>>2331965
I’m not participating in this quest, but wish to relay my best wishes to you OP. May your days are met with divine favour.

>>2331984
>are
Be*

Oops.

>>2331988
heh

Anyway, i guess i started too late. Well, let me know when/if you guys show up

>>2332027
Here

>>2332275
Well, sorry for not running lastweek, i was exhausted and still in the middle of stuff.

Hopefully it'll be normal by next week

>>2332419
Will you be running on Friday?

>>2332419
No worries

>>2333422
Sure, but only for abouit 4 hours. I need to go somewhere in the evening (then again, maybe for two hours or so before coming back)

Well, might as well at least leave a post now before going out. Lets see...

***

Zoe's cute little 'nya' whimpers and cooes as she gently squirms and shivers against us are super cute. It seems she really loves having her tail caressed like this.

*smooch*

"Zoe is super cute." - we give her a butterfly kiss
"Hhh... big brother. So happy."

Ah, she hugged us. Alright, lets rub her back with one hand while continuing to pet her tail with the other.

She smells like tea and honey. Kissing the top of her head, we'll cuddle and pamper her until she falls asleep... well, that was the idea, but I guess she loves being given this much attention, doesn't she?

Alright, lets try letting go of her tail, and softly caress her with both hands.

"Ah..." - Indeed, she seems to have calmed down quite a bit.

As it is way past her usual bed time now, she's quick to fall asleep. Well, thats only normal, because Zoe is a little kitty, after all.

Her sleeping face is beautiful. Ah, lets leave her sleep on her back.

"Hnn..." - she complains softly as we untangle her arms from around us.

What a clingy kitty, but she's cute, so its alright.

Lets smooch her and rub her tummy for a bit. Yup, that calmed her down. Uhmm... she's already at her 'ideal form,' but we can't feel anything but brotherly affection for her, even with her sleeping defenseless and exposed by our side.

"Eldric, don't you wanna do some grown up petting too?" - asks our redhead as she props up her head on her right arn, looking over our shoulder while lying on her side.

>W-we can't possibly do adult play with Zoe here, you know!? (we understand she means with her)
>Eh!? But she's... (we understand she means to Zoe)
>Can we get out without her noticing? (We understand she means to go out of the room)
>Just turn around and kiss/pamper her for a bit, then go to sleep
>Other

>>2333943
>>Can we get out without her noticing? (We understand she means to go out of the room)

>>2333943
>Just turn around and kiss/pamper her for a bit, then go to sleep
>"There's nowhere for us to go for privacy, and you'd not be very quiet with what I'd do."

>>2334070
>>2334057

Waiting for a tie breaker. If theres none, Ill flip a coin in a bit

>>2334070
supporting >>2334070

"Dummy, where would you go?" - we smile while turning around and pulling her in for a kiss
"Fuuuu~ I thought we'd treestride to the beach's bungaloo and have fun on the sand "

T-there was such an option!? Ah, no, well, we shouldn't leave the ship, after all.

"Denied." - we reply with a long kiss as our hands wrap around our lovely redhead's amazing figure, our fingertips pressing softly while we pull her.
"Fuu~ what a cruel master. Your slave is needy, you know?" - she cooes softly in between kisses
"Hm. But Lyann is my toy. You can't complain about whoever I want to play with you."
"Hmm " - she smiles happily into another kiss

Right, its a bit of a cheat, but we can do that. From now on, whenever she complains about not being manhandled enough (for her taste) we can just play the toy card.

Alright, then, from now on, let's spoil her to our heart0s content.

And so, we gently grope and kiss our lovely redhead until we fall asleep in each other's arms.

***

Come morning...

>We use [Clean] to get rid of any overnight dirt
>We summon some water and wash everyone clean
>Other

>>2334257
>>We summon some water and wash everyone clean

>>2334257
>>We summon some water and wash everyone clean

>>2334356

Hm. Sunny morning, warm morning. First thing we see if a cute, sunny and warm kitty little sister sleeping on top of us, face resting on our chest as she clings to us like a baby koala.

