Alex had been gone for around 6 hours or so, with the majority of his time taken up by fucking the slutty bandit named Kate. The fight itself probably only lasted 10 or 15 minutes but unfortunately, the young Kailey struggled to stay awake while waiting for Alex to finish "punishing" the bandit woman.
During the first 3 hours, she was fine but the little girl quickly got sleepy and could no longer hold her eyelids open. Whenever she heard a monster noise in the distance or the rustling of the leaves, it spooked her and woke her up only for her to fall asleep again in the next minute.
When Alex climbed into the hideout, she woke up with half-open eyes and just swung the short sword wildly as she had been for the last 3 hours.
"You aren't a very good guard are you?" Alex questioned the little girl with a smile.
She widened her sleepy eyes when she saw him and dropped the sword before giving him a big hug. She let tears form in her eyes afraid that her prince might run away again.
"Prince, don't leave me alone again! That was scary and there were so many scary noises and..." She stopped herself when she saw another woman climbing into the hideout.
Her jaw went slack when she saw how big her tits were! The little girl never knew they could get that big yet they didn't seem to sag at all. She couldn't help but look at her aunt's rack which was twice as small! And her aunt had big titties!
The little girl ended up looking down at her own chest which had not gone through puberty yet with a frown. She then looked at her prince and glared at him again.
"Stupid prince! You want to be Auntie Eva's lover yet you already have a wife?! Pervert! Two-timer! Jacka-" "I don't know where you learned those words but a young lady like yourself shouldn't be saying them."
Alex covered her mouth as she looked at Grace climbing into the hideout followed by the other girls. Kailey fought against her prince before looking at the other women that came in. Just how many wives does he have? Will she even have a place in his royal harem when she's older?
She blushed at such a thought and hid in his jacket but Alex couldn't have known the little girl's thoughts. It was a tight fit but the 8 slaves plus Grace all squeezed together so Eva still had enough room herself. Grace had soon come up to Alex and hugged him from behind like a good little slave and pressed her ginormous mounds on his back.
Alex groaned under his breath while the two girls clung to him. Just when he was getting frustrated, he heard Auntie Eva stir. He pushed the two off and Kailey ended up landing on Grace's soft mounds which reminded the young girl of her mother's warmth so she quickly cuddled up.
Grace wasn't sure what this girl was doing since she had never been with a woman before, much less a child, but something inside her different from the usual pleasure came to her. It was a... fulfilling feeling that she couldn't describe but was called motherly love to most others.
While those two enjoyed a short and surprising embrace, Alex appeared next to the pale woman whose eyes were fluttering. When she slowly opened them, the first thing she saw was a handsome man next to her with light brown hair.
"H-Henry...?" She asked thinking her husband was next to her.
However, when her vision cleared up she saw a handsome young man with icy-blue eyes smiling at her. Although he was undoubtedly handsome, she cried her soul out after realizing it wasn't all a dream.
The love of her life was gone, sacrificing himself for her. Alex held her hand as comfort and she was too busy mourning to care. Kailey heard her Aunt crying out and quickly got up and tackled her again.
The two family members hugged after shooing Alex away and they cried their hearts out for every one they lost. Of all of their guards, maids, servants, and other family members and friends that went with them on this over the year-long trip, only the two of them survived.
Why did it have to be them? Why couldn't at least one more person survive? Why was it specifically them that lived? They had so much guilt over living while their close loved ones weren't. It took them a while and they ended up falling asleep together making it impossible for Alex to check up on how the injured woman felt again.
He only made sure she was stable and checked her wounds didn't open up from Kailey's tackle before sitting away from the two. Grace came up next to him and sat on her knees like a servant which made Alex sigh.
"You know you don't have to be at my beck and call all the time. You can do what you like and I won't scold you for it."
Alex had pretty much given up on remedying this situation after everything that happened. It was too much work and part of him was kind of happy that a sexy girl like Grace called him Master. It made him a bit proud to 'own' such a slave.
It was definitely weird for this ex-Earthling but he was sure to get used to it. Also, he knew he would never abuse her like Geren did and only planned to treat her like a queen. Even if she may never get out of this Master/Slave mentality, she would have a much better life with Alex.
He would have to wait for Alan's reaction as to whether the man would fight against him for her freedom but that was for another time. It was more important to get all these women to safety.
"Grace can't do that Master. It's important to be at Master's beck and call in case Master needs Grace's body. Grace will stay by Master's side even if Master punishes Grace." She got a bit closer to him and squished her titties against his arm.
He couldn't look at her feeling he wouldn't be able to hold himself back. After he had helped clean and heal her body, he could see just how beautiful she was. Geren really found a diamond in the rough and although he hated the guy for turning her into livestock basically, he had to nod him for a job well done at keeping her semi-healthy.
The other slave girls didn't have a collar like Grace and giggled at the two. They were quite cute together even though it was a master/slave relationship. Just when they were hoping for a good show, Alex told them to get some rest and that they would leave in the morning.
They could only sigh and go to sleep huddled together. Their initial fear was long gone as they felt they were already out of safety. Those who still had family alive could go back to them and those who lost family during a bandit attack could start new lives in a hopefully peaceful place.
