Fire Emblem Fates (Demon Edition)

by Starknight 'Renegade

Born from Shadows, took in by the light, raised to conquer, all in Demon's life has been either a lie or fabricated for that purpose... but what is his origin to begin with? A Prince of Nohr or of Hoshido? Is there some secret Demon is yet to find out? *(Harem option)*

10. Corrupted

To Temporal King: Once again, I'm impressed by the level of thinking you display in your reviews. And not only that, but you honestly have some great ideas to share as well. Renagade keeps me posted on the ideas you have too, and I usually either try to incorporate them or put my own spin on them. Once again, looking forward to your next review. - LyokoDragon15

To Gerson: Yeah, Xander's a great guy, but a confrontation with him is inevitable. And yeah, that's a bit of a drawback with his luck with women; he rarely is ever left along long enough to be able to do anything major unless he uses the Dragon Realm. - LyokoDragon15

To say the past few months were tough for Xander was like saying Garon was a little harsh. It was a gross understatement. On top of being forced to retreat in Hoshido, Elise had defected after the battle and Damon was lost to the river. Garon's punishment for that incident was... grueling to say the least. Xander still winced when his armor brushed against the what felt like a new scar on his chest. And then there was Camilla and Leo. His sister had completely lost it after Damon was kidnapped, and that only got worse when he was presumed dead. Leo had thrown himself into his studies with even more fervor, practically shutting out the world outside his room, save for his retainers and Garon himself. Still, he had to be somewhat grateful that Garon spared his siblings and retainers.

"Lord Xander, are you alright?" Laslow asked from beside the troubled prince. "You seem to be a bit out of it."

"He's probably thinking about killing the bastard Hoshidan's that took his brother," Peri giggled maniacally.

"Like you don't want to get revenge for 'Peri's best friend' either?" The gray haired mercenary asked.

Peri's face grew somber as she remembered the first time she met the middle Nohrian prince. They were young at the time, about ten or so, and her mother had just been killed by her own servant. The young blue and pink haired girl was scared of everyone and everything, almost crippled by her own paranoia. "Hey," a young voice sounded behind her, making the girl jump and shriek with fright. "Woah! Are you OK?" The young boy reached his hand out to Peri, the girl crawling back away from it.

"G-go away!" Peri shouted, tears starting to fill her eyes. "You-you won't kill Peri like you did mama!"

"So you're Peri?" The young boy asked and crouched down to her height, trying to give off as peaceful an aura as possible. "I'm Damon, I'm King Garon's son! And Xander's my big brother."

"… Ca-Camilla is your big sister too, right?" The noble child asked nervously. "How does she keep herself safe with all the fan-fa-natics after her?"

''Oh you mean the men who chase her? She just scares them with her Pole axe, most of the time threatens them... She tells me these awesome stories of how she scared a group of assassins." Damon told Peri, sitting down on the floor.

"Oh?" Peri cocked her head to the side curiously, managing to calm down a bit. "Could you tell Peri a few?"

"Yeah, Camilla says the fear of them not knowing usually scares them... Until it's too late that is, when she triumphs over her enemies." Damon stated, seeing as Camilla always told him bed time stories before he went to sleep.

"Triumphs over her enemies... does she ever get afraid?"

"No, she's super brave!" Damon exclaimed, seeing as he saw a hero within Camilla.

"What if... what if they don't surrender?" Paranoia started to grasp the girl's mind again, her breathing picking up as worst case scenarios cropped up in her head.

"Then she either captures them for father to deal with or kills them," Damon stated calmly. "I think she said something about it being a 'dog eat dog world' or something like that."

"Capture or kill..." Ideas started to take root in Peri's impressionable young mind, planting the seeds that would eventually lead her to become the woman she was today. "Say... what kind of games do you like? Do you play cards and the like or something more physical?"

"Dueling... Cards, rough housing, exploring, running... All that fun stuff..." The boy said to her, explaining what he liked to do.

"I have some cards with me... do you wanna play a few rounds of War with Peri?" She asked, taking an unopened pack of cards from the pocket of her dress.

"Sure, I have time for a few games," the boy agreed, taking his half of the deck once the girl finished shuffling. From that day forward, Peri not only looked forward to Damon's visits, she started to train herself in the art of close combat and cooking. By the time she had killed her first servant a year later, Peri considered Damon to be closer to her than her own father.

"Of course I do," Peri growled at her fellow retainer, struggling to keep her tears down. "Peri swore something similar to what she thinks Camilla did. Peri will kill every Hoshidan she sees for turning her best friend against Nohr and killing him."

"That's enough you two," Xander ordered stoically, trying to keep his thoughts off of his missing brother. "Our mission is to get to Hoshido and gain a proper foothold outside of the Bottomless Canyon. We can discuss such things later."

"Incoming creature from the sky heading this way!" One of the scouts shouted, the other troops straining their eyes to see what it could be to warrant alarm.

"Looks like we have company," Laslow stated as he drew his sword.

"Good, Peri has some frustration to work off," the cavalier grumbled and drew her spear.

Damon in his dragon form expanded his wings as he began to descend from the sky landing on his back feet before his front, shaking the ground from the impact. In truth, Damon didn't know how he was going to accomplish this task. Engaging Xander and his whole army was not on his agenda, he wanted to get Xander to back off for a while buying him precious time to eventually confront him and get him to join his cause.

Damon folded his wings as his body began to glow and shrink back in to his human form. "Hello big brother," the dragon prince greeted Xander as his transformation finished. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"D... Damon?" The eldest Nohrian prince asked, not believing his eyes. He knew his brother was alive, but to run into him this early was a little jarring. While the remainder of his army was either horrified or confused, Peri was overjoyed to her friend again.

"Listen, I know you intend on invading Hoshido, but I'm asking you to trust me on this one and hold off your assault. This is exactly what the enemy wants you to do; whittle down your forces so we have nothing left," Damon quickly explained to his brother seeing as he didn't know what to exactly say to convince him to not invade Hoshido.

"Enemy?" Xander questioned. "The only enemy we've had for years is a rebellion and Hoshido. Who else could there be?"

"Who the hell cares about that?!" Peri snapped and dismounted her horse, rushing towards Damon and embracing him. "Damon's back! He's finally back home! Peri missed you so, so much!"

Damon felt Peri's embrace as she cried in to the Tabard on his chest plate, for a moment Damon forgot about this mission and welcomed the embrace quickly. "Peri... I missed you too," the prince sighed and returned her embrace. "But now's not the time for that." He released the woman in his arms and turned his gaze to his brother. "I can't explain everything right now, Xander... but you have to believe me. There is a third... or is it sixth? Anyway, there's another party in this war and I know for a fact father is under their spell!"

Xander, while skeptical, was willing to hear his little brother out. "… Say you're right about this. What could any of us do to stop them when Hoshido has been our foe for generations and you have almost no following?"

"They have been playing both sides for years, think about it how did they know we were going to be at the Bottomless pit? The entire royal family... It was the perfect ambush." Damon added a point with the moment he was taken.

"That may be true, but how could Nohr stop them with the power at our disposal if they're so strong, let alone you." The soldiers cleared a path as their leader approached the young prince.

"Simple," Damon chuckled and raised his flag. "We ally with each other and get Hoshido on our side, then we take the fight to them."

"So it's true," Laslow sighed and stood by his master. "There is a rouge force attempting to overthrow Garon."

"Listen, I'm warning you by the time you enter Hoshido you'll be bogged down in their Civil War," Damon explained, desperate to deter his brother. "You'd be cut off and forced to fight your way out of a two front assault on you." Damon was trying to persuade the Nohrian forces in front of him.

"… Not if we have more troops," Xander countered with a smirk. "Change in plans men, we're returning to the castle to inform Father of this new development."

"If you tell him of our true enemy he'll have you killed!" Damon shouted out to Xander.

"I'm simply telling him of the two new additions to this war of ours," Xander countered. "After all, he has to deal with you and a Civil front in Hoshido now. He'll have to draft and train more men... could take a few months."

"Xander you don't have to go back, join me and we'll free Nohr from this nightmare..." Damon offered Xander, seeing as he missed the days that he and his family were together.

"… Tell you what, I'll spar with you two more times as brothers," Xander announced and drew his sacred sword. "Once now to see how you've come along. The next to decide if I ally with you or not. Do we have an accord, Damon?"

Damon nodded, seeing as this was the true way for two warriors to talk to one another. Damon drew his sword gripping the handle of the blade and side stepped Xander, looking for an opening to attack. He found what he thought was a blind spot and lunged, only to be parried and kicked back by Xander's horse. "Gah!" The prince coughed up blood from the force behind the hit and unsteadily got back to his feet. "I won't surrender..."

"I never expected you to after one hit," Xander chuckled before pressing his attack, swinging Siegfried at Damon in a wide arc. The prince had the sense and stamina to dodge the hit, but only barely. "But I see you've gotten quicker."

"That's not all that's changed," Damon growled as he felt draconic power fill him. "I've grown in plenty of new ways!" His head shifted into his dragon form and the prince slashed at him with the Yato blade, stabbed him with his arm spear and launched a ball of fire from a gapping maw that formed immediately after. Damon changed back to normal after his attack, panting slightly.

"Graah!" Xander shouted in pain. "Clearly... I actually felt that one, little prince." He charged at his brother on his stead and swung from below, hoping to catch him off guard.

"I ain't little!" Damon shouted blocking Xander's upward strike.

"Maybe not..." Xander reared his horse back and jumped off, landing behind his brother and using the impending fall of hooves as a distraction to place his sword at Damon's throat. "But you still have much to learn."

"Trust me I know!" Damon elbowed his brother, ducked under his sword and swung his blade forward clashing with Xander's. "Ever since that fateful sparring on the beach! When I got this scar shattering my first sword!" He yelled pushing him back with his skill and rage.

"Atta boy, Damon!" Xander praised, legitimately struggling against Damon's freakish strength. "You broke out of my pin and managed to turn the tide on me!" He broke off from his brother and mounted his horse again, gaining some distance. "But tell me... do you still have that problem with ranged attacks?"

"You should know! When my own archers shot me down like a dog!" Damon retorted swinging his sword as he stepped back.