Ah, we need to get this kitten ready for school.

*smooch* "Good morning."
"Nyaa~"

Ah, she just rubbed her face against our chest and folded down her ears.

This is that, right? The legendary "five more minutes, big brother" scenario?

Ah... I guess its fine? We do need to get things ready though.

"Lyann, you're up, right?"
"No, I'm not."
"So funny I forgot to laugh." - we reach around and pinch something soft
"Ah! Eldric, you meanie!"
"Could you prepare a basin for Zoe's bath? Mom did say not to abuse [Ckean] before we left."
"Oh. Alright."

Uhm, for some reason she got up in quite the good mood all of a sudden. Ah, she's radiant in the morning too. Her bright, fiery red hair sticks to her in such a sensual way.

The bits hanging over her face tend to curl up on their own, though. So, if she let it be, would she have the classical ojousama spiral hair, then?

Come think of it, she brushes it every morning. I wonder if she just prefers it straight?

>Let Zoe sleep for five more minutes while Lyann gets things ready
>When things are ready, carry our sleepy kitty to the warm bath ourselves
>Other

>>2334532
>>Let Zoe sleep for five more minutes while Lyann gets things ready

>>2334532
>>Let Zoe sleep for five more minutes while Lyann gets things ready

>>2334571
>>2334536
>>>Let Zoe sleep for five more minutes while Lyann gets things ready

back in a couple of hours.

***

"Alright, I'm up." - well, she sits up and stretches herself while letting out a nice loud moan, her hands into fists as she lifts them high up - "It will be two weeks before we reach Bastion. You are planning on taking a break at some point, right?"
"Obviously." - we reply - "But let Grumnir and Miiyau take one first in a couple of days, then we'll take one."
"A'right."

Ah, you can tell she's sleepy because she's talking in less than perfect language right now. She's usually pretty careful with that.

She leans forth and gets on all four, her curvy body on display while she looks at us with a smile.

"Don't let your child up now, you have Zoe on top of you, you know?"
"Y-you evil woman."

She stretches like a cat, her torpedoe breasts just barely reaching for the blankets under her, their nipples rubbing against the cloth while she lets out a rather lewd moan before actually getting up.

"Let us see... we have 'fresh' bread and fruits... I could get you fresh milk if you want me to." - she says over her shoulder as she looks at us while holding her breasts
"You'e terrible in the morning."
"You are the one that made me lactate, remember? They get heavy and it bothers me if I go without milking for too long, now,"

>I am very sorry.
>I am still not sorry. I love the taste of my Lyann with coffee.
>Other

***

Back in a couple of hours, and yeah, I just remembered we gropéd and sucked until she started lactating, and said we were gonna milk her regularly. You guys want to keep that or should we drop it?

>>2334645
>>I am still not sorry. I love the taste of my Lyann with coffee.

>>2334645
>I am still not sorry. I love the taste of my Lyann with coffee.

>>2334645
>>I am still not sorry. I love the taste of my Lyann with coffee.

>>2334769
>>2334711
>>2334652
>>>I am still not sorry. I love the taste of my Lyann with coffee.

"I-idiot!" - she cries out as she blushes crumson red from tip to toe.

Hn. That's better. Our Lyann gets really aggressive (in a lewd way) in the mornings, doesn't she?

Seriously, come think about it, over the last year, we've more often woken up with her on top of us than otherwise... well, its not like its a bad thing. Its just amusing from someone that says she's a toy, that's all.

But if it really bothers her, we should pay attention and properly milk her everyday, right? Its only fair. Well, we did get those new milkers, so we could just hand them to her...

>Nah, this is a job for sup- I mean, us!
>Ah, its better if we give them to her.
>Other

>>2335583
>Other: We should give her the milkers for when we're busy. Still do it by hand when you can.

>>2335583
>Other: We should give her the milkers for when we're busy. Still do it by hand when you can.

