Chapter 13: Honor above All Else
The following months dragged on, summer became autumn, as Erasiel continued his efforts in training the Trix, their magical potential becoming stronger by the day, during this time he had spoken to Griffin about enrolling Mirta in Alfea to learn fairy magic, they had come up with a term of agreement, Mirta would finish her current year at Cloud Tower and start at Alfea the following year, however she would be allowed to study at Alfea and unlock fairy magic on Weekends with a tutor in this case Erasiel as the whole thing was his idea in the first place. This added another tutoring class to his schedule however to make sure that Mirta had another fairy to practice with Erasiel convinced Faragonda to give over Jennifer for personal tutoring mainly to give Mirta some help on the front of learning fairy magic, something that was easier to manage with Erasiel himself supervising. The instruction of these four would have been a lot more difficult if the two were butting heads with each other but fortunately their shared love for him and Erasiel's skills at motivation and instructions allowed him to well manage the two easily, it also helped that he had more private lessons to over if they performed well in their studies, something which he didn't need to offer the Trix or want to, if anything else he wanted the Trix to marry him before they took their relationship to that level mainly because of their royal heritage and respect he had for their mother and that Seranna had made clear to him before he left that if he got into relationship with her daughters marry them first.
At Alfea Bloom and the Winx continued their studies at Alfea and each class had left them some things, however Winter was coming and with it the end of the first semester and that meant that the amount of work they were getting had intensified, this pressure also was happening at Cloud Tower but fortunately Erasiel made sure he didn't push the Trix into shirking their other studies for learning more of the advanced magic, however at Alfea the Winx didn't have the luxury of Erasiel being around often. Thus another day had happened and they found themselves in Professor Whizgiz's class the Leprechaun showing them more interesting lessons in polymorphing, the lessons were usually of the sort that resulted in the class laughing at Whizgiz because some of the things he turned himself into were rather hilarious, though the lessons were practical as they could be used to interesting effects as Bloom noted when Jennifer had during the weekend in town turned Lucius Leary into a blind troglodyte or when Stella had polymorphed into a squirrel to avoid having to go to detention. Today however Professor Whizgiz was more serious, usually he was as flamboyant and cheery as one would expect a Leprechaun to be and he actually enjoyed the laughter when he turned himself into something people found amusing he had pale yellow skin, black eyes, and long elf ears. He had light brown eyebrows and hair. He wore a big green wizard hat, a yellow long-sleeved striped shirt. He wore a green costume on outside with an orange flower. He wore black shoes. He usually could be quite amusing but today he had a serious face. "Students today is a day in which we will finish yesterday's lessons on the many ways to scare a goblin, however tomorrow there will be a quiz, we will be covering everything we have studied so far this semester and I trust that you will be ready for it tomorrow" Whizgiz explained at this there was an uproar. "Now then it's just a little quiz, it may be covering all the things we've studied this semester however it's multiple choice and has only 25 questions, also it is review and if you have being paying attention you should have no issue with it, this is final and now let's move on to today's lesson" Whizgiz responded.
The class continued after that, however Bloom had fallen asleep, during the semester Daphne had appeared more often in her dreams and despite knowing more about her heritage her dreams still caused her much angst Erasiel did the best he could, but this still disrupted her sleeping schedule, and as a result caused her to doze off in class more often than not, fortunately she didn't snore. When Class ended however, and people began to leave they noticed Bloom sleeping and Flora attempted to wake her up, this resulted in some laughter when she did wake up. "What is it?" Bloom asked to which one of her classmates Luna handed her a mirror, her face was covered with ink which had come from her pen which she had fallen asleep on, she simply fixed this with a cleanup spell and gave Luna her mirror back. Unfortunately, the laughter got the attention of Griselda.
