I wake up to see the maid again next to my bed. She is pouring what looks to be tea into a cup. Steam rises from the cup as she sets it on a tray full of food. She then sets it in front of me.
“Here is your breakfast miss. Would you like anything else?”
“I’m good for now. Thank you though.”
I accept the tray and take a bite of the food. It was just as delicious as what I had first eaten when I had arrived here. Thinking about it left a bad aftertaste though.
“”When does he want to meet with me.”
“The demon king miss?”
“Yes, he is the one keeping me here right?”
“Yes miss. He said that he wished for you to recover before he spoke with you.”
Guess he wants me to calm down before we talk again. Can’t really blame him though. My mind is still trying to think of a way to kill him for what he did. At least I can avoid him while I recover.
The maid sat down in a nearby chair while I finished the meal. I watched her as I ate my meal in silence. She kept silent and blended into the background.
“Thank you for the meal. It was delicious.”
“I’ll let the cooks know miss.”
She then walked out with the tray. Leaving me alone in the room. I sit up and try to gather stabilize my magic circuits. They were heavily altered due to my change. So I was having to become adjusted to the changes. The mana within me kicked like a newbie driving a manual. Sputtering under the poor control of the wielder.
I tried to calm my breathing and smooth the flow of mana. Though my progress was slow there was progress. Though my body still was sore so no walking around yet. I also couldn’t contact the others until I fixed my magic circuits. Another reason why I was prioritizing stabilizing them.
After a couple of hours, I heard a knock on the door. I guess the maid was back with lunch.
“I've brought you some lunch miss.”
She opened the door and set another tray next to me.
“Thank you. I was just getting hungry.”
This time she brought some water instead of tea and before I knew it I had drained half of the pitcher. That was when it finally hit me. I needed to use the restroom. I looked around the room but failed to find a chamber pot.
“Where would the restroom be located? I don’t see a chamber pot?”
“We have magical facilities that dispose of the waste. I can take you there after you finish eating.”
After finishing I limped with her helping me down the hall. It definitely felt weird moving in my new body. The different anatomy wasn’t helping me at all. Neither was the pain.
After a minute she leads me to a door which I assume is the restroom. We go inside and to my amazement, there were modern amenities. Everything looked like it was taken from Earth exactly. Well except for the magical parts that made them work in the primitive setting. I gaped in wonder as the maid lead me to the toilet.
“I’ll wait outside, just let me know when you are finished.”
Closing the door I was alone again, but I was now forced to deal with a new problem. Bowel movements, or in layman's terms. How do I poop and pee as a woman? I didn't have my helpful directional partner to help me anymore. The feeling was, different. I had a hard time figuring out how to wrap my head mentally on how to do it for a few minutes. It also felt weird as hell trying.
After finishing I shakily stood up and walked over to the sink. I look into the mirror and I’m shocked at what I see.
I looked perfectly womanized to my dismay. I pinched my face to see if I was dreaming. But, after a quick pain, I realized that the woman in the mirror was indeed me.
What scared me the most was how similar I looked to my sister. Though a few years older I almost had the same features. Almost like my body was taunting me knowing who I wanted to one day see again.
I then remembered asking for a mirror earlier from the maid. I guess we’d both forgotten about it. Though I’m glad I saw myself inside this mirror instead of some small one. Really gave me the full picture of what happened.
I quietly tried searching the whole room for some kind of exit. I didn’t have long, but I still needed to see if I could find anything that might suggest an exit. But it appeared it was just a standard half bath no other means of exit. I open the door to the hallway and walk out.
“Miss? I told you to tell me when you were done. I’d have helped you miss.”
“It’s fine. I need to walk I can’t stay bedridden forever. On that thought can I get a cane?”
“I can have that arranged miss. Though I have a feeling you won’t need one for long based on how you seem to be improving.”
At the very least it’ll help me get around and maybe I can even use it as a weapon.Though I bet it’ll break against any guards in one hit, unfortunately.
She then leads me back to the room and back to the bed. I weakly lay down breathing heavily. I guess I pushed myself too far. I need to rest and get better ASAP so I can escape.
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“Thank you, that will be all.”
“As you wish I will come back when it is time for supper.”
When she left I went back to stabilizing my magic. I could feel progress but my building fatigue was making it hard to concentrate efficiently. After an hour I felt too exhausted and went to sleep. Waking up only when the maid came back.
“I have brought your dinner miss. Would you like me to take you to the baths afterward? It might help you rest better tonight and relief your sore muscles. I highly recommended it.”
As much as I really wanted to keep avoiding it. I knew she was right. They were bound to have some kind of healing bath or something here. I just didn’t want to face what was happening this morning.
Though I now knew if I had any hope of defeating the demon king I’d either have to get another elixir (which wouldn’t be easy) or I’d need to get used to it so I could have a fighting chance against him.
“Yes, that would be nice. I’ll take you up on your offer then.”
After finishing the meal she led me to the baths. I was using a cane she had gotten for me and it helped me be able to walk steadily on my own at least. After a couple of minutes, she led me a large room. There were cubies with towels in them along with a doorway covered by a curtain. Though odd I walked to the curtain to see the baths.
“Miss? What are you doing? you get undressed here.”
