(A/N: In this particular arc, there will be a big increase in sexual scenes. You have been warned)

I touched the gold headband that was now resting on my head, a mark that would indicate to the people of this city that I was a ’top’.

I then looked down at myself and I wasn’t even sure if this wasn’t just Lisa playing a prank on me...

But right now, instead of my usual clothes, I was dressed in a frilly top that exposed my chest with only nipple pasties hiding my nipples and a frilly skirt that left my crotch exposed and my cock in full view of anyone I came across.

At least I could still wear a set of pantyhose though they were the crotchless kind so it did not hide my privates at all.

The frilly design of the clothes coincided with the goth theme so I felt like I was wearing an extremely skimpy version of a goth outfit or something... Like I had just walked into a hentai with this as the theme.

I then looked back at my girls and ironically, they were more covered than I was considering what their clothes meant to the people in this city.

The gothic clothing they wore were still skimpy with tops that barely covered their chests and skirts that would expose their bottoms if they bent over a little too far... But at least they did cover their privates unlike mine...

According to Lisa, my style of dress was to show my position as an ’owner’ or something... While their style of dress was to show they were ’owned’.

Apparently, the higher the status, the more exposed the person or something.

And yes, these clothes had been specially prepared for me ahead of time... A normal person wouldn’t have been able to order clothes like this unless they had special circumstances... Which meant my girls had ordered for these clothes to be here ahead of time...

I don’t even know when they had the time to make this and figured it was best that I didn’t know.

One thing that stood out on my girls was the satin looking masks that they wore that covered the bottom half of their faces, the masks kind of reminded me of those widow veils except it only covered the bottom part of their faces.

Lisa explained that these were meant to show that they were ’claimed’ or exclusive to someone so random people wouldn’t accost them at least. Apparently without it, even with the rest of their clothing, an ’owned’ person could still be open to getting fucked or fucking others.

I was a little surprised that they weren’t in the shape of collars... Then I was reminded that there were actual slaves around so they would have been mistaken for slaves if they were using collars to identify that.

Speaking of which... Katsuki had changed into a gothic maid uniform... And she looks so good in it~

Ahem...

We left that building at the gate and I got to see the inside of the city proper for the first time.

Sprawling streets were arranged in front of me where the streets were not limited to the ground level but also stretching in between the towering buildings several stories high like layers on a cake.

Ramps and stairs were common all around us and we could hardly even see the sky thanks to the walkways and buildings towering around us.

And to top it all off... The buildings were all sporting the same gothic design which made me think I had just walked into some kind of vampire city or something...

But well... As if to break that illusion... The people that were occupying this city were very enthusiastic in showing that there was nothing vampiric about this city and leaned more towards its succubus variety instead...

Right now, on the main street in front of us, there were several people engaged in public sex right by the sidewalk like it was the most normal thing to do.

In addition to the fact that the people that were walking around the streets were also dressed in similar skimpy goth outfits where their privates were just barely covered... Yeah, this is more like a gothic succubi city than anything else.

Although there was also one other thing that I noticed...

"Hey Lisa... Why are there also people who are just wearing normal clothes instead of... This?" I asked, pointing at a group of people who were clearly Mercenaries since they were still dressed in armour and carrying their weapons.

Lisa scoffed, "They’re just tourists, Aster~"

I turned to narrow my eyes at her, "Aren’t we also tourists? What are you talking about?"

She waved her hand, "Pffft! We’re not some uncultured tourists who don’t know the rules around here! See? We’re cultured!"

Sure... Well... I guess ironically, being dressed ’properly’ actually makes you stand out more than if you were to dress like this... So I guess Lisa’s plan wasn’t exactly without its merits.

I let out a sigh, "Alright... I suppose I should ask where we are staying tonight?"

At this point, I was already expecting it so I was looking at Emilia when I asked that question.

She did not disappoint as she grinned underneath her veil, "Right this way, Boss~"

My catgirl took over the lead as her tail swished behind her, which inadvertently lifted up the edge of her skirt to expose the panties underneath.

Mmm~ I’m certainly not complaining about that view~

Emilia moved through the streets with the familiarity of a local so I couldn’t help but ask, "Have you been here before, Emilia?"

"Of course, Boss. Back while I was still the captain of The Floating Pussy, we’ve docked here multiple times to trade. This is one of the cities with the largest maritime trade after all~"

Right, I almost forgot about that.

We walked up one of the stairs that led us to a walkway above the mainstreet, moving in between two buildings that look like boutiques where one of them had a salesgirl pressed up against the window and a customer railing her from behind.

Even as we were climbing the stairs, there was a futa Infrid riding a male Mahun on top of the stairs, the Infrid even turning to greet us politely as we walked past.

Continuing deeper into the city, the sights of sexual activities did not stop and there were even more bizarre ones like a male Mahun having a female Mahun strapped to the front of his body in a harness to allow him to fuck her while he walked.

This city really lives up to its name of being the city of desires...

I could tell that Ira was basically having a culture shock by how she was eyeing everything so critically but she was keeping her opinions to herself and following behind without complaint.

I also have to mention that the gothic outfit she was wearing really suited her to the point of being scary... Like... I really want to make love to her in it as soon as possible scary.

Actually... That goes for all of my girls...

Emilia continued up another flight of stairs to a higher walkway and I noticed that the people up here were dressed in more revealing clothes than the ones below.

"Umm... Just curious but... Don’t tell me that the higher you go... The more ’noble’ the citizens are?"

Lisa giggled, "Ehehehe~ Well, I wouldn’t use the word noble for them... But I guess you could say that the higher you go, the stronger or more influential the people are on that floor~"

Figures...

My gaze then drifted to the tallest building that stood at the very centre of the city, looking like some kind of gothic spire that pierced its way up into the night sky.

"And I’m going to guess that the ruler of this city is in there?"

"Ehehehe~ That’s right, Aster~ Do you want to go meet them?"

"Why would I even want to go meet them? There’s no need to, right?"

"Really? I mean... You’ve pretty much met with the rulers of each country we’ve visited so far, right? And with the demon problem, I thought you might want to go and meet them as well~"

I... Actually have nothing to say to that...

I really did end up meeting all the leaders of each of the countries I went to, huh...

Except for the Amrap villages I guess... But that’s more because they didn’t exactly have a queen or anything...

As for the ruler of this city... I suppose I’ll just have to see how things go and whether it comes down to that.

"So where is our inn?" I asked, looking up at Emilia who was giving me an upskirt view of her panties as she climbed the stairs.

"Right at the highest level that is open to public, Boss~"

I should have expected that...

As we ascended another set of stairs, I finally found the people here wearing clothes that were basically on the same level of exposure as I was... With only a very select few who were even more exposed than even that.

Well then... I guess I currently fit right in.

Now where’s our inn?