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Chapter 24 by Eagle_Bacon Eagle_Bacon

Is Ricard Found?

[Neutral End] Triage

Rosalind awoke, slowly blinking the sleep from her eyes. The morning sunlight streamed into her bedroom, pouring its rays across the white bedsheets that contoured over her form. She turned her head on her pillow, looking over at her partner, who seemed to be waking up as well. A mess of long, curly hair arose, sitting up in bed and letting out an adorable yawn before looking Rosalind’s way. Rosalind gave her partner a sleepy smile and sat up too, before leaning in and giving her bedmate a light kiss.

“...At least let me put her glasses on before you do that.”

“No chance, you were the one who asked for wake up kisses, or did you change your mind?”

“...Okay maybe I did ask… fair enough.”

Alesia reached over to the nightstand and retrieved her round glasses, pushing them onto the bridge of her nose and looking back at Rosalind. The knight looked angelic under the gentle morning light. Alesia leaned in and gave Rosalind her own wake up kiss, before getting out of bed. As Alesia pulled the bedsheets off of herself, she revealed that she was fully nude. Well, Rosalind was also bare beneath the sheets, after all they both fell into an exhausted sleep after some vigorous and intimate nighttime activities yesterday. Rosalind laid back down on the comfortable pillow and watched Alesia get dressed.

Rosalind watched Alesia pull a pair of underwear up her slender legs until they fit over her shapely behind. As Rosalind continued to watch Alesia dress, she mentally revisited the passionate intimacy that they had shared. The supple breasts that she had groped and teased… the delicate lips that she passionately met with her own… Even though it was still early in the day, Rosalind could already feel her insatiable desires waking up too. After the Knottori incident, there were some remaining aftereffects that couldn’t be reversed. One aftereffect was an extremely high libido, another was a more “appreciative” eye for the female form. She had the misfit boys to blame for that.

Alesia finished dressing in her apothecary outfit and started towards the bedroom door, before turning to ask Rosalind a question.

“Any requests for breakfast?”

“Eggs, ham, and that you wear only an apron next time~”

Alesia let out a small laugh in response to Rosalind’s flirtations before exiting the bedroom and heading down the stairs to the kitchen. Rosalind got out of bed and started to dress herself as well. After some time, she descended the stairs towards the delicious smells of Alesia’s cooking. Rosalind found her by the stove frying eggs with an apron tied on top of her clothes. Rosalind quietly approached Alesia from behind, and in one smooth motion she slipped her hands under Alesia’s arms and started groping her breasts from behind.

“Hey! I’m trying to-”

Rosalind pinched both of Alesia’s nipples through her clothes and played with them, skillfully using her fingers to stimulate them the way she liked. The sudden change interrupted Alesia’s complaints and **** a small moan to escape her lips. For a tempting moment, Alesia gave herself over to Rosalind’s teasing, before regaining herself and wiggling out of her grasp.

“Your eggs are going to burn! Jeez, I know you’re horny, but can’t you wait until after breakfast?”

“Hmm… okay, then it’s a promise! Right after breakfast, your ass is mine~”

“No wait, I didn’t mean it like that! The storefront needs to be opened, and there’s still a backlog of orders from Lindow. I’m not as fast as Alesia, so it’ll take a little extra time.”

“If I wasn’t busy today, you could use me to help with the backlog.”

“Oh how generous, if only today wasn’t cleaning duty in the morning and magic theory lessons in the afternoon. Nice try, but you’re not getting out of either.”

Rosalind pouted and let Alesia go, leaving her to tend the stove. Rosalind cut a couple slices of bread and brought them over to the table, where a plate sat with some seared slices of ham. Rosalind picked up the ham slices and put them on the bread, just as Alesia arrived with the pan and slid a fried egg onto the open sandwich. Rosalind completed the sandwich and went in for a greedy bite, soon enjoying the savory meal. Alesia joined her at the table with a more balanced looking plate, sporting some fruits and berries on the side. As they ate, they made small talk about the upcoming day’s work.

