<~> Chapter 108"Hey! Get the hell off me you creep!" What followed was a sharp scream. Before I even realized it, I was headed in that dire. In an alley, not even two blocks away from the ruined adventurer's guild, a tall human man was holding a beastfolk woman with bright red hair against the wall with one hand while his other was holding a kabbed in the woman's gut.

  The man turned when he heard me ing and his eyes went wide when he saw the four people behind me. He pulled the knife and dropped the woman on the ground before starting to take off. Before he could get far Silva tackled him to the ground while Bel and I rushed to the woman's side.

  She looked like she was in her mid-twenties. Now that I got a closer look at her, she was a demi-beastfolk with fox ears, a long fox tail, and rge paw-like hands that didn't look particurly articute. Her clothes were a little skimpy and thin, givihe impression that she may be a prostitute. She was unscious. Her neck was covered in the beginnings of fresh bruises and the stab wound in her gut looked serious. I quickly id her ft on the ground and began to put pressure on the bloody wound.

  "Good, hold her like that while I start healing her." Bel id her right hand on the woman's chest while she tightened her grip on the scepter in her left hand. Small motes of green light lit up the scepter and the base of Bel's hand as she eled her magito the wound. "The wound is deep, it will take a little bit of time to heal. Keep putting pressure on it."

  I nodded and maintaihe pressure. In the er of my eye I saw Silva beating the shit out of the guy but I didn't really have ahy for him at the moment. Instead I stayed focused on the woman. After a bit of time the wound was pletely healed but the woman hadn't regained sciousness.

  "Bel, I think she may have hit her head when he dropped her. you heal any damage to her head?"

  She nodded. "I try." Bel moved her hand up to the woman's forehead before closing her eyes and eling her healing magic again. After a moment she stopped. "I felt some drain on my mana, I'm not sure what it was but I healed something."

  "Probably a cussion. What about the bruises on her neck?" I asked.

  "Sure give me a moment." Bel's hand slipped down the ned the bruises visibly went through the process of healing as if it was fast f before my eyes. It retty iing to watch. The fox woman's eyes began to flutter open but sharply tracted when she jerked away from the two of us.

  "Who are you!? What are you doing!?"

  Bel raised her hands pgly. "It's alright, we just healed you after that mahere stabbed you."

  She looked over at the man unscious on the ground. His looks like it had taken quite the beating, rge purple bruises covered his swollen face.

  "Is he still alive?" I asked turning to Silva.

  She scowled at the man. "For now."

  I turned back to the fox woman. "Are you okay? Are you still in pain anywhere?"

  Like my words woke her from a stupor she suddenly pulled her shirt up and looked at where her wound had been. Not even a scar remained on her clear pale skin, she traced a finger over where it had been before looking up in fusion.

  "I thought he stabbed me," she said.

  Bel smiled softly at her. "He did, I healed it up right away. If I get to the wound fast enough I heal any scarring before it happens."

  She ran her fingers over her neck. "No, I think I'm fi doesn't hurt anywhere." Her eyes looked back up and she had a guilty expression on her face. "I- I 't afford to pay you..."

  Bel stood up and brushed the dirt off her pink skirt. "No need. You were hurt so we stepped in on our own."

  Man walked over from where she had been keeping watch. "What should we do with him?"

  I scratched the base of my horn. "I suppose we should give him to the guards? He did try to murder this woman."

  The fox woman shook her head. "They won't do anything. Most of the town is pletely wless right now and the city guard won't just believe a whore's accusation without any proof."

  "Let's kill him then." Silva's eyes looked down at the man coldly.

  "...Silva." She looked up at me only to flinch when she saw my expression.

  "Fine fihis then." She flipped his body onto his bad pulled down his britches.

  "What are yo-?" I didn't eveo finish my question before a quid sharp knife removed his balls from his crot an instant.

  She quickly pulled his sack away before pointing the tip of her k him. "Now heal him without it."

  Bel turo me, jaw sck with a look of mild horror on her face.

  I faltered, pletely caught off guard by the situation. "Uhh, it's up to you Bel. Heal him with or without them, your call."

  Bel put a shaky hand on his bare leg and the wound slowly sealed itself up, leaving only the thi white scar. At the same time, Silva threw the sack, testicles and all into a very disgusting waste bin against what could only have once been a restaurant, based on the meat scraps and animal bones.

  I felt a bit of a phantom paiween my legs and I suspected Bel may have felt simirly. Especially based on the slightly sick look on her face. The foxy dy instead reacted by spitting on the unsan's face. "Serves him right, fucker."

  I pulled my eyes away from the man's crotch. "Uh, let's get out of here. I would really not like to be here when this guy wakes up."

  "Do the five of you know where yoing? There's not much out here right now. This area got hit pretty hard with the demon attacks." the fox demi asked.

