Queen Mavel says “No, he means that once the beastmen are gone we are going to have to defend our kingdoms from the beasts. They are normally culled by the beastmen, but now we will need to handle them. Ash, thank you for the warning. Is it possible for you to allow us to send messages home?”

  “That was already the plan. Once we are done here, I will open gates to all of your capitals. I will open them again in the morning for you to return.”

  Queen Estel says “That is much appreciated!”

  King Gremshow says “Thanks, but I’ll pass. I don’t need to go home.”

  Everyone quickly finishes eating and I open a gate for each of them except Gremshow and Vex. I open a gate for Vex after everyone else is gone, but I follow him through with the girls. Vex looks confused that all of us followed him through the gate, but I have a question to ask him.

  “Vex, the shipbuilding industry in your country is fairly well developed, isn’t it?”

  King Vex says “Yes, it is. We may not be the best on the continent, but we are probably in the top three. Why?”

  “Because the industry is rather weak in my empire. So, I wanted to hire a couple of shipwrights to move there, but I wanted to be sure it wouldn’t hurt your industry.”

  King Vex says “Just don’t steal my head shipwright and it should be fine.”

  “Alright. I can do that.”

  King Vex says “If that is all you need, why bring the women with you?”

  “Because they just arrived and it would be rude to run off straight away. Besides, I plan to do a little shopping while we are here and I know that they will enjoy joining me.”

  King Vex says “That makes sense. Alright, have fun. I have many things to take care of, so you will have to excuse me.”

  Vex heads off to deal with his things and I take the girls with me and leave the palace. We make our way towards the docks, but we stop at any store that catches the interest of the girls. They have me buy them all sorts of nicknacks and snacks as we move through the city.

  I am not in a rush, the shipwrights will still be working right now and it isn’t the best time to talk to them. On the way to the docks, there is a single store that catches my eye, a glassworks. I manage to buy five barrels of broken glass really cheaply, enough for a ton of beakers.

  We also spend quite a bit of time in one of the clothing shops that we pass. When we eventually reach the docks, a few questions is all it takes to find out where the shipwrights are. I spend a few gold to rent out one of the taverns and then send invites to all the shipwrights.

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  I figure that most of them will accept an invitation that includes a free meal and drinks. From what I heard, there are around thirty shipwrights in this city, but only twenty show up. That is more than enough and once they have had a chance to eat, I make my pitch.

  I am hoping that I can recruit one or two of them, but I actually end up with five that are willing to join. They agree to bring their families and apprentices with them and move permanently. I give them each a couple of gold to help speed their preparations and plan to move them in a couple of days.

  Once everything is arranged, I open a gate back to the caravan and set up the cabin. Asuna, Kirito, Mulan, and Lenora join us for dinner, but Lenora is planning to leave and head to her clan after dinner. She wants to hurry and send out the summons to the other clan leaders.

  Everyone is happily eating when I remember to open a gate for Lizzy and Leylisha. Luckily, the interior of the cabin is big enough that Lizzy doesn’t do any damage when she comes through. They quickly head outside and everyone else returns to enjoying their dinner.

  After dinner, we head to bed and Damona quickly takes charge and starts directing the action. Bella, Sero, and Kreno occupy one side of the bed while Leafa and Damona join me on the other. Leafa is very beautiful and her body is even sexier than was hinted at by her clothes.

  She is also extremely experienced and it shows, but worse is yet to come, Damona is still dressed. She seems to be biding her time and is just enjoying watching everything for now. Once Leafa is worn out, Sero and Kreno get their turn with me and I also wear them out.

  By then, Bella has also been worn out and only then does Damona begin stripping. She proceeds to try and wear me out with her sexy, tattooed body, which is a lot of fun. Several hours later after multiple rounds of fun, she finally collapses and is unable to continue.

  Damona says “This isn’t right! How are you able to outlast me?!”

  “Well, my endurance stat is over three thousand now. That is probably why.”

  Damona says “Myria was right! You are a dirty cheater! But I guess this does qualify you to be called my master!”

  “I won’t be your master though. Bella will, if you even have a master at that point.”

  Damona says “Bella will be my contracted partner, but in bed I will still call you my master. It will be more fun that way!”

  “Alright, I won’t argue with that. You are even more fun in bed than I expected you to be.”

  Damona says “Oh, you haven’t seen everything yet. I still know a lot more tricks that I plan to use on you!”

  “I will look forward to it, but for now I should probably open a soulscape. Should I invite you and Leafa?”

  Damona says “Actually, I was going to open one and take a group for the first training session.”

  “Okay. You do that and I will open one for everyone else.”

  Damona quickly tells me who she is taking and then I open a soulscape and invite the others. She took about half of them and plans to alternate between the groups, except for Bella. She will be taking Bella with her every time, but she didn’t include Lizzy or Leylisha.

  As far as Damona is concerned, they aren’t part of the main group because they are not related to me. I could argue that Lizzy is my summoned mount, but I am just going to let it be. I do invite the two of them to the soulscape and let them play with me and the kids.

  I do what I can to mix in some training to the play, tag with soul attacks and defenses. It ends up being a little too chaotic, but the kids are enjoying it so it should be fine. We play around until the kids are tired and once they leave I spend some time with Mercy and Myria.