Chapter 381 - The Council Head. Part 1
Hal had not gone too far away from where Loretta had stood with her family before Grimoire broke the silence in his head,
'Well well well, color me surprised. Hal, the champion of selfishness was actually selfless for once.'
Hal smirked,
'Well, Grimmy, what can I say? I am nothing if not flexible in my beliefs. Also, for all the selfish things I have done and I will definitely still do, I might as well add a little bit of good.'
Grimoire paused,
'I have to say, Hal, this does not seem like you.'
Hal smiled lightly,
'I know. I don't really feel like myself either. It just doesn't feel right. I tell you Grimmy, I feel I have filled my quota of purely unselfish good deeds throughout my entire lifetime.
From now on, I shall strive to be as selfish and uncaring for the feelings of those who are not close to me as I can possibly be, so help me, Mother'
Grimoire made a gesture of approval,
'A solemn vow' it said.
Anyway, after the long walk through the denizens of Dell's gate city with many finally noticing whose head Hal was carrying and how he did not particularly have the look of a bounty hunter, Hal finally arrived at the law enforcement building.
Without announcing his presence, he walked right in and placed Red Beard's head on the table the law enforcers were seated around.
All their mouths were open in surprise which Hal ignored as he propped himself onto one empty chair he could find.
Anne's eyes went from his face to the severed head and it was clear that she had no idea what to say.
It was the rude man that spoke first,
"How... How did you do it?"
Hal looked up at him with mock confusion,
"Did what? Cut his head? Well, funnily enough, it was not that hard to cut it off. All I needed was something sharp... Something like a weapon. Maybe a meat cleaver..."
Hal seemed ready to launch into a whole sarcastic explanation and the rude man cut him off,
"Not that. I know how to cut off a head, I meant, how did you kill... HIM?" He asked.
Instead of answering, Hal produced a spatial pouch with an opening wide enough for a human head and placed it on the table.
Anne, who had still not said a word so far, opened the pouch and looked into it. Lo and behold, there are at least one hundred severed heads inside. All presented as proof that the bandit band had been eradicated.
"So, how about that reward money?"
...
Once the shock that Hal had actually pulled this off, wore off, the law enforcers, with Hal looking, if possible, more attractive to the ladies, decided to tell this to the city council.
Red Beard was the sort of menace and threat to Dell's gate whose death as well as the complete eradication of his Bandit band could not be seen as simple bounty hunting.
No, It deserved fanfare.
It deserved pizzazz.
With Hal having walked through the city streets with the bandit leader's head, the news was already circulating the city and there was already much rejoicing. The news had also reached the councilmen and women who wished to meet the one who had performed this feat.
And so, Hal was not to be given his reward until he was put in front of the council who wished to show their appreciation in person.
It was already nightfall and Hal was not averse to them showing their appreciation and once he was before the council and they began fawning over what he had accomplished, he soaked it all in.
The meeting was being held in a hall in the furnished mansion of the head of Dell's gate city council.
The head of the council was a mature-looking woman with large breasts that strained against the flimsy piece of clothing covering her chest. Sticking with the Doxon custom, she was dressed in skimpy clothing that quite highlighted all of her curves to Hal's eyes.
Being the guest, Hal sat on the chair right after hers and to her right.
"We cannot thank you enough. I mean, it can be argued that you will be rewarded for your deeds but if we are being honest, no amount of gold could truly compensate you for finally bringing us peace and security." Said Alexia, the head of Dell's gate city council.
The woman could not explain why she was feeling the way she was feeling when she looked at Hal.
Being married for more than 200 years, she believed herself to be well in control of her body by now, and normally, that would have been true.
But Hal was a whole different level of a specimen.
Even his looks were enough to make her swoon.
Before this late meeting was set up, she had heard the news being passed around the city, not only about Red Beard's severed head but the one who was with it.
They had said someone with looks such as his had never been seen before and while that was high praise, Alexia felt it did not do him justice.
It took active use of her self-control to stop herself from going after him.
She was at the early stage of the cosmic phenomenon realm for goodness sake and even though, there were others in the council at the same cultivation realm, none could actually defeat her in combat.
That was how tough she was and yet, she could barely control herself in Hal's presence.
Hal smiled at all the councilwomen present, stealing all of their breaths away,
"I truly feel I don't deserve all this appreciation" Hal said in a false attempt at being modest.
"Nonsense" said one of the councilmen "You definitely deserve every bit of praise we shower you with." He said.
Hal chuckled in his mind. While the man's words were not oozing with sarcasm, Hal could tell that he definitely did not mean what he said. He probably felt all this was very unnecessary.
They should just pay the reward and let this trouble on legs be on his way.
His sentiment was shared by so many of the other men in the council. They could see how their female counterparts who were all married were acting around him.
If Hal decided he fancied their women. How would they stop him?
How would they stop the man who had killed Red Beard and eradicated his entire bandit band, seemingly single-handedly?
The answer was that there was no way.
There was no way they could stop him.
Hal could feel their sentiments towards him and while he did not particularly care how they felt, he also wished they left as he had no patience for them.
So he said,
"Very well, if you insist that I deserve to be appreciated. I will no longer resist. However, I will prefer a thinning of the herd. There is no need for you all to be here while I get presented with the reward.
The Council head is more than enough. After all, from what I understand, we are already in her house."
The other council members looked at one another and then they looked at Hal.
The women, wistfully, and the men, suspiciously.
Alexia looked into Hal's sapphire blue eyes and they captivated her so much that she found herself saying,
"Oh... Yes, I can take it from here. You should all return to your families. It's late already. I will... Thank him for all of us and then send him off with a Bang... *cough*... I mean I will send him off with the reward."
The suspicion increased and it was now directed at both Hal and Alexia.
The other councilwomen frowned at Alexia as they took their leave while the men frowned at Hal while they left.
Once Hal ascertained they were truly gone from the surrounding of the Hall, he reached across the table and stroked the back of Alexia's hand which was on the table,
"Mmmm" she moaned at the pleasure she felt from that touch and her eyes widened as her underpants got wet from the pussy juice she leaked in her excitement.
Chapter 382 - The Council Head. Part 2 R-18
The touch to the back of Alexia's hand had been incredibly light but it jolted her with wonderful sparks of pleasure that had her edging ever closer to orgasm.
She could not bring herself to pull her hand away from Hal's reach when his eyes continued to hold her captive. Such that she felt, there was nowhere she would rather be at the moment.
Hal smiled lightly and then drew back his hand.
Alexia cleared her throat,
"Hem Hem. I guess it goes without saying that the gates of this city will always be open to you..." She began but Hal cut her off with a long exhale.
"Is there something wrong?" Alexia asked, barely able to keep her eyes from roaming his wonderful figure.
Hal shook his head,
"It just annoys me that you continue to fight against your feelings. That's not healthy, you know"
Alexia swallowed but said nothing. She could not trust the words that she was sure would fall should she attempt to speak.
Hal stretched his hand to touch the back of her own which she still had placed on the table,
"Be honest. What do you want to do?" He asked her
Alexia swallowed again but this time, there was a resolution to be seen in her face.
Disregarding the place they were in, she stood from her chair and approached Hal's.
Hal had already turned his chair to face her and she knelt immediately to begin to unbuckle his pants and he nodded at her actions,
"Good girl" he said. However, his compliment seemed to be coming from far away as her whole attention was directed at the bulge in his pants.
A bulge that promised her a level of pleasures she had never dreamt of in her whole life.
Hal watched as Alexia fixated on his bulge as he proceeded to pull it out of the confines of his pants.
