I felt like I was a child's toy being ripped apart and put back together over and over, panting I got up and stumbled to my bed, Rin did her best to help until I collapsed on top of her, luckily the bed caught them. Rin struggled to pull him further onto the bed but helped as much as he could, after a few minutes of panting and groaning that Rin finally got him to his pillow. I laid face down with my wings spread out, I could only wait out the 'blessing'.
Rin stayed with me and tried to comfort me through it, I wasn't sure how long the effects of the holy oil and the pill lasted but once the pain left me I pulled Rin into my embrace and fell asleep.
The next morning came quickly, opening my eyes I was greeted by the sight of Rin clinging onto me. She was adorable, she had a tiny smirk on her face that showed she was having a great dream, not wanting to disturb her. I continued to hold her while playing with her hair. After an hour of quietly watching her, she stirred and gave me a good morning kiss, that quickly turned into a passionate one, I caressed her face and indulged in her passion. In between kisses she finally let out a few words, "ah these are the best dreams."
Letting out a chuckle I gave her a deep kiss till she was out of breath I leaned close and whispered into her ear, "Rin this isn't a dream, of course, if you want to go back to sleep you can hide out in my bed for a while longer." The adorable face took a moment to go from filled with lust, confusion, and finally realization. She immediately flipped over to hide in the pillow beneath her, her action of hiding had pulled up her nightgown and pressed her butt against my crotch, just as my excitement was rising there was a knock on my door, not a moment later that maid came in.
My hands were on Rin's hips with her bare ass pressed against me, the cold faced maid looked me in the eyes while she gave me her message in a cold flat voice, "Mr. Owen has requested your presence and Mr. Warren asked for an audience, yesterday." she turned and made for the door.
Rin looked back at me and whispered, "Can I hide out here for a while longer master?" she was just too cute, I pushed her back down and held her. "Of course you can." I gave her another kiss before getting up and walking to the shower. Before I got in I checked my body's condition but it seemed like the process want over yet as my cultivation kept fluctuating so answers would have to wait, after a quick rinse I got dressed in my casual white shirt and black pants, as I was getting dressed I looked at the bed where Rin had fallen back to sleep while hugging my pillow. I left quietly so as not to wake her. When I arrived at Owen's office the door was open so I walked in. "Hi Owen, any good news to report?"
Owen looked up from his paperwork before placing a folder in front of me, "Indeed, the business that your mother left for you is ready to be transferred over. She left a sizable investment to keep it running for a few years if we were to fall on hard times, it looks like she went into the hospitality business. four restaurants in the lower district two gambling establishments in the middle district and one luxury hotel in the upper district at a prime location no less. We have several buildings in all the districts that are ready to be opened once we have hired and trained the staff, your mother had used a false identity to start the businesses so when it was transferred to you none of your fathers' competitors should be wise to them, so staying low profile would be the best course of action. I also have news from our alchemist, he said the design is finished and he will begin construction of the machine and begin testing by next month."
Listening to the report he believed that Owen was right about staying low profile until they were better prepared, they planned out the next few steps of the business together, they would start by finding the people who had been put into poverty by the death of their family member, after screening and training they would be sent to any understaffed businesses once they were experienced they would be transferred to another asset that needed staffing. The plan would take weeks just to open a single new business but that was fine, there was no rush to open a ton of storefronts and receive unwanted attention.
He signed a few pressing documents that needed his attention before going to find Warren, the wolfman had recovered for the most part though his cultivation had been pushed back due to the influence of the poison and was only on the same level with an archangel he was still strong enough to be a guardian of their home. He had agreed to take option two after much deliberation with the rest of the clan, they held a small ceremony where they swore their loyalty. They chose a new clan name as a symbol of rebirth, thus they were named the Earth clan as any enemy to attack their home would be returned to the earth as a sacrifice.
I quite liked their attitude, Warren had a few lieutenants that would scour the slave markets for any wolves that would be interested in the offer of the Earth clan, hopefully, they would be able to help those unfortunate souls who had been taken from their homes.
