Should Have Let Me Die

Chapter 16: Fresh Air

When my eyes adjusted, I had to give them an extra stretch when they fell on The Princess. Glittering orange scale ran along her sides, up Mishka's legs, arms, neck, andbreast?!

'Now you've done it!' -Gripton.

I turned away, but Mishka was already hiding behind Kadence. My four wives glared daggers at me as I turned to look back, and it was deserved. I turned around and stood up, walking out the door and down the stairs. I got out of the house wagon, and it was already getting dark, but I felt like this was an excellent time to take a walk.

'What are you doing?' -Gripton.

'Going for a walk.'

'Right now? In the dark? Alone?' -Gripton.

'I need some air.'

'Fine, be careful.' -Gripton.

No one was around that I could see, so I jogged into the forest. I took both my gloves off as I sped and heard the girls calling, but I started to run.

Since coming here, I feel like I have been making progress trying to help people, but these fucking women. It was like they expected me to be perfect when I never asked for any of this. I could have just died, and that would have been it. Sleep forever, or whatever.

Instead, the women I help latch onto me and all put me into awkward positions to get me to marry them. I don't think they are ugly or that I don't actually like them, but getting hammered from all sides when you create a perfect work of art and get caught looking was a button push. The reason I was out for this run.

Finally, I slowed down and came to a stop, only breathing a little harder than usual. I looked around and noticed I was in a tree grove, and flowers were opening to reveal luminescent pollen. Strange looking bee-like insects moved to harvest the pollen and, in turn, started to glow. The scene became a coordinated dance of insects that for once did not try and bite me.

I moved to the center of the clearing and sat down. It seemed like the spot I sat was utterly devoid of the bugs, almost like they were avoiding this small area I sat in. The ground quivered only slightly, but I did feel it right between my legs.

'Watch out! Below you!' -Gripton.

Too late! The ground between my legs exploded up, and a small Green girl landed in my lap. I threw my left hand up but then grabbed the leave covered girl with my right by accident. Suddenly, with another blinding flash, there was a naked full-grown green-skinned woman in my lap.

Next, I heard voices that I knew, and I was about to groan when the woman in my lap started to kiss me passionately with a tongue like a vine. I got my left glove back on and stood up while still holding her and let her body weigh pull us apart. I was able to break her face suction before my party arrived.

"Why are you holding a naked woman, Hyde?" Harmonie sound more exasperated than upset, like this was something that was going to cause more paperwork.

"The real answer is hard to believe, but she just grew from between my legs while I was sitting here."

"Really? That was a child-like nymph? And why is she putting her head under your shirt?" Trem asked.

Luckily there were only the two of them, but it was true. The woman had her head up my shirt and kissed my chest, running her tongue over my body. She made me hot and my heart pump, but I didn't want to drop her. I turned to the two and just shrugged.

"I'm not sure why. Really I don't have much of a clue right now."

"Why did you run off? Not to come to find this one?" Harmonie asked while coming to help pull the Nymph out of my shirt.

"Married life is starting to get to me. It's just feeling like I'm doing everything wrong with them, maybe, I don't know. I want to help everyone get on equal terms. I just wish the women would cut me some slack. I can't help it if I touch a person and they turn out to be a goddess in hiding."

Trem and Harmonie shared a look and then smiled.

"Well, that's better than you running away," Harmonie said while handing a small pouch over to Trem.

"What's that about?" I ask, pointing to the bag.

"Just a bet we made before coming out. I said it must be something to do with the women, but Harmonie thought you were just going to leave."

As much as I hate it, neither were wrong. I had partially thought of just leaving, but I knew that wasn't an option anymore. The woman that was now pressed into my chest contently was proof of this.

I couldn't just run away from all this now. People and races without voices were getting stomped down and brutalized by oppressing humans. I was the only fucker that could change this shit ball. Back home, I never didn't anything and avoided the hard work I wasn't forced into. Now I had no choice but to keep moving forward. Too many people relied on me now.

