Osirus wanted to get the day off; he wanted to spend more time with Misha and Chevalir, even if he knew that they couldn't have time alone since there's his old master with them. He was sitting in the lounge while Misha was reading a book the school asked them to read. His old master passed by with a large book in her hands, which picked Osirus's curiosity.
"What's that?" he asked.
"An album" answered Pugione "It contains a lot of my pictures. Wanna to see?"
"Sure" replied Osirus as his old master sat next to him and opened the album.
The first pictures were old drawings of the old civilizations.
"All of these are my representations in the different times" stated Pugione.
"Is it wrong that I'm not surprised?"
His old Master chuckled and said "Let me show you some more of the old times" she then turned to a page where there was a picture of her in a Russian war uniform "That was when I was a member of the night witches, it was a German nickname for the all females military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. That was when Stalin was still premier of the Soviet Union"
"Wait a second, you were with the army?" asked Osirus with a shocked face.
"I've fought in the two World Wars" replied Pugione with a chuckle "In the first, I was an assassin who was working for the French government. At 1920, I've faked my death and went to help the revolution in the Russian Empire, it was there where I've met Joseph Stalin. I aided him until his death in 1953"
"And then what?"
"I've met them" said Pugione as she showed him a picture of two people he knows too well.
"Mom and dad?!"
"After the second World War, the Germans were viewed as evil being by the rest of the world, and as cowards by Japan" explained "But, a young boy of the name of Gherao fell in love with a girl who was destined to become a nun, forced by her parents, and her name was Maria"
"How did you meet them?"
"After Stalin's death, I faked my death again. There, I've been found by your father. He was tasked to be in Berlin to make sure that the Germans weren't trying to make a third war, and when he was passing a church that was ravaged by the wars, he met your mother"
Osirus took the picture in his hands and began to feel sadness.
'It's good to see them again'
{Are you alright?}
'Yeah… just a moment of nostalgia'
He then got an idea.
"Misha" he called "Do you want to see a picture of my daddy and mommy?"
"Really?" said Misha as she rushed to see the picture "Woah"
"They were a cute couple back there" added his old master "But Maria's family forbid her to be with him. Your father was just an official who had to keep an eye on Germany and the Germans. But he didn't care anymore, he went, exited his job and ran away with the girl of his life. They both settled in a small town in America where I trained your father personally to become an assassin in the service of the American government"
"You've trained him?"
"If only you knew how much time I've spent with them" chuckled Pugione.
*Flashback*
Both Maria and Gherao were preparing dinner as Gherao was cutting some vegetables.
"Honey, can you get me the butter?" he asked.
"Sure sweetie" said Maria as she opened the fridge.
"Spoiler alert, the butter is spoiled" said Pugione as she was inside the fridge, as Maria laughed at that.
"What's funny, honey?" asked Gherao before noticing Pugione "What the-?! Why are you in our fridge?!"
*End flashback*
"Those were the times"
Osirus couldn't help but laughing "I would have loved seeing his face"
"It was priceless," added his old master.
"What happened to you next?" asked Osirus "You weren't there at my birth"
"I had to go see the tomb of Stalin, then I began searching for two powerful weapons to add to my collection… as well as my mother's bow"
"Oh"
"We should be down like that" said Pugione before hearing knocks.
Osirus sighed and got to the door and opened it, revealing Kumiko.
"Kumiko?"
"I didn't think that you would recognize me" said Kumiko with a sarcastic tone.
"Is there a problem?"
"Nope, just an invitation to a hot spring"
"A hot spring?"
"Shirone will come later to get you there"
"Who'll be there?" asked Osirus.
"Me, Vali, Hiromi, Akeno, Glarion, Azazel, Baraqiel, Arthur, Le Fay, Elaine, Bikou, Kuroka, Shirone, Li Niang, Lu Ming and her sister, Lifain, Evera, Mare, Ophis, and Arche and her sisters"
"Isn't it dangerous for a child to be in a hot spring?"
"Hiromi possess Oni's blood, therefor, she needs to go to a hot spring. I went at her age for the first time"
Osirus sighed before saying "I shouldn't have asked" he then got a question "Why invite us?"
