WIEDERGEBURT Act II: Chapter 37

“Thank you for your purchase!” the shopkeeper said as I bought a container of grilled drumsticks. They weren’t anything special, just chicken drumsticks grilled over an open flame and lightly seasoned with pepper, salt, and vinegar.

After handing the man some valis, I took the container—a simple wood box with parchment on the bottom—in hand and traveled with Lin toward a park. It was the same park that we had gone to several times. Because of the time of day, most people were working, so it was a little vacant, but that suited me perfectly. I sat down underneath a white gazebo with a round table and benches made of stone.

“We should dig in while the food is still hot,” I said to Lin.

“Right…”

As Lin sat down opposite of me, I studied her carefully as she took a drumstick and began nibbling on it. The fact that she was nibbling said a lot. Lin normally ate drumsticks whole, bone and all. She looked up as she continued eating, caught me staring at her, and then looked away.

“I-is there something wrong?” she asked.

Instead of answering her immediately, I grabbed a drumstick and began eating myself, studying the way her cheeks had darkened in hue. She was blushing. That was a rare occurrence, but as I thought about what happened last night, the answer slowly came to me.

“Last night was a true full moon,” I said.

“Ah… y-yeah, it was, wasn’t it?” Lin looked like she was trying to pretend she didn’t know where I was going with this.

“You know,” I continued, “there are certain races whose bodies are affected by a true full moon. It’s said that during this time, their animalistic instincts become harder to ignore. I’ve heard that among Lamia, the true full moon is a powerful symbol of fertility, and that during the time of a true full moon, their desire to procreate becomes especially strong. This can cause them to lose control over their ability to think straight and even their physical strength.”

As I spoke, Lin’s expression became more and more slack-jawed, until her mouth was hanging open so wide I could have probably fit the entire container of drumsticks inside of it.

“That’s… how did you…?”

I shrugged. “I know more about Lamia than a lot of people in Nevaria or even the Endless Desert. Honestly, I should have realized what was happening sooner. I’m sorry. I wasn’t thinking about how the waxing and waning of the moon could affect you.”

“N-no. You don’t have to apologize!” Lin slapped her hands on the table. “If anything, this princess is the one who should be saying sorry. Big Sister was telling her about the night you two shared, and she got so excited thinking about how her first night with you would be that she lost control of herself. This is her fault. Not yours.”

Oh. I see. Now I understood.

It was true that Lamia became friskier during the night of a true full moon, but most of them learned how to cope with that by finding activities that helped take the edge off. Lin, on the other hand, had been hearing stories from Kari about our first time together. She was already hot and bothered thinking about that, so when the true full moon came out that night, she hadn’t been able to resist her own animalistic impulse to mate.

I thought about what I could do to help Lin. She was obviously embarrassed about last night, but I didn’t want her to feel ashamed over something that wasn’t really her fault. After thinking about it for a moment, I decided to just do whatever felt natural.

“After we finish eating, let’s walk around Nevaria for awhile,” I said.

“Hm?” Lin tilted her head, but then she nodded even as her face morphed into a confused frown. “Okay.”

We finished eating and then set off.

I wasn’t really sure what Lin liked to do since, outside of when I helped her study, training, or shopping with her and Fay and Kari, we never did a whole lot. I’d been so busy that she and I just hadn’t been able to spend time alone together like this. It was something I felt slightly ashamed of. However, it was also something that couldn’t be helped.

My lack of any ideas on what we could do together was probably why I took her to the Merchant District.

While we weren’t doing much more than wandering, Lin seemed to enjoy our time together. Her eyes would sparkly as we passed stalls selling jewelry. Come to think of it, I once heard a rumor that Lamia really loved anything that was shiny, which was why the few I’d seen in Midgard wore jewelry to accent their skimpy clothing. Even the Lamia in the Endless Desert wore jewelry, and they went around naked.

As we went around the stalls, Lin stopped at one in particular stall that was selling hair ornaments. Most of them were simple. They were made of metal and consisting mostly of flower designs, but there were a few half-moon and crescent-moon shaped ornaments as well. I even saw one that looked like a snake.

“Which one of these do you like the most?” I asked Lin as she traced her eyes back and forth across the ornaments on display.

