"Adam!" Asher approaches with Fang and Claw close behind him. "How did your Dungeon run go?"
We're currently on our way back to the inn, having already given everyone their share of their funds. Caleb has decided to accompany us for some reason, though I think it's because he wants to stay at this inn over his own and can afford it now. There was no need for him to join us for dinner a well, but he did.
Transferring all of the books took quite awhile, so we were served lunch with Henry, Tiffany, and Jennifer. I was also asked to never loot the entire library and then try to sell it again. Since I plan on visiting the Dungeon at least a few more times just to max out my gains, I'm going to ignore that request.
The library will get looted in its entirety again, and I will sell the books for more coin just to fuck with people. Though I'll do it in another town, one where they don't know that I've looted tens of thousands of books. At least Caniton likely won't have a shortage of books and paper for awhile.
"Grandpa," Adam says. "How did your trip go? Henry mentioned you rode Avuldrax out of here this morning. And returned shortly before we left the Dungeon."
"Yes," Asher nods, a scroll appearing in his hands. "Caleb, this is for you."
Caleb gives the scroll a suspicious look but accepts it. He unties the ribbon and unfurls the scroll, eyes widening as he reads it.
"Thanks for being somewhere easy to find," Asher tells him. "I hope that clears things up with my grandson."
"What is it?" I ask as Adam peeks at the scroll.
"Just a notice from the Titan's Grasp Guild letting him know that the bounty on Adam has been rescinded," Asher answers. "They were most cooperative when I spoke with them regarding the incident, and quite understanding when I told them that by the code of our clans, Adam would have been in his full right to kill everyone there, not just the people who came and attacked our clan. All he did was eliminate monsters who attacked a peaceful group."
"T-that's not all you did!" Caleb exclaims. "According to Wesley, you flew to every city, town, and fort at the border and informed them that the battles between the clans and the kingdom were over unless they wanted to find their entire settlements reduced to ash!"
"Yes," Asher says. "I imagine having a Triple-Ranker and a full-blooded dragon making that threat was quite effective. I also informed the clans not to act against the kingdom anymore unless the kingdom continued their antagonistic attitude. The fact that I nearly lost my grandson has quite upset me and I would like to make sure their petty conflicts doesn't take his life. He's the only family I have left now and I would like to see him live as long as he's able to."
Caleb pales a little at the implied threat there. If he ignores the order from his Guild and attempts to take Adam's life again, then he'll probably find himself dead. This discussion happening on a street with other people around is probably not the best thing for it, but I don't think Asher cares.
"Grandpa," Adam says. "Who's the best smith you know?"
"Among the clans," Asher answers. "That would be Adrian, the one who forged your sword and knife. Why? Nothing you've encountered thus far has been anywhere close to the ability to damage them. They should be in good condition for months or even years to come."
"Not that," Adam shakes his head. "Jamie has a lot of money after looting the library in the Dungeon here and was thinking of commissioning a stronger sword than what he can just buy. I told him that if he's going to spend a lot of money on it, he should get one that will last an extremely long time. By a master or grandmaster smith. It should be at least on-par with my own sword."
Wow. The normally off-minded Adam actually thought of a clever way to disguise inquiring about a smith for celestiatite. That's a completely plausible story and I was actually going to ask Asher and Fang something similar.
"I see," Asher thinks for a few moments. "Well, Adrian is a grandmaster smith and he wouldn't have an issue forging something for a human. The best he can make is Quality 8, if he has the right materials. He only has the stuff to make draconic steel so you'd need to acquire others somehow."
"What about Quinton?" Fang asks.
"He'd be good as well," Asher nods. "If you can find him. Last I heard, he was in the Holy City Amadikols, but that was half a century ago and it's possible he decided to move on."
"Amadikols?" I ask.
