[ - Author's Note - ]
Well then, it's time to start introducing the Kuroinu girls into the story. I'm sure some people are going to say it's overdue and, yeah I suppose it kind of is.
Also, setting things up for later down the line, of course.
And of course sexy times at the end of the chapter.
Please, leave a review; it really does help me understand what everyone's enjoying.
[ - Act I - Chapter III: Cleaned Up Nice - ]
Once I got home and had supper I decided to do some things once I got to my room. First; stats.
I had stat points to spend so I decided to get that dealt with first. One point of magic power. Four to constitution. Two to agility. Last two to dexterity. That kept my stats oddly even, with slightly higher dexterity and strength and much higher magic power. On the sexual end I dropped all six points into rapid and called it a day.
I had a reason for that, of course.
Next I grabbed Sex is Power for a trait, dropping fifteen Universal for it. More Regular Trait Points down the line would pay off, and this would give me some each time I got Sexual Trait Points. Next was to buy 'At The Speed of Sex'.
The name made me groan a bit. The ability, less so. Gaining one rapid per level up isn't what I cared about overly much. That every six gave me one dexterity, however, was what I liked. It cost me another fifteen universal points, but the dexterity boost was well worth it. Lastly I bought Tap For Mana; the reduced cost for all magic would be excellent given how much I'd be using spells; twelve regular and eight universal as the cost.
In the end I gave a quick glance over my stats.
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Regular Stats
[X] Con: 22/200 (627/2000 XP)
[X] Str: 23/200 (641/2000 XP)
[X] End: 20/200 (662/2000 XP)
[P] Dex: 25/200 (684/2000 XP)
[S] Agi: 22/200 (659/2000 XP)
[P] Acc: 20/200 (675/2000 XP)
[S] Mag: 30/200 (827/3000 XP) (+1 from Equipment=31)
[P] Mnc: 20/200 (801/2000 XP) (+5 from Equipment=25)
[X] Lck: 20/200 (392/2000 XP)
Sexual Stats
Sta: 6+10=16/100 (469/1000 XP)
Rec: 9+4=13/100 (421/1000 XP)
Pow: 9+8=17/100 (466/1000 XP)
Ple: 13+5=18/100 (473/1000 XP)
Wil: 6+7=13/100 (472/1000 XP)
Rap: 12+4=16/100 (467/1000 XP)
Cap: 6+6=12/100 (471/1000 XP)
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Over all I thought it seemed good enough for the level. Then again, I didn't know what would be considered good for the level with nothing to compare it too, but it seemed good enough.
Now came the big part for the day. I chose the Class Menu now that it was finally unlocked. The new screen had the Spell Blade Icon on the upper left and listed the information about the class on the front. Nothing new there. Thankfully Olivia chimed in to explain things.
[Welcome to the Class Menu. Now that you'll have access to this menu it's time to talk about Improvements and Upgrades]
[Select Improvements]
I did so and blinked. I saw a a block with small icons inside of it, five in all. Another block was on top of it with another five icons in it. The Spell Blade Icon was next to it, but the whole thing was faded in color, as if unselectable. I wasn't sure what it was about until Olivia piped up once more.
[Once you've reached Level 10 you will start earning 1 Class Point per level. You can then spend them here.]
[You can spend 10 points on this section; your base class' Skill Block. Once you've Upgraded your class you'll have another Skill Block for the Upgraded Class]
[Once that block is filled you'll be allowed to choose one, last skill block.]
I felt my eye twitch in annoyance. I finally unlock the menu and what's in it is still out of my reach. Annoying.
[Now, please selecting Upgrades]
Doing so showed me the Spell Blade icon on the next menu, but with two lines moving down to the icons for Rune Blade and Mage Knight. Below it was... A list of conditions.
[Now that you are Level 5 you can Upgrade Your Class... However to do so you must meet certain conditions. You'll need to meet two types of conditions.]
[One to meet the general Upgrade Conditions and one to meet the Conditions of the Upgraded Class. Once met you can upgrade your class and reap the benefits!]
Once more I was annoyed that I couldn't just get anything from this right away, but at least I got some useful information out of it. Looking down I looked over the conditions list.
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General Conditions
(X) All Primary Stats are 100 or Higher
(X) All Secondary Stats are 60 or Higher
(X) All Remaining Regular Stats have a Combined Total of 120 or Higher
(⸜∕) Know 10 Magic Spells
(X) Have at Least 5 Level II Magic Spells or Higher
(X) Have at Least 1 Level III Magic Spell
(X) Know 8 Combat Arts
(X) Have At Least 3 Level II Combat Arts or Higher
(X) Have at Least 1 Level III Combat Art
Rune Blade Conditions
(X) All Primary Stats are 120 or Higher
(X) Know 14 Magic Spells
(X) Have at Least 7 Level II Magic Spells or Higher
(X) Have at Least 3 Level III Magic Spells
Mage Knight Conditions
(X) Str is 100 or Higher
(X) Con & End is 60 or Higher
(X) Have At least 4 Level II Combat Arts or Higher
(X) Have at Least 2 Level III Combat Arts
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I resisted the urge to groan at that. I had a lot of work to do on that. Checking my Abilities list I looked things over, pausing as I thought of what would be the easiest to grind, the best to grind and so on before stumbling over something I hadn't seen yet under Combat Arts.
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Dragon's Breath [Lvl I] (0/1000)
Magic Type: Arcane/Fire
Cool Down: High
Mana Cost: High
You breathe a magical, potent fire. It's arcane in nature, but burns like fire.
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Right. That came from the Dragon Borne selection, didn't it? I was reminded of the odd reputation penalty that came with it and wondered if it came from the story of the Shield Maidens and their old foe Verlangen, but it was hard to say. Still, I'd practice it later.
While I was disappointed at how little I got from it in the end I was granted one thing from it; the ability to plan my next move. I wanted to upgrade as quickly as possible, after all, so I was going to need a lot of stat points. I made a mental note of what I'd need.
One, stat points and other means to boost my primary and secondary stats. Thankfully I had traits boosting both endurance, strength and dexterity already. Magic power was high already and was bound to get higher. It would take time is all.
Two, I needed more Combat Arts. I was pretty spell focused so far, and given what spells could do I felt it was for good reason. But I was clearly going to need a few more combat arts and to get them up higher.
Three, focus grinding on one spell or art at a time until I max it out. I had ideas on that... After all, even if it was the next room over if I cast scry over and over again that would grind the xp I needed. Eventually.
Okay then. Let's get going!
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The next two days I was grinding like mad. While a bit dull I was getting results. For starters I had gotten Scry to level two within that time and close to level three. As it turned out using Srcy over and over did grind it, just slowly. Still, it did work. I also got Levitation to level two by hovering around whenever I could get away with it, even if it could be a bit draining when used so long at a time. The other spell I had ground up was Imbue. I had, in short, just scooped up a bunch of pebbles, put on a basic resistance enhancement on each one and tossed them into the river. Yes, there was super hard pebbles in the river outside of town now. A few hundred now.
Although none of these spells were combat based they were very easy to grind for me, so that was important. On day three I examined the Training Room and Targeting Range for Combat Arts I could learn, but I came out with very little. I got Adrenaline Rush which boosted strength and constitution for ten seconds which should also be easy enough to grind, and Power Shot; which let me use a ranged weapon attack at double damage. Still, I needed two more arts so I went into town.
The general store had what I'd need in that regards; I had been there before but I had only browsed a bit then. It had potions, odds and ends and, of course, combat scrolls.
As for the guy behind the counter, well...
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Name: John Smith
Title: Generic Shop Owner
Class: Generic Merchant
Level: 4
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 46
Status: Healthy, Boring
Known Traits
[Bland] You are bland and unmemorable. People are 10% less likely to remember you
[Mr. Average] All your stats are act as if they are the same level as the lowest stat you have
[Dull] You're not very interesting. People are 15% less likely to want to talk with you.
What is known about him is that everyone who has met John Smith called him the most plain, uninteresting and boring guy they've ever met. How such an unremarkable man could exist is unknown.
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Yeah...
Short brown hair. Brown eyes. Brown tunic. Brown pants. Brown boots. Just... brown. And plain. And boring looking.
