I woke up and saw a fuzzy image of Vi sitting next to me holding my hand while her visage came into focus as I started to wake up. When I stir she gets up and walks to a bunch of food she had prepared that is already in the room, "Hey Zoe, I had them prepare a bunch of food for you and got a little carried away." I shake my head to put her at ease since I am beyond starving right now, "I am fucking starving right now. I say bring it on." Vi helps me at first and after a few plates are in me I start to get more strength and can move my arms. She keeps feeding me though, ignoring that I am getting movement in my limbs. When we hit the halfway point on the food she brought she finally let me feed myself and I wolf everything down so quickly.
Vi is constantly bringing me plate after plate after plate taking the empty ones away from me. Vi thought she over prepared, but I was still hungry when I was done with the food she prepared. Vi says in astonishment at the volume of food since it is a new record, "By the goddess this is the most you have ever eaten. Your body must have really needed it. Let me signal for more. How much more can you eat?" I reply after reflecting upon myself examining my own limits, "Maybe a few more regular-people meals worth of food." She nods and squeezes my hand affectionately, "Coming right up my love." She gets up and takes the cart that was once filled with food with those special racks on it to hold that feast that is now filled with a bunch of empty plates and takes it to the hallway and says something to whoever is out there. I have never seen them use racks like that before for my food until I unlocked my magic. There was no way they would have fit ALL that food on that cart without them. They probably use it mainly for balls and other large functions.
I feel tons better after eating that food. I still feel broken inside but my body is at least almost fully recovered. I feel after I get this food in me I will be able to fully restore my magic. Sid is now up in the bed now that there are no plates anywhere and he comes up to me and says nothing and just comes and lays his head on me. I pet him on the head and just enjoy the intimate moment with my family. Vi comes back shortly after and sits next to us and also starts petting Sid and turns to me, "Your last little bit of food will be here shortly. I meant to tell you, but the chef has missed your appetite. He says he loves seeing all of the empty plates after your meals. I didn't want to worry you by telling you before you got better, but I thought it was really cute. My family apparently gives him a lot of trouble when it comes to their cuisine. I say family, but I guess I really mean my mother." When she says this she continues to pet Sid. I am not surprised since she has a snobbish, condescending air to her elegance and I say, "Well, that doesn't surprise me at all." We continue to pet Sid and then there is a knock at the door and Vi gets up to open the door.
She opens one of the double doors and grabs a large tray with several plates on it. She brings the tray in and places it at the foot of the bed and brings me the first plate while I eat everything and while giving her empty plates while she gives me full ones until the tray is empty and I plop back and smack my stomach, "That was perfect." I go to get up slowly with Vi's help and walk carefully over to Ash and place my hand on him and think, 'HEAL'. He gets a clean bill of health and spins on the table a few times really excited but then gets a little out of breath. I say while petting him as he catches his breath, "Careful buddy. Just because I healed you doesn't take away the fact that you almost died. Take care of yourself and rest for a few days. I promise I will do the same. Okay?" Vi hearing this says in an almost nagging tone, "I will hold you to that, Zoe." She shoots me a face that says 'you better' to try and make sure I don't push myself either. I would say 'Why the third degree?', but I haven't exactly had the cleanest record for that here in this world. Can't really blame her when I have acted like this since getting my magic.
It is just for the first time in either of my lives I have the power to make a difference and I just want to use it. I say to Vi thinking of my mission again trying to keep my mind busy, "After a few days rest do you want to go shopping to prepare for our trip? I have only these workout clothes Nat got me." I pause grabbing onto them with care, missing my friend and Vi replies with a faint warm smile, "Yes. We can go shopping and it will be our first actual date." She does a little happy wiggle and then I respond anxiously clutching the comforter so tight it causes my knuckles to change color slightly, "What is that pervert brother of yours doing right now? I haven't heard about him in a while." The little bit of excitement she felt vanishes as she furrows her brow a little and says, "That pervert is bugging my father to let him use his new found stolen powers of his hito bring chaos to the Demon Country, Calla. Father is considering it but knows his son is but one man though super powered he probably wouldn't stand a chance if their elite fought him at the same time since their magic affinity exceeds human-kind. Since the incident he seems rather disinterested in you since it seems 'you have fulfilled your purpose' so you don't have to worry anymore."
