Chapter 5: Opening Act (5)
"I doubt this is the kind of bonfire most would consider when creating a perfect, scenic and soothingly candlelit dinner, Harris."
"Smells funny too. And the wax is kinda morbid if you look at it for too long."
The duo shared an amused glance between each other as they threw the last bit of kindling onto the raging pyre they had lit, dozens upon dozens of bodies consumed by the flames as the entirety of Gastofield's garrison was turned into greasy and foul smelling smoke.
...Both of them were used to such scents, albeit for entirely different reasons.
"How's Charles doing? He was being quite the little trooper in helping us gather all of the bodies."
Gesturing with her head back towards the way they had come - where most of the now vacant barracks resided - Merlin replied, "He's asleep, watched over by a familiar I have on patrol. He'll be just as safe as we are out here."
"Good. Although considering the kind of clientele we're waiting for I'm not sure 'safe' is the best way to describe things."
"As safe as can be, then?"
"Yeah, that sounds better."
Dragging over a couple of chairs adorned with stuffed cushions the pair reclined into them, Harris lacing his hands behind his head while Merlin adjusted her seat so that she was half-facing him, dropping her chin into her hands as she smirked, playfully commenting, "Now I do believe you wished to have a 'serious' conversation, did you not?"
"That I did, and you know what?"
An amused expression appeared on the young man's features.
"I honestly have no idea where to start or what to speak about."
"Oh my, will you be leaving conversation up to the lady? That's in rather poor form, Harris."
Offering up a mock glare that had the Magus of Flowers innocently smiling at him the male continued with, "I was told to imagine an individual, their past and their history and to make of it what I wished. They would become my greatest ally, friend and lover with all of my desires and wants imprinted upon their reincarnated persona. I honestly thought that was just a damn joke."
He tilted his head, staring at Merlin with slightly narrowed eyes.
"Even now it feels more like a dream or hallucination than it does anything real."
She offered up a coquettish smile, teasing, "Too much of a good thing, Harris~?"
"Like having ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner."
"Hmm...on one hand to have my womanly appeal compared to a mere dessert is distressing, on the other hand from what I have gleaned from your shared memories ice cream is rather delicious and desirable in equal measure. Oh well, there are many a worse thing to be compared to."
Harris found himself grinning at her response, about to ask a question...and hesitated slightly, brows furrowing in thought.
"Come now, Harris. You were the one who wished to sit down and have this little heart-to-heart. Why the cold feet?"
Rolling his eyes at his companion's teasing words he replied, "I was about to ask if I could play with your hair but it seemed like a bit of a strange subject to pull out of nowhere-"
With an athletic hop the young man found his lap occupied by a very warm and very eager woman giving him an expectant look, Harris snorting in mirth as he remarked, "What are you, part cat?"
"I have claws, if that's something you're interested in finding out…"
Shrugging off the only partially joking comment he raised his arm, fingers lightly caressing and running through the silken and floral scented locks of the woman as she practically preened under the attention, humming in contentment as he marveled at the liquid sensation.
"Since you apparently hold some manner of reservations about our relationship allow me to tell you in clear and concise terms that you are more than welcome to touch me in any and all ways that you may desire, Harris~!"
Lovingly letting his index finger trace the curve of her pointed ear as Merlin adopted an expression similar to that of a cat eating the canary she all but purred, "After all, I know exactly what you desire…"
Harris couldn't help but sigh, more seriously asking, "And doesn't that bother you? You know of my baser desires, fantasies and the changes they wrought to your body and soul. Doesn't that feel violating in a very personal and unsettling way?"
A finger flicked him on the forehead, hypnotic eyes of pink boring into his own as the same digit that had whacked him waved in an admonishing gesture.
"Now now, need you really worry about such an unsubstantiated and baseless fear?"
She rotated her hips, grinding a tight and perfectly rounded ass into his groin before straddling him in full.
"Harris, need I remind you that there was a choice offered, one where I had full agency of whether to accept or not? There was no lie or deception in my manifestation at your side, I accepted the conditions to do so."
This time her glare took on a hint of mock gaiety.
"And need I remind you that one of your desires would be that I enjoy the changes wrought upon me? Revel and desire in your presence and attention? Hardly some malignant act of reality warping kidnapping."
Harris merely stared back at her with a neutral expression, mind racing a mile a minute.
He had assumed that his sponsor had simply manifested Merlin as she was, that an artificial backstory had been implanted into her mind...but what if - across the many realities that obviously existed - a Merlin with those very same circumstances existed and had been 'saved' by his wish?
