“No, I wouldn’t,” he answered.
“Then my lord it is,” Forrus said with a nod. Daemon drummed his gloved fingers on his sword’s handle for a moment then looked away again.
“Not sure if that’s any better,” he said dryly before he started walking away. Forrus looked at him with a calm smile then to Sasha and Rulo, the two watching Daemon walking by with gentle eyes before turning to her with glares.
“The time to rest is done with, we’re leaving,” Daemon announced as he kicked some dirt onto the fire and extinguished it. As he walked out of the clearing Forrus glanced between the two monster girls with a curious eye.
“What’s with those looks?” she asked plainly. Sasha and Rulo gripped their weapons as they growled quietly at her, with Forrus then nodding slowly with a small chuckle.
“Oh, you don’t like me because of my devotion to him, do you?” she asked simply.
“Why are you so devoted to him anyway? Do all lycans kiss ass whenever they meet a man?” Rulo snapped. Forrus held back her scoff and raised an eyebrow at her.
“Why are you so dedicated to him? You both call him master even when he clearly doesn’t want you to, you both follow his every command without question, and neither of you seems capable of going against his wishes at all. What has he done to earn such obedience from you two?” she quipped. Sasha quickly swung her blade out and held it towards the lycan’s throat with a loud hiss.
“My life is his, my sword is his, everything that I am is his, he is everything to me, and I’ll be damned if I let anyone take that away from me,” she threatened.
“We were his bitches first, go find your own master to grovel under,” Rulo snapped with an oink. Sasha glanced to her with a grunt then looked back to Forrus with a dull glare.
“I prefer my saying over hers,” she mentioned flatly. Forrus nodded slowly with a soft smile at them.
“I see, so that’s why, he saved you both as well, didn’t he? He gave you a new life, and you chose to use that life for him and his quest,” she speculated. Sasha and Rulo just glared at her while remaining silent. Forrus closed her eyes and let out a small amused murmur.
“I understand how you both feel, I really do. He gave me a chance to live for something greater, something bigger than I could have ever dreamed, I would be lost without him,” she empathized. She then showed a curious expression at the two girls and shook her head.
“However, I’m not taking him away from you, I had no intention of doing anything like that,” she mentioned. Sasha and Rulo watched her carefully as the lycan shrugged with a small smile.
“We can all serve him together, we’re all his after all. Besides, I wouldn’t be opposed to sharing his seed with those he saved as well,” she mused.
“What?” Sasha and Rulo yelled out with anger. Forrus chuckled then quickly darted around Sasha’s blade, leaping over behind the reptile girl in a flash while glancing back to her with a smirk.
“At any rate, we’d best get going, my lord won’t be happy if we stray so far behind,” she said before taking off into the woods.
“Hey, get back here!” Rulo yelled out as she ran after the girl with her hammer held back. Sasha watched the two run off with a growl while she clenched her sword tightly in hand.
“Lay one hand on my master’s penis and I shall skin you alive, mutt,” she hissed before running off after them as well.
*****
Parked by the trail leading through the rolling hillside a caravan was seen along with a white horse that was gently grazing on some tall grass nearby. Next to the caravan a small campfire was set up with several figures seated around the fire on large intertwined roots and vines that appeared out of place and having popped up out of the ground in unnaturally curving arcs to act as pews. Sitting next to the fire was a cooking pot that had some steam rising up from its contents while the group was enjoying their dinner for the night under the stars.
“Congratulations, Triska, you managed to prepare something other than sandwiches for us,” Alyssa said simply, the witch sitting with her legs crossed while her staff was struck into the ground next to her. She had a bowl of something in her hand and was gently stirring the contents with a spoon while looking at it with a blank expression. She then raised an eyebrow in question.
“As to what that something is, I have no idea,” she finished before shaking her head.
Sitting next to her Triska was glancing to the witch with annoyance while eating her dinner.
“It’s vegetable and rabbit stew, what’s wrong with it?” she asked sharply. Alyssa lifted her spoon and watched as the thick stew slowly dripped off it into the bowl.
