hey everybody! So I managed to get this out a little earlier then I was expecting, though it;s kinda fluff chapter this time around. I promise the next one will have more to it, but I'm hoping to get it out pretty quickly this time around! Anyway, lets get to that part of the Intro I like so much! reading the reviews and responding to them!
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Chapter 11
Andrew found himself waking from what he considered to be a restful slumber due to the unfamiliar sounds of creaking and groaning wood. At first, he wasn't sure if his house was creaking that badly or if it was settling. But then it hit him that he wasn't home at all and that he had been brought into a strange new world almost a month ago. It then quickly dawned on him that the sounds he was hearing were those of the ship he now resided on, the Blissful Tide as it had been called. Forcing himself to open his eyes with a mental groan, Andrew felt the heat of a body on his front… as well as on his back. It didn't take him very long to see that Aruma was where she had been when he had fallen asleep, though Unoma had cuddled up with the girl in his embrace. Though it was the feeling on his back that slightly confused him. Turning his head to look behind him, he saw that Labareda had her whole body wrapped around him in a loving embrace. Though surprisingly, it was the person behind her that caused him to cock his eyebrow in some wonder. Serena was cuddled next to her, the woman fast asleep in what looked to be some kind of night outfit. He couldn't see it since she was under a blanket, but Andrew still found it adorable… until he thought about what had happened in the bathroom earlier. Then a blush appeared on his face, but he quickly pushed it from his mind.
Deciding that since he was awake, Andrew carefully maneuvered himself out of the grasp of the small girls on both sides of himself, having been used to doing it when he had been dealing with his younger nieces and nephews. After getting himself out of the bed without disturbing anybody, Andrew found his boots and put on what looked to be socks from the pile of clothing on the floor. They fit comfortably enough for him, so it wasn't too much when he put his military boots back on and exited the room. It didn't take him long to make it to the steps and ascend them to the kitchen area. However, when he got into the kitchen, he was surprised to see that there were two people in it, the both of them monitoring cooking pots and roasting foods of various kinds. One of them he quickly recognized as Silque, the mermaid. However, she had seemingly lost her fish tail and now sported a scaly pair of webbed fish legs, if that even made sense. He would have to ask her about it when he got her attention, but his own attention was on the other unfamiliar face.
It was a woman who looked in her early twenties with what looked to be long wavy back length golden blonde hair. Her eyes where a very deep blue in color, though her features and expression where focused at the moment. Though Andrew had to admit she looked like what one would consider a cool beauty. She had a tone looking body, her upper body uncovered save for the very cute seal hood on her head that very conveniently covered her modest breasts. The reasoning behind the toned thought was that despite still retaining some feminism in her upper body, she had some muscle to her, not thick or anything, but enough there to be noticed. Outside of the hood on her head, the woman wore an unusual skirt of sorts. If he was to put it into words, it looked like some kind of seal costume split down the middle for her to use around her legs.
It was odd to say the least.
If Andrew was to hazard a guess, this woman was one of the other crew members, and if he recalled correctly, she was a selkie called Fenella. Or at least he hoped she was, she looked nothing like any kind of kraken or Mershark to him, so it was a logical guess. He didn't have the time to think about it anymore when Silque saw him and called him out with a smile and a big wave of her hands.
"Hey! You're awake! Nice to see you up and about!"
Seeing that he had the floor, Andrew waved back at her with a smile.
"So am I, it's nicer to sleep on a real bed rather then a stone floor. I hope I wasn't out for very long."
Silque ran up to him and put her hands behind her back cutely as she looked up at him, Andrew just now realizing that she was about as tall as Aruma.
"Not all that long! Maybe an hour or less. Me and Fenella where just getting started on cooking the food, she got a huge batch of sea kelp leaves and fish for dinner later."
The sound of the other woman's voice caused Andrew to turn to look at her.
"It wasn't really that big of a catch. I was only out for safety reasons this time around else I would have brought back much more to eat. We do have a large number of passengers this time around after all."
Andrew only nodded before he smiled at the blonde woman.
"I see… I'll try to tone down my appetite for dinner then. But where are my manners, I'm-"
"Andrew, right? The captain already told us about you and your status for this trip."
Silque nodded her head eagerly before she ignored any and all social barriers and embraced Andrew warmly, the blue haired mermaid looking up at him with some expectation.
"Yeah! The captain said I need to treat you and the rest of your group real nice! Which is kinda weird since I treat everyone real nice! I don't mind though, it just means we get to have more fun than usual for most of this voyage!"
Despite the playful tone she had said that in, the fact that she was rubbing her body against him lewdly indicated to him that she had several sexual ideas in mind in regards to fun. Though before he could affirm or deny her thoughts on the matter, the Selkie woman gave the mermaid an annoyed look followed by a tapping of a ladle on her pan.
"Not in the kitchen. The last time you got down and dirty in here you spilled half my spice rack. I'll not have you waste precious ingredients like that again."
Silque only turned her head around and gave the woman a pouty look.
"Come ooooooooon Fenella. We haven't had a real dick in so looooong! It's killing me just thinking about it! We can finally do a three-layer-cake!"
However, Fenella only continued to stare.
"I don't care. It's not happening in my kitchen. And unlike the rest of you, I have a little self-control."
Silque, who had detached herself from Andrew, only smugly looked at the woman.
"So you say, but you looked the most eager when the captain said we had free reign to have sex with a group of the passengers, especially when Andrew was mentioned."
Fenella, now somewhat red in the face, crossed her arms over her chest defensively before she huffed.
"I-I did no such thing! Don't go putting weird thoughts in his head!"
Andrew, who had been amused by this back and forth, brought It to an end when he spoke up.
"It's alright, I wasn't going to do anything to anyone right now anyway. Though if it's any kind of consolation, Tannath gets first dibs after Dinner. After that… well, I'll see how I'm doing, then we can have ourselves some fun."
Silque looked a little annoyed at the fact that she wasn't going to be the first, but she still looked eager when she had heard that Andrew would be up for more. Even Fenella looked somewhat eager, but she stopped looking like that when she saw Andrew looking at her. Silque threw her hands in the air with eagerness a moment later.
"Great! Me and Fen will get dinner ready as quickly as we can! I'll make sure to put plenty of stamina boosting foods into it!"
The Selkie looked at the mermaid with an annoyed expression.
"We'll do what we planned and nothing more. I don't want to catch you adding anything weird into the food."
Chuckling a little at that, Andrew opted to go ahead and make his way out of the kitchen to let them work, but as he was about to leave, Fenella caught his attention.
"Ah, Andrew. Your friend Jonathan is already out there. He said that if I was to see you before dinner I should tell you that he wanted to talk with you."
Looking at her curiously, Andrew nodded at her.
"Alright, I'll go see him then. Thanks for letting me know."
