Aiu was currently peddling her produce in the market with Ana. Her special herbal soap turned out to be very popular within the ladies. She had great success selling it at ever-increasing price. Supply was limited after all.

She also sold her special healing salves, distilled stamina potions, and fragrant petal water.

Incidentally, the perfume she sold for 1 gold had some unexpected side effects and she was refraining from selling it. Not until she researched the effects and refined the formula better. It acted more as a sexual stimulant than a perfume, the pleasant smell was only a side effect.

To sell stronger potions and concoctions Guardian needed to get a proper shop. Currently, she had some potent stuff stashed in one of her pouches but it had to be exchanged in secret. Also, there were few who wanted to risk and buy a potion from an uncertified brewer.

“It seems we are done for today Ana, lets head back.” They packed unsold merchandise and headed home.

“Is the building work for new house starting tomorrow?” Ana asked.

“If Ell finished his work preparing the ground for foundations then yes.”

“Does this mean we will get to live in a hut by ourselves?” Ana wanted to confirm.

“I guess so, we won’t be using it anymore.”

“We will help to build it as much as we can.” Ana was keen to get her own place. Even though technically it won’t be theirs.

“So will I, I can’t wait to have a bedroom just for me and my guardian.”

Booth women were happy with the prospect of having their own place.

Building a house was Aius’ idea to begin with; she has gotten gotten tired of having to share the same sleeping space with the elves. This was because she could not monopolise Guardian when elves were sleeping in the same room. Aiu knew Ana suspected something. Aiu did not want to further Ana’s suspicions. She was somewhat embarrassed about having inappropriate feelings towards her guardian.

Ana was giving her a concerned stare even now. She did not approve of Aiu sleeping in the same room as her guardian.

‘She has a few screws loose. Why does he even tolerate her? As far as I have seen the man is normal and not interested in humans or elves in any inappropriate way.’ Ana kept these thoughts to herself.

Once back at the hut Aiu gave all the money she earned to Guardian for safekeeping.

Ell and Ana finished digging the earth, and completed other miscellaneous task before going to sleep. The trio were sleeping by the warm fire. Aiu was kicked from guardian’s bed as she had her own fur bedroll and a boar fur to be used as cower. The elves slept on their mats made of weave. They were used to this by now. Actually their conditions were far better than they had it in slums.

Way past midnight the fire fizzled out leaving only few red coals. The hut was died in the darkness of the night and everyone were sleeping, resting their bodies in preparation for the busy morning. Everyone but the two elves who were enjoying each other’s company.

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Perhaps they were enjoying too loudly as Aiu got awoken by strange slurping noises. She stayed motionless unwanting to wake up, but the noise bothered her. She strained her ears and eyes to understand what was going on.

She saw two figures on top of each other. It was too dark to see precisely what was going on but she could see the dark silhouettes of elves and had an idea. They were doing something inappropriate again.

Even Aiu had the common decency not to do something like that in the same room with everyone. She did not even touch herself at night hence her frustration.

Ana’s head was in-between the Ell’s legs, and Ell’s in between Ana’s. The two were pleasuring each other orally. Ana was sucking a hard rod with passion moving her head wildly while Ell buried his tongue between her thighs.

Aiu have not seen anything like that. She got turned on eventually observing the obscene act. Still she was very unhappy about the elves having the audacity to do such stuff. She was only few feet from the two.

“Cough Cough.” Aiu faked a cough.

The two stopped mid-act and turned to her.

“Cough Cough.” She faked another cough and shuffled in her bed.

The elves got the hint and stopped the indecent act. Ana climbed of Ell and pretended to go to sleep. As the dignity of the room was restored Aiu fell back to sleep.

Then the morning came and Aiu woke up elves were already gone. So was her guardian.

This was not out of ordinary as today was a very busy day. Aiu felt somewhat embarrassed to be the one who was lazy and hurried to carry out her task. Which involved brewing and processing herbs.

She was left alone to do her stuff and her path did not cross with the elves.

‘Are they avoiding me? Ell still needs to cook breakfast.’ The breakfast was getting very late.

Aiu was about to search for the elves to usher them to do their responsibilities, but then Ana came inside the hut.

“Aiu how about we take a hot bath together and talk?”

This was all very sudden but Aiu agreed. As it turned out Ana had already prepared a hot tub of water for both of them. It was a small tub, not big enough to stretch the legs. Person using it had to draw hot water and pour it on one’s body using a wooden ladle, while being crouched or standing.

The girls undressed and started cleansing their bodies in the same bath. They were very close to each other, but it was fine since they were both women and not embarrassed about things like that.

“Isn’t this too early. Won’t you get dirty again?”

“No, not really. The ground work is all done. And I want to look presentable. Master went to fetch a mason so he can start building a house.”

“I see. What happened to the breakfast?”

“About that…” there was a moment of silence. “Ell just couldn’t face you. You saw us this night, didn’t you?” Ana said. She was blushing.

