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Harem Ethics 101 85. Red Badge
A deep yawn came drifting out of my mouth. I followed the warden, shouldering my traveling pack as we stepped through the door leading to the stone room housing Stone Lock’s far passage. “Why’d we have to leave so early?” “The nearest far passage to the Forest of Embers is half a day’s walk before reaching the treeline, and I wish to arrive by midday so we can reach Lysandra’s home before nightfall.” Her traveling pack rustled against her back as she turned to face me, stopping next to the anchor junction. A lopsided, apologetic smile formed on her lips before she nodded to my smokey gray armor and black cloak. “The second reason is that you will need to have the outworlder symbol visible on your person. For that reason, I feel it best to avoid any potential friction by arriving at the other far passage while most people should be asleep…” Her gaze scoured my appearance before flicking up to look me in the face. “On that note… I can’t help but notice your outworlder insignia to
Harem Ethics 101 86. Personas
“As promised, I applied the runes to your gun.” The warden pulled out the weapon and presented it to me. The wood handle was unchanged, as was the cylinder, but along the thick barrel there were now black runes etched in elegant sweeping lines and curves. They stood out clearly against the white metal of the gun; an example of the contrast that was such a big part of the shadow divine aspect. I accepted the firearm and admired her work. “It’s amazing… thank you.” Gratitude colored my expression as I turned my face to her. She smiled warmly at me. “You are most welcome… But I have something else for you as well.” After rummaging once more in the bag, she produced a black leather glove. “What is it?” I asked, putting away the gun in a holster at my hip I’d conjured and fixed to my belt earlier. “The runes I etched in the gun require shadow spirit to function, but since you don’t have any of your own, I purchased this during our visit to Port Marine.” Raising the glove to gi
Harem Ethics 101 87. Heretical and Childish
“Hmm…” she hummed, her irritation seeming to melt away as she considered my request for examples of the roleplaying she’d be into. ”When I say ‘almost any’, I truly mean this…” As her words trailed off, however, a devilish smile grew on her lips. “Though, there was this one thing that was fairly popular among some of the women of my barracks. It was a scenario known as ‘The Queen and her Servant’.” “Aw, that sounds kind of wholesome. Like, it's about a queen and her servant having a secret affair or something?” “That’s one of doing it… The other more common version is when the one playing the role of queen takes the handmaid by force… However, if we were to try this, depending on our roles, it would either be called ‘The Queen and her Servant” or “The King and his Servant”. I blinked at her in surprise, mouth slightly ajar at the way things had jumped to the darker end of the wholesome spectrum. “Does such a thing intrigue you?” All hints of her earlier disgruntlement had vanished,
Harem Ethics 101 88. Hiata Crossroads
The warden and I stepped out from the portal and onto a stone platform situated at one of the corners of a four-way intersection of wide, dusty roads. Three weathered buildings made of wood stood at the three other corners of the crossroads. Two of these structures were squat, stubborn-looking things that’d had most of their blue paint stripped away by time and neglect. Both were identical in architecture, with the exception of the lettering on the signs nailed over their doors. One read: ‘Hiata Crossroads General Store’; the other reading: ‘Hiata Crossroads Jail’. I only made passing mental notes of these buildings, though, as I could hear hearty laughter coming from the third and final establishment. Its sign revealed it to be an inn. Like the jail and store, it had a wood exterior that looked as though a passing touch would give you a handful of splinters. But, unlike the first two structures, it had two floors, and all its windows were lit. Three grizzled men barked rough la
Harem Ethics 101 89. You Think She’d Let Me Have a Go?
Mugs of booze in front of each of them, the three men sitting at the table on the inn’s porch stared at the warden and I as we walked by along the road leading out of Hiata crossroads. The lanterns fixed to the beams supporting the porch roof illuminated the aggressively drunk expressions of the two orcs and the blue-skinned primal in dancing firelight. Words a slurred mess, the orc without the scar sneered at us. “Yeah! Oi, miss! You’ve got a badge of the Myrian Guard! You must be his keeper then. Why innit he on a leash?! It’s dangerous to let wild animals roam about!” The warden’s jaw clenched but she didn’t spare them a glance as we continued on our way. I followed her lead and kept my mouth shut, turning my eyes forward to look at nothing but the road ahead stretching off into the night. A third voice from the table spoke, meaning it belonged the blue-skinned primal, as he was the only one I hadn’t heard yet. “You’re quite right, Orik. It’s dangerous to let an outworlder
Harem Ethics 101 90. What Were You Thinking?!
The night sky was filled with stars, bright and countless. Nearing the end of its path, the crescent moon approached the horizon. It only offered a faint light by which to see my surroundings as the warden and I walked the dusty road leading to the Forest of Embers. It’d been a little over an hour since leaving Hiata Crossroads, and during that time, I’d nervously stewed in the silence between us. “Stop,” she said sternly. Gritty earth ground beneath my boots as I halted and turned to her. It was difficult to make out her expression in the near darkness, so I kept my mouth shut and waited for her to say something. She looked around, seeming to use the nightvision granted to her as a shadow primal to take in our surroundings before turning to face me. “That was foolish, fighting those men!” she said, anger bubbling out in a low hiss. “Yeah…” I replied, guessing the time for acting like a proper ‘charge’, or at least trying to act like one, was over. “What were you thinking?
Harem Ethics 101 91. Even if It Was Stupid
Starry sky and crescent moon above, the warden and I embraced one another in the center of the dirt road. We were locked in a deep kiss, not a soul in sight in the stillness of the surrounding night. Not leaving my arms, she lowered herself from her tiptoes, causing her lips to part from mine. As she spoke, her hot breath tickled against my skin. “I must admit, though, part of me delighted in seeing you defend my honor against with such vehemence.” I chuckled. Her admission caused a flutter of excitement in my core. “Even though it was stupid?” “Yes, even if it was stupid,” she said before a flash of seriousness entered her voice. “But you will make every attempt to not let it happen again, yes?” “Yeah, I promise.” She gave me a deliciously soft kiss on my neck in response before impish teasing snuck into her tone. “Good… though, should things go well with Lysandra and myself, feel free to antagonize her… Though, that is assuming you manage to grow more familiar with her.” “Oh?
Harem Ethics 101 92. Mutated Herbal Heaters
During our approach to the Forest of Embers, my questions had piled higher with every step. Questions such as ‘Why was the dirt around here dark red and a little warm?’ or ‘Why’s the tall grass suddenly coppery gold instead of washed out green?’ But, whenever I asked the warden, she’d told me she’d tell me all she knew once we got into the forest. I hadn’t been satisfied with her seemingly arbitrary decision to ask me to hold my questions. However, I decided against pushing for more because I felt like she was fucking with me and wanted to get a reaction. So, I’d kept my mouth shut as we made our way to the forest's edge and came to a stop. We stood at the threshold where the road became a trail leading deeper into the forest of trees with bark the color of vibrant redwoods. Looking down the trail leading inside, I noticed warm light illuminating the inside of the forest from a source I couldn’t identify. How’s it lit up like that? The tree branches and leaves are too dense for t
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