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Harem Ethics 101 159. Meteor
In front of the towering, abandoned building, Saelia lay dying in the warm, red dirt. Only a couple of feet away, I was flat on my stomach with a spectral blue arrow staking my forearm into the earth to prevent me from giving her the somatonic clutched in my fist. With a hole in my left thigh and a broken right arm, I stared up in horror and pain at Mark. Framed by a full moon, he was poised to knock me out with a punch to the head. I’d screamed and begged, knowing that if I lost consciousness Saelia was done for. Mark had responded with promises of somehow making it up to me later, but he hadn’t wavered in her resolve to kill the warden. Hearing this had pushed me into a chasm of mind-numbing frustration and panic. At a loss for words, I’d let my rage speak for me. I’d been about to threaten to kill her if she murdered Saelia, but before I could get the sentence out, he blurred into motion trailing black smoke, as leapt half a dozen feet away from me and stood. His face jerked
Harem Ethics 101 160. So Much Better...
“Hmm!” The warden’s jaw clenched, and her face scrunched in pain as the wounds covering her body suddenly knitted together. Lysandra let out a deep sigh of relief and a tear rolled down her bloody cheek. “Thank you, Passion, for your benevolence and compassion.” She planted a soft kiss on Saelia’s forehead before gently lowering her head to rest against the soft dirt. “She's… going to be okay?” I asked tentatively. The fear that was wrapped around my heart like barbed wire loosened as I watched the shadow primal’s chest rise and fall with each of her steady breaths. “Quite right.” “She’s just unconscious still because she burned her soul and got hit with spiritual overdraft?” I asked woozily. With the fight seemingly over, my adrenaline started to drain away, causing my pain and consciousness to fade as blood loss started to finally get the better of me. “With her tended to, let me see to you.” She looked me over and winced with sympathy at how thoroughly I’d gotten fucke
Harem Ethics 101 161. Let's Be Away!
The three of us left Lysandra’s glade thirty minutes after we’d started packing. Due to there being nothing of value in it, I left my bag behind and only took Saelia’s. Lysandra had only wanted to bring a few sundresses and some sex toys, so it’d been relatively easy for her to dump her luggage in with the warden’s. Luckily for me, this resulted in me only having one stuffed pack on my back instead of three strapped to me like a pack mule. I cradled Saelia’s unconscious body in my arms as we trudged through the Forest of Embers. Lysandra led the way. With the sheath for her massive greatsword tied to her back between her wings, she held the blade at the ready in a two-handed grip. I’d agreed to only speak during the journey if I needed a break or if I saw an incoming attack. This had resulted in the uneventful hike to the forest’s main trail being a tense affair heavy with silence. Which in turn led to a peaceful walk along the dirt road in which my tired brain and body quivered
Harem Ethics 101 162. Relax
“Great.” She let out a sigh of relief and nodded at the crystal pillar standing at the center of the slip gate’s stone platform. “Place your hand on the anchor junction to operate the slip gate. Then all you must do is think of another slip gate you’ve attuned to and will for a portal to open for you.” Deciding to see how much spirit it’d cost before bringing up to her my almost dry spiritual reserves, I awkwardly shifted Saelia around in my arms and settled my palm atop the rectangular cube of crystal. My worries eased as I thought of Stone Lock and the knowledge that it'd cost one spirit to make a portal popped up in my mind. “Damn, that barely costs anything,” I said, my surprise coloring my words. “Saelia told me a while back that the anchor junction is also an amalgam. I’m guessing it covers most of the cost then?” “Quite right.” “That sounds expensive as hell to maintain if people use the slip gates a lot.” “Yes. Once it was explained; that most governments use coin from ta
Harem Ethics 101 163. Sleep...
I opened the door to Stone Lock’s shower room and stepped inside. Lysandra followed with Saelia cradled in her arms. Her eyes flicked curiously at the lockers in the changing area and the large communal showers beyond it. She giggled with approval as I told her about the ridiculously long and wasteful shower Saelia and I took on Myria’s dime. We stripped before undressing Saelia. When I cradled her in my arms, her blood-stained, snowy body felt so small cradled in my arms as I followed Lysandra. At my suggestion, the angelic woman retrieved a jar of rosy soap from one of the lockers before we headed into the tiled section of the room. Her lightly tanned fingers tapped a few dials embedded in one of the walls and the shower heads above them rained down warm water. Lysandra sidled up next to me as I stepped into one of the hot streams of water and lathered her hands with soap before setting the container down with a clink. With delicate touches, she went to work washing the grime a
Harem Ethics 101 164. Relief
Because there weren’t any windows in Stone Lock, and we couldn’t venture outside due to the front door being locked, I’d had to rely on my phone to figure out what time it was when Lysandra and I groggily opened our eyes. After I’d willed the chandeliers of sun shards above us to illuminate the cavernous main chamber of Stone Lock, I’d felt around for the device. When my hand slapped down on and I pulled its display up to my face, I groaned at seeing it was a little past three in the afternoon. Having not eaten before fighting the flame krolls last night or taking a briotonic before going to sleep, I’d felt awful when we woke up. My stomach had growled, so the first thing Lysandra and I did after getting up was go hunting for food. When we’d discovered I didn’t have permission to open the kitchen door or command the nourishment construct, I groaned in hungry irritation. Fortunately, though, Lysandra found dried rations, a few briotonics, and a flask of water buried in Saelia’s bag
Harem Ethics 101 165. Should Be Safe
Despite not having any idea what they were saying due to having taken of my Myrian comprehension band, it made me feel like a weirdo watching Lysandra and Saelia talk from a nearby armchair. So, I pulled out my phone to try soaking up my attention. My thumb flicked across the display in a rhythmic cycle as I aimlessly flipped through my bestiary, failing to tune out what was going on around me. They spoke to one another in hushed voices. Lysandra’s words were firm, but her frustration could still be heard bubbling just beneath the surface of her tempered voice. In contrast to the angelic woman’s controlled anger, Saelia mostly listened. The few times she spoke, however, her tone was deflated and tired. After about ten minutes, movement caught my eye. I looked up to find Lysandra leaning towards Saelia. Arms slipping between the couch and the shadow primal’s back, she hugged the other woman fiercely and whispered something in her ear. A moment later, she let go and straightened be
Harem Ethics 101 166. It Was An Easy Choice
“Damn, I wish I had wings…” I said with a grin, watching Lysandra as she flew up to the walkway overlooking the lobby of Stone Lock. When she’d disappeared into the library, I got up and went over to the couch to sit next to Saelia. I laid my arm along the backrest behind her and gave her my undivided attention. “So, what’s up?” She leaned against me, closing her eyes as her head rested on my shoulder. “I have a couple of things on my mind I wish to talk to you about…” “Such as?” I asked, relieved that she was going to come out and tell me what was bothering her without me having to dig it out of her. “Firstly, I wanted to tell you that I’m grateful for you standing by me. You could have easily gone with Mark and likely be showered in rewards for your obedience to him and the Tenth Kingdom… But you didn’t.” “It was an easy choice,” I said, hiding my irritation at the implication there was even part of her that thought I might run. “Even so… I’m grateful.” “What's the second thin
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