“This princess… like this one the best.” Lin pointed out a golden crescent-moon shaped hair ornament made from false gold. It wasn’t anything particularly special or well-made, but… well, I suppose it would be fine.

“Can I buy that please?” I asked the stall owner, pointing at the ornament Lin had just expressed an interesting in.

“Sure!” The somewhat beefy woman behind the stall grinned. “That’ll be 350 valis.”

“Darling?”

I flashed the shocked Lin a smile as I paid the woman and received the hair ornament. Turning to Lin, I moved a little closer and reached out with both hands. I cupped her left cheek with one hand and used the other to fasten the hair ornament. It was a simple clip ornament that used magnets as a sort of clamp to keep it from falling off. I placed it at an angle just short of the crown of her head.

“There.” Grinning at the still confused Lamia, I said. “It looks good on you.”

Lin looked like a block of ice as she stood there, unmoving. However, as that ice thawed, she reached up and placed a hand on the ornament. Her cheeks were growing darker, which I felt complimented the warm smile that sprang to her face.

“Thank you, Darling,” Lin said.

My response was to hold out my hand. “Let’s keep walking around.”

“Yes!” Lin’s joyous appearance remained in place as she took my hand. Together, we walked off—except Lin didn’t actually walk because she didn’t have legs.

***

While I would never call dinner a lively affair, it was awfully crowded. We ate in the informal dining room, me, Kari, Fay, Lin, Empress Hilda, Rainer, Dante, Valence, Earland, Mikkel, and Geirolf. 11 people was a lot to have at one table. Of course, the table was long enough to accomodate us all, but it still felt like there were too many people.

Dinner often consisted of Geirolf trying to pick fights with me, Mikkel discussing battle tactics with Rainer, Dante cracking jokes, and the others acting somewhere in between, all the while Empress Hilda smiled and watched as though seeing how we acted amused her. Sometimes she would talk, but most of the time she listened.

“That’s a lovely hair ornament,” Kari complimented Lin on her new accessory.

“Thanks!” Lin’s beaming smile was like rays of sunlight punching a hole through dark storm clouds.  “Darling bought it for me today when we went around Nevaria.”

Dinner that evening was roasted lamb with stewed vegetables and parsley. The lamb was thick and the fat melted in my mouth as I tried to shift my attention from Geirolf pontificating to the conversation between the girls.

“Does that mean you are feeling better?” asked Fay. “You were acting very strange last night and this morning.”

“Ah!” Lin released a little gasp as heat sprang to her cheeks. “This princess is very sorry about that. She didn’t mean to worry you, but she’s okay now.”

“I’m glad you are feeling better then.” As Fay nodded resolutely, not thinking further on the subject now that it seemed as if Lin was okay, Kari glanced at me. When she made eye contact, I sighed and nodded. Her eyes lit up just a little as she nodded back.

It looked like Kari had seen right through me.

Dinner continued on as usual. After we finished eating, the servants took our plates away and everyone stood up.

“Eryk,” Mikkel said suddenly. “I was wondering if I could discuss battle formations with you.”

I sent Kari’s second eldest brother an apologetic smile. “Sorry, but I actually have a prior engagement.”

“Is that so?” He glanced at me, and then at Kari, apparently coming to the conclusion that she and I were doing something. “I’m sorry to hear that. Some other time then.”

“Some other time,” I agreed.

“When you two have that discussion, be sure to let me know.” Rainer intruded with a polite smile. “I would also like to take part. I feel like it would be an enlightening conversation.”

“Of course,” I replied easily enough.

Everyone vacated the room and went their separate ways. Geirolf traveled to the courtyard, Earland the library, and Mikkel went off with his father (Rainer). Dante said he had some things to do, and Valence just followed Empress Hilda as she said something about dealing with some paperwork, ever the watchful bodyguard. That left the four of us on our own.

“What should we do now?” asked Fay with a glance at Kari. “Travel to your room, or should we consider getting in some light exercise?”

“Actually, Fay, I was thinking of sparring with you.” Kari grabbed her friend’s hand. “You and I have been mostly sparring against Eryk, but I feel like he’s just so overwhelmingly powerful that it’s hard to measure my own strength. I believe you and I are closer in strength, so would you mind sparring with me?”

