In the morning, Pearl stretched her arms, but when she was stretching her legs, she bit her lower lip and mumbled:
“Darn, now I understand why Anika was complaining in the morning. My lower half is so sore… What about you, Wenammy?”
The High Fairy was still sleeping, with a smile of pure bliss on her lips. Pearl kept on staring at her and felt her heart melting. She then noticed that Alex had Magic on his hands, and was using Healing Magic on his groins. She looked at him and asked with a gentle smile:
“It seems I am not the only one. Are you hurt?”
“Yeah, I woke up feeling my body completely numb, but then I noticed that I lost a lot of skin in certain areas. And not from the biting! This was so much fun, but luckily for me, you helped on taking care of Wenammy, and she helped me on making sure you also had fun because if I had to do it all alone, I would faint of exhaustion for sure!”
Pearl changed her position on his right arm to be more comfortable and stuck out her butt:
“When you finish, can you put some Healing Magic on me? I don’t want to give any reason for Anika to mock me because I can’t seat properly or ride my horse. I mocked her a lot, so I know for sure that she will give me the same treatment.”
Alex kept on healing himself and said:
“In a moment… It’s only your butt? Nothing else?”
“Well, there is another place down there that is also sore. My boobs and nipples as well. I don’t know who was the one that bit me so hard! It was good at that time, but I can still feel teeth biting my both nipples!”
Alex gathered more Magic and took care of Pearl while answering:
“I think it was Wenammy. She is absolutely nuts with your breasts. She also bit my nipples and I thought she was going to take them out! It felt good, but now it hurts as well. She looks cute even in her sleep, doesn’t she? Do you think she is dreaming? Because she has such a smile…”
“She is probably happy. Save some Healing Magic for her, I may have slapped her butt a bit too hard. She is probably sore down there because of you, I saw what you did to her. For a guy that was always complaining about not being very experienced with women, you sure were amazing. Maybe on another night I can have you all alone for myself, and I think she will also like to have you, without me distracting her. I hope she gets a little more confident after all we did, but I won’t mind if she remains shy. I like when she acts like that, it’s so cute!”
Alex made a slight smile while healing Pearl’s body, starting on her butt, going to the front, and up to her breasts. When Pearl took one slow deep breath and slowly sat on the edge of the bed, he asked:
“Feeling better? Because Wenammy is moving, I think she is awaking up.”
Pearl nodded and looked back at the sleeping beauty, and said:
“She is awake, she is looking at you with such eyes that I don’t know if I can resist attacking her again.”
Alex looked to his left, and Wenammy was in fact staring at him with dreamy eyes. She spoke in a low and sexy voice:
– “I need a good morning kiss, and some Healing Magic as well. My body hurts all over, and I am feeling so weak that I am not sure if I will be able to get up… You two broke me, but it was so, so good… Can we go for another round after you heal me?”
Alex blinked a few times and glanced at Perl that was already leaning at his side again, with a glow in her eyes. Alex gulped and gathered Magic on his hands, beginning Wenammy’s treatment:
“I think we can do something about that… Maybe not so much as we did during the night, but we can try some things…”
Wenammy closed her eyes and felt her body getting stronger as soon as Alex poured his Magic on her lower half:
“Yeah, right there… As soon as I feel better, I will jump on you, and it’s better if you are ready.”
Alex glanced at Pearl when he felt her licking his right earlobe, and he did his best to concentrate on the healing task.
On Gabriel and Ghar’s room, Gabriel was panting, trying to catch his breath with Ghar leaned on his chest, completely exhausted. He caressed her hair and said:
“Uuuf… you finally got tired… I was thinking that you were going to kill me…”
Ghar slowly raised two fingers, and she then made a fist and gently punched his chest, making a low growl. Gabriel understood what she meant:
“Yeah, I know, you had to compensate for two years… I am glad that you chose me for that task. I am tired, but happy.”
Ghar slowly raised her head and smiled. She still didn’t understand him, but the sweat on his body and his smile was enough for her to see that he enjoyed being with her. She then closed her eyes and fell asleep, and Gabriel mumbled:
“Now she sleeps? Darn, this woman will be the death of me.”
When Gabriel was closing his eyes, a few knocks on the door made him to slowly get out from underneath the sleeping Ghar. He went for the door, almost tripping on his feet because of tiredness, and when he opened the door, James Macdonald was looking at him with a big smile that quickly turned into a frowning when he noticed that Gabriel was still naked:
“If it was Bethany coming here, she would kick your butt for daring to appear like that to her. Go put your clothes on, breakfast is almost done. Since you took forever to come out, Bethany and I took care of everything.”
