Daylight came quicker than I had expected. I grabbed my gear and went outside, hoping to find others to show me where I should be. I noticed a servant from one of the other quarters had walked outside. “Excuse me, I have a question.”
The servant dropped everything in his hands and stood up straight.
“Forgive me, I didn’t mean to do it.” He said.
I looked at him, confused, not knowing what he was referring to.
“It was an accident…” he stated, with tears in his eyes.
I turned him around and pointed to the house. He noticed the symbols on my armor and hesitantly let me into the house he came from. He slowly opened the door, revealing a dead body that looked as though it had been moved to look like it had slipped and fell upon exiting their tub and landed face first to an exposed blade. I looked at the servant, confused.
“Care to explain what happened here?” I asked.
“Master Angel… please understand that I didn’t mean to do it. He wanted his sword quickly, so I was running around, slipped on some water, and sent his sword flying straight into his head… killing him.” He explained.
I looked at the mess in front of me, wondering if I should do nothing or attempt to try and use the healing technique I had read about and had been practicing in small bits. I turned back to the servant. “What can you tell me about this one? How did he treat you? What was he like?”
He looked at me, confused, as though he had never been asked this.
“Master Angel, I don’t understand. You could kill me right now, but instead, you chose to learn about him as if you’d abuse the position granted to you to protect me instead. Why?” he asked, not truly understanding that I valued his life far more than that of the corpse in front of me. I have the choice here to either take his life or lie for him and make it seem as though the lifeless body in the tub had plans to betray the Order. I turned around and looked at the armor for signs of who this one may have worked under.
From what I could tell, it didn’t appear to be someone under Gabriel or Michael. The servant was following close behind me, waiting for me to decide. It was possible he could sense what I was up to or just so deep in his fear that he didn’t know what to do.
“Okay, so I have a plan.” I started, turning around. He looked at me, wondering what I was going to do since I hadn’t struck him down yet. “I want you to go fetch a guard and let them know that a fight broke out here between your deceased master and the Right hand of Gabriel.” I placed my hand on the sword that was embedded into his head. I did not know if they’d be able to determine if I did it or not, but I placed my hand every inch on the handle to try and dissipate the energy from the servant to make it appear as though I actually did it.
I looked back and saw that the servant wasn’t there anymore, as the front door was left wide open. It did not occur to me that I should start thinking about a cover story, as I heard multiple people in armor running at a fast pace. Amongst those who came in was Michael. He took a moment to assess the situation, then looked at me.
“Speak. What happened here, and why?” he said, placing his hand on the butt of his sword. He looked as though he was expecting to slay me immediately.
I knew that if I hesitated to speak, he might actually do it. “Hello, Arch lord. I had come here because I had overheard this one speaking loudly about potentially abandoning his post and betraying the Holy Order. Since I am the right hand of Gabriel, I took it upon myself to execute the traitor before he became a problem.” I stated as confidently as I could.
He scratched his head and had an expression on his face as though he had expected something like this to happen. He took a deep breath and looked at the servant.
“You! Did you hear or see anything? You are always within earshot of this Solder of Light. Surely you know something.” Michael barked at the servant.
I put my hand over the servant’s mouth. “I already interrogated him. He was sent on many errands these last few days, and the amount of time he spent out of the house exceeds the amount of time he spent here. As Gabriel’s right hand, I declare that this lesser being had no idea what his Master was doing.” I stated, trying to sound as official as I could.
Michael looked at me, then back at a couple of guards in the hallway. One of them shrugged while the other glanced at the door. Neither seemed to know what to do about this, and they didn’t care if it was true. Michael pointed at the body. “Remove this body and take it to a processing facility. This one will not get an honorable funeral as the right-hand of Gabriel has stated he was a traitor to the Kingdom.” He announced to the guards.
Michael grabbed my shoulder and motioned for me to follow him. As we went outside, the other guards with him went in. “Take your time removing the body. I need to talk with Gabriel's right hand alone, " he said as he closed the door.
“I don’t know what you’re trying to pull here, as I know that Angel wasn’t a traitor to the Order. However, I will believe your word as you are the right-hand of Gabriel, and your word about the situation is as if Gabriel himself said it.” He didn’t sound too happy judging from his tone, and despite both of us knowing that I lied, he accepted my story. He re-opened the door as the guards were carrying the body towards the door. “Servant, come out here.” He shouted.