I thought my grinding for the last while was boring but no, the sight of this man made me even more bored then that.
I can't describe how boring this guy is. Even the store looked boring. It looked like... Like...
Um, I forgot...
Anyway, I started to look over the Combat Art's Scrolls. I ignored the spells; if I needed more I could get them at home. I was sure getting the stats would be the longest part of this grind. I was hoping to find at least one more skill that I could use with a rapier. I didn't, but I found one called Focus Punch for a gold and a half. I decided to grab it, might not always have a weapon handy after all. I also picked up Reflex Boost, a dexterity and accuracy boosting art for two gold.
Bought and bought, learned and learned.
I still had a lot of work to do to get my abilities up to snuff, but it was a start. I took a job for the day and ended up dealing with a bear that's been stealing food from local hunters. Fittingly, I sold the bear to said hunters for a little extra money.
It was when I got back home things got a little interesting.
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"Mi'lord." Sora said as soon as I walked into the manor, turning my head to her. I stopped before her, curious as to what up. "You've a messenger from Ur. Sent by Prim Fiorire herself."
I blinked. Well, that shouldn't have been too much of a surprise.
When I was in the Character Creator one of the deeds I picked had me save her from goblin rape in the past. When I say save I mean save; another second and her first time would have been with an ugly, red aberrant. Needless to say she got quite attached to me and, as my memories told me, she would stop in to Mungale each time she had to travel to the other kingdoms (Save Feoh, as it was in the other direction) making us quite good friends.
Oh, and she had an obvious crush on me because of it. I could be a bit thick on these things, I'll admit, but with her the only way it could be more obvious if she carried a large, neon sign saying 'I Love James Noxdecus' with an arrow pointing right at her. You'd need to be Naruto levels of dense to not notice it.
That said all of my memories of her were, for the most part, pleasant. If nothing else Prim was a big, big, big step up from any of my ex-girlfriends. No, seriously, she would be a huge improvement. There's a reason I noped out of two relationships. And dumped a cheater like a hot potato.
"Well, let's not leave our messenger waiting then." I said as Sora bowed softly before turning and leading me off to a waiting room. Inside was a woman seated at the table inside reading a book. Once she noticed the door opened she slipped in a bookmark and stood to greet me. I knew her, or rather 'knew' her.
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Name: Carmen Shard
Title: Blade of House Fiorire
Class: Spell Blade
Level: 12
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 72
Status: Healthy, Relaxed
Romance Rating: 91
Corruption Rating: 12
Known Traits
[Loyal Bodyguard] +5% All stats when a charge is in danger
[Blast & Blade] 5% of your Str is added to magical damage. Add 5% of your Mag to physical damage
[Light On Your Feet] If your Dex is higher then your Agi increase Agi by 5.
A former street urchin that picked pockets and ran small jobs to get food she attempted to steal from Prim Fiorire, age twelve at the time. Rather then have her punished Prim offered her a job as a maid. During her service her skills at both magic and blade were discovered and she was turned into a bodyguard.
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"Lord James, it's a pleasure." Carmen said, bowing softly. She was about five foot eleven, give or take. Her hair was long enough to reach her shoulders and framing yellow eyes. Her skin was dusky, not unlike a dark elf. She wore a black, thong backed leotard with a V-cut down just past her D-Cup breasts. The front had a red panel with three buttons on each side of the panel. What the buttons were for was beyond me.
She wore a white, cropped vest with a blue inside which matched the half length cape. Shoulder epaulettes colored gold on each one, with the left having a thin rope wrapping around the armpit. Black Jacob's Collar, short black gloves and thigh high black stockings and a set of strapped on, gold colored high heels.
Why wear high heels? Why? Was there something I didn't know about heels in this world?
Oh, and she had a white, mini hat with a blue band on her head, slightly ahead and to the side. Why does anyone make those hats?
A white belt was around her waist with a thin strap hanging off two parts of the belt, a rapier hanging off of it on the left side.
"I get you're here on business, but you don't need to be so formal." I told her. Sora flanked me on my right side as I smiled to the other woman who shook her head.
"Perhaps, Lord James, but I would not wish Prim to think I was giving you anything less then due respect." I swear, some people. I shrugged as she reached into her vest and pulled out a piece of paper and passed it to me. It a was neatly folded, pure white sheet. It was folded in two spots, leaving the outer fold to the middle of the it with a pink wax seal of house Fiorire on it. Pulling out a throwing knife I broke the seal and opened the letter to read it.
My Dearest James~~
I do hope this letter finds you in good health and cheer. It's been too long since we've spoken to each other directly; it's only been a couple months but it has felt like years to me. Being a member of the Shield Princesses is more time consuming then I had expected, but I am more fulfilled then ever before. Alicia still dotes and babies me a bit, but that makes her happy so I put up with it. I happened to go on a mission with Commander Claudia to deal with some aberrant. We were expecting just goblins, but some ogres were with them! It was scary but we won in the end.
Claudia said I did very well, but I sometimes worry I was over my head the whole time, you know? Commanding troops is still a bit beyond me, but at least my lieutenant is very good at her job and is able to lead. She's been teaching me a lot, but I worry that I am not going to make for such a reliable leader.
My magic is coming along very well, however! Celestine herself praised my power. Although my control is a bit lacking. I made a fireball far too large on another mission once.
Lulu was very impressed though.
Regardless, we can talk more on such things once we meet. I hope you remember that July the 5th will be my birthday. Father will be hosting a large party for the occasion of my turning eighteen and has invited not only the other Shield Princesses but also various nobility across the Alliance. Of course I want you here as well for the party. It is my hope that you'll give me the pleasure of my first dance that night! A gift is expected of course, but it is your company over all else I desire for that night. I eagerly await to see you once more then. I will have difficulty waiting until then.
Until then I will think of you and eagerly await a response.
~~Love, Prim
"Right... I knew it was coming up, but I forgot it was getting so close..." I said looking up slightly. It was the tenth of May, so I had a little under two months until then. "I guess I need to go gift hunting soon, huh?" I said, folding the letter and slipping it away into my gambeson for the moment. I looked to Carmen who had taken to standing with her chest puffed out and her arms held behind her back, looking cute but professional. "How long will you be staying for? I should have a letter to send back by the morning." She giggled softly, smiling warmly to me.
"I was ordered not to return until I had a letter from you, Lord James." She said smiling.
"I could just then not write a letter and leave you trapped in the manor for all eternity." I pointed out, giving her a playful smile.
"You'd feel too guilty over it, My Good Lord."
"Fair point." I said, shaking my head.
[New Quest Gained: Prim & Proper]
[New Objective: Write Prim a Letter]
[New Objective: Give the Letter to Carmen]
[New Objective: Prepare a Birthday Gift]
[New Objective: Arrive in Ur in Time for the Party]
[New Objective: Give Prim the Gift]
[New Objective: Dance with Prim at the Party]
[Bonus Objective: Dance with at Least 2 Other Girls at the Party]
Huh, guess I'll get some rewards for doing something I was going to do anyway. Always nice.
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Once I was sure Sora was going to find a room for Carmen I headed to my own room, got changed and sat at a desk to write a letter. Despite never using a quill and not having decent handwriting in my old world it was like I both knew how to use a quill here but my hand writing didn't outright suck. That was nice.
It was a simple letter. Usual greetings and how-are-yous. Reassurance that she was doing fine and just needed some time to really find her stride, that mistakes would be made at first, so on and so on.
I mentioned my own little misadventures with the goblins, minus the semen slime bukkake. God, that still made me shiver.
Gaaaaaaahhh!
Once written up I folded it, set the wax seal and sighed, setting the letter aside.
[(⸜∕ ) Write Prim a Letter]
So, on top of all my grinding I had to make time to buy or make a gift? Eh, no big deal. I had an idea already, really, but I'd have to check the library for some spells. At least one would be useful, so I wasn't too worried about it.
Checking said library I found what I was seeking; an illusion spell. As a bonus, said spell had an audio component to it! Neat, although said audio component was to project sounds that were already being made. I had a plan for the gift, so I wasn't too worried about it.
