Hello readers, chapter 149 is here! This time we look back at Gerudo Town and the situation between a certain maid and her old friend...
"Just lay back and relax, and I'll help relieve that tension while she makes sure you're satisfied."
"Yes, now open wiiide, I got more yummy nummies for yooou!"
"Ugh, it sounds lovely... but I'm already so..."
"What's going on in here?!"
In the grand palace of Gerudo Town, a servant stood at the door of one of Link's future fiances, the desert wolfos queen Lady Sheeva.
The half-wolf, half-human was still pregnant with Link's children, with her due date being the end of next month. Currently carrying seven children, her stomach looked about ready to pop, even her belly button was sticking out from the tightness. She didn't even bother wearing any kind of clothes at this point due to how warm she was, but she was used to it from her old days as a full wolfos.
"Oh hi! We're just seeing to Lady Sheeva's well being!" innocently spoke a certain Gerudo woman in a black frilly short dress.
What Sheeva wasn't used to though, was all the attention and pampering she was getting from the occupants of the palace, who were doing all they could to assure her pregnancy went well and that she was enjoying herself as much as possible.
"And the two of us are making sure she's being well fed, as per Dr. Sarami's orders!" giggled a young Gerudo lady in a white dress, standing beside her twin sister who was wearing a black corset.
Among those people was a few former rebels of the Ebony Sisterhood. The first two were Helani and Navomi, twin sisters who were once wardens of the town prison during the rebel's brief takeover. After having defected to the side of Link and Nabooru, the two were working to reform themselves so they could fulfill their true dream of opening a bakery in town.
"Don't you think you're overdoing it though?" asked the servant, looking at what the twins had made.
Navomi was busy feeding Lady Sheeva one of her and her sister's newest creations; a triple layer pineapple angel food cake covered in rich vanilla cream frosting. She took a large forkful of the spongy cake and brought it up to Sheeva's lips, who caved into the sweet scent and young lady's endearing smile and reluctantly took another bite.
"Nonsense, our sweet wolf queen is enjoying everything I feed her!" Navomi spoke cheerfully, "Now take another bite Lady Sheeva, I'm not leaving until you finished aaaall of thiiis!"
"It's... fine, I can quickly work the weight off after I give birth." Sheeva spoke calmly after swallowing the large piece of cake.
"Just don't go too carried away losing weight that you lose these luscious melons of yours, they're so nice..." spoke the black dressed girl with a blissful sigh.
She was the android maid Foluma, formally known as 'M.A.G.I.S.-01', and the former head-servant of the Sisterhood's leader Mother Imono. She was captured by Nemisa and was able to regain her memories by Link and his friends. She now lived in the palace, assisting with cleaning the place using her automation abilities, as well as caring for Link's childbearers, and that included his fiance Sheeva.
Though at the moment Foluma was more focused on rubbing down Sheeva's massive breasts. The maid's skilled but curious hands massaged her down carefully, until she moved to the undersides of her breasts, making the wolf women whimper a little.
"Aaah, so soft and sensitive..." Foluma swooned out. "How I cherish the boob and abdomen peace treaty..."
"You're the one getting more carried away than anyone ya damn perv!" Helani shouted in her typical foul-mouthed attitude, a stark contrast to her sister's pleasant and sweet demeanor.
"I'm simply making sure these stay nice and round so Mistress Fluffy-Tail can properly nurse her children when the big day arrives." Foluma defended herself with a smarmy grin, "Such pillowy cushions of love... how I envy King Link for being able to rest against these."
"Hmph..." Helani looked away in annoyance, taking a brief moment to rub at her own somewhat flat chest discreetly from under her black devilish corset. She suddenly felt two hands grip at her chest, and she realized Foluma had snuck up behind her and was rubbing her hands against them.
"If you're jealous of Mistress Fluffy-Tail, I can help massage yours to try and make them bigger." Foluma suggested in a more servant-like tone.
"Get yer freaking hands off my damn nips ya stupid bitch!" Helani shouted with a bright blush, slapping at Foluma's groping hands.
"Please not so loud..." groaned Sheeva while Foluma was chasing Helani around the room.
"Alright, that's enough you three! Lady Sheeva needs her rest!" a tall, muscular guard shouted out as she stormed in, grabbed Navomi, Helani and Foluma and forced them out of the room. The three of them where sent flying out the door and it was slammed shut behind them.
"Perhaps I may had got a little carried away." Foluma spoke dusting herself off.
"Gee, you freaking think?" Helani shouted with Navomi having fallen on top of her, she pushed her sister off her and got up, "Come on Sis, let's get back home and update our rehab diaries before this perv goes after us again."
"Oh of course! We don't have much longer to go before our rehabilitation will be complete, then we can finally open our bakery!" Navomi said with a bright smile, "Have a good day, lecherous maid!"
"Very well, good luck with that." Foluma said, doing a polite bow as she watched the two sisters leave.
'Those two have really changed since they came here.' Foluma thought with a smile, recalling back when she had appointed them to be wardens at the prison, 'Link must have really got through to them...'
