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this is a fixed/updated version. I would like to thank R682 for helping me with spellcheck.)

 

 

Dropped in a New World                

Chapter 1

'I cursed bitterly, screaming out my frustration as I ran through a sea of trees.

Behind me were a pack of beasts chasing me.

“They're catching up!” the small girl strapped to my back yelled.

“I know that Bab!” I yelled at her as I continued to run. The beasts weren't that strong, but fighting a pack of them was a different story. They could quickly surround us and kill us before we could do anything.

“Why in the hell did you attack the whole pack!?” I yelled to Bab as I jumped over a log.

“I thought there were only three of them. Watch your left!” she yelled.

“FROST!” I yelled, extending my left hand to blast the beast with ice magic. It was only knocked back and soon was chasing us again. “Any ideas?”

“Ya don't stop running!” she yelled, which really didn't help.

It wasn't long however before I had to stop in front of a cliff, A raging current surged below us, and a wild pack of beasts were charging up behind us. We were out of options. I couldn't use my sword.  Our mana was getting low... And I could feel Bab’s diaper leaking on my back again!

“You trust me?” I asked Bab.

“Right now? No!” she told me, already knowing what I was going to do.

“Good, neither do I,” I told her, before jumping off the cliff.

Both of us screaming on our way down, the only thing I could think about was how I got here in the first place.

*       *    *

I was just some average guy. Single, working and saving money to start college in a year or two. The luckiest thing to happen to me in the last three years was getting a ticket for a hiking trip my friend won in a contest. Sadly his grandma passed away and was going to her funeral. To not waste a ticket, he gave it to me.


To be honest, while I was having fun, I really didn't pack well for it. I didn't know much about hiking, and the clothes I bought weren't the best. Just three t-shirts, pants, socks, underwear, and a warm jacket. Luckily, I did get myself some hiking boots, but I also brought my regular pair for when we set camp, and I could be more comfortable. The rest of the gear I got from my friend who was already prepared for himself.


Camping Travel Cooking Utensils Set (cooking scissor, blender spatula, meat knife, 
cutting board, soup spoon, stainless steel turner, cook fork and a tongs);
TETON Sports Mountain Adventurer 4000 Backpack;
Double Sleeping Bag;
Sundome 2 Person Tent;
SURVIVAL Traveller First Aid Kit;
Magnesium Flints Scraper Stone (3);
Pocket knife;
Flashlight;
12 Survivors - Hand Pump Water Purifier;
Extra rope;
FiveJoy Military Folding Shovel Multi-Tool.

I was all set for the trip. But after the second day, something strange happened. A freak storm hit us in the middle of the hike. None of us knew what was going on until suddenly I saw a flash of light and the storm was gone. 

When I opened my eyes, I was inside what looked like ruins. Behind me was an altar with some glowing dust scattered all around it. I was so freaked out about all of this that I ran towards the only exit I could see, and into a small town. People who looked like they were from a renaissance fair just stared wide-eyed at me.

To make a long story short, I freaked out. It took the townspeople two days to explain to me what had happened and why I was here. I was no longer on Earth, but a place called Caruma.  almost everything we know about fantasy is from here.

“A long time ago two gods fought over an empty world, but their fight always led to a draw. So they decided if they couldn't decide on the winner with their own power, they would try something else.” the elder of the village told me on the first night. “They created fifteen crystals and hid them around Caruma. Each crystal summons something from another world: Poruma, the black god, summoned monsters; Rilla, the white god, summoned warriors.”


“Wait, i'm not a fighter. Heck i've never even shot anything stronger than a BB gun.” i told them.

“While we say warrior, in actuality it just random people summoned from earth to fight the black gods monsters.” the elder told me.

“Why?” i asked. And the elder just shrugged.

“Who knows.” he told me. “Each crystal could summon one warrior every ten years. The first god to destroy all the crystals would be the winner. Over the next three thousand years, the world was populated by man and monster. Humans built towns and temples around the summoning crystals. Out of the fifteen, seven white crystals have been destroyed, while five dark crystals have been destroyed.”

“But there wasn't a crystal. How was i summoned?” i asked.

“To be honest, we don't know.” the elder told me. “Thirty one years prior, the town was attacked by monsters, and they destroyed the crystal. But if i had to guess, because it was already about to summon a hero, the remaining pieces must have spent the last thirty years collecting power to summon you here before the crystal died.”


Next they then told me how I could go back home. The crystals work as a two-way door. On this side, they gather energy, and in ten years they pull someone over. However, if you bring enough magical power to them, you can have them send you back home. The problem with this is that it usually takes a lot of magic to do so, and there aren't many people who have that type of magic here. So they suggested I go to a city and see if I could find any magic users to send me back.


That's when we reached our final problem. I had no way to get there. When the village was destroyed all those years ago, most people left, and the ones who stayed were now too old or too young to take me. The only exception was a farm boy named John, who was sixteen: two years younger than me. But for him to take me, I had to first make a contract with him...

In this world, the heroes learned how to tap into magic, but it came with a curse. Each person had to wear a unique bracelet and form a contract with another person. This unlocked the power to use magic. However, both people were cursed to never be away from each other for long. Should they be away from each other for six hours they will both die.  If one dies, the other has six hours to find someone else to form a bond with or they die as well. The curse can be lifted once the pair complete one of a few select quests, and the bracelets can be removed, while still granting the person the ability to use magic.

The reason John wanted to form a bond is that it would make travelling through the woods a lot easier. He said there aren't many powerful monsters there, but it was better to be safe than sorry.

I had to wait a few more days before the contract could be made. John needed to finish some stuff and prepare before we leave. During that time some people let me stay at their houses, despite knowing I had nothing to offer other than some small work. 

On my final night there I was staying at an orphanage. There were only five kids there: two boys, three girls, and a women who took care of them. She asked me to stay with them for the night, as the kids wanted to see what a person from another world looked like.

The kids staying there were from parents who had either died, left for adventure, or just left their children behind, without any idea where their parents now were. It was sad, but the kids enjoyed playing with me. All except one, who only stared at me. The women later told me 'Ema' was the girl's name, and that while she was 14, her body was short and looked more like a 10-year-old. Also, she had some problems. For one, she couldn't speak. Anything that came out of her mouth sounded like gibberish. Next, her hands couldn't hold onto things well, so she was forced to use baby bottles. Lastly, she had to wear diapers: for some reason, her bladder and bowles was just too weak. I honestly felt terrible for her. By the sounds of it, she would have to be taken care of for the rest of her life.

Early in the morning, I said my goodbyes to the kids and followed John into the woods. When a contract was made it would make a bright flash, so we were in the woods so as not to disturb anyone and get a head start toward the next town.

“Ok this should be good,” John said, once we were pretty far from everyone. “Now then, let's begin.”

He then began to chant something, and both of our bracelets began glowing. We both raised our hands ready to form the contract, but stopped when we heard something. The contract ended as we looked around the find what it was.

Upon investigating, we found one of the kids spying on us. It was the Ema girl? Not far from us we heard the orphanage caretaker Alice yelling for the girl. Apparently, Ema chased after us after we left, without telling the Alice.

After a brief talk with the Alice, she was about to take Ema home, when Ema ran up to me.


“Be jvy ruwvj ox jvy woz, gy bojv hog c bozupw,” Ema said, as she grabbed my hand, wanting me to kneel in front of her.


“What’s wrong?” I asked her.

“Wuhy ik jvy nogyl op oil toilpye cpz gy xuwvj xol jvy luwvj,” she said.

Suddenly my bracelet began to glow again.

“NO!” John yelled and tried to stop it, but it was too late. A bright flash hit my eyes, and for a few moments, I couldn't see anything! I just heard the same thing being repeated.

“YES YES YES!” a girl cried out in excitement.

“EMA! What did you do!” the women yelled, and when I could finally see, I saw the Ema girl jumping up and down with excitement.

“I finally did it! I'll finally be free!” Ema said, until Alice grabbed her by the hand.

“What did you do!?” Alice yelled at Ema.

“She just formed a contract. How did she even do that?” John asked.

That's when I looked at the girl's arm and saw a smaller bracelet on her.

“Yep, and now I can finally get out of here,” Ema said with a sly smile on her face.

“How did you even get a bracelet in the first place? And how did you activate the spell?” John asked her.

“I stole it from Miss dumb-cunt here,” Ema said and nodded at Alice. “And anyone who knows magic knows that simple spell.”

“I think the bracelet is mine,” Alice told John. “My husband was an adventurer.”

“But that still doesn't explain how she knew the spell,” he replied.

“Wait, didn't she just say she already knew the spell?” I asked, and everyone looked at me.

“Wait, you can understand me!” Ema yelled surprised.

“Of course I can, you're not speaking gibberish anymore,” I told her confused.

“What are you talking about?” Alice asked.

“She’s still talking the same,” John told me. “Just gibberish.”

“The bracelets! You can understand me because of the bracelets!” Ema yelled.

“What do you mean? How can the bracelets do that?” I asked and looked at John who seemed very confused.

“Enough of this nonsense I'm taking you home Ema, and you're now grounded!” Alice grabbed the girl and started pulling her away.

“Stop! My name isn't Ema, it's Bab! And I'm not going anywhere!” she yelled as she tried to resist the much bigger woman.

“Wait, I need to figure this out,” I told Alice.

“I'm sorry, but she needs to go home. I think all this stimulant is just being too much for Ema,” she told me.


“I'M NOT EMA!” the girl screamed, as the women jumped when electricity popped out of the girl's hands. Once let go, she ran over and got behind me.

“She can already use magic!” John said in amazement.

“Ema, it's time to come home.” Alice told her again.

“I'm not Ema, I'm Bab. Tell her!” the girl yelled at me.

“She said her name’s not Ema but Bab,” I told Alice, and Bab nodded in agreement.

“Could she be speaking another language and it's only after the contract was formed that you can understand her?” John asked me.

After this, it just became a back and forth discussion about me understanding Bab. We had to prove I could understand her and after a long time, we finally came to the conclusion that I could. But shortly after that, we got into the central and most prominent problem. I was now connected to a tiny child, and I still needed to leave!


After a lengthy discussion about everything, it was finally decided I had to take Bab with me. Because of the curse, we couldn't be more than forty feet from each other for more than six hours, and I couldn't stay in the town. I had to find a way home.


So i had to make the most important decision of my life!

“Ok, as soon as you sign this you will have officially adopted Ema.” Alice told me.

“BAB!” Bab yelled.

“Its Bab, remember?” I asked as i sign the last of the paperwork.

“Oh, right. Sorry i'm still not use to that name yet.” Alice told me as she sits in her office chair.

So, I wound up having to adopt Bab, and forced to take her with me on my journey. Sadly, because of her John could no longer come with us. The plan was to use the magic to get through safely, but without it, it just became too much of a risk, when he would have to come back alone.


With the paperwork out of the way, we decided it would be best to stay one last day and let Bab get ready. Tomorrow we will leave in the morning.

Throughout the day Bab was being bombarded with questions from the other kids, but she just tried to ignore them. She was too busy packing clothes in what looked like a pink school backpack. It wasn't that big but amazing she fit 3 pairs of pants, 3 shirts, and 3 pairs of socks. Along with a spare blanket and a pillow. 

“Are you sure that's all you want to bring?” I asked Bab. but she ignored me too.

“Ok kids, it's time for bed,” Alice told the kids.

I watched as she went to each kid and tucked them in and saying their goodnights before her and I went downstairs to have a little chat.

“Are you positive you have to go?” Alice asked me.

“If I don't then I can't go back home. I have family and friends I need to get back to.” I tell Alice who made us tea.

“But going out there with a child, I still think it's too dangerous,” she told me.

“I know that. But what am I supposed to do?” I asked Alice and took a sip of my tea and nearly spit it out. I really don't like tea.

“I know this village isn't much, but you could still have a good life. Just the two of you,” she told me.

“I do know about that. But I still need to go. How would you feel if you suddenly went to my world and you could never see your friends, family, or kids?” I asked her.

“I would do anything to get back to them,” Alice told me. “But Bab is still small and helpless.”

“I know she has her problems. Which is why I'll do what I can to protect her.” I tell Alice who just shakes her head.

“It's not just protecting her. It's everything else. I don't even think she thought it out when she formed this bond. No one else can understand her but you. Her hands are messed up and can barely hold objects with 2 hands. her small body means she can't walk or run as fast as you can and she gets tired more easily.” Alice told me.

“I can translate for her, I can feed her, and I don't mind walking slower, or I can just carry her,” I tell Alice, but again she shook her head at me.

“There's still one last problem,” she told me.

“What's that?” I asked.

“You'll see,” she told me before she went to bed.

I slept in the guest room again, and luckily it was still in the safe within 20 feet from Bab that the curse wouldn't affect us.

I was awoken the next morning by a knock on the door.

“Are you decent?” Alice asked. I was, and she came into the room with Bab.

“Whats up?” I asked with a loud yawn.

“It's time to see the big problem,” Alice told me. 

Confused I looked over to Bab who face was bright red and didn't want to look at me. Alice then grabbed Bab’s Pants and had them fall to the ground exposing a very full diaper. That's when it hit me that I would have to be the one to change this girls diapers and my face got red.

“If you still insist on going you are going to at least know this much,” she told me and places a small mat on my bed and had Bab sit on it.

Bab was then forced to lay down, and she covered her face in embarrassment. I guess she really didn't think this through. Alice then told me I had to be the one to change her diaper, telling me she would walk me thru it.

First, I unfastened the tabs on the dirty diaper and pulled down the front half of the dirty diaper. There the sight and smell nearly made me gag. I was then told to use the front half of the diaper to wipe the bulk of the mess off of Bab's bottom. Next to fold the dirty diaper in half under her, with the clean side up. I was then handed a damp cloth and told to wipe from front to back as this helps keep bacteria from causing an infection. Then I took the dirty diaper and wrapped it up and placed it off to the sided. It really stinks, but at least the worst was over. Finally, I placed a clean diaper under Bab and sprinkled the baby powder over her area before taping the diaper shut, Alice even told me the diaper should be snug but not so tight that it pinches. 

Bab was now in a clean diaper but looked like she was close to crying after having her diaper changed by a not only a stranger but a guy.

“What do you say to Alex for changing you?” Alice asked Bab who for the first time today finally looked at me.

“Thank you,” she said in a meek voice before running off somewhere.

“My offer still stands. You can still stay here if you want and I can still help with taking care of Ema, sorry Bab.” Alice told me.

“I know this is going to be hard but I think we will be alright,” I tell her.

Alice could only sigh and give me a diaper bag full of supplies I would need for Bab. with enough diapers to last us quite a while. I strapped the diaper bag to the bottom of my own to make it easier to carry.

After an excellent breakfast, we said our goodbyes. The kids were crying that Bab was leaving and even Alice looked like she was about to start crying.

“Please be good now Ema, sorry force of habit, I mean Bab,” Alice told Bab before embracing her in a hug.

“I will,” Bab told her, and I translated.

They watched as we walked away from the orphanage before disappearing behind the trees.

“Please stay safe,” Alice whispered.


In the end, this is where our adventure began: dropped in a new world.

 

 

(ill be doing character bios attached to this new updated story. but will be doing them on DA.)

https://redwelch2222.deviantart.com/art/DiaNW-Character-bio-Alexander-March-741388919

https://redwelch2222.deviantart.com/art/DiaNW-Character-bio-Bab-Ados-741389109

https://redwelch2222.deviantart.com/art/DiaNW-Character-bio-John-nile-741389234?ga_submit_new=10%3A1524290287

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Chapter 2

The first time I fought a monster I was nearly killed.

As Bab and I traveled, Bab helped to explain things to me: such as stats. By holding up the bracelet, I could see a stats board.

Alexander March
Stats- lv1
HP-30
Attack-3
Defence-4
Speed-3
Regen-1
Manna-5

Class-bass
Skills-none
Weapons-knife
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv1
HP-15
Attack-1
Defence-1
Speed-1
Regen-1
Manna-100

Class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning.

“Wow,” I said as I looked at everything.

“Yep, now let me explain. Those stats are basically what you are like as a normal human, but with the bracelet, you can absorb energy from monsters you kill to increase your strength,” Bab explained.

“This feels like a video game,” I told her.


“I have no idea what that is, but if it's your equivalent, then it makes sense. The magic makes it appear in a way that will make the most sense to you,” she told me.

“I guess that makes sense. But why are our stats so different? Why is your mana thing so high?” I asked.

“None of your business. Just know that I'm stronger in magic, so I have a higher mana,” she told me.

For a kid, she kept a lot of secrets. For starters, she still wouldn't tell me why she formed a contract with me; just that she needed to get away. Next, she wouldn't explain why everyone can only hear gibberish from her: only that it doesn't matter now that I can translate. And now this mana thing...

“Ok, then can you tell me about ‘class’, ‘skills’, and ‘elements’ then?” I asked her, since she already knew this.

“Class is just that. The type of class you belong to. Warrior, archer, mage, etc. There are a lot of different classes, and most have their own specialties. You'll see more of them when we get to town. The skills come with the class. For example, as a mage, I can make potions a lot easier than if I was anything else. And if I become a higher class I will be able to use alchemy.” she told me.

I made a note to myself: I'd have to look into the different classes later.

“Finally the element: everyone has one. There is fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, ice, dark and light. Based on those eight, everyone can use magic based on the type they have.”

“Wait, I can use magic!?” I stopped to exclaim. “How!?”

Bab sighed,

“Do you see the monster over there?” Bab pointed to a small blob on the ground not too far from our path. “That's an earth slime. Very weak and no attack. I want you to walk over to it and think of shooting ice at it.” 

Excited, I ran over to it. The slime didn't even move when I got close. I raised up my hand and thought about shooting ice. Shooting ice, shooting ice...

“Why isn't it working?” I asked as I turned around.


“Magic isn't that simple. You have to focus on the magic and use your mana to make the spell appear,” she told me, as she began to climb a tree.

I had no idea what she meant, but I tried again. Trying to focus, to feel the mana in me and expel it….. I was standing there for ten minutes before ice suddenly shot out of my hand and froze the slime!

“Congrats: you can use a simple frost attack. Now, a quick tip: name it frost and try to remember the feeling you had when you used it. It'll make it easier to use the attack later.” Bab told me from up in the tree.

Just as she said that, another slime monster appeared and I decided to test it out.

“Frost!” I yelled, and just like she said it was a lot easier.

Bab was even clapping her hands. Soon more slime appeared, and I used it again. But then I noticed more slimes kept coming, and soon I was surrounded.

“Frost!” I yelled to get rid of them, but nothing happened. “Frost! Why isn't it working?!” 

“You're out of mana. That spell only uses two mana, but you only have five mana and one regen. Regen restores your life and mana every five minutes. So you'll have to wait ten minutes before you can use it again.” she told me.

“Then how do I get rid of them!?” I yelled at her.

“You have a knife, use it!” she yelled down to me.

I pulled out the pocket knife I had and began slashing and stabbing at the slimes, but the more I did, the more they seemed to pop up. Soon they were latching onto me and crawling on me.

“What are they doing!?” I yelled

“They’re slimes. While they can't attack, they swarm onto creatures to immobilize them and wait for them to die, before slowly digesting them.” Bab said, with a sly smile on her face.

I suddenly began to panic and slash more at them, but they just kept coming.

“HELP ME!” I yelled to Bab, who was laughing her ass off. Finally, she raised her hand and fired electricity at me! I closed my eyes and braced for the shock, but felt nothing.

When I opened my eyes, they were all gone, and I didn't feel a thing. Bab was still laughing.

“You tricked me!” I yelled, realizing she already knew what was going to happen. 

“Of course! But it's still too funny!” she laughed. “The way you were freaking out! Priceless! Wow!” 

Because of the laughter, she leaned a little too far back and fell out of the tree. I ran over to see if she was ok. 

“Are you ok?” I asked her.

“Ya, I'm fine,” she said to me as she started to get up, but stopped. “What the?” 

We looked behind her to see a slime on her hand, this one yellow. Bab then raised her other hand and shot a bolt of electricity at it, but nothing happened.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“This one's an electric slime. They're immune to electric attacks,” Bab said, before turning to me with her hand raised out. “Give me the knife.”

“Oh no. I thought you were such an expert on slimes. You should be able to kill out yourself.” I told her, a little mockingly.

“Ha ha, very funny, you made fun of a little girl. Now help me…” she beganto say, before she suddenly got a confused look on her face, which went to pure terror, and she screamed!

“What is it!?” I asked frantically, looking around and seeing nothing, before looking back at Bab who was desperately trying to remove the pants she was wearing, but was having trouble with the one hand.

“HELP ME!!!!” she screamed, and caused me to jump a bit, before I crouched down and helped her with the pants.

I helped pull them off, and I saw why she was screaming. A slime was going into the back of her diaper. She had landed right on top of another slime, and it found its way into the back of her pants and into the now-expanding diaper.

“Git it out! Git it out! Git it out! GET IT OUT!!!!!” she screamed.

“Aw, is the baby filling her diaper?” I teased, now knowing it was harmless and to get her back for earlier.

“I'm sorry, please help me!” the girl pleaded, with tears forming in her eyes.


“Ok, I will,” I said, but stopped when I noticed more slimes started to appear.


“Oh shit...” I cursed. 

So I stabbed my knife into the yellow slime, freeing Bab’s hand, before scooping the girl up and running away.

“What are you doing!? Get it out!” she yelled at my face.

I ignored her for a moment and kept running.

Once we were away, I put the girl down. By know, she was bawling her eyes out from the slimy feeling in her diaper. I quickly yanked it off and pulled the slime away from her before stabbing it. There were a few more minutes of crying, while I helped clean the slime off and taped a new diaper on her. 

From that day on she gained a big fear of slimes.


Alexander March
Stats- lv2
HP-31
Attack-4
Defence-5
Speed-3
Regen-1
Manna-6

class-bass
Skills-none
Weapons-knife
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv2
HP-16
Attack-1
Defence-2
Speed-2
Regen-1
Manna-100

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning.

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As fun as it was playing with slimes, we decided to stop and have lunch. I pulled out two sandwiches and poured two cups of water. I set Bab’s sandwich down right in front of her while I took a bite out of my lunch.

“Whats wrong?” I asked after a minute of her just staring at the food.

“I can't eat that,” she told me.

“Why? What's wrong with it?” I asked, as I looked down at the sandwich.

“I can't pick it up,” Bab told me with her face blushing a bit.

Oh right, she couldn't use her hands for some reason. So I moved closer to her and picked the sandwich up and held it in front of her. She was still blushing at the humility, but took a bite anyway.

The hardest part, however, came with the cup of water. I tried to hold it up for Bab, but that only ended up with us spilling a bit of it on Bab’s shirt. Luckily it wasn't too big a wet spot and would dry by itself, but we had to think of a better way then cups. That's when I remembered I had a baby bottle Alice gave me. Bab’s face blushed even harder when I got the bottle ready and held it up for her.

“I can do this!” Bab said as she took the bottle out of my hands and began to drink from it. She had to use both hands and looked like she was about to drop it at any moment.

“So can you tell me what happened to your hands?” I asked after a few moments.

She ignored me as she finished her bottle. So I decided I'd bring it up later.

With lunch finally over, I decided to fight a few more monsters on the way to town. After a few hours, we had foughten different types of bugs and slimes. Bab would never get near the slimes and just had me fight them. By the end, we gained a few levels.

Alexander March
Stats- lv5
HP-35
Attack-7
Defence-7
Speed-5
Regen-2
Manna-8

class-bass
Skills-none
Weapons-knife
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv5
HP-20
Attack-2
Defence-2
Speed-2
Regen-2
Manna-110

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning.

“Hey Bab, if I'm doing most of the work how are you gaining levels as well?” I asked.

“The bracelets splits the energy gained by killing monsters between both people,” she explained.

“Well, in that case, get your butt over here and help, so we'll get levels faster,” I told her.

“But I don't want to get my clothes dirty. Besides if you get surrounded again, then I'll use my magic to save you,” Bab told me, which reminded me of something:

“Hey, earlier you shot lightning at me and the slimes, why didn't I feel anything?” I asked.

“Energy magic can't hurt a caster’s partner because of the bond,” she told me. “That means my lightning won't hurt you no matter how much I shock you.” As if to prove a point she tried to zap me.

“HEY!” I yelled in surprise, but realized i didn't feel anything.

“See?” Bab commented.

We decided to stop after that and finish walking the last few miles to town. When we got there Bab looked like she was going to collapse from exhaustion. To be honest, I'm surprised she even made it this far.

“Excuse me, but might you be a warrior from the other world?” a slightly overweight man asked.

The man was about a foot shorter than me  and looked like he had a reclining hairline.

“Um, ya?” I said, not really knowing what to say.

“Excellent! I've been waiting for someone like you!” he said, as he came closer to shake my hand. “You people always bring with you some interesting things! Might I be allowed to see what you have?”

The man was starting to creep me out as he tried to reach for my backpack, until Bab shot a little electricity near him.

“How dare you, brat!” he yelled at Bab.

“He’s a scammer. He’s trying to look at what you have and tell others so they can steal it from you later,” Bab told me. 

“What nonsense are you speaking? You really need to keep brats like that in line, she almost hit me!” the man said as he scowled at Bab, who also glared back.

“I'm so sorry, my sister really doesn't like strangers,” I told him, just trying to defuse the situation.

“I demand compensation for this trauma!” the man demanded, which made Bab mad.

I could see she was charging up another electric attack and if I didn't do something now this could get really bad.

“Marvo! What are you doing!” someone yelled as we all looked over to see who said it.

There were two knights in armor walking towards us. One was a woman with long black hair. The other was a man who was just slightly shorter than the woman, with dark brown hair, and carrying a staff with a blade at the end.

“Marvo, don't tell me you are causing more problems now.” the woman said.

“No ma’am, I was just getting compensation from this fine gentleman,” Marvo told her.

“Compensation for what?” she asked him.

“This child fired electricity at me!” he replied.

The women looked at me, then at Bab, who was behind me. Then she looked back at the Marvo guy.

“I don't see any injury, and based on past behaviors we've had with you, I'm inclined to believe you were trying to scam these fine people,” she told him, similar to what Bab had noted earlier.

“I was doing nothing of the sort!” Marvo exclaimed, looking as if he was offended by what she said.

“Ok then, let's just settle this by going our separate ways,” the woman said, with a smile on her face.

“B-but my compensation!” Marvo tried to say, but the guy in armor pointed his staff at Marvo.

“Seeing as you're not physically hurt, you can either leave now or we can take you in on suspicion of scamming tourists again.” the guy told him. 

Without another word, Marvo left, although I could see he was disappointed.

“Sorry, you had to be a part of this. Marvo is a well-known scammer here. He’ll try to take a look at young travelers’ belongings and sells the info to local thieves, who will try and steal your belongings,” the women explained to us. “By the way I'm Sherry, and this is Noah.” 

“I'm Alex, and this is Bab,” I told them as I stepped away to reveal Bab better. 

“It's nice to meet you both,” Noah replied. “I'm actually glad I got to meet someone like you.” 

“What do you mean?” I asked.

 “People from the other world come here once every ten years. So you’re a rare sight,” Bab explained. 

“Oh, that makes sense,” I say as I looked down at her.

“Wait you can understand that gibberish?” Noah asked.

“Y-ya.” I replied, and remembered people couldn't understand Bab.

From there I told them the our story thus far, excluding the slime monsters and Bab’s other problems.

“Damn, that explains why you showed up. Ever since the crystal was destroyed, this side of Misae doesn't get many travelers,” Sherry told us.

“I'm sorry, but I've only been here a few days. Can you explain what Misae is?” I asked them.

They agreed, but we decided to move to a different location. We went to a local bar close to us and got a table. Once we sat down Sherry began to explain the world to me.

“The world is divided into two continents. The one we’re on is Misae and were currently on the southern point of it. Below Misae, there are two islands. On the other side of the world is Guadalupe. Between the two continents there is a small island,” she told me.

‘Ok, simple enough,’ I thought.

“On Misae, there are currently six light crystals and two dark crystals. This is why there are a lot of low tier monsters here, while the stronger ones are farther north where the two dark crystals are located,” Sherry explained.

“Guadalupe is another story. As it has eight dark crystals and two light. Over there, there’s nothing but powerful monsters. As it stands, the white god is slowly starting to lose this battle.” Noah commented.

“Would you mind explaining Classes to me? I’m just recently level five and have no idea what to do,” I told them.

So they told me.

There are a bunch of different classes, and as a base, I can change into any number of them. Once I turn into a class, they will branch off into stronger forms of that class with different strength and abilities. But once I become a class I won't be able to change to a different one until I complete specific tasks to become them.

The classes are
Fighter- they are generally meant for strength and can turn into things like a knight.
Bow- they use long-range weapons and can turn into archers.
Mage- they use magic and can turn into things like sorcerer or Wiccans.
Roge- they are more for stealth and small weapons. They can become ninjas.
Tamer- they can actually tame monsters and have them fight for you. But that is very risky.

Each class will also level up stats differently and specific gear can only be used by people in that type of class, such as heavy armor just being used by heavy knights.


“I would suggest you become a fighter,” Noah suggested. “They use most weapons, and they have the most class branches.” 

They also told me that it was possible to combine classes. As long as I meet the requirements of two different classes like a knight and archer I could become a bow knight. Also while it's rare there are chances to get different classes by beating powerful monsters, such as killing a dragon could grant you an opportunity to become a dragon knight or such.

I was absolutely fascinated by it all!

They tried to suggest ‘Rogue’ for Bab, as they are stealthy and tend to be out of battle. But they were surprised Bab was already a mage. 

“Mage is very hard to use,” Sherry told us. “They can use a lot of powerful spells, but use up lot of mental strength and mana to use them.” 

