Guardian was working hard with a pickaxe trying to widen the hole in the ceiling. He needed it for the chimney for the distillation apparatus and fireplace. He had also planned to make a shoot for fuel so that he would not need to go outside to the storeroom for the firewood or coal.

“Guardian?” Aiu interrupted his hard labour.

“Aiu, did you talk with Cynthia?”

“Yes.”

“And?” Guardian was interested in the outcome of their discussion.

“I understand why you did what you did, but…”

“But you are still unhappy about those things. Look Aiu I am sorry, I did not know this would hurt you. It was just a pleasure for the body, nothing else.”

“Yes, but… You have to make up for me. You have to do the same stuff with me. I what the same what you did to other women!”

“What?!” Guardian tough that she was being unreasonable, she was not thinking as a sober person. The thing Aiu asked was anatomically impossible.

“You have to fuck me. Otherwise, I will be mad.” Demanded Aiu.

“I do not think this is a good idea. Let’s think of something else.” He tried to reason.

“No!” Aiu reached to undo his loincloth.

“Fine, do as you wish. But do not blame me if this does not work.”

There is no way Aiu will be able to have what she wants, but he decided to let her make that mistake. He hoped that she will learn that some things are not meant to be done.

“Come on, get hard for me.” The loincloth was undone and Aiu was rubbing his member in her palms.

Aiu was being over capricious. This couldn't be done willy-nilly, the mood and proper time for these things were important too. Guardian felt pressured into doing this.

“You want this so it is up to you to get it hard.”

The capricious woman did not respond in words but in actions. Aiu lubricated his penis with her saliva and rubbed it to life with her hands. She tried to put it in her mouth but her small oral hole was too small; she pressed her lips on his tip and sucked the hole of it instead.

“Ok, it is big and hard. Now put it in.” She turned around and put herself on all fours; her butt was raised for him to take.

“I do not think this is a good idea.”

His member was almost as big as one of her limbs.

“Just do it! Look how wet I am.”

Indeed, she was dripping wet from arousal. Guardian lowered himself so that his stiff rod was in a line of her raised butt. He positioned his tip near her entrance.

“What are you waiting for?” Aiu rubbed the end of his cock with her butt and pussy; she was inviting him in.

“There is no way it will fit there.” This was his genuine judgement.

“Nonsense, woman’s body can be very flexible.” Aiu pushed her lower end towards his raging erection.

Her pussy pressed against his penis, but as he said it was indeed too big. It was too thick to even start getting inside her. She tried and pushed, it felt as if she was trying to mouth up a melon. Task impossible for a human body, especially for a small and petite like hers.

"Get in!” Aiu became frustrated.

“Told you. Let’s just think of something else. What if I please you normally like I used to?”

“No… It needs to be inside of me, otherwise, it does not count… What if you pressed it there and shot your load straight in my hole.”

“Would that please you?”

“Yes. Let’s do that.”

Aiu laid down on her back and begun massaging his shaft with her legs.

“Then you are close, press it against my pussy hole me and shoot away.”

“Okay.”

Aiu did her best to please him with her feet and thighs. She pressed his thick penis between her legs and worked it rhythmically. Sometimes she would rub its tip around her pussy to juice it up so it slides better. They were at this exercise for over two minutes; Aiu stamina was at her limits and she began to tire and slow down.

“How far from finishing are you?” Aiu did not know if she will be able to keep at it for any longer.

“Not even close. Let’s try this.”

Guardian grabbed her legs in his hands. Squeezed them tight making sure his dick is in between her thighs and the rest of the legs. He pleasured himself with her libs vigorously.

“Close…” He finally announced.

He quickly pressed the tip of his penis directly to her wet entrance. His penis hole touched her narrow slit, his cum-pipe and her juice-tunnel were connected. He released his load directly inside her. The pressure of thick liquid was immense and it filled her insides to the brim.

Aiu’s body twitched from being forcefully invaded like that. She felt stretched from inside and overfilled. Guardians penis pulsed once more and another surge of cum rushed to fill her even more. There was little room for it to go and it escaped with a squirt. Guardian raised his manhood slightly, it pulsed once more and sprayed blue liquid all over her belly.

Aiu gasped from the strange sensation. Her muscles twitched and she squired the excess cum in an overwhelming orgasm.

“Ah… Ah…There was so much of it.” She checked between her legs “It is still leaking out.”

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“We did it. Are you happy now? We won’t need to fight or argue anymore?”

“Yes very… This was amazing.”

Guardian thought that his apprentice was very weird, but he was happy of settling things in such an easy way.

“Well, then can you maybe advise me on something.” He asked; it was time to do business.

“What is it?”

“I was studying this book. For one of the rituals I need a certain crystal and I was wondering if you could help me in making one.”