The servant came out and kneeled before him. Michael looked at him. “Since the one you served is now dead, you have the option to either serve the one who rescued you from certain death, or you can be reassigned to someone else. The choice is up to you; either option will result in you living another day.” He said, sounding rather annoyed.
The servant crawled over to my right. I looked down at him, confused about what I would do with a second servant. I didn’t even need one, let alone two. Michael walked away with the guards. He didn’t say anything more to the servant or me. Despite him knowing this one personally and possibly knowing it full well, I was abusing my position to save some unknown to me.
I told the servant where to go and to bring his belongings to my place. He quickly gathered his things and made his way there, but someone landed next to me before I had any time to do anything else. “Hello, I have an order for you from the top. You are to report to Gabriel’s personal quarters. Someone will have your items sent to your new home.” He stated, and he took off before I could ask a question.
Thinking back about the events of the last year, things were moving non-stop. The moment I got here to this mysterious land I was thrusted into various missions, various recon missions and random interactions with others like me. Well, kind of like me. Something is different about me, as I can’t seem to sit back and respect the culture, I was a part of. Something didn’t sit right with me having a servant, having luxuries unlocked as I got higher up in the chain, females being assigned, etc. It seemed so wrong, but I feel like I’m the only one who looks at this way of life and thinks it is backwards.
“Follow me, " a voice calmly requested. I must have zoned out, as I didn’t see or hear anyone approach me. C’mon, I don’t have all day, sir. Follow me, " he requested again.
I looked around, unsure where this voice was coming from, until I looked up. Above me was a male in gold armor, glimmering from the sun. I wasn’t sure who this was exactly, as I had never seen this type of armor before.
“Well? Are you going to use your wings or not? I’d rather not have to carry Gabriel’s most prestigious right-hand. It’d look bad for you and be awkward for me.”
I can… fly? Never once had I tried to fly. I looked up and nodded, indicating I knew what I was doing. I had a general idea of how to do it but had never tried it as I mostly just ran or walked on every mission I went on. I squatted a bit and tried to focus on using my wings rather than my legs. I managed to get airborne enough to follow him to where I needed to go. At some point, he signaled we needed to go higher. Just how high is my new residence going to be? I followed him higher and higher until we reached what appeared to be a large garden. He motioned for me to land. Up until now, I had never practiced flying, let alone landing.
I probably should’ve thought about this sooner rather than relying on my legs. I never thought to use my wings nor realized I could fly until this very second. I realized there were a few staring up at me, waiting for me. “Okay, well…” I thought to myself. I looked at possible areas for me to land where I’d do the least amount of harm to myself or all the beautiful flowers down below. On one hand, I hurt myself. The other? I hurt some flowers. At that moment, I had made the decision I’d rather hurt myself.
I made sure I was over the courtyard before I attempted my descent. I wasn’t quite sure how to slow myself down, and it was obvious that I had no clue what I was doing as I came down rough and slammed my face into a stone. I don’t remember much after that, but I know that I woke up to whom I assumed was a female servant, cleaning my nose up with a wet cloth.
“Ah good, you’re awake Master Angel. Please forgive me, but that was a funny fall. But I’m glad to see that you’re awake and okay. High Master Gabriel will be here shortly to address you. I must take my leave, as he may execute both of us if he sees us together like this.”
I rolled my head slightly aside and realized she had me in her lap. Judging by how she was dressed, I quickly realized this wasn’t a servant but one of his mates who had decided, on her own accord, to help me. I quickly got up and kneeled to her.
“Please excuse me, M’lady. I mistook you for a servant initially.” I politely said.
She rolled her eyes, got up, and walked away without saying a word. I stood up, confused as to what I had said that may have made her upset. I looked around the area while waiting. It was an extensive garden with a central courtyard and a few benches. It was enchanting in terms of beauty. It almost felt as though I wasn’t in the Kingdom but in a human village.
I heard a door open to my right.
