Chapter 28
Skyler the Slacker Princess
Skyler Pov 8 years ago.
My name is Shoko Asano I am 25 years old and I am a classic example of a NEET well sort of anyway. My family is very wealthy and I don't have to work. Not that I don't make money myself, being a girl gamer has its benefits and I take full advantage.
My stream channel is the number two stream in all of Japan. My identity on my stream is Dragongamergirl. The reason for dragon in my name was because I always loved dragons and have over 100 stuffed animal versions of them all in my bedroom, also I was born in the year of the dragon in the Chinese calendar. I even have a dragon tattoo as well as a very bad temper that is comparable to a dragon.
I am decent at every game I played but not a pro by any means. The thing that keeps my stream going strong was......my boobs! I was fortunately blessed and cursed with double Ds. The back-pain sucked but I know for a fact that it has made my stream popular. I make enough money to support myself which upsets my family. They want me to do something more respectable and sustainable, but why should I bother when I can make a living broadcasting me playing games. All I have to do is interact with my viewers which I enjoy doing anyways. This is a dream job!
Outside my stream I have a boyfriend. We have a somewhat rocky relationship. He hates it when I wear revealing outfits while I stream, and he also hates when I go 'physco mode'. I hate it when his sister is around, she is a total bro-con. He is too naive to stop her perverted advances.
Anyways it is late tonight I had just finished streaming for like 10 hours and it was time to go get something to eat. I text my boyfriend. Since he doesn't answer it within 1 minute I go ahead and call him. After 6 rings he answers. He is slow today something is up!
“Hey Sen its me why didn't you respond to my text message?” I say to him slightly agitated.
“C'mon Shoko I was in the middle of something. I was about to respond to it when you called me.” He replied very defensively.
“Where are you?” I ask.
“...........at the movie theater” He replied after a brief pause.
“Who are you with?!” I grab my purse as I start hustling out the front door of my apartment.
“Shoko ease up I am with no one you should be concerned with.” After a brief I could hear a second voice belonging to his sister.
“Onii-sama who is that? Is it that Shoko bitch? Tell her we are watching a romance flick and she can piss off” I am going to kill that perverted sister of his!
“I am only here with my little sister Shiori. I was about to call you to hang out.” He tried to reassure me.
“Sen your little sister is the most concerning person in the whole world to me!” I hang up the phone as I hop on my bike in the direction of the movie theater
Like a professional cyclist I barrel through the night air. People have to jump out of the way as I show no attempt to veer out of any of their paths. I think I will stab her with my switchblade in my pocket, or maybe suffocate her with a plastic bag? The whole time I try to plan the manner in which I am going to kill Shiori his little sister.
Somehow I managed to make it to the theater in under 10 minutes. I jump off my bike and let it flop on to the grass totally unconcerned that it isn't locked up and someone could steal it easily. I run into the theater even knocking over an elderly lady who was in my way. I never even look back at her to make sure she is alright. I look up at the movies playing the only romance flick had just gotten over. I hustle to the theater listed. After seeing how upset I was the ticket man didn't dare try to get in my way.
I arrive at the room that the romance was playing in, and it looks like it just ended. People were filing out into the lobby. I spot Sen with his sister. Shiori spots me to and grab's Sen's hand and yanks him to the exit. In pursuit I fight against the incoming current of bodies heading the opposite direction as me. I kick the exit door open for some bad-ass points. I then hustle forward to make up time I just lost fighting the crowd to the exit.
Sen and Shiori have just crossed a busy intersection and I have to wait to go across it. I look up and down the street to find an opening in the traffic. The next few seconds changed everything.
What I see not to far from me makes my heart go into my throat. A little girl was in the road going to grab what looked to be a dragon doll. Without thinking I go and sprint towards her. She had just picked up her doll and now was looking at a large truck heading towards her. I should be get to her in time to pick her up.
Right before reaching her, something extremely embarrassing happens. My foot slips on a banana peel in the middle of the street! Banana peel-san was a total ninja blending in with the yellow road marking perfectly so I didn't notice it before. Unbelievable somebody just threw there banana peel out their car window after eating it, hasn't anyone ever seen western cartoons? A banana peel is guaranteed to ruin someone's day or in this case life.
