We met up with Chiyome at a nearby and we made some small talk about my fight with the Hydra before getting into the topic Chiyome wanted to discuss.
"It wasn't tough, I just used more stamina than I expected." I explained to Chiyome and Ariane why I collapsed.
To be honest, I didn't think I'd collapse from exhaustion because I hadn't before when I appeared in this world as a mixture of Rider and Saber, but it's probably because I actually used strong attacks.
I'll seal the use of my mixed form for now…
"Pshawh… 'Stamina', he says… That's not what I experienced…" Ariane grumbled under her breath as she glared at me in mild annoyance, her cheeks tinged red.
"Anyway, Chiyome… You wanted to speak to us about something?"
"Ah, yeah! About that…?" Before Chiyome could continue, Ariane's Whispering Fowl landed on the table.
"Oh, sorry!"
Ariane apologized for the interruption but Chiyome shook her head and smiled.
"It's okay."
"[Ariane, Astolfo! Return to Lalatoya immediately!]"
••••••••••
We returned to Ariana's hometown, as the message sounded urgent, but…
"Gah?!"
Glenys swiftly dodged under Chiyome's thrown wooden kunai and delivered a clean bicycle kick to her chin, easily defeating her.
But, I dashed in just behind Chiyome and aimed my wooden sword at Ariane's powerful mother.
Not holding back, I swung my sword perfectly down, yet Glenys stepped to the side with no wasted movements. With no time to swing the sword back up, I let go of one hand and balled my fist, and attempted an uppercut.
Still, this woman dodged my attack and countered with a swing of her own sword. I barely managed to raise my wooden blade and block it, at the cost of splintering my sword and being sent flying.
"Oof!" I grunted as I slid across the grass on my rear.
"This is crazy… She's stronger than a Hydra?"
I know that she technically isn't, but… she's definitely much stronger than Astolfo. No, Astolfo wasn't the best swordsman amongst the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne… he was the worst one, actually.
Not to say Astolfo isn't a skilled swordsman, but he's only a bit better than an 'elite' Knight.
Also, even if my Saber form increases my strength, that doesn't make up for raw experience and technique, which Glenys clearly has.
I raised my body from the ground, only to see Ariane on the ground, her mother holding her leg in a painful lock.
"Owowow!" She shouted out in pain.
"…You definitely excel in strength, Astolfo, but you'll never keep up with me if you rely too much on it. I recommend throwing in some counters and faints in your swings." Glenys gave me some pointers.
"Okay~!" I nodded my head and took her advice to heart.
"My legs!!!" Ariane cried as she was still pinned in a leg hold by her mother.
"…But you have to approach each battle with the bigger picture in mind. There's nothing worse than someone getting the best of you because you slipped up. Are you listening, Ariane?"
It seemed she passed out from the hold… Poor girl. Rest in peace.
"Um~ You said to return because of an emergency, so we rushed back, but… We ended up sparing? What's going on, Glenys?"
"Hm~ Well, there is something important, but the sun is already setting and you guys are filthy now. We can talk about this once you've all had a nice bath."
••••••••••
"Ahhh…! How nice it is to have a proper bath after all that traveling!"
"Kyun!" Inari responded in kind as she floated atop the water.
I thoroughly clean my body, rubbing all the places that I couldn't properly wash while we traveled, reveling in the feeling of cleanliness.
After drying myself off, I put on the elven sleepwear provided to me by Glenys.
"No pants…?" The clothes Glenys gave me looked kind of similar to a Japanese-style yukata, but cut shorter to reveal the legs.
Shrugging off the fashion choice of elves, I went out to the terrace where Ariane and Chiyome were relaxing. I overheard the tail-end of their conversation. Was it about me…?
"…Is he really a male? I get the scent of a male and the name sounds masculine, but Astolfo looks and sounds like a female. It's quite confusing." I heard Chiyome say.
"Oh, he's definitely male." Ariane attested. As I turned into the terrace, I saw that Ariane was blushing a bit when she said those words.