Once the large organ was out, it was standing straight as a pole and as erect as it could ever be. Clearly, this mature beauty in skimpy clothing that barely kept her large breasts appropriately trapped was making quite the impression on him.
Alexia's eyes widened at the sheer size of the organ. Immediately, she could not help but begin to make comparisons with her husband who could definitely not compete with this magnificent specimen.
"So Beautiful" she said in a mesmerized tone of voice and got closer to take a long whiff of it and could already feel herself getting drunk on his scent.
Then she grabbed it and gave it a few tentative pumps before sticking out her tongue to give it a long lick.
Her eyes widened.
How could he possibly taste so good? She wondered but was not really interested in an answer as she fully indulged herself.
Her licks went from tentative to passionate and Hal groaned at how experienced she was with her mouth. Alexia was pleased with herself for getting that reaction out of him and transitioned from licks to taking the bulbous head of his cock into her mouth.
All the while, she never stopped stroking his cock.
*Fap* *Fap* *Fap*
*Slurp* *Slurp* *Slurp*
Hal fisted her hair and pulled her even more onto his cock. Enjoying how well she was making use of her mouth to please his cock head and particularly commending how quick she was to locate the most sensitive part of his cock head which was the ridge right underneath it.
Then Alexia moved one of her hands down to cup his balls while her other hand snaked down to her leaking pussy which she inserted two fingers into, to pleasure herself,
Or more accurately, to ease a little bit of the itch she was feeling.
An itch she was sure could only truly be scratched with the insertion of this long, hard, beautiful, and perfect cock into her.
However, she was patient enough to focus mostly on the task at hand for now.
*Slurp* *Slurp* *Slurp*
Eventually, she began to tease further entry of Hal's cock into her throat as she began to attempt a deep throat.
It was challenging but Alexia was anything if not persistent and soon she had his full length deep within her throat which she constricted constantly and drove Hal ever closer to climax.
Once he was close to blowing his load, Hal only pushed her head even further down his cock until her nose was touching his pubes and then he shot his seed right down her throat and straight into her stomach.
Alexia welcomed the rough treatment and that was made even more evident by how much more aroused she became. Once Hal let up his hold of her head, she pulled back and let the rest of his semen discharge collect inside her mouth.
She savored its delicious taste before she swallowed it.
When she looked up at him, the starstruck look in her eyes was only ever more pronounced. Hal smiled and reached down to grab her waist and pick her up to place her on the table.
Then he slid out of his chair and knelt between her legs which he spread even more so he could view her soaking wet pussy in all its glory.
"Please..." Alexis moaned and he knew she was craving his touch.
However, instead of going straight into her pussy, he licked at her thighs which were slick with her juices.
Her juices tasted so delicious and he had to admit he was tempted to go after them at the source but he ignored that temptation.
He peppered the inside of her thighs with kisses and teased her constantly with his nimble fingers. Always getting so close, she thought he was about to pay attention to the part she believed truly mattered only for him to ignore it once again.
She had taken to thrusting her hips at him with the thought that maybe she was not communicating her needs clearly enough.
The more Hal ignored her pussy, the wetter she became and the more she wanted it. Her moans continued to increase in volume and Hal, having no interest in hiding the illicit affair took no actions to keep the sounds contained.
Even Alexia did not seem to care about any of the occupants in her home. Her husband included. And who could blame her when Hal, the greatest lover she had ever met and would ever hope to meet was going down on her?
Why would she give a fuck about anything other than what was happening right now?
Not to mention that right at that time, Hal finally paid attention to her pussy and it was almost as though his tongue which gave her pussy lips a long lick was charged with sexual potency.
She could not and did not bother to hold in her moans,
"Oh yessss right there..." She lay back on the table and thrust her hips at his lips in the hopes of getting more traction.
Hal on the other hand delved right into her pussy with his nimble tongue to lick at her walls and drink up all of the pussy juices she squirted out as she got closer to climax.
"Oh yes. Right there. You are wonderful. Your tongue is wonderful. I want more. Oh, I'm cumming. I'M CUMMMINNNGGGGGGG..."
With that yelled-out announcement came an even more forceful discharge of pussy juice into Hal's face.
However, never one to waste those delicious and precious resources, Hal lapped it all up and the action got Alexia, who was still tingling in post-orgasmic bliss to have another mini orgasm that got her eyes rolling into the back of her head while she spasmed.
Hal let her come down from her orgasmic high before he stood up and placed his raging hard-on against her glistening pussy lips.
He reached over to her ample chest and pulled off the little piece of clothing that still managed to hold her heavy tits in place. Once her breasts were free from their flimsy bondage, Hal grabbed them and began to knead them.
Feeling the head of Hal's cock against her pussy lips, a wide grin spread over Alexia's face.
This was it...
It was finally happening...
Her pussy was already slick with the juices of her mini orgasm and so there was no need for any sort of lubricant as Hal thrust his full length into her in one go.
"Ahhhnnnn" Alexis groaned in pleasure.
They had only begun and it was already better than any other session she had ever had.
Hal, for the part, groaned from the tightness. Alexis gripped him and did not seem to have any interest in letting him go.
Not that he was complaining of course. He was thoroughly enjoying himself.
Why wouldn't he when he was thrust to the hilt inside the warm and welcoming pussy of this beautiful and sexy mature woman?
He leaned forward and grabbed her breasts. He kneaded one of them while he lowered his head to suck one of her nipples into his mouth.
It was then that someone walked into the Hal via two large doors that opened the hall into the greater parts of the mansion.
The man was middle-aged and from his expression, Hal could tell he was Alexia's husband,
"Alexia?" The man called out in shock.
Hal looked over at him with a grin and his eyes turned Dark as he used Fear! on the cuckolded husband,
"She's busy. Get Out!"
The man shivered with fear,
"Sorry for disturbing Sir..." He said with a bow and dashed out, closing the door with a bang, but not before saying,
"Please carry on.."
Chapter 383 - Journey To Dell City. R-18
*Pah* *Pah* *Pah*
With her husband out of the room, Hal resumed his pounding of Alexia's pussy, and the moans the mature woman did not hold in was a loud testament to the pleasure Hal had wrought upon her.
*Pah* *Pah* *Pah*
Went the sound of their bodies slamming hard against each other.
"Oh... Mmmnngghh" Alexia groaned as she climaxed while tightening her pussy around Hal's cock like a vise.
All through her orgasmic spasms, Hal never stopped pounding into her, bringing the mature to new levels of pleasure.
"Oh... I'm dying... I'm dying from pleasure... Kill me! Kill me with your cock."
Alexia said once her orgasm had waned and she could speak again.
Hal leaned forward on her once again and captured one of her nipples into his mouth and sucked on it hard. Then he began to knead those wonderful and glorious globes that still stood proud and perky on her chest.
Despite just coming down from an Orgasmic high, Alexia still craved more of his touch and the sporadic curse words spilling from her lips made that clear.
Especially when she began to plead that Hal should not stop his thrusts which never lessened in intensity despite the attention he was paying to her breasts.
However, as soon as she began to plead, Hal stopped thrusting into her and also released her breasts before he pulled out of her.
Before Alicia could begin to miss the feeling of having him deep within her snatch, Hal pulled her off the table, turned her around, and braced her against the table.
Knowing what was to come by virtue of this position, Alexia grinned with excitement and not only leaned on the table, she also presented her romp to Hal. Even pushing back to further accentuate her wonderful curves.
Hal smiled and grabbed her hip with one of his hands while the other took hold of his cock and positioned it against Alexia's pussy.
Then he thrust his full length into her in one go,
"Ahhhnnnn" Alexia moaned and arched her back.
Hal took the opportunity to grab at her chest from behind and knead her perfect tits while also pinching her rock-hard nipples.
