felt he could have gone another round with her. After getting dressed, Andrew reunited with his group, upon which Aruma was allowed to see and hear her surroundings again. At that point, the group was ready to go, Andrew pretty satisfied with his recent sexual escapade and Alyssa also rather content with what she got out of it, though Unoma and Labareda made promises that there would be 'conversations' later with the both of them. The hidden meaning was not lost on him. Before they left though, Alyssa stopped him.
"Ah… before you go… I wanted to give you something."
Turning back to look at her, she held out her hand, where a sigil then appeared in midair. Curious, Andrew held his hand out to it, but upon touching it, it seemed to meld into his right hand with the rest of the symbols on his arm. Rolling up his sleeve, Andrew could see that his markings had a new addition to them. Not sure what it was about, he turned his attention back to her with a quizzical look in his eyes.
"It's a marking for warping… to this place specifically. If you ever felt like you'd like to visit for any reason… well… just trace that mark into a surface and then you can warp straight here… you'll be able to warp right back, I promise."
Noticing the slightly bashful look in her eyes, Andrew couldn't help but smile at her. He then walked over and gave her a hug.
"Sure, I'll drop by for a visit every once in a while. I'm sure it gets lonely down here. I'll see if I can't rope Jonathan into coming as well next time."
Jonathan could only roll his eyes at the remark, but Alyssa only smiled again before she embraced him back with equal warmth. The hug itself only lasted a few more moments before the sound of an annoyed Unoma caused him to pull away. With one final farewell, Andrew and his group made its way back to the other room. Just as Alyssa had said, the moment they walked into the teleportation ruin, they warped without delay into a new place. Labareda let a knowing grin cross her face before she moved to the front of the group.
"Excellent! Granted we don't run into anymore pretty girls that Master would like to bed, we should be out of her within the next few hours."
Andrew only gave her a half-hearted look of annoyance, but only let out a small sigh.
"I'll try not to."
With that little bit of comedy out of the way, the group was underway, everyone's steps filled with the eagerness of escape. It wasn't until about an hour in when everyone started to slow down a little, the pace a little fast for Everyone in general. But with this slowing in speed, allowed everyone to grow impatience with thoughts of escape from this dreary place. So in an attempt to put it away for a moment, everyone thought about other things, though not all of them thought of more pleasing topics. Serena was one of those who found her thoughts wandering to other things, those thoughts causing her to furrow her brow in some parts concentration, and others frustration. Sarya, being one of the ones who watched her the closest, found her deep concentration to be somewhat concerning. Pushing herself to the back with her friend, she started talking in a low voice.
"What's on your mind?"
Serena only glanced at her elven friend for a moment before she only shrugged her shoulders.
"Nothing."
"Really? Because you sure seem to be worrying about a lot of nothing. That or your trying to look menacing. You've been like that since we left the Echidnas room."
Serena only looked at her feet as she walked, the both of them only listening to other forms of conversation before Sarya took a pretty accurate guess as to what her friend was thinking about.
"Is it about Andrew again?"
Serena's face flushed as quickly as the words left her mouth.
"N-no!"
"Ah… I see."
"I just said no! How does that confirm anything?!"
"In my culture, no means yes, and yes means harder."
Serena gave her a deadpan look.
"I'm not sure I want to know what your talking about right this second."
"You'll find out in time. Anyway, stop denying it, you know it's true."
Letting out a long drawn out sigh filled with frustration, Serena only brought her attention back to her with an equally long drawn out glare.
"Okay, let's say for the sake of argument that that was true."
"Not for the sake of argument if its true."
"Shut up. Anyway, hypothetically speaking, I do in fact find myself thinking about him."
Sarya, having way too much fun with this, only grinned at her.
"Then I will hypothetically ask you if those thoughts happen to be those of 'why am I thinking about him and why do I feel annoyed after seeing him with a girl he just met'. long glare for yes, short glare for no."
"How is that even an answer."
"You're still glaring, I knew I was right."
Letting out a frustrated grunt, Serena only turned away, intent on ignoring the elf for the time being. However, Sarya was not to be ignored.
"Sorry sorry… but you've been like this for a while you know. In answer to your question, that's probably jealousy. I mean, you've known Unoma and Labareda for a while, so it's makes sense that you would be comfortable with them in regards to Andrew. But some woman you've never met before is getting some action from a guy you like. And you've not even had your turn yet!"
For a moment, Serena could only look at her friend with a bewildered look on her face.
"So your saying… I want him to have sex with me."
"If it takes me telling you this to get you to realize that, then yes, you like him."
"I said sex, not like."
"Basically the same thing in mamono culture."
Serena left it at that, Sarya only nodding her head in a smug fashion at her. But she couldn't help but pick the useful bits of information out of the rest of what she had said. Maybe she was starting to like him. It wasn't like she hated him or anything, him being a very comforting presence for her. She certainly didn't feel that way with Jonathan, the guy being an acquaintance at best. But Serena couldn't help but think that maybe she was just mentally rushing into it, after all, she had only ever met two guys in this whole world. And Unoma seemed to like her to some extent, so maybe she wasn't just limited to guys either. But she would keep what Sarya said in mind, Serena not being entirely negligent of her feelings.
