Life as a Royal’s Breeding Partner

Chapter 358 – Making a Plan

"So who am I grabbing?" Nakuma asks.

"Go get my slaves," I say. "The Ashmarks. I hope I only need the useless ant, but if I need to give up my Shadow, I will."

Nakuma takes a sniff of Yuki's tail and disappears.

'Hey, Space. I need my slave back. Is he ready?'

'Lucky timing. He was just getting ready for his second blood donation. I'll stop it.'

'Thanks, dear.' And thanks, Luck.

"Can you show me your love?" I ask. "And know she may have to get pregnant to come to life."

"Make it so she isn't forced into this box and is able to live with me, then I'm fine. I don't want an undead wife, either," Tanatsu says. She moves over a symbol on a coffin. It lights up and starts to shift. A gray kitsune slowly pops up.

"Hello, my love," Tanatsu says. "I've got Alzi and she seems to have an idea for this to end."

"Dear, you've known how to end this all a long time ago," the kitsune says. "But, thank you, Alzi."

I walk over to her side and kiss her shoulder. I hope that keeps Tanatsu from going after me. You never know with the Kitsunes. She seems to be just like Nakuma, and I don't need a fight to start right as I'm about to do something interesting.

Tanatsu doesn't do anything as the window comes up. She's got some strange things showing up: mana confusion, soul imbalance, and old age. The first two are confusing about what they mean, and the last one is just a fact, not a problem. Or maybe that is just saying she has all of the issues of old age. She doesn't look that old, just gray.

"Have you heard about mana confusion or soul imbalance?" I ask. "You were using the mana of all these women to fix her, right?"

"I haven't heard of those before. I haven't risked bringing a healer to her before, besides my sister, and she isn't willing to help. Yes, I've been forcing their mana and blood to keep her alive."

I can destroy things when it works for healing. I could try dissolving her mana and soul or something. Have her try to hurt my babies and eat away at a portion of her soul? I'll need to work on controlling my skills before I try that.

"What is the current process to make what you feed her?" I ask. "How do you process the blood?" It was probably a bit bold to have Nakuma bring the ant here. But I can torture them with the knowledge of their fate till I can figure this out.

"I have some runes on a faucet that blends their mana into their blood," Tanatsu says. "Another tries to convert it to life mana, but most will still have the host affinity, or be without an affinity."

"Any ideas on what is causing the soul issue?" I ask.

"Not really. Maybe mana and souls are tied together?" Tanatsu says. "Most of my work is forcing mana into her body to keep it alive."

Maybe I just have to clean out her mana and then force her body to recognize the mana as hers and turn back the clock for her body? Totally impossible. Right? But it sounds so simple. If giving her mana works, if I can destroy any trace of the others in her soul and mana, then just strip any personality from the ant and give it to her, that would work. Maybe turn her into a magical being?

Isn't that creating life? Could I ask Fertility about it? But this isn't a baby. Not yet, at least. So I need to clean her mana, which seems to be connected to the soul, break down the ant to the basic parts, removing his soul from the mana, then force it into her, and then seal the deal with some triplets?

"One thing I have found out," Tanatsu says. She lets her robes fall down her arms and exposes her breasts, which then grow a few sizes. "These tits have something inside of them. Just a dot that mana sits in. Men and women have them, but men don't have a strong connection to theirs or something. I'm not able to check them out much, as my subjects aren't willing to have me study them. But I have gathered that. I don't know what they connect to on the other side, but in this plane, they connect to the breast."

"Men have a weaker connection? That should be good for us," I say.

Nakuma has perfect timing. She pops in right next to Nanoka with my Shadow and the ant.

"A man we don't have to care about," I say. "Perfect for distilling into mana for your lover."

"Please, Mistress," my Shadow says.

"You care about the ant? You think it's useless. This is perfect for it. I'm giving it a purpose, value. Don't you think, ant?"

"Fff, thank you. Mistress."

"A bit slow, and I don't like how you started that sentence. But we can look past it this time. You must be tired from losing all that blood not to recognize the great opportunity I'm providing you with," I say. How much are you hating all the times you raped me? Are you thinking about how you could be living a peaceful life if you didn't hurt me? "Please, Shadow, make sure he understands this will give some value to its worthless life. Just as I've given your worthless life meaning in being my Shadow, he'll have meaning in helping me pay back Tanatsu."

"Yes. Mistress," my Shadow says. "It is great that your life can be used to help our Mistress."

"Could use some work, but I'll handle my slaves on my own time," I say. "Do you have a table? We can cut into his breasts and see if we can find his connections. Then, do you have a method that causes those issues? I need to practice cleaning the soul and mana before I try it with your lover."

