Author´s Note: This chapter is shorter than the other ones, only about 5800 words. But I didn´t want to end the chapter on a cliffhanger, because what happens in the next should be in one block. The next update will come faster than this one.
Kitsune Raijin. Yeah, I made a few mistakes with Bell´s level going back and forth, I will soon look over the chapters and put it in order. Currently, he is a fresh level five. It's hard with multiple stories to keep in mind how strong he is in which one.
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"You two want to join the familia?"
Bell blinked perplexed, he did not expect them to show up here, and with such a request on top of that!
Tiona, if he remembered her name right, grinned. "Jup! Everyone we faced since we came to Orario was pretty lame, weak, or perverted. We thought there would be no fine people here, but you are strong! Very strong! And handsome!"
"Handsome? Me?"
Ardee nodded to agree with Tiona.
Tiona grinned at her sister. "Right, Tione?"
"Mh..."
For some reason, the long-haired amazon looked to the side, she acted much different from before. Maybe due to Bell´s merciless spanking? For a second, she looked at Bell, then to the side again.
"Oy, Tioneeee. What´s wrong?"
"Nothing. Leave me alone."
"Hm, ´kaaay. So what do you say, can we join the familia?!"
"We would have to ask our goddess first."
"Makes sense!"
Tiona looked at him as if she expected for that to happen right now.
As carefree as she was, Tiona smiled at Ardee.
"By the way, I think your scars look very impressive, nothing to be ashamed of."
"Mh...if you say so..."
"By the waaaay! What was that book in your bag?! I´ve never seen this one before!"
"Huh?"
Ardee and Bell were a bit taken aback by the energetic Amazon.
"Tiona, calm down..." Tione still refused to look in Bell´s direction.
He wasn´t sure, but it looked almost like her cheeks had darkened a bit, just like it happened with Iska when she got red. He guessed she really was embarrassed that he spanked her like that...in front of mortals and gods.
"I ahm...we will go and ask our goddess."
"Please do!~~" Tiona´s eyes sparkled.
"But you have to wait outside, we can´t allow you to enter our home simply, understood?"
"Yeees!~~"
"Yes..."
"Tione, what´s wrong with you?"
"Nothing..."
"Ardee, can you go and inform Lady Astrea?"
"Sure."
He waited outside with the twin amazons.
"Hey, hey!"
"Yes?"
"How did you become so strong?! I mean you defeated me and Tione like it was nothing!"
"I trained a lot in the past, with a powerful trainer. Probably the strongest to ever exist."
"Oh?! Then that had to be a really strong teacher! I mean you handled Tione like a beast!"
Tione still looked away, not saying anything to her sister´s claim.
"You arrived in Orario today?"
"Yeah, but the gods kept pestering us. Really annoying, so many of them came and asked us to join their familias. All of them were weak."
Tiona started to grin. "Until you came, very impressive."
"You could´ve just asked at the guild about the stronger familias."
"And how were we supposed to know that when we just arrived today?"
"True."
"Also, someone saying he is strong, and seeing if someone is strong in a fight are different things! But that aside, I have a question."
"Go on."
"What was that book that she had in her bag?!"
"Huh?"
Before Tiona could repeat her question, the door opened. "Bell, they shall come inside."
For a reason that Bell didn´t get, Ardee´s cheeks were red, and she looked quite flustered. The question was, why?
"Alright. You two can come in but don´t cause any ruckus, this is our home."
He tried to give them his most intimidating look since he couldn´t know for sure if both would behave. Tiona grinned, nodded, and followed Ardee. When Tione saw how he looked at her, her cheeks got red again and she looked to the side. Maybe he really managed to intimidate her?
Bell didn´t believe that they would cause trouble or attack anyone, and in case they did, he was more than strong enough to overpower them.
Further thoughts about this topic vanished from his mind, as well as most other thoughts when he went inside the living room. Not everyone was here, some were in the garden. But when Bell saw Ryu, his jaw dropped and his eyes nearly popped out.
Ryu sat at the big table, together with Haruhime, a few sheets of paper in front of them, pencils in their hands. She looked at the door when he came in.
