Sorry about the delay,I needed to read the things I have written so far to catch up on the story properly and remember,I really write a lot of things now that I think about it and my writing funnily improved over the courses of many chapters which pleased me a lot !

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-DON'T DO THAT EVER AGAIN !

Hoboku shouted at me,her voice extremely pissed off and stern as she glared at me with such anger like never before,her voice was like thunder while her eyes glowed an incredibly deep shade of red comparable to that of the basilisk that glared at me a few moments ago,her aura was oppressive truly terrifying making my hair stand up on its own to no end while shivers crawled up my spine making the shade of my skin even paler then it was before as I stood before hoboku not sure what to say or even if I should say anything to begin with to make her feel better.

But what was even worse about this situation wasn't the shouting nor the furious glare she was giving me instead what really made me shake were those small droplets coming down hoboku's cheeks as she glared at me.

-...

She was crying.

It had been over half an hour since we reunited,wylniva and myself didn't fly away initially because both of us already wasted too much energy to do so,calming wylniva I decided that we would wait for the other girls to come and pick us up instead and because I was still suffering from the mana burn and had a strong mild headache,I couldn't quite contact hoboku or the other girls which is why we didn't move from our spots and just let them track us through the bond.

When the girls finally did catch up to us they arrived in a cavalry style charge from afar,I could still remember their fierce faces riding on their respective beast mounts as they made their way through the forest following the path that was initially created by the basilisk with its huge body,it was really surprising at first to see everyone being able to ride their mounts without an issue,but as it was the way they did it was most probably out of necessity and deep worry adapting quickly to reach their goal as fast as possible.

The reason for that being that since we were all connected to each other through our bonds they all felt my terrified feelings and my painful experience with the mana burn that I suffered from that happened during the incident with the basilisk.

Seeing the path that was created by the basilisk and sensing the flow of the bond between us the girls all started to think of the worst scenario possible and made haste.

And in a way this was mostly my fault if I had to be honest,since I insisted on going alone even though the girls were strictly against it,they only really let me go when I said that I would be alright and careful,but that immediately went down the drain if you think about my previous idiocity involving myself voluntarily jumping into the danger to protect blondy.

In the end trying to hide something from them was just too impossible,the bond literally made it impossible to do so and upon meeting face to face with the girls again hoboku was the first to get down her horse as she ran at me with a teary look in her eyes she didn't look as angry as she was at the beginning.

No...she more like looked stressed,worried sick and terrified and when she finally saw me in one piece alive and kicking with a dumb smile on my face greeting her.

She was immediately joyful again upon seeing me which only lasted for another few seconds until wylniva put down the tree and we stood face to face again.

I saw the entire change in her expressions and I knew very well without a single doubt how she felt when she saw me sound and safe again without any scratch or blood,after all it was the same way I felt after finding out that hoboku wasn't in danger anymore and that she stupidly went against my words almost getting killed in the process from a huge beast that she underestimated.

And it wasn't only her,glancing behind hoboku,I could see the glowing eyes of the other girls glaring at me furiously,the only reason they weren't coming over and shouting at me like hoboku was because hoboku already said the words that was on everyones mind at this moment if everyone really went ahead and said what they wanted it would take far too long and we would be stuck here until late night.

The amount of feelings that were streaming through the bond at the same time was just too much that it made me petrified and turn into a very small animal in front of these giant wolves that could devour me at any time if they so pleased.

-Lord sorron...

-Y..yes...

I said a bit nervously as I straightened myself in fear and nervousness,thinking about this conversation,I couldn't help,but remember that conversation I had with hoboku when I gave her a punishment for being foolish,but now looking at this our roles had practically been reversed and it didn't feel very good standing on this side after all...

((Chapter 79 Punishment)) if you don't remember)

I thought to myself,still looking down to the ground with a bit of anxiety of what might happen next,a bit ashamed to be standing like this and turning into a fool instead.

Wylniva who was standing behind me didn't seem like she was going to help not that she could help in the first place as half of the girls had already come down their mounts and surrounded wylniva to keep her from helping me staring at her in a very scornful manner too as if she was the cause of all of this.

She did look a bit regretful seeing me like this,but only shook her head with a sigh that said it couldn't be helped as if understanding what was going on which may not be far from the truth if you think about.

Rimulu was also here,she didn't come down the beast,but rather observed from a distance on top of it,she was a bit too young to understand what was going on here,but even though she was young she could somewhat understand what was going and stared at me intently.

What happened next isn't very hard to imagine,hoboku throughly started to interrogate me about the happenings and what those painful feelings were that I had,I couldn't hide anything from her even if I wanted to,I knew that through the bond that we had that lying was almost always impossible to do,but continuously explaining to her why I did those things that I did to end up in this situation while under her intense stare was really hard to do nonetheless hoboku didn't shout at me anymore or make me nervous,but she still made me flabbergast when I heard the last question.

