Making our way up towards the gate of the town, we were greeted with the sight of a dozen well armored and armed soldier marching towards us, their red and gold cloth denoting their allegiance to Duchess Leonisa while the birch tree emblazoned on their chest plate was clearly meant for Birchan.
At the front of their group was a towering behemoth that was about the same size as Altan, though where the Bearkin had been barely restrained anger the solider in front of us was very... cold.
Probably because of the thick scales adorning her cheeks and the slitted eyes that made it abundantly clear she was some kind of Serpentkin, but still... the way her eyes flicked over us both was definitely disconcerting...
It was like she didn't really see us as... anything, really, at least not as something worthy of note or interest; we were just variables to her, and that cold logic was displayed when she robotically clapped her fist over her heart twice in a form of a salute, which felt... hollow.
"Sergeant Celladi of Squad Viridian. I assume you are Rhefia, the one that Duchess Leonisa sent to handle this incursion?"
Her voice was flat, though when Dama stepped forwards and mirrored the salute with an added bow of her head the Serpentkin seemed a little more interested; Dama looked over the entire squad and replied "I am, and everything has gone... well enough. The mercenaries have been handled and their leader has been killed. The town is secured and the civilians are safe."
"Mm... No captives?"
"Just one, but she is... mine."
Sergeant Celladi narrowed her eyes at that, her hand twitching slightly beside her massive sword that hung on her belt, though when Rhefia said "Since you are to remain here and further maintain the town, we'll be taking her back to Duchess Leonisa for further questioning. Duchess Poinset has concoctions meant for extracting the truth, and currently the captive is beholden to me."
"Is that so?"
"She's a Leopardkin that respects strength. When I defeated her and then killed her leader, she submitted to me completely. Changing hands might result in... unnecessary consequences. Besides, like I said, you are here to take over for us, correct?"
For a moment the Sergeant just stared at Dama, those slitted eyes locked onto hers as she seemingly searched for something, but after a few moments she just nodded and said "We are, yes. Many thanks, Rhefia. If you would, might you show us around and help us get acquainted with both the town and its inhabitants?"
"Of course, right this way."
The rest of the soldiers were almost as stoic as their leader, though when we entered the town and got to the large hole that they were digging to burn the bodies they showed a little emotion, especially as the older folk all kept the children from getting too close.
That made me feel somewhat better since I was a little worried that the entire squad would be emotionless and uncaring of what was happening, but it would seem that the only one that encapsulated that was the Sergeant, though even she wasn't 'terrible'.
More so out of an understanding that asking these people to be a certain way after what they went through and what they were doing would only make them feel worse, which would lead to less than desirable interactions going forwards; it was logical but so cold, though I imagine that was what made her a good leader.
I just knew that I wasn't going to want to be here much longer anyways, and after we finished showing them everything and introducing them to the important people that I barely deigned to remember the names of, we gathered our things, made sure both Sarnai and Sadie had what they needed and then began the journey back home.
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Renna PoV
The hunger I felt as I kissed Leonisa in my own office while bouncing on her cock was downright insatiable, yet we both were trying to satiate it somewhat as we made the most of this momentary break.
Taking the third creampie from the Lionkin, I moaned happily into her mouth before reluctantly pulling away, just basking in it for a few moments before I made the decision to talk now instead of losing myself to a fourth round.
Even with her hands on my cheeks and that magnificent cock buried inside of my gluttonous pussy I could still think, though when I felt her seed trickling down around her shaft I have to admit I don't know how long I was going to be able to think...
"So are we going to talk about... this..?"
The Lionkin just smirked at me as she squeezed my cheeks, trying to use that as an answer before letting out a sigh as she said "What's there to talk about? I'm coming here because the wine is good and sometimes I get to satiate my hunger for you... Is that wrong of me?"
"No, it's just... You never operate on such 'normal' terms, Leonisa, and you know that..."
"Mm, I do, do I~? Well, you aren't wrong... Obviously I am~ still here for you, Renna, because... every single night I find myself yearning for you again, but no... today I am here because I have a message.
Our Queen wants to have a meeting again. She wants to meet with you, with Astra, with Rhefia... This little 'stunt' of ours was obviously sniffed out by her, and she wants to make the most of it. Give you what you want, give me what I want, and get what she wants as well."
"That is..?"
"Well, I want to get back to the peaceful times where we weren't worrying about the looming 'threat' of a returned - and spurned - 'Hero' of the Queendom potentially looking to settle the score.
Obviously our Queen wants that as well, but she wants to settle things in private first before announcing the return of Rhefia now that most people have 'moved on' from her. You know, the usual twisting of public perception and tossing in a white lie here and there...
The quicker we get this over with the sooner we can all go back to just... living our lives, and considering how well this is going as well as the progress that Astra is making with that property of hers in the middle of the city, I imagine things are just getting started for you and her, hm~?"