Author's Notes:

Hey guys! I took a break from writing yesterday because I had really bad migraines, so I didn't think staring at a computer screen all day was the best thing to do. But I'm back now with chapter 37! I hope you enjoy it!

(WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS A LEMON I.E. SEXUAL CONTENT! IF THIS BOTHERS YOU OR OFFENDS YOU, PLEASE SKIP THIS CHAPTER!)

Chapter 37: Momentary Peace

The mood in the encampment was one of joy. The soldiers outside drank wine and ate food in a jovial mood. Music was played loudly and the men laughed and danced together. Wales himself was already quite drunk, as were the rest of the leaders of the world, who had arrived during the day.

Saito and Louise, however, remained together in Wales's tent. They had no intention of wasting the precious time they had together by socializing with the people outside. It had been so long since they had seen each other, so they wanted to spend every minute holding each other in a loving embrace

Perhaps as an unspoken favor, Wales made sure no one would bother them. He understood exactly how a young couple that was full of energy like them would react after being separated for so long.

"I'm sorry I left you." Saito said.

"It's okay." Louise replied. "It gave me a chance to realize that I wasn't strong enough."

She suddenly hit him on the head, making tears well up in his eyes with pain.

"Never lie to me again!" She said.

"Okay, okay! I'm sorry! I'll never do it again!" He said, fearing her now more than ever.

She smiled and rubbed his head where she hit him. His eyes were closed out of fear, but they opened when he felt her gentle hands touch his head. They stared wistfully into each other's eyes. Eyes that they held dear to their hearts, but were unable to see again until that day.

Slowly, their faces inched steadily forward, closing the already quite short distance between them. When their lips were millimeters apart, almost as if he feared Louise would disappear, Saito pulled her towards himself, locking their lips together.

She was understandably surprised by his sudden action, but soon let herself be pulled into a passionate kiss. Their tongues fought for dominance in their mouths. As Louise pushed herself onto him, he let her take over, succumbing to her feminine charm.

The feeling of each other's lips made both of them feel very hot. Slowly as they kissed, she removed Saito's shirt. He was already quite aroused as they kissed, but it was made worse (or better?) as his brain processed the feeling of her hands on his body.

In response, Saito removed her shirt as well, revealing the black lingerie that covered her slightly larger, but still quite petite breasts. The lingerie reminded Saito of the cat outfit she wore so long ago, although she would currently have no recollection of ever wearing something as promiscuous as that.

She guided his hands towards her chest, much to Saito's delight. He slowly removed her bra, making sure to watch her face for any sign of disapproval. When her bra was off, Saito couldn't help but stare at her bare chest, making feel very self-conscious.

"Stop staring so much…" She told him, covering her chest with her arms.

"It's only natural to stare at a gem." He replied, slowly moving her arms away.

Saito gave her a hug, making her feel much more comfortable. Saito began to suck on her breasts, almost like he was child. The strange feeling made Louise's cheeks turn red and her skin become moist with sweat.

Becoming very uncomfortable, Saito removed his pants, allowing his throbbing penis to breathe the cool, spring air. Louise's face turned bright red as she looked down at him. Suddenly, Saito understood why Louise felt so embarrassed.

"I'm sorry!" He said, covering himself up.

"It's okay…" Louise said, a little embarrassed.

She decided to undress as well, in an attempt at making Saito feel more comfortable. Both now entirely naked, they felt a little better. Although they had done this sort of thing before, it was still quite embarrassing for both of them.

Regardless, they continued to explore each other's bodies, kissing each other and touching each other, getting more and more aroused. Soon, and rather unexpectedly, Louise grabbed Saito and, without hesitation, began to lick his…ahem…'manhood'.

The sudden feeling caused Saito to let out a slight wince, although the feeling of discomfort he had at first soon subsided. Normally, he argued against her doing such things because he believed that she shouldn't do anything she didn't like, but she had moved quickly this time. He felt so good, that he chose to just let it happen.

