Chapter 296 – The Woman I Love
"I'll take it," I say. "Aurora! Please help Elora and Shimmer get dressed." She should be well enough by now to at least help them into their clothing. If not, Shimmer seems well enough to do it herself.
I can feel the memories of the brothel trying to get past whatever block the Goddess of Dragons put in place for me.
How long until I succumb? If she marked me like the others did, I think it will come back, but I need to find out when and why. Right now, I just hope I can marry Mommy before I get flooded with the memories again.
I need to get the contracts signed first, and then I can marry Mommy, as I doubt the Queen will let me marry Mommy without us signing the contract. Will I ever just get what I want?
Shyla is smart enough to figure out that she needs to dress me as well. A bit of magic to clean me up from the rituals, and she's putting my clothing on me. It's a simple dress, but it's better than I ever would've had back in the village, so it's good enough for my marriage. Will Mommy have time to put my hair up? It's still hanging down, and it would be nice for my wedding to be the first time it's done up.
"Mommy, do you think you'll have time to do my hair before the wedding?" I ask. "It's probably too late, isn't it?"
"I can do it," Mommy says. "The wedding can go into the night for you. I won't let you delay putting your hair up any longer."
"Thank you," I say. "I love you, Mommy."
"I love you, too. Now, I think everyone has gotten dressed, so why don't we head back to the castle and get started?"
"I need to get the contracts signed first. Fertility told me how to have them enforced."
"Mother likely has it written down already," Elora says. "You would just need to sign it."
"Sarania, can you read the contract and make sure it fits what we discussed?" I ask.
"As you wish, my Mistress," Sarania says, my kids all floating around her. "Shall we get going? Things tend to drag on when pen hits paper."
"Then we should move," I say. "Mommy, could you do my hair during the meeting, maybe?"
"I would prefer not to do your hair in front of the Queen," Mommy says.
It's annoying, but it makes sense. "Then we need to move fast. If the Queen fights me on anything, I'll just run off and marry my lovers on my own. I'm the best whore to ever exist. I'll get all the Goddesses on my side easily enough."
"Good luck," the High Priestess says. "Thank you for blessing this temple. I will make sure to contact you soon about our plan with the Goddesses. But you should try to limit how much you sell your body. You're worth so much more than that."
"I'll try, but it's all I know. Thank you for the help," I say. "I get to give all of my lovers kids and still be safe. Thank you."
"You can always learn new things," the High Priestess says. "But I'm happy to serve our Champion. No need to be a stranger."
We have quite the group still here, shuffling out of the great temple. I guess it isn't the worst thing to have a bunch of contract wives. I have six kids right now and more on the way, so why not get some extra help?
"My Mistress," Sarania says. "Let me take the kids while you spend some time with your lovers. The kids likely won't stay quiet for this meeting, and we should take away any distractions so you can marry before the sun rises again. And you can spend a bit of time with your lovers. You just got them back, after all."
"Ok," I say. I do need to spend time with Mai and Mommy. Mai must be so close to giving birth. And the Mistress, I wonder if she's had her kids yet.
"Akhae and I can help with the kids," Ilka says. "Spend some time with your eldest, Armirynth."
"Thank you," Mommy says. "Mai, come on, I know that kid must be kicking you all over, hoping for Alzi to come over."
"Yes," Mai says, waddling over, her silly tail flicking around behind her. I miss that thing so much. "Thank you. I think she is getting ready to force her way out to meet you."
"Kelly," I say. "Join us."
"Sure," Kelly says. "Thank you for accepting me so openly. I was surprised you included me in such a ritual instead of Yuki."
"I like Yuki," I say. "I just have strange feelings about the situation. I can always carry more kids." I'll probably carry a kid for her soon after this batch. And I need to have some kids with space again. I can't have a Goddess getting jealous right now. I hope the kids with the Kitsunes have mixed tails. It will be so cute if they have fluffy tails and dragon wings, and horns with the ears. I just need them to blend perfectly, getting everything from both of us. Gold all over with streaks of white would be really cute.
Dammit, I can't get them pregnant yet. Fucking Nature is ruining everything. What did I ever do to you? The Dragons, at least, have some reason for this, wanting their royal dragon breeding slave. But I haven't hurt Nature.
