[ - Author's Note - ]
Fourth and finally prologue chapter. Well, this is the last one I write before I post. Also the first lemony bit. So, yeah, lemon warning. But you are reading a Kuoinu fic, what did you expect?
Kinda nervous about how well it'll be received all in all.
Well, here we go.
[ - Prologue – Part IV: Home Sweet Home - ]
It didn't take that long for the wagon to reach the edge of the city. Argon was the largest settlement in Mungale and was the barony's, for lack of a better term, capital. It was a small city; dwarfed easily by Ur in size.
Argon was surrounded by a large city wall for defense; large enough that it hadn't been fully filled by buildings and whitewashed. A few, small farms and homes were outside the walls. Near the center of the town was a large, magical academy that my father had built. In fact a lot of my magical education was there, at least by the memories I had.
I got good marks and graduated third in my class. Neat.
Overlooking the city on a short hill was my ancestral home; Mungale Manor. Well, it was more of a manor set in the middle of a large whitewashed, outer wall. It was more like a modern day mansion with an outer wall, save that outer wall could be manned with archers. And towers set along the wall.
The manor itself was a large, stone home three stories high and wide. The walls were whitewashed as well, but the roof was painted blue with a gold trim. The family banner hung on either side of the front doors. One of the oddities was that, fused into the center of the home, was a round keep jutting up high over the house, some ten or so stories high. Another banner hung off the keep, and you could see two men at the top of it.
The keep wasn't just a central defense; the top boasted a telescope as my new father enjoyed star gazing now and then. Mungale was relatively peaceful, so I imagine that's part of the reason the central building was a more comfortable manor as opposed to a full on keep. The wagon slowed down and came to a full stop as Adrian looked up to me. "Here you are!" He called out as I stood and hopped off. "You were a damned life saver, boy! I'll make sure the Guild knows that. Be sure to swing by them tomorrow and get your pay, you did earn it!"
"No worries. Thanks. And don't have too much fun with all that ale, alright?" I let off, smiling and waving as I stepped back, letting him wave and take off. Finally I turned to the front gate of the outer wall, a Noxdecus shield hanging over the center of the gate. I smoothed off the gambeson I wore and stepped forwards. Two men stood outside, each holding a spear. Both gave a casual salute as I came closer.
"Master James, welcome home. How was the job?" The first guard (Fredrick, as I 'recalled') asked as I smiled to him.
"Ups and downs. But it went well enough, all things considered." I replied, rubbing the back of my neck. "You two don't work too hard, okay?" I said as I moved to walk in.
"Have a good day, M'Lord!" They called back as I walked on the path paved with stones towards the front door. Batches of flowers along the inside of the outer wall could be seen, and along the outside of the manor. There was a roundabout in front of the manor for carriages with flowers along the edges. Made the place colorful, if nothing else. And smelled nice too. I could see a couple of the maids tending to the flowers; watering, weeding and so on. A few saw me and waved and I waved back.
I was surprised that, well, they were as well dressed as they were. Oh, they were still in skimpy, impractical uniforms, but I was expecting, like, maid bikinis or something with their tits out. Oh, these ones were still impractical, but not as bad as I was expecting.
A short, blue skirt with gold frills at the bottom of it, an apron that tied behind the waist and neck that was white with gold colored stitching, Thigh high white stockings with a star pattern along the top, blue shoes (Flats for those working outside, three inch heels for those inside), blue wrist cuffs and collars with white frills and the headdress, also white. The skirts were, of course, short enough that bending over enough would flash their panties to anyone passing by; I saw a lot of white and pink lace on the way to the front door.
Despite everything I felt nostalgia as I came closer to the door; it was weird but I accepted it. In the center of the roundabout was a statue of Annabelle of the Runes, one of the Legendary Shield Maidens. The statue was made of what seemed to be bronze and was of a busty woman that was wearing a set of frilly cups over the breasts (As in bikini top cups, not 'pour me some java' cups) that was connected around the back to the bit that was around the shoulders. The cups were not connected at the front at all. A frilly thong over the lower half, thigh high boots and gloves. She had a rapier she was leaning on, point to the ground, her other hand held out. The statue had a spell on it, so a permanent flame was burning over the palm.
Her face was calm and serene, long hair to the waist with curled bangs framing her face. Based on my memories she and her fellow Shield Maidens, supposedly, founded the seven kingdoms that made up the Seven Shield Alliance. Supposedly her daughter married into what would become House Noxdecus and her son became the Grand Duke of Ur. By that logic Prim was also descended from her. Of course this was, like, two thousand years ago so who knows how much got muddled in the mean time. The Tale of the Legendary Seven Shield Maidens could best be summed up as Eostia's version of Arthurian Myth; everyone knew the gist of the important parts, but not everyone stopped to read it in full.
Well that wasn't important right now. I was about to keep going before I heard it. "Master!" A childish voice let off.
I looked down just in time to be tackled by a loli maid. "Master, you're home!"
"Ooof!" I gave in reply, arms wrapping about her. The girl was rubbing her face to my chest as I held her up into me, her short tail wagging back and forth. Ah, right. She wasn't a kid; she was that halfling girl I rescued in the Slave Rescue deed.
[Observe.] Figured I might as well.
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Name: Riri
Title: Maid of James Noxdecus
Class: Maid/Rouge
Level: 2
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 89
Status: Healthy, Happy
Romance Rating: 103
Corruption Rating: 12
Known Traits
[Loyal Maid] Gain 3 Con & Str when fighting for anyone designated as 'Master'
[Halfling Hop] Leap twice as high and far then you would have otherwise
[Slave Avenger] Gain 5 End when fighting Slavers or Slave Hunters
Riri was abandoned as a child and raised in an orphanage. Growing up under the nuns she became rambunctious and rebellious to a high degree, playing pranks on all she could. She even dipped into pick-pocketing for awhile until an opportunistic slave hunter took a chance and captured her. She would spend the next seven years in slavery, beaten, raped and punished under cruel masters. Sold off to a slave auction to pay her former master's debts she was rescued by the heir of the Noxdecus family. Now valuing freedom, honesty and thankful to be free she offered to serve her rescuer as a maid, as a means to repay him and take on good, honest work.
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"Yeesh, Riri, I wasn't gone that long." I told her, ruffling her hair. I was surprised at how high her Romance Value was (Even if it wasn't broken down for me) but I guess it wasn't too surprising, I saved her after all (Because of Deed choice and memories).
Riri was about four foot two or so, with black hair that fell down to her shoulder blades. She had a short, black, fluffy tail coming out of her backside (There was a small hole in the back of her skirt for her tail), fair skin and a set of onyx eyes that were bright despite the coloring. She was almost flat as a board up top, but with a curvy back end. She wore the same maid outfit as everyone else did. I lifted her off me and set her down on her own feet. "Fuuuuuuuuu, Master... You were gone for longer then I cared for..."
Despite looking like she was ten the fact was she was around twenty two years old. As I understood it, halflings were longer lived then humans but would always look childish. Another voice spoke up as I heard heels walking towards me. "Well you are very precious to little Riri, so it's not that surprising she'd miss you."
"Sora, good to see you as well." I said to the woman with dusky skin as she walked over, her pointed ears openly showing. [Observe.]
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Name: Sora Reinclive
Title: Head Maid of the Noxdecus Manor
Class: Maid/Ninja
Level: 29
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 77
Status: Healthy, Relaxed
Romance Rating: 84
Corruption Rating: 2
Known Traits
[Loyal Maid] Gain 3 Con & Str when fighting for anyone designated as 'Master'
[Calm Soul] Can remain calm, no matter the situation; Gain 2 Dex & Acc
[Silent Servant] +8 to Stealth when at your place of work
[Human Sexual] Sexual Partners Gains +5 to all Sexual Stats when that partner is human
Daughter of a human mother and dark elf father, her mother was captured during a raid and raped, abused and used for an unknown amount of time. When Sora was born she would be treated not much better then her mother as a servant for a dark elf house. During this time she helped several slaves escape and tried to cover their flight, her mother included in the escapees. It failed and her mother was slain before her. She was then beaten for hours and was only saved when a human army was pushing forwards into the area. The leader, then head of the Noxdecus House, decided to nurse the half elf to health and took her in. In thanks she trained to fight and guard those she now serves.
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Seems the Noxdecus house had a habit in taking in strays. That might be for the best, I'd think.
Physically she was Riri's opposite in every way, starting with that she stood six feet three in her three inch heels. She had dusky skin with pointed ears, bright green eyes and white hair that was tied back in a ponytail and was long enough to reach her thighs. She had a bang on the right side of the face and bangs over her eyes. While Riri had slightly curvy hips, Sora's hips were wider and fuller with a large, plush rump. The biggest difference, however, was in the chest.
Fucking hell, did this woman have TITS!
I mean, I wasn't perfect at guessing cup sizes, but I think we were talking somewhere in the H to J-Cup range! Her breasts entered a room five minutes before she did! They were like the size of basketballs!
I tried not to stare at the huge boobs barley contained by an apron as she walked towards me. Somehow they didn't bounce out of place (Magic?), they just bounced. Which made them harder not too look at.
"Ara ara, you look... Healthy..." She said. I was sure that was a jab at me eyeing her tits. That said, given my memories she's been a loyal servant of the place since my great grandfather saved her, and by the sounds of it she was... Quite willing the help him, my grandfather and even at times my father with their... tensions.
Hooboy, I was having trouble keeping it down.
