With a flap of damp fabrics unfurling in the jungle breeze, one of the Pro-Maids could be seen pinning the two pieces of Nadia's bikini to the makeshift clothesline strung between the carriage roof and one of the Zar-Bros, who became a pole for the clothesline as he held the long robe above his head.
As the wind blew and the sunlight shone on the hanging clothes, Nadia's black bikini clung firmly to the line of rope along with the other washed fabrics after going through the washbasin's scrubbing by the Pro-Maid, who cleaned the stain from the bikini thoroughly under the embarrassed and humiliated gaze of its owner.
Next to the bikini, Xin's lewd lingerie swung gently beside it, as there were many types of underwear, such as lace lingerie, thongs, and cutoffs, while Zarba's simple white briefs also could be seen next to Xin's set of underwear.
The Pro-Maid adjusted some of the loose clothespins properly for the last time, and then she got back to cleaning the carriage interior; there's quite a mess left to clean with how many times the reincarnated prince and his two slaves are "playing painting" every night inside the carriage with their juices…
"….." At the picnic blanket in front of the bonfire, Nadia sat slumped in defeat and humiliation with her arms hugging her legs as she curled up into a ball. She is currently bare underneath her borrowed shirt and pareo skirt, as the damp sheen of sweat still clings to her brown skin. She could still feel the faint tingling sensation lingering where Xin's playful shocks had danced across her erogenous zones, especially her nipples, which felt really sensitive after the discipline.
'How am I going to survive tonight…?' Nadia thought while her thighs pressed tight together instinctively; just thinking about tonight when Zarba will inevitably play with her body makes her heart race inside her ample chest.
"Damn perverts…" Nadia began to grumble quietly with a blush on her cheeks as she avoided looking at the half-elf, who was receiving a teacup from the summoned maid nearby like she didn't just harass Nadia twenty minutes ago.
Ignoring the muscular woman grumbling, Xin sipped her tea with practiced elegance before the porcelain cup clinked softly against the little plate after she put the teacup down as the maid massaged her shoulders softly.
The half-elf couldn't help but smirk as she finally glanced at Nadia, who was desperately trying to compose herself and forget such an embarrassing display that Xin forced her to display out in the open earlier.
"Mm~ you might want to drink some water after such a powerful discharge of liquid," she mused aloud for Nadia to hear while swirling the teacup lazily with a teaspoon. "Though I would imagine that you would prefer something stronger right now, hehe."
Hearing the half-elf taunt, a vein immediately bulged on Nadia's temple under the strands of her black shaggy hair plastered to her flushed skin, now from anger instead of embarrassment.
"Nghh…!" She was about to yell back at Xin to shut the hell up, but her breathing hitched because she suddenly brushed her nipples with the rough texture of the shirt too fast, the absence of her bikini and the disciplinary action now making her hypersensitive and self-conscious.
"Hehe…" Hiding her laugh with her hand, Xin feels amused as she sees the muscular woman being silly.
"Kuh…!" Seeing the half-elf hiding her smirk as she mockingly looked at her made Nadia feel the pain of humiliation far worse than any blade.
Then suddenly the rustle from the jungle's edge snapped Nadia's attention away from Xin's mocking gaze. Leaves and grasses parted as Zarba emerged from the jungle and strode into camp, his boots coated in mud and his cloak a little dirty with leaves and damp patches. Behind him, two Zar-Bros emerged while carrying an improvised basket filled with fruits and edible plants; their cloaks and armor are dirtier than Zarba's from all the labor he put them through.
"Hmm?" Zarba paused mid-step, his brown eyes catching Nadia's strange fidgeting form that was trying not to move too much and Xin, who was giving him a cute little smile.
"Am I missing something interesting?" He asked, though his tone suggested he already knew the answer to his question. He thinks that Xin is probably playing with Nadia when he is away; too bad he didn't see it.