"Yesss, that's it... I love it... Oh, I love it so much... I could definitely get used to this" Alexia moaned and groaned as Hal continued to pound her from behind.
Thanks to this position, Hal's cock felt even deeper inside her and if there was one philosophy Alexia had come to believe in regards to Hal, it was that the deeper the better.
But she was in no way prepared when Hal charged his cock with {Erogenous touch} and also did the same to his hands.
Alexia's eyes widened as she felt the sudden increase in pleasure and it never lessened throughout the three hours that Hal fucked her for.
Eventually, much as she would have wished to keep going, she eventually reached the end of what she could take.
She also knew within herself that she was sexually ruined. No one could ever hope to bring her the pleasure Hal had brought her and she wondered, knowing he would surely not stay in Dell's gate city, if this was the only time she would get to enjoy this feeling she was already addicted to.
And so with a final squirt of pussy juices, at which point she tightened even harder than ever around Hal's cock as he began to shoot hefty amounts of cum into her pussy which happily milked it, she fell unconscious into Hal's arms and he used his Astral perception to navigate the mansion to find the room that had to be hers.
He lay her on the bed where once in a relaxed position, streams of his cum began to escape her delectable snatch, and then returned to the hall to pick up his trousers from the hall floor where it had fallen to and made his way out of Alexia's mansion.
He had no real need for the gold they would give him for slaying red beard and his band of bandits and quite frankly, Hal considered his recent session with Alexia to be reward enough.
He wondered, in more of a comical passing thought more than anything if the male Council members were standing guard and waiting for him to attempt to do what they were sure he had done to Alexia to their wives.
Hal, in all honesty, was far from satisfied.
Finding another empty alleyway, he entered into the Harem space where he washed up and refined all the essence he had gotten from Alexia. It was like a drop in the ocean that was the gap between him and the next stage of his cultivation but it was better than nothing. Also, if he continued to add these drops, he might one day fill the metaphoric ocean.
If he did, he knew it would open up the path to his ladies as well.
Speaking of drops, he organized another orgy session with the ladies and spent all the time making sure they were all spent and slipping into blissful post-multiple-orgasmic unconsciousness by the time he was done.
...
The next morning outside of the Harem space, Hal went out of the space to begin his journey to Dell city where he would be able to make use of a Teleportation circle that would finally get him to the capital.
Once out of the city, he brought out the Golden chariot, and the main ladies who would travel with him had already recovered from the last orgy session and were ready to travel with him in the carriage.
Inside the carriage, Rita struck up a conversation with Karmen who was the only one inside the compartment with them.
Lillian and Olivia were in the separate compartment inside which they steered and powered the carriage.
At some point, when there was a break in the conversation between the two ladies. Rita seemed uncomfortable with the silence which Hal could not understand as he was quite content with the peace and quiet.
"I'm bored" she said but there was a sly smile on her face as she said it which told of the mischievous nature of whatever she was planning.
At least that was what Hal thought before her hand began to snake down towards his pants.
Soon, she had it unbuckled and then put her hand inside his pants to grab his cock which was already filling up with blood once her intentions were made clear.
Hal rolled his eyes at her. Here he was thinking she was planning something to take him by surprise when she was only planning to initiate what was sure to happen inside the carriage eventually.
Rita began to manipulate lust flames and used them to coat her hand as she dry-pumped Hal's cock.
Then Hal sat up which caused her to remove her hand but the separation did not last for long as Rita knelt in front of him and began to lick his cock lightly.
However, she was not alone in her cock worship for long as Karmen quickly joined her on her knees and the two began to double-team his cock.
Rita continued to infiltrate his cock and even his thighs with her lust demon lust flames and while Hal could quite easily quench those flames, he liked how they increased the pleasure he was already feeling and decided to let them burn.
While the two ladies cared for his cock with their hands and tongues, they also began to use their free hands to take off their clothes, and by the time Rita was taking his Cock head into her wonderful mouth, the two were already naked.
Rita let out her pheromones and they saturated the carriage but she was considerate enough to control it and not let it affect Lillian and Olivia who were in the driving compartment.
The two ladies, Rita and Karmen reached over to each other's breasts and began to knead then and then pinch their nipples at which point, Rita was no longer sucking Hal's cock head.
Eventually, their hands roamed lower until they were teasing each other's pussy.
All through their ministrations and exploration of each other's bodies, the two never stopped their oral worship of the magnificent organ between them and as they soon settled for each taking a side of their man and master's cock, their lip occasionally met in the middle of their oral pleasuring.
Hal groaned at the pleasure of having the two working in harmony to bring him to climax. The mere idea of it, coupled with the action itself was incredibly stimulating.
And then Rita returned her attention to his cock head and swallowed it completely before she began to make her way down his cock in an obvious attempt at a deep throat.
While she did that, Karmen cradled his balls and massaged them in an attempt to milk him of all the cum he had stored inside.
Soon, Hal groaned and thrust upward as he shot his seed right down Rita's gullet. She was all too happy to savor and enjoy its taste.
However, she was not to enjoy it alone as Karmen pulled her over once she no longer had her mouth wrapped around Hal's cock and jammed their lips together to have a taste of that delicious cum.
Then Hal pulled Rita up and she straddled him as he placed his cock at her entrance and she sank down on it, taking the entire length in one go.
And so it began and would continue to alternate between Rita and Karmen until they could view the gates of Dell city from an appropriate distance and that was many, many pleasurable hours away...
Chapter 384 - Withdrawn Application.
Dell City...
In a lot of ways, the city was a lot similar to the old Salmon city. In structure, in size, and population.
The only real difference Hal could point out among the two was probably the air of orderliness about the city.
While Salmon city seemed to be fragmented and lacking in any true showcase of authority and law enforcement, Dell city was the exact opposite.
Even just taking a quick look around, Hal and the ladies could identify more than three law enforcement buildings already.
Salmon city had been that way because, while the mayoral power truly was in the Edgar family, the complete power in the city was in actuality being shared between all four Great families.
Dell city did not seem to have that issue. While there were sure to be influential families in the city, absolute governing power seemed to completely reside with the Mayor.
Anyway, there was a real reason Hal had even taken the time to observe the city with his ladies and that was that he had no intention of going to the teleportation circle immediately after his arrival to the city.
He had after all been given an invitation to the Mayor's estate by the vocal merchant so he decided he might as well take them up on that offer.
He was willing to bet that, unlike Dell's gate city which definitely must have only a few Blue gems in their coffees, the mayor of Dell city was sure to have more.
And in case he did not, Hal would satisfy himself with taking all he had and then some.
And so, he had Lillian and Olivia, who wished they found have participated in the fuck session that had gone on throughout their journey to Dell city, to steer the Carriage to the Mayor's estate.
You might ask for they could have known which one it was...
Well, let's just say that it was not that hard to locate and the mayor was definitely not one for subtleties.
Right at the center of the city was a large castle with towers that towered over any other building in the city.
Standing on the towers with postures of being on guard were multiple guards who looked down with eyes filled with alertness, that Hal knowing how weak they were sure to be compared to him, found a little silly.
If that was not the location of the Mayor's mansion, then whoever it belonged to was tacky as fuck.
In a couple of minutes, they were in front of the estate and looking at the castle from a distance.
The guards at the estate entrance eyed the carriage with suspicious looks and then Hal alighted, followed by Rita she Karmen, and then Lillian and Olivia came down from the steering compartment.
Once the carriage was empty, Hal grabbed at it and absorbed it into his inventory but to the guards, it seemed as though he had absorbed it into the spatial ring on his finger.
One thing was clear from that display and it was that Hal possessed some impressive resources and such was not exactly common in Dell city.
