44 Chapter 44: A Matter Of Faith

Lira dug he nails into Lotus's back as she felt her fingers reaching deep inside of her. "Lotus…" She whimpered.

"I know you can do better than that." Replied Lotus as she reached deeper inside her.

Lira tightened her embrace as she could feel herself getting closer to her climax. "Lotus… I'm close."

Lotus pulled out her fingers and brought them up for Lira to see. "Damn that's quite a lot." She then licked her fingers clean of Lira's wet sex.

Lira grinned at her then immediately pinned Lotus. Lotus returned her grin as Lira planted kisses on her chest, stomach, navel, and eventually made her way down to her wet core. Lotus lost her swagger as Lira's tongue made contact with her clit. Lira continued teasing Lotus as she saw her demeanor change.

"Damn Lira I… Fuck that feels good." Lotus struggled as she gripped the sheets.

Lira resumed her ministrations as she pushed her tongue deeper inside of Lotus. Lira then pushed two fingers inside of her.

"Shit that's… Agh!" Lotus pulled herself away immediately as she did not want it to end there.

"Short fuse eh!" Retorted Lira.

"Shut up and come here." Panted Lotus as both girls positioned themselves so that they could both rub their hot and wet cores together.

Lotus and Lira kissed passionately as they continued to grind against each other.

"Let's cum together yeah?" Said Lira as she maintained her pace with Lotus.

Lotus resumed her kisses as she squeezed Lira's breasts. After a few moments both girls finally reached their climax. Both of them were panting as they came down from their respective highs. Lotus and Lira pressed their foreheads against each other as they looked into each other's eyes.

"I'm gonna miss looking at them." Said Lotus.

"My tits?" Replied Lira with a smile on her face.

"Smartass." Lotus's demeanor changed. "It's a shame really."

"Yeah… But we both knew that it would happen eventually."

"Doesn't mean that I still have to like it."

"I know." Lira then pecked Lotus's lips. "Now c'mon we have to go now."

"Yeah…"

Both girls changed and made their way down the stairs to the basement where the royal artifacts were located. More young girls were gathered in ranks as Deacon Lambert stood before them along with four other Gaericists.

"Today you girls will decide what you want to be. These four behind me represent the four pillars that have ensured our dominion through the ages. The Silent Sisters, the Blind Sisters, the Doran Sisters, and finally the Asra Sisters. The Silent Sisters are the sword of our congregation through them we exterminate our foes wherever they may be. They also protect the Voldrung Codex. Their tongues are cut so they may never speak it's language to the undeserving. The Blind Sisters are the keepers of the Voldrung Codex. They memorize the language of the codex so that it's stories may survive the test of time. Their eyes are gouged out so that their faith can guide them when understanding the words in the codex. The Doran Sisters that travel wherever there may be a battle so that the other nations may never forget our might. And finally… What I'm about to say may never leave this room. If any of you whisper of this to anyone you will be executed along with the heretics. The Asra Sisters are tasked with the job of restoring the Gaeric Dynasty. More specifically the search for the fabled Seventh Sovereign."

Lotus raised her hand.

"Yes darling?"

"I thought Corrax had six kids not seven."

"You are correct. We call it the Seventh Sovereign as they are the only Sovereign that survived the Sovereign Rebellions. The Seventh Sovereign is possibly the surviving child of two Sovereigns. Either Samael or Hekate of that we are not certain. The job of the Asra Sisters is to locate the Seventh Sovereign, and restore Gaeric's Dynasty."

The Asra Sister stepped forwards. "In short we are trying to return to the way things should be. We should be ruled by the descendant our true kings, and not these false kings or nations. Our objective is to locate the Seventh Sovereign, and abolish the nations that exist today."

"Thank you sister." Deacon Lambert continued. "Make your choice. You have until the end of the day. You may approach them with any questions that you may have. If nothing else then enjoy the rest of your day."

Deacon Lambert left as several girls approached the sisters with questions. Lotus never knew what she wanted to pick. At first she thought she should pick Blind Sisters so that she could be with Lira.

"So have you decided yet?" Asked Lira as she leaned on her.

"Blind Sisters obviously."

"No… You won't."

"What!? Why!?" Asked Lotus confused.

"Because you would hate that job. Besides at least one of us has to keep their eyes. Why not Doran? Or the Asra are good too don't you think?"

"Why not Silent Sister?" Asked Lotus with a grin.

"Because then sex would be boring. It's why I'm not joining."

"Yeah you do like to eat pussy a lot." Lira then poked Lotus's ribs. "Ow hey!"

"So do you."

"Yeah. Why don't you go ahead and I'll… I'll think about it some more."

"Okay."

Lotus watched as Lira joined the small crowd surrounding the Blind Sister. Silent and Blind Sisters were obviously out of the question which only left Doran or Asra. Doran sounded like an easy decision. Given how the war with Dol-Sur and Karash was going she would be fighting on both sides. Although the quest for Gaeric's descendant was also good too. However, what she really wanted was to become a Master of Arms. Sisters that had earned themselves a good reputation, and got to change their name to have the letter 'G' in front just like Gaeric. The current Master of Arms, Gloria, was once called Tuan before she was renamed. Out of the four branches most of the Master of Arms had come from the Doran branch.

Of course there was also another problem with the Doran branch. Sisters from the Doran branch often mated whilst on their travels. If they had girls they would leave them for the church to raise. If they had boys they would more often than not give them to Karash. The thought of a mating with a man abhorred Lotus.

"I guess that narrows it down then."

Lotus then approached the Asra Sister.

"Do you wish to join the Asra Sisters young one?" She asked.

"Yeah."

"Very well then. Those of you that are still undecided still have until the end of the day. Tomorrow morning at the latest. We know that it's not an easy decision to make. As for those of you that have already decided… You may return to your dorms. Sign your names on the paper that we are passing out to confirm your decision."

Lotus grabbed the paper and signed her name.

"You may return to your dorm now little one."

"Yeah." Said Lotus as she joined Lira.

"Asra huh?"

"Well… It is what it is."

"Guess so. C'mon let's continue our little session from before."

Lotus grabbed her hand and led the her back to their dorm.

Deacon Lambert looked at the list of names as she assigned the new rosters. There was a sudden knock at the door.

"Come in." She said as she read the names.

"Deacon Lambert."

"Gloria! Any news?"

Gloria grabbed a seat as she handed Deacon Lambert several documents.

"None yet. The expedition we sent out into Rhu' Wani hasn't yielded any results. I don't think we'll find any clues as to where the city of Ephyra is located."

"We must find that city. That is where the crown is located. Without the crown we may never know who… Let alone where the Seventh Sovereign is."

"Yeah. Don't suppose the Voldrung Codex can be anymore accurate? What about our scholars in Galicia? Did they turn anything up?"

"Afraid not." Deacon Lambert sighed. "The Blind Sisters have been unable to decipher anything. Even the sections of the codex that aren't considered canon have yielded no results."

Gloria grabbed the list of the names that Deacon Lambert was reading. Until she came up to one particular name. She smiled to herself. "Way to go kiddo."

"Gloria…"

"Sorry I was just… Yeah I'll be in the city for a few days. Maybe something will come up. In any case do the other kingdoms suspect a thing?"

"Not for the moment. But that time may soon pass. Above all find the city, locate the crown, and finally…"

"Right."

"If one of the kingdoms were to acquire the Seventh Sovereign before us… It would be the end of our reign. The Lavender Rebellions left us severely weakened. The fall of Spyre's Empire also dealt a serious blow. It is only a matter of time."