After returning home, we found that the dragon envoys had already come. It was a bit surprising but they were a lot interested to see uncharted territories. Human nations were not in relation with any other races, so it was inevitable. Still though, seeing the wry look on the maids faces was enough to make me understand that they were a lot of hassle…
"Welcome back master, the 2 envoys from Dragon Tribe have come." Mai said
"I see… isn't it a bit early?" they were supposed to get in by the end of the week… There are still 3 days remaining….
"Yes, they wanted to taste the offerings you had given them earlier. They wanted to try a new flavour."
"Hmm…. I see, since it's already night… I guess I will meet them tomorrow….." As I said, I went to my room and found the girls. They were probably thinking about spending the night with me since I will be gone for a while.
"Ooh, Welcome." Leila greeted me with a smile…. I wonder if I could sneak out while traveling to see these girls...
"Master, those envoys are a lot of trouble, they don't even respect normal humans."
"Yeah, I want to pulverize them!" Systy and Alice seemed to dislike the envoys…. Still they were envoys, harming them or getting in conflict with them would be bad for our image…
"Don't take them seriously, they are envoys, even they can't harm us." It was the same for us too.
"Yes, Dragons were always like that, so don't think much about it." Ridge who knew dragons probably from the past said so while hugging me….
She was really cute today, by wearing a pink long sleeved pajama. Her need for skin ship was rising day by day, as a girl who liked to be true to her feelings, Ridge was the only one to not hold back for anyone else's sake, she jumped me when she wanted not thinking about anyone at all.
"Since they can't show proper manners, I will only let them have our normal sweets." Cadia still looked like she wouldn't give them a full service… Well, it was up to her. She doesn't make wrong decisions.
Although I would pity the dragon for making her mad. Their life could turn into hell pretty easily this way.
"Those 2 girls look a bit intimidating…" Lana said looking small….. I guess their natural charisma was too much for her. I remembered that weak dragon also had quite the overblown ego, these two envoys being girls.. I can only imagine the disaster they could bring.
"After seeing Rekka beating a dragon to death, I only felt pity for these envoys, I even warned them not to disrespect others in front of him… I wonder if they will listen." Iliya… was lazing around the bed… her look of listlessness really made one feel that time flowed slowly around her.
the bed was really big, so even with all of us, there was still a lot of room…. I wonder if Mai really saw this future and ordered this gigantic bed…. Although I had joked about a large bed that could held nearly 30 girls alone... she turned it into reality.
After seeing this bed, the first time I had told Mai, it was like a field…. But she said she could fill the spaces with girls so I didn't argue any longer.
After chatting for a bit longer, we all drifted off to sleep… I didn't do anything lewd but I did get to hug the girls while sleeping….. It was a soft and squishy night….
If flower in each hand was blissful then sleeping in a field of flowers was heavenly. Not to mention, I had secretly made the room even colder with the air-con, man, it was nice to be cuddled.
"Master, it's already late…. Are you going to sleep more?" Mai was waking me up…. Maybe yesterday was too hectic, so I slept really late… everyone was already up and was probably waiting at the breakfast table… although being alone in this bed really made the point that this was… a huge bed.
"Ooh….. It seems I was a lot tired.. Damn… I didn't get to see everyone's sleeping faces…!" this doesn't happen, usually I get up first and tuck in the girls, since they are restless sleepers, most sleep like babies splattered over the bed… guess I missed today's opportunity.
Although I can easily see the marks they left as they got out of bed… yeah.. I got a lot of morning greetings already it seems.
"I can prepare a tea that can wake you up so you can get freshen. And forget about what you already lost, you gained a lot by not waking up." Mai said, handing me clothes.
After getting washed and changed, I went for breakfast. There I found everyone.
Yawning, I sat down for breakfast…
"It's not everyday I see you this sleepy." Leila said while fixing my bed hair…. She tended to like tidiness, so bed hair was something that she couldn't look at… any time she would find my hair frizzled, she always tidied it up, she wouldn't even care where we were at.
"I don't know…. I guess I was too tired to realize…" After a while, the tea came and I slowly drank it…
"Aah…. It was nice tea…." it really did remove my grogginess…. I could feel myself getting back to speed….
"Rekka, since your birthday has just gone by, your granny and I have got you a present." gramps took out a box and handed it to me…. Birthday's weren't that important in this world, so usually there aren't any parties for the occasion but it seemed that gift giving was still the norm.
"Wow, thanks Gramps and Granny…" I was a bit surprised but happy nonetheless.. As I Opened the Box, I found a pair of shoes. It was black. And heavy but the shoe looked durable and stylish.. This should help while travelling, not to mention I can wear this anywhere since it looks functional...