I cry in relief as the anxiety and fear residing in my heart fades slowly away, "Thank the goddess. I don't know if I could have seen him again after he made me feel so defenseless and weak. I trained my body so long to not be weak and yet-" I pause and cry harder, "I am not strong enough. Will I ever be strong enough? Will other earth magic users try the same thing?" Just imagining having to go through another photosynthesis causes my chest to tighten painfully as I get flooded with feelings of despair and hearing his deafening laughter recalling the torturous experience. Vi embraces me and says shedding tears on my behalf, "Say your magic words, Zoe!" while holding me tight. I say, "I love me. I love me. I love me…" continuing until the pain subsides in my chest.
She says while slowly patting my head, "You are the strongest woman I know. As for hypothetical earth magic users, they would not draw breath much longer I would make certain. I may be at a type disadvantage but I have beaten many earth magic users in combat with my agility. Father used to say, 'Train to win no matter who you are up against.' He would make all three of us fight elements we were weak against intentionally to make us stronger. I won't let anyone else touch you." I cry even harder while she continues to hold me. Putting my faith in her. Sid joins the hug too silently and Ash climbs up my body to hug my face. We are in a hug fest and I am soaking the love in. I say feeling blessed to have them in this dark moment in this strange world, "I feel so lucky to have a family like this." Sid's tail starts to wag and Ash nuzzles his face in my face. Vi replies affirming what I said while still hugging me, "That is right. WE are a family. We have to stick together no matter what. Stuck like slime" I echo, "Stuck like slime." Then Sid and Ash in unison as if they practiced say, "Stuck like slime." While we continued to hug while enjoying the familial intimacy.
It has been a few days and I am physically 100 percent. Mentally? Still debatable and still very broken. I am currently held together by glue and sometimes the trauma comes back like a hammer and breaks it again making Vi glue it back up again. Every night since my re-awakening I still wake up with night terrors and like always Vi is there to comfort me. I get up and do my first workout in AGES and my does it feel good. I lose myself in the workout getting completely drenched in sweat in my endorphin high. Vi wakes up as I wrap it up and sleepily says, "Good morning, my love." I replied back, "Good morning, Vi, did you sleep well? I mean besides the usual…" I say as I purify myself, cleaning the sweat and everything off of me. I go in to kiss her and she responds after a quick peck on the lips, "I always sleep better next to you." and brings my face in for another peck on the lips. I reply thinking she must be trying to make me feel better by being dishonest, "Well that probably is a lie due to recent events." I say dejected, looking to the side gritting my teeth trying to keep my feelings in check.
She shakes her head and turns my head back in her direction as gives me yet another peck, then says, "I have never been able to fall asleep as fast or sleep as soundly as I do now. NEVER. Even waking up with you after your nightmares, as soon as you return to sleep I am right behind you. It is like your sleeping breath and sometimes very ever so slight and occasional snore that you have to listen carefully to catch for it is so subtle. The feeling I get when I hear your sleeping sounds feels like how it would feel to sleep on a boat on a still lake. Being lulled to sleep by that fluid yet subtle motion. Those sleeping sounds of yours are like a lullaby to my ears and makes my core flutter warm with a high state of calm. YOU calm me. You make my core warm." she says with a genuine warm smile touching her chest outside her core.
She says as she pulls me in for another kiss this time it isn't just a peck but a longer, more tender kiss. She moans slightly groggily from still being a little sleepy and then says, "How about some breakfast?" I then purr since I am now a huge foodie because of my appetite, "Oooooh talk dirty to me." She giggles in a sultry and sleepy way and pulls me in for another kiss then says, "I need to get up before I pull you into this bed and never get out." as she groans in sexual frustration while getting up to let the people outside which I have come to know is Sir Brody and one of the night shift guards covering down for Sir Stirling's void. Vi says her name is Maria and that she is a wind magic user. She is quite the handsome woman with a lean frame and her hair tied back in a ponytail. Reminds me of me from my first life and since she is a knight you just know it is going to be Sir Maria.
