I should be used to waking up in a bed and finding out that it hurts to move. It's certainly happened to me often enough. It reminded me of the value of having friends. The first time I'd been rendered unconscious by an opponent had been on a lonely beach, at the hands of a certain crab girl, the first opponent to defeat me. Years after that incident I'd learned to actually remember it with affection. I had been in no real danger and Cindy was a fantastic person who had simply needed to learn that it wasn't okay to wash people without their consent. But at the time, and for quite some time after, it had been a traumatic memory. I had been sure that I was going to die. Even worse, I was sure that Alice didn't care. Yet when I awakened, Alice was there, although she insisted that she would still let me get eaten if I lost. I'd simply been lucky that I'd been defeated by a relatively harmless monster.
Or had I been lucky? The revelation about Ilias on the original world gave me pause. I had received an evaluation after that battle, the only one I remember. But since it had not meant the end for my adventure, there was no need to rewind time. Had that been done for me on other occasions? I guessed I would probably never know, since my Ilias was worlds away and could not be reached for comment.
I realized with a start that no one was at my bedside. Since it wasn't because no one cared about me, that must have meant they were too busy. I remembered how nearly everyone had fallen to Sonya and Adramelech's assault. My healing talents might still be needed!
I sprang out of bed and fell flat on my face on the hard floor, bloodying my nose. Agh! At least the rounds that had still been in my body had apparently been extracted. I'd obviously been given special healing attention while I was out. But healing, at least the healing my friends were capable of, didn't mean one hundred percent recovery. Everything that was knitted together could still come undone if I wasn't careful. If my friends were busy, the last thing they needed was to deal with my internal bleeding.
I picked myself up more carefully and shuffled on weak legs out into the hall. The castle had become crowded during our quest. How many allies did we have now? Fifty? Sixty? The castle could easily accommodate five hundred, but unless everyone was in their rooms, 50-60 meant you would probably see someone down every hall and in every common area. But the hall I was in was deserted.
Where did they do the healing in here? I knew where the infirmary had been in Alice's castle back on my world. But healing among our smaller group had usually been done on an ad hoc basis, wherever the injured person happened to be. Since this time there would have been a large group of wounded, a dozen if not two dozen, where would Alice have ordered them kept? Assuming Alice was even in condition to give orders?
Grumbling to myself, I continued to weakly shuffle down the hall, heading in the general direction of the bar. If there was anyplace I was likely to find someone, it would be the bar.
A walk that normally took me five minutes took twenty, but I made it. Inside the bar were two friendly faces. Barbun, wiping a glass clean, and Mary, looking more sloshed than usual.
"Luka!" Barbun exclaimed. "You look awful! Go back to bed! Better yet, that's too far! Use mine! It's right outside the door to the right!"
"I need to know where everyone is," I slurred, sounding about as intelligible as Mary on one of her worse days.
"The wounded are in the main hall," Barbun replied. "It's a miracle that no one died. I wonder if a part of Sonya was holding back that whole time?"
"That other one sure wasn't," Mary muttered.
"Were you two there?" I asked. "I didn't see either of you. Granted, I was lying on the ground for most of the latter stage of that battle."
"Since I could attack well from a distance, I was brought to the temple to join the fight by Alice," Barbun said. "Mary tagged along but didn't get to do anything. She only knows melee attacks."
"I got to be her meat shield," Mary slurred. "Took a beating but I heal fast."
"No, you're just so drunk that you don't feel pain," Barbun corrected.
"So no one died?" I asked, relieved. "Anyone permanently injured?"
"Morrigan lost an arm," Barbun reported. "But powerful succubi regenerate, I've been told. She'll be fine soon enough. Gnosis and Zion got messed up pretty badly, but Eden, the one with the clothes on, she escaped with them. Morrigan's sisters were battered pretty good but seemed to be all right. As for our group, two of the weaker kitsunes almost didn't make it. They seem to be out of the woods now. Candy and Aradia were big targets and so got hurt pretty bad. I think they'll be out of commission for awhile. Their size also makes them harder to heal quickly. You might be able to help them heal faster."
"Good idea," I said. "I can do a fair bit of healing myself."
"No, I mean your semen. It's potent and will give them a lot of energy. Those are two pretty powerful monsters. They can heal themselves just fine if they get good semen."
