Rupegia 9 The Good Days - Part 1

"Then it is done. I am certainly glad Nour sent you my way. I am honored to do business with you," Ghulam bows.

"Thank you for choosing me, I'll be forever grateful to Nour for sending me here. Just one last thing, that silk one-piece, does it come in black?" I grin, he grins. I knew it, he's the devil.

"Sebastian, please."

The old man goes outside and in a few seconds he's back with a beautiful black silk one-piece. He gives it to Alissa who folds it in her arm.

"That will be a gift. Then I will be off, until our next business, Mr. Ryder," and he leaves graciously.

"You can change into those clothes." I point to the bundle of clothes on the table, they are the same design that Alissa got when she left.

Hanafuria does not even hesitates, she strips her one piece and slowly puts her new clothes in front of me, this time I stare to my heart's content. She has no hair down there, her b.r.e.a.s.t.s bounce slightly but they seem very firm, her a.s.s is round and plenty.

"I am Wolf Ryder, this is Alissa, my first Blood Slave. I will call you Hana for short."

"Understood, master." Her voice is strong, it does not betray her face.

"I will walk with Hana home, Alissa, can you buy the basic necessities for her on your own?"

"As you wish master," Alissa bows lightly.

We leave the building and we split with Alissa.

"I'm very clingy and I love touching, if it's not inconvenient we should always walk holding hands or with an arm over the body."

I'll be strict and decisive with her, if not I feel I will be crushed by her aura.

"Understood. My scales may look hard but I can control the hardness, so please do not be afraid to touch them, master."

I grab her hand and feel her scales, they are soft and warm. I ask her to show how hard they can be, she flexes her arm and the scales raise a bit, they become tough and rough. If I pa.s.s my hand on the border it will cut as easily as a blade.

"Do you sharpen your scales?" I ask.

"Yes, though they stay sharp naturally they can become a secondary weapon during battle if sharpened enough."

"That's impressive."

"Hahah! Thank you, master," she laughs loudly.

Her arm is long enough we can hold hands easily. Her hand is big but soft, her fingers are very feminine and her nails are well done. I can smell the faint perfume the slaver uses on them.

"Why is your hand so soft? Wouldn't it go rough from training so much?" I ask.

"Dragonkin can harden skin at will, not just scales, our hands will never grow rough and our nails will never change unless we wish so."

"I feel envious."

She laughs again.

"You and every other woman on the world!"

"Your wings, they are summoned like those of the demon race?"

"Somewhat, ours grow, while the demon race's is entirely mana. Ours use physical power to move, theirs use magical power."

"I see. Can any dragonkin fly for a long time?"

"There are those who can, but they are extremely rare and are considered to be special. Real dragon wings control the air around it, dragonkin wings have only a faint control over the air. Our bodies just aren't made for flying like a true dragon is."

A dragon's body is not really made for flight but whatever.

We stop by a clothing shop and buy her some pretty casual clothing. She looks stunning in straight dresses, not so much on frilly dresses like Alissa does. I splurge a bit and buy her two dresses and a couple spare casual clothes. There's no s.e.xy underwear here, it seems it's not part of the culture yet.

"You enjoy what you see," she says with grin.

"Very. What do you think of me? I will dress you up and play with your body everyday from now on," I smirk.

"I'm eager," she responds immediately with narrowed eyes.

"W-what?" I nearly choke on my spit.

"Hahahah! Was that unexpected?" Her grin grows wider.

"Yes, don't you just barely know me?"

"Don't you also just barely know me and yet you tell me these things?"

"Touché."

I was getting a bit carried on.

"What?" She blinks blankly.

"Sorry, it's an expression of my homeland. It means 'you got me' or 'you scored a hit on me'."

She laughs again. She laughs a lot it seems.

"There's plenty of women, specially among the dragonkin, who enjoy small men like you," she says and licks her lips.

I feel a chill. I'm not even gonna comment on "small men".

"If so, why were you a virgin until now?"

"For the same reason n.o.body bought me until now. I didn't find anyone worthy of it. Haughty n.o.bles or crude and stupid mercenaries. Bah!" She scowls.

"And you seriously think I'm worthy?"

"I think you are worthy of testing."

"Oh? What if I fail the test?"

"I have enough willpower to break the slavery and run away," her tone is completely casual.

"Wow. That's impressive."

I don't really feel like I should fear that she will run away. Besides, breaking the contract is not instant, there's a lot of wiggle room between her deciding to run away and her actually managing to run away.

"Hah! I know! That's why I sold myself so easily."

Should I ask the actual reason she sold herself? I feel like it's too soon but her personality tells me she wouldn't mind. Screw it, I will be tactful about it at least.

"Would you tell me the reason you sold yourself? This is not an order, you don't have to tell me."

"Oh? Well, it's no matter. My family were merchants, they fell to a conspiracy and I was forced to either marry someone or be sold into slavery so I could abandon my family name," she says in a bored tone.

Were merchants.

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Don't be, my father was a fool," a hint of anger seeps on her voice. "He fell for the trap and turned to crime to pay off the debt he acc.u.mulated, because of that the entire family suffered. I suffered the least though, I sold myself cheaply and just had to stop adventuring until I found you," and she smiles.

Cheaply? If that's cheap I don't wanna know the actual price of Alissa. What kind of discount did Nour prepare for me, really?

"I will be taking a break for around a day-cycle and focus on studying magic. Is that alright with you?"

"I'm yours for life now, master." Oof, I feel giddy. "I will be fine with whatever you wish. Now that I'm here it might actually be best for you to focus on magic, I heard you made a small miracle when healing your companion."