“Well, I don’t mind, but…” Fay glanced at me and Lin with a small frown, her eyes conflicted. I didn’t think she knew what my plans were. Fay was kind of naive when it came to, how shall I say it, more adult matters.

I smiled at her. “You two go and have at it. It’s good to spar with people who are close to you in strength. Also, it will help you learn more about each other’s fighting style, making you more effective when you fight together.”

“That does make sense.” Fay nodded in agreement. “Then I suppose that means we will see you two a little later.”

“Have fun, you two.” Kari waved at us before dragging Fay down the hall.

“Kari! Quit yanking on me! Why are you in such a rush?”

“Oh, no reason.”

Kari and Fay eventually disappeared around a corner, leaving the two of us alone. I glanced at Lin. The Lamia girl didn’t seem to realize why the two of them had gone off to spar without me.

“Should we not follow them?” asked Lin. “This princess is curious to see a match between Big Sister and Fay.”

“Not right now.” I grabbed her hand. “Actually, I was hoping you and I could spend a bit more time together by ourselves.”

“By ourselves?”

“Yes.”

With a tug on her hand, I pulled Lin along, traveling down a series of corridors, up a set of stairs, and onto the second floor of the east wing. My own bedroom door was gone, so I opened an unused bedroom and held out for Lin. I entered after her and then closed the door. After securing the door, in other words locking it, I turned back to Lin.

Lin didn’t have that many outfits to wear. The red wrap that covered her breasts and formed an X-pattern along her back and chest followed by the simple wrap around skirt that tied at one end were all she had. Lin didn’t seem to want anything else. I had once offered to take her shopping, but she had merely shuddered and said she’d rather not.

I never asked again.

“Darling? What was it that you wanted to speak to this princess about?”

“Why don’t we… sit down first,” I suggested.

Lin frowned at me but nodded anyway. “Very well.”

As she and I sat down on the simple bed, which was a lot smaller than mine or the one Kari slept in with Lin and Fay, I suddenly felt like my stomach was doing backflips. My skin had also broken into a slight sweat. It was quite odd of me to feel this nervous.

“Darling?”

I took a deep breath and turned my entire body to face Lin. Her dark red clothes complimented her darker skin tone, and because the clothing was so sheer, I could see how the nipples of her small breasts poked through the fabric. The skirt hid everything important, but I remembered how her pussy looked from the times she’d walked around my house naked.

“Lin…”

I was wondering how I should do this. Should I just come out and ask her? Was that appropriate? I’d never propositioned Kari before. Our first time just sort of happened, and we’d never felt the need to ask for permission afterward. She was usually the one who made all the advances anyway. Even in this world, Kari had been the one to proposition me, showing that some things just never changed.

“What is it?” asked Lin.

“Do you… I mean…” I scratched my head and struggled to get the words out, but they wouldn’t come. Even so, I knew that nothing would change if I didn’t change it. Taking another deep breath, I asked, “Will you sleep with me tonight?”

There was a moment of silence as Lin stared at me, blinking her uncomprehending eyes several times. It took her awhile. I could almost see her replaying my question in her head as she tried to figure out what I meant. Finally…

“By sleep with you, do you mean… you wish to mate with this princess?” asked Lin, her voice tentative and small. It was just like her voice when she had been forced to remain inside the house all the time.

“Yes.” A single word answer was all I could give.

Lin hesitated again. “Right now?”

I nodded. “Right now.”

Placing her hands on her lap, or what constituted a lap among Lamia, Lin bit her lip and looked at how her fingers were clutching the fabric of her skirt. They were shaking. As I stared at them, I saw something splash against her hand. Water. No. Tears. I looked at Lin’s face to see a few drops, delicate crystals of liquid, fall from her cheeks and drip off her chin.

“Lin?”

“You… really want me?”

Lin’s emotional response confused me, but I decided to go with honesty. “I do.”

“T-thank goodness,” Lin whispered, her shoulders shaking. “This princess was always worried that you wouldn’t want her. She doesn’t look anything like Fay or Big Sister, and you seemed closer to them than you are to her. It was really worrying. I’m so… so glad you want me too. It feels like a weight has been lifted off my chest.”