"Oh."
"Otherwise, a lot of mild to moderate injuries. Some of them, like Spider Princess, are already back at full strength, others like Mephisto and Emily are going to need some time. I know a little first aid, so I've been helping out."
"Thanks for the update, Barbun, and thank you for your help," I said appreciatively.
Main hall. Okay, I can make it there, I thought. I think I can, anyway. I began to shuffle back out into the hallway. This time I didn't get far before running into someone: Alicetroemeria.
"Oh, I see you're up, dumbass," Alicetroemeria said by way of greeting.
"Good morning to you too," I replied.
"What the hell was with that stunt you pulled that by all rights should have gotten you killed?!"
"You're welcome, Eight."
"Get out of here with that noise!" Alicetroemeria replied hotly. "I'm strong! Really fucking strong! Sure, I prefer not to get shot up with bullets and blasted with chaos magic, but I would have lived! You nearly didn't! Why would you do that?!"
"Because I care, that's why. Even about you."
Alicetroemeria slapped me, hard.
"OW!!! Don't do that!" I complained.
"That's for doing something both stupid and unnecessary that could have gotten us all killed! You are the most important member of this oversized party and you took yourself out, early in the battle!"
I had to admit she had a point there. I hadn't thought of it in that way. Being Luka the hero was fun, and easy, at least when it came to the thinking part. As in, I didn't have to do much thinking. But I was a leader now. I couldn't just throw myself into the path of bullets. Physical durability wasn't my strength. It was Alicetroemeria's. She was a tank. She was right. She could have taken everything Sonya had and kept fighting. At least for awhile.
My thoughts were interrupted by a soft kiss on the cheek.
"And that's for thinking I'm worth saving," Alicetroemeria said. "you know, you're just like Heinrich."
"Is that a bad thing?" I asked. Heinrich was a great hero. Back on my world, most people thought I'd eclipsed him, but I'd always been uncomfortable with that kind of talk. Heinrich was the ultimate hero.
"In most ways, no," Alicetroemeria answered. "But in this one way, yes. I've had to save his hide more than once because he tried to martyr himself to protect someone else. Often, me! I keep telling him I don't need his protection, that he should look out for himself, but he never listens. I would think you'd be older and wiser."
"So are you going to be leaving us, now?" I asked. "Do you want me to take you back to your world?"
"Why would I leave?"
"You saw your future," I said. "You met your counterpart, sort of. I would think you'd be eager to get back and head towards that future. I mean, the ultimate deity! What's better than that?"
"Oh, so you're the expert on Black Alice, now?"
"I've fought two versions of you."
"And you're 2-0, so let me get you two cookies!" Aliceotroemeria sneered. "I'm still processing what I saw yesterday. I have to admit, I did not see that coming, and although I know a lot more than I'm supposed to know, there's a ton that I don't. I figure if I stick with you, I'll learn more."
"Isn't Heinrich going to worry about you?"
"That world is moving much slower than this one," Alicetroemeria said. "That's why it was so far in the past. I could stay here several more weeks before Heinrich even finishes his drink."
"Oh. How come time didn't move that way for us? Shouldn't a lot of time have passed since we had our little… excursion?"
"I don't think you realize how slowly Heinrich drinks."
Was she being serious? I never got a chance to ask the question as my jaw hit the floor. Casually walking down the hall was the large, vivacious, very naked form of Eden. Alicetroemeria cackled at my reaction to Eden.
"Greetings, Luka," Eden said. "Should you be out of bed? Do you need help sleeping? I can assist if needed."
I had a pretty good idea of what that assistance entailed and I remembered how seldom I had taken advantage of Eden's willingness to sleep with me. I shook it off, though. If I was going to be ejaculating inside anyone today it would be to help one or more of my monster friends heal faster. That seemed very altruistic to me. Eden looked quite healthy. Very, very healthy.
"My face is up here," Eden said.
If anything her face was more lovely than her ample breasts. In fact, I'd always considered it to be her best feature, at least when she was flashing that dazzling smile at me. That had been my Eden, though. This Eden seemed to be a perpetual sourpuss.
"Sorry, Eden," I said quickly. "I was meaning to talk to you about that. See, we have a dress code here."
