Chapter 3: The Study

Sara:“Please wake up sir [Hero]~”

Jacky: “Hnn ….”

Ari: “Nh … not t-t-there ….”

I opened up my eyes. I was still using Ari as hug pillow, but now I was hugging her head and slightly munching on her ears. Seems I had a good dream or I was hungry, anything of these two. Can't really remember much from my sleep-time. Slept so well~

Ari: “..NYAH!!..”

Sara: “That's enough for now sir [Hero]~”

Aww … meany …. being again lifted up by Sara, somehow felt nostalgic. I just happened to start … to use my tongue a bit to have some fun with Ari~ Still …. I need to talk with her about cleaning her ears.

Jacky: “Right, right~”

Ari: “...”

Jacky: “Slept well Ari?”

Ari: “Ah … yes, t-thank you master ….”

Sara: “Master?”

Ari: “Ah.. eh …. that …”

Sara: “Ah I see, should I call the [Hero] master too?”

Jacky: “Hmm, if you stop holding me up like a baby I would allow it~”

Sara let me down while she had a grin on her face. We two will surely get along nicely, at least I hope so. Ari seems to be a lost cause, of love struck. It's not that I dislike her, but I hope she wont be to aggressive on achieving mutual love. She's cute …. and sexy, but I don't feel any love just yet. Teasing is okay …. but I shouldn't toy around with her …. or being toyed?

Sara: “Let's get you dressed and ready for breakfeast with the queen~”

Ari: “Right!”

Jacky: “ …. I want to go back to sleeping ….”

Sara lifted me up like a knapsack and carried me outside of the room. With Ari following her. Hoho~ Ari moving around in her pajamas was a feast for the eyes. Are there holes in her clothes for her tail? -I am curious!

Jacky: “Where are we going?”

Sara: “To the bath~”

Jacky: “Ah yes …. wait WHAT?”

Sara: “We are going to the bath~”

Jacky: “ …. I got that. But …. just out of curiosity, you two will enter the bath too? Washing me? Nude?”

Sara: “Haha, if you want we can go inside nude~ But there's the option of bathing clothes too~ And it's not just us two~”

Jacky: “ …. who else? Not the queen … please tell me not the queen ….”

Sara: “He~ Maybe~”

That innocent smile …. she's playing with me …. gah ….

Ari: “I-it is just us, Master.”

Sara: “Ahh Ari, don’t ruin the fun~ Bad girl, I am going to tell someone what you did~”

Ari: “No … P-p-lease …”

Jacky: “ …. Sara all fun is well, as long as no one gets hurt.”

Sara: “Ok, okay~ I wont tell~ Too bad for you master~”

Why should that be bad for me?

While arguing I was being carried to the bath. Or should I say bath complex. It was a room about 10 or 20 times as big as the one I slept in on day 1. Enough to make a football field tear up in shame to its size …. naturally I was already striped of my clothes and had a loincloth like underwear on. The two maids that went in together with me looked the same.

Jacky: “ …..  ….”

Sara: “Is something wrong?”

Jacky: “ …. please get nude …. I can't tolerate this!”

Making an aggravated sumo stance, I used both hands to form a traingle and hovered it over the loincloth (SEE! SEE! Pose). I can tolerate swimwear or special full body stuff. Nude, wouldn't be a problem too. Maybe even a nude queen for surprises sake!! But LOINCLOTHS!!! I feel like an old man! Who's the one who introduced this sick tradition or something!

Sara: “Hahahaaah, please … Master stop that …. ahh that's too much ….”

Sara was down. She barely could hold herself while laughing out. While Ari was just blushing up and looking away from me protesting.

Jacky: “Hah … fine, lets get this over with.”

Ari: “R-right!”

As I wanted to hop into the open bath. Ari got hold of my shoulders. She was making an /no/ face and pointed at an corner where washing basins were stacked up. Ah, right.

Jacky: “First roughly cleaning. Then entering the bath?”