I wondered if Lin even realized she just referred to herself in first person as opposed to calling herself “this princess”, but that wasn’t my concern. I scooted closer. Now so close that our hips were touching, I reached out with my hands, turned her face toward me, and began wiping away her tears.

“Of course I want you,” I said. “I’m pretty sure I’ve told you this before, but you are really important to me—and yes, you are very pretty. It’s not the same kind of beauty that Kari or Fay have, but you are no less gorgeous than they are.”

“Is that really true?” Lin stared at me with her golden eyes. Her pupils looked nothing like a human’s. The black dot-shaped pupils we humans had were thin slits that ran from the top of her sclera to the bottom.

“It is completely true, and I’ll prove it to you right now.”

There was no longer any time to hesitate. If I did, then I was sure Lin would think I had lied to her. I leaned forward and hampered her mouth with my own. Lin’s eyes went wide, but that only lasted for a few seconds before she shut them tight. Soon her arms were wrapping around me as she fell backward onto the bed, taking me with her.

Pressed together, our bodies so close I could feel her warmth through my clothes, I pushed my tongue into her mouth. Lin released a gasp-like moan that soon turned into a prolonged note as I rubbed her tongue with mine. After getting over her own shock, she didn’t hesitate to wrap her tongue around mine. A Lamia’s tongue was longer and rougher than a human’s. Lin was easily able to twist loop her tongue four or five times around mine and then begin caressing it. This was something new. The intense feeling of her rougher and longer tongue sent a jolt through my body.

“Ha… D-Darling…”

Lin’s words sounded slurred as we stirred saliva between us. I didn’t respond with words. With one hand holding me up, keeping me from crushing her, I used the other to remove her chest wrap. Now free from their confines, her smallish breasts (small compared to Kari and Fay) sprang free. I didn’t hesitate to cup one in my hand.

“Nnnggg!”

Lin’s released a strangled sound as I pinched and played with her nipple, but it didn’t sound like she was in pain. It was a gasp of pleasure, or so I hoped. I cupped her chest and circled my finger around her nipple, feeling as it hardened underneath my ministrations, and then I rolled it between my fingers.

I stopped kissing Lin and moved back. Lin was on the bed, gasping for breath as her long tongue hung out of her mouth. She had tried keeping my tongue from leaving. It was probably a good thing our tongues were so slippery. Escaping had been easy.

I looked down at her chest. Her breasts were a little over two handfuls. I could cup them with my hands, but they would spill out. At the same time, they weren’t large. As I wrapped my fingers around them, I squeezed each boob, causing them to jiggle and pop out. Her nipples became especially pronounced, and I felt an insatiable hunger as I leaned down and began sucking on her left tit.

“Hyah!”

I think I must have surprised her, for the sound she released was more startled than anything. I thought it was awfully cute. However, I wasn’t so focused on that as I was exploring her chest. Even though they were smaller than I was used to, they seemed to be just as sensitive, and in fact, as I licked her from one breast to the other, the loud “Mmmm!” she released made me wonder if they might be more sensitive than Kari’s.

“D-Darling… if you keep… teasing me… I won’t… won’t…”

Her words reminded me that I couldn’t focus all my attention on her boobs, fascinating as they were, so leaned back again. Lin’s body was now covered in a light layer of sweat. Her skin had a healthy and vibrant flush to it. I hoped that meant she liked what I’d been doing.

Taking off my shirt and pants, I sat back on the bed and removed Lin’s skirt.

Lin’s crotch and the surrounding area looked a lot like human legs. The difference was that there was no gap between her thighs and her hips shifted into soft scales just below the V of her crotch. Similarly, her pussy was located in the same spot it would be on a humans, though hers was also surrounded by a pair of scales that were even softer than the ones making up her tail. I placed my hand against them and pushed. They had a strange elasticity to them, a springy softness that surprised me.

“D-Darling?” Lin’s voice came to me, sounding almost shy. “W-when you stare at this princess like that… it makes her feel embarrassed…”

“I’m sorry.” I apologized since that was all I could think to do. “I was just admiring you. You’re very beautiful.”

Lin’s cheeks actually became almost scarlet. “T-this princess is happy you think that.”