"What is all this racket, Professor Whizgiz's class is over there shouldn't be any reason for laughter" Griselda stated, then Priscilla, Luna's best friend explained that Bloom had fallen asleep in class to which Griselda became irate and her tail flopped up like a peacock's. With this she grabbed Bloom's arm and stated "We are going to have a talk with the Headmistress about this"
Erasiel had arrived at Alfea on other business and was in Faragonda's office to discuss Mirta's training. "Mirta is coming along faster than most students I've had the pleasure to teach, it feels good to have students again Faragonda you know how much teaching meant to me" Erasiel stated to Faragonda.
"I know how you feel, she reminds a lot of myself" Faragonda stated.
"Yes, you were of that exception when you were a Witch and came to me to teach you how to be a fairy, oh you were one of my best Students and now my lovely wife of what is now 300,000 or maybe 400,000 years now anyway it has been such a long time" Erasiel stated.
"If you love teaching so much why don't you apply for a job here at Alfea" Faragonda asked.
"It would never be the same as Graynor no if I were to have a job here it would be as a co-instructor, a tutor, or Headmaster, only those three positions would satisfy me" Erasiel stated.
"The day you become Headmaster is the day I make a major mistake but no that isn't the matter for discussion" Faragonda stated, they would've continued their back and forth when Griselda walked in with Bloom at her side.
"Hi sweetie, your mother and I were just discussing important business, what is it and why is Bloom here, speaking of which: Hi Bloom" Erasiel greeted.
"That is beside the point, I'm here to recommend disciplinary actions against Miss Bloom for falling asleep in Professor Whizgiz's class.
"Well that is unusual, Bloom could explain why you fell asleep" Faragonda stated.
"Well I've been having these dreams, having them for months now did Nathan tell you about this" Bloom responded.
"Not in depth but Erasiel has told me his findings" Faragonda stated.
"Yes, the matter of her true parentage, Bloom you know you should call me if you have more of these dreams especially if it's affecting your school performance" Erasiel noted.
"You're right, I have been but these ones are more taxing I keep seeing more of the past, battles being fought over many worlds and between many forces, the fall of Domino, you dying Nathan,, other people I don't know dying, people turned into monsters or into stone statues, Demons and other monsters and dark figures, and shades, and other things, both good and evil, I find myself in battles besides warriors of ages past or alongside people I don't know, then there's Daphne talking more and more cryptically by the day" Bloom explained.
"I see, well Griselda, let this incident slide, this is a serious condition Bloom, Erasiel I'm glad to know you have been taking care of Bloom in this matter, I would like you to continue to do so and help her learn more about the past" Faragonda stated Griselda frowned and was about to protest when a glare from both her parents Erasiel and Faragonda silenced her and she left the room.
"I think it will be best if I stick with you for the rest of the day Bloom just in case they're more incidents" Erasiel stated.
"Yes, I agree also I think it is best that Bloom gets more sleep that way she is ready for her classes, I'll notify Professors Palladium, Defour and Gelt about her absence" Faragonda stated.
They left Faragonda's office after this and Erasiel helped Bloom steady herself as she was being quite sluggish and was likely to pass out any moment she was still exhausted. As they were moving along the hallway Professor Whizgiz bolted in front of them going thru his bags in search of something or other. "Hey Whizgiz, how's your day going" Erasiel stated, the Leprechaun ignored him and continued looking through his back, he paused noted he had found what he was looking for and took off as if pursued by a pack of hungry wolves. "That's unusual he always at least acknowledges that I'm here, perhaps he turned his ears into that of a deaf fish" Erasiel commented.
"Yeah he left in such a hurry he dropped this" Bloom stated picking up an envelope that had been dropped on the flour. "This seems important" Bloom stated.
"Interesting very interesting, Bloom I'll hold onto it and figure out what it is and give to young Whizgiz later" Erasiel stated.
"Young Whizgiz? Flora told me he's been at Alfea for the longest of any of the teachers and has been around for at least a thousand years" Bloom responded.
"Young to me Bloom, I'm far older than he is, though your right in saying he's been at Alfea the longest" Erasiel stated.
