Bab 434: Harvest Festival (13)

"Ah~! Isn't it about that time now? Come come, let's head outside! Thank you Erica, and good luck with the rest of the day!"

The Duchess grabbed my hand and guided me away from the counter, where I was discussing the finances of this Clinic with the manager, the two of us going over the numbers and discussing ways to cut some of the costs and earn a bit more money whilst still remaining relatively open and inexpensive for the people of Birchan.

Blinking, I glanced at the red head who was dragging me away before waving at the Birdkin, who waved back with a small smile on her lips, something that made me rather embarrassed as I turned back to the Duchess to see her smiling as well, clearly excited about whatever it was that she had remembered.

Shelur was following us still as well, the Orc still as quiet as ever as she continued to do her job as the Duchess' guard; ever since the cafe, Shelur hadn't said a word, and I was curious if that was because she was trying to be respectful still, if she was that serious and devoted to her job, or if she was a bit embarrassed and horny from what she had seen...

I wasn't able to tell though, so I couldn't really make much of an assumption about the Orc, and the Duchess really didn't give me much of a chance either as she asked "Do you know what happens just before noon, Astra?"

I shook my head, prompting the Duchess to continue speaking as she led me through the crowds at an assured pace, cutting her way through and ensuring that we would get to wherever it was before whatever it was happened...

"Goddess Dryatra and the Queen will be making an appearance at the center of Birchan to truly begin the Harvest Festival. Everything from this morning to now has been a prelude for the festivities to come, and to start it all off, the Queen and our Goddess dance together, watched by the citizens before inviting everyone else to join them in the merrymaking. People in the Dryadi Queendom - and even from other countries - come to visit just in hopes of being able to lay their eyes upon our Goddess~!"

The Duchess' smile widened as she continued to lead me through the city, taking me towards the center and continuing to speak, each revelation from her filling me with wonder and anticipation.

"The dance is our chance to witness the perfect union between our Queen and our Goddess, it is our chance to thank our Goddess for enriching the lands around us, and it is our chance to pray to Goddess Demetra and thank her for making Tera the world it is. It's also our hope that she might one day respond to our prayers again and forgive us for what happened all those years ago, but..."

Trailing off, the Duchess shook her head as she muttered "I can't imagine that she ever will forgive us mortals for our transgressions...", something that made me nod in agreement as the story that Rhefia had told me came back to mind.

As someone who had given birth and loved each of my children so very much, I couldn't even begin to imagine what it must have felt like to have them torn from me for no reason at all besides greed; let alone the terrible things that must have been done to her daughter, Winter, which none of us knew about or if it actually happened.

That was another thing that I could never imagine what it would feel like - hells, I couldn't even imagine what it was like for Rhefia, Camara and Aethisia when they learned about what Yiksa did to me months ago; imagining that happening to one of my girls...

No, I couldn't even blame Demetra for wanting nothing to do with mortals after everything that happened, and I wouldn't blame her for never wanting to look down upon this world ever again either.

But as one of those mortals now walking upon this earth, I desperately wanted her to look and show some compassion, but in order for her to do so, some serious change was likely needed... and a good start would be to see how deeply people actually revered and wanted her to show that compassion.

I might have been someone she had deigned to bless for one reason or another, but that didn't mean that she would change everything for just me; I wasn't so self absorbed and so ignorant to assume that being given a system by her and being 'chosen' by her meant that she would listen to me closely and do whatever I asked because she cared about me.

I needed to earn that care, that affection; I needed to earn the right to her ear and be blessed enough to have my prayers consistently heard by her, to have them answered...

For now though, I followed the Duchess as she turned another corner, the red haired woman acting like she hadn't had her head buried between my thighs roughly an hour before now eating my pussy until I squirted on her face...

While the Orc behind us was acting like she hadn't watched as that happened at all, something that made me slightly confused as a woman who prioritized sex no matter what most of the time; why weren't we at an inn screwing the hell out of one another?

Why hadn't the Duchess asked me to reciprocate for her and make her cum, and why was Shelur not sporting a thick hard on demanding we make her ejaculate a few times too..?

Was I really just that much hornier than everyone else, or was I just quicker to act on me being horny compared to everyone else?

Either way, I couldn't help but sigh slightly as we turned another corner and came out near a giant square in the center of Birchan, where a large stage had been built to allow the Queen and Goddess Dryatra to look over their citizens.