On the road, someone seems to be running at inhuman speed holding a scabbard and sweating a little.
A morning run to maintain my form is a must, I cant live off cake only. I should get back now to eat and meditate.
Has been a few days since we left Gevineia. The roads are calm, Claire sometimes freaks out and starts wanting to put me in a cage, but I can handle it.
Im wearing a tight fit right now it is somewhat good for mobility but makes me a little uncomfortable. This is one of the clothes Claire brought me to fulfill her fantasies.
Im wearing a sleeveless black tank top that shows my stomach, and tight black shorts that cover almost nothing of my legs. It is a very revealing outfit for a morning run if you ask me, but I dont really care.
I run backward for some time and I arrive at the carriage. Claire's servant throws me a towel for me to wipe my sweat and I enter the carriage in movement.
Claire is sitting on the sofa reading a few documents, after I enter the room she makes an angry expression.
"Stop getting out of bed without me! I already said it! And you keep going out without my permission!" She yells angrily
Sigh... Every day, Claire is the type of person who dont matter what I say it never passes through her head so I need to use actions to speak with her.
I walk toward her and sit on her lap pressing my back against her chest. Claire likes my sweat and it calms her.
She hugs me and smells my body touching it strangely while making some happy weird noises.
"Dear, im sorry dear, I just get so angry when you're not around. my baby is so cute. Mmm look at this body" Says Claire lustfully
Claire's possessiveness has no end, but this means that I can trust her to not betray me, the most she can do is try to drug me and put me in a cage.
After that, I took a bath and we ate breakfast together. I spend some time meditating and im fairly close to unlocking my upper chest by now.
I spend some time training my magic in the afternoon and training my swordsmanship too. After Claire I was on the run so I couldnt just stop to train any time, now I have much more free time and privacy to train.
The night came. This time of the day is mostly reserved for Claire's pleasure, mine a little bit too.
"Baby I get so horny when I see you in these clothes Mmm" Says Claire whispering in my ear lustfully
We had sex a few times and she is now hugging me in the bed.
"We will be arriving by the morning dear, you see, my brothers are not very welcoming of me so it is a hostile environment in my house, but keep your composure and dont act if you dont need ok baby?" Says Claire with a hint of worry patting my head
Kinda obvious, your brothers are trying to kill you after all. The capital... Mama always talked about me going there, it is where the most powerful and talented people from the kingdom reunite after all, she wanted me to graduate from the academy to have a bright future. Reality had other plans for me.
"Couldnt I just kill your brothers?" I say apathetically
"Maybe you could, but they're not that weak, baby, and it would be really bad if we were discovered. My goods are more turned to politics thats why my father sees me as worthy to lead our family, but my brothers are strong magically and cant stand to be led by someone weaker" She says casually
I don't understand. if her father wants her to lead why he is making it difficult for her? Would be better if he just beat her brothers until they stop doing this. It is like he sent her to the battlefield by announcing her to lead and now abandoned her there.
Claire holds me closer and puts her face very close to mine.
"I sense your doubts dear, you dont have to understand anyway. They want to take me down and I have to take them down first" Says Claire mischievously, after saying this she violently kisses me and puts me on top of her.
I sleep on her chest while she holds me.
...
In the morning, Claire's servant knocks on the door to announce that we will arrive shortly at Venzerain, the capital of the kingdom of Venfall.
Me and Claire put on some clothes, Claire put on her set from when we first met, and I put on the same one I used when visiting the baron officer.
The capital is huge, Gevineia cant even compare, in the middle, there is a giant castle. Like Gevineia, the city is divided is two parts, rich and poor. We briefly passed through the poor part and it is worse than Gevineia, a bigger concentration of people means a bigger amount of poor people I guess.
We arrive at Claire's house doorstep. It is huge, a white house in the middle with an enormous garden and very detailed big iron bar fences, some guards on the door open the gates for our carriage to enter.
