ALL NOVEL Chapter 32 Making Bank
Chapter 32 Return
I pulled out my phone to check the time. Damn it. The phone screen was cracked. I could still read the time but barely. It was late evening Sunday. I figured 3-4 hours to get back to the portal. So we had plenty of time.
As soon as I stood, the smell of the room struck me. It was a smell I was beginning to associate with demon sex. My dry semen smelled like browning butter, a nutty and caramel-like odor. Not unpleasant, but it made me not want to eat candy. A naked Jade stirred under the covers. She was face down and hugging a pillow. She had also returned to her human form. Her hard, round and muscled ass created some irresistible curves around the blanket. I looked at Iris…still asleep. She had worked hard last night, administering to herself by the other smells I picked up in the room.
Naked, I sat next to Jade and began to rub her ass through the blanket. It wasn’t long before she was emitting a purring sound. I checked on her aether core. It was larger and looked somewhat fragile. As I was contemplating if I should risk using my vortex again, Jade whispered, “Stop teasing my ass.” She was squirming with her hips and pushing back into my hands for more contact.
I leaned next to her ear and asked, “Do you want me to stop, or do you want me under the covers with you?” I had decided not to risk using my vortex over her aether core. But I was going to cast my vortex adjacent. I had done this the first time I used my vortex in Paige’s bedroom. Her roommate had been masturbating on the other side of the wall. I got some aether but no life essence. I was hoping to increase my aether stores.
“Under the covers,” she whispered. I pulled up the covers and slid under with her and got on top of her with my naked body. I pinned her hips to the floor, my erect penis pressed in between her muscled ass cheeks. With my chest pressed to her back, I kissed her neck. Jade crooned, “Caleb your body is so warm.” Jade wiggled her butt, but I had her immobilized and all she did was press my dick deeper between her ass cheeks.
I moved up and down her ass cheeks with my large dick while keeping her pinned. I waited until she was breathing heavily and yearning for me to fuck her. Then I pressed my knees inside her knees and forced her legs apart. I lowered my hips enough to line up my penis with her pussy. I teased the moist folds with my head, probing the opening as she squirmed beneath me. I then slowly entered her, and she gave a low and long moan. She rasped, “I am still sore but don’t stop, just go slowly.” I started to fuck her nice and slow, using my full length with every stroke. I used just a small amount of my tier 2 saliva on her neck, depositing it with small kisses as I fucked her. I was experimenting with my new saliva. It didn’t take long for Jade to orgasm during this session. I increased my tempo slightly as her orgasm massaged my cock inside her.
I faked an orgasm myself. I just didn’t want to make a mess with my semen or have Jade clean it up this time, even though that was extremely arousing for me. As her vaginal convulsions faded, I left my cock inside her. “Jade, I could do this all morning, but we need to get dressed and go.” I kissed her neck and stood, removing my dick inside her. My penis was wet from her womanly juices and slowly went flaccid when I focused on it. It was kind of weird being able to control my erection. I was finding I could get hard or soft by just focusing. So my body would never betray me. I started dressing and removed the blackout curtains, letting the light in. I could see fine, but Iris and Jade needed the light.
Iris covered herself and dressed, looking ashamed. She had shown herself to be a bit of a voyeur, and she should just own it. I left them dressing and headed down to the first floor. The entire family of elves was there. Their eyes all kept looking at my crotch. Even the mother. They were not being obvious about it, just a glance when I wasn’t focused on them. “Caleb, I take it you are returning to the 23rd layer. Kiri told me she already asked you to take her with you, and you agreed?”
“Of course, we are leaving now. Well, when those two get down here.” I sat and made idle talk until Iris came down the stairs, still looking tired. Jade followed, and she was walking gingerly, like when you go for a 20-mile bike ride after having not ridden a bike in 2 years. Jade smiled at me, so I had clearly won her over. Iris just seemed out of it, too tired to focus. She must have run out of her magical stimulant pills. She was feeling the crash effect that she told me about. Well, if I needed to, I would carry her.
Danila stood and came before my group. “Please take this as payment for bringing Kiri into your world.” She handed me a small leather pouch. “Inside is 200 aether crystals.” I assumed they were the same small ones we got from the crabs…so that was $20,000! “Kiri is carrying a similar amount, and if you could guide her somewhere where she could exchange them,” her eyebrow went up, waiting for an answer, and I nodded. “Thank you. When you bring my youngest back on your next trip, I will give the same.” She smiled and hugged me.
The hug caught me off guard, but I returned it. I got similar hugs from all the elves, and so did Iris and Jade. I handed the bag of aether crystals to Iris since she would be the one trading them in. As we started walking, Iris whispered to me, “The hug is a sign of friendship and trust among the elves. Allowing you to get close is a sign they trust you not to attack them.” I looked at Jade, who was behind us and chatting with Kiri.
