Asn and Aria had a prejudice against the hotels in Evermore, after the first time Aria and her guards were captured her to be ensved

  In the second time, on their way back home, they instead went to a pub and got Asn so drunk, he doesn't even remember what happened, only that he had spent alot of money at the auction. This was where he purchased Mya, who Asn had already resurrected but still haven't told anyone about yet

  They took a hotel room anyway, because they had new Elven guards. But they never intended to stay in the rooms, and pnned to stay in the shadows like before

  This time round, he wanted to attend the auction sober, and see what he could get on auction

  The only thing Asn bought for himself was a telepathic ring, much like the other girls Aria, Aimee and Anvi, so he could communicate back mentally when they communicated to him mentally

  He found out that these rings were not that rare, but they were expensive! Aria's and Aimee's can work within the line of their sight, while Anvi's worked within a 500 meter radius. Asn's new ring was exactly like Anvi's, which worked to a 500 meter radius.

  The st time here, he bought a telepathic ring for Anvi, an ironwood bowstaff for Aria, and while he didn't find anything for Aimee, he "accidentally" purchased a preserved Mya without her skin!

  This time round though, he didn't find anything else worth of interest. Even Aria, Aimee and Anvi were not impressed with the items on auction this time around

  They left the auction after it was over, and was about to leave when a mysterious person whispered from the curtains

  "Psst! You were the buyer who bought the preserved body that the mage Balthazar created, right?"

  Asn stood still, while looking at the person behind the curtain. How did he know that? He thought that purchases and winning bids were private. Regardless, Asn was curious enough to find out

  "What do you want?" Asn asked

  "Follow me! There might be an item that you might be interested in. We also do direct private sales here, not only auction things" the person said

  "Lead the way" Asn said with his 3 girls behind him

  They were led to a private room, and it seems 4 chairs had been prepared for them

  Opposite the table was a woman dressed in a mask

  "Welcome. I would like to show you something, to see if you are interested, since you bought Balthazar's corpse mannequin before!" the woman said

  "Show me! I'm curious what you have that is so interesting" Asn said

  The woman smiled, her bottom half of the mask showing her smile

  Then she pced a skull on the table!

  "Who is this ? Why would this interest me?" Asn said

  "This is Balthazar! 10 million gold coins. No negotiation" the woman said

  Asn was shocked. He knew that Balthazar was beheaded. It was taught in the Academy. But is this really him?

  "How do I know this is genuine? I don't want to be cheated by buying an overpriced skull of s random unknown person" Asn said

  "Sir! We are the most reputable auction in the nd! We risk our reputation if we sell you fake items!" she said

  Asn thought about it. He certainly had more than enough gold. But this skull was 10 million gold pieces! Double that of the corpse of Mya!

  Aria took his hand and nudged him, gesturing that he shouldn't waste his time

  Suddenly, he remembered Balthazar's notes on necromancy. What if, he could extract the knowledge directly from the Balthazar himself. Would a resurrection on a skull alone work without the rest of the body? Would he be able to somehow extract knowledge from the skull without resurrecting him?

  "I'll buy it" Asn said to the visible shock of the three girls

  He waved his hands and used his illusion magic to create a fsh as the amount of 10 million gold coins appeared from the shadows

  The masked woman looked visibly happy to see so much gold

  "Thank you, sir" she said and she let him keep the skull

  "I guess concludes out business?" Asn said as he prepared to get up

  "We... have another item. A whole skeleton this time" she said hesitantly

  "Who is it this time?" Aria asked, visibly irritated that Asn bought a skull for 10 million, against her advice

  "How much is it?" Anvi asked, getting angry as well. Dwarves were known to be stingy with gold after all

  "This skeleton, the whole set, costs 10 million gold as well!" the woman said

  Anvi was just about to say something when an assistant walked in and pced a whole skeleton on the table

  "This is the skeleton of the former Saintess, Gloria. She was a former companion of the Hero. And her.. uh... loss of powers caused the Hero Acturus to fail to bring down the Demon King. I'm sure you know the story" she said

