“I missed you so much!” As soon as we reached the bottom of the ladder, I was assaulted by Lilian, followed closely in tow by Three. He threw himself at me, but I swiftly stepped out of the way, causing the Asahi native to go careening into the reinforced wall.

“What was that for!? Do you have any idea how alone I’ve been this entire time!?” Lilian got up from the floor, a red welt now present on his androgynous forehead.

“You can’t be serious.” I said, but if he showed any reaction to my words, it wasn’t visible to me. “According to the daily reports I receive, you haven’t been lonely in the slightest. It appears the aggressive women here really do like your effeminate features.”

Lilian’s face lit up crimson, and he quickly got up. “Please, let’s go to the conference room. I’m sure we have a lot to discuss.”

“That’s true enough.” I replied. Looking around at Akahime and Lucina. I sighed, and said, “Akahime, Can you go back up and get Reya? As much as I would like to let her take her time, we’ll need her.”

“As you desire.” Akahime bowed, and began to climb back up the ladder. In the meantime, Lucina, Lilian, and I all went to the conference room, which was only five feet from the bottom of the ladder.

I would have questioned the design, but the fact that the room itself was behind three maximum security vault doors reassured me of my choice. I found prince Raiden waiting inside, along with a woman I had never seen before.

Wait… no. I had seen her before. She’s the person who told me to visit Reya during the time we were making preparations. What was her name again?

“My liege, please don’t stare at me too intently. You’ll bore a hole into my forehead.” She said, with a hint of a smile on her lips.

“Just trying to figure out what your name was.” I said, unabashedly. She frowned, but I could hear stifled laughter from Winter behind me. She had apparently walked in after us, and was content to just remain at my back.

“Solze Morind, my liege. Second in command of Crown Princess Reya’s forces. I would be honored if you would remember my name.” I sighed as I tried to commit her appearance to memory.

Her long, blonde hair hung loosely across her right shoulder, as the left side of her head was shaved down. Her round face and button nose would have been cute to me, if it weren’t for the predacious glare that her sharp, red gaze was giving me.

Her pear-shaped figure fit in well with her red, full-bodied armor, which radiated light with a crimson sheen. A winged helmet lay on the table beside her, and looked to be an accompaniment to her armor.

‘Joshua, that girl’s family, the Morinds, are from a well-known liberal faction in our kingdom. They support your position as a neutral entity within the hierarchy. As long as she is acting on orders from her family, she will not betray you without just cause.’

I closed Lucina’s message, and looked the girl up and down once more. “Damn it Joshua, stop leering at my soldier and get the meeting started already!”

Reya walked in with palpable annoyance in her every step. I turned to Akahime and asked, “Did she figure it out herself, or did you help her?”

“I helped. She was scouring every inch of the bathroom to find the switch.” I nodded, and gestured to the round table.

“Please, sit down. We have a lot to hear regarding Lilian’s findings over this past month. Lilian?” After we were all seated, Lilian stood up from the seat beside me, and cleared his throat.

“Thanks for coming, everyone. Even though we are far from any of the main cities, I’m sure you’ll find that the nearby village has-”

“Lilian.” I cut in, causing him to look my way. “Please, keep it relevant. I have things to discuss with others after this, and everyone else wants to take a shower, I’m sure.” I made sure to emphasize my point with a few light taps on the desk, and Lilian nodded.

“Sorry, I got carried away. Long story short, there is no concrete evidence I could gather from the surrounding cities and towns, only rumors.”

Useless. I gave him one job, and he can’t even do that well? I thought to myself. Lilian looked down dejectedly, seeming to read my mood, but Raiden gave him a pat on the back.

“Don’t be like that. Try telling us some of the rumors you’ve heard, and we’ll make sense of it.” Raiden gave the other man a grin.

“They say in every rumor, there is a kernel of truth.” Akahime added. “Like Prince Raiden said, I’m sure that there is some useful information in there somewhere.”

Despite the positivity from his teammates, Lilian looked back at me for confirmation. I sighed, and nodded to allow him to continue.

Now with a second wind, Lilian began his telling of the rumors surrounding the Primal Kingdom’s side of the War Game preparations. “Apparently, a whole lot of shipments have been made from the royal capital to the desert, where the game is set to take place.” Lilian said.

“Well, of course.” Reya replied. “Each country has an allotted 30 days to make their preparations, and ship whatever supplies their soldiers will need to the desert. In fact, some of the goods being transported were probably those of the Metronian Kingdom.”