"Well, truth be told, Riri wasn't the most anxious one about you're absence." Sora said, smiling softly to me as I tilted my head to the side.
"What do you mean So- wait.. Is a stampede going by?" I said as the ground seemed to shake. It was like an earthquake was starting up and, wait was Sora and Riri stepping back from me? What is...
Then the manor doors exploded open as a dust trailed came out. At the front of the trail was a woman in heavy looking pauldrons on the shoulders, a set of plates over the upper arms, gauntlets over the forearms and hands. A metal band around the hips from which a semi-transparent blue skirt (That didn't cover the front), knee high greaves and a blue thong with lacy straps. Said woman in the skimpy armor had waist long brown hair in a French Braid, blue eyes, fair skin and muscled.
Like, heavily muscled. Cammy from Street Fighter muscled. But with D-Cup breasts.
This was Saxon Noxdecus; aka my new mother.
Before I could react I was scooped up and bear-hugged like she was a wrestler and picked me up like I was a small child; even if she was four inches shorter then me. "MY BABY!" She let off, squeezing the air from my lungs.
"Hi... M-om..." I let off, squirming in her grip. "You can... Set me down..."
"My baby is home! Are you okay? Did you eat right? Did you sleep well? Did you wash your clothes? Didyoumeetanygirls? Didyousleepwithanygirlsandgivethemyourlovechildand-"
"Mi'lady!" Sora barked out, smiling as she said a hand on the woman's shoulder. "Perhaps if your son was a tad less compressed about the ribs you could have a proper talk about it all?" She suggested.
I think I was going blue in the face. Thing were going a bit dark too...
"Oops!" She let off, letting me go and I dropped to my feet, gasping. The light came back fully. "Sorry! I just missed you."
"Same, Mom, but I'm fine." I let off, smiling as I stretched. "You worry too much."
"I'm your mother! I'm supposed to worry!" She said, grabbing my sides and she smiled. "It's what I do, worry about... My... Only..." I blinked, wondering why her speech slowed. Slowly her face took on a scary look as she got an odd grin. I wondered what was going on until I realized she had her hand on the cut on the side of my gambeson.
"Now, don't over-" Too late.
"Who did this to my child!?" Holy shit, my mother gained a red aura of burning rage! No, really, she was doing an impression of a Dragonball Z character! "They will suffer!"
God damned she looked demonic! "I kinda killed him..."
"I will then have my husband raise him as a zombie... So I can kill him again!" I don' think that's how it works!
"C-come on Mom, settle down..." I said, trying to settle her down. The aura of motherly rage only ended when a hand fell on her shoulder.
"Now, now dear. Settle down." A newcomer said; a six foot tall male with brown hair and a well trimmed beard. There was some graying at the temples of his hair. He wore a silken blue tunic, black pants, tall black boots and a pointed blue hat with the tip curved forwards. Merlin, aka new father. "He's fine, hale and whole. No need to get upset."
"Our Baby..." She let off, turning on him. "Was Hurt!"
"And he made it through because you trained him." He said calmly as he stroked her hair. "That's better protections then any guard you could assign him." With things calming I used Observe on both of them.
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Name: Merlin Noxdecus
Title: Baron of Mungale
Class: Wizard
Level: 39
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 88
Status: Healthy, Calm
Known Traits
[Mana Draw] Draw mana from the world around you to refill your stores
[Wise Wizard] Any non-attacking spells have their potency increased by 25%
[iMagic] All stats save Mnc increase your Mag by 5% of their total
Born an orphan, Merlin grew under under the watchful eyes of a local priest. When his talent for magic was found he was sent to a Magical Academy and, despite some bullying, graduated top of his class. He would go on to apprentice to the court mage of a duke. After saving Saxon and other female knights in a major battle. Since marrying her he's been the Baron of Mungale and has ruled calmly and well since.
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Name: Saxon Noxdecus
Title: Baroness of Mungale
Class: Lancer
Level: 41
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 91
Status: Healthy, Worried, Happy
Known Traits
[Mama Bear] Any child or offspring of user's will grant +10% all stats when the thought of the aforementioned being in danger arises
[Motherly Rage] When outraged over an offspring's injury/potential injury add 10% fire damage to all attacks
[The Best Defense] Half of the average of your armor's defense resistances is added to your weapon's damage bonus
[Unmovable Object] When holding a shield your shield gains your armor's resistances divided by 4
A Lancer of renown and daughter of a Summoner by the name of Xander Noxdecus, former Baron of Mungale. Despite her attempts to learn magic she's found a preference for weaponry and combat. Her headstrong nature has made her a leader, but her recklessness nearly had her unit captured and enslaved. Thankfully a young wizard named Merlin appeared and saved them all. After a courtship they would wed and she would proudly bear him a son.
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Wow, those are pretty high levels. I think.
I knew one hundred was the cap, but how many reached it? That was hard to say.
"Now then dear, why not have the maids prepare a fine meal for our boy now that he's home! He can tell us all of his trials when we sit down for a meal." Merlin said, smiling as he moved to set a hand on my shoulder.
"I... Well... Ugh, fine. But I want to hear it all." She said, turning on her heel and walking off. Merlin chuckled, shaking his head.
"Don't mind her. An old mistake leads her to be very protective. Now then..." Merlin said, smiling to me. "Head off to your room, young lad, and get changed. I'll have your armor mended and you can decompress for a bit."
"Sounds good to me. Thanks, Dad." I said, smiling as I nodded to him. I turned to Riri and Sora, nodding before moving to the manor proper.
Despite being my first time there (Well, depending on how you look at it) I knew my way around. I waved to a few guards and maids as I passed on my way to my room.
The manor was well furnished; the walls were stone and whitewashed, banners hanging here and there and carpets on the floor. Paintings hung about the walls and at the top of the stairs of the entrance was three portraits, myself, Merlin and Saxon. The place was well furnished as I moved to my room on the third floor. It was cozy; a large four poster bed (Too big, maybe?) a wardrobe, shelves with odds and ends on them. The ceiling was a skylight, meaning I could see the clouds in the sky. It was cozy, all in all. I moved to pull my gambeson off, setting it where the maids would grab it and changed. I would slip into a set of black, leather pants, a blue, silken tunic with red panels on the shoulders and black boots. I sighed, looking into the mirror. It was so strange seeing this new face. And then I felt rather then saw things pause.
[Things are calm now that you're home. It's time to learn about the menu. Select Menu.]
I shrugged and went with it. [Menu.]
[Menu]
Stats
Class (Locked)
Abilities
Quests
Traits
Inventory
Property (Locked)
Relations (Locked)
Glossary
[Select Stats first please.]
I did so and quickly I saw a window open before me. It was divided between three parts. The right side was an image of myself (Go figure) and the left was divided between a top and bottom half.
The top half had some general stats.
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Character Details
Name: James Noxdecus
Social Rank: Baron's Heir
Title: [N/A]
Class: Spell Blade
Level: 2/100
XP: 325/2000
Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Copper: 0
USP: 10
RSP: 7
SSP: 7
UTP: 23
RTP: 5
STP: 5
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The bottom half, meanwhile, had something I really wanted to see; my stats.
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Regular Stats
[X] Con: 14/200 (9/1000 XP)
[X] Str: 14/200 (18/1000 XP)
[X] End: 12/200 (15/1000 XP)
[P] Dex: 17/200 (21/1000 XP)
[S] Agi: 16/200 (20/1000 XP)
[P] Acc: 17/200 (16/1000 XP)
[S] Mag: 16/200 (23/1000 XP)
[P] Mnc: 17/200 (25/1000 XP)
[X] Lck: 14/200 (0/1000 XP)
Sexual Stats
Sta: 5+4=9/100 (0/1000 XP)
Rec: 5+3=8/100 (0/1000 XP)
Pow: 5+4=9/100 (0/1000 XP)
Ple: 5+3=8/100 (0/1000 XP)
Wil: 5+4=9/100 (0/1000 XP)
Rap: 5+3=8/100 (0/1000 XP)
Cap: 5+4=9/100 (0/1000 XP)
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Huh? My stats had an XP bar?
[We'll start with your Title. Select Title.]
I did so. After a moment a new menu popped up. And the top was still N/A, and under it was a list, but that list had only one option; Young Blood.
[Young Blood]
You survived your first fight!
+1 to all Damage
Right, I got that from killing Blood Maker, right? Huh.
[You can equip one Title at a time. Each title has a unique effect that will improve your abilities. Equip Young Blood now, please.]
I had nothing else to equip, so I did.
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Name: James Noxdecus
Social Rank: Baron's Heir
Title: Young Blood
Class: Spell Blade
Level: 2/100
XP: 325/2000
Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Copper: 0
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[Excellent. Now your weapons, unarmed strikes and magic will do a little more damage.]
[Next, let's talk about your stats. You've read the basics, so you know what each stat does. What you may not have known is each stat can gain XP as well. Your stats gain XP as you train, exercise and battle. Once filled you will gain a stat.]
[The amount of XP required to gain a stat is 100 times the current stat number rounded down to the nearest ten. So from 10 to 19 it will require 1000 XP. From 20 to 29 you will need 2000, and so on. If the stat is under ten, then the XP amount needed defaults to 1000.]
[This means you can level up your stats, even without leveling yourself up!]
[Before we move on, you may wish to spend your Stat Points. They won't do any good unspent.]
So I didn't need to increase my level to boost stats? Neat!
