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Princess Summit II

Princess Summit II

 Claire groaned in pleasure. The warm water of the bath was perfect. The company was good. The timing was so-so, they had little time to get ready for the dinner party. Her only issue was...

"Why is that person in here with us?" She asked her fellow princess covering herself with a towel even underwater. "And why are you all so comfortable? Have some modesty!"

"Claire, it's fine," Pearl answered, eyes semi-closed and half-floating in the big bath.

"Who are you talking about? There are only us girls here." Cythrel commented dog-paddling in the bath.

"Are you insane? Dawn is not a girl. It is Aidan inside Lumina's body." Claire replied.

"I have serious doubt about it. Here is the deal. We reached a consensus that Dawn is three-fourths girl and just stopped worrying. And it is not like she is staring at us. Follow her gaze, she only looks at our eyes."

"Unfortunately, Dawn is pretty harmless." Sora gave her opinion with a sigh. "Unless you're Pearl."

"We are not discussing that again, are we?"

"No. I made my peace."

Claire felt a little envious. They were only gone for less than two months and already bonded that much. Sora was calling Pearl without her title and Pearl was just fine with that.

While they talked, the subject of the conversation was on the other side of the bath, getting her hair washed by a maid.

"Princess Lumina's hair is so wonderful. Please stand still, I'll rinse it now. There you go, your Highness. Please join your sister in the bath."

"Could you hold my hand until we get there? I'm afraid of slipping."

"It will be an honor, your Highness."

Dawn was afraid of slipping but not in the physical sense. She bashfully navigated around the bath area, more like a shallow swimming pool, and entered the water a few meters away from the other girls.

"See what you did? She overheard us and now she is avoiding us." Pearl reproached Claire.

Dawn leaned on the edge of the pool, sunk to the shoulders. She rested her head on the edge and placed a folded hand towel over her eyes.

"I overheard nothing but I know you were talking about me. Don't worry, I don't mind."

Pearl stood up and walked next to dawn. "See? She won't take a peek at us. For some reason, I find it aggravating."

"You are an exhibitionist, Pearl. You thrive with attention and whither without it." Said Sora.

"I am no such thing. It is only natural for princesses to have this kind of effect on..."

"Three-fourths girls." Sora completed Pearl's phrase before she could.

"Touché." Cythrel giggled.

"No! You got it all wrong!" Pearl pouted.

"Pearl, calm down and get in the water. You are too slender, it is still chilling outside, and you are going to get a cold." Dawn spoke without moving.

"Oh, right. I still have to get back at you for that bandage joke. And here you go again."

"What are you quipping about, girl. You have a wonderful figure, petite body proportions and not a single bit of cellulite in your hips. i'm envious. Your skin is so smooth I could use it as a mirror."

"Is this you complimenting me?" She was still feeling outrage.

"Of course I am. You are adorable, pearl. Just the right mix of cuteness and sensuality. I'll even steal a peek at you now." Dawn lifted the towel and looked at Pearl. "Yup. Adorable. Now get in the water." She dropped the towel back.

"Dawn, are you with that towel on your eyes to avoid looking at us?" Claire approached, curious.

"No. I am reading Lumina's spellbook as we speak and copying the spells I want to mine. It is easier if I only have one set of eyes open."

For some reason, the reply hurt Claire's pride. She didn't let it show though.

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"Changing the subject, Claire. The tunnel we used to escape, it leads to Gohar. It takes two days to cross on foot, maybe a day or a day and a half with a carriage. Pearl and I, want to open a trade route. What do you think?"

"It would save a month of travel. And we could charge a toll to use the tunnel." Pearl completed. "We would have to because we need to hire people to clean and maintain outhouses. We can't let the travelers crap anywhere and everywhere or the tunnel would soon become unusable."

"That should a good thing. We should work on a presentation for the council. I'll help you."

"It is going to be awesome, I'm sure."

Claire approached more. "Dawn, I have something I'd like to ask you, but it is a rather delicate subject."

"We are sisters, Claire. You can ask anything."

"How is it like to have two bodies?"

"That is not delicate, but it is hard to explain. Can you feel how you are right now in the warm water?" Claire nodded. Dawn didn't see because she was still leaning on the edge with the cloth over her eyes but continued. "Can you stand up and feel the chill air stinging your skin? Don't do it, just think of it."

"All right. What next?"

"Now try to imagine that you are feeling both sensations at the same time. Next exercise, look at your hand in front of you, twist your eyes so you can see two hands. That is how I see things most of the time. Sometimes when I look at something with both sets of eyes I can see a single object with a huge increase in sharpness."

"What else?"