With that out of the way, Andrew made his way out the door. When he left, Andrew was quick to take note of who was on the deck already. The first person he spotted was Tannath, the Harpy looking into the sea with her spyglass in hand. She seemed rather focused on her job, so Andrew opted to leave her alone.
The next person he saw was Jonathan who was currently on the bow of the ship.
Though he wasn't wearing his armor, it was easy enough to see who it was based on the younger man's blonde hair. However, what was interesting to note was that Jonathan had his sword out and was training. Swinging, feinting, blocking, weaving, everything one would expect from a fight, he was doing to stay in shape. Andrew got close enough to hear the swing of the man's blade, but not close enough to where he would be a distraction. For a few minutes, this was all he did, intent on watching Jonathan train, though it quickly came to an end. Letting some low gasps escape his mouth from the physical exertion, Jonathan turned around so as to find a drink of water, though he was greeted by Andrew and his smiling face.
"Hey there Jonathan. Nice work out there. Looking for this?"
Andrew held up a cup to him, having already found water for the worn-out young man.
Not opting to say anything at the moment in lieu of trying to get more air into his lungs, Jonathan only took the cup from him and drained it quickly. Giving him a minute or two to rest up, Andrew waited patiently until the young man in front of him had settled down enough to try communication.
"Hello there Andrew. Sorry about that, I would have greeted you had I know you where here."
Waving the comment aside, Andrew only smiled.
"Thank you, but I'm sure your training is more important than talking with me."
"Not quite true, but I appreciate the sentiment nonetheless."
Andrew nodded at him in answer before he opted to get to the heart of the issue.
"So, one of the crew members said that you wanted to talk with me? What about?"
"Ah, yes. Actually, I didn't want to so much talk as I wanted to have a light sparing match with you."
Both curious and interested, Andrew unfolded his arms and stood up straighter.
"Really? Didn't you say that you already had a grasp of what I could do?"
"I did yes, but I think it would be wise to try to get you up to speed. You have no idea how long you're going to be in this world after all. I believe it would be helpful for you to get started on training as quickly as possible."
Andrew could only mentally agree with him after all. It did make sense for him to get started on learning how to fight since he wasn't going to magically get a gun here. Letting a low huff escape his mouth, Andrew uncrossed his arms and rolled his neck a little.
"You got a point… It wouldn't hurt for me to get on it… but what should I do for a weapon? Unless your fine with me using the axe?"
At that, Jonathan became curious.
"I don't mind if you do, but an ax is a limiting weapon. Yes, it can cause massive damage and even the most heavily armored of individuals would think twice about getting in range. But anyone who is fast enough can very easily bypass that killing power…However…"
For a moment, Jonathan said nothing. However, he only looked Andrew up and down, as if recalling something in his mind. It didn't take him very long to simply sigh and smile at him.
"In your case, that weakness might not exist. Forget I said anything about it. I'm curious though, can you summon it and dismiss it at will?"
Andrew nodded his head before he simply held out his hand to his side, the evil looking weapon appearing right then and there.
"From the looks and feel of it, yeah, I can do that."
Andrew then walked over to where Jonathan was a small distance away and turned to face him.
"Welp, I'm ready to go if you want… but if you wanna take a breather from your current training then we can do that too."
Jonathan only laughed a little before he got his blade into a combat ready position.
"I should be fine… I cast a spell on my sword so as to dull the edge, that way it won't cut, but take any blow you may receive as a lethal one. Just to let you know, if I swing hard enough I can still break bones, so do try to be careful… and try to dodge as well. Also… I hope you don't mind, but I also took the liberty of casting the same spell over your own weapon when you brought it out… I know it's not proper etiquette to tamper with another's weapon… but I figured you didn't know how to do it yourself."
"He he… well… you got that right… thanks though… and try not to rough me up too much eh?"
Laughing sheepishly, Andrew only nodded his head at him before he took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself for combat. Jonathan, seeing the man across from him ready to go, leveled his blade at Andrew. With the sound of the waves against the bulk of the ship being the only thing they could hear, the two of them mentally were on edge.
For a moment, the two of them did nothing, though for Andrew, it was more out of a sense of not trusting himself with the first move. Andrew knew that the first move in a fight could make or break it, and he never considered himself a proactive fighter. So, he opted to take a reactive approach. His idea was met with what he had anticipated. A more experienced fighter against a greenhorn would be more willing to turn themselves into the predator.
Jonathan, seeing that Andrew wasn't going to move, dashed right for him. Andrew found himself simply watching him, but his mind was screaming at his body to react or else he was going to get hurt. Sadly, he wasn't in tune with himself, and by the time he started moving, Jonathan was already in range. Andrews slow witted reaction was met with a sharp crack to his left arm, almost letting go of his weapon with the force of the impact. However, Andrew saw that Jonathan was close, and he savagely swung his axe to the side. Jonathan only looked surprised for a moment at the sheer speed of which that ax was moving, but his experience quickly came through. Ducking under the rather clumsy swing, Jonathan rose up quickly and jabbed his palm into an uppercut on Andrews chin. Not having been expecting the blow, Andrew could only reel back from the pain of his assaulted jaw and took a step back to get away from Jonathan, his left hand leaving his weapon on reflex to grip his throbbing chin. This proved to be a terrible move, as Jonathan now had the full torso section to strike at.
The blonde youth did not waste this opportunity and struck out with the deadened blade, Andrew taking a serious blow to his diaphragm. Andrew lurched forward, his ability to breath now severely hampered, and he even made the mistake of letting go of his weapon. Jonathan stopped when he saw Andrew let go of his weapon and gave him time to try to recover his breath, though to say he was a little disappointed in this outcome would have been an understatement.
Andrew felt the shame settle in deeply at that even as he continued to cough. Though he wasn't a fighter, he at least thought he would have lasted a little bit longer then that pitiful amount of time. Forcing himself to get his body back under control, Andrew pushed himself to stand up straight again rather then continue to look as pathetic as he did right now. He then found his weapon and summoned it to his hand. Feeling a sense of disappointment in himself, Andrew looked back at Jonathan with an apologetic look on his face.
"Sorry about that… I'm really not that good…"
"No, it's fine Ser Andrew. I don't really expect you to be any kind of master, and I know you probably have never had to fight before. I will admit that your base ability in speed, strength, and endurance are top notch though. You can take powerful blows as well as any physical based monster. You just need to get used to fighting is all."
Andrew looked at him for a moment before he nodded in agreement.
"Yeah… your right… I need to get used to this… if you don't mind my suggestion though, if you see me stop attacking or drop my weapon again… don't stop. Just keep wailing on me."
Jonathan, a little surprised by this, only stared in confusion.
"I don't feel that would be very considerate of me."
"I'm not looking for consideration Jonathan. Pain will teach me to stop doing stupid shit, and nothing in this world is going to stop trying to kill me if I just so happen to get hurt."
