Freed? More Like... Under New Management

It took Krvavy longer than she thought, but they are finally back in her cave, just not quite to her campfire yet. She doesn’t know what time it is, but she guesses that it is probably getting close to midnight. This is the longest day she has had so far, and she is actually pretty tired.

Of course, she is absolutely full of energy when compared to Thea. That girl is panting and gasping for air, hardly keeping on her feet. If Krvavy didn’t have a hand on her shoulder and a tail around her waist, Thea would probably collapse onto the ground in an instant.

Thea isn’t even carrying much at all. Despite how terrible her personality is, Krvavy didn’t load her up with loot as a punishment. All she has is the box of bandages that has been wrapped up in a blanket so that she doesn’t accidentally lose any of them. It is rather lightweight.

But they haven’t taken a single break, even though Thea really could have used one, which is the main issue for the noble girl. Well, Krvavy did have to stop more times than she bothered to count to drag Thea back up onto her feet, but those aren’t really breaks.

The girl wasn’t in any real danger though, as Krvavy kept using Inspect on her to see how well she was doing. That ended up giving Krvavy some valuable information, as now she knows for certain that exhaustion absolutely tanks stamina and makes the numbers go red.

Thea almost falls to the ground as Krvavy comes to a sudden stop. They have finally made it to the hot springs. With Thea to tired to talk, Krvavy is starting to feel sympathetic to her. So she’ll let the girl have a nice relaxing bath.

Gently putting her axe on the ground, Krvavy takes the box of bandages from Thea and places it down as well. She then crouches to get more on Thea’s level and removes the crude blindfold from the noble girl’s face.

Thea’s tired eyes squint and blink in the sudden light of the lantern held in Krvavy’s tail. Though held isn’t quite the right word, as all Krvavy did was jam the handle of the lantern over the tip of her tail. It is a bit uncomfortable, but she really did need the light. The sky was really cloudy and there wasn’t much moonlight to see by.

“We are almost at my home, but you can finally have a break.” Krvavy reassures. “You see all this glowing water? You can take a relaxing warm bath in any of these pools. The water is magical, so it is clean and will make you feel better after all that walking you did.”

The tired brat doesn’t respond to that, but a bit of energy does return to her eyes as she looks at the hot springs.

“My place is a bit further up the hill, past this wonderful hot spring, so I’ll carry everything there on my own. And you see those waterfalls up on the right? I’ll wash all the blood off me there, that way it’ll go into the river and won’t contaminate any of the ponds. So don’t worry about that.”

Taking the lantern from her tail, Krvavy hands it to the exhausted blonde. “Now, I’ll leave this lantern here with you so that you can see better, but don’t you go wandering off. We are in a massive cave and I don’t want you getting lost. Or hurt. There are a lot of sudden steep drops in here, so it isn’t exactly safe. Just stay in this hot spring area and you’ll be fine. Got it?”

Thea tiredly nods at that, which brings a smile to Krvavy’s face. This girl seems so sweet when she isn’t talking.

Krvavy leans forwards to give a gentle kiss to Thea’s forehead, followed by a head pat. “Good girl.” She then picks up the box of bandages along with her axe before getting up and continuing along the path through the hot springs. Thea is left looking rather confused, holding the lantern in her hands while surrounded by darkness.

Krvavy carefully enters the hot water near Thea, with her Orc held in her hands and all of the bandages removed. The healing they provided was great, though they didn’t stop her wounds from leaving scars.

Thea appears to have fallen asleep in the hot spring, sitting back with her eyes closed while breathing softly. She looks really cute like this. A shame she’ll probably go right back to being a bitch when she wakes up...

But before Krvavy wakes her up, she can take the chance to get a good look at this noble girl’s body. She honestly didn’t expect Thea to strip down completely, but the girl must have been too tired to care because she is completely naked beneath the water, with her clothes strewn about messily on the ground.

Sitting back in the warm water, Thea almost looks like a completely different person. At first Krvavy assumes that it is just because she is peacefully sleeping, not scowling or swearing, but that isn’t it. Her hair looks different, and it isn’t just the lighting. Krvavy didn’t really pay much attention to it before, to be honest, but it was a dirty blonde colour and was styled into a crown braid. The braids are still there, if a bit looser, but her hair is a much lighter colour now, almost like a silvery blonde. Just how much dirt was this girl covered in?

