While Sarise and Zalena were talking to my parents and Ms. Renne, I was getting lost in my thoughts as I washed myself before soaking in the bath with the guys. Weiss, even though he was sitting a ways away, surprised me by jolting up in the water.
“Whoa!”
Sam, who sat next to him, sighed, “That time again, Weiss?”
Weiss went on in an excited whisper after remembering I was nearby, “You don’t get it, Sam, my Sexy Sense was going crazy for some time, but now it’s going off the charts! Something big is happening in this building, and I gotta find out what!”
“… Sexy Sense?” Onelri’s dark elf father, Darida, asked with a quirked brow.
“It is Weiss’s idiotic nickname for his strange gift, Sexual Insight. It triggers when he senses something … unchaste, in the proximity. It usually does not go well when he tries to investigate it,” Seal explained in a quiet voice while rubbing his eyes, “Which is why, Weiss, you need to calm yourself. Considering the circumstances, it must have something to do with Soar’s new devil familiar, or maybe Zalena, or even both. This is nothing like what happened in that ‘bathing incident.’ If you do not take care, you could very well lose your life.”
“… Y-You might be right about that.” Weiss then sat back down and forced a smile towards me. “Sorry for scaring you like that, Soar! A … water drop surprised me! Yeah, that’s it!”
I stared at him half-lidded, “Sure.” Even without heightening my hearing with magic, I can still hear you all, you know? Still, what the heck kind of gift is this Sexual Insight? Is it like that Spidey Sense, but for ecchi situations? What even happened in that ‘bathing incident’ Seal was talking about?
No, I shouldn’t worry about that right now, I thought before sighing and crossing my arms. If what Seal said was true, then something weird might have happened between the five of them in our study. It’s not that I don’t trust Zalena to be capable of convincing Mom and Dad, but there must be something I can do to ensure their full approval. They’re only concerned for me being alone with Sarise, right? Having such an adult body like hers, no matter how you dress her, she can look just as dangerous as Zalena in certain situations. But Sarise is my familiar, and if what the Book of Ancient Practices stated was true, familiars like to stay around their masters almost all the time. That means it would be inevitable she and I would be alone together at one point or another … why does that thought make me nervous? Goddammit, I need to calm down.
Even when I was Lucas back on Earth, I would get a little excited from ogling girls at the local strip club I took a few trips to when I was of legal age—even for an obsessed fantasy hobbyist like myself, I was still a guy who was curious on these matters, you know. I would burn quite a bit of money for the drinks and the intimate lap dances I had from the dancers, especially one who was really friendly with me from my first visit. Sure, I knew she and the other girls were trying to suck my wallet dry before I even first visited that club, but I figured it wasn’t as bad if I went in knowing what to expect, you know? So long as I gave myself a limit on how much was burnt on girls, I wouldn’t be nearly as spent as some other guys would. Not to mention that girl had some amazing, and natural, tits and ass, so would you blame me for blowing it all on her? She was more expensive than the other girls for a good reason.
Sarise was better than that stripper, though. Her friendliness and kindness were not only more genuine, but her intimacy was much warmer and not filled with intentions that were business-friendly only. Since she was also my familiar, she would do whatever I told her to, and the stray thoughts of what I could have her do made me guilty.
Not to be insulting to that stripper, but you really can’t do anything to some random girl without guilt unless they put out as sluts, huh? I continued in my thoughts. Then again, even if she offered sex for the right price, putting STDs aside, I wouldn’t want to lose my virginity that way, not back then, and certainly not now. Would I not be as hesitant if I wasn’t a virgin? I don’t even know. Ugh, I’m straying from what’s important. What should I do? What would solve the problem of me being alone with Sarise, a familiar? A familiar that I would not have summoned on my first try today if it weren’t for that circle in the room and speaking the chant that I learned to read thanks to my … book.
My mind flashed back to the talk I had with Agnes about familiars, summoning circles, and what requirements for the spell were. It was Agnes’ question, “But you have a drawing of the circle right there in that book, right? Could you summon a familiar now if you want to?” along with an entry I remembered in the book involving the number of familiars one could have that caused something to click in my mind.
“That’s it,” I muttered with widened eyes.
“Soar? Is something the—” Seal started before I interrupted him by quickly standing up from the bath and stepping out.
