Knowing Fate

My name is Silva Branwen, and after settling all the newly summoned Servants into the dormitories at the underground complex, I decided to call it a day. I went to my room and took out my futon, and while I set up everything for bed, I got a visitor. Skadi came to my room in her silky light purple bathrobe, and I asked.

" What's up, Skadi?"

" Can't I visit my lord husband?"

" Always, but you usually like to do your own thing since we mostly have different interests."

My wife came and sat next to me on my futon. As she leaned against me, I thought about how we winded up like this as a married couple. Skadi was essentially alone in a Lostbelt with nothing but snow and ice to keep her company, and after spending more and more time together, we got close. I told her about my life, both lives, excluding my knowledge of worlds through media, after I felt like I could trust her. To say she was surprised is an understatement, but she accepted it, and she became my rock to withstand the gnawing dread that haunts my dreams about whether or not the system user lived through my backup plans after sending me away.

Ultimately, I proposed after living together for two years, and we married in a private ceremony between just the two of us. After that, she ceased to be my Servant after entering a modified familiar contract that made us equal rather than being above or below one another. Skadi knows about my lovers and romantic interests back at Remnant. While a bit miffed at promiscuous habits, she tolerates it so long as I don't go adding more at random without her giving her approval of any new women in my life.

I wrapped my arm around her waist and asked as she was being unusually clingy.

" Skadi, what's the matter?"

" Six new women you will be interacting with on a regular basis..."

" How do you think I feel? I am the only guy in the house, and not even facing Iskandar's army makes me feel as outnumbered as I do in my own home."

I said, feeling bittersweet with a dry chuckle. My wife gently elbowed me while looking up at me with an accusing expression and said.

" You enjoy being surrounded by beautiful flowers, and you know it."

" What straight guy doesn't? But it is still a bit overwhelming, all things considered."

I pulled my wife in closer and asked as I set her in my lap in a husky voice.

" Are you in the mood?"

" I can be persuaded..."

She replied with a blush; even after a marriage of eight years, she still gets so embarrassed. Skadi can be such a cutie. I bent down and started to kiss her neck and then switched to giving her a hickey. My wife hummed with pleasure; I removed my Mystic Codes that disguised my arms as ordinary human arms, and Skadi started to stroke my fur. She loves how plush my fur and its coloring as a snow leopard, and as I held her with one arm, I used my free paw to rub her inner thighs.

I then kissed her deeply, and Skadi placed her hand over my paw, holding her in place. I then moved my paw from her inner thigh to her vagina and found she was not wearing any panties. I separated from the kiss to comment with a grin.

" My naughty queen."

" Your queen needs more attention."

" As you wish."

I replied to her demand and started to paw her entrance, then used my other paw to grab her breast, hidden by her silk robe. We went back to kissing as I teased her vagina and breast at the same time as she ran her fingers through my fur. My wife rubbed her perfect sexy butt against my shaft as I continued to stimulate her, and after a bit more foreplay, I pinned her down. As she wrapped her arms around my neck, she said with lust adorning her face.

" Come, my lord husband."

I did not need to be told twice, as I used Magic to pull down my shorts and underwear and then pierced her insides with my rod. Her fleshy walls were an addicting mix of warm and cool that tightly clenched around me. I started to gently serenade her secret garden with a controlled pace as she adores being loved gently and sweetly. As I stirred her insides, I invaded her mouth with my tongue, and before long, we both climaxed and spent the night together.

***

I woke up to an empty futon with only me in it, which does not surprise me as I run hot while sleeping, and Skadi prefers to sleep in the cool and cold of her enchanted bed; otherwise, she would not get her beauty sleep. I checked the time. It was around the crack of dawn, so I pulled myself out of my futon to make some breakfast, and I found Gray polishing the war scythe she made during her apprenticeship with me as I also unlocked her Aura along with Sakura and Illyasviel. Her main weapon is Add, the smart-mouthed Mystic Code that preserves the mystery of Rhongomyniad. Still, it is honestly overkill in most combat situations after I trained the saber-face girl.