Since I was actually able to get up I could go to the door and talk with both of them. She is always in comfortable looking yet tough armor. Like it appears it will let her move with ease. I really want to see her fight. Just not in an actual fight, just a sparring match is good. I don't know if my heart can handle an actual altercation right now, but I guess we will never know unless as such a situation arises goddess forbidding, hopefully. In my first life I didn't like actually fighting, I just loved to sport-fight. Fighting and competing with friends. Though when I died I hadn't fought in many years. Coming here my fighting is pretty rusty but my overall instincts are still there.
Remembering when I was able to parry the pervert before he was powered up and able to strike him a few times hurting him before attempting to run. Also, thinking of the sparring match I had with Vi. Actually I think I might ask if I can spar with Sir Maria either later today or tomorrow. That actually sounds like fun fighting her. My thoughts get interrupted when a cart gets wheeled in and we eat our breakfast all four of us. Once we wrap up breakfast she asks, "You three about ready to go on a shopping trip? Sid, you probably need to hide in either Ash's shadow or mine to set the people's hearts at ease. The castle folk know of you, but the townsfolk might be scared if a wolf was just roaming the streets." He nods to tell her he understood without saying anything so I don't have to worry about translating. She pets his head, "You are such a good boy." Sid's tail starts wagging really fast. Sid then hops into Ash's shadow and Ash hops on my shoulder then we head to town after Vi gets her plain clothes on.
The townspeople just love Ash so much. I could hear a slight whine from his shadow. Awww poor baby. I wonder if the townspeople really would be scared of him? Wanting to do Sid a favor and get him some pets I devised a plan to "accidentally" out him so he has to walk out with us so he can get pets too. After hearing the whining, I pet Ash's shadow as he is getting pets from the townspeople and Sid's tail starts wagging from Ash's shadow. They gasp in surprise then Vi says after sighing and giving me a quick side eye, "Guess the jig is up Sid. Why don't you come out and say hi?" It is great I didn't have to say anything but she gave me that side eye like she knew I planned it. Sid comes out with droopy ears since he knows his excitement outed him. I scratch the fur around his head and give him a big kiss on the head, "This is a very good boy here. His name is Sid and he can use dark magic and can hide in shadows as you can see." Some children ran up to him immediately while the adults were hesitant and Sid rolled over and started playing with them immediately. Sid officially won over the hearts of the townspeople just like I knew he would and he is bursting with happiness right now.
Vi sighs and says, "Guess I was worried for nothing. I am glad it turned out this way. It very well could have turned out to be a disaster." She bonks my head, "You pet his shadow knowing he was going to wag his tail, didn't you?" I laugh and say shrugging, "I don't know what you are talking about." immediately avoiding eye contact. Thinking briefly of the funny Parks and Recreation clip from Earth, two characters are high trying not to look suspicious saying 'don't be suspicious. Don't be suspicious.' over and over again being very suspicious.
Vi then says after a sigh and warmly smiling at Sid and the children playing, "His whines were pretty pitiful weren't they." I say back with a little bit of intensity finally being completely honest, "I know right?! I just couldn't stand it any longer." I turn to look at him now playing with some kids with Ash in tow as well. Everybody looks like they are having fun. Vi then turns to me and grabs me by my hand, "While they are playing there are a few shops in this area that we can go to. I want to save the clothes shopping for last because I just know I am going to get carried away. First things first I was thinking of maybe getting you a knife or something to defend against earth magic." I nod and follow her.
We get into a weapons shop and there are many different weapons here. It is a magnificent sight to behold. I wasn't ever truly proficient with a sword, but I will need a blade of some sort to cut through vines and other earthly things. I search everything looking for something that speaks to me while Vi is waiting patiently. I searched for a while then I came across it. It isn't too fancy but it looks like a slightly curved dagger with a little serrated edge near the hilt. This seemed perfect for what I needed. It is like a mini machete which is why it is so perfect. I hold it up to Vi and tell her, "I think this is the one." She replies after examining it briefly, "Ok. Now let's try to find a holster for it you like. I want you to always carry this on your person, so I want you to be comfortable." I nod and peruse about their holster selection and Vi joins. I see a low profile one that is worn kind of like a belt with the holster positioned on the backside of the belt that can be latched on after the fact so you can actually use the belt part of it. Having found my weapon and holster we checked out. The whole time I have been here in Gaos, the princess has been my sugar momma. It is so funny because I am the one used to providing and it feels so fucking weird to be on the other side of it. I always had the philosophy that when someone treats you, act like it is you buying instead. The princess knows I am not much for material things that much here and she is bursting with mischievous energy to spoil me right now. I see it seeping from her pores. The clothes shopping is what I think she is most excited for.