Guardian described what he needed hoping that Aiu as an alchemist will be able to advise him. By now she was more experienced in practical alchemy than him.

“Cynthia mentioned that she is enchanter too… I am not sure I can make something like that alone. So why don’t we ask her to help?”

“Good idea. I will send Ithayiga to get her.”

“No need. She said she will come and check up on me in an hour or so.”

“She is coming back?”

Guardian wondered if this sex thing was Cynthia’s suggestion to Aiu. She was coming to check on the outcome, after all. If so she was a weirdo too, she should know better about suggesting such things to someone like Aiu.

“Yes. She said that she has to send a potion I made to her relative. She is quite a nice girl. I think we can be good friends. And her golem is amazing. I wish I…” Aiu was beginning to blab.

“Ok then. Let clean up here and wait for her in the dining hall.”

Guardian sat at the table with others. It was dinner time and the lizards were eating their fill of fish. They were getting all the energy they would need; a hard night of labour awaited them. They will need to move a huge quantity of crates from the harbour. Aiu joined others. The fish was raw but she was too hungry to complain.

Tiramisu sat close to the Guardian. She offered to feed him but Guardian was not feeling hungry. Then she leaned closer to him and whispered.

“I can smell you on this human, Aiu. Did you two do it?”

Guardian made a mental note that lizardkind are this observant and can even smell that kind of stuff. Maybe he should rub Aiu in some herbal perfume or oil next time.

“Is there a problem?” He asked her. He began to notice that there always is this tension between the women around him when he is with more than one female.

“No. I am way past this. But I am still jealous. What do I need to do to… to receive the same sort of treatment too?”

“Not you too…” It seems Aiu’s condition was contagious. He got another female who possibly wanted sex stuff as a reward. “Work hard.” The answer was the same for both women.

“This is it?” Tiramisu was surprised. This did not seem hard at all, she always worked hard.

Also, she did not want sex as a reward. Well, she wanted sex but being with him intimate and feeling that she had a role in his life was the real reward for her.

“Yes.” Guardian nodded. “Ah, Cynthia. You stole my assistant!” Guardian jabbed at golem master who just came at the dining hall.

She took a beastman boy with her when she went on a trip to the guild houses. She liked to pet him and she wanted some company.

“I am back. He is so fluffy and cute, mind renting him to me now and then?”

“Never…” If she wanted an assistant she could hire anyone else with her money.

“So how was it?” Cynthia asked Guardian cheekily. She blinked at him with her left eye.

Guardian was unsure what this gesture meant.

“I do not know what you are talking about.”

“Ha ha ha… Aiu is beet red and grinning. I assume it was a success.” Cynthia laughed.

“Anyway, thank you for the help.” He thanked her from his heart, she did help with to settle this dispute between women even if the solution was odd.

“Can I ask you for another favour?” Guardian had to rely on her again.

“Anything for my friend… But you will have to borrow me Ithayiga for a day.” Cynthia grew fond of this boy and wanted a pet like him.

“Fine. Let’s go somewhere private.”

Guardian and Aiu explained what they needed. They needed to make a magic crystal.

“I might be able to help. But we need to obtain something to act as a base for it. Something which is already able to store magic. An excavated crystal would be perfect but they are extremely rare and expensive.”

“How about a monster core?” Guardian remembered that monster cores get crystallised after some time and were used in multiple magic recipes and items.

“You know what… That might work but we will need to refine it first.”

“We have you and Aiu for that. I am sure you will manage.”

“I never did something like that, but we can try. Do you know where to get one? What are we killing this time?”

“I have a creature we can take care of in mind.”

Guardian explained that they will be going after a huge turtle who lived in a lake not too far from the swampy forest. They could even pick some swamp plants for Aiu while there.

They have agreed to meet up in a few days’ time. Guardian still had to finish the workshop and other improvements in the dungeon. Not to mention the preparation time and all of the equipment they would need. Oddly enough Cynthia agreed to help free of charge; having friends was indeed convenient.

The party met close to the swamp border. The hunting party was not just Guardian and Cynthia, there were many beastmen and lizard men tagging along. The Lake Turtle was rumoured to be very large and Guardian will need any help he can get.

Guardian led the hunting party through the swamp towards the lake. The journey was slow but relatively safe. A large number of people prevented monsters from attacking.

Finally, they have reached the shore of the lake. The lake was huge, stretching at least five kilometres. Its water was crystal clear, flocks of fish could be seen swimming in the depths.

The party stopped to rest for a bit and then they set their equipment in preparation for the hunt. Guardian had bought four large goats as a lure. He chained the creatures on the shore. He slit a throat of one of the goats making sure the blood flows into the water to lure the Lake Turtle.

The men ran further into the forest and hid in the bushes. Everyone hid and waited, hoping that it will not take too long for the monster to show. And sure enough, in about ten or so minutes a huge wave of water washed ashore and with it emerged a gigantic monster.

