Only the sounds of cooking could be heard in the kitchen; everyone was silent after my explanation. I could see all of them thinking about what I said, and Nixi was the first one to speak up.
"So, what you are saying is all we have to do is change how we act, and that will change everyone over to acting like that? You have to be nuts to think that I would believe something like this could be so easy!" Nixi said to me, and I shook my head again.
"I never once said that changing everyone else would be easy; that part never is easy, but it always takes one person to start it. This is all you have ever known, but I have seen a dramatic improvement in everyone in the Keep over the last four days. If this was just from me being around and acting normally, what kind of effect will it have if you all start doing it?" I asked, and Nixi went quiet again.
The change was always met with resistance, but that doesn't mean that it will stop the change. If the idea is strong en
I didn't open the door right away. Out of force of habit, I took a deep breath and let it back out.Even though I didn't need air anymore, it still made me feel better and more relaxed to do so.I closed my hand around the door handle, pressed the lever, and pushed it open. Lidy was sitting up in her bed with her back against the simple wooden headboard.She had an even expression on her face, but Lidy didn't look mad, but she did look tired. I could only imagine what it must be like for her right now, but she looked to be uninjured."How are you feeling?" I asked as I walked over to the bed with my plate for her.I was hoping to share some of what I had brought, but I would be fine if I had to scrounge up something after."Tired, but that was my own fault for losing control like that, but I was irritated with how I had just asked such a simple th
I was curious to know how Missy was doing now, and I still hadn't taken her one as one of my girls. I was sure that the girls were still eating, so I headed over to the doors but was unsure of which one to go see first.I reached for Mary's door but then stopped and knocked instead of walking in.Last time Mary had been a little witch to me even after I kissed her, and that kind of miffed me. I hoped that this time we might have a better talk, or even words, those would be nice too; not like I didn't love and miss her cute hissing.*Knock, Knock!*"Who'sss isss it?" I heard Mary hiss, but then I heard Missy speak up."Who is it?""I don't knowsss, I jussst asssked!" Mary hissed in a more muffled voice, and I assumed she turned to scold her sister."It's just me, Kazz. I came to check up on you two and see how you were both doing," I called, trying not to be too loud since I just left Lidy to let her rest."Yesss, K… you
I sighed again as I walked to the edge of the pool where the girls were being kept apart. I activated my Fire Force Pact and the Water Undine Totem, concentrated on projecting my clam out to the girls that were balls of rage.The intense feelings I was getting from the two of them were animalistic, but I shouldn't be surprised. I kept on trying to treat these women like ordinary girls, but before I came, most of them were constantly trying to kill each other or avoid being killed.Still, Things were different for these girls now and the rest of them. I would have to start working on this more with them and maybe play referee a little better.Maybe this was another case, the same as Lidy, and I really just needed to look at what the problem was and deal with it.For Lidy, that problem had been my lack of understanding of how her abilities worked, so maybe Mary was something of the same thing. I have known since she first bit me that she doesn't like being
Maybe it was my pointing out her teasing, or maybe she had decided to get nervous. I had no idea, but now wasn't the time to be diving into another problem.I would have to talk with her more on the boat if we were leaving in a few days, but Missy wasn't as important right now as Tiga and Jessabell. I was still trying to figure out what I was going to do about the Omniphobic Minostien.There was Tiga, the Manitken, and her father to deal with, who might or might not be an idiot. All more things to add to the stack, but I was making progress, and soon I would be off this island, and I could relax for a bit once we were on the open sea.[Relax? Good luck, but you are right about having some less violent excitement for a while, at least. At some point, you will have to move off the beaten path, and you will be back in the thick of it again. Trouble and people with problems seem to gravitate towards you, and even on th
"Heard people talking about it in the village," I lied, not wanting to talk about Hero.It wasn't like I hadn't talked about him before, but now I thought that it might be better to keep quiet about him. I would have to do something about the ones that did know, but I am sure we will figure it out.[It is probably a good idea to keep quiet about me rather than let the rest of them know. As for getting rid of the memories, there are Demons that can, or the Sphinx can remove some things on request, but I don't advise it, even with Veronica. The Sphinx takes everything about whatever the memory was, meaning that you would be gone as well.]That was fair, and I was glad for the advice. Looks like I would be looking for some kind of memory-altering Demon of sorts.Nushi's horns still crackled, and Mary was starting to growl from behind me, but Nushi wasn't talking. I concentrated without flexing and then looked at Nushi with a stern expression.Her horn