I continued with my daily training in excitement since I would be able to activate my puppets after I was finished, my hand-eye coordination was improving as I only dropped my fork once, I even got in consecutive blows with my combat instructor. He then proceeded to be me up but hey a win is a win, after weapons practice, I finally got a chance to get into my lab where all my hard word was waiting for me.
Coming into the lab I got to work right away, I took the skeletons and stood them side by side, taking out the power gems I slotted them both, a few moments passed and nothing seemed to be happening. 'I am an idiot' thinking that as I grabbed a small knife and cut my finger, I placed a drop of blood on a sigil on their foreheads, the blood was instantly absorbed and the runes began to light up all over the skeletons.
"Success!"
My puppets were alive muahahaha! My maniacal laughter could be heard from the hall which probably got a few odd stares but I didn't care, after all that work I finally crafted some puppets. I ordered the puppets to move about to see how they did, a little stiff at first but they moved better by the minute. After that, I pulled their bodies from a locked storage compartment and helped them into the bodies, it took a bit of effort but as they had been built for each other they were finally done, minus the AI consciousness but that would have to wait.
Taking a step back I examined my works of art, they were identical puppets except the number printed on their sternum just above their breasts. They were both 5'10 beautiful blond women with perfectly fit-looking bodies, that's right I made my samurai warriors female and damned anyone especially that cold as ice maid that kept catching in in the middle of my romances. Females were just as nimble and agile as male fighters, and being puppet their strength was a guaranteed factor, might as well make them pleasing to the eye. I reasoned internally.
I dressed my gorgeous puppets in a samurai armor design, though it was made completely out of dark grey iron, he had even created a three-piece katana set for both of them as well. He placed their helmets and masks upon their heads so only their bright blue eyes were exposed. The helmet had been given an ornament of dragon horns and a vertical eye on the forehead protector. They were there only because I thought they looked awesome.
With my puppets complete I was fully prepared to go to the adventurers guild and submit for testing, well nearly prepared, I would once my cultivation and bloodline stabilize. Normally if you advanced your bloodline your offspring would start off further along the class system both of my parents were close to having an angelic bloodline but they decided on not having any more children for the foreseeable future so they had given it to him so their grandchildren would have a better future but when a dragon eats your future generations you just have to take it as bad luck, though they still had his older brother and sister so I might get some nieces and nephews. If my bloodline advanced it would be easier to go from a cherub to an angel but having an archon bless your bloodline was a golden ticket to the seraph class, it was only a matter of time not a matter of diligence.
He decided that while he waited for his bloodline and cultivation to stabilize he would check and see if Baines armory had any more robes or other experimental gear, he messaged Rin with his tablet and sent Warren that he was heading to town and he and a few wolves should come to investigate the slave dens for possible recruits. With the number of funds he was allowed to spend on the staff he could buy hundreds of slaves and not make a dent in the funds.
He and Rin met up at the shuttle, while he started the shuttle and ran the diagnostic he realized it needed to be recharged, luckily the tower provided those services so he wouldn't need to purchase a new battery. While they waited for Warren, Rin decided to go back to her aggressive ways and sat on his lap and asked him about his limbs, he hadn't gotten to tell anyone about what happened yet so he told her almost everything that happened to him, after the story Rin kissed him and snuggled up close to him.
"Master?"
"What is it Rin?"
"Um what about your u-umm your t-thing, did the dragon also?"
"Yep, that too. Though the alchemist who made my new limbs made me a new one, I am uncertain of how it works so we will just have to work on it together."
I heard a slight giggle before she repositioned herself so she straddled my lap and faced me. She wrapped her arms around my neck, "Are you saying we need to experiment on one another, master?" she started moving her hips and kissed me. I loved it when the girl took an aggressive approach, as we started to get into it there was a knock on the shuttle door, I growled in frustration, my servants kept trying to give me blue balls and I don't even have those anymore! I ignored the knock while I grabbed Rins' ass and kissed her passionately. She kept grinding against me until her breathing became rapid and her legs tensed, I blocked her moans with my mouth lucky for us Rin was wearing underwear.