"It's a Holy City east of here," Fang explains. "On the other side of the wilderness. There's a Holy Dungeon with five Zones in it located there. You can get there in, oh, two or three weeks of traveling? That was the last place I knew him to be. If you can't find him there, you can probably at least find a clue to where he went. Quinton always leaves a clue behind."
Based on that location, that's the city Adam suggested I head to next if I want to continue with seeing about an adventurer's life.
"Alright," I say. "Was already thinking about heading there after getting some more runs in at this Dungeon to max out my gains here first. Thanks for the info, Asher, Fang."
"You're welcome," Asher says. "By the way, Adam, did you-"
"We had a long trip through the Dungeon," Adam interrupts as his tail taps the ground every few moments. "I want to soak in some hot water for awhile, then get some proper sleep."
That is not at all what he wants and I guess he's impatient for it.
"Alright," Asher chuckles. "You boys have a good night."
"Night," Adam starts walking again.
"See you guys around," I tell Asher, Fang, and Claw. "Have a good night."
I follow after Adam, whose tail is flicking back at forth for just the first few inches of the tip. Just as I expected, Caleb continues to walk with us.
"Are you two boyfriends or just friends with benefits?" Caleb asks.
"Why?" I ask as Adam shoots him a glare. "Thinking of asking Adam to top you again?"
"As if I'd ever do that!" Adam scoffs. "I don't ever want to touch it again."
"Not Adam," Caleb says. "You. You're really sexy, Jamie, and if you two aren't exclusive, then I was hoping we could do some stuff? Especially since I'm sure you must be horny after not getting off in the Dungeon and Adam wants to go straight to bed."
"First," I say. "Adam cut off further discussion with his grandfather because he's horny, not because he's tired. Second, I still don't like you very much. Though you were helpful in the Dungeon and managed to avoid getting into intense arguments with Adam, you still haven't made a good impression on me."
Third, I don't want Adam complaining about the smell of Caleb on me or whatever. That's not something I care to voice out loud, though. Caleb would get offended and more annoying and Adam would probably make a comment about smelling Caleb for awhile until he manages to fully scrub clean everything he brought into the Dungeon.
"I don't have an issue with it," Adam tells me. "Under three conditions. First, you fuck me first. Second, he licks you clean after that. Third, he does not share the bed with me. Caleb likes it long and thick so you're perfect for him."
"So the bulges I've seen a couple of times weren't exaggerations?" Caleb asks. "I was wondering if they were real."
Something tells me that Adam's being a little mischievous here, but I don't think I'll know what it is until after. Honestly, topping Caleb isn't really an issue so much as his personality and conflicts with Adam. If Adam is okay with things, however, then I guess I'm being a bit too judgmental of Caleb. There's probably more to their history and Caleb's hunt of him than what was revealed to me.
"Alright," I say. "First, I can agree to doing it in that order of who I'm doing it with. I'd prefer it that way, anyway, especially if you let me top you again immediately after him. Second, you don't get to set the conditions for my own sexual activities, Adam. If he doesn't want to do that, then he doesn't have to. Third, it's my rented room so I get to choose who sleeps in the bed."
Adam grumbles something quietly enough I can't pick it up, but continues on toward the inn. Once we reach the door of my room, Adam stares at Caleb rather hard.
"No touching me."
"Got it!" Caleb answers, his tail swishing back and forth a little.
We enter my room and strip off our clothes, though I leave on my cuff. Now naked, we enter the bathing room and thoroughly scrub ourselves clean, then dry off before moving to the bed. Adam and Caleb stay on opposites sides of me the entire time, though I can tell it's obvious Caleb is wanting to touch Adam in some form. Not necessarily in an antagonistic way… I think he had genuinely liked Adam before the incident even if Adam didn't return those feelings.
Which would explain why he called Adam his ex-boyfriend. Those feelings still linger and he's a little bitter about things.
"Uh… guys?" I ask after we're both on my bed.
"Yeah?" They both respond.
Adam is on my left while Caleb is on my right, with me facing them and their backs to the pillows.