Thea’s body is very soft looking. Not that she is plump or even fat, as she is quite far from that, but her skin is just so smooth and she doesn’t have a single visible muscle. Her body is fairly slim, with hips that are wide but not exaggeratedly so and breasts which look to be on the smaller side of a C-cup. If Krvavy hadn’t chosen the almost pure white skin for herself then she’d say that Thea was pale, as her skin is light enough to give the impression that she has never been outside without a parasol above her head.

All in all, she is really quite attractive. Much more of a traditional beauty than Krvavy’s Orc. The water blurs most of the details, but Krvavy can confidently say that she has found herself a real beauty here. Of course, that beauty is going to be tainted as soon as she wakes up and opens her mouth, but that can’t be helped. Krvavy has to introduce her Orc to Thea. They’re going to be living together now, after all.

And so, Krvavy reluctantly reaches out to Thea’s peacefully sleeping form and gives her a bit of a shake. “Hey... You shouldn’t sleep in the water. Don’t want you to drown.”

“Bluh...? Wha...?” Thea tiredly mumbles out, slowly opening her light blue eyes. As soon as she sees the naked forms of Krvavy and the Orc she bolts awake, covering her breasts with an arm and scrambling back a bit.

Resisting the urge to look at how Thea’s breasts squish beneath her arm, Krvavy keeps her eyes locked onto the wide open panicked eyes of the bratty blonde noble in front of her. “Hello.”

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!” Thea shouts. “GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!”

“Good to see you are feeling better.” Krvavy response dryly. “But this is my hot spring. I am free to use it as I please. So kindly shut up.”

Shaking with rage, Thea lowers herself further into the water in an attempt to cover more of her body. “What do you want?!” she angrily asks, “And why do you have that... Orc...?”

“It’s time for bed. You can’t sleep here all night.” Krvavy calmly states. “As for the Orc, well, she is that pet I told you about. Isn’t she cute?”

Thea furrows her eyebrows and narrows her eyes. “What? Are you crazy? And what is wrong with her? Is she even alive?”

“Hmm? She’s fine. Well, kind of. At least physically. She doesn’t really seem to have anything going on in her head anymore. Hopefully its just a phase.” Krvavy shrugs out.

Looking a little worried, Thea scoots back a little more. “W-why is she like that...?”

“Oh, that’s a funny story, really.” Krvavy begins, stroking her Orcs hair. “See, I was out and about the other day, just wandering around, and I came across a bunch of Orcs. They weren’t exactly friendly, so we fought. And I... Well, you saw what I did to that bandit, right? Turned his face into mush with my horns? I didn’t really want to do that, I just lost control, and I lost control when fighting those Orcs too.”

Ignoring the increasingly worried look on Thea’s face, Krvavy continue. “This little cutie saw me chop up her friends with my axe and she ran. And something about that really did something for me, so I chased her down. And when I got her I tore her clothes off and took her right there.”

Without really thinking about it, Krvavy has started groping her Orcs breasts. “Oh, if you don’t get what I’m implying, I **** her. I felt pretty bad about it though, so I took her home with me. Couldn't just leave her out there to die. She only responds to sexual things now though. See?” The Orc moans out as Krvavy tweaks one of her nipples.

“Y-you are not going to be bringing me back to Svaneti, are you...?” Thea hesitantly asks, her voice tinged with worry and fear.

“Of course not. Maybe I would have if you weren’t such a bitch to me, but you were. So I feel absolutely no guilt in keeping you as a pet. But don’t worry, you’ll be quite comfortable here. It is _much _better than being in that cage. You can try running, if you want. It won’t do you any good though. We are in the middle of nowhere, after all. But it might be fun to hunt you down again...”

Thea audibly gulps at that, before seemingly focusing on the Orc in Krvavy’s arms. After a moment, her eyes go wide in shock. “J-just how strong are you...?”

“Oh? Did you use some ‘scrying magic’ on my Orc? Didn’t you say that it was rude to do that? An invasion of privacy?” Krvavy teases.

“Sh-she is level seventeen...! And you...!” The bratty blonde noble sputters out in panic.