Though she would need to take them off and go upstairs to get a replacement pair before we left, we sat there for a minute before Rin could feel her legs again and said she would hurry back. Opening the shuttle door, I let Rin out and the wolves in, " You all took so long that Rin and I fell asleep, she will be right back so get seated, remember if you find any recruits, you have permission to purchase them just have them send me the bill and I will sign for them." They all nodded in response, while they got situated I looked them over, they all wore the same uniform a dark brown robe and black pants with a silver wolf pin at the collar. Warren was dressed in a similar fashion but had a gold pin instead of silver. Owen's idea probably.
After Rin came back the shuttle lifted into the air and took off toward the city, Rin came into the cockpit and sat on his lap during the ride, they watched the scenery and talked about her past, she had been adopted after her parents died of illness like everyone else no one knew where she came from or who her parents were from either. They showed up to the orphanage, dropped her off, and were later found on the outskirts of town with no wounds or signs of foul play. Just two people that died in their wagon, a few years later she was adopted by an adventurer.
She cried when she told him that her adoptive father died when the guild asked for volunteers for the dungeon scouting, his teammates said it would be easy money and pressured him into going, I held her close while she slowly worked through her emotions.
Once we arrived at the tower we requested the refuel and docking package, I took Rin and Warren to the armory while Warrens' men went to find potential recruits. Walking in Baines from the busy street was going from a crowd to a quiet lounge, not sure how they soundproofed the building but it was a nice break from the cacophony of the crowds. The tiny bell went off alerting the shop keeper they had customers, a few moments later that same greeting came from the back.
Knowing that it may be a minute I decided to look around, unfortunately, I didn't find anything interesting. The shopkeeper came out a few minutes later, "Oh! Welcome back, and what can I help you with today?"
I smiled and walked to the counter, "It's good to see you again miss, I was just passing through and was wondering if you had any more robes like these or any new prototype products?"
She raised an eyebrow at my request, "There might be a few robes available, three short sleeves and five long sleeves, as for new prototypes I can't be selling everything every apprentice thinks up. There is a quality to our items that we have to maintain, though we are getting closer to finishing the Reapers Robe. How about you leave your contact information with me and as soon as it's finished I will give you a call. Oh, but the true robes will come as a full set-piece which includes pants, boots, and gloves that way if you're sneaking about you can't be seen."
"What about the face?" I asked as I thought about the other pieces.
"Pardon?"
"The face, a part of it will be exposed even with the hood up, maybe add another piece like a mask or something to hide it."
The shop owner stared at me for a minute before she typed onto her tablet. We didn't have to wait long to hear the consequences of that message.
A young woman's voice came from the back, "Why the fuck would I need to add a mask?….NOOOOOOO! How could I have missed that, what an IDIOT!" we could hear tools and metal crashing from the back of the store.
I coughed trying to hold in my laughter, "For now I will take the three short sleeve robes, and please do contact me once the product is finished I will gladly be your first customer on that day, of course, if you are willing to bring the robes to my manor directly I wouldn't mind paying a convenience fee." the shopkeeper was already writing down the invoice when more shouting came from the back.
"AAH! I'm gonna have to redesign the whole damn thing! None of the runes line up at all! BAINE! why didn't you tell me sooner, MY LIFE IS OVER!"
I watched Baine try to stifle a laugh while writing the invoice, she passed it to me when it was filled and I paid for a few more robes, Baine showed us out and as the door was closing I heard laughter. Probably at whoever had been screaming before.
Since there was not much else to do I brought Rin and Warren to a cafe to enjoy some snacks while we waited for the rest of the wolves to either come back or send a message for funds. They enjoyed their snacks until they received a message from one of the wolves that there was a problem after he had come to an agreement and signed the paperwork to purchase a large group of slaves someone was trying to undermine the deal by paying more to the slavers den.
Getting up from my chair I thought to myself, 'how am I supposed to remain low profile with a bunch of idiots getting in my way and causing a mess?'