“So how’s the potion and medicine stuff coming along?”

“It’s a lot to learn and memorize. Alesia is a good teacher, at least when she doesn’t get distracted or start fantasizing.”

“Sounds like a lot of effort. Earnest, why don’t you take a break and come with me today? That way I won’t be bored, and Alesia can work at full speed.”

“You just want to get out of your cleaning duty and theory lessons.”

“Look, I’ll admit that might possibly be true, but it doesn’t make what I said false. Think about it, everyone benefits.”

“...Well I hate to agree, but you might be right… Okay, let’s do it.”

Rosalind untucked a silver necklace from her top, holding up a small dark metal cylinder fixed to the end of the chain. Intricate engravings ran throughout it, not fancy and decorative, but functional magical patterns. Alesia revealed a second necklace that looked identical, made of the same material with similar engravings. The two got close and brought the cylinders together, interlocking the ends that complemented each other perfectly. Magic energy filled the device as Rosalind put an arm behind Alesia’s back to support her. Alesia looked like she was nodded off, her eyelids struggling to stay open as her body relaxed and her head limply tilted to the side. Rosalind paused and stared ahead blankly, before reanimating and blinking rapidly. She continued to hold Alesia up, and after a moment Alesia started to open her eyes too, before standing back up on her own feet.

“Aww, now I’m gonna be the one that’s bored!”

“You have more than enough work to keep you busy.”

“That’s not how boredom works Earnest! But fine, what Rosalind said was true. But before you go, you have to fulfill your promise!”

“What promise?”

“I recall the words ‘right after breakfast, your ass is mine’ coming from those lips~ The least you could do is give me a nice memory to keep me company during work~”

Earnest could feel Alesia’s seductive words tickle him. Even though he knew that he should refuse, Rosalind’s body was incredibly horny, way more than he expected it to be. In fact, suspiciously so. With a tiny amount of magic energy, Earnest tested and confirmed that the vibrating crystal was currently inside of Rosalind’s body. She must’ve been using it discreetly during breakfast! Earnest mentally scolded Rosalind within their shared skull, and she mentally gave a half-hearted apology. Earnest realized that he had fallen headfirst into her trap. Rosalind’s body was so aroused that it would be quite the distraction, it was now the logical choice to relieve both Rosalind’s and Alesia’s desires.

“...Fine.”

Earnest went up to Alesia and picked her up with Rosalind’s arms, carrying her like a princess. Alesia was visibly excited as she let herself get carried back upstairs into the bedroom.

Earnest sat in the armory, using Rosalind’s hands to clean a set of leather pads used for sparring. Nearby, one of their squadmates, Dorian, was tending to the practice swords.

“Who’s it today?”

“Earnest.”

“Oh, nice! Good to see you again brother! Or should I be saying sister now?”

Dorian let out a laugh as Earnest rolled Rosalind’s eyes.

“You can call me either, doesn’t change the fact that I lay your ass out on the sparring ground. At the end of the day, I’m still the same Earnest inside.”

“Inside maybe, but outside? Think about what it’s like for us! How would you react if one of your squadmates left as a man and came back like… well, like you!”

“Well, it would be quite strange if it happened twice.”

Both of them laughed a little as they continued to clean. He was quite glad that his current situation hadn’t alienated him from his brothers in arms. And from what he heard, they quite liked Rosalind herself too.

“Sure it must be strange to be in your… predicament, but it’s not all bad right? I mean, you sort of have two wives with Rosalind and that Alesia. Any man would be jealous of that!”

“Right, well tell those men that they’d have to be one of the wives and see if they’re still jealous. But you're right, it’s not all bad. Even though it’s different, I’m getting used to living like this.”

“Glad to hear you’re doing okay. But you know, if you ever need… you know… a man, like, a man that’s physically a man… you can always call on me.”

Earnest turned Rosalind’s head and gave his squadmate an incredulous look.

