After finishing their training session and having their moment together, Katelyn and Caesar entered the mansion to finish packing. Caesar showed Katelyn each of the potions and herbs he packed for her and told her how and when to use them. She listened intently and repeated back each one, making sure she knew what each one did. After placing them in a special pouch on her belt, Katelyn waited by the front door for the others. Eldore, Yulie, and Leonard readied themselves at the door as Caesar talked to his steward about where the Lance could be located. After discussing the past event that he remembered the night before, Caesar joined the group and said, "Alright everyone, let's go on a treasure hunt. The lance is most likely under the Merchant's Quarter in Greede's Underbelly. It will most likely be in the sealed off third level, so we will have to flip the two levers on the second level to unlock the door." "Alright," Katelyn said, "To the Merchant's Quarter we go. Lead the way." Katelyn wrapped her arm in Caesar's arm as the rest of the group followed behind them. They made it to the train station and Yulie commented, "I feel weird saying this, but Count Drisdall was buff." Eldore added, "And he had a firm grip on what it takes to be a leader." Leonard added, "But he kind of reminded me of Caesar too." "But? What do you mean, but," Caesar questioned. Katelyn laughed and said to him, "You're just you, and that's why we all love you." Caesar huffed quietly and said, "Alright, let's catch the train." The group quickly boarded the train to the Merchant's Quarter.
As the train pulled up to the Merchant's Quarter, the group got off the train and started heading towards the entrance at the back of the Quarter. Caesar remarked, "I'm glad to see the place hasn't crumbled into pieces without me. But we have to stop the Netherwyrm and this fever before it spreads any further." With that, the group rushed through the streets towards Greede's Underbelly. When they reached the door, Caesar pulled out a key and unlocked the heavy lock that hung from the door and threw it to the side. The group rushed in, and Caesar started to lead the way through the tunnels. Within a few minutes, the group met a Greede defender who asked, "Lord Caesar? What are you doing here?" "I'm looking for a lance," he replied. "Sir, I'm afraid I don't know anything about a lance. However, I believe the Count once had something stored in the main reservoir. It should be somewhere in level three, but right now, the whole area is completely sealed off." "Thank you. I figured as much," Caesar replied to the guard. He said, "Follow me everyone." The group continued through the Underbelly, making their way to the hole that dropped from the first floor into the second floor. The monsters they met along the way were quickly killed as they continued through the tunnels.
After about ten minutes, the group reached the drop-down point and started to jump through the hole in the floor. Katelyn waited until Leonard, Yulie, and Eldore had jumped and told Caesar, "I hate to say this, but I'm terrified of heights." "Hey, it's alright. Just close your eyes. One of the others will catch you." "Okay," she whispered, giving him a small kiss on the lips. She then said, "I'll see you down there," before hollering about her coming down. She was caught a few seconds later by Eldore. After making sure she was alright, Eldore pulled Katelyn to the side for Caesar to jump down. After hitting the floor in a crouch, Caesar said, "The lever should be in the next room." With that, the group made their way to the room and opened the door, only to be met with a Direspider. Caesar, Katelyn, and Leonard looked between each other, and Leonard said, "We don't need a knight to defeat it. Let's wait until we reach a bigger battle." With that, the five charged into the room and started swinging at the Direspider. It took about ten minutes to defeat with the five of them working in tandem. After defeating the Direspider, Caesar said, "There's the lever. Let me pull it." With that, he headed over and pulled the lever and said, "Okay, on to the next. There are two steps before we can get to the next lever." The group started again through the catacombs until they reached the area where the second lever was. First, they fought their way to a small room with a lever that would unlock a set of three levers in the next room. These levers would unlock the door to the second lever. They reached the next room where the three levers were and Caesar said, "We only need to pull the right switch to unlock the door." He pulled the lever and said, "Alright, let's get to the next switch. The door should be unlocked." They went to the unlocked door and opened it to find another Direspider. The group quickly defeated the Direspider, and Caesar pulled the last lever. A loud clanging noise reverberated through Greede's Underbelly, and he said, "The door's unlocked. Let's go get that lance."
