I stepped closer to the beam. I was aware of these devices, but this was the first time I ever saw one in real life.
The beam was clearly made by a skilled carpenter. It was smooth and polished, with carvings at each end, and suspended between two pillars. The beam's slight upward curve made it fit perfectly between a woman's legs. Yumi's feet were buckled into the straps attached to the bottom of the beam on each side.
Lord Katsuya watched me closely.
"The angle can be adjusted," he explained eagerly, his tone almost bragging, pointing at the front end of the beam, "so that the pressure and the angle are just right."
He traced the wood lustfully with his fingers. "Then the straps are adjusted to increase the pressure and restrict movement. All she can do now is grind against the beam, her need constantly increasing, but never satisfied."
I looked at the woman's face. Yumi looked pretty, but the contour of her mouth and cheeks were obscured by a silk gag wrapped around her head. There were tiny beads of sweat on her forehead as she looked back at me with a mix of fear and hope.
"How long has she been on it?" I asked.
"Only a couple of hours," Lord Katsuya grunted. "I like watching her squirm and wriggle as stimulation gets more intense. But I'm more humane that some. I've heard of women left on the board for days. Some of them even went mad, unable to deal with the painful pleasure."
I glanced at Lord Katsuya. Yes, he looked like a real humanitarian to me… So proud he hasn't had his concubine on the beam for more than a day…
"What's that water?" I pointed at the splashes on the far end of the beam.
"Ah," Lord Katsuya smiled a small perverted smile. "You see the jar up there? The water drips through an opening at regular intervals, and strikes the board. You'd think it would only produce a tiny vibration, but that's what gets juices of a woman in heat really going, trust me."
I nodded, thinking it over.
"So, my condition for granting you your wish is this," I said, speaking in a calm, measured voice, suppressing my boiling anger. "Release this woman from concubinage. She is going to be free to leave—or to stay with you, if she chooses, but on her free will."
Lord Katsuya eye's snapped wide open. "Release her?!"
"Yes," I nodded.
"You can't be serious, Taro. If I release her, what am I to do?"
I shrugged. "You have your children. They'll take care of you in your remaining days."
"Children!" he exclaimed, gazing at Yumi with lust.
"It's your choice," I said quietly. "If you're not ready, let's go back to your room, I'd like to see the contract my mother had signed with you for lumber transportation."
"Wait!" the old man exclaimed. "Wait…" His hands ran up and down one of Yumi's legs. "Let me think… Oh, she's so scrumptious. But… Maybe it's better for me not to see her in the flesh every day. I'm tormenting her—but seeing her is a true torment for me… Be it this way," he sighed. "I'll release her."
Elation spread across Yumi's face. Her eyes started to sparkle.
I lifted myself onto the beam to untie her hands and the gag.
"Oh, my lord," she muttered, her voice hoarse after such a long time with a gag. "May the spirits grant you a thousand lives."
I helped her off the beam.
"That's very kind of you to say," I replied.
I tried to be as calm and civil as I could, but she immediately fell to her knees, her hands clasping my kimono. "My lord," she exclaimed feverishly, "please possess me, savage me, destroy me—anything you'd do would give me an immense pleasure!"
She got hold of my cock and hungrily swallowed it whole in her mouth, bobbing her head impatiently.
"Oh my!" she blurted as it hardened. "It's so big and perfect. It deserves to be forced inside me!"
She slapped her face with my cock several times, her eyes gleaming. "Please, my lord, please possess me!"
I pushed her down onto the mat and immediately entered her, her ecstatic howl confirming my cock reached all the way into her depths. Clearly, the time spent on the beam had made her dripping wet.
"Heavens!" Yumi screamed. "I'm floating! Blessed be this day for the remainder of my life!"
I noticed Lord Katsuya baring his cock that was, to my surprise, almost completely erect. He jerked himself off with abandon, a broad scowl on his face, both scary and blissful.
I kept thrusting, adjusting my angle so that I could hit all of Yumi's sweet spots. Her back arched, lifting off the mat, and her eyes rolled back completely. "Floating! Blossoming!" she screamed, convulsing from head to toe.
Her inner muscles clenched around my cock, twitching violently.
"I want your essence!" she yelled, pushing her hips back into me, a loud slapping sound echoing around the room.
I was already close.
With a growl, I released myself into her depth, triggering another violent orgasm in the pretty concubine.
"Oh joy!" she yelped. "Ah, it feels like my body is rising to the heavens."
She went all soft, her limbs falling flat onto the mat. My cock slipped out of her, white strands of cum trailing it.
"O gods!" I heard Lord Katsuya's voice, and glanced in his direction. A thick, yellowish semen shot out of his shrivelled member and splattered on the wooden board next to the mat. The old man almost fell over from the sudden release, and quickly kneeled to avoid the complete collapse.
Yumi didn't seem to notice. Her eyes were unfocused, in a trance-like daze. Only after a long while did she appear to return to reality.
"Thank you, my lord," she muttered, her eyes finding mine.
I nodded. "You're most welcome, Yumi-sama." I glanced at Lord Katsuya who pulled himself together a little. "Lord Katsuya agreed to release you from your arrangement."
Lord Katsuya sighed heavily. "A promise is a promise. Especially, a samurai's promise." He adjusted his kimono. "You are free to choose your future, Yumi. I hope you're going to stay here." He continued, under my glare. "But you are free to stay or leave as you choose."
The concubine glanced at Lord Katsuya and then back at me, her eyes welling with tears.
Her lips moved, but there was no sound. She lay there, flushed and naked, smiling and crying at the same time.