"We do?" Alicetroemeria asked.
"What's a dress code?" Eden asked.
"You can't just walk around naked!" I argued. "So…. You need clothes. Like the other Eden."
"Why can't I walk around naked? I've always done that. The fact that my body makes you crazy is a you problem."
I had to admit that this was less about Eden than about her two young sisters who had literally been born yesterday. They had also not discovered the joys of clothing yet.
"Maybe it is," I admitted. "And I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I love your body. I knew a counterpart of yours well."
"How well?" Eden asked, showing a thin smile for the first time.
"Just… consider it like a uniform. If you're in this party, you have to wear at least minimal clothing."
"Fine," Eden said, her sourpuss expression returning. "I don't like my sisters being naked anyway."
I sighed with relief. At least on that count, Eden saw eye to eye with me.
"I don't think they'll have problems finding clothes," Eden said. "But I'm a little on the large side. Does anyone here have the ability to conjure or manually make clothing? I used to be able to cover myself in vines and such but it will take some time for my power to get back to that level."
I marveled at her different manner of speaking. On every world I'd been to, a person spoke basically the same on each world. But this Eden had a very flat, American-sounding accent. My Eden had sounded almost British. The Angel World Eden had had a slight southern American patrician accent. I wondered if it had to do with their different dispositions.
"You know, Spider Princess should be able to make you something," I suggested.
"I'm not wearing monster silk," Eden replied flatly. "Are there any humans in this castle?"
"Um…. A few, mostly male. Maybe one of them is a tailor?"
"Thanks," Eden replied. "I'll head over to the male wing."
Eden trudged off. "Wow, that girl is a party pooper," Alicetroemeria said. "And you had a relationship with her counterpart? I feel bad for you."
"My Eden was a lot friendlier," I said. "I'm guessing this Eden's a bit depressed. She's been shut in for thirty years and if there's one thing all Edens have in common it's their rather unhealthy devotion to Ilias. She watched her Ilias die and our Ilias is substantially weaker than her, even with the remnants of this world's Ilias now a part of her. So I imagine it's tough for her. Maybe her two reborn sisters can cheer her up."
"Maybe," Alicetroemeria mumbled. "Look, let's make a deal. If you promise not to throw your life away for stupid reasons, I'll stop making trouble for you. It's fun and all, but things are getting pretty serious now and I want to be a team player. At least until the crisis is resolved. How's that sound?"
"It sounds… fantastic!" I replied. "You're not taking advantage of my trust, are you?"
"While it's tempting to do so, because you're such an easy mark, no. I don't know what you've heard about me, but I see how you are with the monsters. You're a good guy, Luka. In some ways, I like you even better than Heinrich. You're not as delectable a morsel as he is. You're actually kind of a dork. And homely too."
"Thanks for that."
"But it doesn't seem like you've ever been filled with Ilias' bullshit," Alicetroemeria continued. "I respect that about you. You've got enough trouble without me contributing. Now go get some rest, or I'll fuck you to sleep myself!"
"I need to go to the main hall first," I said. "As the leader, it's my responsibility to check on those who got hurt following me."
"All right, you win! You have an hour! Then I'm hunting you down!"
I made my way to the main hall, ever so slowly and gingerly. Apparently, good work had been done while I was out, because I only found Candy, Emily, and Aradia on makeshift gurneys. Sonya, Ilias, Micaela, and Lucifina were doing most of the work caring for them. Sonya looked up at me, held a stare for a moment, then went back to work, not saying anything. She must have felt guilty. Tending to the wounds of friends she was responsible for hurting couldn't be easy, but it was the most expedient atonement available to her.
Alice was supervising and having discussions with Alma Elma and… Morrigan!?
"Excuse me," I said, getting Alice's attention. "What is she doing here?"
"She was injured," Alice answered. "She lost an arm fighting that apoptosis. We thought that with angels on our team, we might be able to speed the healing."
"Looks cute, doesn't it?" Morrigan laughed, waving a tiny little baby hand at me. The regeneration process was progressing well, it seemed.
"Fair enough," I said. "I assume she'll be joining her sisters on their next murder spree soon?"
"Actually," Alice said. "Morrigan is our newest team member."
