"They are here. It's the holy lands envoy." Chiaia says, spotting the air ship fly towards them shortly after sending off Aura.
"Great. I can't wait to be rid of this luggage." Lashara says.
"Speaking of luggage, have you thought about what to do about our other luggage?" Chiaia asks the empress, also peaking Mexiahs curiosity.
"We'll be taking him with us as our attendant, where we'll establish that he's ours." Lashara says, before she and Chiaia head inside to check on their guest while Mexiah assists with the package delivery to the incoming ship.
"What I still don't get is, why try to get rid of a male sacred-mechanoid master?" Chiaia asks.
"I don't know. But what's their loss could very well be our gain. However Wei did say he and that girl who infiltrated were summoned from another world. It would be difficult if they could summon large numbers of sacred-mechanoid masters." Lashara says.
"What do you expect to get out of him serving as attendant though? I'm sure there are simpler ways to get him on our side." Chiaia says.
"I want to see how he'll change in different circumstances. What would be the used of caging a trainable dog?" Lashara tells her while they head to Wei.
"I have to say I'm a bit worried letting him just run around. You saw what strength he displayed at the cage." Chiaia says, entering a room with Lashara. The two of them hearing excited giggles from an adjacent bathroom to the guest quarter.
"Oh my. Look at those muscles." Angela, a cute brunette maid says, scrubbing Wei, who's sitting in a bathtub with Vanessa, her pink-haired friend while the head-maid Mahya, an older, strict woman stands guard at the bathroom's entrance.
"Right. I haven't seen a man as handsome as you before." Vanessa says, her hands leading a sponge down his left arm.
"Thank you, I suppose. In the past I only struck fear in everybody." Wei says surprised at the praise of his looks.
"That's certainly because of that mask of yours. Why hide such a handsome face?" Angela says, her hands rubbing soap into his hair.
"To not show emotion on the battlefield." Wei says, looking at his mask, which is lying on a chair in the corner of the room.
"Well, there are no enemies here." Vanessa tells him, breathing into his ear seductively, rubbing her sponge down his strong chest, 'accidentally' dropping her sponge and picks it out of the foam covered water, her delicate fingers running over his strong legs, up his thigh and explore his manhood, before picking up her sponge and getting back to cleaning his chest, when Mahya looks at the two young women sternly.
"Be careful with dropping things. Or else I might get excited and will have to give you a bath to return the favor." Wei huskily whispers into the pinkette's ear, brushing her hair behind the ear with his free hand, his other arm getting cleaned by Angela.
"I will be sure to remember that offer." Vanessa breathes back, rubbing her sponge over his half erect member teasingly.
"What's taking so long?" Mahya asks.
"We'll be right done." Vanessa says and hurriedly gets back to finishing cleaning Wei's chest and one leg, with Angela, cleaning his other leg, her other hand drifting to the toned male's member at her fellow maids silent gestures.
"So, why am I being washed anyways? I thought I was a prisoner, Chiaia, Empress?" Wei asks suddenly, making Angela release his member and finish her job quickly, while Mahya is blocking the curious Chiaia and Lashara from peeking at him.
"No Wei. After the incident with Doll, we have no reason to doubt you, especially with you saving Aura." Lashara answers.
"What are your plans with me then?" He asks, getting out of the tub, taking the towel Angela offers, her eyes locked on the sizeable cock standing up slightly.
"Thanks. We should do this again." Wei whispers to the two, while drying himself off with their eyes taking in the sight.
"We want you to act as our servant when we enter the Holy Lands." Lashara says while he's getting dressed in the for him prepared clothes, before stepping out of the bathroom, his mask in his left hand and shoes and socks in his right.
"Servant huh?" Wei asks.
"Empress, it isn't right for him to address you so brashly." Chiaia says upset, when she sees Wei's curious eyes locked on the young empress.
"You know after what happened the other day, I would've assumed you were in need of a guard, rather than a servant." Wei says, putting on socks and shoes, sitting down on the edge of a bed.
"Where we are going is in general a peaceful place, so a guard would only raise attention." Lashara replies, motioning for Chiaia to stand down.
"Peaceful huh? I always wanted to help build that. A peaceful land without unnecessary bloodshed." Wei says, thinking about Liu Bei's dream.
"Well, we are headed to one such land as we speak. Will you accept my request?" Lashara asks.
"Fine. But can I change these clothes? They aren't really made for my size." Wei asks.
"If you wish." Lashara says.
"Thanks." Wei says, taking off his grey and white jacket and cuts off the sleeves, exposing his muscular arms after putting the jacket back on.
"So, what are my duties then as your servant?" Wei asks, standing in front of Lashara and Chiaia.
"Follow us." Lashara says and leads him with Chiaia to the outside of the ship, while they are docking in the Holy Lands.