I nodded for either of them to explain, and Mex was the one that answered, and Nixi gave an eye roll that said, just watch, this is going to be rich. While Nixi was stronger and older, she was not a Demon Lord, and Mex was, but I understood why she was rolling her eyes."There are other Demons there, but they are all beholden to Neft using his powers as a Demon Lord. I had them before but never used them, and once you kill Dao, you will have access to them. They aren't really a Demon thing, more like your Ranching ability, but far more limited in most ways. What it can do is assert control once you are bound with the people," Mex explained, but I was confused."Sorry, but you all don't really seem like the bonding type," I joked with a grin, and Mex laughed back."You aren't wrong, and I say this for you because you aren't the only person I have trusted, but you are the first person that Nixi has. The heroes come, take power, make a mess, and then leave without
"Fine, but what about where I find Neft? Isn't he going to hide when I storm into the place?" I asked.After the little chat I had with Neft, I was sure that he would be the type to run at the first sign of battle."You won't have to go looking for him once he knows that you are inside the Keep. That one is a proper Demon and didn't get the title of Demon Lord for nothing. Don't worry about that part," Nixi explained to me, and I nodded, reaching forward to put the plate on the table.Mary was curled into my chest now, and her snake was barely making any noise now. I had stuffed a lot of them and even got some of the meat for myself.I decided to change topics and leave Dao for tomorrow, but there was still Tiga that I needed to learn about and her father."What can you tell me about Tiga and her father? You said he was an idiot and hated his daughter, but he saved her and had to know then what she looked like. What am I missing here, or what aren'
I walked up the next flight of stairs with Nushi in my arms, and she pointed me over to a door that had her name on it. I walked over to the room and entered, closing the door behind me, but I was amazed at how much like her other room this was.I walked into the room with Nushi, around the table that we had all sat and eaten the first time I had given the girls eggs and cooked for them. Just a couple days felt like months with the speed that everything had been happening at.I walked around to the side of Nushi's four-poster bed and laid her down on it, but gave her a hand up to sit back up with me. As much as I wanted to tear the little bit of clothing she had on, I wanted to get some more information about the Nauticus.Whatever force was surrounding the mermaid girls, it must be something essential and maybe something I might use in the future."So, can you tell me a bit about the Nauticus and why you got so worried when I mentioned their names?" I as
“No, sex isn’t needed, I don't think, but I won’t turn you down if that’s what you want,” I chuckled, and Mati rolled her eyes.“I was just asking a question, pervert. Let’s get going before something big comes and-”“...Tells you that you are in their territory?” A deep and rumbling voice asked from behind, finishing Mati’s sentence.Both of us turned around to see the biggest sea turtle I had ever seen. Its skin was jade green, but its shell was covered with colorful coral that had a large number of different colorful fish swimming around it.The fish looked pretty tasty.“It’s a turtle!” I exclaimed with delight.“This is The Jade Reef of Death. He really doesn’t like me, but his fish are really tasty! Want to get a snack?” Mati asked, and I looked between her and the big friendly-looking turtle.Then it opened its mouth to reveal point jade teeth, and my eyes went big.“You think that I am going to let you?!” The jade turtle roared and dove at us, but I had already selected a new
“Let me go back and let someone know where I am going, or they will all come looking for me,” I said, trying not to stare at Mati's breasts that seemed to have a mind of their own.“Sure, and they are pretty entertaining, aren’t they? I get lost sometimes watching them flop around when I swim!” Mati laughed as she grabbed her breasts and jiggled them around, and I nodded.“Can’t blame you for that. They are a nice pair, but you are pretty good-looking yourself,” I laughed as we swam to catch up to the front of the ship.“Sounds like you are hitting on me,” Mati said, giving me a sideways look that I returned.“Glad to see that your ears work,” I chuckled as I swam to the dome and then slapped myself on it like Mati did before.Mati joined me, and Mex was down there waving to us with Nushi, Jilly, and Lizy. I was surprised that Kieta wasn’t with them, but she might be nervous after all this time.“Where is my kitten? Did you leave her behind?” Mati asked from beside me.“Kieta? I expec
Once inside, I pressed the button, and the elevator started to take me up to the top floor, where Lidy was sleeping in my room. I looked around and sniffed, but all signs of our fun were gone; all evidence cleaned.I was curious if that happened on its own or if someone was cleaning up after me as I went? That would not be likely, but I never knew. A good number of people had nothing to do, but I wasn’t giving them orders.Hell, I didn’t even know where half the people that had joined us were. Numerous Demons had come with us, men and women, but I hadn’t placed them.There was a ding as I reached the top floor, and the door opened. I headed out and turned right to the ladder that went up to the hatch, but it was different now.I climbed up and had to spin the wheel that was on top of the hatch to get it opened. When I opened it, I half expected the water to rush out and then sink the ship.What was on the other side of the hatch was hard to look at without wondering what the fuck was