>>2336007
Supporting

>>2335583
>Other: We should give her the milkers for when we're busy. Still do it by hand when you can.

>>2337295
>>2336617
>>2336091
>>2336007
>>Other: We should give her the milkers for when we're busy. Still do it by hand when you can.

"Alright. After Zoe's at school, love." - we reply with a sigh, and decide to hand over one of the new milkers to her.

She gets really agressive in the mornings, in a lewd way.

Nodding, she covers with a kamisk of white silk, and with a experienced hand, pulls her bright hair back into two quick ponytails, getting it out of the way for now.

"Then breakfast will be fruit, bread and tea, is that alright?"
"Nn." - we nod

Before breakfast, though, Lyann pulls a large bronze basin from her [Item Box], large enough to serve as a makeshit tub. Come think about it, I wonder if we should simply buy a tub instead?

Once it is full with water, she dips a hand into it and casts a fire spell. The water surface inflates for a moment, then subdues again, steaming gently by the time Lyann pulls her hand away.

"Give her a bath, and I'll set the table in the meanwhile." - says our redhead as she rather more modestly uses [Clean] on herself.

"Nya~" - Zoe complains softly as we pull off her pajamas, then walk with her in our arms, and then lower her gently unto the warm water.

The small table is pulled out from the wall and secured down. Its lone wooden leg is less to support it than it is to secure it to the floor, keeping the large spring underneath from pulling it back into the wall.

A small but finely decorated table cloth is spread over it while our redhead whistles to herself happily, then covered with baskets of still smoking fresh bread (having been quickly stored away into her [Item Box] as it left the oven at home), then fruit jam, butter and auroch's milk (it can be either Cream or Moccha's, its of course hard to tell). We enjoy looking at her work, her beautiful body so casually exposed from the side, showing off its supremely feminine softness and curves, even as the cloth falls on her with all the discretion of body paint. wonderfully failling at hiding anything while it covers her.

"Ah...?" - of course, to be suddenly lowered unto warm water would wake Zoe up.

She looks around, and quickly remembers where she is, looking up at us as we continue to pour some soap into a fresh cloth and prepare to lather her with it.

1/?

>>2337329

"Hands up." - we tell Zoe with a smile
"Uuuh... " - Zoe is blushing in such a cute way.

Well, we used to give her baths all the time at first, didn't we? Why is it a problem now?

"Hands up." - we repeat with a patient smile
"...alright." - she sits on her heels, knees together, and lifts her arms.

We start lathering up her hands and arms, then working down our way towards her shoulders and neck.

Hn, this delicate kitty, let's carefully rub her clean.

Ah, do we still have any of her old (baby?) bath toys in our [Item Box]? We do!

"Zoe. Look." - we pull out the squeaky red rubber bath toy we made for her (and Stella)
"Ah." - Oh, she is looking at it with interest

Honestly, she's a bit worried over how her big brother really sees her as a baby still, though. She still accepts the toy, however.

"Now your hair..." - we gently pour down warm water on Zoe's head, then some soft shampoo.

Baby shampoo was one of the first things we made for our family, as we have plenty of cute little brothers and sisters. Well, this one is honey-based, though.

"Uhmm... " - we humm happily as we rub rub on Zoe's hair, being extra careful with her ears.

Unlike human ears, it looks like it would be pretty easy for water and shampoo to go into hers, doesn't it? Thats why, we can't use a lot of water nor shampoo, having to careful control where it flows.

"Lean forth a little bit."
"Yes..."

Yup, easier this way.

*rub rub*
*rinse*
*pour*
*rub rub*
*rinse*
*wash*

There we go... ah, the water got a bit cold... it actually does take a while to wash her long hair, uh? Well, Zoe's hair is beautiful, so its okay.

"Do you want me to warm the water again?" - its not as if its 'cold,' but its just lukewarm now.
"No. Its okay."
"Ohh, Zoe is such a brave kitty."
"Uuuh..." - she seems unhappy for some reason...

