43 Chapter 43- Routine and Prelude
Author Note
Just passing by at the beginning of the chapter to let you know a few things.
First, I have a very cool new editor: the legendary HangerBaby, in some time the later chapters will be edited but for now it is still in the initial phase.
Second, I wanted to ask you guys if you like the new cover. I will post 2 covers that I made in the early hours of the morning, the one you like best will be the new cover. Although the one I have now will probably win, but we'll see.
(Image 1)
(Image 2)
Well, that's it, stay with the chapter, it was a lot of work, I hope you like it. Love you guys. From your favorite author
-AbelWizard
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- Kingdom of Arendelle - Next Day -
A new sunrise reaches the windows and the wind cascades the bedroom curtains.
In bed, there are three beautiful women in their naked beauty, all lovingly embraced by a single man.
Who else would it be, if not our dear and lucky protagonist Zagreus Di Leoni.
He opens his eyes slowly and yawns without moving much so as not to wake his dear brides.
Zagreus looks into each one's face with a tender smile, his eyes sparkling with love and affection as he sees their sleeping expressions. He then lightly stands up as he carefully lifts Heather off of him and lays her down where he was lying.
The demigod takes one last look at the women lying in bed and can't help but feel lucky and blessed to have women as beautiful, and more importantly, as intelligent and strong as they are.
'*Sigh* it's hard to be a protagonist'
He then goes to the bathroom and takes his well deserved, relaxing shower before a busy day.
And after a few long minutes in the shower, Zagreus walks out of the bathroom with no clothes on towards the closet to get something to wear.
A pair of black underpants, black pants, and a black Chinese style long sleeve shirt with gold dragons. A combination that matched Zagreus perfectly.
But before he leaves, Zagreus lightly kisses the lips of each of the women on the bed, triggering a smile on each of their faces and waking them up in the process.
He then leaves the room, heading for the Hall so he can eat breakfast before the meeting.
Break Line
(PoV Zagreus)
A very boring meeting later, and now, at the moment I am with Astrid, flying on her dragon, the Mortal Nadder: Storm.
She was in front of the dragon, guiding it, while I was behind her and hugging her belly.
Her blond hair flying to my right and my chin resting on her left shoulder, our closeness showed how much our relationship had evolved by this point.
While we were flying, we were talking about some moments that we had spent together, like our first time, our first date.
And we ended up arguing about who of us fell in love first, she using as argument that I was the one who kissed her first, but I countered that she kept staring at me and looked away every time I looked back. And she remained silent, Zagreus 1 X Astrid 0.
And after that we laughed and hugged each other even more, she with her hand on my head while I sat closer to her and kissed the back of her neck.
Our little encounter ended as we soon went back to the Castle for lunch, although it was quick, it made Astrid immensely happy about it, which makes me happy too.
Break Line
After a delicious lunch, and a nice 30 minute rest lying on the grass in the backyard of the Castle.
Heather calls me to accompany her on a trip to buy some missing ingredients for her potions, and I quickly accept.
We first went to a store famous for selling all kinds of herbs and flowers, and saw some very exotic plants and some that are unique to Arendelle. Such as the Frost Pine, the Ice Flower, Blue Grass, and so on.
Briefly, the unique plants here were ice-based, we bought one of each as Heather wanted to experiment with each one to discover hidden effects.
Besides buying some unique herbs, we bought the traditional ones so that my dear alchemist bride could brew some of her favorite potions, be it the potion that inhibits pain, the one that induces pain, poisons of various kinds, healing potions and so on.
We made a quick stop at a store that caught my attention and seemed to be doing very well with the people here.
It was a store that was a little more open than usual and from what people were saying around me, it sold some kind of sweet snow that was very tasty, and curious, Heather included, we went to see it and I was surprised to see that it was ice cream.
My fiancée even asked me if I had ever tasted it and I quickly explained to her that in my world Christmas has ice cream, the good thing is that they gave it the same name, ice cream. Thank the gods.
We placed our orders at the counter, but not before putting the bags away in my inventory, obviously I did this in an alley so as not to be discovered.
Heather ordered a cup with 5 scoops of chocolate lemon ice cream and I in the most standard way possible, ordered 5 scoops of pure chocolate ice cream. Hashtag chocolate-is-the-best-flavor.
As soon as we got our ice cream glasses, we went to a square, sat down on one of the benches covered by a tree and enjoyed our cold delicacies and each other's presence.
And we talked about many subjects, about our relationship, about politics, power, the world.
The truth is, when you want to be with someone, any subject will do.
And the hours went by quickly and soon it was getting dark, I picked her up in a load of Princess and started walking through the air. Yes, something I don't do so often since I got my wings, but I still know how to use it. (A/N: For those who don't know or don't remember, he can interact with the wind due to his Cheat [Descendant of Jupiter])
I didn't use my wings because I didn't want to move too fast and just enjoy the moment with Heather, after a few minutes of walking through the sky, which left some citizens shocked to see me do this, we reached a sufficient height to clearly see the change from day to night.
It was a moment that I etched into my soul, Heather was as beautiful as a goddess in my arms, the light of the sunset brought her an effect that further enhanced her beauty.
And after a heated and long session of kissing with my dear black haired bride, we made our way to the Castle... more precisely, we tumbled towards the Castle.
