Disclaimer: Chapter contains spoilers for Sumeru Archon quest.
Exiting the Knight's of Favonius Headquarters side by side with Amber, I was greeted by the sight of women. Don't get me wrong, I'm no shut-in who has never interacted with the opposite gender before, but the scene before me struck fear into my heart. A sea of femininity stood by the Headquarters entrance, waving, shouting, cheering, hell one of them was even stripping though that could just be my brain playing tricks on me.
Sure this was the land of freedom, but sanity still resided in these people even during these desperate times, right?
In all honesty, the scene was eerily similar to that one cutscene from the Sumeru Archon quest. Thankfully, The Doctor had nothing to do with this. He's dead after all.
…
Now that I think more about it, he's a genius mad scientist. I wouldn't put it past him to have somehow created a female segment of himself. Conflicting thoughts raced through my head. On one hand, he's an sociopathic, irredeemable evil bastard. On the other hand, he's hot. And I bet his female form would be no different.
"Hey, watch it!" a knight called out to a particularly troublesome citizen. The only reason I wasn't mobbed by the onslaught of females was because of the few knights guarding the entrance, quelling the insatiable crowd.
Wait a second. Taking a closer look at the knight, a seed of recognition sprouted inside me.
"E-Ellin?" I couldn't help but call out in disbelief. Luckily, my voice was quiet enough, the deafening noise the crowd was making covering my little slip-up. Gotta be more careful.
On that note, was Ellin finally able to smash all the training dummies at once? Is that how she became a knight? Perhaps she acquired a vision? I took a thorough look at Ellin, trying to spot a vision on her. My eyes searched her body, taking in every nook and cranny of her I could see from my angle to no avail. All I was awarded with was a nice view of her exquisite derriere and toned thighs, no vision in sight.
Also, were the Knight's of Favonius uniforms always this… revealing, or am I imagining things?
Case in point, Amber, who was right beside me, and her wonderfully short shorts. Speaking of Amber, I turned to her, a question about how we're going to tour the city in this state on the tip of my tongue only to be met with a raised eyebrow expression. Without speaking, she seemed to convey through her looks alone something along the lines of, 'Checking out potential candidates already? Was the magazine not enough?'
"I'm innocent," I protested. "I was only ogling- I mean, I was only searching for something"
Small, inconsequential blunder that has nothing to do with my subconscious aside, what I said was 100% the truth. It was my curiosity that led my eyes to wander there for purely investigative purposes.
"Mhm, sure~" Amber replied, not convinced in the slightest. Then, her expression morphed into a smug grin, not so different from Lisa's teasing one, filled with ara ara energy. "Perhaps you were 'searching' for a way to penetrate into her, are you?"
Her words threw me for a loop, sending me recoiling in shock. I always pictured Amber as the cheerful, innocent type.
"So, you thinking of going vanilla or are you more into the backdoor hole?"
Lisa's corruption reaches far and wide. Hmm, I wonder if Barbara knows any curse removal techniques.
"No- wha- Amber that's not- I'm innocent," I tried to and failed to formulate a proper, cohesive sentence. I felt heat rush to my cheeks, Amber's teasing somehow more impactful than Lisa's.
"Ahaha~ I'm just messing with you~! Though, your taste isn't half bad. Out of all the knights, I'd say Ellin's up there as the one with the best ass. Of course, mine's better."
Amber gave me a wink and a little bump from her waist. Immediately, something rose within me and it wasn't the blood into my cheeks.
On the topic of knights, I'd say, logically, the reason Ellin is one is because of the massive shortage they undoubtedly have. In the original world, the knights were almost always shorthanded. Take away half the population and you get force so depleted in units that even Noelle is probably a knight by now.
"As your agent, I can arrange a private session just between the two of you to get a good feel for each other, if you catch my drift."
"Can we please focus on the tour instead," I pleaded, though I doubt we'll ever get the opportunity seeing how rambunctious the crowd still was.
"Please, fuck me and let me have your babies!" a particularly bold lady yelled out. Her attempts to push through the wall of knights ended immediately in failure and she was promptly restrained and taken away.