The blonde youth looked rather uncomfortable with the idea, but he mentally agreed with what Andrew was saying and only let out a low sigh.
"Very well… I will stop if you do get severely injured though."
Andrew nodded at him.
"That's fine with me… so, let's get back to it."
With that agreement come to, both men looked to each other with their weapons in hand and got ready for another bout. This time, Andrew was determined to at least hold onto his weapon even when Jonathan was intending on beating his ass into the ground. With no stand-off this time, Jonathan jumped right into it with the same maneuver. A straight dash into Andrew. Somewhat expecting it, Andrew didn't swing horizontally this time, instead opting to swing downward directly into Jonathan path. This time he had to stop and divert himself away from the blow. However, Jonathan quickly recovered and simply bypassed the axe by going around, but this time, Andrew was a little more prepared. When he came rushing forward, Andrew pulled one of his hands away from his weapon and threw a straight punch at where Jonathan was coming from.
Actually being surprised by this, Jonathan stopped just as he was about to take the first to his face. This gave Andrew just enough time to get his ax back into both hands and smack Jonathan with the flat of the blade as he swung at him like a baseball bat. He didn't have a lot of power in it considering a large windup would have left him open, but it was enough to stagger him. Seeing his opportunity, Andrew was able to gain some distance with his foe and was able to quickly re-position himself. Jonathan, who had only lightly stumbled, looked at Andrew with some genuine surprise. Though he personally would have followed up with an attack, the youth had to admit that it wasn't a bad move.
Sadly, that was where Andrews preparation and thinking came to an end. The next few minutes where a through and savage beating from Jonathan, Andrew doing everything he could to just try to make himself keep going in this sparing match. However, if there was one thing he could pride himself on in this whole ordeal, then it was the fact that he hadn't let go of his weapon. Eventually though the training came to an end and Andrew felt like he had been put himself through a rigorous boxing match. However, Jonathan looked rather wore out as well, the man out of breath from the sheer amount of time he had spent just wailing on Andrew. Seeing that Jonathan had stopped, Andrew felt himself go limp and fell to one knee, his body one massive bruise after all of that.
"Jesus Jonathan… You sure can keep going… Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I'm going to be feeling all of that in a little while…"
However, Jonathan could only breath heavily as he responded to him.
"I'm *huff* more amazed *Huff Huff* at the fact you could… *wheeze* keep standing… through all of… that… Gods!" Jonathan also fell to the ground, his sword by his side as he did his best to catch his breath.
"What did I tell you Tan? They both lasted out the time limit, and from the looks of it, I win our little bet."
At the sound of an unfamiliar voice, both men turned to look and see who had been talking. It was easy to see that they had gathered a crowd of sorts, though three really didn't make a crowd as far as Andrew was concerned. Two of the faces where familiar, one of them being Tannath and the other being Sarya but it was the last face that was unfamiliar to him.
She, as it was obvious from the large exposed bust that she was currently displaying in full view, was an unnatural looking woman (Just like Tannath, she also wore some kind of tribal skirt. He wasn't sure if that was a custom of the crew members of this ship). Her skin color was off for starters, a mixture of a pale blue color along with an off white. Though what was even more odd was the rather inhuman features she sported. She had what looked to be a dorsal fin on her back, though she had several sets of pectoral fins along her arms, her hips, and her calf's. Even more odd was that her smile showed off rows of very sharp serrated teeth in her very human looking face, her wild bluish gray hair reaching about to her shoulders. Andrew had no doubt that this woman was the Mershark that was mentioned, but he couldn't for the life of him remember her name. However, he noticed that she was looking directly at him, her bright yellow eyes taking on an interested glint before she smiled her sharp smile and waved at him.
"Hey there Handsome! Good job out there! Me and Tannath had ourselves a little bet to see who would end up dropping out first from that little bout of yours! Happy to say I bet that you wouldn't be the first to drop!"
Tannath didn't look all that happy, but Andrew could only smile at her as he managed to work himself to his feet.
"Glad to see someone has faith in my ability to be wholly stubborn. I don't think I caught your name though Ms…?"
Andrew left it off at a question, but the mershark only put her hands behind her head and smiled at him.
"Frida! You can call me Frida! I'm basically the main fighter of this ship when things start to get hairy, otherwise I'm one of the deck hands who help keep this ship of ours in shape!"
Andrew nodded at her before he turned to Jonathan and helped him up to his feet. Though Frida wasn't done talking from the sounds of it.
"I have to admit, I don't think I could have gone on as long as either of you did in that fight! Blondy there fights like a pro, but you on the other hand don't seem to quite! You could use some work though!"
He hadn't been looking at her, but he jumped when he felt someone pinch him on his side. Turning around, he saw that Frida was standing next to him, though she was about a foot shorter then he was. She looked up at him with that dangerous smile of hers before she clapped him on the back.
"I will admit that you feel like you got a nice body on you though! I wouldn't mind seeing you out of those clothes of yours to admire it!"
Andrew, who drew his attention further down her chest to her exposed breasts, couldn't help but grin lewdly at her exposed breasts and dark gray nipples. It was his first time outside of Alyssa seeing someone with such an unusual anatomy. Feeling himself get a little plucky, Andrew looked at her right in the face and gave her one of his more confidant grins.
"That might be arranged later. I think I've practically promised the whole crew at this point that I was going to visit them for some… well, I think you already know at this point."
Frida blinked a few times before a small blush crossed her face, but the excitement was still there.
"Really now? I'm looking forward to it if that's true!"
The sound of Sarya chuckling brought his attention to the Elf and he couldn't help but see the smug grin on her face.
"Well look at you mister Fuck stallion. Sure you're not actually some kind of incubus?"
Andrew sheepishly waved her comment away before he shook his head.
"Nope, not at all. Just trying out some freedoms that I never would have gotten had I been home."
Despite the oddity of his statement, nobody bothered asking about it. However, the feeling of his now growing bruises caused Andrew to suck in his breath rapidly. Jonathan couldn't help but look at him with some guilt.
"I apologize."
"Don't be. I asked for it after all… and I'm sure one of my own party members can do something about it. But I will admit Jonathan, you know how to handle yourself in a fight. I guess they don't make hero's from just any old run of the mill guy eh?"
The younger man could only laugh sheepishly at that.
"I guess so."
"I am curious about it though… how does one get selected to be a hero?"
For a moment, Jonathan didn't say anything, but he opted to speak up when he noticed that Sarya was going to say something.
"It's simple actually… one has to pass a test of sorts. Once they get done with that, they will be anointed by the power of the Chief god. After that, your pretty much a hero, upon which you join the hero's association."
Andrew nodded his head at that before he started to stroke his chin in thought.
"I remember you saying something about that. It makes me curious though, if there is an association of you guys, does that mean their's more of you out there?"
