Chapter 11: Vows – Part 1
It's 3PM. I wake up and Alissa is besides
while Hana is stroking her hair.
I still can't properly cast magic.
"Is Roxanne okay? I wanna take a bath," I ask.
"She was helping wash the wounded so I know she's at least way better than you, master," Hana says.
"I'll go get her," Alissa says and gets up.
I slowly move outside and pull out the bath items. I sit down next to the bath and wait. Roxanne cos over, she's disheveled, her robes are dirty and one of the glass lenses is cracked. I want a mirror, what do I look like if I'm worse than her?
"Well, you look like shit, Wolf," she says.
"Thanks… I way overdid it, I can't cast magic."
"That's… just like you, right?" She gives
a wry smile.
She casts [Water Wall] and then throws a single [Fireball] in the tub and the water is steaming.
She leaves and Hana and Alissa help
take a bath. It feels imnsely refreshing, much of the soreness goes away. Alissa shows
her hand technique while Hana kisses . Honestly Alissa's hand is as good as mine but her hands are softer and more delicate, I feel like I will lt and pass out on the bath.
We get out and Roxanne has her turn. After a while she finishes and I recover the equipnt. Then I go back to bed and rest, I don't feel sleepy now, though.
"That will leave a scar," Alissa says, she traces her fingers on my cheek.
"Don't use [Regeneration] on it, it will make you more handso," says Hana.
At 5PM I crawl out of bed, I'm strong enough to use magic again.
"Who's the worst?" I ask.
"Targua," says Silvane. She's sprawled on a chair, she looks exhausted.
"You should go rest and sleep. I can heal them until the wounds aren't threatening anymore," I say.
"I won't say no to that..." Silvane gets up and leaves.
There's still a knight here watching the wounded. Silvane goes to her spare tent, which is much smaller than the other they had.
Targua is unconscious, he has a deep cut on his belly that's still bleeding a little, I think he got skewered. He has a few cuts on his arms and a nasty bruise on his ribs. I go for the cut and the bruise. I cast two heavy [Heals] and my head is back to hurting again. My mana is full, it's just that I have been overusing my magic.
I look at the others, I heal the space mage with a lung puncture, I heal the head of the knight who got a concussion, I heal the space mage who had a diagonal cut through his entire front and I heal the broken ribs of the hunter who got stepped on.
Done, they are all saved for now. My head is splitting and I need to rest again. I go back to bed and ask Hana for a head massage, it actually helps a bit.
I eat dinner and go to sleep. I don't let Alissa participate on the watch, I'm afraid of nightmares, but Hana has to because I can't summon my dogs tonight.
Today is the 19th.
My charisma increased by 1 (now 11), was that because of the scar?
We wake up and break camp. Targua and a hunter with a broken leg still need to be carried so we use a makeshift stretcher.
and Silvane heal them more but we are still tired and our bodies overused mana. I have to cast [Swift Foot] on myself to keep up with the walking speed.
Alissa participates on the scouting to help the tired scouts. There weren't that many monsters since we ca through the path we cleared. A few naked goblins, a single Young Ogre and two packs of Mossy Fangpines. I have no energy to focus on fighting so I just make sure to keep straight and walking. Soon enough noon cos but Haaran doesn't tell us to stop, we are close to the border, we will rest once we are out.
The trees open up and finally we see the short grassland. On the other side of the grassland is the road, beyond the roads are our wagons and a small group of city guards. They co running to us when we appear.
Haaran explains the situation to them and their expressions go somber. We eat a quick lunch and I don't waste anyti and get on my wagon. The rest of Akros enter but they remain mostly quiet this ti, it seems Alissa won the competition with the dwarf girl.
"What happened to the bodies?" I whisper to Alissa.
"A space mage must be carrying it, the bodies don't rot on the [Item Box] and it's also a more dignified way of carrying it," she answers.
Well, that's interesting, but it makes
uncomfortable to think of a human body inside of my "Items".
I rest my eyes and take a nap while the wagon rocks on.
We reach the town by dusk. Silas, the Lord, and a group of priests wait for us at the city gates. They likely thought the worst since we are late in our schedule.
Haaran, still with a bruised face cos forward and shakes the hand of his father. They gaze at each other so powerfully it even affects
who's just observing from far away, it's like seeing a Renaissance painting in real life. I see a faint smile form at the face of the Lord.