Indeed, many of the rebels who had been captured after Link's fiances took back Gerudo Town where going through proper rehab so that they could become regular citizens. Dr. Eifou was watching over Sarami's medical clinic in her absence, and even the weird fashion-obsessed gal Gieoli was putting in a great effort to change herself so she could become a beautician.
"A pity there's still some stubborn rebels though." Foluma frowned, looking out a nearby window into the vast desert, "A couple of the older ones managed to escape after Link and Mistress Nabooru left for Hyrule. I wonder what became of them...?"
"Ah ha, so you're what all that noise was about!" spoke a new voice, The maid turned to see three very familiar Gerudo girls, "Had a feeling you were involved."
It was a woman named Ragome, and by her side was Leivuri, as well as certain a third girl towards the back. The three of them were the first child-bearers of Link's and had recently just gave birth to the first of their children. They were currently taking a break from their duty though, waiting for Link's return from Hyrule Castle to have more.
"Hello Sister Foluma, how are you today?" Leivuri smiled softly.
"Why hello, you girls are looking nice and soft as ever." Foluma said with a mischievous gleam in her eyes, as she quickly zipped over and started rubbing at Ragome's body, "I can feel some more muscle on you Mistress Mommy-Milkers. You've been working out lately, haven't you?"
"Shiishishi, of course! I did use to be a warrior before this!" snickered Ragome, only for a second later to realize what Foluma was doing, "I mean, leggo of me!" she shouted, swiping at the perverted maid with her fist, "And quit calling me Mommy-Milkers!"
The maid quickly evaded her attack though and went to groping at Leivuri instead.
"On the other hand, you're still so nice and squishy." Foluma commented, "Ah, such a motherly body..."
"A-Ah, d-don't! It's too embarrassing!" Leivuri squeaked out, covering her face with both hands.
"I swear this crazy maid's on the warpath." Ragome said sweatdropping.
"Now as for-" Foluma tuned her attention to the last of the three child-bearers, but stopped when she saw it was the mute woman Esolu. The maid stared at her for a long moment, there was an air of awkwardness in the hallway all of a sudden.
"..." Esolu unable to say anything, just stared back at Foluma sadly.
"Oh dear..." Leivuri sighed.
"Well, I think that's enough massaging for today." Foluma spoke, turning away with her eyes closed, speaking much more rigid than before, she spun her upper torso around and tilted herself to the side, raising up one hand, "I better get back to efficiently cleaning the palace... You know, as expected of myself as a maid. If you'll excuse me."
Foluma brought up her automation arms which converted into giant brushes covered in soap, and she took to going down the hall scrubbing away at the walls and floors, leaving them sparkling clean.
"There she goes again, into 'android mode' when she's in a bad mood." frowned Ragome, "I take it talking to her hasn't worked Esolu?"
"..." Esolu pulled out her sketchbook and drew up a picture, showing it to be of two penguins sitting on opposite cliff sides, with a large chasm in-between them.
"Yes, it would seem there's still quite a rift between you two." Leivuri nodded.
Foluma and Esolu had once been childhood friends back during Ganondorf's time as king of the Gerudo. Esolu's friendship had even blossomed to the point where she had developed feelings for Foluma, despite such a thing being prohibited by Ganondorf. Ultimately, it lead to tragedy for the two when Foluma was punished with being forced into slavery, which led to her mother's accidental death by Esolu's hands, and Foluma herself being mutilated by a monster, which in turn led to her becoming a soulless automation for so long.
"She lost so much because of that..." Leivuri looked to Esolu, "I was hoping things between you would become less tense with time. But she still doesn't seem to want anything to do with you."
"..." Esolu simply glanced to the side, unable to say anything, due to the trauma of the incident causing her to become a mute.
"Graaaah! That's it, I'm fed up with this!" Ragome shouted out in a fit, waving around her fists, "We need to do something to get you two back on speaking terms!"
"...?" the mute tiled her head in confusion.
"You know what I mean!" Ragome said, "We outta go out someplace where you two can have some fun, and get back together as friends again!"
"Why that's a wonderful idea!" Leivuri smiled cheerfully, "A bonding exercise would do wonders for them both! Now where would we go?"
The two pondered to themselves on that, when a new voice spoke up,
"What is going on here?"
The three all turned to see an older Gerudo woman. Her red hair was tied back into a small double bun, she had a small mole on the side of her cheek and she wore a pair of thin-rimmed glasses. Her outfit consisted of a white blouse with a dark purple vest over it, and a black skirt that showed off a pair of shapely legs, her legs for that matter were covered in gray stockings and she wore a pair of black high heeled shoes. She also had a ruler strapped to her side.
"Oh, aren't you one of the schoolteachers, Ms. Fareafu?" Leivuri asked.
"Indeed, I came here to visit with Lady Sheeva. I befriended her back when Link introduced her to my class." Fareafu spoke looking them over, her attention focusing on the spiky-haired one of the three, "You... are Ragome, correct?"