Ryu was wearing glasses, reading glasses.
The whole world stopped for him as if Ryu was actually a blond vampire and had just stopped time. To see her like this, her hair open, a few strings fell down on the right side of her face, with these glasses, while wearing her usual outfit. He was at a loss for words.
Celty, who sat on the couch, pouted slightly. "Hey, you never react to me wearing glasses like that."
Lyra grinned. "Celty, you always wear glasses, you should try to show yourself to him without them."
"Hm...good idea..."
To his great shame, Bell didn´t hear these two at the moment.
Not even Alise´s, Kaguya´s, and Lyra´s laughter.
"Hah! The exact same reaction that Ardee had!"
"So much for Ardee just seeing Leon as a friend!"
"Totally head over heels!"
Ardee´s face took a deeper shade of red. "B-Be q-quiet!"
When Ryu´s and Ardee´s eyes met, Ryu with a questioning expression on her face, Ardee looked at first down to her feet, then to the side.
Bell blinked one time. "Ryu...you´re...gorgeous. So...beautiful!"
Ryu was the weakest in the whole familia when it came to compliments and flirting, she blushed even heavier than Ardee did. "Nah!"
Haruhime who sat next to Ryu, looked at her with a confused expression, she was too young to understand the grown-ups.
A second later, Bell registered the person sitting on the other side of the table, opposite Haruhime and Ryu.
His reaction this time was MUCH different.
Rose.
He had forgotten about it, today was the first day where Haruhime got a lesson in Koine, and Ryu helped a bit with her handwriting. And when Haruhime made good progress, Ryu would teach her a few words in elvish, since Haruhime liked elves and the stories about them. According to Astrea, it was easier for children to learn two languages at once, compared to an adult.
It was a great fun for Haruhime.
Not only had Bell forgotten about the lesson, but he didn´t think that Rose would appear like this.
She wore her usual guild-employee outfit. But since she would teach Haruhime, she bound her wonderful, red mane up to a professional ponytail...and also wore glasses.
Rose was a beauty, no question, Bell had always admired her ever since he saw her for the first time. But this look now...this look! It stirred something deep inside his heart!
Rose looked so...so...sexy! If he had to give it a name, he would call it teacher-vibe!
Of course, she noticed his stares and her expression changed a bit, at first surprised about how handsome he looked in his outfit, then her tail and hands moved to certain places, while her ears twitched "annoyed".
"Don´t stare like that..."
It took Bell another moment to snap out of it.
"I´m sorry, Ro-..Ms. Rose. You were just too b-"
"No flirting with guild staff!"
"I´m sorry...but I really think you looked insanely beautiful. And I don´t see anything wrong in telling you that, this is just how I feel. While Neze´s tail is prettier, your mane is second to none, and the color easily rivals Alise´s beautiful color."
Bell looked as if he found enlightenment. If they knew his grandfather better, they would all see where this behavior came from. Zeus looked exactly the same when he complimented women, for someone as handsome, chivalrous, and friendly as Bell, it wasn´t hard to hit women with his charm.
Rose´s cheeks got red, but she looked more annoyed than flustered.
"I said no flirting with guild staff! Also, I´m here to teach Haruhime, not to do these things. Also, I was promised my payment in the form of a good dinner. S-So get in the kitchen!"
For more than one adult present it was obvious that Rose was more than just flustered. Much more.
Bell couldn´t pull him out of staring at her for the next second, so Rose decided to do something.
"Fine, if you won´t stop staring because of this hairstyle..."
She took off the glasses, then unbound her hair at let her marvelous mane fall down while shaking her head slightly. This triggered an even stronger reaction from Bell, the sexy teacher-style, now going casual. His grandpa told him about that! But up until now, he didn´t realize the magic of this!
Rose put on the glasses again and looked at him, her cheeks were aflamed when she noticed how he looked at her. So to block his view, she picked up a sheet of paper and blocked her face with it. Finally, Bell snapped out of it.
From all of the others, only Neze and Chloe fully realized what Rose did there. Subconsciously she did all that on purpose, the movement of her tail betrayed her. She loved it that Bell looked at her like that, and she wanted to look good in front of her potential mate.
