Chapter 51 – Wake-up call

In the morning, Alex woke up feeling something heavy on his stomach. He looked down and saw that Okami was resting her head on there while caressing the inner side of his thighs. She felt him moving and looked up with a big smile. “Hello. Did you sleep well, my love?”

“Yes, I did. I don’t even remember falling asleep! Did I... faint or something?”

“Yup, on our third. Probably I pushed you too much, but I liked it. It meant that I did a good job. So, now that you are fully rested, what about if we continue where we left? Unless you want to save energy for the day.”

Alex took a glance at the window to check the amount of light and smiled. “I think it’s still early. We have time. Try not to make me faint again!”

“I won’t promise something like that! Instead, I will make sure you have a great time. So, where were we… Oh, I think I was a little lower, and you had your eyes closed.”

Alex quickly fixed his pillow and closed his eyes, getting ready for another roller coaster ride of powerful emotions.
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After some time, Alex was still gasping to recover his breath, with Okami putting on her short trousers and blouse while looking at him with a big smile. “I always liked to see a man lose his breath because of me. Get dressed; it’s time for breakfast, and you have a full morning ahead of you talking with all those Nobles.”

Alex sat on the bed and took a few deep breaths. “Yeah, that will be a bother.”

Alex got up and got a quick kiss from the smiling Spirit of Earth. He stared at her with a puzzled look. “That was my good morning kiss?”

“No, that was my thank you kiss. I had a lot of fun, probably because I had been waiting for this for so long. Try not to make me wait so long. I want another night like this as soon as possible! I might have to wait in line because there are other eager women that are probably dying for their chance, but I can wait, as long as you don’t forget about me.”

“I could never forget about you, Okami. Now let me put on my clothes and stop trying to undress me again! Geez, woman, you were the one that said it was breakfast time!”

“Hehehe! I like to see you flustered. You look so cute I could eat you!”

Alex gently pushed the hugging Spirit away and put on his clothes as fast as he could, with Okami trying to undress him again. He ran out of the room at the first opportunity, with Okami right behind him, trying to catch him. In the corridor and in front of her room, Anika was looking at them with a slight smile. Alex froze and Okami stopped fooling around.

Anika approached with an awkward smile and said, “Today is my day… and if you and Okami… It means I can also aim at that, right?”

Alex turned bright red and slowly nodded. “We… yes… you don’t look mad... You said Mermaids were extremely jealous…”

Anika slowly nodded while holding his right arm, with Okami holding the left one. “Indeed, we are, but we can also share partners if the other woman is worthy or loves the man in the same way. I am at a disadvantage because of her contract with you, but I have a few tricks up my sleeve and I intend to make you ask me for one night instead of forcing myself into your bed.”

Okami made a slight frown. “Is that some sort of sarcastic joke because I was pushing Alex to sleep with me?”

“Take it as you like. I only need to share him with you. I don’t need to like you. It’s better if we don’t fight because he will get angry with us, but I won’t try to be your friend. Not so soon, at least. Maybe in a few years, I will see you from another angle, but not right now.”

Okami shrugged. Don’t worry, you will change your mind when I am between your legs, making you moan. In the meantime, I can have some fun with the pretty Pearl Pearson and the cute and shy Wenammy. I bet you will be an amazing friend to Shinatobe. You are just like her, a pain in the butt! Lucky me, two Shinatobes to annoy me. Great!"

Anika jolted. “You mean… Shinatobe doesn’t like you as well? Strange…”

“Yeah, I never knew why. Probably because she never liked the idea of sharing our partners. She endures it, but she doesn’t like it, just like you. Well, tough luck, Mermaid. You will have to share Alex with four women. It will be better if you get used to that thought as quickly as you can; it will be better than dying of jealousy.”

Anika answered with a weird smile, “I won’t die of jealousy, but you can have an unfortunate accident, by tripping down a couple of stairs or getting hit by a carriage, and like that, diminish the number of my rivals… Strange things happen!”

Alex frowned at the two weirdly smiling women. “Are you two getting ready to start a fight? Because I am here in the middle and I don’t want to be hit in the crossfire!”

Okami spoke while staring at Anika. “We will not fight. Heck, it wouldn’t even be considered a fight; it would be more of a one-sided plunder! Don’t worry, Alex, we are only measuring ourselves and poking each other to see which of us is the first to blow up. Get used to this; it’s what normally happens when women share a partner. You already saw this between Shinatobe and me. This Mermaid is just another one that I need to put in her place.”

Anika answered with the same weird smile, “Anytime, big breasts, anytime…”

Okami stared at Anika’s breasts and smiled. “You are one to talk! You also have a good pair. Are they soft and firm? I wonder how good they feel…”

Anika covered her chest with her free arm. “Get away, you crazy! Play with your boobs!”

“I often do, but it’s always good to squeeze different ones. Don’t be like this, Mermaid, because if you play your cards right and conquer Alex for good, we will have plenty of time to get to know each other a little better and find out what you like.”

Anika grunted, “Like if I wanted to do anything with you…”

Okami suddenly let go of Alex’s arm and gently held Anika’s chin and whispered in her ear, “You won’t say that for long, believe me. In the meantime, I can get to know Pearl and Wenammy a little better, and you will have Alex all to yourself tonight. How does that sound? Am I a good girl or not?”