Gray inherited Artoria's combat talent along with her appearance. Still, she did not want to be associated with the King of Knights, so she would instead use weapons that Artoria would not consider using. So her choice was a pair of war scythes that were geared toward necromancy and Earth element Magecraft. I greeted her.

" Morning, Gray."

" Oh, good morning Sir."

She returned my greeting with a smile, and I asked her with concern.

" Are you going to be alright with Artoria around?"

" I'll... Manage..."

" If you need some space, just say so."

The grave keeper girl gave me a slight nod, and I heard a familiar and annoying voice.

" Oi! You big oaf, I heard you summoned dear old Artoria. Is that true?"

" Morning, Subtract."

" It's Add! But seriously, did you summon that big idiot?"

I ignored the talking Mystic Code as I had nothing nice to say to it, and it was Gray's dear friend despite its personality, so I refrained for her sake. The grave keeper girl giggled as Add continued to try and get attention. I ignored him, and I asked her.

" Is there anything you in the mood for, Gray?"

" She is always in the mood for you, especially if you wear a naked apron!"

Gray shakes the birdcage furiously for Add's jab while blushing, and I chuckle. Then she answered.

" Waffles, please, Sir."

" Double chocolate chip?"

The grave keeper girl nodded in reply, and I started cooking before the chaos began this morning. The other person to show up first was Tamamo.

" Good morning, Master! Wait, your arm!?"

" I was born like this, in case you are curious, and as for why that can wait till after breakfast."

She looked at my fur-covered arms with curiosity, then touched her fox ears and then asked.

" Shall I help with in the kitchen, Master?"

" Sure, we got over a dozen people joining in on the chaos, so help would be appreciated, Caster. Do you know how to make waffles?"

" Of course, what kind of wife would I be if I did not know how to cook various things, but wouldn't a traditional breakfast be better?"

" House rules first up gets to decide breakfast, but not multiple times in a row."

Caster put on an apron and started to help me out with breakfast. I gave her a warning as I knew her tendency to fall for her Master if they were male and nice.

" If you refer to yourself as a wife, I hope you are not referring to me as your husband, as I am already married."

" Eh?!"

She looked at me with a stunned expression then her ears and tails dropped as she said despondently.

" I see... You're already taken..."

" If you are interested, my wife has already accepted my promiscuous habits. You just need her approval first."

" Really?! Wait, promiscuous habits?!"

I shrugged off her questions and then pointed at Skadi as she came to the dining room.

" And that would be my icy queen right now."

Sakura soon joined in on kitchen duty along with Sella and Filia. After making a few tons of waffles, I went to my home office and saw some printouts on my fax machine. I looked at them and saw it was my contacts in the Mage Association informing me about the Masters of Red. Some were expected, but others were not so much, especially Lorelei Barthomeloi—three from the Aristocratic Faction and three from the Democratic Faction with a Sealing Designation Enforcer.

I grabbed the papers and went back to the dining room to inform everyone who our enemies were and what we needed to do. I presented the most troublesome one first.

" Lorelei Barthomeloi, the Queen of the Clock Tower, the de facto leader of the Masters of Red and head of the Aristocratic Faction."

Sakura frowned as she said with annoyance.

" Of course, she won't leave Otou-sama alone."

" That's on me, Sakura."

I told my daughter, and the first to ask the elephant in the room was Tamamo.

" What is wrong with this woman?"

I sighed as I explained.

" After we met and fought, Lorelei decided to make me the bridegroom of the Barthomeloi Family because I met enough of her criteria to be considered. Her goal is to produce the next Head of Barthomeloi that would surpass her, but my stalker aside, we have to go over the other Masters of Red."

I then introduced the other Masters of Red one by one.

" Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri, former fiance of the dead Master of Lancer from the previous Holy Grail War. Reines El-Melloi Archisorte, niece of the same dead Master of Lancer. Atrum Galliasta of the Democratic Faction. Kairi Sisigou, a mercenary for hire working for the Democratic Faction. Waver Velvet, previous Master of Rider from the last Holy Grail War from the Democratic Faction. Lastly, Bazett Fraga McRemitz, an Enforcer and God Holder, that can not be taken lightly."

Everyone saw the information, and I commented.

" An overall impressive lineup, all things considered."