Author's Notes
Everyone is surprised when...
Atemu decides...
In a forest, Yuugi and Yukiko...
Chapter 19 - Keeping a Promise
The door opens and Kesi emerges, making everyone relax, with the young monarch removing his mask as she closes the door with a mischievous smile, making everyone frown.
Then there are frantic knocks on the door and before Atemu becomes the Per'a'ah again, Shimon decides to leave and talk to the guards, who were embarrassed at having been tricked by Kesi, who tricked them into gaining access to the double doors by seducing them, with both taking a long time to notice her actions.
Faced with this mistake, they pleaded for mercy, begging the Nsw-bity to forgive them, with both not daring to enter the room while the Royal Counselor stood behind the double doors, blocking the view and access to the room. The tjaty (Vizir) had only left a crack so they could hear the conversation.
The monarch arches his brow at the beautiful brunette who responds by smiling mischievously, bringing his hands up to his lips as he controlled a slight laugh that wanted to take hold of her red lips, causing an involuntary smile to appear on Atemu's face, to then he shook his head sideways and was followed by the others who were torn between the pity they felt for the soldiers' obvious fear of punishment for their mistake, and the laughter as they imagined Kesi using his sensual weapons to deceive the guards.
Shimon dismisses them, assuring them that the Per'a'ah was not nervous and that there would be no punishment, making them relax and then resume their posts.
When he enters, Tjaty shakes his head sideways and comments, smiling at the brunette, "Poor guards."
"Well, they thought with their heads down. It's not my fault. It was so easy to play with them." She speaks smiling mischievously.
Jonouchi and the others laugh lightly because they are used to the beautiful tanned that greets them, and then hug Atemu, placing a kiss on his lips.
"You have no pity on my guards, apparently." The monarch comments smiling with the ruby red orbs glowing slightly with amusement as she separates her lips from him and stands beside him, keeping his embrace.
"It's fun to play with them."
They shake their heads sideways again.
"What's not fun for you Kesi?" Mariki asks.
"So far I haven't figured it out."
Atemu is thoughtful for a few minutes, then says, "When my son or daughter is born, I will put you as a royal nanny. What do you think? I trust you and I remember that you like children."
They are surprised, including her, that she doesn't hide the sparkle in her eyes when imagining herself with a child.
"Are you sure, Atemu?" A tanned question.
"Yes. I want to leave my future child in the hands of people who hold my trust and despite being playful, you are responsible. He or she will be in good hands."
"Well, in fact, Kesi will be the best choice." The blonde comments.
"I agree". The albino speaks.
"I also agree." The blonde with sandy hair consents.
"In fact, it's a good choice." Honda speaks, consenting.
"Kesi is responsible when he wants to. Furthermore, I agree to leave the future heir of the empire in the hands of those we trust. I trust Kesi." The Tjaty (Vizir) comments smiling, consenting to his sovereign's choice.
"When that day comes, you must choose one of the girls to succeed you as Leader of my Harem to administer it and if you wish, I will remove the seal that prevents her from having children."
"I prefer to keep the seal because I like to play with you. After all, I know that you chose your minor wife out of duty and not heart while I am aware that you will need to join with other women through commercial agreements or to keep the peace. However, with the display of power, I don't think it will be necessary to marry to keep the peace or by commercial agreement. When you have your half soul, that is, half your heart with you, completing it, I will move away from your body and on that day, I will ask for the removal of the seal. Until that day, we can play a lot." She speaks the ending sensually and is reciprocated by Atemu while the others shake their heads with her playful and sensual attitude that speaks sensually.
"You don't change anyway, Kesi." Shimon comments while knowing how much the tanned beauty was loyal to Atemu.
"I don't think I will ever change."
"Perhaps, by the right person, you will change." Ryo comments.
"The right person will not want me to change." She speaks smiling, "And you won't mind that I'm not a virgin anymore."
"One day you will meet someone special, Kesi, who will treasure you for the amazing woman you are." Atemu speaks in her baritone voice as she smiles.
"You are so cute and kind, Atemu!" She exclaims hugging him.
"I can't see Atemu as being cute." Shimon comments.
Then, everyone nods and laughs, with the monarch rolling his eyes as he folds his arms in front of him and after a few seconds, he shares everyone's laughter, with Kesi joining him after spreading kisses on his face.