Ari: “First throughfully cleaning. Then entering the bath to relax oneself, master.”

Full maid mode Ari wasn't going to skip the right steps. Was this world more connected to my previous then I thought? Or is it something that can happened fundamentally in every culture? By the way, I normally enter my own bathtub without washing myself of first. Only if I was covered in loads of dirt or paints or whatever ….

Ari: “Let me help you wash yourself master. Sit here~”

Happily Ari turned over one washing basin for me to sit onto. I sat down without a fuss. Ari poured some warm water over my head and back and began to make some foam with a soap-bar.

Jacky: “Help me wash myself?”

Ari: “Yes, I will provide you with assistance. … Uh... Sara …”

Jacky: “Forget about her for now. But you aren't going to wash my body from top till toe?”

Ari's face flushed more red now. About the same tone as  last night?

Ari: “T-that ….”

Jacky: “Okay, it's fine. Help me wash myself as you would do with anyone else. Tell me what I am supposed to do. Or your master wont learn a thing~

Haha~ Teasing Ari is fun. But I feel a bit down. Hoped this was more erotic, but it is actually rather normal. Ari washed my back. She helped me washing my hair. Even when I was soaping up my body, she prepared towels that were full of soap foam and fresh warm water. There were mutliple outlets form which water could be poured. So all in all it was over rather fast. I just scrubbed down on my body-parts without feeling anything in special.

Jacky: “Hmm, let me wash you~”

I was smiling at her with an clear intention. She shouldn't decline a bit skinship, after all that hug pillowing~

Ari: “Ah … no ….”

While looking at Sara, who was starring at us, Ari declined. Damm …. she's conscious of being watched!

Jacky: “Is that so. Okay, then I will go in first.”

Ari: “Sorry master ….”

Jacky: “If your sorry let me pet you later~”

Ari: “Y-yes! Master!”

So cute~ Aww I don't know what to do with these ears and her tail. It's really easy to see her mood. Why do humans don't have this feature. It is so damn hard sometimes to get the mood of an human right.

Sara: “Let me help you Ari~”

Ari: “NO!”

Sara: “What? You always let me help you before~ You were even looking happy about it~”

Ari: “T-that is an l-lie!”

Ari your rather easygoing? Don't tell me your just messing around with me. Oh wait …. I shouldn't say that as long as I am not really feeling love ….

Ari: “Master help me!”

Ari was being held down forcefully. While Sara was on top of her.

Jacky: “Hmm~ I can't see because of all this steam~ Where are you~”

Ari: “MASTER!!!”

Sara: “Hehe~ Abandoned because of unfaithfulness~ Poor Ari, let me cheer you up~”

Sara was massaging each of Ari's ears with an towel full of soap foam.

Ari: “Nhh … no! … ahhh!”

Sara: “Hehe~”

It was rather exciting to watch. Sara was massaging Ari's breast after there was no more reaction from the ears. Then moving to her sides and her belly. Before she could reach to her private parts. Ari chopped down on Sara's head with a washing basin she was able to grasp.

Sara: “Aua! That hurts~”

Ari: “ …. s-serves you ….”

Don't look at me Ari. You didn't want me to help you washing your body. That was cruel in itself~

Still what a feast for the eyes. I want a video-camera …. but probably there is no one capable of creating something like it ….

Jacky: “Ari?”

Hey wait!

Ari: “Take this master!”

Jacky: “Hahaha! Stooooopp! I give up!”

Ari: “No way! I am going to tickle you till you faint!”

Jacky: “Wait stop Haha …. I am so-ha-rry!”

Ari sprung into the water and catched me with no effort. Then kept tickling me till I was to tired to even laugh out loud. Uhhh …. somehow that didn't feel like punishment too.

Sometime later.

