Chapter 33: Soft healers make stinking wounds.

''The Black Essence is a conduit that allows the use of Summoning Magic.

Normally the Essence can be expelled from the body by scrubbing the skin really thoroughly. But it attaches to the cells of the Summoned One after a while.

In your case the Essence is stuck in your genitals, because Hysta was not able to clean them properly.

It is of the utmost importance that nobody knows about your condition. If someone like Dender figures out that you still contain Black Essence, he could find a Sorcerer to Summon you.

And because you only have Essence down there. It would mean that you would be castrated, cock and balls, in the best case. Or dying in the worst case.''

I gulped and assured Dya that being castrated would be a fate much more worse than death. So I promised not to talk to anybody else about it.

The Princess told me that only Hysta, she, Val and I knew about it. So the secret is safe. I was still not content with her answer. And asked her why I could not be intimate with her.

''Well.. the Essence gets released by friction, so it would cling to the inner parts of my genitals. If someone would summon you, I would get spayed in the process.

Rendering me infertile at best, or killing me on the spot at worst.

That is something that our enemies would really not mind. They would be able to deal with the both of us in one fell swoop.''

This information was truly unsettling. And I understood why Val would not discuss this information with me at the dinner table.

I also felt really guilty in some way, because I had done something that caused Hysta to pass out.

Dya giggled and pressed her soft bosom against me. She stroked my neck and kissed me around my ear.

''You worry too much, Heiro.

You did nothing wrong to Hysta. And she is completely fine. She just, uhmm.. overheated a bit.

She can be very hot blooded at times. And the idea of touching you down there, just the two of you, naked in the Bathing Pool..''

She started to groan a bit, and her hand moved down my stomach. She rested her hand on my side and closed her eyes.

She kissed me softly and opened her mouth while kissing me. I slipped in my tongue and pulled her on top of me.

Her nails ran over my naked torso. I stroked her thighs and rear with my hands, stroking the soft fabric of her underwear.

''Do you have any idea how handsome you are, Heiro?''

I shook my head, telling her that only my mom tells me that.

And that her opinion does not count, because all moms say that. Dya started to giggle slowly and lend over to kiss me.

''Well.. let me tell you that your mom is not incorrect. And that there are a lot of people here that share that opinion, myself included, hihi.''

I looked away shyly, telling her that she was being a tease. She kissed my forehead tenderly and told me that she was as sincere as she has ever been.

''Do you have any form of.. protection?''

I asked Dya.

She grinned and placed my hands on her calves. I could feel that she had two dirk-like daggers in sheaths strapped to her ankles.

I sighed, telling her that's not what I meant.

She laughed and told me that she knows about ''protection''.

But that she would not settle for less, so we had to wait until we figured out a way to get the Essence out of my system.

I was feeling rather thirsty, so I excused myself to get a glass of water. I left the bedroom on tippy toes. The main room was very small. One wall had three windows and a door to the outside.

The wall adjacent to the left of that contained the main bed room. The wall facing the entrance had two doors which led to the smaller bedrooms.

There was a chimney on the opposite side of the main bedroom. There was a table under the three windows, and moonlight was shining brightly into the small room.

So it was easy to navigate to the sink. And I poured two glasses of water for myself and Dya.

The streaming water worked on my bladder. And due to Slaido's warning, I did not want to go to the outhouse in the dark.

Seeing no harm in it, I took a leak into the sink and cleaned it up by flushing it down with water from the tab.

After relieving myself, my curiosity got the better of me. And I sneaked toward the main bedroom. I could hear Valaea talk and Slaido was groaning under his breath.

It did not sound like they were having intercourse. But they were being noisy. It appeared that Valaea was giving Slaido a massage.

And a rather thourough one at that.

''Why are you being so rough? Aren't you suppossed to be a Healer??''

''Stop being such a wimp, Slaido. Have you never heard of the saying:

Soft healers make stinking wounds?''

''No, I have not! You just made that up on the spot, didn't you?!''

I had to suppress a bit of laughter, because in my native language we do have a saying like that.

With great care I moved back to the bedroom. Dya was sitting on the bed. And I handed her a glass. She thanked me and drank it in one gulp.

After I was done drinking I wanted to get back in bed with her.

Dya, however, had other things on her mind. She was frozen in shock and pointed at the corner of the room. Out of seemingly nowhere a presence had appeared in the bedroom.

I turned around and I felt a pulse of dread from head to toe.

It appeared to be a short man, with a goatee and piercing blue eyes with the coldness of a glacier;

It was the man I saw in the Tavern this afternoon.