Astrea cleared her throat a bit louder than necessary.
"So, Ardee, Bell, you´ve brought someone here?"
Bell didn´t even look flustered, he was just enchanted by Rose and Ryu with glasses. Astrea feared that Zeus had a way bigger influence on Bell than she thought. But well, she loved him too, loved him for giving all her followers the love they needed and deserved, so she wasn´t in a position to complain.
Ardee grinned because of the moment, then she got serious again and looked at the goddess.
"Yes, these two here asked to join the familia."
Astrea looked at the twin amazons.
The first raised her hand. "Name´s Tiona, this is Tione. We came to Orario recently."
The goddess nodded and showed them a free couch with her hand, sitting down in her armchair herself. Now was not the time to be amused or flustered, now was the time to be the familia´s leader.
"And what brought you to my familia?"
"You´re strong!"
"Is that all?"
"Nope! This guy there thoroughly beat our asses!"
Neze was about to jump and cover Haruhime´s ears, but Ryu who was next to her was faster. Haruhime was one of the few people she didn´t have a problem to touch.
"Huh?" Haruhime looked confused up, not hearing anything.
Astrea frowned. "There is a child in this house, do not speak with foul language here."
"Oh? Hm, sorry I guess?" Tiona blinked genuinely confused.
"Now explain to me, in normal language, what exactly do you mean?"
While Tiona started to explain how they came to Orario, Bell moved into the kitchen to start preparing dinner, all of the women in the familia, including Haruhime, loved his cooking.
Kaguya got up from her place. "I´m going to help him."
The expression on Kaguya´s face was a bit weird...at least for her. She looked so...soft, and loving. Normally she would never show this face or behavior in front of the others, and even got sometimes embarrassed when Bell saw her like this. But lately, due to the hormone and medicine therapy, she felt much more cuddly.
And a desire in her had appeared or rather changed. Instead of wanting to just have sex with Bell, sometimes rough, sometimes dominant, wild, passionate, she now...wanted to make love in a careful, loving, cuddly, gentle, and soft baby-making way.
By herself she wondered if that was how Ryu felt, maybe not about becoming pregnant right away, but all this lovey-dovey stuff.
Shall I curse or thank you for changing me like that, Honey?
Kaguya really, really wanted to become pregnant by Bell. Her heart told her it would give her a joy she never thought would be possible.
When she arrived next to him in the kitchen, Kaguya called out to Bell.
"Yes, my love?"
She looked at him, her head slightly tilted down, it was an adorable sight.
"I love you, Honey."
"And I love you, Kaguya."
She made sure that the others didn´t see or hear her, especially when she sighed happily while Bell kissed her. When the kiss ended, she leaned her forehead against his.
"Take responsibility for all these foolish thoughts you put in my head."
"I will gladly do so when the day is there."
Her eyes widened slightly when his hand came to rest on her stomach.
"And I promise you, as soon as you are healed, I will do my best to fulfill this promise."
"I will pin you down on that, by having you pin me down."
"I promise, my love."
They kissed again, and Kaguya felt her heart beating fast. Helping him in the kitchen felt nice. For a moment she glanced at the kitchen table, imagining one or two black or white-haired children sitting there, watching their parents make dinner.
That...would be wonderful.
"You conquered my heart completely, feel proud because of that."
He smiled. "I would rather see it like you gave me such a wonderful gift."
"Say it..."
Kaguya wanted to hear six magic words from Bell, words she wanted to hear in bed again.
He leaned closer and whispered into her ear, not soft, but in a demanding, strong way.
"Kaguya, become pregnant, bear my children!"
Her whole body shivered as he stole her lips, kissing her softly instead of passionately. Then they were able to focus on making dinner.
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In the living room, it seemed like the temperature suddenly dropped. Tiona had explained how it came to be that they fought Bell. Ryu got up from the table, Neze taking her place there. With a sinister expression, she walked towards the amazons and stopped next to Ardee.
"You said what to Ardee?"
Tione didn´t look like she would back down, but Tiona slightly hit her side. The short-haired Amazon understood much more easily that these people here weren´t amazons like they were. Even Iska was different from them.