"I apologize for that... and for this," Xander aimed Siegfried at the dragon prince and prepared to throw.

"No...!" Damon stopped as he lowered his weapon. "I am..." Damon said as he looked at Xander with a regretful face.

A smile cracked on Xander's face for the first time in months and he sheathed his sword. "While there's merit in knowing when you're beat, I have a feeling that's not what this is about, is it?"

"I abandoned the family that I knew, because I was scared of losing you all... I abandoned not only you and my family, but my son..." He explained to Xander.

The eldest Nohrian sibling sighed and dismounted his steed. "I... had no idea that Flora's birth was successful. I'm sorry I didn't look into it further... I could have told him all about his role model of a father." He took Damon into his arms for the first time in a long while. "But, considering you used the past tense, I'm assuming you found him again... and knowing Camilla and Elise, they're with you as well, aren't they?"

Damon smiled and put together a mental picture for Xander to hear. "Along with Camilla's retainers, the twin maids, a ninja, almost a hundred wolfskins, the Cheve rebellion commander and my eighteen year old son himself," he listed off, feeling Xander's loose grip stiffen.

"Woah, really? Never thought you'd get so far after resurfacing after ten months. And with the wolfskins too... Still though, we never hated you for what you did, Damon. It hurt... but sometimes family does that to each other, even when they don't mean to." He released his brother and mounted his horse again, turning back to the castle. "I'm heading back to the capital, father needs to be made aware of a few things. Peri!" The cavalier stood ready at her lord's word. "You're to follow Damon and send me a weekly report of his progress, as a leader and as warrior. I'd like to know what I'm up against if Garon has us fight a little sooner than expected." A bold faced lie, but Damon and Peri saw through it for what it was.

"Of course, my lord, Peri will follow your orders to the letter," the twin tailed woman saluted before turning to Damon. "You hear that, Damon? You won't be rid of Peri so easily, so don't even attempt it!" Despite the serious look on her face, Damon could see the smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.

"I supposed it's pointless then," Damon mock sighed and mounted Peri's horse, pulling her on after him. "I guess I'll just save you the trouble and bring you to my army."

"Peri can ride her horse just fine!" She protested, feeling a blush set in on her face.

"True, but Peri doesn't know where to go now does she?" Damon teased and spurred the horse forward.

While the two rode back to the mountain, Xander turned to his troops with the best look of seriousness and authority he could muster. "Listen well you lot. With the exception of Laslow, any of you who attempt to tell Garon of this encounter will feel my wrath. And in Laslow's case, I'll ensure an old friend of his will discipline him when I send him off to join Damon. Am I clear?"

"Yes sir!" The army chorused, Laslow sweating at the thought of Selena getting her hands on him. He almost envied Odin for being Leo's retainer at the moment.

"Say, Damon," Peri spoke up at the foot of the mountain.

"Yes?" Damon responded to Peri looking down at her as there was a slight size comparison.

"Tell Peri... how does it feel to be a dragon? Do you get the urge to slaughter or kill anyone or do you remain in control the whole time?" The blue and pink haired girl questioned.

"Uhh... I have yet to control the temptation with in me when I'm in that form, there have been moments where I just lose myself to the thrill..." Damon tried to explain to Peri, seeing as he had very little understanding of the dragon with in him.

"Oh goody!" Peri cheered and embraced the prince from behind. "Finally, Peri has a killing buddy!"

Damon winced seeing as Peri as that bright destructive fire that had no end to it. "Still as violent as ever, huh Peri?"

"Yep, Peri thinks she's actually gotten even better at killing since you..." Peri lost her usual bubbly tone when the memory of her closest friend disappearing came back up. "… Damon? Promise Peri you won't disappear on her again, please?"

"…. I promise..." Damon hesitantly said, seeing as he couldn't predict the future, and was beginning to worry for its outcome if things didn't start improving soon.

"Good... you remember the last time someone broke their promise with Peri, right?"

"…. I remember you killed them..." Damon rolled his eyes, remembering she was that vengeful.

"And spelled out 'LIAR' in the courtyard with their limbs," she reminded him.

"…. heahfahe" Damon stuttered as his mind went blank. "Gods, don't remind me..." He remembered that nightmare. It had plagued him and Elise for weeks..

"That reminds Peri, how is Camilla doing?"

"Great, she's starting to look happier now a days..." Damon informed Peri of Camilla's status.

"Good, Peri can't wait to see her again!" The childish woman started to hum to herself as the horse traversed the mountain, excited at the thought of being with her favorited people for the foreseeable future.

"He's back!" A wolfskin shouted to the camp upon seeing the horse and its riders. "And he brought new blood with him!"

"Oh no," Flora sighed, having a feeling of who it could be. "I'd better find Felicia." Flora groaned, seeing that she was almost certain that she knew who was with Damon.

"Huh... didn't expect Xander to send her back with him..." Camilla stated as Damon and Peri appeared over the ridge.

"Hi, Camilla!" Peri waved from behind Damon. "Hello to you too, Elise!"

"Hello, Peri!" Elise waved back, mentally fretting the appearance of who was easily the second scariest woman in Nohr.

"It's so good to see you all again! ...Except for you people, don't know who you are," the childish woman said to the group of Hoshidan natives and Maximus.

"That's Kaze, Hinoka... don't know who she is either," Damon introduced, faltering when he got to Reina, "and the man with the giant sword is my son, Maximus."

"Your son, eh?" Peri closed in on Maximus and inspected him carefully before smiling widely. "Yup, Peri can see it! Especially with that scar on his eye! Kinda looks like yours Damon, without the second going across of course. That and his is a bit wider." Peri suddenly went quiet and started to think, slightly worrying those who knew her. Mainly because she only ever really thought about killing people, how to kill them and, once and a while, how to impress Damon even more than she had already.

"Um... Who is she?" Maximus asked, slightly unnerved by the strange woman's close proximity to him.

"She's Peri," Camilla introduced. "One of Xander's retainers and the most bloodthirsty woman in all of Nohr... to our knowledge."

"Yep!" Peri chirped, startling a few of the greener soldiers near her. "Definitely what close to what Peri's child would look like if she married Damon. Thank you for solving that for me!"

"You're... welcome?" Maximus was very confused at the moment.

"Beg pardon?" Hinoka asked, not believing her ears for a second.

"Well, maybe their hair would be pink or reddish too and they might look a little more like Peri, but he's close enough," Peri elaborated, attempting to toy with the red haired Hoshidan woman.

"Not that! I meant whether you were interested in Damon or not!" Hinoka shouted, not wanting to contend with another rival for his affections, despite his multiple lovers.

"Hmm... dunno!" Peri admitted. "Peri's been so busy helping prince Xander and having fun with Damon that she hasn't really thought about it too much!"

"How... how the hell is this woman one of the most feared in Nohr?!" Horace questioned, outraged some human female could outrank a Wolfssegner. "She's just an airheaded chi-" A spear digging into his wound from the day before replaced his rant with a scream of pain.

"Peri's sorry, she didn't hear you," Peri said with an innocent expression that quickly turned to one of madness. "Care to repeat that?"

"Peri, that's enough," Damon ordered the crazed woman, placing a hand on her arm. "We just made peace with the Wolfskins, we don't need any more conflict with them."

"… Fine," Peri huffed and yanked her spear out, slightly splattering herself with blood. "But only because it's you who asked."

"Good," Damon sighed in relief. "Now go clean yourself up and get to know the other officers, I have some promises to keep."

"Aww, but Peri wanted to catch up a bit and play some games, like when we were younger!" The cotton candy haired woman whined.

"Sorry, Peri, we can play later," Damon promised.

Peri frowned a bit before her perpetual grin returned. "Ok! Peri'll just go catch up with Camilla for a bit then!"

It took him some time, but Damon managed to find the first person he made a promise to, Scarlet, training by the lake they were talking by earlier. "There you are!" The prince shouted, drawing her attention. "I've been looking everywhere for you, Scarlet."

"Yeah, just warming up before our spar," she explained before letting out a shrill whistle. Her wyvern soared down a moment later, landing in front of its master so she could climb on. "You about ready?"

Damon cracked his knuckles and neck. "Oh yeah... I don't hold back on my punches Scarlet, fair warning," Damon warned Scarlet as he finished preparing himself.

"Heh heh... that cocky attitude could get you in real big trouble one day," Scarlet teased before soaring toward Damon with her spear at the ready.

Damon drew his Yato blade, gripping it tightly as he moved forward to cut off Scarlet's advance. Damon swung his blade while Scarlet ducked underneath and flew upwards to get some distance for her next attack. "You're definitely quicker than the Nohrian knights," Scarlet admitted and twirled her spear in between her fingers. "But that legendary sword and speed can only do so much for you, Damon."

"I got distracted!" Damon decided to mess with her as he knew what to say swinging his blade forward, engaging with Scarlet again. Demon took over as the adrenaline started to pump through his body and mischief ran rampant in his mind.

"If you're go say by my breasts, that's not going to work with me this time!" She shouted and thrusted at him, forcing him back a bit.

"NO! I was picturing you in that maid uniform," Demon said while dodging to her right, using the flat end of his sword to smack her on her ass, snorting a laugh.

"You...!" Scarlet yelped, swinging her spear back in an attempt to catch him.

"Oh yes, you're going to look very attractive in that Maid uniform..." Demon taunted.

"Only if you win," she growled and struck, her blow glancing off his armor.

"You mean when I win!" Demon made a front flip over his target.

"Not without a damn good fight you won't!" The blonde warrior took out a shorter spear and threw it.

"I beat you once! I'll do it again!" Demon declared as he quickly dodged the spear. "Hey! You trying to kill me!?" He shouted at her distracted from the spear she threw.

"Please, if you took a firing squad or arrows, a puny spear should be nothing!" Scarlet argued and thrust with her main weapon again. This time, she managed to force back Demon with the force behind her blow.

"Here's the difference..." Demon placed his right hand over his heart. "You know where my heart is."

"Fair point," the blonde chuckled and swung again. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to let up either!"

"Then I have to make this even..." Demon planted his sword in the dirt removing his chest armor. "There now you'll know if you hit something important." Demon stated, as he picked up his blade.

