Chapter 151 – Meeting the Teacher

*** Alzi ***

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!" pulls me out of my stupor. My hips have been working on instinct for hours. Semen pooling on the bed. Our thighs are slick with our fluid. I don't know if the Princess fell asleep, lost her voice, or just stopped enjoying our time together in bed. But I haven't heard a peep from her for an hour.

The maid tackles me and bites me. Her fingernails dig into my arms.

"Fucking bitch," I scratch out. My throat dry from my own moans.

"Sedriresa let her go," the Princess says. "I told her she could do it. I didn't think she would actually make it to the morning, but that was up to her. I would prefer you not attack my husband."

"Sorry, your Highness," the scary maid says, slowly sliding off me and looking over the messy Princess. "Are you alright? This is not how you should spend your first night with your husband. You are so sore. Will you be able to walk and work today? You must be tired."

"Stop, leave me alone," the Princess groans. "I don't need someone poking around down there. Alzi did as I said she could, so stop fussing over me."

"My Lady," Aurora says, causing me to jump. "The healer is going to be here soon, and you need a bath. Oh, you are bleeding. You still have mana, right?"

"Yes," I say.

"Then you should use it, Alzi. I do not like seeing you hurt like this, and it would be embarrassing to meet the healer with silly injuries like this still around," Aurora says, poking a prodding my body, looking for other marks. "You look fine otherwise, injury-wise. But it seems you had a long and messy night with your wife. Come, come, I will let you walk naked to save us a bit of time if you would like."

"Sure," I mumble out. The old maid pulls me out of the massive bed. We leave the Princess to fight with her ass of a maid and instead stumble through the halls like I used to do in the brothel. My feet slap against the wooden floors.

I spot the little brown dog and shout out to her, "Calli!"

"My Lady, we really do not have time to chat," Aurora says, letting us stop for the maid.

"Then we can recruit some help," I say.

"I have Annoris and Shyla waiting for us, but I guess a fourth would be useful," Aurora sighs.

Calli comes over, her tail wagging as she questions my clothing choice.

"My Lady would like you to help her bathe. We have an important guest coming over, and I do not want to risk magic missing a spot with a messy lady like this," Aurora says. "Do you have time to help us?"

"Yes," Calli says with a small bow.

"Come then," Aurora says.

Aurora leads us down to the first floor and through the maze to the normal bath. Shyla and Annoris are waiting by the side of the water, soap already in their hands.

Aurora dunks me into the bath, and they get to work wiping the sweat, semen, and vaginal fluids off my body. One for each wing, another for my front, and the last for my backside.

They work quickly to get my skin clean, then give me a shave and work shampoo into my hair. Not that it really needs it. I don't think my hair can get dirty.

"Thank you, Calli," Aurora says as she washes the suds out of my hair. "You can return to your normal duties."

"Anything for the house," the dog says with a bow. Her bushy tail wagging behind her.

Why couldn't I get her as a maid instead of Annoris?

Can I ask for the change?

"Aurora, how do I unlock the front door?" I ask instead. I don't want to forget that again, and I doubt they will let me change Annoris now that I've gotten her pregnant. It would be a fun loophole to their little one-maid-a-month thing.

"I do not know if you have been added to the door," Aurora says. "I will check, and tomorrow, I can get you added. If you are not, then I can teach you how to open it. It is not hard; just push a bit of mana into the door. But it is best to make sure."

"Thanks," I say. "Are we done here?"

"Yes, that was the last of it," Aurora says. "We can dry you off then, Shyla. You brought the Lady's clothing down, right?"

"Yes, mother," Shyla says.

"Good, sorry, my Lady, but you will need to be properly dressed for this lesson. I have also scheduled it to happen in the west garden," Aurora says, dragging me out of the water. "I think it would be nice to have some fresh air in the morning."

"Whatever. Did you find Kelly?" I ask, knowing she will have to tell me she failed. How will she sugarcoat this one?

"I did not find her, my Lady," Aurora says, drying me off with a wave of her hand. "She had left the brothel the day you left. I am still trying to find her, but the capital is large, with plenty of healers. But if she starts up a shop I am sure to find her soon. Based on your growing assets, I think you will be coming up on your level cap soon, and I want to get you a healing class. I am sorry I did not find her."

"Why are you acting like you were looking?" I ask. "You were with me the entire time so how could you be looking for Kelly if you never made it to the capital."

"I was in charge of the search, so it is me who did not find her, my Lady," Aurora says, pulling me to the changing room. Shyla follows close behind. "I had a few maids from the house doing the search, but I was in charge. Now, can you help us get you dressed?"

"Fine," I say, raising my arms so they can put the bra or wrap on.

"I want to try a different style," Shyla says right before I feel a tug and my waist sinches.

A damn corset. These fucking bitches.

"I am used to a bulging belling," I say. "And I think kids have ruined my insides plenty enough already. I don't need this damn thing making it worse. Then I have my wings that you are pinching right now."

