A Peaceful Event

The first half of the trip back to the capital is uneventful and painfully long. It will take a full fortnight to travel home. Fortunately, the alchemist received your letter. Then after having his chief assistant quickly make the potions, the sent them on mail carrier horses with the highest stamina to reach you halfway through the trip.

“The carriage driver is a woman… I can turn around, for your privacy, if you want. However, as there is a hot spring here, you may want to do this here and wash up when you feel ready.”

“What is a hot spring?”

Katherine already had approached you a couple nights ago with her daughter, Edythe the Second. They are very persuasive in convincing you they ‘wanted’ you. Maybe ironically because of what happened, your choice to abstain from enjoying them the first night, and the nights after that, caused them to reconsider their thoughts regarding you as their king. You are clearly more considerate and **** than Sir Trindon led them to believe.

You refused the advances, confusing them. To them, they become yours the moment you took them away from their former lives. What they failed to understand is how the very idea of your seed mixing with that of Sir Trindon revolted you. This had little to do with their choices, and so you did your best to hide that fact from them, lest they misunderstand and take it personally.

“A naturally heated bath filled with salt and essential oils.”

Katherine smiled warmly at you as she already shed her cloths and draped herself over you. She is literally begging to be used… now, in a consensual way, which is likely more than Sir Trindon ever got from her.

You remembered your mother's warning to avoid losing your senses after bedding an experienced woman. Their experience will likely influence you in ways you, in which would otherwise refrain.

Yes, it was more than that louse ever got.

A whisper on the wind caught your attention, causing you to spin around only to look eyes with Katherine & Edythe who both looked at you with innocence, “What did you say?” you ask.

“I said we would rather our master join us unless… it is too much for you to see.” Katherine looks away, suddenly self-conscious. Edythe was ignorant of the topic, but her mother was obviously deeply knowledgeable of what miscarriages could look like. However, emotions are more subtle than a flint & striker. They could still subconsciously choose to take the treatment personally.

You decided to show your affection for once. Cupping Katherine’s face, you turned her head before locking her lips with yours in a deep and passionate kiss. You have started to grow fond of the two women in the past week. Bits of details are adding up to previous information and it seems like they both were **** into Trindon’s deviant & depraved activities. In addition, your stoic treatment of them is negatively affecting their feelings of self-worth.

You deduced that refraining from giving any attention for the past week, has done enough to separate yourself from Sir Trindon in their psyches. You also hope that it helped them come to terms with the new direction of their life. You were committed to instilling in them the difference between you and Sir Trindon. They had already went through a Hell; and they can do without you encouraging them to choose to see their new life a new Hell.

“You will be taken care of Katherine. You do not ‘need’ to do this. Our children will be given their own title and lands in the future.”

It was the first time you spoke of such matters to either of them. Katherine’s eyes exploded with surprise and stutters, “N-n-no, your- your Highness. I do not mean to manipulate you…”

You smirk, but inwardly you fume at how Sir Trindon had destroyed these women’s confidence in themselves as well as their ability to interact normally. They would think everyone was the same as him at heart. You mask your thoughts as you continued the kiss Katherine, pulling her body flush against your own. Your clothing chafes at her nipples causing them to engorge and harden with blood.

“Didn’t I say no lies…?… There are always consequences for every action. Being raised with my mother, you have obviously been trained in how to think more than one step ahead.”

Katherine blushed but this time with pleasure at your compliment. She remains silent for a few moments before you both heard a cough nearby. It is an equally naked Edythe. Her lithe but svelte youthful teenage body was on full display.

“But sir, aren’t you concerned by my mother being incapable of producing a male child with my father?”

You roll your eyes, “I doubt that idiot would believe this, even if I proclaim it as King…

“If the child’s gender is determined by its mother, then all mothers will either give birth to sons or daughters. As old Greek teachings had revealed, the gender is influenced by the food taken and the timing of conception. But such a thing is beyond Trindon’s head which is marginally bigger than his other head.”

Katherine begins to laugh with an infectious giggle that infects her daughter. Soon they are pulling and striping you of your own clothing. They were amused by the news for a while, as they slip into the warm waters to warm up their bodies from the cold morning air.