Chapter 133. Float like a butterfly

We found a spot in the planes that was large enough for Tarakona to lay down and far enough away from the surrounding farms that the animals wouldn't try jumping out of their pens in fear.

There was no worry about them not being able to find us as Tarakona was very hard to miss. This was proven by Dríade flying over to join us with her kidnapped victim in town. Though she was a lot less motivated than she was when she'd left.

"Sooooo Clovek. Care to give us a little explanation about Zeldi's family? I might have been a little distracted about getting dressed up that I skipped a few things." Madu asked stretching out so that she could catch the sun on as much of her scales as possible without outright stripping down. This wasn't helped by me going close to her as she wrapped herself around me as her mobile hot water bottle.

"Well her family is a harem." I started as Dríade placed herself down close to Voras.

The new arrival stayed hovering but gave me a look I couldn't quite place.

"Explains why she's so happy with all of us." Madu said with a sigh tightening her tail. "So glad she was your first and not Dríade."

I tapped her lightly as I felt my bones protest. I didn't have the invulnerability of the farm right now and she still had that ridiculous strength in her tail.

"Well yeah that's part of it." I wheezed getting more air back into my lungs. "Her father has three members of his harem or possibly four depending on if Gally has successfully been accepted. But the important thing to know is Zeldi's birth mother is not the one who spoke then. That is Helayt, the head mare of the harem."

"Zeldi has said that on many occasions. What does it mean exactly? Apart from her being in control of your sleeping schedule?" Voras joined in as she to settled into the grass. There wasn't anything she could sling a hammock between and I doubt she had the silk currently to achieve that after our demands for nice outfits on such a short timeframe.

"The main purpose from what I can tell is to keep everyone in the harem from squabbling you could say." I responded.

"There is more to it than that but I guess that is the simplest definition." The Bee woman said with a look between all of the girls present. Her accent was almost southern, well Southern from my home world. "My you really do have an interesting collection here. Oh where are my manners? My name is Abelha and Dríade has told me so much about you dear Clovek."

We all turned to Abelha as she gave a bow mid air. A feat that caused everything to jiggle.

"I'd ask if it was all good things but knowing Dríade she probably said I was nothing but a pest." I joked trying to distract myself from the view.

Abelha caught me looking and gave a sly smile but didn't comment. "Oh no. Quite the opposite actually. She spent the entire time praising you like you were some type of God. Even went so far as to say I would be begging you by then end of the week."

"Really?" I said looking at Dríade in surprise. I wasn't the only one as Voras had her mouth open in utter bafflement just staring at the Dryad.

"Please." Dríade said dismissively. "You don't even try Clovek and you get the hearts of Livestock. She'll be no different, though once you do can I have her? Not for sex but to help out around my Grove. Bees are a hot commodity for Dryad's and a Livestock one will be tremendously helpful."

We all continued to stare at Dríade in surprise. Madu was the one to finally break it after we began to hear crickets. "I know we were all thinking it but I was not expecting Dríade to be the one to voice it."

"Really?" Abelha voiced. "You all agree with her?"

"Hard not to." Voras answered. "We're all happy with him and know he needs a lot of Livestock. Especially once he becomes the owner of the big Deed."

Abelha dropped to the ground and brought her hand up to her face. Between one of her fingers a ring was present, one I was familiar with only last time Helayt had been wearing it.

"How is it you all believe that?"

[Well the begging might be a little too far but we all know that there are very little options for us Livestock so when one like Clovek comes along, there's no reason for us to refuse if we don't mind sharing with others.]

"You make it seem like I'm the least bad option. I had hoped you all want to be with me because of my charms?" I humored only for Tarakona to scoff and send a breath of frost in my direction. Madu let out a yelp and untangled herself from me in order to get away from the chill.

[We all like you for our own reasons my love but there is a lot riding on the Deeds. While personally I am extremely happy with you and all that you have done I very much doubt I would have given you the time of day if I wasn't a Livestock.]

I twisted my face at that. Sure I knew it deep down but I had some hope I could have achieved it without the Deeds help.

"It's not all bad though." Voras piped up. "I would have eaten you after we had mated if I wasn't a Livestock."

"And I would have probably used you as fertilizer." Dríade added. "Not that we have had sex but you know. If we had."

"Yeah that tracks." I leat out an exaggerated sigh. "Oh woe is me to have such dangerous girls all not trying to kill me after sex."

Abelha chuckled behind her hand. "You are all so adorable. And you Deed owner?" Her hand came down to point at me. "How is it they all accepted you to begin with?"

"Here it comes. The obligatory 'what makes you different' question I'm pretty sure we've all asked him in one way or another." Madu laughed. "I wrapped him in my tail when I asked and tried to squeeze the information out of him."

Voras shrugged. "I killed him thinking Zeldi and Tarakona wouldn't revive him. When they did that was good enough for me to give him a chance and wellllll we all know how that went." She blushed and tried to look at anything else.

"Voras threw me through a wall until I gave in. Well that and a Dragon threatened to kill me." Dríade shrugged as well. "The safe room he gave me also helped change my mind."

Tarakona gave the Dragon equivalent to a laugh.

[The Deed he had sent me a personalized message depicting who he was and how he treated Zeldi who was his only Livestock at the time. I was in a bit of a bind back then but he hasn't disappointed me yet.]

"Still waiting for you to tell me what that message said." I humored her.

[Never. It was mine and I want to keep it that way.]

Abelha turned to Tilty who had remained quiet this whole time. "And you?"

Tilty hesitated. She was trying to make herself seem small behind the girls.

"She's not quite one of my Livestock." I tried to say only for the Fawn to speak.

"I screwed up big time." She said with wince. "Ruined everything I had and then some. Burnt every bridge there was and when the toll keeper came to collect he was the only one that could and would save me."

"What did you do?" Abelha asked with her head cocked to one side.

"I ordered a group of mercenaries to kidnap Zeldi." Tilty admitted without looking up from the ground.

Abelha's mouth dropped open. "You're Tilty then."

It wasn't a question.

"Yes." The Fawn said with a nod. "I'm Tilty."

"You are in for a rough day you know that right? Why in all that the sun touches did you not get as far from here as possible when you were transported here?" Abelha asked in utter bafflement.

"Because I want to start righting my wrongs." Tilty replied finally lifting her gaze. "Clovek and Zeldi have given me a second chance and I wish to use it to make amends."

"I think we're on about the fourth or fifth now." Dríade mumbled but made sure it was loud enough for us all to hear.

[Dríade hush. While I don't agree with Zeldi's choice we do need to accept it. She was the victim after all.]

"You can accept it but I don't. She would be dead if I had any say in it." Dríade growled towards Tarakona.

"Luckily you don't." I silenced the impending argument.

Dríade squinted towards me but remained quiet. She didn't like Tilty but then again I don't think any of us did. We were trying to accept Zeldi's choice to keep her around.

"Got it. There is drama and you ain't all peachy with each other." Abelha hummed coming to a decision. "Okay up and at'em mister."

I rose as Abelha approached but that was more because I didn't want to have to look through her tits to see her face from down below.

"Let's see what you're made of. If I'm to sit on my ass all day as your Queen like these girls all think I will then you are going to prove you can handle me."

My first thought on how to 'handle' her was not correct as her fist immediately connected with my face.