A small army and two former slaves

The way home was a combination between thinking of strategies to take over Lord Kellan’s county and having your dick inside your apprentice. Not that you’re complaining but you’ve already fucked her so many times it’s starting to become repetitive. She sucks your dick daily. Takes it in the pussy every day as well. Luckily you were able to convince her to let you start fucking her asshole. At least that gave you something a little different.

When you finally get back to your city the people cheer for your return. You lean out the wagon and wave at them.
At the center of your city lies your castle. Once you are inside the walls the carriage stops and you and your apprentice get out. You can see a group of citizens training with wooden swords and shields. Seems like the troops are already training. A little further you see tables full of pieces of armor. Helmets, cuirasses, sabatons, shields and next to them commoners trying them on. In the last war you had decided to gather the weapons and armor from fallen soldiers and bring them to your castle. Here you stored them until you had to go to war again. Now you can better protect the people who fight with you by presenting them with free armor, instead of having them provide their own.
As you and your apprentice inspect the troops one of your lieutenants walks up to you. A young woman in her early twenties named Lisa. She is the one that traveled here by airship as soon as you received the countship of Shamba.
“My lord.” She says as she salutes you. “I have delivered your message to the steward. He has gathered levies from the city and surrounding villages. Some have been housed inside the castle but most had to be stationed in a tent camp next to the city.”
“Good work, Lisa.” You say. “I take it you are overseeing their training?”
“I am, sir. I’ve appointed several sergeants and gave each their own squad to train. I’ve also sent scouts into the county of Shamba. I figured it was best to have some recon done of the area before our armies get there.”
“Perfect.” You smile. “Make sure you also send spies into the towns and villages. I want to learn whether his people support him or not and how to best turn them to my side. Oh, and a few saboteurs in his castle will help a lot as well in the case of a siege.”
“Better to have them and not need them then the other way around, right?” Lisa says with a smile. Then she thumps a fist on her chest plate and walks away to carry out her new orders.
You and Doe then head toward the donjon at the center of the castle.

When you first received your countship and got to this castle, the donjon was nearly a ruin. First you spent your time renovating the whole thing. Then you started adding to it, building it up into the wizard’s tower it is now.
Inside you find another two of your lieutenants. A younger man named James and a good looking woman in her mid-thirties named Alice. These are the ones you’ve sent out to find Doe’s friends.
When they see you they both approach and salute you.
“Greetings, sir.” Alice says. “Good news, our mission was a success.”
“You have found my friends?” Doe asks.
Alice turns to the foxgirl and says, “My trip to the rogues guild led me to a quarry. Apparently they bought one of your friends as a **** to cook food for the workers there.”
Doe’s eyes widen with hope. “Was it Sophia? Did you get her out of there?”
“Not Sophia but Mia, and yes, I got her out. She’s waiting in one of the guestrooms.” Alice says and winks at Doe.
“I have had success as well.” James says. “My guy at the **** traders guided me to this dude that got his hands on all three of them. He had already sold them, though. He told me about this one girl named Olivia which he sold to a whore house. I went over there and bought her from there myself. Then I traveled to the quarry only to find Alice had already left with the second girl.”
“What about Sophia?” Doe asks. “She’s my best friend.”
“I’m sorry, but that one got sold to Count Indirect.” James says sadly. “I figured if I went there he would recognize me and refuse to sell her simply to spite John. Instead I had to slaver ask about her on his next trip there. When he got back to me he told me Indirect had send her with a caravan to the land of the catpeople which was then attacked by bandits. It is probably best to assume she is gone.”
Doe closes her eyes and sighs.
You instantly know that is an outright lie. Or rather, James and the slaver he heard this from got lied to and they both probably didn’t realize it. You are certain Sophia is still alive, but by now she will already have feline features all over her body. Truly a shame.
“Well, at least I can be reunited with Mia and Olivia.” Doe says while wiping away a tear.
“Good work you two.” You say. “If the steward hasn’t already repaid you they money you spent on buying these girls yet, get that done first. For your next mission I want you to train the levies in tactics that enables them to work together with battlemages. Make them train side by side with my personal guard. The more we can have them trust magic wielders, the better.”
The two lieutenants nod and head outside.
Then you look at Doe and say, “Let’s go meet your friends.”