"Hold on for a second. I am on a difficult diagram. Sky magic is too complicated."

"It is like you can work on your supply reports and have tea in the garden at the same time, Claire." Cythrel tried to help.

"You should see his tandem sparring sessions. A few more weeks of practice and it would look like a ballet with swords." Sora added.

"Interesting."

"I'm back. Damn, Lumina knows Control Weather. I doubt I have enough mana to cast it. Where were we?"

"I got a good enough idea. Now another question."

"What is it now?"

"In all this time since Aidan woke up, did you do anything... with your bodies?" Claire asked with a bashful voice.

Dawn heard the water stirring and the presences of curious girls closing in next to her. She was pretty sure that if she stretched an arm she would touch something she shouldn't.

"You'll have to be a little more specific," she answered noncommittally.

"You have the boy side and the girl side. Did you..." She trailed off, ashamed.

"Put the boy in the girl." Cythrel completed.

"That is a rude gesture, Cythrel. Don't do that again." Sora rebuked the elf.

"Bashful children." She pouted.

"What kind of monster do you think I am? Are we talking about Lumina's body and her chastity? Because if we are, I'd want to make known that I like my neck very much. And no, I'd never abuse a girl without her consent."

"You won't even with consent." Uttered the elf.

"It wouldn't be abuse then. Anyway, Lumina is not here. She is inside Aidan and she is incapable of rational thought."

"Didn't she awake a few days ago?" Pearl asked.

"Yes and no. She just stirs or makes her feelings known. Without words. I get feelings, memories, even the knowledge of a spell or two on some occasions but most of the time she just kicks around Aidan's soul and internal organs, making a mess. Anyway, even if she could communicate with words, I doubt she would have anything to do with me."

"Are you sure of that?" Claire asked. She had a good reason to believe it wouldn't be as Dawn pictured.

Dawn got a little upset. "Claire, give me a break. You were right by her side when she bullied Sora and me for a whole semester. Are we talking about the same Lumina? Because I am sure the Lumina I know would bring the world down on me if she knew I am using her body. As I said, I liked my life a lot. I still like it." She paused for a moment and then cursed. "Oh, great. I spilled ink. Thanks a lot."

"Sorry, Dawn. I just wanted to be sure."

Dawn took the cloth off and looked at her sister. "Do you want to be sure? There is one method." She rose and sat on the edge of the bath, legs spread open. "Just check."

"Dawn, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you."

"Yes, but you are concerned about Lumina. It is understandable. You just need to get closer and take a look, all your doubts will be dispelled."

Claire covered her mouth with a hand. Her eyes stamped with sadness.

"Get back in the water, Dawn. Please just stop."

But Dawn was angry. Angry at being stuck in the princess' body. Angry at having to relinquish that body. To her, it was like willingly killing herself. She would live on as Aidan, but they wouldn't be Dawn anymore. Just Aidan. Their feelings as Dawn, their thoughts as Dawn only existed because they were thinking in a girl's body and brain. And this whole did you do it with yourself debacle was grinding her nerves.

"Cythrel. Stop staring and come check the princess' chastity. I know you want to touch it." Dawn called the elf.

That was the facet of their complex persona as Dawn that was the closest to a man. She had no sense of shame and no delicacy.

"Sorry, I won't. Stop it, Dawn. It is too sad."

Sora pounced Dawn from the side and dragged her back in the water. "It is fine. We won't doubt you and nobody would condemn you for doing anything with yourself."

The other girls approached and they almost hugged. Dawn remained in Sora's arms, listless.

"I'm trying. I want to bring her back, but I don't want to die. Taking me out of this body will hurt me a lot. Separating Lumina from Aidan will cripple him. And I don't know if Lumina will be strong enough to survive on her own. There is... so little of her left. I'll do it. I promised to do it and my family will always see through what we started. But I don't want to die. I don't want to vanish. I don't want to be just a memory."

"I wasn't thinking of what you were going through. I was just concerned about Lumina."

"I don't hate you for that Claire. I did hate you a little back when you wouldn't even let me use the chamber pot alone. We barely knew each other. But you saved us. I can't hate you."

Cythrel came and hugged Dawn too. "I know how it feels to live in fear that today might be your last."

The two real princesses looked at each other and back at Dawn.

"Claire. Can I be honest with you like I am with Dawn? Without the bickering, without the infighting?"

"I'd like that very much, Pearl. I am a princess for less than two months. I don't think I could stand up against a real one that trained for that her whole life."

"Good. Then let me be honest. I am going there to hug that mess of a person. The three-fourths of a girl that is a boy in a princess' body pretending to be a princess. Naked. Feel free to join us."

She did.