The feeling of her tongue made him shiver with pleasure. This feeling was amplified when he felt her mouth completely engulf him. The back and forth motion stimulated him until he was just about to give in. Just in time, he managed to get her to stop. She understood what that must have meant, so she snickered, almost as if she was laughing at his weakness.

In response, he pinned her down onto the bed. He kissed her on her lips then her neck and chest, making his way down to the oh-so sensitive area between her legs. She squealed with pleasure as he used his mouth and tongue artfully to play her like he would an instrument.

With her breathing quickly becoming heavier, she pushed Saito's head away to spare her her blushes. Amused, Saito gave her a few moments to compose herself. Her chest moved up and down as she took in several deep breaths. Eventually, she calmed down enough to speak again.

"I-I'm ready…" She said.

Saito immediately understood what she meant, and wasted no time in doing as she wanted him to. He had planned, for the first time, to be quite rough with her. As much as he would have hated to admit it, it was always a fantasy of his to be as rough as he wanted with a girl.

However, all of his plans disappeared when he saw her laying beneath him, readying herself for what was to come. Her eyes were closed and her cheeks were red. Her skin looked very smooth and moist, and Saito could hear her taking fast breaths.

Completely disregarding his previous fantasies and delusions, he softly gave her a kiss as he slowly moved inside of her. She happily accepted his kiss and immediately gave him permission to move. Still keeping their lips locked together, Saito began to move his hips.

Every time he pulled out, he felt as if her insides pulled him back in. Every in and out cycle, Louise would let out a moan, which only served to make Saito more excited. As he moved back and forth, he kissed her neck, making her wrap her arms around him.

Pleasure began to build in both of their bodies until it was soon to overflow. Not wanting to end like this, Louise forced Saito below him and took control of the situation. He watched her breasts bounce as she moved up and down on him.

Soon, Saito could not hold himself back any longer. He pulled her down into a kiss, during which, they both reached their limits, climaxing together. They remained tense for a few seconds as pleasure surged throughout their bodies, then melted onto the bed.

Louise fell onto Saito, extremely exhausted from their 'ordeal'. He wrapped his arms around her, making sure they were as close as possible. After a short while, Louise fell asleep. Soon after, Saito followed suit as well.

Saito woke up the next morning lying in bed. He yawned and got up, picking up his clothes and getting dressed. After placing his crown on his head, he stepped out of the tent. Several soldiers were sleeping on the ground, clearly from drinking too much. Sitting on a pile of boxes was Wales, who was clearly experiencing a hangover. His eyes looked glum and his mannerisms seemed especially sad.

"Lord Wales, how are you?" Saito asked.

"Well, I had to sleep out here last night because of your excursion." Wales said.

"I'm pretty sure you're only in a bad mood because you drank too much." Saito replied.

"It doesn't matter. Just make sure everything in the tent that you used last night gets burned, alright?" Wales said.

"Sure thing." Saito replied, embarrassed. "Where is Louise, by the way?"

"She went to the hills over there." Wales replied, pointing north.

"Thanks." Saito said.

Leaving Wales looking quite irritable, Saito went towards the hills to find Louise. He chose to walk at a normal pace, as the weather was becoming warm and the sky was clear. He walked for about an hour until he finally reached the hills that Wales spoke of. Because of the weather, they were now covered with soft green grass.

Sure enough, sitting atop one of the tallest one, was Louise. She was looking up at the sky with a happy expression on her face. He slowly snuck up behind her, then gave her a tight hug, which surprised her enough to accidentally hit him. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but she was much stronger now than before, so it genuinely hurt.

"Serves you right!" She said when she realized it was him.

"For what?!" Saito asked, holding his nose.

She pointed at her neck, which confused Saito. Upon further inspection, he saw two small, red, circular scars.

"You bit me!" She said.

"When…" Saito thought to himself.

He then remembered the night before. In his enthusiasm, he kissed Louise's neck, but he must have been overly exuberant and accidently pierced her neck with his sharp fangs.

"I-I'm sorry…" He said, feeling extremely sad.

