Naked Mishaps and Ambitious Ventures
Angel of Eden. 205
For a while he silently kneaded and toyed with my breasts, but then he suddenly glanced at the clock and asked in surprise, “By the way, where the hell did that guy go? He still hasn’t come back. Did something happen?”
“Everyone in Eden knows Dahgon by now. What kind of trouble could he possibly run into?”
“…Come to think of it, was he even wearing clothes when he left?”
“Huh?”
I quickly rewound my memory data and replayed the scene of Dahgon leaving. The recorded footage that floated before my eyes showed him walking out the door completely naked, clothes clutched in his hand.
“Ah. He went out naked.”
“Damn it!”
Jadin shot to his feet and hurriedly began pulling on his clothes.
“Wait, let me contact the head maid first.”
“Yeah, yeah, hurry.”
Using my built-in wireless communicator, I called the head maid. After a short ringtone, her voice came through.
- Hello. Miss Elisha?
- Emma. Have you seen Dahgon?
- …I did see a large green lump of an orc wandering around naked.
- Aigoo… So he really was roaming outside naked and caused an incident by startling people.
- Where is he now?
- The maids took him to the bathroom to wash him. Miss?
- Yes?
- It’s fine to enjoy yourself, but please teach him some manners. One of the maids he encountered fainted from shock.
- I’m sorry. I really have no excuse. Who would have imagined he’d just walk out completely naked like that…
- Kyubey alone is already more than enough… Never mind. I have work to do, so I’ll be going.
- Ah, yes. Thank you for your hard work.
The head maid ended the call with a voice heavy with exhaustion. Seeing my troubled expression, Jadin sighed as if he already knew something had gone wrong.
“The guy really…?”
“Yeah. He was wandering around naked, made one of the maids faint, and now they’ve dragged him off to wash him in the bathroom.”
“With that size, anyone would find it terrifying. I’d have thrown a punch too if I were in their shoes.”
Jadin and I were used to him because we were intimate, but strictly speaking, Dahgon was an orc—a monster infamous for kidnapping women and using them as breeding stock. If one suddenly appeared naked in front of you, of course it would be frightening. That was why he usually dressed properly and even wore a hat, so people would see human clothing before noticing his orcish features. But now he had wandered around naked…
“Still, it’s a relief it ended at that level. Shall we go wash up too?”
“Yeah. Time to wash and sleep.”
Even though the parasitic tentacle tail and Las had worked together to consume it, some of the semen Dahgon had pumped into me still remained. Holding my slightly swollen belly, I stood up and put on some clothes. While I was fixing my hopelessly tangled hair—thanks to Jadin gripping it so roughly—he spoke with an apologetic look.
“Ahem. Did I go too far?”
“No? This much is just right. I like being handled roughly.”
“You really are an angel of a woman when I look at you. Submissive, devoted, endlessly serving men.”
“I used to be an angel, so of course I seem like one. Anyway, let’s go.”
Together with Jadin, I headed for the bathroom where Dahgon was being washed. Along the way, the maids we passed bowed politely in greeting, and we also encountered groups of Kyubey’s men.
“Oh! If it isn’t Lord Jadin. Where are you off to with Lady Elisha this evening?”
“Haha, we’re on our way to wash up.”
“My, you two must have enjoyed yourselves quite thoroughly since early evening.”
“We’re actually heading to enjoy ourselves with Lady Kyubey from now on.”
“We’d love to try Lady Elisha ourselves, but she has such strong chastity that she won’t respond at all.”
“Hahaha, our Eli doesn’t mix bodies with just anyone.”
Jadin draped an arm around my shoulder and groped my breast as he spoke proudly. The fact that he could say something like that so openly right in front of the person in question proved that, no matter how young they were, Blackmen were still Blackmen.
“By the way, you’re the only Blackman who owns Lady Elisha. Aren’t you going to brand her with the Queen’s Mark? We can’t because Lord Havid is around, unfortunately.”
“I have no intention of demanding it first unless Eli wants it.”
“Hahaha, the leisure of the one who already has everything. I’m jealous.”
Come to think of it, he had never once asked me to be branded with the Queen’s Mark. Blackmen tended to be quite obsessed with it as proof that a woman belonged to them, so he had been considerate in his own way.