I used Wind Magic to give myself a high-powered, thorough blow dry like the high-tech machines in some bathrooms that you slowly pull your hands out of. In my case, I directed the air flow all around me from head to toe as I walked before pulling some clean spare clothes from my Dark Space and tossing my dirtied ones and the pajamas I had set aside earlier inside it.
“I’m gonna step out to get some fresh air for a bit. Tell my parents that I’ll be back before the girls get done with their bath,” I said while dressing up.
“Hold on, Soar! Where are you going?!” Seal asked while standing up, but I ignored him.
The two of them answered promptly.
I nodded,
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The three of us met right where I told them to. After using magic to enhance my night vision, I cast Dark Gate, and we stepped through to a familiar area.
Marble gasped and her eyes sparkled, “Wait, wait! This is where you killed those bandits, right?! The others told me about this! Does this place reek of blood?! So dark and scary! Hellooooo! Echooooo!”
“You’re surprisingly thrilled for something so dark, man,” Nova said, “Are you into those scary deals? Anyway, I’m not smelling anything like blood, but while we’re talking about what we’ve been told, Soar, are you seriously, like, an old fart?”
“Ah, did the others tell you about my complicated history?” I asked, “Yes, as of yesterday, while this body is eleven, my true age is fifty.”
“And you never had sex over those fifty years?” Nova asked.
“Yep. Never.”
“Fuck me, dude, I may be small, but I’m not too little to help! Do you want me to give you some relief at least, man?”
I shook my head, “The rules may be different in this world, but I’d like to still follow my own moral guidelines that were shaped by my previous life. I’m not going that far with a girl until this body’s twenty one years old.”
“I thought you said you’d wait until you’re eighteen?” Marble asked, “That’s what you told us when we went delving in the dungeon before Sarise and Nova came along. Won’t that make your true age sixty by then?”
“I’ve been thinking since then. My Sage gift was upgraded to Great Sage on the same day as my birthday,” I answered, “Heck, it came at the stroke of midnight. If I turned out like that after turning fifty, I’d like to see what happens when I wait another decade. I already got this far, so I might as well wait a bit more, and this body will be mostly developed to its fullest by then. I’d like to have sex when I’m at my peak, and I want to do it with someone I truly cherish, with someone I love.”
“Dude, that’s a decade’s worth of blue balls, maybe twice as much now that you have Sarise on your side. How will you even get any release?” Nova asked.
“Well, it might be difficult finding some alone time, but I’ll manage somehow, and I don’t want any of you ‘helping’ me when I’m physically old enough to legally do that with others. I know myself well enough that once I get a taste of it, I won’t stop.”
“That’s a hard road of commitment you’re trekking there, man … I can dig it. Mad respect, bro, I got your back,” Nova said while thumping her chest, “You can be sure none of us or any of the other fairies will ever tell other Chaperones about your circumstances. It’s part of our Fairy Code, after all.”
The Fairy Code is basically a list of unwritten, but ingrained rules of conduct that fairies must never break under any circumstance. One of which is Companions telling other people that aren’t their Chaperone personal information without said Chaperone’s consent. The inverse is also true, they are not allowed to share confidential gossip learned from other fairies with their own Chaperone. This code was set so that fairies can’t be used as the world’s greatest spies and relay information valuable enough to start a war. The proper role of Companions is to be an extension of their Chaperones, almost like a tool. When it comes down to it, Companions are about as limited to what they could do as Chaperones are.
“I appreciate that, Nova … and speaking of sex, you two reek of it and bad life decisions,” I said while covering my nose. I didn’t notice because I was occupied by our talk, but the stench suddenly hit me like Truck-kun isekai-ing my sense of smell, “Oh, god, what the hell did you two do up there?! Wait, don’t answer that, that was a rhetorical question!
“Ugh, we can’t move on while you’re both like this. Give me a sec.” I opened a Dark Gate back to the bath at my place where I picked up a wash bucket, scooped up some hot bath water, and cast a controlled Aerial Slice spell to shave off a couple of pieces from a bar of soap. The guys were still there and were watching me, wondering what the heck I was doing. “It’s a smelly emergency!” I exclaimed to answer the question they didn’t ask. I then stepped right back into the cave before closing the Dark Gate behind me. I thankfully cut Seal off just before he could get a word in.
“Here, soak in this and clean yourself with these, quickly, please,” I said while setting down the bucket of hot bathwater and holding out the two pieces of soap I cut.