"Sure, sure," Amber replied nonchalantly. With a big wide smile, her next words were like an arrow piercing straight through my heart. "Right after you address the crowd with a speech introducing yourself."
"...Eh?"
I hit my head a couple times. Transdimensional travel must have screwed with my hearing.
"Sorry about that," a different, more mature female voice than either Ellin or Amber called out to me. If I remember correctly, she's Hertha, the lady standing by the reputation board. "Someone must have leaked your presence to the public, hence the crowd gathering here."
Set crowd seemed to only have grown in size, a couple familiar faces I recognized - Sara from Good Hunter among them. She was on the front page of the brochure given to me, an exclusive 5 star meal offered along with her body. If I was Paimon, my inner glutton would have chosen her in a split second, no questions asked. Another notable NPC I recognized was Marjorie, the shopkeeper. She was also on the front page, her body one of the more hourglass shaped and developed ones. Her body was also offered along with mora and various valuables. Again, if I was Paimon, my inner greed would have chosen her without hesitation.
"A speech introducing yourself should calm them down. At the very least, it should instill some hope in them."
I gulped nervously. Public speaking wasn't my strong suit. I doubt it's anyone's for that matter. But it seemed speaking in front of this large crowd was unavoidable. Taking a deep breath, I composed myself. "Alright then… here I go."
"Good luck!" Amber called out to me. I gave her a grateful nod in response. Walking up to the front, I prepared to address the crowd. Their intensity spiked up profoundly once they got a clearer sight of me.
"Hey everyone," I greeted. My voice was wobbly and unsteady, my legs shaking, threatening to collapse under the pressure. Despite that, I managed to pull myself together. "How are we doing this fine…"
Ah shit, I don't know what day it is.
"...morning?"
At least, I hope it was still morning. 11:13 was the last known time, but it felt like it's been an eternity already.
I received mixed responses, varying between normal, horny and desperately horny.
"Well that's good to hear. As you all know I'm a guy."
That sentence was met with a thunderous roar of cheering. It was like me confirming my gender confirmed the hope of the world's survival and maybe the chance at, well, intercourse, again. Articles of clothing were thrown into the air and at me. The knights tried to calm things down as I could only watch in fascination as a pair of panites landed right in my face. Had the situation been different and had there not been thousands of eyes glued onto me, I would have pocketed the underwear discreetly for… research purposes.
It took the knights some time to calm everyone down, returning as much clothing to the population as possible. Still, there were countless people scattered throughout the mass of femininity, topless and eyeing me hungrily - the majority of the crowd seemingly stripping me down with their eyes and more.
I would be lying if I said I'm not turned on.
"My name is Hellastic," I said, introducing myself, opting out of using my real name. Hellastic was my Genshin name and I felt it fitting to be used here. "For the next two weeks, I'll be in your care. Thank you very much."
Short and straight to the point, I did not expect my speech to garner too much of a reaction. Contrary to my belief, the horde of Mondstadters was going ballistic.
"I'll take care of you real nicely!"
"My daughter may be young and inexperienced, but she's pure as can be! Come on dear, go say hi to your new husband!"
"Come down here already! We're all ready to blow your lights out!"
"Hellastic! Hellastic! Hellastic!"
"Ahhhhh~!"
One girl even orgasmed and fainted. Okay, I'm not egotistical enough to think my voice alone would induce any sort of sexual pleasure in someone - at least I think. But the girl clearly fainted at my words and presence and that stroked my ego nicely.
Slowly, with a great deal of trepidation, I backed away slowly. It felt odd being called by that name, but it was too late now to change things.
"Nice speech," Amber complimented. Then, leaning in and whispering teasingly into my ear, she added, "Hopefully, you won't be so quick to end things in bed."
Gulping slowly, I quelled the rise of a certain something. With Amber being this close to me, I feared a little unintended contact would ensue.
"No guarantees, but I'll try."
"Things like this come with experience, and you'll be getting plenty of that."
