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"*Hic* *Hic* *Hic*"
Cassandra backed away when Bell made a step forward, she sobbed.
"Don´t worry, we d-"
"*Hic* Wääääääh! Wäääääh!"
Bell made a shocked face when Cassandra started to cry heavily and loud.
Cry...I made a girl cry...
He slumped down to his knees, a mortified expression on his face.
It was obvious that Cassandra was frightened and panicked, after all she was now the prisoner of the enemy familia. She tried to back away further, but Lily blocked the way.
"Please...let me go."
"Not happening."
"I didn´t do anything! *Hic*"
Lily shook her head while she blocked the path with her spear.
"You are a healer of the Apollo familia, that is why we captured you. So that you can´t heal them for the rest of the wargame."
Tears streamed over Cassandra´s face, she just couldn´t calm down. Because of that, some of them felt like they were the bad guys now.
Bell steeled himself and made a step forward again, raising his hands to show that he wasn´t a threat.
"Please calm down, we won´t do anything to you, I swear."
Cassandra looked to him, her tears didn´t stop. Lefiya, Lena, Haruhime, Welf and Haruhime moved to the middle of the camp, with all eight surrounding Cassandra, she was just frightened.
So only Lily, who blocked the exit, Bell and the nearby Mikoto remained. She was still afraid and tried to make another step back and then...was it divine intervention?
Cassandra slipped.
"Kya!"
Bell's reflexes were beyond what a mortal should be capable of when it came to saving or protecting a woman. His body shot forward before conscious thought could push it, taking a quick step forward and trying to grab Cassandra's shoulder. Unfortunately he was just a little bit too slow and instead of grabbing her shoulder he just reached into her robe between the chest and the shoulder. Her backward movement didn't stop, however, and Bell Cranel accidentally did something he never meant to do.
Rrrrrrt.
Cassandra's eyes widened as she was about to fall backwards, but was stopped...and her robes ripped. It wasn't a deep or wide tear, but some of her skin was showing, but no underwear. It was a habit of dungeon expeditions, since there was often no way to wash clothes, Cassandra and many other adventurers slept either naked or in something like their robes. Although she had her bag with her, as Mikoto had already thought ahead, this didn't change the fact that Cassandra was currently only wearing her robe...nothing else. The tear was just wide enough to reveal the top of her chest, which was less than a standard cleavage.
"Eeeeeeek!"
Cassandra shreeked, together with her crying, she was pretty loud. But no one in the castle would hear them from that far away. Yes...no one in the castle...
"CASSANDRAAA!"
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Lily was too slow to turn around when a white shadow jumped out of the night, a young woman with short red hair.
Daphne jumped over Lily, after she got quickly healed, she just put on her short, white battle outfit, took her sword and ran after her friend. She had followed the sounds of Cassandra´s cries through the night, filled with rage.
"Unhand Cas-..."
Daphne stopped when she saw the scenerey. Cassandra with her back close to a rock, tears streamed down her face, Bell leaned forward and his hand had ripped open her robe, her chest a little bit exposed.
"HANDS OFF CASSANDRA YOU FIEND!"
Daphne raised her sword and charged forward, Bell was about to move, but a shadow between his and Lily´s position moved faster.
"Zekka!"
The first thing that Mikoto did when she came back to the camp, was putting Zansetsu onto her hip again. She felt more like a samurai again with her katana and maybe the sword was also glad to have his mistress back. Mikoto pushed the blade slightly out of the scabbard with her thumb, then she did her first, true quickdraw.
Zansetsu didn´t flash, it´s nature didn´t allow it to flash. The sword moved too fast for Daphne to notice it, but she noticed when the sword was knocked out of her hand.
"Eh?!"
Daphne couldn't stop her momentum, but having her sword knocked out of her hand so suddenly broke her balance. Since the ground wasn't quite level, the tip of her foot caught on a small stone. Bell's divine reflexes kicked in again and he turned from Cassandra to Daphne. Unfortunately, in this case his reflexes were a bit bad. Daphne would have caught her fall with her hands, but now there were Bell's legs in the way as he moved forward. Out of reflex she tried to pull her hands to the side so as not to fall against his legs. This, however, could not catch Daphne at all.
And...
Bullseye.
Bell's body flopped forward, every woman in the camp who saw it gasped and Welf grimaced in sympathetic pain. Daphne had landed on her knees...her face in Bell's privates. Not in a way that Bell's grandfather would describe as a "fall accident." No... Daphne hit her forehead. Basically, she accidentally gave Bell's family jewels a bad headbutt.