We make our way to her house and stop at her door, her father seems to be waiting for Claire outside, we leave the carriage and go toward her father while those two servants take care of storing the carriage.
Her father is a little old. White hair is forming on his blonde short hair. His body is lean and he wears a mix of black and blue aristocratic clothes. White skin and a well-shaved beard.
Claire bowed her head slightly.
"Father is good to see you well" She says joyfully
Her father seems puzzled by my presence but continues to compliment her.
"Daugther I got word that you did well, everything is going according the plan, Baron Lemingos will be erased and replaced with someone from our side in no time because of your amazing performance" Says Her father joyfully
They continue to talk and I dont really care to hear all the details. Just stand there by Claire's side apathetically.
Her father is sending me a few glances while they talk and he finally asks.
"Daughter, who is this?" He asks puzzled
Her father dont seem to be totally bad, but in politics is difficult to say who is who so I dont know.
Claire put on a mischievous smile on her face.
"This is our new family member, Nyxia Faeson, my wife" She says joyfully
Why would you introduce me like this? She obviously wants to cause a commotion.
Her father takes a while to process what Claire said, we stand there for a few seconds before his face twists into rage.
"Are you completely out of your mind Claire?! A woman?! And a peasant too?! I was never against your hobby of playing with kids, but bringing them into our family is unacceptable send her away now!" Her father yells inraged
I stand there apathetic to what he is saying, Claire is mostly laughing.
"Dont worry about it, Father, it is not an official thing anyway" Says Claire casually
Her father complained a lot about how she was bringing a peasant into their home but Claire got his permission in the end.
Her father got out in a carriage to a meeting and we are now heading inside the house.
"You are my wife officially just so you know" Claire says mischievously
I figured, I cant grasp if it is a good or a bad thing though.
We make our way into her house, it is very big as I could see from the outside. A few maids pass by and bow to Claire and things like that. I received some stares from them but I couldnt care less.
We were almost arriving at Claire's room but two guys were on the way.
They are blonde and look slightly angry at Claire's arrival. They resemble a little their father and wear the same type of clothes. Now that I think about it, Claire has no apparent resemblance with the rest of her family, dont know about her mother though.
"Sister, good to see you, how was your travel?" Says one of them casually
They greet each other with a few words and Claire proceeds.
"It was good Kovan, Adrian, everything went perfectly well, I had to face some resistance though" Says Claire joyfully
Seems like their names are Kovan and Adrian, they look very alike so Im guessing that they are twins
"Assassination attempts? thank the gods you are alive dear sister" Says Adrian with worry in his tone
Claire laughs a little.
"I dont think it was assassination attempts, if it was then it probably came from some peasant who cant think because of drug addiction" She says joyfully
For a frame of a second, I can feel a little of their mana aura but they suppress it before it becomes obvious.
That must have hurt very badly, maybe it is my imagination but I can hear their guts screaming after hearing that comment.
"And who is this child's sister? It is rare for you to take out your toys for a walk" Kovan asks curiously
Surprises me that Claire's habit of torturing and abusing kids is well known by everyone.
Claire puts me closer to her hugging me and says with a mischievous tone.
"This one is special, say hello to Nyxia Faeson, in other words, my wife" Says Claire joyfully
Couldnt she just introduce me as a bodyguard or servant? would spare us some time.
They got puzzled but did not ask any further, maybe they thought that this was a new kink of her or something. They trade a few nice fake words and leave.
We finally get to Claire's room and it is very beautiful, the bed is even bigger than in the carriage, and there is a big window with a nice view from the backyard and big red curtains on the window.
Claire threw herself on the bed with a heavy sigh.
"Baby, give me some love" She says with a slightly sad tone
I put Penance on the side of the bed and go on top of her. She hugs me and smells me.
She was born rich but sincerely this is a little sad. Papa and Mama always loved me and I never had to guess if my family loves me. Claire ever since she was born she had to go through this. It is a cruel reality.