Now let's do her body...

"I-i can do the rest...!" - she tries to grab the cloth and soap

Well, isn't she growing up?

>Let her do it, but watch to make sure she does it right
>Let her do it and start preparing her clothes while she does so
>"Let big brother pamper you a little bit."
>Other

>>2337368
>>Let her do it and start preparing her clothes while she does so

>>2337368
>"Let big brother pamper you a little bit."

>>2337606
>>2337374
be back in about 4 hours. Hopefully ther'll be a tie breaker

>>2337368
>>Let her do it and start preparing her clothes while she does so

>>2338056
>>2337374
>>>Let her do it and start preparing her clothes while she does so

>>2337606
>>"Let big brother pamper you a little bit."

"Lyann, can you help Zoe for a bit?"
"Alright. Sure."
"Ah..." - it looks as if Zoe wants to say something, but doesn'

We find Zoe's bag against a corner, and start rummaging through it for her uniform... let's lay it down on one of the bunk beds. Lets see. Its the middle of autumn, so she'll need the lock stockings... ah, but knee socks are a man's romance...? Denied. Our cute little sister is not for anyone's romance, she's for cute cuddling and head pats, so stockings it is.

Ah, her panties have a cute kitty print. Yup, this is good. Lets see... the longer sklirt and the heavier jacket. Ah, but she can take it off inside the classroom if she's too warm. Yes, this will work.

Lyann finishes bathing Zoe while we prepare her clothes, so she's drying her off with a fluffy towel now.

Alright, lets get her dresses up... we can probably use [clean] on ourselves? Its just the one day, anyway.

Once Zoe's ready for school, we have breakfast together, then greet Grumnir and Miiyau before [Treestride]ing Zoe to school.

Now lets see... with Lyann keeping our friends company on the ship...

>We could work in the lab for a bit
>We could rais some dungeons
>We should keep them company as well. Its sort of our duty since we got them onboard.
>Other

>>2339152
>We could raid some dungeons

>>2339152
>We could raid some dungeons

>>2339152
>We could raid some dungeons

>>2340397
>>2340233
>>2339841
>>We could raid some dungeons

We finish tightening the ribbons in Zoe's ponytails, and admire how cute our little kitty looks. With her fresh-off-the-shower look and her short skirt, she looks as cute as a button, you know?

*pet pet*

"Ahh... o-older brother, don't rub my ears so hard..." - she complains softly, even though she looks so happy
"Sorry, sorry." - we pet her ears more gently

This soft and fluffy sensation is the best.

"Alright. Lyann, I'm taking Zoe to school and excusing ourselves from class for a couple of weeks, then I'll hit a dungeon for a bit, alright?"
"Eh? If you are going to a dungeon, then I-" - she starts
"No can do. We got Grumnir and Miiyau into the trip, and it would be rude to just leave them alone, wouldn't it?"
"Fuu~ alright..."
"Is there anything you want me to bring back from home?"
"Ah, rather than that, I think everyone would be happy if you stopped by and gave them a morning kiss. They should be an hour behind us, so if you go right after leaving Zoe at school, you should be able to."
"Alright. I'll be back before lunch. Ah, I'll bring lunch, so don't worry about preparing anything. Do you prefer alquian or albionese, or would you prefer something else?"
"In that case, can you bring back some Eopolitan sea food? I've heard its really popular with dwarves, so it would be nice towards our friend."
"Got it."

We leave the cabin, and greet Miiyau as we come across her on our way to the small plant on the bridge, then [Treestride] with Zoe to the university and smooch her on the door as we send her off to class.

"Ah, it has been a while. Good morning." - Kya greets us when she spots us, coming over as she turns a corner, followed by her bodyguard/maid

The princess is wearing a slightly longer-than-standard skirt, probably to somehow compensate for the large window on her uniform's back. Her jacket is quite short, covering just barely under her armpits, though it still has a button to close over the top of her breasts.

