Sun Quest
by
Ruwen Rouhs
Part 2
“Down the Bredd-ström”
Chapter 5
Tired to the bones but happy Aegir and Buri joined the chieftain’s family around the fire. The dishes Kester’s mother had prepared to celebrate the day of the spring equinox were nearly eaten up. Hermo gave a big yawn. Crouched down between the Aegir and his father, poked the latter secretly in the ribs. “Father you have to tell our guest where they will sleep to night. Tell Aegir he has to sleep at our house and Buri at Ver’s!” When the chieftain looked surprised, “Cantu and I have thrown the dice and he won. He decided for Buri!”
“Didn’t he swindle as always?”
“I guess yes, but I like Aegir more! He is my big friend and has healed the hind-leg of my doggy! Cantu is keen on Buri!”
Hermo’s yawning was contagious. Soon everybody was yawning and Kester’s father announced, “Time for sleeping!”
When Aegir and Buri made a move to wish the villagers a goodnight and set out to the boat at the landing stage, Kester’s father bowed respectfully, “No, no! You are our guests and guests are entitled for the most comfortable sleeping place! You stay with us! It’s tradition in our clan that our guests are treated like family members.”
At the moment neither Aegir nor Buri did know the meaning of this invitation and were surprised when Kester told them with a grin, “Ver and I have already discussed the arrangement for the night.” First he turned to Buri, “Curlyhead!” he winked at him, “Ver and Molis are happy to spend the night with you!” Then he put his arm across Aegir´s shoulder, “And you are welcomed in our small room!” Ailis blushed and casting down her eyes she added, “Aegir, our soft bed is big enough to accommodate three! Please do us the favour and accept!” Both knew they could not decline these invitations without offending the hosts and accepted with a bow.
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For the time the living quarter of Kester and Ailis was just a small room in the back of the big farmhouse of Kester’s father. It was windowless and containing a big bed only and some chests with Ailis´ endowment. The room was only twilighted by the wavering light of a tallow candle. Being kind of shy around women, Aegir curled up in the furthest corner of the soft bedstead as far away as possible from Ailis and Kester. Suddenly Aegir felt warm arms around his topless upper-body and breathed the sweet smell of a young woman. The red-head shrunk back even more and tried to wiggle out of the embrace. Kester sensing Aegir´s uneasiness encouraged him, “Do you like Allis’s hugging?” while she began to fondle Aegir, Kester added softly, chuckling encouragingly, “My darling Ailis is a perfect lover! Trust me! I have enjoyed her love very night since our marriage!”
“But, but..” Aegir stuttered, “Ailis is your wife! Why should I make love to her!” and a little irritated, “Aren’t you jealous?”
“Sure, but just a little bit! I am not allowed to be jealous! I even have to be proud for the honour you give to me and my family, by accepting Ailis as your wife tonight?”
“Why oh why?” When Aegir articulated his confusion with scared voice, Ailis kissed him softly, “The tradition of our clan requires that a guest of honour has given the same right as the head of the house. He has the right to make love to the wife of his host.”
Kester completed, “You are my guest and my dear Ailis is your wife also as long you stay here!”
“And Ver’s wife will be Buri´s!” Ailis giggled, caressing Aegir.
“Don’t be chicken, kiss her back! She likes you! She wants you inside her!”
This revelation made Aegir even more nervous. He shrunk back even more. But with the sense of a woman Ailis apprehended Aegir´s problem, “Have you ever made love to a woman!”
In the faint light of the room his assent was tangible and made Kester and Ailis chuckle, and Kester dared to ask “And to a boy?” when Aegir shrunk back even more the young couple chuckled and Ailis breathed “We love you both! We are both hot for you! We will teach you!” And they did!
Ailis laid back, spread her legs wide and Kester pushed Aegir in the right position. Despite his shyness Aegir was already hard and Ailis had no problem to insert his wood in her wet honey pot.
Once inside Aegir´s dick knew what to do and his lower body began a hot dance. Kester feeling Aegir´s excitement became hot also. He began to fondle Aegir´s butt, to trace his cleft, play with his butt-hole and finally couldn’t help but to insert the forefinger in Aegir´s butt hole. The fingering excited Aegir even more and his banging increase. He came with a loud growl drowning out Ailis´ excited groaning.
“You did great!” was the first remark of the exhausted young woman.
“Yeah great! I could feel it! But now it’s my turn!” Kester pushed Aegir out of the way and mounted his wife.
Aegir needed just a moment to relax. He got hard again and still feeling the tingle in his butt hole, he mounted Kester as he often had done with Buri. This doubled the burden of Ailis and pushed Kester´s dick even deeper into his wife’s body. She was young and strong and her groaning proved that she enjoyed every moment. Afterwards they slept curled up like puppies.