I didn't bother telling them Bab already had high magic… I think…

“Well, if you are positive on the mage, then let me give you something,” Sherry told Bab.

She raised her hand into the air, and I watched as it disappeared! Her hand then reappeared and in it was what looked like a hair clip with a small flower on it.

“What the hell was that!?” I yelled, and caused the people in the bar to look over at us.

“Oh, you must have never seen that spell yet. It's called ‘storage’. It's like a pocket dimension you can use to store some of your gear, but it can only hold so much. You get it as soon as you select a class,” Noah told me.

“Here, this is for you,” Sherry told Bab as she held out the hair clip. But Bab didn't take it. “It's an item that helps boost your regen.”

Upon hearing that, Bab took it and placed it in her hair making her look even more like a cute little girl.

“Thank you,” Bab told her, but did not bother looking at Sherry when she said it.

“I'll take that as a ‘thank you’,” Sherry said with a smile.

“Is it really ok to just give her that?” I asked.

“Ya, I got it as a gift when I first started out, and even when I got something better I held onto it thinking it might come in handy one day,” she explained. “I think she will make better use of it now than me.”

“By the way, I want to ask you something,” Noah said to me as he also reached into his storage and pulled out a little bag. “I'm guessing you don't have any money. So I want to buy something off of you.”

“Wait, is this like with Marvo?” I asked. 

Even Bab was glaring at him.

“Nonono! He was just going to look at what you had and have someone else take it. I legitimately want to buy something.” Noah said as he pulled out a few gold coins from his bag. I looked over to Bab who calmed down and gave a slight shrug.

After thinking about everything I had, I laid out one Magnesium Flints Scraper Stone, my Flashlight, and my shoes. Out of everything I had, those were the only things I could think of to sell. I already had 2 more scrapers, I was hoping I wouldn't need the flashlight, and I still had my boots which are better to travel with.

After looking at everything, I had to offer, Noah gave me 1 gold for the scraper, 4 for the shoes, and 6 for the flashlight. 

I was quite shocked by how much I was given. I had to ask Bab if it was even a good deal or not. She told me it was.

“We don't get things like this from your world often. So when people like you show up, this is the best way to get rare items from another world,” Noah explained.

With this, Noah began to explain this world's currency. Gold, silver, bronze, and copper. Copper being compared to coins: they're the smallest, and it takes 100 of them to make bronze. Bronze being like dollars, and takes 100 to earn silver. And 100 silver to make gold.

With this, they decided to show us a shop to get some better gear than what we already had.

I got an enhanced basic gear set. A new protective shirt, pants and even gloves. I would have got boots as well, but they didn't come with any unique buffs like the rest did so I stuck with the ones I had.

As for Bab, they had nothing for her. 

She was one of 5 kids to ever wear a bracelet on the last 50 years, so they didn't have anything in her size. But they did have some expensive accessories she could wear, that would work just as nicely.  

We were told if we ever get to a larger city we could get a tailor to make her unique armor, but for now, the accessories would do. She got a bracelet, a necklace, and a ring. All together we spent 6 gold and 50 silver.

After that, we went to get a weapon. I couldn't just keep fighting with just my knife after all. After holding and swinging everything, I learned I liked swords the best. After taking a lot of time to think I used the 20 silver I had to get a cheap used sword.

Bab tried to say I was stupid for getting something so cheap like that, but I reminded her about our levels. We were still low levels and even if I were to get the strongest weapon I could get (which wouldn't be much better.) we would then be out of money. Plus I didn't know how to use a sword, so at least by getting this one I could practice until i can get something better.

All gear and weapons are divided into different ranks as well. D, C, B, A, and S. Thanks to the money we got, all our equipment was at least C ranked.

By now it was getting dark and I could hear Bab’s stomach growling.

“Come on let's find an inn and get some food,” I told her, ready to get a good night's sleep.

Alexander March
Stats- lv5
HP-35 (+4)
Attack-7 (+3)
Defence-7 (+5)
Speed-5 (+2)
Regen-2 (+1)
Manna-8 

class-bass
Skills-none
Weapons-old sword (C)
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv5
HP-20 (+10)
Attack-2
Defence-2 (+10)
Speed-2 (+5)
Regen-2 (+3)
Manna-110


class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Monney ----
gold  3) 
silver  80)
bronze  0)
copper   0)


************

Marvo walked into his regular bar, where he ran into a few of his “business” partners.

“What are you doing here Marvo? You know you’re not allowed back here after what happened last time,” one of them told him.

“I-I know, but I wanted to make up for the lost profit,” Marvo told him, slightly trembling as he spoke.

“How?” the man asked.

“W-we seem to have gotten someone from the other world today,” Marvo told them. “H-he was wearing a nice backpack and i suspect there should be something good inside.” 

The man smiled as he chugged back a beer. 

“BARTENDER!” the man yelled. “Get this man a beer, I think he might have helped us get a nice payday!”

The bar cheered as Marvo let out a smile.


 

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A night at the inn was thirty copper: twenty for the night and ten for the meal they sent to our room. 

After our dinner and after making a mental list of everything we had, Bab and I argued about who got the bed. Bab argued that because she was a girl she should have it. My argument was that I was the one doing all the fighting, so I should get the bed. This went on for about 10 minutes before we decided on rock paper scissors. Bab won best 2 out of 3... 

I'm just glad my sleeping bag was still comfortable. 

But before I could get into the sleeping bag to sleep, Bab had me get out of the room while she changed into her pajamas. I couldn't see why, considering I'd already had to clean her diaper area 3 times now. Heck, I’d just cleaned it a few minutes ago.

When she finally let me back in, all I could do was arch my eyebrow as I saw Bab all balled up under the blankets.

“Good night,” she said. 

“Um, ya, good night?” I replied, before getting undressed to just my underwear and climbing into the sleeping bag, before blowing out a candle.

**********

“I need to pee,” I said out loud in the middle of the night as I woke up.

I sat up in the dark room and I could just barely make out the outline of Bab sprawled out on the bed. I slowly got up, trying not to disturb her as I grabbed the candle and left the room. Using a match, I lit the candle and made my way to the bathroom. 

When I finally made it back to my room, I was about to blow out the candle when a stench hit my nose. I looked over at Bab and saw something else that was puzzling. Bab was in a messy diaper, sprawled out on the bed with a pacifier in her mouth. I didn't remember her having the pacifier packed in the diaper bag. I decided to ask her about it later. For now, I had to decide on something: either I tried to go back to sleep with a window open for the smell, or I changed her while she slept.

I opened the window before I grabbed Bab’s diaper bag and pulled out the changing mat. Going as slowly as possible, so as to not wake her, I put the mat under her and began un-taping the diaper.

Suddenly her head bobbed up off the pillow as she sleepily looked at me.

“Wap yooo domen?” Bab sleepily asked with the pacifier still in her mouth.

“Um, I'm just changing the diaper, go back to sleep,” I whisper to her.

She said something, but the pacifier muffled the sound as her head hit the pillow again. With that out of the way, I began to wipe the girl down before taking the diaper and throwing it in the trash, and placing something over the garbage to block off the smell. I then proceeded to powder Bab, then put the new diaper on. It wasn’t a moment too soon, as she rolled over and began to shiver slightly. I closed the window as the smell was now mostly gone, before pulling Bab’s blanket back over her and tucking it in.

“Goodnight, little girl,” I whispered, before I went back to sleep as well.

*****************

“No way!” Bab yelled, and I shot up from my sleeping bag.

“What!?” I shouted back and began looking around the room. Nothing was there, and I looked at Bab, who was now staring at her diaper. “What's wrong?”

“I'm not in a messy diaper!” she shouted, with a smile on her face.

“Of course not, I changed you in the middle of the night!" I angrily told her, as I plopped back down. "Now let me sleep a little longer!” 

Bab just stared at me. Her smile was slowly fading, as her face blushed from realizing she was wrong about staying clean through the night. It went redder when she realized I changed her while she was asleep, and she didn’t remember waking up; redder still when Bab realized she just freaked out over nothing, and finally bright red when Bab realized I saw her pacifier she was trying to hide from me.

So in frustration, she jumped off the bed and right on top of me.


*****

“What the hell,” I told her half an hour later as I checked the giant bruise she left on my side, as we walked down the street.

“You deserve it,” she told me with a pout on her face.

“And you needed a change, you smelly little girl,” I told her and watched as her face went red again, and she kicked me in the leg.

Today we decided on doing a little training with our new gear. With it, I was finally able to fight more than just insects and slimes, but also a few wild beasts. 

Bab had to show me the difference between a Beast and a regular animal. Beasts or monsters all have some type of very tiny jewel somewhere on their body. Every time I killed one, Bab would run over and pull the jewel out, and place it in a small bag she had with her.

“What are those?” I asked. 

“Their just jewels the monsters have. They have a small amount of magic in them, and magic users use them in all types of ways. We can sell them for some easy money later,” Bab explained.

Well, if we could sell them later, then that should help us out quite a bit. 

By the time lunch came around, I was exhausted as I checked the stats.

Alexander March
Stats- lv8
HP-47 (+4)
Attack-12 (+3)
Defence-12 (+5)
Speed-9 (+2)
Regen-3 (+1)
Manna-12 

class-bass
Skills-none
Weapons-old sword (C)
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv8
HP-29 (+10)
Attack-4
Defence-4 (+10)
Speed-4 (+5)
Regen-4 (+3)
Manna-119

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

I was pretty happy with the number of levels we got. We might even get to lv10 before tonight.

We had just finished eating, and I was handing over Bab’s bottle to drink when we heard something behind us.

“What are you two doing?” Noah asked.

Bab immediately popped the nipple of the bottle out of her mouth and rushed behind me in pure embarrassment. 

Man today just wasn't her day.

“Noah? Why are you here?” I asked, hoping to dodge the question.

“I came here to train a bit, but got sidetracked when I noticed some moron left a ton of monsters unpicked. Man, what an idiot!” Noah told me.

“Um, what's that…?” I asked, already knowing it had to be me by the blank stare he was giving me.

I was lucky; Noah was helpful and gave me most of the items he picked up, and explained it to me. All monsters have what video games would call drops.  Beasts, for example, have fangs and tusks that can be removed and used for later. If I had the skill, I could even skin the Monsters and sell the fur as well.

Out of everything Noah kept two out of four silver fangs I had. It was payment for not only gathering the items, explaining what they are and that I could sell them, but also giving them all back.

For the next few hours, Noah joined us as we trained and showed me a bit more about gathering items, and even helped me with fighting with a sword.

“You're really starting to get the hang of this,” Noah told me as he and Bab watched as I killed another monster. “Hey Bab, do you think you can do me a favor?”

“What?” Bab replied.

“With that confused look, I'm guessing that was a ‘what.' Ok, do you see those flowers over there?” Noah asked as he pointed a few yards away to a clearing full of flowers. “They can be ground up and made into an awesome drink. Since you're not doing anything, can you go pick them?”

“Fine,” was her response, as she walked over to the flowers.

“What's she doing?” I asked, when I walked over to him.

“I asked her to pick some flowers for a moment, while I talked to you,” he told me.

“About what?” I asked.

“Why were you giving her a bottle?” he asked. I was really hoping he forgot that.

“It a weird story,” I told him.

“Weird, as in you have her call you 'Big Daddy' or...?” he asked, and my face blushed from that statement.

“Oh no no no, she has a few things wrong with her body. One of them being her hands. She cant hold things right and spills cups. She can barely hold the bottle herself.” I explain to him.

“Ok now that makes a lot of sense,” he told me, now understanding some of the weird shit. I'm just glad he didn't see a diaper change. “Man, that must be rough on a 10-year-old.”

Just then we heard a scream come from Bab, and looked as she shot lightning at what seemed like an enormous fucking bear!

“Fuck!” Noah yelled as he bolted into action, with me following him.

The bear was at least twice my size, at twelve feet. The bear seemed not even fazed by Babs electricity, as it roared and began to charge at her.

Noah got right in front of it and slashed at it with his bladed staff as I ran and grabbed Bab.

“Get her away first, then come help!” Noah yelled. I had no problem with that, as I ran as fast as I could with her in my arms.

“Why didn't your lightning do anything? I asked.

“It must have an ability, something to resist electricity,” Bab said, as I sat her down some distance away.

Turning back, I could see Noah fighting the monster. Thanks to his weapons range, he was keeping his distance and slashing at it when he could.  Its back was towards me, and I had a slight idea.

“Bab, charge up the strongest attack you can, and blast it when I give a signal,” I told her, as I charged into the fight with my sword drawn. 

The monster had finally got close enough to Noah that it swiped away his staff, disarming him. 

“Fuck, still no use to it; guess I better get serious,” Noah said, before he shoved his hand into his storage. 

He was about to pull out another weapon, when I jumped on the monster's back and stabbed my blade into its back.

“Frost!” I yelled, before jumping off onto the ground. 

The Monster roared in pain, before turning to me with pure hatred in its eyes, as it began to rise up to attack me while I was still down.

“NOW!” I yelled as loudly as I could, and a loud crack filled the air. The monster stood suddenly motionless. Then it collapsed with a loud thud, dead.

“What the hell happened?” Noah asked, looking at Bab and me.

“Lightning rod,” I told him.

“What?” both he and Bab asked at the same time, as she came closer to us now that it was safe.

“Metal conducts electricity. I thought since the bear was immune to lightning on the outside it's inside might fry,” I told them.

“And since its back was towards you, you stabbed it and froze the blade to keep it there so she could attack with lightning,” Noah finished, as he looked at us and gave a smile. “Nice quick thinking.”

“But why was something so strong here?” Bab asked, as she got a little closer to the monster.

“What did she say?” Noah asked me.

“What is that thing?” I replied.

“It's called an Onikuma. It also called a territory boss,” Noah told us.

“Explain?” I asked, confused again.

“In different areas all around, there are some very rare monsters that are stronger than the others. They are called territory monsters, and if you're not prepared to fight one then try to get away as fast as you can, Noah explained. “We’re lucky you thought of that attack when you did, or you might not have beaten it.

After we defeated it, there was both good news and bad news. The good news was that we got a lot of very rare items and a lot of exp. Plus, I got a new hidden class I could now turn into. The criteria to use it was to either kill 100 beasts, or kill an territory boss. I got the hunter class!

Noah told me that, usually, people don't unlock it until after they've already become a different class. While it might not be that great a class, later on, it still has excellent abilities, especially early on.

The bad news, however, was that my sword was utterly destroyed. It was already an old sword, and after being frozen before being struck by lightning, it just couldn't handle that. Guess I'd have to suck it up and buy something a little stronger.

Noah was walking a little bit ahead of us as we walked back to town. Without my sword, I wouldn't be able to train much so we decided to call it a day. Just as we got into town, Bab grabbed my hand and made me look down at her. She was messing with her hair and blushing a bit. At first, I didn't know what she wanted, until I realized the time.

“Hey Noah, could we meet back with you later? Bab seems a little tired after everything that happened,” I asked him.

“Ya, how about we meet up at the sword shop in 2 hours?” Noah suggested as he looked over at Bab, who went along with my story and gave a yawn. 

With that, Bab and I went back to the inn, so I could give her a much-needed diaper change.

“So want to tell me about the pacifier?” I asked in the middle of changing her. Her already blushing face became redder.

“I grind my teeth in my sleep.,” she told me and gave a little pout as I taped the new diaper on.

“So why hide it? I asked.

“It's already bad enough I have to wear diapers, be fed, and drink from a bottle. I just wanted to keep at least one piece of maturity left. Even if only a secret,” Bab told me, and I just started ‘
laughing. “Fuck you!”

“Hey, potty mouth!” I told her, as she just glared at me. “Look, I understand. Your body is messed up. I'm not laughing because you’re not mature, I'm laughing because you're trying to hide it from someone who doesn't care.  I'm not going to make fun of you for problems you can't help, but have.”

Bab just stared at me in confusion, not expecting me to say something like that. 

“it's true. If you could choose, you would use the toilet, feed yourself, drink without spilling; and now I know you uses a pacifier to keep your teeth from grinding,” I told her. “It all makes sense, and I won't make fun of you for it.”

Bab didn't say much to me after that, as we left to get a new blade. I had asked Noah to help me pick one out, in hopes that I could get one that was better than my old sword, yet still cheap enough to not waste money.

But, as luck would have it, he wasn't there, and the shop was closed.

“What know?” Bab asked.

Personally, I didn't know. Had we missed Noah, or something? I was sure we were on time… I thought… Without a watch, it was tough to tell time. Without any idea of what to do, we decided to head back to the inn. 

“Well, this sucks, guess we'll have to wait until tomorrow,” I told Bab.

“Hopefully it won't take long,” she replied.

“Why?” I asked.

“I want to leave tomorrow,” she told me. 

“To where? Besides looking for a way to get me back, we have nowhere to go,” I told her.

“I think I might have an idea,” Bab told me.

“What?” I asked, but was interrupted by someone behind me.

“Excuse me,” the guy said. As I turned to look at him, I felt something hit me right in the chest, knocking me a few feet away.

“Alex!” Bab yelled, before turning to the guy who hit me with a giant hammer!

She was about to shoot lightning, when she was hit in the back of the head with something that released a cloud of dust all over her face. She began coughing loudly, before turning to another guy who threw it. She raised her had to fire, but nothing happened.

“Fuck, this is too easy,” the man with the hammer said, as he grabbed Babs hand and picked her up by it. 

She was flailing about and tried to kick him, but nothing worked.

“Let go of her!” I yelled, as I was finally able to get back up, amazed that the hammer didn't kill me. 

There were two of them. Bab couldn't use her electricity, and all I had was a knife. Shit. I pulled out the knife and devised the only plan I could think of. I rushed the big guy holding Bab and used frost on him. I didn't think it would do anything, but it might cause him to drop her. As long as I could grab her before the other guy reacted, I might be able to run away.

However, my luck wasn't with me today, as the moment I charged I was tackled by someone else to my right. As I landed on the ground, he got right on top of me and blew that same dust in my face.

“Frost!” I yelled, but nothing happened.

“Sucks for you, that dust seals magic for 10 minutes,” the guy above him said.

“What the fuck do you want!?” I asked.

“We want that bag of yours.” the guy told him. 

“Then take it!” I yelled.

“Sorry, if we could we would. But, you see, inns have a special magic put on them so items and belongings can only leave with their owners. So we want you to go get that bag: and if you don't….” he pointed at Bab.

As I looked over, I watched as the big guy shoved something into her mouth as his friend picked up my knife and placed the blade on her exposed arm. I watched as they had electricity shock the knife and tased her repeatedly! Her screams were muffled by whatever they gagged her with.

“STOP!” I yelled.

“You got 5 minutes to grab the bag and bring it back, or she’ll get worse,” he whispered in my ear.

“Well, this looks like fun,” I heard Noah say.

The guy on me looked over at Noah just as a rock flew over his head and hit the guy with the knife.

“Shit; why are you here!?” the guy yelled.

“Your friend really needs to plan his ambush better. Now, why don't you all just give up now before someone gets hurt?” Noah asked.

“Ya, no. There's still 3 of us,” the guy said as he got off me and kicked me in the stomach. “What makes you think you can hurt us?”

“Me? Oh no, I'm not the one who's going to hurt you. She is.” Noah then pointed at a roof above us. Standing up there with a sword drawn and lit on fire was Sherry. “Attacking someone in the middle of the street, you guys are dumbasses.”

I couldn't even follow as she jumped down and threw a fireball at the big guy forcing him to drop Bab. Next was the guy who was sitting on me. He dodged out of the way and pulled out his own blade to fight. 

“You look fucked up,” Noah said to me as he crouched down and grabbed my arm, having our bracelets meet. “Night god hears our bond, grant us access to new heights.”

Suddenly both bracelets began to glow.

“What did you do?” I asked.

“It's a temporary bond. Both groups are tied to one another for 3 hours. Heal!” Noah said, and suddenly all the pain that I had was suddenly gone. “Healing magic only works with a partner.”

Speaking of partners, I turn to see Bab still on the ground not moving. I didn't bother with the fighting going on between Sherry and the bandits as I ran over and picked Bab up.”

“Bab, Bab! Wake up!” I yelled at her, as I pulled a cloth out of her mouth. All she could do was let out a soft moan. At least she wasn't dead. 

“Heal,” Noah said, as he walked over and healed Bab. When she finally opened her eyes, I finally let out a breath of relief.

“Glad to see you both ok,” Sherry said a moment later, sheathing her sword away.

Behind her, all 3 guys lay motionless on the ground.

“Wait, how did you know we were in trouble?” I asked.

“Their dumbass friend tried to lead me out of town so he could jump me. When it didn't work, he said that Marvo hired them to steal your bag and they were just trying to get us away so they could.” Noah explained. Before helping me up.

Bab tried to stand up but after the shocks she took her body didn't want to work. Heal does work wonders, but there are after effects of attacks. So I wound up giving her a ride on my back. 

“What are you going to do now?” I asked and looked at the bodies lying on the ground.

“We're going to arrest them and then go pay Marvo a visit,” Sherry told me. “As for you, go back to the inn and rest, she looks like she could use it.

“Ya today just really wasn't her day,” I tell them.

“Fuck you,” Bab said behind me.

We all laughed a little before i gave my thanks and walked back to the Inn to let Bab rest.

“What’s wrong?” Sherry asked Noah a few minutes later.

“You really got to see this,” he told her and had her activate her stat screen. “What is it?”

“Take a look at them,” Noah said and pointed to Bab and my names on their state screen.

“What's wrong wi…. Wait that's not right, how?” Sherry asked, finally noticing what Noah saw.

“I don't know, but by the looks of it, neither does he,” Noah said. 

“What now?” Sherry asked him.

“Nothing. If it's true, then something big is going to happen. If we interfere, it might make things worse,” Noah said as he sat back in his chair and crossed his arms. “Let's just hope he’s ready for whatever happens next.”

They then sat in silence as they stared at the name on the screen. Bab Ados.

Alexander March
Stats- lv11
HP-58 (+4)
Attack-19 (+3)
Defence-18 (+5)
Speed-15 (+2)
Regen-5 (+1)
Manna-20 

class-bass
Skills-none
Weapons-knife
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv11
HP-39 (+10)
Attack-6
Defence-6 (+10)
Speed-6 (+5)
Regen-5 (+3)
Manna-132

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  3) 
silver  79)
bronze  70)
copper   0)


************

Marvo was now pacing in the bar as he waited for the bandits to return with the bag. 

“What is taking them so long?” Marvo wondered. “They’re just bloody kids. How hard is it to steal a backpack?”

“Well they are all in jail right now,” a voice said, that startled Marvo as he spun around to see Noah.

“W-what?” Marvo stuttered. “N-Noah, how good it is to see you.”

“Cut the act, you sleazy pig. Your friends already ratted you out,” Noah told him as he grabbed a beer from the counter and began drinking it. “So, basically, you're under arrest.”

Marvo just stared at Noah for a minute, before he ran to the front door and tried to run away.

“Why do the dumb ones always try to run?” Noah asked as he took another sip of his beer.

Outside, Marvo was running as fast as he could and try to think of some way out of this.

He needed to get to his supply, if he could just get it then he could kill them!

Marvo ran out of town and toward a old shack. As soon as he got inside he ripped open a hidden panel in the wall to reveal his stash.

For just that one moment, Marvo felt like he won. Until a sword tapped him on the shoulder.

“Thank you, Marvo, for showing us just what I came here for,” Sherry told him, with a smile on her face.
 

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  • 3 weeks later...

After the day Bab had, I gave her the bed again as soon as we got back. 

“If I see Marvo before we leave I'm frying his ass,” Bab said as she slowly began to regain body function.

“Language little girl,” I told her as I took a seat next to her.

“Shut up. No one understands me,” Bab told me.

“Still kids shouldn't cures,” I tell her.

“I'm not a fucking kid,” she snapped at me before rolling over, and ignored me.

I just sighed, leaving it as it was, and began sorting the items we got. I then looked over at my pack. All this fuss over a stupid bag?

“I get my stuff might be rare, but is it really necessary to go that far?” I asked out loud.

“Gun,” Bab mumbled.

“Gun?”

“There have been others who have bought stuff like that into this world. Stuff that can make people feel good when burned. Stuff that can help the sick.” Bab explained without looking at me.

“But you guys have magic. You can shoot lightning, Noah healed us not too long ago.” I told her, still not getting it.

“Ya, we use magic. How many people in town have you seen wearing this?” Bab asked and raised her hand with the bracelet up.

Now that she mentioned it, I hadn't. The only people I'd seen so far had been Sherry, Noah and the guys that attacked us.

“80% of people who get the bracelet die with it. Whether by monsters or the curse. So most people don't risk it,” Bab explained. 

“Why did you put one on then?” I asked her. For me, I wanted to go home, and this was the only option I had, but Bab? She still wouldn't tell me why she forced a bond. Even now she just ignored me again.

She didn't move from that spot at all until it was time for dinner, which she quickly ate, drank her bottle, and shoved the pacifier in her mouth before laying back down.

I still didn't understand why she was so mad.

I decided to leave the window cracked a bit just in case before I went to sleep myself, hoping tomorrow will be a lot better.

*******

The next morning I was greeted with a full diaper and a knock on the door. Bab’s reaction was just complete fear. She really didn't want any more people than necessary to see her in a diaper, let alone a full one.

“Who is it?” I asked without opening the door.

“It’s Sherry, I came to invite you both to breakfast,” Sherry said through the door.

“Cool, we’ll meet you downstairs in a few minutes; we’re getting dressed right now,” I told her, hoping that would buy us enough time to change a diaper without her knowing.

“Ok I'll meet you downstairs,” she said and we heard her leave.

After a quick diaper change, and quickly packing my stuff, we both went downstairs to meet Sherry and check out of the inn.

Sherry took us to a small restaurant where we meet with Noah. They were even kind enough to pay for breakfast. 

“So we wanted to know what your plans were,” Sherry asked.

“To be honest, we don't know. I was told if I can find enough magic users I might be able to go home,” I told them

“No one's been able to do that in years. But if you're determined to do it, then may I make a suggestion?” Noah asked.

“Go ahead.”

“Go north to Omorashi city. There you should be able to find a guild or something to help” Noah suggested. and that actually wasn't a bad idea.

“There's just one problem.” Sherry commented. Of course, there was. “The further north you go the stronger the monsters. So I recommend going to Pa’a kingdom first.”

“The what kingdom?” I asked.

“The Pa’a kingdom, they are one of the kingdoms of the world. Each kingdom was made after a dark crystal was destroyed, making the one who destroyed it a king or queen.” Sherry explained and pulled out a map.

The kingdoms were Pa’a, Parïtet, altabuul, on Misae, and Pariti, and Paridade on Guadalupe. Parïtet was the furthest south on Misae and directly west of us. Above them was Pa’a and further north than that was Altabuul.

“The kingdoms all have people who are very powerful, and Pa’a has some of the best trainers from all over,” Noah told us.

“Trainers?” I asked.

“They are veterans who have been fighting for a long time and have retired. To make money, they help train people to get stronger and teach them new ways of killing monsters.” Sherry explained.

“What do you think Bab, should we go to Pa’a?” I asked her. She just nodded in agreement.

“By the way have you picked a class you want to be?” Noah asked.

I did actually. I had to think long and hard about what I wanted to be. Out of all of them, I took out mage, bow, and rogue. They just wouldn't suit me well. Tamer was a good option since I could possibly get a good monster to team up with. But it would basically be a big pet, and right now I don't have the money to take care of one. I was stuck between fighter and hunter for the longest time.

The fighter was the better balance of stats, while hunter focuses on speed and regen. Fighter also has more classes they can turn into later while hunter doesn't but has some useful skills. But in the end, I knew what I had to be.

Alexander March
Stats- lv1
HP-60 (+4)
Attack-20 (+3)
Defence-19 (+5)
Speed-20 (+2)
Regen-7 (+1)
Manna-22 

class-hunter
Skills-hunter eyes.
Weapons-knife
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv11
HP-39 (+10)
Attack-6
Defence-6 (+10)
Speed-6 (+5)
Regen-5 (+3)
Manna-132

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  3) 
silver  79)
bronze  40)
copper   0)

I had to go with the hunter for the skills. Hunters central ability is hunter's eyes. This will allow me to locate monsters a lot easier and also shows me what's valuable to them. Also, they have 2 other skills I can learn at lv10 and lv20. Basically, those skills will help us out a lot more than anything else at the moment. I might change classes later on, but for now, I'll be a hunter.

“I got to say that's a good pick,” Noah said as I told him. “That class will come in handy.”

“Yep and now you should be able to use storage,” Sherry told me.

Sherry then showed me how it worked and explained it to me. The higher the class, the more you can store. Right now because my class is still low, I can only store up to 10 items. Luckily there's a special trick to the magic. If you were to put 10 coins into the storage that would count as 10 items. But if you put the coins in a bag before you put it in then it’s only counted as one.

Meaning Bab’s and my bag only count as 2 items! Sweet!

“By the way, couldn't you have used it?” I ask bab.

“No, it only works when both parties are above a base class. I had to wait for you,” Bab tells me and puts her backpack in the storage we shared.

“Oh and I had a few things for you,” Noah told me as he pulled a few things out of his storage.

The first was a book on monsters. It had everything from what they are, to what they drop and what the drops can be used for. Also scribbled on were some of Noah's own notes.” the next was a map of Misae. And finally, he pulled out a sword.

It was a medium-sized sword, about the length of my elbow to my fingers, and it was twice as heavy as my old sword.

“I can't take that,” I told him.

“You're not, I'm loaning it to you. Right now you don't have the money to get a proper weapon. I want you to use that sword, and if we ever meet, again I want you to pay me back.” Noah told me. 

