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Naofumi takes a look around after making sure his entire family was transported to L'Arc's world.
Most of his surroundings remind him a lot of what he imagines Japan was like during its late feudal period. Most of the buildings are made of wood, some with paper-like walls and sliding doors, but the castle itself is a combination of stone and wooden construction.
They're in the town square outside the castle and guards and townspeople are already rushing over to greet L'Arc and his companions.
L'Arc throws an arm over Naofumi's shoulders and says, "Welcome to Sikul! I'll have to spread the word about you when we come back out, but for now, let's go get unpacked."
One of the townspeople recognizes the Royal Ring of Sikul on Naofumi's wedding finger and the circlet on his head and says, "Young Master! Have you married??"
"Yes!" L'Arc shouts. "This is my husband and our kids!"
"Slaves!" Fohl says indignantly as he indicates his collar. "Don't diss me by saying you don't own me!"
L'Arc laughs loudly and finally seems to realize what he didn't while checking over his family in a panic. Adam, Naofumi and Fohl are unchanged, but Keel and the wolf twins, Cedar and Sky are back to being preteens, just like Drake.
L'Arc's face drops, and he gives them a pensive frown as he checks their status windows. "Level 1? What the hell?"
People crowding all around them are greeting the kids with head pats and bringing the group flowers and fruits to welcome them to Sikul, but Naofumi can't help but be defensive. Naofumi's stress has been through the roof since before the wedding because of the upcoming wave and then the wave itself. They just got out of battle, and his kids are Level 1 again. They're defenseless! If another stranger tries to touch his boys without permission, he might be in danger of falling prey to the Cardinal Curse of Wrath.
Fohl senses this and immediately wraps an arm around his waist. "They don't mean any harm. We're safe, Master."
Naofumi feels the curse calm, and feeling the texture of Fohl's gloved hand on his waist, suddenly has a realization. Adam once told him that the Seven Star Heroes were meant to keep the Cardinal Heroes in check in case they go rogue or fall prey to their curses. Naofumi had originally thought that meant they were meant to overpower them in combat. Now, he realizes that the only people who've taken him from the grasp of his curse are Adam and Fohl – both of whom were later chosen by a Star Vassal Weapon.
As Naofumi comes back to himself completely, he sees that the citizens – his citizens now that he's King L'Arc's Prince Consort – are giving them more space and opening a path to the castle. Adam is picking up the twins and L'Arc hauls Keel up into his arms while Drake jumps on his back, snuggling cheeks with him from behind.
People are tossing flower petals and cheering for them as they head towards the castle, but apparently something was said while Naofumi was out of it.
"I said we need privacy and not to touch our slaves without permission," L'Arc says as he leads them inside. "I wasn't sure what was wrong, but Adam spotted it right away."
Naofumi nods and says, "Let's just get settled in. After that wave, I need a real nap."
L'Arc stops in the grand entrance hall, pulls Naofumi into his arms and kisses him slowly, deeply and passionately.
"Our honeymoon starts now, Kiddo. Feel free to order people around if you feel like it. You're their prince after all."
"You'll regret telling him that," Adam mutters. Naofumi immediately slaps him upside the head and Adam smirks at him.
"Kiddo's my co-ruler! Of course he can rule! We have talented officials to deal with everything else, so really I'm just an adventurer with a big scythe and a crown."
They make it into L'Arc's room and though it's a big space with a huge hot tub, the bed could fit only four of them at most. "We'll need a couple of extra beds," Naofumi says as he assesses the room.
"I saw a few bedrooms on the way here," Adam says offhandedly.
"We'll just have the beds moved in here," Naofumi decides. "I can't sleep if any of you are in a different room. Adam, let the servants know and help them out with it. Keel, Cedar, Sky and Drake, come cuddle with me."
"Fohl, would you help me and Adam out?" asks L'Arc. "I think Naofumi would rather—"
"—Adam can handle it," Naofumi says quickly. "Fohl stays here. You too, my king. You said our honeymoon starts now. That means putting Adam to work while you stay with me."
