*** Akhae ***
I don't know what's up with Armirynth. She ca back last month later than she should've and started talking about how we needed to et her daughter on the next visit. Almost every day, she brought it up, wearing Ilka and down until we agreed. Then, she took on all the household chores on top of running her little food shop.
She tried to take over maintaining Ilka's weapons too, but that got her tied up and so boundaries set. But she still worries us. Twins at our age aren't easy.
Now, she's dragging us through this crowded city, saying that she has sothing to do before we can head ho. Why did we have to visit Alzi this ti? Though it probably is best to watch over her. The city and the roads are more dangerous than the village.
The weirdest part of all this is the errand she has to run is to pray to a random Goddess that has next to no impact on our lives. We hardly get any trade that goes through the sea, far enough away that the giant waves can't hit us from the sea, and I have no plans on getting on a boat any ti soon.
But it'll be rude to not pray to the Goddess after coming into their temple. The Goddess could make a special wave to destroy our village over it. So, I follow the silly girl and bow my head.
"About ti you show up here."
"What is going on? Where am I?" I ask to the white void I find myself in. I can't turn my body or control it. All I can do is speak.
"Sigh, your wife didn't say a thing to you about this?"
"No."
"She must have taken the Fertility Goddess's instructions too literally. It is good to see she is taking the words of the Goddesses seriously, I suppose. Well, you are here to get a class. A poor one, but a class. Nobles can not really deny you if you have a class. You will struggle to complete it, but with so help from Alzi, you may just do it. You dragons live a long ti when you get a class. So you can talk about it with your wives, but don't go spreading it around the village. No need to stir up a lot of things. Nobles don't like when peasants get special treatnt. I will say you married into a tricky situation, so be patient with your newest wife. I don't have much else to say, so goodbye. Oh, I should tell you I am the Goddess of the Sea. Would not mind a few prayers from you here and there. Now, bye."
The white light fades before I can say another word. My eyes opened to the back of a pew I was expecting just a few minutes ago. Then it pops up. The box Ilka talks about. The box of the Goddesses.
"I I I have it now. Ilka..."
"Shhh," Armirynth cuts off. We can talk about it at ho. Give a prayer of thanks, and let's head ho. We don't have much daylight left."
"What do you an?" Ilka asks, truly confused about what is happening. Did Armirynth get a class the last ti? I'm guessing she stopped by a temple, the fertility temple, t that Goddess, and got a class! She didn't think sharing was important.
"Akhae, give thanks, and we can talk about this on the road if we are alone. Please, I don't want to be out at night," worry coming through Armirynth's voice. The last decade of traveling the road must have really scared her. The forest around the capital is probably the safest in the land. Guards, guilds, nobles traveling, nobles hunting for sport, armies, and schools training the officers all patrol around here, making monsters and bandits sothing of a rarity. She must've gotten unlucky a few tis, running into whatever beast can hide from all that.
"I gave my thanks, dear. We can head out. But you need to share more in the future. You wouldn't have needed to ask so many tis if you had told us everything," I say, standing up. My wives follow, and we head out of the grand temple. Armirynth takes the lead as we don't know the city very well.
We snake back through the city, passing towering building after towering building in a rush to the gate.
"You three are cutting it close. You best hurry back ho. Villages should be closing their gates soon as well," a guard warns as we pass out of the city.
"We will!" Ilka calls back. "We should fly. We don't have the ti to walk. Are you good to fly Armirynth?"
"Yes, I've been practicing a bit, and, uh, I found I can do it. Maybe not all the way, but most of it," she says.
We all move a little to give ourselves space to extend our wings and then launch ourselves up. It'll be too hard to talk, so I'll have to question my newest wife when we get back ho. Giving a quick look around, I see the sun will soon start producing the beautiful colors of a sunset.
We really are cutting this one close, but the guards will get an ear full if they force a pregnant woman to wait outside, and Ilka is well-liked among the guards, so they'll have to let us in even if we are a little late. Plus, we can all fly over the short walls, though the guards get pissy when anyone hops the walls.
...