All I could do now was to use what upper body strength I had to push the little girl out of the way. My head turned to the incoming truck. For a brief second the headlight's looked like eyes, but not normal eyes they were green slanted dragon eyes. Then in an instant SMACK it was over. Damn how am I going to kill Shiori now?
The blackness lasted for so long. It seemed like years. Did I somehow survive the truck accident and was in a Coma?
After a long time I regained the sense of touch, all around me I felt a sticky liquid substance. The substance was warm.
More time passed and I was able to move my arms and hands slightly, but something was off, if I was in a coma why was I in complete darkness when I opened my eyes slightly and why could I move my limbs. Perhaps this is just like in the light novels where you get reincarnated after getting hit by a truck. Yes I definitely got hit by a truck, that is a guaranteed one way ticket to being reincarnated in another world!
Also another thing was off. If I was a baby in the womb why did I lack an umbilical cord? This question was finally answered after a while. I got big enough and I could feel the outside of the 'womb' however I found that it was in fact no womb but a shell. Ewww was I some ugly reptile-san or maybe I was a birdy-chan? I didn't feel scaly or feathery but without being able to look at myself in this darkness I couldn't tell for sure.
After some additional time I finally mustered enough strength to poke through the shell. After peeling away at the shell I finally 'hatched'. I could see myself for the first time I looked completely human, however I did not look like a newborn. I looked like I was about 3 years old, the next thing I looked at was around me.
I was in a large room decorated immaculately. In front of me was a beautiful dragon gold and white. It was looking at me smiling. All of sudden its form began to change it shrunk in size and changed. The large dragon was now a woman with pale white skin, jet black hair and emerald green eyes. On top of her head was the most blinged out crown you could ever hope to see.
“You are the sole survivor of my latest clutch. I am Queen Alyssa, and you shall be called Skyler.” At the time I didn't understand her words since it was a foreign language to me. However instinctually I knew that this woman was my new mother.
Kara PoV current day
Skyler and I had finally had a chance to go over our reincarnation story with each other. We had put it off till today the day we depart on our journey back east. I had won the rock paper scissors to go last. Lets just say she was not too happy she lost. She told me her story first.
“You were the Dragongamergirl? I actually watched your stream a few times. I liked it when you wore your cosplay outfits on stream” I vaguely remember her stream from my previous life I didn't have tons of time to watch stuff like that but once in while I was able to.
“So you slipped on a banana peel were hit by a truck? What an embarrassing way to die hahahaha! You are definitely in a light novel or maybe a cartoon hahahahaha.” Skyler slapped me in the face so hard it did 100 damage straight to my hit points. I guess she didn't find it as ironic or funny as I did.
“You are laughing about my death? Kara-chan you are too mean! Truck-kun is very op. I had a very comfortable life of fun and leisure and now its all gone” I could tell that the last 9 years have been hard on her. She was almost in tears thinking back to how good she had it.
“So you didn't meet any god or deity when you died?” I asked her.
“Hmmm I don't remember talking to any deity-sama. I do recall when I got hit by the truck seeing a pair of green dragon-like eyes flash in my vision temporarily before complete blackness. Also I have the blessing of the Azure dragon which is not a deity in this world. So I am guessing he has something to do with my reincarnation. Maybe down the road I will get some more answers” Well it makes sense now why she was reincarnated as a dragon.
“Enough I held up my end of the bargain it is time to tell me your story! Please don't spare any details” Skyler looked at me patiently, I suppose she might kill me if I balked now.
“Well I was 21 years old I was going to school in Tokyo. The only family I had was my grandfather who ran a dojo in Kyoto that specialized Kobudo. Students attending his dojo were steady but not numerous so he would just get by. He was by no means a wealthy man.
So to support myself going to school I worked a part-time job at a hotel. I was in a relationship with one of my co-workers and we had our struggles but had stayed together. Well one night I got asked to work late because a special VIP had shown up. I wanted to decline my boss but the guest was somebody I was a big fan of. It was none other then the American idol Jennifer Centers.” My story was interrupted by Skyler.
“Jennifer Centers?! I was a big fan of her too! I loved her song 'I am the only one'. Oh sorry I interrupted you please continue.” A bit annoyed by the interruption I continued.