Finally getting out of the bath complex. I was again clothed in normal looking clothes. In comparison to the loincloth/topless combo from before. Now I had again a frilly one piece dress on me, even panties of the same color to go with it. White~ So pure~ I am thinking about bad things, aren’t I? Ari and Sara, both wore the same maid like uniform since the beginning. They have a number of these ready most likely.

Sara: “Let's get going master. The queen is probably already waiting. We took our sweet time in there~”

Ari: “WHOS FAULT IS THAT!”

Sara: “Hmm, probably yours?”

Ari: “ ….”

She's right …. at least that is what I want to say. But Ari's stare hinders me from speaking out aloud. Stop that, it's weird. Okay, it's my fault partly. But you could just had let me wash you. I wouldn't have gone as far as Sara~ Most likely~

After a few minutes of walking we reached an double door that was heavily decorated. Uhh, it looked like an portrait of the queen. Half of it on each door.

Jacky: “ …. sick ….”

Ari: “Are you feeling unwell master?”

Jacky: “ …. just a bit hungry.”

Don't speak out your discomfort …. But it wouldn't stop. After entering the whole banquet hall like room …. was filled with busts, paintings and wall hangings of the queens portrait. In varying age category’s ….

Some of the younger ones looked dignified or cute. But anything past her maturity age …. just overly faked. The real queen wasn't as beautiful as the portraits. She clearly let the artists enhance these ….

Queen: “Ah, there are you my [Hero]. We already started, as it was getting cold. Please sit and join us for breakfeast.”

Jacky: “Yes gladly my queen, I am humbled to be able to eat in your presence.”

Queen: “So it is~”

The table wasn't all that long. There was enough space to seat around 12 or so people? It was filled with fruits, fresh bread, some varying soups and freshly baked sweets. On the table were 3 others seated, beside me and the queen.

But no one introduced themselves and the queen didn't seem to want to introduce me …. So ingore them?

Young male: “So that [Hero] is you. It's stupid that you're in a female body and getting called [Hero]!”

Jacky: “Yes, you're right. It would have been better for me to have a male body. Want to switch?”

Young male: “ …. no not really …. Can you switch bodys?”

Jacky: “I don't know, maybe?”

Young male: “Hmm.”

The young male that was seated on the table, sat next to the queen. He spoke his mind and seemed to be around 10 or so? He wore even more frilly clothes then me, and had the look of an 50's child you would imagine running around with a big lollipop. Blond frilly hair too~

Queen: “Gustav Mentha Oliverso Asslenov Travis the fourth, stop with the stupid questioning! It's unsightly!”

Gustav Mentha …. a forget it just Gustav for me ….

Gustav: “ Yes, mama.”

Jacky: “Sorry, if you want you can talk with me later.”

Gustav: “Really?”

I nod and let it be. I am not a shotacon nor a lolicon. But it seems that the royal kid seated there, is atleast brighter and less corrupt then his mother. Maybe he will be the next king? Who knows. So the other two, are they his sisters? They just ignored my presence and ate. Both of them were rather pretty. But judging from their attitude …. they should be as rotten and stupid as the queen.

The break-feast was over rather fast. After the two royal daughters were full they just left without a word. Then the queen left in the same manor. Leaving me alone with her son, that was faking to still be hungry. Naturally not counting Ari, Sara and some other servants that were constantly refilling drinks or bringing in foodstuff that was emptied. I kinda had a huge appetite, I filled myself mostly with fresh bread and some of this vegetable soup. Hmm godly~ After 3 breads and 4 containers of soup my hunger was sated. Where did I put all this? Everyone had a look of disbelief.

Gustav: “Wow, you really can eat.”

Jacky: “Thanks sir Gustav, I was rather famished somehow~ Is it alright for me to be calling you Gustav?”

Gustav: “Uhm, I think it's okay. As you're the [Hero].”

Jacky: “Is this how breakfast is normally?”

Gustav: “Yes, is something wrong?”