And there were the beautiful ladies with him.
However, it was not going to stop them from questioning and then preventing him from entering into the estate.
Hal inwardly rolled his eyes at their work ethic before he withdrew the wooden seal from his Inventory and showed it to them.
"I'm here to see the mayor" he said.
Once they saw the seal, the guards relaxed as that meant he was most likely invited to be here.
"What business do you have with him?" One of them asked.
"Tell him the one who killed Red Beard is here to see him" Hal said with a sigh and it was clear from the change in the visage of the guard that it had the desired impact.
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Silva Duchy...
Dane Territory...
Melinda was upset.
It had been three days since Hal had left the duchy and six days since she had told him her plans to join the military but until this very moment, she had not yet been able to do so and it was no one's fault but her father's.
The Silva Duchy had several barracks and the majority of them were for training men to fight for the Silva Duchy and by consequence mainly fight for the Silva Family and Silva Duke.
However, because of an Imperial rule, there was a limit to the number of men and women who were not of Silva blood who could be allowed to fight for the Duchy and be under the express command of the Duke.
If they were not of Silva Blood, there was no such limit.
Anyway, that was for the Duchy barracks which had not really been Melinda's choice of enlistment.
She wished to join the Imperial army and while the barracks were of a smaller number, the authority they held was nothing to be scoffed at. Becoming a member of the Imperial army promised many benefits.
They would always win in priority against any Duchy army barrack but would only choose the best.
Being a Dane or even a Silva did not guarantee entry. Also, they hardly ever let those who were academy age join.
If there was someone of academy age who sought to join them, that person might as well join the academy and could enlist again after they were done in the Academy.
By Academy, this meant any of the sects in the continent. Those studying at the Royal Academy were still a step above.
Now Melinda was still at Academy age and that should have made them skeptical to allow her enrolment but once she showcased her impressive fighting ability as well as commendable cultivation base, they were only too happy to allow her enrolment.
She was happy about the prospect and so you can imagine her shock when she returned there the next day and was told her application had been withdrawn.
By none other than her father.
*Bam*
"You have absolutely no right to do that" Melinda said in anger and hit her palm on the desk in his study.
Devon was as calm as ever,
"Actually, I do have a right. No daughter of mine will ever slave away for the Harons" he said and there seemed to be a sure burning inside his golden eyes.
Melinda sneered,
"Oh? I thought you were loyal. Was that all an act?" She asked.
Devon frowned and was silent at first before he said slowly,
"You are young and have a bright future. So why would I let you give it all in the service of the emperor before actually getting something in return first."
It was never actually unknown to Melinda that despite how loyal they looked to the public, they were actually anything but. When it came to things actually regarding the Dane family itself, Imperial authority or Imperial claim had no hold whatsoever.
However, in this case, she knew it was her father who was clueless in the sense that he could not see Melinda was joining the Military not out of some sense of loyalty but because she had her own plans.
Her plans with the only one who mattered; Hal.
Chapter 385 - The Meeting...
Of course, the plans were more on the long-term scale and involved her gaining a foothold in the military and then gain a level of influence she was sure would prove useful in the long run.
Of course when she had proposed this to Hal, he only reluctantly accepted saying, he hardly thought she needed to do something that was bound to be quite dangerous just so they could gain an influence they could otherwise gain with the proper use of subtlety and espionage.
Eventually, they both settled on the fact that it was not really about any plans but mostly about her getting her pound of flesh.
Whatever influence she would then gain was more of a by-product of all that.
And here was her stupid father attempting to stop all that because of his personal convictions.
Convictions she did not give a shit about.
"I'm going to join. I don't care if I have to leave the Silva Duchy to do so" she said with a frown.
Devon looked her in the eye,
"Then I will make sure I stop you from leaving"
The two stared at one another for a couple of minutes with neither ready to be the first to back down.
Eventually, Devon sighed and leaned back in his chair before pinching the bridge of his nose and then said,
"How about a compromise?" He asked but Melinda only kept staring without saying a word so he took that as readiness to listen to his proposition,
"There is an imperial barrack that is made up primarily of those who are first and foremost loyal to the Dane family.
It started off being supervised by an Imperial lackey and it took years of careful selection and steady and subtle filling for it to become a place where my words matter.
Also, thanks to my 'Loyal deeds', I have been given complete control of it so that I can 'shape those who will defend the Continent' as I have for centuries.
I will let you join that one."
Melinda shook her head,
"I don't want to"
"Why not?" Devon asked.
Melinda sneered,
"You have too much influence on it. The fact that you control it makes it completely undesirable to me" she said.
Devon shook his head,
"You are always so stubborn. Come on. Meet me in the middle. Whatever you want to achieve from joining the military rather than becoming a part of the Fiery Lotus sect, you can achieve it this way.
And much as you would love to be away from me thanks to your inability to let go of the past, it is more reasonable to be among those who you can be sure do not mean you harm. Those with ties to the family."
Melinda mockingly widened her eyes,
"Oh? And who was Cirk when he tried to take advantage of me? Who then exiled me for defending myself? I seem to remember that it was you, 'Father'"
Melinda let a moment of silence pass before she said,
"Okay, I will join your stupid Barrack," she said and turned away from the desk but Devon was not done,
"There is, however, a condition" he called to her and Melinda turned with a sudden feeling of trepidation she hid behind her I-knew-it smile.
"Of course there is." She said.
Devon sat forward in his chair,
"In six months, there will be an Entrance exam at the Royal Academy and I want you to participate. You will be going as a representative of the Fiery lotus sect"
Before her exile, Devon had once proposed that she join the Royal Academy once she was eligible but she always said no. She had never been interested in sects and at that time, it was no wonder she was like that.
After all, she had never been an official member of the Fiery lotus sect because she did not see the point. Her family always supplied her with all the required cultivation resources and she had preferred to be taught by her father and cousin.
And although many things had changed since then, she had still never considered joining the Royal academy even though Hal would be taking the entrance exam.
But if that was what Devon wished to use as a condition, she might as well join and follow her Fiance to the imperial city.
She turned around again and walked out of the study but not before showing her consent,
"Alright" she said.
Devon frowned slightly,
"Since when are you so agreeable" he wondered as he watched her leave.
-
Melinda was out of her father's residence and a young woman was waiting for her. The woman had a lithe figure and Black hair that did not go past her shoulders. There was a seriousness in her brown eyes even though she smiled at Melinda upon her exit.
"You are still here?" Melinda asked with a frown.
The woman bowed,
"I was ordered to see to your every need. Where else then would I be?" She asked as she straightened up.
"You mean you were told to spy on me by my grandmother" Melinda said with a scoff.
The lady bowed but said nothing.
The lady's name was Irma and she had been tasked by Isabella to keep a close eye on Melinda. There was the possibility that the Patroness had no ulterior motives in doing so and she might have truly done it so Melinda would be safe but Melinda did not seem to think so.
However, annoying as it was, Melinda was not too rebellious against it. After all, Irma was at the Peak stage of the Cosmic phenomenon realm and hence quite capable in her own right
Also, she knew the capital which had changed quite a bit since Melinda was away,
"If I wanted to get someone a gift. One I purchase personally, where do I go?" She asked Irma as she walked away from her father's residence with her escort close behind.
"Well, there are many numbers of places you could visit..." Irma began but Melinda cut in,
"The Paladin Trade union?" She said.
Irma nodded,
"Certainly one of the places you could visit. They trade in top-quality products but hardly ever entertain the purchase by individuals. But you should not have that problem"
Melinda smiled as though she were enjoying a private joke,
"No, I don't think I will"
...