Heather screamed a little but no one heard her, thanks to a slight manipulation of the wind to prevent sound proliferation.
I ended up getting several punches in the arm and chest for scaring her like that, but nothing too serious.
We enter the palace and learn that dinner will be served in two hours, Heather asks me for the bags of volts and after giving me a light kiss on the lips and thanking me, she goes to her room to organize and study the herbs.
'Looks like I won't have anything to do for the next two hours, I think I'd better practice a little today, and maybe Sansa and Elsa will be there.'
I take a quick walk around my room to put on some better clothes to train in, and after using a very important Talisman, the Talisman of cleanliness that leaves me completely sweat free and clean as if I had just stepped out of the shower.
But although it is much quicker than taking a shower, nothing replaces the relief and relaxation that comes from taking a real shower. (For me, shower time is the time of ideas. It's where I relax and don't think too much about anything, the ideas for this book all came from this way).
After dressing properly, I went towards the courtyard and luckily, Sansa and Elza were there again performing their joint fencing practice.
And again, the result was Elsa's defeat. And I don't blame her, they are fighting with only fencing and it is hard to be on the same level as a sword genius like Sansa.
Sansa soon sees me standing at the entrance to the Courtyard and cracks a huge smile, apparently she had a great admiration for me since I defeated her yesterday, I was surprised that she was not sad about the defeat and on the contrary, she became even more determined and asked us to train together.
Obviously it wasn't every day that she had an opponent that she could give her all to, training with me would be very beneficial for her, and although I couldn't say the same, since I use everything I have it would take away from the purpose of elevating my fencing. It would also take away all the fun.
During the fight, I gave Sansa several hints, in fact he was just repeating the hints that the System gave through the Skill and Sansa, like the genius that she is, absorbed everything like a sponge. The battle ended with Zagreus being victorious, with difficulty, but still victorious.
After the match with Sansa, I decide to reveal and use my Staff for the first time, I explained to Elsa that I got my Ice powers when I touched the Staff.
Before you start offending me for being dumb and revealing the Staff, I saw no problem in revealing the origin of my ice power, after all the Staff had already fused with his soul as soon as he gained it, and there will be a future where he can use the ice powers without the Staff.
But for now, I depend on the Staff, and his control over the ice is worse than Elsa's.
Just looking at the destruction caused to the mannequins in the Courtyard, you could tell that the power will be useful but still lacks a lot of control.
"You, are like me!" Elsa said and I agreed.
We talked and agreed to train together, I now have sword training with Sansa and training of my Ice powers with Elsa.
'It's going to be more of a practice than training, Elsa's control is just as bad as mine!'
I bid them both goodbye and headed towards my room, and found Tigress alone on the bed.
She was wearing a yellow tank top with black flower details, she was in a meditation position, and I unwittingly interrupted her when I entered the room.
"Could you have entered more softly?" Tigress asks me with a bit of irritation and I just smile at her.
I approach her to give her a kiss but she stops me by pushing my chest and turns her face away as she speaks with an angry expression.
"Don't even think about kissing me like that, you stink!"
I just smile at her words, when you date someone like Tigress, you have to learn to handle phrases like that with a smile on your face.
I take my beloved shower quickly and soon I head towards my darling redhead again, this time I'm not pushed, after giving me a kiss, soon after she says.
"Do you want to meditate with me?" She asks quietly while keeping her eyes closed.
"Sure, why not!" I tell her and stand facing her in a meditative position, we stay like that until Astrid and Heather arrive in the room.
There was no action with Tigress today, since she was on those days of the month, now I understood why she was acting like that with me.
But unlike her, Astrid and Heather and hungry, and we know what happened that night. I love my life.
Break Line
(PoV 3rd Person)
And so was the routine of our protagonist for a month, and he had several discoveries about the use of the sword, although he did not evolve in level.
Several encounters were made between Zagreus and his harem, and even some romantic progress with Sansa, the redhead and Elsa had romantic feelings for Zagreus.
And the fact that the two girls shared feelings for the same man, they competed with each other to decide who will get more of his attention and pats on the head. (Pat on the head, another disciple of the Wise Emperor: Vhan Aldnarin Mason.)
But there was a day when Sansa asked Zagreus directly for a date, claiming to be a walk, but they both knew it was a date.
And Elsa seeing this, decided not to be so passive anymore and wait for Zagreus' initiative, she then, with a blank face and cold as a piece of ice, invites Zagreus for a date, which he quickly agrees.
The Princess is elated but shows nothing on the outside, but in her room, just imagining being with someone like Zagreus, so similar to her. It brought an itch in her that urgently needed to be scratched.
She wanted him, she needs to be with him, and this possessive and selfish side that lay inside her Princess facade, she was like any normal human being. Only, with a few screws loose by one person, but that's normal... right?
Back to our Protagonist.
Zagreus was in front of his Closet again, choosing the clothes he would wear today, his three women were already awake and training by this time.
Today would be the meeting between the demigod and the Fifth Elemental better known as Elsa Àrnadalr, but it seems that fate had chosen another way for today.
A bestial roar, without anger or intent to kill, is just an annoyingly loud roar as if declaring its own presence. And just then, his door is hurriedly opened by Dagur, who with an expression of slight fear, says.
"Zagreus! Drago Bludvist has arrived!"
Break Line