"Well... long as we're fighting fair," Scarlet ignored the nervous feeling and removed her own breastplate, leaving her in her chainmail and casual clothes, minus the jacket of course. "Now you don't have any excuse for being less armored than me!"

Demon moved over to the weapons rack Scarlet put up earlier, putting away his Yato blade and pulling out a spear. "You're not the only one who can fight with a spear, I did a year of lancing in the Calvary." Demon informed Scarlet.

"Well then, let's see if the rust has settled in too much, shall we?" She lunged with and had her dragon swing its tail in their retreat.

Instead of using his blade part of the pole arm, he took the pommel of the spear and blocked her thrust, driving her spear upwards inches above his head, then, with his palm of his right hand, slammed it in to Scarlet's chest.

Scarlet coughed up some saliva from the force behind the attack, sending her flying off her wyvern and losing her grip on her weapon. "Damn!" She coughed and drew a wooden practice axe. "Guess we're fighting for real then, huh?"

Demon stuck his spear in to the dirt as he readied to fight her with his hands this time. "Guess so..." He said spitting out some of the blood from the strike she landed on him when being pushed back. Scarlet leapt at him with her axe towards the ground, attempting to strike Demon with the pommel of her axe when she got close enough.

Demon grabbed the axe, keeping it from striking his body with his overwhelming strength. Then, using his right arm, he lifted the axe up a few feet in the air, leaving her dangling from the handle a few inches off the ground. "The problem with wyvern riders, and this a problem Camilla has too funny enough, is that they come to rely on their partner to put a good amount of force behind their attack," Demon lectured and tossed the weapon away, its wielder going with it.

Scarlet tumbled on the ground and righted herself before attacking again. "Even so, I can fight without her! I'm pretty strong without her too... even if she can be a bit protective of me." Demon contemplated what that could have meant before it hit him. Literally.

Scarlet's wyvern, without warning, head butted Demon in the back throwing him forward toward the treeline. "CHEEEEAAATTERR!" Demon yelled out hitting a tree.

"I told you she was protective!" The crimson warrior shouted back.

Demon fell to the ground. "Oh... that cuts it... Come here you Priss!" Demon shouted at the Wyvern. "I'm not going to lose to some overgrown lizard!" He barked stomping on the ground.

"Um... aren't you a dragon too?" Scarlet pointed out, trying to suppress a giggle.

Demon looked at Scarlet. "Wyvern's aren't dragons! Completely different!" He yelled at her while marching over to the Wyvern, though surprisingly what he did next shocked her... He head butted the Wyvern, throwing it down.

OW!

Demon gripped his head, dizzy for a moment as he stumbled from the shock of the blow. "Yeah... what did you expect from headbutting a wyvern?" Scarlet asked the prince. "A feather pillow?"

"Taking it out of the picture, that's what..." Demon said as he turned over to Scarlet and raised his fists.

"Smart," the blonde praised before thrusting with her short spear. "But you left yourself wide open!"

Scarlet's eyes widened as Demon didn't attempt to dodge, finding her spear in his left shoulder. "Huh?" Demon said seeing the blood trickle out of the wound.

"Oh gods, are you alright?" Scarlet asked and removed her weapon. "I didn't mean to-"

Demon smiled as he gripped her by her causal clothing. "Got Ya..." He threw her up in the air, holding on to the weapon as he did and threw it away as she descended. He caught her effortlessly and placed her on the ground. "So did I win?" He asked her.

"Well... considering I'm unarmed and shaken from flying without my wyvern... yes, I'd say so," Scarlet conceded, collapsing bellow a nearby tree. "Damn though, the training Garon had you do must have been no joke!"

"Practiced every day with my brother," Demon informed Scarlet, patting her on the head. "And uh uniform and all..." He reminded her of the bet.

The Cheve woman couldn't help but blush from embarrassment at her fate. "Damn it all..."

"But I am a man of honor, and you did a lot better than most have before... I will... take you to the bath and we'll scrub each other..." Demon said seeing as he would honor her for her achievements in the duel.

"Well... I'm certainly not going to complain," Scarlet laughed. "After all, I could use a soak after all the fighting we've done thus far. Back's killing me too... say, you're a strong guy, mind helping out with that too?"

"Hm... Maybe if you add a week on to your punishment," Demon smirked, barely restraining laughter as the color drained from her face.

"On second thought, that can be the next spar's win condition," Scarlet suggested. "Loser massages winner."

Demon grabbed a hold of Scarlet. "Hold on... Lilith!" The tiny blue dragon appeared next to the pair, ruining Demon's attempt at a dramatic entrance... or exit as it were.

"Yes, lord Damon?" She asked sweetly. "Do you need something?"

"I... wanted you to take us to the Dragon Realms," Demon sighed. "Need to relax in the hot springs for a bit."

"Why didn't you ask me to take you directly there like last time?" The dragon asked with a bit of mirth in her voice.

"… This is revenge, isn't it?" He asked the blue dragon.

"You woke me up from my nap," Lilith growled.

"Lilith... I promise to make it up to you later..." Demon promised to Lilith.

"You're making me food like you did when you nursed me back to health," she demanded, leaving no room for disagreement. "One can only live for so long off of peaches and the rare daikon or fish."

"… Alright... alright, I promise," Demon said to Lilith seeing as she would not let up.

"Good," Lilith smiled happily before giving them a mischievous grin. "Now... have fun!" She opened a portal under their feet, the couple landing in the giant tub that was the hot springs.

Demon quickly threw his armor off to the side of the tub along with his clothing, sinking into the tub again while feeling the hot water invade the pores of his skin. "Gods damn that feels good," he sighed contently.

"Not when your clothes are drenched and covered in chainmail," Scarlet grumbled, trying to take the armor off. "Feels like I'm boiling in a pot! Damon, could you help me out of this?!"

"Hold on, your Chevalian King is here to help you..." Demon said as he moved over to help Scarlet.

"So... you remembered that?" Scarlet asked, feeling the chainmail being removed.

"I'll conquer the territories of Cheve for you, if it is what you desire..." Demon said as he sat her on the edge of the tub.

"I'd rather avoid that... but if it saves them, so be it," Scarlet sighed and took a seat next to him, toying with the hem of her shirt.

"It will and from themselves..." Demon reminded her that Chevalian history was filled with a corrupt political council that befell their own nation.

"Diplomacy first, then we try conquering them," Scarlet chided. "Besides, we still need them for the war on Valla at the very least. We can't afford to waste time and resources bringing Cheve to heel when there's bigger fish to fry."

"I rather not be booted half way across the continent if I am deceived... but I will do it for you Scarlet... Now, why are you still covered up when you were complaining about it not a few minutes ago?" The prince asked while eying her sopping wet clothes.

"I'm ashamed to say it but... I'm embarrassed," the Cheve woman confessed. "When I said I've never been with a man before, I meant I was never in any situation where they could take advantage of me, on the off chance they were stronger. So I've never been... nude in front of one either."

Demon moved his hands over her shirt, pulling it over her head and throwing it over the tub, followed by her arm guards that had fallen off in the fall. "There, like ripping off a bandage..." Demon said to Scarlet. She was now clad in only her lower armor and bra, and the blush on her face told him she was all too aware of that fact.

"Thanks... I think." She still tried to cover her prodigious breasts with her arms.

Demon picked her up sitting her up on the ledge of the bath tub. "Here I'll help you with your armor leggings..." He began to unhook and unfastened the straps on her boots. "So... how did you end up in service to Hoshido?" Demon asked Scarlet.

"It wasn't so much as serving them so much as being hired muscle for a strike against a common foe," Scarlet explained. "We were to aid in ambushing Nohr and we got compensated for it after for much needed food and supplies."

"… How many rebel...sorry Chevalians are in Hoshido right now?" Demon asked Scarlet, seeing he needed to take in account how many active fighters there were.

"By my estimate, about a hundred of them came with me and about half were wiped out in the assault," she recalled. "I'm not sure who will be on what side when we get there though... they'll probably follow whoever has the most coin, for their own preservation if nothing else. So my bet is on Mikoto for now."

"So I'm estimating a legion at least in Hoshido, if they survive the civil war over there... and unknowns in the rest of Cheve... that's not really good to think about it tactically... we'll be marching in to a completely unknown situation..." Demon stated removing her boots from her feet.

"Part of being a leader is being able to adapt," Scarlet stated nonchalantly.

"So using that logic, I should command an army of sheep in to battle to the slaughter..." Demon joked as he moved his hands to her waist, pausing for a moment feeling the armor around her waist..

"That depends... are they really sheep, or wolves in disguise?" She countered. "At least ten of us are, and we can take down legions on our own until we hit a commander... but even then, we need our own to be ready to fight as well." Scarlet helped Damon find the clasp to the piece of armor and removed it, leaving her thigh and shin guards left.

"Boy... your... your people are just going to hate me then..." Demon joked as he moved his hands to the last article of clothing around her waist.

"Oh? And why is that?" The blonde asked.

"Nohrian Prince with the mindset of a calculating tactician ringing any bells?" Demon asked the Chevalian Knight to be.

"Fair point," Scarlet laughed and nervously took off her guards, leaving only her belt and pants on to cover her body. Excluding her small cloths of course.

"And you... you're going to be on that throne with me?" He asked Scarlet. "I mean would they allow you to be on that throne?" He asked Scarlet.

"… Does it matter? You'll be king," Scarlet pointed out.

"...there was a pause in your voice, what's wrong?" Demon asked Scarlet seeing she stopped to think about his question.

"… I'm no princess like Camilla or a noble… would I be fit to sit with you?" While she hated this nervous side to her, it seemed to further endear herself to Damon, so she let it stay.

"I really don't care, but if I have to then I'll decree you noble... I mean once you give birth to my child... Doesn't it work like that?" Demon asked Scarlet.

"… What if... and this is totally hypothetical!" The blonde warrior clarified before continuing. "What if... I had your child before we arrive in Cheve?"

Demon rose his right hand, ready to retort. "I... I'm … I'm actually not sure how this works, I'm technically a disgraced prince on both sides..." Demon reminded Scarlet.

