Chapter 1431: Decision Made
Breakfast ended soon after that as all of the parties involved came to a 'truce' and decided that there was still time required to 'recover' from this expedition; Mom agreed wholeheartedly and practically dragged both Mother Ria and Mother out of the dining hall back to their room, while Lady Fenyras was swift to get up as well.
The Demon Wolf in particular was fascinating to me since I had expected a look or a smirk like she had been giving me for so long now, but instead she was sneering down at the Empress and looked like she was about to try and kick the towering futanari out of her chair.
Most of me was glad that she seemed to have moved on from that odd little fascination she had had with me, but I would be lying if I said I didn't feel a little saddened that she wasn't paying the same amount of attention to me as before... it was just one of those things that shouldn't matter but in a tiny part of my mind it did.
Something about it just reinforced that I was desirable and sexy to more than just my lovers, but again I was more than thrilled to not have to deal with the constant flirting and idiocy that came from her every single day now.
It would also pass me by soon enough, especially since we weren't going to let the others be the only ones who took advantage of this free time to 'relax'; rushing back to our bedroom and shedding our clothes immediately we threw ourselves at one another and went at it until we just couldn't anymore.
By that I mean we spent two or three hours relishing the touch of one another before finally admitting that anymore than this would be utter degeneracy; I was fine with that but Leone was embarrassed, Anput wanted to go do something else and Jahi was the most mercurial of us all since she was raring to go again but also the most drained.
So with that out of the way the Demoness and I were suddenly left alone in the room, with Leone heading out for fresh air and a break while Anput went off to the forge to begin making... anything; how she could be so energetic still after the sheer amount of moving she did in the bedroom was beyond me...
Since it was just us I sprawled out on top of the Demoness' chest and basked in the warmth of her body as we rested up a little more, taking some time for just ourselves and enjoying it as best we could... without having even more sex.
"Have you thought about it at all, Jahi? Taking over that Kingdom that Belian wants to offer us for practically free..."
The Demoness just grunted softly and began to run her hand through my hair as she stretched herself out, loosening herself up a little before taking advantage of this position as she wrapped me up in a firm hug.
"A little... The bastard wants to forge a bond between me and the Demon Clans going forwards. This allows him to circumvent Mom, who admittedly is being a little obstinate about the entire relationship between herself and our cousins. Most likely he's hoping to use me to get to Lakshmi and push for a marriage between her and someone from the Clans to solidify our return to the 'family'.
That's his goal with it, at least to me; the main one, anyways, since shoving one of the Three Kingdoms eases the strain on the Clan's purse going forwards and allows any blame to fall on us if something happens there. It's... definitely something that should have been thought about more, but hey, who cares~!"
Grinning at me and poking me all over my body, the Demoness teased me a little since I was the one who was more determined to make this work rather than her, though she wouldn't have allowed me to accept on her behalf if she wasn't feeling somewhat similar to me.
"And the whole thing about having to forge your own path instead of relying on Mom? Is that just... something you can accept or was it bravado for the Empress?"
Her grin faded a little, and I could tell immediately that I had poked at a nerve, though before I could even attempt to apologize or make it up to her she just resumed petting me and said "Partially bravado but also the truth. The idea of just taking over for Mom and not doing anything more than just treading the path she and every other Asmodia has walked doesn't sit right with me."
Jahi fell silent for a moment and looked away, over towards the windows and out over the Empire as she hugged me tighter, murmuring "I want to do everything myself. To do it my way. With my wives by my side... I want everything to just be mine." before erasing the serious mood she set by rolling onto me.
There was no more discussion after that as she just took what was hers and vented a little more inside of me, though it wasn't for too long and we were able to roll out of bed and into the bath when we noticed how much time had passed.
Not wasting any more time we got dressed and went for a walk through the gardens, collecting Leone and taking her with us as we searched for Anput, only to decide to leave her be when the Lizardkin operating the forge shooed us away.
Finding Mom sprawled on the floor tossing Lakshmi into the air in their room was peaceful, so while we waited for Anput to be finished we just spent some more time with our new siblings; Jahi found herself under intense scrutiny by Lakshmi thanks to her different appearance while Alessandra pushed a book over to me and pointed at it repeatedly.