The two ripped the dresses off their bodies, not worried about being modest in front of a child when their Chaperone had the mind and maturity of an adult. Then they took the soap pieces and dove into the bathwater, making a splash. They made their mana-made wings disappear from their backs to clean the hard-to-reach areas better, providing me an unobstructed view of their small and delicate backsides. I thought I was used to this sort of sight after living with a fairy harem for so long and the number of times I walked in on fairies having sex. This time, however, I found myself staring at them a little bit, noticing how their tiny and smooth bodies glistened from getting drenched in bath water.
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Could it be because we established a connection as Chaperone and Companion that I’m thinking of them differently from other fairies? No, maybe it’s because they’re my Companions that I’m paying more attention to them than I do with other fairies? I wondered, but I didn’t have the time to think further into it, so I pulled my attention away from the topic as well as Marble’s and Nova’s surprisingly sexy bodies. In the meantime, I took this chance to check the surroundings of the cave and make comparisons to Myron Dungeon’s mid-boss room. After all, I felt certain that watching my fairies bathe wouldn't help me reach my next upgrade goal.
Nova asked while she cleaned, “So, what’s this about summoning a familiar from Zaleese?”
“Yeah! Don’t we need a summoning circle like the one in that dungeon room?!” Marble added.
“We do,” I answered, “That’s why we’re going to make one, right here, out of sight where others won’t see it. With some adjustments, we should be able to replicate the size of the room and the circle needed to make the summoning a success. Since this will be the first time I’ve ever seriously cast Earth and Light Magic, I need you two to help me make this work.”
Marble stared wide-eyed, “Are you some kind of genius?!”
“Wait, but you already have Sarise, right? Do you not like having her around anymore?” Nova asked, looking just as surprised.
Right, they weren’t around when I talked with Zalena and Sarise earlier, I remembered, “Of course, I still like her, but it’s because of Sarise that I’m doing this. Tell me, what would you two do if you both were alone with an attractive fairy?”
“Well, we’d join together as one, getting to know each other as well as learn a little about ourselves, and achieve sexual enlightenment, man. Like, just earlier, I realized I like to be the bottom in a pairing, and I’d be as high as a cloud if my partner took charge to get me places. I also learned that Breezy, despite how mellow she seems during the day, has some aggressive tongue work when she ate me out … and I did not dislike that, man.”
“I’m more of a top that wants to have a good time, myself. I would also give that attractive fairy a good time too,” Marble answered before turning to Nova with half-lidded eyes and a smile, “I noticed you had a good time back there, too, Nova. Since we seem so compatible, why don’t we see how high I can take you later?”
“Dude, you had me at ‘top.’”
I rubbed my eyes and tried to stay calm, “Guys? Cleaning, please? And don’t get dirty again until after this, okay?”
“Okaaaay,” they answered.
“Anyway, going back to my point,” I continued, “I’ll be blunt. Because of how sexy Sarise is, my parents and the other adults may be uneasy with the idea of me being alone with her for the same reasons mentioned in your answers to my question. I mean, sure, I have you guys to keep the two of us company, but you know my true age, and we all know how sexually proactive you are, probably enough to cheer us on rather than to stop us.”
Nova chuckled, “Yeah, that totally sounds like me, man.”
“Same,” Marble added.
“And of course, I can’t always have a responsible adult supervising us every minute of the day we’re awake, so where does that leave us?” I ask, “I summon another familiar that can be around all the time to keep Sarise company and act as a chaperone to help keep us in check. According to the Book of Ancient Practices, every person, no matter what their race or magical aptitude, can have up to two familiars, one representing each of the realms of Zalecks and Zaleese. Apparently, if you chant the correct lines in Shimmerlin, you can also exchange one familiar for another of the same realm, or just cut them off altogether. It pains me to think this, but my parents may want me to use one of those methods if they feel Sarise is too dangerous for me to be around …”
Nova and Marble sat there in silence, deflating at that thought.
“The bright side is that I can’t do anything with the familiar respecting that realm until one full day has passed, measured starting from the time they were first summoned,” I continued. “My parents can’t do anything to permanently get rid of Sarise until that time has passed. However, I can summon another familiar from the opposite realm on the same day. Basically, I’m limited to opening one portal for each familiar from their realm per day.