Also, yeah, I should spend my Points. I decided to set my Universal Points into the regular stats. My stats were, mostly, even. I set a little into strength, magic power and mana. I dumped a bit more into constitution and endurance; lasting in a fight sounded good. One last point went to agility to help dodge. I'd focus more on my primary stats next, but I wanted a little more offense and defense for now. As for my Sexual Stats... Eh, I had seven points, I had seven stats. One to each. In the end I looked it over.
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Regular Stats
[X] Con: 18/200 (9/1000 XP)
[X] Str: 17/200 (18/1000 XP)
[X] End: 18/200 (15/1000 XP)
[P] Dex: 17/200 (21/1000 XP)
[S] Agi: 17/200 (20/1000 XP)
[P] Acc: 17/200 (16/1000 XP)
[S] Mag: 19/200 (23/1000 XP)
[P] Mnc: 19/200 (25/1000 XP)
[X] Lck: 14/200 (0/1000 XP)
Sexual Stats
Sta: 6+5=11/100 (0/1000 XP)
Rec: 6+4=10/100 (0/1000 XP)
Pow: 6+5=11/100 (0/1000 XP)
Ple: 6+3=9/100 (0/1000 XP)
Wil: 6+5=11/100 (0/1000 XP)
Rap: 6+3=9/100 (0/1000 XP)
Cap: 6+5=11/100 (0/1000 XP)
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Looked good for now. I had nothing outstanding, sure, but I was a Jack of All Trades. It would change in time, I'm sure.
[Good. Now, let's look at your Traits. Please, select Traits.]
I did so, mostly to see what we had.
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UTP: 23
RTP: 5
STP: 5
Regular Traits
High Born
Your reputation with the Middle Classes and High Born is increased by +15 due to your birth. In addition your schooling grants you +500 XP
Noble Allowance
You gain 2 Gold per Day.
Gift of Steel and Silk
Your starting equipment is replaced with equipment one level higher
Silver Spoon
Many of the lower classes aren't sure of this high born kid; -10 Reputation with low born and middle class people
Appraiser
You can tell what a magical item or weapon can do by a simple examination. Gain the [[Appraise]] Skill
Spell Weaver
You can imbue items with spells and other abilities to make them better. Gain the [[Imbue Magic]] Spell
Sexual Traits
The Power of Love
Each woman you bed will grant you 1 Universal Stat Points and 1 Sexual Stat Point
Chick Magnet
Almost every woman has an attraction towards you. Some can explain it, some cannot. Every female you know gains +25 to all Romance Values. There's a random chance of a Desire increase to women around you.
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[You can see your current Traits and Trait Points here. In addition you can view traits for purchase here.]
[You can also select traits to improve them, alter them or even remove them. As an example, select Silver Spoon.]
I nodded and did so.
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Silver Spoon
Many of the lower classes aren't sure of this high born kid; -10 Reputation with low born and middle class people
-Alter Trait [40 RTP]
Gain +10 Reputation with low born and middle class people
-Remove Trait [20 RTP]
Removes this trait from your list.
[You may select either option or neither option if you wish. You may also do this with other traits in your current list, and purchase list.]
Huh. I noted that I wasn't being asked to buy or alter anything yet. That was good.
I viewed the list. Some were from the Character Creation that I saw before like Muscle Wizard [25 RTP], Badass Bookworm. [22 RTP] and Steady hand [20 RTP].
I bought Muscle Wizard, right away. Hindsight being twenty-twenty I should have done my stats later, then I could have set nothing in strength and put it in magic power instead. Oh well.
My strength still moved from seventeen to twenty-one. That kind of boost to my melee was going to be great, and I could spend more in other stats down the line. As long as I focused on magic power a bit more then before I'd be leveling two stats. I was sure I'd need a bit more into strength now and then, but it would mean I'd need less into it then before.
Oh, and there were a bunch of sexual stats with costs ranging from ten to twenty points, but I ignored them for now.
[Good. Lastly let's look over your Quests.]
[Quests.]
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Primary Objectives
[O] Save the Kingdom from [Unknown]
[O] Assemble a Harem of at least Four Brides and/or Concubines
[O] Bed Five Additional Women
Bonus Objectives
[O] Gain a Nobility Rank of Count or Higher
[O] End the Conflict Between Eostia and Garan
[O] Gain at least One Bride or Concubine from Garan
[O] Reach Level 50 or Higher
[O] Obtain One Legendary or Relic Weapon That You Can Use
Current Quests
None: Tutorial Ongoing.
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Huh. Well, maybe a quest will pop up? Or something?
[You will gain Quests in one of Three Ways. The first will be by taking on a job. By going to an Adventuring Guild, seeking someone seeking a hired hand or local official you can gain a paying job that will become your quest.]
[Additional Quest Rewards can include Stat Points, Trait Points and in some cases Titles. XP will also be given out based on the difficulty of the quest and enemies defeated.]
[The second is by stumbling over someone in need and agreeing to help. These type of quests will give you some XP. Other rewards are possible, but these are rarer.]
[The final type comes by stumbling over an event, current battle or other situation that you can assist in. XP will be rewarded to you. Other rewards are based on the situation.]
[You will not be forced to take quests. Refusing a quest has no penalty beyond not gaining the quest and, possibly, a loss of reputation with the quest giver.]
[For now, we'll give you a new quest!]
[New Quest Gained: Mind Your Manors]
[New Objective: Explore the Manor]
[New Objective: Explore the Training Room]
[New Objective: Explore the Spell Library]
[New Objective: Explore the Target Range]
[New Objective: Explore the Stables]
[Please, enjoy your new quest!]
I felt everything unpause, jerking in place for a moment. Shrugging I decided to step out of my room and explore as the quest told me to. After all, I needed to get my bearings since I was going to live here. I moved to the training room first, looking about as I walked in.
The place was split into three areas. The first was what reminded me of a gym. There were training weights, a pull up bar a, wait, a treadmill? With wooden slats rather then a rubber track, but still!
The second was an area with training dummies and a slight pit to spar in. On the wall was several racks of training weapons of every kind. Even foils.
The third was a rack of scrolls and an area with... showers?
Yeah. Modern day showers. What?
[Glossary; plumbing.] I needed to know about this.
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Eostian Plumbing
A creation of dwarven and halfing tinkering, the concept of indoor plumbing has existed in Eostia for one hundred years now. Still pricey for most people, only the upper classes have them in their homes. Some cities have been trying to install some into limited areas to make bathhouses and public washrooms.
Thanks to recent magical enchantments hot water is now available to many places that already have current plumbing.
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Huh. Fantasy world plumbing. Nice.
"Hoo, look who's here!" I heard, turning to see someone walk over to me. He was a big man, in several senses of the word. Some six and a half feet tall and with more then a bit of a gut his arms were thick as hell, and not much of it fat. Short, red hair and thick mutton chop mustache. He grinned, green eyes watching me as he walked over in heavy plate armor.
And by heavy armor I mean like a General Unit from Fire Emblem heavy! It was like a metal tower! His helm was under his armor. His armor was shined, but some dents showed and a red tabard was over his armor and bore the image of a bear on the front.
[Observe.]
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Name: Gregory Hammersmith
Title: Commander of Mungale
Class: Crusader
Level: 33
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 57
Status: Healthy, Joyous
Known Traits
[Laugh It Off] Any attack that does no harm to you lets you recover stamina and mana
[The Best Defense] Half of the average of your armor's defense resistances is added to your weapon's damage bonus
[Natural Target] All foes would rather target you then an ally. +2 Con & Str for each ally your foes ignore in favor of you
Son of a blacksmith, Gregory found his calling in using his hammers on Aberrants instead of steel. He joined the knights of Ken and was discovered to be capable of magic. Surprising many he was able to learn magic quite quickly. Claudia herself realized that he was smarter then he seemed. He fought on the front lines, known for laughing in the heat of battle as he tore through his enemies. After sometime he moved from Ken to Ur and joined the Noxdecus House as the Mungale's military commander.
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"Back from the job, eh? Much happen?" He asked, grinning down at me. He was a huge, imposing man but my memories of him was that of a gentle giant. That would cleave you in two with a battleaxe if you were his enemy.
Yeah, don't piss him off.
"Ehhh, I might have had a run in with some goblins." His eyes widened in surprise. "Dozen and a half. Got half of them before the rest ran."
"Bah! Dozen and a half? When I was your age, boy, I was cutting them down dozens at a time!" I sweat-dropped as he grinned, hands on his hips. Figures. A 'back in my day' thing.
"Yeeeah, well maybe if people back in your day didn't slaughter then by the dozens there'd be more for us young'uns to kill."
"Hmm... Can't argue that point..." He said, stroking his chin gently. "Ah well. Little beasties are nasty anyway. More we kill the better." He said, clasping my shoulders before walking off. "Well, I'm off then! Have fun!" He said, laughing out loud as he ducked his head to leave out the door.
Good guy, I had to say.
[This is the Training Room! You can use the exercise equipment to gain Stat XP. Additionally you can train and practice your Combat Arts in this room. Remember; your Abilities also have XP when used.]
[Move to the Scroll Rack.]
The rack shone for a moment and I shrugged, moving to it. One scroll glowed and I picked it up, opening it. There were images of a fencer, thrusting a rapier out. There was a description of, oh, a technique. I took a moment to read what was listed, humming softly.
[Combat Art Learned: Rapid Strike]
[Reading Scrolls, Spell Books and other items with information may impart a new Ability! This is Rapid Strike. With it you can thrust a rapier at a target rapidly to cause damage! Be sure to practice it later!]
