Before Kal could defend himself the golem spoke up, “No.. healing.. it’s a.. good.. hurt.. he.. offered.” Ikuno nodded in understanding and pushed her ass back to get Kal to continue.
The oni had Kal cum in her mouth, after swallowing some she kissed the golem and transferred the rest to the rock girl, which she seemed to enjoy thoroughly.
Taking a deep breath, she looked at Kal, “That should keep us both thinking straight, now back to your story.”
Kal recounted his entire experience from the time he woke up until Ikuno came bursting through the wall. When he spoke about his hunger the golem girl pointed to where she entered the room the last time, there were some mushrooms, a small bunch of watercress and some white asparagus lying next to where her feet had been. Kal didn’t think it looked very appetizing, especially uncooked, but at least she had been kind enough to bring him some food.
Ikuno was thoughtful as he wound down his tale, “Despite everything, you both may have had a huge stroke of luck.”
“How’s that?” Kal asked.
“For you, you can collect some of her juices and use them to make your earth-based runes stronger…”
“Wait a minute, why does it always seem like I’m having to collect sex fluids from these women?”
“The book says ‘non-waste bodily fluids’ so no urine, snot or saliva, which leaves tears, sex juices or blood,” Ikuno responded in an exasperated tone.
“Sex juices it is then,” he said not wanting to think about someone evil enough to extract someone’s blood for something like his runes, granted Ikuno had blooded him twice but both times were spells for his benefit. “Before we go any further why are you so angry with me?”
Ikuno sighed, “It’s not you, and to be honest it’s a juvenile reason that I should be ashamed of from someone my age. I’m upset that ‘Dell wasn’t your second” She held up a hand, forestalling any comments from Kal, “Yes, I know it’s childish, but I’ve known Aradelle for a long time and I felt that she deserved to be your second instead of… wait a second. What’s your name?” Ikuno asked the golem girl.
She opened her mouth and the sound of grinding rocks came out.
Kal looked at Ikuno, “Did you get that?”
“Nope.”
“Try again, we couldn’t make it out.”
Again, only the sound of grinding rocks came out of the golem’s mouth, they could tell it was identical to the first time but still wasn’t something the spell could manage.
Ikuno and Kal looked at each other again, “Maybe it doesn’t translate?” he asked her.
“That would make sense,” said Ikuno, “We can’t understand your name is there something you would like us to call you?” she asked the golem
“Met small human named Gerda thought it was pretty,” she said in her halting speech pattern
“Would you like us to call you Gerda then?” asked Kal.
“I would like that,” said Gerda, smiling.
Ikuno shook her head, “We keep getting off track, as I was saying earlier she can bolster your earth runes, but you can provide something far more important for her.”
“Let me guess, children?” Kal said dryly.
“That too, but more important is protection.” Kal and Gerda were both listening intently now, “In all my years she is the first golem girl I’ve seen… alive.”
Kal’s eyes widened, “How so?”
“Look at her Kal, what on her do you think people would pay bags and bags of gold for?” Ikuno asked him.
The answer was simple, “Her eye.”
“Exactly, even before I came to my little cave, wizards, geomancers especially, would pay a small fortune to get a golem’s eye. You see, Kal, she can see through stone with that eye, imagine for a moment how valuable that would be. Able to see through city or castle walls during a siege, an assassin could stay safely in another room and watch for their mark. Let’s not forget all the perverts watching men and women strip and get it on”
“Well yeah, I can see why people would want them, but it isn’t worth killing someone over.”
“That’s why you’re a good man Kal. Unfortunately, not all people are as scrupulous as you. Before I came here every golem I had seen was a corpse and all of them had their eye removed.”
Gerda nodded, “Sisters follow smell of man. Go to surface not come back. I was too young, smell didn’t affect me. Went to find them. Sisters all dead, eye gone. Many men around, dangerous. Go deep stay deep. Wait a long time, hear booms. Find Kal, Kal is only one man. I take him for husband. But he is strong, throws me across room. He is smart, make me take him back to surface. Kal has other women who call him a good man. I no longer worry if he will keep word and come back.”
Ikuno peered at her, “You seem to be taking his ‘other women’ in stride.”
“Strong husband takes care of many women. You needed him earlier and he took care of you. He’s a good man like you say.”
Ikuno smiled, “Fair enough, sounds like something I would say to be honest.” She turned back to Kal, “As you can see she’s in danger of being hunted, judging by what we just heard, hunters used a trick kind of like what you did in here to lure them out, with her bonded to you she will have no problems resisting another man’s scent.” Ikuno heaved a great sigh, “then there’s the other thing.”
“Now we talk about the children I presume?”
“Yep.”
Kal groaned, “Okay let’s hear it.”
“Golems don’t reproduce very quickly, from my studies they become fertile again two years after having a child and pregnancy lasts two years by itself, that means a new child at earliest every four years and their numbers were dwindling before I came to this area. Gerda do you know of any other golems in the area and are any of them looking for men?”
“Three, all want a man. They stay deep, afraid of hunters.”
“See if you can find them and if you can convince them to make a date with our stud here,” she said grinning at Kal, “just make sure they know he will not be their husband.” Gerda nodded in understanding.
“So not just helping out horny monster girls desperate to have kids but now you are asking me to help repopulate a species. Hey! No pressure or anything.”
Ikuno’s face and voice were deadpan, “I love how you act like you aren’t going to enjoy every second of it.”
“Not saying I won’t but you know how I feel about the kid thing.”
“Grow the fuck up, Kal,” Ikuno said crossing her arms.
“What?!” Kal stared at her, shocked.
“Every time this comes up, I have to listen to you whine about it. I get that you want to be a good father and all, but the path you are on just won’t allow it. Worse yet is the fact that you consistently fail to understand that monster girls don’t need a father for their children the way humans do. What you did for Aradelle is a luxury for them. Greatly appreciated but totally unnecessary. Hell, some monster girls get knocked up then eat the father! Are you going to be some type of doting father to an Arachne or Wasp as it hatches inside of your body and slowly eats you from the inside out?
“It’s time to figure things out Kal. It’s been months since we had that talk on my bed. Either you are going to become a runesmith and accept the sacrifices that come with it or you are going to release both of us and go back home, marry Perra in a couple of months and forget that me, ‘Dell, and Gerda ever existed.”