Ailis´ moaning, Kester’s groaning and Aegir´s wolf like growling had awakened Hermo. For a moment he got worried, but then got its meaning. Prying into the dim room he got excited too. His pecker sprang up and didn’t go down till he had jacked off three times always imagine himself in the centre of the hot action.
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Next morning Aegir´s first question to Buri was, “Did you also enjoy the right of the guest of honour?”
Buri blushed and even his dark complexion could not hide his burning cheeks. “Yes, I did! I am sure Molis enjoyed what I had to offer.”
“And Ver? What about him?”
“Look here he is coming! Look his big grin!”
“He sure had a hard time last night! Look his walk!”
“He was tight, very tight, tighter than Molis. But he appreciated my efforts!”
When Ver arrived he hugged Buri for a long time. Smiling at Aegir he whispered something to his new friend. Buri laughed out loud, “You can tell Aegir. We are friends and he had a hot time last night also. Believe me he likes this special piece too.” pointing to his crotch, “But his´ isn’t bad either. You can ask Molis if she still stays to her suggestion to play tag to night.”
Ver face went crimson, “Sure she does! She still is hot!” scratching his crotch and wiggling his butt, “Molis talked to Ailis already and the girls hatched a weird plot!” Turning even more crimson and averting his eyes, “The girls suggest we all should spend the night together and have fun, two girls and fours boys!”
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Loud shouts from down the landing stage did cut short their conversation. Boats loaded to the top with young and old persons put in on the jetty, the passengers got out and started a race uphill to the village green. At the same time a mixed group of animated chatting people arrived at the linden tree coming from the hills in the backcountry. Greeting the fishermen and the other the visitors the closed in around Aegir and Buri and a grey-haired man addressed the travellers, “In the name of my peers, the chieftains of this county, I bit you a hearty welcome! Your presence has ennobled these days! Your participation in the spring celebration promises prosperity to the whole county, plenty of crop, big quarry, good commerce and healthy offspring! I am here on behalf of all the clans living near and far, dwelling and hunting in the hills and mountains, fishing and tending the rivers and waters. I am appointed to replay these beneficiations and provide you with travelling fare and rig for your boat.” drawing a breath, “Down at the landing stage our best boat-builders are already improving your dugout for your bold journey. And her at the linden-tree our hunters and farmers offer you a fair supply of tried meat, roasted hazelnuts and preserved fruit. Accept our offers and convey our veneration to our father the Sun when you arrive in her place in Ta-Seti at the rim of the world!”
Aegir and Buri were taken aback by this praise. They never ever had assumed that their presence would impress these people in such a way. After a long moment Aegir bowed, “We are just humble sun seekers on our way to Ta-Seti! Neither Buri nor I are messengers of the eternal beings!” Buri clasping his hands before his chest, “We are just humble earthlings. We do not deserve your generosity because all that has happened is predetermined by Urd, Verdani and Skuld, the sisters of destiny. They are spinning the treads of fate at the foot of Yggdrasil, the tree of the world.” Then both bowed deeply and went down to the landing stage.
Down at the river the boat-builders had taken the sun seekers dugout out of the water, turned it around and were about to smooth the hulk with flint scrapers and to make it watertight by birch tar. After the coat was dried the boat was watertight
Three boxes of birch-bark were installed in the middle part of the boat, one for food, another beakers, pots and tinder for fire making and other necessary supplies while the third one was intended for the blankets and clothes. Finally the boat-builders attached a trap to the boat to keep out the spray of waves and the rain. Aegir and Buri were surprised by the skill of the craftsmen and praised the improvements.
Before midday other groups of visitors from the villages around arrived, bringing along more supplies for the travellers and a even more foodstuff for the feast scheduled for the noon. When the sun was high in the sky the High Shaman arrived with others priest and novices to honour the guests. After a copious meal under the linden-tree the chieftains, shamans and the men and women gathered around Aegir and Buri who had to provide information concerning their origin and the purpose of their journey in full detail over and over again. While Aegir informed the eager audience about the dark land in the north and his crossing of the icy sea and the windy plains in the north Buri recounted his father’s adventures in short and explained their intended way on the quest to the sun.
All the time Cantu and Hermo were sitting at Aegir and Buri feet, listening eagerly and asking question after question. The two friends just wanted to know every detail of the intended travel, not only about the route itself but also about the people living in the different countries along the way, the dangerous beasts laying in wait for careless travellers and even about the deities to be asked for a safe outcome of the voyage. When Aegir finally gave up slightly enervated because of the number of the questions, he remarked by accident, “I can’t answer all your questions my boys. You just have to come along and look for yourself!” Hearing this Cantu and Hermo vanished in the crowd immediately and were not seen again the whole afternoon.