"Uck!"
Since there was a fight in the camp of the Miach familia, the magical mirrors showed that. Every single grown man in Orario flinched when they saw how Bell´s expression slipped, it was a pain that they felt just by seeing it.
Bell didn´t move at all, he just fell backwards with a low squeak and landed on his back, then he started to cough and helt his crotch while he whimpered.
Daphne tried to get up hastily again, but Mikoto and Lily were immediatelly on top of her and pinned her down.
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"Ahem...I, Ganesha, would request a minute's silence to commemorate the fallen vice-captain of the Miach familia..."
Ibri´s expression was grim. "I agree with you, lord Ganesha."
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Oh...my poor baby.
Alfia looked very unhappy when she saw what happened to Bell.
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In another part of Orario, Aisha clicked her tongue.
I hope he will be okay, otherwise Haruhime will be very unhappy in the future.
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"Uuuuh...that looked like it hurt...a lot." Alise looked sympathetic.
"I bet that hurt." Lyra nodded slightly.
"Ouch.." Even Kaguya flinched a bit.
"Oh my...the poor young man...I hope he is okay." Astrea felt really sorry for Bell.
The elves of the familia looked away from the mirror.
"Hm.."
"Alise?"
"Isn´t...Lefi the only one with healing magic in their group?"
The others looked shocked at her.
"Alise! What are you saying?!"
"I mean...someone will have to heal him now..."
"No, no, no, Alise. This development is far too fast!"
"What do you mean with development, lady Astrea?"
"N-Nothing."
"Lady Astrea, could we look at something else, please?"
Astrea nodded to Ryu´s request and changed the scenery in the mirror, looking at Lefiya. After the fight was over, the mirrors all over Orario couldn´t show the camps anymore, only those from the familias that the group belonged to.
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"*Cough* *Cough* *Cough* Ow...Uhuuuu..."
Bell whimpered as he lay on the floor, hands cupped protectively over his crotch.
"Yiauch...that must´ve hurt." Lena smiled wryly.
"Bell! Are you okay?!"
Haruhime rushed forward and fell to her knees next to him. She saw that Bell cried, his eyes closed while he groaned.
"Ow...no..."
Haruhime looked helpless, she wanted to help Bell, but didn´t know how.
"We have to heal that!"
Nahza showed a grim expression. "A potion won´t help there..."
"And what about healing magic?"
"Probably."
Haruhime looked immediatelly at Lefiya, who got deep red.
"Ms. Lefiya, please."
"Haaah?! You want me to heal him th-there?! Never!"
"Please, he suffers. Who knows how badly he got hurt."
"Augh...but that..."
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"Noa Heal."
Lefiya´s ears and cheeks burned in shame, her hands hovered a few centimeters above Bell´s pants, in his crotch. A greenish aura surrounded her hands and his crotch. Haruhime had moved on instinct, Bell's head not on the floor but in her lap as he covered his face with his hands in embarrassment. Instead of watching, the others tended to the two prisoners.
"Ngh."
"Don´t make these noises or I will stop!"
Never before in her life was she so ashamed, to have her hands close to this spot and having to heal his private parts. Lefiya wanted to look away, but she had to focus on her magic. So not only did she have her hands close to Bell´s crotch, but her eyes were also glued to that spot.
What made it worse for Lefiya, they had to pull down Bell´s pants, so that he only remained in his boxer shorts. They had to see if there was blood, since healing an open wound with the underwear sticking to it, would have a bad outcome.
Since there was no way they would pull down Bell´s underwear to take a closer look, Lefiya would just use her magic for a while, until Bell felt better. She could also just stay next to him and use her magic, but to her bad luck, it was more effective when her hands were closer to the wound or where it hurt.
Haruhime looked worried down to him, then to his crotch, to Lefiya and back to his head. Her worry about Bell stopped her from being embarrassed.
"Bell...are you feeling better?"
"Mh...yesh..."
He couldn´t look into Haruhime´s nor Lefiya´s eyes. To calm him down, Haruhime gently stroked his hair a bit and curled her tails, to touch his hands. Bell couldn´t say how much of a relief this magic was, the pain he felt in his crotch was like nothing he ever felt before. It was much worse than what he felt during his fight against the black dragon irregular.