“Levels aren’t everything, girl.” Krvavy playfully responds, taking some sadistic joy from making Thea squirm. “But I am built for fighting. This cute Orc here might have stood a chance if she hadn’t turned and ran. If she had fought alongside her friends. But she didn’t. And you can see how that turned out for her.”

Thea seems to think for a moment, pushing down her fear as she speaks up. “You would have helped me if I was **** to you? Then you must bring me back to Svaneti.”

Krvavy raises an eyebrow at that, curious about where the girl is going with this.

“My fiance, the Duke of Volhynia, is a powerful man.” Thea carefully states. “Truth be told, I do not want to marry him. He has a... dreadful reputation. But I have **** in the matter. It was the only way to ensure peace.”

“Lets say that I believe you. Okay? Why the fuck do I care?” Krvavy flippantly responds.

That response breaks Thea’s composure, causing her to sputter out angrily. “You filthborne beast! Heartless bitch! People will die! It’ll be on your head!”

“No. Don’t you blame me for that. If it was so important, you shouldn’t have been such a bitch to the person who rescued you from that cage.” Krvavy returns. “I don’t care about a bunch of people I have never met in a land I have never been. You do.”

“Cur! Animal! Monster! Thousands will die! There will be untold suffering! Harlot!” Theadosia furiously cries out.

“Oh cut the crap.” Krvavy sternly replies, getting tired of dealing with this. “Stop pretending to care. You started crying earlier when you thought I was going to hurt you, so where are those tears now when ‘thousands’ of lives are at risk? You either made that shit up or you are just trying to guilt me into doing what you want. Stop it with all these masks.”

Thea quivers with rage on the far side of the hot spring. “You will be judged for this! The blood will be on your hands! Immodest churl! Doxy harlot! Disgusting beast bitch!”

“Alright, that’s enough.” Krvavy grumbles out, placing her Orc to the side safely out of the water as she rises to her feet.

Thea’s anger immediately shifts to panicked fear as Krvavy begins to approach her, frantically splashing water to try keeping the barbarian at bay. “No! Stay back! Foul beast! Begone! Ahh!”

Thea suddenly freezes in place just before Krvavy grabs onto her, all the fight leaving her in an instant. That confuses Krvavy, who looks down at the stunned blonde. Thea is staring wide eyed right at Krvavy’s crotch. “W-wha...? Why...?” She stumbles out in shock.

Krvavy just shakes her head at that. “Really? Fucks sake, girl...” With an annoyed sigh Krvavy grabs onto Thea beneath her arms and lifts the girl out of the water.

That seems to snap the girl out of her shock, as she immediately starts thrashing about furiously, kicking at Krvavy’s chest. “P-put me down! Get your filthy hands off me! Y-you man-beast!”

Rolling her eyes, Krvavy once again ignores Thea’s tantrum. It really helps that her kicking and flailing haven’t caused Krvavy to lose even a single point of health. Slinging the girl over her shoulder, which does nothing to stop the flailing and just gets fists pounded against her back, Krvavy decides that it is time for bed. Obviously she has can’t leave her Orc down here, so Krvavy picks up the Orcs unresponsive body and slings her over the other shoulder.

Thea slowly begins to calm down as Krvavy carries her the short walk up the path. As Krvavy approaches the first platform where she had set up her new camp, Thea has given up her flailing and is simply just sobbing. If there is one thing that this girl is good at, it is rapidly switching between moods.

Krvavy gently places her Orc on a spread out sheet before doing the same with the sobbing brat. Thea helplessly pushes her body against the larger, but still unresponsive, Orc. Grabbing another sheet, Krvavy dries herself off before kneeling down and doing the same for her Orc and the crying noble girl.

She hadn’t noticed it before, but Thea has a bit of a silver blonde bush of hair above her slit. She doesn’t have hair anywhere else on her body though. That better be because she shaves and not the pervert developers striking again.

Once the three of them are dried off, for the most part, Krvavy moves them to the pile of furs and blankets that make up her bedding. She is still a bit annoyed that she couldn’t just turn her private cave into her bedroom, but this spot will do just fine. As long as they stay far from the edges of course, as there is quite the drop. But at least the view will be great in the morning.

Wrapping Thea and her Orc in blankets, Krvavy settles down with them to sleep. It has been a very long and eventful day, for both Krvavy and her new property.