Lucile was quite glad to be back in the familiar building of her Trade Union's headquarters. With the details ironed out with the Sheik of Black lagoon, she could begin her plans to bring the Paladin Trade Union to even greater heights.
She had returned to the Duchy capital two days ago and had to admit that she had expected Hal to have already visited her.
The fact that he still hadn't annoyed her to no end but she knew that at some point, he was sure to visit, and then she would then give him a piece of her mind.
She was taking a tour of the building while making preparations for her upcoming grand auction that was meant to announce that the Trade Union was back in full strength when she heard a voice that was asking politely to see the one in charge.
Normally, she would have ignored the voice since those who knew and would speak to her personally would not be stopped at the counter but she noticed the lady holding a familiar-looking Golden fan...
"Excuse me, I'm in charge" Lucille announced as she showed herself to the beautiful golden-eyed lady with calf-length hair and the lady standing protectively behind her.
Melinda looked at the big-breasted lady Hal had told her about and smiled as she presented the Golden Fan in her hands,
"Someone gave me this fan and I came to browse for an appropriate gift to give him and show my gratitude"
Chapter 386 - It Can't Be...
Two things came to Lucile's mind as she looked at the fan in Melinda's hands;
First, the lady Hal had bought the fan for was a Dane. That itself was a big deal 'cause the family was a big deal and,
Second, this lady was already aware that Hal and Lucile knew each other.
There was something about Melinda's smile that made her so sure of the second thought.
However, in all honesty, the fact that she was now in contact with a lady who could very well be just one of those Hal had gone about charming did not change how Lucile felt about Hal.
That was not to say she was in love with him, it was just that she still did not mind his company.
"He got me this fan at some auction and I felt I might as well get him something from YOUR trade union. But I didn't want to get something from some clerk.
I wanted YOU to guide me to what would be best to get"
Lucile felt no ill will coming off of Melinda. In fact, she seemed overly jovial and caviler about the whole thing.
Cryptic as she was by not actually mentioning the encounter between Hal and Lucile at Black Lagoon, all what she was saying seemed to just be referring to how undisturbed about the whole thing.
Lucile was not quite sure how to feel about this stamp of approval of sorts that she was getting from Melinda, but she was at least glad that Melinda was not here to cause a scene.
"What sort of things do you think he would like?" Lucile asked with a friendly smile.
The clerk was a tad bit confused. He had known already from the golden eyes that Melinda was a Dane but that had been been a justification for anyone to ask to see Lucile without having a verification seal.
After all, if Melinda did indeed know Lucile well enough to discuss business with her personally, then she should also have been able to contact her with a Communication Talisman which would have cleared this all up.
However, here they were talking for what was clearly their first time but Lucile was still readily conversing with her.
Irma's thought process was the same except that she had a strong feeling that the one who was causing this quickly-forming sense of familiarity was none other than Hal who she knew must have gifted Melinda that Fan.
Melinda shrugged,
"Who knows with him? A weapon-like Artifact perhaps." She said.
Lucile nodded slowly and gestured for Melinda to follow her as she led the way to a storeroom guarded with complex Runes that were clearly of high rank as well as guards, the weakest of which were at the peak of the Cosmic Phenomenon realm.
"We have quite an array of weapons to choose from but I will be honest, the most powerful of the ones in store right now is a High tier Armament Rank Artifact.
We are keeping the rest away, by which I mean they are still with their owners, until the grand Auction. As such I highly doubt you will find what you would like to gift Hal among all this." She said as she opened up the store and allowed Melinda to have a walkthrough.
Irma's eyes widened ever so slightly as she wondered how Lucile knew the name before Melinda even mentioned it, but when she looked over at Melinda's face, she found her smiling lightly and not the least bit caught off guard.
"I guess not" Melinda looked around before turning back to Lucile,
"Then maybe I should come for the auction. I might find something suitable then" she said.
Lucile nodded in agreement,
"You should" she said and brought out her communication Talisman and held it out to Melinda who withdrew her own and touched the two together.
Now they could contact each other with their Communication talismans.
"I will inform you of all the potential artifacts up for auction once I get a full list of them" Lucile said as she returned her Communication talisman into her spatial ring.
Melinda smiled,
"I will appreciate that" she said and followed after Lucile who led the way out of the store to lock it up once again.
When she had almost led Melinda and Irma back to the clerk's desk, although now it was more of an escort since Melinda knew how to return, Lucile turned around and seemed to struggle with herself before asking,
"Where is he?"
Melinda smiled lightly,
"He went to Doxon a few days ago. What he went for, I think you can imagine" she said.
Lucile nodded. She indeed could imagine.
Then Melinda and Irma left the Paladin Trade Union.
Once again, Irma's eyes widened as this was the first she was hearing of Hal's current whereabouts and Melinda glanced sideways at her and sighed, knowing for a fact that Irma would be telling it to Isabella by the end of the day.
It was not that she actually cared that her grandmother knew where Hal planned to spend the next few weeks before the expedition with her father, she just thought it was silly for Irma to have such bright eyes from what was in all honesty, casual information.
What Melinda failed to see was that it was not as casual as she thought...
...
That night, Irma did report what she had heard to Isabella,
"Doxon?" Isabella said not because she was worried she had heard wrong but to affirm to herself that Hal was now in the Duchy that was champion of Dual cultivation.
She mulled over it for a while and then it was as though the fact that Hal went to Doxon was the final piece of the puzzle that allowed her to make a connection.
His beautiful Sapphire blue eyes (did she just call them beautiful?) no longer seemed like another part of his immaculate and perfect face (what was with all these adjectives?!) but a trait that was quite prestigious in the Dual cultivating capital.
It was the color of eyes the Doxon family was known for.
Could it be...?
Could Hal be a Doxon...?
Now she thought about it, really thought about it, and searched inside her infallible mind, she could now note even more similarities between Hal's face and the face of the Doxon Duchess.
A woman who despite belonging to a family that governed a Duchy that preached the values of Dual cultivation and being centuries younger than she was, Isabella had, on more than one occasion, praised for her decisive and swift meting of justice; the Blue-eyed witch, Svetlana Doxon.
That was not to say she was the Duchess' biggest fan because she was not. She still disliked the family, but she was sure if the occasion ever came, she could converse with the Duchess better than other members of the Doxon Bloodline.
"Could it be...? No, it can't possibly be..." Isabella said with a shake of her head as though to shake disturbing thoughts out of her mind.
...
Meanwhile in Dell city over at the Doxon Duchy,
Hal and his ladies were preparing to attend the feast the Mayor was holding in their honor for bringing down a potential threat to his rule of the city.
Chapter 387 - You Get What You Get.
"My goodness, is that him? No man can possibly look that good" said a beautiful mature woman in the party hall of the Dell city Mayor's estate.
And she was definitely dressed to impress. Her clothes were fairly voluminous and flashy to show off her status but, as pertinent of the Doxon Duchy customs, she had parts of her body exposed.
This included her flat tummy and beautiful legs.
"Mother, you are hyperventilating, calm down" said the young lady beside the woman and she was dressed similarly although her gown was less flashy but just as exposing.
"I'm sorry Julie, I can't help it. I heard from the merchant that he was good looking but they seem to have downplayed his looks a lot" the woman said licking her lips.
She was not actually lascivious by nature, she just found that she could hardly stop her reactions.
Even as she cautioned her mother, the truth was that Julie could understand why her mother was acting this way.
She could certainly feel the blue-eyed young man having an effect on her even though he was across the room.
Not only did he stand out, the ladies with him, who he referred to as travel companions and acted as though their whole existence revolved around him, were attention gripping as well.