"Yep, good ta see ya again Teach!" Ragome grinned, "Been a while since I was in yer class!"
"I see your dialect is just as bad as back then." the teacher quipped, tapping-her ruler in her palm, "And as I recall, you also still owe me a considerable amount of homework that you neglected to do in your time there..."
"Eep!" Ragome quickly panicked and hid behind Leivuri.
"So what are you going to do after visiting with Lady Sheeva? Do you have class today?" Leivuri asked, she smiled brightly and hopped a little in her step, causing her large breasts to bounce around in her silk top, "I've been wanting to meet all the sweet children that you instruct! King Link has told me so much about them!"
"Well..." Fareafu stared at Leivuri with a strange hint of annoyance in the back of her mind, she shook her head, "I... mean no offense to you three and the duty you carry as royal child-bearers... but I would rather my precious students not get ideas in their mind of such a lifestyle. When Link comes to visit the class they get far too talkative about him afterwards..."
"That's a good point." Leivuri said sweatdropping.
"At any rate, I do not have class scheduled for the day, so I was planning to visit the 'Dank Salamander' tonight to relax." the teacher explained.
"That sounds like a great idea!" Ragome said, "We outta go too, and invite Foluma to come along!"
"Oh yes, then she and Esolu can have quality time together!" Leivuri said cheerfully.
"...!" Esolu looked back and forth frantically between her two friends.
"I suppose I could let you come with me." Fareafu nodded, she took Ragome's skimpy silk top and pulled on it, "Though you all are going to need to dress much less provocatively."
"Hey, leggo!"
Snap.
"Ooooow! Not like that!"
"The Dank Salamander? So this is the place Link told me about before."
Foluma stared up as she, Ragome, Leivuri, Esolu and Fareafu had all pulled up to their destination later that evening by carriage. The three child-bearers were all wearing more traditional Gerudo garb than usual, Foluma kept on her maid dress, while Fareafu was wearing a more formal black dress and had her hair down, as well as some make up and jewelry.
The Dank Salamander was a tavern that once was a front for a slaver organization known as the Wyvern Keepers, used to keep slaves and even sell them off to potential buyers. After the Gerudo defeated them to free their sisters, the place was taken over by a Gerudo woman and her boyfriend.
The tavern had gone through quite a few changes since then. The sign over the front door was now decorated with colorful magic crystals that were flashing brightly, and there was numerous other crystals lined along the sides of the building. There was also a number of the crystals over the sign arranged in the shape of a giant salamander that were flashing to make it look like it's tail was wagging.
There was also a number of other aesthetic changes to the area to make it more inviting, a stone walkway led up to the tavern with palm trees and branches lining the sides of the road, a large circular fountain set up at the end in front of the entrance, and there was even a valet area for carriages to let their passengers off at. As the girls started to step out of their ride, they could feel a pleasant warmth from outdoor torch lamps set up to prevent them from getting too cold in the desert night. They looked up at the roof and saw it had also been modified to have an outdoor dining area with palm trees and lights to add to the atmosphere.
"How pretty!" Leivuri said looking at the lights as Foluma helped her step out from the carriage.
"Yeah, this place looks kickass!" Ragome hopped out right after them, "Was it always like this?"
"It actually used to be much more mundane, but over the past two years since the new owners took it over they have been making modifications to make it more extravagant." Fareafu spoke, "From what I have been told, they based the design off luxurious resorts in far off kingdoms." she adjusted her glasses, "This concept was first devised back in the late fifteenth century, where politicians were looking to delegate terms with-"
"Okay, okay! No history lessons!" Ragome exclaimed in a panic, recalling her trauma from when she attended the teacher's class.
"Yes, we're here to have fun tonight!" Leivuri smiled, putting her hands on both Foluma and Esolu's shoulders, "Now come on, let's spend some time together!"
"..." both Foluma and Esolu were bothered by how close Leivuri was bringing them, but followed her lead anyway.
The five entered through the doors held open by some of the tavern's staff, and they were treated to an interior that was even more lively and flashy than outside. There was a bar that was serving up food and drinks, with numerous waitresses in skin-tight outfits serving the guests. The guests consisted mostly of travelers and adventurers who were talking and laughing. There was a band playing loud jazzy music accompanied by a man in a suit singing in tune to it.
There was also a gaming area of the tavern now, with rows of slot machines being used by the patrons. Cocktail waitresses going along them handing out drinks to them as they gambled. There was even tables for card games like poker or blackjack, as well as roulette wheels and dice games.
"Woah, not bad," Foluma whistled, she ran her finger along a wall and checked it for dust, "They keep this place nice and clean too."
"Hello girls, and welcome to the Dank Salamander tavern, resort and casino!" spoke a well-suited man, shaking the hand of Ragome and handing her a complimentary cocktail, "Please feel free to try out our loosest slots or catch a gander of our even looser showgirl dancers at the theater!"
"Don't mind if I do!" grinned Ragome, drinking down the whole cocktail in one gulp, "Come on, let's have fun girls!"
"Oh? Where did Ms. Fareafu go?" asked Leivuri, looking left and right.