Of course, next morning I passed my letter onto Carmen, and in some weird twist on chivalry she took a knee, kissed my hand and then mounted her horse and left waving as she did.
[(⸜∕ ) Give the Letter to Carmen]
I went to the boring general store and after some time found what I needed. It was a bit pricey, ten gold, but that was fine. I got a spell stone for another one gold. I had brought Riri with me since I planned on getting a job and didn't want to keep this stuff on me while I worked and passed it to her to set in my room. With a request to see me that night, of course. You have to reward your maid, after all.
The next week was a combination of taking a job, grinding skills and planning the gift. Srcy was easy enough to get to level three. Again, it was just use the spell over and over and over. It was boring as hell, but easy to do... A couple thousand times...
Like I said, boring...
Still, that was another check mark on upgrade conditions. If I could get two more level two spells that was another. I also kept using Adrenaline Rush and Reflex Boost over and over and over to grind them up. Neither was at level two yet, but it was coming along. Their cool downs slowed the grind down though.
But yeah, three conditions down... Ten more to go... Hoo boy.
Still I had just started, over all, so I knew it was going to take time. But the sooner I could improve the better off I'd be. Again I knew something was coming to threaten the kingdom. What I didn't know, apparently 'vagueness' was coming. It wasn't going to be fun though, I was sure.
It hit me another moment later as I thought about it; my best bet for saving the Kingdom was allies. As the old saying goes no man is an island. I'd need allies in the end of it, and the Shield Princesses were my best bet. Thankfully I had a foot in the door in the form of Prim. My memories this System gave me said I knew two others personally; Claudia from one of the deeds and Alicia through Prim. That meant I needed to meet the other four, and Prim's party was going to be my best bet to get off on the right foot with them.
I needed to be on good terms with them if I was to avert what ever was coming. Whatever that was.
I wish I had some idea of what it was. Either way it was clear I'd need to take tougher jobs. I'd have to call up Miria and Aeris, I guess.
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Somewhere in Ur Fortress...
"Are you excited for your party, Prim?" The blonde woman asked as she walked with her pink haired cousin, down the hall of Ur's Royal Fortress. The stone walls were washed white with rich carpets and curtains about, flowers in vases giving color and life to the otherwise bland walls. A few maids fluttered about at their work; their skirts pink and their white aprons boasting blue trim stitched in.
"Oh, very much Alicia! It does make me feel as if I'm growing a bit more mature now!" The other girl said, smiling back at her.
The blonde stood at a tad over five foot six in height and strode with confidence, poise and power. She wore white coated greaves (Over black stockings) and gauntlets (Over black detached sleeves) with gold trim with matching, rounded pauldrons on her shoulders. A matching metal band wrapped about her hips, not quite meeting in the front save for a white, square cloth trimmed with gold colored thread, hanging just low enough to cover the woman's white panties. From the sides of the band hung a very short blue half skirt, under which a slightly longer white half skirt hung. Both half skirts covered the back, but not the front of the woman.
Another band, black trimmed with gold, wrapped around her shoulders and torso to hold blue, gold trimmed cups over her C-Cup breasts and offer it some support, although the band did not meet at the front. A red Jacob's collar was around her neck and on top of her head was a metal band around the head with two, small plates at the sides finished the look. The woman herself had waist long blonde hair and bright purple eyes, skin fair and smooth.
Sheathed at her left hip was a broadsword with a crescent, gold plated guard with a red set under the blade and a ring pommel. It was an enchanted sword forged during the first battles of Garan; Sky Splitter.
Her name was Alicia Arcturus, Shield Princess of Feoh, proudly wearing her family's Mana Armor and dedicated knight of the kingdom.
By contrast her counterpart wore a dress that went to the floor, pink in color with a trim of gold framing red and white ruffles. The torso section was pure white with gold trim, layering a short, white skirt over the dress with a golden band about the hips, the front showing off a set of heavy, Double D-Cup breasts. Both the skirt and dress had the front cut out of the outfit, allowing for both freer movements of the legs, covered in white, thigh high stockings trimmed with gold under red, three inch high heels but also allowing a set of small, pink, thong panties with a red bow at the front to be on display. In the right light, the cloth was semi-transparent in the back, showing off a swaying ass if one looked hard enough.
Her hands were covered in short, white gloves and a small tiara was set to the front of her head with red cords hanging to the sides and wrapping around her head. Ending the look was a white, ruffled collar and a small, gold necklace.
She also boasted fair skin and waist long hair, but while the blonde's hair was straight hers was wavy. Her eyes was a bright blue compared to the other's purple. Standing at just four foot eleven she was much shorter then her cousin and needed a slightly quicker stride to keep pace. Her stride was also gifted with poise and boasted grace but less confidence and power. She was Prim Fiorire, Shield Princess of Ur and Daughter of the Kingdom's ruling Grand Duke.
"I do worry, though, that mother and father are spending far too much on the party. I mean I do want to have a large party that everyone can enjoy, but I'm worrying it's a bit much." Prim said, sighing softly.
"Relax, Prim." Alicia said, chuckling a bit. "They just want to be sure you have the best night you can; you'll be a full adult then and more independent then before. It's still surprising you were brought into the Princesses a year ago now." She said, sighing a bit in thought.
"I always felt I was relying on you too much..." Prim said, sighing. "I hate to be such a burden on everyone..."
"You're not a burden. You're a friend to us all, and you are helping. But you're still learning how to apply your magic, stop worrying so much." Alicia replied to her, giggling as Prim pouted. "I'm sure James would say the same thing." She added, seeing Prim half stumble on a step and blush softly as a small smiled came to her lips.
Alicia was, of course, well aware of Prim's crush on the Noxdecus boy so a little teasing over it was fun for her, but she'd also learn that small suggestions of what James might have thought of something would help Prim build confidence or reassure her. It was a good way, she found, to build Prim up a bit. As Alicia looked ahead once more she thought about the boy herself. Her own feelings of him were...
"Mi'Lady Prim." They heard, pausing to look at who was coming towards them. Coming up the stairs from the foyer was an older man, some two and a half decades older then the girls, at least. Dressed in a fine, silk, black three piece suit with a white shirt and red tie. Polished black shoes were on each foot, a set short white, tight gloves on each hand. A gold rimmed monocle was set to one eye with a gold chain linking it to a front, jacket pocket and as he reached them at the top of the stairs he set the tip of a pure black cane to the floor as he leaned on it softly, the thick wood capped with a softly curved handle, capped with a white lion carved in ivory, a ring of brass near the start of the curve with two brass plates traveling down the cane's shaft some two and a half inches. At six foot five he towered over the two girls.
The man himself was fair skinned and had black hair trimmed short and a well groomed mustache. His face was stern and serious; at a glance anyone could tell he was a professional sort with some of them sensing a sense of perfectionism.
"Halbert, how can I help you?" Prim asked politely to the man. Alicia tried to keep a polite face as she looked at the man but she was sure some annoyance would come through her expression. While she knew Halbert Oxford was as loyal a butler as the Fiorire House could hope for, the fact was he had always unnerved her.
There was something about the way he told her she was an acceptable companion to Prim that had always rubbed her the wrong way.
"Your Parents are in the garden and have summoned you to their presence. They wish to know your opinions of the flowers you wish planted for the party." He said, Prim smiling and nodding once.
"Thank you Halbert. I'll see them shortly then."
"Additionally..." He began before she could start to move somewhere. "Miss Shard has returned." Alicia felt her eye twitch.
Carmen was once just an orphan who raised herself more then any adult did. She stole money as a means to just feed herself as nearly everyone else around her seemed to not care the slightest, even as her ribs threatened to reach her spine. Then she stole from Prim... While she was there. The girl hadn't known who exactly she was messing with at the time and Alicia had gotten half way to beating the crap out of her before Prim finally pried her off.
Rather then get upset Prim just inquired as to why the girl, only a year older then Prim herself, was trying to steal money. As opposed to sending a starving, desperate orphan to a prison and forget about her like some would she instead had her cleaned and patched up, offered her a meal and had her trained as a maid.