“Ah! There you are. My right-hand, it’s so great to see you. I’m glad you made it relatively safe. I see you scuffed your nose a bit, but no worries. I heard amazing news you killed a scumbag. Thank you for doing that; I had been wanting that scum killed for a while now but couldn’t do it as he was part of the Legionary forces, which aren’t under my control. Seeing as how it was you who did it, basically counts as my kill. Good work!” Gabriel shouted as he came out of the door. “Welcome to my paradise.”
His paradise, huh? I didn’t know anything about Gabriel until now. “Maybe he wasn’t such a terrible being after-all.” I thought to myself. But then the flashback of a few nights ago flashed through my mind, reminding me how terrible he was and what he had said about the others. “No, this one is scum.” I reminded myself.
Gabriel approached me, grabbed my arm, and led me through the doors, down through a spiral staircase, through a door that went through a large castle-like dining hall, through another door that led to a large and spacious hallway with several more doors. One of the doors, my name was carved into the door. He pointed at the door and walked off.
When I looked at the door, there was nothing special about it—just a typical castle door with an iron handle. Inside, it was a decent-sized room—smaller than what I had previously, but I still had my own private quarters. My equipment, including the bag, was hanging on the wall to the right of the door. There was a small bookshelf, and I noticed a note sticking out of the books that I immediately grabbed.
“I remember seeing you looking at these books with the intention of learning these specific skills. But due to how quickly things have progressed for you, I know you didn’t have any time to read any to my knowledge. In your bag, Nine had also put books he thinks you may find important later on. Advanced sword tactics, healing & revival basics, and whatever else he put in there. I convinced a guard that the books on the shelf were the ones you left behind. He believed me. Good luck and thank you.
-Zero.”
“Huh…” I thought out loud. I guess Zero and Nine paid me back for my generosity. I heard knocking at my door.
“Master Thadeus, I have something for you.” A voice from behind had said. I turned around to another female, potentially another mate. “It’s not much, but Gabriel requested I bring this to you. I’ll just place it here on this shelf, next to your door Master.” She did a bow after placing an object on the shelf and quickly took off.
I was not too curious about what she had left, I was more interested in this room. I chose to look out the small window in my room. I was way above the rest of the Kingdom, and everything looked so far away. It dawned on me that while I was considered a “Tier 3”, I was living in a Tier 4 Arch-Angel’s castle way above everyone else. I never thought I’d be in this position this quickly. I was in awe at the view I had. I could see everything from up here. Whatever the female brought me was nothing compared to this view. I stood there a few moments longer, admiring it before sitting on my bed. It was the softest bed I had so far, and it came with a pillow. Something I had gone without until this point. I laid down on the bed and knew I would sleep easily tonight.
I laid there for a few minutes, forgetting I was in Gabriel’s castle, and while enjoying the moment I decided to reach behind my head for the shelf. I felt my hand bump into something, it felt like a small box of some sort. It was soft and felt like it had a ribbon on it. I figured it was important, so I carefully opened it. A red wax stamp with a “G” in the middle kept the ribbon in place. I had considered not opening it until I saw it was from him.
I ripped the stamp off and undid the ribbon around it. Carefully, I opened the box and saw some sort of paper in it. I was confused as to why someone would wrap a piece of paper up so elegantly. “There has to be more than this…” I said to myself. I picked up the paper and discovered that it was not the gift intended for me, but it covered the actual item. It was a badge that looked as though it attached to my armor. I examined the badge closer. It was square shaped, about 6 inches wide, 5 inches tall, gold in color, and had T4 – Captain etched into it. I was a little confused as I thought I was Gabriel’s right-hand man, not a Captain. I was looking at this badge, not understanding what was going on and why. I looked at my door and heard footsteps coming close to me. I saw an arm reach into my room and knock at the door.
“Master Thadeus, Master Angel Gabriel has sent me to retrieve you. He wishes to speak with you, " the voice said. It was another feminine voice, but not the same as the last two. I was surprised to hear so many female voices, as it was primarily males in the lower areas of the Kingdom. So, I was not accustomed to hearing feminine voices.
I stood up and approached her. I made brief eye contact with her before she looked away. “Sorry, Master Angel, but I cannot look at you according to Gabriel's orders. None of us are allowed to lay eyes on other males until given explicit permission from our true masters.” She sounded as if she was afraid, like she had potentially offended me.