“I did. Are you not a brother and a sister?”

“We are…” Ana was in deep red now. “I know this is weird, but please understand.”

“I can’t this just feels wrong.”

“Aiu, please. Don’t tell Master about this.”

Ana looked at Aiu beggingly, waiting for a reply. Aiu took her time to reflect on the situation.

‘I am no better. I desire to be touched by my guardian who is my family. We are not blood related but still… We are different species too.’

“I won’t tell.” This was not the first time Aiu saw elves being indecent. She did not tell Guardian about it before and she won’t tell now. The reason for that was that Aiu believed that her guardian would not care anyway. He was like that, as long as elves did their work it would be fine with him.

“Thank you, Aiu.” Ana felt guilty for judging Aiu for her indecent behaviour around Guardian, the tables were turned and she was the one judged now. She released what a hypocrite she was and decided not to look down on Aiu, even if Aiu was damaged in the head.

“Ana?”

“Yes?”

“I might understand your feelings better if you explained to me what did you do exactly to each other. In great detail.” This was a flimsy attempt to extract information about sex from someone experienced. Aiu was too green in that area and she wanted to learn.

Aiu’s flimsy attempt got seen through straight away, but Ana went along with it. Explaining all sorts of things to Aiu who listened in wonder.

“You must really love Ell if you can do such things to him.”

“I do. My body is his and his body is mine.”

“I wish…” Aiu stopped midsentence. ‘I was like that with Guardian.’ She finished in her head jealous again of the relationship elves had.

“Here you are. I was looking for you two.”

“Ehhhh!” Ana let out a high pitched noise, cowering her body. It was not the first time she has been caught off guard by the Guardian like that. They lived in the same hut after all. However, this was still embarrassing, even though he seemed completely uninterested.

Aiu reacted to this more coolly and made an offer. “Would you like to join in? The water is still hot.” The fact that he would not fit there at was completely ignored

“Master bathing with us? Sorry, I must go!” Ana was yet to see the master naked and she decided that this day is not that day.

“No, I am fine. I do not want to bother women’s bonding ritual. I will help to carry some of the large stones needed for the building. You two finish first and then join us later.”

Aiu was not too pleased about missing an opportunity to bath with him. She wanted to blame Ana for scaring him away. ‘He must have realised that Ana was uncomfortable and decided to refuse the invitation.’

The women finished bathing and got dressed. By the time they were there, Ell has prepared a big pot of food for everyone. They will be feeding The Mason and his apprentice, and other men who worked here.

Ana went to tend to the garden and gather wood. She did not want to stay too close to, this was because they got distracted by her. They perceived her as very beautiful, she even smelt like flowers. Men kept ogling at Ana from the distance, this made Aiu slightly jealous. No one was giving her any attention.

Aiu told the elves to go to the forest to pick some herbs for her. This was done out of spite. Elves thought nothing about this as this request was usual and obeyed. They knew there to find herbs and were better prepared than they used to be. They had their bows and arrows, and as a good measure they rubbed themselves in the repellent.

With Guardians help the building was coming together nicely. He acted as a pack mule but did not feel demeaned in any way. The labourers actually were impressed by his strength and willingness to get his hands dirty. Not many rich folks dabbled in dirty and boring tasks, they would just get someone else to do it for them.

They perceived the Guardian as a rich person. All of the men already knew that he was registered as an alchemist. Also, that he had a couple of servants. The men thought that this beautiful elven woman must have been very expensive. Moreover, Guardian was spending a fortune for a brick and stone house. All of this could only be afforded by noble families or rich craftsmen and traders.

What did they not know was that the one nicknamed as black traveller spent all of his money on this house and his pockets were all empty. He himself was not too bothered about this. More money could be made as his labour costs were next to nothing. He was working his apprentice and servants very hard.

…

The house was almost done. The big cellar for storage was complete, the walls were currently being built on top of it. The house will have a big workshop, a small room for storage and safe keeping, a bedroom area and a room with a counter for sales. The furnace in the workshop was already built. It will be used to cook food and boil water, its side was connected to the wooden two-part structure which was still being built. The wooden structure was meant to be used as big smokehouse. The rest of it was a sauna and a bath house.

This was an efficient setup. The fire would burn in a furnace cooking the food, extra heat would be used to boil the water, and the smoke to smoke the meats.

The elves have earned the trust of their master and were allowed to handle the money. Ana would go to the market and sell soap and herbal things instead of Aiu. Ell got better at hunting and was able to go alone in the forest. He would bring a small deer or a boar now and then. He also went to the city selling the smoked meat.

Aiu was busy either gathering the herbs or continuing her practise in brewing and distilling potions.

The garden was expanded as well, now it grew some of the forest herbs in small patches.

In the evening the wooden structure for sauna and smoke house was finished. The furnace was already boiling off a large pot of lye water generating enough heat for the sauna. The sauna shared a small portion of the wall with a furnace. That wall was very hot and if the water was poured on it, it would generate steam. Also, it had a small bath where water could be poured in and heated.

