HADES HIS POV,
It is midnight in the Under Realm when a dark human enters the throne room. He bows in front of the throne where a big man sits. The man is wearing a black cloak all the way to his ankles. His skin is as white as paper and around his middle, there is a belt made of bones. He has long black nails and his face is hollow. His eyes are deeply sunken in his skull and surrounded by black skin. On his head, he has 2 horns that make him look like a combination between a goat and a human.
He looks at the dark human with glowing red eyes full of hate.
”State your business, don’t waste my time,” he barks at the dark human. The dark human keeps his head down while he answers, ”The sky army has disappeared my lord.”
Hades stands up furious, ”What do you mean disappeared?”
The dark human trembles, ”One moment they were there and the other moment they were gone, sir.”
Hades all of the sudden sits down calmly again, ”It doesn’t matter. It won’t make a difference in what we have planned.”
He dismisses the dark human with a gesture of his hand. The dark human sighs from relief and quickly walks away. When he has left, Hades points at a dark human in the corner of the room, ”You there. Kill him and you will be the next general. I have no use for generals that can’t locate their target. Better not disappoint me or you will share the same fate.”
The dark human smiles viciously and quickly walks after the general. When Hades is alone, he walks to the grave of his beloved daughter Hella, ”Don’t worry my sweet child. Our revenge will be sweet. Soon that lightning King will wish he was never born. I will make him pay for killing you. O how he will suffer!”
NOELLE’S POV,
The next morning, I go to the combat training from Nolan. It feels good to do some physical training again and I can start to notice subtle changes in my body. I still have my curves but instead of just softness, I have gained some muscles.
Everybody seems to be able to do the morning run now and the fighting goes better and better. We are nowhere near the skill level of the sky army, but we are also far from the idiotic mess we were in the beginning.
After combat training, I go for lunch with Nolan, and Gabriel and Faith join us. I go sit next to Gabriel.
”Hi,” I say to him with a smile.
I have to admit my stomach flutters a bit when I see him. He puts his hand on my leg and squeezes it.
Faith sees what Gabriel did and smiles, ”So Noelle this week you will be training with me. Starting tomorrow we go practice healing magic.”
I feel excited, ”Oeh I can’t wait. Why not today?”
Faith sighs, ”I simply don’t have the time today. Still have so much to prepare for the starlight festival tomorrow.”
I look at them confused, ”The starlight festival? Is it like the midsummer celebration in the Sea Realm?”
Gabriel grunts displeased, ”God no. That barbaric and idiotic event has no place in Liberum. I think it is crazy there are actually people participating in a celebration that involves rape and sacrificial rituals.”
I feel my heart get a bit lighter when I hear that.
”He really is the opposite of Roan,” I think to myself.
Gabriel continues, ”The starlight festival is a celebration of light. That night the moon and the stars are the most visible. So, in Liberum, we celebrate it with a ball on a special platform on one of the mountains. We dance, eat, and enjoy the stars the whole night.”
I smile, ”That sounds lovely actually.”
I look at Faith, ”What should I do the rest of the day if you are busy? Do you need help?”
Faith stands up, ”No it’s fine. Go do something fun or relax. I know you haven’t done that yet.”
Nolan cuts in, ”Holly is going to shop for a dress why don’t you join her?”
I stand up, ”That does sound nice. Where can I find her?”
Nolan points at the shops. ”Probably at dress to impress or at Lala lingerie.”
I nod, ”Okay see you later then. And I will see you at dragon training,” I say to Gabriel.
Gabriel answers, ”I look forward to it.”
When I walk away, I can hear Nolan make puking sounds. I chuckle and walk towards dress to impress. I walk inside and I don’t know where to look because the whole shop is filled with all the dresses I could dream of. So many colors, patterns, and fabrics everywhere I look. I walk to the back of the shop and there I find Holly standing in front of a mirror.
She is wearing a satin, shimmering dark purple dress. It is a long dress with a split at the side that shows her lean and long legs.
”Ow wow Holly. You look gorgeous in that,” I say.
She turns around with a big smile and purrs like a cat, ”I know rrrrighhht. I think I am going to take this one. Too bad Nolan will rip it apart later that night.”
I laugh, ”Money well spent I would say.”
Holly winks at me, ”What about you? you also looking for a dress?”
I walk to one of the clothing racks, ”Yes I think I want something sparkly.”
Holly runs away, ”I have just the dress. Go into the dressing room and take off your clothes.”
I do what she says and 5 minutes later she hangs a dress over the door. I put it on and walk outside the dressing room. Holly her mouth falls open, ”You definitely have to get that one. It is perfect.”
I walk to the mirror and decide that she is right. The dress fits my body like a glove and is made of see-through fabric. The fabric is covered in silver glitters. There is a lot of glitter on my upper legs, butt, and waist but it is much less on my lower legs and part of my breasts. It gives me a nice décolleté and leaves just enough for the imagination for the rest of my body.
Holly goes inside the dressing room to change back into her normal clothes.
”I am going to go get some nice underwear to go with the dress. Do you want to come?” She shouts over the door.
I take off the dress, ”No I don’t think I will wear any underwear under this dress.”
Holly is quiet for a while and then laughs, ”And here I was thinking you were so innocent. But you are right no underwear is much more practical.”
I laugh, ”Ow shut up Holly that is not what I meant.”
I change back to my normal clothes and say goodbye to Holly. I go straight to dragon training where Gabriel teaches us how to make our dragons spit fire and attack on command. After dragon training, I quickly eat something and then go to bed. I am feeling excited, and I can’t wait to see what the starlight festival tomorrow will be like.