"Your job as servant will be to assist me however I need and don't worry the delicate things your fellow servants Vanessa, Angela and Mahya will handle." Lashara tells him, pointing at the respective women who followed them outside.
"Hmm. What about the incident, what do I tell someone who asks?" Wei asks.
"That we found you in the forest and you don't know how you got there." Lashara says.
"Alright. Empress, I am yours to command." Wei says, kneeling on one knee in front of the girl, his weapon and mask lying on each side.
"Good. I hope I'm not mistaken in putting my hopes in you." Lashara says happily.
"I think we should leave those in our house while we're here, it would cause trouble otherwise." Chiaia says, nodding at his voulge and mask.
"Yes. Chiaia is right. You're not a student learning to use a mechanoid, so weapons will cause suspicion." Mahya agrees.
"Fine. But treat them well. They are all that's left of my past." Wei says, handing his weapon and mask to Angela.
"Come now." Lashara says, entering the Holy Lands with Chiaia and Wei, who follows behind them.
When the three enter the academy a large number of students observes them from the sides, many sitting on the green spaces around the paths.
"As you can tell it's already presumed you're the empresses attendant, so please, don't do anything that would badly reflect or embarrass her." Chiaia tells Wei, who quietly grunts in acceptance.
"Well, if it isn't Dagmyer, thank you for welcoming us." Lashara says, stopping with Chiaia and Wei in front of a bowing blonde man and a brunette girl.
"I grew worried when I heard the Swann was attacked, I'm glad to see you're unharmed." The blonde says.
"Yes. You should probably go inform your father about this. We wouldn't want him to worry himself to death." Lashara tells him.
"As you wish. Chiaia, was the battle difficult?" Dagmyer asks.
"It was nothing I couldn't handle." She replies bashfully, ignoring her suspicions that Dagmyer could've been the other attacker, due to the resemblance in fighting styles.
"Well, I'm glad you're alright. I will see you later Empress Lashara." Dagmyer says, leaving with the brunette woman.
"Who were they?" Wei asks, crossing his arms, as the three start to walk again.
" sacred-mecha masters" Lashara simply says.
"Hmpf. Just tell me if I need to watch out for them." He sighs in acceptance, knowing better than to try and get more information out of the 12-year-old Empress.
"What is this arena?" Wei asks the two women when they stop at the sacred mechanoid Colosseum.
"This is the battleground, where select sacred mecha masters take part in a tournament. Winning here is a great honor and is very difficult." Lashara informs him.
"We also hold a great number of events in this arena. In fact, Wahanly and Chiaia will be knighted sacred-mecha master." Lashara tells him.
"Is that a position of power?" He asks.
"Well it's certainly a great honor and depending on your skills, your chances of getting in a position of power increase." Chiaia answers.
"Haah." Wei sighs.
"What?" Chiaia asks slightly annoyed.
"Just thinking about what happened to my unit from before I got summoned here." Wei says thoughtfully.
"Unit?" Lashara questions.
"I was a general for the Shu Empire." Wei tells them, before starting to walk again, following the two girls after they walk in front of him.
A few minutes later the trio, as well as two other girls, one the same age as Lashara and the other being around the same age as Wei and Chiaia are standing in the principal's office.
"I was worried when I heard about the attack." The brunette girl Lashara's age says.
"Don't pretend Maria." Lashara replies.
"I'm not lying, I was concerned innocent bystanders could've gotten hurt. What do you think Yukine?" Maria says, glancing at the sacred mecha master behind her, a woman with straight grey hair and of tall, slender stature.
"Oh, I see you are dragging around a handsome man with you." Maria then says before Yukine can answer, noticing Wei.
Lashara's response is to flip up her cousins dress, showing the people in the room her white, frilly underskirt.
"What did you do that for?" Maria asks upset.
"Hahaha, nice to see you still have terrible taste." Lashara says laughing.
"It's a traditional skirt from my country. I bet yours doesn't even hold a candle to its beauty." Maria challenges, flipping up Lashara's skirt.
"Why am I not surprised? Purple. Such a childish color." Maria says triumphantly.
"Looks like we need a judge. Wei, which skirt did you like more?" Lashara demands to know with her cousin.
"Uhm, I hate..." He starts to reply when Yukine interrupts him, poking his shoulder gently, before leaning down slightly and pulls up her own dress as well, showing her pink, thin skirt underneath with an embarrassed expression.
"Sorry, but she won." Wei tells the two royals with a shrug, looking at Yukine, who blushes with a small, happy grin on her face.
"All of that just to start school." Lashara grumbles after the meeting with the principal finished and she, Chiaia and Wei are outside again.
"Hmm." Wei says, holding a leather collar in his hand.
"Put that on, it allows you to enter our dorm!" Lashara orders strictly.
"Sorry you lost, but the other girl was more my type, let alone my age." Wei says, putting the collar around his left arm, over his biceps.