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  "I've waited long enough, dammit!" Ara growled at Shiloh. "We're doing it now. Viceroy be damned."

  "We can't just-"

  "She's right." Elnor interrupted Shiloh's protestation with a sigh. "As much as it pains me to admit it, you've put it off long enough."

  Looking around their vish room to the rest of his lovers, Shiloh realized he had no allies in this fight. He took a deep breath, centered himself, and withdrew the chest from his inventory, setting it on the bed in front of him and scowling. The Viceroy was expecting them any minute now.

  "Fine. We need to be quick about it, though. Only cataloguing, not pying." He looked sternly at each of them, lingering on the unabashed mischief dispyed on Ara's face.

  With the gravitas befitting an unveiling of a marble statue carved by Michengelo himself, Shiloh opened the lid to reveal the sex toys Hephaestus and Aphrodite had given their party. It had been almost a week since they'd received these implements but, between the traveling, noble courts, and demonic attack, they hadn't had the chance to examine them in any detail. Ara was convinced they would be magical, which Elnor admitted, with red ear tips, would be better than mundane toys.

  When the chest was opened, Ara immediately reached in and started grabbing. She quickly had the contents arrayed on the bed before them, and the collection was... intimidating, to say the least.

  The first toy Shiloh looked at appeared to be a short whip at first sight, thought Shiloh reassessed when he saw the pink tendril move on its own. There was a set of shining golden cages, each smaller than the st, the smallest of which had a ft cap on the end, effectively neutering whoever it was pced on. Shiloh seriously doubted they would fit any of his lovers, but he wasn't exactly excited to use them himself after his encounter with Twil's magic cage.

  There was also an actual whip, an inftable plug, a pair of handcuffs, and a rge prostate massager, all of which were bck. As they examined the toys on dispy, the blushes and snickers ran rampant through their group. By the end, Ara was positively cackling while Elnor and Katerine were competing for reddest face.

  Animated Plug of Amplified Faith

  When this plug is inserted, gain 10% morein the Divine stat per person's seed itabsorbs while inside.

  Dedication Cages

  While locked in one of these seven cages,your allies gain a boost to their primarystats, increasing as you decrease. Physicalchanges to your body caused by the cageswill slowly revert when uncaged.

  Boosts: 10/25/50/75/100/150/200

  Fgelnt's Delight

  When striking with Fgelnt's Delight, thewielder and the target gain 10% Fortitudeand Resistance. This effect can stack withunique individuals, but only one wielder.Duration: 1 day per sh

  Expansive Fixation

  While wearing this plug, gain +5 Focus foreach pump of air put into it.

  Submissive's Tendancies

  Being forced to orgasm while wearing thesehandcuffs will increase your primary stat by30 points. Resets at dawn.

  Power Through

  While this massager stimutes your prostate,you gain 0.1 point in your primary stat. Thiseffect doubles with every third orgasm, and resets when it is taken out.

  "Well, some of these seem to be practically tailored to us." Ara snickered, holding up the pink plug and waggling her eyebrows at Shiloh.

  Shiloh sighed and held his hand out for it. Ara ughed and handed it over, allowing her almost-blushing Cleric to store it in his inventory. Beck picked up the whip, Fgelnt's Delight, and stored that as well. As the tank, she would naturally be the one who wanted the biggest boost to her Fortitude and Resistance. To most of their surprise, Twil picked up the prostate massager and vanished it.

  "What if I want to use that?" Ara argued half-heartedly.

  "It is more effective on the one who can dey her climaxes." Twil responded coolly. "It won't overwhelm me in battle, and I can activate Deyed Satisfaction to get a massive boost to Arcana if needed."

  "That's... a really good point." Ara grumbled, whining again as Elnor picked up the handcuffs. "Come on, now!"

  "No." Elnor replied simply. "I am not waking up bound by these and being tortured in the name of efficiency. I already know you were pnning on doing it. Not happening."