Shit, did it even matter if that was the case? He had wished for a partner that would aid, love and be infatuated with him while still retaining the characteristics that had attracted him in the first place. Most importantly, he had wanted them to be happy in doing so.
Did it really matter where she had come from, as opposed to what she felt now?
Deciding that it didn't he allowed his left hand to intertwine with hers, savoring the flawless texture of her skin and cool material of her glove while his right continued to caress and play with the woman's silken locks and elfin ear.
Naturally, it prompted a giggle from his companion.
"My my, do you really enjoy my hair so much, Harris?"
"I've always had a thing for bright or exotic colors, yours is quite the fascinating shade."
"Hmm...would you perhaps like to enjoy more of me~?"
A very gradual, very subtle roll of her hips had the male rapidly stiffening where he sat.
"Quite soon we shall be embarking on yet another quest where death shall be a constant bedmate...why not spend these next hours culminating our marriage, for lack of a better term?"
"Well I feel like a tool, I'm down a ring."
She smirked, lightly nipping at his earlobe.
"Oh don't worry, there's a different kind of marriage ceremony we can act upon...as a Magus of Flowers would you prefer to be the first to 'deflower' me~?"
Harris grinned, softly kissing her neck as Merlin shuddered, whispering, "As flattering a thought it is I highly doubt I'm the first man to have been enraptured by your charms."
"And you would be right, except for one little fact."
A wet and experienced tongue flicked against the male's lips, sensually tracing them before retreating ahead of his attempt to trap it inbetween his teeth.
"I am no virgin in mind or experience...but in this body~?"
She gave Harris bedroom eyes of such intensity that he could very much see the influences of Incubus blood within. Or was it Succubus?
"My petals are as of yet unopened and eager to receive a very enthusiastic bee…"
"Well, this is one flower that I'm not going to mind pollinating one single bit, comments like that."
Small talk and playful flirting was replaced with far more eager motions from the pair, Merlin grinding her crotch against his as their lips met in the longest kiss shared to date, tongues dancing in passionate motions as their nostrils flared for air, Harris' hand entangled in her pale locks as he pressed their heads together, the other massaging and applying tingling pressure to the small of her back as she looped her arms around his neck and played with the unbound strands of his midnight locks.
Both found themselves getting drunk off of the other, Harris lost in the scent of flowers and sweet taste of rosemary and mint as his partner sensually ground herself into his body, breasts and crotch teasingly brushing against his chest and groin as the sweetest moans and giggles left Merlin that were quickly driving him mad. The female wasn't much better off, the facts of her summoning - where she was highly attuned and receptive to her beloved's love and attention - had her head swimming with a pleasant dizziness, loins heating and loosening up in preparation to receive her partner's twitching length.
To say it was a newfound sensation for the usually playful and flighty woman would be something of an understatement...normally she was the one doing the leading, twirling her partners around her finger like so many lengths of rope. And the few times she had let herself go, truly pursue love in all its frightful obsession? That passion had never been answered, or only been responded to with betrayal.
To have such all consuming desire be returned?
She had half a mind just to do away with their clothes and ride her beloved until dawn...but that would be like skipping the five course meal and jumping straight to dessert. Enjoyable, but so much less than the complete package.
A blissful sigh left the Magus of Flowers as Harris' hands wandered downwards, slipping beneath her robes to tease her thighs and hips, skirting the edge of her boots and ghosting over the hem of her undersuit, thumbs rubbing tingling and sensual circles onto her warm flesh, occasionally wandering inwards and causing her legs to twitch as the digits came oh so close to contacting her outer folds, quickly leaking lubricating juices and forming a damp spot on her undergarment.
She wasn't idle in her own actions, though. One hand had clamped powerful yet graceful fingers onto his jaw, tiling his hand back as she shoved her tongue down his throat as the magus won their improvised duel and greedily reaped the rewards, the other tracing paths across his muscled and ridged flanks, shivering with delight at the cut and chiseled contours of such a delicious body.
Their foreplay continued on and on, neither wishing to put an end to the fun of driving the other up a wall-
-and Harris 'broke' first, hands slipping around to cup her athletic and tight ass, a sultry giggle mixing in with a moan of delight as powerful fingers languidly massaged and kneaded the tight posterior. Pink eyes burning with lust gazed deep into her beloved's piercing blue, lips tilting upwards into an imperious smirk as she cooed, "Oh? Unable to wait for much longer, Harris~?"
A faux-mortified yelp left the magus as he applied sharp spanks to each cheek, tongue running over her lips at the teasing action as the male growled, "With someone like you riding me? Good luck finding someone who can resist."
