Showers are so nice! I return up to the room, and realise I forgot to bring the bag of sex toys to clean, but I can't be bothered right now and half throw the bag on the table, and I just lie down on my stomach and hug the pillow. Plenty to think about both on the sex and the talk we had. It feels pretty good, except I really hope I didn't hurt her feelings. I wouldn't mind having Alith as my woman, but it's a bad idea for several reasons and I sure don't need another official relationship. It's complicated as it is.

"My Lord."

Thoughts crash and I wince from hearing Caecilia's voice, and even more so when I hear someone rise from the chair behind the open door, followed by metallic and glass sounds and cloth move. Caecilia crawls into bed and lies down against me, with her breast pressed against my neck and give me a hug. I just take a deep breath, as I silently curse myself for being stupid. If Caecilia was waiting in here, she must have been looking for me. Or she heard me in the shower and decided to wait. And Alith showered in the washing room next door. She will wonder why we both showered when we showered last night and shouldn't have made any sweaty activity since, and I have no doubt that Caecilia first thoughts must have been sex. Damn.

"I am Lord's personal servant and hóra. It's better that my Lord in the future tell me that my Lord intends to have a discreet moment with Alith, for even if my participation isn't desired, it would be easier to help my Lord keep others from finding out. It is fortunate that I returned far earlier than the others and heard Alith's moans through the wall, along with rhythmic sounds. I have already let them know that my Lord is feeling better, but my Lord need to rest more. Now you could continue enjoying each other without being disturbed."

I hold in another sigh, close my eyes tighter and want to sink into bed. Caecilia basically see it as a sin if someone interrupts ongoing sex - unless their interference doesn't result in better sex. So of course Caecilia would guard me and Alith instead of interrupting or joining us, since we've so far tried to keep it secret from her and others. I wonder when she actually returned? I expected to hear when someone came in, and this building have less soundproofing than the mansion. So, Iselin isn't the only ninja. Although, Caecilia probably snuck in just to try to give me the peace and quiet I asked for, and didn't want to wake me up if I was asleep. I hear her handling the bag of toys, and her appreciative "Oo-oh" and other sounds just makes me want to sink deeper into the pillow. She seems to feel and smell the toys, making the occasional low expression about how fascinating she seems to find them.

"Is this why I stayed outside the jeweller? Why would my Lord want to keep something like this a secret from me? My body is my Lord's to take when and how my Lord wants, and I would be honoured to be the first to experience fascinating things like these. I hope my Lord is not angry with me?"

I don't really know what to answer, so I make a small vague grunt and wave my free hand and shake my head. A shiver runs down my spine as Caecilia's sexy voice whispers in my ear;

"I can see that my Lord is a bit exhausted and needs to recover, so I hope that my Lord will continue to rest. My Lord should drink plenty of water and recover during the day, and I hope that tonight I can join my Lord in bed and experience feeling both my Lord and all these interesting new creations in every way we can think of."

I get a kiss on the neck before Caecilia slips out of the room and closes the door behind her while happily humming some music. I hear how she greets Alith and says that she need not worry as she was the only one in the house, and this time I can hear Caecilia taking the stairs.

Caecilia is in a good mood, and when I join the others after their return, it's clear that they assumed we've had sex, and Caecilia lays the groundwork for joining my bed tonight to continue. I don't have to worry about anyone thinking it is strange, because it is Caecilia. I feel slightly bad that I can't remember when I last had sex with her.

Jane is so very impressed with the Maurr's mansion, and she has convinced the others that we need to do this Inn in a similar style with lots of carvings. It is not a priority, but she has sketched a high stone patio around the front, with a staircase down to the road and to the courtyard. It is clearly inspired by the Lords building in Lord of the Rings Edoras, with a lot of elements from Elvish Rivendell. The patio flow together with the future Inn extension, with a special place for a damn tree, and some free standing arches with climbing plants and other things. Wood carving is something the Norse elves are really good at, and I probably should make it a theme and build the inn up in Elfrhamr to match. Jane have also convinced the others that 'Rivendal' is a good name for the Inn, and she loves that it both sounds good and in the dialect spoken here it sounds like the combined Norse word for 'riven' meaning torn or tear and 'dal' meaning valley. It actually match the common description of how Gods made certain valleys and fjords, by tearing apart mountains or dragging a huge finger. This is after all a very long river valley about 1km wide surrounded by 100-140m high forest covered mountains and they are Elves. This valley is not a deep Norwegian or Swiss valley with lots of waterfalls, but the valley is pretty, and the Inn will be beautiful and impressive. A nice and slightly luxurious place to spend an evening after a days journey, and enjoy a meal, drinks and good company while enjoying the view.