"The hell she is!" I erupted. "She murdered children!"
"Ilias murdered children, and you like having her in the party," Alice pointed out.
"Ilias is changing! Morrigan still thinks murdering children is the right thing to do!"
"Stop acting like you understand anything about what's going on!" Morrigan interjected.
"Then explain it to me!" I said, turning on her. "Explain to me what the massacre at Luddite Village was meant to achieve!"
"I don't have to explain anything to you," Morrigan said, starting to fold her arms until she realized that the left one wasn't long enough. "I'm trying to save everyone, just like you!"
"Gee, had to destroy the village to save the village. I'm sure I've heard that one before!"
"Well maybe I'll just "save" you, right here!" Morrigan said, getting that crazy look in her eyes.
"Okay, back to your corners, guys," Alma Elma said, getting in between us. "Luka, trust me. Morrigan's going to be a good teammate."
"Why did Lilith want her here?" I asked. "There's got to be an agenda, I'm sure of it!"
"I'm not hiding our agenda," Morrigan said. "I'm here to keep an eye on your childhood friend and the chaos spirit. Incidentally, I'm also supposed to convince you to join our side, although admittedly I may not be the best person for that role."
"Oh, do you think?! Alice, I thought I was the leader here?"
"You were out of it," Alice replied. "Besides, there are already monsters here you didn't approve."
"Have they murdered anyone lately?"
"Actually, yes!" Alice shot back. "You have people on your team that have raped, murdered, eaten people, and I'm sure kicked a puppy or two!"
"When did you become all Child of Judgment and everything?" Morrigan added.
"Shut up, Morrigan," Alice warned. "She's agreed to do things your way while she's with us. No killing. Besides, I don't think we need to hide our agenda either. I'd love some intelligence on Lilith and my mother's goals, and Morrigan is too crazy and impulsive to keep her mouth shut."
"That's right!" Morrigan said. "Wait a minute… That wasn't a compliment?"
"I'm surrounded by idiots," Alice muttered, shaking her head. "Anyway, we need to discuss what's really important right now. Our next step."
"Are we able to summon the Garuda Girl now?" I asked.
"I believe we are. Ilias, this world's Ilias, was the one disrupting the flow of mana. We should be good to go now. I hate having to wait a few more days, but you're nowhere near up to confronting my mother. I'll let the team know that you showed up to check on the wounded. Most of our companions are doing fairly well. Like you, they're hobbling around, but they'll mend. The ones remaining here…. It might be awhile. And I really do want to get my body back. I'm getting a little worried about the power differential between me and Ilias."
"You two seemed to be getting along," I pointed out.
"We are, it's just… there's a little… tension between us since the angels and succubus sisters showed up. I'm just not sure how far our alliance goes. The existence of a monster dominated world and an angel dominated world competing for influence here worries me. I fear it will upset our team chemistry just as we were really starting to gel. They seem to want you to take sides. But I fear once you do, it might break up the team."
"I worry about that goddess too," Morrigan said, giving Ilias a dirty look. Ilias responded by sticking out her tongue at Morrigan. Millions of years old, and immature as ever, I thought. "I wish I knew what happened to your body, Monster Lord. I'm not sure even your mother knows. That was all White Rabbit, and she didn't discuss her plans with any of us beforehand. That White Rabbit never does. Always doing her own thing."
"I can relate," Alma Elma chuckled. "Have you given any thought to how you want to handle the castle assault? I'm surprised you haven't called a war council. You love meetings."
"I haven't called a meeting because we're not going to attack the castle," Alice said.
"That's funny, because last I checked, to take a castle you have to assault a castle," Alma Elma pointed out. "Or perhaps I slept through my military science classes. Oh wait, that wasn't it. I fucked the professor and he gave me an A."
"You had a male military professor?!" Alice asked.
"Not all of us were raised as shut-ins, tutored only by kitsunes," Alma Elma taunted.
"Well, you're right that we can't take a castle without assaulting it," Alice conceded. "But I'm not declaring war on my mother. I'm going to talk to her. Find out why she's doing what she's doing."
"You're not powerful enough to get your way with her," Alma Elma noted.
"That means Luka will have to be my power. I was thinking that I'd go to the castle with Luka. ONLY me and Luka."