After kissing the aristocratic lips, she pulls away and when she finds the sound of laughter softening, she puts on a serious face, making the emperor arch his brow.
"What's up, Kesi?" The king asks with obvious concern in his face followed by the others because the beautiful tanned woman rarely displayed such a face:
"Well, do you know the new girls in your harem?"
"Yes."
"Some of them are eager to share your bed and are therefore too anxious. They begged to be called next when they wanted to have fun. But most are terrified. I have tried to comfort them as well as the others , saying that you would never force them and that you would respect them if they didn't want to. I even commented that there were other young women in the harem in the same situation as them and that they had been in the harem for several years, trying to do some leisure activities and that they never went to bed because they didn't want to, with you respecting their decision while trying to free those who fall in love with some servant or soldier so that they could love them freely. I also commented that we can choose some leisure activity, as many did."
"Even though, are they still scared?" he asked upset because he didn't want to see anyone who was under his care, terrified.
"Yes. We can't calm them down."
"Shimon" The Royal Counselor looks at his grand-nephew - Make an appointment today for me to go to my harem. I will talk to them to reassure them.
"I'll do it, Atemu. I've already booked a time for tomorrow because you needed to make the seal on their bellies. I'll move it forward to today."
"I thank Shimon. We can't leave the poor things terrified until tomorrow. I must allay their fears today so they'll be reassured that I've never forced any women and I don't intend to start doing that.
"Surely, if they hear from you in person, the young women will calm down. They need to know that there is nothing to fear in your harem." Kesi comments.
"Yes. I want to give them that comfort, allaying their fears as soon as possible."
His friends smiled as they listened to the conversation because Atemu was kind and genuinely concerned about the newcomers.
So they talk a few more things until Shimon checks the young monarch's agenda of meetings and duties, managing to fit in a time after lunch, with the young man with the crimson orbs thanking him for getting an appointment in his calendar.
The monarch's friends leave after to plan a horseback ride in the afternoon of the next day, after Shimon has found a free time for their joy.
Atemu returned to wearing the Per'a'ah mask as they left, including Kesi, as he returned to the act of reading the papyrus, making decisions whenever necessary and as he watched the events, Shimon noticed that he managed to relax with the visit of his friends and decided that he would always try to find some time so that the monarch could relax a little, so as not to be overwhelmed by the demands of an empire.
After lunch, he goes to his harem which was in a building attached to the palace and which was composed of a huge room with gates and protected by soldiers, a beautiful garden with a lake, entertainment area, study area involving dancing and other teachings and sizable rooms. There were servants and slaves responsible for cleaning, maintaining and feeding, as well as meeting the demands of the women, with the members of the harem having the freedom to walk in various places while some were prohibited for them.
Even with prohibited places and access, the girls had a lot of freedom and there were even those who practiced some activity such as gardening, weaving, sewing, singing, as well as other occupations for leisure purposes, with the harem having its own bathroom and which was huge, with everything being kept clean and organized by servants and slaves dedicated to the place.
They could also request tours outside the palace walls, provided they were accompanied by heavily armed guards.
Atemu arrives at the building destined for his harem, wearing the Pharaoh's mask.
Upon entering, they all prostrated themselves, leaning their foreheads on the ground, hearing the monarch's deep baritone voice, "You may get up."
They stand up, keeping their gazes down, as he turns to Kesi who bows slightly.
"I want in front of me and in a row, the new sex slaves."
She consents and walks up to the young women who were terrified and the tears and trembling in her body were visible as they kept their heads bowed, slowly approaching until they were in front of the monarch and in a row while the fact was visible that the other fledglings were eager, glancing discreetly with delight at their master.
"As you may have heard from the others, I've never taken a woman by force and I won't start doing that. Everyone knows that when I want a company, everyone who comes in front of me does it because they want to. Those who don't want to stay here in the Harem and those who do not want to have sex, as you may have noticed, can do side activities. If you want to have some activity to occupy your time, just ask that what you want will be provided," He notices that they exhibited amazement and that as he spoke, the tremors ceased while the fear in their orbs gradually disappeared, "I understand your confusion because I believe you would hardly find a harem like the one I have here. So there is no reason to be afraid. Of course, there are rules you must follow. Any punishment for breaking the rules has to be approved by me, so that I can determine the appropriate punishment and it will never involve a rape." He speaks at the end when he sees that some started to get scared, and then the fear disappears when they know that the punishment would not involve rape. "Another thing you should know. Here in Kemet we deal daily with magic. I have a Court of magicians, but I'm proficient in magic, too. Therefore, you will receive a seal on your wombs for not getting pregnant."
