My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

Marina's interruption had broken up the flow of our conversation, causing a few moments of silence. I cleared my throat.

"Is that a problem?"

Marina immediately shook her head. "N-not at all. I've just never seen one fr… ahem, is she a Fairy Queen?"

"For a little while." Celeste puffed up proudly. "Although, I'm half-human… my human half died. Then I evolved… and evolved again… what am I now Master?"

"You still don't even remember what you are?" I sighed, then remembered I forgot the name after her last evolution too and did a quick God and Devil Eye. "An Aeolus?"

"An Aeolus! Isn't that a wind deity?" Marina cried out.

"I don't know." Celeste shrugged. "Anyway, I don't know what the big deal of eating is. Terra doesn't change size when she eats."

"I can't even eat in this form!" Terra complained.

"Yeah, but Terra's figure isn't that enviable either." Shao sniffed.

"Geh!" If Terra could show an expression on her golem face, it would surely have been wounded.

"I think Terra is beautiful just the way she is!" Lydia cut in, shooting Shao a look.

Shao shrugged, while Terra gave Lydia a thankful look. Terra had been suffering since she lost her body. I had mostly taken it for granted, but Terra was a human soul. Even though she had lived years in a golem body, it at least had been a body designed off of her original. It was extremely advanced and allowed her to act like a normal human. She had all of the functional parts of a human, and could even be considered quite cute. Yet, she had been little more than a monolithic monster for nearly a month. She had sacrificed her body to help us escape, and her soul had barely made it out of there.

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I also struggled to show her affection. I did love her, but there was only so much affection I could show a giant rock. Even on her side, the feedback didn't allow her to feel my touch like she should. She could feel the pressure, but it didn't translate to anything more than that. A golem didn't typically need to feel arousal or sexual excitement. I had once connected the sensations between my girls, allowing one girl to feel what another girl felt. We had tried that once, but without even a sexual organ to react to said arousal, she said it felt more like a tease. Rather than satisfy Terra, it had only made her further depressed at what she had lost. She didn't want a proxy to feel for her.

"We did have a major reason to want to come to Jespain, other than opening trade routes," I spoke up, causing Marina to jump.

She had been staring at Celeste, her mouth slightly ajar. She must have been taking Celeste's identity a bit seriously. I didn't worry much about the lore of species names, as they rarely matched this world perfectly.

"Wh- yes?" She finally looked at me, regaining her composure.

"I'm looking to speak to whomever your golem experts are. I know you have workshops, but we can call this a personal request. I'd like to collaborate on the creation of something. We have many rare metals which I'm sure they would be interested in."

My words had gotten to the chatting girls, and Terra looked at me with expectation and hope. Marina's eyes flickered to Celeste one last time, but then she nodded.

"Of course, I'll pass on a message for you."