TRC - Lord of the Glass Desert Ch. 37

"You may be my cocksleeve for a long time."

Tayla shrugged. "As long as I'm yours, it's fine." She reached down and began playing with her clit. "Fuck me harder, Maeli. I still haven't come yet, and this strange magical cock you can grow is the only one I've wanted inside me all day."

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Kal lay on his side in the large bed with Ikuno's back pressed against his chest. The oni moaned and panted while twisting the bedclothes in her fists as Kal stroked his cock in and out of her bottom.

"You feel sooo good in my ass," she panted, pressing into his cock to get him even deeper. Kal grunted in agreement before speeding up until his hips smacked loudly against her bottom as he pistoned in and out of her rear. Squeezing her tight to his chest, he thrust into her depths and held himself there as he painted the inside of her rear. Moments later, Ikuno moaned through her own orgasm and lay there panting as her rectum tried to squeeze every drop out of Kal's prick.

"Nooo," Ikuno whined as Kal slipped from her bottom and rolled onto his back. "I wanted you to stay in there," she said, lazily reaching behind her.

"Kashka and Senza have been waiting for a while to come in without interrupting us. Our lute player went back to his house an hour ago. And we need to start getting ready for the feast in Sayaka. You know I would love to stay buried in that beautiful ass of yours, but we have obligations."

Ikuno sighed. "I guess," she pouted before rolling onto her stomach. "Chihiro?"

"Yes, Great Ikuno," the woman answered, shaking herself out of her daze after watching the oni and her human lover do things she had barely imagined. When Kal and Ikuno were preoccupied earlier, Chihiro went to the pile of rocks coming through the floor on the other side of the room and stoked the fire inside. After placing three larger stones in the flame, she set upon them a metal pot filled with water from the nearby stream to warm. Now she ladled out some of the steaming water into a partly filled wooden bucket with washcloths draped over the side.

Chihiro returned with the warm water when the temperature was to her liking. Ikuno moaned with appreciation as the woman placed a warm washcloth directly over her pucker before moving over to Kal and using the other washcloth to thoroughly clean his cock and balls.

"We should do this when we get back home," said Ikuno, watching the human woman gingerly clean her lover's prick. "Pick one of the girls and let her have a day to be pampered by all the rest of us."

"I'm sure Dax and her pack would like to get in on that," Kal chuckled.

"Is she related to the Daxas Ria mentioned?" Ikuno asked, then looked toward the door as Kashka and Senza entered.

"One and the same," said Kal. Chihiro froze as the two monster girls entered, her face turning red with embarrassment. "Keep going. They don't care," he told the woman. "Now that I think about it, I believe Senza will share these duties with you."

"I don't mind taking over," said the pangolin. Senza pursed her lips, and her long tongue dropped out from between them, reaching nearly to her waist.

"But..." Chihiro's voice dropped to a whisper as she pointed at his cock with the washcloth, "he was in her butt."

"That's not a problem," said Ikuno. "The lubricant Kal used is from the queen of all slimes and will dissolve any dirtiness it encounters. His dick is probably cleaner now than before he fucked me."

"Then why am I cleaning him?" she asked. Looking at the washcloth, she only found the slime lubricant with a few quickly fading streaks of Kal's seed

"Because it's still covered in slime, and you wanted to touch his cock some more," she giggled. "By the way, Kal, I don't know if she told you this, but Cyrene felt it every time you used that lubricant. She didn't warn me the first time, so I'm guessing she didn't say anything to you."

Kal shared a look with Kashka. Both of them were going through all the times they had used the gel, with many of them being recent as the cat explored their newest way of making love. "No, this is the first I've heard of it." His brow furrowed. "I was experimenting with using some of her slime as a base for a new ink. I hope I didn't hurt her."

"If she didn't tell you she could feel what happened to her slime, then the fault is hers if you did."

"But how could her slime survive this long? It's been months since I left the tower, and I'm certain she said it would only survive a few days away from her."