Well, it has to be that short to allow for her wings to poke out behind her, though. Her shirt simply has two carefully opened slits, so it makes you wonder if she couldn't just do the same for her jac- ah, but you keep your shirt on all throughout classes, while you tend to remove your jacket at least at some point, like inside a warm classroom, right? So looking at it like that, it makes perfect sense.

1/?

((by the way I forgot, her succubus was Dusk, right?))

>>2341036

As for Dusk, just like Aura before her, she simply skipped the jacket altogether and walked around on her shirt regardless of the weather.

Considering that this university city of Albion is high in the mountains, it takes quite some courage to go around looking so 'fresh' during the colder parts of autumn and spring, not to mention winter months, though. Even more so when you remember that they're from a tropical country, you know?

Right now, she's carrying her bag and her mistress on both hands before her while following from behind. Unlike Aura, though, she absolutely refused to store her shortspears (her weapons of choice) in her [Item Box], and kept them strapped in criss-cross behind her waist.

It looked a little funny, but given her wings, it would be impossible to draw them with ease if she strapped them any higher, though.

>"Good morning. Kya, Dusk, how are you doing?" (friendly)
>"Good morning, princess. Have you been well?" (formal)
>Other

>>2341048
>>"Good morning. Kya, Dusk, how are you doing?" (friendly)

>>2341048
>>"Good morning. Kya, Dusk, how are you doing?" (friendly)

>>2341068
>>2341065
>>>"Good morning. Kya, Dusk, how are you doing?" (friendly)

"Hm... ah!" - the princess is thrown slightly off balance by our familiar greeting, but doesn't seems bothered by it - "...quite well, thank you for asking... Eldric. Hm, the oldest children at the orphanage just about have things under control by themselves, so they should be able to run the place and train the younger children on their own. It looks like hig majesty's experiment has been a success, and we will soon be unnecessary in order for it to continue operating on its own."

Well, she refers to Okaba as 'his majesty,' but that's just proper etiquette now that he's ascended the throne. We do remember she calling him 'older brother' in the past, though those may have been more intimate ocassions.

"I see, Will you be returning to Heven then?"
"Wh-!? No, we would like to continue studying here for a while longer, or at the very least visit some more of the northlands."

Well, for her this is the northern continent, a completely different land from her own.

>Offer to [Treestride] her in to Bastion after we reach it (start Kya's route)
>Offer her free a free cabin on our rockitship lines, so she can travel about as she wishes. (political bonus)
>Other

>>2341093
>>Offer to [Treestride] her in to Bastion after we reach it (start Kya's route)

>>2341093
>>Offer to [Treestride] her in to Bastion after we reach it (start Kya's route)

eh, why not

>>2341093
>Offer to [Treestride] her in to Bastion after we reach it (start Kya's route)
Another "accidental" seduction coming right up.

>>2343187
>Another "accidental" seduction coming right up.

Well I was thinking in having them work with Stella to help the runaway slaves and having a suspension bridge effect take place. You know, a lot of exciting stuff that leads to feeling of romance, with a scene where Kya is in danger and Eldric saves her, but you bring up a good point.

Should it be accidental, or for a change, should it be something more direct, along the lines of "she's beautiful so i want her" instead?

>>2343187
>>2341197
>>2341101
>>>Offer to [Treestride] her in to Bastion after we reach it (start Kya's route)

"Is that altight?" - the ´princess seems quite interested
"Of course. You're my friend's little sister, so I will help you in anyway I can, after all."
"That, I see. Thank you."

"Sir, do you happen to have a schedule for arrival? That way, I can submit the princess' request for a temporal withdrawal from the school..." - Dusk has a pretty calm expression. As expected of the professional maid, she is busy organizing her mistress' schedule.
"Ah, is it okay if I notify you when we're a few days short? Right now its something nebulous like 'in three weeks' you know?"
"Understood." - eh, didn't she give us a pity look?

