Chapter 36 Sleeping Alongside 4 Beauties
Along the trade route, some carriages journeyed with the care of 25 people. The carriages were not many and there were only 4 carriages, to begin with.
Out of those 4 carriages, only 3 of them carried goods while one had people resting within it.
After some traveling, the carriages and guards stopped at a clearing near the trade route. The clearing was also not far away from the forest that was beside the trade route. However, it was a relatively safe place to stay.
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The 25 or so guards started taking out camping equipment from the back of carriages and started setting a camp at the clearing.
Inside one of the carriages,
"Your highness, the tents are being set. We will shortly escort you to your tent", the manager said while bowing down to a teenage girl who looked to be around 16 or 17 years of age.
The girl only nodded and did not say a word. Seeing the girl nod, the manager did not over welcome his stay and tacitly left the carriage.
A few hours later, the camps were set and the manager led the princess and her entourage to their tent.
The guards had set up a total of 6 tents. 5 for the guards to sleep and one for the princess and her entourage. Along with the princess, there were four more people. Similarly, they were all females and were her caretakers. They complied with the wishes the princess had.
Meanwhile,
Ray had just set in his tent when more people arrived. Every tent had 5 guards staying in them. The tents for the guards were dull and nothing fancy. Although they had enough places for 7 people to stay, only 5 did so for privacy reasons.
The people who had just walked in were females. Seeing them, Ray stumped and hurriedly apologized,
"Sorry seniors, I think I ventured into the wrong tent".
As Ray said those words, he quickly started to pack his things so as not to gain a bad reputation amongst the guards. After all, no one wanted to be called a pervert for mistakenly entering the women\'s tent.
While the ladies that entered only giggled upon seeing Ray\'s reaction upon entrance,
"Keke!, Don\'t worry, it\'s not the wrong tent",
The girl in the middle said she was wearing normal leather amour while her hair was tied in a bun. His skin was tanned due to her job being a hunter.
She was quite tall by women\'s standards at a height of 5ft 11inches, while her body was lean and muscular which added charm to her along with her height while her plump bosom and curvaceous figure made her an eye candy.
Whereas, when Ray heard the girls say that it was not the wrong tent, he gulped. After all, he understood that he most possibly had to spend the night with these women.
Therefore he asked to clear any misunderstandings,
"Umm.. mam, I feel that there should be some misunderstanding".
To this, the women in the center said,
"Ohhh, don\'t worry we won\'t eat you, and no... it\'s not a misunderstanding. As you know, there are 9 women here and a tent only has a place for 5. So we had to find a tent, whereas, none of us would even think of sleeping with any of those brutes outside. So you are the next best choice as space is limited".
Hearing the women speak, Ray did not know whether he should laugh or cry. After all, he would be sleeping with 4 different types of beauties in one tent.
However, he could only laugh wryly and watch the women settle down their possessions in the tent. After they settled down their possessions, everyone walked out of the tent.
As Ray walked out of the tent, he could not help but shudder as he sensed many prickling gazes on him. Furthermore, he also picked up many gossips gown about him, leaving him somewhat curious.
Therefore, he used his enhanced senses and perception to listen to what everyone was saying,
However, what he heard left him speechless,
"That young bastard, who does he think he is to sleep in the same tent as those four beauties".
"That rascal, he must have done some good karma in his past lives to be able to sleep in the same tent as those women".
"Nah, he must be a virgin in his past life".
Another one said,
"Why don\'t we make him work all the chores in the camp".
Another simultaneously agreed,
"Yeah let\'s do that, it should teach some sense in that punk".
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Ray\'s back was drenched after listening to the conversations amongst the males within the camp. He now wished that he had not peeked into their conversations.
"At least I would have been ignorant of it", he sighed.
After all, as the saying went, ignorance is bliss. He would have not thought much of it. But now, as he looked at these men, he understood that there was not even a bit of kindness in their smiles, they were hyenas who would do anything to satisfy their pitiful ego.
Ray tried not to focus on what they said and did his chores as well as the chores of other men. He seemed less like a guard and more like a working boy doing work for all of these men.
Little did they know that with Ray\'s strength, he could easily match their strength and even take them down in battle as he was now as powerful as a fully-fledged intermediate-tier beast in the middle stages of evolution.
After all, his act of condensing a mana core not only improved the quality and strength of his spells but the consumption of mana and time taken to cast spells also went down by a lot.
However, Ray was not some petty egoist fool who would waste his strength on such measly matters. He would better do his chores and go into the forest to hunt down some basic tier beasts to vent out his frustration.
Just like that, a whole day went down and night reigned supreme in the skies as the sun left its throne and returned to illuminate the stars that shined throughout the night.
Ray had also retreated into his tent albeit early and sat down in a meditating pose. His goal this time as always was to feel the flow of mana from his mana core to his whole body.
Moreover, he realized that his mana core had made a strange channel within his whole body through which there were different types of energies such as mana, soul energy, and some other energies were channeling alongside his bloodstream but he could not distinguish any of these energies apart from mana and soul energy.
Moreover, he could also vaguely sense the channel in which mana was flowing in. However, he could only vaguely sense it and not make out the full appearance of the channel.
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Ray did not know how much time had passed while he was meditating but he was awoken from his meditative state by one of the four women in the group. It looked like they had all settled down to sleep and were just checking on him to tell him something.
"Do you need anything, I\'m busy",
Ray asked the girl who looked to be around 21 years old, she had black hair, an average stature, and a normal-looking face. However, her long legs would tantalize anyone who would peek at them. Yet, Ray kept his gaze in his control.
To Ray\'s question, the girl smiled and said,
"Uhh, nothing. We were discussing who would keep the night watch and came up with an idea to alternate between the might watch, So I just wanted to tell you that your number is at the last".
"Ohh, ok. I will keep that in mind",
Ray replied to the girl nonchalantly and started meditating again. Meanwhile, the girl only gritted her teeth as she walked back to where the other ladies were sitting.
She walked over to them and said frustratingly,
"I don\'t think he is interested in women",
To this another seductive woman said,
"Oh, don\'t worry about that, he is straight but keeps himself in check. Albeit a hard nut to crack but don\'t worry, he will be down this night for some fun".
She then giggled and with her, the other ladies also started giggling as they thought of having some special fun with the cute-looking guy who emitted a masculine aura that had charmed them.
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Little did Ray know that his good looks would cause him to have a nose bleed in the middle of the night. After all, he was always oblivious to the good looks that he took for granted ever since he was a child.
And lately, with his system, his looks, physique, and all aspects of himself had improved by leaps and bounds, charming these women unknowingly.
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