"Did everybody hear in detail my fight?" I ask exasperated.

"Hahahah! This is an adventuring town, master. People here live for these kind of stories! The minstrels might garble the details to add some flavor but the real story should be out there."

The conversation dies down and we just enjoy our walk back home. My mind wanders into the image of her naked body and I get anxious. I'm actually glad I got her, she seems to be an amazing person.

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It's 9:30 and we reach home. We open the door and Roxanne comes from her room, Alissa is in the kitchen preparing something.

"Oooh. Told ya it was a woman," Roxanne says, examining Hana.

"Well, this is Hanafuria, Hana for short. Hanafuria, this is Miss Roxanne, a companion."

Hana looks at Roxanne, then at me, then at Roxanne again and smiles. What?

"Well met, Miss Roxanne. It seems from now on I will be your s.h.i.+eld," she grabs Roxanne's hand and kisses it.

"Hohoh, I already feel safer. I'm happy to meet you Miss Hana."

"There's no need for honorifics for me, I'm just a slave of Grand Ryder."

"Nonsense, Mr. Ryder barely treats Miss Alissa as a slave, there's no need to treat you worse."

"Then I gladly accept it," she bows.

Holy s.h.i.+t, this woman looks majestic.

"Excuse me, I gotta go back to work," and Roxanne walks back to her room.

Alissa comes to me.

"Master, I bought more of that cloth that might fit Hana," she whispers.

Now you've done it.

"Gimme to me. We will be staying upstairs until lunch."

"As you wish master," I could see a mischievous smile on Alissa's face.

"Hana, do you want to wait for tonight?" I smirk.

"There's no need, is there?" She says.

I grab her hand and lead her to our room.

I lock the door behind and she sits on the bed. I approach her, grab her chin and kiss her deeply. She receives and stays still for a few seconds, then she moves and her long tongue explores my mouth eagerly.

We hug each other while kissing. When I get closer to her I feel her b.r.e.a.s.t.s on my chest, it feels firmer and much more elastic than Alissa's. Is this due to dragonkin special skin?

As my hand explores her back I move it to the front and grab her breast. A small moan comes out.

I stop the kiss and lift her s.h.i.+rt, don't tell the US but I found two weapons of ma.s.s destruction.

The nipples are already erect, I pinch one and lick the other. She moans loudly. She grabs my hair and pulls me into her b.r.e.a.s.t.s, I give a small bite and she yells a bit in surprise.

"That's so good," she says with a heavy breath.

"Did you ever touch yourself like this?"

"Hahah, I'm completely inexperienced on that."

I bite her other nipple, she moans.

"Then I will teach you a lot of things today."

I push her down and pull down her pants. She's already wet, Jesus how eager are you? I spread her legs and put my mouth all over her mound. I use my tongue along with my finger.

She squirms and moans and grabs my hair and pushes my head in with a lot of strength. Her moans are lower pitched than Alissa's but no more or no less s.e.xier, every moan of a woman is perfect.

I take my time with increasing the speed, it's already quite the stimulus for her. Then after a few minutes doing it I put my finger up and find that sacred spot. She stops moaning and releases my hair, she trembles and grabs the sheets, then she starts moaning again but much louder.

I keep doing it with each finger that can reach until I tire of it, then I go back to using my tongue.

She's gasping for air, she has trouble breathing. As she slowly starts to fidget more I increase the roughness of my tongue, then she flinches and I feel her insides clench, she finally o.r.g.a.s.med. Then I stop and rest a little.

"What… was… that..." Two kicks, two goals.

"Well, the first was the G spot, it's a very sensitive spot, the second thing is an o.r.g.a.s.m."

"That's..." She's lost for words.

I crawl up to her face.

"Now then," I kiss her scaly cheek, "It's time for the main meal."

I pull a cloth from my "Items" and put it below her. I pull down my pants and she looks at it, she stares with antic.i.p.ation.

I rub it on the entrance, she twitches a little, then I tease some more. I push a little then pull out then rub it again and repeat. Little by little I enter her.

She makes an angry face, grabs my hips and pushes me in. I slip in easily.

"You tease too much!"

I laugh. I feel her warmth and she moans again. Some resistance but her strength clears it away. I cast [Regeneration] on her.

"What? You are healing me?"

"No need to feel pain, I can keep this on all the time."

"I like the pain," she says while staring into my eyes.

Oooooh? Then don't mind if I do!

I pull out and thrust with all my strength. Her hand on my hips tightens her grip, she closes her eyes and grits her teeth. I repeat, again and again the smacking noise is loud. She squirms at every thrust.

I move a little so I'm standing on the border of the bed and she looks at me confused. Now I have the proper support.

I resume my thrusting with even more strength and speed. Her mouth opens and she can't moan anymore. She drops her head and tries to regain her composure. The strong and proud unbreakable s.h.i.+eld is squirming and nearly crumbling by my hands. The man"eating gaze and her hunting aura are now nothing more than a joke. She knows who's the real man here, she knows who's the real master.

"Harder..." She says.

Are you serious?

"Harder!" She yells.

"You know what, once sec…"

"What?"

She looks at me confused. I open my stats and move my points around. 10 at [Enhanced Stamina], 10 at [Enhanced Strength], 10 at [Enhanced s.e.xual Stamina] and it only allows me to put 1 in [Enhanced Genital Control].

"You f.u.c.king asked for this," I say.

Then I thrust with all my might.

She screams. She grabs my back and her nails dig on my skin. I'm actually taking HP damage, she must be making me bleed.

