Gacha Kingdom Building-Chapter 287 - 287: Fox Bath Time (R-18)

--This chapter contains erotic content--
Reina's eyes sometimes showed a glimpse of defiance.
The energy behind them was as intense as that of Elizabeth and almost as chilling as Cassandra's.
It's unintentional. When something doesn't align with her expectations, it escapes her by habit.
She quickly corrects it, then apologizes after realizing I had been looking the entire time.
"I was their superior. I watched them with my head raised high, and theirs lowered down."
"What can I say, boy? I'm always excited~"
I accepted these excuses from the other two, but from watching Reina, I realized there was something else to these three.
They were immensely confident, and the only reason why the other two didn't bother to change the way they looked at others was that they weren't in conflict with themselves.
If I hadn't realized this, I wouldn't have given Reina this chance.
Miwen: "Anxious?"
Reina: "...Forgive me."
I had told her to step back into the bathtub.
Meekly, she took a seat by my side without so much as questioning my intentions.
That wasn't what I wanted, though, and once she understood, she did like Mia and Ellie before her and sat on my lap.
The room stood in silence for a minute, as I pressed her body closer to mine, making sure we were, just like before, skin to skin.
From my own experience, I knew she could feel my heat throughout her entire back.
I could also feel her warmth, which surprised me, as her body became even hotter once soaked in the warm water.
Miwen: "Raise your left arm."
Reina: "My Lord? That is not necessary, I can-"
Miwen: "Left arm."
The moment I questioned her anxiety, she showed me her intense glare and apologized.
She lowered her head, hiding in embarrassment or discomfort.
Neither Cass nor Liz would ever do something like this.
Especially since that shyness contradicted her stated desire to be used by me.
Though the glare told me everything I needed to know.
Reina wasn't anxious about what was happening or what was going to happen.
Instead, she was questioning internally what wouldn't happen, and why I'd do such a thing.
She was a smart woman, so she knew what this was all about, and she didn't like it.
Yet, she refused to oppose me.
Even when I was acting against her wishes, she chose to keep her head low and submissively accept my actions.
This was, in part, what I wanted.
Or at least, what I predicted would happen.
So, I gave her protest no mind.
I didn't smile or joke. I kept a firm voice, commanding her rather than asking.
Then, when I started to service her, using the soap to clean her arm, her inner feelings finally spoke louder than her controlled mind.
I needed to peel off at least this layer to continue.
There'd be no point otherwise, as I wasn't interested in anything but her true self.
Miwen: "Do I need to explain what I'm doing?"
Reina: "I believe you are testing me. You want to know whether or not I'm like the maid. If I truly have the desire to serve you, or if serving is all I know."
She probably realized it as soon as I inverted our roles, and as expected, her guess was spot on.
Mei had offered me her body multiple times throughout the three years we spent together.
I never accepted it.
Since I had so many girls who loved me and loved being with me, I saw no reason to accept having sex with a girl who seemed to want to do it out of obligation.
The way she acted, as if that was simply her job as a maid, made me uncomfortable.
Once I obtained her memories from the Endless, I finally understood why Mei acted the way she did.
Simply put, it was the only way she knew how to live.
Her mother was a maid. She was born out of her mother's service to her master, and Mei found herself serving her master from the moment she grew a consciousness.
Although saying she grew a consciousness was an overstatement to begin with.
Miwen: "Next, raise your right arm."
Reina: "...You are also worried. You believe my insight equals or surpasses yours, since you find yourself agreeing with me more than with Elizabeth and the others. Since you do not yet trust me, and I can read your intentions so well, to not be fooled by me, you decided to level the playing field, forcing me into a situation you knew I'd struggle in."
She was frustrated, and yet, she still understood it from multiple perspectives.
I had to be very careful with her.
Unlike Liz, I didn't know her reason for following me, other than what she claimed.
Reina could easily be lying, and even if she wasn't, I couldn't exactly measure her loyalty.
Well, I could use the Kingdom's systems, but hers being maxed out still left room for interpretation as to what that meant.
Cass' and Licia's were both equally maxed out, so I was already well aware that loyalty came in various flavors.
Reina: "My Lord, you are afraid, are you not? Not that Erik will defeat you, but of what it will take you to defeat him. This is why you must clear any cracks within. It's why you're testing me this way... You want to understand me. You want to trust me. But you believe in giving and taking, and you can't give me what I want without being sure it is my desire."
