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 Chapter 35: Long Is the Night for the Godless, part VI



   Fel burped.  "At least they have some fine mead here." She emptied her
glass, belched another time and let body sink into the hot bath water.  It
was amazing to Lau how unaffected her master was by this whole situation.
After being captured, lying unconscious for days and seeing that her
comrades have been tortured to death, she was already back to her usual
routine of boozing.  Lau put her right foot into the bath water.  It was
pleasantly warm, so she didn't hesitate to dip in as well.  Lau didn't
really need a bath, but Fel had asked her to accompany her, which was as
good as an order.  The terrible happenings in this strange castle had
quickly made her forget about her own defacement.  By now, she was already
used to keeping her hair in such a way that only the right half of her face
was visible.

   She took a peek at Fel's naked body with her remaining right eye.  Fel
didn't look like she had ever been sick at all.  Her breasts were still
gigantic, her ass plump and her muscles immaculate.  Fel really was
indestructible.  Even after the battle against these nightmarish wolves
that had cost them so many lives, she didn't have a single scratch on her
body.  Fel grinned.  "Whatcha looking at?  Wanna help me wash my dick?" Lau
wasn't sure whether Fel was joking, so she took the safe route and did as
Fel suggested.  Taking the huge cock into her hands made Lau's heart beat
faster.  It was probably two times the length of her own penis.  Fel
groaned appreciatively as Lau gently rubbed her cock.  She put her head
back and yelled.  "How about some more of that mead?" She was really
shameless.

   Lau pulled back Fel's foreskin.  She was greeted by such an intense
stench that Lau almost would've jumped back in disgust.  It easily drowned
out the nice smell of the fragranced bath water.  Fel's cock stank so bad
that it gave Lau dry heaves and made her eyes tear.  The mass of smegma
that had gathered under Fel's foreskin was breathtaking in more ways than
one.  Lau had no idea why Fel never cleaned her cock on her own.  While
holding her breath, Lau began to scrub the smegma off with her fingers. 
Fel moaned.  "You're doing a really nice job there...  Not a single time
have I regretted bringing you along from Zilia Ruins." Lau was happy to
receive such rare praise.  "Thank you very mu-..." Lau had to stop in
midsentence.  She threw up, but she was able to close her mouth in time so
that Fel didn't see it.  With teary eyes, she forced herself to swallow her
puke.  Lau's throat burned, her mouth tasted of vomit and her nose was full
of Fel's cock's smell.  Not even hell could have been more disgusting, she
thought.

   The girl who entered the room to bring Fel another glass of mead wasn't
expecting to encounter such a miasma.  She immediately threw up all over
the floor.  "I- I'm sorry..." she mumbled.  Fel grumbled.  "It's fine... 
as long as you don't get any into my drink." The girl handed over the glass
to Fel who promptly emptied it.  Fel brazenly grinned at her.  "Just keep
'em coming!" The girl's face now was as pale as her white hair.  She
quickly nodded and then made haste to get out of the bath.

   Lau had just finished cleaning Fel's penis when she noticed that it
began to grow hard in her hand.  Normally, this would've just had happened
as expected, but right now this was big news to Fel.  She looked at her
stiffening cock with wide eyes.  "Ooh.~ Seems like you were able to do some
magic, Lau!" Lau, who was living very closely with her master, knew very
well that Fel hadn't been able to get it up for a while now.  Looks like
she was all better now.  When it was fully erect, Fel's penis had assumed a
fearsome size.  She looked at Lau avidly.  "Say, don't you want to help me
clean it with more than just your hands...  with your asshole, for
instance?" Lau instinctively made a step backwards and assumed a protective
stance.  Although Fel was said to be a passionate lover, Lau really didn't
want to have this monstrous prick in her ass.  "Ehm...  I'm sure you don't
need me for that...  There are lots of prettier girls that you can do that
with." Fel took a step towards her.  "I don't mind a few scars, if that's
your excuse.  As long as you're intact where it counts..." She seized Lau
and grabbed her soft ass cheeks.  Lau squealed.