Silas takes us to the barracks and an army of scribes wait for us. We sit in front of the scribes and they collect our reports. I'm so tired I absentmindedly answer their questions and retell our story. The scribe loses so of his composure when he hears about the Orc Chief and he frowns when we reach the part of the attack on the camp.
When it's over it's already 10PM. I just pull out the flying dinghy and Roxanne pilots us ho. We take a quick bath, then dinner and direct to bed. Today was blur.
Today is the 20th.
It's over. Another crisis, another nightmare, another fight. It's over and now we are safe. The scene of Hana being suppressed keeps in my mind, I don't want to see that repeat but I know I'll have to fight again. If it's not because of
it's because of them, I can't change that these won are warriors. I'll just have to enjoy the monts we have and make sure they never suffer, make sure they never die.
I'm the one who wakes up first, I slowly wake up Alissa by caressing her ears. At the sa ti I caress Hana's arm scales with the tip of my fingers. Then Alissa turns and I kiss her deeply. I want you so much Alissa.
Hana wakes and moves her hand over my body. I turn around and it's her turn for the kiss. I get on top of Hana and fondle both hers and Alissa's breasts.
"You look energetic today, master," Alissa says while she grabs my erect dick and strokes it.
"I'm just happy we are all here, together," I say, breaking the kiss, "I'm glad I have you two… I really am. I love you, both of you, a lot."
I always believed love is sothing that grows on you with ti, that it should be a deep feeling that you shouldn't rush. But the thing that I feel about these two won is not just lust or obsession, I trust them, I know I can risk my life together with them. I want to make them happy from the bottom of my heart and I know they are doing the sa for .
Is this the "Suspension Bridge Effect"? I don't know, I don't care anymore all I know is that I'm happy and safe with them and I want to keep it this way.
Hana grins and looks at Alissa, then back at . Alissa is frozen and her eyes are wide open.
"I love you too, master," Hana says without a hint of sha.
"I-I l-lo-ve-ve y-you t-too, m-master!" Alissa stutters and shakes.
"Then show it to ," I say.
I push my hand between Alissa's legs, she pulls my head and kisses . This ti it's she who's eager and pushes her tongue inside my mouth. I move my body a little and push my hand on Hana's pussy too, she squirms and lets out a moan.
Soon enough Alissa is wet and I waste no more ti, I move her hips and start fucking her. I break my kiss with her and kiss Hana, my left hand moves with all my strength on her pussy.
With my free hand I close Alissa's legs and apply pressure. It's the tightest I have ever felt, Alissa arches her back and moans loudly.
After a while I stop my kiss, my hand is tired. I turn Alissa around and fuck her from behind, I bend her back and reach her ears and bite them.
"HMNYA!" She screams amid moans. Hana laughs.
I hug Alissa from behind and put my head besides her ear.
"I love you, Alissa," I whisper.
She squirms, her insides tighten and her tail freezes.
"I love you, deeply within my heart, I trust you with my life," I whisper again.
Her breath is erratic, she's trying to mutter sothing.
"You don't have to say anything right now, tell
when you can," I whisper again and she stops talking, but I feel her insides tighten again.
I enjoy her body warmth and I let it out, I finish inside her.
I take a minute of rest and force myself to get erect again. Then I fuck Hana who's waiting for , legs spread.
She grabs my hips and helps
thrust. We touch foreheads and just stare at each other, those yellow lizard eyes stare into my soul.
"I love you too Hana. You are mine, forever. I will make you happy and I will entrust you my life," I say.
"There's nothing else for
to... say, master. I already said I would give... you my everything. I love you, master," she smirks amid moans.
I pick up speed and violently smack her hips, I give all my strength. I grab her breasts and squeeze them, then I bite her nipples.
My strength is going away and I feel it coming, I don't try to hold it in. I lose speed and kiss her. Finally I finish inside her too. I'm spent, my body strength isn't fully recovered yet. I flop down between Hana and Alissa.
Alissa hugs
tight from behind.
"I love you, master. I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you..." Alissa repeats and her voice dies down, she's almost crying. I hear hear tail hitting the sheets rapidly.
Hana brings my face face to her breasts and kisses the top of my head.
I let so silent tears, I wanna stay like this forever.
After a long ti Alissa breaks the hug, she and Hana have to go clean themselves and make breakfast, also another sheet needs to be washed. I stay to look at my stats.