Alicia recalled feeling guilt as she saw just how much food the girl desperately shoved into her mouth, as if it would vanish into the ether if it went anywhere else. It spoke to how poor of a life the girl had lived until then. Once it was found she was talented with a blade she learned under a guard how to use a rapier. Once it was found she could use magic she learned beside Prim under a wizard. In the span of almost six years Carmen had gone from homeless orphan to a maid to a bodyguard of no small talent, and Alicia was proud to call her a friend. It was a sight to see.
Unless, that is, if you were Halbert. He always brought up her former lack of a home, schooling, unknown parentage and thefts against her. To him Carmen Shard was not an accomplished fighter who rose beyond her poor (Or rather non-existent) upbringing but nothing more then a lowborn peasant who rose above her station and needed to leave their sight.
"Oh, thank you for telling me." Prim replied, seemingly ignoring the tone with which he spoke her bodyguard's name. "I'll see her as well soon."
"Of course. If I may ask, why did you have her send an invite to that... boy." And there it was. That one word spat out like it was a curse. Alicia sighed deeply with annoyance, resisting the urge to huff as her fists clenched. Even Prim's smile faltered a bit.
"Halbert..." Prim said with a voice that was tinged with disappointment. "James is important to me, I do not want you using that tone with him or when speaking about him." Halbert's loyalty and raising of Prim was part of why she was willing to put up with some of his more prejudiced views on others but when it came to James she would always try to shut it down.
"He's merely a baron's son, you should focus your attentions on men of higher standing." He replied sternly, gripping his cane in his hands, tapping it twice to the floor. Prim huffed at him and set her hands to her hips.
"I am more interested in a man's character then his rank or his house. And I've seen his character myself the very moment I met him." Alicia nodded to herself. She had only learned of what happened to Prim in the aftermath. Prim was fourteen when the goblins had caught her.
According to the girl herself she'd been in the meadow to collect flowers for her parents; their anniversary was the next day at the time and she felt hand picked blossoms as opposed to ones picked from their garden would mean more. It should have been safe, but a batch of goblins had managed to get that close to Ur without notice and had caught her before she could defend herself. Alicia still shivered when she recalled the state of Prim's dress when she saw it; the bottom half was torn in pieces, the panties ruined into scraps and the top torn off in full. Prim said the biggest of the lot almost got his filthily cock in her. A single, small push away from her virginity being claimed by a monster. By a goblin.
Prim would always blush as she retold the story from there though. A voice cried out and distracted the goblin at the right moment, crying out 'Get off of her!' Then a boy just a half of a year older then Prim would slam a rapier through the goblin's chest, killing it in one, sudden strike. The other goblins broke ranks and fled in shock and fear from the young man who came out of nowhere to slay their leader. Prim would always talk about how strong and heroic he looked, standing there with his back to her. He waited until the goblins were well away before sheathing his weapon and turning to attend to her. Once he was sure she was unharmed he pulled the jacket off his back to clothe her and when she proved to be too shaken to walk on her own he carried her back in a bridal carry in his arms.
Once the guards had seen them they escorted them back to the fortress. Carmen, despite still being in training, blamed herself for not being there. Alicia herself did too, even though she was partaking in a small jousting contest at the time. Her parents were just happy she was safe. Halbert?
Halbert had asked permission to escort the boy out of the city for clearly taking advantage of Prim, over Prim's own protests. He was denied by the Grand Duke and Duchess, but he had acted as if James had taken advantage of her since then.
"But Mi'lady Prim, I-"
"No, Halbert." Prim said, actually stomping her foot to drive her point home. Hand hands moved to cross under her breasts in annoyance. "I do not require you to like him but I will order you to be polite to him."
"Mi'lady, I cannot in good honesty be asked to-"
"It was not a request." Prim let off with a huff, turning to walk down the stairs. Alicia sighed and shrugged as she started to move to follow Prim.
"Halbert, try pulling that war hammer out of your arse. You might even smile after that." She added before following her cousin.
Once out of sight Halbert huffed and stormed off and walked into his own quarters. Once there he firmly shut the door (A man of his standing did not 'slam' doors, after all) and pressed his back to it, clutching a hand to his chest.
"Mi'lady... What must I do to make you see?"
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I spent some time grinding up Illusion to level two. This was both to grind up another spell to level two for the upgrade but also for the gift I had in mind for Prim. Some paint and a little elbow grease was needed for the gift as well. My father (Old world's father) was a bit of a handyman and built a large workshop for himself and dragged me into helping with his projects. Worked in my favor in the end; I built my own computer desk out of three quarter inch plywood. Worked very well for me.
While this was a much smaller, more precise job then I was used to it was still more then easy enough for me. Imbuing the stone I placed into the gift, well, that was proving a bit more of a challenge but I was sure I'd work it out. After all I knew I could do it I just needed to experiment and figure out how.
Teaming up with Aeris and Miria for jobs turned out to be a good idea, and the xp gains were much greater. There were jobs that needed a fourth to take, but my solution to that was simple enough; Riri. She was training to fight as a rouge under Sora and some practical experience would do her good. Sora agreed and we got Riri a light set of dark blue gambeson armor with sturdy boots. I wished that said gambeson wasn't a leotard with a thong back, but at least she wore armor.
Miria, I'm mostly looking at you. At least Aeris had a Mage Robe on.
The end result was I hit level six after a half of a week, plus a good chunk of extra xp besides. Some good trait points came with it, and coin and a small amount of stat points. I was still a long ways away from reaching my stat requirements for the upgrade, but I'd gotten a small chunk closer. Sex here and there had boosted my xp further, and it was a grind I could enjoy.
In more ways then one.
I did get jealous looks from other guys at the guild, but I ignored it for the most part; a guy with three hot girls hanging around him did get attention. More important however was that I get stronger faster. Speaking of, I spent twelve Regular and eight Universal Trait Points to ditch Silver Spoon; I had a feeling the reputation drop it caused would drag me down sooner or later somehow if I didn't. Never underestimate what the waitress can do if she doesn't like you.
Not a lesson I learned myself; I learned it second hand when one of my old high school's jocks was an ass at a cafe. All that I should say on that...
Anyway, we've ended up doing more goblin jobs. Thankfully none were underwear thieves or would-be-romantics, just rape happy bandits. ... That's depressing in it's own way to think about. Thankfully there were less rape happy bandit goblins around town, thanks to us. Drafting Riri was a major benefit as we now had a good scout. She could move ahead of the group, find the goblins and guide us to them. In addition I'd made some alterations on my scrying gems; I could see and hear what Riri was doing while she was holding it. The downside was it was one way unless you could use arcane magic yourself. Aeris could use it and realized what I had made; communicators. Kinda.
I still needed to find a way to figure out how a non-magic user could use them. And I needed to figure out it's range. And figure out how to make it draw it's own mana to make using it easier. And...
I had a few things to figure out, is what I meant.
Miria would bring up the rear as she had the most fine tuned senses and was the best able to tell if anyone or anything was sneaking up on us. She's also replaced the dagger at her hip with a short sword so she had a little more melee ability if it came to it. Aeris acted as our main magical support and stayed in the middle of our three man (Well, one man-two woman) formation as I was the best melee fighter there, leaving me in front.
Once the goblins were found we'd make a plan. If practical Aeris and I would just blast the living fuck out of them. If not Miria and Riri would take point to lead us in whatever cave they were in. Once we found a batch gang raping a local woman. Miria was more then happy to spook them with a head shot of the current rapist before the rest of us had a polite and kind discussion about a woman's right to consent.
Or to translate that; we slaughtered the fuck out of the bastards. That's much quicker to say.
I was starting to get worried though. It'd been awhile since I'd gotten a weird job, and I was starting to feel like something was about to happen. What it was I didn't know, but I felt it would be weird.
Time to spend stat points...
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"Oh James, thank the Goddess! We're in need of a competent mage!" Kara let off as I walked into the guild. Aeris was studying with my father, Riri training with Sora and Miria was hunting with friends. In short, I went alone that day. Standing before Kara's desk was four different women, all in their twenties, maybe early thirties at most. I blinked then moved towards the desk, stopping before Kara. "We need someone experienced with slimes, and as you know there's not too many mages in the guild." I blinked a bit at that. I know I never saw many magic users around but still...