He couldn´t know that, but his grandfather was also watching the wargame and prayed for Bell right now, knowing what this pain felt like. Zeus was only a bit relieved, that Bell received a lap pillow and got healed by the two girls he had his eyes on.
What is Bell Cranel making me do...was this a plan?! Auuugh...
Lefiya felt that her cheeks and ears were very hot, she didn´t want to believe what she was doing at the moment.
Ms. Ryu, please forgive me for using your magic for something like this.
While Lefiya felt great shame and Haruhime worry...the situation became pure horror for Bell.
Not only did the pain thankfully subside and be replaced by a blissful feeling, he felt the direct impact of the magic. Noa Heal was essentially nature magic, the magic of living things. It healed Bell, but also filled him with vitality...filled the place that was being healed with vitality.
Vitality...
Extreme Vitality!
Bell Cranel was an adolescent, healthy young man. His head rested on the wonderfully fragrant and soft thighs of the fox woman he was in love with. And the adorable elf who owned half his heart kneeled between his legs and healed him. It was perhaps a mistake that he covered his face with his hands in shame, foolish images filled his mind. Pictures of Haruhime's and Lefiya's curves, their beautiful faces.
And since nature magic filled him with such vitality...
Oh dear heavens, NO!
Reacted his body.
"Bell Cranel, I think th-"
Tap.
Lefiya froze when she felt something, a touch...from below.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Noa Heal stopped when Lefiya lost focus, her eyes wide with horror. She heard Haruhime gasp, then Lefiya slowly moved her hand away from whatever tapped against her hands from below.
And she saw it.
Saw that Bell´s boxer shorts had become a tent...a pretty big tent...a tent that twitched.
Lefiya didn´t scream, nor did she scold Bell, she just went silent. Haruhime also said nothing, Bell squealed in horror. Of the others, only Mikoto looked over at them at the moment, but immediately turned away in embarrassment when she saw the situation Bell was in.
Lefiya couldn´t say something, she just wanted to get up and walk away. But sometimes the cosmic siblings, accident, fate, luck and bad luck tended to play their own practical jokes. Maybe it was some kind of divine intervention. As she was about to stand up, Lefiya's right foot slipped backwards and she fell forward with a small cry. Haruhime looked up at the sound and Bell quickly pulled his hands aside, a happy reaction for him depending on who you asked. Lefiya could not stop her fall, but others did for her. Due to the way Haruhime was sitting, she cushioned Lefiya's fall by providing a wonderfully soft pillow for her face...her breasts. Lefiya fell face first into Haruhime's bosom, feeling those beautiful mounds pressed against her cheeks, nose right in the valley between. And at the same time...Bell's head was "squashed" between Haruhime's thighs and Lefiya's breasts, his face in the same position as Lefiya's. Luckily for him, it wasn't her knee that landed on Bell's "problem," it was her lower stomach...and she felt it.
And Bell felt it...and Haruhime also felt something that surprised her. She looked down to the elf´s face that was burried in her bosom, a surprised jolt rushed through her body, also because her tails were caught between Lefiya and Bell.
Eh?
It was hard to say which one of the three was more schocked.
Lefiya hastily tried to get up again, she felt Haruhime´s hands on her shoulders...it wasn´t unpleasant at all. She moved her head a bit back and looked with flushed cheeks into Haruhime´s face, who smiled a bit abashed.
"Are you okay, Ms. Lefiya?"
Auuuu...
What made it a bit worse for her, Lefiya felt Bell´s hands at her waist, when he had tried to catch her.
And only then...did she noticed the exact place that Bell´s "head" poked against. Her body reacted before her mind did, Lefiya moved hastily backwards, but couldn´t place her hand right, so she went down on one ellbow and...
Hyan!
Lefiya´s face was right in front of the tent, her mouth opened in shock. Her face and ears couldn´t become more red than they already were.
"Eeeep!"
"Eeeek!"
"Mmmmh!"
Now all three got really embarrassed and moved quickly away from each other. When Lefiya moved her body back, Haruhime noticed the tent again...and fainted on the spot.
"Bell Cranel, you will forget that this ever happened!"
Lefiya walked away, deeply ashamed. Bell did his best to pull his pants back on, something stopped him from doing that. The best thing for him was to go and take a shower now...a cold one probably.
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Hm?
Riveria looked up from her book when she felt something. A strong magic force pulsed somewhere in the city and sent tremors through the ground.
What is this?
