The trio made their way to Ranalitta, the city of gold and filth. This time, Keyaruga rode his raptor along the regular road since the company using it had been obliterated. The Hero of Healing, rather than focusing on what his girls were talking about, gazed forward, so that no beast or man would ambush them. Yet, nobody but lonely merchants and hunters were met on their way, so the lad had all the time to listen to what Freia and Setsuna were talking about. Mostly, it was a discussion about sex and their fighting styles. Slightly less about food and hygiene. Also, the heroine used her time to teach her new friend how to speak Phasian properly, and the ice warrior listened. The latter learned fast, however...
"…we say it like this. Now, when you speak about yourself, Setty, you can just use "I" That's quite comfy. And that's grammatically correct."
"I… No, Setsuna doesn't want!"
"But Setty!.."
"No!"
After all, the ice wolves were known as a stubborn tribe. Why would the magician expect anything different? Either way, Keyaruga was glad his toys got along somewhat well. So the man tried to find something to eat, preferably some new monsters.
There are many types of such creatures. They were even more numerous than normal beasts. But even so, they can be divided into two groups: wild and tame. The first were simple, regular animals mutated by flows of wild mana; the latter were creatures bred and raised by demons. They were just like cattle, like cows, pigs, and their ilk. The Raptor was one of them, with a caveat that even humans could ride it. And Keyaruga liked it just enough to not regret spending money on it. Speaking of magic beasts…
"Freia, Setsuna, jump down. Time for a hunt." Upon noticing a green boar with its jade eye, the hero stopped his scaly steed. "Now, me and Setsuna will go forward. Freia, stay behind us and provide cover if something happens."
"Uh-huh"
"Yes, my lord!"
The healer unsheathed his saber and went ahead. He had his eye. The she-wolf got her ears and nose. The boar seemed too weak to cause trouble. And too dull to notice hunters. It dined on acorns from a great oak. When the clawed warrior ambushed the beast, her jump was fast, her arm—steady. And her strike... missed. If this poor beast was good at anything, it was running away. Which could be fine on its own, but its hooves started to raise so much dirt, that it could be seen as an attack of a sort. Keyaruga and Setsuna, having sharp reflexes, sidestepped, dashed forward, and struck the monster from both sides. The huntress' slash was painful, but it was the hero who impaled his lunch with the tip of his saber. But when the first two shone, the third...
"A-A-A-A-AH!!! I'm all dirty!" — Freia screamed. After all, she turned out to be too slow to dodge. And if having her beautiful dress muddy was disastrous… "A-A-A!" Then slipping and falling in a puddle of dirt got to be the end of the world. Now, her pink hair and boots were filthy as well. "UA-A-A-A-AH!" And now she's started crying.
"Freia — dummy. How can not dodge this?" — And the ice warrior's gloating didn't help much.
"UA-A-AH! Why would you say that, Setsu?! You know that I'm a caster!.." Just like her whining, to be exact. The Hero of Magic was looking anything but heroic right now.
"Now, calm down. Tell me, are you hurt? Did you get bruised? Sprained something?" Both Keyaruga and Setsuna helped their hopeless ally, but only the man asked how she was.
"I'm… I'm fine, don't worry." — Pink-haired girl replied sobbingly. Physically, she was unscathed; only her pride had been damaged.
"Listen, Freia. We'll make a stop, wash our bodies and clothes. You'll be like new again; just don't cry." As if such words had ever stopped someone from shedding tears. Keyaruga knew it, so he also tapped his toy's shoulder. "We really have to do something about your reflexes. This is what I've warned you against. We can't just keep watching you all the time. Haa… Setsuna, from now on, I want you to train Freia for a couple of hours every day."
"Master, is that order?" — Clearly, the gray-haired girl didn't take it excitedly.
"Now, this is not AN order. Just…"
"Then no." This is getting nowhere. Maybe I was wrong? No, I don't back up from decisions I've made. But if you want me to…"
"I order you to train Freia. Otherwise, you're useless to me anymore." This time around, Keyaruga got so serious that not even one of his girls could say anything against his words. "I can be kind, but you don't want to see me mad."
