Laying in his bed Marino was already in a deep sleep being extremely exhausted from the night's physical and mental challenges. His muscles were sore, his body bruised and overall his body was in great pain. But despite this, he still had a devilish smile on his face and an all-around happy-looking face as if he hadn't just murdered a bunch of innocent people over some eggs.
In his dream world, he was a young, extremely buff-looking dude with the perfect face and a golden crown on his head. In a castle of gold, located in the sky where all could gaze upon its greatness from down below. There he sat upon a throne made of diamonds. Carved into the throne, under his ass was a map of the world and against his back were the carvings of naked women that nicely massaged his back with their assets.
There Marino sat like a king while two beautiful women lay under his naked feet serving as his living human cushions. Next to his throne stood a woman with fantastical tits at least 3 times bigger than the womans own head.
Marino smiled at the woman as she blushingly pulled down the top part of her dress revealing her lactating breasts with cute perky and pink nipples. With drool now forming in his mouth Marino watched as the woman took out a crystal glass and then she started to squeeze her breasts slowly filling up the cup with her milk. As she did so she let out small sexy moans that started to drive Marino mad.
" God daim that's hot! please Mama give it to me! Give me that milk! "
Thinking of this Marino was about to just take the milk right now and then take some more but then the doors to the Golden Throneroom were kicked open and his mother came in yelling.
" Marino! Wake up and come down here! Now! "
His mother's voice was like a hurricane, it shook the Palace, shattered windows and brought chandeliers crashing down.
" No mother! Please stop! Not now I'm in the middle of something. "
Marino tried to plead but it was already too late. The women under his feet had already turned into cute dogs and the busty lady was already hugging some other man while the roof cracked and started to come crashing down. Then came darkness and he woke up to the sight of his dark room with thunder and rain still raging outside in the dark.
Rubbing his sleepy yellow eyes he felt like crying now having not seen the fantastic dream to its very end.
" Marino, where are you? Come down already! "
Came his mother's voice once more making him sigh in annoyance as he then reluctantly got up and started to put on some pants. Then suddenly he stopped and his mind started to race with thoughts as he wondered. " Did they find out? No it can't be, it's probably not even been an hour since I came home. "
With these thoughts in mind, he quickly went downstairs without putting anything else on except his pants. During this early period in history, underwear was of poor quality which is why now and many times before Marino had decided to just go commando with just pants on. Overall the use of underwear was not common amongst most people. Many people might have worn something like a loincloths underneath but nothing else. This was also one of the things Marino had been making plans for. He would be the one to introduce comfortable and sexy underwear to these unknowing medieval people.
As he hastily walked down the stairs he froze in shock. There in the kitchen next to the fireplace, his parents were taking care of a girl and her dog. " No way. It can't be. " He thought as he approached the scene cautiously.
Seeing his son arriving, Jesus said. " Good, you are here my son. Quickly come here and help look after this girl. I must immediately go to town and inform them of what has happened. " Jesus said as he got up and pushed Marino closer to the girl.
At these words, Marinos whole body froze for a second and cold sweat started to pour down his face before he quickly composed himself and innocently said.
" What do you mean father? What's going on? Why is this girl here? "
" I'm not entirely sure on whats going on here. She didn't say much as she is probably still in shock from what has happened. But by the looks of her clothes and the marks on her neck, it is clear to me that something horrible has happened. As the only man of the house. I need you to keep the girls safe. Ok? " Jesus said.
Hearing this Marino was relieved. It appears that he still had a chance.
Then as Marinos eyes met Jesuses eyes he stopped. Jesus face looked confuced as he stared at Marino.
Crouching down to Marinos level Jesus took hold of Marinos face in his hands. Marino just stood still not knowing what was going on as Jesus seemed to be examining him. Then Jesus started to speak in a concerned tone of voice as he said. " What has happened to you my son? Your eyes? They are yellow? And what's this scar? What has happened to you? "
Averting his eyes from his father Marino started to scratch the back of his head as he laughed awkwardly and came up with an excuse.