"Well, you have to help it. Felix is looking over here and I fear he sees his mother-in-law salivating after another man in a party her husband was throwing in said man's honor... Even if he is indeed gorgeous beyond words." Julie said while she waved at her husband, Felix who was trying his best to converse with the mayor, her father.
It was not that that the Mayor was making a conscious decision to ignore Felix's attempts at starting a conversation, it was that one of the merchants who had witnessed the slaughter of Red Beard's band of bandits, or at least seen the aftermath, had his undivided attention.
At least that was what Julie thought.
Meanwhile...
Hal was mostly ignoring all the looks he got, that went from admiring to fearful for both his reported prowess as well as his physical attributes while he conversed with his ladies,
When he had announced that he had killed Red Beard, the guards let him by with a sort of reverence, and without even asking for any actual proof of his claim, they let him and the ladies into the estate while they sent a message ahead
Then Hal met with the Mayor who stole a few gazes at the ladies with Hal before ordering for the preparation of this feast in his honor and invited all the merchants as well as every influential family in the city.
"We can take them." Rita was saying. She was a staunch advocator for them going for a frontal assault in their aim to rob the Mayor's estate.
And while Hal felt that her annoyance of how a lot of the men present stared unabashedly at her when they thought she was not looking was influencing her decision-making process, he agreed with her up to a point.
If they were to use the Silva Duchy for a case study, Hal knew that the mayor could not suddenly summon reinforcement that would possess a higher cultivation base than himself since the Barony hardly ever paid attention to cities.
However, capable as their party was, they were still outnumbered and Hal would much rather prefer he did not make use of his beasts in a situation where there would be survivors to spread the tale of Devil Beasts.
If he was going to make use of his beasts, then he would also have to make sure that everyone who saw them and was not part of his party died with that knowledge.
Lillian took a look around and her eyes fell on the mayor who was in deep conversation with the vocal merchant,
"The Mayor" she suddenly said and Hal smiled,
"Very good. The Mayor. He's the perfect mix of stealthy and all-out. We get him and the way is clear."
Just then, the Mayor took a break from his conversation to look over at Hal and called to him,
"Mr. Hal, why don't you come up and meet my family... Please bring the ladies along with you." He said.
Hal smiled lightly and moved towards the Mayor to especially greet the two lovely ladies that were dressed to showcase that their status was above all others.
...
Minutes before the Mayor called to Hal,
"I think the best thing would be to find a way to bring him over to our side. I'm sorry my lord, but I fear I might have downplayed what I witnessed in the bandit camp, if I didn't, then you should already identify this young man as a fearful character" said the vocal merchant.
The Mayor nodded,
"Believe me, Doug, I do see him as fearful and he surely deserves commendation" the mayor said.
"That he does my lord. Red Beard had such plans and while I am absolutely confident in your prowess and eventual victory over him, he would still have kept up his attack long enough to damage the city.
This young man's deeds as well as the deeds of the ladies with him have saved us from all that. I suggest a monetary reward" Doug said
"A huge one" said Felix hoping this would finally be his way into this conversation.
The Mayor closed his eyes and took a deep breath. This was what he disliked about Felix: his inability to see that his input was far from needed and he should know better than to interrupt his conversations.
Especially conversations of such obvious importance.
The Mayor ignored Felix's input,
"The easiest ways would have been to introduce him to the fine young ladies of this city. But it's clear from the ladies who 'travel' with him that such might not be that enticing to him.
Also, my daughter is already married... *sigh* he would have made a wonderful son-in-law, but... I guess, sometimes, you get what you get"
Felix blinked.
There was no mistaking it, that was an insult.
He was a little annoyed. After all, he was at the mid-stage of the Cosmic Armament realm which was good enough for someone of his age in this city... However, how could he compete with Hal who was younger than him and yet a whole realm above him in cultivation?
Even his battle prowess, from what had been heard was on a whole other level.
The mayor did not seem to have noticed Felix's sudden look of discomfort as he decided to call Hal over and introduce him to his family.
He watched Hal smile ever so slightly and then begin his graceful walk towards the mayor,
"Mayor" Hal said as a sign of acknowledgment but did not bow or even make any respectful gesture.
The mayor decided to let it be.
"Mr. Hal, meet my wife Bertha and my daughter Julie" he introduced the two ladies who moved closer.
'He looks even hotter up close' Bertha thought as she and her daughter curtsied.
"It's so nice to meet you" Hal said and took Bertha's right hand and kissed the back of it.
"Oh, such a gentleman" Bertha giggled and then blushed while the Mayor looked over her beautiful form with pride.
However, his wife only had eyes for the Blue-eyed Devil who was holding her hand...
Chapter 388 - Dumbass!
Letting go of Bertha's hand, Hal repeated the gesture to Julie who tried her best not to act as smitten as her mother was acting but once Hal touched her, her heart went off and beat so fast she feared it was going to burst right out of her chest.
Hal let go of her hand and now he faced the Mayor who was still smiling proudly. Looking completely clueless about the undressing look his wife was giving Hal.
"I trust you are enjoying yourself. The meal will be ready soon and well can adjourn to the dining hall for the highlight of the feast." He said to Hal.
Hal smiled lightly,
"Yes, this had all been quite nice this far"
Then he looked over at the young man next to the mayor who was assessing him but trying (and failing) to be subtle about it.
Felix saw Hal had caught his look and so he quickly smiled uncomfortably and looked away and his eyes fell on Rita who upon noticing his look smiled sweetly at him.
However, when Felix saw that smile, he shivered because he could sense a deadly quality to it and so he took his eyes away and not wanting to risk it with any of those in this exotic party, he contented himself with staring at his feet.
Eventually, the meal was served and Hal and his ladies as well as the Mayor and other really notable members of the city who could actually dine at the same table with him, adjourned to the dining hall.
Hal had to admit with a nod of his head that it was quite a spread. The meals were actually herbs that would surely boast a subtle but definite increase in cultivation while also solidifying their foundation.
Of course, still being a bottom-feeder city, there were also Natured Beasts that had been killed and prepared for savoring of flavor only since they were much too weak to have an effect on the bodies of most of the adults at the table who were at the Cosmic Phenomenon Realm.
Only those at the Cosmic Armament Realm could really enjoy its delights.
The Mayor attempted to make small talk,
"Mr. Hal, if I may ask, where are you actually from? One of our neighboring cities perhaps?" He asked with an interested smile.
Hal shrugged,
"I don't feel like saying" he said with his own smile.
The mayor took a quick look around, mostly to ascertain that no one was making fun of his failed attempt at getting information from this stranger.
And then he cleared his throat,
"But surely, you must be quite popular around this parts if you go about taking on difficult bounties such as the defeating of Red Beard's band." The mayor tried again with a smile.
Once again, Hal shrugged while he subtly used his Astral sense to assess his meal before he ate it,
"Not really. Red Beard was my first bounty and I only took it cause I saw the poster in Dell's gate city. I don't make it a habit or career dealing with bounties." He said.
The mayor smiled lightly,
"So surely, you are not averse to me employing your expertise for the city are you?" He asked.
Hal actually looked at him this time while his ladies chuckled,
"How did you get from all I have told you to offering me a job?" He asked with his eyebrow raised.
The mayor seemed pleased with himself,
"Well, you said you are not a bounty hunter. You taking the bounty at Dell city was only by chance so why not stay in Dell city and lend us your strength. We will surely pay you well, that is of course after we pay you an appropriate monetary reward for stopping a potential threat to the city" he said with a bright smile.
There was a brief moment of silence...
And then,
"HAHAHAHAHAHA"
Hal burst into laughter along with his ladies.
The Mayor's face blanked and he wondered what he had said that was so funny and then Karmen pointed at him while still laughing,
"You, my good sir, are a dumbass" she said.
