To none of our surprise, the athyst jungle was laden with hundreds of impressive geodes, thick trees, diverse flora and a vast amount of monstrous fauna that investigated us whenever they could, only to leave us be the mont they slt that herb.
It was a fascinating thing, but we only had a limited supply of the herb to last us however long we were going to be here, and clearly so of the bios simply were not going to allow us to utilize the fragrance of this monster repelling leaf thanks to being extrely dangerous to anything that dared to live within their premises.
Nothing had really happened over the long night besides complete consumption of the tiger that we had made into stew, the tents we had providing protection from the elents while the incense urn remained situated in the middle of the campsite, overseen by the two people on watch.
During the night I had to co to terms with the fact that this was the second day in a row that I had gone without sex, and while that didn't sound that bad it was already showing its signs of becoming a problem with how tingly I was.
It was an itch paired with a slight heat deep inside that needed to be relieved, and considering how accustod I had beco to being embraced every single night since the last forever I was becoming a little worried... especially because of the skill I had apparently been blessed with because of my innate nature.
A double edged sword that was currently cutting deeply into if it was left unchecked, but there wasn't exactly a way I could sneak myself away from this place to rub one out each night to keep myself in check, nor was it going to be easy to try and explain that I was so addicted to sex that I needed it every single day.
Besides being embarrassing in front of the person that I had co to consider and love like my Mom, there was the obvious lack of desire to do so in front of soone like Lady Fenyras, and then also having Lilith being as eccentric as she was, that was an issue as well.
So I had a bit of a problem to try and figure out as we marched through the athyst jungle, and while I had already plucked a few of the shinier, far more potent gemstones off of the various geodes there was little else for to do besides hold the incense urn and keep us protected.
My eyes were constantly scanning our surroundings and I was walking between the vanguard and the Demoness lugging the carriage forwards, currently by myself and left to my own thoughts and realizations, though thankfully Draka eventually slowed her speed and fell back enough to talk to , probably just as bored as I was.
She began to speak in a quiet voice so that she didn't distract anyone else or attract any ire, but she didn't even need to do that since Anput - who was bringing up the rear alongside Leone - was having her usual fun as she passed the ti with flirting and teasing, while Lady Fenyras constantly tried to get under Lilith's skin as she asked and repeated dozens of questions about where we were heading.
"It has been a long ti since I've seen all of you, but the one who has changed the most and had the most happen is certainly you. Last ti we were chatting you were just a maid to the eventual Marquess, but now you are a Baroness..."
The Dragonkin glanced back at and flashed a smile as she added "Fresca was quite happy about that, and it spurred on so interesting discussion amongst all of my wives about what their titles were ant to be. Quite fun, sotis exhausting... but most certainly worth it."
"I am happy to hear that, and I do look forwards to seeing Fresca again. I just regret not keeping closer contact after everything that happened, but... we were both quite busy, no?"
Her smile faded at that, her eyes flashing as the mories ca back - mories that none of us held in high regard - and causing her to say "That is still sothing that I am... regretful of. Neutrality is both a blessing and a curse, is it not?"
It was sothing that soone who was far more petty and less caring of maintaining connections would use to bla Draka and hold against her forever, and while I certainly was petty and wasn't against burning bridges, this was a bridge that definitely had value.
Besides, I didn't hold it against her that much, and while I would have loved to have had her by our side during the whole spat with Jillian, what was done was done and there was no changing that now, so I decided to let bygones be bygones.
"It certainly is. People could bla you for wanting to be neutral, and while I can say I definitely would have appreciated the aid of either just you or the Duchess it likely wouldn't have changed much. Besides, it's not like I can't understand why you did it; children on the way would definitely change everything."
That got another smile from her, but this one was far gentler and brighter as she nodded, the look on her face reminding of my old parents as well as Mother, sparking a bit of a warmth in my chest as I asked "They've made everything better, haven't they?"
"They most certainly have. That's why this... It's exciting, yes, but more of wants to be back ho in peace with them then here making history... But here I am, right? I can say this though, the surprise we all had when we learned she was with child so early was a blessing beyond belief."
I smiled at Draka, recalling the news being broken to us way back when, and when she gave another smile I chuckled since she added "And I imagine the party that will be thrown when you break similar news might just be enough to spread throughout the Empire, hm~?", the 'conspiratorial' tone amusing greatly.
We continued to chat quietly as we walked through the jungle, until we eventually erged from the dense purple vegetation into a grey, dry landscape of ash, feeling quite at ho after hearing the various bursts of fla ripping out of the ground to spew even more ash around; it felt like Zhu'Rong Caverns without the ceiling, and that was... quite the feeling to have.
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