"So, uh… we're gonna have to pause for a moment."
"Why?" Adam asks.
"Because someone was in here while we were washing up."
Both of them immediately sniff the air, their frowns after that telling me they can't smell anyone else having been in here. That immediately makes me suspicious and wary as it means someone wasn't just able to prevent them from being heard over the water, but even able to conceal their scent from a demihuman dragon.
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"I don't smell anyone," Adam says. "Just us."
"Same," Caleb says. "What makes you think someone was in here before we cleaned up?"
"Because those weren't," I get off my bed as I walk over to the table against one wall. "I would've noticed them sitting here as we passed by."
Resting on the table are four new objects. Two of them are notes resting against the other two items.
One is a clear jar with a brown-and-green root-like pattern on the lower half of it, the jar itself about three inches wide and six inches tall with a metal cap. The cap itself has a violet jewel set into the center of it. Another root-like pattern flows out of jewel and down to the edges of the cap.
The other actual item is a brown leather pouch about three inches wide and a little more than that tall, a golden drawstring woven through the edges of the opening. With the pouch open right now, I can see that it's filled with colorful marbles.
Each note is different. The one against the jar refers to it.
Hahahah! I stole this from Malrioke! Have it and have lots of fun, Jamie! Oh, but the cost for changes is 1 Mana instead of 10 Mana because I altered this one to make it better for you.
It's… a [Jar of Infinite Lube]. Based on that note, there's definitely more than one of these in existence. The wording implies that the offered items aren't created upon the acceptance but rather, things that already exist. Also that a god can steal from another god and modify the items, but I'm sure that's a whole different can of worms.
Or, uh, a whole different [Pouch of Infinite Tricks].
[Jar of Infinite Lube] Quality: 9 This jar contains a mystical lube that will always refill when some is removed, allowing for it to be used infinitely. The jar and lid are indestructible and the lid will always return to the jar if lost or moved too far away. By calling up the jar's menu via the crystal, one is also able to change the color, flavor, scent, and slickness of the lube for an extraordinarily low cost of only 1 Mana.
My guess is that Malrioke is the name of the God of Desire considering that's who offered the jar to me for the rewards. It's also easy to figure out stole it and gave it and the pouch to me just by the name of the pouch. The note left by that particular god also makes it extremely clear.
[Pouch of Infinite Tricks] Quality: 9 This pouch is filled with plenty of Marbles of Mysterious Tricks. When one is removed, a copy of another Marble of Mysterious Tricks from the Grand Trick Storage takes its place. Whether it will be a copy of the same one or a different one is unknown! Each marble contains a special trick that is only revealed after they're awakened for the low, low cost of 1 Mana! After the marble is awakened, the wielder will learn the truth of its trick and have thirty seconds to activate it by intent! Should they fail to do so by that time, then the effect will activate automatically!
Oi! Why didn't you accept my second offer? It's even better than that cuff by magnitudes! None of the marbles I've made have malicious abilities, meaning they're all super safe to use! The intent is to cause mischief, not hurt people! Go on! Try one! They're masterpieces! And they're only copies of the ones I actually crafted, so you never have to worry about running out! Also, there are plenty of the marbles in the storage, so you may take awhile to find repeats. Or you might get four of the same one in a row. It's really random. Try it, Jamie! Come on! Do it!
Those last three sentences appeared as I finished reading the note. I was ignoring the pouch for a reason, but it seems the mysteriousgod figured out that I wasn't going to accept it ever. Instead of making notes saying to choose in the reward choice menu and putting a strikethrough on the other ones, he could have just… put in the description that it wasn't malicious.
I'm also a bit nervous of what a "trick" from the mysterious god counts as considering that he apparently has no issue stealing from other gods. Also, he crafted the marbles himself? I know that it says that the pouch simply receives copies, but if there really is as numerous of them as he claims then just how much time does he have on his hands?