"How old are you exactly Nathan?" Bloom asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you so, and truth be told I haven't been keeping track, my twin sister probably knows the answer, but I'd rather not think on that subject" Erasiel stated as the continued on their way.
"You have a twin sister?" Bloom asked.
"Yes, I do her name is Eris, the feminine version of the name of Erasiel, and I also have two older sisters Zephyr and Irietta and one younger brother Arantir, trust me I'd rather not talk about my sister, she is well over-affectionate and whenever she sees me she has to give me the worst bear hugs" Erasiel responded.
"What about your older sisters" Bloom asked.
"They love me, a lot, also they are complete opposites, Zephyr is and was Goth punk before the goth punk existed and Irietta is well so sunny and optimistic that it annoys Zephyr to no ends, but they do love me, and are way better at showing their affection then Eris, I mean at least I enjoy seeing them, I love Irietta the most though she's always been there for me, she nursed me when I was baby and thru my life, she was always there for me when my Mother wasn't, in fact Irietta's been more of a mother to me then my actual birth mother we love each other dearly and unconditionally and there is no one I trust more in the universe" Erasiel responded not mentioning the fact that he was Broodmates and that he frequently had sex with them, nor the fact that they had many children between the three of them.
"And your brother?" Bloom inquired.
"Ah Arantir, he is queer; extremely so like me he is a worshiper of Asha but he believes in her spider aspect and is a Necromancer; the most powerful in the Magic Dimension in fact, he is very eccentric and he is especially fond of handsome men and beautiful women both, by which I mean he's Bi, Bloom but other than that he tends to keep balance of things very effectively and while we disagree on some things we agree on a whole lot more" Erasiel stated as they walked into the Winx Dorm.
"So, what about your parents" Bloom asked.
"Bi-polar would be the best way to describe it, they disagree on so many things but love each other anyway, they cannot however stand to live in the same house, my father is a Shadow Phoenix he hates bright sunlight with a passion because hurts his eyes and gives him serious sunburns, so he lives in an underground Fortress the seat of house Darkar: Shadowhaunt though my mother does live with him during the autumn and winter, but she spends most of her time on Solaria to enjoy the light of the world's suns, my mother though hates my Father being out in public without his visor down, she doesn't want anyone to see his face mainly because she's terrified that a whole mob of Phoenixes will come after him wanting him as a Broodmate, trust me Bloom I inherited my father's good looks but trust me if my mother did he would let him show his face I would look well to be honest normal in comparison" Erasiel responded.
"Well (yawns) he isn't you Nathan and I think you're (yawns) handsome" Bloom stated ready to pass out on the floor which she did, Erasiel picked her up and carried her to her bed then tucked her in.
"Well it isn't the first time I've bored someone to sleep talking about my family, and I didn't even cover my cousins or uncles, but it's for the better, sleep well Bloom" Erasiel said to himself after tucking Bloom in he then sat on the guest couch and plopped his Staff against the wall and pulled out his current book, History of the Royal Family of Domino Volume X. "More light reading" Erasiel thought to himself, an ironic statement as the volume was as thick as three volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
He turned to the current page on King Sartosas the Gallant the Great Grandfather of Bloom, he and four of his ten sons, the eldest four had been killed in battle against the Light Haven fanatics, specifically against their current leader Grand Templar Arsonious, Arsonious also captured two of the 10 sons alive he burned them alive in their so-called holy fire in addition to raping and burning three of the king's daughters and forcing his son Grattion to watch. Arsonious had killed Bloom's Grandfather Grattion in single combat when he attempted to avenge his father and siblings, Erasiel had warned him doing so would be folly, but he let vengeance cloud his mind, at least the mad Fanatic allowed Oritel to reclaim Valruost the Sword of Domino from his Father after the fight but that only because the blade rightfully burned the Grand Templar's hand off. After that he wore an enchanted golden hand ever since. "Grand Templar Arsonious, if ever there's a person more responsible than the Ancestresses for Domino's fall it's him" Erasiel thought, the main reason there was an opening in their defenses for the Ancestresses to exploit was the Grand Templar's latest crusading invasion, then of