“So… rumor one was a bust?” I asked Lilian, but he appeared to have more from this story.

“Well… not yet, it isn’t.” He said. “It isn’t necessarily about how much they transported, but about what they were transporting!”

“And you mean…?” I asked.

“I mean that there were some… interesting items. Ouch!” Lilian’s sentence ended in pain as Winter grabbed the skin of his upper arm, and twisted.

“Lilian, if you stall one more time, I’m going to do more than just pinch your arm.” She said, causing Lilian to smile nervously.

“Of course! Anyway, they were transporting mechs.” I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. How cliche, mechs in a sci-fi world. I guess it does make sense though.

“That makes no sense.” Lucina said, causing all heads to turn to her. “With the advent of the Judgment System, humans had more control over their bodies than ever before. Mechs are widely considered to be obsolete against the benefits that we get from the system.”

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“I’m just telling you what I heard. No need to get so defensive about it.” Lilian raised his hands placatingly, and quickly moved on to the next rumor. “Anyway, people are saying that two members of royalty, and two members of the Civil Union House will participate as leaders. They’ve apparently struck some sort of agreement, despite usually being at odds. Should they win, there is apparently a large trade deal set to go through.”

“That… might actually be a problem.” Reya spoke. “One of the things that we were counting on to aid us was the discord between the two groups. Should they be working together for a common goal… then our mission just became a lot more difficult.”

I raised a hand to signal for them to give me time to think. I was slightly annoyed that I couldn’t use X’s ability to dilute time anymore, and asked Un, What is the Civil Union House?

“Speaking bluntly, the Civil Union House, or the C.U.H. for short, acts as a barrier between the royals, and complete power. They are there to limit the amount of things that the royal family can do freely. If the Secela family wants something done to benefit the nobles, it must go through the house and get it’s approval first.”

The house has no limitations? “Of course, the house can also propose a movement on behalf of the commoners, but it runs into the same problem that the Secela family does. Hence, why they are usually at each other’s throats.”

I nodded, and then waved for Lilian to continue. When he didn’t respond, I looked up to see him looking down at his phone. Is it the woman from his first night at the bar? Three appeared over his shoulder, and nodded to confirm my suspicions.

“Lilian!” I shouted, causing the man to lose his grip on his phone, and sending it clattering on the desk below.

“Y-yes sir!” He shot out of his seat and saluted.

“I’m not going to shoot you, relax.” I meant to calm him down, but that seemed to have the opposite effect. “Calm down, and tell me if there’s any other rumor.”

That seemed to do the trick, as he took a deep breath and said, “No. Those were the only two that have been circulating. The rest have to do with who is sleeping with who, and which nobles are into-”

“That’s enough.” I said, and stood up. “This meeting is adjourned. I want you all to think of countermeasures for mechs, and I’ll investigate the rumors of a deal between the Secela family and the C.U.H. myself.”

Prince Raiden and Lilian left, but Akahime, Reya, Winter, and Lucina stayed behind. Winter grinned smugly, and said, “Then, let the first ever Paladin Cole sex friend meeting begin!”

I sighed, and cradled my head in my hands. “First off, I never had sex with you, or you.” I said, pointing to Reya and Winter respectively. Second, don’t use sex friend. A friend should be more than just an outlet for physical lust. Use fuck buddy, if anything.”

“Isn’t that worse?” Winter giggled, but said nothing else. There was very quickly an uncomfortable silence in the room, and four women with eyes looking to me to break it.

“Listen. My plan today was just to sleep with Lucina, and that’s it. If she wants to invite someone else, she has my express permission. As for me, I won’t be requesting any of you.”

The eyes turned from me to Lucina, and she looked around the room. I received a heart emoji in my messages, followed by, ‘Free reign to pick? Oh, you really shouldn’t have.’

I sighed, and watched her appraise every other girl up and down. Finally, she had made her decision. She pointed an armored finger to the right of her, and a wide smile grew on the other girl’s face.

“I knew she’d pick me. I could tell from those things you said on the plane that you were curious.” A triumphant Winter stood up, and walked over beside the taller Lucina. Akahime sighed, while Reya pouted.

“Why not me!?” The other princess asked, annoyance barely contained in her voice. Lucina, however, met her with an unparalleled calmness.

