"Sure, please do," I answer.

Hana sneaks one last kiss with Ciel and lets her go.

Klein opens the door and immediately stops in her tracks -. Klein shakes her head and comes in.

-

"Please, make yourself comfortable," Alissa says with soft voice and she motions to one of the beds.

With a strained smile, Klein obeys and sits at the corner of the furthest bed.

"What are you doing? Come here!" Hana says and grabs Klein, who latches onto Hana in surprise, and even her tail wraps around Hana's neck. Hana carries her like a princess and gently deposits her at my side.

Now that Klein is beside me, I can smell the very strong scent of a flowery perfume coming from her. I also notice that her hair is extra silky today; her lips have an enticing, glossy red color; her nails are perfectly done; and her skin looks as smooth as a baby's.

Roxanne leaves my lap on her own initiative and the girls form a circle around me and Klein.

I grab Klein's hand and kiss it. It feels very soft and has a faint, sweet taste from a familiar elven skin care product -.

Klein breathes in and I see her jaw tremble in anxiety.

"You don't have to be scared," I say in a low tone.

Through [Bind], I know that Aoi and Alissa enjoy it when I use this exact tone.

I kiss her repeatedly, moving upwards along her arm until I reach her neck. The smell of her perfume becomes stronger and I notice a faint milky and coconut-y undertone to it.

I hold her face and stare deeply into her dreamy, brown eyes.

"What do you want from us?" I ask her, softly.

Her breath quickens and I feel a faint minty scent coming out of her mouth. "W-well… I want you-…"

"Not me. Us. If you accept me, you accept all of us."

She looks around and the girls give her varied smiles. Alissa and Hana smile like predators; Roxanne smiles warmly; Ciel and Lina smile shyly; Aoi gives her a toothy smile that makes Klein chuckle and ask, "What, even Aoi is participating?"

"If you want to and she wants to," I say.

"I like, kissing," Aoi says and imitates a shrug.

"Well?" I draw Klein's face to mine as I pull her forward. Our faces are now so close that our noses touch.

She breathes in deeply and gathers her courage, then she says, "I w-want to be part of your harem… temporarily."

"That's all that we need to hear." I seal her lips with mine and invade her mouth. Our tongues rub against each other, sending jolts of eager pleasure through each of us. Her tongue tastes minty, making me hunger for more.

I send the pleasure of our kiss to Alissa and Aoi, but I order Alissa to remain still -.

"NO! WOLFY!" Alissa immediately complains inside my head.

"OBEY ME -"

Alissa protests so much that I almost bite Klein's tongue when her frustration starts leaking through.

-

- The abused small monkey-girl now looks like a lifeless doll. Everyone played around with her until her brain simply couldn't handle the pleasure anymore. -.

With [Heal] and [Regeneration] to prevent any damage to the skin and sensitive nerves -, she could withstand far more abuse than her delicious body was made for.

"You two surprised me with your eagerness," I say to Ciel and Lina.

"Well," -Ciel finishes casting a [Heal] on Lina - and scratches her neck awkwardly- "I can't deny that it's fun…"

"And you like when we participate, too, right?" Lina asks with a proud smile.

"I love it," I answer immediately.

Lina closes her eyes and lays down on the bed, still feeling very proud of herself. Ciel shrugs and chuckles softly -.

After cleaning up everything we could, - we all huddle up in a mass of limbs and drift off to sleep.

Today is the 14th.

-

I feel drained, hungry (for food), and even a little weak. Yesterday, I pushed the limits, but it was not enough. I have to push harder, I have to become the master of [Enhanced Semen Recharge]!

I wake up Klein, who slept glued to my arm, with a kiss and a short exploration of her mouth. She moans happily and then stretches out her body. Her tail lovingly strokes my hair and she gives me a peck on the lips.

The other girls get a little jealous of her loving attitude and compete to demonstrate their charms -.

"Hah, I win!" Ciel says playfully.

- "You wanna play seriously?" She says threateningly.

Alissa feels my anxiety and - undoes Hana's grip.

"Not today, at least not with him right now," Alissa says and the competitive spirits of the two - girls deflate.

We start dressing ourselves and Hana slaps Klein's cute ass, making the monkey-girl yelp in surprise, but also dissipating the clouds over her mind. She looks at me - and her skin acquires a deep shade of red.

"You are mine now, Klein, at least for a while," I say with a sadistic smile. Her face stiffens and she doesn't answer.

Before leaving, I store the two watchful golems.

I'm surprised they didn't speak. Maybe they realized that they could ruin the mood by asking questions about sex. Sex is certainly something that takes up a lot of space in my mind, so I think it would be easy for them to understand basic courtesy.

