Lukas waited with baited breath. He knew the next labor was coming and he wasn’t sure what it would be. As he waited in his room, he heard a melodic voice. It was Maria De La Mariana, the scout that mentioned the whole deal to Lukas in the first place. “Oh Lukas!” she sang. “Madame wishes to see you in the second level.”
“Right away, Dr. De La Mariana,” replied Lukas. Maria chuckled.
“Lukas, how many times do I have to tell you? It’s just Maria here.”
“Right, Doc…Maria.” Lukas swam out of his room and headed up the pit’s wall to the second level. There were three caves in the wall and there was one cave that had pink bubbles coming out. “Erm, Mistress?” asked Lukas.
“In here,” sang Calliope’s voice from the cave with the pink bubbles. Lukas swam into the cave and gasped, quickly turning his back. The cave was a bathroom with a pit filled with pink bubbles and Calliope resting in the bubbles. “Come in, come in,” cooed Calliope.
“I…I didn’t mean to-!” stammered Lukas.
“Oh, there’s no reason to be embarrassed,” soothed Calliope. “We’re all friends here. We’ve all gotten naked before.”
“…Y…You’re fine with me looking at you?” asked Lukas.
“Of course. I know you. You value a woman’s desires, don’t you? As Lukas turned, she hoisted herself up just enough as her tentacles crawled out of the bath. “Indulge me, won’t you? Join me in my bath.”
“…Y-Yes, Mistress,” replied Lukas as he let one of Calliope’s tentacles guide him into the bath. Since they were swimming in water, the liquid used for cleaning was more dense and allowed for bubbles when heated. And the bath felt nice and warm to Lukas. He relaxed almost immediately the instant the fins on the end of his tail touched the bubbles. He simply slid down into the bath pit and sighed. Calliope then wrapped an arm around his shoulders. “…Is this the labor?” he asked.
“No, but it should help you accomplish the labor,” replied Calliope. “I want you to tell me honestly, what do you get out of this arrangement?”
“…Well, that’s a bit of a story,” remarked Lukas. “But to make a long story short, I…I want to be a femboy that never gets ridiculed for being demure. I…I want to serve a powerful lady like you and…well…I want to be accepted for it.”
“But you feel trapped, no powerful lady wants a weak servant boy that likes dressing as a girl,” guessed Calliope.
“Yes, Mistress. And…well…I kind of want that bit of romance too. That a powerful lady will fall in love with me because I’m a demure serving femboy, not despite it.”
“Interesting. …Well, I think you’ve chosen the right path for that, sweet Lukas. Once you complete your third labor to me, then I can properly tailor the remaining nine to helping you fulfill that wish.”
“Wh…What IS the third labor, Mistress?” asked Lukas.
“You’ll find out next month,” replied Ssylphiel. “For now…tell me, how does the bath feel?”
“…Well…it’s very nice,” sighed Lukas happily. “And…well…bathing with you, it’s…it’s rather…lovely.”
“Then what say you join me in the bath as long as you’re here?”
“Y-You mean it?!”
“I do.” Lukas then surprised Calliope by hugging her. He then sensed the impropriety and released her.
“S-Sorry!” he said. “I-!”
“No reason to apologize,” soothed Calliope as she wrapped a tentacle around his chest and stroked his head. “I quite like it.” Lukas stared into her eyes, entranced by the beauty before him.