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-Lord sorron...do you love that woman ? Did you protect her because you like her ?

She said,her voice significantly calmed to the point of being scary as she started to walk up to me very so slowly,the question itself made me momentarily freeze into a daze the girls who were originally just guarding the spot letting hoboku do the rest quickly turned over hearing the question showing a heated look in their eyes also seemingly wanting to know this single piece of information no matter what.

-...

Me loving blondy ?

I thought for a moment,entirely engrossed in my thoughts as I couldn't see why would hoboku ask me such question,for sure it did look like I liked her,but other liking her I can't say that I actually love her like the other girls other then being a good soul,I can't say I feel attracted to her even if she saved me,the only reason I even jumped for her rescue was because I looked at her as someone important like a friend...this is just...

-Lord sorron...please...look at me

Hoboku suddenly said making me immediately snap out of my thought as I realized that hoboku had suddenly come closer so close that our bodies touched each other her arms were hugging me tight and my head was still looking down stuck between her incredibly soft and voluptuous breasts making me feel safe and at peace,but that peace didn't last for a even more then a split second until I raised my head again looking at hoboku just as she told me to do.

-Ehh...

Looking at hoboku,I was shocked for a second an unfathomable feeling started to rise in my chest the previous turmoil that was between our bond quickly dissipated into nothingness as I continued to stare at this beautiful face that had joyful tears in her eyes at the same time showing a strong illuminating smile that could even outshine the sun itself...

-Lord sorron,I am glad you are safe...I...I..I wouldn't have know what I would have done if you had been gone...I...I..

-Don't say anything anymore..

I spoke solemnly,taking the crying hoboku into my arms as she lightly started sobbing into my shoulders and it wasn't only her who was getting teary eyed the other girls who originally stern and furiously had already gone soft and mild as they all looked at me with small tears coming down their cheeks,I couldn't even keep track of my own feelings more then less the feelings of everybody else..

And like this everyone started to break down with the first two being hobura and hobusaku as they quickly ran and charged into the two us hugging me and not letting go acting as if they hadn't seen me for a decade or even longer then that sobbing unrestrained,after these two another 2 and then 4 followed until everyone came in one big haul hugging each other with tears.

Through all of this,I couldn't even muster a single sentence or word to make it alright,the only thing I could think about were the countless times that something close to this happened,everyone just relied heavily on each other if something would happen to anyone no one knew what to do as much as I needed the girls the girls needed me much more,they didn't want me to leave they always wanted to stay near me and for good reason too since everyone knew that I could die by just single tap to the head everyone was scared of me dying after all.

It was hard for them to let me go when I asked them to let me fly ahead without their protection or keen eyes hoboku and the rest probably thought that always staying next to me would make me annoyed which is why the reluctantly let me go not because wylniva and red hawk were by my side to look after me,but because they just simply didn't want to be hated or despised which never could happen no matter what they did..

I would always love them.

-Hoboku...girls...please don't cry...I only love you and no one else that woman could never replace any of you nor could anyone else take your place how about from today on you won't leave my side ? I am okay with that if that makes you happy...

My words were sincere and honest,I didn't want for something like this to repeat itself and people to get hurt and even though the girls seemed happy by my words some of them still looked unsure as if what I was saying was impossible even hoboku looked at me this way raised her head to me with a wryly smile of her own.

-No,my lord,I only wanted to know one thing and now that I know I feel better,but even though I feel better I don't want you to just tie yourself to us as if we are some kind of nuisance that can't be dealt with otherwise some of us may be happy with that,but I am not because I do not want to be a nuisance I want to be of use to you in any way possible...

Her words truly touched my heart,it was as if time had once again stopped and the heat that was pumping through my veins just couldn't stop from doing what was about to happen next,the grip in my hands quickly started to tense up some more as I felt myself going through extacy in a single second while looking at hoboku with heat clear in my blue eyes.

-Then if you really want that can you kiss me now ?

I asked,hearing my question hoboku seemed extremely happy not saying a word as she pressed her lips into my own letting her tongue run wild inside my mouth and her hands grope me from every place possible to feel and make out her dirty desires for my body.

We went a little bit overboard I gotta admit even the rest of the girls couldn't hold it anymore and went in extreme heat trying to get a piece of me all at once pulling me from everywhere trying to get a kiss or even more.

Over all this little argument quickly got finished through a share of love what would happen in the future and if we would come to this topic again wasn't very clear at this point,but that didn't matter as my faith and loyalties never wavered.

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