course came the betrayal, King Erendor of Eraklyion didn't warn Domino of the oncoming attack because of the Ancestresses, they had destroyed the ancient but massive city Havrum, Eraklyion's largest city, to scare him into not fighting them and Erendor had cowered in fear and did nothing to warn Erasiel or the other on Domino about the attack, he didn't find out what happened until a year later: conveniently after Oritel and Marion were trapped alongside the Ancestresses and many armies and leaders of their armies and those of the Company of Light, it was a great victory but at a terrible cost. "Of all things Bloom needs to do, she needs to right wrongs against her family, will she be strong enough to face those enemies though and have the strength to do what needs to be done" Erasiel muttered to himself. Of all those enemies: The High Templar, the Traitor Erendor, the vile Ancestresses, their other dark servant and allies, of them all he hated the High Templar the most: the terrible destruction wrought by his beliefs in the mad Gods that the Light Haveners worship plus their beliefs in Elrath the Greater Phoenix of Light also the Phoenix of Cruelty who believed that he was the mightiest of Phoenixes and should be worshiped as such and he was the chief of their pantheon and the other mad gods were his brood, only one of those had any kindness Eolia Solitarious the Phoenix of mercy and tolerance. How many countless innocents were burned by the fanatics tortured by their cruel inquisitors, thrown into pits to be buried alive, their atrocities were counter to their belief in the light they claimed purify. "The most evil of crimes are done in the name of religion, and the worst offenders are the Templars and fanatics of Lighthaven: those men who suppress the rights of anyone unfortunate to live under their rule, who burn alive those who have the ability to use magic and their homes and families and anyone associated with them too, as well as knowledge, then the greatest of their crimes Graynor" Erasiel muttered, the very thought of Graynor, the destruction of the great college of Graynor the greatest most diverse and tolerant school of magic where anyone of any form of caster, warrior or scholar could study, the Academy he had taught at, then he thought of the fire the burning of Graynor Academy the torching of the great libraries and tomes. Then there was the fallen the deaths of great teachers of magic, and the worst of all the fates of his students some died quickly others escaped but some were not so fortunate many of them were tortured, some abused beyond things, some driven mad, and worst was the women and girls that he taught and worked with many of them were raped and enslaved, but worst of all was the burning, the burning and the screams.
Erasiel had broken down into tears at this point was crying into a pillow of the couch weeping, of his losses, not just his losses his failure, he had saved many of his students, many of the staff, much of the knowledge but what ate at him the most was those who died and that he was forced to watch them die by the High Templar, of all the things in his life and he had seen many great and terrible things, the Phoenix Wars, the constant crimes of Demise in his many incarnations as well as Erasiel's own as the Hero of Legend in that world, the horrors of the Warp and of Hell, nothing compared to Graynor, nothing. "WHY?! WHY?! Why did they do it! My students! I taught them! I cared for them! I loved them as if they were my own children! My students Why!?" Erasiel wept.
Erasiel was unaware however that in his weeping the other Winx had returned from their classes, in his reading and grief a large amount time had passed, also Erasiel had forgotten about the envelope at this point and it was currently in his pocket. "Nathan!? What are you crying about" Flora asked, this brought Erasiel out his grief?
"Flora?" Erasiel said thru tears she walked up and hugged him.
"What gives Nathan? I've never seen a grown man cry like that over a book" Stella stated.
Erasiel stopped and picked his book. "This no I'm not crying about a book Stella, trust me if you had lived thru what I had to trust me you would completely understand how I feel at the moment" Erasiel stated.
"What's the problem?" Musa asked.
"Memories Musa, painful ones, people I lost, those who I failed in spite of all things, my greatest regrets and lost are those I can't bring back, I hear them sometimes, in my nightmares; the dead who I failed my students, my colleagues, my Graynor" Erasiel stated. "Sorry I shouldn't trouble you with my hurts, the scars that were physical healed long ago, but those in your mind never heal, but one thing keeps me going, Justice" Erasiel stated. "Justice for those I've lost" Erasiel explained. "Anyway, I shouldn't trouble you about my past, also try and let Bloom get her sleep she needs it" Erasiel commented.