"Yes. At the moment, I believe there is about thirty-one hero's out there right now with their own groups. I was the twenty fourth hero established in the past few years. After that, I spent a lot of time wandering around trying my best to suppress any issues that needed a hero before I met with Morgana followed by Sarya shortly after. After that we continued to do what we could until eventually we come to our meeting."
"And you've been doing this how long now?"
Sarya spoke up at that.
"About… give or take, three years with us now… but he was working by himself for about two."
Andrew had to give the man credit on that.
"Huh… so you're like an expert on this stuff huh?"
Jonathan could only smile and rub his neck sheepishly.
"Well… I guess so. Though there are groups that have been doing this even longer then I have… and some groups are so talented that they have done far more then I have in two then the five I've been doing this."
"Really now? I find that surprising… but I guess that's just a facet of life."
Nodding his head, Andrew shifted a little to make himself more comfortable, but the sudden pain in his body reminded him that he had been standing there while covered in freshly forming bruises.
Letting out a sharp hiss of pain, anyone could see that he forgot about it. But the first to suggest anything be done about it was surprisingly Frida.
"Might wanna get healed up before you let that settle in to much. Any one of you a healer?"
Jonathan and Andrew only shook their heads. The mershark then turned to look at the elf, but Sarya only shook her head.
"Sadly, none of our group happens to have a competent healer… Well, Morgana would count as one, but out here in the waves, shes next to useless in terms of casting magic. I could get you a potion if you want."
Andrew only shook his head at her.
"Nah, I'm good. I don't want you wasting money on me. I'm sure I'll heal in time, just need to go back to the room and get a nice hot shower followed by some rest. I'm sure everyone is still nuzzled together in that bed anyway."
Everyone present found themselves agreeing with him, but Tannath spoke up just as he was about to leave.
"Ah yes, it's getting to be around dinner time, so be ready to eat in about an hour or so."
Frida nodded her head at her harpy companion, but she also had something to say.
"Also, if you want those bruises healed up faster, you could try to visit Imh'ege. It's kinda weird, but she does have some weird technique that heals things like bruises very easily. I should know, I go to see her all the time when I get in a rough fight."
Andrew nodded his head to her in acknowledgement.
"Alright… I'll keep it in mind… where would she be if I wanted to do that?"
"In the bilge. That happens to be on the lowest part of the ship. The way down is just behind the stairs when you get to the second floor. Can't miss it."
Nodding to her, Andrew turned himself around and began making his way toward the open door. However, behind him, Tannath looked over at Frida with a somewhat blank expression.
"I notice you failed to mention what that happens to entail Frida."
Sarya and Jonathan couldn't help but take note of that. However, the sly mershark only smiled at her harpy friend with a toothy grin.
"Not like he won't enjoy the surprise."
Tannath only looked at Frida for a moment longer before she watched Andrew vanish behind the door.
"True enough."
Sarya and Jonathan only looked to each other in some confusion over that conversation, the two deck hands getting back to work. Andrew, for his part, only made his way into the door and found the stairway. Unlike several minutes ago, he had been un-bruised, so getting up and down the steps then hadn't been anything of a challenge. Now though, his body ached just taking the steps to the second floor. With a small grunt at each step, Andrew couldn't help but verbalize his discomfort.
"Dear god almighty this hurts a lot more then I thought it would. I'm really hoping that what Frida said was true and that this Imh'ega can do something about it…"
For the next few steps it was nothing but mental and physical discomfort over his battered body, but eventually Andrew was able to make it to the door of the bilge. Oddly enough, the whole place seemed to be sealed off by this one door. A curious thing to be sure, but Andrew didn't pay it much mind. Unlatching the door, Andrew walked into it and was somewhat surprised to see that there were about three more steps he had to walk down on. However, that wasn't the most interesting thing he could see down here. Actually, it was the fact that he couldn't see much of anything that was more of a surprise to him. Just outside of the last step and he could see a little water, but anything beyond that last step was nothing but an inky jet black. It reminded him of that darkness that he had encountered in the lowest part of the shadow labyrinth, and that worried him just a little bit. However, unlike last time, he wasn't stupid enough to try to put his hand into it. Just as he was about to turn around and opt for the shower instead, he was surprised to see that he had missed one little detail in all of that darkness. Actually, it wasn't a very small detail at all, in fact being quite bright in all of that black. There was the vivid glowing shape of a white… for lack of a better term, thing way in the back.
At first, he wasn't sure if he was imagining it, but when it moved, Andrew quickly came to grasp that the thing was in fact a person. A younger looking Mamono of sorts if he was seeing it right. It was easy for him to tell that she was a Mamono due to the fact that the lower half of her body was nothing but a writhing mass of tentacles. Ten in total if he was counting right, but they were moving so much that he was having a hard time making sure if that was one hundred percent accurate. Even more odd was the fact that her skin was albino white, making her shine in the darkness of the room. Andrew found her pure white skin hypnotic to look at, but he found himself drawn to the rest of her as he observed her. She had long wild violet hair that was about as long as her tentacles. Just as her powerful looking lower limbs had some mass and strength to them, so her upper body seemed to be slimmer by comparison. She was somewhat thin in certain places, though the more sexual parts of her body like her breasts, hips, and ass had some meat to them.
Through all of this, Andrew had noticed that her eyes had been closed as she lay down, but as he made an unconscious step forward, he found her opening her eyes lazily. Just like her hair, she had a violet hue to them, but they seemed to glow like the rest of her did. Something he didn't notice before was the oddly shaped squid like top behind her head. He wasn't sure if it was some kind of odd headpiece, but he doubted that was the case since it seemed to give her a trademark squid look and thus was probably part of her body.
For a moment or two, Andrew didn't say anything as Imh'ege seemed to be trying to focus in on him after her awakening. It didn't take very long for her eyes to widen and a smile to spread on her white face. Oddly enough though, her body seemed to change some slight color, or more specifically, some spots lit up on her in a strange and quick flashing. Andrew could only attribute it to how some cephalopods had the ability to create flashing patterns across their bodies to attracted or stun prey. However, he was interrupted from the thought when she spoke up loud enough for him to hear her.
"New face? New face! Come to see Imh'ege? Nice to meet you? Nice to meet you! Who are you?"
She seemed to be speaking in some broken English of sorts, but her attitude was excitable. Andrew, who had only looked at her for a few moments, only smiled at her excited attitude.
"Hello there Imh'ege. I don't know if you've heard of me, but my name is Andrew."
For a moment, the Kraken thought about what he had said before she spoke up with some recognition.
"Familiar? Familiar! Captain told me about you! You very special passenger! Said to treat you real nice! You come to be treated nice?"
Chuckling a little to himself, Andrew nodded.
"A little bit. See, I kinda got in a mock fight, and my body is pretty damn sore. I was told by your shipmate Frida that you could do something about it?"