"But you still have the dragonkin blood which marks you as royalty, a step further actually since you can turn into a dragon," she argued. "Hell, doesn't that kind of make you a god by that logic?"

"I... I would not anger the heavens, they seem to have it out for me... " Demon tried to hide behind Scarlet, avoiding from looking up.

"Ha ha! They truly do," Scarlet agreed. "But still, it's not like they can hide up there from an angry dragon and his mates." Realizing the implications of her own joke, Scarlet's face turned a few shades redder.

Demon discarded his trousers by the pile of clothes. "I'm pretty sure they're waiting to drop a castle on me at any moment now..." Demon joked, seeing as his luck could only take him so far.

"Please, like a castle could crush a dragon like you, especially with that freakish strength of yours," Scarlet jabbed back.

Demon smiled while remembering his banner. "Yeah... they may also hate me for the insignia I have on my banner..." Demon added another problem.

"What's the harm, it's only the Nohrian crest in a different color... unless you're talking about Cheve." Scarlet applied some soap to a washcloth and started to scrub Damon's back.

"I'm pretty sure they're sick of Nohrian symbols above their capital..." He stated, seeing he would be thrown out if he did one thing they didn't like.

"Please, it's not like you're flying the Grim Dragon's colors over them," Scarlet scoffed. "And if it bothers them that much, they can either pull their heads out of their asses or we change the symbol."

"At this point I might as well rule with an iron fist if they don't accept you and I... I'm just tired of taking one step forward and two steps back... it's getting frustrating." Demon resigned himself as he sat on the step of the bath tub enjoying the hot water.

"...You know what both of your problems are?" Scarlet asked and followed him, this time shampooing his scalp... well, there was a bit of stubble, but that's basically what it was.

"Both?" He asked Scarlet.

"Well, you're you, but there's two alternate versions of you," Scarlet elaborated. "The you everyone grew up with and the one who's a bit more ruthless."

"There is only one... I'm just developing a different outlook.." Demon said to Scarlet.

"Don't give me that, we've had this conversation already," Scarlet tutted and dumped a bucket on his head to rinse him.

"Did we? Or did you think we had one?" Demon asked Scarlet.

"I'm pretty sure we discussed it at the lake... or maybe I overheard a bit more of your conversation with Beruka than I thought, I dunno." She moved on to scrubbing his shoulders, this time with a sponge.

"…..." Demon remained silent. "Well there is only one me... a more refined, stronger, and tactical me..."He stated to Scarlet seeing as some people were thinking there were two versions of him.

"You're getting there, but I can literally see it in your eyes when you change mindsets," Scarlet sighed and held a mirror up to him. "See? They're more lizard or dragon like that usual."

"….. Do you really see me as some sort... sort of beast?" He asked Scarlet.

"Of course not," Scarlet replied with a smile and hugged him. "You're caring as both of them. You just have different ways of handling things."

Demon moved her hand on his chest, where his heart was. "Feel that? You tell me if there is not beat to it... Tell me there is no heart where I breathe..."

"I told you, you're no beast," Scarlet sighed. "You're Damon through and through, to an extent. You both care for your loved ones and are willing to do anything for them, you both want this to end so we, at the very least, can live in peace. But fine, I'll humor you. Yes, I feel a beat."

Demon sighed seeing it would take many days or even weeks for them to get used to him. "I just see the world differently... " Demon huffed in exhaustion.

"And that perspective shifts constantly," Scarlet pointed out. "Although... I think you're getting closer to become a bit of both than you think. Your peace centric side has become a bit more ruthless, but I can tell that the more violent side is a bit more willing to offer mercy too."

"You think I'll find balance huh?" He asked seeing she saw something in him. "I don't know, it's hard to shut out all the voices and different opinions." Demon said to Scarlet.

"And sifting through them to make and build your own is what will shape you to balance or to favor one over the other," the blonde warrior pointed out. "Take our last effort for example. You learned things aren't always as they seem."

"I was betrayed... by an unknown faction, who slaughtered seventy good men" Demon mentioned to Scarlet.

"Yes and we hurt them just as bad mentally by threatening a member of their pack, and they apologized and compensated us for it," Scarlet argued. "You remained your violent persona the whole way through that ordeal and, while you came close a couple times, you didn't try to force them to follow you like you wanted to. Why is that?"

"I wanted to— but you guys were in that camp, if it went down... I could've lost one of you..." Demon stated trying to hide the embarrassed look on his face, as his pride was put in to question.

"Aww, you're blushing!" Scarlet teased and poked his reddened cheeks. "But in all seriousness, the fact you showed control still shows you're not half as ruthless as you think you are."

"Yeah, I'm blushing because your tits are on my back..." Demon tried to change the subject, making him think that it was arousal not pride that was damaged.

"… You know you love it, and you're not getting out of this that easily," Scarlet deadpanned, trying to hide her own embarrassment. "Besides, I've still got my bra on. It's not like I'm pressing into you bare."

"The fact you're about as big as Camilla leaves almost nothing to the imagination though," he persisted.

"Again, you're not getting out of... the hell with it, we came here to relax and that's what we'll do," Scarlet surrendered, reaching for the soap again.

"Thank you, Oh queen of Chevalia..." He mocked as he took the warm bucket of water pouring it on himself.

"Tell me though, because I've never done anything like this before..." She turned Demon around and rubbed her soap covered chest against him. "Does this feel... alright?"

Demon shivered and growled in a primal manner. "Oh yeah... you're doing it right..." Demon choked out as he resisted the urge to turn around and lose control.

"Good... I've never washed anyone before, let alone like this..." Scarlet stated and started to scrub his chest with her hands. Demon looked at her blonde hair and moved his hands towards the shampoo, but grabbed the pale of warm water first dumping it on her. "Gah! What was that for? Damnit, my pants were about dry too..."

Demon moved his hands to lather her hair, running his hands through her scalp. "You wanted me to wash you too... if I was not mistaken?" He asked Scarlet, seeing as this is what she wanted.

"Oh right..." She remembered. "I did... I guess I got so caught up in our talk that I forgot."

"Very true... I thought we were going to have to engage my brother today..." Demon said under his breath... he wasn't sure if his force he collected would've survived the odds. To him, from a tactical perspective, he was plainly outnumbered 100 to 1. Even if Xander was the only commander, which he highly doubted, there would have been heavy losses.

"But you managed to talk him down and get out of it with a new officer, am I correct?" Scarlet asked, leaning into his touch with a blissful look on her face. "So who cares? As I was trying to say before, both of you overthink and ruminate on things too much."

Demon moved his hands to her shoulder with a wash cloth in his hands moving to each shoulder. "Maybe... but we still have a long way ahead of us..." He knew the journey wouldn't come without losses.

"And a big part of being a family is being there for each other the whole way through," Scarlet pointed out. "Your girls, siblings... hell, even Kaze is family now, whether we're brothers and sisters in arms or something more."

"… I guess you're right," the dishonored prince chuckled and moved on to her back. "Besides, like you said a bit ago, we're relaxing. And since time moves slower here than in our world, we could stay here for about a day before people start to notice."

"Then... why don't you just come here whenever someone is about to interrupt you on one of your... sessions?" Scarlet asked, causing Demon to freeze up.

"Because it puts a strain on Lilith to expend her energy without recuperating," Damon informed Scarlet.

"And you never thought of it, did you?" The blond asked, shuddering when he applied pressure to a tense spot on her back.

"I did... But it wouldn't be fair to Lilith if I keep calling for that purpose... I mean what if we really need to use her, and she is too tired to even move one person?" Demon asked Scarlet.

"I guess you have a point... but still, I feel there's something more to that reasoning," she pressed, both verbally and into his hands. "And a little higher, if you don't mind? I've had this ache for a while that just does not want to go away, even with this amazing water."

Demon gave a wicked smile as he kept massaging her back while sneaking his left hand around to her abdomen and going lower. "Well... to be honest, I think Lilith has been carrying a torch for me since I saved her when we were younger, if you get my meaning."

"Oh... yeah, that would make things a little hard to bear for her if you kept using this place as an escape for intercourse while she can't do it with you," Scarlet agreed.

"For all of our sakes, I'm hoping it's just a crush or something for now," Demon admitted quietly. "But if she comes out to me about it... well, we'll see what happens when we get there."

"Best we do for now," Scarlet agreed and looked down. She was still wearing her pants from when the dragon in question dropped them in. 'Should I take these off? I mean, I'm sure he'd like that but still... I don't know if I'm quite ready yet.'

"…. So… uh I'm just picturing what our child would look like... Your blonde hair, my eyes... they'll think it'll be albino..." He joked.

"Hehe, if it's a light enough blonde I suppose so," the crimson warrior agreed, slightly embarrassed by the prospect... but at the same time, a bit excited at the implications of what would lead up to one. "But I've seen some weird hair colors before. Like Peri's, it looks like a fusion of blue and pink cotton candy!" She laughed at her own joke, trying to change the subject.

Demon moved his hands to Scarlet's shoulders, turning her to face him, looking in to her eyes. "Scarlet...?" He moved his hands up to her cheeks.

"Y-yes, Damon?" A heat started to well up inside her, filling every inch of her. "What is it? Do you want me to wash you now or..." Her hands drifted towards the soap as she talked. Demon pressed his lips against hers as he moved his hands around her back. Scarlet froze stiff before melting into the kiss, wrapping her arms around Demon's head and back in an attempt to bring him closer. The two parted for air after seven minutes of deep kissing. "Thank you... for all the things you've done for me. You spared my life and gave me a new home and a reason to fight..."

"Don't thank me yet... we're just getting started..." Demon gave her a wink.

Scarlet blushed, realizing what he was getting at. "Well... Are you sure?" Her hands drifted to the buckle of her belt and started to undo the latch. "I mean, I probably won't be as good as Flora and Felicia..."

"Scarlet," Demon stated seriously and looked into her eyes. "If you love me as much as we both think you do, you know this is inevitable. I won't force you if you don't want to... but it's going to happen sooner or later."

Scarlet's blush intensified and she peeled her wet pants off, leaving her in her underwear. "I know, it's just... I don't want to get you all riled up and then end up disappointing you."