It's a nice flight; we don't often get an excuse to spread our wings. Speeding through the forest over the path, surprising the few travelers that set up camp along the route. Armirynth doing well to keep up with us despite her pregnancy. She is only a few months along and doesn't have the strange speed Alzi does. Ilka does loops around us, her mana letting her move faster. Though it sounds like we'll all be able to do that soon. Once Armirynth gives birth.
The trip back probably takes about half the ti flying compared to the long walk. We descend when we see the walls in the distance and have just a short, few-minute walk to reach them.
"Armirynth you like to cut it close. What are you three out for?" the bitchy guard asks.
"We live here; let us in," Ikla calls out.
"Whatever," she says back as the gate opens to let us in. We continue our journey ho in silence, not daring to let anyone hear that two of the elderly just got a class. There was enough of a stir when Armirynth ca out as pregnant; getting a class as well may have us hunted down.
The second the door slams behind , I cry out, "I've got a class. Armirynth, you have one, too, don't you?"
"Yes, I got mine from the Fertility Goddess. She said not to say anything about it and that the Sea Goddess would give you a class. I just needed you to co to the temple. Sorry for not saying anything. She told not to talk about it."
"Wait, what are you two talking about. You're both years past getting affinities and classes."
"Like she just said, dear. The Goddess of the Sea gave an affinity. Water and a rather strange class, 'Thirst Quencher.' It sounds mildly sexual, but it lets use mana and skills, so I can't complain. Little Miss Twins with a boy has had a class for what a month? Longer?"
"Just a month. I have caretaker classes. Best for taking care of kids, but the house counts a bit while I'm still making the kids to take care of."
"You both can see the box now?"
"Yes," we both respond.
"You don't have enough mana to start learning to circulate it, but I'll need to teach you both how to. Armirynth, you should be close to having the mana. We need to find out how to level your class, Akhae. Damn, how are we going to hide your growth?"
"We won't. Soon, Alzi will be taken away again, and Yuki will co to pick us up. In just a few months, we won't change much. My pregnancy is hiding my growth, and Akhae can just wear loose clothing. Once we move, we won't need to hide it."
"What do you an? You said Alzi will be free in about a year," I say.
"Slaves can always be sold. The sale may render the old ti limit null. The bitch of a Mistress did that. Yuki has a plan to still marry Alzi and we will be joining her. I promised you two kids, and I'll uphold that promise."
"The Goddess said it was a 'tricky' situation."
"Yes, Yuki says a princess was the one to buy her. We'll need to find a way to force the princess to marry a lot of people. Four of us are going to have very weak classes. Now, Ikhae and Mai aren't too bad, but Akhae and I are lacking in power. Yuki has found a few girls she'll work with to earn the right to petition the Queen for the marriage. We'll help at the house they buy. We'll provide support, raise the few kids Alzi gave us, and do what we can to earn the petition."
"Armirynth did..."
"No, I didn't know about this when I married you two. I would've brought this up if I had known. Please, I need my baby back," she cries out, "I failed her. She had everything and threw it away because of . I can't let her go."
Ilka wraps her up in a hug. I just stand still. I missed the first chance to help her keep her kid; I can't say no to the second chance.
"We'll help. We should've, or I should've, been there the first ti, honey. I'll do what I can this ti around. Just let us know about these things. We can't help if we don't know about it," I say
"Yes, yes, I've told you all I know. Well, Alzi is the champion of the Fertility Goddess."
"How does a champion of a Goddess end up as a sex slave?" I think out loud. Earning a stern look from Ilka. "Sorry, I'm just surprised a champion can have that bad of luck. I thought the Goddess would watch over them more and keep them safe or at least get them out of the situation."
"You're fine. I have the sa question. I'm too worried to talk to the priestess. The Goddess said to follow Yuki's plan, so she must have so trouble, I guess?"
"Yes, well, I don't know what they put in that food, but I'm not hungry, so should we get so sleep? I haven't traveled that much in a day in years," I offer up, heading to the bedroom.
"That would be nice," Ilka says, leading the sniffling Armirynth.
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