Chapter 277 – Re: Flection

Day 11

The morning sun filtered through the bedroom window, its soft rays slowly taking the chill out of the room. The sounds of people training down in the courtyard could be heard, with most residents of the mansion already up and about. Those who had not started their day were still in the bedroom, fast asleep, recuperating from the trials of the day before.

As he started to warm up, John stirred, his eyes almost flickering open. For once, he kept them closed and just enjoyed the comfortable warmth of being in bed with his arms around the two girls he rescued last night.

Once they returned, they were met in the foyer by Jean and a couple of the other women, one of whom also had a clean spell like Aqua's. Once she had cleaned them up, Jean all but sent them to bed, telling him that she would handle the morning training for the Goblins and he should sleep in for at least an hour or two. Since he had a poor night's sleep the night prior and was not running on Substance X in this world, he had been dead on his feet by then, so he didn't argue.

I should really try it today, just to see what it does. Levelling is how monsters evolve in this world, so if it halts levelling to increase skill proficiency, do my skills get better? So far, the skills here don't seem to have any modifiers to indicate their potency increases, as The Great Cleric did, so I suppose it will be trial and error.

Speaking of skills, he gained a few by killing and then licking the blood of that beast, or rather, that Orc.

[Libido - Greatly increases users' sexual desire.]

[Orc Language - Speak the orc language]

[Analyze - Can analyze an item by holding it and gain basic information about it.]

It was a really weird-looking orc. The ones in Warcraft were much more humanoid-looking, while here they looked like a bipedal boar. Gaining a skill like Analyze, though, makes gaining that other one almost worth it. Almost.

He sighed. Little John was already rigid as a post, ready for some much-needed relief. He was worried that if someone blew on it, he would just cum instantly, regardless of his Ejaculation Control skill or not. 

Alec, why would you stack this on top of everything else I have in me! I'm a man, I'm not made of stone.

The god didn't reply. John just assumed he was drinking his holy whiskey and probably just laughing at John's predicament. To try and take his mind off his raging hard on, he decided to test Analyze out. His hand was holding something soft, so he focused on it and activated the skill.

<Analyze>

<Race - Hobgoblin>

<Name - Mi>

<Status - Asleep>

Oh, good, it isn't something perverted for once. Let's see if I can do Ee as well.

<Analyze>

<Race - Hobgoblin>

<Name - Ee>

<Status - Aroused>

Aroused? I guess I spoke too soon- WAIT!

He snapped his eyes open and looked at the two girls, no, the two women beside him now. Mi was cuddled into his left side, sound asleep, her stub lying on his chest. She was taller now, and her skin had become a lighter shade of green, with almost an underlying flesh tone. Her small breasts were pressed into his side, but he could see the dark green nipple of her left one. His hand was groping her ass, the soft skin feeling nice under his fingertips. She was still a petite woman, but she actually had some curves to her now instead of being built like... well, a goblin.

Ee had even more of a change, with her skin tone becoming more sandy-olive in colour, though it still felt soft and smooth. Her breasts were much larger, probably a D-cup, with her right one flopped on his chest, its nipple a pale tan colour. Her irises were now a dark grey instead of black, and her once white hair had a slight yellow tinge. Like Mi, it was still in a pixie cut, but it worked for the pair of them. Her muscles were larger and much more defined than Mi's, like she spent a significant amount of time in the gym. 

She was looking down at the tent he was pitching, her hand slowly snaking down under the covers. He closed his eyes and let her explore for a few minutes, enjoying the soft touch of her fingers as they grazed his shaft a few times, before moving on to hold on to his sack. It felt good, and he wanted more, much more, but he contented himself with her hesitant exploration for now. He didn't want to disturb Mi, as she would already be in for a shock when she awoke. He didn't want to traumatize her even more by making love to Ee right there and-

What am I even thinking!  Even if she is interested, we-

He stopped. He cared deeply about Ee and Mi, and even though they had technically just met a week ago, he knew everything about them literally. Their personalities were developing more each day, but he already knew Ee was a very cheerful and relaxed woman with a deep love for the earth and soil. She liked simple things and was happiest when farming and digging in the ground. She wanted to explore the mine to see what treasures she could unearth. Mi was very intelligent and had an easy-going personality to boot. She was learning how to read and write from the women, martial arts from him, and generally seemed to enjoy everything about life around the farm. 