After we finish settling our bill with the weapons guy, Vi says while putting the loot in her magic bag, "Let's go to the general store and get our basic provisions we will need on the road. I have a few enchanted ice boxes that can preserve food for a long time." I replied thinking those some like magical kitchen appliances, "That sounds like a refrigerator or a freezer. Depending on how cold they get." Vi confused, "Was that your non-magic equivalent to store food?" I nod, "Sure was. Do not ask me how they worked though because I couldn't tell you the details. A freezer froze things solid while refrigerators kept them cool." Vi replies, "Yea. We just have the one kind of enchanted ice box here. Though I am sure maybe different ice users could do different enchantments, and it is very possible there is someone out there that has the capability of making an ice box that keeps things cool. Since people can use magic they can unfreeze things with not much effort pretty much instantly. If they are a fire magic or water magic user they are really good at unfreezing things quickly."
Different worlds have different technological needs. They just don't have a need for a refrigerator here in Gaos because magic defeats the purpose. Actually now that I think of it they did have racks of magical-ice in the kitchen with things on them that are used to keep things cool, not frozen. It just isn't an item more like a household appliance that can't be moved. I reply, "That makes sense." We arrive in the general store and we get a variety of goods, mainly non-perishables and we get A LOT of stuff. She grabs her personal enchanted bag after purchasing all the food and supplies we will need and stuffs EVERYTHING in her bag. All of that I don't think would have fit in my bag. It looks WAY more than 30 bags of my bag. This will be a long journey so a lot of supplies will be needed but still seeing ALL of the go in her bag seemed so impressive. Magic and enchantments really are amazing. Magic has a way of constantly blowing my mind. After buying all of our provisions the look on her face gets mischievous and she rubs her hands together like a villain plotting an evil scheme, "Let's go clothes shopping now." I take a look to check on Ash and Sid and they are still having a great time as we head to the clothing store.
Inside the first clothing store we go to look for adventure wear. From lightweight protective gear to heavy gear like actual armor. I start perusing the wares of the lightweight side of the store since I need all of the agility I can get. I personally like the crop top leather top and I grab their matching trousers which looked to be like capris. They had a design on the leather so it wasn't just plain but totally something I would wear in my last life. I loved crop tops and this seems like it will protect my vitals pretty decent while not hindering my movement. Vi continues to look around while I go try on the outfit I picked out. I get it on and it is PERFECT. I love it. I get back out on the floor to show Vi and she says while examining the outfit, "You look good in that-" She pauses and grabs something and holds it up, "-but you would look great in this." She is holding something that reminds me of my concubine outfit with how little it has but the bottoms are basically booty shorts instead of a loin cloth. She says, biting her lip in that seductive manner of hers, "They are enchanted with defensive properties so it will protect you."
I ask while I also nonverbally motion to my attire, "Can we just enchant what I am wearing now?" Vi shakes her head while wearing a slight smirk, "No can do, Zoe. Enchantments are made during the creation of something. Enchanted ink for instance doesn't do anything on its own. It is when something is created with it that it activates its power. This outfit was created this way. They have male equivalent versions too." She hands the initial outfit to me while reaching up with her other hand to grab a male thong that apparently had the same enchantment. At least they are 'equal opportunity' here. I sigh and go into the changing room to change being defeated. I change and it looks good on me… I guess. Though I prefer the other outfit. I always preferred more masculine attire. The top fits my breasts perfectly like it was made for me and it supports them nicely. I don't have to worry about them flopping all over the place if we get in a fight. Though it shows a lot of cleavage in the chest while offering that support. I know that is exactly what Vi loves.
