Chapter 145

Three days...

That's how long it took Triss and Becca to devise a plan to rob all the bases specified by Regina and Bestia, where the equipment of various corporations was stored, albeit old, but necessary for us. And the warehouses were really old, almost unguarded. Which wasn't strange.

Why isn't it weird?

Because according to these fixers, the corporations were counting on being robbed. Naturally everything was not so simple, but they had no human losses there, and the equipment... The security systems were only a little newer than the equipment stored in the warehouses, so that the insurance companies couldn't claim that the warehouses had been raided. So corporations will get good payments from insurance companies, of course they will not get the whole value of the stored equipment, but provided that they could not sell it, at least they will get free money that can be used in business.

We've been fending off monster attacks all this time...

Well, and continued to upgrade the fortress defense, and I want to say that now it would not even be possible to close the portals, as the destruction of monsters has already risen to the stream. The defense allowed to do it without any tearing and overpowering.

So we closed the portals just to cause a little discomfort to the Wild Hunt, who were forced to open the portals time after time. And yes, I was well aware that such a thing also uses up my spellcasters' powers, except...

It is always easier to destroy than to create, and already now my sorceresses are not so much closing portals as destroying them, causing small explosions that are not dangerous for them and others. And it takes much less magic than closing a portal and even less than opening it.

So on average we were winning in terms of magic expenditure and keeping the enemy in a bit of suspense.

Yes, I realize that something like this doesn't really exhaust Wild Hunt mages, but I also realize that it puts a bit of pressure on them. Just like it puts pressure on my subordinates. However, my warlocks do not notice this pressure, because they have already found their soulmates, who make sure that these warlocks rest both body and soul during the rest.

Moreover, by my order, all the sorceresses were given relaxing massages and lots of desserts. In fact, they had no restrictions at all during such a confrontation...

But even given that freedom they didn't get off the chopping block, but here I can say to the same second halves of the spellcasters.

"Hey, suzy."

"Hi..."

A scrutinizing glance was thrown at me.

"What?"

"Nothing..."

"SUZI?"

I looked at her carefully.

"Yes, my lord?"

She said those words with a breathy voice, more typical of a girl in love, and if I hadn't known that she had already taken full control of her body and was acting that way on purpose, I might have believed it. As it was, I just shook my head cheerfully.

"Given that you've started duking it out with Geralt, I highly doubt that such communication with me is appropriate."

I said with a slight chuckle.

"Oh, come on, man. It's not like I'm doing anything."

I shook my head.

"And yet, SUZI, what's wrong, you've certainly taken full control of your body, but sometimes your fine motor skills give you away. So I'd like to understand what's bothering you."

I looked carefully at the girl and made sure that she noticed my serious look and looked away embarrassed.

"Well... there are actually some issues that I'm concerned about..."

"Speak, if it is in my power, I will help you or try to suggest who exactly can help you. Especially since I am responsible for you as well as for any other member of the clan."

"...David, what bothers me a lot is that when I talk to Geralt, I get butterflies in my stomach. When he talks to Ian, my heart sinks with sweet pain, and I want to kill Ian somewhere quietly, you should see the way he looks at her..."

Suzie shook her head, and I listened to her and realized that I didn't know what to say to her now. No, it was clear that I wouldn't just dismiss her, and I wasn't embarrassed by the topics of love and sex, so...

You bastard!

I barely had time to notice the quick, snide glance she gave me... which meant it wasn't the question she was worried about. It was a game we could both play, but the important thing was that she didn't shut herself off and talk to me seriously afterward.

"Well..."

I sat down next to her and put my arm around her shoulders.

"...I think since you're having these thoughts, it's really time for us to talk."

A slightly surprised look was thrown at me.

"So, we should probably start with the fact that boys and girls are physically different, and naturally the first thing that catches your eye. These are secondary sexual characteristics, in men it is expressed in the fact that the voice becomes lower, mustache and beard start to grow, in women breasts start to grow, which is necessary for feeding children in the future."

A somewhat confused look was thrown at me, where embarrassment was beginning to show.

"Next in the list, but not in importance, are the primary sexual characteristics, in men it is the penis, in women it is the vagina. It's the key and the lock, so to speak. At the same time during growing up men and women have hormonal storm and at some point they start to be attracted to the opposite sex. Naturally, this happens not only because of external parameters, that is, large breasts, of course, is good, but it can like and dislike, as well as a particularly masculine men can, as a cause of attraction and vice versa cause disgust. But besides visual, there is also a chemical coincidence of vectors."

I sighed and took the flask off my belt and took a short sip, then handed it to SUZI, who tried to pretend she wasn't sovereignly embarrassed by what I was saying to her and took a sip and handed it back to me.