The men we had been talking with soon headed for Kyubey’s bedroom while we continued toward the bathroom.
“Jadin, do you want the Queen’s Mark? Should I get it for you?”
“Like I said earlier, I have no intention of branding you unless you want it.”
“Hehe~ Then when you become the man who’ll give me a baby later, I’ll brand it as proof then.”
“That works too. It’ll have its own meaning.”
Chatting like that, we descended the stairs and arrived at the special bathroom located in the basement of the city hall building. This exclusive bathroom, accessible only via a dedicated staircase that required authentication, contained a large tub filled with natural hot spring water warmed by geothermal heat. Normally it was used mainly by Kyubey and her men, and occasionally by the maids to relieve fatigue.
After stripping in the changing room and stepping inside, I saw Dahgon’s broad green back sitting in the tub.
“Dahgon!”
“Krrk?”
Smack!
The sound of my hand striking his back echoed through the bathroom. Startled by the sharp slap, he groaned in pain and tried to reach behind him, but his thick arms couldn’t reach.
“What were you thinking, walking naked through the corridors!”
“Sorry, female.”
“Later, go find the maid who fainted and apologize. Understood?”
“Understood.”
“And the rings—how are people supposed to understand you if you only take your own? I told you to carry both when you go out alone, didn’t I?”
“Forgot.”
Dahgon could only repeat apologies without a single word of protest against my scolding.
“Eli, that’s enough. He’s probably reflected plenty already.”
“Haa… Fine.”
Seeing how cowed Dahgon looked, Jadin stepped in to calm me down. Pulled along by Jadin’s hand, I quickly washed both our bodies before slipping into the tub where Dahgon was soaking.
“Huuu~ Relaxing like this after sex feels pretty good too.”
“It feels a little less hot. Dahgon, did you turn on the cold water?”
“Krrk, yes.”
“Turn the hot water back on. Soaking in hot water is better.”
“Understood.”
At my words, Dahgon turned the faucet to let hot water flow. Watching him, Jadin placed a cold, wet towel on his head and said,
“Isn’t this temperature just right? Any hotter and it’ll be too much. Even the tentacle tail is complaining that it’s already too hot.”
“My body temperature runs low, so I prefer soaking in hot water.”
“No matter how I look at it, a full-body prosthesis seems to have a lot of drawbacks.”
Personally, I also considered the weak temperature regulation function to be one of its biggest flaws. If it were a pure android made entirely of machinery, temperature control wouldn’t be necessary, but because this full-body prosthesis supplied oxygen and energy to cells through artificial blood circulation, it needed to maintain a certain temperature range. Yet the crucial temperature regulation was weak—what a major weakness.
That aside, once I took on work, I’d be busy and wouldn’t be able to tend to Jadin’s or Dahgon’s sexual needs as often. What should I do? When I asked them about it, their answers were surprisingly nonchalant.
“It’s not like people die from not having sex for a day or two. It’s fine.”
“Krrk. I can endure.”
“I’ll try my best to make time.”
The three of us sat together in the tub chatting for a while before moving to my room, where the maids had prepared everything, and fell asleep in the same bed.
From the next day onward, the leisure we had enjoyed until now felt like nothing more than a brief rest. We were incredibly busy. I met with Maria to have a heated discussion about the official distribution contract with Ed, and I met with the current manager of the mare facilities to begin the full-scale privatization of the mare business. After inspecting existing facilities and meeting current mares, I also discussed on-site matters with staff including breeders, nutritionists, and professional trainers. At the same time, I frantically toured Eden searching for a site for a new, larger mare racetrack along with the attached stables, training facilities, and lodgings.
“If we want to secure land at our leisure, we’ll have no choice but to go outside Eden’s walls.”
“But outside Eden’s walls is all foreign territory.”
“Xenuma is in the middle of expanding its territory, so they should at least be willing to lease or sell some useless scraps of land near Eden.”
“If possible, purchasing the land outright would be best, but I’m not sure they’ll sell national territory.”
“We’ll have to use our connections for that.”