Since Lin was lying lengthwise across the bed with her tail hanging off the edge, I moved myself around her tail and leaned down. I placed my hands on either side of her scaled hips and used my thumbs to spread her pussy apart. Her lips peeled back easily. Those scales or whatever they were acted more like human skin than scales. The inside of her pussy was a pale pink just like a human’s.

I had heard that Lamia were biologically compatible with humans. Except for their snake tail, scales, and cold-blooded nature, they pretty much were human. I remembered seeing those Lamia in the Endless Desert. They always went around naked, but because of how dangerous they were, I’d never actually paid attention to their genitals.

“D-Darling… please stop staring!”

Oops! I was getting caught up in my own thoughts again. I’d better avoid doing that from now on.

“Sorry,” I said.

Leaning down, I traced the edge of her scaled lips with my tongue. The slightly salty flavor also didn’t taste much different from a human’s. As I probed her pussy, I did my best to catalog all the differences between Lin’s and Kari’s respective genitals. Those scales seemed to protect the inner layer of her vagina, which was where her clit and other lips were located. I think these scales were meant to keep her from getting sand in there, but it wasn’t like I was an expert on the subject.

“Ha… ha… Ah! Darling! That thing you just did! It’s—aaahn!”

I worked out her clit and began licking it with both the tip and flat of my tongue, mixing up my pace and methods to see what she liked better. Her juices flowed into my mouth as she became wet. They didn’t have as much flavor as I expected. She tasted a little like a citrus fruit. I wondered if that acidic taste was natural among Lamia. Maybe it was thanks to their diet of primarily meat?

As I continued, Lin’s fingers became buried in my hair. She pulled me down until my nose was rubbing against her crotch. I breathed through my nose as I kept pleasuring her, but then I felt something slowly crawled up my calf, thigh, and then back.

Her tail.

“Darling!” Her tailed coiled around me as she cried out. “I! I! AHH!”

For just a moment, Lin’s tail coiled so tightly around me I thought my spine would snap, but then it loosened just as quickly. I looked up at Lin to find her chest heaving. Her hands let go of my head and fell limply at her sides. I think… she just orgasmed, but she hadn’t released much love nectar.

“Ha… Darling… I… too much… it’s too much… I feel like I’m going crazy…”

Lin was muttering nonsense. I crawled up the bed until I was lying next to her. After a moment, I placed my hand on her stomach and began rubbing her flat belly. That seemed to make her come to after awhile, and she looked over at me.

“Darling?”

“Yes?”

I had just one moment to notice the predatory look in her eyes before she somehow sprang up from her lying position and pounced on me. My back hit the bed with a soft wumph! Now hovering over me, she placed her hands on my shoulder as her tail crawled up the bed and moved behind my back, supporting my upper body as the tip of it curled around my stomach.

“Mate… I want to mate now,” Lin breathed heavily as she spoke. Her shoulders and chest were heaving. “Can we?”

“That’s what we’re doing,” I said.

“M’kay. Good.”

She didn’t seem to be much for words right now. Lin spread my legs apart and fit herself between them. Now with one hand on my leg and the other on my shoulder, she lined my shaft up with her entrance. A small trickle of her juices flowed onto my cock head. Then she slowly pushed herself down.

“Ooohh!”

I didn’t know if that noise came from me or Lin, but as my dick slowly disappeared into her tight pussy, the sensation transmitted from it sent a jolt of lightning straight to my brain. This felt different than Kari. Way different. Lin’s insides were a bit cold, possibly because she was cold-blooded, but she was also undeniably soft and pliable. Her insides conformed to me as though they were a mould. For some reason, the coldness of her wet but soft insides increased the stimulation I felt.

“Ahn… ha… you're inside.” Lin’s face was scrunched up and red as our bodies became connected.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

“MMm… I’m fine,” she said. “It hurts a little less than I thought it would.” She placed her hands on my shoulders and leaned into me as I grabbed her rear end. Her ass was incredibly firm. “P-please give this princess a minute. Sorry, she just need a moment. It doesn’t hurt much, but it does feel like this princess’ insides are being stretched to their limit…”

“Okay.” I nodded as she pressed her chest against me, feeling her hard nipples on my skin. It made resisting difficult. “You feel really amazing, Lin. I don’t think… I’ve ever felt anything so soft before.”