"Why isn't there that many, there's a damn Magical Academy in the middle of town! I should know, I went there!" I pointed out. Kara sighed, head hanging for a moment before she spoke up once more.
"Most magic users end up in jobs with royalty or nobility. Even lesser ones end up with rich merchants, mercenary groups and so forth." Ah, now I got it. I nodded in understanding, even as Kara confirmed my suspicions fully. "Those jobs often have better pay and less risk, so they'll ignore any guild jobs."
"Figures." I said simply, turning to the four women for a moment. "So, what's the job?"
I of course used Observe on each one of them. They all wore the same outfit in different colors; a cropped vest that showed off both cleavage and a hint of underboob, a matching miniskirt that was tight and short enough that a slight lean forwards would show off their panties, sandals on each foot with straps up the calves.
First on a list was a five-four woman with slightly dark blonde hair in a very short ponytail, fair skin (Well they were all fair skinned), sky blue eyes, double D breasts at least and curvy hips. She had an easy smile on her face as she looked me over. Her outfit was brown trimmed with white.
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Name: Becca Sands
Title: Bathhouse's Main Owner
Class: Civilian
Level: 5
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 55
Status: Healthy, Relaxed
Romance Rating: 88
Corruption Rating: 3
Known Traits
[Clean as Can Be] You're always clean thanks to access to baths. +5% to attractiveness
[Even The Girls Want Her] +10 attractiveness to everyone, even all other women
Her grandmother helped found the Argon Bathhouse and it was passed down the family to Becca as well three other granddaughters of her close friends. Together the four have provided Argon with hot bathing water and a means to get clean!
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"I'm Becca. We're the owners of the bathhouse you see..." Becca started, smiling a bit wider. "We've been noticing that some of the pipes weren't bringing in water as quick as it should and looked into it... And well..."
"We've a bit of a problem." The second woman spoke up. She was a bit shorter then Becca and had much smaller breasts, A-Cup maybe? B-Cup? Her hair was a grayish blue pulled into a mid-back length braid and with matching eyes. Her body was a bit more petite and less curvy, but still pleasant. She wore blue with a yellow trim. "I'm Sasha. Another of the owners; I mostly handle the maintenance." She said softly.
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Name: Sasha Waters
Title: Bathhouse Wrench Wench
Class: Civilian
Level: 5
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 61
Status: Healthy, Nervous
Romance Rating: 83
Corruption Rating: 7
Known Traits
[Clean as Can Be] You're always clean thanks to access to baths. +5% to attractiveness
[Sweet Girl] You're seen as sweet and shy, +10% to attractiveness
Her grandmother was friends with Rebbeci Sands. When Rebbeci passed on the bathhouse she gave part ownership to the granddaughter of a friend; Sasha. Sasha in turn has learned to maintain the bathhouses plumbing.
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"Well, I opened up the system and, um, well..."
"Slimes poured out." The next woman in line said. She shivered, frowning deeply. "Several of the things; we couldn't count them all." She added with a sigh. "Ah, I am Kiri. I handle our finances."
In contrast she also had large, double Ds like Becca. She had brown hair with a slightly red tinge, pulled back into a bun. She was maybe five-five and looked at me with purple eyes through rounded glasses. She wore white with purple trim.
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Name: Kiri Skyla
Title: Bathhouse Accountant
Class: Civilian
Level: 5
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 57
Status: Healthy, Calm
Romance Rating: 89
Corruption Rating: 6
Known Traits
[Clean as Can Be] You're always clean thanks to access to baths. +5% to attractiveness
[Beauty in Maturity] You're very mature and it adds +10 to your attractiveness
Her grandmother was friends with Rebbeci Sands. When Rebbeci passed on the bathhouse she gave part ownership to the granddaughter of a friend; Kiri. Kiri in turn has learned to maintain the handle the bathhouse's finances.
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"As of right now we're shut down; the entire place is overrun with slimes." She said with a shiver. "We've already lost all our towels and washcloths to the monsters, and one of our costumers was almost raped by them as well as she waited for us to solve the water issue."
"Needless to say we can't run a business like this." The last of them said with a sigh. "We need someone to eliminate them." She looked at me and straightened up her back. "My name is Hanna, and I handle supplies and customers."
She had a soft, sensual face with gray eyes set into them. Her hair was also brown like Kiri's, but with a bit more red to it that fell to her mid-back. Double D breasts once more (Only Sasha had small ones it seemed; made her stand out to me) and was a bit taller then the rest, five-seven maybe. She wore red trimmed with black.
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Name: Hanna Pyre
Title: Bathhouse Quartermaster
Class: Civilian
Level: 5
Alignment: Friendly
Reputation: 66
Status: Healthy, Frustrated
Romance Rating: 91
Corruption Rating: 9
Known Traits
[Clean as Can Be] You're always clean thanks to access to baths. +5% to attractiveness
[Face of Love] Yours is a face of impeccable beauty. +10% to attractiveness
Her grandmother was friends with Rebbeci Sands. When Rebbeci passed on the bathhouse she gave part ownership to the granddaughter of a friend; Hanna. Hanna in turn has learned to maintain the handle the bathhouse's supplies.
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"Yeah, I can see how a slime bath could turn a girl off." I said, rubbing my chin. I looked to Sasha first. "Is there still water in the system?" I asked her and she shook her head.
"No, I drained the whole baths to do the maintenance. Anything left in the pipes are slimes." I nodded.
"Good. I can use ice spells then without worrying about bursting a pipe." I let off. Sasha eyes widened but nodded and smiled. "What did the slimes look like? Anything about their colors that stand out?"
"Mostly water colored, others a darker blue. I saw one that looked off, but it was in a shadow so I couldn't tell you the exact color. Darker color, I think? A bit larger too." Kiri said. I frowned. That unknown slime could be a pain, but the rest sounded like they were your basic river slimes. Nothing too big too worry about... Alone. In numbers they would be a pain, but I was sure I could handle it.
"We'll need to figure out a way to keep more from getting into the system. ... Wait, why would they be flooding into the bathhouse?" I asked, blinking as I looked to Kara.
"I'm not sure. I'll have to ask someone to look into that end of things." She said, looking to me as she adjusted her glasses. "But that's not your worry." I nodded.
"Right..." Kara handed me the job sheet. She only listed the rewards, so I guess she was only getting ready to put it on the board. 1 Gold. Not bad for a lone job. The System added five regular and five sexual trait points. And since I have the Power of Sex that meant another three regular trait points. One thousand xp was huge for a level five job.
"Okay then..." I said, nodding to the women. "Let's do this." The four bathhouse owners gave a cheer as Kara nodded.
[New Quest Gained: Time For Slime]
[New Objective: Go To The Bathhouse]
[New Objective: Eliminate the Slimes]
[New Objective: Ensure the Bathhouse is Slime Free]
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[(⸜∕ ) Go To The Bathhouse
I drew my sword as I stepped into the bathhouse, looking in. The bathhouse had a double door to the front of it. The building was well made; tiled floors, stained wood panels for the walls, oak desk, padded oak benches. It was nice. I stepped forwards moving to the men's baths first. Unlike before my weapon was useful here; the Unicorn's Horn is a magical weapon and it would effect slimes. I started charging magic into my hand, boosted by the Horn. I moved passed the change room.
There were shelves for clothing, supplies for bathing and what not. Bathing oils and soaps were there, but not a scrap of cloth. A few metal buttons could be see on the ground, as well as a buckle. I opened the door to the bath proper...
Oooooooohhh...
There they were. Dozens and dozens of slimes. Mostly hanging out in the empty bath, but some hanging around. More slimes then I cared to count. One noticed me and charged.
I hit it with an Arctic Orb. Then I threw more Arctic Orbs into the room. The slimes shivered as they were either hit or effected by the cold of the magic. I thrust my rapier into half frozen slimes, breaking them up. More came at me, of course, but more orbs were thrown in response and in one case a Scatter Bolt, blasting the horde back. This was a bit annoying, but I wasn't in too much danger. The cold of my spell slowed them all to a crawl and kept them from jumping at me, making them easy targets. One poke with the Unicorn's Horn and they died.
