The whole marching thing never really panned out. The next few days, Shyla told we would be marching, but we never went anywhere. I just continued my ga with Cornelius and then ca running back when a scouting party got poisoned or sothing.
I would sneak in so healing for the commoners after the nobles got healed as well. With my mana regeneration thing, nobody could really complain about wasting a bit of my growing mana supply.
My classes focused on mana over the next few levels, getting to fifteen. The only one to give a skill is the royal breeding class. Another passive helps any royal I get pregnant carry the child to term.
It better not apply to Esiyae. All that work, and she lives because I got an extra few levels in the war she caused would be stupid. Or maybe Fertility really wants those kids to be born.
On better terms, Inanos would visit for a bit in the n's camp. She wouldn't say much, generally just rubbing my belly or massage my shoulders as we played. But it was a start for my wives to show they cared about .
"My Lady," Shyla says. "Princess Elora has asked us to et with her for a bit in the n's camp."
"No promises of a march today?" I ask. I can now choose the size of my breasts. I haven't told Shyla yet, but I think she knows anyway. I'm still a tad under what the Princess has, so I'm not ready to hold my size yet.
"No," Shyla says, holding out my coat. "But that could an we'll actually do it."
Do they think there's a spy around here?
"Fine, she does owe ti talking to my mother," I say.
Shyla leads through the camp and to the familiar wooden walls. The gate opens this ti without us needig to call out, but we go to one of the smaller tents this ti. Inside, there is just a table, two chairs, and a bed, with the Princess taking one of the chairs.
"Hello, dear," the Princess says. "I'm sorry for the wait, but a lot has been going on. We have so ti to talk to your Mother now."
"Show ," I say.
A small mirror, hardly bigger than my hand, sits in the middle of the table. It turns foggy as I sit down, and just a few seconds later, I see my Mother through it.
"Mommy?" I ask.
"Hello, my little rainbow," Mommy says. "I've missed you. Are you doing alright?"
"I'm a bit more pregnant now. I have three kids on the way instead of just one."
"What happened? Did you get captured or sothing?"
"No, I spent a bit of ti with a Goddess and decided to carry a few of her kids. Are you doing ok?"
"Yes, baby. I feel the twins wanting out of their Mother already. They aren't due yet, but they want to greet the world."
"Is Kelly there to help you?"
"No, she had to join the Queen. She said she would try to co back for the birth, but I don't know if that will happen."
"Mai will need help as well. She's so small and then you are having twins. I'm forced away while my lovers have difficult pregnancies."
"Don't worry, honey. Kelly gave us a few items to help, and the village midwife is coming up to help us as well. We will be fine. Just worry about yourself."
"This is still a small pregnancy for , and I'm even stronger now. You are the one to worry about."
"You are at war, baby. We will be fine."
"The marriage," the Princess says. "Tell her about that. I'll see if the Kitsune can spare a healer for your Mother and Mai, ok? I am likely to marry Yuki and Nakuma; they should care about their daughter-in-law."
"Ok," I say. Should I ntion the son? "Mother, have they talked about a wedding?"
"Yes, Lady Isda is planning sothing out for us."
"Good. I don't really believe them, but if they told you, then it should be fine."
"It will be, baby. I just need you to be safe in the war, ok. Don't co back to Mommy hurt, ok dear?"
"I won't. I love you, Mommy."
"I love you too."
"Sorry, Alzi," the Princess says. "But I can't give you more ti. This is only ant to be used for the war effort right now."
The mirror fogs up again before showing my face. Mommy is gone again.
"Thank you," I say. "I guess it was better than nothing."
"You'll have her once you give birth, ok. Then the war should be almost over, and you won't have to leave her again. Just a few months and that would be very close to when you would have married her anyway. Likely a month or two earlier."
"I guess."
"I'll let you relax. I love you, Alzi, and I hope this is proof that I want you to be happy," the Princess says. She stands up and gives a soft kiss before leaving. Shyla directs back to the main tent to finish the ga with Cornelius.