I walk out wearing my (I guess) new outfit especially after seeing her reaction. She looks at me with such passion in her eyes and says, "Oooh I like that." She comes to me and kisses me tenderly on the lips while reaching around and grabbing my butt with her hands, a cheek in each grip. I then say, "Can we compromise and let me wear trousers on top of these shorts?" Vi sighs and groans, "Fine. I guess." The capri bottoms that I had earlier I think works. I don't even worry about going to the changing room and just throw them on top right there in the store and Vi says, "As long as that wonderful top stays on I think I can live without looking at those wonderful legs of yours. Though you will have to make it up to me." She purrs and kisses me again.
I then say, "Can we also get this leather top if I get uncomfortable like if there are too many men around. I don't think I would be comfortable wearing this around a lot of men." She nodded with her eyes filled with warmth and worry, "Of course my love. I obviously want you to be comfortable. I just want you to be safe." She pecks my lips then continues with her eyes sparkling with excitement, "Though dressing you up like a doll right now brings me so much pleasure. Let me buy both of these and then we can go to the regular clothes store." She leaves and settles things with the store clerk and I just keep wearing the outfit I changed into out of the store. The workout clothes I had are now in my backpack.
As Vi is wrapping up with the clerk I peek out the window to check on Ash and Sid. They look like they are still having fun. Vi comes up behind me and hugs me from behind looking at them too, "They sure are adorable aren't they?" I reply while looking at them adorably playing, "They are the fucking cutest." She kisses my neck then releases me then grabs my hand, "Come on. Let's make our last stop." She says with a smile. As we start to walk out to head to the other place when we hear a commotion where the kids were playing in the brief moment we took our eyes off of them. We run over and Sid is latched on to a man's arm who is yelling, "Get this fucking mutt off of me!" and screams. Ash runs up to me and says that the man was trying to take one of the kids. Weapons are now pointed at Sid in a misunderstanding. I say approaching with my hands up so they know I am not a threat, "This man tried to abduct one of the children here and my companion there was merely protecting the child. Anyone around here today could attest that my companion, Sid, loves children since they were playing for a while." The towns people start nodding in agreement and the guy screaming says, "Who the fuck are you? You weren't even there. How do you know what happened?" I replied while pointing to Ash, "This guy told me, right Ash?" Ash nods his head up and down so everyone can see he said yes. I then continue, "Are there authorities nearby that can take this man into custody for attempted kidnapping? Once he has been restrained I can use my healing magic on him." The guard nearby said firmly, "Yes, but we will need the kid in question to verify the accusations." Ash then says, perking up for a mission putting on his adorable serious cap on, "Leave it to me!" Ash then heads off quickly to fetch the kid who was hiding a few hundred feet away.
The child accompanies Ash back to us and corroborates the story confirming the man was bad news. Some guards came and threw handcuffs on him. I went over once they did that and healed him. He sucked his teeth at me afterwards but everything is fine. I bend down to pet Sid, "You did a great thing today. Good job." His tail wags really fast and the kid he rescued comes up and hugs him and gives him his gratitude. This is so fucking adorable. There is a huge crowd now and Vi says with a worried look at our huge audience, "It may be best if we called our shopping trip here, today. I say we go ahead and go back and just come back tomorrow." I nod, "Sounds good. Though I am good, I have two outfits and a weapon and a holster." Vi shakes her head, "You deserve more. We are getting you more. How about this we get you two sets of regular clothes. One casual and one formal as a compromise?" I replied, appreciating her meeting me halfway, "Ok. Sounds good. Sorry. I guess I just don't like people paying for things for me. I have always been the one to buy and provide so it feels weird to let someone else pay for everything." Vi replies lightly and affectionately bonking me on my head, "You realize that you have worked harder than anyone I have ever known and you haven't even asked for a single gold coin? Think of all of this as yours already. I want to take care of you." she says as she takes my hand in hers and continues, "Let's go home."