I just thought of the xp. That sweet, sweet xp. Even if each slime wasn't worth much (They were levels one to two, from what Observe told me) the amount of slimes would make up for it. Really, it was a bit tiring due to the numbers, but since I hung at the door; they weren't able to flank me and had to funnel through the passage to get at me. Soon I was able to just walk in and casually end the last batch; the iced over slimes unable to attack or retreat from their slowed speed.
Once I was done I paused to rest and get mana back, then I went to the women's side. In short; second verse, same as the first. Slimes as far as the eye could see, frozen and shattered to pieces. Easy-peasy.
Another rest for mana and I walked about the offices, supply rooms and moved along to private rooms, a sauna (Sauna? I was coming back later!), and even bedrooms, freezing and slaying slimes.
Said beds were nothing but a mess of feathers now.
Finally I had cleared nearly all of the bathhouse.
[(⸜∕ ) Eliminate the Slimes]
Okay. Good. Now, about that last objective... Ensuring the Bathhouse is slime free...
That was worrying. It meant there was something to be found after all. I mean sure, there was a chance that it was there for no reason at all and it was pressing me to explore the place to see something, but I had a feeling...
I never played horror games much, never my normal jam, but I recalled the Collector's Ship mission in the second Mass Effect game. Lots of cover to hide behind but nothing to shoot for the whole first half the mission; not fighting anything there was unnerving.
Now that I knew I was not going to fight anything right now, but I still had to find something I might have to fight, it was kinda unnerving. I looked about but saw nothing for awhile until I noticed a small door. A plate over it said 'Maintenance' so I had to guess that's where I had to look. I moved over to the door and opened it and looked inside. I used mana to light up the place and stepped down.
I was under the baths now and I could see lines of pipes going here and there; all of them looked to be made of bronze. The ceiling was tall enough, some eight feet over the floor, that I could move about without banging my head. I looked about and moved in deeper. I could hear dripping water. Water which shouldn't have been running. I looked about more and more, eyes looking over the floor, the walls and even the ceiling. Finally I came to a large, circular area. I could see some kind of foundation there, but what used to be there I didn't know. And then...
"Silly Human. Setting me back sooooo far..." I stiffened. The voice was female and not happy. I looked about, aiming my sword from point to point, frowning. "I called so many... Summoned so many... I was soooooo close to having all that I wanted."
"And what's that?" I asked, looking about more. I was trying to find the source of the voice, hoping her speech would help me locate her.
"Men..." The voice let off. "Do you know hard it is to get some good, tasty, semen? It's soooooooo good! Buuuuut they never come in enough numbers!" She let off hissing... And I ducked.
Liquid flew over my head; I barely heard the motion. A large, dark blue slime landed several feet from me. It jiggled before it shifted, turning into... Oh...
It turned into a shapely female. It's feet were more like puddles and it's fingers were dripping slime... And other parts for that matter, but it was a feminine form, it's face smirking as it looked to me.
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Name: Royal Slime
Title: Queen of the Slimes
Class: Monster/Slime
Level: 8
Alignment: Hostile
Reputation: 12
Status: Healthy, Horny
Known Traits
[Slime Body] All physical damage is reduced by 99%
[Semen Seeker] +5% to End when a male is nearby
[?]
A royal slime is able to command lesser slimes to do their bidding. Unlike most slimes they posses a higher level of intelligence. Because of this they can be very dangerous; one will need to fight all the summoned slimes to deal with it. In rare cases a royal slime summons enough slimes to form a slime kingdom.
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Crap. I should have guessed that something like this was here. I pointed my sword to her as the view shifted to her face.
Enter boss music.
"I guess though I can still have some semen... Yours!" She bellowed out as the camera panned back.
_Queen of the Slimes_
Royal Slime
[New Objective: Eliminate the Royal Slime]
Well, that's just my luck, huh? I sent an Arctic Orb at her right as soon as the camera swapped back but she leaped up and clung to the ceiling. The frost ball blew up when it hit the ground and the shriek I heard told me she hadn't fully dodged it. I moved to run to the stairs; this wasn't the best place to fight her after all. Before I could get far she landed before me, turning an arm into seven tendrils and launched them at me. I used Rapid Strike and Boost Reflex in tandem to slash at them with my rapier. She grinned right until my sword cut bits off and she hissed out, the magical weapon cutting the pieces off and making them sizzle away. She pulled her slime back as I stepped back as well. She was now between me and the stairs; I couldn't escape her with ease.
On the other hand she knew well enough that I was a threat to her and was hesitating to attack. Disgusting as the semen slime was at least it was dumb; this thing was smart enough to not keep doing what didn't work.
I was in trouble. I didn't think I'd be the one worried about monster rape but here we are and there it is. I had mana charged in my hand of course, but I was limited in what I could do; Magic Missile or Scatter Bolt could cause a lot of damage to the building over my head and I knew what direction that damage would go. Fireball was worse for the reasons listed before. Arctic Orb was my only useful attack right now.
Well, there was another but I had yet to try it.
My blade was at least useful here. That meant my Combat Arts were usable unlike before. Once the cool down was up I used Boost Reflex again and closed in quickly using Rapid Strike again. I got in a few hits but she morphed her body, dodging most of the strikes before expanding her slime and before starting to try and wrap around me. Before my boost could end I jumped back as she closed in on where I was and thew an Arctic Orb at her. She couldn't dodge so expanded a tendril into the Orb as quick as she could before detaching it.
I got some damage in, but not as much as I hoped. Now she changed, splitting her form mostly in two, anchoring herself with her main body, arching her arms to attack from both my sides at once. I cursed and moved into one, slashing at it as I tried to roll under the limb, turning about once on my feet to ready a counter-attack only to be hit in the chest hard and sent sprawling back, grunting as I rolled to my feet. I heard a hissing sound but ignored it as I dodged once more, slashing at her slime tendrils only to be slapped in the shoulder, sliding back. An orb hit one of her tendrils making her hiss out, breaking off the frozen part and recalling what slime she could. I cast Minor Heal and looked down and...
Shit. My gambeson was half eaten now at the front. That's where the hissing came from, huh? The shoulder of my armor came loose and fell off, leaving ,my undershirt exposed over my left chest. It was clear we were matched somewhat evenly. I had to break the stalemate quickly, lest all my armor melted off, this stalemate didn't favor me. I gathered mana once more and waited. Sure enough she charged then spread out to attack from two directions. This time I waited and rolled forwards and threw my Arctic Orb behind me into her tendrils as they rolled back towards me. I felt the chill hit me but as she howled out it was clear she took it far worse then I did. As I got to my feet I used a Piercing Strike to hit her in the center of her mass for as much damage as I could...
Only for her to open a hole in her torso, my sword thensword hand passing through her harmlessly. Before I could react she closed it on my forearm and squeezed, laughing out. I groaned out in pain and channeled mana into my other hand to just punch her with an opened palm charged with a Magic Missile but she made more tendrils to grab my other limbs and overpowered me, shoving me to the ground on my back. I was then mortified as she laid atop of me and melted my armor and under clothing off, leaving only my boots and gloves. Soon I was nude as a babe (Save the boots and gloves, as mentioned) as her ooze wrapped about my flaccid cock and started to pleasure it, stroking it with her liquid body. Her body moved my sword arm to press to the ground, fully pinning me.
"Ahh... I have you now, Lover Boy. Oooooh, I can taste pussy on you." She cooed. I groaned at the unwanted pleasure as I squirmed under her. "Come... Give me a kiss..."
"As you wish, your highness." I hissed out to her surprise. After all, I had one card to play yet as I took in a deep breath...
[Dragon's Breath.]
Until recently I had forgotten about it, but I had picked it up with the Dragon Borne choice. I'd never used it before since I wasn't sure where to practice it and wasn't sure how people would respond to it. But here?
It wasn't like she was going to tell anyone.
Bright, neon red fire spewed from my lips right into her. She howled and recoiled off my nude body as the magical fire burned at her body. I stood up, breathing flames out until my lungs had nothing more to push out. It was a surreal sight; the royal slime's body was on fire despite being mostly liquid. She stumbled back clearly in agony as I pointed my sword at her before jamming it into the center of her body. She cried out louder as the music changed to a triumphant tone as she started to fall to pieces before falling back and vanishing as her liquid steamed away. I was left panting over her still sizzling ooze, shaking my hair out.
