Chapter Eight
Anji was always around.
Siwang couldn't help but notice that the maid was moving about the dungeon since she had started working here the day before. She always wore these beautiful smiles. And when Siwang was getting intimate with one of his monster girls, Anji would invariably show up and watch.
He didn't know what to make of her or why his mother had hired her. She wasn't a shy girl despite her blushes and downcast eyes. Her demure attitude made her more enticing. Like when she had walked in on him enjoying Guang and Lei, his Light and Thunder companions. He had his cock pumping in and out of Lei's asshole, the cyclops moaning in delight as she tongued the lampetia's pussy.
Anji had slipped in and watched from the corner. Like she had been summoned. His monster girls were all in on something. Siwang could feel it as the girl just happened to be around. Always catching his attention.
She had watched him fuck his way through all of his cockatrices just this morning. His Thunder monster girls were all gasping and moaning as he fucked their green-scaled bodies. She wasn't shy at all with such different monster girls.
He had pumped his jizz into all of them while she had watched. It was strange.
She was intriguing, that was for sure. He didn't get why she would be so enticing. She was just a human girl. He had a harem of monster girls. Twenty-four different women who were all ready and eager to take his cock.
Who all loved him. And he loved them.
So he decided to talk to her. He headed into the living quarters where she was dusting. Not that the dungeon got dirty. It kept itself clean. She moved about with a feather duster, humming as she worked. They were the only ones in here, and yet...
He felt his monster girls around. Lurking. Watching. Almost spying on him.
"Lord Siwang," she gasped when she saw him. She lowered her gaze, her cheeks blushing red. She smiled anyways, her dimples shining. "Can I do something for you, Lord Siwang? Perhaps ready your midday meal."
"I just..." Siwang swallowed. His palms grew clammy and his stomach twisted. Why was this so terrifying? She wasn't a dragon come to kill him. She wasn't an invading army.
Anji was just a village girl.
"I was just... wondering why you would want to work here," Siwang said as he moved to one of the couches. He sat down on it. Was that a good idea? Now she was taller than him. She smiled down at him.
He stood.
"That's all."
"Well, Lord Siwang," Anji said, squirming. She gripped the feather duster in both hands before her. "I'm here because... it's exciting being around dungeon builders and their monster girls. They're so fascinating. They're all so different and beautiful. And you're so strong. You have magic. You helped defend us when the king attacked. I grew up all my life with the stories, the warnings, and they always intrigued me. Made me... curious what a dungeon builder was like, so when Lady Xiongbu found out my interest, I said yes when she asked me to work here."
"And, um, you like watching me with my monster girls?" Siwang asked, his cheeks burning hot.
"That's very exciting." She blushed even more crimson. She kept her eyes lowered. That made her so intriguing. "All the other village girls are mooning over Lord Leo, but you... You're not like him. You seem so sad, even here."
"Sad?"
"Well, maybe not sad." She lifted her eyes then. "But there's something haunted about you. Something ephemeral. Vulnerable. I don't know, but it drew my attention to you. Lord Leo is confident and commanding. He's strong and noble, which you are, too, but he doesn't need..." She trailed off. "I mean... He's not... I don't know what I am saying, Lord Siwang. I'm sorry for rambling."
"No." Siwang sighed. "I know what you mean. In the other world, I was dying of a terrible malady. Almost a curse. I had it since I was a child. I spent much of my life in a bed unable to do anything. I was in pain so much of the time, especially those last years before I came here. So I never... I never had a chance to live. To... What do you call it in this world? Court a pretty girl?"
She nodded.
"I never could do that," Siwang said. "I never could live."
"That's so sad," she said and moved closer to him. Then she planted a quick and darting kiss on his lips. She stepped back and looked down again. "I hope that wasn't too forward, Lord Siwang."
"No, no," he said, this warmth suffusing him. He took her by the arms and leaned in. "Not too forward at all."
He kissed her.
Her lips were warm and soft on his. He groaned as he closed his eyes. It wasn't a passionate kiss, not like with one of his monster girls. It was almost chaste. She whimpered in his arms as he savored this moment.
It was the sort of first kiss Siwang should have experienced if he hadn't been sick. He broke it and stared into her rich eyes. She trembled, licking her lips. Anji was beautiful. She was gorgeous. He was glad she was here.
"That was nice," he said.
"Yes, Lord Siwang," she said, smiling at him. "I hope there will be others, but you must be hungry. I have to get started on the midday meal."
"Right," he said, feeling breathless and light as she walked away. He could just float off. What a thrilling feeling.
* * / *
Kassie stood before the recruits, shorter than all of them and not caring. The halfling mage wore her blue robes trimmed in red, her amulet on full display. Hagza stood at Kassie's side. The dwarven mage had a lecherous grin on her lips.
The recruits were all naked. One girl and a trio of boys. Each of them had a crystal tied to the side of their cocks or, in Bellia's case, shoved in her pussy. It was a test to see how they responded to different crystals associated with the different elements.
"This is so weird," said Nomaz, his cheeks scarlet.
"That's just because you're the smallest," said Karvin.
"It's weird," said Melin. His cock twitched. "How much longer."
"You have to keep them on long enough to see if there is a reaction," Kassie said. "We have to know if any of you have an appetite with one of the elements. This is important."
"Yeah, but none of them have worked," Bellia said. "And it's weird having a crystal in my pussy."
"I know, you'd rather have Lord Leo's cock," Melin said.
"Of course, I would," Bellia said, a dreamy look crossing her face. "His cock is delicious."
"Okay, last ones," Kassie said, the tedium of this wearing on her, too. "These are pyrite crystals. They test for Metal."
The diamonds, associated with Wind, were taken off or pulled out of Bellia's cunt. Kassie handed out the next set of crystals. So far, none of them were worth teaching. An aptitude wasn't everything, but it was a predictor of success.
Bellia shoved the crystal up her cunt and shivered. "Cold."