"Hey, it's okay." Louise said, taking note of how hard he took it. "I was just teasing. I don't mind that you did it."

"Thanks." He said, giving her a hug. "I'm just so happy to see you again. I don't want to hurt you."

"You don't have to worry about me anymore." She said, turning away from him.

"What kind of husband would I be if I didn't? What kind of a father would I be?" He replied, holding her from behind and putting his hands on her belly.

The gesture made Louise extremely happy. She held his hands as well, imagining the future they would soon have together. Saito, too, thought about how happy they would soon be. All he had to do was defeat Germania and the Ancient Dragon. After that, he would figure out how he was sent back in time, then he could live in peace.

"Hey Louise." Saito said. "We should probably keep your pregnancy secret, right?"

"How come?" She asked.

"Well, if any enemies find out, you could be in danger." He said.

"Well, I guess we have no reason to tell anyone unless we're asked." She replied. "I just don't like keeping secrets."

"What secrets?" Said someone behind them, making them jolt.

Henrietta had come to retrieve them for a meeting. In the midst of their conversation, they had failed to hear her walking up to them.

"What secrets?" She asked again.

"W-Well…it's nothing." Louise said.

"You've always been a poor liar." Henrietta said. "You can tell me later, we have to have a meeting."

"A meeting? What for?" Saito asked.

"Germania has offered its surrender." Henrietta replied. "We must hurry."

Saito and Louise nodded. Louise held Henrietta's hand and they ran as fast as possible, arriving at the meeting tent almost immediately. Inside, they saw the leaders of all the nations involved with the war. Vittorio, Wales, Charlotte, Josette, Alex, and Shion were all sitting around a large table. Saito and Louise sat on two chairs that were pulled out for them.

"We are here to discuss Germania's offer for a conditional surrender." Wales said. "They wish for all of us to meet on neutral ground to draw up a treaty."

"It could be a trap." Saito said. "All of Halkeginia's leaders meeting under one roof? Alex, Shion, Louise, and myself could all survive if something happened, but as for the rest of you, it could end the war in Germania's favor."

"Saito's right." Alex said. "Germania still has a significant amount of military power within its borders, so why would they surrender now?"

"Perhaps because of their constant defeats of late, they realize that they cannot fight so many nations at once." Wales said.

"Even so, if this is a genuine surrender, it is not a chance we can pass up." Josette said.

"Agreed." Henrietta said. "I suggest we begin to write drafts of each of our demands in the event of a treaty, and then go meet with Germania's leaders. We will, of course, have armed guards with us, so should the Germanians try something, we will not die."

"We should station our armies around the meeting area." Wales said. "If we take enough precautions, we should be okay."

"When is this meeting supposed to take place?" Louise asked.

"One month." Josette said.

"That gives us time to prepare, but it also gives them time for planning." Louise said. "I suppose there is nothing we can do, so we should go and begin thinking of demands."

"Agreed. This meeting is over. You may do as you please." Wales said.

"One more thing." Saito said quickly. "If the Germanians do anything out of the ordinary, I would like permission to kill Albrecht myself."

Everyone in the room looked at Saito with surprise. It was strange for him to make such a vile request. He had a widely known hatred of killing, so the fact that he wanted permission to kill someone was shocking to everyone.

"I suppose a vote is in order." Wales said. "Raise your hand if you wish to grant him that request."

After their shock subsided, everyone in the room raised their hand. They all felt as if regardless of whether they agreed or not, he would end up doing it anyway. Most of them did not know exactly why he had such a grudge against Albrecht, but from the look in his eyes, they could see that something serious must have happened between them.

"Thank you." Saito said.

He bowed and left the room. His agitation showed in the way he walked, the way his tail moved from side to side.

"What exactly happened between those two?" Vittorio asked.

"Albrecht attempted to kill him more than once." Louise asked. "I suppose this is supposed to be classified, but on his mission to assassinate Joseph, Albrecht had sent…someone to kill him."

She had refrained from mentioning that this someone was Shion, who looked guilty about what happened. Luckily, no one noticed her brief look of sadness.