[(⸜∕ ) Eliminate the Royal Slime]
[(⸜∕ ) Ensure the Bathhouse is Slime Free]
[Defeated List]
33 River Slimes x 20XP=660XP
31 Lake Slimes x 20XP=620XP
39 Pond Slimes x 25XP=975XP
9 Blue Slimes x 30XP=270XP
Royal Slime=300XP x 1.25 Kill Bonus=375
Gain 2840XP Total
Achievement Unlocked: Slime Regicide
You Killed a Royal Slime
Title Unlocked: Spatterer of Slimes
You've Killed over 100 Slimes!
+1 to all Damage +1 Additional Damage to all Slimes
I switched Titles. And then groaned. That sucked.
In the end I moved to the door to the bathhouse and stuck my head out to the four owners. I told them that I had good news and bad news.
The good news was they were now slime free. They all cheered save Sasha who asked what the bad news was.
I told them someone had to get me something to wear because a Royal Slime melted all my clothing off of me. Once they realized I was fully nude behind the door they all blushed, except Hanna who asked to see.
What a day...
[Quest Complete: Time For Slime]
[Gain 1000 XP]
[-]
I sighed deeply as I rested into the private bath. Not at home, at the bathhouse. It was the day after the Royal Slime job and I needed a break from my mother.
Once the owners learned of why all the slimes were gathering in their place and what I went through they sweetened their deal with a dozen coupons for a private bath so it cost me nothing. Lucky me because mom was being way too fussy at that moment.
Miria had been in town when Becca reported in to Kara and mentioned my... plight. Miria overheard and once assured I was fine (Just really embarrassed) she left to the manor. She bumped into Sora and Riri as she went into my room and they (Reasonably) asked why she was entering my room when I wasn't home. Miria gave them the run down... But there was something lost in translation as Riri ended up thinking that the Royal Slime had managed to actually rape me and (Unreasonably) screamed about slime rape.
My mother overheard her and rushed up and pinned both my sister and my maid to a wall until things were explained in a calmer fashion. A reasonable person would pick out an outfit and send someone to deliver it.
My mother being overprotective meant that 'reasonable' had been taken out to the back of the manor, beaten to death with a shovel, told to dig it's own grave with said shovel, beaten again when it failed to so and buried with piss and vinegar.
Not sure when the funeral is.
Instead she (And I'm not joking, I just wish I was) grabbed my entire dresser carried it over her head and ran to town screaming "My Baby Needs Me!" Needless to say it was a bit of a scene. At least I had clothing, but after I had dressed my mother decided to pick me up like a rag doll before she started running back to the manor like a mad woman (Not far off there) and cuddled me until I felt safe.
Or passed out from oxygen deprivation, which felt kind of unsafe. A couple servants were sent to get the dresser back, thankfully.
I had no sex that night as she decided to patrol my room herself to 'protect her baby' much to my embarrassment. Really, it was embarrassment squared. I only escaped into town that morning because she was dead on her feet when I woke up; as it turns out she literally spent all night up patrolling halls and grounds. And not walking around at a normal pace, but power walking and jogging everywhere.
Merlin, thank god for having him as a father, sighed, shrugged, told me he'd deal with it and told me to get going.
Aside from relaxation I needed something else; armor.
After all I couldn't repair what was melted off me like a snowman in the Arizona desert in the summer on the training grounds for the military's flamethrower squadron. Did they still have those? Anyway, I'd be paying a visit to Elegant Iron after my bath.
I got cleaned up and thankfully I was not traumatized by the slime. Much. To be fair, after the Semen Slime there wasn't much the Royal Slime could do to make feel more bleck then that.
Is bleck a word? Well it is now.
Bleck.
There was a knock at the door making me jump softly. "Is everything alright in there?" I heard Kiri call into the bath.
"Yeah, all good. It's very relaxing in here." The walls were covered in oil paintings of various bits of scenery and it was very nice to look at.
Then the door opened making me jump once more as Becca, Sasha, Kiri and Hanna all slipped in wearing only towels... for all of five seconds before all the towels came off and they bared their bodies to me and...
Holy crap, not one pubic hair between the four of them!
"Ah, ladies?" I let off as they moved around me, coughing into my hand. Hannah's hands were on my shoulders rubbing into me (I'd later learn she offered VIPs massages; given what her hands did to me I believed it) as she knelt behind me, Becca and Kiri slipping into the bath to either side of me with Sasha moving to kneel before me in the water. I knew what was coming; really they'd need a parade with a sign to make it more obvious. "Not that I mind the company but isn't four beautiful women a bit much for one guy?" I asked them trying to sound more confident then I felt.
Part of me was still that guy who once upon a time couldn't land a good, honest girl to save his life and when he thought he finally had landed a keeper found his heart broken time and time again. Despite being surrounded by nice, caring girls in this world now a part of me was still that guy, painful as it was.
The four women giggled at me, Becca amd Kiri snuggling up and into my sides, kissing my cheeks briefly. "Hmmm, after what we had you do, we had to reward you a bit more." Becca said as Kiri grinned. They'd guide me up to sitting out of the tub on it's edge as Sasha rinsed my cock off.
"And you had to fight something that dangerous for us while being so unprepared, so you should be treated very well for your services." Kiri added.
"Well I'd need very little encouragement to get that in me." Hannah breathed out near my ear as she leaned in, heavy tits pushing to my back as she looked down to my groin over my shoulder.
"Well, w-we'd all like some fun too..." Sasha added as she set a finger to my cock tip rolling it about in an incredibly delightful manner.
"Should I mention now or later that I know a spell to avoid impregnating a woman?" I asked. All four paused to look to my face. Then they all grinned wide at me like four cats who ate a pet store's worth of canaries.
Oh well... It was more xp for me, if nothing else. Oh and it was good clean fun, no pun intended. That's always good. Petite Sasha was the one to move first, kissing my cocktip and slipping it into her mouth as Becca and Kiri started to kiss at my cheeks before I turned my head about, catching each on the lips, their hands moving to stroke my chest. Hanna finally moved around from my back and moved around to the front, kneeling down with Sasha. Sasha leaned my cock to the side allowing Hanna to lean in and kiss and suckle at my balls. I let my hand move up on the women at my sides, cupping a breast from each of them, groaning into whichever set of lips as I felt up their soft flesh. Sasha's sucking was firm and loving making me moan softly.
Sasha slipped off my cock and Hanna took over, sucking down deeper then Sasha had, moaning out around my cock. Sasha moved to suckle at the base of my cock making me groan out deeply. If someone, be it these women or whoever set up this RPG-X3 System wanted me to feel like a stud, well, mission accomplished. I started to pinch at the nipples of the other two but they soon moved to slip into the water, kneeling before me as well.
Becca was passed the cock next, slipping the cock inside her lips. Unlike Hanna she wasn't focused on bobbing down, rather she lavished my cockhead with her tongue, making me suck in a breath and shiver, groaning out over the four women. Her tongue swirled over my tip, then slashed it side to side, then up and down... It was glorious, really. She would pass the cock next to Kiri who sucked in my cock and bobbed her head quickly up and down making me shiver. She was less skilled but much more enthusiastic!
They would trade my cock about for awhile. Sasha's blowjob being loving and soft while Hanna's was deep and sensual. Becca's was shallow but persistent and Kiri's was fast and passionate. I shivered out, groaning out as I looked into each set of eyes as they worked, passing my cock about as each woman made me moan, shiver and pant.
I never had a chance.
"I'm gonna cum..." I let them know as I shivered. My cock left their lips as Sasha and Hanna, the two in the center of the four women stroked my cock quickly it their hands. They smiled as all four looked at my cock, clearly interested in seeing it launch off it's load. They were quickly rewarded as my balls squeezed down and shot off cum, splattering the four of them with sperm across their faces; the girls moving about my cock as if to share the love. I was left panting and shivering over them.
