Chapter Three
"Lord Leo," Souleen exclaimed when I entered my Vault. It was the room that held the Void Crystal.
Sitting on a plinth was a gemstone of pure black. It hummed as it drew in the magic in the world around it. Through the Void Crystal, I could make my will reality. I could shape the world using the Word. My Word. I could summon monster girls by speaking their names. I could use magic by speaking other Words, calling on the Lord or Lady of a given element.
Souleen was my piece of the Incarnation. Or my version of her. She looked like the woman that I had promised to protect, and seemed to think she was that woman (so maybe she was), but she didn't know why I was here. She merely knew the how.
How to make monster girls and use magic and shape my dungeon.
"What are we going to do today?" she asked. She looked like a busty, motherly figure with short, black hair. She had tan skin and sparkling eyes. "You have those Ice and Light monster girls to create. Plus the companions. Have you thought of who you are going to summon?"
"Yeah," I said. My companions had all given me some great ideas. The Ice one was easy. There was only one girl in my past life that fit that cold element that I wanted in my life. And I thought I had found the perfect Light companion.
"Monster girls first," I said and grabbed the stone.
My mind was on Ice, I supposed, so as the interface menu appeared in my mind, I selected the one that let me create new monster girls. They were all out there, waiting, potentials that I could summon into this world by speaking their name. The Word of their Existence.
I delved into the interface. I could make two different Ice monster girls. Yeti were the Level 1 monster girls. I knew that name from pop culture. They were from Tibet. The abominable snowmen. They were some sort of bigfoot that was in Asia. They were creatures of blizzard and snowy mountains. They certainly were hot in a feral sort of way but I didn't want to make any more Level 1 monster girls. The ones I had made before I would keep, but there was no reason I had to make more.
So I focused on the Level 2 monster girls. The yuki-onna.
They weren't a name I recognized at all from my world, but many of the monster girls seemed to be based on legends from my world. Usiku, the Dark companion to my first enemy, was a fomorian. Those were an Irish legend of a race who lived in Ireland before the faerie did. Baaghi was a rakshasa, an Indian legend, and Paanee a naga, another Indian legend. Undines were European. Wildhounds Irish. Valkyrie, faerie, dryad, will o' wisps, arachnes, werebears, unicorns, quetzalcoatl. These were all creatures from my world's mythology.
So why were they here?
Did the legends of them in my world come from here? Or was it the other way around?
I should ask Fara about that.
But, for now, I had yuki-onna to make. I would have five of them. That was how many werebears, quetzalcoatl, arachne, orcs, and basilisks I had. I clutched the gemstone and pictured the yuki-onna in my mind.
I had seen them. They had served Led, the other twin, so I had fought them twice now. They were deadly and beautiful. A snowy-skinned woman appeared, with frosty-blue hair that fell around her naked body. Steam rose from her flesh. She had a sultry face and round breasts. There was something Far East Asian in her face. She had curvy hips and a thick, blue bush that glittered with motes of frost.
Snezhinka...
Her name floated through my mind. I said with force "Snezhinka!"
The Void Crystal hummed with power. Then, beside me, shadows swirled and Snezhinka appeared. She stood, arching her back and thrusting her arms to the heavens. Mist spilled off her body. I could feel the chill of her.
"Lord Leo," she said, her voice soft. It reminded me of stepping outside after a heavy snowfall. The world strangely silent, muffled by all that soft white that had covered it. "It is an honor to serve you."
She touched my naked chest. I had left my robe behind. One of the thrills of having a harem of monster girls was the new delights. I shuddered at how frigid she was. Her fingers trailed along my chest. I expected to see frost left behind, but her cold didn't seem to hurt me.
Her fingers slid up to my collar bone then around my neck. I had nothing to fear. Only love shone in her glacial-blue eyes. She licked her white lips, her tongue surprisingly pink. She grabbed the back of my neck and pulled me to her mouth.
I released the Void Crystal and wrapped my arms around her. A shiver ran through me. The chill was deep. It should be stealing my heat, though, but wasn't. My cock pressed into her belly. It was like having an ice cube rubbed over the tip.
Fuck, that was intense.
She pressed her body against me and kissed me. Snezhinka's round breasts felt soft against my chest while her nipples were two frigid points rubbing across my skin. Her tongue thrust into my mouth. I should be shivering from the chill, losing my body heat, my erection, but I wasn't.
She was cold, but she wasn't stealing my heat.
It should be impossible. It would be if we were back in my world. She was a monster girl. Clearly, she had control over thermal energy. Things liked to get to a state of equilibrium. Hot things radiated their heat thermal energy into a colder environment and cold things absorbed it. Different materials were better at one or the other, but that didn't change the fact it would happen.
Not with Snezhinka.
What would it be like to be in her? I had to find out.
I grabbed her ass and pressed her down to the floor. I stretched out on my new yuki-onna. She quivered beneath me, so gorgeous. She was as beautiful as a frozen pond, the ice so tempting to step out onto.
It would hold my weight, but my enemies...
I broke the kiss. "Snezhinka..." I stroked her delicate cheekbone. "You are breathtaking."
"Lord Leo," she breathed, a shudder running through her. "I was dreaming of something. Of existing. I was a potential floating in a void, and you chose me. I will never let you down, my Lord. Never."
"I know."
I kissed her again.