In short, he had been a peer figure in their lives since they could walk around, and they had latched onto him. He allowed it, thinking it was just normal goblin behaviour, subconsciously believing them to be more like smart dogs than people. He didn't think of them as sexual creatures before because of how alien they looked. Now that they looked almost human, and already spoke and acted in a very human manner, his opinion was changing.

I don't know if these wild hormones were preventing me from thinking that deeply about it before, but now that they are more human-looking, I just want to roll on top and breed them both... Did I just think of having sex as breeding? What are we? Animals? Gods, I think I need to go meditate and have a cold shower... maybe an ice bath. Between the goblin and orc skills increasing my urges to reproduce, compounded by my Ki already making me horny... I am having difficulty controlling myself. If I take Substance X too, I'd better lock myself away somewhere until it wears off, else I'm liable to be the father of the next generation of goblins. Not that that would be bad if the women were willing.

"Mmm... Where am I? Rou? Ee? How did I get here? What happened?" Mi asked, waking up and drawing him out of his thoughts.

"Mi! You're awake! I was terrified that you were dead after you took the blow from that monster for me." Ee said, still playing with his balls. He let them continue talking without interrupting, as he wasn't able to get much of the story out of Ee last night. It had nothing to do with wanting to enjoy this feeling for as long as possible.

God damnit, my eyes are brown... this feels nice.

"I don't really remember what happened. Everything is a blur. Wait... did we evolve? Ah! What happened to my arm?!?"

"Yeah, it looks like we did. Your arm... well, the monster's pickaxe took it off at the elbow. I sucker punched him, then picked you up and started to run, and didn't stop until Rou, Kichi, Aya, and Kia rescued us. Rou healed you as best he could once he killed the monster." She replied, squeezing his balls as she emphasized her points, making him almost groan in pleasure.

"He came for us?"

"Yeah, it was pretty incredible. It was like a scene out of that book Sui read to us, where the hero saves his love from monsters. He even made me feel really good afterwards as he healed my wounds, then carried us both home. I think... I think I'm in love, Mi." She said, then blushed. "Sorry... I know you just lost your arm, but I'm so happy I could burst. We are both alive, evolved, and have the strongest goblin as our mate."

"It's fine, though I doubt he will want me as his wife and mate now that I'm broken," Mi said with a touch of sadness in her voice.

"He'd better, else I will punch him in the balls," Ee replied, squeezing him again, much harder this time, which caused him to jump. 

"Don't hurt him! I'll kick your ass if you do!" 

"Ee... I don't mind that you’re playing with my balls, but could you please let them go? That's starting to hurt." He interjected himself into their conversation, unable to endure the testicular torsion any longer. 

"Huh? Oh my... oh my... I'm sorry!" She said, releasing him and bringing her hand up to his chest. 

"It's fine. If you want, we can talk later about how to treat them properly."

"I... Yes? I mean, I would like that."

"Good. Now, Mi. How are you feeling?"

"Tired, thirsty, and hungry. Did you... Did you hear what we were talking about?"

"Yes, I did. No, darlin', I won't abandon you just because you're missing an arm. That would be silly since I'm missing mine too." 

"You mean it?"

"Of course. Now, if you're up to it, let's get up and get some breakfast."

"Just a moment, please." She said, then slid her body up his a bit and planted a kiss on his cheek. "Thank you for coming for us."

"Oh, me too!" Ee said, and kissed his other cheek. "Thank you for saving our lives."

He returned their kisses, pecking each of them on the lips. They returned the gesture, then within a few moments, he was kissing them both of them properly, his tongue diving into their mouths. They both had a distinctly different taste, though he would have a hard time describing the flavour. They eagerly accepted his advances, then, as if they planned it, pushed him back into the pillow and both kissed him at the same time. It was an awkward, sloppy kiss, their tongues intertwining with his on his lips, but it was fun and full of passion.