"Gulp… Setsuna agree." — The she-wolf said, after looking into the menacing red eyes. just to give her clumsy friend the same look. "But Setsuna is tijurah nesa!.."
"A harsh teacher. Yes, she won't spare you." — The healer eagerly translated. And warned. But in the end, he was glad. After all, his attempts to mold the Hero of Magic into something decent were catastrophic, to say the least.
"Can't we just… take it easy?" — The sorceress inquired. Although her tears stopped, the bloodthirsty grin Setsuna "cheered" her with was anything but inspiring. "That means no? Oh… All right, I will not slack, I promise!"
"Good girl. Now, let's take a bath somewhere here." — Keyaruga said, releasing his pet caster.
"Setsuna hears a river." — The she-wolf responded, pointing westwards.
"Great, we can even swim there."
"Finally! Thank you, Lord Keyaruga!"
"Setsuna is fine. If master is fine…"
And after everyone calmed down and the trio went back to get the raptor, it was time to follow the sound of the current. And after a few more minutes of riding, the trio reached a shallow river of… I think they call it Trasha. There, Keyaruga would get a couple of washboards out of saddlebags and hand one to Setsuna and Freia. While the she-wolf was more than capable of hand-washing her attire, the ex-princess handled it miserably with her pampered hands. Still, she wouldn't ask her lord for help, and the healer was busy with his trousers as well. They were all dressed in simple underwear, albeit not as extravagant as one could find in Capital. In the end, Setsuna was the first to finish. She even constructed a washing pole from some branches that she found in the nearby vegetation.
"Ha-a… It's done. What do we do now?" — The sorceress asked, all clean by now yet sweaty from hard work. Seductively sweaty, Keyaruga thought.
"Now we need something for the meal. Like… Oh, there she goes." The ice warrior rashly went back into the river. She would carefully watch the water surface. Every fish that didn't manage to avoid her wolf teeth was quickly tossed to the shore. She was just like a…
"Wow. Now she looks like a bear." — Keyaruga noticed, before shifting his gaze to Freia. "You can go swimming if you like. I'll take it from here."
"Thank you, my lord!" She kissed him and dashed toward the water, where the pink-haired girl would swim happily. And what of the healer? Well, despite his words, he moved toward Setsuna, sneaking up to his huntress. And while she got distracted…
"A-A-AH!" …He unexpectedly groped her small breasts, shamelessly removing that little rag that covered them from the world. "Why… so sudden, master?" Setsuna asked while moaning slightly, while the aroused man made his way to her lower parts.
"Don't you like surprises?" Keyaruga's fingers got wetter and wetter, and it wasn't from the river's water.
"Not… here. It's bright, and… Freia see…" The girl shyly tried to explain. Her pale skin once again made Setsuna's blush even more distinctive than it should have been. She would even shed tears, both up and down, from the foreplay. And that was the moment when the hero decided to make their play even more exciting.
"Hey, Freia! Come to us!"
"Coming right now!"
A moment ago, the magician swam on her back. Now she ran toward the couple. While the girl was at it, Keyaruga took his chance, picked up his slave by the back of her knees and impaled her with the fiery rod.
"A-a-ah…" And as Setsuna sweetly gasped, her pink-haired friend became unusually interested in her intimacy with her lord.
"Can you see us intertwine?" The red-haired lad encouraged Freia's curiosity even further. After all, their occasional threesomes were nothing but a functional means of raising Setsuna's level cap without making the caster too sad, with not much room for spectating.
"Oh yeah, this is very… interesting." The crouching sorceress said smilingly. "So pumped, so throbbing and wet!" And her voice was nothing short of amused.
"Not… Don't… speak it!.." The girl tried protesting, but she couldn't do anything about it. Or, rather, she didn't want to.