I immediately called Maria. When I explained my plan to purchase or long-term lease Xenuma territory near Eden, she told me to wait a moment. After handling other matters and waiting a few days, the reply I received was that, at the request of Maria—who was the wife of Theo, one of Xenuma’s three great generals—she would sell a portion of Xenuma’s territory near Eden.
“It was easier because of the merit of being the first to support their military and supplies for Xenuma.”
“Still, deciding to sell national territory isn’t an easy choice. It’s thanks to Maria being Theo’s wife.”
“Anyway, since we’ve been given quite a large territory, we’ll have to think of ways to use the land besides just the mare business site. Since the land is already here, we should make proper use of it.”
“Don’t push yourself too hard.”
“I’m getting thorough physical management, so don’t worry. Then, good work.”
Now that I had taken on a big task myself, I was feeling with my whole body just how impressive Maria was, and I found myself newly concerned.
Construction of new facilities to replace the existing ones had begun. Centered around a massive racetrack more than twice the size of the previous one, the wide roads extending in all directions would feature stables, lodgings, small research facilities, and commercial buildings. First, a fence much lower than a castle wall was built around the boundary of the newly acquired territory, with a gate facing the Xenuma direction. It was a large-scale construction project mobilizing heavy machinery, androids, and a large number of workers, so not only Eden’s broadcasters but also media outlets from various countries were showing interest and regularly featuring it in their broadcasts.
“Bwahahat! Did you see yesterday’s broadcast? Finally digging into Elisha Drivyk, the youngest of the Eden royal family who’s stepped into the spotlight!”
“Stop it. It’s embarrassing.”
“Famous for her benevolent image of actively embracing harmony and coexistence with other races befitting a former angel… Pfft.”
“Seriously, stop it.”
I shoved food into Ed’s mouth as he let out a mean-spirited laugh. We were at a party we had been invited to in celebration of the successful launch of the Drecul Trading Company, which had been established with Eden’s active support, and the two of us had met to talk alone.
“Whoa~ You’ve become a total celebrity. There probably aren’t many people left who remember your angel days, huh?”
“To begin with, the period I worked as an angel was short, the locations were limited, and I only worked as a bartender, so not many customers knew me.”
The only place I had worked was Angels’ Haven, and since I had barely sold my body in the name of preserving my individuality, the customers who sought me out had been extremely limited.
“Forget about me. Tell me about the company. How’s securing clients going?”
“Even though the company hasn’t been around long, because it has Eden backing it and is offering to buy at higher prices than before, there’s already no shortage of manufacturers stepping forward to supply us.”
“A reliable buyer and fair prices. It’s an opportunity manufacturers don’t want to miss.”
“Of course, the profit margin the distribution company takes will decrease, but since the transaction volume is high and stable revenue is guaranteed, it’s not really a big drawback either.”
Almost the entire volume supplied to Eden would be monopolized by a single company. The profits from the enormous volume consumed by a steadily growing population approaching 80,000 plus tens of thousands of tourists would be massive even if the profit margin decreased.
“I heard the existing private distributors who used to supply goods are putting up a huge fuss. Is it that bad?”
“Some of the larger companies have banded together and are trying to block the volume going to Eden, but honestly, it’s a pointless struggle. Suppliers without demand can’t survive.”
“I do feel sorry for the employees who suddenly became unemployed.”
“Hehehe, considering our company’s scale, we need quite a lot of manpower. And conveniently, there are now plenty of capable people who’ve lost their jobs. So what should we do?”
“Aha~ You’re going to absorb them as is.”
“Exactly. Though in truth, this aggressive business expansion is only possible because of the massive capital support. The early stages require heavy investment, so if funds run short during the deficit period, we’ll go bankrupt in an instant.”
That was how seriously Eden viewed this business. They had judged that pioneering a new method would bring greater long-term benefits than maintaining the existing trade system.
“Please take good care of it, in any case.”
“It’s a company bearing the family name. We have our noble pride to uphold—we can’t let it fail. I’ll do my best to make it the best company possible.”
“Huhu, you’re very reliable.”
He had become such a dependable man that it was hard to believe he was the same boy who used to stare wide-eyed with wonder at the female body. We raised our glasses, clinked them together, and wished each other luck.