"If you need me to sleep with you, that's fine."
I thought about it. The two of them spent so much time together, my time with Erin was limited. I could use sleep as an opportunity to keep her often alone with me. She was ready to talk to me, and I could get what I wanted out of her.
"Then stay and sleep with me."
Irene nodded and said she was going to say hello to the woman, and she came up shortly after she had gone down. When I tried to undress again, I stopped her and asked her to lie down next to me.
After LYING down, I noticed that she was nervous and told her THAT I would not touch her because we were friends and we would just talk.
I didn't ask any more questions about the dragon. Instead, he asked questions about the castle. From what she told me, there were hundreds of thousands of people living in the castle, divided into five classes. The first class is a group of fair-skinned people, the second class is those with special abilities, the third class is them, the fourth class is the everyday people, the soldiers are the lowest level of monster people. Above these five people, god is the supreme being.
According to their rank, they also undertook military service, servitude, public service, bodyguard, bishop, and retinue of the gods. Eileen and the rest of them.
"What do the saints do?"
"They are." Irene was already wide open. "They are next in rank to the gods, and serve their creator. I heard that when the temple is finished, the holy girls will be sent to the Creator."
"Who is the Creator?
"The men who made our world, there are seven creators. The temple was built to bring them back to life. They made the world... Why are you so dear to the gods, chief?"
"Oh, I don't know."
"Then why did you come here?"
"I can't tell you now, but I'll tell you when I can."
"Oh." She leaned over. "Chief, are you sure you don't want me to wait on you?"
"No, you are my friend and we are equal."
She pondered for a moment and was moved to say: "Although we only know one day, but you brought me a lot of new things. You must live in a very different place than we do here."
I couldn't sleep anyway, so it was like a story about our lives. She listened attentively.
After the speech, sleepiness also came up, beckoned her to sleep, she asked me sadly if it was because she had slept with another man that I did not want to touch her.
"You've already slept with a man?" After my surprise, I realized that MY emotions were a little overblown. After all, nothing was unusual for puppets like them.
"It's always the same," she said nervously. "When we're adults, we're assigned to take turns serving someone, but only for a night or a week at most. We don't stay with one person all the time."
"Have you ever had children?"
"No." She shook her head. "I was not selected. Only women who are healthy enough can be arranged to have children. Sometimes I envy them."
"Why is that? Giving birth is painful."
"But there are people to look after, and there is always good food. It just takes one baby after another. Think about it, it's not good." "She said with mixed emotions.
"Let's not talk tonight. Let's go to bed." I found myself too sleepy to keep my eyes open.
Eileen gave a soft hum and leaned over to put her head and hands on my neck. I would have pushed her away, but the thought of their pitiful situation made me feel the need to show her some compassion.
It was a quiet evening, without any distractions in my mind.
When I woke up in the morning, I found her getting dressed. As she looked into each other's eyes, she blushed and smiled shyly.
"Did you have a rest last night?" After all, we are not too familiar, directly lying on a bed to rest, my heart inside also feel a little embarrassed.
She said, after getting dressed, went into the toilet to prepare water for my face. The other woman came up quickly, and I sent her to bring breakfast.
When washing, Irene is very orderly to help me wash my mouth and face, especially caring people.
After sitting in the room for a while, another woman brought breakfast, hominy and a few small dishes. The portions were limited, so I helped myself to them all.
When it came to Erin's dinner, no matter how much I tried to talk to the other woman, she just wouldn't answer. It's like the mouth is sewn on.
When Irene came back, she went to dinner, through Irene, that woman is a very extreme loyalist, because she complained, Irene was flogged twice. If she finds out that ERIN and I talked so much, she's gonna blow the whistle.
"Then I will avenge you." Since she's hard to buy, I'll just go after Erin.
"Can the chief do it?" Irene was skeptical.
I affirm of say: "this you have what good doubt of, I but honored guest."
Irene grinned, but objected.
"Let it go, chief. You and she are often deployed together, and I don't want to deepen the conflict between us."
"You are too kind, and the more you do that, the more people will like to bully you." In this environment, she can still maintain a kind of innocence, at best simple, at worst silly.
Eileen thought for a moment and said, "You're right, too, but we're here. We just need to do our job right. I wouldn't have thought of it that much. After all, we'll be living in this castle all our lives."
"Ever think of leaving?" I lead with the wind.
Irene smiled and nodded. "Yes, but I can't leave. It's wild out there. It's where savages live."
"What if I take you away from here?"
Irene showed a hint of surprise, and immediately became depressed again. "Chief, you have come here can not leave again. Not a bird can fly out of this castle."
"Not necessarily. If I can get in, I can get out." I told her I had an army of thousands of men armed and advanced, and I told her I had killed ogres twice.
Irene looked incredulous. The woman came back and we stopped talking.
Except for mealtimes, the two women were almost entirely in the room with me, and no one else came. Boredom can lead to depression.
These days passed for five or six days.
That evening, there was a sound of the door opening downstairs. Two women came to the entrance and brought up the man in white who had been in charge of greeting me.
After saluting, he told me that the gods would receive me the next day and let me get ready.
I almost thanked him. This day has finally come.
When I was told the news, the two ladies of the court were also taken away and replaced with two others. It made me very unhappy. I managed to get Erin on my side. With the new guy, it's not going to be that good a chance.
With something in mind, I got up early the next day. The man in white arrived at breakfast. When I was done, they searched me and took off the dagger I was carrying.
"Chief, you cannot take this to the gods."
'Can I stay in my room then? I don't want something this expensive confiscated.
"Sure." He nodded and handed the dagger back to me. "Please deal with it as soon as possible. We need to see the god immediately."
I put the dagger under my pillow and looked them all over. "When I come back," I said, "if the dagger is gone, it will be you who stole it."
The man in white smiled and said, "Please rest assured, your things will never be lost."
I gave a deadpan hum and followed him down the stairs. When he went outside, he suddenly found that there was a large group of people dressed in white.
I walked up, in the middle of them, to another flight of stairs, where a dozen men in black were waiting. It was all the same, except one was all white and one was all black.
The man in black, at the head, is old. He looked at me for a moment and said, "You are the one who comes from far away. I am Bishop John and will bring you to the gods."
"Thank you." I made a sign saying please.
He responded with the same gesture. I followed them all the way up to the top floor, where a huge circular palace stood on a wide square at the top of the hill, supported by huge stone columns. Soldiers in black armour were lined up at the door, their faces all masked, and they could not be seen.