She put her book away and got up from her armchair, the magic force slowly died out.
Strange.
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It took Alfia a few moments to get herself under control again, after she saw in the mirror what these two young women did to her beloved son. She could only watch it, because she sat with Miach in her living room.
He could see her fingernails digging into the armrests of her chair.
What are they doing to my baby?!
The god said nothing at first.
"Ahm...it looks like the young Mikoto and Lily have returned safely. And...Bell isn´t hurt too badly."
Alfia looked agitated at the god, another tremor of her magic energy let the house and the nearby ground shake.
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"Hah..."
"Wow..."
"Hm..."
The Astrea familia was speechless after seeing what had happened, especially the elves. Except one of them.
"What does that filthy human do to my little sister?! I´m going to chop "him" off!"
Filvis was quickly up to her feet and it looked like she wanted to rush out of the house, probably to run and save Lefiya...with her sword.
"Filvis, please calm down."
"How could I, lady Astrea?! You´ve seen what this fiend did!"
Kaguya smirked. "It wasn´t really his fault. Blame Leon that her magic was so strong, that this happened."
"What are you saying, Kaguya?!" Ryu´s face was completely red.
Kaguya shrugged her shoulders and showed a naughty smile. "That your magic healed his junk really well, as we could all see."
Ryu's mouth opened and closed repeatedly without uttering a word. The shock was deep after what Kaguya had said.
"My...magic...to..."
Alise took Ryu´s hands and squeezed them gently. "Leon, don´t feel bad that your magic was used to heal his junk! See, he is very lively again! Your magic is awesome! But I wonder if his reaction was a side effect, hmm. Or was it because Lefiya did it?"
Ryu´s expression was sheer horror.
"Sh-Sh-Shameless! Filthy!"
"Alise, don´t tease Ryu, you know that she is weak when it comes to these things."
"I am not teasing her, lady Astrea." Alise´s expression was so innocent.
But Kaguya couldn´t resist to tease her, as did Lyra.
"Heh...to think Leon´s magic gave him such a boner."
"What lewd magic. To think he has such a cute face and hides something like this in his pants..."
"Kaguya! Lyra!"
Laurier couldn´t say anything at all, she hid her face behind her hands, Viana was quite similar. Astrea also felt ashamed, because she had forgotten to change the scenery in the mirror when Bell reacted in the way he did. The goddess wasn´t ashamed that she was still happy for Lefiya.
If Lefiya would´ve been deeply disgusted, she would´ve reacted in a different way.
Lefiya, whether it's him or her or both, I'm rooting for you. Become happy my child.
"Okay girls, this will be all for tonight, I doubt that there will be any fighting."
Astrea moved her hand and the mirror dissolved slowly.
"Mouh, lady Astrea, just a bit longer."
"No, Alise. It´s time to sleep, everyone."
Astrea noticed that Ryu hid her face behind her hands in shame, Alise gently patted her back.
"There, there..."
"Mmmmh..."
Despite the situation, everyone thought that Ryu´s squeal was pretty cute.
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Far away of Orario, an old man cheered loud as he saw what happened through his own magical mirror.
"That´s my grandson! This isn´t what I meant by getting closer to them, but good job, Bell!"
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And there was someone else who had looked at this moment.
"Hiii! Would´ve he done that to us too?!"
"Cassandra, don´t look!"
"Auu..."
"Why are you blushing, you pervert?! Did I actually interrupt something when I came to rescue you?!"
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After Bell and Lefiya had calmed down again...and Haruhime woke up...it was time to deal with their prisoners. Bell was just glad that a cold shower was enough for him to calm down.
And it looked like it wasn´t Bell´s job to deal with them. The hair on Nahza's tail stood on end, her ears pricked up slightly, and she snarled.
"Hiiii!"
Cassandra wanted to back away, but she and Daphne sat on the ground, with a rock behind them.
"You! You two are part of the familia that destroyed our lov-...our home!"
Bell was pretty sure that Nahza actually wanted to say "our love nest".
Daphne wasn´t as easily afraid as Cassandra.
"It was an acc-"
Nahza dropped down, shoved her face right in front of Cassandra, their eyes were only centimeters away from each other when Nahza stared into Daphne´s soul. This let her flinch.
"Don't try to take me for a fool..."
No one had ever seen Nahza so threatening. Nahza leaned even closer, if either of them blinked, their eyelashes would touch.