"Do you like being watched?" — Keyaruga whispered right into the sensitive wolf's ears. Trembling and goosebumps were her only answers, but sufficient ones for the man. He had barely even started moving, and the huntress was already at her peak.
"Hey, Freia. I'm going to take Setsuna's back. You can take her forth." — Demanded the smug man. He wished for no jealousy in his little harem. And the girls needed coherence for further training and combat.
"I'll do my best." In the end, the Hero of Magic started licking Setsuna's lower lips, just like Keyaruga's phallus. The girl pleased them both, although…
"D-don't do…" Setsuna, trapped between two heroes, would lose it out of sheer pleasure. One was gently rubbing her tender spots, while another tended to the wet clit. Freia also sipped some of the she-wolf's love juices, before sharing them in a violent kiss. Keyaruga rammed his willful slave, while his first toy's fingers played with her moist crotch.
"Ah! Aah! A-A-A-AH!" Until Setsuna's screams reached their peak. The orgasm was reached, and the river got enriched by the ice warrior's fluids.
"So, did you like it?" Keyaruga asked his gray-haired girl, while the latter tried to catch her breath.
"It… was fun. But Setsuna… like, when Setsuna and master… just two."
"Well, that's actually cute." Ultimately, the man released the huntress, and she hadn't even fallen immediately, only sat on her knees. But what else remained standing was the hero's rod, ready for more.
"Um, lord Keyaruga… Could you… also do me?" Freia was fidgeting with her legs, eagerly waiting for her turn. The lad bent her down slightly, ready to plunge his rod right in. He made sure Setsuna could also see them making love, and the girl used her chance well.
"Setsuna's revenge." She started licking her in Freia's manner, while her playful hands groped the massive breasts. Although her pubic hair was of no interest to the gray-haired girl. Her fingers pinched the massive nipples. The magician moaned and squirmed so much that Keyaruga just wasn't able to keep it inside anymore. Hey, she's stealing my toy! And eventually, she would even cum this way.
"Now, follow me!" — The frustrated hero snarled, dragging Freia on his shoulder, like a true man. He then tossed her to the ground and violently plunged his penis inside her barely conscious body. The ex-princess could do nothing but amuse her lord by wheezing and gasping. Good thing her hole is still tight enough for me to have fun.
Normally, Keyaruga would never finish like this, but after being left blue-balled, his passion got him raging enough. However, that couldn't be said about his mind. Right before his semen would be wasted, the healer stood up and went to Setsuna. She was pleasing herself while watching her master forcefully take Freia.
"I want to see your ass!" — The hero ordered with a sly smile. And Setsuna obeyed, greeting him with her butt cheeks spread and her tail wagging happily. And he plunged right in. Again and again, while his hands trifled with the she-wolf's clitoris. That way, when the healer finally ejaculated, Setsuna too was sprinkling her love juice.
"Hm, level nineteen, huh?" With that being done, Keyaruga finally felt at ease. But alas…
"My lord, I… don't think I'm satisfied." That was Freia, whispering with her voice of mead, while her hand tried to make the lad's rod great again. And it's not like she wasn't making progress. But that didn't help when Keyaruga tossed her on the ground, tired of being a good guy.
"So, you want me to rape you? Have it your way, then!" He grabbed that ass and slapped it hard before plunging his phallus inside once again.
"A-a-ah!" And yet, the ex-princess seemingly enjoyed such treatment. She even had enough strength to finger Setsuna, lying right below her. "Our lord is busy at the moment, but don't fret. I'll help you.
…
Haa, just how can it be so tiresome? The man thought, ripping fish heads along with their spines before throwing the rest into a pot, hanging above the campfire. His girls were resting on the shore while the healer cooked lunch for them. He liked having sex; happy sex to be precise, but while his muscles weren't even sore, the semen was a finite resource. A man gives and a woman takes, huh? Well, I have no choice but to put up with it.