"I can work on making some," Tanatsu says. "But a living being would be better."

"The brothel owners have wives, right? I'll get the Queen to send a few to you to use, or some other criminals or Justice's priestesses? Those would probably bring too much attention."

"We can stick to the criminals and brothel owner wives. I don't need Justice coming after me. I've got a few different tables, but this one should work out," Tanatsu says, covering back up. She stood next to a marble table, the normally white stone is stained black with long since dried blood. "I tried to clean it, but missing just a bit every time piles up."

"I'm not the one who has to touch it," I say. "Get up there, ant."

"I do have to say," Tanatsu says. "I love that name. And who thought of taking its balls? Really fits it."

"Tanatsu!" Nanoka says. "Don't ask about others' slaves. I know it doesn't look like we taught you manners, but I know you had them drilled into you. My wife is being polite, sacrificing her slave for your lover. Don't break etiquette as well."

"Sorry," Tanatsu says. "I'm a little rusty on the rules."

"It's fine," I say. "I just wanted to break my Shadow's heart. Made her cut them off."

"Damn. Well, if I need help torturing someone, I'll have to ask you for some help. Not only can you heal them to keep it going, but you also have some great ideas."

"Yuki helped," I say. "Now, do you have a knife? Or I can just try with mana. I feel giddy in the chest, so I think it's willing to cut the ant for me."

"I have a great selection of knives if you need, but mana can be more precise if it lets you."

"Then let me test it out," I say. I put my finger over the ant's pathetic pecks and start to cut. My mana doesn't fight it, despite knowing I have little desire to heal him. Or was that just their mana that would stop me if I didn't plan to heal them? I can ask later. "Tell me if I'm going the wrong way."

It's slow work. I have to clear out the blood constantly. Tanatsu does that work for the most part, putting it into a jar. I also have to cut wide enough that I can see into him and slow enough that I don't pass what I'm looking for.

She says the dot is either below the fat or buried in the muscle. Something our subject does not have much of. So every cut has to be shallow and precise.

"There!" Tanatsu says. "That is it."

"My Mistress!" Sarania says. "I got worried and went to the temple, but then I heard you left, and finding you was difficult. The front desk was not very happy about my barging in. But don't worry, they're too busy playing with each other to come back here. Now, what is going on with this abomination?"

"Um, sorry," I say. "I didn't think about you coming. I thought you would stay behind with the kids."

"Aurora and Shyla said they had it taken care of. Your Mother also asked that I come, so I went with Isda's maid to the temple," Sarania says. "So I guess it isn't really your fault. Just a bit annoyed that the front desk would be so rude to a pregnant woman just trying to get to her Mistress."

"Are they all fucking each other?" Tanatsu asks.

"Of course. You have eyes and a working brain."

"That report is going to be annoying to fill out. This is the work to keep my lover alive. Do you have a problem with it?"

"No. I just didn't expect a kitsune to be the one working here. Devils and demons have been burned at the stake for causing half this much death and blasphemy. I love it. But you aren't going to get my Mistress into trouble. Right?"

"I'm not going to drag myself into anything," I say.

"Then I'm here to help anyway I can, my Mistress."

"Thank you," I say. "Come here, and we can see what you think about this as well."

Sarania comes over with a little bounce in her step. I'll have to ask if it is the orgy in the front or the office that is getting her like this. I wouldn't mind starting a few orgies for her if that gets her this happy. Her tail is a lot cuter this way. Not threatening to force its way deep into my holes. Which is pleasurable, no doubt about that, but it doesn't fit to have my servant so deep inside of me.

"I see, the gateway. Alzi, tell your slaves not to say a word of what has happened in this room ever. Not to you or anyone. The Goddesses really don't like anyone messing with the gate. You want to combine his gate with your lover's gate? You have the right woman to do that, but you have to be careful. Some of my sisters did similar work. They survived the work, but not the crowd lynching them afterwards. I would say test if your Goddess children are ok with this, and then have them in the room during the operation. They can keep it from spreading out to the Goddesses and causing a problem for us."

"Do you know about Mana confusion and soul imbalance?" I ask.

"No. Powerful healers weren't common when I was around. The woman may have had those afflictions when my sisters did the operation, but I don't know."

"Then we have to practice," I say. "Slaves. You are never to speak of anything we are planning. In fact, ant you are never to speak again. Shadow, you are to only speak of things my children need and to say 'yes, Mistress.'"

"Yes, Mistress," Shadow says. My ant slowly nods its head and passes out.

So weak.