39 [Chapter 39] The Request

I sit there and contemplate, 'This sounds like a good offer, especially since it came from a king, but I still want to go to the darkness academy place so I can maximize the use of my affinity.'

I look at the king, "I will accept under two conditions."

The king raises a his brow, 'This kid has conditions? What could they possibly be?' "Go ahead."

I look at Blossom and then Winter, "I get to bring my familiars, and when the time comes, I can apply to enter the School of Darkness." 'I think that's what it is called.' I hear a chirp and a meow when I say familiars.

The king nods, "I accept those conditions, you are able to apply to enter any academy at the age of fifteen so you have a few years."

I nod, "I'm ten currently. So when will we be leaving?" I retract all my transformation parts except the horns, making me seem a lot friendlier than earlier.

The king looks at me, a glint of shock in his eyes, but maintains a poker face. "We will be leaving in three days, so I would like you to be mentally and physically prepared to do this. And maybe you could get to know my daughter over those next few days." He waves his hand at his daughter again. I look her over, her tan skin showing that she has her fair share of outside enjoyment. Her body looks slightly muscular which shows that she won't just rely on magic alone in any fight. Her red hair cascades down. She is definitely cute.

'Wait a minute, I just now realized something. Why do I view girls my body's age cute? Shouldn't I be repulsed by the idea of being attracted to girls at that age? Did my mind go through a change when I entered this body as well?' While I sit there contemplating while petting Blossom, I seem to of not noticed that I'm unconsciously staring at her, causing her to blush immensely. I'm awoken from my thoughts by a yell, "Don't look at the princess like that you Dragonborn scum! I will show you what happens when-" he yells at me but is stopped as there is a glint in my eye. Ability: Intimidating Glare was used.

The knight freezes mid sentence and falls forward, frozen in the position he took.

"Is he okay? Did he just have a heart attack mid sentence or something?" I ask while I act worried. The king and the princess get a look of worry as my dad gets up and runs over to the knight while starting to chant the magic language and when he is about finished, the knight un stiffens and looks around. He then looks at me and then at his king who was once worried now has a face of disapproval.

'Uh oh, I lost my cool for the last time. Not even my parents can help me now.' He glares at me. 'Damn Dragonborn.'

As he thinks that the king looks over at the orc who grabs the knight by the neck of his armor and starts dragging him out, the king and his daughter get up behind him. All of a sudden, the daughter stops and turns around, running over to me and holding out her runestone which is blue.

"We need a way to contact you in case of emergency, so please take my rune." I gently grab it and pull out mine, which I press together with the other one. It creates a small flash and I see my runs on her stone and hers on mine.

"Thank you, I'll see you soon then!" I wave and smile. She nods and graves her runestone back kindly . She then runs out the door, catching up to her father. I look out the window to see the knight getting a stern reprimanding from the king. The knight has a depressed look on his face, realizing this was his final mistake.

I look back to see my dad, smiling. "You just got invited by the king! Can you believe that?! I can't believe my son had a personal visit from the king! Now hurry, go pack your things, we need to get you and your familiars ready for the trip! I'll go tell your mom, and your siblings!" He charges into the kitchen just for me to hear a scream along with a frying pan with a smack and many, many apologies afterwards.

'Guess she is still jumpy from Blossom.' I think while I rub the bridge of her nose, her head leaning up a bit as I rub it. She takes her pink scaled paws and starts clawing at the couch, almost making a mess of it. All of a sudden, I feel a squeeze from my head and pet Winter. 'And the competition for my affection doesn't stop between them.'

I then see dad walk out and try not to laugh, half his face is red swollen from a circular mark. But he is smiling.

"She approves of the trip!" I look at him, still trying not to laugh.

"I need something to pack my clothes in, what am I gonna use?" 'After all, a black suitcase appearing out of nowhere would be kinda suspicious, I don't even know if they use them in this world.'

Dad looks surprised but then nods, "Sorry Kurayami, I forgot in the excitement of things." He says as he pulls out a simple gold ring with an orange crystal in it.

"This should be enough to pack your clothes."

I nod and take the ring, but am shocked by what happens. I focus on the ring and see a large box about 5ft by 5ft. It is just as orange as the ring but is as clean as can be.

I put it on and thank my dad before running upstairs and neatly folding my clothes. I stand there and then set my hand on them, willing them to enter the ring, and all of a sudden, there is an empty space in front of me but when I enter the space with my mind, I see all my clothes neatly folded in it with plenty of space to spare so I walk over and stick my black box in as well.

'Gotta be prepared for anything.' I leave some clothes out to wear before I go on my trip.

I walk downstairs and find my dad casting healing magic on himself while he is in the living room. I walk over and he sees me, stopping, the mark nearly gone now.

"Do you need something Kurayami?" I walk over and sit down.

"Why did he call me a piece of Dragonborn scum?" Dad looks at me, then looks down, seemingly uncomfortable. "Have you noticed how there are few Dragonborn or lizard type demi humans?" I think back in my mind and realize how there were none except that one kobald.

"I did, but why?" I ask, curiosity on my face.

He continues to look down, "We are currently in a war between this kingdom and the Scaled Kingdom."