He notices their fear.
"You won't feel any pain. It's a painless seal and everyone gets this seal as a precaution. There is a temporary version and a definitive one, in the sense that it will only disappear if it is removed by the sealer. Now, go and place the seal. definitive. But if you fall in love with someone and wish to unite with that person, you will be given freedom and the seal will be undone." He speaks in his deep, unyielding baritone voice aimed at allaying their fear.
He approaches the front of the row, choosing the one that didn't show fear so that the others who were fearful would realize it was painless.
Atemu concentrates magic on his hands, muttering incomprehensible words as he placed his hand on her stomach, bringing out a dark mark that looked like a tattoo.
Those who trembled in fear of the magic seal stop trembling when they see that it was a painless procedure because the first one who went through it did not show any hint of pain or discomfort when the Per'a'ah used its magic, doing with let the monarch be relieved to see out of the corner of his eye that the fear in their eyes had disappeared after they had been confirmed that the procedure was painless.
Then he moves on to the next one and after sealing them, he walks away, with them prostrating, before he leaves the place, with Kesi smiling happily to see that the young newcomers are no longer afraid and have started to join with the others.
When night falls, Atemu and his minor wife, who had adored all the luxury of her title, retire to her rooms to consummate their union by having sex because Akhenamkhanen's health was deteriorating and the young monarch feared that he would not be able to a son to present to his father, with a view to comforting him by making him happy.
The ruler of that empire found the young woman quite receptive in bed, losing her meager modesty in a matter of minutes at the same time he had discovered during the act that she was no longer a virgin.
The cousin had worried about his reaction after the carnal act and when he questioned her gently about the loss of her virginity, surprising her with the gentle tone he used and which calmed her, she began to tell about a man who loved to the point of delivering her virginity to him and before he could propose to her parents, he was killed during a robbery.
In order to seek the truth, the king discreetly used his magic to confirm her version along with the analysis of the young woman's gaze.
The monarch had reassured his cousin that she would not say anything to her father and that no one else would know she was not a virgin, with his wife being surprised by his unexpected understanding.
The next day, hundreds of kilometers away, Yuugi was walking through dense woods while talking mentally with her friend.
"It would be so nice if we could fly instead of continuing on foot."
The tricolor-haired young man no longer had the horse because in one of the slave traders' escapes, a week after the albino freed him, the animal ended up dying during the flight.
Yuugi had ridden to escape the men who wanted to capture him and during the race, the horse tripped over a protruding root, eventually falling with a thud to the ground, causing the young man to be thrown violently forward, suffering several injuries, including internal.
Promptly, Yukiko managed to inject her magic into her friend's body to heal him in a matter of seconds, allowing him to get up and when he approached his horse for his friend to try to heal him, the teenager with amethyst orbs discovered that the animal died from breaking its neck in the fall, forcing it to flee on foot because merchants and their subordinates were approaching the site.
During his escape, when looking at the countless branches, he concentrates his Kiei, making them become whips, knocking the men to the ground while trapping the others among the branches that closed like hands.
Some managed to escape and the young man started running down the stream, seeing some men on horseback approaching him.
So he uses his Kiei again in the water, creating a huge wave that covers the surface and hits the slave traders who are engulfed by the water.
Yuugi runs again by the stream to erase any trace of him while the albino donated her magical powers to her friend's body, aiming for him to withstand the race to get away from the place, before new merchants or case appeared some escaped from the branches that had returned to normal without the Kiei of the young man with tricolor hair.
A few hours later, believing that he has gone considerably away, the young man with the amethyst orbs picks up some sticks from the forest floor, although he begins to feel tired, both from the breathless run and from the use of his power.
After piling up the branches, he rubs one stick against the other, managing to create a small flame, then using his Kiei to amplify them, making the fire burn while he felt hungry.
"Allow me to take over your body. I'll get food. You can take this time to rest."
"No need to ask. I trust you. I know it only takes over my body in times of need." He speaks smiling.
Yukiko smiles, switching places with him as she makes him sleep soundly to take over her body, her irises taking the form of slits as the amethyst orbs turn blue as her nails are replaced by sharp claws.
The dragon suppresses the guilt she felt because she allowed him to mistakenly think that she needed to put him to sleep in order to control his body.