“I think you need more vegetables and rabbit in it, and less stew,” she said flatly.
“I think it tastes good, not to mention Triska went through the trouble of catching the rabbits for us when we stopped here, that was very kind of her,” Daniel complimented, sitting next to Triska and eating his stew with a smile on his face. Triska looked to him with a bright smile then to Alyssa with a smug grin.
“See, Daniel likes it, there’s nothing wrong with my cooking, Alyssa,” she retorted.
Specca coughed then spat out something into her hand while sitting next to Alyssa, the nixie clearing her throat then tossing something into the fire.
“Sorry, rabbit fur,” she said plainly before glancing to Triska. Alyssa looked to Triska with a dull expression as the teen rolled her eyes and continued to eat her meal.
“Give me a break, I tried to get them ready as fast as I could,” she defended.
“Perhaps a little too fast,” Specca commented.
“So I missed a spot, I’m sorry,” Triska said dryly.
Next to the nixie Squeak then coughed with a squeak and spat out a clump of rabbit fur onto the ground, the ant girl shaking her head with a shudder before looking at Triska with a raised eyebrow. Triska grumbled and kept eating while Daniel smiled weakly in response. He then glanced to Falla who was sitting next to him and just looking at her bowl with a distant gaze.
“Not going to eat, Falla?” Daniel asked. She looked to him with a small jump, seeming to come out of a trance, and then looked back down to her meal.
“Oh, right,” she said, then lifted her spoon up slowly with a disturbed expression.
“Um, what am I eating again?” she asked.
“Oh for crying out loud, it’s not bad, just eat it!” Triska yelled out. Falla gave a startled jump before quickly eating, with Triska showing her a dull glare then looking to Jovian and Jacqueline who were sitting together while just looking at the fire. Neither of the new girls had bowls of stew and both were holding hands as they remained silent, the sisters wearing their masks again which gave off a soft orange bloom from the fire.
“Aren’t you two hungry?” Triska asked. Jovian and Jacqueline looked to her and shook their heads with slight smiles.
“No, thank you,” Jovian said softly.
“Are you sure? I made plenty,” Triska offered kindly.
“Quantity over quality, good job,” Alyssa mentioned flatly.
“Oh shut up, Alyssa, if you don’t want to eat it then don’t, nobody’s forcing you!” Triska shouted out at her. She then looked back to the new girls with a gentle smile.
“Please, have some, you must be hungry after all you’ve been through,” she offered. Jovian eyed the girl through her mask, going over the teen’s body and breasts slowly while a small smile crept across her face.
“That’s alright, we’re not hungry yet,” she answered politely. Jacqueline nodded as she eyed Specca over from behind her mask, paying close attention to the nixie’s thighs and legs while she squeezed her sister’s hand a bit.
“Yes, please, don’t worry about us, eat your meals,” she gently insisted. Triska showed a worried expression then nodded with a small smile again.
“Alright, but don’t be shy, we’ve got plenty here,” she said before eating her stew again.
“Oh yes, we know,” Jo
vian said as her eyes shifted from Triska over to Alyssa, watching as the witch merely played with her food rather than eating it, and held in her giggle as she imagined how loudly the little witch could scream in pain. Jacqueline smirked as her eyes glanced over to Squeak, the ant girl eating her stew with quiet squeaks while unaware that the blonde newcomer was fantasizing about sinking her teeth into her thighs and breasts.
“You two don’t need to hide behind your masks, we’re not judging you,” Daniel mentioned kindly.
“Thank you, but… we prefer to wear them,” Jovian said as she lightly adjusted her mask.
“Yes, we like them,” Jacqueline added.
“Well you have nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to hide from,” Daniel reassured before eating again. The sisters looked at him curiously then tilted their heads in question at the same time and in the same way.
“If we may ask, why is it that you all are traveling together like this?” Jovian inquired.