"Tomorrow, there will be the battle" answered Kumiko "While the sorcerer king will be fighting, the first prince will attack and capture this city"
"Why?"
"To force us to fight for him" answered Kumiko "He will be accompanied with 5 000 elite troops"
After a moment, Osirus was laughing hard.
"W-Wait a second" said Osirus as he tried to regain his breath "He's going to attack this city, who have walls that can't be climbed, protected by giant skeletons outside, have indestructible troops that may pass 500 000, and that you govern… with 5 000 soldiers?"
"This is what a spy brought to us"
"I can't believe how stupid they are"
"I wanted to deploy all the troops, but since Chevalir's state can't allow her to fight in the battle, I'm going to take command of the defense of the city, while you'll help Shirone with killing any soldier that may find a way inside"
"Easy enough"
"Good, we'll talk about the details later" said Kumiko "Be ready in two hours"
Kumiko went away and Osirus closed the door to explain everything to the others.
"Hot springs?"
"Yes"
"Everyone else is going?"
"Yes"
"Do you plan on peeking at us, pervert?"
"I do not!"
Soon he was left alone, he sat with a small storm cloud above his head.
He looked down to see Aqua curled up on his lap.
The small dragon looked up into his eyes, he could hear a faint grumble.
He was struck by a thought.
'What do baby dragons eat?'
{usually they eat whatever their mother can get for them until they are old enough to hunt}
'I guess I will have to start bringing home meat'
Pugione walked in and placed a paper sack on the couch beside him.
"That should do it" she said before walking off.
Osirus grabbed the bag and opened it, it was full of raw fish and meat.
'She scares me sometimes'
He grabbed a fish by its tail and held it above the small dragon.
Aqua's eyes shined at the sight before lurching up and grabbing the fish in her mouth, she jumped onto the floor and began to devour it.
'That works'
He blinked and saw her looking up at him expectantly with a clean fish skeleton beside her.
'She ate it that fast!?'
"Do you want more?"
Her tail wagged excitedly like a dog.
This time he grabbed a piece of meat that looked like a small steak.
After he fed the dragon, it clung to him…...literally.
She refused to be put down after jumping into his arms.
He soon heard a knock at the door, he got up still holding the little dragon.
'That must be Shirone'
He opened the door.
"Hey, are yo-" she stopped when she saw the dragon in his arms.
"Is that a dragon?"
"Yes, her name is Aqua. And she is my pet"
"Whatever, are you guys ready?"
He looked behind him to see that they all were indeed ready.
"Yes, lets go"
XXXXX
The hot springs were exactly as he expected them to be.
Luckily they were divided between male and female.
He received several death threats as a result if he was caught peeking.
Strangely enough, even Dragarth joined the girls.
He sat in a corner by himself, there were others:
Vali, Glarion, Azazel, Baraqiel, Arthur, Mare, and Bikou.
Osirus did however have Aqua, who would not leave him.
He was worried that the dragon would cause problems, but she calmly rested on the edge of the spring right beside him.
"Where did you get that water dragon, Lord Osirus?"
He turned to find Mare closeby looking at Aqua.
"Oh, this is Aqua, I found her in the city on the brink of death. I healed her and now she won't leave me"
"Cooool"
"I don't think I have seen a dragon of this world yet" Azazel was now studying the dragon.
"You are not performing experiments on her"
Osirus spent some more time talking, until he began to get tired. He remembered seeing small rooms on the way in, they might have a place to rest.
He excused himself and got out and began to exit the area, Aqua followed like a loyal puppy.
He got dressed in his clothing and checked on his theory.
He slid open a door to find two mats with a blanket and pillow on each.
'Perfect'
He laid down on one, Aqua rested on his chest.
He only planned to take a quick nap, hopefully he won't get interrupted.
He began to pet Aqua's scales, she made a sound out of either appreciation or contemptment.
His brain kept coming up with several scenarios that could end horribly for him because of this, there were too many people here for something not to go wrong.
He fell asleep anyway.