"Your mother?" I say casually
"My mother is the second wife. She dont really care about me, I hardly see her" Says Claire casually
At least in my case, I had a family for a while before the tragedy, but for Claire, it looks like she never had one ever since she was born. The memories my family left me are what keep me running toward my path, if not for it I would be an empty shell.
"Seems lonely" I say casually
She holds me closer to her face.
"It is but im used to it, and it's not so lonely with you here baby" She says with a sad smile
She kisses me and pins me down on the bed. She seems a little bit more violent than normal, maybe because of stress.
.....
I hope the sound isolation here is good because we made a lot of noise.
Claire is hugging me on the bed, strangely as usual.
"It is time to get dressed love" Says Claire casually
"For what?" I ask apathetically
Claire put on a slightly annoyed face and bit my ear.
"How can you dont pay attention to anything?! Do you even love me? You dont love me anymore..." Says Claire throwing a tantrum
She kept whining about a bunch of things.
Sigh... when she gets like this is impossible to dialogue with her.
I put my hand on her face and kissed her, and after this, she calmed down.
"Sorry baby! I know you love me. There is a welcome party tonight to celebrate my arrival and wonderful performance at my duties" Says Claire joyfully
Now that I think about it, her father mentioned something like that earlier. A party with all her family. It will be troublesome if I appear there, but well, Claire is the brains here.
We bathed and put on some clothes.
Im wearing a dark blue vest with gray thorns to detail the fabric, inside a black button shirt, and a black cape on my left arm extending itself to my knee with gray thorns detailing it too. On my legs black trousers with black boots. A very aristocratic style if you ask me, but we are going to a high-class party so I think it fits.
As for Claire, she is wearing a dark blue ball gown dress with black thorns detailing the fabric. She wears a necklace with jewels and a few rings.
I got curious about these thorns and she said that they are their heritage. Better keep in mind if I need to fight one of those brothers of hers.
Now we are heading toward the party. Her house is very beautiful at night, I knew a few from my past life but I didnt know it had lamps here too, it is a little rustic but it still illuminates better than fire.
We arrive at a big double door and a few servants standing there open for us to pass. We seem to be on the second floor, there is a stair going down on the right side and we can see all the party hall from here.
The hall is beautiful, there is a balcony with a view of her backyard, a lot of tables with food and drinks, and a bunch of people I dont know. Her father saw us and came at us, he gave me a disgusted look, Im intruding on their life here after all.
After he trades a few words with Claire we go toward the stairs and her father announces her arrival as she is the principal star of the night. Me and Claire go down the stairs side by side and everyone seems to be politely applauding Claire in the hall.
When we got in the hall I gave some space to Claire and went toward a more secluded part of the hall, she needed to do her political schemes after all. She is rounded of people talking with every one of them about various things.
Seems boring to me, I thought that high-class parties would be more fun because they use more money. I will keep a close watch on Claire but I doubt anyone would try something so publically.
A girl is coming toward me, she is about my height. Wearing a fancy dress with blonde hair and white skin.
"May I have the pleasure of speaking with you?" The girl says formally, she gives me a glass of wine while holding her own
Why not, im not doing anything either way.
"Of course. It would be my pleasure" I say formally, I take the glass she is giving me
I will try to imitate the way Claire acts around other people to see how it goes. Maybe it can be good to learn how to socialize, it is a useful ability.
"How are you doing today? Miss" I say formally
She approaches me with a smile going to my left side.
"I was a little bored until I saw you, there is hardly anyone of my age in these meetings" She says formally but with a hint of seduction playing with her hair a little
Is she courting me? Hard to say, maybe she is just friendly. I can understand the feeling of not having anyone of your age to talk to.
"Im not certain if I would be up to the task of driving away your boredom" I say formally letting out a laugh
She laughs a little and comes a little bit closer.
"From here you look exactly like a person up to the task" She says with a hint of seduction
She is a little fun to talk with even though I have to use formal language.