After one last run through the catacombs with a few monsters the group had to defeat, they made it to the elevator. Katelyn pulled the call lever for the elevator and the group waited for it to appear. They all piled on the small elevator and made their way down to the third and final level. A large door with faded inscriptions read, 'Area off limits...' Nothing more than that could be read. After walking through the door, they were met with a lever with a warning that it could restore all switches under its control to their default positions. The group looked and one side said, 'Main level,' and the other said 'Main Sublevel.' Eldore said, "This is the sublevel, so let's pull it towards that side." Caesar pulled it towards the sublevel side and said, "Alright, let's go to the next room." Upon walking through the door to the next room, the group was met with an iron golem, multiple skeletons, a few spider sprogs, and a few remoras. Katelyn and Caesar looked between each other and knew exactly what to do. They each called on their transformations, quickly turning into their knights. They started towards the iron golem while the other three of their group started towards the smaller enemies. Within a few minutes, all the enemies were defeated. Katelyn and Caesar took a knee as they detransformed, then rejoined the group for the last set of rooms. They made their way to the farthest room that said, 'For emergency unlock, use the four levers...' The rest they were not able to read. "Okay, so you guys go into the four rooms and pull the levers. I will open the door," Caesar said. The group split into the small rooms and pulled the levers. Caesar opened the door and held it open as the group began to walk through it.
As the group walked through, many gasps were made as they took in the scene. "Check it out," Caesar yelled. There were claw marks on the walls and floor, pipes were shattered, and chunks of concrete were missing everywhere. "This must be it, where the Count faced the black dragon," Eldore said. "Caesar," Yulie yelled, pointing ahead. In the middle of the room where Yulie pointed, the object of their mission was standing from a hole in the floor. Caesar walked up to the lance that stood in the middle of the room, glowing a bright orange color. He reached out for it and said, "Thanks, Dad. I'm just gonna borrow this." After Caesar grasped the lance and pulled it from the floor, Eldore said, "The Netherwyrm flew towards the Bunker Lode Caverns, I believe." "Alright, let's make our way back to the surface," Katelyn said, beginning to walk back towards the exit. "Let's gear up in the city before we go," Caesar said, beginning to walk with her. "Right," Leonard said, as the group began to follow behind them.
The group made their way back to the surface of the Merchant's Quarter and back to the Drisdall Mansion. Caesar said as they got back to the mansion, "It's getting late. Let's head out first thing in the morning to defeat the Netherwyrm. We need to get some rest before we head into a major battle like that." "You're right," Eldore said, "Everyone should get some rest. We will have a long day ahead of us tomorrow. Let's eat and then all get some sleep." With that, he walked into the kitchen to start making some food. Caesar, Katelyn, Yulie, and Leonard all followed to help him prepare the food.
After cooking a meal meant for an army, the group all sat down at the dining room table to eat, quickly devouring the meal. They were all making small talk until the conversation turned towards what Katelyn would do with her life after the war. Yulie asked Katelyn, "What do you want to do with your life? Do you want to travel, to settle down, to become a leader, a healer, a merchant?" Katelyn sat for a moment and thought about how to answer the question that, but looked at Caesar and said, "I might stick around Greede for a bit. I'm sure there is a long adventure here that I've yet to discover." She took Caesar's hand and said, "Plus, someone needs to keep an eye on this one. The people in his city think he is crazy and a bit out of his mind. He needs someone to help him rule this giant city, like an assistant or a partner." Caesar smiled at her and said, "I don't know what the future holds for us, but I do know that after all this craziness settles down, I want to explore our feelings a bit more. I feel like a lady deserves to be courted properly. And you're right. I need someone to help with the people in this city." Yulie said, "Well, you are always welcome to visit Parma." Leonard said, "You can also visit Balandor at any time. I'm sure you and the princess could become great friends." "I'm really glad that all of you have welcomed me as you have. I never had this many friends in my past life," Katelyn told the small group gathered around the table. She started to tear up a bit and said, "I feel so much happier here than I ever did in my world." "Well, as long as we are all alive, you can count on us to stand by your side," Eldore said.
"Thank you, Eldore. And, I actually have a question I have been meaning to ask you." "Go on," Eldore replied. "How old were you during the Dogma Wars? No one here seems to know that answer." "Well, I actually was eighteen years old when the Dogma Wars first broke out. When the queen died, I was had just gone on nineteen years. I made a deal with Death himself to give half of my remaining time traveling here. Then, I spent eighteen years looking for the princess, and it has been a year since I found her." "I wish there was a way for you to be our age again." "Me too. I'm an old man who has little time left. But I wouldn't change it." Katelyn nodded and said, "With all the magic in this world, I guarantee we could find a spell to make you younger or help you live longer. There are in many of the fairytales from when I was young." "I don't know. I haven't had the time to look," he said. "Well, after this war is over, I will research every book and spell there is. You deserve a chance at happiness, too." "I will help you, but I also want to live freely in whatever time I have left." "You will, Eldore. And I intend to help you do it." "Okay, well, after this conversation, I feel that we should head to bed. Everyone needs a good night's sleep before our journey tomorrow," Eldore said, standing from the table before saying, "Goodnight, everyone." He then left the room. "He's right. Let's go to sleep," Caesar said, grasping Katelyn by the hand and walking her out of the room as they called out a quick goodnight to Leonard and Yulie. Yulie yelled after them, "I'm sleeping in a different room tonight, so I will have a goodnight." "Yulie," Leonard yelled out, looking embarrassed. Katelyn blushed as Caesar pulled her towards him and planted a kiss on her lips.