"I thought you loved Luka?" Alma Elma asked. "That's a great way to get him eaten or worse, and you aren't strong enough to protect him as you are now."
Alice started to retort, but then paused. Uh oh. I could see a light bulb over her head, figuratively speaking of course. Alice had an idea.
"Alma Elma, you're a genius!" Alice exulted. "Luka, go back to your room and rest up. When you next wake up, if you can walk a little better, you and I are going to go on a little errand."
As I left, I pointed my two fingers at my eyes, while staring at Morrigan, to let her know that I was watching her. Morrigan responded by obscenely simulating a blowjob with her fist, tongue and cheek.
"Luka, wait!" I heard Sonya behind me as I went to open the door to my room.
"Sonya!" I exclaimed. "How are you?" I asked lamely, not sure what else to say.
"How do you think I am?" she replied bitterly.
"Well, you did want more power," I said, digging myself deeper. "So how much do you remember?"
"I remember very little, but Nuruko filled me in. I hurt a lot of people, Luka. Will they ever trust me again?"
"They know it wasn't really you," I said, trying to be reassuring.
"Even I'm not sure of that. Nuruko thinks that I was born with the apoptosis a part of me. That means it IS me. At least Nuruko enables me to control it now."
"You can control the change? That's wonderful!" I exclaimed.
"Well, as you say, it did give me more power," Sonya conceded.
"Sonya, I have a question which you probably can't answer. Adramalech, both times I've faced her, somehow blocked my power. I couldn't find it or use it as long as she was in the area. I heard Lilith say that you were an XX-class apoptosis? So is Adramelech apparently. Can you block my power?"
"Like I said, I don't remember much. Actually, I only really remember one thing. That one thing is why I followed you back to your room."
"And what one thing was that?"
"All I remember is looking into your eyes and seeing…. My Luka. Was I delusional? Is it even possible?"
"I think he's real," I said. "I spoke to him in my subconscious while I was out cold during the battle. He said he could save you where I'd failed. I still don't know how he did it, but somehow you could tell that it wasn't me, but him."
"The eyes are the window to the soul," Sonya said wistfully. "I didn't really understand what that meant until that moment. Can we continue this discussion in your room? I want this to be private."
"Of course," I said, opening the door for her.
We both walked into my bedroom. We stood there awkwardly for a moment. Then Sonya turned to me, a look in her eyes that told me that I'd better not deny the request she was about to make.
"I want to talk to Luka," Sonya said.
"I don't think it works that way," I replied. "I'm not possessing his body. It's not like he's a separate being I have to suppress. We're merged together. I am him and he is me."
"Yet you are separate in the ways that matter. So maybe it's not a possession. Ilias confirmed that much a long time ago. But he is in there and he's not merged completely with you. I want to talk to him. Luka, get out here!"
I was about to tell her that it really, really didn't work that way, but Luka decided to prove me wrong. I felt my brain turn over again. Suddenly I was no longer looking at Sonya my companion, but Sonya my dearest friend. Sonya noticed the change immediately.
"Luka?!" she cried, looking into my eyes.
"I'm here, Sonya," I replied. "I'm sorry I waited until now to come out. It's just that the other Luka is so much stronger than me and he seems to know what he's doing and he has all this power and-"
Sonya cut me off with a deep kiss. I realized at that moment that I'd never kissed a girl before. I remembered just then that Sonya had asked me to kiss her a few times, playfully, throughout the years, for various reasons. I'd always given her a soft peck on the cheek, or kissed her really fast on the lips before running away, giggling. But this was a real kiss. With tongue and everything.
"Sonya, why are you being weird again?" I asked. "That's what you do with that other Luka."
"If you know that, then you should also know that I've been wanting to do that with you for a lifetime."
"I always give you two privacy when the weird stuff starts. So I didn't know that. Sonya, why didn't you ever tell me that you felt that way about me?"
"You seemed uninterested!" Sonya answered. "I was friend zoned! You used to always give me compliments about how someday I'd make a great wife for somebody, when all I wanted was for you to catch just one of my hints that I wanted to be that great wife for you! All those times I tried to get you to kiss me, or talk about what you wanted out of a girl… I'd try to be that girl whenever I could get anything out of you on the subject! But you never noticed me."