“I do apologize. I will be sure to remember that” I replied, letting her know she was not at fault.
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She collected herself and quietly told me to follow her. She led me through a different door, with a spiral staircase that went up and up and up and up, and up, and up. It felt like a never-ending flight of stairs. Every other floor had a window, and I could see I was going up higher within the castle. After what felt like thousands of stairs, we finally reached a hallway with a door at the very end.
The female I had followed up here pointed at the door and stated, “This is his office. Mind your manners, don’t look at any females in there unless you’re given permission, and please make sure you remembered how you got here. While you have a pass for every floor, not all of us do, meaning if you get lost, you’re lost until you find a floor that allows one of us maidens to roam. There are one hundred floors altogether, and only about forty are allowed to us. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll be off now, Master Thadeus.” she said quickly before returning to the stairs.
This hallway gave me an odd feeling. Almost as if a huge wave of dread had overcome me. While I was happy to be up in a castle such as this, I was not too fond of the fact I got stuck with Gabriel of all people. I had no clue how I would try and get revenge on him. I don’t think I would ever be able to, as I’m nowhere near his level regarding expertise, skills, and raw power. So far, I’ve survived any major missions thanks to the help of a resurrection item and by sheer determination to win and move up. Other than being a decent swordsman, I had no skill sets or knowledge in anything else.
I finally mustered up the courage to walk into the hallway. Along the walls were pictures of Gabriel with various other angels, lined with ornate-looking carved wood and lined with gold all around. This man, if you could call him that, was all about living lavishly and flaunting his influence within the Kingdom as richly as he could. The carpet was the least flashy part of this hallway as it was red, and appeared to have been walked on quite a bit as it faded through the middle. Suggesting that he only walked in the middle of it.
I decided to finally quit stalling and walk up to the door. Before I could raise my hand to knock, the door opened.
“High lord Master Angel, Thadeus has arrived.” A female voice stated. Gabriel motioned for me to come in. He had two female angels around him to his right and left. I noticed one was chained to the wall and had limited movement. The other one held a large hand-fan and waved it slowly at Gabriel. The door quietly closed behind me. This female was also chained to the wall by her ankle but appeared to have far more freedom to wander around the room than the one behind him.
“Good to see you, Thadeus. I trust you are enjoying your time around my home?” he paused momentarily. “I guess I should say our home as you now live here too.” He seemed to be calm and happy to have me here. Unlike before, whereas out in public, he was a stuck-up asshole who demanded respect and talked down on others.
I stood up straight, leaned over, and placed my arm along my chest to salute him. “Thank you, High Master Gabriel. It is an honor to be here. I find my room quite suitable for myself and am ready to take on whatever task you assign me to do or lead whichever men you need me to.” I spoke to him in a respectful tone even though I hated every second of his company and his existence.
Gabriel looked at the female chained up to the wall and stated to her “Take off your clothes, and switch to a more human form. This one has never seen a female before, and for his hard work and dedication to the cause, you will allow him to see your breasts.”
I watched as this bird-looking female humanoid creature, change into what appeared to be a human. She hesitated in taking off the cloak she had on. Gabriel reached out and smacked her. “DO IT. OR ELSE.” He demanded.
In this form, she was about five and a half feet tall, had white hair, white skin, but her yellow eyes remained. She slowly lifted the cloak over her head, before turning fully red as her naked body was being exposed. “D-does this p-please the Lord Angels?” she asked shily. Gabriel stood up from his chair and unlocked the cuff attached to her leg. He grabbed one of her arms, bent it behind her, and walked her to me.
“Tell him to touch your soft, succulent breasts. You want him to touch it.” He demanded from her. I could tell she was scared, in slight pain, and didn’t want to do this. She had a few tears running down her cheek, but Gabriel didn’t care. “Look at him!” he yelled.
She looked at me, and I could see in her eyes she didn’t like anything that was happening. Gabriel wasn’t paying much attention to me while trying to get this poor female to do what he wanted her to do, but she could tell in my eyes that I really did not want to do this. At least, not like this. It would have been different if this female was mine, or she had approached me and asked, but being forced to do this? Gabriel continued to fuel my hatred for him.