“I-is that so? I’m glad you like being inside this princess.” Lin’s longer than normal ears wiggled up and down as she smiled at me. “This princess is ready. You can move now.”

“All right then.” I took a deep breath as I pushed my hands into her firm backside. “Here we go.”

We began moving. It was tougher than I thought because we had to move from a different angle. Instead of sliding in and out, it was almost like we were moving up and down. She used her stomach muscles to help. The way they flexed and shifted was almost mesmerizing. Lin kept a firm grip on my shoulders as she moved, and each time she did, her soft vaginal walls would attempt to suck me back in.

“Ha… ha… ahn-ha…”

Lin’s breathing had grown irregular as she continued moving. I couldn’t do much but grit my teeth and ride the waves of pleasure running through my body from this position, which made me feel a little helpless. As I was thinking about what to do, I began massaging her ass cheeks, which caused Lin to arc her back and grit her teeth.

“Hnnn?!”

Oh? That was a strong reaction. Did she like that?

Curious, I became more aggressive as I massaged her butt. Lin released several loud moans as a result and some drool even escaped her mouth and trickled down her chin. I felt my mouth go dry. Leaning up, and licked the drool from her chin, which initiated an intense round of kissing. Her longer than normal tongue danced around mine in an open mouthed kiss. I was sure if someone had barged in, they would have seen our saliva coated tongues glistening in the space between our mouths.

Feeling more confident, I slid my fingers down her smooth butt crack and pried her cheeks apart before inserting my finger into her ass.

“Eek! That’s—what are you doing… to this princess’ butt?!”

“You seem to like this. Does it not feel good?”

I worried for a moment that maybe it actually hurt, but as my finger became buried up to my knuckle inside of her asshole, the walls of her pussy tightened. I looked down and observed how her pussy was squeezing me. The scales surrounding her lips looked like they were pulsating around my cock.

“Ah! Uah! Ahn! N-no way! This feeling is—hah! Hii!”

Lin’s eyes were just barely open. Her half-lidded golden eyes were glazed over as she opened her mouth, revealing both her sharp fangs and long tongue. The undulations of her hips and stomach increased as I began pumping my finger into her ass and playing with it. This area of hers definitely seemed sensitive.

Suddenly lunging forward, Lin wrapped her arms around my neck as she kissed me for all she was worth. Her long tongue penetrated my mouth and began playing with me. As the movement of her stomach and hips became even wilder, her tail coiled around my body and tightened, but either she was controlling her strength or just couldn’t muster any strength because of the feelings coursing through her. Rather than bone-breaking, this felt more like a lovers embrace.

As our love making continued, a bright glow flared to life around Lin’s chest. I couldn’t look down because her tongue was inside my mouth, saliva dripping down our chins and chests. I didn’t have a chance to pay attention to the light.

“Ng! Ah! Ah! AAAHHH!”

All at once, Lin’s entire body and insides grew stiff. Her pussy felt like it was milking me. It was too much. I had no control over my orgasm as I shot my cum inside of her. I gritted my teeth as Lin stopped kissing me and bit down on my shoulder, which only made my body contract as I squeezed her ass cheeks harder than before.

One moment passed. Then two. Lin’s body twitched and spasmed several times in my arms before she went slack, even her tail. Slumping into my chest, she took several long, deep breaths as though she was struggling for oxygen, though I wasn’t much better.

“Darling…” Lin suddenly said.

“Yes?”

She looked up at me with hooded eyes. “Do you remember when this princess told you that Lamia make love all night long?”

“Er…”

Lin leaned back and placed her hands on my shoulders. My dick was pretty flacid, but she rubbed her wet pussy against it and soon brought it to full hardness again. Her eyes were sharp almost like a predator’s, but there was a glazed over quality to them that made it seem as if she was lost in a haze.

“This princess is going to show you just what she meant by that,” Lin said.

Lin began making love to me again, and I had the briefest concern about whether or not I’d be able to keep up with her.

Then her tail coiled around me and I became lost in the loving embrace and powerful eroticism that was Lin.