[(⸜∕ ) Explore the Training Room]
New skill? Cool! Anyway, the Library was next to visit.
It was on the other side of the manor on the first floor but it was worth the walk when I got there. Opening it up it was a large, circular room with three stories worth of shelves full of books, and a few of scrolls. Tables were laid out in the center of the room and spiraling stairs connected the first floor to the second and third. The roof was a skylight, letting in a lot of natural light and I could make out two large doors leading to side rooms. One, I knew, was a spell resistant room to practice powerful attack spells in and the second was an alchemy lab. Quite nice.
"Well, someone's home, hmm?" I turned to the voice, up on the second story, book under her arm. She was an elf, with fair skin and pointed ears. Her top was a green, halter style bikini top with a half skirt hanging off of it from short, thin chains. Of course the front half was the half missing, showing off a lighter green set of panties (I could see camel-toe, holy shit!), thigh high boots that looked silken and also lighter green. Detached, bridal style gauntlets on each hand with a gold bracelet on the wrists and a wreath with yellow flowers around her head. Her hair was a dirty blonde, reaching down just past her ass. Her body was well curved; not as much as Sora's, with C-Cup breasts by what I could tell.
Blue eyes watched me as she smiled, setting her foot on the railing before stepping up on it. Her other hand had a wooden staff with a bronze ring near the top and a bronze crescent moon capping the top with a green jewel cradled in it. She stepped off the railing, casting a spell as she did so which lowered her, floating down in front of me and landing on her feet softly.
[Observe.]
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Name: Aeris Willowglow
Title: Merlin's Apprentice
Class: Mage
Level: 7
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 45
Status: Healthy, Amused
Romance Rating: 72
Corruption Rating: 9
Known Traits
[Nature's Gift] Gain 5% Mnc while outside of settlements.
[?]
[?]
Learning magic in an elven city at first under an elven sage, her former teacher looked down upon a visiting human Wizard. Eventually the two would have a magical duel... And the human won. Deciding she could learn much from him, the young elf asked to apprentice under him. Since then she's been an able assistance and apprentice to Merlin Noxdecus. Levitation is her best spell, and she uses it often.
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"Home from your job, hmm?" She said, smiling to me. At five six she looked up to me with a twinkle in her eye.
"Yeah, just got back a little while ago. How have you been, Aeris?" I asked her as she shrugged.
"It was a bit boring to not have another person to talk spells with." She said, taking a lock of hair between a finger and thumb, toying with it. Her staff, which she let go of, just stood in place as if gravity forgot about it. Her Levitation spell on it, I thought. "But I suppose you've a need to do your own thing. Regardless, I'll be in my room if I'm needed." She said, walking past me, hips swaying as I turned to look at her, her staff lifting up to follow after her like it was a puppy. I then noticed that half skirt on her was just slightly transparent, or maybe the light hit it just right? Either way I could see her swaying, firm ass walk off. Finally I looked back to the room, looking over the library once more.
[This is a Spell Library, and an advanced one at that. It bears more spells then other House's would and also an advanced Spell Training room as well as an Alchemy Lab. As you may have guessed, you can now look up spells any time you are here.]
I then saw a scroll on a rack at one of the shelves that was glowing. I knew what was coming and moved to the scroll before being prompted to do so. Pulling it out I opened it up and started to read it. Aside from the words there was a combination of a drawn images displaying the casting of a spell and a series of runes that I somehow knew. I had to imagine it was a part of the memory DLC I got. Maybe I should call it that, the Memory DLC. Took as long to load as a piece of DLC.
[Magic Spell Learned: Levitation]
[You've just seen this spell in action a mere moment ago. When slinging spells this can let you hang out of the way of any melee foes. However your air speed will be slower then your movement on the ground until you've practiced it.]
I can fly? Well, hover, but still, that's awesome! Who doesn't want to fly?
[(⸜∕ ) Explore the Spell Library]
Well, that's of the two places down and two more to go. I decided to go to the range next.
Said range was in the back of the manor and to one side. It reminded me of a gun range, really, with a target at the end of a walled in section to avoid injury from an off course weapon or arrow. There was a larger section set up for archery, by the looks of it, and a second, smaller one set up for throwing weapons. I could see a scroll rack there as well, likely with some form of ranged technique. I didn't have any ranged weapons on me, so I didn't know it there was something there for me. The whole thing had a pretty tall roof, three stories tall. Despite this you could see a flag at the end blowing softly; the range was set up to generate it's own wind to simulate natural conditions. That was pretty cool, really.
"Nya! Heya Jay!" I heard turning about as a girl walked back from the targets, arrows in one hand, compound bow in the other and standing at around five foot eight. Her hair was bubblegum pink, short and rather messy and matched the cat ears on her head and cat tail from her spine. Two red, fang like marks pointed down from her forehead and two inwards from each cheek over fair, softly tanned skin. She wore what could be called a skimpy black swim suit consisting of a thong that was attached to a bikini style top via strings that came from the back to the bottom of the cups that covered maybe a C sized set of breasts. The top also tied behind her back and neck, with a small sky blue jewel under the neck with a small, gold tag hanging off of it. A set of dark blue short shorts were on her hips, open in the front but with black laces holding the shorts tight to her body. You could see that, yes, her pubic hair was shaved. The front of her suit dipped that low. She had one stocking on the left leg, with a strap connecting it to the shorts on the inside. A set of black, ankle high boots were on each foot with a sheathed knife strapped to the left calve. A belt, hanging diagonally off one hip with a dagger hanging off it in the front as well as a quiver at the back with the arrows sticking out to the right. Both of her arms had black, detached sleeves on them with a gauntlet on the right arm and a bracer on the left. Since her bow was in her hand it was quite clear she was practicing her archery.
The girl's most striking features, though, were her eyes. Both were slitted but the left was a bright sky blue, the other was yellow like the sun. In short, she was a catalan with heterochromia. "Miria, how's it going?" I let off to her, smiling as I waved to her with one hand. [Observe.]
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Name: Miria Noxdecus
Title: Deadeye of House Noxdecus
Class: Archer
Level: 5
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 54
Status: Healthy, Relaxed
Romance Rating: 81
Corruption Rating: 11
Known Traits
[Two Eyes, One Vision] When defending others increase your Acc by 5%
[Ward of House Noxdecus] When fighting with anyone associated with House Noxdecus increase Dex by 5%
[Silent But Violent] If attacking from stealth double your crit chance
Originally born to the Mir catalan tribe on the southern plains, she was originally called Mir'Miria. However since her birth she was considered cursed due to her heterochromia. As such she was often neglected growing up and only treated well by her grandfather. When she was eight the tribe, at her mother's behest, chased her away and to the north. With underdeveloped survival skills she was starving when found by Saxon of House Noxdecus. It took little time for her and her husband to adopt the child, allowing her to drop the Mir for Noxdecus.
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Yes, I had a cat girl as an adopted sister. A cute, half naked, pink haired cat girl.
"Ugh, you know how it is. I did a guild job, but it was booooring..." She let off. Miria was, as I recalled, just a couple of months younger then I and just turned eighteen not too long ago. So, I had a younger cat girl sister. Adopted, but still, sister.
...
It's not incest if she's adopted right? Because, whew, I'd like to hear her purr. God that sounds horrible, even in my own head. "Yeah, wish mine was a bit more boring." I let off, her smile turning to a surprised look as she blinked at me. Crap, I had to explain now. "I had a run in with some goblins just outside of town. They set up an ambush and everything. At that old bridge, the stone one."
"Fuck, that close to Argon?" She let off, cupping her chin after setting the arrows into her quiver as her foot tapped softly. "I heard a few were around. Explains a few jobs that were on post. Shit." She let off in thought before shaking her head and smirking. "Eh, just goblins in the end. Should make for good hunting."
"What, gonna stuff and mount their heads?" I joked at her with a grin, crossing my arms as I bit back a soft chuckle.
"Hell no. That's ugly as hell. And not worth bragging about." She said, moving to walk past me, smacking my ass firmly with an open hand as she walked by, making me yelp and jump. "See you at dinner bro! I want to hear all the details!" She said as I turned, watching her own, firm ass walk with a swaying tail moving side to side.
That tail... makes it hypnotic. Fuck, I'm turning into a sis-con already.
Thank god she's adopted. It would be really weird if she wasn't. I looked back to the range, alone now.
[This is the Target Range. It's set up to practice with any ranged weapon in your possession. While your current class limits your ranged weapons selection, Throwing Knives are accessible for you to equip, once you've obtained some.]
[Pick up the glowing scroll.]
Once more a scroll on a rack shone for attention. I was a bit surprised; I forgot Spell Blade could equip all kinda of knives. Once more I moved over and read it. It had an image of someone throwing a knife, plus notes on how to best throw a knife.
Huh, it really is all in the wrist.
[Combat Art Learned: Snap Throw]
[You now have access to Snap Throw. This lets you rapidly draw and throw a knife or other such weapon with an underhanded throw. This is excellent to surprise someone in mid-range combat or for those just outside of melee range.]
Huh. I'd need to make a note to find or buy some throwing knives. More flexibility never hurt. [Olivia, if needed could I use Snap Throw with the parrying dagger?]
[Indeed.]
[It will be less effective then a weapon designed for throwing, but it will work.]
That's all I really needed to know.