“P-please m-ma-master Angel, feel free to touch me to your hearts content.” she mustered. I looked at Gabriel, who wasn’t paying attention to me but was focused on continuing to bend this female's will to do what he wanted her to do.
“Well, Thadeus, are you going to touch them or are my suspicions correct about you?” he asked with a sarcastic, but curious tone to his voice.
I looked at the female in her eyes, and she nodded. I slowly placed my hand on her breast and gave it a firm squeeze. She let out a soft moan. I had never seen breasts before, let alone touched one. At least not that I could remember. Her breasts were soft, her skin warm. My hand was twice the size of them. I looked over at Gabriel, and he didn’t seem satisfied yet. So, I took my other hand and felt around her. I would say it was an enjoyable experience, but due to the circumstances, it was not. What I was doing felt wrong.
“Master Arch, I enjoyed this experience. Thank you for allowing me to do this.” I said while trying to maintain a serious tone.”
He let go of her arm and locked her back up by her ankle.
“That’s a good girl. You’re a dirty little slut, who loves it when strangers touch you, don’t you?” he teased at the female. She had sat down on the floor, covering herself with her cloak. “You may go back to your normal form. It would be best if you were thankful that I am so kind to share you like that with others. You could’ve been with someone less worthy than I.” he yelled at her.
I was incredibly angry, but I knew I couldn’t do anything, and I had to play it cool. As far as Gabriel knew, I was no longer defiant towards him. He may not have noticed, though, as he was so high and mighty with himself that he was blind to everything else around him.
I looked at her, cowering on the floor still. She briefly made eye contact with me and gave me a meek smile. I think she may have understood that I didn’t do that because I wanted to, but because I had to, to not raise suspicions. I had already vowed to myself that one day, I would eliminate him as he was the vilest scum I had the displeasure of meeting in the year and a half I had been there.
“Now that we got that out of the way, my little right-hand man, I wish to get down to business. I brought you here because we need to work on a few things, and I have a special task for you.” He reached down to a drawer in his desk and opened it, returning with a red paper-based binder, and tossed it across the desk towards me. “This shows you what your duties around here are. You are free to go to any floor of my castle, but there are floors that are off limits to the females through-out the castle. As you know, their primary duties are cooking, cleaning, and ensuring that the Holy Royal family members continue to reproduce. Other than that, they are not allowed to do anything else.” He paused briefly, looking back at the female that he just forced me to touch. She was still somewhat cowering behind him, but at least had her robe back on. He turned back to me. “On floor 10, there is a training room with a trainer. He will teach you basic things you need to know, and since you’re with a Royal Family Angel such as myself, you will learn what every Right-hand of a Royal Angel needs to know. Advanced energy-based healing, reviving others, advanced sword fighting, and illusion-based magic to hide yourself or others from enemies in the event a mission goes wrong. When you are not doing any of that, you will guard one of the Royal Princesses I plan on eventually turning into a wife. She’s a little… apprehensive for now. But she’ll warm up to me over time.”
I looked through all the information here, expecting a strict schedule, but learning was at my discretion if I learned these things within Six months. The estimated time to learn the basics he required of me was about 3-4 weeks, while the advanced energy-based healing would take around 9-10 weeks. Then, once I had completed my training, I’d be assigned to a very specific task, but I wouldn’t learn what it was until after it was finished.
After reading all this information, I looked back up, but before I could say anything, Gabriel stood up and walked to the woman by the door.
“Did you like the breasts of the other one, Thadeus? She’s my second favorite. The one right by the door has a much nicer set on her.” He said, while looking at the female by the door.
“My lord, that was my first experience. So, I would have to say yes.” I glanced back at the female chained up behind us. She had a neutral expression on her face and seemed as though she understood that I was saying what I had to, to avoid repercussions. She gave me a quick smile before reverting to a cowering state. Was she also acting, too? I turned around, just before Gabriel did.
“This one here is more obedient than the other one, but not enough to be off her chains yet. Watch.” He said, grabbing the shoulder of the other female. I stood there, wondering what he was going to do next. At this point, I wish I had just been dismissed already. The idea of touching someone against their will had already left me with a sour taste in my mouth, and I was about to have to do this again.