*** Elora ***
How am I going to get in contact with the Kitsune? Why did I make that promise? I could've just tried to figure it out and make it a surprise if I found a way.
I'll have to beg Mother to do it. She should agree. The chance is small, but Armirynth may carry a royal dragon. That should be enough to ask the Kitsune for a small favor. Yuki may have royal dragon children, and they can take one or two of them for themselves. That's a fair trade I would think.
"Good," Geta says. "You made it back. Sextia finally showed up."
"I thought she died," I say. "She took too long."
"Yes, they were well prepared for spies, it seems."
"They know our house a little too well, don't you think?" Shimr says. "First the raid, then the trap, and now they even know we have a dark mage."
"Yes," I say. "Is Sextia alright?"
"Just tired. Want to wait to debrief her or do it now?" Geta ask.
"Now, and maids, stay out of the tent from now on," I say. "They only get us up in the morning; otherwise, they are outside."
"Even your maids?" Shimr asks.
"Yes, we can't take any risk."
The maids slowly filter out as Sextia cos into the tent. Her eyes are bloodshot as she stumbles around.
"Are you poisoned?"
"I'll go to the dical tent after this," Sextia says, dropping into a chair. "I couldn't get much. I tried, I promise I tried. But the poison was everywhere. Their healers worked night and day in shifts but they are not able to regenerate to full mana anymore. They lost ten nobles to Inanos's attack and three others in the healing tent. The commoners are scared and that is what is making them pull back. The nobles think that they can win if they get a large fight in the open."
"Anything else?" I ask.
"No, the commander's tent was too well guarded. Sorry for being so weak still. I killed a few girls on the way out. But I'm still just shy of completing my class."
"We'll find a way to fix that," I say. "Go to Kali and get checked for poison. You did well, and we can use so of this information."
"Yes, Your Highness," Sextia says. She does a clumsy bow and shuffles out of the tent. I want to ask a maid to help, but I don't know which maid would be safe to send with her.
"They'll do hit and run for a while," Geta says. "Drag us into a field and swarm us with ice."
"Most likely," I say. "Shimr, can you fix the ice problem?"
"Shimr?"
"What, I don't know," Shimr says. "I don't know. It is the middle of winter in the North, with ice and snow all around us. Fire doesn't just make all that go away. We have more fire mages, but they have a lot of ice mages to go around. If Azula is here to stay, which she seems to be, then they'll likely have ti to set up. The best course may be to just hold our ground and force them to co back here to fight. A few months Alzi gives birth, and they lose the reason to fight. Take a city in the peace negotiations and call it a won war, right?"
"And make Alzi give birth in the middle of a field?"
"We can send her back," Shimr says. "Make a shrine to the Goddess of Space and find a ritual to have Alzi teleported to the city."
"No, we have to push forward," I say. "We push Sextia to get her next class and use her to cripple a few ice mages. My fire mana is growing and I'm sure I can help with keeping the ice off us. I won't be useful in the frontline anymore. I can't risk the baby anyway. I'll focus on my fire mana. We move slowly. We can let them set up, and we set up a bit away from them. This may be the best spot to stay at the start of the war, but there has to be more than one good spot farther into the country. If Azula De Vil doesn't go to fight the Queen or my sister soon, they'll be able to give us so assistance. We just have to be careful and move slowly. Alzi may be giving us a ti limit to move, but worst case, we do as Shimr suggested. Offer a ritual to the Goddess of space. Alzi has so storage tattoos from the Goddess now. They clearly have a good relationship. We just have to offer our thanks to the Goddess for giving such a valuable gift to our wife."
"This is a risk, Elora," Geta says.
"Isn't that war? I took one risk, and it worked out. It was ugly and stupid and I don't wish to ever do that again. But it worked out. We killed more nobles than we lost. This ti, we check off all the boxes, and the risk won't be any higher than just sitting here."
"We go for it," Shimr says. "Give so more chances to fight. I think I'm close to another level, and that may give the right skill."
"There we go," I say. "Play it safe, but we can't play passive. Azula De Vil can do more than just defend."
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