“So Jade, guess the elves were not as bad as you thought,” I said clearly. My words were met with eyes of daggers as I had just embarrassed her in front of Kiri. Note to self: Maybe I should stop trying to be funny and tease Jade. She could kick my ass in a fight, and I wanted to continue using her aether core to create life essence for me.
Kiri smirked and said. “It is wise to be weary of elves. Not all of us are friendly, and we tend to bend situations to our will.” I guess she was referring to us escorting her back to our world. Jade and Kiri continued to talk as we made our way through the majestic trees.
The rocky slope was a bit of a climb, and Iris directed us to the Matron crab a few hundred feet uphill. It smelled terrible, and some scavenger birds were already picking at it. Iris got out her harvesting ball and retrieved the crystal from the dead crab. When it burned itself out of the shell’s interior and attached to the ball, it was a marble-sized aether crystal. Jade gasped, “A tier 2 lesser crystal. Damn, quite the harvest.” I looked around at the woman I was walking with for an explanation.
Iris answered, a little surprised herself, “It is worth around $2,000,000, Caleb.” My jaw dropped. “Each tier higher crystal is more valuable. So the lesser tier 1 crystal is $200, a greater tier 1 is worth $20,000, and lower tier 2 crystals are worth $2,000,000. This crystal can be used to manufacture a fairly powerful magic item.”
I was giddy. “So making money is that easy. Just kill a few tier 2 monsters, and you are a millionaire? We should find an upper tier 2 tier beast, and it would be worth 200 million!”
Jade laughed at me, “Caleb do you think you could have beaten this monster in a face-to-face confrontation? Also, lesser tier 2 creatures are super rare in this transit between the 22nd and 23rd layer. I had assumed the matron crab was just an upper tier 1 creature.”
So maybe I had been lucky. “Ok, that is fine. We won’t go looking for tier 2 monsters. Jade, are you still going to show me how to fight?” We were climbing the hill again, and Iris and Kiri got ahead of us as Jade was moving gingerly.
“Yeah, about that, Caleb. You see, my clan has strict rules after copulating. We are monogamous and only have one partner. So you will need to only have sex with me in the future,” Jade said seriously. I stumbled and had a shocked look. I was already planning on how to escape Jade’s clutches when she laughed at me, “I am just fucking with you, Caleb! Your face!” She bent over laughing. Iris and the elf looked back but kept walking. Well, I guess she got me back for calling her out in front of Kiri.
When Jade got control of herself, she said, “We can’t do the training at my uncle’s house. Well, we could, but then we couldn’t have sex afterward. You see, my aunt and uncle were tasked with protecting me by my parents. If they caught me with you, then they might call my parents to hunt you down.” I thought this was another joke and laughed.
“Oh, Caleb,” she said with a sort of sad and concerned face, “I am not joking. My parents are…well, they are the closest thing to royalty among the catkin. You sullying their daughter would require a response.” My happy, laughing face slowly mellowed. I was not sure if she was serious, but after a minute, I deemed it was the truth.
“So I just bagged my first princess?” I asked, trying to sound cocky, but I was already imagining an entire clan of tigerkin hunting me down and mounting my head on a wall. She initiated this illicit coupling, and I was the one in danger.
“Princess?” She scoffed. “No more like a duchess. My father is just a member of the beastkin conclave. I would say the wolfkin and minotaurs are the ones that share the most power.” Seeing my concern, she continued, “Don’t worry. Since you are a powerful human mage, they might approve of the relationship. Though mother doesn’t really like humans.”
We walked for a bit, getting closer to the cave. Jade spoke, “Do you know what happens when a beastkin and human mate?” She seemed shy, like she really didn’t want to talk about this.
“No, but I can tell you so far, the sex is really good,” I grinned at her.
She grinned back, the ice queen and the hard ass of a young woman I met in the basement was no longer there. Just a happy young woman. Jade replied, “Well, humans are essentially blank slates genetically. Easily manipulated. The beastkin genes are dominant, so the offspring is always a beastkin. But if the human has some type of genetic superiority…like a large aether core…that has a chance of being passed to the children….” She looked at me with some longing in her.
It all made sense now. So Mandy and Jade did, in fact, want to devour me sexually. I was their baby lotto. “Are we not a little young to be thinking of children…I mean, our relationship is just a few hours old…I couldn’t support kids…I…” I stopped stumbling over my words. I was sterile, and even if I wasn’t, I was fairly certain I could control my semen’s viability based on whether or not I bestowed it with life essence.
She blushed, “I know not right now, but maybe after college…or after college, and we spent a few decades running the dungeon,” she said seriously. I heard the sound of manacles being latched onto my hands and ankles. Did Jade seriously think I was going to be a faithful partner to her for years to come? Best to break this now, even if it costs me more life essence in the future.