"Ahem," the sound of Hertha coughing interrupted the flirting - was it flirting or was it just one-sided teasing - going on between me and Amber. "Sorry to interrupt you two, but you both have an excursion to complete. Might want to get started on that and not stay here much longer. I don't know how much longer we can hold them off.
The respectable NPCs were all long gone now, having realized the spectacle was over. All that remained were the truly desperate individuals.
"My daughter attended the Akademia, graduated with top grades, wrote three best selling books and has won multiple beauty contests!"
There mothers who advertised their daughters like some sort of object. The lack of morality could be because of what happened in the last five years or because of the unique medieval-like culture in this world. Either way, I have zero respect for people who care not for the feelings of others. In my head, I've already crossed off the possibility of ever being with those individuals. If I'm going to be with someone, apart from them being hot, I want a very important thing known as consent.
Looking at the advertised daughters and their uncomfortable and unwilling looks in their faces left a foul taste in my mouth.
"Hellastic! Sex! Sex! Sex! Hellastic!"
Then there were the crazed people. There's the saying: don't stick your dick in crazy. Looking at the faces of these people, I couldn't help but wholeheartedly agree. In the past, I might have naively said, if hot, why not? But looking at their clouded, most likely drug or alcohol influenced expressions, I'll take back those words, thank you very much.
I wonder how Diona's doing with the sharp spike in Mondstadt's already high alcohol usage.
"I guess it's time to go," Amber said, snapping me out of my thoughts. "Back into the headquarters and out the secret exit we go! Oh and Hellastic, there should be a cloak for you to wear somewhere inside to disguise yourself."
"Wait, before you leave," Hertha called out to us, "I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Hertha."
She offered her hand. I shook it.
"I'm head of the Logistics in the Knights of Favonius. My office is on the second floor of this building, room number 237. If you ever have any worries or have free time on your hands, feel free to visit me."
"I'll keep that in mind, thanks."
Hertha gave me a bright smile. If ponytails awakened something inside me, then bangs aroused something inside me as well. Her long, straight brown hair combined with her tanned skin and modest figure gave her a rather alluring looking - even in all that armor. Set armor also much more provocative than I remembered. Why did it have cleavage?
"Sounds good to me."
Hertha waved goodbye at me as she walked away to the front, likely to help contain the raging crowd. She joined up with Ellin, who seemed to give her a piece of her mind about something, a jealous expression adorning her face. Hertha only laughed in response.
As I observed the two, my eyes unintentionally wandered down-
I mean, oh my god, is that a penny on the floor?
It didn't take long for Amber to notice. Nudging me in the shoulder, she gave me a cheeky grin. "Hertha's ass, along with Ellin's, is also among the best ones among the knights."
Looking at the glorious view, I mean penny, I couldn't help but agree. Thank the Archons for giving the knights tight leggings as their uniform. The way those pants hugged the rear of the two left little to the imagination.
A strong gust of wind blew against me. Huh. Coincidence, or a sign of a certain someone's presence?
"Of course," Amber continued, "My ass-"
"Is better," I interrupted. Perhaps the reason Amber wore those shorts that exposed so much was to flex her beautiful, bountiful booty. "Yeah, I know. It's kind of obvious after all."
My hands wandered downwards, brushing lightly over her sweet behind. I was tempted to give those buns a soft squeeze but decided against it.
Amber looked at me grinning. "I see you're an ass man, huh?"
Butts or boobs? I honestly had no preference. Big, small. Hard, soft. Perky, round. Dark, light. It didn't matter to me. I will say though, the fact that thighs aren't in the question makes me quite angry.
"I can't help but appreciate a good pair when I see one," I replied honestly.
Grabbing my hand - this was the first time our hands made contact - Amber practically dragged me back inside, intent clear on her face. To do what? Who knows. Just know that I'm not stopping her.
Maybe it was the wind. Maybe it was a spur of the moment thing - for both of us. Either way, I just set myself down a new path with my actions.
AN: This was loosely based off the World End Harem Manga. I know women don't act like that. Anyone who was cultured enough to get the Barbara reference, I applaud you. Also, a bit of a teaser spoiler but, Dottore won't be the only genderbent character ;)
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