  Aria knew this skeleton was fake. After all, when the Saintess' suicide caused the whole party of the companion to colpse and was forced to flee, causing the loss of the battle to the Demon King, her brother attended her funeral himself

  She was interred into the tombs of the royal family of Almera, because the current King Galdrick had a crush on her and wanted to be buried with her when he passes

  "This is enough! Unless you're admitting to being a grave robber, this is a farce!" Aria shouted at her

  "I'll buy it!" Asn said producing the gold from nowhere again to the shock of the girls and kept the skeleton right in front of everybody

  "Asn!" Aria said angrily using her telepathic ring, knowing not to use his real name there

  "I know what I'm doing, Aria" he replied mentally

  "What? What are you doing?" Aria asked again mentally

  "I have so much gold from the Dragon hoard, this is nothing to me" Asn replied mentally

  Aria harrumphed and sulked

  "Anything else?" he asked the woman

  "Maybe the skeleton of the Demon King?" Aria asked sarcastically, knowing he didn't die and was still currently ruling the Demon Realm

  "No. This concludes our business tonight. Perhaps when you next come again" the woman said

  She led them out of the room, back into the exit corridor of the auction house

  "You are a worse purchaser sober, than when you were drunk! What were you thinking?" Anvi asked

  "Just trust me girls" Asn said to the still angry Aria and Anvi. Aimee didn't care and was simply there to shop

  Asn led them into a alley way in a nicer part of the city and disappeared into the shadow realm

  He fucked them extra hard that night, especially Aria and Anvi who were both still sulking

  This was the first time they had sex since they reunited, and this was the first night of their journey to the Academy as there were no incidents along the way

  Asn was unsure to fuck them openly with each other, but as the st time they all had sex together, it was openly and by the oblexes and their doppelgangers

  To make it easier to accept, he fucked them with the 6 doppelgangers, all transformed into identical copies of himself. The three girls definitely did not object to being fucked by seven identical Asns (including his real self), and Asn demonstrated his fine control of all the doppelgangers having sex simultaneously!

  Both Aria and Anvi forgot about their objections with Asn that night

  --

  The next morning, they boarded their carriage, and they were joined by the new elven guards, who never knew that they never stayed at the hotel, and who had no difficulties unlike the first time

  No longer headed by Laureal, this time the Royal Elven Guard was headed by an elf named Fern

  He seemed that he didn't like Asn, probably because Aria was betrothed to him. But he never showed any disrespect, only sly spiteful gnces

  They departed Evermore in the morning, and despite a minor attempt by bandits to rob them, which was handled by the elven guard, they arrived in the Academy safely

  Compared to their previous trips to and from the Academy, the trip was completely uneventful and even boring for the Elven Guard

  In the carriage however, in the shadow realm, the four passengers had a continuous orgy for the whole trip back from Evermore. Using his undistinguishable dopplegangers, Asn prevented jealousy among the three girls as every one of them got the sole attention of at least two Asns each!

  They didn't even notice that there was a fourth female, Mya fucking one of the Asns, as they were too busy having orgasm after orgasm without paying attention to anything else!

  And so the carriage arrived in the Academy, and when the Elves opened the door of the carriage, the four passengers Asn, Aria, Aimee and Anvi looked prim and proper, bored after a long ride from their hometowns. The half-dwarf Anvi was even yawning

  The carriage driver took out their luggage, and a pair of elves helped carry them to Princess Aria's room, while Asn, Aimee and Anvi carried their own luggage to their rooms

  The guard Fern wondered what the commotion about Asn was all about. He certainly looked boring, and didn't help at all during the bandit attempted raid. Why did King Aldair, Queen Luna, Prince Lucinder and even the Mage Merlinder talk about him with such high regard?

  Even his senior Laureal had mentioned that if there was any real trouble that the Elven Guard could not handle, leave it to him!

  But it looked like the passengers even slept through the st leg of the journey!

  The elves finished their guard duty and headed home, as the four students prepared for the next semester