Was she perhaps remembering our passionate time together the other night?
With a glint in my eye and a teasing smile on my face, I dashed into the terrace with blinding speed and embraced Ariane from behind.
"Ack! 'Stolfo?! What are you doing??" Ariane panicked at my surprise skinship, so I just rubbed my cheek against hers.
"I'm just hugging you! What~? Can I not hug you ~? Even though we did it already~?" I asked in a teasing tone.
"Well, of course you can…! But— mmhm~! Hey!!" Ariane stifled a moan as I groped one of her boobs momentarily. She glanced at Chiyome before pinching my hand hard.
"Chiyome's staring at us, you Perv!" She furiously whispered. Despite her anger, she had a deep blush on her cheeks.
"Sorry~ Sorry~!" I relaxed my hold on her and simply rested my arms loosely around Ariane's neck.
"I didn't realize you two were so close. You are male… right, Astolfo…?" Chiyome asked.
"Yep! One hundred percent male!" I puffed out my chest proudly and smiled wickedly. Arise seemed to know what my smile was about but the realization hit too late.
I grabbed the hem of my short-skirted yukata and lifted it just before my panties could come into view. "Would you like to make sure~~?"
Chiyome stared at my crotch area and for a moment it was silent, until her face exploded into a deep red blush.
"'Stolfo! Don't start teasing her now!!" Ariane reprimanded while also blushing.
"Haha! But teasing is so much fun! Don't you see how cute Chiyome looks right now?"
I run around to Chiyome's side and embrace the smaller catgirl from behind.
"A-Astolfo…?!"
"Hehehe~ You're so soft, Chiyome~ And your ears are so cute~!"
Whatever has come over me, for some reason I don't even attempt to stop myself. I open my lips and bite on Chiyome's little ear.
"Kyah~!" Chiyome let out a cute yelp as I gently nibbled her ear and caressed her waist, as I looked at Ariane with teasing eyes.
"Ch-Chiyome…! 'Stolfo belongs to me!!"
Oh?
Ariane got up and tried to peel my touchy-feely hands off of Chiyome's body, but I just wouldn't budge. I picked up Chiyome and held her up to my chest, just like I would with a cat, and ran around the porch, avoiding Ariane while laughing.
"Hahaha~! You can't take her away from me!"
"Come back here, you big pervert!"
"Help me…!"
Probably as karma for my actions, or maybe a stroke of luck… I actually managed to slip and fall. I twisted my body around to absorb the fall and prevent Chiyome from being crushed by me, but just then and there, Ariane caught me and I took her down with me when I reflexively grabbed her arm.
"Ahh!"
"Kyah!"
"Oof!"
For some inexplicable reason, Chiyome had ended up sitting on my face, and I felt Ariane's soft breasts on my groin. It felt warmer than usual and that made me quickly realize that Ariane's half-yukata came loose and her boobs were out, and my own clothing had ridden up to reveal my lacy pink underwear.
Chiyome, meanwhile… wore a thong-style fundoshi. Her ass was also surprisingly fat, too…
"Oh, my… I apologize for interrupting~"
"M-Mother?! Th-This isn't what it—!!"
I felt Ariane get up, but Chiyome just remained on me. I couldn't really see much since her half-yukata covered my field of view, but I felt a moistness on my mouth.
"Chiyome?" My muffled voice vibrated against Chiyome's groin and I felt her shake and her legs tensed up.
"Mmhmph~~~~!"
The cat girl quietly moaned, having gone unnoticed by Ariane and Glenys, both of whom were preoccupied by Ariane's awkward explanation as to why it looked like we were 'messing around', when we weren't.
Well, I certainly would support Ariane's reasoning if not for Chiyome coming directly on my face. I couldn't help my own body from reacting, either.
"An accident, was it? Then what is that~?" Glenys had a teasing tone to her voice.
I felt a gaze on my body as my cock, which managed to break free from my panties, stood at full mast.
"…'S—'S—'Stolfo?! Chiyome!!"
