Chapter 11 – Unexpected Day Off
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After dinner I told Caethy to prepare the bath but half an hour later instead of her the one who came to call me was Lucilla.
“Lucilla you’re back!” I said excited.
“Yes, I returned this evening.” She said a bit taken aback.
“We have to celebrate!”
“I don’t think it’s something to celebrate.”
“No,no it is. We also have to celebrate my first win against Gabriel.”
“What?! You won against Lord Gabriel?!” She said in surprise.
“Yes! Now he is trashing me again though because we shifted to polearms training. Anyway, take the liquor, we are going to celebrate in the bath.”
“I already told you that it is not appropriate for me to take a bath in the palace bathroom with you.”
“Don’t worry, this time I got permission from the king.”
“You what?”
“The other day after the training with Lady Raphael I got permission from the king to let you bathe with me.”
“Really?” She asked me a bit baffled.
“Yes, you know that day that the king followed me during my training of which you, let’s say, forgot to tell me anything about?” – Lucilla gulped a little—“Don’t worry, I didn’t mention him you forgot to tell me. Anyway, some things happened and at the end of the day he asked me if there was something he could do for me so I asked him to let you bathe with me whenever I wanted to.”
“What kind of things happened?”
“Well, you know how I sleep lately, right?”
“Yes.” She said, her eyes a bit dreamy.
“Well, I let the king enter thinking it was you.”
“You are not going to make me feel bad about it.”
“Admit it, you are a bit jealous.”
“No, I’m not!”
“Come on…”
“I said no.”
“You should be honest with yourself…”
“Well…maybe a little.” She said while looking down to her side.
(Ohi! I was only joking. When did this change happen?)
I smiled, broadly.
“A-anyway, I’m going to take the liquor. The bath is ready; you can wait for me there.” Saying so, she left the room in a hurry.
While I was in the bathroom undressing, Lucilla came in, placed the liquor on a wooden board with two small cups, put it on the water then started undressing. She didn’t look at me even once while doing all that.
I entered the bath and soon after so did Lucilla, but she was hesitant and kept looking down.
“What’s wrong?” I asked her.
“I shouldn’t have said that after all.”
“Why? Wasn’t it what you were thinking?”
“No. I mean yes, but…” She said while looking away
“Don’t worry too much about it. Come, let’s drink and talk a bit, we should be celebrating your return and my victory here.”
She looked at me, still hesitant, while standing in the bath.
“I won’t bite.”
She sighed.
“Fine.”
She set next to me like last time, with the wooden board between us.
“By the way, where did you go?” I said while taking the bars of soap that were on the border of the bath.
“I went back to my home village for my sister’s marriage.”
I passed Lucilla a bar and we started washing ourselves. A smell of flowers soon filled the air.
“Was it fun?”
“Have you ever gone to a marriage surrounded by family members you haven’t seen in years?”
“I take it as a no.”
“Yeah…the funniest part was probably when my uncle started dancing on the stable roof while drunk and fell in the manure. Don’t get me wrong, I do love my family and I was happy to see them again but they are…”
“A family.”
“Exactly.”
I poured a bit of liquor in the cups.
“Anyway, to your safe return to the capital.”
We clinked the cups together and drank.
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” She asked me when she finished drinking from her cup.
“What?”
“Last time you said you would have explained me why the demons are the reasons humans don’t fight against each other as soon as we had another bath together. Here we are, taking a bath.”
“Oh! You’re right! Let’s see…have humans and demons ever fought together?”
“Yes, only once though, against archdemon Leliah.”
“See? It’s exactly the same.”
“I don’t understand.”
“You see, humans are able to be truly united only if they have to stand together against something. Without an enemy to fight or a crisis to resolve humans start seeing the differences between each other and tend to divide themselves in smaller groups. Then those groups want the best resources and treatments without compromising et voilà you have war.”
“Humans aren’t that simple.”
“Trust me, they are.” I said while pouring some more liquor.