First with a displeased face, then when she remembered something with a slightly flustered one, Tione mumbled. "I did apologize..."
Ardee touched Ryu´s hand with her own. "It is alright, Leon. I know how amazons can be, and Bell made them apologize, there is no need for more fighting."
"Hm...if you say so."
Alise would maybe normally tease Ryu for being cute to get angry for Ardee´s sake, but right now she made a serious face.
She lowered her voice so that Haruhime couldn´t hear them.
"Just to give you a warning, while the matter might be settled for us, due to Bell´s actions, you might be in danger if Shakti ever finds out you made fun of her little sister."
Ardee groaned. "Alise, I said it´s alright. They apologized, and I believe they were honest. You can´t change an amazon."
Astrea folded her hands in her lap.
"Do you know what I am?"
Tione nodded. "A goddess."
"But what kind of goddess?"
"Something about Justice."
Astrea raised an eyebrow. "Something? Oh, thank you, Chloe."
At first, Chloe wanted to join Bell in the kitchen, but when she heard how lovey-dovey he got with Kaguya, it might´ve been a bad idea to go in there. So she just served tea for now. Lunor wasn´t at their home today, she accompanied a part of Demeter's familia to get firewood from a nearby forest. It was her job to protect them from any monster that might live there and also to carry as much as she could.
Chloe slowly got that she was now more or less the head maid of the familia since Lunor was most of the time busy with other work. Which wasn´t a bad thing at all! While Chloe got along on a neutral base with Lunor, she used this chance to shine as the maid. And she enjoyed it when Bell looked at her, he seemed to like her outfit...
Kaguya told her that tomorrow she would get taught new duties regarding Bell. After all, Chloe was his maid, not the familia´s.
Astrea continued. "I am the Goddess of Justice, and my familia follows the way of Justice. It is more than just punishing criminals. Each of my followers needs a sense of justice, do you have this?"
Tiona and Tione looked at each other.
"Ahm...what does "Justice" actually mean?"
"Are you making fun of me?"
"No, I only learned this word from a storybook, but I never got what it really means."
Astrea frowned.
Iska raised her hand. "Lady Astrea, there isn´t a word for Justice in the Amazonian tongue."
"Oh, so you really don´t know what the word means?"
Both amazons shook their heads.
"Well then, Alise?"
"Ready to serve, Lady Astrea!"
Alise explained in a very enthusiastic manner what Justice was and meant for the familia and their members. Astrea listened to Alise´s explanation and nodded a few times.
Each of the members of the familia stated what justice meant for them after Alise said there were different kinds of justice.
"Now you two understand what Justice means for us. Tell me about yourself and how you came to Orario."
Tione raised her chin, maybe in a challenging way. While she felt weird towards Bell, she wouldn´t back down again and beg. So they started to tell them about Telskyura, that they left it one day and came to Orario.
Tione looked at the goddess with a challenging gaze.
"We killed our brethren, more than one."
Tiona nodded, for some reason she didn´t look as stressed as Tione did, but the goddess could see past her expression, and while it bothered Tiona what she had to do, she seemed somehow...free.
The goddess nodded in understanding. "I will not judge you two for killing your brethren. It wasn´t like you had a choice. Also, almost every single member of this familia has killed someone during the dark times. Sadly it is part of life, but that doesn´t make you two bad people. Tiona, from what I understand, you fought more duels to the death than Tione, right?"
Tiona nodded shortly. "Did so."
"Tione, would you fight to protect your sister?"
"I would give my life for her, she is family."
Astrea nodded again. "I know that you two had Kali´s blessing before, but Telskyura is much different from a familia. And so was the room you lived with the others. Here, we don´t fight each other, except in training. You might disagree, even quarrel, but we never fight each other to settle an argument. In a familia, we share the work and live together like a family. Everyone here is like my child, everyone here fights together, for each other, protect each other."
She looked at both amazons. "Can you do something like that? Not only protect each other but fight with the others as well."
Tiona and Tione exchanged a look.
The short-haired Amazon rubbed her head, it looked like she was better at talking with people than her sister.
