Everyone Enters the Water Together - 13
"Uh, uh! Sorry! I didn't know anyone was here. I'll head out right now."
I hurriedly averted my gaze and turned away. It wasn't the first time I'd seen a woman's naked body, but this was still an accident.
...
In that instant, the thought crossed my mind that if I wanted to, I could probably embrace them. Just like the women I'd held so far, maybe a few kind words could seduce them into my arms.
No, no. Don't cross that line.
They weren't criminals. They had nothing to atone for to me. On the contrary, they were the ones who had maintained their courtesy toward me even in the most dangerous and desperate moments.
It wouldn't be right to exploit their vulnerabilities—the fact that they couldn't survive without me—and take them that way.
"W-wait a second... could you hold on?"
A woman's voice came from behind me.
"Right now? Yeah, sure."
I kept my eyes fixed on the door, steadily calming my mind.
"Um... could we... become the leader's slaves too?"
"Hm?"
Her words caught me slightly off guard, and I couldn't help tilting my head. It was strange. No matter how I thought about it, there was no reason for them to become my slaves.
"You do know what that means, right?"
"It's okay. We trust you."
"No, even if you trust me, this is a bit..."
But when I thought about it, I'd made too many people my slaves to outright say, "Absolutely not!"
Still, this felt different.
"Calmly explain why you're asking this."
"...Wouldn't it be better to face each other when we talk?"
"You dressed yet?"
"No, this is the changing room, isn't it?"
"Weren't you getting dressed after your bath?"
"I thought... it might be okay to stay undressed a little longer."
I let out a deep sigh.
"Alright."
I turned to look at them. Their bodies were a bit softer than the mercenaries'. Their breasts seemed overall a touch larger too. Whether they intended to seduce me or not, they gazed at me with sultry expressions, posing to emphasize their chests.
"Let me say this upfront: even if you don't throw yourselves at me now, I won't discriminate against you or abandon you. You know that, right?"
"...Yes. We trust you that much."
"This goes for everyone. If you're scared of giving yourself to me, just say so anytime. I won't get mad."
The women's expressions darkened.
"But... you just embraced those prisoners—"
"That was partly because they'd wronged me, and partly because I couldn't fully trust them yet, so I collared them as slaves."
"It doesn't matter. We still want to give ourselves to you."
I scanned the atmosphere around us. It looked like simply walking out now wouldn't be easy.
"...Okay. But you don't have to become my slaves. You get that, right?"
At my words, the women seemed confused, murmuring among themselves.
"But if we don't become slaves... then—"
They trailed off, mumbling under their breaths.
"Feel free to speak openly."
"W-we're really fine with it... but can we... have your children, leader?"
"Huh?"
That was a variable I hadn't considered. Come inside, and a baby happens. It was basic sex ed knowledge anyone should know.
The reason it hadn't crossed my mind was that every woman I'd been with so far had been a slave.
Wait, there might've been someone who wasn't a slave...
"It's not that we hate the idea! We'd be honored, but you might not want that—"
"I'm not against it either, but... for now, it feels a bit much? We've got a lot to do."
"R-right! So we have no choice but to become slaves, then?"
Of course, having kids was a good thing.
But...
These women weren't unappealing. Still, if someone had to bear my first child, I felt like the ones I'd met earlier should take priority.
Logically, using a condom or pulling out might be better, but it felt awkward to start that now. Condoms weren't overflowing everywhere, and they were handy items I could repurpose like portable canteens. Pulling out was an imperfect method anyway. Above all, I wasn't confident I had the self-control to time it right.
"But isn't becoming a slave going a bit far?"
Even so, it might be better than being bound as slaves to me.
"But..."
The woman in front of me took a step closer.
"We feel... left out..."
"Left out?"
"Everyone except us is your slave, right? We're the only ones left out, while you... spend those fun times with them, becoming people the master can 'fully trust'..."
I nodded reluctantly. Of course I trusted them. They'd never disappointed me. But there was still a difference between trust guaranteed by the status window and system, and just plain trust.
If they were saying it this plainly, I couldn't hold back anymore.
"Alright, got it."
If they wanted to become my women, I'd have no choice but to welcome them with open arms.
I scanned the women in the changing room. They were pure. Beautiful, but not the untouchable, rough, or violent kind of beauty. It was more everyday, ordinary beauty—the kind you feel like you could see anywhere, yet when you do, you can't look away.
"Phew..."
In an instant, these women's lives became bound to mine. With one simple choice in the status window, everything about them vanished.
The changing room. A place overflowing with women, where common sense said no man should enter.
There, I gently caressed the breasts of the woman before me.
"Haah..."
She seemed a little tense, trembling slightly. I pulled her into a soft embrace.
"Scared?"
"Not... exactly..."
Her heart pounded—half in anticipation, half in anxiety.
...I can't hold back.
I'd meant to just comfort her with a hug, but my lust was more honest. My already hardening cock poked at her lower belly.
"This is..."
She looked up at me with innocent eyes.
"Yeah, my cock."
I slid my hand down, kneading her ass lightly.
"Seeing one for real... haht, it's my first time..."
"Really?"
"Only in novels... haah, they said it's like a meat club..."
She rubbed her body against my cock curiously, like it was fascinating.
"This... goes inside? All the way up here?"
She stared at my cock reaching up to her chest, her face a mix of excitement and fear, trembling.
"Not quite that far. Height difference, remember? If we're precise..."
I lifted her slightly in my arms, aligning my cock with her pussy. So she could feel exactly how deep it would go when fully inserted.
"It'll reach about here."
The tip settled more realistically now, stopping around her slightly bulging lower belly—the spot that hinted at her womb inside.
"H-hah... y-yeah, probably..."
Clinging to my arms, she shuddered in pleasure, imagining how this massive cock would ravage her insides.
"Putting it in there... feels good for you, right?"
"Of course."
But not yet. Her pussy lips were a bit wet, but her body was too tense beyond arousal. I set her down gently and caressed her breasts softly.
"Th-this... haht, tickles, but feels different..."
"You're getting excited."
"Haah, is it... okay for me to get excited... haht?"
"Of course it is. Guys love seeing a woman get turned on."
"R-really?"
Her sexual knowledge was even less than I'd imagined.
Not that surprising...
People in this world gained sex ed in two ways: through actual experience or talking to those who had it. Or by scavenging adult manga or videos from supply points while roaming districts.
Someone this innocent probably hadn't roamed much. With that much shyness, she likely hadn't asked other women either.
Not bad. It felt like I was painting a blank canvas, hypnotizing her to my desires.
"Look at my cock. It's bigger now, right?"
"W-wasn't it this big before?"
"Huh?"
Come to think of it, my cock had started growing the moment I saw them naked. If this was their first cock, they might assume the erect size was default.
"It got bigger because I'm excited. Seeing it... how's it make you feel?"
"The veins scare me a bit... but thinking it'll go inside me turns me on, and knowing it's because of me makes me a little happy too..."
"Feels good, huh?"
The woman in my arms nodded slowly.
"Yes..."
"Seeing you feel this way makes me happy too."
Before I finished, I pinched both her nipples a bit harder.
"Nguuuuh!"
She let out a moan, turning her head in embarrassment. Her flushed cheeks betrayed how aroused she was.
I smiled and moved my hands more boldly. I wanted this woman. Badly.