“Like I was saying my boss asked me to work late because of her staying in the hotel was unexpected and I worked as security. When it became late during my shift I had to go to the restroom. Well it turns out that a squad of assassin's decided to attack the hotel as I was in the bathroom their target was Jennifer-tan. Growing up I had trained hard in martial arts with my grandfather. I don't want to boast but I was pretty much Dan status. I used my skills defeat the attackers, however I was fatally wounded in the final fight with their leader. It turns out Jennifer Centers was actually the daughter of Aphrodite and the attempt on her life was set up by a different god. So when I died she thanked me for saving her daughter, also I met with Ares too afterwords I was reincarnated as princess Kara.” I finish the story.
This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
“Wait, wait, wait I remember this! Taiko Yamamoto saves Jennifer Centers from attackers at a hotel in Tokyo. This was worldwide news several weeks before I died. Congratulations you had become famous worldwide! You were a national hero in Japan and thousands of people attended your funeral! Jennifer had just written a song about you in your honor! They had already started making a manga about you and an anime was in discussions. I remember thinking you looked really hot in your pictures so heroic, muscular, and manly. To think that the dreamy Taiko-sama used to watched my stream........ Wait hahahahahahaha!” Skyler now was laughing about my reincarnation realizing that I had changed genders after reincarnating.
“Now that I think about Jennifer Centers appearance, you basically look like a younger version of her. Were you such a big fan of Jennifer Centers that you wanted to become her carbon copy? How did you get god-sama to agree to such a perverted request of yours?” Skyler was accusing me of requesting this?!
“I never requested to be a girl! You think this is some sick kind of fantasy of mine? Somehow I was blessed by her and her blessings seems to make the person assume the goddess's likeness. At first I hated being a girl but I have learned to adapt to it. There is no way that I know of for a human to change their actual gender in this world. Illusion magic is the closest but it is still fake and easily dispellable. So I suppose unless I can find a way to do it, I am stuck as a girl” I explain.
“If you found a way to do it, would you even go through with it?” Skyler asked me seriously.
“Of course why wouldn't I? I was a guy after all. What a stupid question to ask pffft” I answered her.
“Hmm I am not convinced you would want to change back. I bet you even like being a girl more. There are numerous benefits. You get to wear cute outfits, everyone is polite to you, you get free stuff. People let you get away with things. Also love making as a girl has got to be way.....” I cut her off immediately.
“I have no intention of ever doing that.” I have to stop this conversation from heading down a Siena type route.
“So you have never once explored your..” Once again I had to interrupt her.
“Never have and never will! I am just shy of 9 years old that would be seriously wrong and disturbing. Going to the bathroom is the only interaction I have ever had or ever will have down there!” Skyler is such a pervert!
“Jeez ease up a little Kara-chan, you are so uptight! Your own body is your own body there is nothing wrong or perverted with understanding it better. Anyways I think you will come around Kara-chan! You say you have simply adapted to being a girl but I think there is more to it then that. I can tell you enjoy looking cute, I see you put in a lot of effort when picking out an outfit or styling your hair and you do a very good job. Its ok I will love you the same whether you go back to being a guy or decide to stay as a girl. However if it was up to me I would keep you as a girl, we would be able to have a lot more fun that way.” Skyler had a wicked smile or maybe it was a perverted smile. Since when is it a crime to look cute!
“Obviously you don't know me as well as you think you do. ” I am starting to get upset, because I couldn't totally dismiss her words one hundred percent. I suppose I have changed alot since becoming Kara. I am done with this topic for now.
“Anyways enough pillow talk we need to get ready to start our journey. If you want to talk to me in Japanese or English go ahead but try not to do it in public. We have a few things left to take care of and a few people to say goodbye to. You go get Libby I need to say goodbye to Jennifer and Alex. Meet me out front.”
After breaking away from Skyler it was time to say goodbye to my master and good friend for what was likely atleast several years. She was about to leave to her shop for the day and she was in her office. I knocked three times and entered after getting permission. My mistress was as always dressed elegantly.
“So there is no way I can talk you into staying?” I figured she would try to convince me to stay but my mind has long been made up.