  "You could at least wait for me to do it once before you take them away." Ara pouted.

  While she was arguing, Viktora scooped up the cages with her marbled face turning shades of pink and red. When Ara looked back and saw only the inftable plug, whose stat boost would be utterly useless on her, she gred at her teammates. Slowly, she handed the plug over to Katerine.

  "Not that I wanted to be locked up, but I seriously can't believe we got a chest full of magic sex toys and I didn't even get one of them." She huffed and crossed her arms, which did wonders for her cleavage, if not much for her argument.

  Elnor sighed and handed over the cuffs. "One time. Once. Then they're gone."

  Ara grinned and kissed the elf on her cheek. "You're the best, El."

  "Hush, you." The reddening tips of the elf's ears gave away her true feelings on the matter, and Shiloh smiled at the pair of them.

  "Well, I can't help but notice that a lot of these require some-" Ara began with a sacious look at Katerine, still holding the inftable plug and gazing at it in wonder, and perhaps a bit of fear.

  "No." Shiloh rebuffed her.

  "Come on, Shy!"

  "No! Chambers is going to wonder what's taking us so long. Let's go."

  ***

  When they emerged from their room, a page outside brought them to a conference room right outside the throne room. The viceroy and his wife were waiting inside, their two chairs scooted close enough that they could indulge in soft whispers and gentle touches. They obviously were shaken by Sarai's temporary death, and were finding a deeper love in their retionship because of it. Shiloh smiled as he and his lovers sat down, drawing the loving couple's attention to them.

  "Thank you for meeting us, Lord Sutton and Ladies Ludger, Markov, Litton, Quickfoot, Reignover and Sharvel." Hans' voice was thick with gratitude and joy. He had to clear his throat before continuing. "All the gold in my coffers would not be enough to repay your for the life you've restored to my wife, and the joy we now hold in our hearts. Whatever boon you would ask of me, if it is within my power, you shall have it."

  Shiloh and his lovers had discussed this very situation when they awoke this morning. Twil said it would be absurdly bad form for the viceroy to offer them nothing for their service in defeating the demon, and for resurrecting Sarai, and it had led to a rather lengthy discussion about what he might offer, or what they should request if he left the offer open, as he had.

  "We are humbled by your generosity." Shiloh responded with a smile. "Especially as it was mostly our fault that Sarai needed to be brought back to life in the first pce."

  Sarai snorted. "Nonsense, Shiloh. Do not try to rob me of the nobility in my sacrifice to save Twil, and we will not defraud you for the blessing of reviving me."

  Shiloh inclined his head with another smile. She was a likeable enough person, but their exchange of lives had fastened her to them in a way nobody else had. "As you wish, Sarai. I would not want to think we don't appreciate what you did. As far as recompense, we would sincerely appreciate a writ of safe passage to Ristbaen by way of Fort Dunstad."

  "Fort D-Dunstad?" Hans seemed mildly interested, and coughed slightly at his stutter. Shiloh declined to make a fuss about the hand Sarai obviously had in her husband's p. "That would add a significant amount of time to your journey. Why would you want to go there first?"

  "We would still like to do a deep delve before reaching the capital, and the entrance by Fort Dunstad would be preferable to traveling several days south to the one here, then coming back to resupply before going on to the capital. Additionally, Katerine has a brother stationed at Fort Dunstad, who we would like to visit. We were originally going to neglect the journey, since it added so much time to our journey. If we were able to board a ship to cross the bay, however, we would arrive far sooner than if we went straight there by foot."

  Hans nodded understandingly. To someone less observant, they might think he was deep in thought. To Shiloh, it appeared that he was desperately trying to keep his breathing under control as Sarai's arm moved ever so slightly back and forth. Shiloh fought back a smirk and waited patiently for the response.