As this was a dinner party, there were actually no guards in the hall but the notable men who sat at the dinner table looked at Karmen and the rest of Hal's merry party with outrage.
However, neither of them was the first to show that outrage verbally,
"How can you talk to my Father that way. He is the mayor of this city" Julie said and stood to he feet.
Hal looked over her form with a scoff while Karmen eyed her with a dangerous grin and an evident tinge of red in her eyes,
"Oh? He's the mayor? I had no idea" she said sarcastically and then Hal cut in,
"Karmen can say whatever she wants. Do you know why? Because she is with me. That alone puts her above all of you"
Julie gasped and seemed to have been struck dumb without an answer to Hal's domineering, yet calm words.
She looked over at her mother who was sipping a wine rich in cultivation resources,
"Mother, are you not going to say something? She insulted your husband" Julie said with a point toward a Karmen who licked her lips at the sight as though imagining the blood she could reap if she cut it off.
"Honey, you are making a scene" Bertha said.
Julie gasped once again as she could not believe how her mother was reacting to the recent events.
"Julie, your mother is right. You are making a scene."
"Father..." She attempted to protest.
"Sit down..." The Mayor said firmly and Julie sat down, disgruntled.
Then with a forced smile, the Mayor looked over at Karmen,
"What, might I ask, makes me a Dumbass?" He asked.
"The mere fact that you even think in that deluded mind of yours that you can somehow employ my Master's services is dumb." Karmen said not the least bit concerned with the looks she was getting,
Hal smiled.
She was perfect for delivering those words. Karmen was never really tactful and Hal knew she took pride in that.
The mayor raised a brow while Doug, the merchant did not particularly like how things seemed to be going so far,
"Oh, is your Master that great?" The mayor asked.
"You tell me. We are only five but took down Red Beard's band of bandits who already numbered at the very least, a thousand. If we could do that, why would we settle for working with you?" She asked and the words got a lot of those present thinking but that did not include the Mayor and Doug.
Ever since Doug's return, the two had brainstormed on the eradication of the bandit band.
First off, none of the merchants had actually witnessed the actual defeat of Red Beard and his band of bandits and that was all because Hal had kept them locked away under a Dome of Astral energy and so it stood to reason that the five of them had not actually done the actual slaughtering.
Once the merchants could not see anything, Hal and the ladies must have called for reinforcements that had been lying in wait.
What they saw after the Dome was taken away was merely the aftermath of a well-planned ambush...
Chapter 389 - I Am No Fool.
That was the only explanation that made sense. After all, Hal, from what Doug had sensed in the bandit camp, was only at the mid-stage of the Cosmic Phenomenon realm, and the ladies with him were most likely at the same level of strength.
They could not have taken down thousands of men all on their own.
In fact, since Red Beard was at the Late stage of the Cosmic Phenomenon Realm and confident of defeating the Mayor who was at the peak stage of the Cosmic phenomenon Realm, Hal could not possibly have killed him by himself.
So, in all honesty, while the Mayor was taking all of Hal's disrespect, he was only doing so because Hal could still be a genuine asset. Also, it would do well to have whatever force backing Hal to be on his side and not against him.
He was not scared of Hal...
The Mayor cleared his throat,
"Very well, how much would it cost us if we were so adamant to get you to fight for Dell city" he asked and interlocked his fingers.
Hal smirked but it was Rita who spoke,
"How about... Everything you have in your Vault?" She said, obviously referring to the Mayor and his family's own wealth. Not yet counting what belonged to the city itself.
*Bam!"
A man slammed his palm against the desk in annoyance,
"That is preposterous!" He said.
Rita turned her head at him,
"Oh? Is that so? Then what if I told you that was just to reward us for defeating Red Beard. Only after that will we actually consider fighting for the city and that should only cost, oh I don't know, everything in the city's coffers."
"You are going too far" said someone else and Hal sighed,
"Well, I guess we cannot come to an agreement so don't insult us with anything lower than what Rita has already stated" He said and took a swig of wine.
While everyone else saw this all as an insult, Bertha saw this as a display of dominance. One that really got her juices flowing.
There was someone else who did not really see it as an insult either and that was none other than the Mayor.
The way he saw it, Hal and the ladies were just not interested in fighting for the city and as such were increasing the price of their services to such ridiculous heights.
"Well, clearly you do not wish to be tied to this city. So I will understand your wishes and forgive your disrespect. While we cannot give you all we have as reward for killing Red Beard, we will still try to compensate you adequately.
Also, it would gladen my heart to have you stay in my castle for as long as you are in this city" he said.
"Father, how can you possibly reward such disrespectful behavior." Julie said. She was not the only one thinking that way and many of those present eyed Doug as they felt he was the one whose words were causing such leniency in the mayor.
Hal stood up and so did the ladies,
"Thanks for the meal and hospitality" he said but there was no actual sense of gratitude to be observed on his face.
He and the ladies left without another look back and followed a maid who the Mayor had summoned to lead them to the many empty rooms in the Castle.
Once they were out of sight, no one first said a word, and then,
"My lord, I cannot believe you allowed such a level of disrespect. In your own home no less. And you are not entirely to blame. It's that bastard Doug who has filled you with so many less than certified news and is hampering your reactions." One of the notable men at the table.
"Yes. We understand that he and those ladies must be capable but should they try any funny business, we would have been here to make sure they could not attack you." Said another and he cracked his knuckles to prove his point.
"Yes. We don't fear them. So what If they took down Red Beard and his band of bandits, we shall take them down with our combined might" said another.
It was amazing how these idiots could so easily gloss over the fact that the numbers of individuals Hal and his ladies had seemingly taken down on their own numbered in the thousands.
Doug would never admit it but even he wondered why the Mayor had allowed this insult. Especially since the two has already concluded that Hal and the ladies must have had help to take down Red Beard's band of Bandits.
The Mayor took a deep breath,
"I would like to remind you all that I am no fool. I know exactly what I am doing and will truly appreciate it if you all shut the fuck up" he said before returning his attention to his meal.
...
Later that night...
All the guests had finally left. None of them felt pressured to leave early just because Hal and the ladies who the dinner had been held in honor of had left. They took their sweet time and only left when they were filled.
Julie and her husband who lived in the castle left for their room and after the Mayor said he had things to do in his study, Bertha told him she was quite tired and left to rest in their room.
However, before reaching said room, she changed her direction and went instead towards the wing of the castle she knew the visitors would be.
When she arrived at the wing, a sweet scent which she remembered to belong to Hal was what led her to the room he was in and once she pushed the door open, she checked around with her perception to ascertain that he was alone.
Then she slowly approached the bed where Hal was breathing evenly with one arm over his face.
Bertha did not second guess herself as she set about unbuckling Hal's pants to reach inside and pull out his flaccid cock which from the moonlight shining in through the window was incredibly beautiful.
She had thought of doing this all through the dinner and now that she could finally do so, she had no intentions of being indecisive.
Confidently, she stretched out her tongue to give his cock a lick and she trembled from how good it tasted.
It was then she felt his eyes on her.
Hal, who she was sure had never truly been asleep was now propping himself with his elbows while he looked down at her,
"Well, far be it for me to stop you" he said with a smile.
Bertha smiled lightly and then took his cock head into her mouth and sucked on it while stroking the rest of his length in a careful manner.
Soon, The cock head as well as the rest of Hal's incredible organ was at full length and looking quite intimidating.
Bertha gulped and got to worshipping it with her tongue and getting it slick with her spit while she continued to stroke him. Getting faster the more she slobbered.