"..." Esolu held up her sketchpad with an arrow pointing over at the slots, where the teacher was already sitting at one of the slot machines, staring at the symbols as she pulled on the lever. Whether the pull got some rupees or absolutely nothing, she remained just as stone-faced. A waitress came by to give Fareafu a drink, and she took and downed it without even looking.
"She's become more mechanical than me right now." Foluma said sweatdropping.
"Why don't we try out those slots for ourselves then?" Ragome suggested holding up a bag of rupees, "I'm feeling lucky tonight!"
A slot machine spun through it's rotation until it stopped on a seven, a second seven, and then finally an Octorok sticking out it's tongue, indicating a loss.
"Son of a damnit, I was so close again!" Ragome slapped her forehead, "You girls having any luck?"
"Negative. I'm using my probability sensors and I'm still not getting any results." Foluma said as the android antennas on her head shifted around.
"No cheating!" Ragome protested.
Getting another bad pull, Foluma decided to try another machine, but the only working one unoccupied in that lane happened to be one to the right of Esolu.
"Hey, uh... is this seat taken Esolu?" Foluma asked.
"..." the mute girl glanced up, staring at Foluma for a moment. But she just shook her head, so Foluma took the seat.
It felt a bit awkward to sit beside her, but Foluma decided to focus on what she came there for, and went to pulling the slot arm. It didn't take too long before she managed to hit three bars which earned her a decent amount of rupees.
"Mweeheehee, got it!" Foluma laughed out at her victory.
Esolu glanced over to see the android maid, namely the laugh she made as she smiled brightly. It warmed Esolu's heart just a little to see her so happy, it reminded her so much of the old days, back when the two were best friends. After she had lost Foluma all that time ago, she didn't think she'd ever hear that laugh again.
"..." the mute woman sighed, taking a sip of her cocktail drink. But as she reached out to grab her slot machine's side arm again, she accidentally grabbed Foluma's left arm instead.
Foluma looked to her curiously, "Huh? What are you-"
But before Foluma could protest, Esolu pulled down her arm down, which for some reason caused Foluma's eyes to start spinning like slots until they stopped on two lemons. She quickly shook her head to make her eyes go back to normal.
"Hey, watch it!"
Esolu jolted out of her thoughts, realizing she had been holding Foluma's arm. The two found themselves staring at each other for a moment. But the maid glared coldly and pulled away from her, speaking to her in a more monotonous voice.
"I-I mean, please try to keep your appendages to yourself Mistress Esolu."
"...!" Esolu was bothered by her accusation, but narrowed her eyes as she held up a sketch of a black pot pointing a finger at a kettle.
"What you mean 'pot calling the kettle black'?!" Foluma exclaimed.
Esolu then pulled up another sketch, this one of Foluma groping the chest of a woman who looked like one of Link's other child-bearers.
"I'm merely giving them efficient massages to help with such a big and heavy burden they carry." Foluma defended herself, though Esolu noted some drool leaked from her mouth at the thought, the android girl then poked at the childbearer's own chest, "I can't help that yours are like tiny grapes in comparison."
"!" Esolu covered her chest with her arms and turned away with a scowl, while Foluma did the same.
"Ees. Those two are at each others' throats." Ragome spoke sweatdropping, "Maybe we outta go do something else, I'm not having any luck anyway. How about you Leivuri?"
"I don't know. All my slot machine does is give me numbers and bells." Leivuri said, "How do I get more of the cute fruit pictures?"
The others all jerked their heads to see a large amount of rupees spilling out of Leivuri's machine as she was getting practically nothing but triple sevens and gold bells.
"WHAT THE HECK?!" Ragome exclaimed with her eyes bugging out.
"Eh? What's wrong?" Leivuri asked, she looked down at her tray to see the rupees being dispensed on it, "Oh no, they're all spilling out! Is my machine broken?" she looked around frantically, "Should I call the maintenance workers to look at it?!"
Ragome, Esolu and Foluma looked to each other in disbelief, before they banged their heads against their machines in defeat.
"Let's try something else..."
"So what is this game we're doing again?" Leivuri looked over the cards she was holding in her hand.
"It's called poker, you choose to add and remove cards from your hand until you have better cards than everyone else." Foluma explained as the girls all sat around a table with a card dealer. On the table was a chart showing the values of the cards and different possible combinations they could use.
"But how do I know what all of you have?" Leivuri asked looking around at everyone else.
"That's the fun part, you don't." Foluma said, "This is a competition of luck!"
Ragome meanwhile slowly leaned over to try and get a look at Foluma's hand, but the android poked her in the breast to make her yelp out and stop.
"Boop." Foluma said with a snicker.
"I thought you said this was 'poker', not 'poke-her'!" Ragome protested in embarrassment.
'These girls are going to be a pain.' the card dealer thought sweatdropping.
The girls focused on picking out cards to get rid of while the dealer handed out more cards to them to replace what was removed. Leivuri looked in confusion of the cards she was getting, throwing out a king and ace and taking two more cards.