[(⸜∕ ) Explore the Target Range]
That left the stables for me to check out. Those were to the east of the manor, in a separate area as the memories told me. I headed over, looking about as I went. There was a large section fenced off that let the horses run about while not letting them disrupt anyone else. There were a total of five horses and as I walked into the stables all were in the fields. I looked out the open door seeing two play and the rest graze idly, tails swaying as they did their thing.
"Mi'lord! You're home!" I heard, hearing a cherry voice as a woman walked over to me. She was short, some four foot four. She was a dwarf with short, red hair in a bit of a bob, blue eyes and with a green headband. She wore a white dress under a yellow vest with a set of brown boots up to her knees. By contrast of, well, every other female I've met she was dressed conservatively. Yes, the dress was short enough that I'd see her panties if she bent over more then forty five degrees. But her breasts (D-Cup! On a girl that short? Short stack indeed) weren't on display at all, so that was different. On the other hand, you could faintly make out her nipples under the cloth where they poked up.
That said her hips were very wide, coupled with thick thighs. Really, it was like a curvy normal woman lost a foot in height but none of the weight and it all went to the tits, hips and legs. Okay, that might have been a bit much...
"Serra, how's the horses?" I asked her, smiling down to the woman. [Observe.]
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Name: Serra Fairfield
Title: Mistress of the Stables
Class: Stable Master
Level: 2
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 47
Status: Healthy, Fulfilled
Romance Rating: 74
Corruption Rating: 2
Known Traits
[Horse Whisperer] You can handle horses much better, and can even make them listen to you
[?]
Born in the mountains she found an affinity for animals quite quickly. With no real training or jobs for such things with the dwarves she decided to move to the human lands to learn under a farmer on how to handle and treat animals. Eventually she'd find her way to House Noxdecus as their horse trainer and handler. In addition she maintains a chicken coup and a small pig pen.
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Wow. Boring story compared to everyone else. She smiled up at me, hands on her wide hips. "Happy and playful, Mi'lord. Saw Blade is starting to sniff around Sweet Pea, and we're at about that season. I'll be breeding me some fillies and colts soon!"
"Ha, figures you'd wanna raise some young, little horses. Going to ride one?" I teased softly as she laughed softly.
"Ahh, nay Mi'lord. I think I need one of those small ponies for myself." She let off, laughing as she moved to grab a bucket of oats. "If you'll pardon me, Mi'lord." She said, walking off towards the horses.
Fuck, that ass jiggled. Even under the dress. You could see it. Just as that thought hit the wind hit her dress just right and flashed a bit of black cotton to me.
Sir Mix-A-Lot approved, right there. I looked back at the stalls in the stables, filled with soft hay.
[This is the Stables. If you need a horse for travel or transporting goods you can get one here. You currently have no personal steed, but you can borrow a horse until you do!]
[Your steed doesn't need to be a horse, of course, but it's the most common type of steed to use and the most likely to find.]
[There are a few unique Combat Arts for mounted combat to learn. They can be found in the Training Room or Target Range for your use, as long as you can use the correct weapon for the Combat Art in question.]
[(⸜∕ ) Explore the Stables]
[(⸜∕ ) Explore the Manor]
[Quest Complete: Mind Your Manors]
[Gain 100 XP]
Well, a hundred xp is a hundred xp. I'll take it gladly.
Nothing new came up for quests so I decided to leave and find something to do until it was time to eat. I opted to go to the library to get a 'refresher' on some of magical knowledge.
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"One thing I don't get is why are the normal and sexual stats connected like that?" Carlongera let off, sitting on a bench now as he sat cross armed. Benterra sat next to him, Switch in hand as he played something on it, an action game if Carlongera was to guess by the sounds coming from it.
"You need to understand, the Core World is one of lust and sexuality. It's considered a healthy, at least by the people in the world." Anncastel explained turning to face him, leaning into the well as James moved about the manor on the screen. "As you know, figuring out exactly what each World Law does can be annoying, but the Core World's law does three things that I know of. It favors women to a degree, prefers skimpy clothing on those women and prefers women to be sexualized to a degree. It's hard to figure out to what degree for each, though. Save the clothing, it clearly likes their women under dressed."
"Not a bad thing." Benterra pipped up as he kept playing his game. Anncastel shrugged in response. As a goddess with Lust as a domian, she didn't seem bothered by the idea of a sexual world.
"For most of us. Anyway..." She said before carrying on. "That aspect of the Core still effects the Aberrant Layer to a point. When we were making the RPG-X3 System the good Lord God set some limitations on us. If it was up to me, he'd be stronger already but there was so much we could do to ensure he was as strong as he could be. The cap of two hundred for stats was forced on us."
"Although we figured a way to help bump the cap up, if needed." Benterra frowned as he played, clearly struggling with something on his screen. Anncastel crossed her arms under her bust as she resumed talking.
"That's true. However I realized with the Trait System we added we could take advantage of the sexual nature of these worlds and pivot it to our advantage."
"You connected them on purpose?" Carlongera mused, rubbing his chin as she nodded.
"Well, by making separate stats for the sexual activities we could then find a way to connect them to the normal ones and boost the combat based stats." Benterra injected as he played, still struggling with the game, thumbs moving quickly. "While he's yet to realize it fully, if he takes advantage of the sexual bent of his situation he can accelerate his growth a fair bit. The tutorial should be steering things in that direction."
"Should?"
"Well, the System is build to be flexible..." Benterra said in response to the God of Messages, smirking as he won whatever engagement he was engaged in on the screen. "But even then you can't predict everything. Differences in each world, differences in the people in it, differences in each player, even slight World Law differences..."
"Makes sense..." Carlongera let off, humming as he stroked his chin once more. "Trying to make a 'one-size-fits-all' program means you might fit a lot, but something won't fit right."
"Exactly." Anncastel said as she nodded. "But so far it's working quite well. And if it does, this will be quite the show..."
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Dinner turned out to be rather interesting in the end. Gregory was asking for the story of what exactly happened and Miria had chimed in to urge me to spill the tale. In addition to those two, my parents were at the table as well as Aeris and Serra. Once the food was served (Pork with rice, garlic bread and a few vegetables and fruit for dessert) the maids seated down at another table nearby for their own meal. Despite my (New) mother's nervous look I relented and related the story of the fight with the goblins near the bridge. Despite Gregory's efforts to urge me to do so I didn't embellish the tale at all, just told it as best and accurately as I could (Minus the whole 'I see the world as a Video Game', thing) and told them what happened, part by part.
The longest bit was, of course, the fight with Blood Maker (I made sure not to name him as I spoke; he never told me, the System and Observe skill did) and how it turned out in the end. Aeris was surprised when I told everyone I fired off a spell from the bottom of my foot into his gut. Even my father was surprised, stating that most people never learned to do that or even think of doing it. My mother fawned over me like I was a small child (Even yanking my head into her bosom; like seriously), and Miria seemed to be proud of me, giving me a pat on the back. Gregory would let off a laugh at the tale and boast of how I was just getting started (Loud enough I'm sure the horses would understand to respect me over in the stables from the tone of his voice. If the horses bowed before me when I passed them next, I'd know why), while Serra just seemed sad I had to fight them at all.
Finally once things had calmed down (Translation; my father managed to get my mother to sit down and stop acting like I was a three year old who was an inch away from scraping his knee on broken glass) I managed to ask the others about their days while I was gone. Miria loudly complained about a lousy, boring guild job that was lousy and boring, Serra just talked about the horses and pigs and Aeris talked about learning a new spell, but flubbing the first casting of it. Nothing too interesting, all in all.
Gregory, by contrast, boasted about a night of drinking, finding a small mercenary band with a ogre of all things with them. As an Aberrant ogres weren't exactly welcome in Eostia, and wasn't exactly trusted under the best of circumstances. If I had to give an example, it'd be like a bar in my original world seeing a group of tough, white guys walking in and one huge, ugly black guy with them back in the days that Jim Crow laws were common. Everyone wanted to tell the ogre to go and fuck off, but no one wanted to deal with the (Likely violent) response that would result in. So what does Gregory do, by his own account?
Challenge the eight to nine foot thing to an arm-wrestling contest. No. Really.
I had a feeling he didn't need a keg of ale to come up with that idea.
By all accounts (IE, his mainly but one of the maids chipped in that a friend of hers said it was true. Well, mostly true) he won, although it was quite a struggle. And then he became drinking buddies with the ogre he arm-wrestled.
There are no words. I just have no words.
Saxon had nothing to add of note; training, sparring with the guards and taking sometime to cook for the family. Yes, it was often a cliche that women who were big time warriors sucked at the traditionally feminine things, but my mother was very adept at feminine things. Cooking, cleaning (She tidied the room she shared with her husband), sewing, knitting, singing and so on. Really, she only sucked at one thing really; baking. Ask her to cook you a rack of ribs, a stew, some pork or chicken she's awesome. Ask her to bake a cake, some cookies or brownies... Well, how much do you like ash flavored charcoal?
Merlin's days were mostly focused on Aeris' learning, but also about the current state of peace and how he could use the chance to boost trade to the western kingdoms. After all a stronger economy could support the military if/when (Likely when) another war with Garan came up, so it made sense to him. I wasn't much for politics, but I still listened; it was still important after all.
After some desert, thanking the maids (Riri in particular) we left the table and I headed to the bathroom to wash up since I hadn't had the chance for awhile, according to the new memories I ended up with.
Also, our tub was huuuuge! I was used to the usual, standard kind of bathtub that was just two feet by four feet and change back in my apartment. This one was closer to ten feet by ten feet. If it was any bigger I'd call it a swimming pool!