  "A-ah. That should be no problem whatsoever. For your heroic deed in sying the demon, I have issued one thousand gold from our treasury. This is in accordance with the Imperial decree on demon hunting, which also states that you should receive an additional ten thousand gold upon delivering this missive to the Master of the Treasury in Ristbaen. Traditionally, the entire sum would be paid by the lord of the territory which the demon was sin in, but the demon in question was so rge that the proper reward was more than we could afford without being too poor to run Chattery."

  Hans reached the end of his expnation with a slight shudder as his voice rose almost imperceptibly in pitch. Sarai was grinning like the cat who got the canary, and her husband was developing a light flush in his cheeks. Shiloh was just gd Ara was still distracted by the opening of their sex toys to pay too much attention.

  "The emperor forces you to pay for the bounties he has ordered?" Shiloh asked in bewilderment. "That doesn't seem-"

  "Oh, no." Sarai interrupted. Hans didn't look like he was in a state to answer anymore. "We are repaid for the gold spent on demon bounties. It is just more convenient for the heroes to report to the nearest city rather than go all the way to Ristbaen to collect."

  "That makes much more sense." Shiloh said, rexing again. He was prepared to refuse their gold on principle alone, regardless of what his lovers thought. There it was again. That instinctive knowledge that what he was going to do was right, and nothing said to him would convince him otherwise. Was he so arrogant to think that he couldn't be proven incorrect? What would the girls think of him if he were to continue disregarding their sound advice in favor of a morality that they did not share, or even comprehend?

  "Well, if you have no other questions or matters for us at this moment, we would bid you good day. The appropriate rewards will be delivered today, before dinner." Sarai said kindly.

  Shiloh and his lovers rose, accepting the abrupt dismissal and leaving. Only when Ara gnced back at the nobles did she realize what was going on. Before she could ugh, Elnor yanked her out of the room and shut the door behind them.

  "Oh my gods! Did you-" She began, loud and excited before Elnor cmped a hand over her mouth.

  "Be quiet!" She hissed. "If you embarrass them, I promise I will make sure nobody touches you until we get to Fort Dunstad. I'll lock you in Twil's cage and store the key if I have to."

  At this dire threat, Ara became as solemn as a lone mourner at a loved one's funeral. She walked quietly behind the rest of them on the way back to their room. As soon as the door was closed behind them, however, her mood broke through again.

  "She was fucking jacking him off! Under the table! Right in front of us!" She squealed before cackling like a mad woman. "I fucking knew there was a reason I liked her!"

  The rest of them all chuckled their way into a full belly ugh along with Ara. Even Elnor was guffawing in moments. It was a much needed form of catharsis, as Hans and Sarai were experiencing right then. The st few days seemed to melt away as their mirth washed through the room.

  "I'll bet she was keeping him on the edge for the entire second half of that meeting!" Beck gasped out between choking bouts of hysteria. "He couldn't even look at us by the end of it!"

  "He probably came as soon as the door closed!" Shiloh wheezed, spping his thigh and doubling over.

  "I'll bet he doesn't allow her into negotiations for a week!" Elnor giggled, covering her mouth with one of her elegant hands. "He looked like he was going to agree to anything just to get us out of the room."

  As the ughter subsided, a mood of easy comfort and closeness descended on them. Viktora hugged herself up to Shiloh, and the other girls were all getting a little touchy as well. Shiloh knew where this was going; apparently the Chambers' weren't the only ones interested in other forms of release. He smiled around at the room, gdly taking in his good fortunes in finding all of the amazing, beautiful, brilliant women surrounding him.

  "I suppose we ought to emute those we admire, huh?" He asked, his voice suddenly husky. They all murmured agreements, pressing in close and tipping him backwards onto the bed. They crawled over him, and he felt a myriad of hands pulling him out of the formal wear his girls loved so much.

  Lips kissed every inch of his skin as they undressed each other as well. Soft, warm skin covered him. Thick, pulsing girlcocks were thrust against him from all sides. Shiloh sighed in contentment and rexed into the touches, gd they had so, so long before dinner to enjoy one another.