"You do have beautiful eyes, maybe you can perceive these things better than I do" I say formally
She blushes a little.
"You flatter me, and what about you?" She says formally
"Not so bored after you appeared, I fear that you are using magic on me" I say formally but with a hint of seduction
I know how to court too, it is not so hard though maybe im a genius on something else rather than magic. It feels fake though, not like im with Claire usually.
She blushes a little and comes slightly closer to me.
"Perhaps, but im trying with a different type of magic" She with a hint of seduction
While I talk I continue to look at my surroundings slightly, Adrian seems to be talking with Kovan with a smug on his face, and then he proceeds to take two wine glasses and goes toward Claire.
He probably wants to throw it at her, I can see from the way he is smiling. This is a little childish.
"Perhaps I could demonstrate my different type of magic to you" I say formally
She seems puzzled and I point toward Adrian, she looks at him.
I make a hand sign, putting only my index finger and middle finger up.
I appear behind Adrian putting Penance on his leg making him trip and I do the sign again appearing behind the girl. Adrian tripped badly calling everyone's attention to him, no one saw me and Adrian was all dirty with wine now.
The girl put on an astonished face when she saw me getting out of behind her. I walk toward the same wall I was leaning before.
"How? This is incredible, are we really of the same age?" She asks surprised
"I do have 15 years. I have my mysteries, maybe you should try solving" I say with a hint of seduction
It is a basic teleport on people's shadows that are close to me, not a big deal but when I do it fast it gets strange to grasp what I did.
She blushes and sips her wine seductively.
"I do appreciate some mystery" She says seductively
We talked for a few more minutes until Claire called me to eat with her. It was a normal experience I guess. I was just faking a gentle persona like Claire does and it works better than I thought.
"I need to go, maybe we could talk more when we have the opportunity" I say formally
"I will be courting the days" She says seductively
I make my way toward Claire and I can feel that she is slightly pissed but is maintaining her composure.
We make our way toward a table for two and we have dinner together, she seems awfully silent. After that, she trades a few words with her father and the party ends with us going toward her bedroom.
As soon as she closes the door she hugs me from behind very aggressively.
"Did you have a good night? talking with that girl! You prefer girls your age dont you!? This is what sluts do! You are a slut that picks up girls at parties!" She yells inraged
Her nails are almost craving inside my skin. She stops and holds me violently and throws me on the bed.
"Calm down Claire" I say casually
She jumps on top of me and grabs me by the neck pressing it.
I can still breathe, she is not using mana so dont really hurt.
"Calm down!? How I can calm down if you go around acting like a slut! I want to hurt you! Suppress your mana now!" She says inraged, her expression screams rage and her eyes are bloodshot
How do I get out of this? I did flirt with another girl knowing that she would react like this, actually she doesnt know that I flirted she just saw me talking to another girl. I should let her hit me until she calms a little down.
I suppress my mana a little so it hurts but not too much.
She starts to punch my face over and over while I just lie there apathetically.
"Slut! You are my wife! Why are talking with other girls?!" She yells inraged while hitting my face
Seems like she is coming back. I grab her punch and I pull her toward me to kiss, she puts her tongue violently inside me while craving her nails on my arms. When she stops kissing me her face is now lustful and not inraged.
She puts her head on my neck while she holds my hands on top of my head. Breathing heavily on my neck and licking it a little.
"Baby, im sorry for hurting you, I just get so jealous because I love you so much" Claire says lustfully making some strange happy noises
She is back. I did it knowing of the consequences, maybe deep inside I like this type of thing.
"Dear, dont get angry, I just cant stand seeing you talk with other girls, you are so perfect they will try to steal you away from me" She says lustfully licking my neck
She pats my head and passes her hands through my body.
"Dear, say it to me" She says seductively whispering in my ear
I got closer to her ear.
"I love you" I say lustfully
She makes some happy noises and shakes in pleasure. After this, we had a lot of sex and slept right after.