Taking one more card, Ragome's eyes widened in delight at what she got in her hand.
"I've seen windows less transparent than you right now Mistress Mommy-Milkers." snickered Foluma, removing a three from her hand and taking another card.
"Hey shut it!" Ragome snapped, she turned to see Esolu's reaction to her newest card, but she was staring down without so much as any reaction, "Jees, what a poker face. I can't even read her!"
Foluma stared across the table at Esolu, and the somewhat dull look in her eyes. She recalled how Esolu was always like that, even back when they were younger. Most Gerudo girls saw her as too shy and reserved, usually spending her free time drawing on her sketch pad. Some girls would try to talk to her, but she'd ignore them. There was a time when Foluma herself tried to talk with Esolu and become friends with her, but she was given just as much of the cold shoulder.
But that changed one day when some bully girls stole Esolu's sketchbook and started ripping out the pages to make her upset. Foluma wasn't going to have that though, and scared off the bullies. She recovered the book and was able to get a good look at the drawings Esolu made. Even back then she was a very talented drawer, and it led to the two talking about what Esolu had made, and a friendship started to blossom...
'That's right, she was bullied because of how aloof she was.' Foluma thought to herself, looking downcast, 'And when I became an automation, I started acting just the same...'
"Okay ladies, lets see your hands." spoke up the dealer.
Foluma shook her head frantically to take her mind off of that and showed her hand along with Ragome and Esolu.
"Well looks like Lady Esolu wins out so far with a four of a kind!" the dealer said.
Despite sill having a dull expression, Esolu held up her sketch book to show the word 'victory' in large Gerudo symbols.
"Damnit!" Ragome slapped her cards down in frustration, she looked over at Leivuri who was still looking at her hand, "Well what are you waiting for? Show us what you got!"
"Um... is this when I say 'Go fish?" Leivuri asked worriedly.
"Just please put down your hand." sighed Foluma.
"Well... I don't know if this is good or not... but okay." Leivuri said, setting down her five cards; an ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of hearts.
"A-And we have a royal flush!" the dealer said in surprise, sliding all the poker chips waged over to her, "Congratulations!"
"Oh, n-no thanks, I already went to the bathroom before we sat down." Leivuri said.
"WHAT IS YOUR LUCK LEIVURI?!" exclaimed Ragome with bugged out eyes.
"Huh? Did I do something wrong?" Leivuri asked looking left and right in confusion, " All I was trying to do was get them all the same color!"
Foluma, Ragome, and Esolu all promptly faulted backwards on their seats, impacting to the ground.
"Let's... go do something else..." groaned Foluma, "Something with less luck."
"Ooooh, how lovely!"
Leivuri spoke as she, Ragome, Esolu, Foluma and Fareafu all stood at the back outdoor area of the resort, where there was a giant swimming pool. It was already night time, but the pool was lit up with crystal lights, and there was palm trees which added color to the area. The girls were currently wearing towels around their bodies to hide their swimsuits until they went into the water.
"They really went all out with this." Ragome said watching some people swimming around in the waters, "It's even a heated pool so we won't freeze at night."
"I don't know if I wish to swim though..." Leivuri spoke timidly, clutching at her towel, "I-It'd be far too embarrassing... especially since I haven't lost all my baby weight yet..."
"No problem, just have some fun!" Foluma grinned, grabbing at Leivuri's towel and yanking it off, showing off the two piece bikini she was wearing.
"Eeekkk! Don't do that!" exclaimed Leivuri, trying frantically to cover her large chest as she already drew the attention of some male pool-goers, "P-P-Please don't stare!"
"Oooh, lookin' good Leivuri!" Ragome grinned, as she pulled open her own towel to show off the string bikini that struggled to contain her own figure, "Now take a look at these, boys!"
But the men seemed much less interested in her and as they just walked off.
"Why not me?!" Ragome exclaimed.
Esolu nonchalantly just dropped her own towel to the side to show off the one-piece she had chosen, she had to pull on the back a bit as it was somewhat snug on her round bottom.
"Aren't you girls the least bit bothered showing off your figures when you have children with King Link?" Ms. Fareafu pointed out, still holding her towel in place as she looked out to the crowd.
"It's nothin' like that, we're still devoted to bearin' our beloved King Link's children," Ragome said, deliberately stretching backwards to try and show off the fullness of her figure, "But there's nothin' wrong with showin' off what ya got!"
"Speak for yourself!" Leivuri exclaimed in embarrassment, "I just have this bikini because it was the only one I could get in my size!"
"Mweeheeheeheeheehee... mweehee-heeheeheeheeheeheehee..."
They all turned to Foluma, who was still in her maid dress, but staring at Ragome and Leivuri with mischievous gleaming eyes and her hands in a groping manner.
"Sensors indicate high intensity lewdness readings. Proceeding with gropey-grope maneuver!"
"Nooo! Not in front of everyone!" Leivuri exclaimed, forgetting about her embarrassment and running into the water to avoid getting groped. Foluma stopped at the edge of the pool and stared down at it for the moment, but then turned to Ragome with a sharp gleam in her eyes.