"Well it's all so interesting so can you please tell us more" Stella commented.
"Stella! Ignore her she's only teasing, for pity's sake Stella don't ask someone about their personal losses it doesn't help anything" Musa stated.
"Yes, I agree with Musa, she's being logical about this" Tecna commented. "What were you reading anyway?" Tecna asked.
"Oh that, History of the Royal Family of Domino Volume 10, the most recent and at this moment in time last volume of this series" Erasiel stated. "One of the few copies that aren't frozen on Domino or locked up in libraries that don't trust them to anyone who'd want to read it" Erasiel commented.
"This is about Bloom's family isn't it?" Flora asked rhetorically.
"Of all things Bloom doesn't know her family history is most relevant and in this case her most immediate relatives" Erasiel stated indicating his current chapter. "If she knew what happened to her Grandfather and his father she would know how I feel, there are many evils in the Magic Dimension, but the worst are those who claim that they are good" Erasiel stated. "The one person Bloom should blame the most for what happened to her family is Grand Templar Arsonious of Lighthaven, that man is responsible for allowing the Ancestresses the opportunity to attack Domino, to cause its fall, also has killed more of Bloom's relatives then any who still live, and I hate that man above anything else, he deserves the full measure of Asha's justice he deserves to die for what he did to her family and what he did to many others but above all else for what he did to Graynor" Erasiel explained his face grim and full of bleak determination.
"Justice that sounds an awful like revenge to me" Stella commented.
"It's justice if you're Asha's judge and the person who's law he will be held to in the end, hopefully he will die and not just die but burn like he did to so many innocents" Erasiel responded. The mood in the room was slightly darker. "Anyway, my personal opinions aside let's just hope one day the vile Grand Templar is brought to justice and burned alive, hopefully by those he wronged" Erasiel said in a more lighter tone. "Yeah I probably should be going, I just remembered Bloom and I while coming back here picked up an envelope that Professor Whizgiz dropped and I should be getting it back to him if no one objects" Erasiel explained, no one did, then he left the room.
Erasiel trekked through the school in search of the Leprechaun Professor wherever he was, during this time he noted the lack of people in the hallways which meant he had been more time had passed then he thought. The results of his search eventually bore fruit and he found Whizgiz in his office. "Hey Whizgiz" Erasiel stated.
"Oh Erasiel Darkar, this is a surprise what brings you to Alfea specifically my office" Whizgiz responded in a jolly mood and Irish accent common of all Leprechauns.
"Oh, I saw you earlier in the hallway while I was bringing Bloom back to her room to get some much-needed rest and you dropped this" Erasiel stated pulling out the envelope to Whizgiz's surprise. "You really need to pay attention to what you are doing, but what am I saying be glad that I found it, I would have brought to you earlier, but I was well distracted by well painful memories" Erasiel explained.
"Ah Erasiel I dropped this envelope on purpose, in fact I've been dropping ones like it, they are tomorrow's test, a test in honesty, to see what students do if they find it, do they open it or leave it be, if they open it there is a surprise inside a bit of ink it won't come off unless I cast the spell to remove it, if they return it tomorrow morning they have passed the test, I meant this to go to the Winx but I didn't factor you into my lesson and I do believe you've ruined both a practical lesson and practical joke" Whizgiz explained his face all the more happy.
"Ha! You've just made me happier, I was thinking about Graynor and was quite sad and bitter and vengeful but now I'm in a better mood, by the way nice idea for a test, I'm glad to see you took some of my lessons to heart my former student" Erasiel responded with a smile on his face.
"Well I learned from the best after all, anyway give that envelope here, I guess I will have to pass the Winx because they let you bring it back here" Whizgiz stated.