We get back to the castle and since we are officially healed now, we are back in my concubine room that had the scaffolding that Ash loves to fly up to with his magic. Now he is unable to reach it sadly. It seems that they cleaned up the room and replaced the slashed and broken furniture. Vi stays with me like she promised never leaving my side. Though I only care about that promise here in this castle. I am terrified of being tortured again. My chest starts to tighten and before I could get to the bed to sit down on the edge my chest tightens and one of my legs gives out causing me to almost fall but I catch myself and put a knee down.
My chest is so painfully tight.
Feelings of despair, fear, and helplessness rush over me. I see flashes of long blonde hair in my mind's eye. I hear his laugh. I feel the pain.
Vi rushes to my side and gets on both of her knees and holds me tight, "Say your magic words!" I repeat the magic words, "I love me. I love me. I love me…" over and over until the feeling in my chest releases. Vi holds me the whole time like always. Vi kisses my cheek when the tightening releases, "How about we get some food?" It is like she knows what to say to me to turn my mood around. I reply with my mood getting almost instantly better, "I am always down for food." She chuckles a little bit, "Ok, give me one moment. I'll have someone fetch us something to eat."
She gently strokes the hair on my forehead to the side and gets up and goes to the door. I get up and sit on the edge of the bed and Ash and Sid come up to cuddle. We sit and wait on the food while petting Ash and Sid. All throughout dinner I am thinking how Vi hasn't touched me or asked me to touch her since the Photosynthesis. I know she is being considerate, but I am her concubine. I have a job to do. She literally just paid for some really expensive things for me and I haven't fulfilled my base job duties. I will fix that.
I take Vi and push her on the bed like she likes and I kiss her passionately while dragging my fingers down her body. The parts exposed from her clothing. Barely touching her. Feeling the goosebumps pop up on her skin from the sensation of my fingers. She is still fully clothed now so she goes to remove her blouse she was wearing today. She is also wearing a skirt but I am kind of in the way of her removing that right now. I take my leg and do the thing she likes and grind on her while I have her pinned. Lifting the skirt with my leg. The grinding gets her riled up and she moans in pleasure. She continues to moan in pleasure while I kiss her and grind.
The window door to the balcony shakes with a strong wind and I scream, and I run to the far corner of the room. I am sobbing in the fetal position in the corner of the room and Sir Maria and Sir Brody are now in the room on full alert and confused. Vi hearing the balcony door shaking understands, "Everything is fine here. You can go back outside." They nod and turn to walk out and while they are still in earshot says, "Zoe, I am in no rush to bed you again. Take as much time as you need." I shake my head feeling like a failure, "but I am your concubine. I have a job to do." Vi shakes her head while grabbing a blanket from the bed, "You are way more to me than just my concubine." The door is now shut and we are now alone again.
Vi continues walking this way, "You are the eye of the storm that was my life. You bring me calm. You bring me happiness. You are my first love. You are my everything." She says as she comes to me and sits down next to me and covers us both with the blanket wrapping her arm around me in the process and continues, "I can't imagine life without you. I don't want to hurt you. I want everything between us to be on equal terms. You are still thinking like I am your employer and I want you to stop that. If you aren't comfortable, TELL me. If something is bothering you. TELL me. I want to be here for you. I want to be your support." She says as she gently squeezes me with the arm she is holding me with.
I then say as I wipe away some of my tears, "I'll try. I really will. I have a hard time communicating my needs and troubles sometimes. Liz helped me get over a lot of that, but I still struggle with it on occasion." Vi holds my head to her shoulder with a few tears escaping her eyes, "Oh, I know. I especially have experienced that since the incident, but I would never pressure you into giving me details. After the horrific sight I saw when I went to rescue you, I wouldn't be surprised if you would just want to forget the experience all together than ever try to recount it. My heart tightened for you and it would only release when I was holding your hand. I can't even imagine the pain you must be feeling." Vi kisses the top of my head and holds me there. She then perks up slightly, "I have an idea. How about we move the bed to this corner away from the window. We don't have to do anything, but I just want you to feel safe when you are in the bed with me regardless of whether or not we are being intimate or not."