"You're not done, righ-Whoa!" Sasha let off as I picked her up and moved her to the wall, the other girls turning their heads to watch me set her on her feet, facing the wall. I pulled her hips back and aimed my cock to her sex. "Yes! Please, hurt me with your big dick!" I paused in shock at her words. Well, that was a new phrase. At least one I didn't expect to hear outside of porn. Becca let off a giggle as she moved behind me, giving my backside a soft swat.
"Sasha looks like a good girl, but she loves rough, hard sex. So when she says hurt her, she means grab her hair, use it as a fuck handle and break her pussy." The blonde explained to me with a grin.
"S-something like that." Sasha admitted, shaking her pert, sexy ass at me. I shrugged; it was not my place to judge her. I pushed the cocktip into her sex and grabbed her by her braid, pulling back slowly and firmly. Once I was sure she was wet enough I pushed my cock with a steady pressure and, hearing her pleasured moans, slammed the rest in once it was half way in. She squealed in delight, hands braced to the wall as I started to pump my hips wildly into her.
"Look at him go!" Kiri let off as she and Hanna watched on. Becca was biting her lips as she pressed her breasts to my side as I focused on giving Sasha the ramming she wanted. I moved my free hand to cup her small breast, pinching the nipple and tugging hard on it making her moan out louder. Becca's hand found it's way to my ass, squeezing hard as I worked Sasha's pussy roughly.
I groaned out; it was a bit difficult to keep such a pace without cumming quickly but by the cries Sasha was making she was getting closer to her peak already. And then Becca smacked me on the ass making me yelp softly and slam into Sasha rougher then before. Sasha clamped down suddenly on my dick as my balls squeezed down hard. I think we came at the same time with my balls pumping a load up into Sasha as I groaned out deeply, her squealing like a pleasured pig. Not the best way to compare the sound she was making to something, but the one I had.
I was panting when I slipped out of her, Sasha falling to her knees as Becca clapped. "My, my stud, you gave her all she wanted and more! Well, what are you-whoa!"
I pushed Becca's back to the wall and lifted her legs up by the thighs, pinning her to the wall. Fun fact, I cast Minor Heal on myself. Turns out it helps with sexual recovery.
I'd need it.
"How rough do you like it?" I asked Becca as she gave me a nervous look.
"Now, now, it was only a little spank." She said, clasping her hands before her chest as if to pray.
"Now, now..." I teased back setting my cock to her pussy and pushed it in, slamming hard once it was half in. "It's only a little fucking." I leaned in and bit her neck softly as I started to ram up into her pussy, and not gently. She squealed out, panting as her hands moved around my neck, hugging me tightly. I slammed my hips into her as hard and fast as I did with Sasha, groaning into her neck.
Her breasts pushed into my chest as I rammed up into her harder and deeper as I got a glance over my shoulder to Kiri and Hanna as I rammed their coworker. Hanna looked like she was fingering herself off as she watched me at work, kneeling inside the bath with her hand between her legs, clearly at work on her own sex. Kiri bit her finger softly, kneeling outside of the tub, teasing her breast with her other hand, plucking at the nipple with her thumb and fingers. Both were clearly eager for their turn.
I picked up my pace making Becca squeal out harder as she shivered on my cock. I bit her neck softly once more and she squealed out, cumming on my cock as her pussy squeezed down. I nearly came but held out and lifted her off, letting her slide down the wall to her ass on the floor, making sure she didn't drop before stroking my cock at her face. It only needed a few strokes before my cock spurted a second time in a short time, painting her cheeks, nose and forehead whiter then it had been with cum. Panting deeply I stood over her, needing a moment to recover. Finally I turned and stepped towards the other two.
Their eyes were on my groin, the cock twitching and leaking a drop. I needed a moment to control my voice before I finally spoke up. "Next?" Kiri and Hanna shared a look with each other.
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"Can I ask you something, Carmen?" Prim asked as her bodyguard stood behind her. The two women were in Prim's quarters, open pink curtains hanging over the window, pink covers over her bed, pink accents on dresser and other furniture. It would be no surprise to anyone looking in the room that a girl lived there. Carmen had a brush in her hands (Also pink), working on the pink hair before her as Prim sat on a stool.
"Yes, Prim?" Prim had told Carmen to ignore titles in private with her, something Carmen was grateful for. Prim had been the one to take the orphaned girl in, after all, and polished her into something respectable.
"What prospects have you for marriage?' Carmen blinked in surprise but kept working.
"Hmm. I have had a few of the servants proposition me. And a couple of the guards. Fine men."
"Have you much interest in them?"
"No. I would not wish to marry a man that would pull me away from you for too long." Prim giggled in response.
"You are too loyal a servant. I am not unaware of how much of a chance I gave you, but you do not owe me all of your life." Prim told her as Carmen stopped her brushing to lean over the shorter girl, hugging her around her shoulders.
"No, but it is my life to devote to whom I please." Carmen said, kissing Prim's cheek making her giggle softly. "If your future husband was willing to accept a concubine such a position would be fine by me; so long as I am with you."
"You are a greater friend and servant then anyone could ask for." Prim said, giggling. She of course had plans for a man to marry and blushed at the thought.
'James has less worries about being pure like myself. I wonder how practiced he is in the arts of sex? Maybe only one or two of his maids?' She thought to herself.
[-]
"Yeah, yeah, yeah..." Kiri let off, moaning out deeper and deeper. She was laid down on the ground on a towel moaning out as I pressed down into her. Her knees was pressed to her shoulders as I slammed into her, my legs to her sides in a mating press. I wasn't being as rough as I was with Becca or Sasha, but I wasn't being too gentle either. Her arms were wrapped about me as I pressed down into her over and over with each thrust, slapping her ass with my balls as I groaned over her. Hanna, during all of this was in front of me on her hands and knees showering my face with kisses, mainly my lips.
Finally I slammed home into Kiri and came as she squeezed down on me right after, moaning in sexual bliss. Hanna pushed forwards, crawling over her friend as she pushed me backwards to the floor and pushing my cock from her friend, softly guiding me down and straddled my hips. I barley had a moment to recover, cast Minor Heal and brace before she impaled her pussy on my dick, rocking herself quickly as she moved to a squatting position. She bounced on my dick, breasts rocking over my head as I grabbed them pulling them down to my face to suckle on a nipple.
Becca and Sasha were leaning into the wall, sitting up slightly and toying with their clits. They seemed satisfied but were still watching and enjoying themselves. Kiri, of course, was panting on the floor by my feet as she recovered. I rocked my hips up into Hanna as she moaned over me. I groaned harder as I bit her nipple softly, her hips slamming down harder and harder. "Fuuuuck, best cock that's come in yet!" She declared.
Truth or ego stroking? Someone else could decide.
Finally she came on my cock squeezing down as I shot one more load up into her. Hanna fell onto me as we quivered together, moaning into room as she rested over me for a moment. The sex was finally over and I was spent.
And I needed another bath.
[Fucked List]
Banged Becca Sands=50xp x 5 First Time Bonus=250xp
Banged Sasha Waters=50xp x 5 First Time Bonus=250xp
Banged Kiri Skyla=50xp x 5 First Time Bonus=250xp
Banged Hanna Pyre=50xp x 5 First Time Bonus=250xp
Multi Girl Bonus=10 x 4 Girls=40xp
Gain 1040xp Total
Achievement Unlocked: Bang That Gang!
Had sex with three or more women at once
Achievement Unlocked: Squeaky Clean Sex
Have sex at least five times in or near a bath
"S-so..." Hanna let off before kissing my cheek. "We can expect you to come back for our... service?"
"Yeah..." I replied panting as well. "Although maybe not the full course next time. Just a half course." The girls all giggled as I panted.
I was spent.
[ - Author's Note - ]
Well, based on the word count this is the third longest chapter thus far. In case your wondering, the fourth Prologue chapter is the longest and the second Prologue chapter is the second longest one.
I don't know why I added the elemental theme to the bathhouse girl's last names. Just something that came along, I guess. Oh well. I think that was the most intense and complex sex scene I've written thus far.
Again, leave a review on how the fight and love scenes are doing; I can always use tips on how I can improve them. Until next chapter!
~~Eostian Scribe