Chapter 364 – Just a Part

*** Alzi ***

The smell of food woke me up this time, which is a good way to start the day. Especially since I've got a lot to do today. I need to visit the Queen, heal the fighters, visit Tanatsu, and spend some time with my lovers. My second body can handle the last one a bit, but I want to spend more time piled up in bed with them. It's an amazing feeling to have their warmth enveloping me. I feel safe.

I know I'm just one bad memory away from losing my mind for a while. It'll happen, and my current thoughts are just asking for trouble on this busy day, but I'll deal with it. Osanna is eventually going to stop if it truly is painful for her. But regardless of that, she can't do this for me forever. I'll work through my scary past for my loves and my children. I have to.

"It's ready, your Highness," Aurora says. "I have had breakfast prepared for you all. Some fruit and pancakes. Are you still ok with having Fluvis join you? I don't think she has anything important to discuss. She just wants to see you before she has to run off to war."

"Thank you," I say. "She can join us." My wives are a bit slow to get up. Which works well for me, since I don't want to leave either, but we have things to do. Eventually, I'll have a bed we can live in for weeks at a time. Maybe I'll get a few more Skills, and I can make my Princesses have an entire pregnancy take place within just one of those sessions, her belly growing by the minute until I get a cute little dragon to love.

Shyla is the first to get out of bed. Always on duty, I guess.

With one woman up, the rest of us crawl out of bed and make it over to the table, somewhat ready to start the day.

"Good morning, everyone," Fluvis says. "I just want to spend a bit of time with you before I run off. Sorry, but the war needs everyone."

"I understand," I say. "Please, join us. I should've asked you to join us last night."

"Oh, don't worry about that. These women deserve time with you. I'm happy to join you for breakfast and learn about them before jumping into bed with them."

"I guess that makes sense. I'm a little too used to just having sex with people."

"That's hardly your fault," Fluvis says. "Kids. You have so many already, and they're so cute."

"Yes..."

...

Nakuma and the Priestesses completed the portal sometime last night, so that's my first stop. I'm sure some women have come through already, and I need to get the Queen to like me if I'm going to help Sarania get her sister back before I put Elora on the throne. I'll admit the Queens have won the fight of attaching themselves to me, but I'll control their daughters. When I'm in control, who can tell me what to do?

The only worry would be the Kitsunes and Dragons. I'll have to find out how to keep the Kitsunes from becoming too demanding. I doubt Yuki is ever going to be the Queen there, and who knows what will happen with the Dragons after this war? All our plans require this war to end.

Stepping into Space's temple is comforting. Something Yuki must disagree with. She looks ragged in Nakuma's arms, and the hair on her tails looks mangled. Nakuma must have been petting them the wrong way. Yuki even has bags under her eyes. But she does perk up when she sees me.

"Alzi!" Yuki shouts. "Please."

Do I love her?

I hate to say that I still kind of love her. It's hard to let a decade of love fizzle out, even with her letting me rot in chains for her fetish. But she's pretty, and I know that with the right guiding hand, she'll be a good lover. And I just so happen to have the right guiding hand right here.

"Nakuma," I say, stepping up to the crazy kitsune. "Can we talk?"

"Alzi," Yuki says. "Please. I'm tired."

"What?" Nakuma says.

"Now, I need you to hear me out completely," I say. I slide between her and Yuki. A dangerous position, but she can still feel Yuki, so it should be fine. "Can you do that?"

"What do you want?" Nakuma asks.

I'll take that as a yes. "Yuki loves me," I say. "And I'm split. A part of me loves her, and another part hates her. You understand my love. She's so soft and pretty. The prettiest little thing. Isn't she?"

"Yes."

"Yes, yes," I say. "I'm going to end up marrying her and you for real. We both know that is going to happen, and we have little choice in the matter. I need part of Yuki. Just a part of her."

"No," Nakuma says, stiffening up. I have to wonder if Space is keeping her still for me. I move Nakuma's head to my shoulder and rub her back to comfort her like a little kid who doesn't want to take their nap.

"Nakuma, you haven't even heard the part that I want," I say.

"You want her love. I want that. I deserve it. I- I worked so hard for it. I want it. I need it."

"You can't take someone's love," I say. "You do deserve for her to care about you. But love is a stupid thing. Just like how I shouldn't love her, but I do. Somewhat. But that isn't the part I want. I want her womb. Can I have that?"

"Yes," Nakuma says. "Yes."

"Thank you. I want you as well," I say. Why shouldn't I aim big? "You're a hard-working woman. You're dependable, smart, and dedicated. You stayed up all night so I could heal women you don't care about. You're letting me have Yuki's womb. I want you. Can I have you?"

"I belong to Yuki."

"No, no, you don't," I say. "You don't do what Yuki asks for. She wants to leave you. She wants to be in my bed. She loves me. If Yuki had her way, I would have her completely. You can love Yuki. Care about her, obsess over her. That's fine. But your body will be mine. How does that sound? I can get you and Yuki pregnant together. Your children can be born together, practically sisters. You'll have Yuki to play with, to shower in love. And I'll have you to love."