"That is a relief, good thing it was Bloom and me who found this envelope I'd hate to think what would happen if Stella got her hands on this" Erasiel stated. "Though the results would have been rather amusing" Erasiel stated, he put the envelope on Whizgiz's desk.
"Yes it is good thing, well I'm glad you put honor of all else" Whizgiz stated.
"Honor is a relative thing, besides I put Asha's justice and will above all else, apart from my personal interests" Erasiel stated rather honestly. "Anyway, I better give the Winx the good news" Erasiel continued.
"No don't it will ruin the surprise, just tell them I appreciate their honesty in allowing you to return it" Whizgiz stated, with this Erasiel left.
Returning to the Winx's dorm he found everyone engaged in one task or another, but he was annoyed when he walked into Bloom and Flora's room to find Kiko playing with Bloom's hair in her sleep, she was passed out hard. "Hey Kiko, No! Don't do that, bad rabbit leave Bloom's hair alone" Erasiel stated pulling Kiko off Bloom and depositing him in his rabbit bed, the little blue rabbit protested the whole movement of him. "I don't want to hear it; trust me while Bloom's asleep you listen to other people you got that, especially Phoenixes who have a good taste in rabbits" Erasiel commented, Kiko behaved after that.
"I think you're being a bit harsh on him" Flora commented.
"Not really, trust me he'll behave, also he doesn't have to worry about me eating him, I don't eat pets, and I don't like the taste of rabbit unless it has been barbequed, properly seasoned and severed with fries and Root Beer" Erasiel responded, Flora giggled at that. "Anyway, I wanted to let you know Professor Whizgiz appreciated the return of his envelope and was glad to have it back, also Flora do you have anything planned for the afternoon?" Erasiel continued.
"Well I do have some homework I need to finish but after that I'm free, you have something in mind" Flora stated.
"Dinner and a movie" Erasiel responded.
"Alright, it's a date, give me an hour to finish my work and get ready then we can go" Flora stated, Erasiel left the room then went into Stella's room.
"Hey Stella, good news, Professor Whizgiz says he appreciates your honesty and that you allowed me to return that envelope" Erasiel commented.
"Good news indeed, I need your honest opinion, do you think this outfit looks good on me?" Stella asked, she was wearing an orange and yellow dress with the stars decorating it, the dress left her shoulders bare, but she wore white and orange gloves on her hands and the Ring of Solaria on her right hand and on her head was gold diadem with the image of the three suns of Solaria engraved in.
"I think you look as radiant as the dawn, are you going on a date Stella?" Erasiel responded.
"Yes, I am with Prince Sky, he and I have gone on several over the past months" Stella responded.
"Well I'm glad to see you're happy, I've got a date with Flora, you want to make it a double date?" Erasiel asked.
"Well we were planning to go to dinner and a movie, what were you planning?" Stella asked.
"The same really, I'm just waiting for Flora to finish her homework and get ready, so we can go" Erasiel responded.
"Well then it's a double date, but one thing needs to be done first, your outfit not going to be suitable for the occasion let me help you with that" Stella stated.
"Well thanks, that's what great about having a friend whose fashion centric I have enough trouble making a good appearance as is" Erasiel replied and Stella went thru a collection of magazines which covered fashions for men and women, Erasiel's ability to alter his appearance was not limited to changing shape but it included the ability to wear any outfit he wanted to as if it was a second layer of skin. The result of their labors took about half an hour and resulted in Erasiel looking rather stunning the outfit was a grandiose orange and purple colored outfit of Solarian design, but it was not puffy, its design similar to grab of 16th century explorers. "Well Stella you're definitely great at your work when it comes to fashion" Erasiel commented.
"I'm glad you like it, it's the latest in Solarian fashion, I wouldn't have my friends wear anything other than the finest in fashion to a date or any other outing of social standing" Stella stated.