“So you’re saying that if humans managed to defeat de demons once and for all, soon they would wage war against each other?”
I drank a bit.
“Exactly.”
“Then why aren’t there more wars between the various nations like Sithar, Astall, Lipan, or Gredum Empire?”
“It probably has to do with the characteristics of these regions. In my opinion, for what I know about the nations on this continent, except from Gredum Empire falling apart because of civil war I there shouldn’t be any war happening soon. Then again, I don’t really know a lot about this world so I might be wrong.”
“No…you might be right, the swamps of Astall or the tundra of Lacet aren’t really the best place for a human, only the demi-humans who adapted to live there can do so comfortably after all.” She said after drinking from her cup.
“Speaking of demi-humans, I get that the Holy Kingdom is a human country but I haven’t still seen even one demi-human since I got here.”
“Well, working in the palace there are none except for a dis ice-wolf beastman slave working in the kitchen warehouse.”
“Wait, wait. You said a lot of things there, what is a dis ice-wolf beastman? And…a slave?”
“You see, ice-wolf beastmen have a different appearance depending on the season they were born.”
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“Really?” I said while drinking from my cup, which became empty.
“Yes, for example those born during nott are so beast-like that they usually wear a silver necklace to distinguish themselves from werewolves when they are outside of Lacet, while those born in sel or nen only have wolf ears and tails and those born in dis like the one working here in the palace are really similar to humans, except for their teeth.”
Lucilla drank a bit and then refilled our cups.
“Their teeth?”
“Yes, they have really small teeth in the front and long canines, just like wolves and dogs.”
“Does the same happen to other beastmen?”
“Not as much, ice-wolves can be considered an extreme. Sand-cat beastmen for example are born the same during every time of the year except for those born on the first day of dis, who are born with light green hair instead of the usual red or beige.”
“Oooh, I see…but why is he a slave?”
“Only humans can enter the Holy Kingdom freely, everyone else needs a special permission and if they enter without it they are turned into slaves.”
“Isn’t it a bit harsh?” I said after drinking again.
Lucilla drank a bit too and the said: ”no, they aren’t immediately turned into slaves after all, the first time they are simply sent back to their country and when they enter a second time and become slaves their home country has a year to buy their freedom back at half their price, usually this doesn’t happen though. The same is true for every other country, except for Academy City.”
(Shit, my plan to travel around this world has gone up in smoke.)
“Are there really no exceptions to this?”
“Well, adventurers and registered peddlers can cross borders freely once they reach a certain rank in their respective guilds and so can their slaves.”
(That’s it adventurers!)
“Then I’m going to become an adventurer!”
Lucilla looked at me surprised then burst into laughter.
“What?! Are you a ten year old boy?”
“Ehi! I have the opportunity to see a world completely different from mine and I’m going use it!”
“So you want to become an adventurer and travel the world?”
“Yes, of course I do!”
“Fine...” – She drank a bit from her cup –“Jeff.” And burst into laughter again.
“Who’s Jeff?”
“Just my cousin’s child who said the same thing the other day.”
“You little”
I started tickling her.
“Ahahaha, stop. Stop!” She said as I kept tickling her.
I got in front of her while I kept tickling her and soon she almost fell with her back in the water but put her arms down and was now resting her upper body on her elbows.
I was on top of her, my hands next to her arms as she breathed heavily from all the laughing while staring at me, her face a bit red.
I leaned closer to her and lightly kissed her.
I separated my lips from hers and looked at her, there was a bit of surprise, mixed with nervousness on her face.
My lips got closer to hers again, she was looking at me, still a bit nervous but she didn’t move.
I kissed her again, I tilted my head a bit as our tongues touched.
She put her hand on my neck under my hair and I put mine under her back, supporting her.
Our lips separated again and we looked at each other for a moment then she put her other hand on my back, holding me tight and kissed me, a passionate kiss that was completely different from her reaction just a moment ago.
Our lips separated again, I looked again at her eyes, now much calmer and we both smiled.