“This one needs to be punished though, as she tried to go to a floor she isn’t permitted to. Can you do that for me? Are you capable of punishing her in the way I’d like her to be punished? I’m sure a task like this may seem beneath my right hand, buuuut I need you to do this for me.” Gabriel replied, sounding like he was talking to me like a child.
“My lord, what would you like me to do? I will do what you ask.” I replied with a deeper tone than normal. Truthfully, I was not looking forward to anything he was about to say. I would have rather been dismissed for the night and gone back to my quarters to look at the books Zero and Nine were able to send my way.
“Perfect. Come with me, you dumb whore. Since you can’t seem to understand that I am your man, and you think another man will treat you better, Thadeus is going to show you just how bad other males of our kind can be.” He said, very demeaning in tone. He reached up above a door and grabbed some sort of cylinder-shaped object from above the door. He held it in front of her face.
“No… please no, don’t do this to Master. I’ll be good and stop trying to explore other areas. Please, don’t do this.” She cried out. I already didn’t like where this was going, and I already had a general idea of what Gabriel wanted me to do with this object. I wasn’t ordered to do anything yet, and yet… I already wanted to refuse.
“So here is what’s going to happen. You can either change into a human form on your own, or I can force you to do it. Here, Thadeus will shove this object into every hole in which he can fit it. This is happening because you’re making me make my right-hand do this, sweetie.” He said this as if he were trying to explain to a human child the dangers of accepting candy from strangers.
Gabriel handed me the object. I looked down at it, then at the now human-like angel that stood before me. She had blue eyes, short brown hair, and white skin that shined in the light. I looked at her with the object in hand, and she let out a whimper.
“P-please… d-don’t…” she quietly begged.
I looked back at Gabriel and did something I had said I wouldn’t do. I handed the object back to him and told him, “Do it yourself. I will not punish this servant on your behalf.”
The other two females gasped semi-loudly, indicating that nobody had ever stood up for themselves in front of them. Gabriel took the object back and laughed. He grabbed me and brought me face to face with her.
“Do you like this one? I would if I were you.” He grabbed my hand and placed it over one of her breasts. Feel how soft her breast is? Why don’t you give it a squeeze and feel how firm it is? Go ahead.”
I looked at him through the corner of my eye, slightly weirded out by being this close to her. I could feel her breath as quietly gasped when I squeezed her breast, followed by a whimper as Gabriel smacked side of her head.
Finally, he let go of me and I took a step back. My hand was still on her breast. Gabriel turned around after he let go of me and looked out the window. The female lightly grabbed my wrist to see if I’d let her move it, which I did. She got close to my ear and whispered, “Thank you…” and kissed my cheek softly. She glanced over at Gabriel, who was still peering out the window. I only nodded at her before standing directly behind Gabriel. “Master Arch Angel, may I take my leave now?” I asked.
Without looking at me, he motioned for one of the females to let me out. He didn’t say a word and only stared out the window with his hands behind his back. I looked at the female behind his desk to ensure she was okay. She smiled at me again and waved at me. The other female who was fanning Gabriel when I first came in was stood in the corner, bowing at me and mouthed “Thank you…” as I was leaving.
“Wait a minute, Thadeus, you aren’t quite dismissed yet,” Gabriel said without looking at me as I was exiting. “Make sure you do that training. I’ll overlook this incident this time… but next time, you better do as I tell you. You don’t need to answer. Just find your way back to your quarters, and we’ll start tomorrow fresh and forget about tonight. Good night.”
I stomped my foot as a way of acknowledging him. I left, and the door slammed shut. I walked down the hallway, wanting to leave that floor quickly. On my way down the stairs, I started to think about what had happened. None of it felt right. While I did enjoy the sight of two beautiful women, it wasn’t what I had imagined. I looked at my hands on the way down, wondering why I did that. I know there would have been consequences had I refused. I reached what I thought was my floor, but nothing looked familiar.
I looked around for a bit before finally finding a door labeled “Servants Quarters.” I knocked at the door, even though I could have easily walked in. I heard some scurrying around inside and thought I even heard furniture being re-arranged. Finally, the door opened. Inside, was a group of all female servants. It took them all a few seconds to realize who was at the door before they all came close to the door and kneeled. The one who answered the door was still standing tall before realizing who I was and kneeled as well.
