Nap…

The chilled morning air left you also chilled. After Dobra’s orgasm you drew her, Misha, & Siew Chew as you snuggled with all three of them farther up the bed. Four people was pushing the occupancy limit but Misha & Siew were hardly a hundred pounds even after taking a warm bath. You never new he enjoyed women being so lithe but maybe it had more to do with the women in particular.

A few minutes of a wonderful afterglow. The limbs of all three of you were wound together in an impressive note. The four of you took a long nap until noon. When you awoke, the three women were gone.

You were unsure how the women extricated themselves from your embrace without awakening you, but the proof was in the pudding, so to speak.

Suddenly you snap more fully awake when you heard someone banging on your door. The air in the room had warmed up noticeably, but the floor was still dreadfully cold. You grumbled as you walk across the chilling floor with naked feet matching your naked body.

“Oh, by God! Alexander, must you…?…” Edythe said as she took in your naked form. “Get in!” exclaimed Edythe the first. She ushered in your chief maid, Helda, & Misha before shutting the door. They all acted like they were in the middle of a conversation, but your nakedness is distracting specifically two of them. Hylda was merely smirking at the two women while giving you sideways glances.

Misha was fully dressed now in fine clothing of a typical noblewoman. Her sash however displayed that she has been made a low ranking General. You could be mistaken but you think you had truly little to do with that but are fine with it. You find yourself amazingly comfortable with Misha helping run the military. However, you imagine some of the older high-ranking officers have probably objected by now.

The assignment was probably due to Misha’s up coming trip to her tribe to search for Yeb & spy on her sister, Shara.

“Alexander! What on earth! Why are you not wearing a stitch of clothing?” Edythe asked.

With a smirk you replied, “Misha probably could have told you why… but knowing you, she has probably felt a lack of any opportunity to elucidate the situation to you. I know this because she should be traveling with a squads of soldiers to the village built for her tribe.” Misha nodded her head slightly to confirm your assessment.

You continue, “In addition, did you know Misha can extricate herself from waking up in a tight embrace with her lover, while he is in a deep sleep without waking him up?” Misha face turns crimson as Edythe raised an eyebrow suggesting that she raised her estimation of the young woman.

Edythe replied, “I did not know that. However, she is now one of your generals. Cannot have her traveling across the kingdom representing you as a concubine. I also took the liberty of suggesting the second squad bring equipment & supplies to establish a long term camp well into the forest around the village. They are to observe & report any changes.”

You knew Edythe the first was telling you because while she was queen, she was bereft of any actual powers as your concubine. So, she had to inform you of any decisions made by her.

Chief Maid Hylda, brusk as ever, said, “You put more meat on bones of Misha, then she stop getting out of bed after fucking.”

With widened eyes, Edythe responded, “No! You… Misha is beautiful & perfect just the way she is. I will not have you filling my Alexander’s head with such nonsense.”

You sigh, “OK is there a reason for this reunion? Or does mother want to have make up sex?”

“What!?!” Edythe was alarmed & confused, “We haven’t had a fight…

…

“have we?”

“Well, if you want the fight first then OK, but I figured we could just skip that and get straight to the mind-blowing sex.”

For once Hylda & Misha blushed at your remark. Edythe tried to refuse to let herself be distracted again, because she was already furious at you intentionally derailing what she wanted to do here.

“No…!…

“Do that again and I will not visit you for a month!” Edythe swears, but you only grab her by her svelte waist, and pull her body flush against yours.

You felt Edythe unconsciously lifted her left leg to bend backwards, a few moments after you began kissing her & caressing her body.

After a few minutes Misha coughs to hopefully remind you that others were present. In addition, the Royal Architect must have been summoned because he also arrived.

You notice this but keep your eyes locked onto the eyes of Edythe. Hers were also unwaveringly locked on yours reciprocating your adoring stare. “You were saying Edythe?”

“uuummm… what…?…” Edythe replied slowly as she recovers from being dazed by your sexual **** upon her.

“You were telling me how you last a whole month without me?” You smile with amusement.

Edythe’s face turned scarlet, but she let you keep her close to your naked body. “Yes ok… maybe I was overstating it a bit. However, we have important business to discuss. My family will be coming for the wedding as well as Meiyue’s entire family.

“Meiyue said you were aware of this, but I doubt it. You would have told me that apparently her family is royalty… but a different branch of their royalty that is out of power & being persecuted by the Emperor. The nobles will be thrilled even without us giving her a fictitious back story.

“So, we are going to be building a village for them before they get here. It will probably be bigger than the one needed for Misha’s tribe.”

You give Edythe a half-smile, “Perhaps Meiyue recognized her lapse in judgement, but wanted to avoid a lecture from you on the expected responsibilities of becoming Queen.”

The royal architect stutters, “W-w-what? I have not even finished the new technologies His Highness has directed me to build into the castle! Or finished the barbarian’s village?

“Will this village be a test case for this technology? It would make sense to test it before laying & installing the pipe, boilers, & tanks into the castle.”

“Use the money in the treasury to entice a couple roman contractor companies to move here & work for us. That should help you with all the current & future projects. In addition, pay off a roman plumbing company, Alchemist, & a Blacksmith.”

Edythe raised an eyebrow at the last two. “That will severely deplete the treasure, my love. Are you going to raise taxes back up to previous levels?”

“No, taxation at eighteen percent will increase total revenue.” You gave the same explanation as you did last time.

“How do you know that?” Edythe was perplexed & confused. Having heard the explanation before she evidently thought of how to articulate her objection.

Chuckling you point to your head, “Educated by monks remember? The information comes from Roman tax collectors. They publish their numbers the next year as an effort for public accountability & helping all Roman states have access to the same information.