The monster was at a size of a small house. It was green in colour and had an impenetrable armour in a form of a turtle shell. The top of its shell was overgrown with water plants. If it would rest on a lake bottom no one would be able to see the monster past its camouflage.

It stretched its neck and snapped at the goats with its beak pulling them to its mouth. The animals were crushed by the beak and swallowed whole.

An array of javelins rained on the monster's neck and feet lodging deep inside its flesh. Ropes were attached to the ends of the javelins and groups of beastmen pulled on them preventing the monster from escaping back to the water.

The golem Rocky rushed out of the overgrowth towards the monster and tackled it from the side. The force of the impact would be enough to shatter a wall but it did little to the oversized turtle. The golem was only a distraction.

More beastmen rushed out from the green and threw their javelins towards turtle's head; it was important that the monster does not retreat to its shell. The turtle struggled and managed to pull its captors back with it as it stepped towards the lake.

The turtle was already slow and beastmen did a good job at slowing it down even further. It was Guardian's turn play his part. He ran towards the bound animal, in his hands he had a rusty pickaxe. The tool was used in demolition to break walls and sturdy rocks, this time it will be used on an equally sturdy turtle.

“Keep its head stretched!” He commanded his workers who struggled to pull on ropes.

The neck and head were kept outside the shell by the beastmen who pulled on the ropes. Some of the javelins got pulled out taking chunks of flesh with them but there were enough of them still lodged in to keep the neck stretched.

Guardian closed down the distance in seconds and swung the pickaxe towards the head of the turtle. It collided with a thump and left a gash in the monster's neck. He did less damage than he expected, even its skin was hard to pierce.

While rocky was pushing the turtle from the back so it does not escape and the beastmen kept its neck stretched, Guardian swung the demolition tool again and again. The wound got bigger with each swing, the gash was spewing blood all over. The monster struggled as best as it could, besides escaping to the water or retreating into its shell it had no other defences. It had a formidable beak but that too was kept away from the Guardian.

Finally, the pickaxe hit something very important, probably a spinal cord in the neck. The turtle collapsed on its belly ceasing the struggle.

“We did it!” Guardian and the men cheered.

This was a lot easier than he had imagined. All thanks to his plan and extra two dozens of men. However, the hard part only just began. He had to dissect the turtle and this was not an easy task as its shell was impenetrable to any tools he had. Instead, he will need to dig at the turtle flesh starting from the neck. The monster was huge and it would take hours, but he had to do it to reach the core inside.

The beastmen joined him in cutting the flesh away; they started from the legs and tail. They worked their way from six holes in a shell towards the middle. It took them three hours but finally, the turtle flesh and organs were gouged out from inside.

Guardian held the biggest monster core in his hands he had ever seen. The creature did not cast any magic so Guardian was unsure what to expect but the surprise was welcome. The size must have something to do with the turtles mass and age. Of what he heart this creature must have been 500 years old if not more. At some point, it had been called a lake guardian and revered in local villages, but that was in a past. All it did now was attack those who fished in this lake, eating many unsuspecting men whole together with their fishing rafts.

The party loaded the meat and other useful parts of the monster into the pull carts. The shell was valuable too so it was attached with rope to the golem. Rocky and few other beastmen were tasked at pulling it all the way back home. Guardian and the rest of the men marched towards the nearby village.

In the village, he met with Aiu and the elves, who were tasked to gather herbs in the swamps. Guardian warned them not to go too deep and be wary of the swamp creatures. All was fine, and Aiu managed to get a lot of useful plants. Apparently, villagers helped her as they still felt indebted to the Guardian for killing the tree monster.

He left the villagers some turtle meat, which the men gladly accepted. They offered Guardian and his men to stay but he refused as he needed to get back to town.

The party was tired and exhausted from the forced march but they had successfully made their way back to the slum district by the morning.

“Guardian you are back!” Tiramisu met him. She looked somewhat distressed.

“Did anything happen?”

“Tonight’s shipment it did not come. Actually, there were no Islander ships at all.”

“That is odd. The Islanders did not warn me about that. I was sure we will get our goods as usual.”

“Well, they were looking for you.”

“And?”

“They refused to speak with me. They wanted only you.”

“I see. Something must have happened. They will come again I am sure. I still have their money after all.”

It was not the time to worry about those things. He had other problems to solve. One of them being that he had too much meat which will spoil soon. He doubted that he will be able to sell it all in the marked so instead, he decided to do something that was uncharacteristic of him.

“Men, listen to me and listen well! You worked very hard today and I invite you and your families for a feast. Bring in as many people as you want, there is plenty of meat for all.”

Guardian decided to reward his hired men with a feast. Also, he made sure that Cynthia was here to witness all of this. He knew that he won her favour already; she was smiling at him approvingly.