As they started walking through the hallways, Caesar gently pushed Katelyn up against the wall, kissing her with fervor. Katelyn wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closed. He ran his hands down her back and gripped onto her butt and whispered, "Jump." Katelyn jumped upwards and wrapped her legs around his waist. With her wrapped around him, Caesar started to walk towards his bedroom. "I can't get enough of you, do you know that," he asked her. "I feel the same about you. I'm drawn to you in a way I have never been drawn to anyone else." Their lips met again and they finished making their way back to Caesar's room. As soon as the door was closed, their daily clothes were shed, and they were left in their undergarments. Caesar pulled Katelyn in for a kiss on the lips as he pulled off her chest cover and slowly walked backwards towards the bed. He laid back when his knees hit the edge of the bed and pulled Katelyn on top of him, letting his lips travel across her body that was still partially covered in front of him. Katelyn slowly removed her corset with Caesar's help and began to remove her other undergarments. She then removed his undergarments, leaning down to kiss down his chest. Caesar shifted them further onto the bed, leaning over Katelyn and whispering, "Let me worship you." Katelyn let out a whimper and said, "I'm yours."
*** The next part of this chapter contains smut, please read at your own discretion. There is no other plot continuation in this chapter. Thank you. ***
After that, it was like the dam broke. Caesar kissed her lips, savoring her as if she was a fine wine that he was addicted to. He let his tongue sweep across her bottom lip, which she reciprocated by opening her mouth and sharing a slow, passionate kiss with him. After the kiss broke, Caesar let his lips trail down to her breasts, placing a kiss on the tip of each one. He then slowly made his way across her chest, kissing and licking different sensitive places until he took her left nipple in his mouth. He sucked on it slowly, then let his tongue swirl around it. Katelyn let out a moan and ran her fingers through his hair. Feeling the encouragement, he trailed one of his hands up her body to her other nipple, letting his finger rub along its peak before taking it between his fingers and pinching it. He then switched his mouth's attention to the other nipple, while switching his hand that was teasing and pinching. He trailed his right hand down her body to her nether regions, teasing along her folds. He slowly inserted one of his fingers while teasing her small nub with his thumb. He kept like this for a few minutes until Katelyn pulled his head back and said, "Caesar, I need more. Please." He slowly kissed down her body, letting his tongue across sensitive spots before stopping right as he reached her nether regions. He slowly inhaled, letting himself process the beauty laid before him. Then, he slowly leaned down and trailed his tongue over her most sensitive place, watching her head fall back as she grasped his hair. He slowly found a rhythm as he kept pushing her to the edge, but not letting her fall over. He let his hands join the game, slowly tweaking her nipples and inserting his fingers into her. After many minutes and a desperate cry of, "Caesar, please, I need... I need you to take me... make me yours... anything, please..." He then lifted himself from her, before finally giving her what she wanted. He ran his tongue over her a little faster and with a little more pressure, letting her fall over the edge as her orgasm hit her. As she fell over the edge, he leaned over her and entered her, slowly prolonging her orgasm as he inserted himself inch by agonizing inch. Then, after her orgasm finished, he kissed her and asked, "Are you ready?" "Yes, Caesar, please, make love to me." He slowly drew back and thrust in over and over again, not changing his speed, but angling his body in a way that he knew she would enjoy. He grasped her right hand with his left, and trailed his other hand to her face, running his thumb across her cheek. "I love you," he told her, pulling her in for a kiss that was slower than the first ones they had shared. "I love you, more," she said when she pulled back. He didn't know how long they kept the slow speed up, but they both continued to climb until they finally reached their point. "Caesar, please, I'm so close." "Me too, let's let go together on three, okay?" She nodded at him as he said, "One... two... three." On three she let out a cry of his name as he rolled his hips against hers, then let his body collapse against hers. He slowly rolled over so that they were facing each other. Katelyn curled up against Caesar's chest, beginning to fall asleep in contentment. Caesar looked down to the beauty falling asleep in his arms and said, "I love you. Goodnight." A small, "I love you, too," was whispered back by Katelyn so quietly that he barely heard it, but he did. He smiled and placed a small kiss on her forehead and let himself drift off to sleep, knowing that she would be there in his arms when he awoke.