[Mana Overuse Resistance] increased by 1 (now 2), incredibly [Summoning Magic] increased by 5, is this because I have a lot of knowledge on [Summoning Magic] now? [Light Magic] increased by 1 (now 9 2), [Sword Use] increased by 1 (now 9 5), [Redirect Mana] increased by 1 (now 2) and [Mana Control] increased by 1 (now 0 5). My "Magic Power" increased by 5 (now 225) and MP by 35 (now 490).
Wolf Ryder Skill Report
Physical
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Sword Use
9 5
Dodge
2 5
Parry
1 5
Block
2 7
Shield Bash
0 1
Magical
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Sense Mana
0 5
Mana Control
0 5
Mana Recovery
7 0
Mana Efficiency
2 4
Reduced Mana Cost
3 0
Mana Overuse Resistance
0 2
Blessing Magic
10 0
Light Magic
9 2
Summoning Magic
20 5
Redirect Mana (creator)
2
Miscellaneous
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Skill Na
Level
Andraste Language
10 0
Dismantling
0 1
Enhanced Sen Recharge
0 1
OBS: Level ans (free point) (trained point)
Now that I think about it, were there any humanoids at the goblin village? If it truly was a breeder village then it must have, but I didn't see anybody… oh… I don't want to think about this anymore. The hunter advice book says that people are considered dead the mont they are captured because they never co back, neither in body or in mind. There were no humanoids in that village.
I get up and go help with breakfast, thinking about this will ruin my mood.
We have a nice selection of cold at cuts, bread, sheep cheese, and butter. With a few leaves and a mild herb sauce similar to ranch the sandwiches we can make are pretty good. Alissa also prepared a strong black tea, we have sugar now and we use it sparingly on tea.
Roxanne seem very content this morning, she will go back to work on Moonlight Moss now.
"Actually, I have an idea. I thought about an interesting way to process the moss," Roxanne says.
"The brain needs ti to rest so it can process information and develop. Regular breaks should always be part of your routine. Did you ever get an interesting idea during the bath or before sleep?" I ask.
"Well… yeah, it happened a few tis..." She says.
"Sa principle, take your mind off things for a while and your brain will have the ti to grow."
"Huh… No wonder you have a blessing. Alright! I will work hard and rest even harder!" Roxanne says jokingly.
"Sothing like this would be on par with your personality," says Alissa.
"Ah, Alissa. The wedding is gonna be at 5PM, how's it gonna be? I know nothing about marriages here," I ask.
"There's a small ceremony where they say their vows towards each other in front of the priest and write their nas on the registry. Then it's a party," she answers.
I get a shiver.
"I… don't like parties… ," I say.
Hana snorts, Roxanne shrugs.
"Well we don't have to stay long. Just enough for dinner and so talk."
"I should leave early, you should stay longer."
Alissa turns her head away and thinks.
"Do we have to take so gifts?" I ask.
"If you wish, but since we don't know how are the needs of the house we have to think of sothing special."
"Perhaps a decoration? Or maybe so expensive tea that you like," Roxanne suggests.
"Tea? Does she even like tea? Shouldn't it be sothing that's useful for her or sothing she likes?" I ask.
"I don't know. But it's not about whether she likes it or not, a present should be sothing that you enjoy and wants to share," Alissa answers.
I guess I'm too practical with gifts.
"Then I guess tea might be okay. I would prefer if it was coffee or chocolate, though."
"Coffee?" Asks Roxanne.
"A bean that you brew and make coffee, sowhat like tea."
"Never heard of it," she continues.
"Anyway, let's go in the afternoon and get the tea," I say.
"Ah, master. You should visit Ciel now then," says Alissa.
"Really?"
"Yes, she was interested in your adventures. If she hears you participated in the extermination and didn't even show up after she might get sad."
Well, she's a good person, I guess.
"Then, do you want to co?" I ask.
Alissa thinks for a bit, she looks a bit worried. What is going on?
"Alright, let's go together then," she answers.
I ride Alissa to the temple, we ask for Ciel and she's healing at the clinic, it's a in front of the temple. We wait at the lobby for half an hour until she starts her break. Then she invites us into an empty room.
"Sorry to bother you during your break," I say.
"No bother, a break is to be used relaxing or talking to others," Ciel says with a smile.
"Well, anyway. We just ca back yesterday, we were on the goblin extermination request the guildmaster organized.
