"Greet me"
The puckering sound against the leather surface.
Hikari's brown loafers are made with recycled wyvern skin on the inside and a leather outer layer to give it a posh appearance dyed in brown to give a warmer feel.
"Smooch* smooch*, welcome back Hikari. Smooch* How was the raid? I have heard great news about your-"
"Shut up"
"Yes of course, smooch* smooch*"
The Lord RazenHeir's armour stood well polished on its rack.
Pieces of interlocking Runium. A fur outer coat. His legendary great sword resting on its rack against the wall where it lasted the generations before him.
"Enough. Go to your seat."
The last puckering sound before the lord of the estate crawled back on all fours back to his desk.
The giantess took a single stride forward.
Her shoe was now almost the height of her lord's desk.
Fortunately the hall was still spacious enough for her to stand straight up.
"I have a request, my lord"
"A request? Of course Hikari. Anything for you."
The lord RazenHeir was sweating in his coat. He placed both his hands firmly on the desk, his fingers locked to control the trembling.
"Hands behind your back."
He flinched. The sleeves of his arms disappeared behind his chair.
The giantess knight before him slid one of her socked foot out of her loafer and placed it onto the lord RazenHeir's desk.
A deep damp imprint was left behind as she put her foot back into her shoe.
"Hmm…"
The lord RazenHeir let out incoherent noises as he rattled in his chair.
His face was completely red under his greyish hair.
His fingers locked behind his back to retain his grip onto his chair.
"Face."
Dook! In one movement, the man slammed his face and hands onto his desk covered in a layer of slime.
The stench from just the giantess lifting her running socks out of her shoe still permeated the lower portion of the room where he sits.
Front. Back. Front. Back.
He rubbed his wrinkled face back and forth along the surface of the table.
"Appreciate it."
"Yes… mmm!"
The Lord RazenHeir grinds his winkled face against the slippery wooden surface of his desk.
Donk! His knee cap hit the underside of the table as he struggled to keep himself in his chair.
It was slippery at first but some of the friction returned as he spread the slimy liquid into the wood.
"Hands on the table"
The Lord RazenHeir snapped back upright, locking his fingers back onto the table.
The stench of the giantess knight's morning run has seeped into the wood on his table.
"Does my lord like it?"
"Yes… umm… of course… anything from you-"
"Shut up"
He pressed his lips together.
"My request?"
"Yes. Of course. Do state your request. I'll grant anything within my power and within reason-"
Tap! Hikari tapped the shoe against the carpet. It felt like an entire bookcase had toppled over.
"Umm! I mean.. Any request at all! Anything at all!"
Hikari retracted her shoe shuffled to the side, standing at an angle to Lord RazenHeir's desk.
"Come in, Ella."
The door swings open.
The upper wall still had some marks from the refurbishing to accommodate Hikair's height.
A tall beautiful woman emerged. Black hair. Golden eyes with straight reptilian pupils.
Fair skin. Almost twice the height of the man sitting across the room.
She was in a maid uniform. Ironed black outfit with white frills. Thick white knee socks with posh black shoes.
It was one of Hikari's old outfits that was warehoused when they could no longer fit her.
Her walking seemed rather clumsy as she was not used to wearing shoes.
Nevertheless, she reached the front of the Lord RazenHeir's desk, picked up both tips of her skirt and bent her knees slightly in a bow.
"Greetings, My Lord."
The woman's voice was mild despite her size, quite unlike the overbearing middle pitch of her bigger companion.
"Ella. I presume. I can sense great power within you. What is it that brings you to my humble estate?"
"Greetings, My Lord. I wish to become Knight Hikari's Squire."
"Squire? That is not a light decision. Could you tell me why?"
"Yes, My Lord. I am indebted to her in a way that only a lifetime of service would repay. Her noble character and unshakable strength and conviction naturally draws followers to her."
"Hmp. I can't say I disagree with that at all. Are you ready for the duties and conviction that the knight of our house carries?"
"Yes, my Lord."
"Very well. I'll leave the rest of the formalities to the drill master. I expect great things from you Ella."
"Yes, my Lord. Thank you, My Lord."
Ella lifted the tips of her skirt and bowed again.
"Now, with that out of the way-"
Click! Hikari snaps her fingers.
He looked up at Hikari and paused.
She was holding up her hand and pointing a finger to the ground.