Crap! It was a public bath, wasn’t it? I quickly looked around at all the cubies and made sure they were all empty. Luckily they were and after I ushered the maid out I stripped down and made my way past the curtain. It opened to a large pool of steaming water. I saw enchantments drawn along the edge of the pool that probably kept the pool warm and clean. Maybe it even had healing properties.
I slowly slipped into the pool and shivered as I felt the water surround my new body. My hair floated on top of the water as I swam to the center of the pool.
I’d always loved swimming and it put me to ease as I soaked in the warm water. I didn’t keep track of time as I tried cleaning my body using some hygiene products near the edges of the pool.
My hair became a bigger issue than I expected. I was always used to short hair so it took me a while to lather all my hair. As I was finishing lathering my hair I heard sounds coming from the curtain I’d just exited.
I forgot that this was a public bath. There must be more people coming in. I froze in realization that more people were about to come in. I then tried to rinse off all the hygiene products so I could quickly leave. But unfortunately, I was too late. After I was halfway through I saw a couple women enter the room and quickly slip into the bath.
I tried to ignore them and finish cleaning my hair in peace but I could hear them coming closer to me. I then felt a hand grab my arm and pull me towards them. I looked to see a demoness stare at me in the nude. I didn’t know what to do and tried backing away but her grip was quite strong.
“What are you doing here human cur? This is the citadel of the demon king how did you get in here?”
I guess someone forgot to alert all the guests about what the demon king was planning. I didn’t know what to say so I only mumbled while trying to unsuccessfully back away. I was becoming increasingly more flustered as I didn’t know how to react or answer.
“ANSWER ME YOU HUMAN CUR!”
Normally I would have punched her or used some kind of spell, but my mana was still unstable so I was no more a sheep at the helpless mercy of this wolf. Luckily for me, help arrived not a second later. My maid quickly entered the bath and bowed her head to the demoness.
“I’m sorry my lady! She is a human noble that the demon king told me to take care for. She has been captured just recently I’m sorry that you weren’t informed, my lady.”
She kept bowing and saying she was sorry. I felt the demoness lighten her grip and I was able to successfully exit the poll and slowly retreat behind the curtain. Before I left though I could hear the demoness behind me.
“Very well maid! But next time I would like to be alerted to a situation like this. Make sure I am not ill informed again. Am I clear.”
I quickly dried off and put on my clothes. My maid soon came in as well and helped me back to my room. After she closed the door she turned to me and bowed exclaiming how sorry she was.
I didn’t like being bowed to though and told her to forget about it and thanked her for helping me. As I was making my way to the bed she asked me.
“Aren’t you going to brush and dry your hair miss?”
I ran my hands through my hair and felt that it was indeed still damp. I felt like things like this we're going to definitely take some time to get used to.
“Yes, that would be most appreciated. I guess it just slipped my mind.”
I then sat down in a chair as she brushed my hair gently drying and untangling it. Afterwards, she left me alone and I quickly fell asleep. Though one thing was for sure. I definitely wasn’t going to be able to forget that demoness for a while.
POV: Demon King Seliph
I stared out over the cities battlements as the sun sank over the horizon. I looked around to see my troops preparing their gear for battle. They loaded the troops on suspended platforms that were hanging from the edge of the wall. I wanted to surprise the enemy and not open the gate telegraphing our attack to the humans.
So I planned on using my troops that could see at night to attack them in a surprise night raid. I’d have my generals then take out the human commanders and circle them. I would then appear before them and they’d quickly surrender if they valued their lives.
I would then find one of them to carry a message to their main force that would tell them exactly what happened to their prized vanguard.
As the sun gave way to the moon I gave the signal and wall men cut one of the counterweights allowing the lifts to fall steadily to the ground.
I observed the enemy camp and saw no reaction confirming my plan’s success. Within just a few minutes my men had circled the camp and my generals snuck into the camp. Screams then erupted from the camp as the first of their commanders fell to my generals.
My forces then swarmed the camp slaughtered the first humans that hastily ran from their quarters ill equipped and half asleep.
I jumped from the walls straight into the camp creating a crater and shockwave that drew all the camp’s attention. My men then ceased their assault and the humans stared at me in horror.
“I have come to accept your immediate surrender. I promise that if you surrender now you will be well taken care of. If you dare fight back.”
I swat an approaching fool instantly killing him as he flew across the camp.
“If not I can easily kill you all. It won’t take long I assure you.”
I smiled as almost all of them dropped their weapons at the realization of their fate. I then walked to the closest human and told him.
“You! I need you to deliver a message for me. I have captured your hero and your most experienced troops. If you wish to make peace then I suggest you cease your march and send forth a diplomat to negotiate my terms. You got all of that?”
The man fiercely nodded his understanding. Pissing himself as I stared at him half dressed.
“Then go and relay the message. Count yourself lucky human.”
The lad then ran past all my men into the dark. Hopefully to deliver my message. I saw one of my generals follow closely behind. He would make sure that he did exactly as I told him.
Seeing how everything seemed to be finished I left the battle and jumped back to the top of the wall. Using some magic I soften my landing.
“The battle is won! Let us celebrate this victory tonight!”
The soldiers cheered at my return and I quickly disappeared into the night. I finished my business here. I only hoped that my guest was feeling better and was in the mood to talk now.