"We will be honest with you, Lady Astrea. We don´t know and are not good with these things, we protected each other so far. We´re not used to it all."
"But you´re willing to give it a try? Every familia in Orario is like that. Most familia´s only care about themself and are wary of other familias. Our familia is different, we are how the people call us, the police force. If something evil happens, we will intervene. We will arrest criminals and fight ev-"
"Like in the heroic stories! Right? Right?!"
The goddess was a bit taken aback by Tiona´s sparkling eyes.
"Ahm, yes?"
"Awesome! And you go into the dungeon too, right?!"
"We do."
"Then it's even better! I really want to be here!"
"You´re honest, Tiona. And what about you, Tione? Do you agree with your sister?"
"I w-"
Tione stopped when Bell came into the living room.
"Ms. Rose, the dinner will be ready soon."
"Thank you."
He went into the kitchen again, everyone noticed how Tione´s eyes followed Bell, and the strange expression she had.
A few of them mumbled with each other.
"Well that was fast..."
"He surely doesn´t wait long."
"Typical Bell..."
"Another one?"
"Our family is getting bigger and bigger."
"She is a bit too young, isn´t she?"
"Well, she lost in a fight and is an amazon..."
"Heh, if this continues, Lady Astrea can threaten Loki and Freya familia to send Bell and charm all their women."
"Wouldn´t that include the goddesses?"
"Do you think one of them could resist Bell´s charm?"
Astrea noticed that Tione´s cheeks had darkened a bit when she looked at Bell, the way an Amazon got red.
"I also want to be in this familia."
For a while, Astrea just looked at them, all of the others knew what she did, what she looked for.
"You two have your own sense of justice inside you. Now answer me, Alise here is the captain, Kaguya in the kitchen the vice-captain. Can you listen and follow orders that come from them? I´m not talking about house duties, this you will learn and how we share it. I mean in the dungeon and the city. We fight as a unit, so following orders when they come is important. It´s not only about where to fight but also when to stop certain things. We follow justice in what is just, we don´t force justice because we´re strong. And be aware, if you do something bad, I will punish you. Not in the way they did in Telskyura, I have my own ways."
Tiona grinned. "Jup, can do all that!"
Tione wasn´t so eager. "I.."
"You need time to get used to these things, Tione?"
"Yes, but I...I want to be here."
Astrea nodded. "This is enough for me. Now everyone, by a show of hands, who is willing to take them in? If you have complaints I will hear them like we always do."
Alise was the first to raise her hand, one by one the others followed. Ryu was the last one, she looked a bit troubled, because of what Tione did to Ardee. She slowly raised her hand, but only halfway. Astrea understood that Ryu was made, but also that she was willing to give these two a chance.
"Alright, then I will welcome you and give you my blessing."
Tiona beamed. "Thank you!"
Tione reacted a bit calmer but looked briefly towards the kitchen. "Thank you."
"Now, for giving you the b-!"
Astrea stopped when suddenly Tiona and Tione started to take their tops off.
"Stop! Why are you two stripping?!"
"Eh? For the blessing?"
"What´s wrong?"
"We don´t do that here, leave your clothes on!"
"Oh, alright."
"Hm, weird."
Both heard a low growl from the table, where Neze had changed with Ryu to help Haruhime.
Neze almost barked, while baring her teeth. "Don´t you dare teach Haruhime weird stuff! Behave yourself you amazons!"
Tiona and Tione looked honestly confused, apparently something like that wasn´t common in this place. Both of them and the familia would soon learn that it could be a challenge for some people to join a familia, especially in a place that was different from their home.
While Tiona and Tione had followed Astrea and Alise, Bell brought Rose´s dinner.
"Haaah~~ That was wonderful...you didn't exaggerate with your cooking skills."
"I´m glad it is to your liking, Ms. Rose."
She leaned back with a groan, slightly rolling her shoulders.
"Do they get stiff from work?"
"Oh, you have no idea..."
"Would you like a shoulder rub?"
"Yes please..."
Rose felt so comfortable at the moment, because of the food, that she just followed the desire of her body. Bell was her favorite male adventurer, no doubt, what she felt towards him wasn´t allowed by guild rules, but what could she do?