   Just then, Zuin entered the room.  She was surprised by the incredible
stink, by the fact that someone had puked on the floor and that there was a
rape attempt unfolding right in front of her.  She coughed slightly, trying
to avert Fel's attention from the asshole she wanted to violate.  "The
duchess is ready to meet you now." Fel glared at her.  "Your duchess has
some bad fucking timing..." She climbed out of the bath, her cock still
completely erect, wiggling around in front of her.  Lau sighed in relief.
Not bothering to cover her nakedness, Fel walked up to Zuin who blushed at
the sight.  "Did you get the thing I asked you for?" Zuin almost had forgot
when she had entered the bath.  She got the blue bottle out of her pocket
and handed it to Fel.  "Of course, I'm sorry.  Here is your medicine." Fel
grabbed it.  Some medicine it was.



   As Fel had expected, the throne room in this castle looked just like the
Viora's.  Unadorned, almost bare, but gigantic.  Armed warriors were
kneeling on the floor left and right from the path that lead towards the
throne.  The woman sitting on the throne bore an unmissable resemblance to
duchess Viora, but she was also quite unlike her in some ways.  For one
thing, her long hair was white, but Fel could've guessed as much.  What she
couldn't have guessed was the fact that the woman sitting on the throne had
two heads and four arms growing out of her torso.  Fel glanced at Zuin. 
"Which one is the duchess?"

   The two faces smiled.  They spoke in sync, but their voices were
slightly different in pitch.  "We are one, Fel.  We are the duchess
Aremie-Valas." Fel slowly walked closer to her, fully aware that there were
two dozens of warriors ready to attack her at any given time.  "I have to
say, I'm surprised.  I always thought that the duchess of Vargran was a
human being." Zuin winced at the blatant relentlessness in Fel's words. 
But the two-headed duchess didn't seem to mind.  "We are human, Fel. 
Sisters that have become one by the sacred ritual of Vargran." Fel stopped
when she was standing about five meters away from the throne.  "Never heard
of that ritual." The bizarre duchess cupped the chin of her left head in
one of her many hands.  "That's not too surprising.  Vargran doesn't have a
lot of contact with the outside world nowadays.  It used to be a very
famous place in the past, but these days are long gone..."

   Fel tapped her foot nervously.  "I can see that.  It's in the middle of
fucking nowhere.  Can't expect a lot of visitors to come by." Zuin clenched
her fists.  She really wanted to see Fel punished for the rude way in which
she was talking to her beloved leader.  But Aremie-Valas seemed to connive
at Fel's behavior.  "That also used to be different.  The Vargranian
highlands only became this deserted during the age of despair.  They even
used to be a flourishing trade route in the days of the Old Empire." Fel
couldn't imagine why people ever would want to cross this forbidding place.
The duchess continued.  "Its people used to be renowned for their strong
faith.  And you will find that everyone in Vargran castle still lives their
life strictly by the order of the goddesses."

   Fel gnashed her teeth.  "You're not talking about the goddesses of High
Heaven, are you?" These few words were finally able to anger the duchess.
She was so enraged that she even stood up from the throne and smashed two
of her fists against the armrests.  The two voices got more out of sync as
she became angrier.  "These 'heavens' you are talking about are only high
in heresy and insolence!And into the deepest pits of hell they will descend
once the righteous order is restored in this world!" Fel folded her arms
and mumbled.  "I'd like to see someone try..." Zuin couldn't contain
herself anymore.  She screamed out, pointing at Fel.  "My dear duchess, I
have the strong suspicion that this woman is a heretic too!" Aremie-Valas
didn't like to be interrupted.  "Silence!" the left face screamed.  "Shut
up!" the right one shouted at Zuin.  One of the kneeling warriors stood up,
drew her sword and without saying a word, she decapitated Zuin with a
single strike.  Then she went back to kneeling.  Zuin's lifeless body and
her severed head bled out on the stone floor.

   Not regarding the killing in the slightest, the duchess continued her
angry sermon.  "Even if the entire rest of the world submits to those false
goddesses in their false heaven, Vargran will never accept the outcome of
the heretic rebellion or the Divine War!  And every heretic that sets foot
on our land will be punished by death!" She took a few steps towards Fel.
"So if you want to leave this castle alive, you will have to accept the old
goddesses as the righteous masters of your soul, Fel."