Gabriel rubbed his eyes and complained:
“It’s day already? I didn’t sleep! Ghar kept on going, again, and again… She fell asleep moments ago, and I was going to sleep as well! I am going to be so tired during the day…”
“Stupid fool, you had fun for the entire night with such a gorgeous woman and you are complaining? Go get ready before I drag you out as you are!”
James Macdonald closed the door with a slam, and the noise made Ghar to jump from the bed, and going to her sword that was on the floor near the blanket they used as a mattress. She looked around and saw Gabriel looking at her, amazed by how quick she got ready for a fight. He waved his hands and pointed at the pile of clothes near him:
“Time for breakfast, get dressed.”
Gabriel grabbed Ghar’s clothes and threw them at her, while he put his shirt on. Ghar frowned and yawned. She was feeling tired, but it seemed it was already time to get up.
After they got ready, they got out from the room, with Gabriel carrying the blanket and Ghar behind him, still rubbing her eyes. Near the fire, the Princess was next to her maid, that was looking at them with her mouth wide open while the Princess was trying to disguise the redness on her cheeks by hiding her face behind the cup of tea that she was drinking.
As Gabriel and Ghar were seating next to James Macdonald and Miss Olive returned to Ghar’s necklace, Alex came out running from his room, with Pearl and Wenammy right on his heels, laughing. Pearl spoke the moment Alex hide behind James Macdonald:
“You coward! I wasn’t done with you! How dare you run away when we were having so much fun?”
Alex pointed to the plates with bread and cups with tea:
“See? Breakfast is ready, there’s no more time too fool around! Sit down and be quiet, woman, geez!”
Pearl pouted and sat next to Wenammy:
“Not fair, totally not fair. We are in no hurry, we could stay in bed for a while longer.”
Then, an opening appeared on the spheric rock shelter around them, and Okami rushed in. She stopped near the campfire and sat on the floor with a worried look. Alex was staring at her, but she spoke before he had time to ask anything:
“I went scouting ahead. There is a strange group at two hours ride from here, in a big open prairie. They seem to be waiting for us. Shinatobe went with me, and she said she recognized some of the men, they are the ones that were following us since we left the Capital of Bouria. There are also those guys from the Security Force of Baron Rowan. I had a lot of trouble to stop her, because there were three Mages dressed in dark clothes in that weird group. She is outside, making a tantrum, with Suijin and Kagu-tsuchi making sure she doesn’t go and kill them.”
Everyone started questioning Okami at the same time, but only Alex remained silent, drinking his tea and thinking. When the noise was subsiding, he said:
“It seems the purpose of our journey leaked, and they all joined forces to prevent the Princess from going to Bouria. Anika and Ghar, you will travel in the carriage, protecting the Princess and her maid. Don’t let anyone approach them. As for everyone else, it seems we are going to fight our way through. If my father was here, he would say that we must capture them, but I am not so peaceful as he is, I prefer that they all die on the spot, I don’t want to worry about dragging a bunch of prisoners with us, especially prisoners that would keep on trying to escape to kill us. If possible, I would like to capture the Mages to interrogate them, but my priority is for all of us to stay alive.”
James Macdonald looked around and faced the serious stares of his Party. He then looked at Alex and said:
“Do you have a plan? Or shall we use the same formation that we did when we faced the Magical Voids?”
“The same, considering that everyone is used to those positions. I will stay at the back this time, trying to hide myself, but I will have enough Magic ready to blow them up in one shot, if needed.”
James Macdonald raised his left eyebrow:
“Why do you want to hide? It’s because of those Dark Mages?”
“Yes. If they like to hide who they are, there is no reason for me to show them my face. It’s probably better if we ate, and ate well, because we will need our strength and Magic.”
James Macdonald saw Bethany biting her lower lip with a worried look, and he faced Alex again:
“What do you think are the odds for us to survive?”
“Pretty high, considering that I have four extremely powerful Spirits with me, and one of them is angry enough to kill all of those men all by herself. We just need to defend ourselves from their Magic attacks or arrows, and Mister Gabriel and Wenammy will make sure none of those men gets too close on foot or on a horse. Since we are going to fight warriors and Mages, it will be best if we fought from a distance, and that, works in our advantage, considering the Spells I can use without risking hurting one of us.”
James Macdonald slowly nodded and said:
“Well, we all knew this Quest was going to be dangerous, and the chances of survival were low. You easily protected us when we faced those Monsters that came from the Magical Voids when we were going to Earl Kayden’s lands, so I will trust on your judgment and Magic to make sure we finish our Quest and deliver the Princess safely.”
Alex took a sip of his tea:
“That was why you hired me, was it not? I also need new keepers to help me in my lands, so I must make sure none of you dies anytime soon.”