"Sonya, I'm sorry, I just didn't know! It never even occurred to me! It's not like there was anyone else, anyway. I guess I'd just never been that into girls. I was focused on other things. Lime used to be a lot more direct in her propositions, but I always put her off because I didn't want to lose my virginity that way. So many boys just lose it feeding a monster. I think most of the boys in Iliasville had their first time with a slime girl. But I wanted it to be special. With someone I loved."
"Do you love me, Luka?" Sonya asked.
"I do. Very much. I just-!"
"Then that's all we need to know," Sonya said firmly, putting her finger over my lips. Her finger was replaced by her lips again. The first kiss had already aroused me. The second caused me to bulge in my pants something fierce.
Sonya lifted me off my feet and carried me to my bed, setting me gently down and following me in. She began undoing my pants. Once she'd removed mine, she began disrobing herself. I was shocked at how aroused I was. Lest you think that all of this has been this world's Luka talking, I am actually still here. Unlike him, I wasn't retreating into my subconscious. I wasn't even sure I knew how. Why was this arousing me so much? Not only had I had more sexual experiences than almost any man, I'd already had sex with Sonya as well.
Then I realized that with the other Luka's mind at the forefront, I was experiencing losing my virginity all over again. My own first time had been with Ilias in human disguise. There had been nothing romantic about it. I guess I can't call it rape, since I was eager to have sex with her. Heck, I was eager to have sex with anyone! I had none of the reluctance of this world's Luka. But it had not been a great experience. Ilias, posing as Irene, totally normal Earth human, had only wanted to transport me to her world to do her dirty work. She'd even complained that I was taking too long to come, and she'd only had sex with me for two minutes! I grew excited and emotional at the prospect of a second chance to have my first time, and to have it with someone I loved, rather than the random hookup with an otherworldly goddess that so many men experience. Hey, it happens in movies and books and it happened to me, so it must be a common thing, right?
"Already hard, I see," Sonya purred. "Well I'm pretty excited, too. Let's just go straight to the good part."
She reached down and gently positioned me at the entrance of her pussy, then slowly pushed me in.
"Oh, Luka!" she breathed, kissing me again. "You don't know how long I've wanted to do this!"
I was shocked and dismayed that I lasted all of fifteen seconds.
"Already?" Sonya asked. "You lasted much longer last…. Oh, I guess that wasn't you."
"I'm sorry, Sonya!"
"Don't be," she said, her nose touching mine. "You have no idea how happy you've already made me. We'll just do it again, okay? Let me get you hard and ready again."
Sonya reached into her outfit by the bed and pulled out her succubus hand. Placing it over her hand, she began to stroke me with it. My erection returned even larger than before.
"All right, let's see if we can't teach you a little control before I put it in again," Sonya said softly.
Sonya bent her head down and lightly sucked the head of my penis. There was a part of my mind that said this was nothing. I'd been swallowed to the root by succubi and been inside monster organs that spun like blenders. But my body was acting as if none of that had ever happened to me. Actually, my body was acting as if I'd never experienced sexual stimulation of any sort! That's when I searched back in my memory and could find no memories of Luka ever even so much as masturbating!
Sonya ran her tongue softly along my shaft. My dick twitched wildly, as if trying to get away while she held it in place with her hand.
"Control," she said softly, then licked it softly again. I moaned and gasped.
"That's… too good!" I protested.
"It's supposed to be," she said gently, licking again. Every lick was causing my toes to curl.
She licked again, a little more firmly. I felt that I was about to come again. "Control," Sonya reminded me.
The next lick sent semen spurting into her face and hair. She stopped and glared at me. I was humiliated.
"Really, Luka? That's so rude!" Sonya admonished me.
"I'm so sorry, Sonya!"
"I'm just teasing you!" she said with a wicked smile. "That was my fault. I probably stroked you too much with the succubus hand. Let's try this again. Third time's the charm, right?"
She put her succubus hand on again, but rather than stroke me, she caressed my shaft with the slightest touch. It grew again readily at her touch, but didn't react as violently as before.
"Okay, now I'm going to really make love to you," she said, inserting me into her again and moving her hips.