Ciel opens her eyes wide and then sighs. She could have healed soone from the expedition yesterday and seen the damage.
"Surprising, but not unexpected," she chuckles.
I shrug.
"Yep. I might have to really accept my nickna."
"Nickna?"
Alissa tries to contain a smile.
"After the Symbol I gained the nickna 'Good Luck'. Nobody is using it but it's just a matter of ti before it's known."
Nicknas appear on the guild "Notable Hunts" and "Confird Kills" boards.
"All heroes had nicknas, there's no option but for master to accept it."
I cringe at these words.
"I don't wanna be a hero."
"Well, a hero is title given to others, there's no way you will have a choice in this matter," Ciel says.
"Se-seriously, let's stop talking about this it's giving
chills," I ask.
"Okay, okay. Tell
how it went, I only heard how the wounded got hurt, I don't know much else," Ciel relents.
"Ok, but. Why are you interested in my stories?" I ask.
"Well..." She looks away for a second, "I did say you were an interesting person, right?"
I don't feel like probing her further. We retell the story of the expedition, Alissa seems excited and proud. We end up also telling her about how the research on [Golemancy] and my small talent with [Summoning Magic] is going.
"Hohoh, you will get your 'Scholar' title soon enough," says Ciel.
"What you an? Does 'Scholar' appear on my status like my nickna?
"Yes, there's a few titles like 'Scholar', 'Knight', 'Great rchant' or 'Great Adventurer' and many other unique ones that appear once you accomplish sothing."
"What does a title do?"
"It's just recognition."
I'm rather ambivalent about it then.
"The story of your expedition gave
a bit of nostalgia," Ciel says.
"Hm? Were you an adventurer, Miss Ciel?" Asks Alissa.
"No, but I was warrior priestess. Once in a while we join the guard and explore the Sea of Trees. I also traveled for a little while with the Templar Knights."
"Oh, now that's interesting. What weapon did you use?" I ask.
"A glaive."
and Alissa lift our eyebrows in surprise.
"What's with the surprised faces? This robe doesn't show my figure, I'm pretty strong," and she lifts an arm and flexes, nothing can be seen behind the loose robes.
"They certainly don't," I say.
Ciel looks dejected.
"I'm sorry. That was rude, it's obvious you are beautiful," I correct myself.
"T-that's not e-exactly what I was talking about, but thank you."
Damn, I'm smooth.
Alissa smirks at . What's with you today?
"Do you miss those days, Miss Ciel?" Alissa asks.
"W-well, no, I'm fine with healing people here," Ciel says while averting her eyes.
"That wasn't a very confident answer," I say.
Ciel shrugs.
"Those weren't bad days, it was just a choice I made… well anyway, my break ti is over. Thank you for visiting, please co again Mr. Ryder and Miss Alissa," she says with a smile.
We say our goodbyes and leave.
"Master, I know this is presumptuous of
but would you invite Miss Ciel to the fellowship?" Alissa asks.
"Wha-what?"
"You have seen it too, she misses the fight. She only needs a good reason to go back."
"Ok, but what reason would she have to join us, specifically?"
"Well. First, you are basically the town's hero, after this expedition the Lord should have his eyes on you and he will likely try to reward you with sothing special, which ans you are a competent adventurer. Second, she's already very interested in your personality, you two have a good relationship with your religious talks so I'm she believes you are a good person. Third, you already have plenty of won in the fellowship, this ans you are trustworthy around won. Fourth, she's unmarried."
"W-wha n-no w-we, ah, oh, uh…"
Alissa looks at
confused.
"What made you confused?" She asks, tilting her head.
"Why did you ntion marriage?!"
"Ciel is getting past normal marriage age, you could easily pursue her. I'm a bit surprised you didn't, even Roxanne would accept you."
"Master?"
"Yes?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yes."
"You don't look okay."
"Is that so?"
"Can you pull a chair and sit down?"
"Ok."
I pull a chair from my "Items" and sit, it's quite comfortable.
"Master…"
"Yes?"
"We really need to talk about this."
"Oh, what is it?"
"You should pursue Ciel and Roxanne."
Hm.
"I don't understand why you are so confident with
and Hana while you act like this with Ciel and Roxanne."
Huh.
"Perhaps it's because we are slaves? Now you are scared of the real thing?"
"AH! NO!"