I remember Mex telling me about Mati, but seeing her now was a bit surreal pressed up on the glass. She was Kieta’s friend, so it might be nice to get her to come to join us, but getting to her was a problem.“That is quite the sight,” Fireden said thoughtfully, but I sucked all four back inside of me at once.“Hello? Can you hear me?” Mati called from the other side of the glass, but I could barely hear her.“Yes! Give me a minute, and I will come out there!” I shouted, and Mati gave me a webbed thumbs up.I turned, jogged out of the room, and headed straight for the front of the house to get to the control room. The moment I entered the small room, the door opened, but Keri wasn't in the booth.“I anticipated that you would be coming to see me. We really need to get an intercom set up. I was going to come to talk to you about her, but I assumed you would come to find me first,” Mex said as I walked up to the map area I had been in before.“So this is the Mati that you were talking a
I marched down the stairs till I got to the bottom, trying not to stomp my feet as I went. I turned and headed to the kitchen and another to the glass-domed area.I closed the door behind myself and went to sit down in front of the glass, crossing my legs. I had really let that woman get to me, but Machariel’s attitude was out of line.*Wataluga: Do you mind if we join you, or would you prefer to be alone right now?*“It’s fine,” I said out loud, and all four of my elementals emerged from the Totem Tattoos on my body.“Well, that bird is a hard one to swallow!” Grogvel laughed, making Wataluga vibrate, but the rumble felt normal now.“You can say that again,” I groaned, staring out into the blue.“You can’t fix them all, but I think each of the women has their own degree of trauma. This Machariel seems to have the same story as most Demon women. Taken advantage of by a stronger male. It can’t be easy for them to live knowing that and then be hunted after for something you didn’t choos
After getting on new shorts and a t-shirt on, helped Lidy dry off the bed and change the sheets, I left her to nap. I gave her a kiss before leaving and a promise of more later.Once I was outside the room, I paused for a moment and closed my eyes. Lidy had changed, but there was no change in her status card other than her race.That was now a Five-Tailed Shadow Cat, but nothing was displaying what kind of abilities she had. I was curious what that meant, but I had told Harold that I would leave him alone for a few days.I searched out the different girls through my senses, but all of them were gathered in one place that I couldn’t put my finger on. That must mean they were in one of Mex’s areas and would all be with Beeno.I headed downstairs, but a door opened when I got to the first floor below me. The leader of the women's circle stepped out with a scowl on her face.Machariel had short blue hair that almost looked like she had a bowl cut and four-inch horns protruding from her fo
I leaned down, looking into Lidy’s blue eyes, and little tiny pink hearts were pulsing where her pupils should be. Above her dripping hole, the black tribal-like tattoo that prevented her from having more than one child sat.I wasn’t sure if that also locked her as a Demon, but that was something to ponder another time. I leaned the rest of the way down and kissed Lidy softly as I pushed my cock into her wet hole.The feeling of her tight pussy, and passionate kisses greeted me like an old friend as Lidy moaned into my mouth. I pulled Lidy’s arms from her legs and pushed them down on the bed above her head, pinning them down.“Mmm, that big cock feels so good inside of me,” Lidy moaned as I started to kiss down her neck.“I missed filling your holes, and this is much better than the freezer room. Wrap your legs around me,” I instructed, and Lidy smiled and did as I said.Once her legs were tight around me, I let go of her hands and then wrapped my arms around her. I picked Lidy off th
The blade of my blue sword bent and twisted around the chain, hissing as I was forced to duck. The chain hissed over me, and I switched to my Water Pact, activating the Force and Sphinx Totem.I spun and ripped the whip out of Lidy’s hand, but a Greatsword appeared from the wall beside her. The moment that she gripped it, electricity flowed over the blade in sparks.“Oh, come on, Kieta! Give me a greatsword too!” I roared, and a plain greatsword spat out of the wall.I picked it up as Lidy laughed at me, dropping my wave sword. I had planned to one-hand it, but the sword was remarkably heavy.I switched to Earth Pact and swung the sword quickly. I activated the Gog Totem, and flames ran up the blade, but now Lidy had a second greatsword.This one had water running around the blade like a chainsaw, and I growled as I looked at my sword and then my other arm.“Monsterize!” I roared, and my body turned blue, expanding like Lidy’s but bigger.Lidy dropped her swords, turned purple, and th
“She seems excited,” Lidy giggled as we walked over to the door that Kieta had just walked through.“Leave her be. Keita will come to me in her own time, not like I don’t have enough else to do right now,” I said as I pushed the door open to find a small room filled with monitors and panels with more displays. “Wow, You really spiffed this place up!”“I worked for a privately contracted weapons research facility before you blew up the known universe. Once you got up top to deal with the sea witch, I got all my memories back of who I was then. Now I can create some pretty wild things thanks to this thing that you gave me,” Kieta said, pointing to her eyes that were a series of moving cogs like the inside of a watch.“I guess making computers and things like that aren’t really much of a problem for you then,” I laughed, and Kieta’s cogs rolled around in her head.“I could build a computer from scratch before I left grade school when I was fourteen. I didn’t need these eyes for that. The