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At nightfall and after the exhilaration of the afternoon had passed, Ver ambushed Aegir and Buri on their way back from the village green, “You haven’t forgotten our plans for tonight, have you? Molis and Ailis are excited like cats in heat! They would be heartbroken if their plot wouldn’t work out.” He led them away from the farmhouses further down along the riverside to a log cabin overlooking the access to the hamlet. There Ver opened a small hidden door and the warmth of a fire in the smokestack welcomed them.
At first glance nothing seemed to be inside of the hut besides a wide bed occupying more than half of the room. On a second glance two men-sized shapes seemed to hide under the cover of furs, on a third glance Aegir and Buri discovered a naked Kester hiding behind a light screen.
“Welcome to our little private festivity! Welcome in Freya’s paradise!” he burst out laughing, jumped out of his hide-out and embraced Aegir and Buri as if they had been separated for years. “Get out of your cloth, it’s warm in here now and soon it will be really hot.”
Ver had stepped out of his breeches already. Covered with a loincloth only, he impatiently began to undress the guests. Suddenly loud calls stopped his efforts, “Kester! Ver! Where are you?” Kester’s mother called with worried voice. “Are you up there in the outlook? Hermo and Cantu are missing! Our guests are missing also! Are you boys up there and what about Ailis and Molis?”
“Mother we are up here and our guests also!” Ver called back, dressing in a hurry, “We don’t know about Cantu and Hermo! They sure have hatched out a prank! Don´t worry!”
“There are nowhere around! We have looked all over the place!” Kester’s mother called back.
“The boys sure are not here and I haven’t seen the two the whole evening. Have you looked for the boys in the forest?” Ver asked back, “Asked some men to check there! We will go down to the river and check the banks!”
All four young men got dressed in a hurry and went down to the river. Carefully they searched the possible hideouts along banks between the fore-post and the landing stage.
Ailis and Molis needed some more time to complete their outfit. Then the young women walked back to the village searching every place along the trail known to be used by kids for secret games.
Kester and Ver didn’t find a single track of the two youngsters along the riverside. However when they counted the boats moored to the landing stage, they missed Cantu’s dugout. “Is blue-eye around, Mother?” Kester called up to the village.
“No son, the dog is missing also and the two have taken their hunting and fishing gear along!”
Instantly Aegir recalled the nagging questions of Hermo and Cantu about the planned route. “This afternoon the two wanted to know every single step of our expedition to Ta-Seti, they wanted to know just everything about our gear, our weapons and provisions, just everything. After a while their questions became a real pain in the neck and I told them Just come along you two and see for yourselves.” shaking his head, “That was sure a big mistake!”
“Yes, that was a big mistake! They sure have decided to become your companions!” Ver stated, “I know my brother Cantu too well, he is a blockhead!”
“And Hermo will go along with Cantu, what ever comes!” Kester added, “They always stay together, thick as thieves!”
Now Cantu’s mother lost countenance. Furious like a boar defending their piglets she attacked Buri, “You black bastard, you and this red haired devil from Niflheimr! You arrived on Midgard and anything got out of order! The sun stood still on the sky, our perfect sons and their lovely wives went mad, mad like stray cats. And now Cantu and Hermo, our pride and joy have vanished! You have lured the boys into the land of fog. May you be punished by the Allmighty!”
Ver’s father tried to calm her down, but he was unable to quiet her mind. So he took her home. Kester’s father, the village elder and the others men discussed what to do best. As it was dark already they decided to postpone the search till day break and left for their homes.
Aegir, Buri, Kester and Ver stayed at the landing stage. “It’s our fault,” Aegir expressed his concern, while Buri suggested; “Lets search them on the river! I guess the two took off by the boat down the stream!”
“Yes, we should start now, we can’t wait till dawn. I hope our boats are fast enough to catch the two before the reach the big cataracts! Help us! Oh Freyr, oh Wuitan, help us!” Kester burst out nervously.
“You are right Kester, we need to start immediately.” Ver gave him support: ”The boys are not stupid and know how to handle a boat, but they are not experienced enough to overcome the big rapids safely!”
“Let’s start as soon the boats are ready. Our gear and provisions are loaded already! We can start now. And you?” Aegir asked Kester
“We just have to get out weapons and then we are ready too!” Kester answered.
“Let’s take my father’s boat, Kester, it’s the fastest.” Ver bowed to the East, “With your help Oh Sol we will find Cantu and Hermo before the deadly rapids!”
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