Master and Slaves

The chirping of small birds reached the depths of my ears, and dazzling sunlight brightly lit the backs of my eyelids.

My consciousness rose from the bottom of a deep darkness and woke as if surfacing from water.

Below I felt the spring of a soft bed and the texture of the sheets; from above I felt the warmth of human skin.

But it was too heavy to be a comforter.

And too warm.

I spun my not-yet-fully-awake brain and, still in that state, recalled what had happened before we went to sleep yesterday.

…Ah, that’s right. I had an orgy with the Dules.

After that we decided sleeping places by rank or something.

Which meant the ones at my side were probably Muriel, Sara, and Cathy.

Of them, Muriel and Sara were likely sleeping on either side using my arms as pillows, and Cathy was sleeping “on top” of me.

This was what the world called a flesh futon.

Well, it was warm, felt good on the skin, and was a luxurious futon.

Now then, I thought about getting up, but it felt so good I couldn’t, and just as I was about to go back to sleep, a shadow smoothly fell across the brightness behind my eyelids.

Had a cloud covered the morning sun?

I slowly opened my eyes.

There, a girl’s face was in extreme close-up.

That girl pursed her lips, slowly opened her eyes, then opened them wide.

And then…

“Kyaaaaaaahhh!!!”

An ear-splitting scream echoed through the room.

“What is it!”

Suddenly both of my arms became light.

Muriel and Sara grabbed the swords placed beside the bed and immediately took stance, scanning the area.

The girl who had shown her face in close-up—Ilma—was sitting on her rear on the floor beside the bed.

“Ilma, what’s wrong?!”

“Is it an enemy?!”

While remaining alert to their surroundings, Muriel and Sara asked Ilma, who was sitting on the floor.

“Th-that’s not it. Calm down, Mother, Lady Sara, calm down, okay, okay.”

Ilma knelt and desperately tried to settle the situation.

“…What’s wrooong, Ilma.”

Apparently realizing something, Muriel asked Ilma again with a frightening smile.

“Um, um, Mother. I thought I’d wake Master, and, um, I brought my face close, and then, um, our eyes…”

“Your eyes~?”

“Our eyes met, ehehe.”

Ilma twisted her body while wearing a smile that looked ready to melt.

“…”

Muriel clenched her fists and trembled.

Unaware of that, Ilma was still twisting her body while smiling at the memory.

“Ilma, hey, Ilma!”

From behind, Helma, who was wearing a blindfold, called Ilma in a reserved voice.

But that did not seem to reach Ilma’s ears either.

And then…

“Ilmaaa!!”

…

“Au~…”

Ilma was face-down on the floor with her rear raised.

A bump had formed on the top of her head, and smoke was rising from it.

Now then, I wanted to get up soon, but…

“…Hey, wake up.”

I shook the shoulder of Cathy, who was sleeping comfortably on top of my body.

“Nn… kuu…”

But there was no sign of her waking at all.

Well, she hadn’t woken during the commotion just now either.

But Cathy was usually the type to wake easily.

The cause was… last night.

I had done it with everyone except Rina and Helma, and since Cathy was last, I had ended up doing it many times.

I got carried away and even did it two or three more times after she fainted…

Well, that was why Cathy had fallen asleep on top of me with my member still in her.

Perhaps that fatigue was showing.

“…Hnn!”

I thrust up the half-erect member caused by the morning physiological phenomenon.

“Hyaun!”

Cathy’s body jerked.

At the same time she let out a short scream.

“Nn… ah, Master~… eh? …Ah, I-I’m sorry, ah, kyaah!”

Cathy, who had woken, first seemed half-asleep, then looked around, realized her situation, and tried to apologize.

But when she tried to sit up, my member stabbed deeper into her, and she screamed.

“Cathy, be careful.”

“Y-yes. Um… nn… nnn… kuun… haa, haa, haa. What am I doing first thing in the morning…”

Cathy raised her hips, pulled my member out, and muttered to herself.

“Do you dislike this kind of thing, Cathy?”

“Eh? Ah, no, that’s not it, um, this kind of thing is good, or rather, I welcome it a lot, but, um, I messed up again, or rather, auu…”

Cathy desperately tried to explain, but she seemed confused and couldn’t finish, and smoke rose from her head.

“Come on, clean it properly too.”

“Auu, y-yes. Excuse me.”

Cathy knelt between my legs and took my half-erect member into her mouth.

Then she sucked while licking it with her tongue and pulled it out while pursing her lips.

“Thank you very much.”

Cathy pulled back a little, lowered her head, and thanked me.

It looked as if she were thanking my member, which was comical.

“Now then, shall we get up soon?”

“”””””Yes.””””””

Everyone here answered my mutter.