"Do you think I don't find you attractive?" He asked Scarlet, caressing her cheek.

"That thing poking me says you do," Scarlet attempted to joke before returning to the meek side that only showed its face around Damon. "But I have no experience. This is nothing like combat, I don't even know how to handle these kinds of situations.

"Well, let me tell you something... I could hardly contain myself from not pouncing on you by the time we entered this bath..." He whispered in to her ear, seeing as he was very eager to do this with Scarlet.

"You... you mean it?" The blonde asked, her courage starting to rekindle. "Well, in that case..." She removed her bra and panties and tossed them with the rest of her clothes. "I'm all yours... my king."

"No... I'm all yours..." Demon said as he kissed her.

"Well then..." Scarlet took off Demon's underwear, gaping at the towering erection underneath. "Dear gods... I won't lie, it seems a bit bigger than I remember it."

"You've been sneaking peeks... " He struggled to not laugh.

"Not so much as sneaking as accidentally walking in on you pants less," she corrected and glanced at her breasts, an idea forming in her head.

Demon snapped his fingers getting her attention." Hey eyes are up here... " He joked .

"Sorry, just thinking of something..." Scarlet said distractedly.

"I'm kidding Scarlet, you don't have to worry of looking... look all you want..." Demon said to Scarlet.

"No, not about your... cock..." Scarlet choked out. "Just thinking... well, only one way to find out without spoiling it for you." She bent down lower and spread her breasts apart, then moved them around Demon's organ.

That bought a reaction from him, another primal growl. For a moment Demon's teeth began to form sharp fangs as his fists clenched. "Holy... gods, this is so... I can't even describe it!" Scarlet smiled a little at his reaction. While his facial and vocal expressions were a little funny to her, she couldn't help be feel a little anxious and excited feeling her lover's groin throbbing and twitching between her bosom.

"Well... This is just the start," she told him with what she hoped was a seductive smile and moved her breasts up and down along his shaft.

Demon's eyes began to force in an even more reptilian shape as he looked down, the urge to mate was almost unbearable. "Gods... fuck Scarlet, I want you so fucking bad!" Demon cursed as pleasure wracked through his entire body.

"Sorry, but you said you're mine," Scarlet teased. "And I feel like playing with you a little more." She started to press in and out from his cock along with her current motions, starting to find a rhythm to her sloppy movements.

"E-EASY... You're … messing with a dragon..." Demon choked out as he was about to grab her.

"Woah, struck a chord did I?" The blond warrior asked with a grin. "Well then..." She stopped for a moment and kissed the tip of his shaft. "Did that make you feel better?"

Demon growled as he looked down. "THAT'S IT! " Demon grabbed Scarlet and pinned her against the tub wall. "You are so getting my child!" He roared, biting her neck and kissing it.

"Ghnnn! Not so rough, hon," Scarlet chided. "After all... I am your queen, no?" She managed to gather the strength to press herself into him without impaling herself on him.

Demon moved his hands on her ass propping her up, allowing her to wrap her legs around his waist. He then switched to the other side of her neck kissing and biting it. "Oh ho ho, my sweet Scarlet Rose," Demon chuckled as the woman beneath him squirmed. "That's exactly the kind of mindset that got you in this mess to begin with."

Scarlet's mind started to fill with lust and want. "Of course it is, my king," she panted and ran her hands over his back. "And I swear I will take full responsibility for it. This delusional knight is yours to do whatever you wish with."

"I'm going to give you... … a daughter... and a son..."Demon promised as he grunted out in heat.

"They'll be just as strong as you, my lord," Scarlet predicted. "Strong enough to topple even the mightiest of tyrants. In fact, I hope you give me more than two, if I'm to be honest with my king... establish an empire that would make Garon green with envy."

Demon growled out in a lustful groan moving his hands around her back hugging her body while trying not to do anything rash to hurt her. He positioned himself above her entrance, the heat from her and the water engorging the already raging monster. "If that's what you wish... my loyal little knight," Demon whispered in her ear before plunging into her. Scarlet screamed in pleasure and pain as her hymn was all but shattered by the force Demon put behind his thrust, the water around her cunt turning a light tinge of red for a moment. "Well, well... someone's quite the screamer, eh?"

"I'm... I've never felt such... pleasure before," Scarlet slurred, trying to get a grasp on her words as her walls tried to adjust to the behemoth within them. "This is... my lord, I beg of you... don't stop!"

"I won't..." He promised his knight to be. He started to rock his hips back and forth against her, sending wave after wave of pleasure through the lust addled Scarlet with each thrust.

"My king..." The blonde moaned. "No... my dragon..."

"I guarantee you'll want to ride me rather than your wyvern..." Demon joked, as he kept thrusting in to her body, creating bigger waves in the water.

"Let me finish," Scarlet laughed and embraced her lover. "My dragon emperor... righteous or not, whether it hurts or aids the populace... I swear to you, Cheve will be yours."

T̫̜͖͕ͫhe̋̿̎ͬ ͧ̽ẃ̸̫̙o̳̰̓rl͖d͍͘͡ ̫̯̣w̮̳̤̰̽̑̉͠͏̝͊̀i̦̤ͧl̸̴̪͉̻͑̆̋ͨ̿͢͠l͎̜͗̾̊͞ ̢̢̜̤͡͞bḛ̡̭͉̆̿͊̍͐͢ ͍ͬ͡m̸͛ͣͯiͬņ͙e͚͇͒ͯ̈҉̃!͇͓̔̉̍̍ͦ̾͞ - Corruption added..

The sudden thought shocked even Demon to a degree. While the dragon prince wanted to protect everyone, he didn't want to have to take the world by force if he didn't have to... right? "Are you alright, my lord?" Scarlet asked, feeling Demon's demeanor shift and his body tense.

"… We all have limits, my Scarlet Rose," Demon stated and continued to make love to the blonde in front of him. "Tell me... where would you draw the line with me?"

Scarlet was silent for a moment before capturing his lips in a kiss. "You don't even need to ask me that, Damon," she replied serenely. "Whatever path you travel down, I'll be right there beside you... I only ask that you listen to my advice like you have been before you do anything rash. You don't even need to follow it."

"If that's all then-"

"Also..." Scarlet's voice turned meek all of a sudden. "Please... don't become like the Valla king... don't treat us all like we're nothing more than toys for your pleasure..."

"Scar... I would never harm you... You're my family and friends... I would never raise a blade against you..." He was a little set off by Scarlet's comment.

Scarlet cupped his face and kissed him again. "I'm sorry, my love... I guess I have a tendency to overthink things as well, huh?" She joked. She tightened herself around him, trying to take his mind off the comment.

"Oh Scarlet...?" Demon poked Scarlet in the chest.

"Yes, Damon?"

"You're still wearing that maid uniform..." He reminded Scarlet of the deal.

"You know what... I think I don't mind as much, since it's for you..." Scarlet teased. "After all, you'd just love to see me in that skirt, wouldn't you?"

"… but in battle you can wear your armor... I'm not completely cruel." Demon huffed out, seeing he didn't want to see her completely humiliated. At least not in front of their enemies.

"Thank you, my lord," Scarlet panted, her lustful fervor returning. She pressed her breasts into Demon's face in a hug. "I swear to you... I am your knight now... not Cheve's."

"Wow, now they're reaaaallly going to hate me..." He complained seeing as he's just lapping up excuses for all of Cheve to hate him.

"Of course, I'll tell them I still serve them for a while..." She laughed. "After all... if we manage to establish a monarchy there, it technically won't even be a lie, will it?"

"You devilish little minx," Demon teased and licked the wounds he left on her neck, sending shivers down her back. "Screw being a lowly knight... you're my head general."

"I am honored," Scarlet moaned and shook her hips into his, trying to drive the prince's rod further into her. "I promise, I'll study tactics alongside you and live up to your expectations, my lord."

"And I promise... to have a little more restraint..." Demon mumbled seeing as how his actions have caused problems in the past.

"I'm glad you're learning from your mistakes my lord," Scarlet growled and forced him into a deep kiss, "but you have an obligation to finish what you've started and keep your promise..."

"By my word... I will rule the free Cheve... " Demon promised Scarlet.

"Why don't we change that to say... 'Liberate' Cheve," she suggested.

"I could say conquer it..." Demon also mentioned that option to Scarlet.

"True... but where's the fun in that?" She asked

"Not being chased by some paid mob bought by corrupt politicians that sunk Cheve in to the hands of Nohr?" He asked Scarlet.

Scarlet sighed and readjusted herself before flipped positions with Demon. "My love, there's a bit of thrill and challenge in persuading a populace to you side-"

"Yeah nothing like a poor liberator vs a rich politician sparks the interests of the greedy!" Demon exclaimed acting that's what happens in modern societies.

"Let me finish," Scarlet growled and dug her nails into Demon's shoulder. "First of all, Takumi is doing just that, you want to admit he's better than you? And second..." She started to bounce up and down on Demon's erection. "That's not the promise I had in mind."

Demon growled and put his hands on her shoulders, preventing her ride on him. "Takumi is adored by his supporters with his radical beliefs... I need troops to march against him and stop his hissy fit... but to do that I not only have to command and army, I have to have respect from them... and what promise did you have in mind?" He asked Scarlet.

"You think I'm the only one who's sick of some old farts ruining us?" Scarlet growled and squirmed on her lover's hips, desperate for pleasure. "You're going to be the one to unite three kingdoms! Overthrow Garon! Become a living legend multiple times over! And most of all..." She pressed her bosom into him, trying to tempt the man under her. "You'll have enough children to prove you're more than caring and kind enough to lead them to glory."

"I think you got that out of order," Demon joked.

"My lord..." Scarlet growled and shook off his hands, placing one on her boob and the other on her butt. "Frankly, I don't give a damn. You caused this. Now you can deal with the consequences."

"Dear Gods... what are our children going to say if they find out about you... you're such a shameful woman..." Demon joked, seeing Scarlet was like this on her first time. "To deflower a warrior such as yourself and get resorted to this state... man I am that good..." Demon continued to joke.