“You ass-headed dirty horn-dog, you’re the last person in the whole squad, no, the whole kingdom!”

“Hey! Can’t blame a guy for asking!”

Earnest and his squadmate continued to clean and banter. All things considered, Earnest really was fortunate to still have Rosalind and Alesia in his life. Back when Ricard escaped in Earnest’s body, a search was conducted, but unfortunately the amount of manpower was limited and the search area was vast in such a remote region. Hopes of finding Ricard were finally dashed when he was seen making a name for himself across the border in a rival kingdom.

With hopes of reclaiming Earnest’s body essentially gone, he despaired, and was prepared to sacrifice himself in order to let Rosalind live her life. He couldn’t bear to transfer himself into the body of an innocent person, and he even refused the idea of using a bandit or criminal. He felt like he deserved punishment for his mistake, so as repentance he intended on sending his mind into the body of a dog. That way, he could at least stay by Rosalind’s side.

However, Coltia offered a much better solution. Through studying the possession spell and its experiments in the journal, Coltia had found a way of modifying the spell so that the host’s mind wasn’t suppressed. When both minds were in the same body, the possessor would still be in control of the body, but the host would be conscious, even able to mentally communicate with the possessor. Still though, Earnest didn’t want Rosalind to forever be trapped as a passenger in her own body just for his sake.

Unexpectedly, Alesia made an interesting proposition. She offered her own body to host Earnest’s mind. Alesia knew that Earnest would never look to her as a lover as long as Rosalind was around, so this was the only way to stay with him. She would be able to spend her whole life with him quite intimately, and she had to admit that having Rosalind as a partner too wasn’t unattractive either. Using Coltia’s spell, she could bind herself to Earnest and Rosalind’s lives, while helping them in their particular situation.

Coltia, with her incredible knowledge and intelligence, was able to engrave the spell into a pair of necklaces so that they could swap Earnest’s mind between Rosalind and Alesia’s body easily. It would take some getting used to, but the strange lives of three people split over two bodies would begin.

After a solution was decided on, Earnest left Rosalind’s body for the first time. She didn’t wake up immediately, in fact It took her quite some time to recover. Because Earnest could no longer train the black mind slime while in Alesia’s body, it had to do its best with the information and memories that it found in him while traveling to Knottori. Even though it was incomplete, it worked well enough, with Rosalind eventually waking up and only retaining some permanent aftereffects.

The group returned to the capital, explaining the situation to commander Roland. He was furious that Earnest’s risky plan ended up with his squad losing one of its best soldiers. Earnest promised that Rosalind would do more than just replace him. Rosalind’s magic energy capacity was better than Earnest’s, and she was able to learn quickly, perhaps due to some remaining influence from Barnabas. Rosalind quickly became the squad’s up-and-coming magic swordsman with Earnest’s quite literal hands-on teaching.

Alesia moved her shop to the capital, as the three of them sought out accommodation for their strange coupling. They started their new life in a two story building, with the first floor becoming a new apothecary and the second floor being their home. Alesia was hesitant to leave the Lindow villagers, since she was their only healer, but she established a monthly delivery to the town that would keep them in connected.

The three of them fell into daily life surprisingly quickly. While Earnest was in Rosalind’s body, he was a knight. Besides his normal duties, he would also train Rosalind in magic and magic swordsmanship for when she was in control. While Earnest was in Alesia’s body, he was a student, learning the ways of potion brewing and medicine to run the shop under her guidance. In either body, he was the cook, in charge of creating delicious meals for both of their tastes.

The three of them grew close quite quickly, and it wasn’t long before Earnest was learning intimate and private details about both of their bodies. Earnest was able to experience Rosalind’s and Alesia’s pleasure firsthand, personally feeling what each body was most sensitive to. He could then put what he learned into practice, bringing his partner incredible pleasure via his experience in their body.

While Earnest intended on only harmlessly reminiscing while cleaning the equipment, his mind had grown aroused again. He couldn’t help it when Rosalind’s body was so prone to lust and desire.