"I will move your hair to the side, alright?"
"Yes..."
She had closed her eyes and just waited, not only didn´t she mind when Bell touched her hair, a part of her wanted that to happen.
"Your mane is really beautiful, Rose."
Rose didn´t notice something, only Bell did. Except for them, the room was empty, Astrea secretly told them to leave Bell and Rose alone for a moment, otherwise Rose would probably snap out of her current state. And Astrea still hasn´t given up on Rose, she meant what she said that she would love to have her in her familia, even as a noncombatant.
When his hands touched her shoulders, Rose didn´t become stiff, and when his thumbs touched the sore spot on her back, gently starting to add pressure and move them, Rose even moaned in a low voice.
"Ungh...dear heavens...your hands are magical..."
"Uh, your back and shoulders are really stiff, this isn´t good."
"Ngh! Ahn...right there..."
Bell followed the noises that Rose made to her sore and sensitive spots all too willingly, he really...really ..liked Rose.
It wasn´t only the noises that Rose made, recently Bell got a minor skill, it was part of his "Blood of Zeus" skill.
"Ladykiller"
It allowed him to see problematic zones in a woman´s body. The name probably came due to him being raised by Zeus... He used it so far to give his familia members truly heavenly massages. The areas were red in his eyes, but when he massaged them for a while, they turned yellow, then green, and then they vanished.
Just like Rose now, Astrea tended to get a sore back from time to time.
"Haaaahn~~~~"
She couldn´t stop herself from making noises, squirming a bit under Bell´s skilled hands.
"Ngh~~~ Ahn~~~ Yes~~~"
Bell neither could nor wanted to stop himself, he kept massaging Rose, who fell halfway forward, leaning on her forearms, her tail wiped around, hitting against Bell many times, using it to caress him.
Eventually, Rose leaned her head back, looking up at Bell with a special expression, an expression that Bell knew from Neze very well, especially when she was about to go into heat.
"Hah~~Hah~~Hah~~Haaahn~~~"
Rose´s expression was known to Bell as "Take-me-eyes".
Bell was enchanted by her expression, he slowly leaned closer. Rose´s eyes widened just a tiny bit, her eyes flew to his lips, and she turned her head further.
It was forbidden.
Strictly forbidden.
Adventurers and Guild staff weren´t allowed to get into relationships. But did this taboo deter both of them? Or even just one of them? Not at all...it was somehow all the more appealing. The allure of the forbidden, the mutual attraction...
Rose´s lips were slightly parted, this way she inhaled his scent even more.
Her eyes made it clear, she had chosen her partner, even when it was forbidden...
"Rose..."
"Bell..."
Mere centimeters separated their lips.
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A soft voice from the door interrupted everything that might´ve happened.
"Bell...do you have now time to read the book?"
Haruhime´s head was poking out from the doorframe, she held a book in her hand, Bell had promised to read it with her.
For an unblessed person, Rose reacted very fast, sliding away from Bell, jumping to her feet, and coughing with a red face, her heart tried to burst out of her chest.
"Ahem! It´s time for me now to go home."
A grinning Neze looked from the doorframe, her head above Haruhime´s. "I will walk you home, you shouldn´t walk alone such a distance in the evening."
"Th-Thank you, Neze."
While Rose looked abashed as she walked to the door, her tail betrayed her, it was wagging heavily.
"Bell?" Haruhime looked like innocence incarnate up at him.
"Hehe, I´m sorry, I got a bit distracted, of course, I have time to read with you."
"Waah!~~" Haruhime smiled like the sun.
Neze walked Rose home, and had an interesting talk with her, encouraging her to think about what she wanted to have in her life. That for her as a fellow werewolf, it was more than obvious that Rose had her eyes on Bell, and had chosen him as her partner.
"But I am part of the guild..."
"Lady Astrea already said she would love to have you in our familia. So would Bell, and everyone else too."
"Neze, it is forbidden to recruit in the guild."
"It´s different if you choose yourself to leave the guild. Don´t you complain almost every day about your work there?"
"Still...I invested so much to get there."