After the both of them got done, it was a quiet rest of the trip, the group having come across the section that kept this place hidden from the rest of the labyrinth (and easily smashing through it thanks to one smug Labareda). Eventually, they got to a point that Jonathan's group recognized, indicating that the exit was very close by. After Jonathan had said that, Andrew let out a relived sigh.
"Thank. God."
Serena also did much the same thing.
"Tell me about it."
Labareda could only nuzzle herself close to Andrew, the demon familiar looking smug as she smiled at him.
"See. I told you I would get you out of here quickly. Now give me affection and tell me I'm a good girl."
Chuckling to himself at her eagerness for his attention, Andrew did just that by gently stroking the top of her head as they walked.
"Yes yes, you're a wonderful familiar who is quite deserving of all my love and affection."
With a continued look of smug on her face, Labareda only closed her eyes as she received well deserved head pats, Unoma only looking on in mild annoyance that she wasn't getting any herself. In fact, even Aruma looked at Andrews affection with some longing in her eyes. Serena, who was carrying the girl on her back, only chuckled at her before spoke up.
"I'll do the same for you when we get a chance to sit down."
Aruma only nodded her head and gave her a signature 'Nh' in response.
Morgana, who had been paying attention to where they had been going (she had taken up the role of guide at this point since Labareda told them that even Jonathan's mage should be useful at this point) spoke up when she notice a particular turn up ahead.
"Look alive everyone. The exit will be just around that corner there. Ser Jonathan, you still have the key on you?"
The blonde male reached into the pouch on his side and pulled out an unusual stone marble of sorts.
"Of course."
"Excellent. Now, before we go blindly charging outside, we are going to need to have everyone get used to sunlight again. Jonathan and the rest of us having been down here for almost two months and the rest of you being being down here for at least three weeks. Maybe more."
Andrew only nodded his head.
"Sounds like a good idea. How are we going to do that though?"
"Easy. I'm going to go to the door, and open it a little at a time so that our eyes can adjust. You all stay back pretty far, especially Sarya since your eyes are far more sensitive."
Everyone only agreed before they rounded the corner. Just like the only other door Andrew had ever seen down here, at the end of the hall was an equally large and imposing door, though this one lacked the murals and artwork that depicted the warnings that the sealing rooms did. After taking the 'key' from Jonathan, Morgana made her way the door and seemed to fiddle with it for a moment or two. Andrew wasn't sure what she had been doing since her body covered the view, but the sound of stone grating against stone told him all he needed to know about if she succeeded or not. Squinting his eyes in the event of the inevitable sun blast to his eyes, Andrew along with everyone else could only wait. However, Morgana only peeked for. A moment before she let out a slightly surprised sound.
"Huh… well that was not expected."
Jonathan, being closer to her, opted to ask the question everyone now had in mind.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean it looks like I made you prepare for nothing."
Not sure what she was on about, Morgana only moved out of the way as if to show what she was talking about. It only took everyone a moment to realize that there was no sunlight peeking through. In actuality, it was a much paler light. Sarya instantly realized what the situation was.
"Ah… so it's night then."
With that statement, everyone could see what she was talking about. The door opened up even more to reveal the moonlit night, though even that still caused everyone to squint just a little bit. Jonathan group made it's way out after a moment of adjusting, But Andrew and his own group hesitated. Though that was only because Andrew was hesitating to walk out. Noticing his sudden uncertainty, Labareda walked up next to him and tapped him on the arm.
"Everything alright master?"
Andrew looked over at her before he simply nodded his head.
"Yeah… I mean, I've been down here for a while now, but it really hasn't hit me until now that I'm in a whole new place and world, so I guess that realization just started to get me was all."
Only smiling at him, Labareda only put a paw on his arm and pat him fondly.
"Well, don't worry to much about it. Whatever may come out here in this world, I promise that I'll always be here with you every steps of the way."
For a moment, Andrew only looked at her, her devotion to him astounding even after so many weeks together. All he could do was smile in the face of her faithfulness to him. However, a huff from Unoma made him turn around to look at her.
"I'll also be there, you know, in case you forgot about me. I'm equally as tenacious in my love for you Dear Master."
Labareda only chuckled in a smug manner.
"To his dick maybe."
"I won't deny that's about forty percent of my reason."
Andrew only laughed at that, but Serena walking past only caused him to look at her as she looked past the winged girl on her back.
"Y'all are free to stand here and jabber at each other until the sun comes up, but I can't stand the smell of this dusty old ruin any more."
With that spoken, she did just as she said and started toward the door. Andrew only gave his familiar a glance before he followed suite, his freedom obtained and the door to this strange new world offering him more then he could ever imagine.
I hoped you enjoyed! Next chapter is in progress, so expect it soon-ish!