I turn her sideways and thrust, I turn her around and thrust, I grab her legs and bend them and hold her in the air. I wish I had a mirror. Then I throw her back into bed and mount her again and choke her. I pull her hair, I press down her neck and spine. I do it with all my might the things I couldn't do with Alissa at full power. I slap her a.s.s until it's as red as her hair. I dig my nails on her skin and thrust with all my power.

Then my stamina decreases, I'm finally getting tired. I pull of [Enhanced s.e.xual Stamina] and feel it coming. With a few last thrusts I finish inside her. Then I push her back into the bed and she collapses. The dragon has been tamed.

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She's laying face down and sprawled like a used doll. I turn her around and her eyes lack focus, she's gasping for air. Then she slowly notices me and smiles. I conjure some water, put it on a cup and give it to her. She sits down and drink.

"I may… be inexperienced… but that… wasn't normal..." She says between gasps.

"Yeah, you could say I'm a bit special."

"If you do that… every day… I will die."

"Hahahah, no I can't do that everyday, it's just that you asked for it."

"I certainly did," and she laughs loudly again.

Our bodies are sweaty, the sheets need was.h.i.+ng, the cloth I put down has a rather considerable blood spot. Thankfully her insides are resistant and my d.i.c.k doesn't look like a murder weapon.

I lay down next to her and use her b.r.e.a.s.t.s as a pillow. She caresses my hair.

"Your b.r.e.a.s.t.s are quite firm and elastic, is this because of your dragonkin skin? Alissa's are much more soft and squishy."

"I don't know about that. I will need to feel her b.r.e.a.s.t.s to compare."

An idea appears.

"Would you like to fondle a woman?" I ask.

"Hm? I feel nothing in particular."

"But do you feel disgusted?"

"Hm... no."

"Would you kiss Alissa if I asked?"

"I could try."

Ho-ho-ho, Christmas came twice this year. This response almost makes me feel like doing it again, but my muscles are way too tired for that.

"Don't you feel shame?" I ask.

"Of course, but I don't allow shame to get in the way of what I want."

"Your straightforwardness is rather charming."

"Hah! Thank you, but I know I have two other things more charming than that," she grabs my head and rubs it into her b.r.e.a.s.t.s.

I play around with those two monsters for a while and when we are both properly rested I tell her we need to take a bath. We walk out and Alissa comes to us.

"The bath is ready, master," says Alissa.

"How thoughtful, thank you, Alissa," I say. She smiles and bows.

The bow wasn't necessary though.

"Oh, what a nice bath, we could all get in together," Hana says.

"I will definitely bathe with you and Alissa whenever I can."

"What a luxury."

"Thank Roxanne, her magic makes starting a bath something trivial."

"I certainly will."

We wash each other. She's very rough and I keep her away from my sensitive parts. I wash her scales delicately, they need to be hardened during was.h.i.+ng so I have to be careful not to cut myself. Hana seems amused at my care, she does not try to stop me from was.h.i.+ng her. It seems she behaves just barely like a slave should, I don't really mind.

Once the bath is done we help Alissa cook. She was testing a few recipes during the morning and now she's doing the real deal.

The half-cycle has changed today so the food should too. It's an orc meat pie with not-palm heart and not-corn. Plenty of salad and bean paste on toasted bread. Felt refres.h.i.+ng eating something so elaborate, now that we have a kitchen we can prepare meals like that often.

Hana sits on the chair and grunts.

"Oof."

"Are you hurting? You should tell me that, there's no need to keep in pain I can heal you immediately," I touch her arm and cast [Regeneration].

"It shouldn't be a bother, but I'm not used to pain in that place," she flashes a smile at me.

Roxanne smirks and Alissa looks at me worried. I sigh.

"Even if it's bearable you should tell me. Here let me tell you the same thing I told Alissa. Being in pain makes you tire more easily, which means you might die more easily in battle. If you die I will be wasting the money I used for you, my feelings will be hurt by losing you, and my time will be wasted since I will lose a strong companion.

"So this is why we need to keep you happy and well rested, you need to always be at your best performance so you don't die or disappoint me. I will give you two rules, the first one is 'don't die'; the second one is 'let's never get into a situation where someone needs to die'. Now, do you understand your value to me?

Roxanne and Hana are surprised. Alissa nods repeatedly in agreement.

"Hooh, now that's a good mentality," says Roxanne.

Hana's yellow lizard eyes stare at me wide-eyed.

"I-I understand, master," she bows to me, "I will always remain on my best performance for you!"

We start eating.

"Master, forgive my improper behavior but do you have alcohol?" Hana asks. Alissa seems irked.

"A slave shouldn't ask for such things!" Alissa scolds Hana.

"I don't mind, Alissa. I don't drink so I don't have any alcohol. But I can buy some for you if you want. Just don't drink too much, I don't like to deal with drunk people."

"Ah, there's some wine in the ice box. I was so busy working I didn't drink anything in a while," Roxanne runs and grabs the bottle.

"Ice box" is the name of the fridge on this world, creative.

"For me it's difficult to become drunk due to my 'Endurance' but I still enjoy the drink once in a while."

"Well I don't mind then," I say.

Roxanne pours for Hana and they share a smile. They clink their cups and drink.

"Seven months of boredom. Seven months waiting for someone worthy. I feel reborn!" Hana pushes her empty cup in the air and smiles.

"Considering Mr. Ryder's record, we won't be bored for long," says Roxanne.

"But what can we kill that topples the Symbol of Hate?" Her eyes glint dangerously.

"There's always the ancient or immortal dragons."

"Ohh, now that's every dragonkin dream," Hana nods and relaxes her posture.