“Yes, you said you are looking to instill peace between monsters and humans, I don’t understand what you mean,” Jacqueline questioned. Triska looked to Daniel as the boy showed a weak smile and shrugged.
“Well, just what I said. We’re looking to find monster races that would be willing to coexist peacefully with humans, so that would could all live with each other and help each other survive in this world,” he explained. Triska nodded and looked to the sisters with a smirk.
“As crazy as it may sound to you, it’s true, and there are monsters out there that aren’t evil, as you’ve noticed with a few of them sitting here eating dinner with us peacefully,” she reasoned while gesturing around to the group.
“This tastes like crap,” Falla muttered before setting her bowl down and holding a hand over her mouth.
“For once you and I are in agreement,” Alyssa said as she dumped her stew onto the ground with a disgusted scowl.
“Would you two shut up? It’s not bad at all, you’re just too goddamned picky!” Triska shouted out at them. Daniel chuckled weakly then looked at the sisters with a small smile.
“Anyway, there are some that are willing to give peace a chance, so we’re hoping to find all that we can in order to help convince mankind that we don’t need to be at war with them. They may look different, and live differently, but that doesn’t make them bad,” he explained. The sisters nodded slowly then looked around at the group.
“I must say, I’ve never heard of anyone preaching such beliefs before,” Jovian commented.
“Daniel is a very radical thinker, but that just may be what Eden needs,” Specca said looking to Daniel with a gentle smile.
“He helped me see what a monster I really was, I wouldn’t be here at all if it wasn’t for him,” Alyssa admitted with a loving smile at the boy.
Squeak nodded and squeaked while pointing to Daniel, the ant girl squeaking for a while before stopping and showing a weak smile as her friends all looked at her with amused smirks. Daniel chuckled then looked to the sisters with a shrug.
“You’ll have to excuse her, she-”
“Wow, he chose you out of your whole nest of 108 workers?” Jovian asked curiously. Everyone stopped then stared at them with a jump as Jacqueline giggled and smiled curiously at Squeak.
“My my, I bet you must have felt special after that,” she agreed. The two sisters then looked around to seeing everyone just staring at them with stunned expressions.
“Is something wrong?” they asked together.
“You… you understood her?” Triska asked with disbelief.
“Of course,” Jovian said simply. The group looked to Squeak as she pointed to herself and squeaked with confusion.
“Yes, I understand you; I just said so didn’t I?” Jovian answered. Jacqueline looked to her sister then to Squeak before she started laughing a bit.
“Oh dear, sister? I don’t believe they understand how we understand her,” she mentioned, with Jovian jumping with a hand over her mouth before she smiled amusedly.
“Oh my, you’re right, we must look so silly to them,” she agreed.
“Not silly, just… well, I’m not sure how to describe it,” Specca said unsurely. The sisters giggled and shook their heads in unison.
“I’m sorry, allow me to explain. You see during our travels we’ve come across many different people and monsters, however not all speak the universal language, so communication became difficult,” Jovian explained.
“So we enlisted the help of some witches long ago to enchant our ears, so that we may understand any language being spoken. We can understand your friend just as well as we can with all of you,” Jacqueline said while brushing her hair away from her ear and showing it to the group, not that her ear looked any different at all.
“That’s amazing, you can talk to anyone? Human or monster?” Daniel asked. The sisters nodded with smiles at him.
“Yes, anyone at all,” Jovian agreed.
“Wait a minute; you’re saying that you’ve had encounters with monsters before us?” Specca asked curiously.
“Yes, many times,” Jacqueline answered.
“What do you do during your travels that have you talking to both humans and monsters like that?” Triska asked curiously. The sisters giggled then looked to her while holding their arms out to present themselves.
“We like to party, we’re thrill seekers,” Jovian said with a hop.
“Yes, we always travel around looking for excitement and fun and dancing, oh I love dancing so much,” Jacqueline giggled. The two girls stood up then started walking around the others in opposite directions.
“Have you ever been to a royal ball at Nimquent? Oh such a merry time indeed,” Jovian said as she gently ran her hand along Squeak’s shoulders, the ant girl looking back to her curiously.