"Allow me to paint you a picture," Scarlet growled. "I'm twenty three. I've had to suppress my sexual needs and desires since I hit puberty about twelve years ago solely due to the fact that I knew I'd be taken advantage of otherwise. You're on the receiving end of all of that sexual frustration and lust right now." The blonde woman nipped Demon's earlobe and gave him the best seductive look she could. "And I fully intend on letting it all out right her, right now."

Demon almost felt pity for the woman on top of him. At least he could get a bit of relief when Flora and Felicia came on to him. But her? She had no one for almost two years longer and in much more dire conditions. The prince sighed and gave her a feral grin. "Very well then..." Demon chuckled. "If that's what my favorite knight wants..." Demon started to massage her breast and kissed her deeply. "Then that's what she'll get."

"My lord..." Scarlet sighed contently. "I... don't think I've quite said this yet but... I love you..." The lust cleared for her mind for a second and she embraced her lover. "That's the whole reason I said what I did... why I'm doing this with you now... that's why. I can honestly say, without a doubt, that I love you unconditionally. I stand by what I said in my more... lustful state of mind. I'm your knight. No one else's."

"I... I'm not going to joke around, Scarlet," Demon smiled and flipped her around so he was on top again. "I'm not just honored... I'm ecstatic that, out of everyone in Nohr and our men, you chose me, despite my more... violent tendencies."

"As off putting as it can be, you do have this... aura around you," Scarlet confessed. "It makes me feel safe and warm, despite how dire our circumstances are. I'm not sure if it's the same for the others but..." She shuddered and gasped as Demon finally drove her to her climax. "It lets me know that, regardless of which mindset you use, you're you... and you'll always be there for us."

"And I always will be," Demon promised and held her close, reaching his release as well. "After all... I'm not just your lover... I'm your leader. And if there's anything I learned from both sides of the spectrum, a good leader is there for his people... romantically involved or otherwise." Corruption reduced...

"Gods!" Scarlet gasped, feeling her womb fill up with Demon's load. "I'm officially calling divine intervention if I don't end up with child after this."

"I did warn you about what you were getting into," Demon chuckled. "Maybe next time, you'll listen when this dragon says something."

"Well... A knight's duty is to subdue dragons," Scarlet teased. "Of course I was going to at least attempt to get under your skin."

"I think I ended up doing a much better job at that," Demon retorted and removed himself from her.

"True... after all, you ended up making this knight yours in the process," Scarlet sighed and cuddled up to the man beside her. "I never want this to end... how long do we have until we absolutely need to go back?"

"I'd say... about five hours," Demon estimated, drawing Scarlet closer to him. "Do you want to just soak for a bit or...?" The way Scarlet looked and him and grabbed his crotch gave him the answer he needed. He let out an exhausted sigh before grinning at Scarlet. "Figured you'd do something like that."

The two continued to make love and enjoy each other's company until Demon remembered he made a second promise that he still needed to follow up on. "Scarlet... I apologize, but I have another promise to keep that's best left for when we have time off," Demon told the blond woman.

"Damn it all..." Scarlet cursed and embraced the man tighter. "Can't it wait?"

"I was technically supposed to follow through with it last night..." Demon insisted, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.

"Fiiine," Scarlet groaned and got off the prince, limping a bit. She prayed to the gods that no one asked about it or the bite marks littering her shoulders and neck. "But we're going to continue this another time, right?"

"Why wouldn't we? You're part of the group now, remember?" Demon asked coyly, earning himself a playful punch from Scarlet.

"I'm holding you to that when we all eventually talk about... whatever this is," Scarlet smirked.

"What do you mean about that?" Demon asked.

"Simply put, you can't just string along a bunch of girls and expect them to keep respecting you forever," the crimson warrior sighed as she put her clothes and armor back on. "Eventually, they're going to want to discuss where they stand and how we're going to go about this. Otherwise, they're going to feel like nothing but playthings or trinkets, my lord. A king may be allowed mistresses, but you're not a king yet and you still want to treat us all equal, right? So it's only natural to want to talk about what we all mean to each other."

"Fine I'll marry you all then.," Demon growled. He wasn't going to let some snob tell him how to live his life in the public's eye.

"The way I see it, that can go one of three ways," Scarlet sighed. "The majority of them will be overjoyed, they'll all feel more like sex slaves than lovers or... and gods forbid this happens... but they could all come to resent you for being so callous."

"I'm just going with the latter above and hope it's the first one..." Demon complained seeing he was not a normal man... technically only Human in flesh.

"Damon..." Scarlet looked her lover in the eyes with a slightly saddened look. "If you love us... truly love us... then please, at least think about it. You may not think it's that important, but something like this could benefit all of us. More options open up for us, we all grow closer, we'll be able to voice concerns over what's happening in and outside of our relationship easier... do you at least understand what I'm getting at here?" She took his hands in hers and smiled at him. "It doesn't have to be today or even this week, especially since I've noticed a couple other ladies in camp giving you doe eyes... but again, please think about it."

"I will..." Demon promised her as he stood from the bath.

"Good," she sighed in relief and released him. "Now, which one of the girls am I going to switch with? It's a little obvious it's one of them, since you never really make promises to people you don't know too well."

"Read me like a book," Demon laughed before answering. "I promised to give Flora a massage yesterday since she worked so hard trying to get Max back."

"You really are a gentleman, aren't you?" Scarlet complemented.

"I am a Prince, trained in such ways and raised to be honorable."

"The way you treated me earlier suggests otherwise," Scarlet teased and made her way out with a swing to her hips. "I'll go tell Lili-"

*Whap!*

"Bad knight!" Demon barked at Scarlet, and spanked her on the ass for questioning his Honor.

"Isn't it 'bad maid' for a month?" Scarlet joked, rubbing her now stinging behind. "Anyway, I'll have Lilith bring Flora here and send me back." The blond pulled Demon into a kiss before leaving. "I'll see you later, my lord." She made her way to Lilith's temple, humming a merry tune on her way over.

"Gods help me with these women," Demon sighed and watched his newest lover walk off. "Guess I should cook something for Lilith while I wait..." Grabbing some peaches from the grove and a sack of rice, Demon went to work making the small dragon some peach filled rice balls. "Hope these are coming out right," the dragon prince mumbled as he molded the rice. "I've only really seen these being made before..." A wicked idea struck him and he grabbed some rum from a shelf. "Maybe she'd appreciate them being marinated in rum." The thought of a tiny, drunken dragon tickled his more humorous side and he doused the rice balls in the alcoholic drink.

"Oh, are you making rice balls, master?" Flora asked as she entered the kitchen.

"Yeah, just a thank you present for Lilith before we leave," he explained and boxed the food for later.

"Thanks very kind of you and all... but why am I here if you've already finished?" The blue maid asked.

"If you recall, I promised you a massage last night," Demon stated and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"My lord... I'm still recovering from that," Flora protested, misunderstanding his intentions.

"No sex this time, I promise... well, unless you want to," Demon soothed. "Just a bit of time for you to relax and unwind for once."

"Well... if you insist," Flora surrendered and let Demon guide her to the bathhouse. "Um... Do you even know how to give a proper massage though? I'm pretty sure Garon never had you take lessons..."

"Ouch... Flora I'm wounded... That hurt like Hell..." Demon felt his pretend heart skipped a pretend beat.

"I'm just worried that you'll feel guilty if you do more harm than good is all," she elaborated.

"I'll have you know Camilla taught me..." Demon pouted crossing his arms against his chest and facing away from Flora.

"Then... I suppose I'll let you try..." Flora took off her uniform in unclasped her bra, laying down on the bed after. "I'm not supposed to be clothed, right?"

"Okay before I do anything conditions are to be made... and yes... One do not freeze me please... two... fair warning, unsightly noises from you may trigger something in me... Three... I want a massage later..."Demon complained about the third option seeing as he wanted one from Flora.

"That sounds fair," Flora agreed. "I can't really say that I won't get any urges myself, if the manuals I've read are to be believed. Apparently, a massage can stimulate a person if done properly... actually, it makes sense why Camilla would learn how to give them and teach you how to now."

"Yeah, I guess it does," Demon chuckled in agreement and stood by her. "Especially since she had me use her for a test dummy when I was learning..." He ran a hand along her back until he felt a noticeable tension. "Here we go..." The dragon prince pressed into Flora's back and started to unwind the muscle, earning a scream from her.

"Oh gods, that feels so good!" Flora choked out, writhing against the bed. "You weren't lying, you've obviously done this before!" Demon continued to work on her back in silence, trying to keep from breaking his promise. It was getting increasingly harder to do so, however, with Flora gasping and moaning as he untangled the mess that her back had become. The heat and steam from the bathhouse wasn't doing him any favors either.

"What in the hell have you been doing to get your back this bad?" Demon asked and brought his elbow down on the woman beneath him, forcing her to bite on the pillow to keep a shriek muffled.

"A lot of cleaning and combat training," she answered, trying to ignore the growing blush on her face. A resounding crack rang through the room, the scream of pain Flora let out quickly turned to one of pleasure. "Ooooh, that one was bothering me for a while."

All I did was press on her spine... I got that much of a reaction from her from that?!

Demon chewed on the inside of his mouth as he focused on finishing up on Flora's back, desperately trying to keep his urges in check. "Done!" He shouted, running a hand on her back one more time to make sure he got everything.

"… Damon?" Flora asked sweetly and turned to look at her lover, keeping her front on the bed.

"Yes love?" Demon asked Flora stretching his arms real quick as he looked in to her eyes.

"Would you mind... massaging me in other places?" Flora requested. "Like my arms, neck and such? Even my feet, if I'm not being too bold..."

….other places...

Demon quickly shook his head to clear those thoughts out and splashed his face in a cold water basin before answering. "Of course, Flora. After all, it is what I promised."

"Thank you." The woman spread her arms and legs slightly so Demon would be able to work on them easier. "I'm all yours now, master Damon."

Demon gulped and gripped her slender arm, working and loosening the muscles in them. He repeated the same mantra in his head for every second that passed.

I promised I wouldn't unless she wanted to, I promised I wouldn't unless she wanted to...

He finished her other arm and moved to her thighs, a sharp gasp escaping Flora's lips as Damon brushed against her most sensitive area. "Damon... you're going too high..." She told him, trying her hardest not to let out a moan.