"Ah, I heard the last expedition over the City of the d.a.m.ned failed again," Roxanne claps the tip of her fingers in misguided excitement.

"Hmm… the undead are an interesting foe. I never fought one, how do you kill something that will never die?"

"Don't know, you could use them for an endurance battle, though."

"Seems so, the perfect place to challenge myself."

"Ah, we could just gather them all in the same place and I blow them up! Hohohoh," her smile is pure evil, "There's no way they will revive if there's nothing to revive."

Hana chuckles loudly. Alissa is a bit impressed and amused at this exchange and I'm rather uncomfortable at these outrageous ideas and dangerous words.

Meals together are going to be very lively.

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"Hana come to the room. Now I gotta explain a few things about our teamwork."

"Understood, master."

Alissa is cleaning the table and Roxanne goes back to her room.

We sit at the bed. I open her stats window.

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Info

Name: Hanafuria Age: 23 Race: Fire-Type Dragonkin

HP: 150 MP: 28 Magic Power: 10

Level: 35 Experience: 1443/10900

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Stats

Strength: 19 Endurance: 24 Dexterity: 12

Speed: 13 Intelligence: 8 Wisdom: 9

Willpower: 19 Charisma: 16 Piety: 11

Perception: 9 Sanity: 17

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Other

Status Effects: NONE t.i.tles: NONE

Affiliations: Blood Slave (Owner: Wolf Ryder)

Companions: NONE

Crimes: NONE

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Hanafuria Skill Report

Physical

Skill Name: Level Skill Name: Level Skill Name: Level

Sword Use: 19 Spear Use: 14 Bow Use: 9

Two-Handed Sword Use: 9 Pole Arm Use: 6 Dagger Use: 4

s.h.i.+eld Bash: 6 Block: 7 Parry: 6

Dodge: 4 Tatesomu Style: 3 Intimidate: 2

Enhanced Reflexes: 2 Enhanced Stamina: 4 Enhanced Strength: 2

Enhanced Endurance: 4

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Magical

Skill Name: Level Skill Name: Level Skill Name: Level

Sense Mana: 1 Mana Control: 1 Fire Magic: 1

Light Magic: 1 s.p.a.ce Magic: 1 Conjuring Magic: 1

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Miscellaneous

Skill Name: Level Skill Name: Level Skill Name: Level

Housework: 3 Cooking: 1 Cleaning: 1

Was.h.i.+ng: 1 Riding: 3 Pain Conversion: 4

Dismantling: 4 Fire Breath (innate): 5 Summon Wings (innate): 2

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Spells:

Clean Spirit Light (Weak) Conjure Water Conjure Bland Meal (weak) Fireball

Telekinesis Item Box (weak) Fire Breath Summon Wings

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Now those are some stats. Could her "Charisma" be affecting me?

I tell her of my "Guider" lie.

She grins.

"Seems like there's no way I'm leaving you now. I will marry you and have your children, master, whatever you wish I will give it to you. That is too good of a gift to let it slip."

No need to be so eager.

"There's no way I'm letting you go, too. Now, what is [Pain Conversion]."

"Well..." She cringes, "[Pain Conversion] is something I acquired one day after a long… long day of fighting. I can convert pain into pleasure, I still feel the pain though."

"… What."

Hana shrugs.

"I guess… that explains some things..." I ma.s.sage my forehead.

"Hahah, I guess so," she says awkwardly.

An idea pops in my head.

"Wait, no actually this is good, I can abuse you in any way I want and you will enjoy it."

Hana licks her lips. Oh boy, my heart.

"Hold on, we have to stop here we are getting sidetracked, business first. Anyways, why do you have 150 HP and I have only 100?"

"Hm, from what I understand HP is only a representation of health. Dragonkin have much tougher organs and can still fight with wounds that would make any other race faint."

"Wow, seems like your race is really strong."

"f.u.c.k yeah! Dragonkin are the toughest race and the best warriors," she puffs her chest and hits it with her fist, "After us only the dwarves compete in toughness and the dog wereanimals compete as best soldiers."

I smile at her, her confidence is infectious.

"But we are kinda terrible at anything else," she scratches her head and laughs, I chuckle along.

"Well uhm. What's [Tatesomu Style]?"

"[Tatesomu Style] is my fighting style. It revolves around bas.h.i.+ng and countering."

"Hm. What is [Taunt]?"

"I can yell curses at the enemy and they will get angry and charge at me. If the enemy is attacking someone weak I can use it to divert their attention to me."

Wow, there's aggro management in here too. Also, this is why swearing at the spiders worked.

"What about [Intimidate]?"

"It's a skill I can't really control, it just makes people afraid of coming to me if I get annoyed. Because of these two balloons too many men fell for me," she fondles her b.r.e.a.s.t.s, "So I guess I developed this skill after crus.h.i.+ng enough b.a.l.l.s."

I don't wanna hear that story.

"Ok, next, [Battlefield Perception]?"

"It makes me easy to understand what other people are doing even when I have my backs to them. I used to run escort jobs, so I'm extra sensitive to when other people are in danger."

Sounds interesting, I should add it to my skills later when I have room.

"You say your wings are physical but [Summon Wings] is a spell?"

"Well it costs a little bit of mana to grow the wings, then it's all physical power to move them."

"So, what skills do you want to improve with your spare points?"

Hana thinks for a bit.

"Divide them in [Sword Use] and [Block]. Those are my most useful skills to help you," she answers.

"Alright, this is all for now. Again, this is all a secret. Even Roxanne doesn't know, though at some point I think I will tell her."

"No problem, master. I will take this to the grave."