“I am afraid not, the path ahead of me is clear. You have been an amazing master to me these years, under your guidance I have grown strong. One day I hope to repay you. If you ever need me I am at your disposal.” I say to her with a smile.
“A princess at my disposal? What if I asked you do something that created a conflict of interest?” She was playing with me a bit.
“Come on, we both know you don't like dealing with mundane things such as politics. Just be assured when push comes to shove I have your back.”
“Indeed I really don't care about politics in the slightest and neither do you. It is kind of why I am surprised you are going home in the first place.” She was right I truly did despise politics.
“Well just because I dislike playing politics doesn't mean I am not good at playing them. Don't worry I have an several aces hidden up my sleeve if I need them. My path to become stronger right now is through magic school. If I can harness my power to its fullest perhaps I can save this world from the coming calamity that the next alignment will bring.” I pause for a second and give her two large bottles that I had hidden behind my back. Jennifer looks at them and when she opens on to smell it she almost collapses.
“I have been preparing these farewell gifts for a couple years now. Every night you would drain me before I went to sleep, however you never drained me to the point of uncomfortability. After heading to my room I would siphon that extra blood you left in me and collected it. Constantly being totally drained caused my constitution to work even harder. I have developed rapid regeneration as a byproduct. Anyways using alchemy and the blood I siphoned from my self. I have created concentrated blood. One sip should sate your thirst for almost a full moon cycle. Now you can give poor Alex a rest if she needs it. Should be enough in those two bottles to last several years. If you choose to live solely off them” Jennifer took one sip and recapped the bottle.
“Incredible! I didn't think you blood could taste any better. A bottle like this to a wealthy vampire would be worth tens of thousands of coin. Anyways I have prepared you a parting gift as well.” She sat up and opened her workstation in her office sitting on her table was a familiar uniform. It was a sailor uniform from Mahouren.
Apparently the Mahouren uniform has been the same for centuries. Sage Jayce Banth was definitely Japanese because the white and navy blue outfit would fit right in at a cosplay. The white blouse with a striped collar and matching bow-tie, as well as the short skirt and matching knee high socks. I am going to have suffer because founder-sama had a certain fetish.... No school in my old world would use such a perverted outfit as a uniform. However I was no longer in my old world. Something about this particular outfit was different though it had a magic to it.
“Go ahead and put it on” Jennifer encouraged me.
When I put my hand on it I felt and incredible synergization between the fabric and my skin. It was as similar feeling when I casted using a staff. I quickly undressed and slipped it on. The outfit fit on me perfectly as expected of a level 10 tailor.
“This uniform is made out of Emberworm silk. It should enhance you magic substantially synrgizing with your magic pathways. Also this silk is as hard as dragon scales, you would need atleast a blade made out of adamantium like your Tachi to even put a tear in it. I have enchanted it in several ways. First the pockets are enchanted with space time magic so you can have truly deep pockets now. Second it has an overall boost to your physical abilities. Finally I have added in enchant that automatically adjust the outfit as you grow to fit perfectly.” I cant believe she is giving me such a valuable gift. The material's alone are worth thousands of gold.
“You are too kind! An enchant to make it grow with me how cool. So it will automatically adjust when I get taller. Thank you!” I couldn't help but hug her.
“Not just taller but......wider in some place too.” She was specifically looking at my butt, hips, and my chest.
“What do you mean wider?” I looked back at her.
“Well Kara I have meet both your Mother and sister and they are both well endowed in certain areas I am sure you will follow suit.” This didn't make me very excited all.
“God I hope not. Breasts would really get in the way when I am fighting especially swinging a sword. I wonder if there is breast reduction magic.........Well anyways I really need to get going. Don't forget to read the book I left you in the basement outside the barrier. It is linked to my journal so we will be able to stay in contact with each other constantly.” I replied. I hugged her one last time. After departing her study I said farewell to Alex as well. Hopefully I can find an opportunity to visit them in the future.
Jennifer had set us up with a wagon to transport us and our stuff that we couldn't store in spacial ring. I bid my farewell to Zyra and Sarah. Siena was going to meet us at the stables to send us off.
Finally arriving at the stables I found Siena by our wagon.
“Well you guys ready to hit the road?” Siena asked. She was dressed in her full armor and I recognized some chests that did not belong to Skyler, Libby or me in the wagon. I gave her an appraising look.