As everyone quickly fell asleep after all the action that happened that day, Alex was the only one up as Grace fell asleep on his shoulder. Her gentle breath tickled his neck as she was positioned right under his neck like she was smelling him.
She had a sweet smile on her face and it was a complete 180 to her once glazed-over look. She looked much happier being with him than when she was tied to that wooden post. Alex couldn't help smiling himself and kissed her forehead.
She shivered in delight and dug herself further into her neck and smelled him unconsciously. He chuckled to himself as he put his arms around her and brought her soft body into his embrace. He put blankets over everyone earlier and shared one with Grace.
He didn't really feel comfortable calling her his slave still, but he was still glad it was a beaut like her rather than someone else. All of them fell asleep as Alex kept himself in a light sleep to keep an ear out for someone outside.
- - -
The morning quickly came as Alex was already up holding his sexy slave. The second person to wake up was actually Auntie Eva who looked over to the young man surrounded by several beautiful women.
She narrowed his eyes and Alex felt her gaze so he turned to smile.
"How are you feeling?"
Eva wasn't sure if she should answer but considering it wasn't likely for all these unfamiliar young women to be able to stand up for themselves unlike her, he was most likely the one to have helped them.
"Thank you for saving us." She said sadly as she reached over and stroked her niece's hair.
The girl had a thumb in her mouth which Eva sighed at. The girl was supposed to be out of that phase but it came back after all the trouble she had been through.
"Don't worry about it, I was lucky enough to find Kailey first or it might have been just you to survive, or maybe none if I decided not to stay and look for survivors..." Alex said as he felt Grace stir.
She smiled brightly feeling her Master hug her lovingly. It made her feel like she was doing something right since whenever Geren was happy with her, he always held her and called her "good girl."
She was already slowly forgetting her old master since this one was so much better and she could only hope to get his dick in her soon so he could make her body his. Grace kept smelling him and getting a bit touchy which he had to calm down while he talked to Auntie Eva.
"Thank you for saving my niece. I swear on the Mantrigeld name that I, Evelyn Serene Mantrigeld will never forget this debt." She quickly got back into her noble personality and Alex couldn't help but chuckle.
The beautiful Aunt narrowed her eyes at his response and asked what was so funny.
"Sorry just chuckling to myself. I have no idea who the Mantrigeld family is and I don't really care. The sentiment is enough for me." Alex ended up falling for Grace's advances and kissing her.
She giggled in delight and he found it extremely difficult to say no to her. Grace already felt herself getting wet and brought one of her Master's hands directly onto her slippery flower. His eyes went wide as he ended up pleasuring her while talking seriously with the aunt which was very hard to do.
As a woman with a lot of experience, she could tell he was doing something naughty with another girl but could only sigh and forget about it. This was her savior and he was undoubtedly strong if he managed to save all these women who looked like they might have been slaves of those bandits.
Since she didn't recognize them and they were all in bad condition, it was the most likely conclusion to her since women didn't just pop up out of nowhere. Her second thought was that they were his but felt it to be very unlikely.
Eva soon heard a feminine squeal and Alex turn to his side whispering to the girl on his lap to be quiet. This was getting awkward for the aunt but she had let it go.
*ahem!* "W-Well I don't go back on my word so if you ever need help you can search for our family in the capital.
"By the way where are we?" She asked unsure since it was just trees and rocks in this little hideout.
"Ether forest, outer ring." Alex replied casually but she paled.
Keeping her voice to a whisper to not wake up her niece, she said, "What?! This place is dangerous! We need to leave now!"
This place was notorious for its dangers so even though they had their trip go in this direction, the road was big enough for them to have enough time to get defenses ready. They had forgotten about bandits in their calculations which ended up getting most of their caravan killed but accidents happen.
They are human after all, everyone makes mistakes...
"We're fine," Alex said as a squirrel-like monster about a meter tall jumped into their enclosure. Before anyone could react Alex swung his Kusarigama straight at it and killed it in one strike before throwing it into the distance.
The people awake could only hear a distant scream and only a couple of drops of blood hit the ground. Grace was too busy getting fingered to notice and the few other slave girls only felt a cold breeze, thinking it was the wind.
Eva however could only see his hand and weapon blur before the squirrel monster was headshot by a blade and disappeared into the trees. It was so fast that she almost thought it was an illusion. To confirm her suspicions, she probed Alex's strength only to find she really was hallucinating.
The handsome young man was only a 1st Ring?! How could such speed and precision come from someone a whole Ring weaker than herself? She didn't want to believe it but only by feeling his aura could she determine how strong his soul was.
Ring and soul power were both similar and different, in that they usually grew stronger together, but in rare instances could have completely different strengths where someone has an abnormally strong soul while a weak body or vice versa.
She wanted to confirm it but was in no position to just demand her savior to release his aura, especially in her delicate condition. She could only hold back her curiosity for now.
Eventually, the young Kailey woke up and the rest of the slave girls as well while Grace silently cummed while biting her lip seductively behind the tree they leaned on. She kept her eyes on her master the whole time even when he was busy talking to someone else.
She was just in her own world and felt like someone was singing "sweet sweet fantasy baby~" nearby. She ignored those phantom music notes as she cummed all over his hand before bringing his fingers to her lips and sucking on them.
Alex had to cover up his hard-on and after calming down, they all got ready to head out.