"Ahh... Ahh... Ahh..."
A series of faint moans could be heard within the dimly lit forest, illuminated by the light of the approaching dawn.
Following the suggestive sounds, three figures could be seen in a small clearing that appeared to be a forest campsite.
"AHH~!"
A moan of clear pleasure came from a woman who appeared to be a Mage with short black hair, lying on a blanket.
Her hands were tied behind her back, while her black robe and white dress had been pulled down off her shoulders, exposing her large breasts.
Her legs were spread wide apart, her panties hanging from her left knee, while her body twitched continuously as a naked, large, muscular, blond man straddled her, pouring his release inside her womb.
"Ahh—!"
A more strained, hateful moan came from the second woman, a Priestess judging by her outfit, with long black hair tied in a ponytail.
She was in a nearly identical state as the Mage. Her white shrine maiden dress had slipped off her shoulders, revealing her large breasts. Her red long skirt had been lifted past her waist, exposing her entrance, which leaked with a mixture of her love juice and the man's release.
"Ready for a second round?" the man said as he pulled out his still erect rod from the Mage, only after emptying himself completely.
"Bastard... you'll pay for this... AHH~!"
The Priestess tried to maintain her composure and resolve, but her moans escaped as soon as the man resumed straddling and ravishing her.
"Pay for what?" the man mocked as his thrusts grew more intense and rough. "When I'm already fuckin' both of you for free—"
At that moment, Kaori rushed out from behind the bushes, dagger and knife in hand, ready to take down what she could only assume was a bandit.
The man managed to stop Kaori, catching her arms before her knife could slash his eyes and her dagger pierce his chest.
"Wait, let me—Ugh!"
BAM!
However, his awkward position—with his erect rod still inside the Priestess—allowed Kaori to land a kick on his left flank.
The blow knocked him off the Priestess and sent him stumbling across the ground until he slammed into a tree.
"I will cut that disgusting rod and shove it down your throat before I tear your neck apart," Kaori said as she slowly approached.
"That's a terrifying thing in many ways... little miss..." the man replied, raising his right hand while kneeling and groaning in pain.
"Die, you disgusting bandit—"
"Please stop, Kaori."
Lu-el appeared and embraced her from behind, restraining her as soon as he caught up and saw the surprised, panicked expressions of the two women.
"And why should I stop?!" Kaori retorted, though she didn't struggle free from his embrace.
"Maybe we're misunderstanding the situation."
"What else could we be mis—"
"DAICHI!"
"Huh?" Kaori paused, confused, as both women rushed toward the man in concern—both now completely free of the ropes that were supposedly restraining them.
Kaori glanced back at Lu-el for an explanation, and he leaned down to whisper to her.
"I think we caught them in the middle of an RP roleplay."
***
Lu-el and Kaori's escape from the incoming soldiers led them to travel through the forest all night, heading east toward the mountains—where they ended up misunderstanding the intimacy between a husband and his two wives as a bandit assault.
The husband introduced himself as Daichi, a Hunter, followed by the Priestess, Mikoto, and the Mage, Manami—who were visibly twins, differing only in hairstyle and clothing.
"We're really sorry for intruding," Lu-el apologized while sitting on a makeshift stone bench across from Daichi near the campfire.
"Don't mind it, kid," Daichi replied, laughing off the misunderstanding.
"Kid?" Lu-el paused, slightly annoyed at being called that by someone who was probably just in his thirties.
"It's partly our fault," Daichi continued. "We got ahead of ourselves since we're on a little trip away from our kids and ended up acting like we were your age again—Hahaha!"
Just because you already have kids doesn't mean you get to treat me like one, Lu-el thought.
"It's entirely your fault!" Kaori retorted, interrupting both Lu-el's thoughts and Daichi's laughter.
"Seriously? An RP roleplay..." she muttered before suddenly covering her face in embarrassment as she lay down on a blanket.
"Ekk~! Ouch..."
A pained shriek escaped Kaori's lips—though it sounded oddly erotic—followed by her body twitching uncontrollably as she groaned in pain.
"No sudden movements, young lady," Manami said gently as she sat beside Kaori and tended to her.
With the tension from their battle against Croc and Sera gone, and after putting distance between themselves and the Duchess's soldiers, the strain of pushing her body beyond its limits finally caught up to Kaori.
Her body began to ache as dawn approached, and after her earlier attack on Daichi, she collapsed while still in Lu-el's arms.
"That's what happens when you get ahead of yourself after doing it for the first time with your lover," Manami teased, making Kaori even more embarrassed.
"Or am I wrong to assume you two are?" she added, glancing at Lu-el before looking back at Kaori.
Lu-el simply grinned, saying nothing and clearly teasing Kaori to answer.
"We're lovers... Are you happy now..."
"Of course I am..."
"If you two are lovers, then who is that kid?" Mikoto asked, her tone carrying a hint of irritation despite not meaning to. She was referring to Reiji, who sat at the edge of the campsite with his hands bound and tied to a tree.
"He was a member of our party," Kaori replied, making it clear he no longer was.
Reiji remained silent, as if completely broken, his eyes lifeless like a dying fish.
"Then why are both of them almost naked?" Mikoto added, referring to Lu-el and Reiji, who were only wearing towels around their waists—just like her husband.
"Well... it's a long story," Lu-el murmured, pausing as he thought up an explanation. "Or maybe not that long..."
He explained that they were a party of four who encountered a gang of bandits in the forest at the foot of the mountain while he and Reiji were bathing in the river, which was why they had to leave most of their belongings behind.
They continued fleeing until they were cornered, at which point the fourth member of their party—the girl Reiji liked—revealed she was working with the bandits, and that Reiji might be involved as well.
Lu-el finished by saying that soldiers arrived later that night, giving them a chance to escape.
Reiji could have contradicted the story, but it would be his word against Kaori's.
"So there's really activity from the Croc Bandits, and even the Duchess's soldiers are on the move," Daichi said before explaining that he and his wives had come down from their mountain village to investigate reports of bandits along the mountain road.
"Are you perhaps... Ouch~..." Kaori winced in pain before continuing, "from a hot spring village?"
"You guessed right, little miss. And I, Daichi, am the current chief of Daifuku Hot Spring Village."
"How about we go there for a visit, Kaori?" Lu-el suggested, thinking that a hot spring bath might help ease her aches.
In truth, he was excited by every possibility and opportunity for intimacy with Kaori, especially one involving a hot spring.
"Pervert..." Kaori muttered, blushing as she glared at him, accurately reading his thoughts.
And she wasn't the only one.
"It would be like a lovers' honeymoon," Manami teased.
"You two could stay at our inn," Daichi added, only for Mikoto to immediately object.
"We can't take them back to our village," she said bluntly.
Daichi and Manami looked at her in confusion, knowing she didn't intend to be rude and was usually reasonable.
Lu-el and Kaori, on the other hand, both looked disappointed for somewhat similar reasons.
Seeing everyone waiting for an explanation, Mikoto pointed at Reiji before speaking.
"Because that kid has a tracking spell cast on him."