"Ooh, flattery~? It's okay, my love, I need not words to feel validated when your actions-"
SMACK!
"-speak for themselves~!"
Squirming like a naughty child as her ass tingled pleasantly from the mildly forceful slaps Merlin went in for another kiss, both breathing heavy and hot as they more enthusiastically rubbed their bodies into the other.
"Hmm...enough foreplay, Harris?"
"I think we're just getting started."
Deftly unclasping her robes the regal and pure white garment fluttered as its wearer tossed the garment to the side, leaving her clad only in her boots and undersuit of smooth black fabric, inlaid with simple but elegant golden scrawl, Harris shucking his own shirt as Merlin greedily traced her hands over his chiseled and highly defined abdomen, possessively musing, "Hmm, were you always so physically impressive?"
"I don't think this version of me does the original justice, to be perfectly honest."
A playful slap to his right pectoral left Harris grinning as Merlin deftly traced circles around his chest, flicking his nipples and massaging the hard muscle of his pectorals.
"You are not lacking either confidence or a sense of humor."
"And I'm noticing a distinct lack of mutual satisfaction here."
Once again reaching for her neck he flicked open the tiny metal clasp that kept his lover's article of clothing attached, Harris grinning widely as he peeled loose the undersuit and allowed all of Merlin's revealed splendor to grace his eyes.
Perfectly sized breasts that were pale and topped by cherry pink buds, the rightmost swelling possessing a single beauty mark on the inside curve as a taut, athletic stomach and sharp navel lead downwards into a sloped V-shape, lightly glistening loins all wet and ready for his attention.
"Even in my wildest fantasies I don't think you looked this breathtaking."
Seizing on his words like a bird of prey on a foraging rabbit she arched her arms high overhead, arching her spine and making an utterly spectacular show for her partner's viewing pleasure, sexy moan slipping past her lips as the pale-haired female's chest gave off just the right amount of bounce and sway.
"And after this~?"
"I'd say 11/10 but I think you can already feel a bigger score than that poking your ass."
A salacious smirk appeared on the magi's features as she reached both her hands behind her, firmly grasping the twitching and rigid length as she gradually pumped it up and down, gyrating her hips so that the heated rod was nestled in her shapely bum on and off again.
"Mmm, now that is a standing ovation indeed…"
Self-control slipping for a moment Harris grabbed his companion's body, flipping her around so that they were in a 69, he beneath her and Merlin with a face full of his erect length, the magus giggling as she placed a chaste kiss on the weeping tip and causing the male to hiss in pleasure.
"Has the sight of my body caused you such pent up desire, beloved~?"
"Bite me, you know it has."
"If that's your wish…"
Recognizing the potentially poor choice of words for what they were Harris's hands - firmly grasping Merlin's hips as her posterior and dripping petals swayed above his mouth - tightened as his cock was engulfed in velvety warmth and liquid heat, followed by delightful little nips of pain as teeth nibbled and chipped at his girth, the male's muscles locking in a rigid spasm as the Magus of Flowers gave him an honest to god blowjob.
"Wow. What a world."
And with that somewhat anticlimactic thought he used his thumbs to peel open his lover's moistened folds, a few droplets of arousal splattering onto his chin as he flexed his neck and took a slow, languid lick of her hypnotically twitching insides.
Which apparently did wonders for her sensitivity as she deeply moaned around the mouthful of his dick she was enjoying, throat trembling and providing no small amount of stimulation to his embedded girth, both participants shivering with delight at their swiftly mounting desire.
Harris lost himself for a few seconds, content to let his tongue dance around the labial folds and taste every inch of his newfound partner, the taste simply extraordinary. Bitter, to be certain but there was a hint of floral aroma to the liquid that made it resemble flavored tea or some other manner of drink than any kind of bodily discharge.
Grinning to himself he placed a long, passionate kiss to her insides as a cute yelp left her, head bobbing even faster as she dragged her lips up and down his rigid flagpole, slathering every bit of the burning muscle with her spit as she alternated between swirling her skilled tongue around his glans or hollowing her cheeks, the noise sloppy, loud, lewd and just all around incredible to hear as the male could feel his groin tightening with every repetition of the motion.
"Shit, woman, you've got me-"
"Mmm~!"
Merlin was by no means any better off herself as Harris' tongue began poking and flicking the bundle of nerves that was peeking outside of its concealing hood, both participants experiencing the steady buildup of pressure and pleasure high to mutual release-
-and with simultaneous groans both orgasmed, Merlin greedily swallowing all of her partner's spurting seed that tasted simply delicious while Harris found a brief spray of ejaculate coat his face, both man and woman riding out the climax...and relaxing a moment later, breathing out with quiet gasps as the magus extricated herself from his still erect cock.