"Don't worry, my Lady," Shyla says, pulling the strings tighter. "This won't pull in the waist or stomach much. It is just to give you a more defined shape and show off your growing chest. But I will limit the amount of times you have to wear them. Princess Elora may decide the family is wearing corsets and then I have nothing I can do for you. But today, this is what I have. Then just a bit of mana, and your wings will move on through."

I don't get it. I don't understand what magic this bitch is using to make the corset tighten without a back but fuck her for being able to do it. The corset is at least mainly silk, so it is soft as it pinches just below my ribcage, and it isn't as crazy as I've seen some clients come in with.

Shyla rolls out some stockings that use the corset's garters. Then comes a large skirt that covers me all the way down to my ankles and just sits over my tail. Am I just supposed to keep my tail still for a day?

What did I do to Shyla? Did she want the damn kid?

I guess showing tits is classy, but ankles are an issue? I don't know. The cleavage with this corset is almost worse than just not covering my breasts at all. I'm a good cough away from making that happen. But the deep purple has some sparkles in it that catch my light beautifully.

"Alright, time to go to the garden," Aurora calls out.

"Shoe, Mother," Shyla says, holding out plain black heels. Three inches, it looks like. "Then her tail."

"Didn't want to go bigger?" I ask, holding out a foot for her.

"I do know how to limit the pain clothing gives out," Shyla says, her strange magic letting the skirt pass through my tail.

With my shoes on, Aurora is back to dragging me around the house and through the yard till we get to the garden.

I meant to come out here, but I can't normally be naked outside my room, so I don't explore much.

"Hello, Lady Oriphusa," Aurora says. Not seeing a woman in front of me, I look to the right and see the real reason it isn't in my room on the fourth floor. A Lamia is slithering down, following a maid missing an arm down another path. I'm guessing the stairs are a little annoying for her.

"Hello, Aurora," Oriphusa says with a chuckle. "Feels weird not to say Lady Aurora. I hope you're doing well."

"I am doing well, thank you. Thanks to your new student, I am actually newly pregnant," Aurora says. "How are you doing today?"

"Quite well, old friend. Congratulations on the kid, but be careful. We old women struggle a bit with kids. I hope you remember my last kid," Oriphusa says, moving beside my maid. "I was circulating mana all the time to keep my body in check. You'll need your Lady to make it to the end. Even my body wasn't ready for the kid. But I think I can get Lady Alzi ready for you fast. I heard stories about what she could do in that brothel. A number of women walked out with minor ailments healed even without her trying," the damn snake says.

"Yes, I will need a lot of help with these children," Aurora says. "Now for official introductions. My Lady, this is Lady Oriphusa. A famous healer and, as you likely guessed, my friend. Lady Oriphusa, this is my Lady and the newest wife of Princess Elora. Lady Alzi."

"Is this why you couldn't find Kelly?" I say. "Because you want to talk with your friend?"

"Kelly?" Lady Oriphusa says. "Is that the midwife in the capital? I stopped hearing about her a few years ago. I was hoping to have her help with my kids but couldn't find her."

"Yes," I say. "She was helping me in the brothel I was a slave in."

"Hmm, she is more of a midwife than a healer. She can do both, and it would be a good idea to learn from her," Lady Oriphusa says. "I think you will have a lot of kids to help deliver. But I am better at the healing side. She could teach you the basics of using mana, but once we get outside of mana, I will be able to tell you more."

"Kelly said she could teach me."

"My Lady, this was arranged before you made your request. I promise I am trying to find Kelly. You can have more than one teacher," my maid insists.

"Yes, I would be more than happy to work with Kelly on teaching you," Lady Oriphusa says. "And Aurora is correct. I was asked to teach you a while ago."

"Fine," I spit out. Aurora had led us to some wooden shelter. A few small chairs and a table sit underneath the roof. Just some wooden post holding it up so we can see all around us.

Maybe the men are always under these, and that is why they are so pale.

*** Princess Elora ***

"Why did you think that would be a good idea?" Isda asks. I needed a bit of breakfast to keep myself awake today, and Isda has started eating breakfast as well. Obviously, I was walking funny.

"I was drunk," I say. "I was drunk and forced my husband, who hates me, into the bed. I had to come up with something that I thought would show I was willing to marry her Mother to make it better."

"You could have just kept your clothes on and held her to sleep," Isda says. "Or asked what our dear husband wanted. You need to think about this. We both know the Goddess of Love is likely to grant Alzi the divorce. We have to make her like us soon, or we will lose her."

"I thought I was. I let Alzi do what she wanted to a Princess," I say. "I let her have a good chance of marrying her Mother. I gave her my word I would marry her Mother and Mai. What else do I need to do? I told her I love her."

"Give her some freedom. Ask her what she wants to do," Isda says. "We know how much you have changed your path so you can make Alzi happy. But she doesn't, and Alzi likely doesn't care how much the path has changed. We need to make a clear path to her marrying her Mother. Giving her a bet doesn't do that."

"She should know how much more we are doing for her than others do for their husband," I say. That must have caused the men's little agreement last night.

"We need to get Alzi to care about us first. Then those little things will matter," Isda says.

"I'm trying," I say. "I really am."