"Heh, I'm just disciplining our unruly slave," Xin almost purred as she answered him, swirling her tea with a lazy twirl of her spoon. She glanced at the huffing Nadia before she looked back at Zarba as he came closer to them with an amused smile on his lips. Xin then continued to speak as he walked over to Nadia. "She's been rather... uncooperative, so I have no choice but to teach her about obedience~."
"Did she now?" Zarba said as he removed his cloak in front of the muscular woman, who wants to complain but doesn't know what to say, and gave his dirty cloak to one of the summoned maids that was already waiting beside him without breaking eye contact with Nadia.
"Hmph…!" The Great Warrior can only turn her face away childishly as Zarba crouches before her, close enough for her to smell the faint blood, mud, and sweat clinging to him, which makes her a little concerned for him as she glances back at him to search for any injury.
"I'm fine." Zarba said with a chuckle as he saw through her barely hidden concern for him while feeling amazed inside as the Stockholm syndrome started to affect her already. Then he reached his hand out and traced the slave tattoo circling her neck with his fingers, making the muscular woman tense up a little before she relaxed.
"What are you doing…?" Nadia feels shy for some reason when Zarba touches her slave tattoo gently, his fingers leaving a little warm sensation on her skin. She refuses to meet his gaze out of embarrassment, as her eyes swim around before she ends up focusing instead on a line of ants marching across the ground near his boots.
"Hey now…" Zarba chuckled before he pinched Nadia's chin and turned her face towards him, her brown skin flushing darker under his amused gaze.
"You make me want to push you down again." He murmured, his thumb brushing her soft, full lips as Nadia's face flushed even more while her purple eyes closed shut, her heart rate spiking from such an intimate gesture.
Behind him, Xin made a soft noise—something between a scoff and a purr—as she saw her husband trying to be seductive.
"You should wash up, my husband, before you do anything—or anyone," Xin interjected smoothly, setting her teacup down. Her amber eyes narrowed slightly as she pointed out that he just came out from scouting inside the jungle and was quite sweaty. "Unless you want to coat us with your manly musk so we have to take a bath with you again?"
"Oh wait, is that your plan? How cunning of you, my husband…" Xin giggles as she playfully smirks at Zarba, who is giving her a wry smile.
"Alright, alright," Zarba snorted, releasing Nadia's chin and straightening up as the muscular woman felt a little disappointed. He then mentally commands the two Zar-Bros who are carrying the basket to come to him.
"But first—" His hand dipped into the basket after they arrived next to him before he picked up two exotic flowers, a purple one and a white one, from the basket as the two women visibly perked up. "I got you two a souvenir from the jungle."
"Here, for you." Zarba first gives one of the flowers, a purple one, to Nadia, who receives it with a dazed expression since this is the first time she has actually received a flower from someone. Then Zarba walks towards Xin, who smiles at him as she waits for him to give her a gift flower. It has been quite a while since he gave her any.
"Oh my," Xin murmured, her delicate fingers brushing her black hair behind one of her pointy ears as Zarba approached. The flower he offered her—a pure white bloom of petals—was handed to her in between his fingers, still glistening with morning dew. She took it carefully, the edge of her lips curling slightly as she inhaled its faint, orchid-like scent. "How nice of you, my husband. You made your slave-wife very pleased today."
"Well, I just stumbled on these pretty flowers in the jungle, so I might as well pick them up for someone special," Zarba said with a smile, watching Xin's lavender-painted fingertips trace the delicate petals with tenderness, and then he leaned in near her ear, close enough that his breath stirred her hair when he whispered, "I'll be waiting for those lips to thank me properly later."
Xin laughed—a soft, melodic sound—before she pressed a fleeting kiss to his lips before she pulled back with a smirk.
"My, my, so naughty," she chided as she twirled the flower between her fingers while giving him a sultry look. "But… this nice gift is enough to earn you a reward from your slave-wife, I suppose...."
Meanwhile, Nadia frowned as she gripped the stem of her own flower tighter but not enough to damage it while she watched the intimacy between Zarba and Xin with a strange tightness in her chest.
"Tsk…!" She can't help but click her tongue as they flirt so annoyingly, so blatantly...