In this room were Muriel, Sara, and Cathy, who had slept with me; Tiria, who had slept on the floor; and Helma and Ilma, who had been sitting by the wall.

Neither Helma nor Ilma slept.

So I had asked Ilma to keep watch on my room and provide morning service.

That was why Ilma had caused a commotion trying to wake me, but bringing her face close had apparently been an action Ilma had thought of on her own.

Because Ilma had no hands, she could not shake me awake.

That was why she had tried to wake me with a kiss.

Of course, Ilma herself also seemed to have ulterior motives.

Even without hands she still had arms up to the elbows, so she could have woken me with those, I thought, but I did not say it out loud.

Helma had been sitting by the wall wearing a blindfold.

Muriel had put it on her before the orgy last night, but I had not asked the reason, so I did not know.

I thought it might affect the supply of life-force or magic, or both.

Because of that, Helma apparently had not been able to see last night’s orgy or this morning’s commotion.

Tiria had, as usual, slept on the floor.

That was because my bed had been occupied by me, Muriel, Sara, and Cathy.

However, according to Muriel, a To-Dule almost never slept in a bed, so she should get used to that kind of treatment on a regular basis.

Well, there seemed to be no small amount of ulterior motive in that as well.

Now then, yesterday we had arrived at Helene’s house late and had not talked much with Helene, so I would ask various things over breakfast.

Especially about the Tres Kingdom and Mateus…

…

“Oh my, Hiroyuki-sama. Perfect timing. I was just about to call for you.”

I left the bedroom assigned to me and, guided by Muriel, arrived at the dining room.

When I entered, Helene was sitting on the front left side of a long, narrow table.

In the middle sat Helene’s son, Julius.

Both of them stood up and welcomed me when I entered the dining room.

“This way, please.”

A woman wearing a maid uniform guided me to the far left seat, the one next to Helene with a corner between us.

I sat in the seat the maid pulled out.

Starting from my left, the Dules sat in order.

The seating order from beside me was Muriel, Rine, Rina, Sara, Cathy.

Tiria was kneeling under the table at my feet.

Because Ilma and Helma, the lowest-ranked Dules, did not need to eat, they stood facing us by the wall.

“Thank you for your hard work yesterday. It seems you found both of Muriel’s children. And you even procured new Dules.”

Without waiting for all the Dules to sit, Helene spoke to me.

Her gaze was directed at Helma and Ilma, then poured onto Sara, Rina, and Rine.

“Ahaha, well, it just happened that way.”

“I don’t think there is anyone who makes Dules just by happenstance.”

Helene looked at me with half-lidded eyes.

I ended up giving a bitter smile.

“Besides, aren’t those two over there not Dules? If so, I will treat them as guests…”

“Ah— Rine next to Muriel is not a Dule. Rina next to her is a Dule, though.”

“Oh my, then her clothing is improper.”

Helene pointed it out strictly.

Rina’s clothes were the same ones she had bought when going to Gertrude’s mansion.

In other words, she was not dressed as an A-Dule; her chest was not exposed.

That was because, given the circumstances of how Rina had become a Dule, I had not made her wear Dule clothing, but…

“…”

Rina glared at Helene sullenly.

“Haa. This girl will have to be trained as a Dule, Hiroyuki-sama.”

Helene sighed.

“W-well, I’ll do it gradually.”

“…Haa, fine. The food has arrived as well, so let us have breakfast.”

Helene looked at me with half-lidded eyes and sighed again.

…

“Hey, Helene. Is someone coming to those seats?”

I asked Helene.

All of us were sitting on Helene’s right side.

The seats on the left, that is, the seats in front of us, were all empty.

“Yes, but they will be late, so let us start first.”

Helene used a fork and knife to carry the served food to her mouth.

Julius sitting beside her also began eating.

Who was coming?

If they were going to sit with us, was it someone I knew?

Or did she want to introduce them to me, or had it just overlapped?

Anyway, there was no point thinking about it, so I also started eating.

After a little I opened my mouth, wanting to ask what I wanted to ask while it was only us.

“Helene, there’s something I want you to tell me.”

“…I understand. The story of these fifteen years, yes?”

Helene answered while wiping her mouth with a napkin.

Luxurious dishes were lined up crowding the table, and the maid portioned them out.

Various dishes were also piled on the several plates in front of me.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

To be precise it was about the Tres Kingdom and Mateus, but I would probably be able to hear it as “the story of these fifteen years,” and I wanted to hear that itself, so I deliberately did not correct her.

“Let’s see… First…”

Helene clasped both hands and looked down at the table.

Then she stared at it fixedly, as if seeing through it.

“After I parted from Hiroyuki-sama, I hurried to the Tres Kingdom on horseback.”