The two girls' bellies chose that moment to gurgle loudly, causing them both to blush and interrupting the moment just enough to bring him back to reality. They had just had a harrowing adventure, were badly injured, and then evolved overnight. If it were anything like his evolution, they would be starving and not thinking straight.

He started to chuckle. He could hold back his libido for now, but the pent-up feeling was really getting difficult to control, and he knew it was starting to affect his judgment. "Alright, ladies. Let's pick this up later. You need some breakfast, and we need to talk about what happened yesterday. After that, we can talk about this and our future, okay?"

" Yes... Food would be good." Ee said, lying her head on his chest.

"Do we have any bats left? I really want to eat that bat stir-fry you made again." Mi asked, copying Ee.  

"I'll see what I can do. If not, we can go back to the mine and see if we can find more."

"Yes, please, that sounds much safer than being in the woods. That said, can we eat a rabbit, too? I really want to eat a rabbit right now." Ee added, rubbing her butt. 

"One rabbat stirfry coming right up." He said, chuckling even more. Those were words he never thought he would put together in the same sentence. 

That Afternoon

"What am I looking at here?" 

"The layout you requested, Milord."

"For your workshops. This... are you planning on building a village out here?" John asked her.

It was just him and the Carpenter seated on a couple of couches in the very richly appointed office, though one could be mistaken for calling it a library with the amount of books on the walls. He hadn't had time to go through them at all, but the moment he found them, he realized he might be sitting on a gold mine. The encyclopedias alone would have enough information on how to build more modern amenities, from simple generators and batteries to plumbing, concrete, and thousands of other things that could be very useful. He would have to spend time translating it for the locals, but he thought it would be worth the effort. 

"We are planning on being able to easily expand in case we have a population boom. Plus, a simple spike wall will make it safer for everyone to walk around without needing to worry about the local wildlife attacking us. When it's completed, the only ones outside of the wall will be people cutting lumber, hunting, and tending any further farmland expansion you want to make."

"What about dealing with waste and water?" He asked, thinking back to his time in Warcraft when he learned how that town functioned from Sylvia.

"We were looking at building..."

He nodded along, listening as the Carpenter explained the craftswomen's plans to make their little farm into a defended village. He hadn't really planned on expanding much beyond what they already had, but he still had no idea what he was actually supposed to be doing in this world. Other than the Orc they killed, and knowing that there are humans somewhere to the North, there was nothing here but goblins and wildlife.

Other than the fact that the hunting party was still out and would return here at some point, he had no real information about what might threaten them here. Unless this was some weird love story about making love to goblins and captive women while growing stronger every time he had a snack and a bowel movement, it didn't make much sense. Even Konosuba had a Devil King as the bad guy.

Well, I'm not here to follow the original story, but to make a new one... still, this seems too simple. To just be focusing on survival in the wilderness as a goblin, yet have this insane Absorption ability. Ah, whatever, let's just continue with this for now and be ready to adjust the course later. 

"What is this thing?" He asked, pointing to another structure on the map attached to the mansion. He hadn't noticed it before because it wasn't labelled, but it was rather large compared to most of the other structures they wanted to build. It looked like it had been erased a few times, enlarged and shrunk, and given several different shapes. 

"Oh, that is the shrine we intend to put up, Milord. We are still working out actual design elements for it, but it isn't the priority right now, so we erased it. I hope you don't mind."

"I have no issues with you praying to whatever god or goddess you follow. Until a few months ago, I was fairly agnostic, but now that I have seen and spoken to actual deities, I have come to appreciate the role of some religions more."

A few months? Hell, how long have I been in DEN now? It surely hasn't been a year yet, has it? It might be getting close.

"Thank you, Milord. So do we have your permission to start?" 

"Please do. Did you need my hand with any of this?"

"If it is no inconvenience to you, I would love for you to lay the foundation of the lumber yard. Your Dig skill is pretty amazing and would give us a smooth, level, and tough surface to build off of. I believe most of the other craftswomen would like something similar when we get to their workshops in time."