"Chemical compatibility is understood in many different ways, but I'm going to emphasize the main ones, which are taste and smell. And I am not talking about secretions occurring in the area of genitals during arousal, but about ordinary sweat and saliva. These are very important parameters of compatibility because even if we do not perceive the smell of a person and consider his saliva neutral, our subconscious mind continues to process the incoming information. So on a subconscious level, we may not feel comfortable being around this person or kissing him or her. It is like with sound, people do not hear many frequencies, but it does not mean that these frequencies do not exist and they do not affect a person. It is the same with smell and taste, just because you do not perceive them does not mean that these smells and tastes do not exist and that they subconsciously do not influence your decisions."

I took another small sip, and glanced at Suzie to see that she was slowly starting to blush. I took another sip of my drink, and glanced at Suzie as she slowly began to blush.

"Hmmm... then we come to a more metaphysical. psychic and mental contact. But it's very complicated, it's more of a psychological convenience. There can be many extremes. Beginning with a husband and wife who have lived soul to soul for seventy years and have never had a single quarrel, and ending with the so-called life of a cat and a dog, when a man and a woman quarrel not only every day, every hour, but at the same time they are in no hurry to part. And all because this kind of life suits them.

Another sip from the flask and I pause to consider what I'm about to say. No, I'm sure that SUZI is well aware of the relationship between the sexes. But I've decided to take this partly humorous conversation as a training session. Still, I'm more than sure that sooner or later I'll have children, and then I'll have to have such conversations with them. So why don't I practice on SUZI?

"Then let's go to the more down to earth, physical compatibility, this is so to speak the matching of the size of the genitals. As such physical compatibility is also important. The male penis should satisfy the girl in length and thickness, so that during sex her vagina embraced him tightly enough to give pleasure to him and the girl..."

"That's enough!"

SUZI couldn't stand it and hiding her red face in her palms literally shouted the word.

"I got it! Honestly! But what you're saying now is too embarrassing!!!"

I shrugged.

"Well, you yourself wanted to take the topic in that particular direction, so I decided to rehearse on you how I would tell my daughter the difference between boys and girls..."

You!!!

You could hear the rage and embarrassment in SUZI's voice.

"Uh-huh...

I only grinned merrily and nodded at this indignant outcry from the girl.

"...so what exactly do you care about? You don't look at the fact that I'm a jackass...at the very least I'll build to help and I certainly won't be laughed at."

SUZI glared at me for a couple minutes, then shook her head and looked away.

"Well, uh. I'm actually not far from the truth. you see, I've only been in love once in my life and I didn't realize I was no longer an AI, I thought I was doing the logical right thing by supporting Jeff. At the time I thought it was just logical and right?"

She sighed.

"Now... now I realize that my feelings for Geralt are not logical. He's a womanizer, and not like you, he's a womanizer in a bad way. But I'm drawn to him and I just don't know what I'm supposed to do..."

I stared thoughtfully ahead.

"Uh, David?"

"I'm wondering what to tell you..."

SUZI snorted sadly.

"Just forget it, it's all stupid and I'm..."

"And you're a fool..."

I poked the girl lightly in the shoulder with my fist.

"Hey!"

She looked at me indignantly.

"I've just never been in a situation like this before. Honestly the flower garden that has gathered around me, I'm happy about it, but I didn't do it intentionally. It's just the way things are. And our relationship. I can't say I can explain what it was like for the girls. So if you need advice on how to get a man's attention, that's my girls for you... although to be honest."

I scratched the back of my head.

"...I don't recall them doing anything special..."

"That's because you're a retard..."

Panam said it in a very mocking voice, and SUZI and I flinched when we heard it, as we didn't expect anyone to overhear us.

"SUZIE, David can't help you here, he's a retard, a retard that we've decided everything for."

"Hey!"

I looked at Panam indignantly.

"Don't hiccup. You're as retarded as any man who doesn't strive to get into the panties of every girl in his path."

"But Geralt..."

SUZI looked at Panam confusedly.

"Yes, your lover is just getting into the panties of every woman he meets if he can, but he's also a retard. Just a little different."

"AND?"

SUZI looked at Panam with a huge question.

"I think this conversation is not for men's ears..."

I raised my hands in surrender. I stood up and left the room I was in. Instead, I decided to head toward the training room with the coffins...

"David, wait..."

It was at the entrance to the training room that Ciri found me. She looked very excited, a little disheveled.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

She shook her head.

"I was just hoping to shoot a bit of company since I'm too excited."

"Are you nervous about meeting your father?"

"Uh-huh...

She nodded.

"And sol?"

"А..."

Ciri waved her hand frustratedly.

"...he hid himself in the coffin because he's too anxious to meet my father. In short, he escaped from reality."

"I see..."

I shook my head.

"Okay, let's shoot..."

We went to the range together with Ciri and took our weapons and started shooting. We did it in silence, because Ciri didn't need verbal support, she just needed someone to be there for her. Well, I was. After all, what else do you need friends for?