That finally did the trick. I will never know how long we made love, but it seemed to go on quite a while and every second of it was heaven. I gave a silent thanks to this world's Luka. Even my first time with Alice hadn't been that emotional or satisfying. Alice hadn't been able to help herself. She had just taken me and tortured me with her pussy. There had been no real love shown to me during the process. Her excuse had been that I needed a distraction or perhaps it was she that needed it. Later I found out that Alice had only done it because she assumed she was going to die and didn't want to die a virgin. I thought I'd experienced so much, but I had never experienced what it was like to make love for the first time with someone I adored in a mutually satisfying way. All of my first times with my various lovers had been about feeding, or conquering me after a battle, or just doing it for fun. The more intimate experiences always came later. I realized right then why so many humans chose other humans for partners rather than monsters. It was simply too rare, almost impossible, for humans and monsters to interact this way, at least the first time.
We fell asleep in each other's arms. When I awakened, I was myself again. Sonya had already left to go back to taking care of her patients.
So I was supposed to see Alice when I felt good enough to walk around more confidently, but two days later I woke up just in time to make dinner and decided to prioritize that first. Alice could discuss what she wanted at the dinner table. I felt comfortable making that decision, since Alice was probably ravenous for my cooking after three or four days of not having it. In addition, I felt that a proper Luka dinner would improve morale substantially.
Inside the kitchen were my usual help, Spider Princess and Eva, but there was a third person, another spider. I recognized her as Tsuchigumo. The last time I'd seen her, we were enemies. I'd ended her day rather roughly, basically dropping a wall on her. I was glad to see that she hadn't been killed. In the face of the spider army's wanton murder spree, I'd thrown off my usual aversion to killing, putting ending the battle quickly first.
"Luka, I've been waiting for you!" Tsuchigumo said with a broad smile.
"I'm glad to see you're doing well," I said diplomatically.
"Mizuki is physically the strongest among us," Spider Princess said proudly. "We were about to go to your room, my love. We expected that you would want to make dinner tonight, but feared you weren't coming. Are you well enough to do kitchen work?"
"I think so," I said. "Is Mizuki here to help?"
"I'm afraid I know nothing about cooking," Mizuki replied regretfully. "My role is to gather semen."
"Gather semen?"
"As I explained when justifying my assault on the humans," Spider Princess explained. "We spiders do not have easy access to semen. In a world of cute little furries and sexy succubi, not to mention all manner of fetish satisfying monsters out there, it is hard for us to compete. In addition, we are reclusive, so most spiders never see a man, much less get to milk one. So every spider tribe has a milker goes out to the human settlements and stores semen in her breasts. Mizuki has already milked all of the men in the male wing of the castle. She will return to our island and all of the spiders will drink from her breasts."
"Would you like to donate as well, Luka?" Mizuki asked. "Your semen is especially potent. Mixed in with what I've already gathered, it will give our people a great deal of energy."
"Um… I don't know…," I stammered.
"Do not worry that I will be jealous, my love," Spider Princess said. "This is for my people!"
"Well, if it will feed your people, I guess you've successfully twisted my arm. Will this help with their relationship with humans? You see, I used to be a diplomat, so if it's a nice peace gesture, I'm all for it."
"The spider tribe would be most grateful," Mizuki confirmed.
"Okay, then let me just prepare dinner, and once everything's cooking, you can do your…. Whatever it is that you do to um… take my… uh… stuff."
"I shall wait for you," Mizuki said, bowing her head slightly.
She waited a little longer than I had planned. I was still a little slow, plus I wanted to make a very special dinner for everyone. So I cooked more and a wider variety of things than usual. Mizuki waited without complaint. When I was finished, Spider Princess took my hand and led me to a table. Spider Princess then pantsed me quickly and hoisted me onto the prep table.
"He's all yours, Mizuki!" Spider Princess said.
Mizuki ambled towards me on her eight legs. While her body was fearsome, her human portion reminded me a little of Saki. The breasts were much larger, swollen as they were with semen, and she wasn't as pretty as Saki, but the skin color and hair were quite similar.
"Let me start you off with a spider specialty," Mizuki said. Spider Princess was watching intently, which made me a little self conscious. I verified that I was back to being only me again, since shenanigans were about to happen. I didn't want that other Luka experiencing this, at least not yet. Although it sure would have made the semen gathering fast!