Anika gulped and whispered back, “Are you serious? I can… be with him tonight?”

Okami bit Anika’s earlobe. “It’s up to you. You need to make him want you. I won’t stand in your way, nor Shinatobe.”

Alex frowned while looking at the two suspiciously whispering women. “What are you two planning behind my back? Do I need to worry about…”

Both of them vigorously shook their heads and held Alex’s arms again, continuing their walk to the dining room with Anika making a big smile. “We were just making peace, nothing here to worry about. I don’t know about you, but I could eat a horse right now! I found it strange that your hearing is not as good as it should be, with so many contracts!”

“I trained a lot to block the sounds that I didn’t want to hear. If I lose my concentration, I can hear a pin drop on the other side of the Castle or the chatter of everyone inside. Too much noise at the same time makes my head hurt, so I try to focus only on people that are talking to me.”

As they entered the dining room, the King waved at them from the table. Alex sat next to the King and asked, “You arrived early, my King. Where is the Princess?”

“Early? What are you talking about? You are the one that overslept! Viscount Finley had already left with Miss Olive to give a tour of the Nobles and their wives, and my daughter had tagged along. Ghar went with your friends to the hot spring, and Viscount Tom is in the meeting room with Marquess Seth Perry and Earl Marley Barker, waiting for you.”

Alex asked while taking a sip of the tea a maid poured for him, “I thought it was early… And why are you still here, my King?”

King Otto leaned back in his chair with a small cube of cheese in his hand. “I was waiting for you. Besides, I wasn’t able to leave all this cheese alone here; they seemed a bit sad. At least you had a good night of sleep?”

Alex spoke while grabbing a slice of bread. “I don’t know if fainting counts as sleep, but I had a good rest.”

The King tilted his head, and he then noticed the big smile on Okami’s face while she was drinking her tea and the frown on Anika’s. “What do you mean… Oh! I see… Well, at least you rested. It’s probably better if you eat faster, you have two visits waiting for you.”

From the main door, Pearl’s voice was heard, “See, Wenammy? We are not late; they are still here!”

Wenammy and Pearl sat at the table after waving at the King, and Alex made a surprised face when he saw Pearl putting a cube of cheese on the lips of a giggling Wenammy. Pearl noticed him from the corner of her eyes and explained, “Tough luck, Alex. You let us be together last night, and now you are probably thinking that you made a terrible mistake. Don’t worry, we still like you, but we found out that we also have a lot in common.”

Wenammy backed her up. “Yeah, lots and lots! It was so much fun! We should do that more often!”

Pearl took a sip of her tea while glancing at the annoyed Anika. “You don’t look so good, Anika. What happened? You were cold last night? Perhaps because you didn’t have anyone with you to keep you company and warm up your cold feet? You could have knocked at our door; our bed was big enough for the three of us.”

Anika gulped down her tea and spoke, “I just had a lot on my mind. No need to worry. Besides, this is officially my day to have Alex all to myself, so I won’t feel a single bit lonely.”

Pearl answered while eating a piece of cheese that Wenammy put on her lips, “Is that so? I suppose I can have Wenammy for me then. What do you say, cutie? Do you want to go to the hot spring again? We haven’t tried the sauna yet.”

“Yes, that sounds like fun. I may need to cover my back with the towel because of my wings, or they will get dry and brittle.”

The King approached Alex and asked, in a low voice, “Since when are they so lovey-dovey? Yesterday they weren’t anything like that!”

“Pearl teased Wenammy a lot, and I found out that Wenammy liked all that attention. I suppose it will be easier for me if they like each other, or I am going to have a lot of trouble with them!”

The King looked at Alex’s left side and saw Anika slapping Okami’s hand that was poking her cheek and calling her chubby, just to annoy her. “I see what you mean. I think Okami was just messing with her because I saw her disguising a smile while glancing at Anika when she wasn’t looking. Well, it’s up to you to make sure they get along with each other by treating them in the same manner and not picking favourites.”

Alex took the last gulp of his tea and asked, “Anika, I have a meeting to attend. Do you want to join me? And you, Okami, do you want to go with Pearl and Wenammy to the hot spring?”

The smiling Spirit of the Earth faced the happy couple and asked, “What do you say, girls? Space for one more?”

Pearl had her eyes wide open. “You… want to go with us? I… don’t see a problem with that… What… What do you say, Wenammy?”

The High Fairy gulped while staring at the bouncing boobs of Okami and said, “Us three… completely naked in the sauna and the hot spring, really close… Yeah, sure… sounds like fun...”

The King quickly gulped down his tea and whispered to the dumbfounded Alex, “Sometimes I hate you so much, Alex…”

“Yeah… I wasn’t expecting they would be so eager to be together… I don’t know how I put myself in this situation... my life is going to be so stressful, from now on…”

Alex slowly got up, feeling his legs shaking, and he took a few seconds to recover. Anika held his right arm and walked with him out of the dining room. Alex took one last look behind, just in time to see the King staring at the three women that were happily chatting, probably about their trip to the hot spring, considering that Okami was pointing at Pearl’s breasts and poking hers with a big smile on her face, while Pearl was laughing and Wenammy had her face all red.