"I don't know," Nakuma says.

"Please? It will hardly be any different from how it is now. You'll have Yuki, and when I come by, I'll show you the love Yuki won't give you. I'll show her how she should treat you, and maybe, eventually, she'll understand how grateful she should be to you."

The only question is how obsessed Nakuma is. Can she even see anyone else in that way? "I love you, Nakuma," I say.

"Fine."

I won't be the true power behind the Kitsunes, but with this, I should have enough freedom from them. Tanatsu, Nakuma, Yuki, and Nanoka should be enough of a buffer. "Thank you," I say. "Go rest." If I have Nakuma, that means I have Yuki. It's kind of fun, playing these stupid games. Is this the work of Dragon's mark?

'Yes, and you are lucky to be doing this in my temple, my love. Nakuma wanted to stab you. Even now, she is thinking about it. You don't have her yet. You won't have her until both her and Yuki are stuck in bed pregnant.'

'Then this will be solved once the war is over. Thank you for the help, dear. I love you.'

'I love you, too. Now do what you came here for.'

'Ah, yes. These tattoos are going to get me killed if I'm like this too often.'

'That's just Dragon's mark. Don't let War mark you. Those two would have you trying to take on Nature alone.'

I give Nakuma a little kiss and worm my way out of the hug. The Kitsune pair disappears and leaves me ready to start working without the distraction.

"Your Highness," Shyla says. "This way, please."

"Th... Thank you," I say. I need a distraction.

"You're safe, my Mistress," Sarania says. "You're safe. We'll be right here. Nanoka is close enough to see, and Space is watching you. Take some deep breaths, and we'll go heal the brave soldiers."

"Yes. Yes," I say. I need to learn how to control that damn mark. I...

"Lady Alzi," Petra says. "Women have been slowly coming through already, and I've got them in order for you. Also, we don't have the same restrictions as before. But next time, don't have me woken up in the middle of the night for this."

"Sorry," I say. "I didn't know they would get to you that fast." How did they get her that fast? 'Space, did you get her?'

'No, my Priestesses just know how to get to places quickly.'

She got Petra for me. "Kelly should join us soon as well," I say. "So that will be two healers. Do you have them ordered for that? I don't know how much healing she has."

"You're forgetting about Kali and Esta," Petra says. "You knocked them up good in the last war, so they aren't about to go to the front lines. But now they have the perfect place to practice their healing again. Stop talking so much. This way."

I should try to get her to let me heal her. I can take her on as some servant or something, so she won't have to go to war when she's got her limbs back. I'm sure that is why she won't get healed. Before, I thought it may have been from a sense of duty or something, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't give a damn about anything and just wants to stay away from the fighting.

The room brings back memories, some going back farther than a few months. But Petra puts me to work immediately, so I can't get caught up in them. My Shadow becomes my cock warmer, her lips permanently wrapped around my cock so I can get a bit of extra mana throughout the day. Perfect for getting lost in my work. The work I want to do, with a small hint of my past.

*** Vanya ***

"You said you had an idea," I say. Elora came stumbling into my room this morning. I would've thought she had spent the night drinking if I didn't know how serious she was about turning her child into a Goddess. Why she thinks she can get Alzi to like her, I don't know. She can't do anything right outside of taking orders.

"I do," Elora says. "We can help Alzi. She needs to have sex to get mana. We're her wives..."

"We have a contract with her."

"Same thing," Elora says. Delusional, as always. "We can help her. We can offer to have sex with her, or something. Just provide support to her practice. That was our best point. We helped her become a healer and proved she was a great one. We can focus on that. We can keep helping her heal others. We..."

"Stop. We can ask if she needs help. That is it. We are not going to barge..."

"No!" Elora says. "No. We- We can go now and ask. Just once. She answers yes or no, and we follow."

"Yes, that is how asking for permission works," I say. I should ask now. Soon, I'm going to struggle to even move. This bitch just had to trick Alzi into bloating me with eight kids. Yet she only has one. I'm already bigger than her when I'm months behind her.

"Good. Good. This is something I can do for her. I can still help her," Elora says.

I do feel bad for Elora. She fucked up our house, but she did try her best. She just doesn't know what she's doing if she isn't taking orders. It took her about a week to somehow merge Alzi, the throne, and her serving her people together, but then she somehow managed to miss the important parts of all three. Maybe she'll do better now that she only has to worry about helping Alzi?

*** Alzi ***

This is slightly better than the last war, mostly just lost limbs. Some of it is from Esta, Kelly, or Kali cutting off mangled limbs to make it easier to stop the bleeding. But the rest are just ripped or cut off limbs.

"Lady Alzi," Petra says. "Princess Elora and Lady Vanya are asking to help you."

"How?"

"Sex would be my guess. That's the only thing those two can do with those bellies."

"Tell them to wait in the room. I should take a break soon. Put some hurt women around it, and I'll be there soon."

"Very well."

Vanya must be truly scared to be risking more kids from me.