"My my, that wasn't enough for you, Harris?"
"Not even fucking close. Christ you're something else…"
"Oh I do endeavor to be so~!"
Gracefully spinning herself around so that she was facing him directly, burning slit engulfing his pressed flat erection she enticingly drew her hips back-and-forth with tantalizing slowness the enrapturing woman whispered, "Well if you're still so enthusiastic and eager for my attention then I suppose I'll just to provide it, won't I?"
"I'd call you a damn succubus but that's low hanging fruit."
Silken and dexterous fingers cupped his balls, playfully juggling the swollen sacks as Merlin licked her lips, raising her hips slightly and allowing his length to spring further upwards.
"Speaking of ripened fruit ready for milking...may I hear the words, master~?"
"Seriously?"
An innocent and patently false look of maidenly pleading was directed his way.
"...I really want to shove my cock into that - in all likelihood - utterly divine pussy you're currently teasing me to hell and back with."
"Ooh, such a refined and gentlemanly request."
"Sarcasm in this situation isn't really a turn on you know-HOLY SHIT!"
Abruptly dropping her body after a quick swirl of her hips had Harris' tip slipping inside the woman's burning walls, ridged and slippery insides embracing his dick and sending him half to heaven as his muscles locked up, turning as rigid and stiff as the meat invading his partner's molten core.
Not that Merlin was much better, a blissful and blatantly pornographic moan leaving her lips as her ruby tongue traced glittering arcs around her open lips, saliva coating her fair skin as she whimpered, "Oh yes, that feels so good, beloved!"
Another flexing of her pelvic muscles sent Harris to cloud nine, yet more of his girth slipping into his partner's greedy cunt as the sensitive tissue was practically crushed in the most enjoyable way possible.
"Jesus, did you practice kegels day and night while locked away in Avalon?!"
"Hmm, maybe I did~?"
Leaning herself backwards and letting her hands grasp onto his coiled thighs Merlin adjusted her position...and let herself drop entirely onto Harris' eager meat pole, both lover's releasing groans of pure bliss as they were connected in the most intimate way possible.
For a few seconds they just stayed that way, reveling in each other's bodies before Merlin decided that some basic movement was the way to go, gradually and sedately raising and lowering her hips as she bit her lower lip, nerves firing off chaotic signals of raging bliss as the male's cock dragged against her sensitive inner walls, feeling as if it was taking her insides out with it before the flared tip caught on her tunnel's exit-
-and she promptly slammed herself back down, Harris groaning as the Magus of Flowers resumed her actions at an ever increasing pace that left him on the verge of cumming before they had really gotten a chance to make things interesting.
"To hell with this, like I'm letting you set the pace!"
His hands clasped onto her flanks with a powerful grip, warm flesh and muscle kneaded beneath his grasp as he made use of his considerable strength to control his partner's movements, keeping her from setting the pace as a gleeful expression appeared on Merlin's flawless features.
"Oh, was my leading too much for you to handle, beloved~?"
"Precisely. My turn."
Bucking his pelvis upwards as he sharply yanked downwards on Merlin's hips a startled breath left the woman as his meat speared into her deepest parts and kissed the barrier leading to her womb, gasp seamlessly turning into an erotic mewl of excitement as Harris found it easier to keep himself from bursting like a fresh-faced virgin as long as he was the one controlling their coupling.
"O-ooh~! Yes, that's it, just like that!"
At least until Merlin started panting and talking dirty, such a regal and refined female talking like a crass whore causing his balls and pelvis to tighten as another orgasm fought its way to the fore of his control...and he lost it, spurting rope after rope of cum into his partner's tunnel as she shuddered with pleasure at his release, the pale-haired magus leaning forward as she hungrily gazed down at the gasping Harris.
"Is that perhaps enough for you, my dearest-oh?!"
Surprising her with a sudden surge upwards Harris pushed Merlin flat onto her back, looming overhead as he yet again hardened within her drenched canal, spreading it wide as a feral grin appeared on his lips.
"Well, fun fact about this new body of mine...it doesn't seem to have much in the way of a refractory period. Hope you're ready for a long night, Magus of Flowers."
A fiery kiss seized his mouth and tongue in a heated embrace, fading sighs leaving both of them as their eyes met with mutual passion.
"The question, my master, is are you prepared?"
He showed her he indeed was for several hours afterwards.