I stripped down, making sure I had a robe to put on afterwards and got cleaned up followed by leaning back and relaxing on the built in seat in the tub. I nearly fell asleep in the warmed water. Even better, the tub was enchanted to keep the water warm. I groaned in the warm water, bubbles floating on the surface from the soaps and oils the maids added when they drew the bath. It was a bit odd, having someone else draw you a bath, but it was fine. Their job and all.
"This feels great..." I let off, sighing deeply. Even better; the ceiling was a skylight, meaning I had a nice view of the young night sky as I relaxed. I couldn't help but noticed there were a lot of skylight windows in the manor. All I needed was a drink and some porn and I was all set!
"Must be better after being away for so long." I heard behind me, stiffening in surprise. As I was starting to move to see who spoke I was tackled from behind, a bare chest with tiny, tiny bumps pressing to my back.
"He he he, Hello Master!" I heard from right behind me. I jumped a bit and turned my head.
Sure enough, Riri was there, hugging me around my shoulders with tiny tits rubbing stiff nipples into my back as Sora stepped in, smiling and-
Oh fuck, she's naked!
Her dusky skin was on full display. Her chocolate colored nipples were also stiff looking with slightly large areolas. She smiled to me and I saw her pussy was bare as a babe's. She moved over to the tub to my side, stepping in as Riri rubbed into me.
"Wh-what are you guys doing in here?" I squeaked out in surprise as Sora smiled calmly.
"Well, one thing is practicing sneaking about the manor. We are part of the security, after all." She replied. That was true; she wasn't a high level ninja for the fun of it. It's because no one expects the half naked maid to beat you to death with your own skull.
Even if that doesn't seem physically possible.
"He he he, and we wanted to show our love to you!" Riri let off, letting go to move into the tub on the other side. By contrast her nipples had smaller areolas and were pink in color. I was so tempted to touch them.
"Eh?" I let off like the dense protagonist of a harem anime.
...
Wait, was I the protagonist of a harem anime now?
"You've been very kind to all the staff. I know you've been eyeing me for sometime now..." Sora let off in a sultry tone, making me gulp. "And Riri owes you her freedom. Isn't it just... natural for women to thank the men in their lives?" She said with a as Riri looked down.
"W-well, maybe, but I don't want to pressure you here or anything." I replied, gulping. Was this happening? Was my virginity going away tonight?
"Master, the only pressure around us is right here." Riri replied as she set a finger to my groin and, oh fuck I was hard as a rock! My cock head was sticking out of the water like a periscope! I hadn't even noticed until she touched me! Her finger pressed to the head of my dick, slowly moving it in a circle and it felt nice.
I was amazed. Holy shit, a ten inch dick looks huge. Riri took her hands and gripped my cock at the base, stroking it with her hands. Said hands were too small to fully wrap around it... Dear lord, I got a lot harder, I was sure.
I had a weird relationship with loli porn back in my original world. When I first encountered it I didn't know what to make of it at first; I mean stroking off to naked kids was weird right, even if there was so much of it, it was underage stuff, right? I settled myself down by noting that these were all animated and drawn stuff; they weren't real kids so no one being harmed in real life.
Riri had the body of a loli, but was well past legal age, so it was a bit odd for my mind to say 'not sure' and my cock to say 'plow those flat fields'. Sora knelt down next to me, one hand grabbing my cock near the top, her other hand moving to my armpit. Before I knew it she was guiding me up to sitting on the tub's edge. They spread my legs apart and took places on either side of my cock which twitched in their grips. While Riri had the body of a loli, Sora had the body of a goddess. It was quite the pairing, as the nude half-elf rinsed my cock of all the soaps from the water. Once done both leaned down and kissed my cock, a soft jolt of delight shooting up my spine. Holy... Crap...
I let off a soft groan as I watched them work on my cock. Like their physical bodies, their approaches were different. Riri's kissed and licked aggressively and with a lot of passion, showing little if any restraint. She pressed her lips then tongue to one side of my shaft and was the first to take the tip into her mouth, sending shivers up my body at how good it felt as she sucked on me. Damn. She bobbed her lips up and down quickly and with no small amount of force.
Sora's attentions were slower, softer and more measured but equally passionate. Her licks were firm and paced, and I think it had a bigger effect on my nerves. After a long moment of Riri's tight, wet mouth driving me up the wall she pulled off and took a breath letting Sora slip her lips down my cock. She would take more of my cock down into her mouth, looking me in the eye as she devoured half of it. I got the sense she could have taken the whole thing if she wanted to, but passed on it. I groaned deeper from attentions, shivering harder as my cock twitched in her lips with each and every suck she gave me.
This would go on for a bit. Sora delivering a deep, paced and firm blowjob as Riri pleasured my cock closer to the base before trading off to let Riri take over sucking with her faster, sloppy and eager blowjob as Sora moved to suckle at the base of my cock. I groaned out loud, shivering. Sora would set her palm to my balls, rolling and softly squeezing them as one hand of Riri's stroked the inside of my thigh.
I didn't know if they went at it for five minutes or five hours but it felt like I hit my peak far too soon either way. "Girls, I'm gonna-" I let off to start warning them, a groan cutting the rest off. They were really good at this!
"It's okay, Mi'lord. No need to hold back on our account." Sora said smoothly as I shivered, her hand moving to stroke my cock at the base, firm and paced as she'd been from the start.
"We want you to cum lots and lots for us!" Riri's childish voice added as her hand rubbed closer to my tip, fast, eager and needy.
I was doomed from the start and I came and I came hard. My balls squeezed down tightly and shot a load out.
And another... And another...
Before in my old world stroking one out would make maybe a spoonful of cum and semen, give or take. That was average, from what I knew. But here, in this world and this body?
Glob after glob after glob shot out. This wasn't like a porno, this was like a fucking hentai where it seemed the amount of cum a guy could store was measured in liters, and one guy could output enough baby making cream to bukakke a whole cheer squad of girls. And it felt wonderful on my end.
No wonder hentai guys were so eager to bang everything in a skirt! Unloading this much cum was amazing! By the time my cock had calmed down both girls had cum splattered across their faces and chests, as if a small carton of whipping cream exploded in their faces. Both smiled up at me, Sora with a warm grin of satisfaction and Riri with a childish sense of glee.
"Mi'lord, shall we retire to your chambers?" Sora asked as I looked down.
My cock was still hard. That was different then usual as well, so I decided that this place ran on some level of hentai logic. Okay, fine. Let's run with that. I nodded and smiled, still nervous. "I'd like that."
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Carlongera had excused himself from the temple, citing a need to attend to his duties mid-dinner on the screen. That was fine by the other two as both had an idea of what was coming soon. One of them having the domain of lust and the other the domain of masturbation both were always a bit sexually charged. Anncastel was rubbing her groin over her dress as she stood and watched the three move to James' bedroom, Benterra grinning as he watched the screen an Anncastel's ass once more, groaning lightly to himself. He resisted his own urges to stroke himself (Difficult when masturbation was part of your domain); he could get something a bit different and better after all.
Taking a change the god moved behind the goddess, wrapping his arms around her waist, making her gasp as he pressed a firm hard-on into her backside. "We don't need to watch every moment, do we? We can make our own." He suggested, kissing at her neck softly.
She bit her lip, smiling as she giggled. "Mmm, sounds fun..." She replied, giggling as she started to lead him to her bedroom.
Neither would leave that room for sometime.
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I groaned once more as I focused on how my maids were seeking to pleasure me. I was now on my bed in my room, laying on my back as the half moon and stars illuminated us. My head was laying on the lap of Sora as she stroked my shoulders and chest as she knelt on the bed, smiling down at me; even though looking up at her her face was mostly hidden by boob. How did she not put out her back with those things? By contrast when I looked down I could see Riri with my cock pinned between my abs and her pussy, sliding it up and down the shaft as I groaned once more. Compared to her earlier, eager desire to get me off she was enjoying teasing me this time.
"Remember Riri, this will be his first time. You have to make it memorable." Sora said, smiling over to her smaller counterpart.
"Maaaaa, I wish I could give him my first time too..." Riri let off despondently as I blinked. Oh, right, she was a former slave. And being a female slave meant she'd be used sexually, and I was sure that a halfling would be the fetish for more then a few people, and all of them not nice or polite. That she was willing to engage in sex said a lot of how strong she was inside. Still... She looked a bit sad, recalling her past. I moved my hands to catch her girlish hips, holding her still for a moment.
"Have you ever done it by your own choice before?" I asked as she looked at me confused. "Not forced or raped?"
"N-no..." She said, her shoulders slumping as she shivered.
"So I'd be the first one you chose to have sex with?" She nodded slightly, looking down to avoid meeting my eyes. "Then you're a virgin as far as I care." Her head snapped up to meet my eyes as I smiled back. Sora had a surprised look on her face (Well, the parts I could see past boob) before she settled into a smile. Riri cried out as she leaned down, hugging me as I wrapped my arms around her. I stroked her back, smiling as she cried herself out for a bit. "Riri, you're my maid. You're my friend. And you're a good person. I'm not going to judge you for what you were forced to do while wearing a collar. I'll judge you for what you choose to do." I said as she finally stopped crying and sat up once more on my pelvis; although my cock was now pressed to the back of her ass. She gave me a nice, wide and honest smile as she rubbed at her eyes.