Andrew had never seen anybody go from happy to even more excited before in his life, so to see that he saw it from the Kraken was something of a first for him. The girl seemed to bounce up and down in joy at the mention of it.
"Need healing? Need healing! I can do that! Imh'ege is good at healing!"
Andrew continued to smile at her exuberance… but only for a moment longer before Imh'ege's tentacles shot out at him and trapped his arms and legs. He was to surprised by the sudden situation to cry out or even ponder on what exactly it was that was going on before he was reeled back into the room with the Kraken woman, her arms opened up wide as she pulled him into a warm and admittedly wet embrace. Despite the strength she had used to reel him in like a fish, Imh'ege still had him tied up with her tentacles, though it wasn't a painful or tight grip.
Just firm was all.
Looking down at her, Andrew was about to ask her what she was up to, but he put that thought on hold when he saw her eyes. Yes, they where a bright violet color, but from a distance, Andrew wasn't able to see that unlike normal eyes, Imh'ege had multiple irises in both her eyes, almost like compound eyes but much larger and not nearly as many in one eye. It must have showed on his expression, because she cocked her head to the side in some thought before she spoke up.
"Looking at gift from father? Is a wonderful gift? Is wonderful gift! See many things, though captain says disturbs others. Does it disturb Andrew?"
Andrew had to think about that one for a second, but he quickly shook his head a moment later.
"No, not really, was just surprised more then anything. I've never seen eyes like your before. You said they are a gift from your father? What do you mean by that?"
"Father is unique being, sleeps deep deep in the ocean, further then most go. Mother found father after he called to her. Happily joined together! Was born without eyes, so father gave me some of his! I see many things! All wonderful! Can see father too when he awakens sometimes, happily joined with mother!"
Andrew wasn't certain exactly what it was Imh'ege was on about, but the disjointed way she talked made it seem cute. Seeing as the Kraken allowed him to move freely, he couldn't help but reach up and gently stroke the top of her head with a smile.
"I see… your father must love you a lot then. Anyway… just a little curious, but why exactly do you have me wrapped up like this?"
As if to punctuate his point, Andrew lifted his arm to show off one of her twirling tentacles.
"Is for healing! But first, clothing must go, gets in way? Gets in way! Imh'ege can't do well with clothes on people!"
Curiously looking at her, Andrew felt her tentacles begin working his clothes off, the drenched fabric easily manipulated despite the size of her extra appendages. Thinking back to an hour ago, Andrew couldn't help but mentally thank Labareda for telling him not to wear any small clothes, because he had seen enough hentai doujins to know where this was going. He honestly couldn't say he wasn't looking forward to whatever this sweet girl was going to do though. Feeling his pants and shirt come off of him, Andrew looked down in enough time to see Imh'ege embrace him with her own two arms, though the feeling of her tentacles wrapping around him along with her full body hug left him with a peculiar feeling of tenderness. However, he still couldn't deny that his knobgoblin was standing at attention and ready to explore deep wet depths.
Though his restricted status didn't allow him much in the way of trying to do this. A moment later though and he felt Imh'eges tentacles start to undulate on his skin, the motions felling soothing and relaxing as they began to work out the soreness in his body. Letting out a rather surprised grunt, Andrew followed it up with a content sigh as the rippling effects of the smooth tentacles seems to kneed him gently down to the bone.
But that wasn't all he was feeling.
No sir, not at all.
Even more surprising outside of the relaxing massage was the wet and almost sticky texture of her body. He thought he would have been grossed out by something like this, but he found that he enjoyed it. Letting himself become more entangled in her tentacles, Andrew found that he was soon laying down with her in a bed of her own body, the relaxing feeling of her body causing his soreness and muscle stiffness to ebb away. Though it wasn't until a moment later that he noticed an odd little sensation on his body along with the light squeezing. Andrew could only look down to ascertain what it was, but he quickly realized it when he saw it.
The little suckers on her tentacles were seemingly sticking to him, only coming off when she would slither said tentacle tighter or looser depending on some mysterious integer. It was like having little wet sucking mouths on his body, showering his form in kiss's. However, he felt that Imh'ege was also kissing him around his neck with her actual lips. He wasn't sure what that had to do with this relaxing massage, but he wasn't going to complain regardless of what she did.
Even when he did feel that one of her tentacles was starting to wrap around his erected member. Blinking a few times in sudden realization, Andrew looked down at the Kraken girl, her face looking just as bright a moment ago, though only with a curious tilt to her head.
"Hum? Is everything fine?"
He felt like he should have asked her why she was suddenly stroking him off, but at the same time, he kinda figured that if that's what she wanted to do, who was he to try to stop her? Cause he knew that unless it got dangerous, he wasn't going to do anything of the sort.
Only smiling down at her, Andrew relaxed even more.
"Nope. Feel free to continue."
Only nodding her head in understanding, Imh'ege drew her attention back to what she was doing, the girl beginning to expertly squeeze and stroke around his body. Andrew had to admit that she seemed a little more focused on his dick after he had given her the go ahead though, the feeling of his cock being fully enveloped being very distinct, but not unfamiliar. A few more minutes into the relaxation session and Andrew felt that not one, but several of her tentacles had been expertly wrapped around his member, the feeling somewhat akin to a very sticky and realistic onahole. What made it even better was the suckers on her tentacles though, those little suction cups clinging to his cock and bringing an unexplored sense of pleasure that he never would have known. Grunting at the feeling of this new sensation, Andrew couldn't help but mutter under his breath as the tentacles seemed to stroke and twirl around his cock.
"Ohhh… fuck… I could get addicted to that feeling…"
What was even more amazing to him was the fact that despite some of her tentacles hard at work on his groin, Imh'ege had not relinquished nor stopped working his body with it's oh so comfortable and relaxing squeezing. The pale girl herself could only smile at him as she kissed him under his chin.
"Imh'ege doing well?"
"You're doing- ah shit…- You're doing great. Never had anything like this ever happen to me, but it's fantastic…"
The kraken could only smile as she began to increase the speed of her tentacles. Andrew felt his body begin to react to the sudden increase, the girl pleased by his praise and seemingly wanting to impress him even more with her technique. Andrew's body tensed up at the sensation, the girl not letting him do much with the way he was wrapped up, but the feeling of being in a loving embrace leaving him not wanting to try in the first place. It didn't take very long for Andrew's body to respond to the sexual stimuli's, and without much warning, he felt himself loose a torrent of life-giving seed into the sticky tentacle onahole. It was a little embarrassing to have let himself cum so easily, but Imh'ege's technique, experience, and loving affections with this had left him at her mercy.
Feeling the mana from his essence flow onto her white appendages, the Kraken removed her even more sticky tentacles from his cock and brought them close to her face to lick it off. Looking at Andrew with her ever present smile, she curiously cocked her head to the side.