"It's unusual seeing an outfit like thing without a plate cuirass over it and a Morian helmet on my head, I've seen the royal guard of Solaria and their professional infantry wear garb like this, but I've also seen worn by Estalian and Tilian Conquistadors and Spanish conquerors, as well a number of other adventurers and on worlds like Avarnii home to its many warring princes and city states" Erasiel commented on the outfit. "But I personally like it and I'm glad you and I have the same two favorite colors of Purple and Orange" Erasiel followed up.
"Well I'm happy you enjoy it" Stella stated. Time passed and soon everyone was ready to go, Erasiel was impressed by Flora's outfit as it was the same gown she wore to the dance which he first danced with her at not to long after the school year began also the same dance where he and Trix pulled off a prank at Lucius Leary's expense, no one at this point had figured out they had been behind that apart from everyone at Cloud Tower but they weren't going to be talking about that, on top of that the investigation into the death of Pig-face or as his real name was Jorden Warcheg had not born any evidence against him however it had resulted in a number of Red Fountain students, wizards and soldiers culling the numbers of the Beastmen near the school which enraged the bray-herds and caused an increase in Beastmen activity, so far no specialists had died in these attacks but there were some who got severe wounds according to Riven and Artesia who had been on multiple sallies against the Beastmen and had taken their weapons as trophies have had them melted into more practical weapons by the campus smith and sent them home to their families.
Shortly afterward they met up with Brandon alias Sky who wore an outfit typical of an Eraklyion prince on a date, however it wasn't over the top. Erasiel had to keep himself from calling Brandon by his actual name even though he didn't agree with him using Sky's identity to impress Stella he wasn't going to sell him out to her that would come out eventually and he was going to leave it Stella to decide for herself. Anyway, their arrival in Magix city was unnoticed as Erasiel noted the Trix who were obviously head to Hex Café for dinner were out and about. "What do we have here? Hi Nathan!" Stormy greeted.
"Hi Stormy, just on a date" Erasiel explained.
"Well, have fun with it Nathan" Icy stated, the three walked off. The two couples arrived at a restaurant that was relatively fancy, fancy enough to warrant formal wear at any rate, at was requiring a reservation: Erasiel glared at the waiter at the counter when he told that he would have to leave because he didn't have one which he followed up by depositing a gold brick on the man's hand.
"Here take this reservation not required, also I'm a Darkar so take that" Erasiel commented to waiter who had been hurt by said gold brick which Erasiel had forcefully smashed onto his hand, Flora winced at this, but the waiter allowed them to go thru and join Stella and Brandon at the nearby table. Erasiel went thru the menu picked out his usual and picked out some appetizers, when the waiter for their table arrived he required two separate pages, one for Erasiel's order and one for everyone else's orders, he then left and came back with drinks.
"Thank you my good man, keep up the good work" Erasiel stated then drank from his glass of Root Beer.
"Well Nathan this date so far is as eventful as I don't know how many dates have we been on I lost count" Flora stated.
"Twenty-five" Erasiel commented, having kept count of his dates with Flora as well as with the other 75 women he was currently dating/banging.
"Well you sure make an impression that's for sure Nathan" Brandon commented.
"Not as much of an impression as the Trix, you think the Beastmen are mad around Red Fountain they're terrified of Cloud Tower, mainly because every day I have the Trix practice their spells on the Beastmen and the Forest Goblins, I think we may have actually angered a couple of Cygors, but I haven't seen anything from them apart from a few rocks being thrown here and there but fortunately they keep hitting the trees because they're as blind as bats even if there throwing things at magic users" Erasiel responded. "Other than that, not much has been happening at Cloud Tower, anything happening at Red Fountain other than angry Beastmen?" Erasiel asked.
"Actually, there is something, in a couple weeks Red Fountain will be hosting a tournament, to show how good some of the specialists have become" Brandon responded.
"A tournament sounds lively, I'll show up mainly to watch Riven and Artesia kick ass and take names, but I will bring friends, dates, and lovers" Erasiel commented.
"I'm sure it will be interesting, but nothing compared to the grand tourneys on Solaria, specifically Grand Tournament of the Three Suns, last year I won in several events and received my knighthood in the Order of the Radiant Dawn, other than that my skill as fencer reigns supreme I even beat my father in fencing" Stella commented.