Ikuno pointed at the leather bag lying above their heads on the bed. "Ria is why. You got the bottle out, got what we needed, and immediately stored it again. If you've done that every time, then it's unlikely that bottle has been away from her for three full days. I think it was three. The last time I saw Cyrene was before I met Azrin, roughly... two-hundred-fifty years ago? Maybe three hundred?"

"I think we can forgive you for being hazy on dates after two centuries. But she was going to make a copy of herself to help Veld and Graff build their new home, and I feel like she said her clone had three days. Sadly, I don't have the excuse of saying that happened hundreds of years ago for my fuzzy memory."

"You still need to tell me about Veld and Graff and what happened when you got to Prentas's tower. I don't like being locked out of your head."

"No more than I like keeping you out. Let's get ready. I'll start filling you in at the feast."

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Sayaka put out a lavish spread at their meeting hall to honor their patron spirit. Like with the winner's feast, they arranged the table in front of the meeting hall's doors so Ikuno could look over the town while they ate. There were ten place settings for the five champions, so they added another in the center for Ikuno. However, since she dismissed three of the champions, and they had all left Sayaka during the day, six of the eleven seats sat empty. The oni mostly rectified the problem by inviting Ichiro, Yua, Asahi, and Yamori to join them, then nearly dragged Chihiro to her proper place as one of her attendants. This left two places unused but looked significantly better than a half-empty table.

Unlike the winner's feast, this meal was for the entire town. Long tables with bench seats were set up in front of the meeting hall. To either side of the area sat two cooking stations. One offered noodles and a hearty soup, while the other served rice with meat and vegetables covered in a thick, brown sauce. Many people already sat at the tables and chatted casually, but as more people arrived, lines began forming in front of the food stations.

Ikuno looked beautiful in the colorful kimono brought by the caretaker's wife. Like the dress of the noblewomen in Kuji, the robe was made of silk and painted with excruciating detail. The kimono's rich blue would have looked odd with her usual cobalt skin but perfectly complimented her current lighter blue tone. Branches of a tree he had seen repeatedly in the royal gardens at Kuji were covered in pale pink flowers and extended from her right ankle up to her left shoulder. A brightly colored black and yellow bird sat on one of the branches crossing her thigh.

"Chihiro, Senza, do you have anyone you would like to join us?" Ikuno asked. Chihiro's eyes widened in a moment of fear before she shook her head vigorously. Senza cast a longing look at Ichiro, who joined her for the winner's feast, before also shaking her head.

Since they still had a few minutes before the official start of the meal. Kal took the opportunity to get Yamori's attention. "I thought you were leaving and taking Asahi with you, but I saw his tent next to Ichiro's," he asked as everyone took their seats and got comfortable.

"I was, but I knew that Asahi and Ichiro were thinking of staying in Sayaka for a while longer to see how things went with you and Ikuno, so I sent a message back to my mate that I would also be staying. That was yesterday, which is why Asahi's announcement earlier surprised me so much. She isn't expecting me back for another week, which gives me five days here, then another two of travel since we will be returning by horse," she said with a smile at Asahi.

"You expect me to let you ride my horse?" the middle brother asked in mock indignation.

"Watch out, brother. Next, she'll be wanting to share your bed."

Asahi looked aghast as he reeled back dramatically from the gecko, "First my horse and now my chastity?!" Most of the table had to suppress chuckles from the younger brother claiming to be 'chaste.'

Yamori was one of those but quickly replaced her laugh with a hungry grin before leaning into Asahi and saying, "Yessss."

Asahi blinked a few times, then grinned. "At least you're honest," he said before straightening in his seat and giving her a peck on the lips. Most of the table had a good chuckle at the couple's antics, but Ikuno wasn't laughing. Instead, she frowned out at the gathering crowd.

"Something wrong?" Senza asked the oni.

Ikuno flashed a smile at the pangolin, then another at Yamori and Asahi to let them know her frown wasn't because of their flirting. "It's nothing anyone here has done, but I'll need to make an announcement before the meal starts," she replied tersely.

After a few minutes, the servers vanished and the lead councilman stepped in front of the table. "Welcome, people of Sayaka!" he called out to the gathering town. "We have all been blessed with living to see the return of the Great Ikuno to our humble village. We have also been blessed with the knowledge she has acquired powerful friends who can protect her from her enemies in times of need.