"Ah, I guess you don't know yet but I got a blessing from the G.o.ddess of Knowledge a few days ago. This is why I'm deciding to enter the university now."

"Oh! Just another reason why choosing you was a good idea," she hugs me.

I shrug and bury my head on her. I'm not gonna say no to a G.o.d-sanctioned harem.

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It's 1PM. I put on my expensive clothes, I'm going to the magic university. We will buy Hana's equipment and register her tomorrow, I'm too eager to look for info on [Golemancy]. Hana will stay, clean the house and train a bit.

We give the last piece of chocolate cake to Hana, for a moment the man"eating woman disappeared and a little girl with a red mane was smiling. Adorable.

I leave and ride Alissa, with her it will take only a few minutes.

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We arrive. At the end of the street I see a large grey brick wall and black metal gate is open. A glowing golden symbol is visible on each side of the gate, a vine staff with a trillion shaped gem at the top. Atop of the gate there's a metal arch with the glowing golden words "Rabanara's Magic University".

The first thing inside is a majestic rectangular fountain with water gus.h.i.+ng around in rhythmical fas.h.i.+on, the jets slowly float from one tube to another. Small musical sounds can be heard every time a jet of water gushes out and pa.s.ses a floating metal ring. Besides the brick path that pa.s.ses around the fountain there's flower patches where all flowers move rhythmically.

Occasionally you see someone flying with a magical carpet, magical chair, magical broom, magical bathtub, or just simply flying or floating. There's an a.s.sortment of staves and wands of all shapes and sizes, s.h.i.+ning, glowing, or non-corporeal.

There's a building behind the fountain with glowing yellow words "Reception". It's a white brick rectangular building with two floors and an ornate black tiled roof. Behind the reception multiple other buildings following the same design can be seen, far in the distance a thick black tower rises on top of grid of buildings.

We shyly pa.s.s the black velvet uniformed guards who all have wands and swords.

We enter the reception. It's a large hall made of glossy wood with a glossy counter, in the middle multiple attendants await. We approach and talk to one of the attendants, she wears a grey velvet uniform with the university's symbol in gold over the chest and a grey beret.

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed at the wealth here.

"Good afternoon. I'm a traveler who's researching magic. I would like to know the ways I can join the university, just recently I acquired the G.o.ddess of Knowledge blessing."

The attendant lets out a perfect smile.

"Please put your hand over this crystal while I a.n.a.lyze your condition."

She pulls out a transparent crystal ball and a transparent crystal tablet.

I put my hand on the crystal and words appear on the tablet. The attendant gasps. I made sure I didn't have any suspicious skill on like those I used on Hana.

"Everything is good. I will check if there's an advisor free, if there's not we will schedule an appointment. Please wait here," she motions to a cus.h.i.+oned sofa at the wall and scurries away, almost running.

A few potted plants give this place a hint of a modern feeling.

After a few minutes a robed middle-aged balding man with a belly and a round, hairless face appears. He's holding the crystal tablet with my information.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Ryder. I am Mathias, an advisor here for potential applicants. Would you come with me to a meeting room?" He bows slightly.

"Good afternoon. This is Alissa, my Blood Slave. Let us go then."

He nods to Alissa and she bows.

This building is all offices besides the large entrance hall. We enter an office with a few chairs, a tea set, a potted plant and a tall doc.u.ment drawer. I feel nostalgic entering this office, modern cubicle culture still haven't reached here but it's close.

"Now, Mr. Ryder. The process to join is dependent on what the entree wants. You mentioned research, what magic you intend to research here?"

"Well, I just heard an obscure mention of it but I want to look into [Golemancy]. I'm not even sure the details of it so I will first look into any information that exists here, if this is not forbidden magic."

"[Golemancy]…? Hmm… I think there might be some records about such magic here but it's really obscure. I will have to request a query to the archivist. From what I remember it's not forbidden, so do not worry, since you don't have the skill even if it's forbidden it's not unlawful to be curious about it."

That's very rea.s.suring.

"Now. We know that you have a blessing, we give a large discount in the tuition to those who have it. What other facilities do you intend to use besides the one for research?" He lets out a business smile.

"Can you tell me my options? I don't know much about the university after all."

"Let's see," he blinks repeatedly while thinking, "We offer courses in plenty of magic schools. Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Electricity, Nature, Light, Dark, s.p.a.ce, Spirit, Conjuring and [Blessing Magic]. We offer beginner, intermediate and advanced courses for all of these. There's also three levels inside each cla.s.s difficulty but it's unnecessary to complete all three, they serve to help the slower learners.

"We offer theoretical studies like astronomy, farming enhancements, monster anatomy, ancient languages, ancient history, lost knowledge, and many others more specific cla.s.ses. These theoretical cla.s.ses are too many to count, you better read this booklet. There's also crafting oriented courses."

He pushes forward a booklet with about 10 pages.

"I'm only interested in the magic schools for now. Do you offer cla.s.ses on Illusion and [Summoning Magic]?"

There are a few magic schools that he didn't mention, like cursing, so I will keep quiet about them for a while.

"Those are fields under research, there's not enough teachers or a standard plan done to turn it into a full course. If you enter as a researcher you can look for those who research into that area."

I definitely will.

"We also offer training courses in practical magic skills like [Reduced Mana Cost], [Mana Control], [Sense Mana], [Mana Efficiency] and [Mana Recovery]," he continues.

"What about [Redirect Mana]?"

"We know nothing about such skill, the crystal says you are the creator of it. If you would like to share how you acquired that skill would also be another point towards accepting you."