"You never told me you were a knight Stella" Flora commented.
"I didn't well my apologizes Flora, I'll remember to invite you to watch me compete in next year's Tournament of the Three Suns, also I have invite to watch me compete in the tournament of the Seven Moons which will be next month on the 20th of December" Stella replied. "And I'll invite you too Sky, and your friends, and Erasiel and his friends, and my Friends, pretty much everyone I have as a friend will be there" Stella commented. The discussions on the latest events and old stories came about the table Erasiel told the story of how he managed to convince a Giantess by the name of Dianne that she was beautiful and told about her beauty and that he had given a magic belt that allowed her to become the size of a normal person and that she married him, he also told the story of how he bested a Sphinx on Whisperia in a game of riddles after solving the Sphinx's own riddle. Flora discussed her latest grades and her plants. Stella discussed more stories of her finesse and skill as a warrior but also about the latest in gossip, while Brandon told stories of questionable glories, well questionable because he was referring to events in which he had been taking part but hadn't actually been the person who accomplished them. Eventually Dinner arrived, Erasiel took the longest to eat as he had ordered several meals of varying things all of them being meat and no vegetables apart from French fried potatoes and mashed potatoes being eaten by him, he also ordered seconds and had about five servings before he was satisfied, by the time he was done everyone else was staring at him as they had long finished their meals. Soon the waiter arrived with the bill
"Your bill sirs and madams" the Waiter stated showing a rather large tab of 2,000 Magix Dollars. Erasiel responded to the bill by pulling out another brick of gold.
"This should cover it, also here's extra for a tip" Erasiel stated depositing another gold brick in the man's hand.
Upon leaving Flora asked, "How rich are you Nathan?"
"I've been around for millennia I come from one of the oldest and most powerful houses in the Magic Dimension, rule thousands of kingdoms and hundreds of empires, I carry a staff that's made of Realix and plated with dwarven gold, I've got more money than I could ever spend, I can afford to be generous" Erasiel responded.
"Do you always carry gold bricks around with you?" Brandon asked.
"No sometimes they're silver, and they are usually there in case my wallet is well low on money in it, sometimes I forget to refill it, so these are just there as collateral" Erasiel stated.
They arrived at the movie theater Erasiel bought two large popcorns one for himself and one for Flora, while also buying other refreshments. "Are you ever full?" Stella asked Erasiel.
"Only after I've eaten about 10 deer, sometimes more, so this is another serving, I may look human but as you can tell by my tail I am Phoenix thru and thru and my true form is much large then this, about the size of a jet fighter and I have a stomach to match" Erasiel commented, picking up the refreshments putting them on a floating tray he summoned then gave their tickets to the man at the counter. The movie was well in Erasiel's opinion good but a bit lackluster, the movie tried to hide who the villain was and what he was planning but Erasiel had the villain's identity and motive figured out quickly, to his surprise though the movie ended in a way he wasn't expecting, he had expected half of the cast to die in the big fight at the end, but only a couple did, and they were minor characters who were quite forgettable.
After the film they left. "That was some movie" Flora commented.
"Yes, it was, it was good and gladly it wasn't a horror flick, so I liked it, it wasn't amazing by any means, but it was good" Erasiel commented.
"What do you have against horror films?" Flora asked.
"The characters in them are extremely stupid, they think it's a good idea to go into the haunted house, do everything that common sense says don't do and when they are brutally murdered in a fashion that Quinten Tarantino would be proud of we say idiots, which is why I don't find them entertaining, trust me Flora if a movie tries to be scary it has to be believable and horror movies simply aren't, if I wanted to be scared I'd walk into a Manticore den and then I'd be scared, but other than that nothing can scare me" Erasiel commented.
They returned to their respective schools and Erasiel went out and found Pulisatilla and Nimeria who were more than happy to provide pleasure before he passed out.