T-that's really unecessary. Is not as if we know exactly where we are going, or following a known path, you know? I trust our group's map-reading skills, and we're making pretty good time, but adding in some uncertainty time because of storms, strong winds and other unknown should just be common sense.

*** Actually, that's Dusk's warnest smile. She's just the type that was born with a unlucky smile, and is very often misunderstood because of it ***

"Your highness, we will be late for your alchemy class if we do not go now." - she reminds her mistress
"Thank you." - then she turns to us - "We look forth to hearing from you again, sire."
"Likewise."

Hm. She's the serious type, and quite attractive, though the fact she's the tallest girl in school (other than Portia) somehow substracts a little from her girl power.

She's a full head taller than ourselves, to begin with, but we still have one or two growth spurts to go through, right? Ah, no, no, it doesn't matters anyway. After all, is not like we have any aspirations towards our friend's little sister.

W-why am I thinking of Asmund all of a sudden? Ah... right, its because of the slutty strawberry succubus (Dawn) that sneaked into our (future) family's bedroom, isn't it?

*cough*

Is okay, is okay.
It is probably okay
It's okay, right?

Anyway, let's see... should we head to Eopolis and dive into one of the deepest dungeons for our own training, or focus on farming loot on an easier dungeon?

>Lets level up
>Lets farm a bit
>Other

>>2343960
>Lets level up
>Other: ask Tapac, our family's majordomo and retired god, about XP boosting items before we go into the dungeon.

>>2343960
>>Lets level up

>>2343960
>Lets level up
>Other: ask Tapac, our family's majordomo and retired god, about XP boosting items before we go into the dungeon. (if available)
Don't worry, both options are nice, but we already tried our hardest to "save the princess" once. Lyann's is a story that makes me smile.

Alright, let's try and accumulate some exp. That means we're just taking our highest leveled pets with us this time, as we're hitting the deepest floors.

Tanis
Crabby
Lyra
Fahima

After some thinking about it, we're taking Atroma for the last spot, which leaves us with 2 casters, 2 tanks, and 2 front liners

Well, we're also sending Fleur, Moccha, Crema, Miel II and Sykia in a separate party, though to a much safer floor. Come think about it, they wouldn't die even if they were killed, but lets not have them go through a hard time.

Don't want them to resent us or get some sort of complex.

Thus, we [Treestride] to Eopolis and visit Tupac, finding him at the manor for the time being.

According to what he remembers, there is such an item, but it is more of a [Buff] than a permanent item.

It (the buff) comes from the [Lucky Egg] recipe, prepared by the highest level cooks, but he hasn't seen or heard of such an individual in a long time.

The [Lucky Egg] recipe grants double exp for half an hour after consumption, but he doesn't knows about re recipe, or any cook that could prepare it.

He does mention an item known simply as [Gains] which our grandfather posesses, which doubles the stat boost earned upon leveling up, as lonmg as you wore the item since 2 levels ago.

Well, it technically is double exp? I mean, if he's gaining twice as much benefit from each level up, isnt that technically as if he was leveling twice in a row?

>Go ask grandpa about [Gains].
>Oh, I know about a people whose culture revolves around cooking and fitness. (go see the orcs)
>Other

>>2344734
>Go ask grandpa about [Gains].
Fuck you Grandpa, holding out on us like that!

>>2344734
>Go ask grandpa about [Gains].
Actually just interest in how it works, and possibly looking into making an item to boost EXP Gains since it already effects leveling in some way. If not, we might still learn how to make more.
>Oh, I know about a people whose culture revolves around cooking and fitness. (go see the orcs)

>>2344734
>>Go ask grandpa about [Gains].

>>2344734
>>Go ask grandpa about [Gains].

>>2344734
>Oh, I know about a people whose culture revolves around cooking and fitness. (go see the orcs)

>>2344734
>>Go ask grandpa about [Gains].

>>2348438
>>2346839
>>2346573
>>>Go ask grandpa about [Gains].

Starting a new thread, hold on...

new thread here
>>2350920