"He he he... I... I know what you mean. S-sorry for crying." She said, moving back to adjust my cock to her sex as she lifted herself up on her legs.
"It's okay, you can be as girly as you want with me." I told her, still holding her hips. "Just be you." She nodded and smiled as she adjusted herself, prying her sex open with my cock head. I was a bit worried about it fitting; when I chose my cock size it was in that 'bigger is better' mentality but I was considering normal humans for it, not a child-sized halfling. I still said nothing because one, I don't think I could stop her from trying at this point and two, well, she's a former sex slave.
I had to guess she knew how much she could or couldn't handle and I recalled that halflings were supposed to be rather tough. Finally my cock was pressed into her as she dropped down, gasping out loud as inch by inch my cock was swallowed by her sex. And she'd kept going, and going and...
The pressure on my dick was almost unbearable, and it was in a very pleasant way. I groaned out, quivering as my hands squeezed her hips. Then I felt her cervix press to the tip of my cock. I recalled that all women had a trait in this world that Observe didn't mention referring to cervical penetration. For a moment I wondered if it really applied before she forced herself down further as I entered her womb.
It was like a pussy inside of a pussy. Shit! I groaned out deeply as she kept going until I bottomed out in her, feeling my cock press to the top of her womb. Based on what I knew of anatomy back home (Which wasn't that much, I'm forced to admit) if this happened to a girl back home she'd be in agony but Riri seemed to be in bliss as she shivered on my dick. "How is it dear?" Sora asked, leaning over and smiling to her.
"It's so big and warm..." She let off, shivering on my cock. "Ahhh... It's the best..." She said, smiling back at me. I smiled back, letting her stroke my ego a little as I let my hands moving up and down her sides, cupping her tiny breasts and squeezing them lightly as she moaned.
"When you're ready, Riri." I told her, watching her beam as she finally started to rock her hips making us both moan out. I would move my hips after I planted my feet on the bed, rocking back up into her slowly. She was tough and I knew I could go harder, but I wanted to enjoy this and let it last for awhile.
We started slow, moaning with each other, my hands moving back to her hips helping her as she used her legs and set her hands on my abs to move herself easier. She wasn't moving that much, two or three inches at most, but it felt so incredible being so deep in such a tight, small body. "So damn tight..."
"I am a, mmm, halfling, Master." Riri replied to me moaning as we had sex. Fuck, with how we were going you could call it making love. "We're kinda small." She let off, moaning as her eyes fluttered half closed, clearly enjoying what we were doing. My hips were moving a bit quicker despite my efforts to keep it slow and paced; it was so damn good around my cock that it was hard to not drive in hard. Riri just moaned louder, not complaining just giving me a larger smile as we worked our sexes together.
It wasn't much longer, however, before Riri started to bounce her hips further and harder, stroking more of my cock in and out of her, opening her eyes to look into mine. I started to match her in force and pace, groaning as I felt myself getting closer and closer to a peak. Sora had learned a small contraceptive spell and promised to teach it to me in the morning. Given this world, it sounded damned useful! This meant, in the end, that releasing it all inside of Riri was not going to have an unwanted surprise in six months (Halflings had a short gestation period then humans. Elves had a longer one) and she told me she wanted to feel every drop go inside of her.
Far be it from me to deny her that.
I held back as much as I could only for Sora to pinch my nipples and tweaked them softly. "It's okay, Mi'lord. You don't need to hold back for us."
That did it. I pulled on her hips hard and groaned deep and loud as I felt my cock shiver inside of Riri's womanhood for a long moment before it finally pumped white, thick cream up into her womb directly. I was panting in pleasure with each pulse. By contrast Riri was almost screaming with her own climax, a spurt of juices splashing from her sex as her back arched. She moved to fall atop of me, panting. I gave her forehead a kiss, smiling before slipping her off me as I set her next to me, seeing her nearly passed out, panting with bliss. "Well done, Mi'lord." Sora said as I saw some of my discharge leaking from Riri's pussy.
My cock went to half mast but refused to soften fully. Sora moved to lean to my side, kissing my cheek as a hand moved to my cock, gasping as she stroked me. "For a first time, you did very well." She told my nipping my ear and making me shiver. I turned to her, one hand moving to cup and squeeze a huge tit as she kept speaking. "You know, I was your great-grandfather's first lover. And your grandfather's. And when Merlin married into the family, your mother had me teach him everything he'd need to know to pleasure her." She said, making me gasp, my cock stiffening back up in her hand. Her other hand smacked my rump and squeezed as I grabbed her ass with my other hand, both hands squeezing down on her. "I've been waiting for you to be ready for me."
"C-come on Sora. There's no need to say it like that." I told her, shivering as I turned my head to look at her. "I don't want to think of you as the family whore." I told her, pinching a nipples of hers softly, tweaking it lightly.
"Mmmm, family whore? Well, it's not something I'd want to be called openly." She said, kissing my lips for a quick, brief moment. "But I sort of am. It was your family that gave me meaning and purpose, not unlike how you gave Riri's life freedom and choice. I am yours to use for as long as you wish. Of if you get married to a less understanding woman." She said with a giggle as she leaned back then laid down on her back. She spread her pussy lips with fingers from both hands as she parted her legs, smiling up to me. "We'll make love in many ways later on, but for now use this pussy as you please."
"If you say so." I said, smiling as I moved over to her. I set the cock to her lips and pushed down. The tip sank in easily as she moaned out, shivering myself as I pushed in a bit more as I leaned over her, hands next to her head. "But you have to enjoy my cock as well. Fair is fair."
"As you desire." She said, smiling up at he as she set her hands on my shoulders. She moaned out as I pushed in deeper, shivering as cock drove deeper into her. I kept going, pushing deeper as I shivered in physical pleasure. She accepted the full size of my dick in her much easier then Riri did, she wasn't as tight; just snug and warm around me. It felt just as good as my balls rested on her soft, plush cheeks. I held back a moan, but when she let off a long, throaty one I had to moan out in response. Her legs wrapped around my hips, pulling me in deeper despite being balls deep already. My hands moved down slightly before I started to thrust. This time I was on top, and the control was in my hands as I moved my hips.
First time being in control during sex I moved slowly at first with shallow strokes, slowly making each stroke a bit longer with each thrust as I tested my range of movement and how much I could pull back. I started to then start to pump my hips a little faster, starting to enjoy it more and more. By the moans coming from Sora, the same could be said of her. And then...
And then she squeezed. I groaned out loud and paused for a long moment as I shivered, trying not to cum then and there. "What?"
"Mmm, what? Didn't know how much control a woman could have with her vaginal muscles?" She teased, making me gasp out. I'd stopped moving in surprise, but it felt like her pussy itself was stroking me up and down. I groaned out louder, shivering as she giggled. "The sounds of a human male in pleasure... I love it so much..." She cooed as I started to thrust making her moan out as well.
A part of my male pride couldn't just let her tease me like that and get away with it, so my dick was tool of punishment and pleasure the means. My hands moved to her breasts, squeezing those soft, pillowly mounds as I started to slam my hips down rougher. She moaned out, shivering under me under the onslaught as she hugged me about the neck. A hard tug and I was then laying over top of her, slamming home as I tried to make her loins submit to me. Maybe those thoughts came from male pride too? She clutched at me, moaning into my ear as my lips moved to the bottom of her ear, suckling down on it.
The reaction was immediate. She shuddered hard, her pussy spasming over my cock as she howled out. "Ahh, that's... That a weakness for me!" She let off as I smirked, nipping her ear softly. She would later explain that the ears of an elf weren't usually an erogenous zone, but they turned into that once she was already enjoying herself. Grunting I lifted her up, sitting her on my cock as my hands grabbed her large ass, slamming my cock up into her as I lifted her up and down on my cock, feeling her breasts shift and rock into my chest as we fucked. I would later find I taxed my strength and endurance stats doing this, but at that moment I was more worried about getting the sexy woman in my arms off. "Mi'lord..." She let off, moaning into my ear.
"Cum for me..." I was close too, so I was urging her to climax as well. I panted hard into her as we both quivered. I don't know who broke first but it wasn't much longer until I started to shoot another load of semen up into her body, shivering hard. At the same time she clutched me harder with her limbs and pussy, squirting onto my groin as she squealed in pleasure. Finally I fell forwards, softly landing on her. We turned onto our sides, panting in each other's arms. As we settled down I felt Riri crawl up and snuggle into my back.
"You are... A man of the family legacy... Mi'lord..." Sora let off as we snuggled.
"Thanks..." I panted out, my penis finally going soft in her as the sex ended. That was...
Amazing.
There was no other words to explain it; I had none. I stroked Sora's hair as Riri's breath tickled my neck. I felt the pair fall into slumber and I was almost about to join them...
So of course a new alert comes up!
[Fucked List]
Banged Riri=75xp x 5 First Time Bonus=375xp
Banged Sora Reinclive=100 x 5 First Time Bonus=500xp
Multi Girl Bonus=10 x 2 Girls=20xp
Gain 895xp Total
Achievement Unlocked: Virgin No More
Dropped that V-Card
...
What? I get experience points by having sex!?
How does that work? Why was Sora worth more then Riri?
As I started to drift off I realized that, holy shit, sex might matter for more then a means of pleasure and blowing off stress.
Of all the worlds I could be dropped into this is going to be an interesting one, to be sure.