Aiu was very keen to try this out. She brought a towel and some of the oil she was experimenting with. Ana was invited to come and join her.

Once inside Aiu poured some cold water on a hot wall and it instantly turned to steam. The room was covered in a thick and hot vapour. Aiu poured some oil on the hot rock sitting by the wall, it got hot and started to evaporate slowly.

The sauna felt pleasantly hot and relaxing. The doors opened and a particularly massive man entered the small room.

“Master?!” Ana exclaimed in surprise.

“I have invited him here. You don’t mind Ana do you?”

‘Of course, I do; I am all naked.’ Ana wanted to protest. She crossed her legs and shielded her chest with hands not wanting to reveal too much.

“Where is Ell? I though everyone will be here.” He asked.

“Well, he is not here.” Aiu did not invite Ell she was not comfortable being seen by another man. But she was fine with Guardian seeing her.

“I better go.”

“No, Ana do not be rude to the Master, stay for some longer.” Aiu put her hand on Ana’s shoulder preventing her from standing up.

‘If Aiu puts it in that way, I can’t refuse.’

Ana tried to relax and take in the situation. She felt like a trapped animal. Moreover, her master was nude and his rod was dangling in between his legs freely. It was huge.

Ana normally would not look at her master in such a shameful way. She was not interested in him, she had Ell. However, something was in the air clouding her judgement. Her eyes were drawn to his member. Ana turned her head and closed her eyes, she needed to cool off.

Meanwhile Aiu, in all her naked glory, approached Guardian and motioned him to sit down.

“You were washing me before, now I will wash you in return.” Aiu said smiling mischievously.

‘Was he doing such things to you Aiu? You are shameless Aiu…’ Ana spoke in her head.

“Suit yourself.” Was all he had said.

Aiu literally climbed on top of him and started to rub his body with a rough cloth. She was getting very close and pressing her body against his more than necessary. Ana could not keep her gaze averted and was sneaking peeks towards the two.

Aiu was brushing the dead skin and gunk of him with ease, going from top to bottom, the girl looked hot and excited. For some reason, Ana’s body started to feel hot as well. This was not because of the temperature in the sauna.

A mischievous girl was in-between his legs brushing his muscular belly and moving towards his legs. Ana’s eyes were glued to the two.

‘Why am I even interested?’ she could not understand.

Aiu moved her hands gripping private parts of Guardian way too casually.

“Aiu!” Ana shouted out, this was too much. ‘What is that girl thinking, touching the master like that?’

“Ana, I am just cleansing his body. All of it needs to be clean. There is nothing odd about this, yes?” She asked while brushing the cloth down the shaft of his rod.

“I guess not.” He replied casually.

Aiu massaged it a couple more times with her hands. The whole thing looked obscene to Ana but she did not dare to say anything. The man had monstrous proportions and the small girl struggled to even hold the thing. Aiu stroked it a couple more times. Somehow this made Ana terribly turned on, this should not happen she was not into things like that.

If Ana was asked she would say that she was against interspecies relationships, this felt unnatural. However, she still became aroused seeing Aiu being shameless like that. The girl was clearly turned on rubbing that thing.

‘Ahh… no reaction.’ Aiu let it go in a disappointment. It hit his thighs with a flop. She moved to the side to clean his tail.

‘It seems that the oil has no effect on him. I, however... I can barely hold it. Ana seems to be cool, but by the way she is staring at him, I guess she is affected.’ The oil Aiu used was the special oil, the same oil she has used in perfume before, the one which had undesired effects. It made a woman wearing it act as a slut.

She distilled the oil further separating that particular ingredient and tested it here in the sauna. She wanted to know if only the humans got affected by it. The results were interesting. It looks like elves and humans were, just not Guardian.

‘Either he is immune to it or he needs more of it since he is very big.’ Aiu concluded.

She finished cleaning his body; It has taken a while to do.

“Ufff. All done.”

“Mmm, this was interesting. It was relaxing and my skin feels nice and smooth. I am going out, thank you girls for the idea of building this.” He stood up and went outside.

“Ana I am going to the stream to cool off. I am too hot.” Her nether regions were burning in passion and she had to ‘cool’ it of manually.

Ana was left sitting there, her legs were crossed. She would have darted out as soon as Aiu started to be mischievous with the master, however, she couldn’t. She was too wet down where and were too afraid to stand up in case it leeks out. She did not want to embarrass herself like that.

She was about to leave but then Ell stepped inside.

“Ell?”

“Oh, Ana you already here. Master was kind enough to let me enjoy a sauna too.”

“Ehh? What? … Does not matter.”

She gestured for him to come closer.

…

Aiu was coming back from the stream and heading towards the hut. Her ears perked up hearing a particular sound.

‘Do they need to be this loud?’ it seems that the oil worked on the elves just as good as it worked on her.