I did my best to get her down to my level, and yet, she still saw through me in every possible way.
It almost made me mad.
But precisely because she was this way, I needed to do this.
Precisely because she was this way, I needed her.
Miwen: "Do you hate it?"
Reina: "Specify, my Lord... Your touch, the way you're treating me, or the way you are?"
Miwen: "All of the above."
Reina: "...I hate neither of the above."
She wasn't lying.
Not once did she move in a way to resist me, no matter how close I came to her most delicate parts.
Even when I purposefully felt the floral scent on her neck, the skin of her face, or the softness of her breasts.
Yet, she wasn't telling the whole truth, either.
Every time I rubbed her, outside of the pretense of washing, with care and desire, she reacted by closing her eyes and offering me that same place.
She stuffed her chest, presented me with her neck, grabbed my hands, and, for a brief second, showed me where the touch lingered the most, where she needed me the most...
My strategy backfired.
It was hard to resist her charm in this situation.
Miwen: "Stand up facing me."
Reina didn't bother to cover anything, yet she wasn't shy.
She looked at me not with expectation, but with acceptance.
Not for a second did she misinterpret my actions.
Though she did underestimate me.
Reina: "Are you going to punish me, my Lord?"
Miwen: "That's right. You should know better than to lie to me."
A few more seconds of silence went by.
I didn't move a finger, letting my inaction speak for itself.
If she wanted to go further, she needed to tell the truth.
The whole truth.
Reina: "...I didn't dislike your touch. Rather, I am profoundly happy to receive your affection. However... I feared what you'd think had I told you that it bothers me to be serviced by my Lord. I needed to distance myself from the doll-like maid in your perception, even though I'm much happier servicing you."
This was way better.
I could trust those feelings of uncertainty much more than that unconditional satisfaction she tried to sell.
Even more, she might not have realized it, but by lying to protect herself, she had already proven to me that she wasn't like Mei.
Of course, she could have read this far ahead, too.
But this was enough for me.
At least, enough to accept her desire with a clean conscience.
Whether or not I could be more intimate with her was yet to be seen.
Miwen: "Spread your legs."
I took a look deep inside her, and, just like she had told me, Reina was still a virgin.
Despite her age, every part of her stayed tight and untouched.
Though her pubic hair was overgrown, which, alongside the mess she made on my face, brought her immense shame, to the point that tears began to drop from her eyes.
I knew she would love nothing more than for me to take her virginity and keep taking her every night; however, I thought she deserved a more honest first time than this, which is why I restrained myself and only used my mouth and tongue to savor her fruit and its juice.
Reina: "Ahn... My Lord... Nhgn... Is my body to... your liking?"
That went without saying.
Her drenched body was delicious, and it surprised me how springy her behind was.
I'd only intended to grab it to stop her from rocking her hips in desperation for more, yet once I had her cheeks in my hand, I couldn't stop moving.
I spread and kneaded them, moving my fingers to feel more of the heat and softness of her skin, and to cause even more cute reactions to show on her otherwise serious face.
No matter how or where I sucked and licked, Reina never resisted me, even for a second.
She stood still, doing her best to control her spasming body.
With each passing second, she lost herself more to the pleasure, and those eyes that once carried deep contradiction had now fully realized themselves in their final form.
Still sharp, bold, and profound, yet equally mellow and ecstatic.
The only confrontation left inside them was against herself, against the overwhelming pleasure that caused her to dirty me.
For a second, I worried about her silent compliance, but then I felt her hand land on the back of my head, trying to pull me deeper into her.
It was a little inconsiderate.
She was being forceful and uncaring of the gentle rhythm I had established and my need to breathe.
I found it lovely.
A single moment of carelessness told me everything I needed to know about the selfish desires she kept so strongly locked.
It didn't take long for her to realize it and pull back, though.
Miwen: "I still don't understand why you're so intent on serving me."
Since she had pulled back, I did the same and stopped just before she could reach her next climax.
I hated myself for how easily I could read a girl's body and keep them at the edge like this.
However, I had already come this far.
This was the best chance I'd have at stripping away everything from her.
Reina had told me she lived her entire life in preparation for me, laying the foundation for my kingdom before I was even born.
Well, "for me".
More like, whoever the First Son would choose to bless with [Gacha Kingdom Building].
But still...
Miwen: "You must've been disappointed, right? Even though I'm a pervert, I still resist blindly accepting you with these barriers. You'd have a far easier time helping any other king."