"You took my chance away to finally move in with my beloved. You took that away from me. My first night, cuddling with my beloved in our bed. I will end you..."
It wasn´t a threat, it was a promise.
""Hiiiii!""
Daphne was as scared as Cassandra now, who was about to cry again.
"Ahm...Nahza?"
Nahza just waved with her hand to Bell, without turning around.
"I will make you pay with your body..."
"What are you planning to do to us?!" Daphne got seriously scared by Nahza.
"I will work you to the ground. You two and your whole familia..."
Cassandra started to cry again when Nahza looked at her, Daphne dared to move to protect her friend.
"You blame us, yet you are the ones fighting with such vile tactics! Look at Cassandra, she can hardly keep her eyes open and she's scared! Each of us is completely exhausted!"
"You are aware that our ninja is standing right behind you?"
Cassandra looked up in horror, Daphne did it with more bravery. Mikoto indeed crouched on top of the rock, ready to move in case they wanted to flee. She returned their gazes, then she looked at Cassandra especially.
"I´m sorry for scaring and treating you like that. I didn´t mean the words that I said when I pinned you down, but I couldn´t risk that you scream."
Cassandra didn´t know how to react to Mikoto, so she looked away for now.
It was Welf who asked the important question.
"So, what are we going to do with them?"
Lily sat on a stone and slowly drank some tea. "Not letting them go. Ms. Mikoto managed to take away an important healer from the Apollo familia. And from the pictures I´ve seen, she is Laurus Fuga, a level two."
"It will weaken the Apollo familia when we keep them."
Bell returned from his shower, Lefiya refused to look into his direction. Which he could understand, but it hurt that she was angry with him. But judging by the color of her ears, she probably was just still embarrassed.
"I feel bad about holding two girls captive."
"Bell, they are our enemies at the moment. If we let them go, we will have to fight them and things will get harder."
"I know..but.."
"Would you rather let them go and then beat them to the ground when we charge the castle? You might hurt them, you know?"
Daphne growled. "I´m not some weak girl th-"GROWL"!"
She stopped her sentence when her stomach interrupted her, Daphne looked pretty embarrassed.
"This is noth-"GROWL!"...Mmmmh..."
Bell smiled gently. "Are you hungry, Ms. Laurus Fuga?"
Daphne crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Don´t look at me or Cassandra, you pervert!"
"P-Pervert?..."
"Of course! Making out with two girls in the camp just after you assaulted Cassandra and me! Pervert!"
Bell looked like a lost puppy or maybe a sad bunny, it let the desire rise in Haruhime to gently hug him.
Lily shook her head. "Bell didn´t assault your friend, she tripped and he tried to catch her, that her robe ripped was an accident. And that you slammed your face into his crotch was your fault."
"Don´t remind me!"
"Anyway, it was not the wisest choice to charge into our camp alone."
"I had to save my friend!"
Cassandra looked really happy for a moment. "Friend?!"
"Cassandra, not now."
But Cassandra continued to smile happy, then her stomach growled too.
The one who ended the conversation for the moment...was a goddess? At least she looked like one. Haruhime approached them with two wooden bowls of steaming contents, each with a wooden spoon sticking out. With her gentle smile and the three tails moving behind her, she indeed looked pretty divine.
"We've got vegetable stew left if you want something to eat. I guess you couldn´t eat much since you were so exhausted, I´m sorry for that."
"Not you too, Haruhime..." Lily sighed.
"Lily, it was really cruel what we had to do..."
Whatever sharp reply Daphne had on the tip of her tongue, it died when she saw how glum Haruhime looked, her ears and tails drooping sadly.
Cassandra gulped. "That smells so good..."
"Here you go." Haruhime crouched down and gave one of the bowls to Cassandra.
Then she held the other to Daphne, who hesitated at first, but after seeing Haruhime smile, she decided to trust her.
"Please be careful, it´s hot."
Since the ingredients and the recipe for the stew came from Mama Mia, it was...
"Mmmmh! Mmmmh! Mmmmmh! Thish tashtesh sho good!"
"Cashandra! Don´t talk wish your moufh ffull!"
Haruhime giggled as she watched how the two wolfed down their meal. Adventurers never ate much when they were on an Expedition, the siege was something similar. And since they got bombarded all the time, they were too exhausted before to eat much.
Soon the bowls were emptied.
"Do you want seconds?"
""Yes please!""
Haruhime refilled the bowls, it was good that they had so much to eat. This time she added something on a small plate.
