First Experience on the Battlefield
Veronica and Laphicet are sitting together in the Medic Room as the ship's doctor examines the mark on Veronica's left hand to see if it's the real starbrand or not, but something tells her that she knows it's the real deal considering she has a small human-dragon boy right next to her. And to make things more strange, her maid Primrose or Prim for short is Breeder to with a human-dragon too, they managed to get them some clothes though they're wearing some armor for the soldiers surprisingly there's a armor for Laphicet sizes.
"Yep, there's no doubt about My Lady, this is a real Starbrand which makes you a Breeder." The Doctor concluded.
"Figure as much, but I just wanted to be sure." Veronica signed knowing her hunch was right.
"So, this child is your Pal, I kinda expected something… bigger and vicious like you Lady Veronica." A man said wearing dark-blue armor looking closely at Laphicet.
Laphicat blink twice before putting on a smile and holding out his hand to the guy.
"I'm Laphicet, nice to meet you mister!" Laphicet greeted, the man seems cold to others and stern too.
"Well, at least you have some manners. I'm Glenn McGuire, General Veronica's Lieutenant." Glenn introduced himself as he shakes Laphicet's hand.
"Wow, that's cool! What's a lieutenant?" Laphicet asked not having any idea of what soldiers or rank means.
"It means I am Second-in-Command of our troops." Glenn answered with a straight face.
"Sounds cool!" Laphicet smiled like a carefree child, which he basically is.
"Hey!" Dezel called out to Glenn, getting his attention.
"I don't know what, but I can see sadness in your eyes; like important have been crushed right before your eyes and" Dezel was cut off when Glenn suddenly grabs him by the collar.
"YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH?!" Glenn shouted in rage shocking everyone.
"Sir Glenn, please calm down?!" Prim panicked.
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUG?! YOU'RE JUST A NEWLY BORN DRAGON! WHAT THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW?!" Glenn shouted some more.
"Glenn, that's enough!" Veronica ordered, but Glenn doesn't seem to be listening, then she saw Laphicet walking up to them.
"Could you please let go of him." Laphicet asked politely as he jumps up and gently grab Glenn's arm then pull it down.
"You stay out of this, brat! You wouldn't understand anything!" Glenn yelled as he tries to pull his arm away, but it wouldn't budge from Laphicet's grip even in the slightest.
"(What…? Is he really this strong for a new born dragon?)" Glenn thought struggle to break free.
"You need to calm down, we're all friends, here right? Shouldn't friends help each other when any of us are sad?" Laphicet asked calmly.
"SHUT UP?!" Glenn let go of Dezel and threw a punch right cross Laphicet.
"Glenn, I ORDER you to stand down!" Veronica commanded.
"Don't worry, I'm okay!" Laphicet smiled showing his face doesn't have any effect, like the young dragon boy's face is made of steel.
"So, have you finally let out your anger yet?" Laphicet asked confusing Glenn of what he meant.
"I overheard some of the men on our way here that sometimes letting others throw their fists is a good way to relieve stress, so I thought to help you with that." Laphicet explained.
"Wait, so you let me punch you on purpose?" Glenn asked shock, Laphicet nodded letting go of Glenn.
Glenn and everyone in the Medic Room are shock and surprise that Laphicet was willing to let himself be a punching bag to help Glenn release some anger that has been building up inside of him, all just to help a guy he barely knows.
Veronica smiles seeing Laphicet wanting to help others and protect others even though he was just born yesterday, plus he's certainly strong to hold Glenn in place and withstand his punch.
"Excuse me, I'll be in my room for a while, if you need me." Glenn said walking out of the room, wanting to be alone.
"Will he be alright?" Laphicet asked Veronica.
"He just need some time to cool off, he'll be fine." Veronica answered, then notice a tiny dip of blood going down from his forehead.
"You must be pretty tough to not give in to pain." Veronica commented grabbing a tissue and wiping the blood off.
"It hurts, really badly." Laphicet confessed.
"Well, if you can admit that then I have confidence in you that you're a strong dragon!" Veronica said.
"I won't ask about Glenn's past, sorry for stepping out of line." Dezel apologized.
"No, it's alright Dezel, you just didn't know about Veronica's brother" Prim quickly shut herself up covering her mouth with her hands.
"Brother?" Laphicet confused, what was Prim about to say.
"I'll tell you about it later, it's something not everyone wants to talk about." Veronica said looking sad for a second.