"I could definitely share that. What about [Mana Overuse Resistance] and [Blackout Resistance]?"

"Those skills require inhuman effort to acquire, no one has the courage to do it. It's very impressive you acquired that one," his voice shows a little admiration.

Yeah I did acquire it after a near-death experience.

"I can tell you what I did to acquire [Redirect Mana] but it's similar to [Mana Overuse Resistance], I had to work so hard I think I nearly killed myself."

Alissa looks worried. I never told her about this skill, I kind of forgot with all that was happening.

"Is that so?" Admiration turns into disappointment, "Well, that's regrettable, but still would be a nice addition to know what it does and how to get it."

"I still haven't properly used it, so I will test it for a day-cycle and then I will tell you the results."

"That is acceptable."

"Then I want to enter a beginners course in [Reduced Mana Cost], s.p.a.ce, Blessing, Electricity, Light and Nature."

"Beginners?" He lifts his eyebrows in surprise.

"Most of my magic is self-taught, I wanna learn from the basics and solidify my foundation."

"Oh, I see. Well, that's commendable. Let me tell you that you can only learn the [Gate] spell from the [s.p.a.ce Magic] school if you want to become a certified 'Portal Master'. On the empire the [Gate] spell is heavily regulated."

"I see… I will keep that in mind."

I still wanna learn that magic school, I guess I will just remove points in [s.p.a.ce Magic] to hide I could use [Gate].

"Also it's quite a lot of cla.s.ses, we recommend a maximum of 5 cla.s.ses since we work with half-cycle teaching," he continues.

"What do you mean by 'half-cycle teaching'?

"You have a different cla.s.s each day and after a half-cycle you repeat your cla.s.ses. After a day-cycle you get a half-cycle without cla.s.ses where you are supposed to deepen the knowledge of what was taught or to simply rest. The professors are all available for consultation during the rest days."

"Then I will take off [Light Magic] for now. How long do these courses last?"

"3 months. The next course is to start in 2 day-cycles. But you could get some pointers and start pre-studying until then."

"That's fine by me, what will be the price?"

"With your blessing a full half-cycle of studying will cost 2 gold per 3 day-cycle, or rather, 2 gold per month. If you can show us the [Redirect Mana] we will lower it to 2 gold per 4 day-cycles. If you join right now then in 2 days we will have a small office ready for you so you can research, the office is for free for those with the blessing. The gold cost will only start counting once you start your lessons."

"Then I accept these terms."

Mathias takes me to the treasury where I make the payment for the full course, if I get the discount the money will be returned. When the office is ready the archivist should have found my query, then I will really start working on [Golemancy].

Today is the 10th of the 6th month of the year. On the 7th month my cla.s.ses will start.

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It's 4PM, Alissa takes me home. Hana has been diligently sweeping the entire house, I let them both talk and share the work. I will start working on [Redirect Mana] now.

I go to the bedroom, lay down and meditate. I have to recreate the conditions from last time. I couldn't see, I couldn't feel my body and I decided to shut down my hearing. This is gonna be difficult to do. It was also a life and death situation, you really need high "Willpower" to do something like this.

The feeling I had was completely bonkers too, I felt as if the air was my body. It's somewhat like [Sense Mana] but isn't, it was way, way more defined. I can put up to 20 points into [Sense Mana] but it doesn't reproduce my feeling from [Redirect Mana], it just makes the sensing more accurate.

So I guess it's something about my spirit? Perhaps I manipulated my spirit? It certainly felt like I was "reaching" for something. I know that with [Sense Presence] you can somewhat see the form of the spirit, so perhaps the spirit can be "deformed" or in my case "expanded". Now how do I let my soul "expand"? When I think about doing it I end up inadvertently moving my muscles trying to "touch" the mana in the air. I'm trying to move my soul but it's a different kind of movement, like moving a muscle you never had or scratching an itch somewhere you can't touch.

The feeling of casting magic by "scratching the itch" is an odd one. I feel like I'm controlling a "hand" that presses a b.u.t.ton. I heard that the skills and magic knowledge is stored inside your soul so perhaps that "hand" is moving inside my soul?

If I can move inside my soul then can I "push" this hand out? I can somewhat feel the hand moving, but it's tiring, it's a muscle I never used before. After a while I can barely move it anymore. It's too painful, I gotta rest.

I open my eyes and notice an hour has already pa.s.sed. That didn't really feel like an hour, I guess I succeeded in shutting down some of my senses, like the sense of time. I will try to focus on killing my senses for now.

"Master, the bath is ready," says Hana.

"Wh-what…? Oh, nevermind I lost track of time again."

"What were you doing, master?"

"Meditating and trying to kill my senses, there's a skill I wanna train."

"Ooh, sounds interesting."

I chuckle and we leave.

Alissa is waiting for us inside the bath room. It was kinda fun taking a bath together, Hana makes things more lively, but I was way too tired for anything s.e.xual. Hana fondled Alissa's b.r.e.a.s.t.s while was.h.i.+ng her, Alissa was a little scared of her but she was mostly embarra.s.sed and not disgusted, maybe there's a chance.

"I totally understand, master, her b.r.e.a.s.t.s are much softer than mine. Mine are firm and elastic, hers are soft and conform better to the shape of the hand," says Hana.

She is currently ma.s.saging Alissa's b.r.e.a.s.t.s, I just imagine her palm slowly rubbing on Alissa's nipples.

"I-i-is t-ththat so?" Stutters Alissa.

"Alissa, if you don't like it, you can say it, okay?" I say.

"I-i-it's o-ok-okay, m-master, i-it f-feels good."