"He's getting really protective," Fohl says quietly to L'Arc. "That means he needs this. He's been terrified he'd lose us for days, we just got out of a dangerous battle and we're in a new place where he doesn't feel secure yet."
"Yeah, I gathered," L'Arc says as he looks at the way Naofumi's immediately undressing their sons and himself before piling them on top of him in bed.
"Alright, Adam! You heard him!" L'Arc says with a charming grin. "No rest for the wicked!"
Adam groans emphatically. "Maybe that's why Master never gets any sleep…."
Naofumi smirks at Adam's dramatics. He's known Adam long enough to know when he's playing. In a different situation, Adam would refurnish the entire castle by himself without complaint. He really only complains when he's teasing Naofumi or L'Arc.
"Thanks, Adam!" Naofumi calls out as Adam leaves.
"Do you actually want a nap or do you want to get sucked off?" L'Arc says as he starts unfastening his armor.
Naofumi laughs under his breath and grins.
"The boys will suck me off over and over if we don't stop them. Just don't stop them."
Fohl snorts a laugh as he shucks his pants off. "Dibs."
"Next!" Keel and Cedar shout at the same time.
"Keel, then Cedar and Sky can do it together," says Naofumi. "Fohl can fuck me after L'Arc when I wake up… or maybe at the same time. Adam can go fuck himself. He'll get all the other boys wrapped around his dick while I'm sleeping anyway."
L'Arc smiles and climbs into bed, pulling the twins onto his chest and relaxing. "There's room here," he says to Fohl as he scoots over.
"No thanks," Fohl says as he sits on the foot of the bed. "I'll help Adam when he gets back—"
"Get in bed, slave!" Naofumi commands. "Spoon me, Fohl."
L'Arc laughs quietly as Fohl grins and settles in on Naofumi's far side, dick between his master's asscheeks. Naofumi puffs out a sigh of relief. "Better, Master?" Fohl says as he purrs against Naofumi's shoulder.
"Much better," Naofumi mutters sleepily. "I love every one of you, my boys. Thank you for bringing us home, Love. I love you too."
"Love you, Kiddo," L'Arc says as he kisses Naofumi's face.
Naofumi's already falling asleep, unconsciously aware that Adam's not in the room. He finally relaxes into deep sleep after Adam returns with the servants to arrange the beds. In his sleep, Naofumi tries to keep ahold of all his family, even trying to drag Adam into the overcrowded bed, but he doesn't have enough arms. L'Arc whispers lovingly to him to calm him down.
Everyone's here, love. Just us and our boys. They're right there."
Each of them sounds off with a good night and a 'love you', and then Naofumi rests easy.
After all, they're together and they're home.
The next morning, Naofumi wakes up refreshed. Fohl and Keel are in their own bed next to L'Arc's, and Adam is in his new bed on the other side cuddling Drake to his chest under the sheets.
Naofumi laughs to himself when he hears a keen beneath his body and realizes he's pancaked Cedar in his sleep again. A hand on his back lets him know L'Arc is awake, and Naofumi smiles over at his husband in the morning light. Sky's under the sheets, head over L'Arc's groin as he works his magic.
"Good morning, Love," Naofumi mumbles as he leans over to kiss L'Arc.
Cedar's arms hug him tight and Cedar stuffs his face in Naofumi's armpit and wraps his legs around Naofumi's waist.
Naofumi pulls Cedar's head by his hair, kisses him harshly and says, "Good boy! I love you, but I gotta take a piss. Help Sky out while I'm gone."
Naofumi hears L'Arc moaning loudly behind him as he walks into the bathroom. The first thing he does is wash his face. It's been a long week and he's finally caught up on sleep. Unless there are a different number of hours in the day here, he probably slept about fifteen hours.
He comes out of the bathroom just in time to see L'Arc's erotic groans thunder through the room as their boys finish up with him. When they climb up on L'Arc's chest, they look even more exhausted and satisfied than L'Arc, who is heaving his breaths and pliantly sprawled out on the bed.