“You are coming with us aren't you?” I asked.
“I have been commissioned by the guild to escort you cute girls. I believe it was your friend Jennifer who put in the request.”
“So that is why Zyra and you had that super long hug at our going away party yesterday. It wasn't just a going away for us but you as well.” I said to Siena who was checking to make sure the wagon was in working order.
“You realize that this is a one-way trip for us. We are not returning for likely several years and that would be only to visit. Once I am at school you wont be able to contact me regularly. On top of that our journey is not a straight shot we are making one stop close to dragon territory, afterwards once I return to Lorrington I will have guards keeping us apart. Mahouren strictly enforces entrance into the academy, and the age limit to enter as a first year is 10 you are closer to 110.......You are making a big mistake. Taking on this request to spend more time with me is short-sighted. Withdraw from this request I will pay the fee I am more the capable of protecting Skyler and Libby.” I say all this to Siena for her own good.
“Oh Kara you are so brave my dear Dragoon!” Skyler is now hugging my arm.
“Who said I took this request to spend time with you? I am a rank S adventurer now I will have you know! Withdrawing at this hour would surely tarnish my reputation! Plus I have to confirm the rumor that April told me. She said that Toulia was home to the hottest men in all of Solus!” Siena's eyes lit up when she said that last part. Why is she delaying our break? Why put it off? Why waste all that time traveling back after I go to school?
“There is no changing your mind is there?” I ask one more time.
“No” Siena answered me very matterfactly. Oh well I did warn her.
We finally departed Zyrus. I had truly enjoyed my time here, the people I had met. The struggles I endured. I came out here seeking strength. I was now level 58 but my actual strength was probably around level 80 or 90 stat-wise. Once you hit level 100 leveling slows down dramatically and very few people even reach that level. I was strong enough now where people like Darius wouldn't be able to strong-arm me any more. It would take a real monster like Vladimir, Jennifer, or Kormon to do that.
Our wagon traveled without trouble through the Calipis Empire. After 4 days we entered the country of Valsey. We had traveled in Valsey for a few days. Only one bandit group was unfortunate enough to try and rob us. After seeing me kill their leader in under 1 second they scattered like flies. Meanwhile Siena was busy trying to pick out an outfit for when we arrived in Moben tonight. Rank S adventurer cares more about her nightlife then her mission!
Our visit in Moben was fun. I was able to acquire quite a few rare alchemy ingredient's native to this area. The alchemist was quite befuddled because my bill ended up being close to 300 gold and I paid it like it was nothing. I don't want to brag but working with the assassin's guild had made me quite the wealthy girl. Gold literally meant nothing to me. I had almost 20,000 gold. However if you included my assets I maybe had 100k worth of stuff and I had no idea what my weapons were worth. If someone was able to snag my spacial ring and break my enchant protecting it they would literally shit themselves. I also bought Skyler a sword made from dark-iron, through my gift my ability to appraise is unrivaled. The blacksmith complimented me on my eye for quality. After haggling him to for a good deal, he mentioned that my silver tongue might give my eye a run for its money.
After buying Skyler and Libby some fancy clothing, I next tried to track down the mask vendor who sold me Grena's mask when I traveled through here several years ago. I had several questions for him. The craziest thing was no one knew who I was talking about. I remembered his name it was Tichus oddly I don't remember his last name and he was only level 30. I didn't bother looking any further through his status which I now regret. I understand that vendor stalls must change quite frequently. Eventually I found someone who had a clue about him.
“Tichus? I don't think I have heard of him however, if he came in suddenly then disappeared suddenly he maybe the Wandering merchant. There is a longtime myth among merchants of a merchant who travels around selling legendary artifacts. The thing is the artifact is mixed up with a bunch of regular stuff of the same type as the artifact. Once the legendary item is finally sold he disappears and eventually pops up in another town after a long time with a new artifact. This is of course is just a myth.”
I don't get it when I look at my mask it doesn't say anything about being a legendary artifact. All it says is Mask of Grena. I will have to do more research on this. We returned to our hotel room and retired for the night. Tomorrow we were back on the road again.