Holding her with my right hand I rolled to the side, a “whoah” escaped from her mouth as she found herself sitting on my legs.
I kissed her again then started kissing her neck from just below her ear. As my kisses reached her collarbone she tilted her head back and I moved my hand from her back to her neck.
I reached her breasts and started caressing her thigh with my other hand as I gently kissed them.
She straightened herself a bit and looked at me smiling, before kissing me again.
She reached for one of my breasts and started playing with the nipple while our tongues danced.
I started moving my hand up her tight but just before touching her lips I stopped and went up, caressing her belly. She trembled a bit and separated her mouth from mine as I was reaching her breasts.
She started kissing one of my breasts while holding the other in her hand, I moved my hand from her belly to her butt and started slowly caressing her back starting from her neck.
She moved her lips down, slowly as my hands got up her back.
She started kissing my clit.
“Blurblu blubluru.” She said underwater taking off her lips from my clit.
I lifted her up laughing.
She took a big breath.
“Why don’t we continue in my room?” I said smiling.
“Yeah, I think it’s a good idea.”
We got up and I saw the almost empty bottle of liquor on the wooden board.
“Let’s finish that first.” I said and filled the cups with the remaining liquor.
“Okay”
We clinked our cups, gulped down the liquor then looked at each other and burst into laughter.
“Shall we go then?” I said.
“Yes.”
We got out of the bath, put linen clothes on and went out of the bathroom running barefoot, smiling while holding our hands.
While we were rushing through the hallways of the castle Lucilla suddenly stopped in front of the toilet.
“Is there something wrong?”
“No, I just have to pee.”
“The liquor?”
“Yep”
“Now that you mention it I have to pee too.”
We went to the toilet one at a time and after our break we started running again toward my room but Lucilla was now a bit red from embarrassment.
We entered my room while kissing.
I closed the door behind me without letting go of Lucilla, took off her cloth and pushed her on my bed then I took off mine as she lifted the sheets.
I got on the bed next to Lucilla and we started kissing again while holding each other tight. The sweet, floral smell of the soap was still on her and it filled my nose.
We both started touching each other’s breasts while our lips were locked together.
I started moving my other hand down her back and, when I reached it, grabbed her butt while she caressed my thigh starting from just over the knee.
We reached for each other at the same time and I started moving my finger around her clit while she used two of hers to caress my lips.
We stopped kissing while we kept stroking each other, we were now both breathing heavily.
Feeling she was wet enough I started kissing her neck while I put one of my fingers inside of her, while keeping caressing her clit with my thumb.
As the movements of my finger became faster she started breathing heavier and heavier while her hands stopped now and then.
Feeling she was about to climax I put a second finger in her, then a third, while my movements became faster and faster.
Suddenly her movements stopped and she stopped breathing for a moment as spasm ran through all her body.
A huge tremor ran through her body and then she started breathing again, trembling.
I lifted my hand from her and she smiled to me.
She pushed me on my back and got on me then started kissing my breasts while gently stroking me.
Her lips slowly moved down till they reached my clit which she kissed before starting to lick it while she put one of her fingers in me.
As my breathing got rougher she grabbed my ass with the other hand while she put another finger in me.
Her movement became faster and a wave of pleasure hit me and my breathing got even rougher.
Her movements became even faster and spasms started running through my whole body.
Then suddenly my mind went blank from pleasure as I came, squirting all over her face.
“Hey! I already had a bath, you know?” She said laughing
“Sorry” I said smiling while still trembling.
She got back with her face in front of mine; I licked her cheek and then kissed her.
While kissing I hugged her tight and shifted to the side, laying her next to me.
We stopped kissing and smiled at each other.
I cleaned her face with a corner of the sheets then she snuggled against me, resting her head on my breasts and like that we fell asleep.
I woke up, we were still in the same position we fell asleep into, I tilted my head towards the window and saw the sun, high up in the sky.
“Fuck!”
