Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Charmed Romance. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Ben ten, Cartoon Network and a few others do.
(Ledgerdomain, 3 months after events of Omniverse.)
Conjure watched the group of Stone Soldiers deal with moving rubble out of the way, his mask was still on and his hood was still on, but he was more relaxed for the moment.
"You never decided to get your castle repaired after… Last time?"
Conjure asked, Charmcaster stood next to him, watching the rest of the rubble being moved. Conjure was careful with his words, he might have magically been stronger then
"Honestly? No, I've been so concerned with solidifying my power, it's never come to mind…. I guess I should thank you, if I ever decide to rebuild…. I'll already have half the work done..."
Charmcaster muttered, she hummed and turned back at the others. Conjure chuckled in amusement before turning further away. Hope probably knew why he was doing what he was doing.
Then again, he didn't care if Hope knew about his plans, it was growing weird for him to be around her, he knew Charmcaster had a knack for getting under people's skin.
And with the Alpha Rune and its magic at her command, she could easily force the boy to bend to her will.
"How come you never destroyed Michael or Adwaita? I mean, sure having the galaxy's worst magic warlord at your mercy is great and good as a bargaining chip…. But don't you think executing them would have done more better work for you?"
Conjure asked, Hope turned to him, she knew what Conjure was getting at, the boy might have tried to guard his thoughts against her, but the Alpha Rune destroyed such magic like twigs in front of a flood.
That, and her messing with him made him easy to read… Not that she didn't find him to be a little cute without his mask.
"Killing them would only last so long…. Sure, it would show everyone that crossing me means their death…. But it's so boring after that…. If you hold a magic being hostage… Then everyone sees you as power for longer… Since if you can control someone so powerful for that long? They know not to mess with you…"
Hope explained, she turned away, deep in thought and Conjure rolled his eyes under his mask before turning away himself.
"If you meet them again, don't let them get away… I've… Bad memories of that overgrown sea turtle and I know that letting them go is not something you want to deal with… Not twice over…"
Conjure stated, whispering the last part under his breath, he crossed his arms, after all the wreckage was cleared away, they could look for anything of worth.
Conjure didn't doubt that Charmcaster would want anything she could use, he turned to the queen of Ledgerdomain.
"So, how's being a queen treating you? Having an entire kingdom to rule over and subjects that do what you want them to do…. Must be fun…."
Conjure asked, anything to get his mind off the work with which they hadn't been able to do for a while.
"Somewhat… It's fun but boring… Now I see why there's always conquering being done, it's crazy to deal with…."
Charmcaster stated, looking at her nails and then to the never changing sky. Conjure chuckled in amusement, he could at least agree with that.
"Yeah, being a warlord is amusing… But it depends all on what your conquering…. You should never bite off more than you can chew…. It's all about knowing what's well to conquer and what…. Isn't… I've had my fair share of setbacks…. But I'd never conquer my home… This place is far too beautiful for me to soil by conquering… Besides, it already has a queen…"
Conjure stated, he chuckled at the thought of marching an army into Ledgerdomain, he would never try to conquer his home, he didn't oppress people.
At least if they didn't need it, he was a warlord… Of the Anti- Hero variety.
"If this excavating takes any longer, I'd do it myself and stop wasting… Time…. Maybe if I make more Stone Soldiers…."
Conjure asked aloud before his hands started glowing black, he created more Stone Soldiers and snapped before pointing at the wreckage.
"Move it…. Don't make me have to replace you with more Stone Soldiers…"
Conjure ordered, he crossed his arms and turned away with frustration clear in his features.
"This is growing tiresome, its even 30 minutes or so…. I'm going for a walk, anything has to be better than dealing with this hold up…. I'm coming but I'll deal with this mess soon enough…. Ugh, so much for so little effort… And so little reward…"
Conjure said as he walked away, rubbing at the temples of his mask, he cracked his neck, this had been tiring and exhausting for him to come here, and to create more Stone Soldiers?
That was more effort then the boy was willing to put in at the moment.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I know this chapter was short and didn't do much, I simply wanted a chapter to fill time so I could dream up more ideas. I will post another chapter in 2 or so weeks and that chapter will show Charmcaster and Conjure in their first battle. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