I looked down the hall away for a brief second, back at the stairs, and then back at them. “Please stand; it is just me, and I do not require you to kneel before me,” I quietly said to them. I was not sure I could be on this floor quite yet, as I hadn’t done any training. But I was lost and needed assistance. The females were hesitant to stand up until one looked at me, stood up, and walked to the door.
“Lord Master Angel, what brings you to our quarters? Do you require personal company in your chambers? If that’s the case, it is for-“
I interrupted her. “No, I’m not here for anything like that. I am a little lost and was hoping you could tell me where my quarters are. I remember walking through a huge dining hall, into a hallway with four doors, and up the spiral staircase. But I walked up so many stairs to meet with Gabriel that I forgot to count how many floors I went up.”
She looked back at the other females in the room; they all nodded to her. She grabbed my shoulder and ushered me in, then shut the door. At this point, I was confused. Inside the quarters, there were several straw beds on the cold stone flooring. They had an old wood box as a table and some makeshift chairs around it. They had a small window with bars, possibly to prevent escape.
One of the females offered me a seat at their makeshift table. While I chose not to sit in the chair, I did sit around the table. One of them remained at the door with their ear on it, possibly listening out for a random guard to come to check in on them.
“Master Angel, it is forbidden for you to be here, and if we get caught with you in here, we may all lose our heads.” She whispered. “You’re not like the rest of them here, and I can see the same fire in your eyes that many of us hold towards Gabriel and the others. Did he… did he force himself upon you like he did with many of us?”
At this point, I needed clarification. Do they think I’m one of them but somehow earned my freedom to do this? I looked at them again and felt like maybe coming in here was a mistake. Another one spoke up. “It’s kind of what he does to all the females. I think you’re the first one he has allowed to wander freely around and allow to be his right-hand sweetie.”
I sat there with a confused look, trying to figure out what to say. Gabriel knows I’m male, but these females think I’m one of them. “Hang on, do you all think I’m like you? Female?” I asked, trying to understand what was going on.
One of them came closer to me and asked me to take my armor off. I quietly took my armor off. They motioned for me to stand up and started to feel around my body. Despite the events that happened tonight, I began to get somewhat aroused having all these females willingly touching me.
“Hey, uhh… this isn’t appropriate.” I managed to spit out. The thing about my species is that male reproductive organs are stored within our bodies and extend outwards when we become erect. So, with them constantly rubbing around my body, being close, and not having Gabriel order them to do this… it’s safe to say that I surprised them.
“Oh my, the Master Lord Angel is male after-all.” One of them said, giggling.
“I have never actually seen one; we were all the rejected mates who now serve the castle of Gabriel. That’s all we do.” Another one said, as she started to lightly touch my genitalia. “Wooow!” she exclaimed.
The one watching the door was motioning for them to all quiet down. We heard someone outside and saw their feet stop at the door. The girls looked at me, eyes wide, unsure what would happen. Suddenly, the door swung open, a guard’s head peaked in, made eye contact with me and stated “Oh sorry Lord Master Angel, I did not realize you were in here. I see you’re busy with the servants. I shall take my leave now, then.” He closed the door gently and went back to his patrol. I was so focused on the door; I didn’t notice one of the females had slid under me and lifted her legs up in a way that looked like I was fully in her.
She sat up normally and sighed. “My lord, we got lucky with that guard. But possibly not with the next. Thank you for humoring us briefly, but you’ll want to take the stairs until you reach the fourth door less entry. You’ll be on the right floor then. Before you go, though, thank you for stopping by. It was a great time.” She said in a teasing tone and gave me a wink as I managed to end the erection I had and put my armor back on.
The one guarding the door opened just enough to peek her head out. After a few seconds, she motioned for me to come to the door. “Good night, Master Angel.” She said as she closed the door behind me. I looked back at the now closed door, wondering what had just happened, and how I managed to get into such a weird predicament. I started down the spiral staircases and realized torches were lit as it was dark outside.
I finally reached my floor and walked to my door. It occurred to me that I didn’t have a light source. But after the evening I had, I was ready for bed. It had been another long day, and I was starting to wonder if tonight was a sign of what was to come in the upcoming months. But I decided these thoughts were a problem for tomorrow. I crawled into bed and lay there for a few seconds before passing out.