It was hard to argue with him. All I could do was say thank you.

Both Noah and Sherry saw us off as we left the little town I only now found out was called Ubunye town.

“Why did you give him that sword?” Sherry asked Noah once we were out of earshot.

“Like I said, he’s going to need it.”

“But you spent months getting the materials just for it.” Sherry reminded him.

“Yep and I'm gambling that I'll soon get something better later,” Noah told her, a smile now on his face 

****************************************4 days later.

Traveling by foot sucks. Walking with a kid who has to take a break from walking every 2 hours, was worse.

It took Bab and I a day to get to Ubunye town only because I was training on and off the whole time. Usually, it would just take 6 hours. Thanks to Bab being so small, she couldn't walk for more than 2 and a half hours at a time, with a half an hour break. I tried to have her ride on my back, but because the ground was so uneven it was hard to walk while carrying her. But I did have an idea for something later on. 

During her breaks, I would do a little training of my own. It wasn't much, but after 4 days I finally got used to the weight of the sword. 

Even while we were walking, I was trying new ice magic. I now had 2 new spells. One was ‘Ice breath’, where I blew cold air out. The more mana I used, the colder it got. The other was ice shard. I could form a little ice shard and even levitate it a bit. I could then use it as a throwing weapon.

Bab had also been very pissed at me the last two days because I stole her pants. Her diapers were small enough that they could be hidden by regular pants. But with her walking around so much, I noticed she was getting a heat rash on her legs around the diaper because of the pants.   

So I took them. 

Oh, Bab yelled and complained as she didn't have anything else to wear. (Note to self, get her more clothes.) So to cover up the diaper I made her a skirt. I zipped up my jacket, her small body fit thru the head hole and tied the sleeves around her waist to keep it up. 

It wasn't the best looking skirt but her legs could now breathe, and it made changing her a whole lot easier.

Next was camping. Bab had no idea how it worked and was stunned when we had to share my small tent. She tried to say I had to sleep outside at which point I picked her up and hung her by the sleeves of the jacket skirt right off a tree. 

“Ok, I'm getting tired of that bossy attitude,” I tell her.

“Let me down you ass!” she yelled as she struggled with getting herself down but found I tied the sleeves too well.

“That is MY tent, the food you are eating came from the money I got, if you're going to keep treating me like shit I will stop helping you,” I tell her.

“Ha, you wouldn't be here if it weren't for me!” Bab yelled at me. “I showed you how to use magic, I showed you how…”

I shoved her pacifier into her mouth to shut her up.

“You’re right. However, John was the one who was supposed to come with me; he was the one who was supposed to show me those things. The only difference is, you've just been a major pain in my ass by not helping with anything, while I have to change your smelly ass every few hours,” I told her, before walking away.

“Where are you going!” she yelled as she took the pacifier out of her mouth.

“You'll see!” I yelled back and left her up there.

I left for about 20 minutes and went out from the camp a little bit. It was here I learned that when you get past a limit, the bracelets start to sting a bit. But that stopped when I got back.

“I want to make you a deal,” I told her.

“What type of deal?” she asked, while glaring at me.

“I want to prove you're nothing but a spoiled brat that needs me to hold her hand,” I told her and she got angry. “So I propose you go one day without my help.”

“Ha, that will be easy!” she shouted at me, and I could only smile.

“I thought you would say that, so I prepared you something,” I told her as I pulled out her backpack. “In here there is breakfast, lunch and tonight's dinner. Also in here is your pants, along with a tarp from my pack, my shovel, and everything you already had. You just have to go until we set up camp tomorrow.”

“What do I get out of this?” she asked. 

“You can have everything in the storage right now, including my sword,” I tell her and she was slightly stunned I would offer everything. “But if you lose you must accept any punishment I come up with.” 

“What, are you going to spank me?” she asked.

“Nope, you'll just have this in your diaper,” I told her and revealed a slime I caught not too long ago.

In the book Noah gave me, I learned that slimes only eat dead things and are very harmless themselves. So Bab won't be in any danger, but I wanted to make a point. I watched her face go white as she looked at the yellow slime. 

“If you lose, you must have a slime in your diaper all day,” I tell her. “Or you can apologize to me right now, start respecting me a bit more and only have the slime in your diaper for an hour.”

No matter what she was going to be punished. I had enough of her attitude, and this was the best way to do that.

“I-I except,” Bab told me. Her pride on the line. She thought she could do this.

“Ok then.” I stabbed the slime with my knife knowing I could find more later and helped Bab down, before taking my jacket back.

To be entirely fair for Bab, I took the tent down as I still had my sleeping bag and I started a fire.

I watched as Bab quickly started hers, but I just as quickly put it out.

“Hey!” Bab yelled at me.

“Sorry, this will be my last bit of help. Here’s some fire safety tips,” I told her and pointed out a lot of problems with her fire, then even helped her get a new one ready. Hey, even I didn't want to die in a forest fire because a kid didn't know any better...

From then on, things went just as I thought they would. For starters, Bab burnt her dinner trying to cook it, having it too close to her fire. Next, her fire nearly went out twice because she didn't have enough wood. 

As I got in my sleeping bag, she laid out the tarp and wrapped herself in the only blanket she had with her pillow and laid right next to her small fire. A few hours later, I got up and used the rest of my wood to keep her fire going while she slept. I could be an ass when called for, but I wasn’t going to let her freeze.

The next morning I watched as she had to get out of her ruined pants. She was so cold she had tried to huddle up as best she could, which cause the diaper to leak. She then tried her best to get herself clean and haphazardly put a new diaper on. 

We then went out to gather more wood. I even showed her to use the rope I packed to tie a bundle of sticks together and place it in storage to help. She had a lot of trouble just with this because of her hands, but she refused to give up.

With breakfast instead of burning her food, she dropped it. So I offered to feed her half of her lunch just so she didn't go hungry. She refused at first, but I told her this help was free. Reluctantly, she agreed and ate the food i gave her.

As we walked, I almost found myself laughing at Bab's misfortune. She was exhausted from being cold last night, hungry because she only had half a meal and was walking, her diaper felt uncomfortable because it wasn't taped well and she had to tie a piece of rope around her waist to keep her pants up because she couldn't button them.

To make it worse, a few hours later the messed up diaper leaked and she ruined another pair of pants. She was down to her last pair of pants, and she spent an hour just trying to clean herself again.

The final straw happened as we stopped to have lunch a few hours later. She sat across from me. Staring at the food she dropped again, just staring at it. 

“You ok?” I asked as I pulled out my bag. 

She just stood up. Not saying a word and walked over to me. When I looked at her face, she was trying her hardest not to start crying right then and there. She had a growing wet spot on her pants.

“You know what you have to say,” I tell her. 

“I'm sorry,” she whispered.

“Speak up. I can't hear whispers.” I tell her. 

This is when she finally broke down and started crying. 

“I'm sorry!, I'm hungry, I'm tired, and I feel gross!” she told me while she cried. So I stood up and gave her a hug.

I knew we didn't move much, but today I set up the tent early. I then proceeded to take Bab's pants off and had to really get Bab clean from the (pun intended) shitty cleanup job she did. Once she was cleaned up, I fed her and had her get inside the tent and into my sleeping bag to take a much-needed nap.


The moment her head touched the pillow she was out.

“Sleep well,” I whispered as I pet her head and leave her be.

When she got up a few hours later, it was already getting dark. 

“I'm sorry,” she told me again as she sat down next to me. Not even bothering to cover up her surprisingly clean diaper.

“Don't worry about it. I've told you before I don't care about your problems,” I tell her.

“I know,” she replied.

“Just treat me with a little more respect. that's all I'm asking for,” I tell her.

“I will. Thank you,” Bab said as I wrapped my arm around her and gave her a small hug.

“You’re welcome,” I told her. 

We sat there for a moment before I pulled the back of her diaper open and shoved a slime into it. Before she could scream, I pushed her pacifier back into her mouth.

“You lost, keep it in their twenty minutes and we call it good,” I tell her.

Her face was a mixture of anger, sadness and disgust and a single tear in her eye. I grab her shoulder and pulled her closer to me for a hug as we look at the fire and watched Bab’s heavily stained pants burn in the fire.

Alexander March
Stats- lv6
HP-67 (+4)
Attack-28 (+3)
Defence-25 (+5)
Speed-32 (+2)
Regen-7 (+1)
Manna-26 

class-hunter
Skills-hunter eyes.
Weapons-sword (D) (ability: groth)
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv15
HP-44 (+10)
Attack-8
Defence-8 (+10)
Speed-7 (+5)
Regen-9 (+3)
Manna-145

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  3) 
silver  79)
bronze  40)
copper   0)

******************

A woman sighs as she waits at her desk. 

For the last 3 years all of her customers have been the same people. No new customer asking her to make them something special. No new ideas popping into her head, not even a small form of inspiration. 

She needed something. Something to test her tailor skills. But what? 

That's when she looked out the window and saw a mother and her child walking by. 

“THAT'S IT” she yelled, as an idea finally came to her. But if she was going to do this she would need someone to model for her, but who….?
 

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Bab was a lot more tolerable after that day, but still mad about the slime.

It had been about 2 days since then, and we had finally made it to Pa’a: a big castle on a hill, surrounded by a city. A massive wall surrounded the city with only two gates in and out.

Bab was beyond embarrassed about going into town wearing my jacket as a skirt, since she already ruined her pants. But no one seemed to notice as we found a store and bought her a regular skirt.

Bab really wanted pants but after a minute of arguing I won out and we got the cheap knee length skirt.

Before we get anything else, I wanted to take a look around town and get a feel for what it was like. For starters, what was the better inn to stay at, that was affordable and comfortable? Next, a few shops, to check prices and see where I might find good deals. Then a place to sell my items for more money; lastly, find a tailor, to get Bab at least one good outfit to wear, and give her a bit more protection than just the magic items, and possibly make me something useful for later.

After a few hours, we found a decent inn. It was 50 bronze a night, but it was the best we could find. Bab and I decided to rest there for the rest of the day, after 6 days of walking. The only time I left was to get food, while Bab stayed in the room.

Dinner was 5 bronze, but it smelled fantastic. BBQ ribs and smoked veggies from a food vendor: I couldn't wait to dig in! 

The moment I got back to the inn I noticed something on their wall. It looked like a bulletin board with jobs lined up all over it. After taking a look I realized there were all types of jobs, and all of them sorted to best reach their target audience.

The fighter was usually asked to protect something, such as farms from beasts, or to help join the royal watch on the wall.

Archers, frequently were asked to join the wall, or join hunters to find specific monsters.

The mage was asked to make potions for sickness. (Sadly Bab couldn't do that)

Rogues were asked to get stolen objects back.

Tamers were asked to do a little of everything, except for potions.

Hunters were asked to hunt specific creatures and items.

And lastly, there were a few odd jobs that didn't really belong to anyone.

After looking at a few and asking people how they worked, I grabbed four jobs and brought them with me back to the room.

“What's that?” Bab asked as I showed her the jobs I grabbed. She was doing her best to eat a rib by herself and was doing an excellent job. Luckily she was above a plate so when she did drop it wasn't a waste.

“I grabbed a few jobs for us to do to make money,” I told her.

“Whatcha got?” she asked.

“This one is tracking a pack of dogs that have been attacking the guards at night: 10 silver. ‘Find a black fang from a dog,’  I thought that might go well with the pack: 5 silver. And ‘locate a silver bee’s nest close to the gate, do not kill!’ seven silver,” I told her.

“What about that one?” Bab asked, noticing the fourth job.

“This one is for you,” I told her as I held it up for her to read.

As she looked at it, her eyes grew wide.

“Oh, fuck no!” she yelled. “There is no way in hell I'm doing that!” 

“But it's perfect for you, and look at the reward,” I told her.

“No fucking way!” she yelled.

************

“Why are you trying to kill me?” Bab asked as we walked through town to where her job was, the next morning.

“Stop exaggerating. The job is great for what we need, and we were already going to come here anyway,” I told Bab.

“Why?!” she asked

“Because those magic items you have won't help you forever. You need something else for when we might be at risk.” I told her, as we enter the tailor’s shop.

“Aw hello, you two. How may I help you?” the women behind the counter asked.

“A few things actually, I was wondering if this job was still open?” I asked and handed her the flyer.

The flyer asked for a girl between the ages of 9-12 to be used as models for new outfits. The reward was their pick of any outfit, per 8 they tried on. 

“oh, yes it is, is she the one?” the woman asked and looked at Bab, who was still pouting.

“Yes, she is,” I told the women.

“Great, we haven't gotten many 9-year-olds.” the women said.

“I'm not 9!” Bab shouted, getting really pissed.

“Oh my, what was that?” the women asked.

“Sorry, for some particular reason she can't talk normal, thanks to our bond I can translate for you if need be,” I told the women. “And right now she's just a little mad.”

“Is she an early bloomer?” the women asked.

“I don't know what you mean, but I don't think so. No, it's something else. By any chance is there anyone else in the store?” I asked.

“Why?” the women asked and gave me a strange look.

I looked at Bab then back at the women, and whispered in her ear about Bab being very shy of other people.

“Oh, I'm so sorry dear. Hold on just one sec,” the woman said as she got up from behind the desk.

She was an older woman, and a little on the bigger side, but from the way she acted she seemed to be nice, as she turned her open sign to closed.

“Come this way dears,” she told us, and led us into the back room. 

The room was cluttered with clothes all over the place. In the center of the room was a small platform, and behind it was a curtain to change.

“Ok, so I'll have you go up on the platform for some measurements,” the women told Bab, who stepped up. The women then took a tape measure and started her measurements. “So what brings you two into town?” 

“We're looking for a way to send me home,” I told her. I then proceeded to tell the women our story, as she sent Bab behind the curtain to change.

“That quite the tale,” she replied once I finished.

“Um, can I get something else?” Bab asked from behind the curtain.

“What's that dear?” 

“She wants something different.” I translated.

“This is part of the job dear, I just need to see what it looks like so I can make adjustments,” she told Bab.

There was a moment of silence before Bab finally came out. She wore a long sleeve light blue t-shirt with a skirt that was above her knees and she was having a problem with that.

The women just praised how cute she looked and helped her to the platform. Here Bab was viewed all over to check out the design. Anytime she saw a flaw she tried to fix it. 

“That's weird. It seems the back pokes out a little more than I thought.” the women said as she then lifted Babs skirt. “Oh, my!”

Babs' face was just in shock, as it grew red again, as yet another person found out her secret.

“That's what she's so embarrassed about,” I told the women. “That's why I asked for the job to be private. I'm hoping this won't be a problem.”

“Oh no problem at all dears, in fact, this is a great opportunity!” the woman said excitedly.

“What?” Bab asked.

“What do you mean?” I asked 

“She is something special, someone, that need special clothing. This is a great way to gain a new experience!” the women said as she happily fixed the skirt a bit. “I'm so happy your daddy brought you to see me.”

For a second Bab and I didn't really process what she said then at the same time, we started to told her she was wrong.

“She’s not my daughter! She’s just someone I have to travel with ma’am!” I try to tell her, and she just laughed at us.

“First, please, call me Fran, and wasn't it you who said you adopted her?” Fran asked as she reminded me of what I said during my story, as she pushed Bab back behind the curtain and gave her a new outfit.

“Yes but that's only because she was in an orphanage; and because of the bond, I needed to take her with me,” I told Fran.

“So you don't take care of her?” she asked me, already knowing what I would say.

“Yes, I take care of her, but I see her more like a sister than anything,” I explained.

“I need some help,” Bab said behind the curtain.

“What did she say?” 

“She needs help, her hands are messed up, so if you gave her anything with buttons or zippers that might be the problem.

“I see.” Fran then giggled to herself before going behind the curtain and helping Bab into the next outfit.

Bab soon found herself slightly enjoying the experience. A lot of the clothes she wore she would never wear at any other time, but here, in a locked room and away from everyone else, she could feel a little ordinary. 

One outfit had a very short skirt that the bottom of her diaper even poked out of. I joked that Fran should use that for the adventure outfit. Bab just gave me the bird in response.

After 3 hours we were finally done. Most outfits Bab didn't like, but she did try on a few that she really did like.

“Because of your little problem, I would like you to come back tomorrow for the outfits. I want to make a few adjustments,” Fran told us, and we agreed. “Also one last thing, the outfit you asked for will be ready by then as well.

“Thank you,” we both told her. 

***************

The rest of the day was just as good. After lunch, we went hunting for the bees’ nest. It took a long while but thanks to Noah’s notes we were able to locate a nest. Silver bees’ honey produced an effect that acts similar to coffee and the bees only make the honey in the wild.

After turning in that job, we went to the gate entrance and waited for the dogs to attack. The moment they did we fought them until they tried to run off. Thanks to the hunter's skills I was able to track them. Bab and I soon finished them off, and even got the black tooth.

With that done, we finally went back to the inn to relax and have dinner.

“That was fun,” I told Bab as I fed her some food.

“Yeah, I was terrified at first about the clothes,” Bab told me.

“Ya, but you really started enjoying yourself there. And don't lie, I saw the smile you had trying on the clothes.” I told her, and she gave a slight blush.

“Fine yes I liked it. I liked feeling normal for once,” Bab said as she took a bite out of the spoon I was holding for her.

“So what do you say?” I asked her. She just gave me a puzzled look. “I found the job, and you enjoyed it.”

“Ok, ok, thank you, daddy,” Bab said sarcastically, and we both started laughing.

“Yeah, I still think of you as a sister,” I told her when we both stopped laughing.

“I've meant to ask, what's your family like?” Bab asked me.

“I'm an only child. Dad left while I was a kid, so it was mostly my mom and me,” I told her.

“That sucks,” Bab replied.

“Not really, yes there were hard times, but we got through them. Mom started dating, and one of her boyfriends had a daughter who I treated like a sister,” I explained before laying back on the bed. “Sadly they broke up, and I haven't seen her since.”

Bab didn't say a word after hearing that.

“Hey Bab, what about you?” I asked.

“I don't want to talk about it,” she told me, not even bothering to look at me.

“Ok, just know I'll be here when you're ready to talk,” I told her as I reached over and gave her hand a slight squeeze.

She didn't say anything to me. Just got up, pulled her skirt down and crawled into the sleeping bag to go to sleep.

“Good night,” I told her.


“Good night,” she replied. 

***************************

The next day we meet back up with Fran, who already had the shop closed for us. 

“You're going to like this,” she said as she pulled out 7 different outfits. 5 casual, 1 for bed, and the last was for when we adventured.

The casual outfits were a mixture of long skirts, pants, shirts, a long dress, socks, and a few hair accessories. Next was the sleepwear, a big pink footie pajama with a weird looking black design over it and a flap on the butt.

“You will look so cute in these, and the footie will keep you nice and warm at night!” Fran told Bab with excitement.

I was quite amazed at how everything looked. And everything was designed with Bab’s diaper in mind, comfortably concealing it.

Fran then took Bab into the back room and asked me to wait and see what the adventure outfit looked like. I could hear a bit of a struggle behind the curtain and was really hoping this worked out.

“Introducing the latest in young teen adventure fashion, BAB!” Fran announced before pulling the curtain away and having Bab walk onto the platform.

At first glance, it just looked like jeans, a t-shirt, with a jacket and some boots.

But upon looking a bit closer, you notice the extra padding in the pants and jacket for additional protection. The boots looked like regular hiking boots and would work great for the amount of walking we’ll have to do. The t-shirt, on the other hand, seemed a like a regular shirt. Except there was something different about this one…

“Are you wearing a padded bra?” I asked.

It was here I learned something, her magick might not hurt me, but a boot to the nuts would drop me to my knees quickly.

“The outfit has been well equipped with defensive buffs, just like you asked. And yes, that is a bra, and it has special magic items to help with the defenses,” Fran told me.

“That's…...good…..” I choked out, still on my knees holding myself.

After a few minutes, I was finally able to stand back up and proceeded to get out my money.

“I'm sorry if this isn't enough, but if we could, I would like to pay the outfit off in payments if that's alright with you,” I told Fran and pulled out the gold coins.

“Wait, this outfit cost more than 4 gold!?” Bab asked, stunned. But yes: it was lined with magic. Her defenses had jumped up a lot.

“Oh, put that away; I have a different payment in mind,” Fran told us and looked at Bab. “Come back here and model for me again a few more times, and we'll call it even.”

“Wait, but the outfit was custom made, and has magic in it. That's worth nearly 10 gold!” I exclaimed. 

“Yes, 8 gold to be precise, but let me tell you both something. You gave me a challenge yesterday. In comes a girl who has to try and hide a diaper under her clothes, when none are made for that. When you get as good at your job as I am, then you start to look forward to jobs like that,” Fran told us.

So we made a deal. Bab would come in and model for Fran whenever she could while we were staying here.

With Bab's new outfit, we were now one step closer to our goal. And I no longer had to worry so much about her getting hurt out there.
 
Alexander March
Stats- lv7
HP-69 (+4)
Attack-29 (+3)
Defence-26 (+5)
Speed-33 (+2)
Regen-7 (+1)
Manna-27 

class-hunter
Skills-hunter eyes.
Weapons-sword (D) (ability: groth)
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv16
HP-45 (+20)
Attack-8
Defence-8 (+40)
Speed-7 (+9)
Regen-9 (+3)
Manna-149

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  4) 
silver  0)
bronze  80)
copper   0)

***************

“Oh and Alex, I'm not yet finished with that special order yet, but I will have it for you soon” Fran whispered in my ear while Bab was getting changed.

“Thank you, that will be a great help later,” I told her with a smile.

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Bab absolutely loved her new outfits. Hell, she even started to get involved in fighting monsters with me on jobs, just to test out how strong her defenses were.

“These clothes are amazing,” Bab told me as we made our way back to the city.

“I bet. You’ll have to thank Fran for them later,” I told her.

“Oh, I am. So what are we doing for the rest of the day?” Bab asked me.

“Well, I've checked our supplies and there are a few things I want to check out,” I told her.

“Great, shopping,” Bab said sarcastically.

“What's wrong with shopping? I thought girls liked shopping?” I replied.

“Ya, but those girls also have money to shop; this is just supply shopping,” Bab told me, and I stopped right there.

“You know what, you're right,” I told to Bab, as I reached my hand into the storage and pulled out our money bag. “You've been working hard as well, so you deserve to get yourself something.”

I pulled out 20 silver coins and gave them to Bab, who just stared at them in disbelief.

“I know it might not be as much as you deserve, but we still need to save as much as possible. But that should be enough for you to get whatever you like,” I told Bab. 

“Thank you!” Bab yelled at me and gave me a hug.

“Ha, your welcome,” I told her with a pat on her head, glad to see her happy.

Once we got into town Bab and I split up, under the rules that we would meet up in front of a particular building when the bracelets start to burn us. This gave us plenty of time to look around. 

First thing I started looking for was food. While we did eat at the inn a lot, it was always good to have a backup just in case. 

Next was something for Bab. During our trip here, all she had was a blanket and pillow that she brought with her. So I decided to look into some mats and a warmer blanket. These, however, I'd wait to get until we're about to leave. I might find a better deal than what they had here.

Once I was done with this store, I met Bab outside to reset our bracelets and went into another store.

This one was to look at different armors and see what I could upgrade. At the moment I thought I was good at everything, but I thought I might get an accessory to provide more defense for myself later. 

Next, I looked into other weapons: this time not for me. I knew Bab couldn't hold any weapons, but there might be something she could use. But, sadly, there wasn't.

When I left the store, I looked around for Bab for a moment and saw her throw something away before she noticed me and came running towards me.

“How was shopping?” I asked her.

“Great! I got 3 books and a bag of treats,” Bab told me as she reached into storage and pulled out a bag of hard candy before putting it back. “I also got you something.”

She surprised me as she then pulled out a little necklace. It was just a simple red crystal tied to a string. But it was still a great present.

“It doesn't do anything, but I thought you might like it,” she told me.

“I love it,” I told her as I put it on.

This, however, wasn't the end of Bab being nice; she also had us go out to dinner, where she paid for it! I was very stunned by this. She ended up ordering a lot of food and was just having a lot of fun having her own money to spend.

“Remind me to teach you about overspending,” I told her as we were eating.

“I already know, but it's my money; I should spend it how I want,” she told me.

I could only laugh and remind myself she was still young. Might as well let her have her fun while she still could.

************

“I'm so full,” Bab told me when we got back to the inn.

“Same,” I replied as I plopped down on my sleeping bag and closed my eyes.

“Thank you for today Alex,” Bab told me as she undressed and pulled out her footie pajamas.

“I think that's my line, you're the one who treated us,” I remind her.

“Ya but you gave me the money, so thank you,” she repeated.

“You…(yawn)...deserve it,” I told her before I fell asleep on top of my sleeping bag.

Bab just looked down at me and smiled: even pulling out her own blanket and throwing it on top of me, before whispering goodnight and blowing out a candle, then crawling into bed, happy for what tomorrow would bring.

***********

I could only give a slight giggle when I woke up the next morning to find Bab’s blanket on me. Bab was still sound asleep, sucking on her pacifier in her pajamas. If she were a little smaller, she could be confused for a toddler. But there was something I found odd, the room didn't smell. 

“Bab, it's time to wake up,” I whispered to her and gave her a little shake.

She opened her eyes a bit and groaned before turning over. She really was not a morning person. With her back towards me, I noticed the pajamas butt flap open and decided to check something.

I slipped my finger into the back of her diaper and checked to see how bad it was. Bab just spun around and slapped my hand when I did, her cheeks slightly flushed.

“Just checking if you had a messy diaper,” I told her.

“I don't have accidents every night!” she told me, and while that was somewhat accurate, out of all the times, I'd checked her in the morning, her diaper had only been clean twice in the morning. Even when that did happen, she always made a mess shortly after she woke up. I guessed this was just one of those days.

“You're right, you're right. I'm sorry.” I told her as I get up and stretched.

I decide not to bother changing her yet until after breakfast as to not waste a diaper. But even after a quick meal, however, she still hadn't gone.

“Are you starting to control it now?” I asked her as I un-taped the diaper. 

“I think I am!” Bab told me excitedly.

“Well if that's the case, go use the toilet real fast before I tape on a new one,” I told her hoping that maybe I wouldn't have to change any more diapers soon, or at least not messy ones.

Bab happily jumped off the bed and ran her half-naked butt into the bathroom and shut the door.

As I waited for her, I began to look at our supplies and checking what we had when I noticed the sound of a flush and Bab walking out.

“You clean yourself?” I asked.

“No, I just peed a little. I don't need to go yet,” Bab told me.

Something seemed off, but I decided it was nothing and taped on a new diaper onto Bab. She’d go eventually. 

The rest of the day was just like usual. We checked out a new job, went out of the city for the said job. Had lunch and a diaper change (still no mess?). When we got back to town, we went to Fran’s, and Bab tried on two new outfits for Fran before we looked around town and had dinner.

“Are you ok?” I asked Bab at dinner noticing she didn't eat much.

“Ya, I'm fine. Just a slight stomach ache,” she told me with a slight smile.

“Are you positive? You seem a little sick.” I told her as I placed my hand on her forehead to feel if it was warm, but she smacked it away.

“I'm fine, Alex!” she told me, with a slightly stern voice, as she got mad at me.

So I left it as is. If Bab was ok, then she was ok. Nothing I could really do about it.

**********

The next day, however, I was getting a little worried. She still hadn't gone yet. But she insisted that she was okay: all day, saying she was okay. That night, however, she was anything but fine, as she had stomach cramps all night long.

When I woke up in the morning I could hear Bab awake and in the bathroom mumbling to herself. She had stayed up all night from stomach cramps.

“Bab, this is enough! There's something wrong!” I told her as I opened the door to see Bab on the toilet holding her stomach while her face was pouring with sweat. She didn't bother to yell at me for coming in. She just looked at me with pleading eyes to make the pain in her stomach go away.

“Please Bab, tell me what's wrong,” I asked her as I knelt down beside her and rubbed her back for a moment.

“I….i don't know! I used….(stomach cramp)...some medicine. But it's not working…..right,” she told me.

“Wait, what medicine?” I asked.

“The...potion shop,” she told me and clenched her teeth.

I immediately ran to Bab’s backpack and grabbed out a random outfit and helped Bab get dressed before noticing she could barely walk with the pain. So I picked her up and carried her in my arms.

I had no clue what to do. I still didn't know where a hospital was in the city. Bab was in pain from something, and I was terrified of not knowing what to do. So I took her to the only person I knew that could help us.

I cradled Bab in my arms as I ran through town. Bab's skirt was flashing the diaper she had to anyone at the right angle. But neither of us cared, as I continued to run until I rushed into Frans taller shop.

Fran was already with a customer and was about to ask us to wait outside until she saw the sick Bab in my arms. Without any hesitation, she asked the women she was with to hold on a minute as she led me to a door to her house, connected to the taller shop.

The place wasn't that big, but Fran led us into a guest room, where I placed Bab down and quickly explained what was wrong.

“She sounds constipated to me,” Fran told me. It would make sense, but it had been two days.

“She said she took some type of medicine. Do you know of any that would do this?” I asked Fran

“Not a clue,” she told me, and my heart sank. 

“She is in pain, and I can't help, what am I to do?” I asked Fran.

“Why not try going to the potion shop; maybe they might know what she took and how to help?” Fran told me. 

Without thinking, I rushed out of Fran's house and into the street. I ran all over just trying to find the potion place. When I did finally see it, I rushed in.

An older man greeted me at the counter, but I just rushed over and grabbed him by his collar and looked him dead in the eyes.

“Two days ago a 10-year-old came in here and bought something. what was it!” I yelled at the man, no longer in a thinking state.

“I, I, I don't know!” the man stammered. I then pulled him over the counter and threw him on the floor.