Mizuki bent down and sucked me into her mouth, which was astonishingly soft and… well, silky to be obvious. In fact, she left little trails of silk on my penis as she lightly sucked.
"Silk blowjobs are one of the techniques we spiders are known for," Spider Princess explained, whispering in my ear, stimulating me further with her hot breath. "While I will admit that no silk feels better than a Silkworm girl's, they can only produce silk from their spinnarets. We spiders can produce it from many parts of our bodies. I can produce it from thin air using magic."
Mizuki was slowly sucking me in deeper, her unbelievably soft tongue gently squirming along the underside of my penis.
"It feels good, doesn't it?" Spider Princess whispered. "My tongue is even softer."
To demonstrate, Spider Princess lightly licked my ear. Mizuki grunted as a surprise ejaculation filled her mouth. She swallowed it all, however, and presumably had some way of getting it to her breasts.
"Now that you're sufficiently aroused, we can begin the proper milking," Mizuki informed me, crawling up my body and pushing me flat on the table. She maneuvered to get on top of me, lowering her abdomen so that my penis penetrated into another amazing, soft place.
"Spider vagina may not be especially notable, the way a kitsune or succubus' pussy is," Spider Princess said, her head over mine. "But we are not without our unique techniques."
With that, Mizuki's vagina began to contract and squirm and undulate, making loud slurping sounds. After being sucked by her soft mouth, I was being sucked even more by her unique reproductive organ.
"There's no need to hold back," Spider Princess said seductively. "Fill her with as much semen as you can. Of course, as wonderful as this is, I can do the same thing twice as good. I bet you can't wait to find out, my beloved."
I was worried about how loud the slurping was, but I guess it was already a not very private moment. Eva was also watching, smirking the whole time. The vibrations caused by Mizuki's technique tickled my penis, adding even more to the stimulation. The lovely face of Spider Princess staring at me above me wasn't hurting either. I made another deposit in Mizuki. She never stopped the incredible stimulation as I came, and it simply continued after my orgasm ended. Ah, monsters, I thought. At least in terms of pure pleasure, there's nothing that can compare to them.
A breast entered my mouth. I started to squirm and struggle. Spider Princess restrained me.
"Don't worry, my love," Spider Princess reassured me. "Mizuki's breasts hold both milk and semen. She can control what they excrete. Our milk is a powerful aphrodisiac."
"Imf surf I domf neef an aphrodphiac.." I tried to say around the huge breast in my mouth.
"Perhaps not, but couldn't this be even better? You'll come more and faster. Now drink, my love."
Milk began excreting into my mouth. I sighed as the effect washed over me almost immediately. My penis became even more ridiculously sensitive. I came again.
"That's a good boy," Spider Princess purred. "You must be so sensitive right now. I bet you want nothing more than for me to wrap my soft lips around it, and…."
"Fwahhh!" I cried as another orgasm wracked my body. Mizuki had upped the intensity, her vagina slurping harder, sucking me in and out like a piston.
"Imagine how a succubus vagina would feel right now," Eva said. "That is, if there's anything left for me."
"This is for charity," Spider Princess said irritably. "You succubi are so selfish and insatiable!"
"Just sayin'," Eva muttered. "I could do that with my vagina too and it would be even better."
"Is that a challenge?" Spider Princess asked. "Luka will be the judge! I won't lose!"
"Anytime!" Eva agreed.
Meanwhile, I was coming again. Mizuki was tireless. Her vaginal muscles only got stronger and more vigorous the longer they worked on me. I guess that made sense given her job description.
The double doors to the kitchen flung open.
"A-HA!" Alice exclaimed.
"This is for charity!" I said weakly.
"Oh, hey, Luka, I didn't notice you there," Alice said. "The eight legs and the big body kind of cover you up. It's you I'm here to see!"
Alice was speaking to Spider Princess. "Me, Monster Lord? I am at your service, then."
"Great!" Alice said. "Come with me. I need to do some measurements, then I need to find a willing guinea pig in the men's wing."
"That sounds interesting. Lead on, your majesty," Spider Princess said.
And with that, Alice simply left me there, the vicious milking never slowing down as load after load was extracted. Eva had to carry my unconscious carcass back to my room.