We go down to have our breakfast and I walk with a flower on each arm. Alissa hugs one of my arms lovingly while Klein shyly holds the other. For as angry as Alissa was yesterday, today she looks like an angel with a smile so bright she could compete with a light elemental.

As we sit at our table, Anton and Krista appear. Anton gives Klein an angry look and turns his face away, Krista shrugs at Klein and tries to appease her husband with soft words. Klein ignores them and wraps my arm around her, leaning her head on my chest.

"That would make it difficult for me to eat," I say and Klein smiles. Once our food comes she grabs my plate and feeds me crackers. Alissa immediately joins her and feeds me cake.

Lina stares at us like she was betrayed. Her gloomy eyes make her sad expression so much more heartbreaking. Klein stops when she sees Lina and becomes awkward.

"M-maybe you should do this in my place," Klein shyly says to Lina, who shakes her head and regains her usual gloomy look.

I smile wryly and say, "Tomorrow." Lina smiles adorably and nods repeatedly, then she turns to Ciel and her eyes become like a puppy's.

Ciel chuckles, then she pats Lina's head and nods. Roxanne shrugs and starts feeding Hana too. Aoi looks at us with curiosity, seemingly not understanding the significance of what we're doing.

Laertes comes in and notices us. He grits his teeth, and his tail becomes stiff and upright. Klein avoids looking at him.

I kind of understand her position: knowing that he likes you but you don't is very awkward. What could she do? Not follow her heart just so she wouldn't "hurt" him? Even with her father, things are complicated. She might rely on him to find her a husband, but that doesn't mean she's his property.

Our overly-sweet atmosphere gives diabetes to Laertes and Anton, they eat quickly and leave. The other patrons try to ignore the happy chatter but the amount of beautiful women around me makes even the elves jealous.

Once we are done lazing about, we take our leave. Klein tries to glue herself to me again but Hana stops her. "It's time to share," she says with a cheeky smile.

With much regret, Klein leaves my side, and Ciel and Lina each take one of my arms -.

The streets are almost empty. Back in Rabanara, this time is when the buzzing of business would start, so seeing this emptiness is rather disconcerting.

The morning sun slowly rises from below the treetops and the mist of the night dissipates, revealing the odd mix of cozy buildings sharing space with tree crowns.

As I walk, I finally understand the faint uneasiness that's always present while inside these towns: a mix of vertigo with the feeling that I'm always walking on uncertain ground, like when you cross a swaying suspended rope bridge. The constant sight of the lower levels of the town adds quite a lot to this.

Aoi curls herself around my neck and gives me a loving lick on my cheek.

Klein suddenly gasps and we all turn to her. "Wait… I'm completely sure now: Aoi was much larger yesterday. I mean, I truly saw that she was at least three times larger!" She exclaims.

I chuckle and Hana says, "You are right, that's a special skill of hers. Don't tell anyone, it's kind of a trump card."

Klein lowers her voice, but still speaks quite excitedly. "Wow! So, how big can she get?"

"Little smaller, than Lina!" Aoi answers.

"Only if you stretch yourself," Lina says, a little defensive.

"I will be, taller soon." Aoi gives us a toothy smile.

"Your teeth may be big but your smile is adorable," Klein says.

"For now!" Aoi puffs smoke up into the air.

We reach the gate and see Rande's caravan getting ready. Rudito sends us a respectful nod and the other elves pay more attention to us. The few human commoners look quite happy to see us.

Nito hands us our horses and Klein gets up on top of the carriage. She and Laertes don't talk to each other and the air seems awkward between them.

The caravan starts to move again and we say goodbye to Ostoum.

We go down the long ramp and the uncomfortable feeling of the Weepers starts to assault us again.

"Well… it seems that they like us," Ciel comments.

I summon two light elementals and she summons her [Holy Spirit].

"It's not even going to be an exciting fight," Hana says.

"They are only going to tease us for a long while until they finally get close enough to die," Alissa says with a sigh.

"Hey, hey!" Suddenly Aoi calls for our attention. "Look!" She holds her chewing toy (a gold coin) in her little claws and I feel a bit of mana leave her. Suddenly the coin disappears with a *poof.*

"OH! You did it!" Roxanne excitedly claps the tips of her fingers.

"Yay!" Aoi claps the tip of her claws, copying Roxanne and making a clacking sound.

I pull out dozens of gold coins and a few rose ones and hand them to her. "Don't lose a single one, okay?"

"O-kaay!"

She gives each of them a loving bite and stores them. I also pull out her little golden dodgeball-like toy.

"Now, I learn [Fly]!" Aoi flaps her wings and I feel mana leave them.

I nod and tickle her chin.

Then I cast [Swift Foot] on the commoners, spread my Hollys, and put in enough points to practice [Fly] with Aoi on my lap.

Soon, we are all back to our silent absentmindedness as we make our way east. Next stop: Escanso. ETA: three days.