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Sora woke up first and stirred Riri awake. I was almost about to wake up with them, but Sora bade me to rest and 'save my might for the others'. I was too tired to understand what she meant as they dressed and left, leaving me not asleep but not awake either. Finally Sora's words hit me like a truck. She was suggesting that 'others' wanted me to have fun with them too. Likely the maids.
...
Fuck, it's not just maids here with sexy asses. Aeris, Serra and even Miria were all very attractive, sexy women. And now that I knew every pussy in the land came with a reward of xp...
...
Oh god. I just realized that I was being incentivized to become an absolute, total playboy. … Fuck, I just remembered something...
Of my three Main Objectives one was to get a harem of at least four girls, and that I had to bang at least nine women total.
I was expected to be a playboy before I even hit start.
I laid there with my thoughts for a bit as I considered that. I would never call myself a feminist (I had known a couple girls who used that title for themselves and to put it bluntly the poisoned the term for me) but I was an egalitarian so equality mattered to me. Yes, men and women had physical and mental differences, blah, blah, blah. But I still believed that men and woman were equal, just with different inherent strengths and weaknesses when compared to the other. I believed that each should be judged on who they were, what they did and what they could do. So the idea of just manipulating women into sex didn't sit well with me.
Then it hit me; I had sex with two women. I didn't manipulate them; they offered themselves to me. In fact, they initiated the sex! No demands of marriage, a change in relationships, nothing of the like. They wanted to have sex with me for their own reasons and, thus, they had sex with me. That's it.
Did other maids on the manor want the same? Aeris? Serra? Miria?
"Hmmm..." I let off as I considered it. I mean if it was just sex then it was fine? If I didn't lie or manipulate them, if it was offered or given then it wasn't anything wrong. As long as I didn't use force or coercion I'd be fine. At least I could look myself in the mirror at the end of the day.
...
I was still destined to be a playboy though. With whatever was coming I had to take the xp and rewards sex brought. I mean I'm sure banging dozens of girls was a small price to pay to save the land.
That is a thought I never thought I'd have.
[New Quest Gained: Working Man]
[New Objective: Get Breakfast]
[New Objective: Go to the Adventurer's Guild & Accept Rewards]
[New Objective: Select a New Guild Job]
Seemed like I had to get moving then.
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[(⸜∕ ) Get Breakfast]
The 'Get Breakfast' part was easy to check off. Sat with the family, ate eggs, waffles and bacon and off I went. Riri and Sora acted the same as before, save Sora whispered to see them 'anytime I needed it' and Riri made sure my plate had extra bacon.
Mmm... Bacon...
I went back to my room and got my gambeson, now fully repaired. When I got it it was added to my inventory and I was able to put it on via the menu. Faster then the normal way of dressing. My rapier was added and I was off.
Now fed and dressed I walked into city. Argon, the largest city of the Barony of Mungale. It was bustling, although not overly so. The Adventurer's Guild wasn't that far into town all in all; about four blocks into the city. Nearby was a weapons and equipment shop, a general store and other useful shops. I noted some looks as I walked in, and tried to ignore it. I used Observe on random people and noted my reputation with most people was around twenty to forty with the rare teens and fifties number showing up. All were neutral or friendly, more the first then the second. Yeah, that downside of Silver Spoon. Still, all in all it wasn't that bad so I ignored it. As I recalled I'd get xp for Observe each time I used it, so I abused it as much as I could on everything I could.
Thankfully even if you use it on something you've used it one before you got xp, as long as it was a different example of that thing. So each blade of grass gave xp for observe if you used the skill on them.
Although the text never changed. Boring. The downside was I needed one thousand xp to level up the skill and each use gave me only one xp. Thiiiiiiiis was gonna take awhile...
Today was going to be a planning day. Aside from finishing Working Man I needed to work on my routine for the future. How was I going to grind xp, money and so on. How was I going to get my abilities up, and learn new ones. I needed to get ready for whatever was coming down the pipeline.
Finally I arrived at Guild Building. It looked like a big, rustic lodge with a long, single story section and a three story section attached to it. The whole thing was made of logs which gave it a cool look to me. A big sign on the front advertised what they were as I walked into the building. The building had multiple purposes. The three story section was an inn; they'd rent out a room for a night. One silver a night unless you were a member of the Adventure's Guild, then it was one copper a night.
As a side note, there's something that makes little sense to me; the exchange rate. Sure, copper, silver and gold made sense for a monetary system, but ten copper made one silver, ten silver made up one gold but there were also platinum above gold but it took one hundred gold to make a single platinum. Oh, and one hundred platinum for a royal coin.
Weird. Whatever though.
The single story section pulled double duty. The first part was what you'd expect; a front desk manned by a couple guild workers and a large board that took up a lot of the wall. On said board would be sheets of paper, each describing a job to be done. Each listed what was expected to be done, what fighting you should expect if any, a letter grade to explain how dangerous the job was expected to be and what you'd be paid when the job was done. The guild held onto the payments, so no worries about being shafted by someone refusing to pay; although I imagined some would lie about what kind of job you were getting. As long as you had what was required to show the job was done, you were good.
The last part was a tavern and was in the same room as the board. It let adventurer's get a meal, drink and spend earned coin while sharing news, information and so on. There were several tables where several people had gathered, talking and chatting. Finally I walked off to the front desk and waved to the girl there.
"Oh, James! There you are!" The girl there let off, smiling as she straightened up in her uniform. By uniform I mean a red dress with a V cut so deep I could see her belly button, a set of poofy shoulders. Her skirt was also poofed out, like an umbrella (How does that work?) and was very short. Thigh high white stockings, black shoes with slight heels and finger-less white gloves on each hand. She wore a set of square framed glasses that weren't framed on the top.
As for her, she had brown hair in a set of braids that were pulled ahead of her, resting on her collarbones. Deep blue eyes looked at me under the glasses as she smiled, setting a book down as I reached her desk. She was about five seven maybe in height, and slender. B-Cup breasts maybe, but very perky looking.
I would have liked it more if I couldn't see her nipples poking through her top, but whatever. "How's the day going, Kara?" I asked her with a smile. [Observe.]
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Name: Kara Greenbay
Title: Receptionist of the Adventurers
Class: Receptionist/Priest
Level: 11
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 39
Status: Healthy, Stressed, Fulfilled
Romance Rating: 65
Corruption Rating: 2
Known Traits
[Near Sighted] Objects far away are hard to see without glasses
[Head For Numbers] Math is never a problem! Gain +5 End anytime applying Math
[Comforting Hands] Gain +4 Mag when healing inside a building
Daughter of a worn adventurer who would go on to work the kitchen in Argon's Adventuring Guild, she grew up around big, burly men and bold warriors of fortune. She learned holy magic at the Academy of the Stars and wanted to become an Adventurer in her own right to help others. However after a near disastrous battle, and a near rape experience she retired to the guild's front desk and found a new way to fulfill her want to help people.
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She laughed softly, smiling. "It was a bit busy last night, and this morning. Adrian told me what happened on the road; we're getting more and more goblin jobs. Seems the little annoyances are stirring up trouble." She said smiling as she walked over to a large, metal safe. The door was some four feet by three feet in size. She set a hand to a bronze panel on it and it opened on it's own. She moved over and leaned over (Flashing her panties at me; white with blue stripes over a pert ass) as she grabbed something. Shutting the safe she walked back, setting down a small box, upending it on the desk. Four silver coins, seven copper. "He added the copper as a tip for the goblins." She said as I picked up the coins and pocketed them. "Are you going to take a new job today?"
[(⸜∕ ) Go to the Adventurer's Guild & Accept Rewards]
"I think I will..." I told her, smiling as I moved to the board, looking along it and...
I should have guessed.
Over each paper I saw that the System was adding a few more little additional details. Recommended Level, XP Output and so on. Looking over I smiled and saw something. One note listed a job; a family of wild boars was making a den under a bridge near a farm and causing a lot of crop damage. Well, I could fix that. Taking the sheet I came back to Kara who gave me a few more details and bowed as I left. I choose that one not just for the XP and money (Both were good for level one jobs. At least they looked good...) but because it offered two Universal and two Regular trait points. I was sure that would be handy in the future.
[(⸜∕ ) Select a New Guild Job]
[Quest Complete: Working Man]
[Gain 100 XP]
More xp. Good. I stepped out of the guild and...
Things flashed white as I moved into a cut scene. I could see my body walk on the path I was going to take anyway as the camera panned back over the city. It was still weird this happened to me.
"And now our hero, home once more, begins his journey towards a new tomorrow, unaware of the trials and tribulations to come."
No kidding? The camera moved to show off the manor's outer walls before turning north east and lifting up as the narration guy kept gong.
"While Garan's lust for battle has been sated for now, there are untold problems yet to be found. Untold foes yet to fight. And what will come will either prepare our hero... Or doom him."
Well... That's uplifting...
Finally a title appeared over my vision, as if to say the real battle started here.
Act I: An Uneasy Peace
Well... Here we go...
[ - Author's Note - ]
As I mentioned, this is the last chapter I'm writing up before posting everything at once. With luck everything turns out well. A quick count of everything shows over 50k words from the prologue chapters alone. I... Didn't expect to jam that much out.
I did the best I could with the love scenes. Let me know what you think, too much of something, not enough of another?
Current plan, so you know, is to get our boy moving about and grinding a bit (Both in and out of the bed) for a chapter or two, taking care of issues (Sexual and not) before bringing one of the main characters in. Who and how many, we'll you'll need to read on to see.
Let me know what you think And I hope you all have a good day!
~~Eostian Scribe