“Bab is in serious pain right now after drinking something from your store!” I yelled at him before I reaching into my storage and pulling out my sword. “If you don't tell me what you gave her, I swear to your gods I will kill you!”

“STOP!” a teenage girl screamed.

I looked over, and for the first time, I noticed a girl about 15. How long had she been there?

“Margret stay back!” the man yelled.

“I don't want her, all I want is to know what you gave a little girl two days ago that made her very sick!” I yelled at the man.

“He didn't, I did!” Margaret yelled, and my attention turned straight to her.

I pushed the man to the ground as I got up and walked over to the girl, the man yelling at me to not hurt her, but I paid him no mind.

“What did you give her?” I asked her through my clenched teeth. 

“I..it's a...potty training medicine. I..it’s sup...supposed to help toddlers control themselves,” she told me.

I just stared at the girl, fear rushing through her until I took a step back. I placed my sword back into storage and took 3 deep breaths to try and calm down.

“Explain,” I commanded the father and daughter.

It's a weird type of medicine to help kids learn how to use the potty. By taking it, the child will hold it in and use the toilet more often. It's meant as a last resort type of thing, and you're supposed to only use a small amount of it in water for a short effect. 

When Bab came in here the other day, Margaret was watching the shop for her father. When Bab came in, she immediately went to the medicine and bought it. Margaret thought she was just some kid doing an errand for her parents and getting it for a younger sibling or something.

Not only did Bab grab a special long lasting one, but she also drank the 2 oz bottle straight without diluting it first! 

After a quick apology from all sides, the shop owner was kind enough to give me something to help Bab, telling me how it worked and even saying that if it were his kid, he would have done the same thing I did.

When I got back to Fran’s, I quickly explained what had happened and had to ask Fran to do something for Bab, a bridge that I personally didn't want to cross.

We both walked into the guest room where Bab was laying, still in pain from the cramps she was having.

“Bab. I got you something,” I told her as I crouched down right beside the bed. “But it might be a little uncomfortable.”

“Any…..thing. Please…..stop the pain,” she told me with clenched teeth.

So Fran and I got to work. First, we took off Bab’s diaper and placed a towel on the bed. Then we had Bab get on all fours on top of the bed with her butt facing Fran.

“Fran’s going to give you the medicine. Just take my hand,” I told her as I stayed right beside Bab. She didn't understand why I had her take my hand or why I suddenly had her pacifier put into her mouth. 

“This will help you, dear,” Fran told her as she put on a glove and rubbed a special lotion onto Bab’s butt. 

Bab had another cramp right then as squeezed my hand for a moment until it passed.

“Ok, here comes the medicine,” I told Bab, as she looked at me for a moment confused before clenching as hard as she could on my hand and screamed into the pacifier as Fren shoved a little pill as far as Fran’s middle finger could reach into Bab’s butthole.

“That was a powerful laxative. It should help counter constipation you have,” I told Bab and turned her back over.

Here Bab was re-diapered by Fran. However, Fran cut open the diapers and placed the second one over that one for leaks.

Bab didn't bother asking for the bathroom. She knew that she wouldn't be able to stand, let alone walk to the bathroom in time.

So, in front of Fran and I, Bab began to fill the double layer diaper. We watched as it soon expanded, as nearly two days worth of poop filled the diaper.


Tears poured down Bab’s face from a mixture of pain and relief as she filled her diaper.

"Do you feel better?" I asked her, and she nodded. "Ok then. In a few minutes, Fran will help get you clean.”

Bab had to walk a little funny, as she wasn't used to such a thick diaper, let alone one so full.  She followed Fran into the bathroom, where Fran preceded to clean as much of the mess from the diaper as she could, before having Bab get into a tub to wash the rest off.

When she was clean, Fran put her into another diaper and got her dressed again, before telling her I wanted to see her in the guest room.

When Bab came into the room, she saw me sitting on the edge of the staring at a wall.

“Alex, thank you for getting…” Bab started.

“Shut up,” I told her. “I'm done.”

“W-what do you mean?” Bab asked as she took a step closer to me. “Alex, I'm really sorry for what I did but....”

“No, you’re not,” I  interrupted her again. “I told you already. The only thing I wanted from you was a little respect, and you still don't show it.”

“B-but I do respect you,” Bab answered.

“Really? Because I don't think it respectful to lie to my face multiple times,” I told her, as I finally looked at her. “You nearly poisoned yourself and continually lied to my face that you were fine.”

I then got up from the bed.

“Over and over and OVER YOU LIED TO ME!” I screamed as I walked towards Bab. Every step I took she took one back until she was up against a wall with me right in her face. “YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH!”

“I'm sorry!” Bab started to cry, her legs became weak, and she nearly fell to the floor, but I grabbed her arm and forced her to stand up.

“I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DIE! ALL BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO TRY A MEDICINE YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND!” I yelled in her face. That's when I noticed the quiet hissing sound coming from her, and the front of her diaper started turning yellow. So I let her go and let her slump to the floor. “So I'm done. I'm taking you back to the orphanage.”

With that, I walked out of the room and slam the door shut behind me. Bab’s muffled crying behind it.

I decided I needed to cool off a bit and took a walk outside, hoping the cold air would clear my head. After walking around for about an hour and a half, I finally took a seat on a park bench.  The anger and frustration still in my head.

“Mind if I take a seat?” Fran asked me, about 20 minutes later.

“Ya go ahead.” I gestured to the spot next to me, and the women sat down.

“You want to talk about what happened?” she asked me.

“I'm sorry for yelling and slamming the door in your house,” I apologized.

“After what happened, I think you have a right to,” Fran told me. “But are you serious about taking her back?”

“Sadly, yes,” I told her.

“I think that might be taking it a bit too far, Alex; I know she did something beyond stupid, but you shouldn't punish a child like that,” Fran told me.

“Punish? Fran, this isn't a punishment. This is me finally realizing I'm way in over my head.” I told her.

“What do you mean?” Fran asked.

“I'm 22, and not only was I brought here magically, but I also wound up taking care of a small handicapped child. I tried my hardest to look after her, to make sure we both were taken care of. But this incident made me finally realize I have no idea what I'm doing!” I told Fran

"You seemed to be fine to me," she told me. 

“When I woke up this morning and saw Bab sick, the first thing on my mind was me screaming ‘what do I do?’ over and over again. I want to be mad at Bab for lying to me, but I hate myself more for even putting her in that situation. If I was just watching her like I should have, then maybe this wouldn't have happened. I'm not sending her back to punish her, I'm taking her back to someone I know can take care of her, because I don't think I can.” 

“Alex you can't be this hard on yourself. It was a mistake, yes, but that's all it was. I've seen how much you care for her,” Fran told me.

“You're right, I see her as a sister. It's because I care that I don't want my irresponsibility to be the thing that one day kills her. She needs someone better than me,” I told Fran.

"Alex. I think you are putting way too much stress on yourself. You're doing a fantastic job. She doesn't need anyone else but you to be there for her." Fran told me as she gave me a pat on the back and left. 

As she was leaving she took a look over to see Bab sitting behind a tree, listening to the whole conversation we were having before she ran off back to Fran’s house.

Alexander March
Stats- lv9
HP-72 (+4)
Attack-30 (+3)
Defence-27 (+5)
Speed-37 (+2)
Regen-7 (+1)
Manna-29 

class-hunter
Skills-hunter eyes.
Weapons-sword (D) (ability: groth)
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv17
HP-47 (+20)
Attack-8
Defence-8 (+40)
Speed-7 (+9)
Regen-9 (+3)
Manna-154

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  4) 
silver  36)
bronze  67)
copper   34)

Alone with my thoughts, I couldn't help but think what I should have done. Was I really capable of doing this?

“What have I gotten myself into?” I asked myself, as I closed my eyes.

"L wklqn brx duh grlqj ilqh." someone told me.

“But is that enough?” I asked them but got no response.

When I looked, I realized I was still alone. 
 

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Bab and I really hadn't spoken much since then. I looked into any possible solutions to the curse, but sadly we couldn't use any of them without going further north. So I had to accept that I couldn't get rid of the bracelets for a while. Maybe when Bab got older, we could try to remove the curse then.

We were currently still in Pa’a, only because we still had a debt to Fran. Once that was paid, I was taking Bab back, and we'd stay in the village where it was safer, and other people could help me deal with Bab.

I'd become so paranoid about her safety that I didn't even bother taking her with me on jobs anymore. I took Bab to Fran’s, who made Bab into a temporary assistant while I went on the jobs. I also made sure I was always back within 4 hours.

“Alex, I know you're scared of having Bab hurt, but that curse is hurting her far worse,” Fran told me when I got back from a job.

“It's for her own safety,” I told Fran, who just gave me a weird look.

“Look I love that girl, and I love the extra help, even if it’s just getting input; but this fighting between you two has to stop,” Fran told me as she grabbed my arm.

“We're not fighting,” I told her and had her release my arm.

“Right; you just don't bother talking to each other anymore. It's no different,” Fran told me. 

Sadly she was right: it was no different, but I didn't know anything to say to her. What could I say to her? After what happened, I just couldn't think of anything.

“Look, why don't we make a deal?” Fran told me as she took a seat behind her counter. “As you've probably seen, there's a festival coming up, right?”

Fran was talking about the posters up all over the place. But because I'd been busy, I hadn't paid much attention to them.

“I've seen the posters, but I don't know much about it,” I told Fran.

So she explained it to me. When Pa'a was made, it was placed right on top of a particular monster’s migration route. The Pylons are a monster that looks like a type of Griffin without wings or eyes, and which follows a strict migration route. Every 3 years they come running into the city from the south gate and exit the east. No one knows why they do this and every attempt at stopping them has led to failure. 

Then the kingdom had an idea: instead of stopping the pylons, why not make a path for them? Now, every year, walls of ice and earth are prepared to make a path in the city for the Pylons to run through. Now it has become a festival held every 3 years.

“Ok, so what does that have to do with me?” I asked.

“I want you and Bab to sign up for ‘Guard Duty,'” Fran told me.

While the walls help lead the Pylons, they are still wild monsters who, on occasion, have jumped over the walls. Under normal circumstances, the royal guard would be able to defend the citizens. On this day, however, they will be stretched thin, and placed in places where they would be of more use. So the royal guard asks ‘adventurers’ to help fill in any gaps, and help civilians should any Pylons breakthrough.

“If you take the job and take Bab with you, then we can call your debt to me over,” Fran told me.

“But what do you get out of this?” I asked, very curiously. 

“Nothing. But if you're so set on taking Bab home, then make this the last adventure she will get for a while,” Fran told me.

“But this could be dangerous! I don't want her going through that!” I told Fran, with my voice rising a bit. Why was I even getting mad about it?

“Just as dangerous as the trip back to the village!” Fran yelled back.

We both stared at each other. Both mad over Bab, who was in Fran’s house waiting for me. I didn't want to see Bab hurt. But the more I thought about it, the more Fran was right. No matter what I did, it would still be the same when we left. Best to just do this job, and go as soon as possible.

“Ok Fran, you win. Bab and I will take the job.” I told her.

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Two days later, Bab and I found ourselves in a large alleyway with 4 people in front of us. After picking up Bab from Fran’s the other day, we signed up for the job. We were assigned a location to look after, and we were to work with another team as well.

“Excuse me sir, but I must ask you take your child and find a better spot to watch the migration,” one of the 4 people there told me.

This guy was a member of the royal guard and was assigned to this position to make and keep up an earth wall.

“We’re actually assigned here; we’re adventurers,” I told the guard, and showed him our paperwork proving we were who we said we were.

“Wait, you're really an adventurer?” a boy of about 13 asked, as he walked up to Bab, before looking at me. “Why would you partner with some kid?”

“Danilo! Don't be so rude,” a woman scolded the boy.“I'm sorry for that. He’s still young. My name is Enedina, Danilo is my son and Alan over there is his partner,” she told me and gestured to another guy sitting on a few boxes.

The 3 of them were far different than me and Bab. All three of them had top of the line gear, by the look of it. Even the boy had specially made armor.

Enedina then told me who they were. They were royalty, with Danilo being one of the late king’s sons. The king had 3 sons with 3 different women; and with the king's passing, over a year ago, the 3 were trying to seize the throne. 

The oldest tried to take it for himself, believing that because he was the oldest the right to rule belonged to him. However, the throne disagreed. The magic on the throne is special. When the ruler of the kingdom dies, then a child of the ruler of the same gender will become the next ruler. However, if there is more than one, then the three must either prove themselves worthy of the throne or fight to the death for it. If there is no heir to the throne, then it will be left vacant until it finds someone it finds worthy. If it doesn't, then it will place a curse on them, forcing them to leave the city and never return. 

With the oldest prince bearing this curse, it was decided that the two younger brothers would fight for the throne. They had one year to prepare to fight, or somehow be deemed worthy of the throne.

Shortly after this decision was made, the summoning crystals summoned new warriors. The crystal in Pa’a summoned Alan, and prince Danilo decided to form a bond with him. Should he become king, he promised to use his resources to send Alan back home.

Enedina was once an adventurer when she was younger before she met the king and had her son. She had planned on forming the bond with Danilo to help make him stronger, but he didn't want to be stuck with his mother at all times. Which is why he chose Alan to bond with. He was someone not fully under his mother’s control and was able to get away with some things. But she did act like a guard for her son until he was to become king.

“Shouldn't you have guards with you or something?” I asked them. If they were royalty, then they would always be protected?

“Normally yes but because today is a special day they were reassigned to protect the people,” Enedina explained. She then whispered into my ear. “This ally is special as it has never had a Pylon come through here, so we are still very safe. This is most likely why we were placed here.”

Hearing that I felt a lot better. This means it was a lot easier to keep Bab safe.

“Hey, want to go see when the Pylons will get here?” Danilo asked Bab who at first tried to scoot away from the boy.

“It's ok Bab, go play with him for a bit.” I smile down at her, and she gave me a worried look that said she really didn't want to go. But the prince had already grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the wall to look out for the monsters.

“So I take it you're also from the other world?” Alan asked me.

“Ya really wasn't expecting all of this,” I told him and decided to tell them some of our adventures. But was stopped halfway thru when we heard Bab scream followed by a loud slap!

“You disgusting pervert!” Bab yelled followed by the boy's mother shouting her son's name and rushing over to him.

“How dare you hit a prince!” the women yelled at Bab not even hearing what Bab had said.

“Bab, what happened?” I asked her.

“That fucking pervert grabbed my chest!” she yelled furiously.

“What type of language is that?” Alan asked.

“She said your son grabbed her chest,” I told Enedina who was helping her son up. Is face bright red from the slap.

“LIES!” he yelled. “She just slapped me for no reason!”

“That girl needs to learn some respect!” Enedina said, her eyes like daggers staring at Bab.

“Bab wouldn't just hit someone without reason, did anyone see what happen?” I asked and none of the adults responded.

“Ok then, seeing as no one saw what happen let's just keep them separate,” Alan suggested as he got between our two groups.

“But she slapped me!” Dan yelled.

“So you're telling me that one slap from a little girl is enough to really hurt the next king?” Alan asked the boy apparently knowing how to manipulate the boy a bit.

So we stayed separated in the alley. The guard was on the earth wall he made keeping a lookout for the pylons while Bab and I leaned against one wall of the alleyway, while the outer 3 were on the other side.

There was tension in the air. The prince and his mother just stared angrily at us. While Bab stared angrily back.

“Why did this have to happen,” I whispered to myself.

“Just our luck I guess,” Bab replied to me.

That was probably the most she’s said to me all week.

“Are you ok?” I asked her. 

“As well as I'll ever be after being touched by a pervert,” Bab told me.

“I'm sorry about that,” I told her.

“Not your fault. I just wish I fried his ass instead,” Bab replied. “And thanks for believing in me.”

I took a deep breath. I knew this might be the only time I might be able to talk to her normally.

“Bab, when this is over….let's talk about what happened that day,” I told her, finally ready to actually talk and possibly apologize a bit.

“I'd like that,” Bab said to me as she flashed me a small smile.

“HERE THEY COME!” the guard yelled as he jumped off the wall and back on this side.

Immediately we all rushed to the wall to take a look.

The wall was about 8 feet tall but thanks to some crates and boxes we already stacked we were able to get a quick view of the monsters.

It looked like a wave of black was rushing into the city. The Pylons had long black feathers covering their bodies, the only part that wasn't black was the pale beak and claws they had. I couldn't even tell how many there were as they rushed towards us.

For a moment I was actually enjoying myself a bit as I watched the monsters. That is until the screaming started.

“DANILO!!!!” Enedina screamed as I looked over and saw that the boy had somehow jumped over the wall and was now holding a medium sized sword out and ready to take on the Pylons!

“Fuck!” Alan and I yelled, and we both jumped over the wall and rushed over to the boy.

But there was nothing we could do now. The pylons were too close, and we had no choice but to try and fight them while trying to get the prince to safety.

“Grab the boy!” I yelled to Alan as I grabbed my sword and used it to slash at the first of the pylons that came rushing toward us. 

Alan did grab the boy and yanked him off his feet forcing him to drop his sword. Alan then tried to run back to the wall where he saw the guard jump down, ready to help but was soon jumped on by a Pylon.

I didn't know what they were doing, and at the moment I didn't care as I continued my slashing. Most of the pylons soon moved to one side to go around us, but there were still plenty rushing at us.

Behind me, Alan set his free hand on fire and punched one of the pylons that came close to him, but he was blocked off on all sides with nowhere to run. He only had one option, he dropped the boy.

“STAY DOWN!” Alan yelled as he lit his other hand on fire and began punching at anything that got too close.

“Whats going on!” I yelled to Alan behind me hoping he had gotten the boy to safety by now so that I could try to get back over the wall as well.

“There's just too many!” Alan yelled as he hit one away from him and the prince. Not noticing the prince trying to crawl toward the wall.

I was in mid-attack when a pylon had finally pounced right on top of me, and my sword went flying through the air as I was pinned down. The pylon screeching in my face, before it was blasted off.

I quickly looked over at the wall. Both Bab and Enedina were on top of it. Enedina using a whip to snap the neck of the pylon on the guard while Bab was the one who blasted the pylon off of me.

I gave her a big smile before I jumped back to my feet and yelled out ‘FROST” blasting anything near me with ice magic as I quickly looked around for my sword. But I couldn't see it. 

Then we all heard the loud screech and looked at what was coming. This pylon was much bigger, even other pylons were keeping their distance from it. This one also had two bright red eyes, and I could vividly tell this was a territory monster that Noah told us about.

I could see the monster's eyes target me as I was the closest to it.

“RUN!!!” I heard Bab yell, but there were still too many pylons rushing by to do that. 

I tried desperately to think of something when something caught my eye. It was the boys shiny gold sword was lying just off to my right. With the boss monster getting very close now I had to jump for the sword.

The monster was nearly right on top of me as I grabbed the hilt of the sword. Immediately my arm felt like it was on fire as I gripped it tightly and slashed at the boss monster. The sword admitted a powerful slash attack that directly drained me of all the manna I had. But that one attack was all that was needed to kill this boss monster.

Its body crashing down with a loud thud and skidding a few feet towards me, but stopped mere feet away. 

That's also when I noticed that the arm holding the sword really was on fire.

“WHAT THE HELL!?” I yelled as I immediately dropped the sword. I started to quickly try to put the flames out until my arm was soon encased in a water bubble.

“That sword is meant for those of the highest class such as royalty and paladins!” Enedina yelled at me from the wall using water magic to put out my flames.

“Thanks!” I yelled at her before I noticed Bab was no longer on the wall.

Frantically I searched around to find her and saw that she was standing over the cowering prince and blasting off Pylons to protect him.

Because of the weird effect of the boss monster, the pylons began to run around it, not even noticing that it was dead and creating a type of invisible wall. Protecting us and finally allowing us to run back to the wall.

Alan and I quickly hoisted everyone back over the wall before we helped each other over it.  The 5 of us all out of breath and exhausted. 

The Guards armor was torn entirely apart but amazingly still alive. Alan and I were covered in scratches all over but nothing too serious. My burned arm was so far the worst. Thankfully it would heal in a few hours. Then there's Enedina and the kids who also came out unhurt from all this.

“Hey, I think you dropped this,” Alan said to me as he reached into his storage and pulled out my sword. “It landed right next to me.”

“Thank you,” I told him as I take the sword. Suddenly it began to glow brightly before changing shape. “What just happened!”

“That sword has growth!” the guard exclaimed as he came over to examine my sword. “Some weapons have special abilities and grow makes the weapon grow stronger with the wielder.”

I just looked at my sword. Before it looked like any other sword. Now the hilt felt better in my hands, the blade grew a little longer, and in the center of the handle was a small red gem.

“Congrats.” bab told me as she walked over and gave me a hug. 

I smiled down at her and embraced her as well.

“Thank you for having my back,” I tell her.

“anytime.” she looked up at me with a smile on her face. “Just as long as you have mine!”

“Always.” I laughed and put my new sword away for the moment.

Finally, after everything that has happened. I feel like we are somewhat closer than we were before. And for the moment I didn't want to think about anything else.

Alexander March
Stats- lv12
HP-80 (+4)
Attack-39 (+3)
Defence-35 (+5)
Speed-46 (+2)
Regen-8 (+1)
Manna-36 

class-hunter
Skills-hunter eyes. (new: beast vision)
Weapons- Yoake (C) (ability: growth)
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv20
HP-53 (+20)
Attack-10
Defence-11 (+40)
Speed-10 (+9)
Regen-11 (+3)
Manna-169

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  4) 
silver  45)
bronze  37)
copper   28)

I then look over and see the Prince being checked over by his mother while glaring at Bab.

“Hay prince, what don't you say thank you to Bab for saving you?” I asked him.

Everyone looked at him. His jaw was clenched, but he slowly walked over towards us. Until he was right in front of Bab.

“I never asked for your help,” he said. And in that quick moment of confusion, he reached down, grabbed the sides of Bab’s skirt and yanked it down…

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It felt like the world had gone still, all eyes on the little girl wearing a diaper with her skirt around her ankles.

I watched and reacted as fast as I could to grab Bab’s now rising arm. 

“Bab, stop!” I yelled to her as I gripped her open hand into mine. 

She looked up at me with a face of pure rage,as if demanding I let her hand go so she could use one of her powerful lightning attacks to kill that brat.

“It's not worth it,” I told her, before crouching down and pulling her skirt back up.

“Is she really wearing a diaper?!” the prince laughed. 

“Yes, she has a small problem that doesn't need you making it worse for her,” I told the prince standing right behind me. “Come on Bab, let's go home.”

“Aw, does the baby need to go home to get her diaper changed?” the boy said mockingly. “I'm amazed that a moron who can't use the toilet could ever be an adventurer!”

“Boy, I would shut your mouth now if I were you. If it weren't for me kneeling in front of you, she would kill you,” I told him, and noticed that no one else was going to interfere with what was going on.

“Ya, I bet the smell of her dirty diaper could kill a dragon. Hey, maybe one day, when your daddy here gets tired of taking care of you, come find me. I'm sure my maids would just love taking care of a worthless baby bitch like you,” he told Bab. 

I felt a snap in the back of my mind as I heard that.

“Bab, look at me,” I told her, and we looked into each other's eyes, both now pissed. “Do not copy me.”

I swung my arm and body as fast as I could, using the momentum of my body to give my swing more power, connecting the back of my fist to the 13-year-old prince’s face. The force was strong enough to lift the boy off his feet and send him flying backward. 

I immediately knew what I had just done was beyond stupid, so I quickly grabbed Bab and threw her over my shoulder before I booked it out of the alleyway. The only sound we heard was a mother screaming.

“Where are we going?!” Bab yelled at me.

“We need to get out of the city, fast!” I yelled back. “If royalty is anything like my world, then if we're caught, we're dead!”

“They're following us!” Bab told me, and I gave a quick look back, and sure enough, Alan and the guard were chasing us.

Bab then raised up her hand and tried to shoot lightning at them, but because she was bouncing on my shoulder, she missed.

“Bab, no lightning! There are other people here!’ I yelled.

“Then what are we supposed to do about them?!” Bab asked, as I took a sharp turn down another alleyway.

This one had two groups fighting a Pylon in it, but I paid them no mind as I ran past them and jumped onto a crate, then over an ice wall. 

With just a little bit of luck, the Pylons had thinned out now, as this was the tail end of their group. (I had no idea what to call a group of Pylons). With them so thinned out, it was easy to run down the main street. I soon started to see some of the walls begin to come down, now that the Pylons were gone.

“Where did she go?” some guy said, as he suddenly walked right into the main street and right in front of me. I wound up running into the guy, and the three of us all crashed onto the ground hard. 

“Bab are you ok? I asked as I looked up. 

“No! I think I sprained my foot!” she yelled, and was holding her foot in pain.

“That fucking hurt!” the guy I hit said, as he slowly picked himself up. “Why were you running like that?”

Before I could answer, I took a look back and saw that Alan and the guard were still chasing us. Alan was currently dealing with one of the last Pylons that attacked him, however, and the guard was getting closer to us.

“Please, I know we don't know each other, but I'm begging you, please just grab her and take her to the main gate!” I asked the guy, who just gave me a weird look. Here was someone who just ran into him, begging him to take some kid to the main gate. The man then turned around and noticed the guard running towards us.

“I hope I don't regret this,” he said, before he quickly grabbed Bab.

“Alex!” she called to me as she was being taken away.

“I'll catch up soon!” I yelled at her, before turning to the guard, who was now very close, so I pulled out my sword.

“You are under arrest for assaulting a member of the royal family,” he told me, before taking out his own sword. “Now drop your weapon and come quietly, or we’ll have a problem.”

“You know for a fact that brat deserved that punch,” I told the guard.

“That I know. But it still is an assault on a prince. I must take you in,” he told me.

“I know, you're just doing your job and I respect that. So no hard feelings if I tell you I won't come in without a fight?” I asked.

He smiled at me, before he charged at me with his sword and began his attack. His speed and strength were clearly higher than my own. I guess being in a higher class, with more experience, really shows. If it weren't for that Pylon jumping on him, then he would have easily held his ground much better than Alan or I did.

I was only just barely able to dodge his swings or use my sword to block them. I was strictly on defense, just trying to think of any way to stop him. Currently, my mana was very low, since that sword drained it all, but it had been about ten minutes, and I should have had enough for at least one attack.

When I finally thought of something, I went on the attack and slashed down onto the guard, who quickly blocked it. That's when I looked behind him.

“Pylon!” I yelled, and backed off slightly. The guard quickly turned to see my bluff, before turning back to see my hand in his face, “FROST!”

He was temporarily blind at that moment, and I took my chance to smash the butt of my sword into his face, knocking him out, and possibly giving him a concussion.

“Guess it's my turn,” Alan said, as he walked over to me.

Both of us were exhausted, and I could see Alan's arm had been cut by the Pylon he was fighting earlier.

“Come on, even you?” I asked. Alan was a lot like me, and should at least see I was in the right.

“Sorry, I might have a way home with him. Even if I wish I could punch him too,” Alan told me.

“So no hard feelings, no matter who wins?” I asked and raised my sword.

“That's fine,” he told me, and his hands caught fire again.

“Ok, one sec, why do you keep fighting with just your hands?” I asked very curiously.

“I'm a skilled fighter, it's part of the fighter class. They don't use weapons and all the stats they get go to attack and speed. I used my fire magic to give my fists more damage. I'm only using this class until I get the special skill I want,” he explained to me.

“Ok then.” I shoved my sword back into storage and lifted my fists ready to fight. “I won't use a weapon on an unarmed opponent.”

Alan laughed, before stopping his fire magic and making the battle an even fight. We just stared at each other for a moment before Alan finally charged at me. Then I broke one of 'man's' secret rules. I kicked Alan in the nuts.


He dropped like a sack of bricks from that one kick.

“Sorry! You can get me back for that later!” I yelled at him as I started running again. I really had no time to waste, and while that was a cheap move, it was literally the only thing I could do to end the fight right then.

It wasn't long before I finally caught up with Bab and the other guy, already waiting for me at the gate. The other royal guards were still busy with other things at the moment.

“Alex!” Bab cried happily, as she seen me coming. She was leaning against the gate, trying to stay off her injured foot until it healed.

“Thank you for watching her,” I told the guy between pants, and I tried to catch my breath.

“Why were they chasing you?” the guy asked.

“I hit a member of royalty for being an ass;” I told him the most simple version.

“Well, if that's the case, you might want to leave now. It won't be long before more people start to come looking for you,” the guy told us. Bab and I couldn't agree more.

“If we ever meet again we owe you one,” I told the guy and held out my hand. “Mister....?”

“Blake,” he said and shook my hand.

“Alex” I replied, before picking Bab up and running into the woods to try and get a head start.

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About twenty minutes later and I was already exhausted, and I had to put Bab down.

“Are you ok?” Bab asked me, before reaching into storage and pulling out a bottle of water for me.

“Just exhausted,” I tell her before chugging the entire bottle of water. “We can't rest long though. How's your foot?” 

“It still hurts, but I think I could still run if I had to,” she told me.

“No it's bad to stay on a hurt foot like that, it could wind up getting worse,” I told her, before I finally remembered something and smacked my face.

“Whats wrong?” Bab asked, surprised that I would hit myself.

“I completely forgot something.  I wanted this to be a surprise for later, but now is as good as any time to show you,” I told Bab, and reached into storage to pull out the thing Fran made me in secret a while ago.

It was a baby carrier, specially made to fit Bab. (If you don't know what they look like, a link on the bottom will show you.)

“What is that?” Bab asked in disbelief.