"Then I'll focus on you, Mistress Mommy-Milkers!" Foluma said lunging at her.
"Not so fast!" Ragome said, grabbing Fareafu and pulling her out in front of her, "Anti-pervert defensive maneuver!"
The teacher scrambled to break away from Ragome, "Hey, what do you think you-?!"
But Foluma quickly grabbed and yanked away the towel Fareafu was clutching, revealing her swimsuit to the crowd. It was a two piece bikini whose top was designed to push up her chest to make it look fuller than it was. The bottom part was wide in the back to cover her rear, but short enough at the front to show off her long legs. The teacher, having not been mentally prepared to revel herself yet was mortified.
"Ooh, not too bad. A little older than what I'm used to, but some parts have definitely been refined with age." Foluma said scanning Fareafu's body up and down.
"Y-You..." Fareafu trembled, pulling out her ruler and opening it up to reveal the blade she concealed inside of it, as she glared at both Ragome and Foluma, "You... little delinquents..." she glared coldly at them both, before running after them, shouting in her less refined voice, "It's detention fer both of ya!"
"Oh shit, run away!" Ragome shouted, running off to the water.
Fareafu was swinging around her ruler and throwing such a fit that she slipped on some water and fell backwards, but was quickly and carefully caught by Foluma.
"Please be careful Ms. Iron Box." Foluma said with a polite smile, "Don't want you getting hurt."
"Oh, uh... thank you." Fareafu said surprised with a light blush.
As all that was going on, Esolu just stood there with a somewhat annoyed stare at Foluma, but she sighed out and went off to join Ragome and Leivuri in the water.
Once the initial shock of the five odd girls was over, the patrons of the pool went back to their swimming. Ragome and Leivuri were having a splashing competition, while Esolu was focusing on blowing up a beach ball she bought. She waved it up to the other two with dull but sparkling eyes.
"Nice idea! Let's hit it around!" Ragome laughed. The mute girl batted the ball into the air and Ragome hit it back. It bounced over to Leivuri who flinched as it came down at her, but it bounced off her chest and went flying back at Esolu.
"Meep!" Leivuri squeaked out as she covered her chest.
"Way to use those defenses Leivuri! Shiishishi!" snickered Ragome as she hit the ball back to Esolu.
"Hmph, such children..." sighed Fareafu turning away. But then she sensed the ball coming at her from behind and spun around to smack it back at the girls.
"Nice reaction time Teach!" Ragome said, hitting the ball back to Leivuri.
"What about you Foluma, aren't you going to come in and play too?" Leivuri called out as she tried harder to hit the ball back with her arms but just got bonked on the head by it.
"I-It's okay, I don't even have a swimsuit," Foluma stared down at the water, then looking around the area. She sported a clearly forced smile, "I'll just hang back and watch all you lovely girls bounce around."
"I wonder what's wrong...?" Leivuri asked the others.
"Does she not know how to swim or somethin'?" Ragome asked Esolu, who just glanced downwards.
"This is just a theory..." Fareafu pondered, "Perhaps it is because of her automation parts. They are rather uncanny to those not used to them... she may not want people to see her looking like that."
"Oh, that does make sense..." Leivirui said sadly, "The poor thing."
Esolu looked to Foluma, recalled the early years she spent together with her. Foluma would keep pulling her around to do things despite how nervous she could be about it. The more they spent together though, the more Esolu began to open up and go along with her. It was thanks to Foluma's bold influence that she got to do so many things she had never thought she could... she was inspiration for her.
It was one of the reasons Esolu had began to fall in love with Foluma...
"Hey Esolu, think fast!"
Esolu looked up to see Ragome hit the beach ball at her again, and she went back to playing with the girls. When she hit it back, she looked back at Foluma who was just siting at a chair watching them with a longing look in her eyes.
It felt like in some ways, their roles had reversed...
After some time playing in the water the girls decided to get out and have tropical fruit drinks from the poolside cafe.
"Mmmm... this hits the spot after swimming!" Ragome said enjoying a strawberry and cream drink.
"What about you Esolu?" Leivuri asked, "What did you get for yours?"
Esolu had been distracted watching Foluma, who was now running around the area introducing herself to various women, but clearly focusing on the ones with curvy figures and trying to offer them massages. She turned to her two friends and held up a sketch she drew of a cute monkey eating a banana to Ragome.
"Huh? What does monkey taste like?" Ragome asked in confusion.
"She means banana flavor." Leivuri acknowledged.
"Well hey there girls, enjoying yourselves?" spoke a new voice, as the three looked up to see a trio of rather strong men standing before them and sporting toothy smiles.
"What do you want?" Ragome asked suspiciously.
"We saw the three of you in the water earlier, and it looked like you all know to have lots of fun. We were wondering if after your drinks, you wanted to come with us?" one of the men proposed.
"Yeah, we play reeeeal nice." said another leaning towards Leivuri.