“Aaaah, speak more quietly. My head hurts.” Said Lucilla with her eyes still closed.
“Ehi, little princess.”
“What ?”
“Look out of the window.”
She opened one of her eyes and saw, like me, that the sun was already high.
“Fuck!” She said jumping up, followed by an “aaaah” while holding her head.
“Where are my clothes?” She asked me.
“I think they are still in the bath.”
“Fuck!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll go get them.”
“No, no, I am the maid, I should go.” She said while still holding her head.
“And I am the hero; it’s my job to save damsels in distress.”
“I’d like to retort to that but my head hurts too much.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be back in a minute.”
I put on something quickly and ran to the bathroom, there I saw a maid that was about to enter it and managed to stop her just in time.
I went into the bathroom that was still as we left it the night before; I grabbed our clothes and rushed back to my room after telling the maid in front of the bathroom not to speak about what she saw to anyone.
When I entered my room Lucilla was sitting on my bed while still holding her head, looking down.
“Does it hurt that much?” I said while putting the clothes on the table.
She tilted her head and looked at me, her face miserable and said “Yes, quite.”
“You know, in some tales of my world is said that a kiss can cast out all pains and evils.” I said while getting near her.
“And in this world I think that if something touches my mouth I’m going to puke, badly.”
“Are you sure?” I said, now in front of her.
“I warned you, do what you want.”
I kissed her anyway and while doing so I casted holy magic on her.
I separated myself from her and she said “See? It’s not like it…wait, it worked! I feel great now!”
“I told you.”
“Tell me the truth, you used holy magic, didn’t you?”
“Yep.”
“And the kiss had nothing to do with it, right?”
“Yep.” I said, smiling.
She sighed and said “anyway, thank you.”
She got up from the bed, went to the table and started dressing.
“The head maid is probably furious right now, I should go and tell something to her and you should dress too and go have your training.”
“I have a better idea.”
“Do I want to know it?”
“Yes. Yes you do.”
“Fine, tell me your great idea.”
“You go to the head maid, tell her we stayed up all night talking and drinking, that I don’t feel like training today and that you are going to spend the day with me.”
“And this should work because…”
“Because I still haven’t had a single day of rest since I got here and I ordered you to keep me company. Also, tell her that I will explain myself to Lady Raphael and Lord Gabriel tomorrow and that I will accept any kind of training they will want me to do.”
“It might work after all.” She said while she finished dressing.
“Of course it will. Oh! Remember to bring lunch for two, I’m starting to get hungry.”
“Fine, I’ll do as you say then.”
She gave me a light kiss and went out of the room.
After almost an hour had passed she came back with a food tray.
“So, how did it go?” I asked her as she entered my room.
“The head maid was a bit upset but she told me it was fine and that she would talk to Lord Gabriel and Lady Raphael herself.”
“See? I told you it would be fine.”
“Yes, yes you were right.”
We had lunch together, talked, laughed, then one thing led to another and we spent all the afternoon in my bed having sex.
The sun was almost down, we were hugging each other after we had just finished, my eyes were closed and her smell filled my nose when she said “falling in love with you was probably the best mistake in my life.”
(Wait! Did she just say she fell in love with me?)
I opened my eyes and looked at her, she looked back at me.
“Sorry, I was thinking and didn’t hear well, what did you say?”
“Come on, you heard me, don’t make me say it again.”
“No, I’m serious.”
“…fine. I said that falling in love with you was probably the best mistake in my life.”
(Shiiiiiiit!)
“Why do you say so?” I said, keeping a poker face.
“Because I really liked spending this time with you like this but I am a married woman and a maid, while you are the hero and also a woman. I know too well that we can’t be together but still….”
(Saaaafe!)
“…do you think we could do this again?”
“As many times as you want.” I said and kissed her again.
“Maybe next time we should be a bit more careful not to be found out.”
I laughed a bit and said “yeah…”
She kissed me lightly and snuggled against my chest like the night before.