Oh boy. This view is so erotic, the mind is willing but the body is tired and bruised.

"In any case, if you want I think Hana would be able to comfort you," I say.

"W-whthn-w-u-as…"

It seems Alissa broke.

"Alright Hana, let's not push Alissa too much, she's way too embarra.s.sed now."

"Awn… her b.r.e.a.s.t.s actually feel nice," Hana pouts.

Please, my body hurts too much. Stop with the teasing.

I grab Alissa and carry her inside the bath. After a warm hug she seems to calm down a little. Then Hana comes and hugs me from behind. Her b.r.e.a.s.t.s truly are comfortable pillows.

Double spoon on a warm bath. Heaven.

We get out and prepare dinner. Hana is a master of the knife, she chops faster than a master chef, I'm scared. She doesn't know recipes, or seasoning, or the technique to cook but she's a pretty good helper.

We eat orc meat dumplings with a root that's slightly sweet, it's not-ginger. Feels oriental.

"Master, may I ask you a question?" Asks Hana.
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"Sure, you can ask anything and I will judge if it's possible for me to answer."

"Understood. Well, I was wondering, are you a n.o.ble?"

"Why do you ask that?"

Roxanne and Alissa are curious.

"Well… you are smarter than the average adventurer, you have quite a bit of knowledge no commoner has, you have skills no commoner or adventurer normally have, you lack skills the commoner or adventurer normally have, you speak too perfectly, and finally everyone calls you by your last name."

"Well… no, I'm not a n.o.ble. I'm just special, I guess. But only n.o.bles have last names?"

"Everyone has a last name but only n.o.bles or rich families care about last names."

"Oh, well, since I didn't knew the tradition I always gave my full name, then everyone started calling me by my last name and I forgot about it. Do you all have last names?"

"Well, technically my last name is Succubus, but normally no one cares about last names in the demon race," says Roxanne.

"I was born a slave, I never had a last name," says Alissa.

I will give you mine, then.

"I had mine but abandoned it when I turned into a slave," says Hana.

"So wait, how do the other races deal with last names?" I ask.

"Mostly humans, dwarves and elves commoners that give their children last names. Some wereanimals and dragonkin also do it, but it's mostly n.o.bles or rich merchant families that do. I don't know what the beastfolk do. That's why I thought you were a n.o.ble," Hana says.

"Then maybe I should ask people to call me by my first name, I don't want to be confused with a n.o.ble."

"I think things are fine the way they are now," Roxanne says, "You are already famous and now you have a blessing, people will definitely respect you much more if people call you by your last name."

"Well, at least you could call me by first name since I do the same to you," I tell Roxanne.

"Is that fine?"

"We are companions now, it's fine."

"Well then, Mr. Wolf. Pleasure to meet you!" She smiles and gives me her hand for a shake.

"No need for 'Mr.' too."

"Alriiight," she coughs, "Well then, Wolf. Pleasure to meet you!"

"Uh… yes, pleasure to meet you too Roxanne," I shake her hand and she grins.

"Oh, you two just call me Roxanne then, no need for 'Miss' anymore," Roxanne says to the other girls.

"T-that's a bit much," says Alissa, she looks down but her tail sways.

"If that's a request that comes from her then..." Hana shrugs.

"Fine..." Says Alissa.

I like this. I think Alissa is far too submissive, I want her to be a bit more selfish.

After dinner Alissa reads her book while I cuddle with Hana and practice my [Mana Control]. Hana pets me and brings me bliss. Then we all 3 go to sleep at the same bed. Good thing it's ridiculously large otherwise Hana wouldn't fit well.

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Today is the 11th.

I wake up in heaven with b.r.e.a.s.t.s at my back and b.r.e.a.s.t.s at my front, we all sleep naked. It's warm but it's worth the slight inconvenience. A warm and kind kiss from Alissa and a stimulating storm from Hana. I abuse Alissa since I didn't do her yesterday and Hana leaves to prepare breakfast.

Hana leaves everything done and when I finish Alissa she just has to fry the dumplings and season the salad. Orc minced meat dumplings with a beans, vegetables and not"corn crumbs. Weird combination, we need more ingredients.

Alissa will buy food while I go with Hana to the hunters guild to register her and buy her some equipment. Roxanne lends Hana her flying carpet while Alissa will take me to the guild. Roxanne tells me there are actually safer versions of personal flying vehicles but she got the smallest one so it can fit in her [Item Box], I guess I will buy one for all of us after the auction then.

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Outside of adventuring I want my women to wear their best clothing. So this time Hana was wearing one of her straight black dresses and simple sandals. When we entered the guild I kind of regretted that, at least the eyes weren't on me this time. Ah f.u.c.k it, Hana is too majestic to not show off so I will walk with her proudly.

We quickly register her and I get an idea, Hana gives me a menacing smile when she hears. We go to the training grounds, inside the warehouse there's a small place for changing clothes and taking a bath so I have Hana put normal clothes.

"h.e.l.lo teacher," I greet Toga.

"h.e.l.lo, Mr. Slayer," his gaze is stern with just a hint of a smile.

"This is Hana, my new Blood Slave. Would you like to spar with her? I would like to see her fight."

His gaze turns to Hana and his minimal smile grows to a visible size. Hana takes his gaze on and grins fearsomely.

"Sure," he says, "You warm yourself first and we will have our 'spar'."

A small crowd forms while they prepare. Toga is an average height man and looks small near Hana, almost feels it's a David versus Goliath scenario. Toga uses a normal wooden sword while Hana uses a long wooden sword and kite wooden s.h.i.+eld. Their menacing gazes towards each other makes me sweat cold even though I'm just watching, do they both have [Intimidate]? Is this the result of the skill?