" Oh well, you see Father. Yesterday as I was doing pushups a rat suddely came out of the bushes and attacked me. That's how I got the scar. "
After saying this Marino thought on his fathers words more and asked.
" Wait, what? Are my eyes really yellow? Does it look good? "
Hearing this his mother joined in as she snatched his face into her hands and said. " Ohh, my poor little boy. Look at your eyes, they are such a bright yellow now. This must be a side effect of the rat's attack. " She suggested to Marino's relief.
Scratching his beard in thought Jesus said. " Interesting, in all my days I have never seen such a thing before. Butt as long as you are safe that's all that matters to me. We will have to have you examined by the priest later, but now I must really go. Please all of you stay safe while I'm gone and lock the doors. "
With that said Jesus hastily left out the door and into the rain towards the lords castle.
When Marino turned his attention to the girl he saw that she was looking straight at him. Her eyes were scanning him from head to toe. Seeing this Marino froze in anticipation of being found out to be the one that assaulted her as he looked at her also.
After a few seconds of staring at each other the girls light blue eyes met Marinos yellow eyes. For a second she froze as if she had just seen something magnificent. Then quickly thereafter she blushed and quickly turned around averting her eyes from his. Blushing heavily she stared at the ground while playing with her hair lightly.
Marino and Mary were just standing there in stunned silence but for different reasons. Mary smiled as she thought to herself. " This must be what they call love at first sight? "
While Marino smiled and cheered in his head. " Holy shit! She doesn't recognize me. Did I just get away with murder? "
As he was curious about this, he started to question the girl. " So what's your name? "
Seeing this Mary smiled as she thought. " Oh my god, did my son just make the first move? You go, son. " She cheered to her seld in her head.
The girl stuttered as she nervously answered without looking at him. " I'm Lara. "
Marino smiled and said joyfully. " I'm Marino by the way. Mm, so you're that girl from the farm close to us, right? I dont think we have ever met before. Well its nce to meet you now Lara. "
The girl didn't answer and just remained still, in thought.
Marino couldn't wait and asked. " So what happened? Those marks on your neck, how did you get those? "
Hearing this the girl started to shiver.
Then to Marinos surprise tears started to fall down her face she tried to answer but couldn't.
Mary took her into a bear hug and buried the girls head into her chest as she comforted her. " Its ok. You are safe now. Nobody's gonna hurt you. My son is strong he'll protect you. "
Mary turned her gaze to Marino and said. " Isn't that right Marino? " Following the sentence she winked at him as if trying to imply something.
Not Understanding his mothers meaning Marino just stood there confused looking at his mother who desperately started winking at him. Then memories of his past life came flooding in reminding him of a familiar scene there that he had seen. Finally understanding his mothers meaning Marino said.
" Just leave it to me. I wont let anyone hurt you ever again. I will protect you for sure. "
After a while, the girl managed to mumble out a few words through her pitiful sobs. " It was a black red-eyed demon. "
After saying that the girl started to cry even more as if she had just recalled something truly horrible.
Nodding his head in understanding Marino thought to himself as a small smile came to him.
" Mission accomplished. Daiam this is just too easy. Maybe I should just become a full-time professional criminal instead of an explorer. Crime in this time is just too easy. "
After a while of comforting the girl, Mary decided to try and hook his son up with the girl. Marino now being the girls protector Mary decided to put the girl to sleep in Marinos bed with Marino watching over her. So now Marino found himself lying in his bed in quite a peculiar situation.
Instead of going a sleep on her own in the bed she had decided to drag Marino into bed with her. So now Marino the girl was wrapped around him in a deep sleep holding onto him like he was her stuffed animal toy.
Watching the girl sleep Marinos eyes flashed red once more as his hands slowly crept around the girls thin and delicate neck. Hundreds of thoughts ran through Marinos mind as he contemplated on his possible actions. But after a while, he two fell asleep with his hands still holding onto the girls neck.
From behind his rooms door soft foot steps could be heard followed by the light creaking of his door being slightly opened. From the doors crack Marys green eyes peeked into the room to see the two youngsters wrapped around each other in deep sleep.