So for him the atmosphere wasn't different then anytime else. Somehow I pitied that boy already for being born as royalty …. at least to that house. After talking with him about some minor topics like weather, what he likes to play and what he's learning at the moment. I got the impression that he is rather intelligent, diligent and harbors an great intent to be a good king for his people.

Male Servant: “Sir  Gustav Mentha Oliverso Asslenov Travis the fourth, it's time for your studies.”

Gustav: “Ah, yes. I am finished we can go now. Let's talk later again [Hero] I want to ask you somethings about your world.”

Jacky: “I would be happy to answer any questions sir Gustav.”

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And so Gustav left trough that double door, as the others before him. I even meant it seriously …. he's got some charm of an king.

Ari: “Master are you still hungry?”

Jacky: “ ….”

Ari: “ …. we need to go too, Minister Serbert is waiting.”

I was just eating another of these sweets made out of a fluffy dough. I should probably …. contain my hunger. But why am I so hungry ….

Jacky: “Okay time to learn, onwards to Olward.”

Ari: “Yes, master!”

Jacky: “And stop calling him Minister Serbert, that's giving me a headache ….”

Ari: “B-but ….”

Jacky: “He will be okay with it, shall I ask him?”

Sara: “I think Minister Serbert is most likely okay with being called whatever a demihuman female would like.”

Jacky: “Oh, so it's that.”

Ari: “???”

After a short stroll I made it to Olward's magic study. It was rather grand. Books piled up on mountains. Different glasses where stuff was preserved in alcohol. A huge mass of tools that looked magical or like out of an alchemists lab. If only this was a towers top, then you would have the complete /tower wizard/ feeling. But being at the second story of a building that was five story’s in height. Somewhat diluted that feeling.

Olward: “Ah finally. Took you longer then I thought to escape from breakfeast.”

Jacky: “I was rather hungry, so I was the last one to leave.”

Olward: “Hmm, is that so. What is your impression of the royal family?”

Jacky: “Failures. Everyone except that Gustav is a failure.”

Olward: “Why so?”

Jacky: “Heighty attitude? Stupid smug faces? And maybe the resemblance to the queen in body and mind~”

Olward: “Hmm, as long as the next in line for the throne is perceived as worthy to the [Hero]. That should be enough.”

Olward looked rather happy. Seems he comes to agree with me on these terms, once again. Pointing to the free space in a corner. I seated myself on a cushioned wood chair.

Olward: “So lets start. Come stand up. It's time for some [magic] practice. We can discuss later~”

Jacky: “Okay. Will we train the basics now?”

Olward: “Yes, lets try an easy [magic] chant for [Little Flame]. The process is similar to your voiceless incantation. Just think of the image of a flame and then recite the chant.”

Jacky: “Hmm. Flame that rests in my heart. Come to my hand. [Little Flame]!”

Olward: “ ….”

Nothing happened. What's wrong now …. I did imagine a flame and did the chant correctly. At least I remembered it correctly … I think.

Jacky: “Flame that rests in my heart. Come to my hand. [Little Flame]!!!”

Olward: “Seems like it's not working properly. Are you imagine a normal flame?”

Jacky: “Yes. Normal. Red and small. Like the one that Mr. Steinsworth did.”

Olward tilted his head and closed his eyes. Thinking about something. Swaying his head side to side while mumbling words to himself.

Olward: “Let's try [medium fire magic]. Repeat this chant with an image of the result of it. After I canceled it out naturally~”

Olward was talking while stretching out his hands. He cracked his fingers a few times. Then he started to chant [medium fire magic].

Olward: “God of flames, hear my plea. Gather at my hands and cut my enemy apart. [Razor Flame]!”

About 20 cm above Olward's outstretched hand appeared a disc of flames. It looked like what a character of Drag*nball would use …. Two flame like ends were looking rather sharp and were rotating with some speed in disc like form. It looked really thin too.

Olward: “Ha!”

Jacky: “!!!”

Olward's disc flew at the empty chair I sat down before.