"Tonight, we feast in her honor and in the knowledge that our fair village is safe." He looked back at the oni. "Great Ikuno, would you like to say a few words?"

"I would," she said, standing up and walking around to the front of the table. Kal could see the tension in her posture even as she "First, let me say that this has been the most memorable welcome I have ever received upon returning to my shrine. I thank you all for that.

"What I have to say will not be welcome to the ears of some of you, but for you to understand my words, I feel I need to start from the beginning.

"Thousands of years ago, a traveler built a small shrine out of rocks beside a road and prayed for safe journeys. As the years passed and more people prayed at the little shrine, their prayers called me from the spirit realm. My memories of that time are hazy, but I tried to help those I could to honor their faith in me." The councilman wisely moved off to the side as Ikuno began pacing the area in front of the table. "But back then, I was merely a spirit. I had no form. I could bestow my blessing upon a traveler and, through this world full of magic, that was often enough, but I could never have protected your village the way I protected your ancestors.

"A thousand years ago, that changed. A new kind of magic seeped into my shrine and gave me form. Gave me a body. I chose the form of an oni, as I had encountered a few in my time as a spirit. I came into this world with horns, blue skin, and my most trusted friend." She raised an arm. The air swirled and warped around her hand before her iron club appeared with a sharp crack. The weapon had not shrunk to match her size and stood taller than her current body. Many in the crowd gasped in awe as she summoned the weapon described in their legends, and eyes widened as she easily held a club that weighed more than her entire body with only one hand. Shifting her grip up the handle so its weight wouldn't tip her backward, she guided the weapon to her shoulder and rested it there.

"But something else important happened around that time," she said, continuing her pacing. The boards beneath her feet squeaked and groaned in protest from the added weight of the club. "Monster girls appeared. Not just here in Azumbaho, but across the world. People of Sayaka, the magic that created the monster girls is the same magic that gave me life."

"That... That can't be!" shouted a woman from the crowd.

"I told you I chose the form of an oni when I first set foot in this world, yet I appeared then as you see me now. The same size as a human woman. Why do you think that is?"

"I... don't know," the woman said meekly.

"Kal, you may know more about this than I do at the moment. Would you clarify?"

The mage stood up. "How much do you want me to explain? Should I tell them everything?"

"As much as you need to make clear why I look like this."

Kal paused momentarily before launching into his explanation. "Monster girls were created by a spell cast on the other side of the world. Seeing some looks of confusion beyond a certain distance in the crowd, he cursed under his breath and addressed those in the front of the audience. "Could a few of you in the front repeat what I say to the people further back?" he asked. "My translation spell doesn't reach that far, and they probably don't know what I'm saying." As the people began relaying his words to those further away, he continued, "The magic was so powerful it consumed the caster's body and maybe even his soul. Before casting this spell, he collected magical scans of women's bodies for years. The spell used those stored body shapes to give form to the first monster girls, or their human parts in some cases. Which means that when you were created a thousand years ago, you would have had the body of one of those scanned women," he said, directing the last part at Ikuno.

"Exactly correct," she said before turning back to the people of Sayaka. "As I see it, you have one of your own women, Chihiro, up here, but the rest of the women at this table are monster girls. That includes me." Murmurs rippled through those assembled before she continued. "For almost all my years, I have considered myself more than a mere monster girl. I was a spirit and an oni who occasionally faced prejudice toward monster girls because humans didn't know any better. My last venture showed me the folly of my arrogance. I met an alarune, and we became lovers. Not my first monster girl lover but perhaps my deepest. Then I met a man and formed a bond with him. He, in turn, formed a bond with my alarune lover, other monster girls, and even a human woman. Through them, I discovered that I'm not that different. Despite my power and immortality, we have many of the same wants, desires, and needs."

Some of those in the crowd shuffled uncomfortably but remained silent as she took a moment to collect her thoughts. "I am still, at heart, a spirit, and I shall continue to be a patron of travelers and lovers for this town. But I ask you all to treat my monster girl sisters with respect and dignity, and to treat the men who love them the same."