"Anyway, let get you in shape." Veronica said confusing Laphicet.
"Prim, you and Dezel meet us in the training room in five minutes." Veronica said leaving the Medic Room with Laphicet soon following.
"Training Room?" Dezel asked.
"Oh well, it seems Lady Veronica is going to help us how to fight, I'm actually pretty scared." Prim said nervously.
(Training Room)
"Alright, you all are going to experience fighting against an enemy with your own hands meaning you'll be feeling the blood of your foes staining your fists." Veronica said marching side to side in front of Laphicet, Dezel, and Prim all wearing gym clothes.
"That sounds painful." Prim blurted out.
"It IS painful!" Veronica shouted scaring Prim as she jumps in fear.
"Which is why for the next two days, I am going to turn you all into lean-mean fighting machines!" Veronica declared before kicking the training dummy literally in half.
"Wow, you're strong!" Laphicet admired Veronica's strength making her smirk.
"You should see me on the battlefield, they call me the Iron-Blooded Valkyrie!" Veroinca bragged.
Then the training of Hell begins. After doing some stretches to loosen up their bodies before the workout.
The three new trainees have started with running on treadmills for 20 miles, Dezel and Laphicet seem to be holding out well considering they have strong stamina, but Prim having trouble as she starts starting tried after the 5 miles and felt like she was gonna die of exhaustion. Sweats are dipping all over her body as she begun to feel hot inside and her breasts bouncing a little wild.
Next, they did 300 push-ups to work on the arm muscles, everyone is doing great as they haven't broken a sweat yet though Prim is having trouble pushing herself up after doing 60 push-ups feeling her arms giving up. Dezel then did some one-handed push-ups while checking on his Breeder hoping she's doing okay through this workout until fell flat on her face.
Next is 400 sit-ups, Veronica holds Laphicet feet down as he does the sit-ups. They're taking turns as Veronica already did hers, but Prim haven't even got to half of it as she struggles to get herself up after getting tried from doing 70 sit-ups and feel like her body as about to shut down while Dezel is holding her feet in. Veronica worries that Prim will get seriously hurt even with her dragon protecting her.
Everyone did weight lifting with their own weights they can lift; Veronica doing 350 pounds, Laphicet doing 200 pounds, Dezel doing 300 pounds, and Prim simply doing 50 pounds barely holding up her barbell. The human-dragons have shown to have great strength and speed and being able to last long considering their dragon heritage.
Last workout they did hand-to-hand combat training and everyone wears martial art gi, with Laphicet vs Dezel; Dezel charge in first with a low spin-kick as Laphicet jumps over the kick and went for a straight punch to the face only for Dezel to only it with his arm, Laphicet spins his body around once for a roundhouse-kick but Dezel duck under then went for an uppercut though Laphicet barely managed to dodge that by an inch to the nose. Dezel has the strength and length for stronger hits and longer reach, and Laphicet has the small size and some speed advantage over Dezel. The two seem evenly match as they clash in a barrage of punches and kicks while blocking and countering each other's moves, they maybe doing just the basic but they're also fighting on instinct. These dragons are learning fast.
Next came Veronica vs Primrose, the maid felt scared and nervous of training with the Iron-Blooded Valkyrie, but she knew she had to get stronger for hers and Dezel's sake; she ran up to Veronica trying to throw a punch only for the blonde warrior to grab her arm and shoulder thro her to the ground back first. And Prim keeps getting knock to the ground repeatedly when she tries to land a single hit on Veronica, keyword 'tries'.
(Next Day)
"Alright everyone, we're done for today!" Veronica said grabbing two towels and handed one to Laphicet.
"I feel… like I'm gonna… die!" Prim panted trying to catch her breathe as Dezel help her walk.
"Just wait until I get things serious." Veronica smirked drinking a bottle of water.
Suddenly, red lights start flashing all over the ship with loud noises.
"What's that?" Laphicet asked.
"That's the alarm, we got trouble!" Veronica answered before running off as Laphicet along.
Soon, Veronica in her armor and Laphicet arrives on the ship bridge, Prim and Dezel came in later.
"That's the problem?" Veronica asked.
"We got the word of bandits are running off with things they stole from a small town!" A soldier reported, showing a hologram screen of the bandits riding horses with carriage.
"Bandits?" Laphicet wondered.