I snapped out of it and sat up, causing Chiyome to be lifted due to my force and she ended up falling on my lap, sitting right on top of my cock.
"Oops!"
"…!!!"
Chiyome let out a silent scream as a spurt of blood shot out of her nose and she fainted. Ariane, Glenys, and I just stare at the unconscious and red-faced Chiyome in my arms.
"Um… I guess we should put her on a bed for now…?"
Glenys chuckled and took Chiyome from my arms and started walking back inside the house. Before she went through the door, she looked back at me, still hard, and glanced at Ariane.
"Make sure to take care of him quickly. I need to speak to the three of you very soon~!"
Ariane blushed once she looked at my twitching lil(big) bro and protested her Mother's blatant teasing. "Mother! I'm not— I can't do that!!"
"Oh, please." Glenys scoffed.
"You think I can't tell when my daughter has a physical relationship with a man? You are so clearly in love with him, so just hurry up and help him!"
Glenys trotted inside and left Ariane and me to our devices. I stood up and just stood there, my penis still erect, clearly it's not going to go down on its own.
"You horny little bastard…" Ariane blushed as she cursed me, yet she still walked up to me, her hands on her hips and a frustrated look on her blushing face.
"Does your libido know no end?"
Ariane knelt and freed her breasts once again, her two melons bouncing around seductively and the two pink peaks erect due to the chill of the wind.
She gripped my cock hard, but the very slight pain from the sudden action felt good and some fluid escaped my tip.
"Truly… You're helpless…"
Her hot breath tickled my tip as she began stroking slowly, more of my precum leaking out and dripping on her thumb. Ariane slid her palm across the precum trail and wiped off the tip. The sticky semi-translucent liquid stuck to her hand and she glanced up at me with a slight attitude in her eyes.
While keeping eye contact, she stuck her tongue out and slowly licked her palm and up to her fingertips, swallowing the precum.
"You have to cum fast, so… I'm gonna try something I saw in those sex books I read…" She muttered.
I didn't know what she meant by that, but I was so captured by the sexiness I just witnessed, I simply stood there, anticipating her next move.
I felt her hand caress my butt, chuckling as I heard her muttering something about it being 'firm'. She used her other hand to continue stroking me as she kept eye contact.
"Your expression is so cute~…"
She slid her other hand across my buttcheek, then… I felt a finger enter me.
"Ah!"
"It should be just about… there."
Her finger curled slightly down, and I felt something sensitive inside me get gently squeezed and my toes curled in pleasure as I brought my head back.
"Aaahn~!" I let out a stifled moan as my legs shook. I felt a soft, hot, and wet sensation along my cock soon after, along with the sound of Ariane's muffled moans and heavy nose breathing.
With Ariane both sucking me off and prodding my prostate, my balls swelled and I felt the biggest load I've ever built up inch closer to bursting.
"Ariane…! I'm gonna… Hhaaahhh—hnn~~!" Before I could warn her, my breath got caught in my throat by the sudden, incredible pleasure just as I released the first burst.
"Mmhph!"
I gripped the rails of the terrace and my hips shook and thrust out as I shot out thick lines of cum into Ariane's mouth, the woman herself eagerly keeping her mouth clamped to my cock as she continued to swallow.
For a good 12 seconds, I kept going, and Ariane didn't let a single drop hit the wooden floor.
I looked down at her, my softening cock still in her mouth. She has kept eye contact the entire time, and even after I filled her stomach, she stared into my eyes. Slowly, she moved her head back, and with an audible 'plop', she let go.
"Mmh…~ phew! I'm full…"
Ariane gently rubbed her belly as she put her breasts away. I noticed her belly was very slightly, visibly, swollen.
"Come on… we wasted enough time."
Casually, she stood up and walked inside. Like nothing just happened. Like she didn't just take that moment to experiment with my asshole.
I looked down at my flaccid member and chuckled as I waited for my legs to recover.
"Well… the results definitely exceeded my expectations..."