“Look, don't get mad. You’re slow and need to stop and rest a lot. I had Fran make this so that I could carry you when we travel, to make it easy for us both,” I told her. “It's not to make fun of you at all, I swear.”

It was the truth. If it weren't for Bab’s consistent stops, we would have been in Pa’a a lot sooner. With this carrier, it should make traveling a lot easier.

Bab was very hesitant about it at first, but eventually agreed to at least try it. She was soon strapped in and was on my back with ease. Thankfully she felt like I was carrying my pack and made running a lot easier.

******************* 

To be honest, I had no idea where we were, or really what to do. We were still running nearly an hour later,no longer in the forest but surrounded by a mountainous terrain.  We knew we were still being chased, as we were attacked by long-range magic that only just barely missed us. Which meant we were just barely staying ahead of them; but with my exhaustion, I knew we wouldn't be able to go on much longer.

“Alex, I think I have an idea,” Bab told me. 

“What's that?” I asked.

“Let me use a special attack I have. It won't hurt anyone, but it should make it so we can rest a moment,” she told me.

With no other option I stopped and unstrapped Bab, and she stood up ready to fight, her foot no longer in pain. I then began to look around. 

Currently, we were hiking up a near-vertical hillside which made it very hard to run. But at least we had the high ground, to fight off anyone who would try to fight us.

Sure enough, within a few minutes we saw more royal guards show up, ready to fight and take us in.

“You are under arrest for…” one of the guards yelled at us, but I finished.

“For smacking a royal brat, and possibly knocking out one of the guards!” I yelled down to them, before grabbing my sword and getting in front of Bab.

Bab folded her fingers together and began chanting something I couldn't hear. 

“Come on you fuck heads, bring it!” I yelled, and suddenly they all started running towards us.

“Pulse!” Bab screamed, as a wave of energy was emitted all around us, and each of the guards fell to the ground.

I looked back at Bab, who was now panting.

“It's a paralyzing spell that uses all the mana I have. They won't be able to move for 30 minutes. If they are under the curse, the would have to retreat or run the possibility of dying if their partner isn't around,” she told me.

That was awesome! This might work!

“That might have worked if we weren't here,” I heard a women say and turned back down to see Enedina and Alan, neither of them affected by the attack.

“How?” I asked.

“Our armor was made to resist all kinds of magic,” Alan told us. “Now give up.”

“Bab, run!” I yelled at her, and got my sword ready. 

With Bab out of mana she was of no help, I just had to buy her enough time to use magic again, but  now it was two on one. Bab did as she was told, and started running uphill, while I charged down.

Alan was the one to engage me, as Enedina ran past. I tried to stop her, but Alan just hit me repeatedly, forcing me to focus on him.

I didn't want to hurt Alan, so I only used my sword to defend myself, as I tried to use my magic on him. Sadly fire resisted ice and wasn't affected by it. 

“You are really going to pay for that cheap shot earlier,” Alan told me.

That's when I heard Bab scream. Suddenly, I didn't care if I hurt Alan, as he now tried to stay away from my swing. Then I saw it. It was just a slight opening in Alan's defense, that meant I was finally able to connect one punch onto him. Alan only staggered a bit, but that was all I needed to run away and up the hill.

Bab and Enedina couldn't have gone far, and sure enough, the moment I turned a corner I saw Enedina using her water magic to encase Bab’s head in a water bubble and lift her into the air. I saw Babs struggle for breath. She tried to use her magic, but not even a spark would come.

“Let her go!” I yelled.

“Don't take one more step,”  Enedina told me. “Unless you want to see if your daughter can suddenly sprout gills.” 

So I stopped,my eyes only on Bab.

“Enedina what are you doing?” Alan asked when he caught up a moment later.

“What I must. Now drop your sword. Now!” she told me, and I complied.

“Ok I give up, just please stop hurting her!” I pleaded and watched in horror as Bab stopped producing air bubbles!

“Fine: you want her so badly, fetch!” Enedina said, and threw Bab.

I immediately started running after Bab. Reaching as far as I could to grab her, I leaped into the air, and finally caught her as we both fell off the edge.

Alexander March
Stats- lv12
HP-80 (+4)
Attack-39 (+3)
Defence-35 (+5)
Speed-46 (+2)
Regen-8 (+1)
Manna-36 

class-hunter
Skills-hunter eyes.
Weapons- none
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv20
HP-53 (+20)
Attack-10
Defence-11 (+40)
Speed-10 (+9)
Regen-11 (+3)
Manna-169

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  4) 
silver  45)
bronze  37)
copper   28)

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Blake had spent the last few hours traveling from one gate to the other, before he finally found who he was looking for.

“Eva! Where have you been!” Blake yelled at the woman who ran up to him and gave him a hug.

“I've been chasing Pylons! It was so much fun!” she exclaimed, before she noticed something.

She then proceeded to smell Blake’s shirt for a moment, before looking at him in confusion.

“Why do you have my sisters smell on you?”


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I was in a lot of pain, I was cold, and I was wet. Those were the first things that came to my mind as I slowly opened my eyes. Above me was a cave ceiling.

When I turned my head, I saw a small fire right next to me, and Bab shaking right next to it, trying to get warm.

“Bab?” I said. My mouth was very dry at the moment and my voice sounded rough.

“Alex!” Bab yelled, and crawled over to me. “Are you ok!?” she asked.

“I hurt, but nothing I can't handle,” I told her, as I slowly tried to sit up. “What happened?”

“You saved us,” Bab said, before explaining what had happened.

Enedina had just thrown Bab over the edge of the cliff, and I had jumped after her. The fall was about three stories high, and I had to work fast if we were to survive. Below us was a single tree; I used my frost magic to nudge Bab and I just slightly, so that we would hit the tree, which significantly slowed our fall, but knocked me out cold.

Luckily for Bab, the fall knocked the water out of her lungs, and she was able to breathe again, but was too hurt to do anything for a while. I guess Enedina and Alan saw us down here,  thought we couldn't have survived, and left without checking on us.

Bab remained on me for about 40 minutes, until she finally felt strong enough to move. She tried to wake me up, but nothing she did would work. By then it was getting late, and with no other choice, Bab slowly dragged my unconscious body 30 yards to a nearby cave.

I really don't know how she did that, but I was indeed impressed. Once in the cave she pulled out the extra wood we collected a while ago, and used her lightning to start a fire. That was a few hours ago.

“Why haven't you changed out of those wet clothes?” I asked Bab, noticing she was still wearing her damp Adventure outfit.

“I can't…” Bab told me, and looked away.

“Why?” I asked.

“I left my backpack at the inn,” she explained. Even though we had storage, she didn't see the point in always taking it with us, then putting it back, if we were still staying at the same inn.

“Shit. Ok, take off your wet clothes, I’ve got an idea,” I told her, and turned away from her. She hesitated for a moment as she watched me grab my backpack,  before she decided to do as I asked. 

Then, I held out one of my shirts behind my back, and had her take it. A moment later I turned around and nearly burst out laughing. I could wear XL size shirts, but I didn't feel comfortable unless they were 3XL, and Bab looked like she was going to slip right thru the head hole. 

So I tied the hole close, and the shirt was now an oversized nightshirt on her.

“How is it?” I asked.

“It stinks,” Bab replied, but I could tell it was a lot better than the wet clothes. Speaking of wet, I also had to change her diaper,  and noticed a small rash forming. I would have to take care of that later.

Once she was all taken care of, it was my turn. After changing into a new set of clothes, I noticed Bab was still shaking from being cold, already wishing she had her onesie. It was already dark outside and unsafe to try to look for more wood. 

So I pulled out my sleeping bag. It had 2 straps on the side that, when undone, turned the sleeping bag into a double. There, Bab and I both got in and slowly relaxed, as the combined body heat slowly warmed the sleeping bag up.

“Alex?”

“Ya,” I replied, both of our backs to each other.

“I'm sorry,” she told me.

“For what?” I asked, not knowing what she was apologizing for.

“For being a brat,” she told me.

“I'm sorry too,” I replied.

“Why?” Bab asked.

“For being so overprotective.”

“That's just who you are,” she told me.

“Still, I went too far when I stopped having you help me,” I told her. “Even though the bracelets were hurting you.”

“I forgive you,” she told me.

“Thank you,” I replied, a little happier about that.

I felt the sleeping bag shift a bit, and Bab tried to give me an awkward hug.

“What are you doing?” I asked, laughing a bit.

“I wanted to give you a hug,” she told me, not really understand why she wanted to do this. So I rolled over and wrapped my own arms around her for a better hug.

We just lay there, hugging each other and trying to stay warm as the fire began to die out.

“Alex, I think I'm ready,” Bab told me. “To tell you…” 

“About?” I asked confused again.’

“Me,” she said, and I suddenly realized what she meant.

“Bab, you don't have to force yourself to tell me,” I told her.

“No, I trust you; you've been there for me from the beginning. You treat me as normal as you can. You don't pity me because of what I've become. You do treat me like a kid, but I can't blame you when I act like one,” she told me. “You still trusted me, even when you were mad at me,  and also after I lied to you. You're the only person I know I can trust in.”

I didn't say a thing. I just laid there and listened to her as Bab took a few deep breaths. 

“I don't know how much you will believe, or even how to even start explaining,” Bab told me. “I'm a witch, and 4 years ago my sister tried to kill me.”

I listened to her story.

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Bab’s story.

At the beginning of this world, my mother was a powerful mage. She was a part of the first group that destroyed the first Dark crystal. Using her power, she helped the early heroes grow stronger. She helped form the basis of all magic used today. But her most significant achievement was being granted immortality by one of 5 sacred monsters.

This, however, became a curse for her as the years went on. She watched as the people she grew to love grew old and died. She tried to find new meaning in her life, but as the years went on she slowly lost herself. Nothing excited her anymore. Nothing brought joy into her life. It was said that she even found the location of all the crystals on the planet, but because of boredom she never did anything to them.

After so long, she finally had enough and tried to kill herself, over, and over. But her curse wouldn't allow it. So she asked another sacred monster to kill her. The monster instead told her  the only way for an immortal to die: they must first give life.

So she did just that: she gave life to me and my sisters. My mother could not give birth, however, so she learned of another way. She learned to offer up her soul and merge it with a monster's soul to create new life.   

I was born of my mother's soul and that of a Raijū, the beast of lightning. Thus I was later known as the witch of storms. 

When my mother finally passed away she left my sister and me to do as we wanted, and we all split. We never really found the need to see each other often. Out of my sisters, I was the 3rd strongest of them, but my magic power exceeded them all.

It was over 4 years ago when it happened. One of my sisters attacked me. She led an army against me for reasons I still do not know. The battle went on for 4 days, my sister using a barrier to keep me from leaving. The fight was only ended when I was tricked. 

My sister placed a bracelet on me and had one of the soldiers force a contract on me. Then my sister killed the soldier. With the curse activated, I had to use all the magic I had, to use one of my mother's emergency spells to break the curse.

The spell was meant to create a new body for me. But without the proper amount of magic, I made a body of a 10-year-old. My sister had known that would be the only option I had to break that curse, leaving me with no mana and no way to fight back.

She then proceeded to place different curses on me. The first was the inability to use my hands. Without them, I wouldn't be able to use my witch skills to fix my body. Next, because she was sick of hearing me yell at her, she stole my speech, making anyone who listens to me unable to communicate. And finally, just to humiliate me further she cursed me to never be able to tell when I needed to go.

My sister thought she had won, and she took her barrier down. That, however, was her big mistake. I had tried to use a teleport spell in the beginning, when the barrier was made. Now that it was gone, my spell finally activated and I was taken to a random village. Unable to communicate. Unable to use my hands. And unable to use the toilet... 

For the first time in my life, I felt weak. But that's not where it ends, because the new body spell wasn't complete. It won't age. For 4 years I have been stuck in a child's body, but no different than if I had become a toddler.

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“That now explains a lot,” I said out loud.

It explained why she was already a mage with such massive mana at the start; also why she distrusted such a lot of people; why even though Alice said Bab should be 14, she still looked 10. And why she hated being called a child. 

“So now you know,” she told me.

“But there's something I still don't get. When you formed the bond with me, the fact that I could understand you shocked even you. Why did you force a bond in the first place?” I asked.

“I just wanted to be able to use magic again. Because of the unfinished body, my power was also locked away. I was planning on using you, to force you to take me with you and find a way to separate us. Then I would go on my own to reclaim my body myself,” she explained.

“So what's your plan now?” I asked.

“I don't know. I never planned on telling you, I never planned on having fun, on trusting anyone, on you ever giving your respect, your compassion, your trust…” Bab stopped.

“Then how about we make a deal,” I told Bab, and she looked up at me. “Let me help you get your body back.”

“No,” Bab told me and turned around. “Your job is to find a way home. Getting my body back could take years.”

I just laughed and hugged her again.

“No, my job is to look after the little orphan girl who stormed into my life and took me prisoner in her own game. You might not understand it, but until you turn into an adult, I have to be looking after you. Which, as you said, might be a few years. But I think my family can wait that long,” I told Bab. “I've already told you before: you are like a sister to me, and like any good older brother, I will always be looking after you.”

“You do remember I that I said I'm older than you right?” Bab told me, a smile growing on her face.

“Ya, but until the day I see that, you'll still be my little sister,” I told her, and rubbed her hair playfully, making her giggle a bit.

“So you're not taking me back anymore?” Bab asked.

“No” I sighed. “Knowing what's going on now, I won't take you back. But now I'll have to think of a different punishment for you, later.”

“That's fine, just, please. No more slimes,” Bab commented, and we both laughed. 

After that, we laid in the darkness, talking about nothing. The fire was now just a pile of dying embers in the cold night, the two of us holding each other for warmth, as we both started to drift off to sleep. 
 

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****i would like to thank Wannatripbaby for helpping me with the editing. My last editor seemingly vanished on me. But i'm hoping with Wanna’s help, this story will be much better ^.^

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Ch 11


“GOD DAMN IT!!!!!” I screamed the next morning when I got back to the cave. 

“Was the sword really gone?” Bab asked still in my t-shirt waiting for her clothes to finish drying by the fire.

“Yeah, and after it transformed too!” I yell in frustration. “I didn't even have it for a day before I lost it!”

“Should we head back to Pa'a to get it and my backpack?” she asked me as I sat down next to her.

“We can't right now. They most likely think were dead from that fall. And even if they didn't, they would still be on the lookout for the people who assaulted a prince.” I explained.

“Shit,” she said disappointedly. She really wanted her new clothes back. Especially the warm pajamas for the cold nights.

“Yeah. Now we basically have to start over again. Get me a weapon and you some clothes. I just hope we can make it to the next town with just my knife and your magic.”

“Can't you do what that Alan guy does?” Bab asked.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“He doesn't use a weapon, just his fire magic around his fist. You should be able to do that with your ice.” Bab explained. She then held up her own fist and had electricity flow all around it. “Give it a try.”

I was a bit skeptical about it, but if this works, I might not need a weapon for a while. So I raised my arm and tried. But nothing happened, so I attempted again, nothing happened. A third time and only a few ice shards appeared.

“This is harder than it looks,” I say out loud before I try again.

“Just keep practicing, you'll be able to do it soon,” Bab told me. 

After a few more tries and using half my mana I finally got an idea. I stood up and walked out of the cave.

“Frost breath!” I yelled and began blowing on my arm. It took a large chunk of my mana but soon my entire arm was covered in ice, and I didn't feel it at all! “Bab look I did it!”

“I guess that's one way to do it,” Bab told me as she laughed.

The ice made a type of gauntlet that felt a little weird, but even as I hit the cave wall, it only chipped a little bit. It would make a decent weapon until I can replace my sword. But it also has a few downsides. 

First, it takes a lot of time and mana. It takes about 20 seconds just to freeze my hand which is not good if I'm already in battle. Second I can't move my hand as it's frozen solid by my attack. And lastly, I have to use the fire to melt the ice….

“So what's the plan?” Bab asked as I stuck my hand as close to the fire as possible to get rid of the ice.

“Your clothes are almost dry, so I say we leave in about an hour,” I tell her.

After an hour I gave Bab a change and realized her stash of diapers was almost out. Just add that to the list of problems we already have. 

when Bab was fully dressed and strapped to my back we departed south to Parïtet.

After about 4 hours of walking, Bab asked me if we could take a break since she wet her diaper and needed a change. This was as good a spot as any, so I put her down before changing the wet girl. 

Once she was taken care of, we had an early lunch and relaxed a moment while I checked out our stats. After what happened yesterday we should have leveled up a bit.

Alexander March
Stats- lv12
HP-80 (+4)
Attack-39 (+3)
Defence-35 (+5)
Speed-46 (+2)
Regen-8 (+1)
Manna-36 

class-hunter
Skills-hunter eyes. 
Weapons- knife
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv20
HP-53 (+20)
Attack-10
Defence-11 (+40)
Speed-10 (+9)
Regen-11 (+3)
Manna-169

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  4) 
silver  45)
bronze  37)
copper   28)

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After seeing this I grew very excited, we were getting much stronger, and I even got the new skill Beast vision!

Upon activation, everything I saw turned a dark blue. Looking around a bit, I saw many blobs of red all around us. It was like I saw thermal imaging.

“Hey Bab, what does Beast vision do?” I asked her as I looked over and seen she was blue.

“It's a skill to help find monsters. You'll see them in different shades depending on how strong they are compared to you,” Bab explained.

From weakest to strongest red, orange, yellow, and white. 

I was amazed by this and looked all around just seeing blobs of red.

Just then we heard a loud roar cut through the air somewhere behind us. I tried my new skill to see what it was but I saw nothing.

“Let's get going, I really don't want to meet whatever made that noise,” I tell Bab before having her get strapped up for me to carry. 

About 2 hours later we reached another problem when we found a river with rushing rapids and no way to proceed. Standing on the rocks by the river we decided just to follow the river in hopes of it leading to a bridge or something for us to continue.

“Do you think I could freeze the water?” I asked Bab while I walked next to the river.

“Maybe a small stream, but a river no,” she told me bluntly. “You're not strong enough for that.”

“Damn,” I replied slightly disappointed.

“Hey, Alex do you hear something?” Bab asked, and I stopped to listen.

It sounded like something big was running. I activated my new skill and tried to look around for it. The moment I saw it I nearly shit my pants. In the far distance, I saw something big glowing white, and running straight towards us!

I immediately rushed to find cover behind a few trees close by and put Bab down as we waited for the thing to show up. We didn't have to wait long before the monster came running past and stopped by the river. 

The monster was a Pylone the size of a fuckng monster truck! It was undoubtedly twice the size of the Boss monster I killed yesterday, and I only killed that thing with the help of a royal sword! Even if I had my sword, I don't think we could ever kill this thing.

“Bab, I want you to do me a big favor,” I whisper to her hoping the monster wouldn't see us.

“What?” she whispered back.

“If that thing sees us I want you to run back to Fran,” I tell her.

“What? No, I can't!” she whispered as she looked away from the pylon sniffing the ground we were standing at just a few moments ago.

“If that thing sees us there is no way we are surviving. I can hold it off for a moment, but I need you to run as fast as you can back to Fran and make a new bond if I don't make it.” I tell her.

“Alex, no. I'm not going to do that!” she whispered.

“Don't argue,” I tell her as the pylon looked right at me. “RUN!”

I bolted from the trees as the Pylon roared, its roar nearly popped my eardrums. It then started to chase after me and away from Bab.

“FROST” I yelled and began to use all the ice magic I could on it. But nothing seemed to faze it.

In mere moments it was close to me and smashed its head into me knocking me to the ground before stepping on my chest. Its paw covered my chest as it put enough weight to keep me from moving. Its beak grow close to my face. I tried to punch it, but that made it mad.

Opening its mouth, it roared at me from so close I could see the back of its throat! This was by far the most terrified I have ever been as I began to feel a warm spot across the front of my pants.

“Where is she!” I heard a voice coming from somewhere.

Before I could say a word a bolt of lightning hit the pylon right in the face. It roared in a slight pain before turning its attention to Bab who was still standing by the trees.

“NO YOU IDIOT RUN!” I screamed but it was too late, the pylon had its attention on the little girl who just hit it with lightning.

The pylon got off me and charged. I watched in horror as it went after Bab. Unable to do anything to stop it. I just yelled as loudly as I could for it to halt.

Just before the monster was on top of Bab, a guy ran up and grabbed her before jumping out of the way of the giant pylon as it smashed into a tree.

“EVA STOP!” the man yelled as the monster got back up to look at him then stopped.

My jaw nearly hit the floor when I saw this person command a monster to stop. But I had to shake that off as I jumped to my feet and ran to Bab. The moment I got to her the beast started to growl at me.

“Eva, stop that, you're scaring them!” the guy yelled at the giant pylon before looking at us. 

“B-blake?” I asked. He was the guy that helped us yesterday, but why was he here! 

“Eva?” Bab asked, but Blake didn't understand she said.

“Where is she!” I heard a voice say again and realized it was coming from the pylon staring us down!

“Wait, is that thing talking???” I asked now a little freaked out.

“I'm so sorry, but Eva here said she smelled her sister on me and has been going crazy ever since,” Blake told us which still made no sense.

“Eva, is that really you?” Bab asked as she started to walk closer to the monster.

“Bab, what are you doing?” I asked and tried to grab her away from it but stopped when Blake grabbed my arm.

“Bab?” the monster said as it began sniffing her. For a moment I was beyond terrified. This thing could swallow her whole! Then I noticed the beast started to shrink.

Its body shrank and morphed until the only thing left was a naked woman kneeling down in front of Bab.

“SISSY!!!!!” the women screamed and immediately began to hug and squeeze Bab.

“EVA YOU’RE KILLING ME!” Bab screamed and Eva dropped her.

“Why are you talking funny? And why are you so small?” Eva asked as she knelt down to look at Bab.

“Ok, can someone please explain what's going on!” I yelled.

“I'll explain everything, but first I think Eva and you should change,” Black said as he tossed Eva some clothing and I realized I was still in my piss soaked pants.

“Now I'm not the only one with accidents.” Bab commented with a sly smile.

After a few minutes Eva was dressed, and I was in new pants. We formed a bond so they could understand Bab and soon we all sat down ready to hear what was going on.

“Okay Bab, is she really your sister?” I asked Bab who was sitting right next to Eva.

Just by looking at them the resemblance was uncanny. Eva looked like an around 20-year-old version of Bab. Only with very long, dark shaggy hair. 

“This is Eva Tusa, my youngest sister,” Bab told me.

“Hi, Bab’s friend,” Eva said as she gave me a wave and a smile.

“It's nice to meet you. I'm Alex.” I greet her and something popped into my head. “How many sisters do you have?” I asked Bab.

“8” Bab said bluntly “we don't see much of each other.

I was stunned, I wasn't expecting that many.

“Eva you never told me you had sisters.” Blake chimed in.

“I don't see them a lot, so they didn't cross my mind,” Eva told him with a smile.

“Eva is a bit simple like that.  When she was a little girl, she would keep running off into the wild for days on end only to return and act like nothing happened.” Bab told us. 

“Big sisters were always so strict! I just wanted to play!” Eva replied. 

Just by watching Eva and Bab I couldn't help but think their minds were in the wrong body.

“Anyway Eva, why are you with a human?” Bab asked her. I just looked at her wondering what she meant by that.

“Because he’s my master know!” Eva cheered happily. 

All eyes were on Blake as he facepalmed himself.

“Eva how many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me that!” Blake told her. “Look it's a long and weird story.”

“You tell yours, and we’ll tell ours,” I tell him as I point at Bab who also wanted to know why her little sister just called him master.

Blake just signed.

“2 years ago I had just joined a guild known as Pyāratā. It wasn't the biggest or the strongest, but they were decent. One day we got word of a new monster appearing in the mountains and forcing a lot of monsters away. This was hurting a lot of people who had villages below the mountains, so we were sent to kill it. To make a long battle short, we were decimated. None of us stood a chance against it. It finally came down to 4 other people and me as we lead the monster to a cliff. With no other way to kill it, we tried to have it fall off the cliff with us. Somehow it worked, and we all fell with the monster. I was knocked out for a few hours but when I woke up my curse was about to kill me. Frantically I searched for someone, anyone to quickly form a bond with. At the time I was so out of it, I didn't question why the monster was gone. Nor did I question that all my friends were dead and the only person still breathing was an unconscious naked girl. I just took a bracelet off of one of my dead comrades and formed a bond with the unconscious women to save my life.” Blake told us.

Blake then took a drink of water and continued. 

“When the bond was made however it went weird. The bracelet couldn't tell if she was human or beast. Because of that my class was forcefully changed to a tamer class, and Eva was recognized as my pet.” he explained.

“Wait is that even possible?” I asked.

“My sisters and I are part monster. However, Eva was born a 3/4th monster.” Bab told us. “Because of that, the bracelet must have gotten confused since she is one of a kind. It must have activated the bond for the human part and compromised the monster part by turning Blake into a Tamer.”

“Yep! And he’s been my master ever since!” Eva said as she got up and sat next to blake as she rubbed her head on his shoulder until he pets her head.

“It's been a long journey. We hated each other for a long time. I blamed Eva for the deaths of all my comrades, and She didn't want to be tamed. Luckily she couldn't hurt me without being hurt herself, and because I feared what she would do if we unbonded I couldn't risk breaking the curse. Eventually, we both learned that she was only protecting herself and that she was hurting others by forcing other monsters away. after a while, we eventually grew to like each other.” Blake explained.

“Your turn now,” Eva told Bab and me.

So we told them most of what happened. Such as how we met and our journey thus far but Bab refused to tell Blake what happened to her. Instead, she asked to speak with Eva about it in private.

“Don't take it the wrong way, I've been with her for a while and only just learned her secret yesterday,” I told Blake as the girls walked out of earshot.

“It's fine. Hey can I ask you something?” Blake asked.

“Go ahead,” I replied.

“Are all witches hard to handle or is it just mine?” he asked.

“Funny, I was going to ask the same thing,” I tell him, and we both busted out laughing at the situation we were in.

A bit further away Bab finished telling Eva the rest of the story.

“But why would she do that?” Eva asked Bab.

“I don't know. But I want you to keep an eye out for her. If you see her then just run away. If you see any of our other sisters, please tell them that as well.” Bab told her sister with a stern look. “And don't tell anyone else, not even Blake.”

After their talk was over, they sat back down with us and another question popped into my head.

“How did you guys find us?” I asked.

“I tracked your scent!” Eva exclaimed proudly.

“After I finished helping you guys I went back to looking for Eva. Because of the festival, she got so excited that she began chasing the pylons and I lost her. When I found her, she smelt Bab’s scent on me from when I carried her. Eva then began rushing all over town following her scent and causing mayhem. She even broke into someone's tailor shop and trashed the place looking for Bab.”

“That was most likely Frans shop,” I told him. “We'll have to apologize to her if we ever get the chance.”

“Yeah, we're going to have to apologize for that later too. After that, Eva went to the inn you both were staying at and found something.” Blake told us and just now remembered to reach into his storage and pull out a Bab’s pink backpack.

“Wait how?” I asked. The inn was supposed to have some type of magic that prevented anyone that wasn't the owners to take stuff out of the inn.

“Eva can cancel out magic,” Blake explained as he handed the bag to Bab who thanked him hugely for it.

“Ok, what exactly is Eva?” I asked. The more I thought about it, the more her powers seemed different from Bab.

“Eva is different from my sisters and me. My other sisters and I are masters at controlling the element we were born with. However, because she was born more monster, she doesn't have elemental magic. She instead was born with what we call beast magic. She is able to transform into any monster she wants and can cancel out any magic that isn't elemental like the inn’s” Bab explained.

I was utterly amazed. I wanted to ask a few more questions but noticed Eva sniffing the air and moved closer to Bab.

“Sissy, why do you stink?” Eva asked and giggled. Bab’s face flushed red as she didn't notice she messed her diaper. “You smell really bad.”

“Eva.” Blake said as he gave her a light tap on her head. “you're not one to talk. It took me a year and a half just to get you potty trained and out of diapers yourself.”

“But that's not my fault! I barely used a toilet before then!” Eva told us, and we laughed. 

So after giving Bab another diaper change, I wanted to ask some more stuff, but it was time for Blake and Eva to leave.

“Master do we have to goooo?” Eva whined.

“Yes Eva, we were supposed to meet someone for a job back at pa'a yesterday. We need to go back and do our job.” Blake told her.

“But I want to play with tiny Bab!” Eva whined more.

“Don't call me tiny!” Bab told Eva sternly.

“Eva, Bab and I will be in Parïtet for a while. So how about when your job is done you meet us there.” I suggested.

This immediately perked Eva up as she ran over to give me a thank you hug. Nearly killing me again in the process!

It's here we said our goodbyes as Eva stripped naked and turned into another monster. This one looking more like an ox. Blake got on top of her and set off to do the job he was hired for,

“That was a bit unexpected,” I told Bab as we continued our own journey.

“Yeah, I really wasn't expecting to see Eva.” Bab told me,

“I was shocked when she turned out to be that scary monster,” I commented.

“Ya and you peed your pants.” Bab reminded me. “I think you might need diapers too.”

“I'll let you have that one. But if you bring that up again I'll shove another slime down your diaper,” I told her and Bab immediately went quiet.

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A butler walks into a room where a boy sits at a table looking over a mountain of paperwork.

“Report.” the boy tells his butler.

“The Adventurer you hired could not make it yesterday or today. Based on a note he sent, he should be here by tomorrow.” the butler told him.

“And of my older brother?” the boy asked.

“He has a matter to attend to at the moment but has agreed to meet you there.” the butler told him.

“Let them know I will be ready to depart pa'a in one week for Parïtet.” the boy told his butler.

“Yes prince Lauren.” the butler told him before bowing and leaving the prince to his work.