"Thanks, boys," Naofumi says with a chuckle as he pats the twins' heads.
"Thas… my… line…" L'Arc mumbles out near-incoherently.
The twins high five with a cheer and turn to drag Naofumi into bed, but Naofumi pulls them out of bed instead. He gives them each a kiss and slow them to get ready for the day.
Adam is watching the whole thing with lazy satisfaction.
"You finally fucking slept. Hopefully, that'll happen again tonight. You think it's because we're home now?"
Naofumi grins as he kisses Drake on the head and kisses Adam on the mouth. "Maybe. I was just exhausted. Coming here is a big relief, that's for sure."
Adam rolls his eyes. "I know that look. Pastries for breakfast, everyone's getting new clothes, armor and weapons and then you're taking the kids monster hunting to level them up."
Naofumi smiles and kisses Adam again. "Exactly."
"I'll have the Calyx activated when we start," L'Arc says as he gets out of bed with a yawn. "One of our islands off the coast will have an experience boost, infinite monster respawn and drops will be three times better. We'll have an official announcement made when we leave to go to the market."
"That's handy!" Adam says happily. "Think we can get everyone above level 50 before it runs out?"
"The Calyx can be activated at will. We typically have a celebration for it every ten years, but it's not a problem to activate it whenever we want. I'd say my marriage to Prince Kiddo and his coronation are plenty of reason to activate it out of season. We normally only leave it active for a week, but doing it up to a month isn't a problem. The island is isolated and the monster lifespans there are affected as well, so they won't overpopulate enough to cause any issues."
"So that's a 'yes'?" Fohl asks sleepily from where he's spooning Keel on the other bed.
"It's a 'they can hit level 48 and stop before they age back up'," Naofumi says drily. "I'm not ready for my boys to grow up so fast again. If I had it my way, you'd be reset to Level 1 too."
L'Arc laughs and says, "Because you want to play with our sons before they grow up or because you want to fuck our slaves before they're as big as you?"
Naofumi shrugs. "Both, I guess. To me, they're just my slaves and treating my slaves right means being a bit paternal, protective and doting. Plus, dicking them down is my right as their master. I'll never take 'no' as an answer from Adam. Honestly, I'm ambivalent about taking whatever I want from the rest of our boys. It's not enjoyable if they don't want it, but as their owner, I feel entitled to fuck them as much as I want."
"And we couldn't be happier about that!!" Keel says in excitement. "You're the best master in the world!"
Naofumi lets a smile slowly light up his face. "Love, I think Keel needs a good dicking."
"I'm spent, Kiddo! Not all of us have superhuman stamina like you do."
Naofumi raises an eyebrow at him. "We can hunt monsters tomorrow, because after Keel, you're next."
L'Arc puffs out an exasperated breath while Adam laughs at him.
"At least he's getting in the spirit of having a real honeymoon," Fohl says as he moves over to give Naofumi his spot on the bed. "By the way, you can reset my level at a dragon hourglass – at least if they work the same here. I don't think it's a good tactical move, but I wouldn't mind being small enough for you to pick me up again."
Naofumi lets Keel climb on top of him and says, "Would you reset Fohl's level, my handsome king? I'm hoping you have one near the palace."
L'Arc laughs. "Yeah, we do," L'Arc says as he grins at his husband. "I'll take him out, after breakfast. Take care of Keel and we'll head out for breakfast. We'll have to translate for the boys since only you, Fohl and Adam have mystical translations going for you."
Naofumi groans in annoyance about having to go out for breakfast, even though that was his original plan.
Then he moans in pleasure as he enters Keel. A few seconds later, Cedar's glued to his side with his face stuffed back into his armpit and Fohl decides to pin Adam down since they have the time. L'Arc just pulls Sky back into his arms and hums happily in his throat as Drake snuggles up against his side.
They never do make it to breakfast, opting instead for a lazy day of basking in each others' love.