“Or have you ever heard the singing harpies on Mount Rollound? It sounds even better with the acoustics from the cliffs,” Jacqueline said as she gently touched along Falla’s wing, the butterfly girl looking back to her with a scoff as she fluttered her wings to get the girl to stop.
“Or perhaps swam in the Icida Sea near Waterwrench? The mermaids there are so graceful and beautiful,” Jovian said as she gently held Specca’s shoulders and leaned closer to her from behind, with Specca glancing back to her with wonder.
“No, I… haven’t,” Specca said softly.
“I personally love traveling through the forests of Rentha, they have such beautiful flowers called Blue Irises that I simply adore,” Jacqueline said while walking behind Daniel, the girl taking a moment to stop and lean over sideways to smile back at him before looking to Triska.
“Maybe you and your boyfriend should check it out sometime, could be a romantic time for you two,” she suggested playfully. The group jumped and looked to Triska as the girl smiled curiously at that before glancing to Daniel.
“Well, that sounds like a great idea, but I’m not… actually… his… um…” Triska said softly before looking down. Jacqueline showed a curious expression then looked around at the group as the other girls were watching Triska carefully.
“Oh, I’m sorry; I thought you were with him since you were both human. I apologize, which one of you is his mate then?” Jacqueline asked.
“He’s traveling with monsters on his own free will, perhaps he chose one of these fine young ladies. Maybe he selected the witch, she is rather cute,” Jovian mused with a hand to her chin. Alyssa jumped a bit then smiled with a blush as the other girls looked to her with dull stares. Alyssa giggled then turned to Daniel with a shrug.
“She does have a point, I am the cutest here, we can’t argue with that,” she said with an innocent smile. Daniel smiled weakly to that while Jacqueline shook her head with a smirk on her face.
“No, I don’t see that, sister, if anyone he likely chose Specca here, I mean her figure is absolutely perfect from head to tail,” she reasoned, gesturing to the nixie that jumped with a squeak while turning red from that comment. The group turned to Specca curiously as s
he looked herself over quickly before giving Jacqueline a stunned smile.
“Wait, really? It is?” she stammered.
“Oh please, Squeak’s got a more voluptuous figure than she does, how is Specca’s figure ‘absolutely perfect’?” Alyssa muttered. Specca looked to her with a flustered huff while Squeak smiled a bit and shrugged modestly.
“Hey, just because my breasts didn’t keep getting bigger doesn’t mean my figure is any less desirable, and at least I have a figure, unlike somebody,” Specca snapped accusingly, with Alyssa then glaring at her while setting her bowl down on the seat with a clink.
“Hey, what I lack in having boobs I make up for in sweet, innocent charm and being more experienced about sex than a succubus,” Alyssa barked back. Daniel merely had a stunned look on his face as Specca and Alyssa stood up and growled at each other, with Squeak and Triska watching with raised eyebrows while Jovian and Jacqueline showed curious expressions.
“That statement is completely contradictory and does nothing to prove that you have a better body than I do!” Specca shouted out.
“No, but she does raise a point, Squeak’s breasts are rather huge, I’m actually jealous,” Jovian said coyly while looking to Squeak, the ant girl jumping a bit before looking down to her bust, squeaking softly once then smiling weakly and looking around at the group with a shrug. The other girls looked at her with annoyance, all knowing that fact was unfortunately true, while Daniel slowly raised his hand up.
“Um, excuse me, I think we’re getting a little off topic here,” he said weakly, not being heard at all of course.
Jacqueline giggled as she walked over behind Triska and gently held her by the shoulders.
“That may be true, sister, all of these monsters do have something to offer this boy. It makes me wonder why this one is ok with all of them traveling with him. A cute little witch, a beautiful nixie, and a delicious looking ant girl, surely Daniel’s noticed them all by now,” she mused looking to Daniel with a sly smile. Daniel just stared at her with a stunned expression as all three monster girls blushed brightly from that.
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