Fate/Broken Tree 2 (Patreon)

Fate/Broken Tree 2 - or ‘When Mediocrity, mixed with Meta Knowledge and Determination, leads to Greatness’ (Fate/Apocrypha, Caules!SI)

The Fortress of Millennia was… a castle.

It wasn’t the worst castle, but it was far from the beautiful constructs held by some of the oldest castles in Northern Europe. Did it matter to me? Not much as we were introduced to our ‘grandfather’.

Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia was supposedly dead. He perished sixty years ago when he took part in the Third Holy Grail War while exploiting a large contingent of Nazi troops that were trying to steal the Grail.

Truth be told, the guy just waltzed in, carved a path to the greater grail, had the lesser grail killed, and then ended the lives of the ‘witnesses’. That day the Nazis lost many ‘good troops’ in Japanese land.

Actually, if I remember correctly, Japan was not even close to Germany in 1934 so… how the fuck did Hitler convince the government to let so many foreign troops in? Argh, that was definitely a plot hole but… Well, I couldn’t exactly do much beyond being the mere ‘witness’ of the current circumstance.

The spiel Darnic gave to us and the rest of the ‘family’ was pretty much the same our father had already said to ‘convince us’. The Yggdmillennia Clan was, in truth, a false flag operation. It wasn’t a family- it was a conglomerate akin to the factions in Clocktower.

We were deemed a ‘failure of a clan’ and this gave us an edge as several ‘mid families’ were able to produce some of the best results. In simple terms: we were ‘insignificant’ on our own, but could potentially cause trouble when united.

It was actually a smart plan. Or should have been a smart plan if Darnic had not ignored one of the main traits of modern-day Magus: we were all greedy and we were rather unwilling to trust one another if they weren’t family. At the very least.

What he was trying to accomplish should have taken decades to accomplish, yet he was expecting for this group to be as tight as a new big family within the next three years.

He was gambling a lot and I knew how it was going to end, but I raised not a single complaint considering that I was, within all respects to my abilities, a fucking ‘mediocre’ magus. My sister doesn’t care, but the entire cast of pricks that were supposed to be ‘cousins’ to us were going to give me looks.

And they were from the get-go, especially that whip-wielding bitch that is Celenike Icecolle.

Sadly for them and luckily for me, I barely made an effort to interact with them. They did approach my sister, but she was glacial with those due to the treatment I was given. It took me two days to convince Fiore to be more diplomatic and pragmatic about it, especially since I gave no shit to their attitude towards me.

We may have a good enough reputation, but Fiore’s negative rebuttals may instigate more trouble for us than not.

Plus, their focus on Fiore meant I could go back to my studies without any major concern… Well, beyond the fact that I had a ‘minder’.

Truth be told, Althea was not meant to spy on me. Her role was to ‘aid me in my education’. The fact that I was ‘a bit more advanced’ than she had expected was a red flag that I kept an eye on considering she could as well tell this and more to Darnic.

She may have been given to the Forvedge Clan as a ‘gift’, but she was still loyal to Darnic above all else. And this was as worrisome as interesting. I had webcams installed in my room with the excuse I wanted to keep in contact with my girlfriend and ‘avoid suspects being raised over our disappearance’, but in truth I used this to either chat with her, check how things were in London and-

“You want to seduce her? That sounds hot,” Yvette remarked, giggling a bit at that idea. “I mean, you would keep her as a pet- not like you are replacing me, right?”

“I wouldn’t ever want to replace you, Yvy. I just want my mind to stay under a tight leash.”

She shuddered through the other end. “Hmm, if you can, try to keep her. I wouldn’t mind having a bed friend to play with too~.”

With Yvette on board, it was time to establish the most ambitious plan to ultimately seduce Althea. We couldn’t rush it into foreplay or sex at all, but we could raise her libido and lower her inhibitions with some careful steps.

Physical training was needed despite my magecraft involving electrical devices, so I would show off my lean physique with some glistening provided by the sweat whenever it was possible.

She would help me with the towels and I gave her a subtle suggestion.

“You know you can look, Althea. I don’t mind.”

Only once. It was a teasing alright, but I never brought it up again as I would just let the subliminal thought do its trick. The twin-tailed pinkette was absolutely stubborn in the gazing, but as a few weeks went by, she grew less uneasy around the idea of ogling me, but she started to eye me even as I was fully clothed and giving her smiles.

Tiny pushes, but it was all a setup for a much bigger event.

As a month passed since our arrival, Fiore had managed to stabilize her reputation within the family, becoming a prominent member of Yggdmillennia while also harboring some unpleasant thoughts about ‘Darnic and his foolish gamble’. If before it was an assumption, now it became clear that she was genuinely sure it was going to screw up immensely once the Holy Grail War was enforced.

Meanwhile, Yvette and I had moved to ‘get to a meaningful point’ with Althea. I had her cook for long enough to build her ‘interest’ and soon the stage was set. The door was half-shut as my sister was out to study with Darnic together with other higher members, so it would be just Althea snooping around and see what we were up to.