Toga strikes first. He gives such strong blows it feels like he's Hercules, the sounds fill the entire training grounds and even more people get curious. Hana is a defensive fighter so for her it's just another day's work, she blocks repeatedly and when she gets the perfect deflect she counters and pushes Toga back.

Toga quickly switches gears and it's as if he's not even feeling the pressure from Hana, he keeps parrying and dodging until he gets his chance and counters. This time Hana has to work to not get hit.

A rhythm between attacking and defending feels like it's establis.h.i.+ng when Toga changes the song. He pushes Hana back and locks swords. She takes the challenger and they have a small strength contest.

They grit their teeth and have a staring contest at the same time. Hana's ferocious gaze makes me anxious. This not cheating, right? This doesn't count as cheating, right!? I want her to look at me like this…

They break the lock and go back to the standard fight. Toga sweeps her leg and she almost loses her balance. As a first, Hana is required to dodge to not get hit and then she starts to feel the pressure. She starts to get pushed back by a combination of quick, strong strikes, leg sweeps, and s.h.i.+eld bas.h.i.+ng. Toga is using all his tools, he even tries to grab her s.h.i.+eld.

Hana gets angry and starts bas.h.i.+ng too. The sounds of battle get even higher as her s.h.i.+eld clashes with his sword. A bash hits his arm and Toga is pushed back, his posture is broken. This is it!

With a movement that defies human speed Toga dodges the strike and counters. With an inhuman movement he jumps, no, flies upwards and his sword goes down on Hana's shoulder and explodes. The observers break from their frozen state, they scream and cheer while I regret my idea and rush over Hana.

"What are you made of? This would have broken a bone and you are just bruised!?" I say stupefied.

"I'm a dragonkin… master… I hardened my skin… but if the sword was sharp… I would be dead… ," she says between breaths.

I put points into [Light Magic] and use [Heal] on her, still very mana inefficient for me.

"Thanks… it doesn't hurt anymore, master."

"You got a proper s.h.i.+eld this time, Mr. Ryder..." Says Toga, he's sweating but he's not out of breath, "Now you won't die if you meet something worse than that Symbol."

"Heh… I guess so," I say.

Makes me a proud to see her praised by Toga but I'm still a bit jealous of her gaze.

A bunch of the students come to try to spar with Hana but we have other business now. I go with her to the warehouse and wash her body. I use [Sense Presence] and feel 2 men sneaking close the warehouse so I throw some scalding water over the high window.

"f.u.c.k!" I hear and they run away.

Now back on her glorious dress we go buy her some equipment.

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There are a few things we have to be mindful of when buying heavy armor for an adventurer. Those things are defense, mobility, price, maintenance and convenience in more or less that order of importance.

Plate armor would offer the best protection, specially against attacks like fire breath. But it reduces mobility, specially for Hana who wants to use her dragon wings for quick mobility, it's too heavy. It has an exorbitant cost. It requires specialized maintenance, some adventurer groups have to employ a personal armorer for things like this. And finally it's very inconvenient to use.

Leather armor offers weak protection but it's enough to reduce damage of most attacks, like how my Grey Berserker armor was probably the difference between life and death for me, though it doesn't protect against blunt. Mobility is among the best. Price is affordable since it's the most common armor. Maintenance is cheap but the armor gets irreparable after a while. It's also very convenient and those who can't sleep with plate, sleep with leather. I will buy a Young Ogre set of armor for Hana to sleep in.

Chain armor offers very good protection against slash but not against a few, specific pierce attacks and zero against blunt. Mobility is similar to leather. It's more expensive than leather. It requires some specialized maintenance but it could be done with a little help from [Earth Magic's] [Manipulate Metal]. It's very convenient to sleep and you can use it over clothing, though it's rather noisy, so no sneaking.

Scale armor offers better protection than chain but a little less than plate but still not much against blunt, its advantage is in repelling magic like a fire breath. The mobility is much better than plate but still less than chain. It's expensive, but very popular among adventurers. The maintenance is also expensive since you need specific monster parts, you can subst.i.tute but it won't have the same effect. It's very convenient to use, some you can also sleep on.

Brigandine offers protection better than chain but less than plate, it offers some of protection against blunt. The mobility is more than plate but less than chain. The price is more than chain but less than plate. The maintenance is also similar to chain. It's a bit harder to use than chain but you can still sleep on it.

It seems that metal armor is more expensive than the other kinds. Cloth armor also seems very limited. On the other hand armor made from monsters is overflowing.

For now we will reserve a steel lined brigandine with ta.s.sets, a hauberk for the arms and thighs that will be used below the brigandine, schynbalds, metal vambraces, and a padded chain coif. She doesn't like to use helmets since it reduces her vision and the coif will ruin her hair so we got a padded one that she will keep for when necessary. Perfect protection against slash, protection against blunt is limited so she will have to rely on the s.h.i.+eld.

We will buy only after the auction. I wanted to get scale armor but I think that even with the auction money it will be expensive, perhaps in the future I will get it as an upgrade. I wanted the best armor for her since she's certainly gonna use her body as a s.h.i.+eld if necessary but I will have to hold it in for now.

Finally we got her a simple spare iron b.a.s.t.a.r.d sword, a large kite s.h.i.+eld and a simple wood spear with a metal tip. Later when we have the auction money we will get her a long sword and s.h.i.+eld like mine, the emerald will go well with her scales. I wanna get her a longbow too, she has some skill with the bow and the brigandine offers enough mobility to use the bow.