“Well, I’ve already been with Akahime a couple months ago, and I don’t want to sleep with my own sister. That’s just gross.”

Reya opened her mouth to speak, but apparently couldn’t find a reasonable argument, and so left in a huff, taking Akahime with her. Lucina smiled in victory and took my hand, leading me back to our shared room. It was only a five minute walk in the massive underground base from the conference room to ours.

“What? You two have a room together!? You’re not supposed to play favorites, Paladin.” Winter pouted, leaning further into my body.

“Do you all want to take a shower first, or-” Lucina’s tongue made contact with mine as she cut me off, stealing a kiss from me.

Her tongue piercing was warm and hard against my tongue, and we finally separated. I watched her push a button under her chest, and her armor fell away in a matter for seconds, revealing leather bdsm gear that was wet with her sweat underneath.

The leather ran over her breasts in three sections, covering her nipples. A leather waist belt connected to cuffs that ran around her thighs. Cuffs were also present on her ankles and wrists, and a ring gag hung loosely around her neck.

I raised an eyebrow and said, “That button seems dangerous.” She smiled, and started undressing me the old fashioned way. “Don’t worry, it’ll be disabled during the actual battle.”

“Wow, someone came prepared.” Winter whistled from behind Lucina, as she finished taking off her clothes manually as well. She reached into a pouch that was on her clothes, and pulled out a dog leash, a tail, and several armbinders fashioned like dog paws.

I sighed, and activated the bulkhead lock on our door. “Well, at least the shower is in the room this time.”

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Several minutes later, and I had almost finished setting up the two women how I desired. Lucina had her legs and feet bound together, and then had those connected with a d-ring connector. Her gag was firmly fit over her mouth, and her tongue was sticking out. It drooled over her chest, and waved at me tantalizingly.

Winter had been restrained in her dog gear, complete with a leash that was in my hand. Her tail had a vibrator on it, and was firmly placed in her round ass. On her elbows and knees, she looked up at me pleadingly, with the artificial dog mouth harnessed on her face, and a connected dildo in her throat.

I took a strap-on and a leather riding crop from Winter’s bag, and attached the former to my new pet. She choked on her throat’s dildo as I attached the strap-on to her waist. “Come on, I didn’t even touch you.” I said, giving her a cupped palm spank on her ass.

She choked again, and I sighed. “What a useless pet. All you had to do was stay there, and be quiet as I got you ready. I took the vibrator partially out of her ass before shoving it back in harder.

Lucina moaned, jealous over me giving so much attention to Winter. “Wait your turn.” I said, and ran my gaze over her prone form and large breasts, which were thoroughly covered in saliva at this point.

I tugged on Winter’s collar, and walked my new pet over to my lover. She was panting, and I could see passion in her eyes as I stopped in front of her. She wagged her tongue again, and I displayed an annoyed look on my face.

“How much do you want your mouth used, you perverted bitch?” I stepped on her left breast, forcing her onto her back, and began kneading her studded nipple between my toes. She moaned and her hips bucked into the air.

“Winter, get in there.” I pulled on her collar, and guided Winter until she was on top of Lucina. “Now be a good girl, and thrust until I cum.”

I guided the dildo into Lucina, and watched in perverted delight as Winter began thrusting her hips, causing Lucina to moan loudly through her gag.

I took my foot off of Lucina, and walked around to her head before kneeling down, and resting my member on her face.

I tilted her head back, and thrust into her mouth. Her body spasmed, and Winter stopped moving as Lucina squirted on her.

“Who told you to stop?” I grabbed Winter’s collar and pulled her body forward, forcibly penetrating Lucina again. I started thrusting my hips, treating the woman below me, my girlfriend, and the Second Princess of the Metron Kingdom as little more than a fleshlight. Even better was the fact that she loved it.

As she continued to gag and choke on me, I continued to thrust relentlessly, and made sure Winter did the same, slapping her ass with the crop whenever she slowed down. After pulling out, and giving Lucina’s throat a moment of respite, I went back and claimed what was mine by force. After a few minutes, I switched places with Winter, and enjoyed every fold and crease on Lucina’s walls constricting me as we continued to use her. Finally I finished inside her, and watched in glee as her body spasmed. I pulled out, and dragged Winter off of Lucina, both of whom were panting. I removed the gag from Lucina, and took the cuffs off as well.

“I hope you’re ready, Winter. It’s your turn now.”