"You enjoyed?"
Still in relaxation mood, Andrew nodded his head at her as he tested to see if he had access to free movement again. Finding that he did, Andrew wrapped his arms around the girl.
"Very much so… but it makes me a little sad that I couldn't do the same for you. I'm sure that it's frustrating to be the only one doing all the work after all."
The violet haired Kraken could only grin and giggle at his affectionate embrace, the girl hugging him back with her… well… everything.
"Sometimes. You offer to play with me? Imh'ege happy to be enjoyed? Imh'ege happy to be enjoyed!"
Grinning to himself at the girl's enthusiasm, Andrew began moving his hand further down her body, his fingers eager to return the favor.
"I'm sure we both would."
Needless to say, both of them knew what was going to happen, and neither one would have disagreed to do it.
Meanwhile though, going back to before all of this occurred, even before Andrew had his mock fight with Jonathan, Aruma found herself waking up to the sound of a closing door. At first, she wasn't sure what had caused the noise in the first place, but it was a little hard for the young girl to see much of anything with her face so covered by a mass of breasts in front of her. Thinking back to why this would be, she quickly remembered that when she had come down here with Serena, the Dark mage had already been fast asleep. Having thought that she looked very comfortable, Aruma had opted to do much the same thing since she herself was still feeling somewhat tired. After that she had crawled into bed with her and had nestled up beside her. That was all she remembered until just now, but she quickly got it into her head to detach herself from Unoma to see what all had changed since she had gone to sleep.
Forcing herself to get out of the Dark Mages grip, Aruma looked to see that Labareda and Serena where behind her, but that there was a distance between herself and Lab. She could figure that someone had been there before, no doubt Andrew, and that he probably just woke up and left the room. She felt a little nervous when Andrew wasn't around truth be told. He made her feel safe and gave her a warm and fuzzy feeling in her chest. Though it wasn't that she didn't dislike any other members of his group. Serena acted a lot like how her brother would, trying to look out for her and taking care of her. Unoma seemed to like her a lot, though she seemed to get very clingy if given a choice in the matter.
Labareda was the one she had the least interaction with. Though they both looked about the same age, Aruma could tell that she had an aura of age and experience about her that made it a little hard for her to approach. Though that didn't mean she disliked her or anything, but it made her feel like she was in the presence of someone like her brother. Vastly wise, powerful, and not someone who should be talked to carelessly. However, just as she thought that, the familiar right across from her quickly seemed to wake up, the demon quickly sitting herself up and looking around the room before she seems to hone in on the angel.
"I take it Andrew has left the room already."
Only responding with a trademark 'nh', Aruma only blinked a few times after that. Labareda for her part, let out a small sigh.
"Even though I said I would much rather be with him at all times… oh well. We are on a relatively safe ship, and I doubt anything could or would hurt him here. I'm still not amused by this though."
All of that had been said out loud, but it seemed mostly to be monologue. This left Aruma in something of an awkward situation as she didn't know if she could think of anything to speak to the familiar about. However, the option was taken out of her hands when Labareda looked over at her with a curious gaze in her eyes.
"Hum… though you and I are not technically alone, it would appear that outside of Master, you and I are the only ones awake. This is rare as I have wanted to talk to you for a time now."
A little curious, and maybe nervous, Aruma spoke up quietly.
"Y-you did? What for?"
Labareda, seeing the girl's nervous expression, only smiled at her.
"Relax. It's nothing majorly important. I just wanted to converse with you about your divine power. You have a lot of it you see, at the level of a major divine… maybe even more, though you are quite thoroughly drained of it. It's why you've been sleeping a lot in an attempt to recover. Though at the rate it's going it will be years before you're back to full power. Well, without help at any rate."
Aruma looked to the demonic familiar with a curious gaze, followed by a question.
"Without help?"
Labareda., now sitting cross-legged across from Aruma, only nodded her head.
"Yeah, as a being more inclined toward divine essence, you have potent power, but the trade off is that it's slow to recover unless you happen to be in places rich with divine energy. But even then, it still takes a while"
Aruma, who had always been brimming with power at all times back in her own world, could only take all this information with a nod of her head, though she was highly curious about it.
"I hadn't been aware of that… my brother prevented me from using my power due to the dangers, so I didn't know that it was slow to recover. But… I think it's fine that way."
Lab, now curious, cocked her head at the girl as she crossed her arms.
"Oh? You don't know how to control your power?"
The blonde girl only responded with a simple 'Nh' in response, though it was all Labareda needed.
"I see… and with that much power… I get it now… You might be dangerous to others with that amount of power. Unchecked and you might bring about Armageddon. I can see why you where restricted. However, it never hurts to have a backup plan in the event things go awry. Your lucky your so weak right now as this is actually a great opportunity to learn how to do it."
Aruma nodded her head before she spoke up.
"Sarya also said much the same thing… but she also believed that Big Brother Andrew might be able to do something as well."
"Ahhhh… that makes sense. Master's own power vastly outstrips even a number of gods, so it doesn't surprise me. Though just like you, he isn't aware of how to control his power yet. That's why myself and Unoma are trying to take it slow in teaching him magic. With the amount he has, even the simplest of spells could prove devastating. Unlike you though, since his essence is a combination of both demonic and human, it recovers quickly. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing though…"
Labareda trailed off at that, leaving Aruma to catch onto the tail end of the conversation. However, Lab only seemed to ponder on it a moment later before she turned her attention back to the winged girl.
"Enough about that. I couldn't help but notice what you said a moment ago about Master. You called him Big Brother? I'm curious about that."
Aruma flushed a little when it was pointed out, the girl not even being aware that she had said it.
"I… I wasn't thinking when I said it… he reminds me very much of my big Brother Alex is all… He may not look anything like him, but he feels and acts very similar."
Labareda only smiled.
"I'm sure he doesn't mind. In fact, I'm sure he would like it even more if you kept calling him that."
Aruma flushed even more at that.
"I…I couldn't do that."
Labareda only chuckled to herself before she stretched herself out and began to get up.
"Suite yourself I suppose… Anyway… I find there is no more reason to laze about. I'm about to go and look for master. Would you like to come with me?"
Happy to have the subject change, Aruma nodded her head as she was still feeling a little restless away from Andrew. Quickly nodding her head, Aruma was careful to extract herself from the mattress and both the woman on it with Labareda. It didn't take them very long to exit the room, though when they left, Aruma spoke up.
"Hopefully he's close by…"
Labareda grinned as she took the lead, Aruma all to happy to let the more confident girl do so.
"He is. Being his familiar, I can sense his presence very easily. He could be on the other side of the world and I would still know where he might be… or a least his general direction."
"That sounds amazing."
"It really isn't, most familiars can do it if they are in tune with their masters. Mine being much more closely tied to me then even he realizes."