The sight of this made her heart melt as she commented to herself quietly. " Kyaa. So cute. "
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During this time Jesus had already alerted the guards and now three guards and Jesus stood at the entrance to the farm. There they were greeted by a horrible sight a true and gruesome murder scene.
Immediately it was obvious that the inhabitants of the farm had fought fiercely against something but lost. Examining the scene they wondered why were the two dead men in the same place as the chickens. Did a beast attack the chicken house first which alerted the two men, to go look in there?
The fact that many of the chickens were clearly eaten also points to the possibility of a beast being responsible for this.
But then in the main building, there was a man with an axe inserted in him. This pointed to it being an intelligent creature capable of using different tools as weapons. All the bodies were also cut in many places so maybe a claw or a knife.
As far as they knew the family had no enemies and no real wealth to speak of. Plus nothing was stolen or taken from the farm. Clearly, money was not the motivation unless someone wanted to bye the farm for themselves but why would they then go and eat the chickens?
Jesus and the guards were left dumbfounded not knowing what to make of it. All that came to mind was that it must have been some ungodly creature from hell that had done this for none of Gods creations were this cruel and ruthless.
These were some of the only conclusions that could be determined from the crime scene. Now it would be up to the lord to decide what to do with this situation.
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As weeks passed there was no real progress in the murder investigation. All the guards were able to find were some torn-up clothes on the beach that didn't lead to any new discoveries.
Warrior priests and nuns from nearby churches visited the farm and its surrounding areas in search of any signs of demons or other ungodly monsters. But after weeks of searching the farm and nearby areas, nothing was found.
While some priests and nuns are said to have divine abilities to combat the dark magics of the world, most do not. The number of individuals able to use divine abilities is very small. So as no individuals of such skill had arrived all the nondevine users accomplished was to spend some of their hard-earned coin in town and do some sort of blessing ritual on the farm. Though the rituals and blessings didn't do anything as far as Marino saw the people sure seemed pleased and the farm was soon on sale again.
Lara was no help either. She had severe PTSD and kept on talking about a red-eyed demon. As such the case was dropped and forgotten, Just like so many other murders and crimes during this period in history.
Then after some time, new tenants moved to the farm. With the farm gone Lara had decided to stay with the Colombo family and as time went on Lara and Marino started getting closer and closer to each other.
Seeing no harm in the girl staying around Marino had decided to honor the old man's last request by keeping Lara his only grandchild alive and not strangle her to death.
Thanks to Laras PTSD she had become extremely fearful of the dark and of being alone. So now during the days and nights, she would stay beside Marino all the time. Lara was like a magnet, always not far behind Marino wherever he would go. While he trained she trained, while he studied she studied when he worked she worked. During the night they would sleep in the same bed. During the day they would bathe together and so on.
Jesus did not approve of such a close relationship and thought that some boundaries should be kept. He had tried to separate them when he caught them once doing their business at the same time in the outhouse. Apparently, even then she didn't want to separate from Marino.
But luckily for Lara and Marino, Mary had defended them. She saw nothing strange about the young couple's behavior. To her, this was just young love.
During training one day Marino had watched his mother doing push-ups and got an idea. His mother also wanted to be fit but due to her massive breasts, she could not run or do push-ups quite so well as her breasts always got in the way or caused her pain.
When Mary would do push-ups she could only do half reps as her breasts were so large that she simply couldn't go lower or otherwise her breasts would constantly hit the ground. During runs, she would have to hold her breasts or else they would start to hurt.
So with this Marino got motivated and soon he started to do experiments in the creation of underwear. Using Lara as his test subject. He quickly started trying out different styles on her and asking for her input. From modest to not so modest all the way to basically nothing, he tried all sorts of different styles on her with a hungry smile always on his face as he did so.
Lara also helped with the creation process as her hands were quite skillful at sewing while Marinos weren't so good. Also as he thought of this he decided to start working on a new technology called the spinning wheel. But first, he would create the easier version of it called the spindle and distaff.
With the help of these inventions, he would be able to create a Colombo food and clothing brand and now really start to make money and have a significant impact on the world at large.