Reina: "Correct... It would be easier for me to perform my role if you were solely driven by lust. Or by the desire to conquer. Or even by the desire to control. That my Lord is so greedy, yet so caring, does complicate my job."
She spoke with a very matter-of-fact tone.
And yet, I felt a slight warmth behind it.
Reina: "I had fomented high expectations towards whoever would rule the garden, for thousands of years. I was sure I'd be disappointed, no matter the quality of who that person turned out to be..."
As I thought about the meaning of her words and the weight they carried, Reina fell to her knees, meeting me at eye level.
Reina: "Imagine how surprised I was when the man who summoned me far surpassed my expectations."
Miwen: "So you say."
Honestly, I couldn't fully believe those words.
Not that I doubted Reina's impression.
It's just that I knew I still had a lot of work to do before I could become a king comparable to the Demon Queen Elizabeth, or even to her, as the Crimson Star Fox Queen.
Reina: "One of my conditions for letting the First Son use my Gift as the basis for [Gacha Kingdom Building] was that... He could only select a man capable of realizing my dream..."
That was news to me.
I didn't even know Reina had a dream.
Reina: "My Lord should be proud. In all of my years, in all of existence... You might be the only one who fulfills this condition. You might not be like other kings, but I have never considered that a bad thing. I always knew my Lord would be a man like no other."
Miwen: "What are you seeking, Reina?"
What is it that she and the First Son wanted that made me their choice?
He said I wasn't special, at least not more than any other person, so...
Why?
I know he was interested in my answer to his question, but I had no idea about what Reina got out of all of this.
Reina: "I don't want to speak of my dream, my Lord."
Miwen: "Even to me?"
Reina: "To you, most of all. I wish not for it to influence your path, and I believe you will fulfill it nonetheless.""
This was all she had to tell me.
That she had a dream, that there were things she wanted to keep to herself...
Those were enough for me to see her as her own person.
Miwen: "I see... Guess it's time for your reward, then."
I had been pretty mean to her so far, so this time, I allowed her to do as she pleased.
I stood up and told her that, as long as she didn't insert it inside her, she could use me to pleasure herself as much as she wanted.
Facing me, she then closed her legs and started grinding hers on mine.
At first, slowly, feeling my shaft's entire length with her smooth folds, applying gentle pressure, just enough to ensure it would not slip from her.
But as the pleasure grew, she became more frantic, focusing especially on the tip, arching her back to angle her clit against it, and rubbing her thighs, adding insane pressure.
Because of our size difference, she had to stand on the tip of her toes, which didn't concern her, but worried me.
So, to prevent an accident and to have my own fun, I once again grabbed and played with her ass, setting a nicer pace for her and providing support, so that she wouldn't fall after every micro orgasm.
Reina: "I'm sorry... For dirtying you..."
After stripping so many layers, she finally started saying what was on her mind.
Maybe she was finally surrendering herself to pleasure.
A position I also found myself in.
Miwen: "...You said that not a single one of your holes has tasted a man before, right?"
Reina: "Hmng... Yes... Ahn... Nghn... My Lord..."
Miwen: "Alright, we'll change that today, then. You know what a cleanup blowjob is?"
It surprised me how awkward her skills were.
Though I was thankful to have found a weakness in her, I looked forward to the moment I could properly show my gratitude and experience the sensitivity of her body.
As she happily performed her cleaning duty, I gave her a few new jobs as a sign of my growing trust.
Among them, I wanted her to get closer to Mei, thinking her individuality, despite her loyalty, would rub off on the maid, and hopefully cause her heart to blossom.
It seemed like a good idea, since the two were so close in mentality.
However, although she accepted it, Reina suggested that shock therapy might work better, which I hadn't considered.
Ultimately, we decided that she and Claire, as Mei's complete opposite, would tackle Mei together since I, as her "Master", could never mend her.
And then...
Reina: "We are being watched..."
She whispered, making sure not to be discovered.
Miwen: "I know. Let's get out soon."
After one last spurt, Reina and I took cleaning seriously, and in a few minutes, we were out of the bath sparkling clean.
Since I'd promised I'd keep Ellie company tonight, I said goodbye to Reina, feeling happy that I had come to understand her a little more.
Despite not having all the answers, that was perfect.
My last bits of worry about Reina dissolved in the water, so I headed to my new bedroom, where Ellie, Cass, and I would experience a first-class luxurious bed for the first time.