Chapter Seven

Return of the Sage

Soren's return to the mercenary fort accompanied by Lethe marked the point in the story when things started to get interesting. Unfortunately Ivan Cooper is breathing down my neck right now so I should probably just continue with the story.

Soren and Lethe entered the hall and Lethe went off to make sure her things were still in order. Soren was simply amazed at how the place had grown. It was probably the size of the castle Crimea and had a village just as big around it.

Entering the courtyard he saw a stable where he was shocked to find an entire brigade of Pegasus knights. The main building had been taken up at least three flours and Soren had to find somebody he knew just to learn what had happened.

He opened a random door and found Titainia standing facing a window in a wicker screen she turned as he came in and shut the window in the screen.

"Soren! You're back!"

"Hello Titainia! What happened here? You've redesigned the whole place!"

"Yes, we did this thanks to a grant from the United Tellius fund, this whole place is integration city!"

"Oh… so Lethe and I don't get anymore prejudice for sleeping together?"

"None at all!"

"Say what are you doing with the screen anyways?"

"Do you remember the part of 'the incident' that we are aloud to talk about?"

"Yes." Said Soren wondering where she was going with this.

"Mist and Rolf begged me to keep giving them a How To course about sex. I'm starting to think I was wrong in agreeing, but I owed it to Rolf for what happened, and apparently he enjoyed it so they've been doing it like rabbits ever since. I think it's just amazing the Mist isn't pregnant yet."

"I regret ever asking. Where are my quarters?"

"You and Lethe have a master suit on the third floor, room 309."

Soren departed from the room a little quicker then he would have left most rooms. He walked along the hall way to the grad stair case. He ran into Lethe on the way and they made for the bedroom suit together. Opening the door they saw something most disturbing by both of their standards and Soren made a mental note to hit Ike with a bible the next to he saw the commander. The room was decked out in and red right down to the bed covers. The bed itself was an elegantly crafted four poster with heavy drapes, embroidered with hear patterns. There was a cupboard full of incenses for the soul and a box loaded with bath salts and soap. The only thing even more disturbing about the scene was the armor of the black knight Zelgius, having a spasm on the bed.

On closer inspection Lethe noticed the whole suit of armor smelled of sweat and catnip. Soren wrenched open the breast plate and saw to his horror; Shinon and Lyre; having kinky sex.

"LYRE! What the hell are you doing in My room on My bed in armor that should be locked up in the tower of guidance?" shouted Lethe "And furthermore what will Ranulf say when he finds out?"

"Oh don't worry about Ranulf, my emotional life with him ended with the incident, now we're just 'friends with benefits'"

"You, creepy little whore! GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT!!!" Lyre, naked as a newborn, was kicked out and Shinon didn't even get to explain himself before Soren slammed the armor closed and used wind to throw it out the door and into an alcove in the wall where he promptly hit it with low voltage thunder magic just to hear Shinon scream.

Things slowed down for Lethe and Soren after that despite being in a room designed specifically for sex, they didn't feel up to it anymore. Lethe decided to talk to somebody about it and when she ran into Jill she asked if she could have a moment.

"I know what you mean, ever since I've been dating Ranulf things really haven't seemed to be that much different then when I was with captain Haar. To be honest I think that it's just the idea of it wearing out, from what I understand from all those romantic novels I read to keep from crying when Haar dumped me, this is about the time in a relation ship when the whole thing goes down hill but then he shows up and kneel, and pulls out a ring… you see where it goes from there right?"

"You're going out with Ranulf?"

"That's not the point, the point is that this is the part where he asks you to marry him."

"Oh." Said Lethe before getting up and running off.

Unfortunately for Lethe she was left hanging for nearly four weeks before Soren caught on to Jill's idea of love. They were out on a moonlit stroll by the lake in the woods. When Soren turned to her and said;

"Lethe, there's been something that I've been thinking about…"

Oh my god! Here it comes! Thought Lethe.

"It's just that, we've been together for awhile, we've kind of slowed down and I think we're ready to go all the way."

Umm… alright, if that's how he wants to phrase it. Soren knelt and pulled out a little box, inside was a dazzling sapphire ring.

"Will you marry me?" his crimson eye's betrayed nervousness. Her eyes betrayed knowing this was coming.

Things were quiet for a long time and then…

"Yes, but only if the author agrees to end it there and move onto something a little less crazy, maybe just a plain old romance…"

"FINE!" boomed the voice of the almighty.

A/N: Next time, Final chapter… *GASP!*