"Ummm, uncle are you sure this is your ho"
"Yes?"
Glancing between the creepy dark entrance that looked to be an open maw and the now smoke covered YuJu who was holding her she increasingly felt that it did suit him, the sa strange uncle vibe that her parents warned her about
"Is it too late to take back now uncle?"
"Heh"
He just laughed the comnt off and proceeded into the den
Along the way he was t with bats flying all over the place, each carrying sothing as they went about their jobs, whatever they were, making the place bustling and not at all the graveyard Imy expected
"Those little bats look adorable, can I hold one?"
He didn't mind, motioning for one of the smaller ones barely carrying a vial in its claws to co down before giving it to the little arms which delicately gave it a hug
"What a cute young girl"
"Hey there sugar, what's your na?"
The three remaining won quickly ca to greet him but were drawn to the child in his arms first, Nee was even nose to nose with her imdiately wanting to get to to know the child
"Imy"
She replied in a mosquito voice that they would have missed if not for their great hearing
"What a nice na! I am Nee, this is mother Mia and that one is Zero"
Mia flashed a smile but Zero remained without an expression, clearly uninterested
"Nice to et you"
The little girl answered, eyes darting between everyone and noting many strange things that she wanted to voice out but was afraid to, just the red eyes were unsettling enough to silence her
Seeing how nervous she was they did not push her buttons, instead they greeted YuJu and all went to the throne room together, past the cages which were now covered in a cloth, placed there so Imy wouldn't panic at the sight of imprisoned humans, or thralls at this point
"Whoa"
Upon witnessing the luxury that it boasted Imy couldn't help but exclaim, taking in all the furniture until her sights rested on the high throne
"Uncle, does a king live here?"
"A Lord little Imy"
Nee replied in his steed while he took slow steps inside, inching closer and closer to the throne until he set foot on the first step of stairs leading to it, that's when he let little Imy down and proceeded to take his place on the seat
"Prepare sothing for her to eat, sothing lacking in energy as her body doesn't seem to accept it yet, anwhile call for the largest bats we have"
The three bowed while Imy stood confused, not knowing what to think when the strange uncle turned out to be a lord of this seemingly not so good place
"Co with little Imy, let's go eat sothing"
Taking her by the hand Nee led the cutie one of the tables so as to fill the now growling stomach, ntioning food always brought about pangs of hunger to this poor starved girl
No sooner than their food arrived so did the nine large bats, each boasting the size of a door fra
"They seem fit enough, have four of them carry chains which you nail to these ice chunks, the others should take turns with them once one of them is injured from the extre ice, have the giant winged thrall follow them as well"
"Yes Master, also her na is Alphys"
Mia inford, it would be a mouthful if he went about calling her a giant winged thrall all the ti
YuJu nodded, not all too interested in the nas of disposable tools, still it was indeed easier to say
Dropping the chunks of ice onto the ground he nestled the two eggs within and wrote a note to Subrina on what to do with them before sending the group on their way
"What's our next mission, Master?"
"Hmm"
YuJu tapped his throne at the question, he naturally needed to heal first but that would take less than a day, so what would he do for the rest of the ti he needed to wait in, just experint? That sounded…
'Wait, this feeling, am I bored? No that couldn't be'
He laughed at the idea, but then he noticed sothing
'I laughed…'
Yet another feeling that ca spontaneously, he wasn't mimicking human nature like he usually does nor did sothing happen to garner such a reaction, he rely felt bored and then laughed at the notion, simple feelings...that shouldn't exist
'I spent years observing without a word, not an action, rely an onlooker that does nothing and now I'm feeling bored upon thinking that I have to spend a little over a month doing so experints?'
It perplexed him, why was it so? Was he regaining the humanity that he lost? Has his stone heart beat with feelings once more? He didn't know, nor did he believe that it was so easy to turn back from what he beca
While he was mulling over his existential crisis a bat ca barreling through, squeaking about like it had seen its life flash before its eyes
"What is it on about"
"I have no idea Master, I can tell however that this was one of the surveillance squads placed nearby, where are the rest of your friends little guy?"
"Squee! Squee!"
Dead! Dead! They presud he ant with the intensity of pain behind those squeaks
"Whatever they encountered must have wiped them out, looks like we've got so rude visitors"
"It's not possible to expect this huge place to remain hidden anyway, so people would definitely wander close"
"Is it best to dispose of them?"
He could see Imy flinch out the corner of his eye at the rciless question
"Not until we know who they are first"
He was cautious not to kill any important humans who might lead their race forward
Mia nodded and had Nee send of her thralls who was under mind and blood control into eting the hostiles, talking to them in the guise of being a scout from a nearby camp exploring the place
"They say they are from a large settlent far away from here my Lord"
"How far?"
"A couple hundred kiloters"
She reported while suggesting the questions through her Whisper skills
"That's quite far, they should be quite strong to co this far Master, and must have a valid reason to do so as well"
That did seem so if they were being truthful
"Warn them of a dangerous creature residing here and tell them not to go close"
Nee instantly went about conveying the information, the next second however she seed to seize up, if only for a mont
"Anything wrong?"
Mia didn't miss this strange act and was quick to question the now nervous thrall
"Umm, well, they said they were on a mission and two of their mbers were in charge of exploring this place before they went missing, they suspect that the two might be here to they ca for the rescue"
The two listeners frowned, there has been no sighting of anyone nearby or they would have been inford, unless…
Their eyes locked on the fidgety Nee, before they could ask however she quickly explained on her own
"There were two people who ca and got drained by Alphys, I didn't report it since they weren't too close to the entrance and shouldn't matter…"
The longer she spoke the harder YuJu's gaze bore down on her, until her voice turned so ek it was unhearable
"Tell how they look and get to know their nas"
"Yes!"
Afraid of getting punished if she ssed up even more she went about describing everything in great detail, too much detail that if she could see it even the color of their underwear would have been giving
"...And the leader said his na was Faris, the others are-" "That's enough"
Her eagerness to try and wiggle her way out of punishnt by working hard only gave him a headache, plus he now knew who he was dealing with
"Send Jona and Taia to battle them, assist from the darkness if need be but do not kill or maim anyone, give them enough of a scare however to never co back"
"As Master wishes"
Mia took the white skinned beast, Taia, and Jona to face the human group, anwhile Nee wanted to slip out and escape the hard gaze of her lord but was stopped seeing as she wouldn't be useful
"Uncle?"
"Hmm?"
"Will you really not kill them?"
"Yes"
The answer gave Imy quite the relief, she didn't know those people nor would their life and death affect her yet she was so worried that one might mistake her for their friend
'Truly pure hearted'
He thought, not at all in disdain
'What was the saying again? Ah yes, having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness'
Now whether that courage turned you a hero or spelled your doom was another matter entirely
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