"And the path you´ve taken led you to meet Bell as his adviser. Did Lady Astrea ever tell you what kind of position you would take in our familia?"
"No."
"A non-combatant member, except you want to go into the dungeon now and then. Your work in the familia would basically be...our intermediary with the guild."
Rose became quiet.
Neze winked. "Just give it a thought."
"Mh..."
"You could be together with Bell every day, enjoy his cooking, our luxury bath...more massages."
"Ungh...I...I´ll go in now! Good night!"
Rose entered the house in which she had rented a room, Neze smiled slightly and turned to go home.
What would await Neze when she got home, surprised her. Her talk with Rose, while they walked, had taken a while. She had forgotten a bit about the time.
Bell was sitting on the couch, and Haruhime lay on the side, her head resting on Bell´s thighs, while he gently stroked her head.
And she purred.
Haruhime´s tail was moving only very slowly, Neze knew that this was how Haruhime looked like when she fell asleep. But it was the fact that she purred!
So far Haruhime only did that when she or Astrea patted her head. It was a sign that she trusted Bell completely.
She smiled. "Looks like Haruhime found her father figure."
Bell smiled wryly. "I would rather say...a big brother?"
"I think that works for her too."
Haruhime´s purring got lower and lower, until she breathed calmly, asleep.
More than one of the others passed the living room and saw this scene, it was very cute. And for more than one of them, it showed what Bell could look like with a child. It let him look a bit more mature, and somehow manlier.
When a certain blond elf saw this, Neze saw for a second, how Ryu bit her lower lip, her eyes fixed on Bell.
Ohyaya? Is our little one awakening?
Most of the familia members stayed out of the living room so that Haruhime wouldn´t wake up, there were other rooms where they chatted, and some even went to bed. When Astrea saw this scene, it looked like the goddess was about to melt.
She sat down for a while and chatted softly with Bell, telling him he especially had to look out the next days, since now that two young amazons were in the house, and didn´t know the rules or were used to living next to a man, it could come to situations. That was why one of the first things Astrea told the twins, was what the rabbit sign on the door of the bathroom meant.
This had confused Tiona, she didn´t see much of a problem in seeing Bell naked or getting seen. Tione surprisingly reacted very differently from her sister, Astrea noticed the signs of embarrassment but was surprised to see it from an Amazon.
Oh, Bell. Did you already engrave yourself into her heart? You´re quite greedy.
When it was time for her to go to bed, Astrea went to the couch and gently touched Haruhime´s shoulder.
"Mo...ther?..."
"Haruhime, it's time to go to bed."
"Mkay..."
Haruhime weakly raised her arms, Astrea gently picked her up, and her head came to rest on the goddess´ shoulder.
"Good night, Bell."
"Good night, Astrea."
Haruhime would sleep at Astrea´s side that night, she loved to do that.
Bell got up from the couch and went in the direction of his room. He had the feeling as if he had forgotten something...
If it was important, he would surely remember it in the morning.
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It was late a night, one of these rare nights when Bell slept alone in his bed. His door opened very slowly, without making a noise. Someone snuck inside, closed the door, and locked it.
There was a rustling sound, of clothes falling to the ground, then Bell´s blanket got slightly lifted, and that someone snuck into his bed, slowly straddling his waist.
"Ngh..."
"Bell..."
He opened his eyes, it was dark so he couldn´t see too much. But the hair of that person moved slightly into the moonlight. With his enhanced vision, Bell noticed red hair color.
"A...lise?..."
"Bell..."
She leaned down and kissed him, feeling how his body soon reacted to her.
It became a very pleasant night, redheads really were something else.
In the morning, Bell woke up in his bed, Alise had already left the room, and he knew that she had something to do very early.
He got up from his bed, went to the desk, and opened a drawer. Inside was a package with pills, he got the pills from the Dian Cech pharmacy. It was a contraceptive, this way he wouldn´t be able to make one of his lovers pregnant for a week. He took one every Sunday.
But...today was Monday...
Since it became normal for Bell to take these, he didn´t notice that this time, he was one day away from the usual time.
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The following days would become quite troublesome, it would take some time for Tiona and Tione to get used to living in such an environment.