And cut one part of the back cushion cleanly off. The flame disc was stuck inside the stone floor behind the chair. After a few moments it gave off a small dieing voice *Zzrrzz* and it dispersed.

Jacky: “Was that necessary? I wanted to use that chair later on.”

Olward: “It's fine. I always wanted a new one~”

Ari and Sara were still present in the room. Watching from the sides. Especially Ari seemed keen on seeing my magic ….

Okay, here it goes~ Full mode heroic magic chanting!

Jacky: “Eh Hem~”

Jacky: “God of flames, hear my plea. Gather at my hands and cut my enemy apart. [Razor Flame]!”

…. seriously. Nothing happened. Not even an explosion or some misshaped magic blast. Whats up now?

Olward: “Seems I was right.”

Jacky: “What is it?”

Olward: “Jacky you seem to be unable to use chantéd magic. At least like this.”

Jacky: “ …. …. t-that's bad!”

I am so fucked …. Some easy flames and stuff might be do able with imagination alone. But what of flashy grand magic, that would blast of mountains and such?

Olward was just smiling and making a 'No No' head shake.

Olward: “It seems as [Hero] you are only suited to voiceless incantations. As you already proved to be able to produce simple flames. Try to copy what you saw, without chanting.”

Jacky: “Copying without chanting ….”

Olward: “Yes, as long as your able to grasp the magic behind the chant it should be possible. A chant is just a unconscious reminder for our mind to accumulate and form [Mana] into the desired form. These were researched and practiced to a degree of mastery.”

Jacky: “Hmm, so I should be able to make something like that. As long as I understand what it is doing and what it is made of. Is that right?”

Olward gave off a happy smile and nodded with an 'Yes Yes' head shake. I looked at Ari, just to see her eyes sparkling with anticipation. Urgh …. don't think that I can master this in a day. That's pressure right there ….

Jacky: “Did that burn or cut the chair?”

Olward: “It cut the chair.”

Jacky: “How can a flame cut something of higher density?”

Olward: “?”

Jacky: “Is it like metal being melted …. ?”

Olward: “No, not really. It is cut cleanly. Maybe a bit burned on the surface of the entry. But the cut itself is unburnt.”

Okay …. that isn't helping. Let's think. A flame is just a gas burning. Even if it's a solid as ingredient, what burns is always the gas that is produced somehow. Pressurized gas?

I could put the flame under pressure …. then the density should increase as each gas molecule would be closer to the next one. The temperature would increase, as the combustion rate would increase too. It should show that flame wriggle effect too I read about …. lets try that.

Jacky: “I will try. Please make some space. I don't know what will happen exactly ….”

Olward: “Go ahead. I prepared some emergency tools that cancel out explosions. And set them up already~”

Jacky: “ …. right ….”

Stretching out one of my hand above my head. I started to gather the [Mana] in my palm. About this amount should do. Okay, now onto converting it into a flame. A flame of the size of a basketball appeared.

Jacky: “Seems to go well. Okay next step.”

I imagined the flame ball being pressed from all sides. It began to behave violently when it reached half it's prior size. After it reached the size of a marble …. it looked more like a little star, with all the spikes that extruded out and back again. The surface was in pure chaos.

Jacky: “Seems well ….”

Next stage. A disc form. Okay, stretching? I tried imagine it being pulled by an force on all sides. The flame marble gave in and extended disc like into all direction in an diameter of about 30 cm. It's surface …. rather chaotically. Still spiking out and all. Okay …. try to imagine it being calm and flat. Slowly the surface bend to my will. And it was just a completely round disc. That gave off an intensive light and heat. My hand felt like being under an infrared heater lamp. Still it didn't hurt.

Olward: “Ohh fantastic. That seems to look quite good.”

Jacky: “It does. I had worry’s it would explode …. when it started to be so chaotically in its form.”

Olward: “Let's throw it at the chair. Aim for the back cushion on the other side.”