"I just needed to clear my head, but now I have found someone else, and I'm sure my wives will have something to say about this. Let's head back now."

"I will talk to them for you," Harmonie offered, and I accepted as we started to make our way back.

When we got back to the house wagon, everyone was there waiting for us. The girls rushed over, but Harmonie stepped In front of me and took them off to the side while Trem went to fetch Nuwari. I could feel the women's eyes on me until I got on the stairs to go up to the wagon's second level.

I unconsciously went to my room, not thinking about what had just happened before. Inside, a startled Mishka looked up from the bed. She must be shocked at seeing the green-skinned woman in my arms. I was about to apologize and find another room, but Mishka stopped me.

"Wait!"

I tried to keep my eyes only on The Princesses face as I looked at her. That pointed face was gone, and now she was the picture of beauty with glittering orange scales just touching her cheeks. Those scales ran from her neck down to her cleavage, but I kept my eyes from wander.

"I'm sorry about before. I didn't intend to offend you. I just had not expected you to be so beautiful or so naked."

Mishka blushed and turned her head away from me at my compliment. She was wearing a sexy orange dress now, but I felt a bit awkward holding onto the Nymph who had yet to say a word. I brought her over to the bed and set her down, where she crawled over to Mishka and started running hands over her body without reservation. This molestation made Mishka squeak and scramble up to the pillows while the Nymph tried to chase her.

I grabbed ahold of the Nymph's waist and brought her back to sit on my lap, facing forward. I wrapped my arms around the soft and warm body that was struggling to turn and molest me until she quieted down. Mishka came over to sit at the end of the bed with us but still keeping her distance.

"The girls told me that you are younger than me."

That didn't even come as a question, just a statement, and she looked forward. I waited, but she made no move to say more, and the Nymph was trying to get loose again since Mishka was so close. I sighed and gave the Nymph a small squeeze on the side the made her giggle, but she seemed to calm down.

"Yeah, I'm only seventeen. I'm also not from this world, if that helps. I was killed in the world that I'm from, and I was sent here."

"So that is why you want to help? Is it different in your world?" But Mishka's question was interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Come in," I called.

Nuwari and for women with lowered gazes entered the room. Jeez, what did Harmonie say to them? Was there a whip involved?

'No, unfortunately.' -Gripton.

'Hey, while your stopping by, what's this creatures deal.'

'That isn't a creature like your Lizard and Goblin-Kin. Nymphs are more like elves.' -Gripton.

'Why has she been all over me? But hasn't said any words?'

'Well, since all Nymph's are linked to a place, and they take care of that place for their entire life because it supplies them with magic and nourishment. Now, you are that place, that supply of magic, and she needs to be in contact with you to receive it. Honestly, unless she dies before you, you won't ever get far from her for the rest of your life.' -Gripton.

'Of course that's what it is!'

'Do we call her number five or six?' -Gripton.

'I don't even know her name.'

Everyone was quiet around me, so I cleared my throat, but Alex cut me off before I could speak.

"We are sorry for putting so much pressure on you about marriage and all these things. I, for one, keep forgetting just how young you are, you are so capable, and you have done so much in such a short time."

"We will try to be a little easier for you! So whose the new green-skinned woman you picked up on your little walk?" Kyra asked, plopping herself down beside me.

"I don't know her name yet, But she appeared from the ground as a small Nymph, but I touched her with my right hand, and well, now she looks like this."

"She is a Nymph?!" My wives all shouted out, making the Nymph turn into me, clutching my shirt, and Mishka comes closer and squeezes my arm. Both were adorable, so I scowled up at the women.

"How can she be away from her place?" Alex asked with a very puzzled look on her face.

"According to Grip, I am that place now."

"Hyde, you know what this means, right?"

'Yeah, it means I'm going to need a notebook to remember all my wives name!'