"These are..."
"Do my eyes deceive me?..."
The Renard giggled. "They are from the Hostess of Fertility, I heard the beef cutlets are somewhat famous. But sadly they are cold now, I hope that is okay."
Daphne and Cassandra forgot all manners for the moment, they were like starved wolves.
"Ugh...I´m so full..."
"I can´t eat anymore..."
Both leaned back against the rock and sighed. The others watched amazed how Haruhime tamed them with food. There was no sign of hostility or fear from them anymore, the food from the pub was something else.
"Breakfast will be something different."
Both women looked at Haruhime with shining eyes, yet the fox got a bit embarrassed when she returned to the cooking area with the bowls.
"Is she a goddess?..."
"She looks like one..."
After they gave Daphne and Cassandra a few minutes after the meal, Mikoto approached them in her usual clothes.
"We have a spot where you can shower if you want."
""A shower?!""
Such a thing was luxury in the open.
"Hah...no more wiping down..."
"Finally..."
The taming of Cassandra and Daphne continued, since it was Mikoto that showed them the shower, Cassandra lost most of her fear. It was good that Mikoto ordered Cassandra to take her bag with her, she had thought about this very situation...well except for Daphne´s presence.
Daphne would borrow some clothes from Cassandra, while the two went to the shower, Bell and Welf left camp again. It was already very late and everyone hoped to be able to sleep soon.
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"What do you think, Bell. Tomorrow?"
"Hm, Nahza and Mom said in case we reach this point, we should wait for a day so that they get more exhausted. But...I don´t know."
"If they are smart, they will send a part of their forces home, so that the rest have more of the supplies they have left."
"So it would be smarter to attack tomorrow?"
"I guess, they won´t have much time to relax then. They are probably busy to vent out the castle as much as possible and take care of the stink bombs."
They continued to talk about the matter for a few minutes, until they heard a new voice from the darkness.
"I also think you should attack tomorrow."
Bell turned his head, it was Lefiya.
"Really?"
"Yes, it is better to end this when they are so exhausted. You will still have a hard fight, the leader of their familia is level three."
"A whole level more..."
"I honestly can´t say if you will be able to beat him in a one on one fight. As you know, strength isn´t everything, but a whole level means a lot."
Welf excused himself and let Lefiya and Bell talk alone.
"Do you think I will have to face him alone?"
"With the two in our camp out of the picture, you still have about one hundred enemies against you, and I can´t help you in the castle, only open the gate."
"With Ms. Lena, Lily, Ms. Mikoto and Welf at my side, we will somehow do it. Maybe Haruhime and Nahza can support us from afar. But what do we do about the two in our camp?"
"I will keep an eye on them."
Bell smiled slightly. "I can just guess that you are more than strong enough to deal with them?"
Lefiya also smiled a bit. "Certainly."
"Ms. Lefiya?"
"Hm?"
Bell bowed down deep in front of her. "I would like to ask for your forgiveness for what happened. I never intended to do something like that and I can only guess how shameful this is for an elvish lady like you."
He didn´t look up, but remained in this position.
"You don´t need to bow down like that, I understand that it wasn´t your fault. But please tell no one about this."
"I won´t, I swear to you, Mylady!"
"M-Mylady?!"
Lefiya´s eyes widened a bit when Bell moved from the bow down on one knee, similar to the moment when he made way so that she could use her magic.
What is it with him? Sometimes something so lewd happens...then he acts so chivalrous again. I really don´t understand this hum-..Bell Cranel.
"I-I think these two will be finished now, we should go back."
Lefiya felt strange since the incident. Her brain said it was a big No No, her heart was also against it. But her body, when she had touched Haruhime and Bell´s hands were on her hips, a jolt ran through her body that she couldn´t believe or explain.
It wasn´t like she got aroused or anything like that. But...not only wasn´t their touch unpleasant to her...it was rather nice.
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"You two can sit here and sleep."
Nahza pointed at a spot where the nightwatch could keep an eye on Daphne and Cassandra. Even when they treated them well, they were still their enemies.
"Mmmh..." Daphne looked unhappy, as did Cassandra.
There just weren´t enough beds for everyone.
"Take my bed."
When Bell said these words, Daphne backed away.
"You intend to take us into your bed?! What are you planning to do t-...Cassandra why are you blushing?!"
"No! No, no, no! I didn´t mean it like that. I will be the nightwatch, so you two should take my bed. I can´t let two girls sleep like that, it isn´t right!"