“Hey Earnest~ You know… you could do it here~”

Earnest heard Rosalind’s seductive voice within his mind, urging him to make an ill-advised decision.

“No, it’s… this is the barracks. I can handle it for now, I’ll take care of it later.”

“You used it in public before, what’s the big deal? Dorian won’t notice anything, he’s busy cleaning too.”

“It’s not about him noticing anything, it’s just the time and place. I’m working right now, this isn’t free time.”

“And yet you didn’t take the crystal out before leaving. Don’t lie to yourself, I think you knew this would happen right from the start. Cleaning is so boring, it’s the perfect chance.”

As much as Earnest wanted to argue back, Rosalind’s whispers weren’t off the mark. When he was still at home, he only had a tiny little intrusive thought, that was all. But here he was now, having an internal argument that a little part of him wanted to lose. The same little part of him that was starting to send magic energy to the vibrating crystal.

“Mmm, yes that’s it Earnest~ Keep going~”

Earnest tried to keep cleaning and not show anything on Rosalind’s face. It didn’t help that Rosalind’s mind kept whispering sweet seductions to Earnest. She knew what she was doing, the more pleasure that Earnest felt, the more she felt too. While Earnest was in Rosalind’s body, she had encouraged him to engage in some rather daring acts, things that he had never imagined himself nor her doing before. Yet he still listened to her and carried out those acts with their shared body.

“Mmm~ More Earnest~ Stronger~”

He increased the magic energy flowing into the crystal embedded inside Rosalind’s depths, feeling its pleasurable reward course through their body. It was becoming more difficult to keep a straight face, but Earnest focused on keeping Rosalind’s breaths steady and quiet to avoid any attention. They couldn't last much longer now, they could feel a climax building.

“Ahh~ You’re controlling my body and making me cum~ You’re making me cum in public~”

Rosalind’s body went over the edge, internally erupting into orgasm while Earnest tried to keep it from showing on the surface. Wave after wave crashed through their body while Earnest had to hold it all in, ensuring that nothing would spill over. Rosalind’s thighs were tightly pressed against one another, every muscle in her body tense in an attempt to keep the exploding pleasure inside. Just as the waves were starting to grow weaker and control was getting easier, they heard the voice of their squadmate.

“Rosalind? Oh, I mean Earnest?”

Earnest looked up at Dorian, who was looking at him.

“Don’t go dozing off over there! Neither of us can leave until all the cleaning is done.”

Rosalind’s body was still feeling aftershocks, but Earnest tried his best to stay calm and reply as normally as possible.

“Oh, sorry. Uh, just a little tired. Didn’t sleep that well.”

“Oh come on man, don’t brag! I bet you were up real late with your ladies. You know what, next time we go out to a bar, you still have to be my wingman! Who knows, maybe it’ll work better now that you’re not a man.”

“Of course, Dorian’s eternal quest that never ends. Sure, but you’ll be buying my drinks then, even if you go home alone.”

“No way! Have you seen how much Rosalind can drink? She nearly had half the new recruits under the table not long ago.”

Earnest got Rosalind’s hands busy with cleaning again, her body still humming from the strong orgasm earlier. He felt a hint of guilt and shame for what he had just done, but more excitement than anything else, which was perhaps a bit concerning. Rosalind’s mind was still basking in the afterglow while Earnest took care of the current menial task. With Rosalind’s libido, this was probably only the first of many today. It was just surprising how much both of them had changed in such a short period of time.

Earnest’s new life was certainly strange, but it wasn’t bad. He had lost his original body due to his own careless mistake, a mistake that he might never live down. But now he had two people that he cared for dearly right by his side, or perhaps closer than that. A random thought popped into Earnest’s head as he continued cleaning. He hadn’t told his parents about any of this yet. Oh boy, that would be a strange conversation. Oh well, he was sure it would work out somehow, just like things were working out now.

The End

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