CH 10: Partying up
“Congrats, my child, 3 lovers in a day was more than I was expecting.” The ethereal voice spoke from beyond the shroud of light.
Claire panicked for a second, then realized she was dreaming, ”Thank you? It just kinda happened, I don’t know how.”
“All three were already attracted to you. Yet you never noticed,” The Goddess said with a hint of jovialness.
“Really?” Claire paused.
Ana was ogling her in the kitchen before learning of her class, and Jasmine did hint at more. Shaking her head to get rid of the thought, she had questions she needed answered.
”Why me? Why now?”
A pause as the light flickered on the silhouetted. Claire saw a small glimpse of her goddess. Her hair was a similar red to her own, but it flowed as if it were weightless. Like she was submerged underwater.
Finally, She spoke, ”Do you know the Tyrant King?”
Claire nodded. He was a former hero whose greed led him to attack the gods. Everyone was taught this story.
Nearly 500 years ago, he rose up to defend humanity from demons and the Demon Lord. His arrogance and madness pushed him to conquer the continent after the conflict ended. Then, to the realm of the gods, where he slew dozens of them. He was only stopped after he was betrayed by his Patron. The god of war decided that he had gone too far and stabbed him in the back. After this, the remaining gods divided up the powers of the lost gods and decided humanity’s punishment.
The Tyrant’s Curse was inflicted upon humanity.
“Correct. A curse to demasculinize the human race and birth fewer males. It’s why men are so fragile and feminine.”
Claire shouldn’t have been surprised that She could read her thoughts. It was the first time she heard that men weren’t always rare or physically weak. Every story she read made the Tyrant out to be an exceptional man who was either a demigod or half giant.
“It’s led to the oppression of men and families needing to spend a fortune for a baby. I want you to change this.”
“So that’s why you gave me a cock.” She barely saw the divine figure nod. The light was too bright for her eyes.
“Keep growing in power, start by freeing your brother and his fellow harem boys. I will reach out when I can to guide you.” The Goddess’s voice had more and more emotion as She spoke. In her previous dream, Her voice lacked emotion.
“Good luck.”
With that, she woke up. Her breath was haggard, and she was covered in sweat.
After the craziness that was her birthday, she decided to spend time with her mothers. She mainly helped Eve around the house and then focused on helping Jane with the farm. She wanted to spend some extra time with them since she was going to be adventuring soon.
Her mothers loved it. They were beaming with happiness all day and were emotional at night. It felt good to spend a whole day with them.
She didn’t notice that she leveled up after recruiting the twins. It was only after her day’s work that she checked her sheet. She gained stats in her most important fields: strength, resistance, and defense. And, a new skill.
Weak Taunt: Distract your enemies with a shout. Enemies with lower wisdom or resistance will redirect their attacks to you. Cooldown 150s.
With her new skill, she can better control her foes. Her mothers and the new level up kept her busy the whole day after her birthday. And she was thankful her goddess didn’t visit her a third night in a row, allowing her to get a full night’s rest.
Two days after her birthday, she was meeting up with her new party to discuss their first assignment. Jasmine was with the twins at their meeting spot. Claire chose the shortcut where Jasmine had nearly bounced her.
Claire’s heart rate spiked upon seeing her. They hadn’t spoken or seen each other in two days. Her being here was a good sign, right?
“Hello, Elsie and Ana. Hey Jaz,” Claire said, trying not to be awkward. All three looked at her with what looked like anger. She wasn’t quite sure.
Jasmine spoke up first, ”Holy shit, this cock is insatiable. I must have jacked off 10 times yesterday. I couldn’t even leave my room, Daphne would have seen it.”
“I knew you two had a thing going!” Elsie exclaimed. She eyed the two as they both looked away in embarrassment. ”But, same. Nothing we tried would satisfy it for very long.”
Their eyes snapped to Elsie. It took a minute and an awkward pause, but it slowly dawned on her. She accidentally let slip that she and Ana helped each other. Now beet red and squirming, the twins tried to retreat.
“Hold up, did you two… fuck?” Jasmine asked.
“N-n-n-no” Ana said a bit too loudly. “Just… just used o-our hands and uh… mouths.”
Claire felt her cock begin to harden, and her bulge became more noticeable in her pants. She did not expect this. Looking to her former teacher, she was having a similar reaction.
Claire shivered as she watched Jaz’s cock grow through her pants. Claire needed to redirect the conversation, or else they could throw adventuring out the window.
She took a deep, calming breath and said, ”I’m sorry, I should have expected this. We’ll come up with a solution later, right now, we should focus on formalizing our party and finding a request.”
Jasmine closed her eyes and started her meditation. The twins tried their best to calm down, but their faces were still flushed.
”You’re right, I have most of the paperwork done, just need your signatures and a name.” Jasmine said after calming down significantly. “Couldn’t come up with one, so maybe we can use that to get our minds off of… that”
“I have a few we could try.” Elsie began. “Originally, I thought centering the name of our party around me as the leader. But with Claire’s class being what it is. It’s probably better to name it after her.”
. Jasmine and Ana nodded, but Claire was a bit confused.
“With that, I tried thinking of names: Do we incorporate the goddess? Virility? Or try to be more subtle?” Elsie explained her thought process aloud. “Maybe red for her hair or emerald for her eyes? And what monster or animal?”
“Red wolves?” Jasmine offered.
“Nah, already exists. Any color and wolves have been taken for centuries.” Elsie said with a smug smirk.
“Goddess’s champions?” Claire added. “Champions of the Goddess.”
Elsie rubbed her chin. ”Maybe in the future. It’d be a bit too arrogant and put a target on our back to use it so soon. If we knew her name, we could use it, but we don’t.”
“Warriors of Restol?” Ana tried.
“That’s not bad, I guess. Pays homage to our village.” Elsie replied.
“Seraphs of Scarlett?” Claire asked. Added her hair color and the goddess connection quite cleverly, she thought.
”That‘s good,” Elsie perked up. “But maybe something simple and catchy. Like ‘Scarlett Seraphs.’”
Elsie paused for a moment. The smirk she had widened. “I like that.”
“Plus, Seraphs are a good idea since they are connected to the Gods,” Ana added.
“True, it gets my vote.” Elsie nodded.
“I’ll add that as our name. If you three could sign here.” Jasmine said as she held a paper and a quill. “I'll get this to Elizabeth and have her process it.”
Claire signed and began to smile. Her party members were also smiling. The twins quickly signed, and both were ready to start.
Claire took her first step toward accomplishing her goal. With enough experience, she could join Riefleheim's order of knights, or with enough resources, she could just buy back her brother.
She put forth her hand and offered a few words. ”From now on, we are a party. We work together and get stronger.”
“I think our first major goal should be establishing our own base. It’ll take a while, but it’s a good long-term goal,” Jasmine added, putting her hand on Claire’s.
Claire’s heart jumped at the touch, and their eyes met. She looked into those deep, grey eyes as her chest ignited.
“Short term, finish an E rank quest and then a D rank,” Elsie said, adding her hand to the pile.
“Also, how to deal with… our, uh…. Gifts,” Ana added. Putting her hand at the top of the pile.
Claire smiled as all three looked at her. “I’ll do my best to figure that out.”
With that, she raised the pile with her hand. The girls followed suit, and they let out a cheer.
Now their journey officially begins.