Swan Wood, a public bathhouse with lodgings, in the Shikoku district was brimming with diverse and popular variety of beings for the past few days, filling up their pockets in return.
"Hey, isn't this the lodging that's in the news these days?" One of the three ladies said while passing by the bathhouse.
"Swan Wood, right? I would have given it a chance if it was not a female only lodge, I can't bring my family together, you know?" The second lady replied.
"Are you sure about that? Because, I think, I saw Tamako-san coming out of the building all puffed and glowing, pink, yesterday." The third one finally broke the silence.
"So what? It's just a bathhouse, so it wouldn't be rare for her to give it a visit, what are you implying?" The second lady replied.
"Oh, haha…ha, nothing, I was just sharing what I saw." The third one replied with a disappointed look.
"This bitch, doesn't she understand what those expressions implied? Tsk, idiot." She thought.
"You think I don't understand what you are implying, damn vixen?!" The second lady thought.
"So, basically if you go there, you will be banged, right?" The first lady stated those lines with a poker face.
The other two women blushed due to the surprising sentence, with the well placed words and look at her with nervous faces.
"Y-You idiot, what are you talking about? It's not just a female only lounge, but I have heard that the employees are also expert females, so don't blurt it out like that." The second lady exclaimed.
"Exactly! Now, don't keep staring at the hut, we need to get back to our homes too. Hurry up." The third lady said while pushing the first lady to walk.
Even they were tempted to give a visit to the infamous Swan Wood but the only thing that stopped them from doing so was it's lodging fees, more precisely, privilege charges.
The price, of course, was reasonable considering the luxurious and beautiful atmosphere they provided their customers with, including but not limited to man-made nature, in-house and open hot springs, traditional care to all the cultures respectively, etc.
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"~Mnn~!!!" Biting the downright part of her lips, she tried to control her moan with the increasing pleasure.
"~Hnn…nn…I-It feels gooooood~" She let herself off the hook as the two white hands started to slide all over her long elven ears.
"Is it tempting enough, ~Ruche?!~" With a provocative voice, the guy whispered slowly in her ears.
"Aah, I can feel his breath around my ears…damn, why is he so good at it?!" She thought as she left her body powerless on the bed.
The man removed his hands from her ears and sat down on the bed beside her while wiping his hands off the oil.
"How can you be so sensitive, Ruchell?" After tightening his hairbands from the back, the black haired guy continued, "Even though you pay for the whole massage, you always seem to be done by the time I reach your ears…" with an extended sigh.
"Don't worry about that," She turned her head sideways and looked at the wall with sad eyes, "it's enough stress relief for me, Lust."
A pair of red eyes with heart-shaped pupils and a black outline outlined his bewitching expression as he looked at her. In addition to a white T-shirt with a goat motif on the top-left side, he was wearing a black jacket over the T-shirt.
"What is it, you don't look that well today. Did something happen, ~darling~?" He said with a mischievous smile.
"Uh huh, stop it, you know I don't like you teasing me like this…still, you don't listen." She said with a silent voice.
"You know, the worst thing a person can commit…it's suppressing their intrinsic desires due to some petty and superficial exposition." He stood up from the bed and walked towards the direction Ruchell was looking. Sitting down on his knees, he looked at her cotton-like skin and green eyes like Emerald, a little dull than usual, silently.
"Tell me," In the process of speaking, some black smoke like matter filled his pupillary openings, "that dark desire of yours…that sin….is it interesting?" with a cynical expression.
"Let all your complications out…that way everything will be more enchanting."
"I-I…" Ruchell's voice faltered as she began to, unknowingly, unwillingly, come under the influence of Lust.
"That's enough, Lust." A black cat said as it looked at them from the small window, for ventilation purposes, with dark blue eyes. "Stay in your limits!!"
A sudden flash of light filled Lust's eyes that seemed to reflect his inner emotions as the darkness from his eyes vanished and a sadistic smile surfaced.
"Maaaster! ~You are here~" He said while displaying fanatic expressions.
"That does," The cat jumped down on the bed, followed by the floor, "seem like it…" and tilted it's head sideways.
Soon after, the cat's body started to melt down into an irregular matter, then molding itself again in the form of a human boy.
He wore a long white, full sleeved, T-shirt reaching all the way down to his toe, with a strange combination of bodily features. He had a blooming white hair color, arranged randomly, and a black-white eye combination. His left eye comprised of a white crescent moon over the black pupil and right eye comprised of a round sun covered with triangular spikes acting as a cover to the white sphere over the black pupil. He had a poker face, with no-specific expression whatsoever.
While all this occurred, Ruchell was just there looking at them with a blank expression after coming back to her senses.
"Did that cat just turned into a boy? What is going on?!" That was the prioritized thought, disturbing her mental peace at that moment.
"My pleasure to meet you, Ms. Ruchell." The kid said in a soft tone, and continued with the same expressionless face, "I am Karma, the owner of Swan Wood."
"This kid…owner? Are you kidding me?" She thought.
"I apologize for the misconduct my employee caused you, I hope you forgive him this one time." Karma bowed down his head slightly while Lust looked at him with desperate eyes filled with guilt.
"~Ah~, I made him bow down for me…this guilty conscience…what am I going to do with this?" He said while pressing his body harder in remorse.
"U-Uh, it's a-alright, I don't mind." She replied, without thinking much about it.
"I appreciate that. Actually, the reason for my visit is you, Ms. Ruchell. Will you coordinate with me for the time being?" He continued.
"The way he talks doesn't suit his attire and age." She thought while giving him a puzzled look.
"So sudden…I mean, I don't get it anything that's going on right now. Can you take it a little bit slower?" She asked.
"Simply said, I want some details," He slid his hairs, "about the diamond variant that your Pope is hiding." and asked her with a stern look.
Her pupils contracted in surprise but she instantly regained her composure. "Actually, I think, we are already done with the session, Lust. So I will be taking my leave, also, I don't know what you are talking about, excuse me…" She got up from her bed and started to leave the room with just a towel over her body, after taking off her clothes from the hanger.
"What is wrong with these guys?" She is about to open the door but Karma hit her with another sentence.
"I can help in solving your current predicament" He said.
"What are you talking about? I still don't get it."
"You saw him today, right? Fumio, don't you want to meet him again?"
Her eyes widened in surprise as her face turned more emotional. She turned back with teary eyes and ran towards Karma in rage, but was stopped by Lust.
"Oh ho, calm down, ~Ruche~!" Lust said.
"I told you to not interfere, Lust." Karma said with a firm voice to which Lust replied with silence.
"What do you think, Ms. Ruchell, it's a simple trade. You help me with my predicament and I will do the same."
"But, h-how do you know about him?" She said while trying to resist.
"I don't know anything about him. That's why I want you to tell me…about you and Fumio." He said while reaching closer to her face.
With a sigh, Karma continued, "It was not my intention to scare you like this…Please take your time, and visit me if you make up your mind."
"Huh?" She looked at Karma's face with a baffled face, "You are going to let me go?" trying to confirm what she heard.
"That's what I said, didn't I?" Karma replied.
"Oh, okay…" While holding her towel in one hand and the clothes in the other, she left the room as quickly as she could.