“Jade, I am sorry, but I don’t think I could only have a single sexual partner. I just…I am not built that way,” I said honestly, looking forward and not meeting her eyes. She was silent, and we joined Iris and Kiri at the cave entrance.
I saw the yellow handle of my maul and picked it up. Returning to the group, Jade looked like she was thinking hard about something. Kiri spoke, “Caleb, you can lead, and we will keep the flanks and rear clear. Without the matron to control them, I don’t think the cave crabs will form a wave to swarm us.” I moved forward, and Jade was just behind me, followed by Kiri with her aether rifle and Iris with her light on a pole and prepared for a fireball.
The going was slow as the crabs now blindly attacked us when we got close. The good news is we never had to deal with more than two at once. Kiri wanted to clean out the entire massive cavern, but I nixed the idea. We needed to get back. I could easily see the portal line with my abyssal eyes, so we soon reached it. We had 23 aether stones from the small crabs.
I checked my aether in my mind space, 690/1000. So the vortex and the transit environment were very effective in charging my aether reserves. Now I needed to find ways to utilize it beyond opening portals and creating aphrodisiac saliva.
Kiri spent a few minutes marking the stones with elven symbols. They indicated there was a portal here. Her family hadn’t been aware of it, so this way, they could easily find it. I used 100 aether and opened the portal. Iris and Kiri were first to enter. Jade reached out and grabbed my arm, “I am ok with it. You can have as many partners as you need to satisfy yourself. But when I am ready to mate for children, you will answer my call.” She let go of my arm and went through the portal, leaving me there stunned.
I think she had been wrestling with my admission for the last two hours. I was happy. I mean, Jade could teach me to fight, and the life essence was amazing. I stepped through the portal, and Jade was already removing her armor and putting it into her duffle bag. I went to see how Iris was doing.
“Iris, how are you holding up?” Her eyes were bloodshot, and she had bags under them.
“I’m good, more than good,” she smiled at me. “I know where my parents went, and next time we return, we can track them down. Most likely, they are being detained by the elves in the city, so I think we just need to spend some time preparing. I have been trying to befriend Kiri. If she can go to the city safely when we return, then she can safely locate my parents and let me know how we can get them back.”
I think Iris was projecting the best-case scenario. “Yeah, I think we went in there half-cocked. You and Jade professed there was no real danger, yet we all almost died,” her face fell as my tone was not happy. “I will decide when we are going back. I am guessing it will be a few months, at least. I need to know more about what we are facing and increase my incubus power. You can use the time to learn more spells as well.” I patted her shoulder reassuringly, “Don’t worry, Iris. I will take you back to find your parents.”
Jade was done, and we headed as a group back to the truck. When we got seated in the vehicle, Kiri was full of questions. It had been about 60 years since she had last visited our planet. Iris had given her a lot of information during the walk, but she still had a lot of questions. I just drove when the three women chatted away.
When we reached Iris’ house, Jade refused a ride and said she would call me. She showered first and then walked home. She needed to deal with the fallout from sneaking off.
Kiri was apparently going to stay with Iris until she could cash in the aether crystal. When Kiri got the money, she would be off to England to prepare for her younger sister’s arrival. The primary remnants of the elf clan were in Ireland, England, and France. They had a few schools to choose from. I did learn that she had also brought 12 upper-tier 1 crystal with her to pay for Eilina’s education. That was about $240,000. So I assumed it was some off-the-grid private school.
Iris was uncertain what she was going to do with the tier 2 crystal. The lesser tier 1 crystals were very common, but someone who could get a tier 2 crystal would draw attention. She would make inquiries but didn’t think we could sell it at this time. Iris would be at school Monday but would be headed to the city after school to make the sales in the bazaar. I left the two talking with each other, got into my Pathfinder, and drove home.
The drive had me thinking about all the craziness. I was no longer a skinny kid who was too shy to talk to women. I was now self-confident in my appearance and looked handsome and athletic. These changes had women practically throwing themselves at me. I liked being an incubus.
I ran upstairs and showered when I got home before joining my dad for the football game. The Redskins played the Lions on Thanksgiving, so they were not playing today. So we didn’t watch the game and talked mostly about hockey. I answered my text messages as we talked. I had to use my iPad as my phone was pretty much toast. After school on Monday, I will have to get a new phone. I planned to pay cash at the store.
Nothing new in the texts other than Paige said it was a no-go with her friend. Apparently, it was just too weird for her to have sex with her friend’s younger brother. Paige didn’t say which friend it was, but maybe I could change her mind.
After the game, I made my way upstairs and spent my evening working on my college courses. I did some modules for the variety in each of the three remaining courses. When 5:00am rolled around, I left the house for Monday’s hockey practice.