Chapter 281 - a.s.sured Position
After the thrilling last night, Lucien returned to his daily routine the next day, that is, to split his time between boosting Madelyn and the wind mages, strengthening his troops, and giving his wives a lot of love.
Also, he set aside extra time to spend only with Oya and Ko, teaching mama tigress new words and giving little Ko more mix of demonic energy while Oya and L.u.s.t try to teach her how to use Envy"s copy ability.
The example of Oya using the copy ability to change her body is a significant bonus for Ko. However, she is very young and does not yet have intelligence and instincts as sharp as her mother"s, and so she still takes a while more to get a demi-human body.
Well, L.u.s.t predicted that Ko would take at least a week to be able to use the copy ability, but three days later, Lucien had a pleasant surprise when he heard someone running towards him while he was helping Madelyn recovery mana.
"Hmm..." Lucien smiles as he hears the quick steps of someone too small to be Rose or Kara.
"I was wrong again." L.u.s.t comments in a sad sound.
Lucien stops hugging Madelyn and holds L.u.s.t"s chin before kissing her lips. "You have to stop underestimating our family."
L.u.s.t smiles. "You"re right."
Then Lucien turns around while opening his arms.
*Whoosh*
As fast as an arrow, a little girl jumps into Lucien"s arms.
*Muah* *Slurp* *Muah* *Slurp* *Muah* *Slurp* *Muah* *Muah*
Before Lucien can get a good look at her, the little girl paints his face with kisses and licks.
"Hey... Hahaha... Easy... Hahaha...." Lucien tries to avoid her little tongue, but the girl continues to "attack" his face with cuteness in the same way that little Ko did in her tiger form.
Then he lifts her up by her slim waist, two feet above his head.
"Little Ko..." Lucien smiles as he sees the beautiful fair-skinned girl, with white hair, and feline ears with slightly rounded tips, smiling at him.
She is about 1.2 meters and has a beautiful infant face, looking 8-10 years old. Her eyes seem to be changing color like Oya"s, but between yellow and green.
And of course, she has fluffy white fur with small black stripes over various parts of her body and an adorable tail, like Oya.
"..." Little Ko says nothing and just looks at Lucien with a flushed and slightly upset expression as he is preventing her from kissing his face.
She begins to caress his face while still getting used to her demi-human body.
"Oh, do you want to kiss?" Lucien laughs as he sees Ko trying to reach his face with her tongue.
The word kiss quickly reminds Ko of all the times her mother spoke that to Lucien and got kisses. So she quickly tries to speak too.
"K-k-i-s-ss..." The smart little tigress manages to speak a few liters awkwardly and extremely cutely.
"Of course..." L.u.s.t laughs.
Lucien smiles as he finds it impossible to resist Ko"s cuteness. Then he lowers her body, allowing her to kiss his face again.
And of course, he avoids letting her kissing his lips while allowing her to kiss and lick all the rest of his face, leaving saliva everywhere.
Ko continues to lick and kiss Lucien"s face because it is the only way she can think of showing how she feels about him, that is, that she loves him very much.
While Lucien laughs at Oya"s cute actions, the other girls arrive at the quarterdeck.
Angela, next to Oya, also laughs, seeing the cute interaction between Lucien and little Ko. "As soon as she managed to transform, she ran up to you."
"Such an adorable girl." Lucien praises Ko while playing with her.
Oya feels great while seeing Lucien acting lovingly with Ko. He always acted that way to her when she was just a tigress, but now they look even more like a family.
[Family...] The word echoes in her mind. She has learned a lot of words with the girls in the past few days and already understands many of them.
Oya walks over to Lucien and hugs him from behind while he holds Ko in his arms. Then she whispers affectionately. "Family... L-love..."
Lucien can"t turn around because Oya is hugging him tightly, but he moves his tail towards hers and entwines them while he responds lovingly. "Yes, this is our family, Oya."
"Aww, how sweet!" Angela exclaims as she and Lucien"s other wives find the scene of Lucien, Oya, and little Ko too cute.
And of course, they can"t help but imagine what it would be like to be in Oya"s place while he holds their children in his arms. The revelation of the possibility of them being pregnant made them imagine situations like that all the time.
Even Amelia can"t help wanting Lucien"s baby, which makes her very embarra.s.sed while she tries to calm down. [He is your brother, Amelia... would the child be your son and nephew? This is definitely absurd!]
Also, the scene arouses those feelings in L.u.s.t and Envy; after all, they are also women. Still, they know that nothing can be done about their bodies made of demonic energy even in the best of cases.
Lucien and his wives play a lot with the cute little Ko while helping her adapt to her new body and learn to speak just as Oya is learning.
Ko was already treated by everyone as a beloved child even in her tiger form, but now she looks even more like Lucien"s daughter.
Her interaction with Lucien becomes more and more loving while she acts spoiled, and none of the girls, even Amelia, is very jealous as they don"t see her as a woman wanting Lucien"s attention but a child who needs a lot of love.
Also, not only Lucien but all the girls kiss, caress and play with Ko, although she wants to be in Lucien"s arms all the time, as his little princess.
As everyone already experienced that Ko was going to be able to use the copy ability and transform her body like Oya, Angela and Kara made children"s clothes for her, and although some need adjustments, they all served her well.
However, as Oya doesn"t like to wear the clothes she got from Ca.s.sidy as they have a similar body, Ko likes to keep n.a.k.e.d.