Aruma found that word choice to be odd, but she only figured it was the nature of their relationship and didn't ponder on it anymore. Though she did pose another type of question.
"Then do you know exactly where he is now?"
Labareda nodded her head before she pointed downward.
"I can feel him right below us somewhere. Meaning he must have gone deeper into the ship. I happened to see a set of stairs behind the ones we came down on, so that logically should be where we will also go."
Aruma could only nod in agreement with her. The both of them proceeded in silence until they eventually made it to the stairs that Lab had mentioned. However, they where quick to note that instead of a stairway ending in a hallway, it ended at a door. A slightly agape door if they paid attention. However, it was the faint noises occurring behind it that made Aruma tilt her head curiously.
"What's that sound? It sounds like… something slapping together?"
Where Aruma was only confused, Labareda only had to listen in for a moment with her vastly superior ears to hear what was going on behind that door. For a moment, she was thinking about if it would be best to divert the girl away from the situation, but the darker and more mischievous part of her won out.
Despite not knowing what her knowledge level was in regards to sexual matters, Lab justified what she was about to do with the thought that Aruma was going to need to learn about it in the future anyway. With a grin in her mind hidden by a face of curiosity, Labareda only looked at Aruma with a shrug.
"No idea, let's check it out though to see what it is."
With absolutely no doubt in the demonic familiars' words, Aruma made her way down the steps followed closely by Labareda. It didn't take them very long to make it to the doorway, Aruma now hearing more then just the slapping sounds going on. Her curiosity now piqued, Aruma raised her hand up and gently pushed the door open.
At first, she wasn't sure what she was looking at. Or more specifically, she wasn't sure what was going on. She could see Andrew along with what looked to be some kind of octopus woman of sorts (Aruma had read about them before). However, they seemed to be very close together, and they were embracing each other. What was even more odd was that they where both naked. Andrew was pistoning his hips into the woman's lower half, the clapping of flesh creating one part of the noises she was hearing. The other noises included heavy breathing and… unusual moans coming from the both of them; on top of a wet slapping sound that would resound each time Andrew would thrust his hips into the other woman. Aruma, now starting to pay more attention, could see that Andrews penis was inserted into what looked to be the woman's vagina. The blond girl knew exactly what those where seeing as she had studied them, but it took her a bit longer to realize exactly what was going on here. Before she could voice it though, Labareda's voice beside her cut off anymore train of thought.
"Ah, so that's what he was doing. I feel slightly annoyed at the fact that Master seems to want to indulge in the body of another woman when he has me and Unoma. I mean, I know he enjoys sex with me at least, not so sure about Unoma though, that woman's body getting older and older with each passing century."
However, after one particular word, Aruma had failed to hear anything else out of Labareda's mouth.
Sex. She was watching people have sex.
At that realization, Aruma felt something in her body seem to change. She felt her face flush, her eyes still glued to the sight of Andrew savagely pounding his dick into another woman's pussy. Looking at it left Aruma wide eyed and mouth open. It felt as if her body was heating up, the lower part of her stomach warming up considerably while also seemingly… lifting? She wasn't sure, Aruma had never felt this way before in her life, and on some levels, it felt a little scary to her. Even more so when she felt some unusual wetness where her vagina was. For another minute or so, all she did was watch, that feeling of heat in her body only growing. But eventually it started to get to a point where she didn't know how to handle it, so she did the next best thing she could think of and turned herself around and walked out of the room, though when she passed the threshold of the door, just the sounds and the memory of what she had seen where still enough to keep all of those weird sensation in her body coming. Labareda, who had watched her for a moment, felt a lewd grin cross her face as Aruma left the room, the look of confused arousal on her face leaving a grin on the familiars own. Though the sounds of Andrews love making caused her to look back in enough time to watch him thrust deeply into the woman's pussy, his body clenching as he spilled his seed deep inside her womb. Feeling just a little dejected at the fact that that wasn't her, Labareda decided to bring her attention back to Aruma, who had made her way back to the top of the steps.
Quickly making her way upward, Labareda gently poked one of the girls wings to get her attention.
"Hey there. Are you okay? Your face is awfully red."
Looking back to Labareda, Aruma stuttered with her words, her mind still confused as she tried to make sense of what her body was doing and feeling.
"I… I think… I… I'm not…I can't…"
Labareda gently placed a hand on her shoulder as she smiled at the girl, a look of some deep understanding on her face, though it was mostly planned.
"Are you perhaps having some issues figuring out what you just saw? Are you not familiar with sex and the things that go with it?"
Aruma quickly shook her head, her hands clenched in front of her chest tightly.
"N-No! I know… about it… I just… I never would have… I've studied it… but never did I expect it to… I feel so…"
Labareda watched and listened to her stumble over her words a bit more before she put her hand on top of the girl's head and gave her a gentle headpat.
"Relax. Let's find a place to sit down so we can talk about it. I'm sure your more than confused about what you saw."
Aruma nodded her head in confirmation, everything that Labareda said making sense to her. It didn't take them very long to make it back into the room, where they then sat down on the open couch quietly so as not to disturb Serena and Unoma. Labareda watched Aruma for a moment, the girls head tilted downward while her eyes seemed to be roaming rapidly. Her fingers had intertwined with each other as she seemed to fiddle with her own hands in a nervous energy. Labareda let a sigh escape her lips before she started talking.
"So… I take it that was your first time actually witnessing the act of sex. Am I right?"
Aruma only nodded her head, the girl not sure where she should be looking right now.
"Y-yes… I knew about it… I didn't have a lot to do when I was kept in the palace… but I was allowed to study a lot of things in my free time… procreation and breeding was one of them. Since I had read a lot about it, I hadn't thought anything of it… but…"
"Seeing it in person was a vastly different experience for you. is that correct?"
Aruma quickly nodded.
"Y-yes… I don't know what I'm feeling right now… I never felt like this before… I'm… I'm scared of what it is."
Labareda, despite her licentious motives, couldn't help but feel a pang of some sympathy for the poor girl. However, it wasn't enough for her to want to stop corrupting her.
"Oh now now… There's no need to be afraid. This is natural for living creatures, especially for those who discover it for the first time."
Bringing her face level with the familiar with a confused, but inquisitive look, Aruma only stared on at her; intent on hearing what she had to say.
"It… It is?"
"Yes. What your feeling is a desire to breed. Those feelings in your body are a natural mechanism for preparing for that. Your obviously scared of the feeling because You have never encountered it before. Thankfully I'm here to help you. Let me show you what I mean."
Moving herself right next to the winged girl, Labareda moved one of her paws to where Aruma's womb was at.
"Feel this? Notice how it seemed to get hot and… float for lack of a better term? That's your body preparing itself for the act of sex. And this? further down?"
With her paw still on her body, Labareda oh so slowly moved it further down her naval until she had moved beyond the realm of personal privacy and placed it directly on Aruma's wet crotch, the girl letting out a small gasp at the touch.