Keyaruga loved nature, which was now surrounding him. It soothed him much more than any city he saw. He could even sympathize with predators. After all, they were at least honest in their cruelty. But not mosquitoes. Those hateful bloodsuckers were just too annoying. And the woods were generous, if one knew where to look. The man cooked a soup with nettle, swallow's eggs, fish that Setsuna managed to catch and…
"Now, we have to deal with you somehow." The half-naked man said, looking at the boar's purified carcass. No, taking off its rough green hide was easy enough, but the meat… Not only did it stink, it also turned out to be harsh enough for a light saber to cut through efficiently.
"I need a butcher's cleaver. Or, well, I have something better in mind." With a wretched smile, his blade was covered by a blue light. Moonlight, another one of Cryleth's techniques. With the power of the wielder's mana, it imbued his weapon with enough penetrating power to cut through steel. Flesh provided almost no resistance, as Keyaruga's saber turned it, not into slices , but into mince-meat. Strike after strike, the man's rampage was fueled by his hatred. Imagining the boar as Bullet was all it took.
"Haa… Haa.. Haa… That'll do." After the healer calmed down, all they left was to make meatballs and throw them into the boiling cattle. First, it smelled awful. But after Keyaruga sprinkled it with spices, the aroma became at least bearable.
"Smells good. Setsuna wants eat." The ice warrior emerged from the hero's back. She was now properly dressed, although her fur top and skirt were still wet. But since it was summer, that was of little concern. However, her appearance could only mean one thing — the man got so engrossed in cooking that he lost track of time.
"Dunno if it smells good, but the taste I can guarantee. I put the meat, herbs, and your fish in there." If anything, that dense green soup made Keyaruga proud.
"Setsuna wants." — The girl said, licking her lips. After all, they hadn't eaten well since yesterday, and their time there was nothing but energy-consuming.
"Good, now go wake Freia, and we'll start."
When Setsuna returned with her friend, the latter seemed a little off. The wet dress made her a bit uneasy, and when she approached her lord, her belly treacherously growled, making the sorceress blush.
"What are you two waiting for? Sit down and eat." — Keyaruga groaned, pouring his culinary masterpiece into three iron bowls, one for each. "Oh, cutlery. Here you go." In the end, the man gave both of the girls a spoon. Himself included.
"M-m! So good!" Freia seemed to like it.
"Uh-huh, Setsuna likes too." Neither of them had anything extravagant to say, but the sheer tempo at which they munched the dish was astonishing. Freia preferred fish, while Setsuna liked boar's meat much more. Keyaruga ate slowly. He liked enjoying his dishes for longer. So no wonder, the girls finished their portions first.
"Want some more?"
"Yes, of course! Well, I do need to restore my vitality." Just say you're still hungry, I won't get mad.
"Here you go, Freia. Just chew properly"
"And Setsuna." The she-wolf also gave the hero her bowl for a second serving.
"Yes, Setsuna. And you. Here, I even gave you more meat."
"Thanks… Say, master. Why Setsuna feel stronger?" So you've noticed? Is that your demi-human, unique physiology?
"It's all in the meat. I fed you a monster, and… Hm, we've got a bit faster." By two points, to be exact. "Don't be scared, Setsuna; I know how to make them edible."
"Master makes Setsuna strong…" Now her radiating smile was just too sweet to look at.
"This is just the beginning. You won't regret joining me, that one I can promise. I'll make you more powerful than you could possibly imagine." — Keyaruga swore, slowly eating his soup.
"Me and Setty will eat your food and get strong! And train! I promised I would!"
"Good, because now I'll have you wash the dishes."
"What? No-o-o!"
"Yes. Freia, Setsuna, when you're finished, we're going back to Ranalitta. I'll preserve what's left of the boar."
"Uh-huh. Go, we handle it." — The she-wolf said, dragging the weeping ex-princess to the lake.
Alone again, Keyaruga once again started reflecting on his task. With Reeharoze never ambushing him again, the Hero of Healing once again focused on his primary goal. Blade and Bullet. I wonder who'll be the first. Either way, I'd rather die than deny you my revenge.