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chapter 12

We finally reached Parïtet late at night.

Bab was strapped to my back and passed out. I could feel two wet spots on my back. The first was her head drooling on my shirt. The other was where her diaper leaked onto my back...

I knew her diaper was full a few hours ago and I probably should have changed her then, but 3 things stopped me. First Bab was fast asleep, and I didn't want to wake her. Second I saw the lights of the kingdom and guessed it was only a few hours away, and lastly, I knew if I stopped then I wouldn't be able to move again for a while.

I didn't even care that I got a few strange looks from people walking around at night. Staring at a guy carrying a kid on his back with a huge wet spot just below where she was.

All I wanted to do was go to an inn and pass out.

Once I got the room, and a few more stares, I finally was able to set Bab down and relax a moment. I really just wanted to go to sleep at that moment, but I knew I couldn't leave Bab still all strapped up. So I slowly got her out of the harness and onto the bed.

Bab’s skirt and shorts were soaked, so I took them off along with her wet diaper before gently getting her clean. Being careful as to not wake her up. After getting her taped into a fresh diaper, I scooted her over and under the blankets before placing her pacifier into her mouth.

Now I was too tired to even bother with the sleeping bag and just got in the bed with Bab. We already slept in the same sleeping bag yesterday. Sharing a bed tonight won't kill us.  I blew out the candle and went straight to sleep.

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I awoke when a small hand smack me in the face. Bab was sprawled out on the Bed, and she accidentally slapped me. Yesterday the sleeping bag kept her wrapped up so that she couldn't sprawl out. 

Just then she rolled over onto her side and hit me again with her other hand. I knew I had to do something or else she was going to kick my ass in her sleep. So I gently moved her to a position where I could wrap my arm around her and keep her in one spot, hopefully.

For a moment I look at the sleeping girl. Her pacifier moving slightly, either from her sucking on it or chewing on it. Either way she looked cute like this. It's here I finally came up with a punishment for her. I smile at her and give her a goodnight kiss on her forehead before I fall back asleep.

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When I finally woke up I was looking at Bab who was wide awake and staring at me. Her face was slightly blushing with the pacifier still in her mouth.

“Good morning.” I said before Bab pushed me off the bed. “HEY!”

“You scared the hell out of me!” Bab yelled as she popped the pacifier out of her mouth. “I wake up to your face in front of me!”


I didn't even get the chance to explain as Bab got out of bed and walked to the Bathroom, her soggy diaper hanging low, as she went to take a shower.

I wanted to get mad at her but decided to let it go. I would probably freak out too if I went to sleep and woke up to someone's face in front of me. But with Bab in the shower for the moment I got her punishment ready.

About 15 minutes later I heard Bab yell at me asking why only a towel and one of her t-shirts were in the storage.

“Just put it on and come out,” I tell her.

Confused she does as she’s told and comes out wearing a t-shirt with her blond hair still a little wet and her towel wrapped around her waist.

I had her get on the bed for a new diaper. I rubbed some Baby oil I got not too long ago before adding the Baby powder and finally the diaper. When Bab tried to get up however I pushed her Back down before taping another diaper over the first.

“Wait, why are you putting two on me!” Bab cried out in confusion.

“This is your punishment,” I told Bab before grabbing a skirt and putting it on her.

 “What do you mean?” Bab asked as I helped her off the bed and had her walk around a bit. 

She was not used to the extra padding and made her waddle slightly, but she was still able to walk nicely. Her skirt, however, was small. Just barely covering her diapers. She tried to pull them down lower, but that would reveal the top of the diaper.

“I might have forgiven you for scaring the shit out of me not too long ago, but I still think bad kids deserved to be punished,” I tell Bab. 

“But I'm not a kid!” she shouted at me. But I just shoved her pacifier into her mouth to hush her up.

“At this moment that's irrelevant. Now I'll make you a deal right now. If you're good for the day, I'll get you something nice. If your bad, however, your punishment will be far worse.” I tell her before grabbing our jackets and placing them in storage for later.

I then opened the door to our room and gestured for her to follow. Bab just stared at me, she thought this had to be some type of joke. There's no way I would take her outside wearing a skirt so short that her diaper might show. But I was serious as I walked over and took her hand. 

“Come on little girl, today your punishment is to be treated like the child you act like,” I tell her as I give her a slight smile and drug her out the door.

“Pwez no!” Bab said with the pacifier still in her mouth as she grabbed the door frame to keep herself from leaving.

“Bab, this will be your only warning, I still have stuff to do today in town. So you can be a good girl and come with me, or I can carry you over my shoulder kicking and screaming with your thick diapered butt on full view of everyone.” I tell her as I pull the pacifier out of her mouth with a slight pop and place it in storage with the rest of the goodies I have for Bab.

“But, but…” Bab began to say. Her face bright red and little tears started to form.

“I'll count to 4, if your hands are not away from that door frame you'll be over my shoulder,” I tell her. 

I didn't even count as she let go just from the threat.

“Good girl,” I tell her before rubbing her head and grabbing her hand again.

“You don't have to hold my hand,” Bab mumbled but dared not to let go for fear I would make good on my promise.

The first thing we did was go get breakfast. A waitress commented how cute Bab looked causing her to blush more as we sat at the table. After filling up with eggs, sausage and toast I took Bab back to the room for a moment for a bottle of milk before we left the inn.

Bab hated being seen in public like this. A short skirt, and holding my hand. Over and over people commented how cute she looked or how delightful it was to see a dad take his daughter for a walk with him. That one even I got embarrassed about.

After looking around a bit, we found a weapons shop where I spent 40 silver on a new sword. It was C rank, but it was nice, just not as good as my old one.

Next came buying some supplies, such as a mat for Bab at night. Some food for later, and I got myself a few new shirts since Bab ruined one of them last night. But I won't tell her that. 

Lastly, however, came the diapers. This time I let go of Bab’s hand and gave her the biggest box of diapers they had. She nearly burst into tears when the clerk asked her if they were for her.

“No, I Babysit a lot, and my supply was running low. She’s just embarrassed because I had her carry the box while my arms are full.” I tell the clerk cheering Bab up that I wouldn't expose her secret that way.

Punishments are one thing, public humiliation is another.

Once the supplies were in storage again, I retook Bab's hand, and we walked around town for a bit.

The streets were crowded now, and it made walking around a lot harder. I'm actually glad I had Bab hold my hand or else I might have lost her in the crowd.

Our final destination was to look at a few accessories for us. I was hoping to find something to increase my defense but had no such luck here. Bab, on the other hand, did see a red cape and hood, it looked like something from ‘Little red riding hood.' But it gave a slight defense buff and would look decent with her adventure outfit. So I got it for her.

By now it was time for lunch, but Bab stopped me. Her hand still in mine as she grabbed the front of her skirt. 

“Whats wrong?” I asked.

“I'm wet,” she told me as she looked down ashamed.

“Don't worry, that's what the double diaper is for,” I tell her. thanks to the extra padding the diaper didn't sag under the skirt.

Bab was even more embarrassed than before as she was scared someone might notice the wet diaper at any moment and repeatedly asked me to change her. Until finally she got annoying.

“Ok Bab. Here's a deal. You can spend a few more hours in that diaper, or you can pop your pacifier into your mouth and walk all the way back to the inn right now for one.” I told her.

Tearfully she picked to stay in them.

After a nice lunch, we continued to walk around town for a while until we found a park. Unlike Pa'a which was just one big city. Parïtet was on the side of a cliff with its walls protecting the cliff. It even cut off part of the forest making a few pleasant parks to walk inside the city where monsters weren't around. 

So Bab and I took our walk to the park. We didn't see anyone at all as we followed the trails. Finally, at the end of the path we were on we found an old bench looking over a cliff and out to sea.

The water sparkled as the sunlight hit it. The sound of crashing waves echoed down below us. It looked like a great spot to just sit down and relax.

We decided here was the perfect spot to take a rest as I sat down on the bench. When Bab tried to sit on the bench, however, I grabbed her and sat her down on my lap.

“Alex, please stop,” Bab told me as she squirmed.

“Nope, this is the perfect spot for a little girl like you,” I tell her. Making Bab slightly mad until I pull out an apple for us to snack on.

I used my knife to cut off slices and feed them to Bab.  Continually calling her a good girl as I did. When we were done with the apple, I took out Babs bottle and tried to give it to her.

“No, Alex. I'm sorry for what I did. Just please stop treating me like a little girl!” Bab cried out, but I still stuck the bottle into her mouth. 

She didn't want to, but she didn't drink anything during lunch, and she was thirsty, so reluctantly she began to drink from the bottle. 

I moved Bab into a slightly different position to where she was laying on me like a real Baby as I gave her her bottle.

“You're a good girl Bab,” I tell her when the bottle is emptied, and I replace it with Bab’s pacifier before rocking her slowly. 

Bab wanted to protest, she wanted to spit the pacifier out and get off of me, but just like an infant, she grew drowsy. 

“Shoosh, little girl, I got you,” I whispered to her as I watched her eyes grow heavy, he tried to say something to me, but she fell asleep before she could finish. “Good girl.” 


I gently rocked her for a moment before i pulled out a book and started to read.

I don't know how long I stayed there on the bench with Bab sleeping in my arms. But once the air around me began to stink I knew she had just messed her diaper. 

Slowly I picked Bab up and had her resting on my shoulder. Next, I grabbed out my jacket and threw it over her like a blanket and used the hood to hide her face so no one would see her diaper or pacifier.

Bab slept through the entire walk through the park. On the way back I did pass a couple who stopped me.

"excuse me, but by any chance do you know were an old bench around here might be?" the guy whispered seeing the covered girl in my arms.

"yes, just follow this path, it's about a 10-minute walk from here," I whispered back.

"it's so cute to see kids fall asleep like that," the women said, "they look so peaceful."

"ya, but only when they're asleep, otherwise they can be a handful," I tell them as I gave Bab's diaper a slight pat.

we said our goodbyes as I made my way out of the forest.

I only woke Bab up when we got to the edge of the trees and asked her to walk the rest of the way back.

She was a little groggy from the nap but complied. I took the pacifier out of her mouth and began to walk when I noticed the diaper was now sagging below the skirt. I quickly threw my jacket over her to cover it up.

Hand in hand she walked beside me as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

The thick diaper helped cover the smell and add my jacket wrapped around that you couldn't really smell her as we went to dinner that night. 

The entire time I watched the girl squirm in her dirty diaper. Always thinking someone would smell her, or somehow notice the thick messy diaper. But no one did. 

Once we were done, we headed back up the stairs to our room when I stopped. Bab was slightly ahead of me while I was on the stares. From this height, she was the same height as me.

“Bab there's something I forgot. Would you like to go with me or go back to the room?” I asked.

“Back to the room please,” she told me, just wanting to get out of view of anyone and hopefully out of the diaper soon.

“Ok, you go to the room and sit on the bed. I'll be back in a minute.” I tell her. “But first.”

I then grabbed Babs skirt and pulled it down. She was so surprised that I did that she forgot to even scream or hit me as she tried to cover her diaper to no avail.

“The doors unlocked,” I tell her as I walk away with her skirt in hand as I heard her run down the hall and heard a door slam.

I just giggled to myself as I shoved the skirt onto storage and walked to a store.

I wasn't gone 15 minutes when I returned to the room to see Bab sitting on the bed. Her lip quivering as she tried not to cry after what I did.

“I hate you!” she yelled at me.

“No one was there, I knew you would be fine,” I tell her.

Bab then layed down and without asking I got her out of the filthy diaper. 

“Bab, I have a question for you. Have you been a good girl today?” I asked her as I began to get her clean.

Bab said nothing but did nod her head yes.

“Yes, you were. So for being a good girl, I got you this.” I tell her as I pulled out a teddy bear and set it on Baby's chest as I grabbed a new diaper and got Bab taped up.

Bab just stared at the toy for a moment before she busted out laughing.

“All that embarrassment, for a toy?” Bab asked while laughing as the tears she was holding back earlier came out.

“No the embarrassment was for scaring me, the toy was for being good,” I told her as I sat down next to her and pet her head. “Next time will be far worse.”

Hopefully, now she will have learned her lesson and won't have to have me do anything worse than this.

Alexander March
Stats- lv12
HP-80 (+4)
Attack-39 (+3)
Defence-35 (+5)
Speed-46 (+2)
Regen-8 (+1)
Manna-36 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- sword (C)
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv20
HP-53 (+20)
Attack-10
Defence-11 (+45)
Speed-10 (+9)
Regen-11 (+3)
Manna-169

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  4) 
silver  4)
bronze  11)
copper   22)

**********

The couple I had passed earlier looked over the cliff by the old bench, looking down at the waters below. It was dark now as they finished getting their supplies ready.

“You know how dangerous this is right?” the woman asked.

“Aeva you know what we're heading for. If we don't get this done our plan will be for nothing.” the guy said before jumping off the edge.

“Master Chet you're going to be the death of us all one day,” Aeva said as she followed behind him.
 

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chapter 13

For the next two days, Bab and I spent a lot of time not only on jobs but on ways to get ourselves stronger.

Looking back, the last few days have entirely shown just how weak we really are. Falling from that cliff was the only thing that saved us from Enedina and Alan. If I want to get my sword back, then I will have to get a lot stronger for it.

Bab, on the other hand, wants to get revenge on them for not only nearly killing us, but also for what that prince did to her.

One thing I've been trying to focus on is strengthening my ice magic. So far the spells I know are very basic and need a lot of improvements.

So far the best way I've found to improve my magic is to use them on a giant turtle monster. They’re the size of a fucking car with crazy high defense, But slow as well. So I've just been hitting the beast with all my magic to improve it. Such as throwing ice shards at it, making the ice gauntlet and ice breath. All of which I have developed slightly.

For starters, I learned that by concentrating on making the ice gauntlet was still hard as hell for some reason, but using that with ice breath like before I can get a thinner version that is still as good and even allows for better movement. Next, I'm also now able to make larger ice sherds, and my aim at throwing them is getting a lot better.

This gave me a question that I should ask Bab about.

But Bab was busy with her own training. Just as I learned I needed to get a lot stronger, Bab finally decided that in her current state she couldn't rely on her regular high bolt attacks anymore. A lot of her magic consumes a lot of manna, and not all of them will go down on the first hit.

By the end of the day, we got a little stronger.

Alexander March
Stats- lv14
HP-85 (+4)
Attack-43 (+3)
Defence-39 (+5)
Speed-48 (+2)
Regen-8 (+1)
Manna-40 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- sword (C)
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv21
HP-54 (+20)
Attack-10
Defence-11 (+45)
Speed-11 (+9)
Regen-11 (+3)
Manna-176

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Money ----
gold  4) 
silver  14)
bronze  51)
copper   28)

We’ve also learned of a few new monsters that we hadn't seen before. Such as the giant turtle, giant centipedes, gremlins (they look like hairless monkeys to me), and even more beasts than I've seen before. 

As soon as we get back to the city, Bab immediately takes my hand. The day after Bab’s punishment we went back into town, and we lost each other in the crowd within 5 minutes. It took us an hour just to find each other so now we hold onto each other while in the city.

Today there was a lot of buzz around the city. Something about a princess? I really didn't care, and neither did Bab. We just walked through town until we got to a restaurant to have lunch. Not noticing we were being followed for a while.

********

“What do you think?” one of the 3 women asked as they sit at a table away from Bab and me.

“She looks about the right size. Maybe a little shorter then I would like, but we can't be picky about it.” another said.

“The problem is the guy, do you really think he would let his daughter do this?” the third woman asked.

“At this point, we might not have the option. We're running out of time.” the first women said.

 “Ok I'll go talk to them.” the second one said as she left the table.

***********

Bab and I were in the middle of eating our lunch when a cute woman came up to our table. She was probably in her early 20’s with lovely red hair.

“Excuse me, but may I take a moment of your time?” she asked.

“Yes?” I ask

“My friends and I would like you and your daughter to please come with us.” the women told me and gestured over to another table where 2 other women were sitting.

“I'm sorry but why?” I asked ignoring the daughter comment, too much of a hassle to correct people.

“We are from the royal guard, and we would like to have a word with you,” she told us.

 I looked over at Bab who was most likely thinking the same thing I was.

“Have we done something wrong?” I asked not knowing if this has something to do with the prince or not.

“Not that I'm aware of, we would just like to talk,” she told us.

“I'm sorry, but I would like to decline,” I tell her, hoping that would be the end of it.

“This wasn't a choice. Now either come with us or be detained,” she told us with a little sharper voice.

With no other option, I looked over at Bab who practically read my mind.

“FROST!” I yelled and blasted the women with ice, blinding her as Bab and I jumped from our table and ran.

Everyone in the restaurant was surprised and started yelling, for a moment they didn't know what had happened. By the time the other 2 women got up and helped their friend, Bab and I were already running down the block.

When I looked back, I saw two of the women chasing us with the one who was talking to us jumping to the rooftops using wind magic.

“Any ideas Bab?” I asked as I grabbed and threw her over my shoulder. Her tiny body can't keep up, so this was faster.

“Not really!” she told me as she raised her arm to fire electricity but realized there were too many people still around. “We need to find a way out of here!”

“How!” I asked shoving people out of our way.

“Get to the park! There are fewer people, and if we can somehow get past them we can circle back and make a break out of the city!” Bab yelled.

For a kid, she had a good idea.

It was hard running through the crowd of people, but we eventually made it to the park where I put Bab down and looked back at the three women still chasing us.

“You know I always wondered what it would be like to be chased by multiple women, not as fun as I thought it would be.” I say out loud before looking down at Bab. “Okay I want you to run to the old bench we went to yesterday and wait for me there.” 

“What? No way! There's no way you can take on three at once!” Bab told me as I pulled out my sword.

“I'm not, I'm giving you a head start,” I tell her.

With no choice, she started running just as the three women stopped about a hundred feet away from me to pull out their weapons.

“You are hereby under arrest for assaulting a royal guard.” the black short-haired women wielding a katana told me.

“Honestly blasting her with ice has probably been the least worst thing I've done this week,” I tell them as I make a few ice shards in my hand.

“This is your last warning, put your sword down and come quietly or we will be forced to take you down.” the blond girl with a sword told me.

“Yeah, no,” I tell them before I throw my shards at them.

The katana chick swung her sword and a wall of ice appeared to take my attack.

“Nice, Lexi!” the girl I blasted earlier yelled as she used her wind magic to jump into the air and over the wall wielding a long-bladed sword the same height she was.

I had to quickly block her sword with mine, the force of that would surely have killed me otherwise.

“Now Lizzie!” the women yelled as the girl with the sword was at my side and about to strike me down.

But before her attack could hit a bolt of electricity blasted her away.

“Lizzie!” Lexi yelled as she ran over to check on her friend.

“Ice breath!” I yelled taking advantage of the situation and blinding the girl with the long blade again and kicked her away.

I then turned and watch Bab run into the woods as I ran in a different direction. Hoping the guards will follow me. If they do, I can make a quick turn back to Bab and grab her to leave.

“Gale winds!” I heard the wind women yell when suddenly wind picked me up and threw me into a tree.

“I am Alisha, a soldier of Parïtet, and on my pride, you shall not escape.” the wind chick told me as I got back up.

As I looked over I saw it was only her, the other two must be going after Bab.

“Shit.” I say out loud and pull out my sword. “if we're doing introductions I'm Alexander, a man trying to survive, and I'm not going to be stopped like this.”

Alisha just stared at me, both hands on her sword. Ready to strike me down at a moment's notice. I really didn't have the time to stay and fight. However, it was my only option now. Even if I tried to run she would just hit me with another wind attack and take me out that way.

“Gale wind!” Alisha yelled as she raised her sword up. Her wind magic circling all around it before slashing it down and hauling the wind attack at me again. 

This time I was able to jump out of the way as the attack hit the tree behind me and knocking it over. 

I decided to just charge at her and hope for the best as she raised her sword again. This attack, however, did hit me and sent me flying back yet again, luckily I didn't hit a tree this time.

“Just give up,” Alisha told me. “You're not going to beat me.”

She had a point, even if I did try to attack her she still has much more powerful attacks. I was only able to attack her by surprise, and now the only way I'll be able to get past her is if I somehow can stop her. That's when I had a thought that might work.

I immediately jumped up and charged again. Alisha continued to try and blow me away still, but I kept dodging out of the way.

“You're getting annoying!” she yelled and finally charged at me herself when I was getting too close.

She swung her sword down just as she did before, expecting me to block her sword again. But I didn't. Instead, I jumped out of her way and dropped my sword.

“TUNDRA!” I yelled as I tried to copy what the ice chick did with her katana. I had to use both my hands pointed at her and blasted her with all my ice magic. Alisha let go of her sword and raised her hands to block my attack which ended up freezing her arms together.

With my amount of magic, I guess that's the best I could do as I then shoved her to the ground. As Alisha trashed and cursed trying to get free of the ice and to stand back up, I grabbed my sword and ran. Hoping that she would be down for at least a few minutes.

But I didn't make it too far when I tripped over something and fell on my face.

“Well, if it isn't my friend Alex,” I heard a familiar voice say. “Long time no see.”

Looking up I saw Noah walking over to me.

“Noah!” I yelled excited to see an old friend. 

He reached out a hand to help me up, but the moment I took it he placed something on my wrist.

“Sorry Alex, but you're under arrest,” Noah told me.

*****************************

I was thrown into a cell not long after that, My hands cuffed. soon after that, I saw Sherry carrying a pissed off Bab under her arm. She was thrashing and yelling at Sherry as she threw Bab in with me.

“Ok, so from what Alisha has told me, they asked to talk to you, and you assaulted them and tried to run, why?” Noah asked us through the bars of our cell.

So we told them how I hit a royal family member, how their guards tried to kill us, how we thought that since they were royal guards, they must have known and wanted to finish off the job.

Noah, Sherry, and the three royal guards all stared at us. 

“We had no idea about any of that,” Lizzie told us.

“We just wanted to talk about a job proposal,” Lizzie commented.

“Wait you guys were the thug and the mentally-disabled kid that attacked a prince of Pa'a?” Sherry asked.

“We haven't seen you two in a while, and this is the amount of trouble you guys get into?” Noah asked. “By the way, what happened to my sword?”

After telling him I lost it, Noah threw a rock at my head...

“That was a rare sword! And you even lost it after it transformed!” Noah yelled at me and continued too rant for about 10 minutes.

“Well, it looks like you both done goofed,” Sherry told us before turning to the girls. “By the way what was the job you wanted them to do? Shouldn't you three be with Lord Elroy right now?”

“Lord Elroy asked us to look for a specific child for a special job,” Alisha told her.

“What type of job would need Bab?” I asked.

Before they could tell us a Man and kid walked into the room. Noah, Sherry, and the three royal guards all shot up and bowed down to them.

The man was tall and had short black hair and a clean shave, the kid was a girl with long blond hair and in a beautiful dress.

“I think it would be best if I explained from here.” the man commented. “Noah and sherry, You both stay here. The rest of you, please wait for us outside.”

“Yes lord Elroy!” the three royal guards said in unison before leaving.

“Great, another royal,” Bab mumbles to herself.

“I am sorry for all the confusion,” Elroy said before giving a slight bow.

“What do you want with us?” I asked.

“Not really you. But the girl. We would like to ask her to help us.” Elroy said and gestured to the girl beside him. “This is princess Ramonita, and she would like the girl's help.”

The Princes was not much taller than Bab, my guess about 11 or 12. She also had a serious expression on her face.

“And what would she want with Bab exactly?” I asked.

“We are to meet with a member of the royal family of Pa'a in a few days. But we have gotten word that someone is planning on attacking both members of the royal family. So as a precaution we would like to ask Bab to take Ramonita’s place on our travel until we can get the royal family members to a safe place to meet.” Elroy explained.

“No,” Bab told them.

“Po?” Elroy asked in confusion.

“She said no,” I tell them.

“Might I ask why?” Elroy asked.

“Well for starters, we're kinda stuck together,” I tell them as Bab and I raised our bracelets. “Next we don't like Pa'a royalty. And lastly, your plan has a big problem, if Bab takes her place how will the princess get there?”

“All good questions. First, let's start with the bond. As members of the royal family, they are all given a special item that can break the curse of the bracelets.” Elroy told us as the princess pulled out a small necklace. Attached to it was a vial so small it probably only had a drop of whatever was in it.

“This is a phoenix tear. Its powers allow for the spell of the bracelets to be broken.” the princess told us finally speaking for the first time.

“As for meeting the royal family member, you won't have to worry. We are merely meeting them in a special location. We only want Bab to travel to the destination and act as a decoy should the princess be attacked.” Elroy told us.

“That's another thing I'm worried about,” I tell them.

“Don't you worry, she will be in the best of care with our royal guards around. This is just a worst case scenario.” Elroy told us. 

“Bab will be safe with us,” Noah told me. 

“But aren't you both just knights?” Bab asked, and I translated.

“Right we never told you, did we? we are actually the heads of the royal guard of Parïtet.” Sherry told us. “We had just finished a mission and were on our way back to Parïtet when we ran into you guys.”

“But your weapons, they weren't much better than the one I have now,” I commented.

“That's because we were testing out new weapons at the time. You don't just pick up an A class weapon and just start using it without practice.” Noah told us. “Heck I was about to pull out my better weapons to take on the boss when you two killed it.”

Now that I think about it, Sherry didn't even have a scratch on her when she fought those bandits, and how would someone like Noah get such a rare sword?

“As for the princess, one of our royal guards will escort her on a different path leading to our destination,” Elroy told us.

“Excuse me, sir, if I may?” Sherry spoke up upon hearing this. “I don't think that would be such a good idea.”

“Why is that?” Elroy asked.

“All of the royal guards around here are well known. The moment anyone sees one of them with someone that looks like royalty everyone will be talking about it.” Sherry explained. 

“Even if they left at night, if just one person saw them then it would be all for nothing.” Noah chimed in.

“See, even your royal guards think it's a bad idea,” I tell them and Bab nodded in agreement.

“Not exactly,” Noah told me. “I only said that if she went with a royal guard there would be problems. I suggest we have Alex here take her.”

“No, he is unknown and inexperienced. The princes wouldn't be safe with him.” Elroy told them.

“I actually agree, Bab is one thing, a princess is completely different!” I tell them.

“But that is exactly why I think Alex is a better solution. No one would think we would trust someone so inexperienced with the protection of a princess. Plus while he wouldn't have defeated Alisha if she was going all out he did hold his own against her.” Noah pointed out.

“And it's not like he doesn't already travel with a kid in the first place.” sherry brought up.

“I agree with them,” Ramonita told us. “That might be the best plan we can use on such short notice.”

“Again, I said no!” I yelled, and all eyes were on me. “One: you're putting Bab in danger on a what-if scenario. Two: I'm not qualified to take care of royalty, and three: we want nothing to do with Pa'a!” I yelled.

“We would gladly give you any compensation you could want for your services,” Ramonita told us.

“I think we should do it,” Bab said, and my head spun around to look at her.

“WHAT!”I yelled. “You can't be serious right?”

“The job does sound risky, but a reward like that could help us out later.” Bab told me.

‘What is she saying’ Elroy asked Noah who shrugged.

“Can we have a moment to speak in private?” I asked everyone else.

“Yes, we will return in 15 minutes for an answer.” Ramonita told us before they left, leaving Bab and me alone.

“Bab, do you even know the risks? By doing this not only will you be in danger but you will also have to reveal your secret to them.” I told her. 

“I know, and if it means getting closer to our goal I think I can suck up my pride,” she told me.

****************

Once the 15 minutes were up, they came back into the room to hear our decision.

“After thinking it over, we finally decided on doing it,” I tell them.

“That is great,” Noah said.

“But first we have 3 conditions,” I told them. “First: Sherry must be with Bab at all times.” 

“Why me?” sherry asked confused.


I look at Bab who is already blushing but lifts up her skirt to reveal her secret. About her need for diapers and her hands. Out of everyone, Sherry is the only person in their group who Bab would trust to change her diaper.

“Under these circumstances, it shall be,” Elroy told us.

“W-wait but I… Okay fine.” Sherry said a little flustered herself. Unknown to us, she didn't know how to change a diaper...

“Next, the princes must form a bond with me,” I tell them,

“No, your job will be to keep her safe, you do not need to have her form a bond,” Elroy told me.

“Correction, my job is to keep Bab safe, and after what we went through with Pa'a royalty I want insurance that Bab will stay safe,” I tell them.

“Elroy it is fine, it will only be for a few days. It won't be a problem.” Ramonita tells Elroy who has to follow what she said. “What is your final condition?” 

*************************

Not long later I saw Bab and Sherry walk out of the cell room. Bab was now in the princess's dress and looked almost identical to Ramonita. The dress was slightly big for her but still fit nicely, well except for the chest part.

Waddling behind them was Ramonita in Babs adventure outfit and diaper. Bab’s final condition was if they were trading places then the princes must also wear diapers just like Bab. It was something Bab wouldn't take no for an answer. 

“Bab I want you to be good and stay safe,” I told her. 

“U gurr Cryf, urr kyy eoi up c xyg zcek” Bab said with a smile.

Without the bond, I can't understand her, but I think I understood what she said when she had me crouch down so she could give me a hug.  

I then watched as she and Elroy got into a carriage and drove off.

“Since Bab isn't here I'll tell you this now. You only have to wear them, not use them if you don't want to.” I tell her.

She just ignored me and tried her hardest to walk without waddling. 

“These are going to be a long few days,” I whisper to myself.