"O-oh... so I am..." Demon observed distractedly. "I'm-I'm sorry about that."

"It's fine, just... try to be a little more careful," Flora sighed and let Demon continue his work

Careful? She's letting out noises that are making me go crazy! How am I supposed to react to her noises?!

"Hey... Do you want to know why only the women in my village can use ice magic?" Flora asked, attempting to take his mind off his lust. "Well, Maximus is an exception since he's a dragon like you, but still..."

"What are you implying love?" Demon chuckled as he put pressure on her shoulders.

"We weren't always from Nohr... actually, we were originally from Hoshido," Flora explained. "At least, according to father."

"Huh, I always thought your village was from Nohr..." Demon found that to be interesting since the Frigid Oasis is a conquered province of Nohr.

"At one point, we were known as the Yuki-Onna," Flora told Demon, squirming at his touch. "We lived up in the mountains until our rivalry with the Onis turned into a full scale war. We ended up being routed and forced to flee to Nohr since only the women inherited our powers, whereas the Onis could be male or female and had almost double our numbers because of it. We lived in secret for generations until Garon found and conquered us."

"So what does that mean for Maximus since he can now use Ice?" Demon asked seeing as his powers were completely natural.

"I never said it couldn't be taught," Flora countered. "It's just far more effective to inherit our power than to learn to use it. It's kind of like... what's a good example... I suppose regular magic works. Leo was born a great mage, as opposed to Camilla who took to it later in life. While both have the capacity to use magic, Leo is simply better suited to it. The same principal applies to Jacob as well. But again, Maximus is a dragon like you, so I'm not too surprised he can use both powers."

Demon moved his hands on her lower back nearly touching her ass. "Sorry." He said not doing anything wrong, which set her off.

"Damon what do you—" Flora was cut off from what Demon did next.

*CRACK*

Flora cried out, her face flushed with red as Demon pulled the crick and pulled tangled muscle out of her neck. "Missed a couple, sorry," Demon apologized with an impish grin.

"… You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?" Flora accused.

Demon moved his hands from the back of her neck, moving his two thumbs to the base of her spine.

*POP*

"Kyah!" Flora yelped.

"Better?" Demon asked Flora as he felt her bones along her back.

"Yes," she panted. "I never realized Camilla taught your chiropracy as well."

Demon move his hands around her right arm, taking her shoulder blade popping it into place, switching to the left arm, repeating the process. "Any other places?" He asked Flora.

"Well..." Flora's blush turned into an inferno and she started to lose control of her powers. "I heard a rumor from some of the female troops that massaging breasts makes them bigger... I doubt it actually works but... consider it payment for this, if you want."

Demon's heart beat skipped a beat. "Uh... Flora you want me to massage your breasts?" Demon asked trying to concentrate.

"If you want..." She replied nervously. "Well, to be honest... as long as you don't stick anything in me... I'm fine with you doing just about anything after that performance..."

Demon was sweating as it was growing harder to control himself around Flora. "Well, if that's what you want, Flora," he said nervously before flipping her on her back, revealing the two pale, naked globes. While they were a good bit smaller than Camilla and Scarlet's, Flora's natural cold actually started to make the nubs crowning them stiffen as well. "Oh sweet heavens..."

"Well... don't just stare at them," Flora protested nervously. "Do as you wish."

Demon couldn't control himself as he hugged Flora tightly and kissed her. "As you wish," he whispered in her ear and started to knead her breasts. "You really are a naughty little maid, aren't you?"

"Yes, master Damon," Flora agreed, slightly lust addled. "But only for you." She saw Demon start to lower himself on her and pressed her hands on his chest. "Not this time, my love? There's other ways to give and receive pleasure than that, you know."

"And what did you have in mind?" Demon growled and squeezed her.

"Perhaps this time, I could do something different?" Flora suggested, sitting up to meet his gaze. "Perhaps this time, I could..." She bent forward and stared at Demon's cock, cogs turning in her head.

"What are you thinking of now-" A loud gasp stole his breath as Flora licked him. "I... uh.. Flora, you don't have to..." He tried telling her, as he had a lot of pent up stress and energy with in him.

"Maybe not... but I want to," she insisted, opening her mouth and wrapping her lips around his groin.

"Oh gods," Demon moaned. "Flora, you might be the better maid, but you're also the naughtier sister." Demon's eyes began to form a reptilian shape and his breath became hotter, almost like breathing out steam. "Gods, Flora, I want to take you so bad!" He growled out, feeling his buildup of stress began to release..

Flora continued to play with Demon's rod in her mouth, wrapping her tongue around it and licking it as she sucked and bobbed her head up and down, almost gagging a few times. Hearing Demon say that only spurred her forward, increasing her pace and intensity in an attempt to force him to release before he could try anything different. 'Sorry, lord Damon,' Flora thought to herself. 'But I'm doing things like this to avoid just that.' She was so shocked at Demon's sudden explosion that she nearly choked, most of his baby batter shooting down her throat while the rest covered her face when she released him. "Oh gods!" Flora gasped with a noticeable bump in her stomach.

Demon moved away from her and punching a hole in the wall, growling while his left hand gripped where his heart was. Damon managed to take over as the exhaustion set in. "Flora..." The maid in question looked up at him, white dripping down her face. "Please... never do that again if it's going to hurt you." His breathing slowed down, becoming less loud and more of a silent inhale.

"Guh... I don't think I'll be eating dinner tonight," Flora groaned, looking a tad green. She dumped a bucket of warm water on top of herself, washing the most of the semen off her face and fringe of her hair. "That was way more than I was expecting..."

"Give me a moment..." Damon groaned out as he was still calming down. "Heh, I might actually end up eating your portion then... that took a lot out of me... Damn it..." He looked over at Flora, straightening his form. "Are you alright?" He offered a hand to her.

"I'm fine," she choked out, wincing at the bump in her stomach. "Just... need to catch my breath..." She took her lovers hand and let him pull her up, only to stumble. "Maybe we should clean up a bit..."

"Here..." Damon handed Flora a bottle of wine while he put on his clothes. "You relax, I'll clean." He offered his maid.

"I'd like that," Flora smiled and hobbled over to the tub, taking the cork out on her way over. She sipped on the bottle as Damon cleaned up their mess and washed whatever gunk remained in her hair. "Your fingers feel so nice," she sighed as her prince scrubbed her scalp and hair. "I think I could..." Damon heard a light breathing as Flora passed out, the comfort and tranquility taking her.

Damon chuckled and took her out of the tub, drying her on a table and dressing her back up. "You deserve the rest, my love," he muttered as he picked her up. After making sure he was dressed and had the food for Lilith on hand, he headed to the small dragon's temple with Flora in his arms. "Lilith, I'm ready to head back to the camp."

"Did you make me rice balls?" Lilith asked hopefully, catching the scent of the delecable snack.

"Peach filled, marinated in a bit of rum as well," Damon confirmed and set the box down in front of her. "Just be sure to send us back first please."

"Of course, Lord Damon!" Lilith cheered and opened up a portal to the Wolfskin settlement. "Good luck, and visit me again soon!"

"When I have the time," he promised and left the shrine, arriving at the entrance of the camp. "Alright, let's get you to bed," he whispered to the still sleeping Flora.

"Hey, little bro!" Hinoka called out from a bench. She had just finishing with grooming her mare and was putting the brushes and combs away. "She pass out from the heat?"

I swear this has to be a kink of theirs! What's next, Daddy or Father? …... ```Shut the fuck up mind```

"Uh... something like that," the prince answered, entering a fortress with Hinoka following him. "She got a bit too comfortable while I was massaging her."

"You give massages?" The red-haired princess asked skeptically.

Damon nodded, remembering the first time Camilla gave him a massage. His eyes changed as mischief started to form in his mind. "Yes... why you want one?" Demon asked Hinoka.

"I wouldn't mind one, back's been killing me with all the midair dodging I had to do on the way here," she replied, rolling her shoulder and wincing at the pop it let out. "I swear, if there's one person here I don't mind you getting rid of, it's that bitch Reina. Hell, I prefer that Nohrian girl over her!"

"Really?" Demon asked surprised. He placed Flora on a bed and quietly left the room before continuing his talk. "Wait... Reina's the one with the giant bird, right?"

"It's called a kinshi," Hinoka laughed. "Oh yeah, Azura wanted everyone to tell you something if we found you... oh yeah, it was to meet her by the lake near camp."

"Did she say what for?" The prince asked, leaving the fortress.

"Nope, just that it was important you did." Hinoka cracked her neck and shuddered. "I'm definitely holding you to that massage offer by the way."

Demon just cracked his fingers, looking at Hinoka. "You just name the time and place, and I'll fix your back," Demon told Hinoka, seeing as he could take any part of the day for her.

"How about next time we camp, the men are getting anxious and that thing with Azura seems important," she suggested.

Demon nodded in approval, knowing this was true. "Probably for the best..."

"Now go see Azura, we're having dinner in two hours and the wolfskins are giving us some supplies for the road after," Hinoka ordered. "A couple of the wolfskins from the party you encountered remembered your kindness and wanted to compensate you for it."

"Quick question though, if you don't mind me asking Noka..." Demon called Hinoka by her old nick name he used to call her long ago. "How bad is the situation in Hoshido?" Demon asked her seeing Takumi had supporters when he confronted him.

"… Takumi is gathering support faster than anticipated, mother's diviner estimated five months before a full assault," she reported.

"Why hasn't Ryoma put his antics down?" Demon asked seeing as Ryoma would not let this stand while under threat of annihilation from an invasion of Nohr.

"Takumi has us in a vice in terms of dealing with him right now," Hinoka explained. "He made up some bullshit lie about you possessing mother in the attack, so any attempt to persuade against him has been met with a mixed response, and attacking him would only support those claims. For now, we're just trying to limit his movements and keep his growing numbers from going up as fast."

"How many are buying in to his lies...?" Demon asked seeing Takumi shouldn't be gathering that much support.

"Mainly the furthermost settlements, ones where news would get to slower and are a bit more issolated."