  I scratched the base of my hain. "Not really, we were looking for a bar that wouldn't have issues with sves when we heard you yell."

  Her eyes lit up. "Wait! e with me then! I know a safe pce all of you hang out. It's the least I do for you guys after you saved me."

  Torien's face hardened. "If you have a safe pce to hide out, what are you doing out here?"

  The demi-fox's ears went bad she looked pretty guilty. "I uh, khere were some restaurants arouhat might still have some food so I wao see if I could find some and bring it back. I know it's dangerous around here but I figured I could just flirt my way out of it. This guy gh when... I refused to fuck him for free." She gnced away.

  I sighed. "Alright, I believe you. What's your name?" I asked the woman.

  "Me? I'm Raya! o meet you!" She looked up at the sky, it was a bit into the te afternoon. "We should probably get going soon, it's dangerous enough during the day, we do not want to be out here when the sun goes down."

  Man raised an eyebrow. "Are there still demons running around town?"

  She shook her head. "There are rumors but that's not what I'm worried about. The guards have been proteg even less of the city at night so different gangs have been running around town instead. They rob a in the open and call it prote and women are pushed into sleeping with them or 'something bad might happen' they say. Normally the guards wouldn't let something like that happen but the city's a shitshht now and all of you are much too pretty to be running around in all of that."

  I looked at Torien, she often has the best sense about these kinds of things. She met my gaze and nodded. "It sounds like our best bet. We'll be cautious but I would hope someone whose life we just saved wouldn't turn around aray us."

  Raya's expression suddenly looked offended. "I would never! She saved my life, even the lowest of the low wouldn't screw someone over after that. Besides, it sounds like you were going to go to the kind of pce I work at anyway, better to go to a reputable one."

  "We're going to a bar?" Bel asked.

  She turo Bel fused. "A bar? No a... oh. Errrr." She turo me, looking for help.

  I cleared my throat. "I think she means a Brothel Bel."

  Bel's ears went pink in a fsh, I'm frankly a bit surprised she didn't pick up on the woman being a prostitute. She even referred to herself as a whore a couple times. Maybe it just went over her head.

  The fox-demi looked sheepish, "Look, if you don't want to go, maybe I could..."

  "N-no! It's okay! I, I think we should go." Bel was still embarrassed. Perhaps she was a bit excited too? I couldn't help but grin.

  I sidled up to her and slid my arm around her waist. I couldn't give up this opportunity to tease her. "How about it Bel? We could go in, maybe see if a few girls would be ied in joining us in bed for the night?"

  The fox girl's eyes had gone wide but she had a big grin on her face. "Oh! I hadn't thought you were the type! This is perfect then! Let's go! The girls will love you!"

  I looked over at my other party members. "What do you three think? Aer ideas?"

  Silva's eyebrows furrowed but she remained quiet. Torien sighed. "I suppose we could use the help. A local could show us the pces we go to avoid getting stabbed in our sleep." She looked at Raya's stomabsp;"Probably anyway."

  "Hey!" The fox girl put her hands on her hips which just made Silva and Torien start ughing.

  I turan. "How about you?"

  Man blushed and looked away. "As long as I share your bed tonight too."

  "Dang girl, how many girlfriends do you have? I'm impressed." Raya looked me up and down.

  "Three," I said with a grin causio look at the rest of my party members in i, oblivious that the third was hanging around my neck.

  "Anyway," I looked at Silva. "You good with this idea too?"

  "Do I actually have any input here?" she asked.

  I looked her in the eye. "Of course. We're a party first. Everyone has input. If you feel like one of us is going to get stabbed I'd rather have a warning than a brown-noser."

  "Brown-noser?"

  "Butt kisser?" I asked.

  This caused Silva to ugh. "Ah, I see. I haven't heard that one before. No, I don't have any pints." She looked at Raya. "They have alcohht?"

  "Pfff, obviously. Er, food's a bit tight right now though."

  I nodded. "I'm sure we figure something out. Lead the way Raya."

  "Awesome! Let's go!" The enthusiastic fox girl with a shogly good ass led us down the alley away from the castrated man lying on the ground. It looks like we're about to secure our shelter for the night. Maybe not where I would have expected but I 't say I'm not a little excited. e to think of it though... wouldn't a brothel be the perfect pce to uh, grind up some levels of [Sexual Appetite]? I haven't let my hunger build for too much before but having a rger pool would give me a lot of wiggle room. Especially if I don't have as much other food to tide me over.

  It was still iernoon when we finally approached the brothel. It retty noticeable from the outside. It stood out being one of the only buildings I had seen iy built primarily out of wood, giving it a unique look. There weren't windows with girls dang like you see in movies but there were quite a few... suggestive murals to say the least.

  "Girls, Wele to the Ruby Vixen!" Raya held out her paw-like hands toward the building and made the same pose as the girl on the sign.

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