"You are aware that we are your enemies?"
"This and that are different manners."
"Irgh...I hope you don´t plan anything weird. Cassandra, stop blushing you pervert!"
"I am not blushing!"
"Yes you are."
Bell showed Daphne an expression that some of the others had never seen before, determination of pure steel.
"I promise you I don´t intend to do anything weird, nor would I ever do something like that to a girl. I would rather die than treat a girl badly."
Now it was Daphne´s turn to look surprised.
Nahza rolled her eyes, she knew how Bell could be.
"Fine, have it your way. You two, use his field bed and go to sleep."
"But-"
"Now! Or our smith will melt down your sword and make a pot out of it."
"You fiend! How cruel!"
"Hey, I would never do something like that to a fine sword!"
"Can´t you just play along?..."
"Not when it comes to this! I could never look into lady Hephaistos´ eyes again! And Tsubaki would beat me up, which would be the right thing to do!"
Nahza sighed. "Can´t we just go to sleep?..."
It was time for the tamer to show up again.
Haruhime smiled gently when she came over. "Please, it would be bad for your health if you can´t sleep well. I would feel really bad if that would happen."
The motherly aura around Haruhime let Daphne no chance but to agree.
"Mh...fine. Come, Cassandra."
Sharing a field bed was a bit cramped, but much better than to sleep without a blanket in the open. Lefiya watched amazed how easily Haruhime tamed their two prisoners.
My guess was right...no one can be mad with such a frail girl.
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The night was quiet, Bell watched the outside of the camp, his eyes towards the castle, while Lena kept her eyes on the camp. Just in case Daphne and Cassandra would get any dumb ideas...
Lena hugged her Bete-pillow and at some point, fell asleep. Everyone else in the camp was already asleep. The hours went by, Bell´s watch would take the first half of the night.
Lefiya lay on her side, breathing easily in her sleep. She had practiced falling asleep quickly enough, which was an essential skill for an adventurer. But like most other adventurers, she was very sensitive to noises, as an elf even more than many others. When a soft sound reached her ears, Lefiya slowly woke up.
Wha?
She blinked slightly, soon she saw what made the noises. It was Haruhime, she rolled around in her sleep and groaned quietly.
Lefiya leaned on her left elbow and looked at Haruhime.
Does she have a nightmare?
Haruhime´s problem wasn´t a nightmare. The problem was that she didn´t have her big hug pillow with her. When she calmed down a bit, Lefiya lay down again and...looked fascinated at Haruhime´s backside, at her three tails.
Soon, Haruhime turned around, then around again...and again and again.
I shouldn´t watch her sleep.
Lefiya turned around, due to that, she didn´t see when Haruhime moved a bit more than before.
Muh?!
She felt something soft pressing against her back, then it vanished again. Lefiya turned around again, then her fate got sealed. Before she could do something or evade, Haruhime turned into her direction, closed her arms around Lefiya and pulled her close, hugging her like her beloved pillow.
E-Eh?!
Lefiya blinked perplexed when Haruhime hugged her and pulled her close.
"Mnmjhl...pillow...ehehe..."
Huuuu! That sound was so cute!
Haruhime hugged Lefiya´s face to her chest...a very soft pillow for Lefiya.
Wha..a..I...this...feels so nice...
Lefiya soon got sleepy again, the warm softness of Haruhime´s body and the special scent around her made her really sleepy. Since it was natural for her to do this, Haruhime´s tails curled around and touched Lefiya´s back and waist. The scent really lulled her into sleep, so much that Lefiya wasn´t even embarrassed. It would be something else if a man...for example Bell Cranel...had done this.
Haruhime smiled in her sleep while she hugged Lefiya.
This..isn´t bad at all...Zzzzzz...
Lefiya couldn´t know this and Haruhime also wouldn´t, but there was a reason why Haruhime had rolled into Lefiya´s direction. Haruhime felt attracted to Lefiya on an instinctive level that she herself didn't realize or understand. It wasn't just because of the moment when she had her argument with Aisha and Lefiya held her afterwards. Or the moment they shared petting the unicorn, nor the gratitude that Lefiya was helping them now. Her animal instincts told Haruhime one thing, she liked Lefiya. Only she didn't understand this, it went deeper than conscious thinking. Someone who could have recognized it would be Nahza, due to what Haruhime was doing in his sleep. More than once, Haruhime had accidentally touched Lefiya with one of her tails. It was like the tails sometimes had a life of their own, but actually that was just Haruhime's subconscious. Some beast people tended to follow an animal instinct and rub off their scent on a person they liked. Nahza did this to Miach on purpose so that all beast women in Orario instinctively knew he was taken, this scent repelled many other women as well.