"But they'll steal all the men!" a woman shouted to a chorus of agreement.

"Ichiro, Asahi, if you continue your relationship with Yua and Yamori, what are your long-term plans?" Ikuno asked.

"Mine and Yua's plan is to find a human wife that can give me a son I can name as my heir," Ichiro announced.

The oni turned back to the woman in the crowd. "You see? Without you, there will be no more men. Human women are just as important because only you can bear sons. This is something that Kal has been teaching the monster girls he encounters on his travels?" She looked back at him as the statement turned into a question.

Kal nodded. "Along with any humans that will listen. Most monster girls don't mind sharing a man and are only possessive in response to the attitude of humans, and I haven't run across many men who have balked at the idea of two women in their bed with one of them constantly in the mood."

Ikuno raised her voice over those relaying Kal's words. "A new era is coming. One of coexistence between monster girls and humans. I have faith in the people of Azumbaho, and even more in this wonderful little village, to start seeing monster girls as more than monsters. For those of you with more questions, you are welcome to come visit me at my shrine. Kal and I will answer them as best we can.

"Now... unless the town council has any more to say?" Ikuno looked over at the head councilman whose face had gone pale. The man wore a terrified expression as he shook his head. "No? Excellent! Then let the feast begin!" The iron club vanished as she raised her arms toward the two food stations in invitation.

As Ikuno walked back around the table to her seat, the councilman scurried over. "Great Ikuno, do you think it was wise to make such a public announcement? Perhaps it would have been best if you told the council first and let us--"

"No," she said, cutting him off. "Change is coming, and it will be facilitated by people like myself and Kal. Monster girls have been here for a thousand years. They have built homes and communities and become a part of our world. It's time the intelligent races put this foolishness behind us."

"But to start this here? We are but a small village of simple folk."

Ichiro chuckled, drawing their attention. "If this change is starting anywhere in Azumbaho, it's in Soma. A ship moored just outside Soma Harbor is taking on monster girls and training them to be sailors. I think Kal started this crusade before the tournament started."

"More than that," said Kal. "I have some dwarves carving a road up the side of a mountain to a large, magically-heated chamber. I plan to make a settlement there where humans and monster girls can live together peacefully. On top of that, there are rumors that the goddess of the main religion in the area is changing her stance on monster girls." Kal looked up at the councilman. "I think what Ikuno is asking is inevitable. The question is whether Sayaka will be pioneers, like Soma, or trudge through the horse dung of those who went before you."

"I trust you will make the right choice, even if it is not the easiest or most popular," said Ikuno with a dismissive wave. The head councilman frowned with evident dismay at the prospect but shuffled away and joined the rest of the council members at their table inside the meeting hall.

Servers brought over three elegantly painted porcelain plates with delicate salads, pickled vegetables, and rolls of rice with a sweet bean paste in the center, but the portions were tiny. Ichiro caught Kal's confused expression and said, "This is just the beginning, friend. You need not worry about going hungry if this is anything like my family's formal dinners."

Ikuno picked up one of the rice rolls and popped it into her mouth. Her eyes closed as she hummed in pleasure before turning to Kal. "The small portions mean you will have plenty of time to tell me what you have been up to. I don't recall you talking about hiring dwarves before."

"I suppose I should start at the beginning. Before I left home, Perra and I talked about having a baby. She decided that if I was going to leave to protect you, she wanted to make sure my lineage didn't die out if something happened to me."

"The woman part of me wants to be pissed you left her while she was pregnant with your son. But considering what happened when I returned..." The oni let the thought dangle, not wanting to say it out loud.

"It wasn't easy," Kal said, and I actually avoided contacting her through the astral plane for fear it would weaken my resolve, and I'd go back to her. It sounds awful saying that out loud, but I needed to be here.

"Back to my story, I came across the city of Carriston and found out a nearby wizard was a master of astral magics. When I asked Kelthor for lessons, he told me his servant dog-girl, Rose, had been kidnapped by slavers extorting him for money. Rose was not a slave, but a pup dropped on his doorstep when her mother escaped the slavers. Since we are eating, I won't describe what happened to Rose's mother.