Besides going through most of Jane's suggestions and sketches with Bresir, as well as in the future upgrading the Inn and sketching out a schematic for that, a large part of the day is spent planning future sawmills, mills, etc. There are a lot of important details that need to get right, but it will basically be a replica of the sawmill on the island. That isn't finished but a lot of it seems to work well and there is no real issue or problem. Well, except the slightly dumb location in the middle of the village on an island. Bresir just hasn't built anything like this before, so it will probably be a visit back to Ackerek so he can see the sawmill in a couple of weeks. As we walk and plan, many poles are staked into the ground to mark, with runes carved in for a reminding description.

Åsa will have a few weeks to prove she can do the job as Innkeeper, and Elin will act as a discreet assessment of Åsa and the Inn, and in a little more than a week will travel to Ackerek islands to update us. Åsa must keep a book for records, and slate boards have been attached to write prices, what food is available and other information. One inside. One on the outside by the door. A third will be added to a sign by the road on a carved welcome board. There will be both pictograms and text because many people cannot read. We also expect that there will be some bartering of goods instead of silver for food and housing, which is perfectly fine as long as there is a need for it. If they have too much, Åsa can sell on to other travellers. Part of the projects is a fish trap in the rapids, so I hope there will be plenty of fish for the Inn to serve, with a surplus to sell on to travellers. That trap might also trap crawfish.

The Inn will probably mostly have simple food; baked bread, porridge, some soup or fish. Especially things that can be heated. But more luxurious food is up to what Åsa and the staff have time to make and what the guests ask for. It is most likely that the cheapest mead is served as a large pitcher with a few mugs that the guests can pour from themselves.

Storman Maurr have brought plenty of gear along to take me fly fishing. Apparently yesterday I misunderstood the extent of Maurr's fly fishing interest. Maurr is proud to show his equipment, which consists of three different rods and two wooden boxes with the fly lures he have tied. Maurr point out the differences between the rods before letting me choose which one I want, and recommends a couple of different fly lures. He wants my help trying to figure out where the damn fish like to hide and which fly works best. As well as seeming to take it as a challenge, it quickly becomes clear that Maurr is obsessed with trying to find 'the best fly', spending a lot of time tying flys in different scales, colours and pieces. I barely remember everything we talked about the last time we was here, but Maurr seems to have listened intently to the fishing part, and fallen hard for the hobby. Maurr have started to keep a log book to figure out the best spots and lures, and I don't think I help that growing obsession when I ask if he also notes down time of day, weather, moon cycle and so on, and he haven't. Maurr gets a big smile and is so please for those hints. Maurr tries to find out everything I can about fishing, so I explain what a fishing vest is, and some handy tools like fishing pliers and a special clamp to hold the hook when tying and special tools, etc.

It has been a strange day that ended with a nice little feast in Maurr's mansion, where among other things, we are served the fish we caught. But it feels nice to leave his mansion and walk down to the Inn and into my bedroom, where Caecilia joins me. Before we go to bed I help Caecilia practise my modified version of the classic Swedish Lucia song 'Natten går tunga fjät'. Caecilia doesn't really know why she is learning it or why she has to help the staff practise singing the song in secret, but I've asked her to, so of course she does. The staff, on the other hand, know more or less of the surprise I've planned, because I try to keep information compartmentalized so Caecilia too will be surprised, and so she doesn't happen to reveal my surprise to Iselin.

Caecilia is happy when she gets her own set of Ben Wa balls, which I tell her she has Jane to thank for the description of. Caecilia gives high marks for all my creations, although she has favourites and like Alith loves the flexible long one with stacked balls. I think it really appeals to Caecilia that our sex life is becoming more interesting than she previously knew, and would absolutely like to own a few of the models. She is without doubt rich enough to buy it, but she would certainly want to be 'surprised', as she isn't very subtle what she like and that she likes the colours orange and purple, which I already knew. I'm pleased that her morals aren't blue and orange.