"Eep!" Leivuri said covering her face, "W-We'd rather not, it's too embarrassing!"
"Aw come on, your little face is too cute to hide!" spoke the man, reaching out to her wrist to pull her hand away, but Ragome quickly reached out and grabbed him.
"Hey, she said back off buster!" Ragome said narrowing her eyes.
"Woah, no need to get so rough!" said the man defensively, then sported a lewd grin, "Unless you're into that sorta thing!"
"Why you lousy..." Ragome scowled, holding back the urge to clobber them.
One of the men meanwhile was focusing on Esolu, "What about you, you the quiet type?"
Esolu looking clearly annoyed at the man, held up her sketch book to show a picture of the fire mystic Kesuta casting a flame barrier to block off a monster.
"Eh? I don't get what that means, but you're pretty cute!" laughed the man, reaching out at her, "Let's go to my room, I bet I could make you speak up when I make you scream like-"
But he was quickly silenced when Esolu swiftly poked him in both of his eyes with her fingers.
"YEEEOW!" the man shouted, falling backwards and clutching at his face.
"Shiishishi! Nice one Esolu!" Ragome laughed out.
"Why you little bitch!" said one of the man's buddies in a rage, grabbing Esolu's hand tightly, "We were just trying to have some fun with you!"
"Oh no, those girls are being attacked!" said a pool-goer.
"Someone get the lifeguard!" said another.
"You messed with the wrong guys, lady!" said the man squeezing Esolu's wrist, causing her to flinch from the pain, "You need to be taught a lesson in-"
But then his arm was caught in a firm grip, as the man turned to see Foluma now staring at him.
"Sir, please refrain from such actions." spoke Foluma in a monotone voice. Esolu was surprised at seeing the girl coming to her aide, "Any further advances will lead to justified self defense."
"Huh? What's a maid doing here? You one of the housekeepers?" asked the man, looking her up and down, "Actually... you're pretty cute. If you're tired of working a lame job like this, maybe we could-"
"Okay, self-defense time."
Foluma then squeezed her hand down on his arm so hard that she actually broke it.
"YEOOOOOW!" exclaimed the man, seconds before Foluma lifted him up and hurled him into a wall.
"Sorry, but I tried to warn you." Foluma spoke with a polite bow.
The other two men were shocked by this, and they both tuned to the strange maid with an scowl. They reached down to their swimsuit pockets and pulled out concealed knives. Leivuri and Esolu both panicked as Ragome tried to defend them, but Foluma went into a fighting stance.
"Please back down before you guys are reduced to a pile of major ouchiness like your friend." Foluma spoke in a battle ready pose.
"Don't underestimate us you damn maid!" scowled one of the men, "We're great warriors who have fought against fierce monsters and bandits alike! Even if you're a Gerudo, we can still kick your-"
Six seconds later, all three men were laying on the ground, covered from head to toe in bruises.
"We... surrender..." they groaned, as the tavern staff finally came over to deal with them.
"That was so cool!" Ragome cheered out, hugging the maid along with Leivuri, "Yer such a badass Foluma!"
"Yes, I know." Foluma nodded smugly, she looked over at the mute girl of the three who was staring back up at her, "Um... hey, you okay there Mistress Esolu?"
Esolu nodded and held up her sketch book to show a penguin politely bowing in thanks.
"...it was no problem. I was merely doing as expected of myself as a maid..." Foluma glanced away, "...but I'm glad you're okay."
Esolu gasped and blushed a little at her words, covering her mouth as she did to hide that she was smiling ever so lightly. Esolu and Leivuri looked to each other and sighed out with relief.
"Well with that out of the way, how about we get changed and go back in? I could use a harder drink after all that." Ragome said.
"Sure, that sounds good." Foluma nodded.
"So you're all acquainted with King Link? I'm glad to hear he's doing okay after what happened with the rebels." the bartender said, a young man of short height, "My name's Remo, the owner of this tavern. It's good to meet you all!"
"A pleasuere to meet you too. We're having so much fun here!" Leivuri said.
"Yeah, at least when we're not getting attacked by pervs." Ragome muttered.
"I'm so sorry about all that happened to you back at the pool!" spoke Remo, as he handed out some alcoholic drinks out to Foluma, Ragome, Leivuri and Esolu, "Here, please have these on the house!"
"Don't mind if we do, Manager Short-Stuff!" Foluma said taking a drink.
"And we're a lot more than just acquainted with Link you know, we're his royal child-bearers!" Ragome boasted, taking a long drink and smacking her lips in pleasure, "We've even already had the first of his Gerudo children!"
"W-Wow! To think King Link's already a father..." Remo spoke in surprise, he looked to Foluma, "...and with such pretty ladies as you all, he's a really lucky man!"
"Ah ha ha, well I haven't been with him myself, but..." Foluma spoke with a flushed face.
Esolu glanced over at Foluma's blushing face and lowered her gaze, focusing on her drink.
"Oh dear, I don't think this is helping things between them." Leivuri whispered to Ragome, but she was just sitting here with blissful eyes and smug grin, "Ragome?"