"My Lord, you haven't welcomed her properly."
Blood rushed to the Lord RazenHeir's head again.
"Yes.. umm– is this…"
Thud! Hikari's shoe landed on his table.
"Now."
"Yes.. right– away.."
The Lord RazenHeir got down on the ground and crawled on all fours around his desk and towards Ella.
Thud! Hikari tapped her shoe on the table.
"Is that how I taught my Lord to crawl?"
"No-... apologies.."
The Lord RazenHeir crawled back under the table, turned around and crawled under again to Ella's shoes.
The puckering sound on the posh black maid shoes.
The Lord RazenHeir had to lean down towards them.
"Good~. Now give them a good shine. These are my old shoes that had been stored for a while."
"Yes- of course. Hikari!"
The Lord RazenHeir leaned his face down towards the pair of giant maid shoes.
His tongue touched the leather tip.
Ella's tail shot out from behind briefly before she tucked it back in again.
The half wyvern in human form leaned forward and pulled her skirt back to observe the back of the Lord RazenHeir's head as he pressed his face against her shoe.
"You see, his lordship likes big, powerful female knights."
"Ah.. I see.. "
Ella fidgeted tensely, keeping her shoes pursed tight together.
"In public, do show his lordship the proper respect. But here…"
The tail shot out again, thrashing around briefly.
"Yes, Hikari."
"Is that right, my lord?"
"Mmmm..! Yes…! Lap* Lap*"
The Lord RazenHeir wiped the tip of the shoe with his sleeve.
Hikari turns back to Ella.
"Go on. Give his lordship a command."
Ella's reptilian pupil squeezed together.
"Umm.. ok.. Umm.. my Lord? Clean the … left side of my shoe?"
She stuttered.
"Yes! Right away, Ella."
"More authority."
Tap! Hikari taps her shoe.
"Shoe."
The lord RazenHeir crawls over to her shoe and begins running his tongue.
"See? He likes it more when you order him around."
"Ah.. alright.. Hikari.." Ella nods.
"Now you try."
She took a deep breath.
"Shoe." She taps his shoe the same time she said it.
"Yes, Ella right away."
The Lord RazenHeir crawls back to her left shoe and begins wiping the spot he was licking with his sleeve.
"Good, more."
"Umm.. right."
Tap! Ella taps the other shoe.
"Now right."
"Yes, right away, Ella."
The Lord RazenHeir crawls around and licks the right side of her other shoe.
Tap! Ella taps her left shoe.
The Lord RazenHeir crawls around.
"Umm, left!"
"No. You see, he's responding just from you tapping your shoe."
"Ahh.. I see."
Tap! The Lord RazenHeir crawls to the right.
Tap! The Lord RazenHeir crawls to the left.
Tap! The Lord RazenHeir crawls back to the right.
Ella's tail shot out from behind, waving around in the air.
"Good, you're getting it."
"Ahh.."
The half wyvern tilts her head back in what appeared to be a pleasurable state.
Her sharp teeth showed. Her long tongue sticking out of her mouth.
"Enough. Back to your seat. Ella, report to the drill master."
"Ahh.. yes Hikari."
Her tail gradually folded back under her skirt.
She shuffled quickly out of the room.
The Lord RazenHeir limped back to his seat, breathing heavily from the recoil generated by the excitement from earlier.
Hikari stood directly before his desk and made a shallow bow.
"That is all, my lord."
The Lord RazenHeir sat in his chair, hands clutching his chest and catching his breath.
Hikari turned and began making her way out.
"Hikari."
The Lord RazenHeir's voice came from behind.
"My lord?"
"Ahem." He took a moment to clear his throat.
"You have done well out there. The rebuilding of our house is going well."
"Thank you."
The Lord RazenHeir stared her straight in the eye.
"Hikari, that was a major raid you have just pulled off. Your name is now getting mentioned in meetings more than once."
Hikari tilts her head slightly, unsure as to where the conversation is going.
The Lord RazenHeir closed his fingers and leaned towards her.
After a pause, he spoke.
"Have you thought about succession?"
Hikari was still.
She returned the stare with her usual cold expression, seeming unable to comprehend the question.
After another pause, the Lord RazenHeir broke out in laughter.
"Ha! You certainly haven't. Let's leave it at that for today."
Hikari turned and left the room.