I perk up at the idea and say while wiping my tears away, "That would be amazing, thank you. Though that bed is really heavy, how are we going to move it? Like I know I am strong, but that bed frame is something else." She shakes her head wiping the wetness off her face with the hand not holding me, "Don't you worry about that I think I know who can help." She gets up and gets Sir Maria in the room. Vi says pointing to the bed and then the far corner of the room, "Can we get you to use your wind magic to help lift this bed? We want to move it to the corner away from the window." Sir Maria then says raising her brows ever so slightly as if she were asking herself and almost immediately dropping her eyebrows in realization of her abilities, "Shouldn't be a problem." She creates like this current of air that makes the bed hover above the ground and she drags the bed like it weighs nothing and places it exactly where we need it then sets it down.
In amazement I say while standing to the side wrapped like a cocoon in the blanket Vi put on me, "Wow. That is so cool." She smiles observing her own magic, "Ain't it though? I love my magic. Is that all you need from me?" Vi wrapped her arm around the outside of the blanket that I cocooned myself with and replied to her, "For now, yes." I say, still clutching this blanket tight, "Thank you so much, Sir Maria." She giggles, "That is still such a weird thing to hear. Though if that means you have placed your faith in my abilities I will gladly bear the title 'Sir'." She says as she bows her head in acknowledgment to me all knightley. This chick has total L.I.S.A. energy. Lesbian In Shining Armor. Though I do not know her sexual preference though. She leaves the room and then it is just the four of us. Vi sits up on the bed by the wall using a pillow for a back support and pats the bed next to her for me to join.
I crawl into bed and she pulls my head gently to her lap and I just lay there. She then strokes my hair gently and says, "Don't worry. We will leave this place with all these bad memories as soon as we can. After our shopping tomorrow I was thinking we will finish our packing so we can leave first thing the following morning. What do you think?" I reply feeling like there is finally a light at the end of the dark tunnel, "I think that is great. I hate being in this castle… I mean no offense. I know it is your home." She pats my head, "We will be gone soon. My father will make sure we are well prepared before we go. He even said he would arrange for us to take mounts as well to make for faster travel." I replied, genuinely curious, picturing fantasy things from video games like land drakes, chocobos, griffins, wyverns, and loads more, "What kind of mounts?" Vi says after thinking for a moment, "Though there are more exotic mounts out there like griffins and wyverns, we only have horses here at the castle at this time."
I reply while holding Vi tightly, "I don't think I have met any of the horses here at the castle yet. If there are any not awakened I can do that while we are at the stables. I am sure the king would love to have powerful mounts at his disposal." Vi says while slightly furrowing her brow, "He would love that, I am sure. Though let me ask him before we awaken any horse that we aren't taking. Because they are the king's property." I replied very irritated, furrowing my brow as I continued to lay in Vi's lap looking at her from below, "Tsk. I hate how we have to get permission. They have their own will and should be able to choose to awaken. Just like the slaves. They all should be able to awaken if they desire."
Vi sighs and closes her eyes and stops petting my hair temporarily to put her index and middle finger at the point of her furrowed brow, "I agree, but we have a way we do things and we have to play by the rules for the time being until we can change them. I would like my dad to choose Juanito for the throne. He would definitely agree to abolishing the slave trade and allow anyone man, demon or as I like how you say demihumans, or animals to awaken if they so desire. I was going to when I became queen then I met you. You changed everything for me. I will leave Hedia in my brother's hands and try my best to make sure he makes it on the throne. Until then, we will have to bide our time and follow the rules."
I reply with a slightly snarky attitude, "Well I still don't like it and I am still going to complain." When I said that I remembered Bob's Burgers and a line similar to this cheering me up slightly in my inner monologue. Vi chuckles wearing that warm smile of hers, "That is one reason why I love you so much." she says as she continues to stroke my hair. She strokes my hair silently as we just embrace being together and existing in the same place. After several moments of this, I break the silence and say, "Hey Vi, do you want to see that same future I saw tonight? We haven't visited the goddess in a while and I am sure she is quite lonely." Vi perks up a little while still stroking my hair, "I would love to. Ever since you told me about it I have been wanting to see it." We do our normal nightly ritual and then I heal her to shroud her soul temporarily in light and then we fall asleep.