Another 5 days as we traveled through Valsey. No real trouble came our way and we finally reached a town on the edge of Valsey Lamos. Lamos was also right next to the Dragnor mountains and there was a path going up the mountains where some monks who worshiped the dragon's lived. I figured we would keep our wagon here while we traveled up the mountain. We would meet with the monks and see where we would have to go to bring Skyler back to her family.
The Dragnor mountains were sure beautiful, people seldom come here though because the dragons are extremely territorial and anti-social. Only when there was a crisis that threatened the whole of Solus such as a demon invasion would they get involved with politics. After hiking for several hours our party of Siena, Skyler, Libby, and me arrived at the monk's temple. As we walked in every single monk started to prostrate down to us. Did they know who Skyler was perhaps?
The statues were extremely detailed there were statues of both dragons and what looked like dragoons too. Once inside there were was one large statue of a woman riding a dragon fighting what looked to be a humongous demon. She looked a lot alike what Jennifer Centers looked like alas what I would end up looking like, a true blonde beauty. The Dragon she was riding on was majestic full clad in armor on top of its dragon scales. A monk inside of the temple who looked different from the other monks came up to us and prostrated himself like the other monks.
“Umm you don't have to bow to us please rise. We came looking for answers.” The monk rose up.
“I apologize its just we monks recognize a dragon's mana as it leaks out and it is customary for us to greet them respectfully. However that is not all, young girl you are extremely similar to the legendary Dragoon Vivaca. I am afraid it cant help be helped, the monks are also bowing to you.” The monk explained.
“Skyler? Why wasn't this told to me earlier.” I asked her very annoyed right now.
“Oh to be honest I had no idea. They tried teaching me the history of dragons and dragoons alike but I honestly paid no attention. I guess I am a real slacker tehe.” I had researched dragoons when I returned to Zyrus. I did know of Vivaca as she was the most famous dragoon but I had no idea that she resembled me in such a way. I suppose this may make our meeting with the dragons more interesting and troublesome. Not that I particularly minded just annoyed at slacker-chan.
“Anyways we have come here to find a way up the top of these mountains. Skyler needs to let her family know she is alright.” I explain to him our visit.
“ Well I think we can help you.” The monk walked up to a extremely large horn that coiled itself up and out of the roof of the ceiling. He blew into it and it blared an extremely low pitch out. It was so loud it hurt my ears for a second. He then gestured us to follow him through an ornated door. It emptied into a large open space behind the temple.
The area back here was extremely flat there were a few statues but they were all on the side. The monk once again prostrated himself. In the distance I could see a small shape. It gradually got bigger and bigger and I could tell it was a dragon. The dragon was silver and it landed right in the open area we were in. The dragon spoke in draconic.
“Monk why have I been summoned here? Oh never mind I recognize that girl as Skyler the lost princess she is coming with me. These other 3 are not allowed to come to the dragon city however.” Right after the dragon said that Skyler interjected.
“Simone, as princess surely I can bring guests with me and besides this blonde is my dragoon she is ♪ Kara-chan♪” She once again hugged my arm as if claiming me.
“The rules are not different for royalty, however if this girl is indeed your dragoon we have a problem. Dragoons are indeed allowed in. However the dragoon still has to pass the trial to be recognized as such. You have already pacted?” Simone asked. To which Skyler proudly showed her pact sigil on her hand.
“Skyler you have doomed this poor girl. The trial of Dragoon is a deadly one only one out of hundreds pass it and those whom fail all die. Unfortunately young girl you must come with me too we must meet the queen and decide what to do. Our traditions are absolute.” Simone said.
“Skyler you didn't mention any trial!” I say once again annoyed.
“Yea I did mention I was a slacker who didn't pay attention to our history and tradition being taught to me right?” She said with an apologetic look. Damn slacker-chan strikes again. None the less this brought a smile to my face.
“A difficult trial you say? Only one out of hundreds pass? This sounds fun to me I accept!” I looked back to Siena and Libby.
“Siena look after Libby while we straighten this all out. It shouldn't take too long.” Siena didn't seem happy at all.
Skyler and I hopped onto Simone's back and waved goodbye. A extremely difficult trial that only few ever pass this sounds right up my alley. Time to meet Skyler's mother Queen Alyssa.