"So we're talking about along the borders of Hoshido and their ports?" He asked seeing as long as he is away from the capital's defenses.

"Mainly the borders, the ports are relatively well informed and are primaraly merchants," Hinoka explained. "They won't try anything unless forced to or if the tide shifts."

"It seems like he's trying to surround the country in his support, move in on the ports and attain their support for financial assistance," he analyzed. "When I fought Takumi to find Felicia, he was commanding fanatic supporters... these were soldiers of Hoshido." Demon informed Hinoka, about his last encounter.

"Some of the more distrustful of Nohr and loyal to Takumi," she supplied. "The ports only lost a few guardsmen though, outside of that they've remained untouched."

"…... We have to wrap up this campaign in Nohr as quick as possible, every day we spend here in Nohr, Takumi will get closer to his goal." Demon worried for what would be left in his final campaign against Valla.

"Then off you get to Azura," Hinoka laughed and shoved him towards the forest. "We'll eat up, sleep early and head out at first light."

"Fine, fine I'm going," Demon sighed and walked towards the lake. It took a few moments before he found Azura. She was humming on the shore of the lake, letting the water lap at her feet.

"Oh, Damon," she smiled as the prince approached. "I hope you enjoyed your time in the bath house... but I didn't call you here for a social call." She waltzed over to Demon and placed her hands on his shoulders. "I called you here to help you control your dragon in your more human mindset. That incident with Felicia, during your first controlled change... that can't happen again. So, first thing's first, I need you as... what should I call your two mindsets? I know you think of yourself as one person, but-"

"Just call me what you usually do Azura, there is only one me..." Demon stated while thinking about other topics such as how he was going to effectively get size of a force needed to fight Valla when time was against him.

"Very well, I need calm Damon now instead of Demon Damon," she compromised. "And please don't lie and say he's already out, I can see it in your eyes, remember?"

Demon made an inner growl, seeing as he was not seen as the real him. "I'm going to just assume that you still think that I have a matured mindset and am still Damon." He stated seeing as Azura saw something within him.

"Hmm... how about diplomatic and ruthless Damon then?" She suggested.

"Anyways... Yes, I need more control over my Dragon abilities, I don't want to lose control of my power, and if my dragon ability is too dangerous, I need to find away to rip it out of me... if that is even possible." Demon said, though hurt him inside for giving up great power.

"I only ask for one over the other because there's a noticeable difference depending on the mindset," she explained. "Diplomatic you completely loses control to his instincts while the ruthless you has more of a reign on the dragon. I actually had a thought last night that maybe the difference isn't a more mature mind as you put it, but rather the dragon trying to manifest itself in human form as well. Simply a theory, but I think it has merit."

Demon sighed heavily and his eyes changed back. "Fine," Damon huffed in exasperation. "Now what?"

"Transform into a dragon," Azura ordered and stepped back from him, "and try the first method; try to focus on something only a human could perceive. For example, a feral dragon can't differentiate voices. So try to focus on my voice, and if you feel like you're about to lose yourself, I want you to change back."

"I'll try..." Damon shifted into his dragon form and stared at Azura as she started to hum again. While the urges that the Dragon gave him tried to wrench control away after a few moments, Azura's voice bought him enough time to change back. "Ok, ow..." Damon groaned as a headache set in.

"About as long as last time, but you managed to change back before you lost control," Azura observed with a smile. "It's not much, but it's a start. Now, try to fight back while you listen to me." The two worked on Damon's control for an hour and a half, the man managing to last over seven minutes in dragon form by the end, but not without a splitting headache. "That's enough for now." Azura took a sip from her canteen and offered it to Damon. "Next time, we'll focus on combat with both sides and bolstering the control ruthless you has. But right now, we need to leave or we'll be late for dinner."

"Was there a point to focusing on one alleged side of me?" Damon asked after gulping down the water.

"Should the two fuse, I'm hoping the experiences from both combine as well," she explained. "That way you give higher control, while the ruthless side gives higher combat prowess. I set this up like I did to accommodate the peculiarities and strengths you both have and maximize the effect."

"Huh... I'll give you credit, that is a good idea," Damon praised and handed the canteen back to her. "But that's assuming we fuse in the first place."

"Why do you think you're doing combat next time?" Azura asked. "Although, I am curious as to why you have less control. Maximus seemed to handle it fine, and I heard stories in my homeland about a race that could transform into dragons as well. Maybe it's because you were sheltered and suffered emotional trauma... I'm not sure though, I'm not a psychiatrist nor an expert on this."

I̩ wīͮ͝l̼l̓͝ ̽ ̦̲n̲͑ot̠̽̿ ͎be̶͕ ̤ͦ̋d͍ͣ̒e̟҉n̸̞͢ie̡̾͡d!

Damon shook the thought from his head and stood up. "Maybe so, I did have a rough time after the clash," he agreed. "Now then, let's head back to camp. I hope they have some meat left."

Azura giggled and followed her leader back, hoping there would be a dessert or two afterwards. "I'm sure there will be," she assured. "The wolfskins don't seem too big on vegetables." Damon laughed at her statement.

"There you are!" Keaton shouted and grabbed the two by their hands. "Dinner's just starting, all of our cooks were working overtime to make this as delicious as possible."

Damon felt two hands go around his chest when he entered the dining hall, then followed by strands of violet hair. "Hello my sweet prince..."

"Hello, my lovely Camilla," he smiled and turned around, catching her lips in a kiss. "You ready to eat?"

"Oh, the meat here looks good enough but..." Her hands drifted towards Damon's crotch, "it's not as good as yours, my love."

"Go shag somewhere else, we're trying to eat!" One of Damon's soldiers shouted.

"What was that?" Camilla asked in a sickeningly sweet voice, glaring at the poor soul. "I don't think I quite caught that. Did you just imply I would let my sweet Damon be seen nude in front of all of you people?"

"Easy, Camilla," Damon whispered and stroked her back. "We'll have plenty of time to do whatever you want after dinner. Besides, who cares what they say?" He tilted her face so their eyes were locked. "They're just jealous that one of the most gorgeous women in the room has eyes only for me." Camilla shuddered and gave Damon a seductive smile.

"You're right, my adorable prince," she sighed and released herself from him. "I got a surprise for you my prince... I'll tell you later..." She kissed Damon on the lips before returning to her seat.

Dinner had gone without any problems. Horace put up a stink that he had to hunt without his beaststone and the female officers all cast glances and glares between Damon and themselves respectively, but it was a delicious meal all around. "What was it you wanted to discuss, Camilla?" Damon asked as he closed the door to his room.

"Daddy..." She whispered quietly to Damon.

Nope, nope, nope, that's where I draw the fetish line!

"You're going to be a daddy..." She said while Damon was trying to recuperate from thinking it was a fetish.

"I'm... going to be a father again?" He asked hopefully. "You're absolutely sure about this, Camilla?"

"I've talked to a shaman, they found that I had a small dragon soul forming..." Camilla informed Damon about the news she got.

"I... I can't believe it..." He scooped Camilla into a hug and spun her around. "I'm going to be a father again! Hahaha! Camilla, I don't think I could be happier!" He sat her on his bed and took a seat next to her. "Did they tell you how far along you were? Well of course it's only a week or so at best, but-"

"Calm down, my love," Camilla laughed, embracing Damon. "They said that it was a feminine soul too... you know what that means?"

"I'm going to have a daughter?" He guessed, grinning like a jester.

"That's exactly right, my love," the lavender haired woman praised and held her love tighter against her. "Don't worry, I fully intend on heading to the deep realms once I start showing more obvious signs, but..." She kissed Damon deeply and held his hands in her own. "Until then, I'll do all I can to support you in our campaign."

"Camilla..." Damon couldn't help but start crying tears of joy. "You don't know how much this means to me... to have a second chance at being a father... thank you."

"Don't forget, I didn't get pregnant on my own," Camilla joked. "Do you think we could sleep together until I need to leave, though? After all, I won't be seeing you for months on my end once I head for the deep realms."

"Of course, Camilla," Damon agreed, removing both his armor and hers before drawing the two of them under the blankets.

"When do you think I should tell the others?" Camilla asked, cuddling into her lover.

"Hm... when we next make camp sounds good," Damon suggested.

"Then it's decided," Camilla confirmed and kissed her prince one last time. "Good night, my sweet prince." She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Damon.

"Good night, my love." He punctuated his sentence with a kiss on her forehead and closed his eyes, holding the mother of his unborn child close to him.

Commander: Damon

Officers: Camilla, Felicia, Selena, Beruka, Scarlet, Azura, Elise, Lilith, Peri, Arina, Maximus, Kaze, Keaton

Troops: 615/ Wolfskins: 70/ Total: 685

Corruption: Low

Well, I just took two steps further from my comfort zone today. But, I'm getting used to it, to a degree. Still not sure if I'm any good... anyway, Damon's had a hell of a day! He got laid twice, recruited a new officer (and potential lover), started to train his dragon side and has learned Kana has officially been conceived! Also might've impregnated Scarlet with that performance. Anyway, the corruption system is a new thing that we introduced to show how dark or evil Damon becomes, as opposed to becoming more like Demon who's simply ruthless. We put in those two bits to give you an idea of how it works, but from now on it won't really rear its head unless there's a decision for you to make. So, from now on, think before you choose! Also, tell us how we're doing and if there's anything we could improve upon, it always helps.

-Sincerely, LyokoDragon15-

-PS, I try to be impartial in the review responses while promoting people to think a bit harder and give their input. Hope I'm not coming off as rude in that regard.-

We hope you enjoyed the Chapter, but you know what that means right? Choice time! And because I am heavily into the drama part, it's time to be an asshole! And not offer two choices but THREE!

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Liberate another village in Nohr (Supplies will be increased for the Liberators- Unknown losses will occur.) - More support and trust in Damon, riots in other villages more likely

Liberate a Fort in Nohr (Temporary supplies and draws Garon's attention more, but gains a stronghold and training area for recruits) - This will gain the Liberators an opening to make way for Cheve.

Resupply in Frigid Oasis (Minor corruption up, Garon has time to organize an ambush or higher defense for forts and villages) - Resupply for a couple weeks and gather a few more troops