Today was the 7th day since Darius had gone on his weekly recluse of learning. The hour was late and the sky was dark. Within their suite room, the magically enhanced lighting showed the form of four people, two on each bed.

Darius lay beneath the sweaty form of Emily, who had an enraptured expression on her face. To be honest, Darius was beginning to find her a bit creepy with how fixated she was on his body after this week, but thankfully, today should be the last day.

As for Gunner, he rose off the top of a tall girl with was definitely more than 6"5. She was similar to Emily, dark-skinned, above-average attractiveness, and absolutely bombshell figures.

The only difference what that this one had forked ears, telling of her heritage, which was Dark-Elf! In truth, not many of them existed in this part of the world, but apparently, Emily was friends with one who happened to live and work in a popular Listo brothel.

The dark elf was shaking beneath Gunner, her tall body twitching. Gunner himself had an awkward expression as he was aware that in his life, he would probably only be able to copulate with a select few women due to his size… in more than one aspect.

Darius's lips twitched as he saw this, and as he had done for the past few nights, he sent a heal over her way. The Dark Elf girl, called Fashina, quickly settled down and came to her senses.

She wore a bright smile as her eyes glowed at the sight of Gunner. Just like she had the first night, she threw her arms around his neck and screamed: "Marry me, Gunner!"

Gunner was left confused - as usual - and turned to Darius, who chuckled and spoke to Emily. "Your friend is at it again."

Emily came down from her high and got off Darius, cleaning herself down there with some tissues as she spoke to her friend who never bothered to clean up.

"Fashina, stop it. Lord Darius and Lord Gunner are not looking for wives, just escorts. If you keep pestering him, he might not call you back."

Fashina let go of Gunner with a look of horror. It seemed that the idea that she would not get to lay with Gunner like this again shocked her greatly, which amused the duo on the other bed.

After the past few nights with Emily and her friend, Darius had understood why Emily had brought Fashina over despite her not being 100% able to 'handle' Gunner down there.

The thing was, Fashina - and possibly most female Dark Elves - enjoyed very rough intercourse. In essence, they were masochists of a sort.

However, according to what Darius had read about them, their society was matriarchal, and because of the constant abuse, Dark Elven males were very… soft.

Soft was even a nice term. On Earth, most men would describe them as soy. They had very little testosterone, which even made their features more beautiful than their female counterparts.

If it wasn't for the survival of their race, it was said the Dark Elf Queens would have expelled all the males from their clans in fury. So this created a situation where after centuries of genetic evolution and development… the 'starved' female Dark Elves responded quite kindly to intercourse that was rough because it was more… dominating?

Clearly, Darius understood very little about biology in this aspect and did not understand how such a circumstance could come to be, but he was experiencing it live in the flesh.

Whatever the case, Darius helped Emily clean herself up in the bathroom. Emily smiled in thanks for his consideration. As for Gunner, he was not used to these things like Darius was, so he just cleaned his own self up.

As for Fashina, she seemed content to keep Gunner's discharge within. Another thing about Dark Elf female biology was that they were similar to succubi in the sense that they could control their wombs manually.

Of course, seeing her behavior on the first night, Darius had made it clear to Fashina that should she chose to bear Gunner's child, she would have to raise it on her own, and he did it quite coldly too.

However, the Dark Elf seemed unbothered. According to her, she just liked the feeling of it being there, so Darius had given up and decided that in a world with more species, there were bound to be more fetishes.

Soon, Emily and Fashina left the room, allowing Gunner and Darius to rest. Gunner quickly fell asleep thanks to the post-intercourse fatigue, and Darius also felt himself wanting to nod off.

However, he made sure to compile his knowledge during the course of the week into his mind. He had already developed a few plans after the visit to the Mercenary Guild, but it would depend on the reaction of the public to see which path would be optimal.

Yawning, Darius eventually succumbed to a peaceful sleep.

* * *

The next day, Darius and Gunner enjoyed a hearty breakfast in the dining area of The Great Escape Inn. By this time, the people had gotten used to Gunner's insane appetite, though it was still quite weird that he saw Emily every morning.

Apart from that, she always hung around their table and handled their orders, making it noticeably difficult for other servers to get a crack at them.

Darius took it in stride, but he made a note to avoid her once his noble's residence was built. On the topic of that, he remembered that it would take about a month for all four plots to be fully developed, starting from the time he made the commission.

This naturally meant that should he complete his quest just on the deadline, he would be welcomed by his new castle and shops. With them and his Journeyman status - assuming he succeeded - things would be much smoother.

As such, Darius and Gunner confidently took a carriage to the southern part of the town, where the Mercenary Guild was located.

It was time to put the plan into action.