"C-calm down…"
"I'm not… a bad person… I'm not… using you…"
"What are you saying? You are not a bad person, what are you talking about 'using you'?"
"I…"
Alissa won't let
escape, Alissa won't let
run. It's true, because Alissa and Hana were slaves I took their feelings lightly. It's why it was difficult for
to accept that their love is real, it's why I was feeling guilty of abusing their bodies, it's why I'm so scared right now, it's why I think I'm a bad person.
I used Alissa and Hana as a way to find comfort and safety on this fucking scary world, then I fell in love with them, it doesn't change the fact that I used them before that. But now that we are talking about marriage, how a real relationship might start, I get reminded of what I did, of what love should really be. Alissa and even Hana do not see themselves as my lovers, even if they say they love
they are still my slaves and now we are casually talking about marrying and bringing more won to my bed while they stay as my slaves, below my wife.
That still doesn't even touch how I already had a wife on Earth and I cheated on her with these two. That was just a problem I decided to forget, to push it away so I could remain sane and happy. Can I do the sa to Roxanne and Ciel that I did to Lily? Could I abandon them if I found a way back to my world? Marriage ans creating permanent roots here. Now even worse, I didn't even consider Alissa's and Hana's feelings, I still wished for a way back even while I was with them, even I didn't consider them to be my real lovers.
"If I were one day to return to my holand there might be a chance I can't take back you, or Hana, or any woman I marry."
Alissa freezes.
I feel like crying.
"I just ignored it because I wanted company, I wanted comfort because I was scared and lonely. I bought you and Hana but I didn't consider your feelings if I were to ever abandon you. I'm sorry… I don't know what I should do," I lower my head and let the tears run.
Silently Alissa hugs my head.
I have a responsibility, I have a decision to make. Whoever I abandon will be hurt.
God might have fucked
over but it's still my decision to make.
I'm the weak one who cried for help, who then got saved and protected.
I have to take responsibility over my actions.
Neither choice is perfect, neither world is simple, neither outco is desirable.
There's no logical choice.
I just have to follow my heart.
And my heart tells
one thing.
"I will stay with you. I won't go back, I will stay with you forever," I say.
Alissa hugs
tighter.
I don't know how long we stood there. I don't care how many eyes looked at us, all they saw was a young couple crying and hugging. All I know is that on this day, I beco a different person, I cast out my old na. From this day on, I'm Wolf "Good Luck" Ryder.
I don't really know why I never told Alissa the truth. I guess I was just running from it, trying to forget Earth, trying to forget what I did to Lily...
"I will tell you the truth of my holand."
"W-what?" Alissa says in a hoarse voice.
"Why I left, why I don't talk about it, why I don't know anything about this world, why I'm so different, and why I won't go back. I think Roxanne should hear it too and if we want to invite Ciel she will also need to hear it. Let's go back ho."
We reach ho at 10PM and call Hana and Roxanne to the dining table.
"Master, your eyes are red. What's going on?" Hana asks, worried. Roxanne looks the sa.
"I wanna tell the truth."
They stay quiet and sit down.
"First of all, the thing that explains
the most is that I might co from another realm."
"What do you an by that?" Asks Roxanne.
"Exactly that, the gods can see other realms, right? Well, my realm is different. There's no magic, humanoid gods, other races or monsters, there's only humans there. My realm is called Earth."
I tell them my life story. I was born in 2019 in Brazil, I grew up playing gas and reading stories, I entered the university and graduated with a robotics degree, then I immigrated to Canada and married Lily at 30. During the ceremony I was transported here. I explained gas as board gas but much more advanced, they kind of understood it, there's magical board gas that are similar to table-top Warhamr 40k. I explained robotics as similar to [Summoning Magic] and possibly very similar to [Golemancy].
It was very hurtful to talk to them about Earth, my past life. Rembering my few friends, my family, my Lily. All those people that I have decided to abandon, everything I built on Earth will remain unfinished. I will never be able to feel the happiness of those whom I loved, or the things I loved to do. I'm sorry Mom, Dad, Sis and Bro, Tito and Lala. Goodbye.
Then I told them how I appeared on this world and survived, my strange abilities to manipulate skill points and how I can change Alissa's and Hana's skill points. How my world has an entirely different common sense and how I was as careful as I could to keep a low profile. How I might be cursed/blessed to be a hero or to live an "interesting life
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