"And what of the second time?" Vittorio asked.

"I don't know the details exactly, but he somehow had one of our friends give us poison." Louise said. "Luckily, Saito sensed the poison in time, and we avoided being killed."

"So Albrecht tried to kill his wife…" Wales said. "I suspect he's angrier about that than the attempts on his own life."

"No wonder he made such a request." Vittorio said.

He sighed and got up, leaving the tent to begin writing down what he wanted from Germania after the war. Everyone else in the room left to do the same. Louise walked out of the tent, looking for Saito. For hours, she searched until finally, she saw him sitting atop a very large tree.

She could see that he was irritated, so she climbed the tree and sat next to him. She could feel the heat coming off of him, so she rubbed his shoulders, making him calm down. Now feeling better, he gave her a kiss, then looked up at the sky.

"What do you want from Germania?" He asked.

"Hm? Well, I don't know." She said. "I have to think as a leader, so I suppose land and materials."

"Considering our contribution to the war, I think we should definitely get land, weapons, and resources." Saito said. "By the way, you don't seem very worried about the meeting. Aren't you afraid of Germania hiding something or trying to kill us."

"Saito, what can you see with your eyes?" She asked.

"Well, I can see anything that's alive and I can see really far away. Why?" He replied.

"My eyesight is better ever since I was changed by Mariel, but it's still not on your level." She said. "So I decided that there has to be a better way for me to see any threats that are around."

"How did you figure it out?" He asked.

"Sasha taught me several ways to utilize my void magic." She said. "She thought that I should do my best to modify my explosion spells, so I started training with her to do just that. So…"

She put her hand on the tree and closed her eyes. Saito could see a pulse of magic quickly leave her hand in all directions. It went for several miles, further than the eye could see. She then opened her eyes and looked back at Saito.

"27 kilometers away, 40 degrees north east, there is a pack of six adult wolves and two pups eating a male moose together. It looks to be about 950 pounds." She said.

"What?" He said.

"Check for yourself." She said.

He looked in the direction she had told him to and sure enough, her description of the seen was entirely accurate. He was extremely surprised and quite afraid that at any time she wanted, she could watch him with great detail.

"There is also a system of small caves underground that contain several wild ground dragons. It is directly below us." She said.

"Wait, how can you see underground?" He asked.

"I sent a very weak explosion into the ground. However, instead of simply shooting it out of my body, I kept a small string of magic connected to it. Once the explosion entered the cave, I could clearly see everything in there." She said.

"Did Sasha teach you to do that?" He asked.

"Yes." Louise said. "She and Mariel taught me a bunch of things."

"So that's why you're not afraid. You'll be able to see anything that's hidden." He said with admiration.

"Yep, we have nothing to worry about, but it's still best to bring soldiers with us." She replied.

"Yeah. Are you going to tell anyone that you can do that?" He asked.

"No way. No one needs to know." She replied.

"I thought you don't like keeping secrets…" He retorted.

"Well, I can keep some secrets." She said. "It's so nice to have a month without war…"

"Only a month though, and who knows what happens after that." He replied, standing up to jump out of the tree.

"Relax." Louise said. "The war might as well be over."

"Yeah…" Saito replied.

He picked her up and jumped out of the tree. Although his face was happy, in his head, he was thinking dire thoughts. It came to his attention that Germania had used a multitude of weapons from his world. Guns, gas, mines, all of them were employed against him at some point.

"What other weapons could they have..?" He thought to himself. "I have to put an end to this quickly.

Author's Notes:

Okay, I know this chapter is very late, but I could not help it. I've been seriously ill lately, so I wrote a little bit every day and managed to get this out before the week is over. I hope you guys liked it. I honestly don't know when the next chapter will be out. It depends on my condition. Don't worry, there will not be some 1-2 week long hiatus, but I can't promise a chapter within the next 5 days. I suppose time will tell. Anyway, thanks for reading! Send me a review or a PM. Happy holidays to everyone! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, whatever you celebrate, I hope you enjoy it! See you next time!