After all, that wasn't necessary.
Therefore, he could stay awake the entire time she took over her body, since the exchange.
The reason she made him have this misconception was so that she would have more freedom to protect him, sparing him her methods by knowing what his heart was like.
After all, Yuugi would never approve of his methods and she didn't want to shock him with them because she wanted to protect him from suffering and pain.
Furthermore, if he ended up enslaved and punished, Yukiko could change places with him, putting him to sleep so that she would not feel any pain, supporting the suffering in his place.
Then, she walks to a nearby stream and as she approaches it, she starts to focus, making her eyes glow blue, starting to see the fish that were swimming.
The albino skillfully creates an ice spear and begins skewering the fish, managing to catch several until she is satisfied with her catch. In the meantime, as she caught the fish, the young woman ends up remembering their time in the village, with both having fun while they fish.
The dragon dries a tear that springs from its orbs, and then catches the fish that it deposited a little farther from the bank.
The dragon begins to use its claws to clean their stomachs, then wash them in the stream, then returns to where the fire was.
Then she picks up several thin sticks to skewer them, arranging them all around the fire as she sticks the sticks into the ground.
Yukiko decides to pick up more branches, piling them close to Yuugi's borrowed body as he tries to feed the fire, when he smells other humans in the air, with his hearing picking up the voices, realizing they were from the slave traders and thinking to himself:
"They are persistent. Well, it's time to remove their threat."
She focuses her powers and creates ice beings in the form of quadruped beasts with fangs and sharp claws.
Then, still looking into the fire, hearing the crackle of the flames, she consents after passing the mental orders to them that correspond consenting, too.
The beings smile evilly and run towards the humans. In the distance she hears the screams of pain and terror, with them not understanding what beasts they were while Yukiko smirks, with her watching through her eyes, they break their cervical spine, leaving them paralyzed from the neck down.
As she had closed her eyes while concentrating since they left her side, the dragon was able to access the vision of her creatures who were endowed with great speed. Everything they saw and felt was shared with their creator.
The frost beasts give the same treatment to others they encounter on their way and upon finding their camp, provide the same treatment, immobilizing them from the neck down, with Yukiko confessing that she loved the sound of bones being broken thanks to her keen hearing their.
After immobilizing all the slave traders and their subordinates, they free the slaves from their shackles and cages, with the slaves being shocked to see beasts that had bodies made of ice.
Even afraid of them, the freed slaves walk among the icy beasts, breathing with relief to see that they were not making any offensive moves against them as they desperately fled the place.
Then, the albino leaves the mind of her creations at the same time that she felt the smell of blood that arises in her nostrils as a result of her refined sense of smell when a light breeze blows, making her smile with delight.
After all, when they saw helpless humans fallen to the ground due to the fracture of their cervical spine, the beasts that lived in that forest decided to feast on them, with them crying in despair as they were terrified to see the animals approaching them with a hungry look and licking his lips, only to feel extreme pains as his body was torn apart by fangs and claws, with the bones being broken by the voracious canines as they were eaten alive.
The men in the camp would have the same end because the albino had seen out of the corner of her creations' eyes, several pairs of eyes watching from the woods to the camp, hidden in the shadows of the dense treetops, waiting for the ice creatures to settle left the place to be able to feast because it was their presence that prevented them from approaching.
Meanwhile, Yukiko was smiling, pleased with herself because she had kept her promise to her friend while she was having fun.
In fact, he forbade her to kill and she kept her promise because the beings she created with her powers only left them immobile but alive. Who killed the men were the beasts that inhabited that forest.
So she didn't kill anyone.
After being satisfied, she makes them fade into an icy mist as she goes back inside Yuugi at the same time she wakes him up, with the young man returning to his body and opening his amethyst orbs, he sees that the fish were clean and roasted, starting to smell their wonderful smell and not knowing what happened in the period that the albino took control of his body, the young man with tricolor hair thanks him mentally.
"Thank you, Yukiko-chan."
"Anytime. Now eat and rest. I picked up some additional branches and would like to ask you to take over your body in a few moments to keep the fire going because the temperature can drop during the night, as well as to avoid the approach of wild beasts. After all, I heard a strange movement in the forest."
"Thank you, Yukiko-chan"
"It is nothing, Yuugi-kun. Now go to sleep."
"Yes good night"
"Goodnight friend."