And that's exactly what Haruhime was doing to Lefiya now while she was sleeping, just as she "accidentally" sometimes did to Bell. If someone had asked her about it, she wouldn't have even realized beforehand that she was doing it. For Haruhime it was just a very comfortable sleep.
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"Nnngh...gnh...hng..."
Lefiya woke up a while later when she heard a sound again. She immediatelly noticed that she was still in Haruhime´s arms, but now she felt really hot. Or rather...Haruhime felt really hot, her body felt hot.
What is it?
"Nnnnngh!"
Lefiya noticed in the darkness that Haruhime sweat, she saw the small drops on her forehead.
Wait..why can I see that so well?
It took her a moment to realize, the slight light in the camp didn´t come from the moon, stars or the heating stones...it came from Haruhime.
"Nnngh...it hurtsh..."
Eh?
Haruhime was already half lying on Lefiya, when she mumbled in her sleep, the elf noticed something. Her fangs...had grown. Haruhime mumbled again and this time Lefiya saw it, Haruhime's two fangs sticking out from between her lips.
"It hurtf..."
What is happening to her?!
Before Lefiya could say or do anything, Haruhime opened her eyes. Golden eyes that shone in the dark, more like a wolf's than a fox's. But still her pupils were round like a fox's, not slit like a wolf's.
"Hah...hah...hah...hah..."
Lefiya noticed that Haruhime sweat more than a bit, her natural scent got stronger.
She smells so good...
Haruhime´s golden eyes wandered down to Lefiya, she bared her teeth and her tails rose behind her. For a moment, just for a tiny, short moment, it looked like Haruhime´s hair and fur wasn´t golden, but so dark blue that it was almost black. A second later her hair was golden again.
"My teeth itch..."
"Ms. Har-!"
"I´m forry..."
Lefiya looked in panic when Haruhime leaned down to her face.
Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-What is she planning to do?!
Lefiya feared that Haruhime was about to kiss her, but instead...
"Nom."
Hiiii!
Haruhime started to nibble at Lefiya´s neck and a bit of her shoulder.
What is she doiiiiiing?!
"Nom..nom...nom...nom...nom."
Haruhime closed her eyes, nibbled tenderly and gently as her heart desired on Lefiya, to ease the itching in her teeth. She didn´t even realize what she did.
Hyaaaan!
Lefiya never felt something like this before, one pleasant shiver after the other chased through her body, a sudden jolt followed when Haruhime´s hips jerked up a few times and she whimpered.
It felt like an eternity, when Haruhime finally moved back, her teeth were still long.
"Mf. Lefiya..."
There was a strange longing in Haruhime´s eyes, her tails rose up behind her.
One...two...three...
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Four.
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E-Eh?! Do I see this right?!
Four. Four long, golden furred tails moved behind Haruhime. Not three, four.
"Ms. Haruhime, w-Unf!"
Haruhime collapsed on top of Lefiya, snuggled up to her and fell asleep, clearly exhausted.
What is happening?!
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The next morning was really awkward. Lefiya woke up early and managed to wake Haruhime, who hastily moved away from Lefiya, embarrassed that she clung to her in her sleep. Bell looked a bit flustered to them. Lefiya did her best to hide the hickey on her neck...
Did he see us?!
"Forry..."
Haruhime whimpered while she sat on her legs, her ears and the four tails hung down.
"Pfft." Lena couldn´t help but chuckle when she heard how Haruhime talked.
"Thif ifn´t funnfy!"
Something in Lefiya´s head made click.
Oh my gosh! She sounds so cute and adorable!
"Hauuuu..."
Haruhime´s middle tail had grown thicker in her sleep and eventually parted into two, so that she had four now. Since another had "grown", this opened the question, would she get even more?
When the sun rose over the rocks, Lefiya saw that Haruhime looked up. Her eyes flashed golden for a short moment again and her tails rose.
She looks almost divine.
"I will ftart wif fe breakfaft..."
Lefiya squealed in her mind.
So cute!
Bell was as entranced by Haruhime's appearance as Lefiya was.
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After their breakfast, the final attack would start...
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