"They're group of bad people thinking they can do whatever they want like disobeying the laws and even bloodshed." Veronica explained.
"(Humans hurting their own kind, that must be hard for everyone, even for Veronica.)" Laphicet thought.
"General, the bandits are heading out near our directions. Should we intercept them?" A soldier asked.
Veronica close her eyes doing some thinking, she would want to deal with their bandits herself showing off her strength as always, but now she has a partner and they need to trust each other. Plus, real battling will help Laphicet to learn a thing or two while dealing with the bandits.
"You fire some blast to lure them to me and Laphicet, we'll deal with the ourselves." Veronica instructed.
"You want me to come along?" Laphicet asked worry.
"You're my Pal, if we're going to be together then we're going doing things together like battling against bandits and hanging out. I want make this bond we have and make it stronger." Veronica determined, she also wanted to experience what is like to battle alongside with a dragon partner.
"But I'm big like the other dragons and I might get in the way." Laphicet worried feeling nervous.
"Hey, the Astral flow bonded us when I gave you your name, so we're officially a pair, that means no matter I will always be there for you as you'll do the same for me. We walk this path together and we'll finish it to the end!" Veronica said holding out her hand to Laphicet who was touch by the speech starting to believe in himself.
"Okay! Let's do it!" Laphicet excited taking Veronica's hand.
On the ground, the bandits are being chase by the Silvanus trying to out run them, then one of them spotted Veronica standing in their way. What strange to them is that she has a kid right next to her.
"Why would the Iron-Blooded Valkyrie bring a child with her?" One of the bandits confused.
"Who cares, one kid and a woman won't stop us!" The Boss Bandit shouted.
"They don't seem to be aware I'm a dragon." Laphicet pointed out, heard what the bandit said from his hearing.
"Until now that is, ready?" Veronica checked with Laphicet, he nodded stating he's ready.
Veronica pick up Laphicet and threw him at right to the bandit much to their surprises, even more surprises when Laphicet kick one of the bandits off a horse and made him crash into another.
"Wh-What the hell was that?!" One bandit freaked out.
Hey, look at his head, they look like dragon horns?!" Another bandit pointed at Laphicet's head seeing his horns.
"What that's crazy!"
"You're saying that kid is a dragon somehow?"
"Indeed, he is, and he's my Pal: Laphicet!" Veronica shouted before slashing some of the bandits as some blood have splinted onto her.
"Get that pipsqueak!" six bandits come at Laphicet around him, Laphicet reacted faster than they can realizes as he jumps and roundhouse-kick them, knocking them out cold.
One bandit in a carriage starts firing a machine gun waving at back and fourth at Veronica and Laphicetr they both avoid the bullets easy.
"Little fiery embers like you, it let to roam free and uncomforted that drove from an Emperor to a wildfire in bulky nation!" Veronica lectured as she and Laphicet took down the bandits all by themselves.
"So, this is what fighting in a battlefield feels like; it's scary and seeing blood makes me want to throw up, how do you deal with this every day?" Laphicet asked feeling his hands shaking.
"It's never easy, sometimes even great warriors like myself have fears, but I always never that I'm doing this to protect those precious to me like my kingdom, family, and now you." Veronica said kneeing down and hugging Laphicet with his face on her breasts.
"Let us promise to always be together, to become stronger together, okay." Veronica comforted Laphicet.
Laphicet knew his master was strong, but he now knows that she's even stronger in heart and spirit as he hugs her back thinking about all the words she said and will put them in his heart as a motivation to become stronger. He may have just been born in a very short time, but he has already learned a lot experiencing both the good and the bad times, but he felt peace as long as he is with Veronica.
"Yes, with all my heart!" Laphicet promised, the hug lasted for a minute before Veronica ended the hugs and got up on her feet.
"Now come on, we're going to visit my sister at her school, and I'm sure she'll be surprise to meet you." Veronica stated, Laphicet nodded as they hold hands together and walk back to the ship together in the sunset with the sky turning red.
KO new chapter is finish and hope you all enjoy it!
Veronica and Laphicet are getting along quite nicely as their bond as Master and Pal are growing stronger together, even stop bandits together was a fun time. I think? Prim and Dezel are doing great too, they'll have their moments to shine.
Now is onto the school where Veronica will introduce her dragon to her little sister, Silvia and the world kingdom too. Plus, she'll also be surprises to find out something special at the school which will leave her speechless.
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