Did she not like me killing those stupid monsters? Others must've done something far worse than that.
I can probably just blame Fertility or Sex for her hatred.
"How have you three been?" I ask, climbing into one of the carriages. "Kelly, you were with the Queen's army for the war, right?"
"Yes," Kelly says. "Working with the Royal Healer. She moves so fast and heals so many at once. She said you were doing well, matching her pretty well for healing."
"I did alright, but I have to have sex to do my best. Fertility isn't my only patron Goddess. The Goddess of Sex found a way to make me also be her Champion."
"That makes sense," Kelly says. "I don't think I've heard of any woman becoming that good that fast at sex. Sorry, I'm sure that ruined your newest class as well."
"Yes, all three of them."
"Three? You've had an adventurous time away to have completed so many classes," Kelly says.
I pull Mai into my lap, getting her to actually purr. It is so good to hold her again. "I've missed our baths," I say. "I love you, Mai. I have been around a bit, Kelly. But my extra classes are from the Goddess of Power marking me. I had just completed the High Breeder class, and with the mark, I got three new classes at once." I don't think I'm helping Mai much with the kicks since the baby is following my hand as I rub her belly. Though I suppose they at least they aren't hitting her organs.
"You've fathered a Goddess, have the mark of a Goddess, and you're the champion of two Goddesses," Kelly lists.
"I also mothered two Goddesses," I say. "And I have many marks of the goddesses."
"Yes, how could I forget that?" Kelly says. "I don't know if it is safe for my sanity to keep asking what all you've done."
"Not much else, really. You know about the army thing. I got kidnapped twice. I went to a few parties and got some women pregnant at them. The second time I got kidnapped, I was freed, and that kind of ended the war, I guess. I think Shimmer did something to help it end, but I don't know exactly."
"What kind of parties?" Mommy asks.
"One was just a party to get men to breed the noble women. I got some weird dryad pregnant at that one. Then another party had women come over, and I got a number of the women pregnant at that one. That was the goal of that one. Then, the war party that announced the war. Oh, I got a woman pregnant at that one as well. She was some Dragonkin that I promised to marry. She is pregnant with like a hundred kids, so I don't know what will happen with that. I doubt anyone can survive that or make it through the labor, but the Goddess of Dragons said she would be safe. We'll have to figure it out then. Still, that is a lot of kids. I wasn't really thinking when I had sex with her."
"Alzi. Baby. I have a hundred grandbabies on the way with a dragonkin not from our village?" Mommy asks.
"Yes, she said she was the daughter of one of the Queens, so she's a Princess. But I am a Princess, too."
"Alzi, I don't know what to do with you, my little rainbow. A hundred? You'd better not get any ideas for me. I'm not going through that, dear. And I thought your father was special. It was weird how I reacted around him, and I think that explains us. Well, I'm happy to be with you again, baby. We'll just have to figure this out now, though I never thought I would be around so many Princesses and Queens."
"Are you sure about the kids?" I say. "We could do it together. So many babies to love."
"No. Do not even try, Alzi. Don't even think of giving me twins again. Those two were hard on your dear Mother. That's enough naughtiness with my womb. You have to be kind to me now."
"Ok, Mommy," I say. "I just love you."
"I love you, but I can't handle that. You need to get permission from your wives to do that to any of them."
"Zarzi said she would do that for me," I say.
"Think about putting yourself in their shoes, Alzi. If you like them enough to marry them, you shouldn't be doing that to them. You don't have to love them or treat everyone the same as you treat me. But do not go raping them or causing them extreme pain."
"The Mistress?"
"Do as you please," Mommy says. "You don't like her enough to marry her. Just be kind to those you like, extend a hand, and see if they take it. Walk together after that. If they don't take it or slap your hand away, then I will have nothing to say. I just want you to be reasonable with those you say you like."
"Ok, Mommy," I say, "I've missed you all so much."
"We've missed you, baby," Mommy says. Mai wraps up my tail in hers, her purring getting louder. I love her so much. Why couldn't I just marry her forever ago?
Well, here it comes. My eyes start to water, and I finally cry. Finally, I'm with my Mommy, so close to marrying her.
Nothing will stop me.
If something does, I won't make it.