"It is custom made from Rins domain. They have the best artisans out there, so the quality should be really high too." Gramps said … I wonder if this was the work he was doing…..
"Isn't it great? They only make white shoes but since you like Black colour, they even made a one of a kind black one for you. It's even signed as one of a kind." Granny said
"I'll try it on.." as I wore the shoe, I felt that it was comfy on the inside too… This should help me since I run to many places….
"It looks good on you." everyone seems to find it nicely suited to me…
"Thank you for this lovely gift."
The breakfast was soon over and everyone went to do their own work. Only Ridge was with me.
Besides Leila and Cadia, Iliya went to the nearby river. These days she regularly goes fishing.
Alice and Systy has taken a liking to teaching magic and now are teaching as a guild teacher… although it was only the basics, this was put towards their guild achievements.
Lana usually stays with me while I am home but she also goes to help the maids cook early in the morning and before lunch… our life had just settled in I guess. In a way, I already felt that I was married to them.
"I still have to meet the envoys…." I felt like it was troublesome…. Not every dragon was like Fett…. There were stupid ones like that black dragon too… moreover, I heard that these dragons were both females… they might just be like Alice was back in the day….
"Master…." Mai looked at my annoyed expression…
"It's nothing… I should handle this carefully.."
"Yes, by the way master, is it really true? I heard that you asked for a maid from Lord Rin as a reward?" Mai said looking interested…
"You heard it huh?"
"Of course, but let me say this, you will have to abide by the order or else there will be chaos.."
"I know that…. I wonder if you are in that order too.."
"Ooh!.... Master if you also want your big sister maid to sooth your carnal desires, I will wholeheartedly do that." Mai exaggeratedly said that while looking happy and giving me a mischievous wink.…. I feel that it is really really hard to think what is going through her head… I can't tell whether she is serious or not.
"I will think about it…. I did have one of those dreams…. But it was halfway done…." the maids were supposed to be my mistresses. I do wonder why these girls fall for me this hard, unlike my soon to be wives… I haven't done anything to get their love.
"Master, we are here…." Losing our easygoing atmosphere, I knocked and went inside… this was the 3rd floor. The guest quarters…. There were a lot of private rooms here decorated to the point it could entertain royal guests with leisure. I had not skipped over any luxuries here.
The height of luxury can be felt just by stepping on this floor. Be it from the carpet or the lighting. There was light but no one could tell where it glowed from. I made the whole roof glow. With intricate designs… yup this was very artistically prepared.
"If it isn't the human who was called the first dragon slayer in a century…." as I entered, I saw there stood busty babes in a red and black dress. they had assets that were quite something, thankfully their attire was modest and not that revealing. at least I approved of their clothing.
The 2 girls were hot but it was nothing that would make me fall for them…. Their scrutinizing look was enough to get me bored of them…
"Nice to meet you, I am Rekka wolford…" as I entered from the the separate hall to the dining space, I found it really hard to hold my mouth and not spew any insults. That was just how mocking those 2 sounded.
"I am Selena, and this is my sister, Selen. We are directly under the Royal family's order. It should be your fortune that someone like us came to get you…" the girl with Red hair said that with a haughty tone…. She sounded like those spoiled brats….
"I was told that you will arrive later on but it seems you were early.." there was no reason to show over the top respect to them. No matter who they were, the envoy or normal dragon, I stood clearly above them here being the one who was challenged and all. So I talked casually with them. Thankfully they did not over react.
"We heard that you humans have gone and found some good foods, so we came early to get a taste of them." At least they were honest.
"So you found our food delectable… I see.." it was great, food could really fix cultural difficulties…
"Ha ha ha, that is right, we found it nice. I must say, it is different from a century ago. Still I heard you specialize in cooking too… I wonder if you lose to Lady Ashvel, she might just spare you by making you a servant to prepare food." Selen who spoke in a condescending tone looked like she wanted to provoke me….
Mai behind me looked like there was a terrifying shadow over her face. Not getting worked up, I promptly answered.
"Do not worry, even if your Lady loses, I will surely make a trading relationship…. And you guys can have the recipes learned from us…" seeing that I wasn't agitated at all, they clicked their tongues…. At least try to hide your irritation…!
[These dragons are hopeless…. Because of the long peace, the dragons must have forgotten what it means to anger my wielder…]
"Yeah, I want to bury them deep underground for saying all those things to my Rekka!" Ridge freaked out inside my head too.
Calm down, I am not gonna do those things.