Something tells me that he's actually hand-crafting these, not just willing them into existence.
"What is it?" Adam asks.
"A god stole an item from another god to give to me," I answer as both notes vanish, probably to avoid tipping them off to the full truth. "And also gave me an item of his own. None of my research mentioned a god who likes pulling pranks and such."
"I think I remember hearing about one a long time ago," Adam shrugs. "But that he's been gone for… uh, as long as anyone can remember. So a really long time. Why?"
"Because this pouch is an item from a god," I hold it up to show them the pouch. "Read its information."
Adam and Caleb read it, their eyes widening at the description.
"He left a note," I say. "But it's gone now. It was really insistent on me giving it a try. As in, extra text appeared on it just to tell me to once I finished reading."
"Always a good rule to follow," Adam says. "Is to never leave a god waiting."
"I agree," Caleb nods. "If this mysterious god wants you to use that, then you probably should give it a try."
Nodding, I set the pouch down and pull out one of the marbles. They're almost completely clear and without any color, looking almost like plain glass marbles.
[Marble of a Mysterious Trick] Quality: 9 This marble contains a secret trick! Triggering the trick costs 1 Mana and will reveal the nature of the trick to you! Once you have triggered the marble, you will have 30 seconds to then activate the trick. If you don't, then the trick will activate automatically at the end of the deadline.
Praying for something that's actually acceptable, I trigger the Marble. Immediately, a notice alerting me to the marble's effect appears in my vision.
[Marble of Swapped Eyes] Quality: 9 Everyone within 250 feet of this marble will have their left and right visual feeds swapped for 5 minutes upon this marble's activation!
I hurry to the window, open it, and chuck the marble as hard and as far as I can. Let it be the problem of other people.
"What was the trick?" Caleb asks as I close the window and pull the curtains closed once more.
"Someone else's problem," I answer. "We'll probably hear about it tomorrow with people wondering what happened, but it's no longer our concern. You two ready for sex?"
"What's the other item?" Adam asks. "You're blocking the view."
I grab the jar and bring over to the bed as both of them stare at it in shock. They decide not to question things, and I leave it as the default clear lube with a Slickness Factor 4, its flavor and faint scent being sugar cookies. Who knows why it's that, but I'm not complaining.
Adam and Caleb are sitting about three feet apart on the bed, but lie down now that we're ready to get started. Adam lifts up his legs as I lube up my dick, the slickness at what I feel is a perfect level for this.
I slide my dick into Adam's ass and he moans lightly, eyes closing as he tilts his head back. A small moan escapes me as the tight feeling of his ass around my dick intensifies the more I slide in. Once I've got me dick all the way in, I push Adam's legs forward a little so they're more over him, then lean forward and brace myself against the bed with my hands before I begin thrusting.
A small grunt escapes Adam with every thrust forward, grabbing onto my arms at first before shifting to holding his legs. I reposition myself a little so that I'm pressing onto his right leg with my left hand and am thrusting with a little bit of a different angle now. Caleb changes position so that he can watch my dick as it slides back and forth into Adam's ass.
"Oooh!" I thrust all the way in as I hit my peak, leaning back a little as well. "Unh! Unh! Unh!"
I continue to moan a little with every blast of cum I shoot into Adam's ass. Not getting off for a few days has built me up a little and I know I shoot a couple of blasts more than normal. Adam sighs in satisfaction as I pull out of his ass, and Caleb immediately shifts to being on his hands and knees.
"My turn!" Caleb says. "Hard and fast, Jamie!"
A snort almost escapes but, but I suppress it before shifting over to him and moving his tail to the side. It ends up curling behind me a little and is significantly softer against my back than I expected. Very fluffy. I add a bit more lube to my dick, make sure it's coated well, and then ram it into Caleb's ass.
"Ah!" He gasps.