"This slickness is your body also preparing yourself for the act of sex. This place here becomes particularly pleasurable when a man inserts his penis into it, just like how you saw Master doing with that other woman. Though…"
Letting that word hang off her lips, Aruma felt Labareda begin to gently stroke her pussy up and down, the girl clenching at the sudden new contact and the tingling sensation it brought with it.
"Sometimes a woman doesn't need something inside her to make her feel wonderful. Many times, we just need our own hands to get us to that point… or the hands of another."
Aruma felt Labareda's soft pads begin to gently kneed and massage her lower lips, the girl feeling her legs start to come together at the pleasurable torture running through her body. However, she was not to receive a reprieve from it, the girls shuddering and tensing of her body only spurring Lab to intensify her molesting of the girl's pussy.
Aruma could only grip herself tightly, the demonic familiar having full control of the situation and her body with it. The feeling running through her body was like those of when she witnessed Andrew pounding into the other woman, only even more so. Amazingly, having thoughts of that very act seemed to enhance the experience for her, even more so when her mind seemed to turn to thoughts of behind embraced and fucked herself.
The short gasps of air coming from her mouth along with the quickly building feeling in her body left her puzzled, but it all felt so good that she couldn't bring herself to mind it at all, only wanted to experience more of it. Thankfully, the demon next to her only obliged that feeling in her, and she felt her mind seem to tip down a white nothing as her body clenched tightly and a sudden feeling of grand euphoria filled her below her belly.
Labareda, having been doing everything in her power to make it happen, was surprised when Aruma clenched and let out a very loud and very sexual scream, the feeling of her paws quickly becoming wet indicating to her what had just happened. However, she quickly turned around to look and see if she had woken the other two up, but surprisingly, they were still fast asleep. She could only attribute it to Unoma having done something over the bed to block out loud noises, so she put it to the back of her mind. Turning her attention back to Aruma, Labareda was content to see the girl leaning back into the couch, slack and looking happily dazed. Finding that it would be rude to just leave her there, Labareda wrapped an arm around the girl and held her close while gently stroking her hair, gently talking to her.
"There now… see? It's not so bad of an experience…"
Aruma only nodded her head in agreement, the afterglow of her orgasm still running through her body enough so that simple thought was too much to handle for her. Lab, for her part, simply kept the girl comfortable as she continued to gently stroke her head. After a few minutes of recovering though, and Aruma suddenly seemed to realize what it was that had just happened. Her face reddening in both embarrassment and shame as she threw her hands over her face, not really ready to look at anybody for how she had been feeling a moment ago. Labareda only continue to hold and stroking her, the feeling of a gentle touch calming her down as she sorted through the emotions. Thankfully, Labareda's words helped her out a lot. Eventually, she managed to get to a point where she felt she could talk again.
"T-That was… I… I don't know how best to describe it…"
Thankfully, the demon answered it for her.
"Exhilarating? Sensual? Wonderful? I'm not surprised, especially for someone who has never seemingly masturbated before. Thankfully I went easy on you since you're a first-timer. Who knows how it might have gone if you had done it with someone who lacked a gentle touch… though I'm sure if master had done it, he would have been even more amazing."
At the mention of Andrew, Aruma went back to the thoughts she had as Lab's touch elated her. Her blush came back in more force as she covered her face.
"I… I'm such a dirty person…"
Lab, who saw the girl's emotions at the mention of her master, only hugged her tighter as she nuzzled into the girls cheek.
"All creatures are Dirty Aruma, that doesn't make it wrong. Your free to think as much about sex as you want. Just don't turn into a useless sex cow Like Unoma over there who literally won't do anything."
"I resent that remark you know."
Both girls jumped at the sound of a voice behind them, the both of them quickly turning around to see said Dark mage was floating above the bed with a smile on her face. Aruma was struck for words, But Labareda only let out an annoyed huff.
"So you where awake. I had a feeling that you wouldn't have slept through all of that."
Unoma only chuckled to herself as she hovered over to the two of them and touched down in front of them.
"Of course not. Though I figured Dear Master would have been the one to lay his hands on dear Aruma first. Though I will say you where much gentler with her then you where with me my first time."
Lab only hugged the girl tighter as she took on a pouty face with Unoma.
"This girl is a darling little angel. You where a slutty vixen who had obviously slept around before you even discovered magic."
Unoma only waved the comment aside.
"I can't say your wrong. Anyway, I think our little girl here needs a bath after what you did with her. Do you mind joining me Aruma? I could use a partner to help me with my hair. I promise I'll do the same for you."
Aruma, who was getting over the fact that she had been watched during the whole thing, only nodded her head. Thankfully she felt a little safer with Unoma in regards to sexual things seeing as she treated her nicely. The Dark Mage only smiled at her as she held her hand out.
"Excellent. I want to freshen up a bit before dinner is ready soon, and if what I'm smelling is any good, we should be excepting it fairly soon."
Taking her hand, Unoma and Aruma made there way to the shower, Lab only watching as the both of them vanished behind the door. She then looked behind her at the bed and let a cunning grin plaster her face.
"Not going to say anything Serena?"
The sound of a sharp intake of breath followed by a 'shit' was her only answer before Serena pushed herself to sitting status. The silk negligee covering everything from the top of her bust down while she pushed her unbound hair out of the way.
"You're a deviant you know that? Teaching a girl like that all that stuff."
"Says one of two voyeurs who watched me do it without saying anything."
Serena let her blush redden even further, but she only shook her head at her.
"Whatever… by the way, where is Andrew?"
Labareda looked over at the door leading outside of the room and pointed at it. She then proceeded to make a shooting motion with her paw. The moment she did and the door opened up to reveal aforementioned male walk through the door looking like he had just pulled himself out of a body of water. Seeing both girls looking at him, he couldn't help but blink a few times.
"Ah… I see everyone is awake. Where's Unoma and Aruma?"
Lab pointed to the shower room behind her.
"In the shower. They happened to go in there just now. I think Aruma may have wet herself a little a bit ago and Unoma offered to help wash her… though from the looks of you, you might need the same."
Looking down at himself, Andrew did admit that she was probably right.
"Good idea… I think I'll join them. Do you mind drying my clothes off for me Lab? I don't know if there is an Extra set in that pile and I don't want to go looking. Oh, also, Silque told me tat dinner will be ready soon, so might want to get ready for that."
With that out of the way, Andrew quickly undressed and made his way into the shower room, rather exhausted even though he had only been up for at most an hour. However, he wasn't aware that the rest of the day would potentially send him right back to this very shower room.
Hope you enjoyed! I plan on trying to get the next chapter out quickly since I had a little more I wanted to add to this chapter, but kept it cut out since I decided to add it to the next chapter! and hopefully, there will be an Extra surprise there as well!