   Fel smirked.  "So?  You're gonna force me to pray?  Like I said: I'd
like to see you try..." Fel sensed that all of the warriors in this rooms
were putting their hands on the hilts of their weapons.  This could turn
into a blood bath pretty quickly.  But Fel had something else in mind right
now.  She pulled out the blue bottle and opened it.  Aremie-Valas staggered
backwards as the Azure Spirit appeared in a flash.  The little blue girl
glanced around.  Oh boy, it looked like they were in trouble once again. 
The duchess looked at the spirit bewilderedly.  "What is this being that
you brought into my house?" All of the warriors gawked as well, tightening
the grip on their weapons.

   Fel had the most boastful grin on her face.  "Well.  Tell them who you
are, Azu." Azu looked at her in confusion.  She would've rather expected to
be summoned here to wreak havoc.  "I am...  the Azure Spirit of the Water
Temple." Fel shook her head.  "No, that's what the people call you
nowadays. What was the name your mother gave to you?" Azu's eyes widened.
She had been traveling with Fel for months now, but never had she asked Azu
for her real name.  Well, it wasn't something that a divine spirit was to
share with a human being anyway...  She cleared her throat.  "It's Mimlin."
The duchess didn't say anything.  She had no idea what Fel was planning,
but she didn't interrupt her.  Fel nodded.  "I see.  And what was your
mother's name?" Azu was baffled as well.  "My mother?  She's called
Yanlin." Fel continued to nod smugly.  "And your mother's mother?" Azu
looked at Fel as if she had become crazy.  Then again, that was nothing
new. "My grandmother's name is Shaelis..."

   Fel had reached her goal.  Both of Aremie-Valas' faces grew pale.  "The
goddess Shaelis!  But that's impossible..." Fel laughed in the duchess'
faces.  "Isn't that a pretty blasphemous thing to say in front of your
goddess' granddaughter?  Show them your divine powers, Azu." Azu nodded,
closed her eyes and took a deep breath.  When she exhaled, a whole mass of
snow flakes was blowing into the room from outside.  Not even one of the
warriors managed to remain on their knees at this sight.  "Snow in Vargran
castle..." one of them whispered.  A place where it was spring even now
probably didn't ever see a lot of frost.

   One of the duchess' heads gulped.  Then she took a step forwards and
fell to her knees.  With all four of her hands on the floor, she lowered
both of her heads.  "I apologize for doubting your heritage, divine Mimlin.
Our castle hasn't been visited by any sacred beings in a long time, so I
couldn't believe my eyes at first." Azu wasn't sure how to react.  It had
been a while since someone had treated her like a divine being.  She
mumbled.  "Ehm, no.  It's alright..." Fel chuckled.  "You're too kind.  To
think that they even suspected me of heresy.  After I've been your
priestess for such a long time." Again, Azu looked at her as if Fel had
lost her mind.  "Prie...?" Azu gulped.  She didn't want to find out what
would happen to her if she didn't play along with Fel's ridiculous plan. 
"Yeah, ehm.  Right.  You're my valued priestess." It was such an obvious
lie, but all of the Vargranians were way too stunned to question what this
heavenly being said.

   And Fel even upped the ante.  With a big fat grin on her face, she said:
"By the way, Shaelis' descendant already expressed her hope that this place
isn't too stingy with their offerings.  She accepts sweets, liquor and
little girls as offerings." Aremie-Valas looked at Fel in surprise.  This
certainly weren't the kind of offerings that she thought this little blue
girl would have demanded.  But who was she to question a divine being's
desires?  She quickly got on her feet again.  "Of course, we will provide
you with plenty of these, divine Mimlin.  And we're sorry for doubting your
priestess, but we had no idea that she..." Fel interrupted them with a
scolding and snide tone in her voice.  "Well, you didn't leave me a lot of
time to explain myself.  Anyway, I'm not one to carry a grudge.  As long as
my divine companion is satisfied, I am glad.  And like I said.  She wants
booze, snacks and cute little girls." Fel looked at Azu.  The blue girl
nodded.  "Right...  These are the things I want.  Eh...  A lot of them."
Fel grinned complacently.  This was turning out to be a lot more fun than
she would've expected.