Hal groaned at how good it felt to have his cock stimulated by this mature beauty. Especially when she seemed absolutely determined to milk him for all he was worth.
Chapter 390 - Your Mother Understands. R-18
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Hal no longer propped himself on his elbow and instead laid flat on his back as he enjoyed the feel of Bertha's warm and moist mouth as it pleasured him immensely.
Bertha set about tugging his pants down until she could view the whole of his pelvis. But then she decided, why stop there? And pulled it off completely.
Baring Hal's lower half completely.
Hal let out his pheromones and they saturated the room completely. And as Bertha breathed it in, her eyes seemed to glaze over even though her mouth and hands worked even harder.
One of her hands went below to grip his large balls and massage them while she continued suckling his cock head as hard as she could.
Even before the release of his pheromones, Bertha could already feel her inner thighs getting wet at the very thought of what could happen tonight but there was a definite increase in volume following the release of whatever was making her feel so good.
Then she raised her head from Hal's cock and also took her hand off as she went to the front of her robes and unfastened it to let it fall off her shoulders and expose her breasts to the night air.
Bertha then lifted her ample assets and began to service Hal by sandwiching his cock between them and begin what proved to be a sensual titsjob that had Hal nodding in approval.
Bertha spat into her cleavage for better lubrication as she went to work.
So large was Hal's member that even her ample chest could not cover it completely. There was quite a lot of it left peaking out of her cleavage as she went up and down his wondrous pole.
Hal groaned at the wonderful sensation and even thrust upward into her breasts as It all went on.
Bertha was in awe of his cock. And it showed in her actions and insistent in having it ejaculate his sure-to-be wonderfully tasting seed. After all, she had already tasted his precum and it was a taste she could see herself getting addicted to.
As she went up and down Hal's long pole with her breasts, Bertha did not neglect to tease his cock head with her tongue.
Eventually, Hal reached down and thrust her head even more on his cock as he released his seed into her mouth.
Bertha's eyes widened at the sheer volume but she did her absolute best to swallow it all and not let even a little bit of his precious seed go to waste.
And it really was precious.
More so when she felt an outburst of energy that once Hal stopped forcing her head down his cock, she looked at him with her eyes glittering with joy and enthusiasm.
Hal sat up and lifted her onto the bed and took off the rest of her clothes before spreading her legs wide and then lay flat on the bed in between said legs to breathe in the wonderful scent of her slick-with-arousal pussy.
Long forgotten were any thoughts of her family and the only thought Bertha had on her mind and wanted more than anything else was for Hal to touch her.
"Touch me..." She moaned.
Hal smiled and then leaned into her pubic area to give her wet thighs a long lick. He enjoyed the taste of her juices and his bloodline reveled in it as well.
"Mmmngghhh..." Bertha moaned and grabbed the bed sheets as from that single lick, her whole body was wracked with pleasure.
Soon, Hal went closer to her pussy and gave her plump labia a long sensual lick that had Bertha's whole body shivering with pleasure and mini-orgasmic spasms.
"Oh, yesssss..." Bertha groaned and thrust her hips at Hal's mouth to gain even more traction.
She could not believe it.
They had only just begun and he had only licked her pussy once and she was already cumming.
What level of delights would she experience today? She wondered.
However, she soon lost her train of rational thought when Hal found her clit that was engorged due to her arousal.
He grazed his teeth over the erogenous nub and the effect was immediate with Bertha clamping her thighs around his head and gripping the bedsheets even tighter as she let out a groan of pleasure,
"Nghhhhhh"
Hal traced his fingers lightly around the outside of her pussy before slowly easing two of his fingers into her and felt as her magical muscles tightened around his fingers and showed no intention of letting him go.
But that did not bother as he curled his fingers and wreaked havoc inside her.
With little to no effort, he mapped the inside of pussy and found the spot that would most bring her pleasure and it was there he focused his attention.
"Oh my goodness. Oh, my gods... Right there..." Bertha moaned as she was now no longer clamping her thighs around Hal's head,
Now she had her legs wrapped around his head to pull his grazing teeth even harder against her clit.
Then Hal pulled his fingers out of her snatch even though her pussy was quite reluctant to be apart from his marvelous fingers.
Then he also stopped grazing Bertha's clit and instead placed his mouth against her pussy to lick up all the juices she had leaked.
Then he began to use his thumb and index fingers to pinch her clit which he was now neglecting while he thrust his tongue into her pussy and enjoyed the familiar tightening feeling of its reluctance to let him go.
Hal began to elongate his tongue and it stretched slowly inside Bertha who could not believe what she was feeling and let go of the bedsheets and grabbed his hair to pull him harder into her pussy.
While his ministrations continued, Hal stretched his free hand upward to grab one of her big tits and begin kneading and pinching her nipple.
"Oh, Yesss... Oh yessss... Oh right there..." Bertha trembled and shook while she sprayed the juices of her orgasm into his mouth which Hal happily lapped up and let none of it go to waste.
While she still spasmed from post-orgasmic tremulations, Hal did not let up with his pleasing and licking of her pussy, the pinching and rubbing with the heel of his hand of her clit as well as the kneading of her large and ever perky breast.
Eventually, she fell limp from an overload of sensations, and Hal, who now rose away from her pussy, almost thought she had had enough...
Almost
Soon, Bertha opened her eyes and sat up to grin widely at Hal who was now kneeling on the bed in front of her with his cock at full mast.
Bertha stretched her hand and grabbed his cock and stroked it tenderly as she moved closer to him.
Then she gulped.
"I... I want it" she said.
Hal nailed her with his sapphire blue eyes,
"Beg for it" he said and there was such command in those words that there was no way Bertha could ever hope to ignore it.
Not that she would have wanted to ignore it anyway...
"Please... I want it... I want it so bad..." She pleased and tightened her hold on his cock to get her message across better in case the urgency in her tone had not being enough...
"Well, I can hardly say no to such pleas..."
...
Meanwhile...
While Bertha was about to get pounded by the stranger who her husband had held a dinner in honor of, Julie stood from her bed and left her room from being unable to sleep.
She went over to her father's study, predicting accurately that he would still be working,
"Burning the midnight oil, father?" She asked him once she entered.
Not really required to announce her arrival with a knock.
"You know me, dear" the mayor said without looking away from the reports he was poring through.
Julie nodded.
She did know him.
At his level of cultivation, he could go days without actually resting as long as he constantly refreshed himself with the absorption of cosmic energy.
Of course, at some point, he would still need to rest and she could see he was nearing that point.
when Julie did not speak, the mayor prompted,
"Something on your mind?" He asked her.
Julie took a deep breath and then let it go,
"Maybe... I guess I just wanted you to know that I did not mean to insult you at the dinner table if my words did in fact seem insulting I mean" She said.
The mayor sighed,
"It's alright dear. What you have failed to understand is that I was trying to be diplomatic.
Maybe to you, it might have seemed I was bending my head, but I was only letting the insults continue because Hal and whatever party is backing him up can be very useful to us.
It's just politics.
Your Mother understood that"
Up until the last part, Julie actually started to see her father's point. However, she highly doubted her mother had politics on her mind tonight.
"I'm sorry" she said.
"It's alright dear. You should get some rest" The mayor said and Julie left with a light smile but not before greeting her father goodnight.
Then she decided to see if her mother was awake so that she could apologize for any indiscretion but she found the room empty.
Feeling a strong sense of trepidation and hoping it was not as she thought, she went to the wing the visitors were in and a sweet scent, as well as the sound of body smacking against body, led her to a room with the door slightly opened.
When she peeked inside, her eyes widened and her mouth gaped as she saw her mother on all fours on the bed with Hal, his body the epitome of manly perfection drilling into her from behind...