Bath Time
Whilst there was always something gratifying about murder, always a warm, fuzzy feeling arising within Edrick's heart before, during and after the act, there was also something disappointing when your prey refused to play the part, clearly, they should have either all attacked at once, all ran away or a combination of the two, they were in a group after all, they should have been capable of deluding one another into a false sense of safety, into a bit of misguided hope.
But no, they had all frozen up and failed to properly react in any way, as though aware that they already amounted to walking corpses, where was the fun in all that? This was only funny when a would-be victim was cornered and their brain simply shut off as a defence mechanism.
"Welp, you were stunted up there, but at least you tried something, huh?" he said, talking to Nong, who was still subtly twitching, seemed like his limbs had taken the brunt of the damage and prevented his spine and neck from being snapped as well.
Only a groan came in response.
"Don't look so sad, think about your sister, she is happier than she ever would have been otherwise" placing the end of the cane against Nong's throat, Edrick began pushing "That's right, my girth brings more joy to her than this entire family did in all of their existence"
After a few moments, the peasant stopped breathing, swinging the blooded cane through the air, slinging blood, flesh, teeth and shards of bone that had coalesced together, away, he happily whistled, walking back to his residence as every townspeople in a large radius around him stayed holed up in their dilapidated homes, shivering in fear at the prospect of being the next ones on the list.
The lord however, was focusing on something only he could see at the moment.
Massacring Fanqia's family had not been a designated mission, but it was earning him a fair amount of riches anyways, after all, slaughtering an entire family with the express authorisation and even want from their daughter was fairly messed up of a scenario, it had been a while since Anoteros had flexed his venomous tongue as well, talking down others and bedroom dirty talk were entirely different things.
although, it hadn't earned him any ability, it had granted him something a bit special, which was- Another cane, in guess this one ended up as splinters, he supposed, as it was a perfect copy of it.
'Huh… The father-daughter mission is done too? Did my reminder get them to do it instantly?' it was a funny thought, but the completion meant that the system was considering that girl officially pregnant.
The mission was replaced by something completely unrelated and without providing any special reward, it seemed like his theory about missions with follow-ups wasn't correct, there wasn't anything special waiting at the end of it all.
Edrick shrugged, entering his residence, propping the bloodied cane against a wall as he headed directly for the room containing the bath, a nice little place that was already brimming with steam when he got there, although covered in blood and bits of gore, his two wives were elated to see their lord-husband back.
He too was pretty pleased with the sights, both Fanqia and Linmin had wrapped themselves in cotton towels, allowing one to get a good idea of their respective build without seeing the bodies themselves.
Fanqia was basically bursting out of the towel, she had already had rather sizeable assets when he first bedded her, but she had clearly had had rooms to grow as all that nourishing food he provided for her went directly into reinforcing the fleshy arguments, both up and down.
In fact, even with all the exercise she was doing everyday, nice to grip lovehandles had formed on her sides, truly, this girl's body knew exactly where fat was supposed to go.
Honestly, Edrick was starting to think that she would have back problems eventually, but thankfully, a hefty dose of his so-called 'cleansing elixir' should help keep her body in perfect condition.
As for Linmin, he was the complete opposite, petite and delightfully thin, apart from his posterior, the servant's body was well-toned thanks to sword training, his figure in that towel perfectly feminine, even connoisseurs could have gotten it wrong here.
"Lord Edrick, the bath is ready, and so are we"
"Yes, Lord Anoteros! We're ready for you, you must be pent up after dealing with filth!"
"Indeed, they were so passive it was almost boring, I didn't even have to run to catch any of them" as he spoke, Edrick undressed himself in a swift manner, manhood flopping out of his pants, the ambient heat aiding in a further deployment of length as the room was tightly closed.
Everything was being evacuated through a sort of special chimney, not only the steam but mostly the smoke produced by the small, sizzling flames lit up underneath the large bathtub, providing the heating, so nothing grandiose or magical, purely practical means which worked very well.
This particular room was built directly inside of the mountain unlike the rest, so the floor, walls and ceiling were made of durable stone, preventing any risks for fire to spread and also allowing to keep much of the warmth in.
Seeing their husband with blood on him was oddly arousing, it felt like they were greeting him after he was coming back from work, using their bodies to force all the exhaustion away.
The two wives let the towels fall, all excited as they knew that all the fun would be occurring here.
Fanqia had already experienced some underwater action during her lessons, but it had been at the lake, which had felt more public, more adventurous, different from the closed environment of the bath, more intimate and definitely much warmer.
Anoteros submerged himself first, the water at the perfect temperature, Linmin knew exactly how to prepare the bath for his lord.
Right after, both of his wives joined him, Fanqia taking his right side and Linmin the left, despite the width of the bath, all three were keeping close to one another, pressing their glistening skin against one another.
The crests fully visible, Edrick had ended up asking them what they thought of them, just to check if they actually realised that something had appeared on their flesh, but it seemed like those imparted with the crest simply knew of it, and as expected, they loved being marked as his possession.
As a layer of bubble foam was beginning to form from soap being dropped in, Edrick made the first move and used his thumbs to stimulate both of his partner's genitals.
"Now… Who wants to go first?"