Normally, masturbation through a webcam was not my thing. Yvette was also displeased by the idea as she couldn’t just get horny on command- yet, the sight of my half-mast was enough to put her in a good enough mood to play with herself.

My headphones were actually tuned to a small listening device near the door, and I felt a smile creep as I heard footsteps and… I saw Yvette beaming as she noticed the girl at the door.

If she was still in her previously ‘orderly’ manner, Althea would have been shocked but leaned to close the door. Instead of doing so, the female homunculus studied the situation with a perplexed look and… then blinked.

She didn’t reach for the handle, rather her left palm pressed on the door, parting it open some more as she stepped inside. She was already aware of what was going on, yet she got closer to watch and ogle.

This move was… the one we were expecting.

“Gih!!” Yvette was trash at acting, but her sudden ‘panic’ made Althea and I jump as I turned to see her standing there with a mixture of dread and intrigue.

“A-Althea!?”

“S-Sorry!” She jumped up at my words, yet hesitated on what to do.

“C-Close the door!”

Swiftly complying, she went to shut the door but… soon realized she shut herself with me still in that disposition. And I wasn’t covering up.

Her gaze was instantly aimed at my face, but couldn’t hold up for long as it lowered to ogle at the erection I was sporting. Gulping nervously, the girl was clearly bothered ‘in the right way’ as she just started to blush and rub her legs instinctively.

Yet, I wasn’t planning to get it too sexual and soon shifted one leg over another to hide away my dick.

“So, Althea.”

“I-I didn’t mean-”

“You could have closed the door!” Yvette exclaimed from the other side, covering her tits and staring smugly at the pinkette, causing the homunculus to stare at the ground. “Pervert.”

She flinched at the insult, but this was part of the play. Yvette was to be the ‘bad cop’, I would be the ‘appeasing good cop’.

“Now, now, Yvette. Maybe there’s more than just her being pervy,” I remarked softly. “Althea, why did you step into the room if you could see we were… busy?”

“I-I was just…” She looked away, unable to fish for ‘proper words’.

“Come out honest. I assure you that we will not judge.”

“Yeahhh,” Yvette stretched her answer giddily, and I huffed. “Fine! I’ll not judge since I am a pervert too~.”

The coaxing seemed to work. “I-I suppose I wanted to just- just stare. That’s all.”

“Well… it’s a bit weird but no one got hurt, right?”

Ah yes, to play like the sheepish classic Caules. It never gets old as a mask to wear in these situations.

“She just ogled at us, hun! I think I have reasons to demand retribution.”

Althea tensed up at the potential punishment, but I jumped to her ‘defense’.

“W-Well, it better not be anything depraved, Yvy. It would be a dreadful thing.”

Another huff came from my girlfriend. “Fiiiiiine, but she has to… put on the gift you were meant to give me next time we meet and have her watch us.”

“...W-Watch you?”

“Yep, I mean I don’t mind it that much,” Yvette assured, grinning smugly. “Also, she said she wanted to. So, why not~?”

I opened my mouth-

“I-I will do it!”

Althea replied swiftly, face burning red despite the confirmation.

“Are you sure, Althea? I mean, the gift is a bit revealing-”

“Does it reveal my modesty?”

“It covers most of your body without being too flashy,” Yvette assured the fellow girl. “So… put it on!”

We gave the pinkette some time to put on the outfit as I gestured where it was. It took her less than a few minutes but… she was actually relieved by the end result.

The white leotard was indeed covering most of her body, yet the plastic/latex texture was skin-tight and pressing on all her details. I could see the indentation left by her nipples and the cameltoe the tight piece had on her petite body. And as she was ordered to give a turn to show her back, I could see her butt barely covered by the thin fabric.

“She looks so cute in it, doesn’t she?”

“She does,” I agreed with a kind smile, our words freezing up the girl as she realized what was up and…

“T-Thank you.”

“Now, take a seat and… witness our long-distance masturbation!”

Despite the scandalous words, Althea nodded slowly, picked the nearby chair and took a seat right beside me. The Pinkette tried to not appear too ‘into it’, but her eyes were fixed on the sight of me rubbing my cock and the sight of Yvette’s wanting cunt through the screen.

The homunculus was clearly into this as her body heated up and some wet juice started to pool under her seat. As the session came to an end, some of the white ropes that came out from my orgasm landed right on Althea’s legs and… she unconsciously reached with her soft fingers, retrieving all strands up to her hands and then sucking them with a strange look on her face.

“Hot,” Yvette breathed dreamily, still recoiling from her own climax but seeing the Homunculus do this.

Althea seemed to realize what she did in the haze of arousal, her eyes wide open as an awkward look spread on her face at the compliment. I kept smiling and nodded.

“We could do this again. Right?”

There was some hesitation, but I could tell we were already far from ‘going back’ for her. So, she afforded us a shy nod.

“I-I suppose so, Master Caules.”

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AN

Correction of Althea: 50%.

Next time, Fiore’s POV and her failing to realize her lil’ bro is a conqueror.