“Knowing this, if there are some familiars from Zalecks that are considered ‘bad’ to most people here, then there are likely familiars from Zaleese that most consider as ‘good.’ I’m not saying that everyone thinks that of all Zaleese familiars, but you get where I’m going with this. We just need to summon a ‘good’ familiar from Zaleese to balance out Sarise’s reputation, and then nobody would have to leave and everyone will be happy. That said, we need to look, and smell, our best when we welcome whomever will come here, so be thorough with that cleaning and then we’ll get started with the set up.”
With the two’s confirmation, they focused on cleaning themselves while I kept focused on the upcoming summoning. Once they were done and smelled good, something that pleased me for no reason as I had used that same soap before, they settled on my shoulders and I tossed the used bathwater outside of the cave before we got to work.
First was lighting up the cave with Light Magic, which takes less mana than continuously pumping it in my eyes to enhance my night vision. This was also for the new familiar to be able to see us as well. I focused on casting the spell Agnes’ familiar, Dhalia, demonstrated back in the dungeon, Illumination, with Nova’s help. This is one of the easier Light Magic spells, so it wasn’t too challenging to master and light the cavern up in an instant, as if daylight had been brought inside, which allowed me to see every nook and cranny of the cave.
Then, just like how I taught Fila yesterday, I focused on what I understood about Earth Magic thanks to what I’ve seen from Dad and cast some spells for practice with Marble’s assistance. Whether or not one was able to cast a magic attribute before making a contract with the fairy associated with it, that fairy can help their Chaperones make the magic more effective as contracted Companions by staying close to them in proximity, or in physical contact, which is the most effective. It’s sort of like learning to ride a bike with training wheels, and having Nova and Marble sitting on my shoulders helped make casting their respective magics a lot easier while I got a feel for it.
Once I had the hang of Earth Magic, I went right to work. I made more space in the cave, being careful to not cause a collapse. All while also making the changes seem ‘natural,’ until the cavern was about the same size as Myron Dungeon’s mid-boss room. Next, I morphed the dirt and rocks on the ground into a hardened, flat floor. After I finished my summoning, I planned to change it back to its natural state. Finally, Mona, from my Great Sage gift, helped me get a clear image of the summoning circle in my mind before I engraved it onto the hardened floor. It was like carving molds for wood block prints, with Mona helping me make sure it was the same size as the one in the mid-boss room.
“Okay, this should do it,” I said after thoroughly double checking my work.
“Are you sure we have to take it all down after we’re done? It looks so nice and pretty, it would be a shame if no one else could see this, at least,” Marble said.
“Yeah, man, and wouldn’t this attract people into moving into Lunargrove? This could make a sweet tourist attraction, too,” Nova added.
“We can’t ignore the possibility that someone could abuse this,” I answered, “One could abuse this circle by getting people to pay for using it without a bishop properly manning it, and then there would be an army of criminals with their own familiars before we know it. Plus, I’m sure it would cause a scare to the bishops that manage sanctoriums, too, that being the place where most of today’s familiar summons are held.”
Nova sighed and shook her head, “And we can’t ‘borrow’ their magic circle to summon a familiar at this time, since it’s closed, and we probably don’t want to rouse suspicion on how a kid knows the lines to the summoning chant without them giving it to us. Man, that’s just whack.”
I pulled my Conductor out of Dark Space and spun it with style, “Okay, you guys ready? I’m going to start the chant now.”
“Best of luck, Soar!” Marble cheered.
“Blow our minds, man!” Nova followed.
Just like the first time, except now with fairies on my shoulders, I stepped into the man-made summoning circle. I held my mithril dagger straight ahead while closing my eyes in focus, taking a deep breath, I know this is selfish of me to ask after all you have given me already, but my friend’s future is at stake here. Please, Goddess Elmyra, I’ll accept whatever the consequences for my actions are, just send me a capable enough ally to watch over Sarise and me, I prayed in my mind.
I opened my eyes and mouth before speaking in Shimmerlin, “Great Gods watching me from a world beyond mine, I require thine aid!”
Just like the first time, the engraved circle below me brightened and mysterious winds blew from inside it. The magic was working, but I couldn’t relax yet, so I continued, but with a louder volume and more power in my voice than before, “HEED MINE CALL, I REQUIRE A SERVANT! COME FORTH, MINE FAMILIAR!”