After that rude display of the 2 envoys, I escorted them to the 1st floor. The 2nd floor was our private area, so the 1st floor was the best choice. I had set up a sort of rest cafe area here and since they wanted to try my dish this was the best place…
After seeing the menu, they ordered everything. Since they were dragons, in reality their human appearance was only for show. So eating a lot was nothing for them..
"Master, I heard you got a new maid." Seri said, serving our table. She was one of my personal maids. She had a cute way of talking so even though she was slightly older than me, she looked younger.
Apart from that, her sister and everyone of the maids looked perked up hearing Seri asking...
"Are you all gonna ask me that now?" I was already asked this same question over and over by my maids…
"I am still number 3 on the list so I just wanted to hear the master saying that I will have my turn soon." Seri said, looking with upturned eyes. your getting more and more passionate by the day eh?
"I wonder who is number 1…." I didn't really know what order it was but it seems the maids were still holding back on the information… they said when the time comes, they will appear in order. To think this order was so important to them.
"This cake is so fluffy! I really want to eat this everyday!" Selena and Selen were finishing the desserts at high speeds… Well, I do like the way they complimented my food without any or at all reservations.
"Master, I wonder, would you take a maid with you too? Or you will have to take care of everything by yourself." Mai who said so casually, made everyone of the maids freeze in place and eye me with sparkling eyes. I wonder if she did these things intentionally…. Couldn't you have asked that in a private space?
"No, I will be going alone."
"Eh? But I am going too." Ridge, who was enjoying a parfait while in her fairy form which was as small as a hand, looked up from the table.
"Yeah, you are going too, I was talking about the others." hearing so, Ridge nodded in satisfaction. Since she can't stay at one place by nature, travelling was the most fun she could think of. She had recently got back from visiting a friend but it seems she had already become bored.
"I doubt it is even allowed to take humans there." As I said so, Selen looked up and answered.
"You can take a few helpers if you want. It's not like we are at war."
Of all the times she could give helpful advice, she gives it now….
"I-i see…. So.. Mai you can.."
"Then please master choose to your liking, I think 3 maids should be fine." As Mai said, she completely made the decision to turn towards me… I could see the maids' sparkling eyes looking at me with hope that I would ask them to come…. Those eyes were hurting me all over….
"Ah ha ha ha…. I see…. Mai… I want you to come since you are quite capable and all…. But it seems you have more work here." Since she didn't nod, I got that she doesn't want to come.
"Seri, Sarah…..and… Mila… yeah, you 3 will be enough." Since dawdling will only make this worse, I promptly choose the ones I felt sure would not be much trouble.
I wanted to pick Lia and Elia but they were still too young to go around visiting a place like dragon territory.
"Wa-wa-wa…. Master! I see that Seri is very capable but me?" Sarah, who was shy, looked bewildered. Moreover, even though Seri and Mila easily evaded the jealous stares of the others, it looks like Sarah was getting overwhelmed by all the attention. It was cute. if she had the power she might want to shrink her body like Ridge can and hide in some little hole.
"Don't worry sister, Master has chosen you so you will be helpful." Seri encouraged her.
"Yes, you should not question master's judgement even if it is a depraved one."
"Mila, I wish you forgot your time in the empire, I am not a depraved criminal you know?" although I came from teasing Rose the other day.
"Perish the thought! Master is an honest man." she says that with a good façade…
Well Mila did promise that she wouldn't utter a word about what I did in the empire… so I could let her be how she wants. Besides, it's fun when she stays like that… she has become even more beautiful from the first time I met her.
Because of getting enough food and sleep, her health has returned to normal. She was also managing the girls who I had rescued.
Even though she insisted on staying by me as long as she could.. Her work being increased made her a bit busy and thus she was unable to hang around me. In a way, it was like a blessing not having Mai and Mila both wait on me together… it was like hell when both were together.
"Since that is the case, Mila, Seri and Sarah go and get prepared. You are dismissed from work for now." Mai gave them the order and they went to get ready. It's not like we are leaving today but they were supposed to get all the necessary things ready for our journey.
"Hey Human, I want some of your maids who can make this type of food to come with us, they might not live long enough but they can at least provide some good desserts for a few years." Selena who suddenly said something so outrageous caught me off guard…
Everything was fine, but did she really want me to pawn off my precious maids? These maids who took care of me from when I was just a kid?
"Say that again?" I asked just to be sure…. Mai looked taken aback by my tone, but she didn't say anything….
There are some things you just don't say to a man. One of them is about the ones who have taken care of him while he was growing up. And now that you said. You can't take it back.