"Alright, I promise that we'll be back by the time the sun sets! Not much later than that but definitely not before then either."
Hugging my Catkin wife and enjoying the firm smack on the rear as well as the quiet "You had better be..." hissed into my ears made me smirk, while the quick kiss to Kalia and the somewhat longer, deeper one to Inik was quite nice.
Only two people had actually left the compound and yet it suddenly felt far more lifeless here, something that made my heart ache a little before I just shook my head and grasped Renna's hand, finding solace in my red haired wife.
"We'll be alright here, I promise. Most likely we'll just be taking it slow for now... they don't seem overly energetic, after all..."
Heila was looking down at the children gathered around herself, their somewhat morose expressions sending another pang through my chest as I realized just how affected they were by this...
Part of me wanted to just call this off and remain home but I knew that wouldn't really help since I couldn't just stay here for the entire week; Renna needed me to help her with the opening and I also had other obligations too, so... sadly I needed to go.
"It's fine, Mama. We're going to be here for most of the day as well; most likely we'll just head out after you get back, or around dusk anyways. I think we need to... go chat with Gertrude today, and she's currently working..."
Camara gave me a small smile as she said that, the Deerkin being somewhat better than earlier but definitely not as cheery as she normally was; honestly it was somewhat depressing seeing just how 'bad' we all were with just two people being gone, but we had to push forwards.
Giving everyone another kiss before heading out helped me a little as well, so it wasn't that bad when we mounted one of the Geri and set off for the city; what definitely helped was hugging Renna from behind and teasing her a little as we made our way there with Shelur right behind us.
Asking her about what I had been told by Rhefia got her all flustered as she tried to explain why she had let the Deerkin have some fun using her thighs and 'fuck' her a few different times while also telling me that I was wrong to believe she might eventually want to do the real thing with her.
I don't know why she was depriving herself of the wondrous rapture that was my wife but it was her loss, something I made abundantly clear to her the entire time as I retold how incredible my first few nights with Rhefia had been.
Those almost sleepless nights of mating as she bred me in the forest to stave off the chill, how she had impregnated me with just that first creampie and made me wish I had been as 'skilled' as I was now so that I could have given her even more...
Renna was definitely flustered the entire ride to the store, and the flirting I did with the gate guards most certainly didn't help since she had to listen to me promise the Elf that I was - in fact- willing to give her a loving suck sometime soon, just not today.
Or how many people stared at us as we walked the streets, their eyes glued to our hips and asses as we walked past them; Renna was still getting used to the fact that she was just more 'sexy' after having agreed to be mine, and I was all the happier because of that.
It was entirely a mentality thing that had her become more 'sexy', her attitude towards her body and how she carried herself changing slightly as she walked with the same amount of confidence as before just with some more sway in those hips of hers.
And her natural scent was sweeter now too, so anyone with a good nose thought she smelt excellent, which definitely didn't 'help' her since almost everyone had a good nose besides me.
Anyways, upon reaching Domus Stella I wasn't terribly surprised by what I saw, which was a large crowd of people standing around waiting, looking at the store from the outside and trying to figure out just how much money they were going to spend today.
Almost everyone here was either a merchant or a Noble, so their pockets were heavy and their desire to spend even heavier, and upon seeing us cut through the crowd everyone began to murmur and speculate about all sorts of things.
Some were questioning the relationship we had - not in a negative way, just curious - while others were wondering if we were just procuring the wine and reselling it or if we were actually making it.
There was even the murmurings of which of us had the larger tits and which of us was sexier, though those ones were quieter and kept respectfully sparse... kind of; one of those pairs discussing it was literally right in front of us, so... yeah...
Clearing her throat and tapping the locked door, Renna quieted everyone down and swept her sky blue eyes over the crowd, catching their attention and reminding me that she was someone who usually commanded the attention of anyone and everyone with her voice alone.
"Today is the grand opening of my newest store, Domus Stella. For its opening we are limiting purchases to two bottles per person, however we are opening reservations for more should you decide you wish to purchase more. I guarantee that every reservation will be fulfilled by the end of the week.
Additionally we have opened bottles of all kinds to be sampled so that you might make your decisions on which wine you find most appealing to your palate. Domus Stella is home to wines of all kinds, so I trust that each of you will walk away with a bottle or two that suits your needs. To keep it short and sweet... Everyone, I welcome you to Domus Stella~!"
Pushing the door open and stepping inside, the red haired Duchess entered her store and waved for all of the waiting staff to filter on forwards, meeting the stream of possible buyers and immediately providing them all service.
I was surprised to see how efficient everything was, with Shelur remaining at the door with Arani beside her to keep the crowd from stampeding while also allowing the Elf to oversee everything as she managed both the inside and the outside simultaneously.
None of this had been discussed with me but as I looked around I realized why; this was Arani's doing primarily while Renna just managed everything else, taking the almost perfect foundation that Arani had created and improving upon it as she began to sell some of the more premium wines to a pair of burly Wolfkin.