"Hee hee, he called us pretty ladies..." Ragome said, clearly not even paying attention.
"What's going on here my little husband, flirting with the guests again?" spoke a voice, and they all turned to see a very tall and muscular Gerudo woman in a business blouse and skirt. But one of the more noticeable things about her was she had a very round stomach.
"I said I don't do that kind of stuff Usaulu!" Remo protested in a fit, "I'm just trying to be courteous!"
"Ha ha ha, I kid you!" his wife Usaulu laughed, bringing her arm around Remo's shoulders, "You get so cute when you're flustered!" she leaned forward and spoke suggestively, "Makes me wanna pick you up over my shoulder and take you right to bed...!"
"We already had this talk, not while I'm on bartender duty!" Remo scolded her. He sighed, "Sorry everyone, this is my wife and co-owner of the resort, Usaulu."
"Hello there, nice to meet girls so well antiquated with that strapping new king of ours!" Usaulu nodded, rubbing at her belly with a warm smile, "As you can see, the two of us have a kid of our own coming soon!"
"Oh congratulations to you both!" Leivuri spoke cheerfully, "You have to tell us, how did you meet?"
"Well... to be honest, I was once a slaver in the Wyvern Keepers. I had to work with them in order to cover a huge debt they had on me..." Remo explained with a downcast gaze, "All the way up until I was caught and imprisoned by Lady Nabooru."
"Hmph, a slaver huh...?" Foluma muttered, looking to the side, "Serves you right as far as I'm concerned..."
"Oh that's right, Foluma used to be a slave herself..." Ragome whispered.
Usaulu spoke up, "Don't be too harsh on him, the slavers didn't really give him much of a choice. As for me, I was the one Lady Nabooru put in charge of watching him during his stay in prison, and back then I just figured him to be a scummy little slaver myself." she said, "But guard duty got boring so we decided to pass the time by talking. We ended up getting along pretty well." she laughed out, "Then one night I was feeling pretty frisky so I went and took his virginity in the cell right there and then!"
"H-Hey, don't go bringing that up!" Remo exclaimed, but he then spoke in a small voice with a heavy blush on his cheeks, "I mean, I-I didn't exactly complain about it..."
"Eventually Lady Nabooru put her plans into motion to attack the Wyvern Keeper's hideout at this very tavern and free the slaves." Usaulu said, "It's thanks to my little man here they were able to pull it off!"
"That's so kind of you Mr. Remo!" Leivuri spoke happily.
"Don't flatter me too much.." the young lad lowered his head, his hair locks shadowing his eyes, "...I-I still hurt a lot of people back when I was a slaver. I never liked doing it, but I didn't have much of a choice if I wanted to survive back then..."
"Well, at least you understand what you did was wrong." Foluma nodded.
Remo then spoke, "But now I want to do as much as I can to help people be happy and feel relaxed. That's why I decided to take over this tavern." he took two bottles and mixed them together into a container, before shaking it vigorously, "I owe King Link and the Gerudo so much for turning my life around, and giving me a chance to be with my wife."
"Turing your life around, huh...?" Foluma whispered with a small smile, a blush forming on her cheeks as she recalled what Link before, "I can relate to that. It's cause of Link's belief in me that I could be where I am now... He saved me from losing everything that was important to me, no matter how much I thought I didn't want it."
"Sounds as though you two are quite close, Ms. Foluma." Usaulu said, "Tell me, do you love him?"
"I-I..." Foluma looked down, a heavy blush formed on her face.
Esolu meanwhile looked over to her, squeezing a little at a napkin in her hand. It was clear to her that Foluma had developed romantic feelings for Link, and given from how he'd talk about her, he had similar thoughts. Some have even teased about the idea of him making Foluma one of his brides.
And yet Esolu couldn't help but feel jealous about it. It was hypocritical of her to think that way since she had taken on the role of a royal childbearer for Link, but she couldn't help it given her past feelings for her childhood friend.
Esolu wasn't a fool; even back when Foluma had been known as 'MAGIS-01' she had a feeling of who she was, but as relieved as the mute woman was that her old friend was alive after all, she didn't desire to tell anyone the truth about her true identity. Seeing the strange form she had taken on and how different she had become, it had been obvious to her that her old friend was gone forever...
...and yet thanks to the efforts of Link and Aviel, Foluma managed to open up and go back to her true self. Esolu had greatly underestimated Foluma's resolve to live.
Link had still believed in Foluma, despite Esolu having given up...
But before anything else could be said, there was a loud explosion in the tavern startling everyone.
"What the heck?" asked Ragome as some patrons were already screaming and fleeing away.
They turned to see over at the entrance was a number of tough-looking Gerudo women wearing black-colored outfits. The guards had tried to fight them off, but were knocked down by their power.
"Those clothes..." Foluma spoke narrowing her eyes, "It's the Ebony Sisterhood!"
And that ends the chapter. With the Ebony Sisterhood attacking the tavern, what can be done to stop them, and how far will someone go for an old friend...? Next out next time!
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