I didn’t bother waiting for the theatrics that followed after each line, so I just went for the rest with one go. I’m not sure if it was what I did differently that time, or maybe it was the change of location, but the flash/smoke bomb explosion was a lot more intense than before. Nova and Marble gripped my clothes to keep from getting blown away as they screamed for dear life. The explosion and light reached all the way outside. I could hear birds in the woods beyond flying off in a panic when the noise died down, but then another sound took their place.
“Hm, hmhmhmm, hmhm-hm-hmm. Yummy yummy honey, so sweet, it makes me fly. Tasty tasty on toast, on white, and even on rye,” a young woman hummed and sang to an unfamiliar song in Shimmerlin, but it had an awkward rhythm and sounded out of tune. Making it rhyme really didn’t do it justice.
Based on the silhouette’s curves from the clearing smoke, this woman seemed more voluptuous than what I have seen so far in Manara. Then the smoke disappeared, and I was left dumbstruck by the sight before me.
“That’s what I’ll have for breakfast tomorrow, with eggs, bakey, and juice! Things didn't work out today, but even so, I will, not … lose?” The woman spun about while thrusting a hand holding a bar of soap in the air in a victory pose.
Only then did she open her aquamarine eyes and notice my presence just as she finished her song. Frozen, she stood there, butt-naked, the used soap bar falling from her hand in shock. Her body was all curves with soft, plump, but not overly thick, feminie flesh. Light beige skin was still dripping with water and soap suds from head to toe. A glowing yellow halo hovered over slightly-lathered red-orange locks that reached to her broad shoulders, and these weren’t formed from muscle after lifting weights. Compared to Sarise, who was tall and bodacious like an adult model, this one was shorter and stouter, yet with everything bigger than my demonic familiar.
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I don’t know how summoning works functionally, but based on her behavior, I had pulled her here in the middle of her shower time, and she was too preoccupied with her song to even notice the change of scenery. I was so dumbfounded, I didn’t know what to do at that moment other than raise my hand and smiled awkwardly, “Uh … hi?”
She then let out an ear-piercing scream before a pair of pure white, feathered wings resembling a dove’s appeared and flapped forward to cover her front. They were large and dry, unlike the rest of her soaked body, soft and fluffy like clouds, but couldn’t bend far enough in front of her to hide her privates. Even so, the sudden appearance of such heavenly appendages sent me for a loop.
Wait, a halo and wings? Could this one be … an angel? I thought briefly.
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“W-W-What is a human child doing in my bathroom?!” she cried in Shimmerlin, “Wait, that’s not possible! W-Where the heck am I?! D-Did I just get summoned?! T-Towel! I need a towel—” flustered, she didn’t notice the dropped soap bar, and, like an 80s cartoon, she stepped on it, slipped, and flew with amazing, comical, finesse, “—WAAAAAA!”
Time moved in slow motion. As she flipped in mid-air, I saw everything … and I mean everything, unobstructed and spread wide eagle before me. Right up to when my new naked familiar hit the back of her head on the hardened ground and flopped bonelessly to the floor. The crack of something making hard contact with stone was far from subtle, making my fairies and I flinch. She laid there like a soaking wet rag doll, her halo now broken with a piece flown off to the side of the cavern. Her wings that sprouted from her back moments ago scattered into many feathers before disappearing, completely different from how I saw my fairies’ mana-made wings would behave when dismissed. [Redacted] Nova and Marble looked at the scene from over my shoulders.
“… Au naturale. I can dig it, man,” Nova said with a thumbs up, but her comment didn’t even register for me.
“Um … are you okay?” I asked, greatly concerned, but from where my eyes were looking, I might as well have been talking more to her garden than the person who owned it. In my defense, I was far more rattled than lustful in that moment. Not that any of my fairies ever let me live it down.
The broken halo-wearing familiar covered her reddened face and broke into body wracking sobs. Her cries echoed through the cavern [Redacted]. That marked only the beginning of a very long night ahead of me.
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Meanwhile, back in the bath,
“Whoa! I tried amplifying my Sexy Sense gift with magic to cover further distances, and I felt something unbelievable!” Weiss exclaimed. “Somewhere out there in that forest, there’s a pair of kinky lovers doing it out in the open with many possible dangers surrounding them!”
The other men, finishing up their baths, could not believe what they had heard. Sam was the one who spoke all of their thoughts as he sighed and placed an arm on the young man’s shoulder, “Weiss, me boy, you have got to get yourself a steady woman to settle down your love life.”