Alexander March
Stats- lv14
HP-85 (+4)
Attack-43 (+3)
Defence-39 (+5)
Speed-48 (+2)
Regen-8 (+1)
Manna-40 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- sword (C)
Element-ice

partner-Ramonita Maynard
Stats- lv1
HP-35
Attack- 2
Defence- 3 (+100)
Speed- 2
Regen-1
Manna-5

class-princess
Skills-royal blood
Weapons-none
Element- dark

Money ----
gold  14) 
silver  14)
bronze  51)
copper   ?

***************

“Well, well, well. Looks like Elroy has a new plan” Chet said as he looked down from a roof and saw Elroy and Bab get into a carriage and ride off before Ramonita and I came out.

“Are you positive that's the real one master?” Aeva asked not able to tell the difference. 

“Trust me, I've known her since she was a baby, that's definitely her,” Chet told Aeva.

“What shall we do now?” Aeva asked.

“The guy doesn't look like a royal guard, but he does look strangely familiar. Let's have Monarch test him out,” Chet said as he stared at Ramonita.
 

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“How about we go shopping before we do anything else. I know Bab’s clothes are a bit tight so you might want to get something more comfortable,” I suggested to Ramonita. 

She didn't say a word to me. She mostly just messed with her skirt trying to make it longer and hide the diaper she was forced to wear. 

It was getting late, and there weren't as many people around so moving through town was a lot easier. I decided we needed to make 2 stops, First to get Ramonita better clothes.

Thankfully Elroy gave us 10 gold to help pay for anything we might need over the next few days.

We were in the store for about 45 minutes before Ramonita picked out 2 outfits and some pajamas. She was now wearing a yellow t-shirt with a long skirt and a jacket. She looked like a regular teen, well except for the diaper.

Next was a weapon. Unlike Bab, Ramonita can use both of her hands. In case it came down to it, she should at least have something to defend herself with. At first she didn't want to, saying that was my job, but i told her it was only for emergencies. Out of everything she only picked a dagger. Well, at least it was better than nothing.

With both errands done we went to get dinner at a small restaurant.

“Ramonita you do know you can talk to me right?” I tell her as we waited for our food.

She just sipped at her water.

I just sighed and decided to leave it alone for a while. When we get back to the room, I'll see if I can get Ramonita to talk to me.

Dinner was great, but Ramonita didn't seem to like it as much. Maybe a status type of thing. I just got her food into a doggy bag to save for later.

It was about 20 minutes later after dinner that I noticed something. Ramonita was slowing down.

“You ok?” I asked. She ignored me and tried to keep pace with me again.

We were passing another store when I saw something through the window, a Sleeping Bag. I've been hoping I could find one for a while. So far Bab and I have been taking turns using my sleeping bag while the other uses the mat and blanket.

I quickly go in, hoping to grab it before the store closed. Luckily the clerk told us we had plenty of time so I began to look for other supplies we might need.

All the while Ramonita began to grow anxious. She hasn't used the bathroom since she left her home earlier that day and hasn't seen a good time to go. She thought about going to the bathroom at the restaurant, but there were too many people, and she didn't want them seeing her carry a diaper into the bathroom. She was so focused on her need to pee she blocked out nearly everything else. She was hoping we would just go back to the hotel room fast so that she could use the toilet, but then I had to make this stop.

We walked around the store a bit until I notice Ramonita stopping and began to whisper something.

“Ramonita are you ok?” I asked and knelt down next to her.

Her face was glowing red, and sweat was starting to pour down her face. When she finally looked at me, she finally spoke.

“I have to pee,” she whispered before she grabbed her padded crotch and crossed her legs no longer trying to hide it.

“Oh shit,” I say as I try my best to lead her back to the cashier. “Excuse me, do you have a bathroom here?” 

“I'm sorry, but that is for employs only.” the cashier told me.

“Can you please make an exception? my sister here really needs to pee,” I tell them as they look over to Ramonita who is now doing the peepee dance just trying to hold it in.

“I'm sorry sir, but it's store policy. We've had women sneak stuff into the bathroom and *ahem* ‘hide’ the items before leaving.” they told me.

“SHE'S 12! DO YOU THINK SHE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!” I yelled. I then looked back at Ramonita, there was no way she would last much longer and no way she would be able to move far like that.

So dropping all the stuff I had I picked Ramonita into my arms, ironically princess carry Style, and ran out of the store. I had no idea where another bathroom was, but we were close to the inn if she could just hold it for only a few more moments.

“We're almost there, just try to hold it a little longer!” I tell her.

Luckily someone was just leaving the inn, and I was able to slip through with her and quickly run up the stars. 

I opened my door and ran Ramonita right into the bathroom. We made it!

HHHIIIISSSSSS………

I stood there, in the middle of the bathroom holding a princess right in front of a toilet were her bladder gave out and flooded her diaper in my arms and a wet patch formed around the bottom of her skirt.

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Bab wasn't really enjoying herself either. As soon as they arrived at the castle, she was rushed to the princess’ room.

Elroy had to tell all the staff that because of exceptional circumstances no one was allowed to see the princess for the next few days. He didn't want to risk anyone finding out Bab wasn't really her.

The princess’ room was large with a high ceiling. Bab looked at the bed and saw it was covered in stuffed animals. 

“kvy lycrre rusyk vyl kjixxyz cpuqcrk,” Bab said out loud.

“What's that?” Sherry asked. Not understanding a word Bab said.

“pyhyl qupz,” Bab said as she shook her head.

Without the bracelet, no one could understand her. She had to give her bracelet to the princess earlier. She hoped she and sherry could form a bond so that they could talk but Elroy shot that down.

“The princess didn't have one, and if anyone saw you with one they will grow suspicious,” he told her on the way here.

“Well is there something you would like to do?” sherry asked Bab. 

Sherry felt a bit awkward in this position. She never expected to be babysitting anyone in her life. Hell, she never expected to have to put a princess into a diaper in her life. Now she was in the princess' room with Bab who couldn't leave. She didn't know what to do.

“acp eoi vcpz qy qe bcasncas?” Bab asked as she pointed to her backpack that Sherry was holding onto.

Bab wasn't allowed to bring her clothes, but she did have some stuff in her backpack. Such as extra diapers, a bottle, her books and something Alex packed for her.

Bab pulled out one of her books and sat down at a table to read. She really didn't have much else to do. 

“Um is there something you want me to do?” sherry asked Bab who shook her head no. “Okay then, well I'm going to talk with Noah outside. Come get me if you need anything.”

With that Sherry left the room, leaving Bab sitting at the table to read her book.

After a while, Sherry and Noah came into the room carrying trays of food. They then set them on the table and revealed them as dinner. 

Steak with mashed potatoes, steamed veggies, and corn. 

Both Sherry and Noah took a seat next to Bab as they began to eat their dinner and talk.

“Why aren't you eating?” Sherry asked Bab. 

“u acpj iky qe vcpzk,” Bab told her and shook her hand.

“Ow right, Alex told us you couldn't use your hands. One sec I'll help you.” Sherry said as she cut up the stake and began to feed the girl.

“It must suck not being able to do that yourself,” Noah commented the obvious. 

After a few minutes of eating Bab pulled out her bottle and had Sherry fill it to let Bab drink from it.

“You act just like a baby.” Sherry commented with a giggle as Bab then glared at her.

Once dinner was over Noah left as Sherry noticed a faint poor smell and looked over at Bab.

“U pyyz c avcpwy, nrycky,” bab said as she pointed to her diaper.

Sherry had a tough time with the diaper. Nearly throwing up when she untaped it. This made an already embarrassed Bab feel worse. She quickly tried to clean Bab up before taping on a new diaper. 

But the diaper felt...off, somehow it just didn't feel right. But before Bab could say anything Sherry was already starting to undress Bab to put her into a nightgown.

“It's time for bed Bab. Noah and I will be right outside if you need anything.” Sherry told Bab as she helped put Bab into the massive bed before turning off the lights and leaving the room.

Bab laid in the dark with nothing but her thoughts. She hated this whole thing. She felt like she was back at the orphanage again. No one understanding her. Treating her like an infant. 

She then got out of bed and using some electricity to see in the dark she went to grab her backpack and walked back to the bed. She unzipped it and pulled out the bear Alex packed for her and hugged it as she curled back up into the bed. 

“u qukk Cryf,” bab said as she hugged the bear tightly looking forward to when this would all be over.

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Ramonita’s face was a mixture of shame, confusion, and sadness. It wasn't long before she was bawling her eyes out. 

“Shussh its ok, you're ok. Accidents happen,” I tell Ramonita as I set the girl down on her feet. “You're fine, you're safe.”

I continued to comfort her and rub her back until she finally stopped crying.

“Are you okay now?” I asked her. She nodded yes while sniffling. “Would you like some help?”

Ramonita just looked at me in confusion.

“Do you know how to change a diaper or would you like me to?” I asked her.

She didn't know how to change a diaper as she only let sherry put one on her earlier. She wasn't paying any attention to how it was done at the time. Just embarrassed that it was happening to her. With no response I just signed. 

“Come with me, we don't want you getting a rash,” I told her as I stood up and took her by the hand and took her back into the main room. 

First I shut the door I left open as I ran into the bathroom earlier before laying down a changing mat on the bed.

Next, I removed Ramonita’s wet skirt. Sherry must not know how to properly tape on a diaper. Ramonita let out a slight squeal as she tried to cover the massively soaked diaper. 

“You don't have to worry, I'm already used to changing Bab,” I tell her as I help her onto the changing mat. I then pull out all the supplies I had. “Ok, I want you to pay attention to what I do. This way you'll be able to do it yourself later.”

I then proceeded to un-tape the straps and unfold the soaked diaper. Ramonita face was bright red, and she tried to cover her face with her hands. 

“I'm going to have you wipe yourself clean,” I tell her as I hand her the baby wiped. 

Once she was done with that, I removed the diaper and put a new one under her. Then I gave her the Baby powder and had her apply it to herself while Before I showed her how to tape the diaper up.

After that, I told her to change into her pajamas while I threw away her diaper and changed in the bathroom.

When I got out, Ramonita was already changed and in bed under the blankets as she stared at the wall.

“Ramonita would you like to talk about it?” I asked, not really knowing what to do in this circumstance.

 With Bab, she can't change her diaper and is forced to use it. Ramonita, on the other hand, used hers on accident and could have changed her own diaper. Instead, a guy she doesn't really know just watched her pee into a diaper and changed them as well. She must feel like shit right now.

“I'm sorry,” Ramonita told me.

“Excuse me?” I replied not getting what she said.

“I'm sorry. because I didn't ask to use the bathroom this all happened,” she told me.

“Why didn't you just go at the restaurant?” I asked as I sat down on the bed right next to her.

“I didn't want to ask for a diaper and have people see me take it to the bathroom,” she explained.

“Why would you need to ask for one?” I asked her. She then lifted up her head to look at me in confusion. “You do know you can use storage too right?”

Her eyes went wide before she shoved her face into the pillow and started crying again, finally realizing this entire thing happened because she didn't know she could use storage.

“Hey, it's okay Ramonita, it was just a simple mistake,” I tell her.

“But, but” she stammered as she raised her teary face from the pillow.

“Ramonita, look at me. Do I look mad to you? It was just a mistake, and I promise it will never leave this room.” I tell her.

For the next 20 minutes, I continue to reassure her that she was ok and that her secret was safe with me. She even apologized for ignoring me earlier, 

“Um, Alex?” Ramonita said as I pulled out my sleeping bag.

“Yes?” I respond.

“Can I make a request?” she asked.

“what is it?” I asked her.

“I can't sleep without a story,” she told me.

“Really?” I asked. She nodded.

This was a weird request, but I figured why not. I did have a problem however as I didn't know many stories. Then I realized I could just tell the plots of tv shows.

“This story is from my world,” I told Ramonita as I sat down on the bed next to her. She moved over slightly and looked at me. “Sugar. Spice. And everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girls…..”


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Ramonita woke up in the middle of the night needing to pee. I was fast asleep in my sleeping bag as Ramonita got up and tiptoed past me into the bathroom.

Once in there she took off her pajama pants and looked down at the diaper she was wearing. The big yet strangely comfortable feeling it gave her. She didn't really understand it, but the diaper felt almost good.

She then felt a ting in her bladder and remembered she needed to pee. She was about to un-tape the diaper when a thought popped into her mind. 

‘Why not use it?’

She wasn't sure if it was because she was half asleep or not but that thought did creep up on her.

Earlier she was too busy crying over the fact that she just peed herself that she didn't really notice how the diaper felt at the time. 

After a moment of thought, she placed her hand on the front of the diaper and let go. She watched in amazement as the diaper drank up everything. Her hand feeling the warmth as it spread across the diaper. 

Without knowing why she decided to give the diaper a little squeeze and actually enjoying the feeling!

“You having fun?” I ask her as she jumped and spun around to see me rubbing the sleep from my eyes and standing in the doorway.

“D-dint a-a-anyone tell y-you to knock?” Ramonita stuttered.

“Has anyone ever told you to shut the door all the way,” I told her and pointed at the door. 

She was trying not to wake me, so she didn't close it all the way. What she didn't realize was the door slowly opening and the light from the bathroom shining on my face waking me up.

“I-I'm sorry,” Ramonita told me as she was on the verge of crying.

I just pat her on the head and yanked loudly. Not really caring what she was doing and just wanted to go back to sleep.

“It's fine, just tell me about it later,” I tell her before taking her back into the room and quickly changing her before tucking her back into the bead. “Good night princess.” 

I gave her a pet on the head and then got back into my sleeping bag and went back to sleep, the princess just looking down at me, with a slight smile forming on her face.

Alexander March
Stats- lv14
HP-85 (+4)
Attack-43 (+3)
Defence-39 (+5)
Speed-48 (+2)
Regen-8 (+1)
Manna-40 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- sword (C)
Element-ice


Partner- Ramonita Maynard
Stats- lv1
HP-35
Attack- 2
Defence- 3 (+100)
Speed- 2
Regen-1
Manna-5

class-princes
Skills-royal blood
Weapons-dagger 
Element- dark

Money ----
gold  13) 
silver  14)
bronze  1)
copper   ?
***********

Elroy went to his chambers as he began to write a very important message. 

“The deed will be done. We are ready.” Elroy wrote before sending the message by falcon. 

‘It will all be over soon.’ Elroy thought as he laid down on his bed to get some sleep. He was going to have a long journey ahead of him.
 

 

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Blake and Eva's side chapter. 1/3

 

 

“EVA! SLOW DOWN!” Blake yelled to Eva as she was charging through the woods in her ox monster form.

“I can't! We have to hurry and get this job done so I can see sissy!” Eva happily cried out.

That's when Blake noticed what was up ahead and jumped off of her just as she ran right into more trees.

“Eva, you okay?” Blake yelled as he got up and looked at what happened. 

Eva had smashed right through the trees, not even caring they were there and continued to charge forward. If he was still on her, there's no doubt in his mind that impact would have killed him.

Blake just sighed as he watched Eva run off again leaving him behind. He would have to wait until she got too far away and realized what she did and goes back for him.

“You're so in trouble when you get back here,” he told himself as he dusted himself off and began to walk after Eva.


As he walked, Blake couldn't help think of the conversation he had with Alex not too long ago, about when he first met Eva.

**************************over 2 years ago.

Blake was excited.  Both he and his partner Jeremy had finally joined a guild!. Pyāratā had about 63 members now including them. 

Guilds always got the better jobs that paid better because they were more reliable than some random group from an inn or a mercenary. Blake was hoping that with the guild’s help he might be able to make a name for himself in the world finally. Possibly even be ready to go after a dark crystal when someone finds one.

“Hurry up and pick one, Blake!” Jeremy told him as he got a bit angry.

They have been looking at the job board for 20 minutes looking for the right job. They took turns picking the jobs they wanted to do and today was Blake's turn, and he wanted a good one.

There was one to take on giant Bees and kill their queen, a Gnoll was spotted just outside a small town, and lastly, the possibility that a Cockatrice might hatch from an egg and a town wanted to get rid of it fast. Each one sounded tremendous, but Blake was having a hard time deciding which to pick. 

Just before he could pick a mission, a man ran into the guild and demanded to speak to the master. The master was an extraordinary one-armed man that ran the guild. The man handed the master a Guild level threat job. 

The guild’s job listings are ranked from C, B, A, S, and Guild. 

Any average person may take on the first three jobs as they see fit. The guild master holds onto the S jobs and only gives them to people he deems worthy to take them on. But the Guild level is worse. It's a threat that will take an entire guild just to deal with.

Not many of them are given out. Especially not on Misae. 

With a threat this big the guild master called for all members of the guild to report back and to prepare for Battle.

57 total members showed up for this job. The only members not able to come were those already out on jobs or to far away to make it back. 

“As you all know this job is a guild level threat. A monster has appeared out of nowhere and has started wreaking havoc on the village of Pipi. This threat isn't something to ignore. However, I will not force anyone to take on such a threat if they do not wish to do so. So you may leave the guild now if you do not wish to die.” the master told us. 

I watched as three people left. Fearing for their own lives.

They were booed and yelled at as they left.

“Enough!” the guild master yelled. “They feared for their lives, their family’s lives. They may have left, but they had their reasoning. Now those of you remaining, go into town and get anything that may help you in this quest. Anything to make you even just a little stronger will be enough. Just get anything.”

We spent our entire savings on new gear. Anything that would boost our stats. We also got new weapons. I got an A class bow.

Jeremy however got a B class shield and sword, both with elemental magic engraved in them. 

“If this job doesn't make a name for ourselves nothing will,” Jeremy said as he lit his sword on fire.

“I couldn't agree more,” I tell him.

The next morning the remaining 54 members marched their way to the monster. No one knows why it suddenly appeared, but some type of giant monster appeared in the mountain region of Pipi and has been sending all the monsters up there down the mountain. 

This, in turn, leads to massive attacks by the monsters as they try to claim new territories and have already killed quite a few people. By executing this one monster hopefully, it should make things right once more.

When we reached the mountain where the monster was spotted, we began our search by having the hunters search the area for it. The hunters, however, were confused, all the tracks it had made it look like it was changing its size. Maybe it's not one monster but more?

When we did finally found the monster it shocked us all to see a wyvern! They shouldn't even be on this continent! 

The wyvern was sound asleep bathing in the afternoon sun and didn't notice our arrival.

“Everyone get into positions. We attack it hard and fast before we search for possibly more of them.” the guild master told us.

Everyone split up into groups where they would be of use. Archer and mage class found higher ground where their attacks would do the most damage. While the others all circled the monster all ready to attack as soon as the guild master gave the order.

The master pulled out two things out of his storage. The first was a bucketful of water that he used to form a new arm for himself before picking up his battle ax.

“NOW!” the master yelled as the archers and mages fired their mightiest attacks at the monster.

All the attacks hit the wyvern dead on causing a massive explosion. For just a single moment I thought that would be enough to kill it.

But it just stood up and roared without so much as a scratch on it.

“CHARGE!” the master yelled as everyone surrounding the wyvern charged into battle. 

I tried my hardest to keep shooting arrows, but I watched as the wyvern shrugged off every attack that hit it. Nothing we seemed to do could hurt the fucking thing! That is until the strongest of the guild managed to get a hit in.

Lynn Palmer, an ex-paladin managed to knock it back using a holy mace. The wyvern staggered a bit and before it could study itself. Earnest Hodges, the beast berserker went all out on pounding on it. He only stopped when Meghan Howard, the Saint finished charging her most potent attack, ‘Storm Preacher.' It was a small ball of heavily compressed air at the end of her staff that she threw at the wyvern.

The moment it made contact the ball exploded with a massive force that sent the monster straight into the mountain wall.

Those of us still left standing from the fight all walked closer to where the monster lay motionless. Its tail and left wing missing as blood poured out of it. 

I looked around at all my fallen comrades. At least 30 of them lay dead on the ground, all killed by this damn monster.

I watched as Lynn, Earnest, Meghan, and the master all got close to the monster. The guild master was raising his Axe to make the finishing blow and end this monster's life once and for all.

But they all suddenly made a slight jolt before they all stopped moving. What was wrong?

“Humans….” I heard a gravelly voice say as we all watched the four strongest members of our gild suddenly began to rise in the air. “You...hurt….me….”

Suddenly my blood ran cold as I watched as something stood up out of the hole where the wyvern should have been. Instead, a different monster rose up. It was 8 feet tall with a humanoid body shape, instead of arms however it had two long tentacles on each arm. Each limb was piercing our heroes in the hearts as they are raised in the air. This monster had three eyes and a mouth that split sideways as it opened its mouth and let out an ear-piercing screech!

My body was cold except for the warm piss my bladder had just released as I watched the monster throw the bodies in the air and lunge at the rest of us!

The sounds of screams filled the air until Jeremy finally grabbed my arm and stabbed me back into reality. He yanked at me, and we both started running as fast as we could away from that thing.

We thought we had gotten away, we felt that if we could just get off the mountain then maybe we had a chance! But we went the wrong way and wound up on the edge of a cliff.

We tried to turn back and go a different way but behind us was that monster. Its body covered in our friend's blood as it slowly walked toward us.

“Humans hurt me....” I heard it say. I was too terrified to do anything.

“We’ve got to do something!” Jeremy said as we looked around. 

There were only 5 of us left. All of us on the edge of a cliff with this monster blocking any way forward.

“Just hit it!” I yelled and began to use my wind magic to try to blow it away, but it still kept coming. 

Suddenly everyone was using anything, and everything they had to kill it but nothing would hurt it.

“EARTHQUAKE!” I heard the man next to me yell as he slammed his fist into the ground.

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I only woke up when I felt my arm in so much pain. As I looked at it, I could see the black curse spreading from the bracelet all over my arm and part of my chest. I maybe had a few minutes before the curse killed me.

‘Mourn later’ was the first thought in my head as I got up. I already knew if I was alive right now that must mean Jeremy was no doubt dead somewhere. If I don't find a new bound soon, I was going to join him. 

I took a quick look up and saw the bright red sky as the sun was setting. On the side of the cliff, I could see where that guy caused a rock slide sending us all down. How I survived, I have no idea. 

I began to limp around just trying to find anyone still alive. I even started calling out for them not caring anymore if that monster showed up. If I didn't find someone I was dead anyway.

But I did find someone. I quickly limped over and saw it was a beautiful naked woman. She was covered in blood and was out cold and wouldn't wake up even when I shook her. 

I was running out of time and needed to form a bond now. I looked at her arm, however, and she didn't have a bracelet. I didn't think much of it, many people in the gild have taken a quest to remove them. She must have been one of them. 

I began to look around for a bracelet frantically, and I spotted one close by. It was attached to an arm sticking out from a boulder that fell on top of someone. I wanted to puke as I removed the bracelet and quickly limped back to the women and put the bracket on her.

I know this is a bastard move forcing anyone into a bond when they can't consent, but it's a matter of life or death. They should understand.

“by the light of the god, we both vow a boding, give us the power on our journey, and we fight for the right,” I spoke the bonding vow as our bracelets caused a bright flash of light, signaling that we were now bonded.

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That was when we first met, but only where our story begins.

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ch 15

Ramonita and I woke up, ate breakfast and left the city as soon as we could to get our head start. Elroy and Bab would be taking a carriage, so if we didn't go now, we might not make it in time. 

The plan was to meet up at the halfway point between Pa'a and Parïtet. It will be about a day's walk, a day and a half if we have to stop. Since Ramonita isn't much bigger then Bab I don't expect her to keep up with me and will most likely have to take multiple breaks. I thought about strapping Ramonita to my back like Bab, but I decided not to.

We didn't talk much for a long while. Me not knowing what to talk about and Ramonita hoping not to bring up what happened last night.

“So, um, what does dark do?” I asked Ramonita trying to make small talk,

“What?” Ramonita responded.

“The dark element, your magic,” I reply before showing her the stats screen and showing her that her elemental magic was dark.

“I have no idea, I've haven't learned much about magic,” she told me.

“Really? I would have thought your family would teach you all types of things like that just in case.” I tell her.

“No, since I would never need it in my daily life so there would be no reason to teach me,” she told me.

“Want to test it out?” I asked. 

“How?” Ramonita asked.

“Well, Bab was the one to teach me. She said ’You have to focus on the magic and use your mana to make the spell appear. So try thinking of releasing dark energy.” I told her.

Ramonita did as I suggested and tried to focus, But nothing happened. We sat there for about 10 minutes but still nothing.

“I guess we'll have to ask someone else about it later,” I suggested since I barely had any idea on how to use my ice magic myself.

Just then I noticed a slime start to appear out of the ground below us and realized we must be standing above a slime nest. Deja vu. Ramonita also saw and grew very scared seeing more monsters surround us.

“Don't worry they're weak and easy to kill,” I tell her as I take out my knife and stab the one between us. “Why don't you give it a try.”

“No, it's your job to protect me, I'll leave that job to you,” she told me as she tried to back away from the knife before stepping on a slime.

I then had an evil idea and sat down.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“My job is to make sure you make it to your destination, not protect you. If you want protection, then protect yourself.” I told her, half lying. 

Personally, I didn't mind protecting her. But this seemed like an excellent way to teach someone to not just to rely on someone else and to defend themselves. Plus I wanted to see how Bab found this funny when she did something similar to me.

I watched as Ramonita began to freak out a little as more slimes started to appear sensing something wasn't moving above them and thinking it was either a dead or injured animal.

Slimes started to appear on me as well, but unlike last time I knew how to deal with them and watched as Ramonita took out her dagger and began to stab the slimes. 

“Please help me!” Ramonita yelled at me as some of the slimes got on her before she noticed the slimes all on me.

“OK, on one condition. You learn how to defend yourself after this.” I tell her.

“YES! Anything just please get them away!” she screamed before feeling a cold wind blow all around her.

I was using my frost breath and killed a lot of the slimes. I then stood up and used frost to freeze the ones on me and break them off before holding out a hand to Ramonita to lead her to a safer spot.

Using beast vision, I was able to see where the slime nests are underground and stayed away from them.

“You did better than I did my first time taking on those slimes,” I told Ramonita.

“R-really?” she asked me as she tried to catch her breath from the scary situation.

I then told her about what had happened not so long ago and even what had happened to Bab, which made Ramonita laugh.

“I know you normally have guards and other people to protect you, but I still think you should at least learn how to defend yourself. What would you do if your guard disappeared and those slimes surrounded you?” I asked. 

Ramonita was about to say something but stopped when she realized I was right. Being surrounded by those slimes had terrified her. If this had been any other time, she would have also been unarmed. Those slimes would have quickly killed her. But for me? I wasn't scared of them because I knew what to do while she didn't.

“We still have some time to kill, want to learn how to defend yourself?” I asked.

After a moment of hesitation, Ramonita nodded yes.

Alexander March
Stats- lv16
HP-90 (+4)
Attack-45 (+3)
Defence-42 (+5)
Speed-51 (+2)
Regen-9 (+1)
Manna-46 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- sword (C)
Element-ice


Partner- Ramonita Maynard
Stats- lv5
HP-45
Attack- 8
Defence- 8 (+100)
Speed- 8
Regen-5
Manna-15

class-princes
Skills-royal blood
Weapons- dagger
Element- dark

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“YES, YES, YES!” Ramonita yelled and was jumping around after she defeated a big bug monster.

“Good job Ramonita.” I congrats her. 

It took Ramonita a moment to get used to fighting, but the moment it clicked for her, she’s been on a roll. 

“So how do you like fighting now?” I asked her as we sat down for lunch.

“I love it!” she told me with a big smile and dirt on her face. “This is so much fun!”

She was covered in dirt and had a few scrapes and scratches, but she was legitimately having fun.

“What do you do for fun back at the castle?” I asked, and suddenly her smile started to fade.

“Nothing like this. I spend most of my time inside taking lessons on how to be a proper lady and how to be Parïtet’s possible future ruler,” she told me. “When I'm not studying I'll sometimes take a walk around the castle, read a book, or play a board game with my sister. If my parents, teacher, or even Elroy saw me like this, they would be appalled.”

“I'm sorry,” I tell her now feeling bad. 

Such a sheltered life, it's no wonder she’s this excited to be fighting monsters. It's probably the only real fun thing she’s done in years.

“No, thank you Alex. in such a short time you’ve let me do so many new things I never would be able to do. I'm having a lot of fun with you,” she told me, and I remembered something.

“You also seemed to be having a lot of fun last night,” I tell her.

Suddenly Ramonita’s face went bright red as she remembered what I saw last night. She even tried to stutter an excuse, but I stopped her.

“I saw you wet the diaper and then play with it. You don't have to lie to me, you're fine to tell me the truth.” I tell her.

“It...it was...a...weird experience,” she told me before I saw the faintest of smiles on her face. “I don't know how to describe it.”

“I'm guessing you liked it because it's something you can't do at home,” I suggested.

“What do you mean?”

“You said it yourself, you don't get to do much at home. You're so used to the norm that when anything new comes your way you get excited to try the experience.” I tell her. “ just look at how much fun you're having fighting monsters. You never got to do that at home.”

“But that's different than the diaper,”  Ramonita told me.

“Is it? You were so embarrassed yesterday when you had your accident because it went against your norm. You resisted fighting the slimes because it went against your norm. But once you’ve had the experience you want to try it again just to get that new experience back again. because it goes against everything you were told was wrong, and this is the first time you can rebel.” I explained. 

She didn't say a word, just looked down, partly ashamed.

“Don't be upset, for once have a little fun and enjoy your freedom while you can. If you want to fight then fight. I'll help you when you need it. If you want to use your diaper go ahead, I'll change you if you need it. See what it's like to be a real kid for once in your life.” I tell her before reaching over and giving her head a gentle rub. Seeing the faintest of smiles on her face.

***********

Over the next few hours as we made our way to our destination Ramonita took what I said to hart and did start enjoying herself more. She began to examine the world around her. Running from one new thing to the next. She even picked up a slime just to hold it. As she went on the smile on her face grew bigger with each new experience.