Jacky: “ ….. how do I aim this?”

Olward made a short troubled expression. Then he smiled again, as he remembered how.

Olward: “Just think about what it should aim at. And say it in your mind like 'attack that' .”

Jacky: “Okay, that sounds easy …. hopefully.”

Okay flame disc, fly and cut the right side of that back cushioned chair.

Jacky: “!”

Olward: “!”

Ari: “MY EARS!!”

Sara: “WOAH!”

Random Female Voice: “AHH!”

Random Male Voice: “WHAT?!”

Random Mix of Voice: “EH!” “RUN!!” “WAH!” “AN ATTACK!!”

Tree: “ ….”

Oh. That went to well. The flame disc went off. It cut trough the cushion in a flash. Cut trough the stone floor with an terrible noise. And then beside the noise of it cutting again trough stone and wood. Voices were heard all over the area. Most of them astonished by what just flew past them or screaming in panic of an [Demon]

attack.

Jacky: “Ups?”

Olward: “ …. to cut trough [Magic enforced Stone] …. what astonishing destructive power!”

Jacky: “AH! We need to check if someone is hurt!”

Olward: “Yes, right. Follow me. I think it went in a straight line downwards. And then into the garden on the ground level.”

Olward, Sara, Ari and Me where running outside and checking the situation. After informing the incoming parade of guards in full armor, that it was an practice accident and not an attack of the [Demons].

After checking that no one was actually hurt. And after being jelled at by the gardener that had just lost his prized appletree, while he was tearing up. We had gathered the info about what just happened.

Olward: “So in short. No one was hurt. The flame disc dodged anything alive in it's part. And then finally cut down a tree and hit the ground.”

Jacky: “Yes, I think that happened.”

Olward: “It flew trough …. 3 stone walls, some wooden furniture, a tree and then about 5 meters into the earth. I checked the depth via magic perception ….”

Jacky: “Yes, that seems like it ….”

Ari was making gestures to Sara like /did you see/ and /that's master~/. She was overly happy for me to be powerful with my magic. I am happy too …. but I didn't expect such results.

Jacky: “Luckily …. it didn't harm anyone or exploded ….”

Olward: “Luck? This was magic beyond anything I have ever witnessed. To cut trough this stone is no easy feat. And the magic was aware of what it shouldn't cut down. So that after it cut down the chair …. it flew straight, while dodging, to just empty out it's energy somewhere safe.”

Jacky: “ …. i just thought about ' fly and cut the right side of that back cushioned chair' and it did all that. Is that normal?”

Olward seemed to think hard about it. And began to move to get a book from a mountain that then collapsed dangerously.

Olward: “ …. hmm ….”

While skipping trough the book. Olward turned on the spot. Thinking while walking ….

Olward: “ …. hmm …. normally ones attack is attached to a simple order to aim. And it will not regard enemy or friend and just disperse randomly after it hit or cut the target. So that behavior …. must be triggered by an unconsciously laying thought. Which in fact must be rather powerful and deep.”

Jacky: “Like, as I don't want to harm someone without any intent in doing so?”

Olward: “Yes, that must be it. Luckily the queen wasn't in it's path ….”

Jacky: “I wouldn't harm the queen. She's still the queen. Even unconsciously …. I think ….”

We made a short brake. Had some refreshments brought by the pair of sheepgirl maids. I should try to get the names of the ones that were originally appointed to me. I think they are managing themselves at the moment. Like how Sara and Ari, are sticking to me. And the others working silently around us.

After teasing Ari a bit, about setting an apple on her head and trying out the friendly fire safe flame disc. She hit me in the side and was pouting, saying how terrible I was. …. It was just a joke, but you won't get it most likely …. The reference was from another world, so being punished without a laugh was natural …. Aua … this really hurts, she packs a mean punch.

Olward: “Next is training [Power] magic. Let's see how to do it. As you seem to be unable to use chants. This might prove to be a bit more difficult.”

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