"Is something wrong master Derek?" Regina said before looking into the tent and was also a little surprised to see the two women.
"umm...Caesar who are they?" I asked although I already had a good idea what they were there for.
"Well as a hero you have to understand that leaving descendants is an important duty." he said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "for example If we all manage to survive the waves you will need to leave descendants to carry on into the future."
"Yeah I figured you'd ask for that." I said a little annoyed that he was going to treat me like a breeding stud within only a few hours after my arrival.
"Are you gay?" Lanius asked bluntly.
"No." I said equally as bluntly.
"Then what's the problem." Caesar asked chuckling a little I guess to him it looked ridiculous that I'm not wanting beautiful women, "I mean just having sex is one of the easiest duties you can perform and if I'm being honest they're the perfect age for breeding and the fact that they are both virgins means there's no risk of venereal diseases."
I cringe at the way he's talking about them like they're some kind of livestock I guess we came to an understanding but I suppose I forgot that they are still the legion with all that entails. After looking at the two women again I could see that they were beautiful, and if I had to guess they could be in college and they wore simple white nearly see-through garments. a piece of cloth wrapped around their neck and then came down covering their breast with a single piece of fabric over each boob and wrapping around their back and for their waist they wore what looked to be a loincloth was wrapped in a way that looked like regular panties however a piece came down between their legs indicating that it was a whole cloth wrapped around tightly to show off more skin.
"I understand the logic however there's more important things I have to figure out before that comes." I said looking back to Caesar and Lanius.
"But if you die in battle during the first wave then..." Lanius stops speaking mid-sentence realizing something, "oh I see, you're one of those people who want to earn their reward instead of just being given a reward."
"Yeah it's like my grandpa always said It's only worth it if you earn it for yourself." I said which that statement was always true especially to my grandpa who tried to instill some value into me although in reality I just didn't want to use a sex slave it just made me feel wrong.
"I respect that." Lanius said turning to Caesar, "Lord Caesar I actually believe it would be best to see what he's made of before ensuring he has a child."
"You have a point. If he dies in the first wave after all then it's proof that he really wasn't that much of a hero." Caesar said although a little defeated he accepted my response as a logical way of thinking as opposed to simply accepting that I was the summoned hero.
"As for them I recommend you keep them away from someone who would take advantage of them when you're not looking." I said gesturing at the two girls who looked both relieved and concerned at the same time, "also if you want to keep their skin nice and soft have them do some minor work like cooking or household chores."
"I've already considered that and have a private room for them both." Caesar said with a smile, "after all they were worth 1,000 aurum each."
I'm pretty sure aurum is the Latin word for gold so does that mean that even considering the gold coins were diluted to an extent that's still a hefty sum of money especially in my world where gold is worth a fortune. Now that I think about it they were called something else in the game so that's one more difference I guess. Of course the fact that he spent that much on these two women got me curious.
"They're beautiful and most certainly worth the price for that alone, but why did you spend that much on them to bring them to this camp?" I asked trying not to sound nervous about the answer I would get.
"They were brought here specifically for you of course so do not worry no other man will be allowed to touch them." Caesar said which cost me to groan internally because now that we've come to an understanding and I've given my word he's not afraid to show me the gritty part of the legion.
"Lord Caesar is correct those women were brought up in a special program started years ago to make better concubines for the decorated soldiers and governors of the legion." Lanius said, "from an early age they were taught art and music and dance as well as everything from massage and simple household chores."
"Yes the program allows women to grow up in newly constructed cities and be made into better breeding stock away from excess radiation and disease or parasites." Caesar said looking proud of himself, "In fact I can say that the women who have come out of these cities produce strong and healthy children with a substantially reduced mortality rate for both mother and child."
Going into selective breeding and eugenics was kind of sketchy, although there was a truth that getting out of the wasteland and buildings actual cities and communities was the way to go so in that respect the legion sounds far more advanced than they were in fallout New Vegas. At first I was thinking I should try to cure him in the hopes that he would wrangle the legion in a little bit and put it on a better course, but the reality was this guy probably wasn't worth it considering he talks about eugenics as if explaining a pastime that he's passionate about. Caesar and Lanius take the two women away leaving me and Regina alone. I suddenly felt exhausted like I can finally relax a little so I ended up stumbling over to my bed which was a fairly large circular bed big enough for five or six people. I still have the knife in my hand and as I try to set it on the table beside me the knife just disappears and reappears in my hand again like a keyblade. That's going to be annoying, I guess the next task is to get an actual sheath or a better way to carry the weapon.
"Master Derek may I humbly request a bed sheet?" Regina asked which startled me as I completely forgot she was there, "I can sleep on the floor but it might be cold without at least a bed sheet."
Looking over at her I could see her face was genuine and she was seriously ready to sleep on the floor. I took one of the large pillows In fact it almost looked like a body pillow and put it down in the center of the bed.
"You can take the other side of the bed I don't need the whole thing." I say getting under the covers on my side.
"but sir I can't do that this is your bed and I'm merely a slave!" she said getting a little flustered, "I couldn't possibly share your bed."
"It's fine I don't really see the problem as long as you stay on your own side."
"Well if that is your will master I will gladly accept your generosity."
Regina climbed in bed on the other side of the body pillow and was asleep faster than I was. After trying to position the knife in a place that I'm not going to end up stabbing myself in the middle of the night I ended up just switching to the tribal spear and then letting it rest on my back. although I did make one modification to it using a bit of leather to create a makeshift strap.