"I don't mind doing it, but I would need stone to be most effective. Dirt works, but it can still be broken when I make my bricks."

"That isn't an issue. We have Ee quarrying stone right now. That pickaxe the orc was carrying had magical properties, so, along with her slight Earth affinity, she is having a great time digging into the cliff face. Sui has the honour of using one of those wheelbarrows to move the stone from the quarry to the worksite, as a part of her repentance for putting Mi and Ee in danger while she was drunk."

"You had her clean up her messes with a tiny brush, and now she is moving heavy stones as part of the punishment? Isn't that a bit much?"

The carpenter stood up from her chair and knelt in front of him. "Milord, with respect, you are too close to her and care for her too much to be objective. After everything that she has told us, it is clear that she needs a strong and steady hand to reign in this addiction, and frankly, you do not have time for that. What were you going to do? Spank her a few times? She would smarten up for a day or two, then slowly slip back into her old ways once your eyes were off her. She knows this, and after apologizing to the girls this morning, she begged Jean for help. So no, we are no longer punishing her; she is punishing herself. We are just making sure she sees it through."

"Why do I feel like you are keeping me from seeing her?"

"You are the Lord. You can walk over there and talk to her right now if you wish. She is just working out something in her head and has been avoiding you until she comes to a decision." 

"What decision is that?"

"That was all that was told to us. The details are between her and her- between her and Jean."

"I see." He said. The Carpenter was right that he didn't have time to give Aqua the attention she needed. There was too much to do, and if you didn't have any self-control, this mansion had way too many vices easily available. He just wished she could have told him what the issue was before she got to this point. "Well, tell her I'm thinking of her and wish her the best on her... recovery. Here, please give this to her for me. Nature's Beauty!" He chanted, creating another Lady's Slipper flower, careful not to spray the library with water from the silly fan. 

"Oh, that is lovely. I will be sure to pass on your well wishes and gift after prayers tonight."

"Prayers?"

"Yes, Milord. We have prayed every morning and night since you saved us from that pit. It helps calm the nerves and keeps the memories at bay." 

"I'll take your word on that." He said. He was about to ask which god they prayed to in this world, but Mi came into the room then, carrying a notebook and pencil. She was wearing one of the black bunny suits without the ears, with an orange-and-green shawl over her shoulders and a matching wrap around her waist, making it look like she was wearing a colourful dress. 

"Rou, do you have time to try and teach me some magic? Now that I have evolved, I think I have some mana, and I want to learn whatever I can." She said excitedly, then realized he wasn't alone. "Oh... Am I interrupting something? I can wait."

"No, you're not interrupting, Mi. The Lord and I were just finishing up, and I need to go start prepping the ground for the foundation of our new mill."

"Yes. If I have time, I'll start on those bricks this evening. Thank you for coordinating all of this." He told the Carpenter.

"It's my honour, Milord. Excuse me." She said, standing up and making her way to the door.

He looked out the window quickly, then smiled at Mi. "Sure, darlin', come have a seat. It will be another hour or so before I pull your treat off the smoker."

"You made me a treat? What is it?" She said, sitting on the couch beside him.

"A surprise, of course. Now, what did you want to learn today? Healing is my specialty, but I have a bunch of small spells I could show you."

"Umm... Do you have anything I can fire off from range that can disable an enemy? Fighting is great and all, but I would be much more comfortable if I could stop something before it even got close to me. Especially now."

"Hmm... I have a couple. Let's see if I can teach you Darkness. It's probably the non-healing magic I use the most. It won't hurt anyone, but they're blind while in it. That and if you cast it in here, the worst you will do is make a dark spot." He said and started to write down the incantation he used in his mind when casting Darkness. It had been a long time since he learned it, but it was the spell tome he remembered the most.

She cuddled into his side as he began explaining how he reached for his magic, smiling happily as he described how it worked to the best of his ability. 

He just had to make sure he didn't leave the bat wings in the smoker for too long. It wouldn't do to ruin the injured woman's treat by overcooking it.