Dinner was served by Jeff. He had been very quick at teaching the girls how to butcher the bore. It had taken about an hour. Auna even learned the skill butcher which fell under her Sage survivalist. Auna could almost feel her job growing, she felt near a breakthrough to the next level.

Lady Bloodwave had cooked the meal herself. Jeff would not let her serve it though due to her being a noble. Her daughter had quieted down as well, eating her stew in silence. She had argued for a little while with her mother about the sleeping arrangements however her mother told her to be grateful for safety.

“I want a bath.” Meredith spoke in a small voice.

“We can go to the pond and bathe in the tub there. We pull the water from the pond and empty it down the drainpipes. I’ll heat the water with fire magic. We all need a bath.” Auna said standing up to head into the house.

“I don’t have anything else to wear.” Meredith looked to her mother.

“Here, you can wear something of mine.” Auna handed her a shirt and pants. “I don’t have any adult clothing though.”

“Don’t worry, I have a spare change of clothes in my backpack, as do our men. We lost the bag with Merediths’ belongings.” Lady Bloodwave smiled “May I join you girls?”

“Sure, you can, the men can bathe second. Do you know fire magic?” Auna asked Jeff.

“I Don’t but Will does” Jeff waved them off “Have a great bath!”

“Weird thing to say but okay thanks?” Auna eyed him carefully while Jeff sighed.

The three girls walked with the lady to the pond. There was a stone that had been carved with magic and tools into bathtub. It was big enough that three grown men could bathe together.

“Isn’t this a bit big for you two?” Lady Bloodwave asked.

“We bathe our pups in here as well, besides we bathe together usually, is that a problem?” Auna asked.

“Not at all there is room for all four of us, I have some soaps in my bag we can use.”

Both Auna and Ciela light up excitedly. They were running out of soap and knew a noble lady would have very nice smelling soaps. Soon Auna and Ciela got to filling the stone tub with water magic, while Auna created water through hers Ciela merely moved it from the pond. Soon the tub was full enough, Auna used fire magic on the stone slab the tub sat on. It was the same size of the tub; the edges were covered with leather to keep them from burning their feet. The method of heating the stone tub directly had caused the girls to burn their feet and hands.

“Shall we?” Auna asked helping Ciela undress, lifting her into the tub.

“Yes, come Meri.” Lady Bloodwave helped her daughter undress as well.

“Say why do you have clothes without backs in them?” Meredith asked as her mother lathered her hair with soap.

“Oh, because the backs get in the way of my wings. I should give them a wash as well.” Auna answered bringing her wings out from her back. Ciela rinsed her hair that Auna had lathered.

The two Bloodwave ladies were shocked as Auna started to clean her wings with the help of Ciela. Auna still had soap in her hair as well to which she swiped at randomly while trying to clean the tips of her wings.

“You really are the daughter of Count Jade.” Lady Bloodwave spoke softly.

“Yes, I didn’t lie about that.” Auna glanced confused at her.

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“I knew his wife was a fairy but still, to actually meet a half fairy is rare. I haven’t even told you my name, it’s Marybeth. Nice to meet you both.” Marybeth smiled warmly.

“Don’t have to call you Duchess or Lady Bloodwave?” Auna asked.

“Nonsense you saved Robert, and us as I don’t think we would have survived trying to hunt for food. Consider us friends my dear children.” Marybeth continued to bathe her child. She even gave Auna a hand with her wings when Ciela couldn’t reach.

After the girls were all bathed, they drained the tub using water magic. The drains they had created to prevent flooding were great for this purpose as well.

“Welcome back girls, Robert seems to be awake. I gave him some food and told him to rest still.” Jeff smiled at them.

“I’ll go heal him some more, he will probably be able to bathe with you guys.” Auna walked towards her room.

“Did I wake you when I came in for clothes earlier?” Auna asked Robert.

“No, I don’t think so, my stomach woke me.” Robert laughed. He was a pale man, that looked like he was still in great pain. Auna had closed some of his wounds but not all of them. He seemed very tough, though it looked like he had lost a lot of blood. He would have to rest for a few days.

“Hey?” Marybeth asked softly touching Auna on the shoulder. Auna had been sat still healing the man for more than an hour, he was fully healed. He had called for Jeff when he noticed the girl didn’t stop. Jeff had called for his lady not knowing what to do.

“Oh, it worked?” Auna asked confused. She often got zoned out when using magic for long periods of time. She noticed a lot of her mana was gone. She decided she would dance, she felt restless. Dancing under the moon made her feel better. Without a word more she walked outside. Her head hurt due to the mana drain.

She stood in the open space between the fire pit and edge of the crater and began her dance. The adults and Meredith were staring at her in awe. She was beautiful and appeared to be glowing.

“What is she doing.” Jeff asked captivated by the strange sight.

“She likes to dance under the moon when she feels restless, or happy, or sad, well any time really she will dance for hours if I let her.” Ciela smiled. Speaking as if she was the older one in charge. Sometimes she had to mother Auna as much as Auna mothered her.

Ciela got a small hand made drum from the house and start to hit out a rhythm. The dance soon changed to match whatever rhythm Ciela produced. At times she changed the rhythm part way through giggling as Auna quickly changed her stance.

Soon William asked for the drum, Ciela handed it over. He was much better at playing and soon the captivating dance turned into a graceful solo waltz. Auna knew this dance from a few of her past lives. She had learned a wild variation which was grounded in a basic waltz of her old world. This new world had a very similar basic waltz as well. It was just similar enough to look like she had learned this worlds’ basic waltz first.

The people watching thought she had invented a new style. As high nobles usually had their own variations of common dances. They did this to make their families stand out and pass down a family skill that could be learnt.

Soon something odd happened, Auna gained three new skills, while one changed. One was Waltz under Noble, and the other was Moon Waltz under Moon Slave. The description of Moon Waltz said, “A dance created by the Moon Slave from memories of a distant past”. The previous Moon Dance changed to Moon Walk “Once a formless dance this walk allows for the user to step properly between the rays of moon light. Which is a form of sun light. At higher levels the user will walk between any reflections”. This surprised Auna as skills only evolved when conditions allowed it. The condition for this must have been doing a proper dance under the moon light after having figured out the ability to jump from moon ray to moon ray.

The final skill was a new meditation skill. It allowed the user to regain mana faster while giving the slight chance of the user having an epiphany. There was nothing else explaining it. It did not fit under any of the jobs, though she would have thought Noble would allow it. Even Sage survivalist should have been able to take it. Still, it was worth having. She activated it and continued to dance feeling slightly better.

She soon noticed that this meditation skill was not normal. She had an epiphany, if this skill didn’t fit under any three of her jobs it must be odd. She then focused more on the skill and noticed it. Usually meditation meant staying still, though her meditation skill allowed her to continue moving. The voice in her said it most likely had a different evolution path than normal skills. She must have learnt it due to how calming dancing was for her.

Soon she was done dancing, her mana back to full she felt tired and energized at the same time.

“Auna it would be easier for us to sleep outside with our pups. Can we give the Bloodwaves’ my room?” Ciela was already hunkered down with Willow and Theodore having pulled a few blankets out.

“Fine I prefer sleeping under the moon anyway.” Auna yawned and settled down as well. Soon the two men also settled down with sleeping packs near the fire. The ladies were inside. The beds in each girls’ room were big enough for them and their wolves to sleep. The night was a calm, cool night everyone slept very well.