And Lucien has no reason to force the girls to wear clothes when they are alone with their family members and his female troops, which are also part of their family because he walks n.a.k.e.d among them all the time.
He didn"t even think it would be weird to have little Ko seeing his n.a.k.e.d body because she is a child as there is nothing about his body that she hasn"t seen, licked, sucked, or drunk while in tiger form, so creating problems now would be just hypocrisy.
Of course, Lucien doesn"t see his little princess in any s.e.x.u.a.l way, and their relations.h.i.+p is pure. Well, that"s what he thinks, but little Ko is clearly aware of s.e.x.u.a.l feelings because despite appearing to be 8-10 years old, she is maturing quickly, mainly due to her sharp instincts and Lucien"s demonic energy.
And so the sea journey continued with Lucien and all the girls having a great time and getting stronger and stronger.
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Five days later, the group approached the life crystal mine.
"Approximately ten miles," Olivia reports to Lucien while looking at the magic stone that is connected to the stone with the group of adventurers at the mine.
Lucien, holding little Ko in his arm, of course, looks at the horizon in front of him and sees only water, even with his keen eyesight. "L.u.s.t, can you see something?"
L.u.s.t shakes her head. "No."
"I don"t see anything, either." Envy, on the other side of Lucien, responds.
"It"s must be a very small island," Lucien comments as he continues trying to see the mine.
Although his group is very strong, he knows that the adventurers at the mine will be very strong because they are probably consuming the crystals or dead by Its side effects.
Of course, he doesn"t fear being defeated by adventurers even boosted by the crystals as he already has the strength of a person from Earth Realm when using his demonic energy while Amelia is literally in the Earth Realm.
Still, Lucien always needs to think of his group responsibly in order to avoid the death of his troops and run towards a possibly dangerous situation without knowing what awaits them in there is not that simple.
"Keep up this speed; I"ll try to get a good view of the mine." Lucien talks to Madelyn as he prepares to fly.
"I"m going with you." Almost all of Lucien"s wives speak quickly, even Envy and Amelia. Oya, despite not having the ability to fly, takes a step towards him, clearly demonstrating her intention.
Lucien smiles. Everyone knows that alone he could fly faster than alongside other people, but they would never let him go into the unknown alone.
"Alright." Lucien agrees as there is no reason to go alone when he has his beloved family by his side.
The mage girls quickly create elementary platforms while those with wings just fly to the sky while laughing.
Lucien raises little Ko and puts her sitting on his shoulders. "Holds on my horns."
Ko holds Lucien"s horns while feeling very comfortable in that position. Since he can simply send his girls to the purple world in case he needs to fight, there is no problem taking her with him.
The other girls, including Oya and Amelia, can only envy Ko as they climb Angela"s floating platform.
*Whoosh*
Lucien flaps his wings and soars after Astrid, Aria, and Ella while L.u.s.t and Envy fly alongside him, followed by the other women on floating platforms.
"Whoooaah!!" Little Ko exclaims and laughs as she finds it very fun to fly on Lucien"s shoulders.
The group quickly flies a few miles towards the mine while Lucien plays in the air with the other girls, giving his little princess a lot of fun.
"There it is." Lucien sees a small spot more than five miles ahead and concludes that it is the island.
The group continues to fly towards there, but then L.u.s.t quickly sends a mental message to Lucien. "Wait!"
Lucien quickly sends the same mental message to all his girls, making the group stop in the air.
L.u.s.t quickly explains. "There"s something in the water."
Everyone looks at the sea while Lucien uses his senses to the fullest and asks L.u.s.t for more information. "Do you know what it is?"
"Look over there!" Envy exclaims as she notices something with her senses and points in that direction.
Everyone looks in that direction and sees an emerald glow moving a few meters below the water at high speed.
"A fish?" With his keen eye, Lucien realizes that the creature is a large fish over ten meters long and three meters wide.
Maggie uses her vision skills, which allows her to ignore the water and see the creature clearly. "It"s a shark. But... is Its body covered in emerald rocks? The crystal?"
L.u.s.t quickly tries to a.n.a.lyze the shark by its power aura. "Yes, that must be the crystal as Its strength is equal to the second layer of the Mortal Realm."
Lucien starts to fly down towards the shark. "So, we better kill it before it attacks the sh.i.p.s."
"Wait!" Envy exclaims while she fears that the beast is stronger than apparent as the use of raw mystic crystals generates many unpredictable side effects.
But Lucien had already descended some meters when he heard Envy"s warning, and the shark really surprises everyone.
*Splash*
Leaving the water like an arrow, the shark flies towards Lucien, showing its mouth full of greenish fangs.
Little Ko holds firmly on to Lucien"s horns as she opens her mouth in surprise but feels no fear. "Wow!!"
Lucien"s golden naginata appears in his hand as he uses his other hand to hold Ko"s leg and flap his wings upward, causing his body to fall towards the water faster, avoiding the shark.
Then he raises his naginata by piercing the shark"s belly and opening Its body from side to side as it pa.s.ses over him and Ko.
Ko looks up and sees the shark"s green guts falling behind them as Lucien flies forward.
She already thought Lucien was incredible, but seeing something like that in front of her makes her very enthusiastic.
"Lucien... a-ama-zing!!!" Ko exclaim as her eyes s.h.i.+nes with admiration for Lucien.
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