Just as he requested, I thrust hard and fast in his ass, gripping his hips while enjoying how much tighter his ass is than Adam's. Caleb lets out a loud, pleasured grunt with every thrust and ends up having to brace himself against the headboard of the bed with one arm. Having just hit a climax before starting this, it takes me longer to reach one with Caleb, and we don't change position at all for this.
Though it's weird to have something soft and fluffy rubbing my back a bit during this, or against my stomach with every thrust. I'm sure I'd end up bruised in the stomach if I fucked Adam this way.
As the feelings from the stimulation intensify, I lean forward and little and move my hands to Caleb's sides, my thrusts growing rougher. Caleb seems to enjoy that and is even thrusting his hips back a little now.
"Unh!" I start grunting a little as I begin blasting my cum into Caleb's ass, slamming my dick all the way in for my orgasm.
Once I finish cumming, I slide my hands under Caleb and tease his nipples a little, then pull out of his ass and flip him onto his back. There's a little bit of precum leaking out of his foreskin, and I get between his legs and start licking.
Caleb shoots a hand to my head as he moans softly. His dick is 7.5" long and 1.8" thick, making it smaller than Adam's but just right for Caleb. After licking up the precum that's leaking out of the foreskin, I pull the foreskin back and begin licking up what precum was caught beneath it. His dick twitches a little and a stream of precum shoots up, right into my mouth. I lick around the underside of his foreskin and all over the now-exposed head of his dick, Caleb playing with his right nipple with his left hand while holding my head with his right hand.
"C-c-cumming!" Caleb warns me. "Oh!"
I swallow every drop of his hot, salty cum, then give his dick a quick bit of suction with my mouth over it before releasing it from my grip. I look over at Adam, who's gently stroking his own tool.
"Want me to suck you off or fuck you again?" I ask.
Adam immediately lifts his legs up and actually somewhat bends his body over… so that he can insert his dick into his mouth. That's impressive, and I'm guessing it means he doesn't want a mouth that just had Caleb's dick and cum in it touching his dick. Honestly, his face as he changed positions told me that as well.
"Alright," I chuckle. "But you know that position suggests you're opening up your ass again."
Adam pauses in his attempt at sucking himself off, then lets out a sigh around his dick before flicking his hands down a little. I think it's meant to be an indication of his ass but he's trying to keep hold of his legs. There's a bit of resignation on his face now. He doesn't want me to because this dick was in Caleb's ass and hasn't been cleaned yet.
"Nah," I say. "I think I'm going to get cleaned up. Caleb, come on. We've both gotten sweaty again and could use another scrub."
"Huh?" Caleb asks. "But I wanna watch you-"
"Come on, Caleb."
I head back to the bathing room and scrub myself clean, Caleb joining me for it. Once we're both thoroughly scrubbed, we make sure to dry off. Adam's done taking care of himself by the time we rejoin him in the bedroom, though he gets up to go scrub off from the sex as well.
"So…" Caleb trails off for a moment as I climb onto the bed. "That was fun Jamie. Let's do it again sometime! But you seem like you're done for tonight, so I'm gonna go get a room."
"You can stay here tonight," I tell him.
"But Adam-"
"It's my rented room," I say. "Not Adam's. If he doesn't want to snuggle me while you are, then he can get another room. We're not boyfriends and we're not exclusive. He doesn't choose what I do. So if you want to stay the night, come join me up here."
Caleb looks a bit uncertain, but turns off the light in here, then climbs up onto the bed and crawls under the covers with me. The position he moves into on his own is with me spooning him, our legs and his tail tangled up a little. When Adam comes out of the bathroom, I can hear him pausing a little.
In the end, he decides to stay with me tonight and climbs up into the bed, spooning me from behind. I do have to stop him from trying to subtly push Caleb away within the first five minutes, but he settles into just hugging me after that. Minus the brief kicking of the legs he and Caleb do before I clear my throat.
That stops any budding conflict in its tracks and I finally get to fall asleep without worry.