I couldn't help but laugh on the inside when comparing her to Bab. Bab hates her situation, has had everything taken from her, and hates having to use her diapers. Ramonita, however, has everything, and hates her position, never able to experience anything new. Heck not too long ago she even peed in her diaper, and when I asked if she needed a change, she told me no. She wanted to feel what walking around in a wet diaper would feel like. I couldn't help but wonder what they would be like if they hung out together.

I watched as Ramonita was looking in a stream at some fish swimming around when I noticed a man walking towards us.

“Good afternoon,” I told him.

The guy was huge. Tall and full of muscle. He almost looked like ‘The Rock’ from back home just with a full head of hair.

“I want the girl,” he told me.

“Excuse me?” I asked as Ramonita turned around and saw me talking to the big guy and came running over.

“You heard me, hand the princes over.” the man told me yet again.

“Ramonita, stay back,” I told her as I reached into my storage and pulled out my sword. “I don't know who you are, but I won't let you touch her.”

“I won't repeat it again. Hand over the princes and no one will get hurt,” he told us as he lifted out his hand.

I was hoping flashing my sword would at least deter him, But he didn't even flinch when he saw it. He must be very confident in his strength and ability. So I did the only smart thing to do and yelled RUN!

Ramonita and I both turned away from the man and tried to run as fast as we could to get away from him when daggers flew right in front of us and stopping us cold.

“I won't let you get away so easily,” the man behind us said as he began to walk closer to us.

Okay, big guy, wind element, and uses daggers. The wind and daggers will make it hard to run, but if I can hold him off, then the princes could hopefully escape.

“Ramonita run back to town and form a bond with someone else,” I told her quickly before charging at the man with my sword.

The only thought in my head was to keep him busy just long enough for her to run away as I swing my sword at the guy. Instead of cutting him however he caught my blade mid-swing with his bare hand. Before I could even react, I was kicked into the air and landed right beside Ramonita who didn't have a chance to move.

“Such a dull blade.” the man said as I sat up and threw up on the ground from the kick. 

When I looked back up the guy set my blade to his side and stomped down on it, Shattering it completely. Is this guy even human!?

I stood back up just as the guy walked up to me and backhanded me away again. Ramonita was screaming as the guy picked her up by her hair. 

“Put her down!” I yelled as I tried to stand up. 

“What could you possibly do?” he asked.

I tried running at him again but this time stopping just in front of him.

“TUNDRA!” I yelled as I released everything I had. Last time I tried this I at least froze Alisha’s arms. Maybe I can do the same here.

The man dropped Ramonita and using his free hand hit me again sending me to the ground again. My body was screaming in pain from just those three hits. Why is this happening? Why am I so weak?

“Pathetic,” he told me as she smashed the ice off of himself before feeling a sight pain in his leg.

Looking down he saw Ramonita next to his leg as she had just stabbed her dagger into his leg.

“Leave him alone!” she yelled at him until she was backhanded by him.

With no emotion at all, he pulled the dagger out of his leg and threw it to the side. Ramonita was now unconscious after that hit as he walked over to her.  He was about to picker up when I told him to stop once more. He looked over at me and saw me stand up again. 

“Y...your fight...is with me,” I told him barely able to talk. 

My legs were shaking badly. I had Ramonita dagger in my left hand that I could barely raise half way. Blood was coming out of my head and got in my eye. Another puddle of puck and blood was below me. No magic, no strength left, and I had no way of ever winning.

“Stand down little man, or you will die,” he told me.

“I...i still have...one last trick...to kill you.”I lied out my teeth knowing this man was going to kill me.

“Interesting.” the guy said with a small on his face. “I am Monarch, the Berserker. I have heard you cry for death and I shall grant you a warrior's death.”

Suddenly as if out of a horror movie his body began to grow. He grew nearly a foot taller as his muscles started to expand and his skin turned bright red. His eyes turned white as he let out a mighty roar.

I roared back at him as I took a step toward him!

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Bab was being loaded into a carriage with Sherry. Elroy was driving the horses up front while the princess's royal guards and Noah all rode horses. Just before she got in, she heard a thunderous roar coming from the forest. 

“nrycky by crluwvj Cryf.” she said out loud before getting into the carriage and sitting down on the padded seat.

The double padding still felt weird to her as she sat down in the dress.

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I opened my eyes and wondered if I was still alive or not. I turned my head to the side and saw a guy cooking something over a fire. I let out a slight moan and got his attention.

“Look who’s back from the dead.” the guy said as he got up to walk over to me with a small bottle of water.

Grateful I drank nearly the entire thing.

“Where am I?” I asked the guy. He had dark hair and looked strangely familiar. I think I might have seen him somewhere.

“you're at our camp. You’ve been out for a while,” he told me.

“Wait what about the girl!” I yelled as I suddenly remembered Ramonita and tried to get up, but the guy stopped me.

I was on some palet and was stripped down to my underwear and covered with a blanket.

“She’s fine, she woke up before you and I had Aeva take her away to help her change her soiled diaper, she'll be back in a moment.” he told me.

“Where are my clothes?” I asked. 

“They were covered in puke and blood. We had to take your clothes off of you and got rid of them since you wouldn't be able to use them.” he told me. 

I then began to wonder why my clothes would be covered in puke and blood before remembering what had happened.

“What happened to the monster?” I asked, wondering how anyone could survive a fight with that thing.

“Watch who you call a monster.” the man said behind me as I spun around to see him carrying a huge log. “You will make people mad.”

I tried to jump up and run but my body was too heavy, and I collapsed once again.

“Wow, now easy buddy. Just relax and let us explain.” the man said as he tried to help me move back into a lay position. 

But I fought him as well. Just trying to get away when suddenly Ramonita came running up out of nowhere to me and hugged me and try to calm me down.

“Alex, it's alright, we are safe here. They won't hurt us,” she told me. 

As I looked at her, I saw her face partly swollen, but she was still fine.

After a few more minutes of calming down, I got some help to sit up while these people introduced themselves.

The first was Monarch. The hulking man that nearly killed us.

Next was Aeva, a short woman with a big smile she too looked familiar.

Lastly was Chet, The leader of their group. And I finally remembered where I saw them. He and Aeva were the couple I met a few days ago when I gave them directions.

“Why did you attack us?” I asked. Wanting to know why I had to go through so much pain.

“We needed to test you.” Chet told me. “Elroy trusted someone they didn't know that well to escort the princess. I wanted to see if you could be trusted.” 

“And you passed.” Aeva cheered happily.

“What the fuck do you mean? You beat me within an inch of my life and say I somehow passed a test!” I asked now perplexed.

“Monarch wouldn't have killed you, the test was to see if you were trustworthy or if you would just try to run at any moment,” Chet told me. “You tried to run away with the princess at first, but when you were blocked off by Aeva’s daggers, you tried to fight Monarch. Even after he kicked your ass, you keep going. Three times no less! Most people would have run away or given the princess up at that point. Hell even when Monarch went Berserk Demon mode you still took a step at him before collapsing instead of running away. You have my respect.”

“I don't give a shit about your respect. He nearly kills me, and he hurt Ramonita!” I yelled as I pointed to Monarch.

Just then Monarch got up from his position. I was terrified thinking he was now mad at me and was about to kill me. Instead, he walked over to a tree and began to hit his head on it.

“Ya, he’s sorry about that. He’s actually a major pacifist and hates hurting people. But to test you, he had to do what he did.” Aeva told me before going over to comfort him.

“There's another reason we wanted to test you,” Chet said. “We wanted to know if we could also trust you.”

“For what?” I asked. 

Just then Ramonita got up and walked to Chet’s side.

“Alex, this man is the former prince of Pa'a. I have heard what he has to say, and I ask that you please listen to what he asks.” she said before both he and she got on their knees and bowed their heads to the dirt in front of me.

“PLEASE HELP ME KIDNAP MY BROTHER LAUREN!” Chet begged.

Alexander March
Stats- lv16
HP-90 (+4)
Attack-45 (+3)
Defence-42 (+5)
Speed-51 (+2)
Regen-9 (+1)
Manna-46 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- sword (C)
Element-ice


Partner- Ramonita Maynard
Stats- lv6
HP-47
Attack- 9
Defence- 9 (+100)
Speed- 9
Regen-6
Manna-17

class-princes
Skills-royal blood
Weapons- dagger
Element- dark

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Back in Pa'a all preparations are finished.

Prince Lauren just received word about meeting with the princess early and give him very little time to prepare. Luckily the bodyguards he hired to replace his missing retainer had arrived and were ready to follow any order.

Blake and Eva bowed to the prince ready to finish this job and help Alex and Bab as soon as they were done.

“We are at your service!” they both told the prince before heading out.
 

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ch 16

“No, no, a million times no!” I tell Ramonita and Chet.

“Please just hear me out.” Chet pleaded.

“Fuck no! Your family has been nothing but a pain in my ASS! Your brother’s an ass who harass girls, your stepmom is a cunt who nearly drowned Bab and threw us off a cliff, and now you send your Hulk to beat the shit out of me before asking me to kidnap your other brother? FUCK NO!” I yelled at him as I tried to stand up.

“Alex, please. They need your help.” Ramonita told me.

“I don't give a shit. Their family has already been a pain in my ass since day one. There is nothing that will get me to change my mind.” I tell her as I start walking away.

“Bab might get killed,” she told me, stopping me in my tracks. 

“If this is some type of joke or threat I'm going to be royally pissed,” I tell her as I turn to face her.

“It's not,” Ramonita with a sad look as she stared at the ground.

“Elroy is planning on killing my brother,” Chet told me as I sat back down.

“What does that have to do with Bab?” I asked.

“Enedina, my brother's mother, has asked Elroy to kill prince Lauren,” Chet told me.

“Why?” I responded.

“Have you heard how the royalty process works?” Ramonita asked me and I nodded.

“My father wasn't a righteous man. Before he became king he abandoned my mother while she was pregnant with me. He didn't care about anyone. When he destroyed the crystal and became king, he then met Enedina. She was from the other world and seduced my father into marrying her. When I was only 3 my mother brought me to my father to show him I was his son. At first, he didn't believe it but after they saw I had a royal seal on me they knew there was no doubt I was his son.” Chet then pulled his sleeve up and showed what looked like a tattoo that began to glow faintly. “But my mother was a whore and he didn't want anything to do with her. So he bought me from her before banishing her. Enedina hated me, thinking that one day I might take the throne from my father and strip her of her power. so she got pregnant herself. Thinking that if she herself had a child then she could have them become the next ruler and she would keep her power. My father, however, decided he didn't like having just one woman and began to sleep with his maids. Enedina knew of this and didn't care. If one of them looked pregnant she got rid of them somehow and covered it up. But one maid managed to fool Enedina and give birth to my youngest brother Lauren. Enedina did not like that and she had the maid sentenced to death for seducing the king to bare her a child. But the child was still royalty and my father was forced to keep him alive or else have the people look at him in a more negative light. When my father died Enedina wanted my brother Danilo to be the first to sit on the throne and to be named king. I hated Enedina with a burning passion and I also didn't want the throne for my own reasons but I would be damned if I let her stay in power. To her displeasure, I was the first to sit on the throne in hopes to stop her, however as you might know, that didn't work. But it did scare Enedina. if I wasn't chosen and there are still 2 royal children it was a 50% chance that her son would be banished as well and her along with him. So instead of risking it on a gamble, she demanded the kids fight for the throne. Ever since then she has been sabotaging Lauren, forcing him to take on ludacris tasks to keep him busy and not able to train for his fight with Danilo. Lauren, however, does not want to fight and was looking into a way they might be able to solve this peacefully.”

“That's when prince Lauren got in contact with my family. He was hoping to talk about setting up an arranged marriage. This would, in theory, make it to where Lauren has a wife who is already a royal and make him into the next king automatically. My own mother agreed with the idea as she would be scared for her children if one of us would be banished by accident.”  Ramonita explained. “With this, I would already be a queen of another kingdom while my older sister would become the next queen of Parïtet,” Ramonita told me

“So Enedina doesn't want that and is trying to stop that from happening, how is she going to stop it?” I asked.

Just then Chet pulled out a letter from his storage.

“I was wondering the same myself. That's why I broke into Parïtet’s castle and retrieved these letters from Enedina to Elroy.” Chet told us.

“By the way how did you get them,” Ramonita asked Chet.

“Sorry but I must keep that a secret for now,” he told us.

he had to scale down the side of the cliff near that old bench and work his way to the castle while hanging off the side of the cliff until he reached the castle's sewer system. He really doesn't want to tell that part. He only just recently got rid of the smell.

“Anyway. The letter asks Elroy to kill my brother, what he gets in return I don't know but he did accept. He even tried to send a letter to a mercenary group to attack my brother but I managed to get it first. He now thinks that a mercenary group will attack my brother before the meeting but I wouldn't put it past him to try to kill my brother if they fail.” he told me.

“And what does Bab have to do with anything?” I asked.

“When do you think would be the best time to attack? When the 2 royles are surrounded by trained guards? No. if the mercenaries fail I have no doubt in my mind that he would attack my brother while the Prince and Princess are in their meeting and all alone.” Chet told me.

“But we are to meet them before the meetup,” I tell him. “How would that work?”

“Elroy's tricked us,” Ramonita told me as she laid out a map and showed me the path we were on. “He told us it would take a day and a half on this trail to get to the right spot. But that was a lie, it would indeed take us 3 days to get through the heavily dense woods. By then it would be over.”

“This is why Elroy wanted to find someone that looked like the princess. To use her and kill her with my brother without putting the real princess in much danger.” Chet told me.

After that explanation, I exploded. Anger frustration, everything. Not only were we used but know Bab was in a lot of danger.

“So what's the plan?” I asked Chet after I calmed down.
 
“Simple. After Monarch knocked you out he brought you on the right path and you will now be able to meet up with us at the right destination. My group and I will already be with my brother by the time you get there.” Chet began to explain. “From there I'm hoping to get my brother and your friend out in the open before having you kidnap him and running away with him and your friend while we hold off Elroy and Parïtet’s royal guards. 

“Ok I think I get the plan but why are you having me kidnap him? Wouldn't it be better if you just kidnap him yourself?” I asked.

“No, I'm too recognizable, And so are my retainers. They are well-known to the common people. It's just like why you were picked to take care of the prince. If he’s with you then there is a much lower chance of anyone finding him.” Chet told me.

“Then what? Am I supposed to take him on my journey with me? Bab and I can't go into hiding long, we still have our own journey to be on.” I tell him.

“No all I ask is you hide him for 3 weeks. And I beg of you help him train. If he doesn't get stronger there is no way he will survive.” Chet pleaded with me.

“And what about you?” I asked Ramonita. “I have to keep dragging you with me until we can get rid of our bond.”

“I must also take responsibility for what my retainer has done. I wish to join you and help the prince.” Ramonita told me.

With a heavy sigh, I look at the both of them and tell them I'm in.

**********************

With that Chet, Aeva, and Monarch all leave too meet up with the prince. I wasn't sure how they were going to meet them before us but I figured they must have a way. 

Chet gave me a potion to temporarily increase my regen so that all my wounds from Monarch were healed much faster.

Chet even offered me a new sword to replace the one Monarch broke but I declined. That was already my third sword that I've had brake or lost in such a little time that I didn't want to risk another.

Not much happened after that besides camping and helping Ramonita change a heavily wet diaper. She had tried to do it herself earlier but messed up and Aeva had to help her out. Now she just wanted me to do it so as to not waste a diaper.

“You know you don't have to wear them anymore. the deal with Elroy is canceled so you don't have to wear diapers anymore.” I tell her as she put her skirt back on.

“I-I now but I actually gave my underwear to sherry to hold onto until the job was done.”  Ramonita lied. She actually had her underwear in her coat pocket and was just having fun being in the soft padding.  She just wanted to enjoy the diapers for just a little longer.

**************

Using a map Chet gave us we made it to the chosen destination just before they did and watched as two carriages came to a crossroads in the forest.

On one side was was Elroy driving the carriage with Noah, Lizzie, Lexi, and Alisha all riding on horses with Sherry and Bab inside the carriage, 

The other side I saw an older man driving the other carriage with Chet, Aeva, and Monarch walking behind it. But what really surprised me was Blake and Eva were with them. Why were they here?

I watched as Eva smelt the air and began to look around confused before asking blake something. He too looked confused before he looked around for a moment.

As soon as the carriages stopped both doors opened to the carriages and out stepped Bab in her princess dress with a veil to cover up her face. From the other, a boy about the same size as Bab came out of his carriage. He wore a fancy suit with his long black hair slicked back.

Bab, Elroy, Chet, and Lauren all met in between the carriages,

“It is an honor to meet you princess Ramonita.” prince Lauren told Bab as he bowed to her.

Bab only bowed back.

“Princess Ramonita has gotten a little sick and has lost her voice, I will do my best to translate,” Elroy told them.

“Man look at how much you've grown,” Chet told Bab as he bowed to her. “It has been quite a few years since I seen you. I remember the last time we played together as kids I had a nanny named Fran.”

While it was hard to see what was going on but I think Chet was telling Bab what I asked him to tell her.

“Back then I got so constipated from that drink you gave me then.” Chet continued and that part seemed to grab Bab’s attention. “Do you remember the story she told us back then about the little girl being saved by her big brother from some hungry wolves? I remember you like that one.

I was hoping Bab got the message from that. If we were going to get out of this we definitely needed her help. 

“I don't think she does at the moment. May I ask we continue this conversation later. The village of Pikaesh is just a mile east from here.” Elroy tells everyone and is about to leave with Bab when Eva steps up.

“Sissy is that you?” she asked.

“Sissy?” Elroy asked confused. “I'm sorry but I think you are somehow mistaken.”

“Eva what are you doing?” Blake asked her.

“No that is Sissy I can smell her and Alex,” Eva said allowed.

“Wait what's going on?” prince Lauren asked.

Fuck I forgot about her sense of smell!

“What is she talking about?” Elroy asked more surprised to hear my name than anything else.

I could suddenly feel the air get thick from tension like at any moment someone would explode. I wanted to wait until Chet gave a signal to spring from my hiding spot to grab the prince and Bab and take off. But know…

“Stay hidden.” I tell Ramonita before I jumped up and yelled “Sup everybody!” 

This caused almost every one to jump in surprise.

I walked out of the forest leaving Ramonita still hiding. The moment Bab saw me through her veil she ripped it off and came running at me to give me an embrace.

“Wow, I'm gone one day and this is your reaction?” I say as I crouch down and give her a hug and whisper in her ear. “Prepare to fight.”.

“What in the blasted fuck is going on here!” prince Lauren yelled before Chet punched him in the face and knocked him out before grabbing him and throwing him in my direction.

Suddenly everything went hectic as everyone began fighting one another. I ran over to the prince who landed not far from me and saw who was fighting who. 

Chet and Elroy were sword fighting.

Monarch went into his demon berserker mode and jumped over Chet and Elroy to fight Noah and Sherry. One punch from Monarch left a crater in the ground as Noah and Sherry dodged his punch. Sherry tried to use her fire magic on him but that didn't seem to faze him as he let out a roar and charged at her.

Noah was about to help when he was surrounded by 8 daggers controlled by Aeva.

“Sorry, we already know how strong you 3 are, we're not going to go easy on you,” Aeva said in a sweet voice as she manipulated her wind controlled dangerous to keep Noah on the defensive.

The other 3 royal guards, however, were charging straight at me as I was throwing the prince over my shoulder.

“Tundra!” I yelled and using my free hand I tried to freeze them all but it didn't work.

Lizzie just used her fire magic to counter my ice while the other 2 still charged.

Bab tried her lightning but only managed to hit Lexi and knocked her to the ground as Alisha jumped into the air and tried to slash at me with her sword again. But instead of hitting me Blake came to the rescue and blocked the sword with a Bow.

“Whats going on!” Blake yelled at me as a monster that looked like a cross between a gorilla and a bear suddenly grabbed Alisha and threw her right at Lizzie

“No time to explain were trying to save the prince.” I quickly tell them. “Can Eva get us out of here?” I asked looking at the gorilla bear monster.

“No, you don't!” Elroy yelled as he punched Chet in the face before firing a beam of light right at me.

Before any of us could move a small body ran in front of me and blocked Elroy’s attack using a black void that appeared in front of Ramonita.

“PRINCESS!” Elroy yelled before Chet punched him and their fight continued.

“Ramonita what was that!” I asked her. “And I thought I told you to stay hidden!”

“I don't know.” Ramonita as she looked at her hands wondering what she just did,

“po juqy! ryjk wo!” Bab yelled as she grabbed my arm and began to tug at it

“Right, Eva, can you get us out of her quick!” I yelled to her.

She nodded her head and soon her body began to grow larger into a creature I couldn't even describe. Eva used multiple limbs to grab onto Bab, Blake, Ramonita, the prince and I before using huge wings to take off into the sky.

“Noah Lift!” Sherry yelled as she charged at Monarch who at this point broke one of her arms. Monarch lunged for her but Sherry jumped on top of him and jumped into the air.

Noah heard what she wanted and slammed his hand into the ground as 3 daggers stabbed into his side. Just then a tower of earth shot out of the ground and Sherry used that as an extra step before using her fire magic to rocket into the sky.

Suddenly I felt a sharp tug on my leg and looked down to see Sherry dangling from my leg.

“Alex this has gone on far enough! Release the prince and princess now!” Sherry yelled at me.

“I can't! I'm trying to save them! Please trust me on this!” I yell down at her.

She just looked at me for a moment before gritting her teeth and yelling ‘Catch!’ she then let go of my leg and suddenly a pink backpack was in my face. I lunged for it only just barely catching it before I looked down to see sherry using her fire magic to land safely onto the ground.

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It's been 2 days since we got away. Chet had already had a safe house set up just for us. He must have been planning this for quite a while. 

It took a while but Ramonita had finally explained everything to the prince about what was going on and even gave him a letter from Chet to prove we weren't lying.

Blake and Eva had to leave right away. There were no doubts that other people saw Eva flying and it was only a matter of time before they followed her flight path. So they quickly dropped us off before flying north to help keep anyone off our trail. But we did agree to meet back up in a few weeks when everything died down.

As for me and Bab, we re-established our bond. We had to take prince Lauren’s phoenix tear to break the bond from me and Ramonita. But now I can finally be back with my favorite partner.

I looked at the three kids before me. Each one of them forced on me in one way or another. Why have I become a babysitter? 

Alexander March
Stats- lv16
HP-90 (+4)
Attack-45 (+3)
Defence-42 (+5)
Speed-51 (+2)
Regen-9 (+1)
Manna-46 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- none
Element-ice

partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv21
HP-54 (+20)
Attack-10
Defence-11 (+45)
Speed-11 (+9)
Regen-11 (+3)
Manna-176

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning

Ramonita Maynard
Stats- lv6
HP-47
Attack- 9
Defence- 9 (+100)
Speed- 9
Regen-6
Manna-17

class-princess
Skills-royal blood
Weapons- dagger
Element- dark


Partner- Lauren Thacker
Stats- lv1
HP-35
Attack- 3
Defence- 3
Speed- 3
Regen-1
Manna-3

class-prince
Skills-royal blood
Weapons-royal staff
Element- water


Money ----
gold  13) 
silver  14)
bronze  1)
copper   ?


 

 

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ch 17

The cabin we are staying in already had a lot of stuff waiting for us. There was a living room, kitchen, bathroom, 3 bedrooms, and a basement. 

In the basement was plenty of food and a few weapons stored there. Along with a stack of wood and a few random boxes. The kitchen was small but decent and had everything I needed to cook with.

The living room had 2 large couches parallel from each other with a long coffee table between them. There was also a fireplace to help keep the cabin warm.

The 3 bedrooms were for Chet, Aeva, and Monarch. Chet’s room was very bare except for the large bed that took up most of the room. Aeva’s was trashed and full of makeup and trash scattered everywhere. I was quite surprised I didn't see her clothes everywhere but I guess they packed all that. Lastly was Monarch’s room, it was surprisingly very clean. But his bed, however, was completely wrecked. It looked like an elephant stepped on it. What someone would have to do to get a bed to look like that I have no idea.

I decided who got what room. Bab and Ramonita got Chet's big bed while Lauren got Aeva’s bed. There were slight complaints about this decision. While it was Lauren’s brother's room it was the only room to have a bed big enough for the girls to share. unless one of the girls wanted to sleep on the couch my decision was final. But before Lauren could sleep in Aeva’s room I asked the girls to clean the room first. they protested this time but I just asked them one simple thing.

“Would either of you want a boy cleaning your room?” I asked them.

Their answer was obviously a no. also I wound up taking the couch as I really didn't want to sleep on Monarch’s bed. 

The prince really seemed to accept what was happening very fast. I'm guessing that he already guessed something like this would happen.

“How are you holding up?” I asked him as I was taking a box full of trash out of Aeva’s room and saw the prince sitting on the couch.

“My brother had some stranger kidnap me, how do you think I'm holding up?” he asked me as I sat the trash down.

“Like that box of trash right there,” I replied while he just glared at me and my bad joke. “Look, I hate this just as much as you do. Personally, you and your family can all go fuck off.”

“Then why are you doing it!” Lauren snapped at me.

“We already told you what Elroy was planning. I wasn't going to let my friend die in an attempt to kill you. If it wasn't for Ramonita begging me to help you I would have just gotten Bab and left.” I tell him.

“Then why don't you just leave now then?” he asked me angrily.

Lauren has been in a foul mood ever since he read his brother’s letter. It explained everything that happened and why this happened. How it was for his own good and all that but Lauren wasn't happy about it at all. 

“I cant, I made a promise and I don't go back on them, ever,” I told him.

“Well, I don't need you here! I will handle my business on my own!” the boy yelled at me having his little tantrum.

“Ok fine, how about we make a deal,” I tell him as I got fed up with his attitude. “Well go outside and I'll give you 5 minutes to hit me once with any weapon you chose. If you can hit me I will take the girls and leave. But if you can't hit me then you will do what I say for the rest of the day.”

“You'll just use a weapon to block my attacks.” he countered.

“Nope, I'll use no weapons, and I'll make this deal to you every day,” I told him before standing up and going to the door. “So make your decision.”

*********************

Bab and Ramonita were still busy with cleaning the room when they heard the argument. Right away they knew what was going to happen and didn't bother to interfere.

“So um, how are you?” Ramonita asked Bab trying to make small talk with her.

“Xupy” she told Ramonita.

“Oh right, no one can understand you without a bond,” Ramonita said remembering that little fact. “Sorry”

Ramonita immediately went back to work picking up the trash now feeling awkward about bringing it up. Bab looked over at her and noticed something about the princess.

“gve cly eoi kjurr gyclupw jvy zucnyl?” Bab asked and when Ramonita looked at her in confusion Bab patted her diaper to emphasize what she said.

“The diaper? Oh, why am I still wearing one?” she asked and Bab nodded. “I don't have my panties with me.”

Bab just looked at her before getting up and walking to Ramonita’s coat and pulled out the underwear she was hiding.

“How did you know where they were?” Ramonita yelled before snatching them from Bab.

Bab just rolled her eyes before pointing at her eyes and then pointing at Ramonita’s crotch.

“Oh, right, you were there when I had the diaper put on me the first time,” Ramonita said as she smacked her face with her palm for forgetting that. “Please don't tell Alex!”

Bab just looked at her in confusion before waving her hand to emphasize Ramonita to go on. after a moment she realized what Bab was trying to say.

“They make me feel better,” Ramonita told her. “I don't know about you, but as the princess of Parïtet, I am held to a very high standard. Every day I have to be the princess and nothing less.  I actually really hated the idea of having to wear a diaper at first but if I got even a little amount of freedom from being a princess then it was worth it I thought. But then I had my little...accident.”

Bab watched as Ramonita sat on the bed with a sad yet happy face.

“Anyone else I know would have been disgusted and berated me on how that's not how a princess should act; that I wasn't acting like a lady. Alex, on the other hand, didn't treat me like that. When I accidentally peed in my diaper and was crying like a baby he was just there to comforted me. To tell me I was alright." Ramonita told Bab before her face turned completely sad. "I feel if I put that underwear back on and stop wearing the diaper then I will just wind up being treated like a princess again.” 

Bab walked over to Ramonita and took the underwear from her hands before she placed them into Ramonita’s jacket and gave Ramonita a smile and a wink.

******************************

It’s been 10 minutes and Lauren still hasn't made a single hit as I keep stepping backward. All the boy does is blindly swinging a gold staff. 

I was quite surprised he had his own weapon when he pulled out a small stick out of his pocket that extended to about his size.

“You give up yet?” I ask him.

“N-no!” Lauren yelled as he tried to make a big swing again and I caught it with my bare hand.

“Well, your 5 minutes are up. do what any noble person should do and accept your defeat,” I tell him before yanking the staff from his hands.

Suddenly my own had caught fire and I had to drop the staff and beat my had on the ground to put out the fire. I completely forgot about that’s what royal weapons did.

“What the fuck! Delayed reaction much!” I say as I look at the staff before looking at Lauren. “Look my deal still stands, you can fight me and challenge me every day but it will always be the same. Or you can choose to listen and let me help you get stronger.”

Lauren just stared at me angrily before running back inside the cabin.

I sigh before I walk back inside myself, not bothering with the royal weapon as I really don't want to set my hand on fire again.

“What's his problem?” Bab asked me as I came back inside.

“At the moment everything,” I tell her. “So how's the room coming along?” 

“We just finished. The brats in there right now.” Bab said as I looked up to see Ramonita being shoved out of the room before the door slammed shut.

“I'll deal with him later,” I tell her as I take a seat on the couch.

“So what's the plan now?” Bab asked me as she sat next to me while Ramonita sat on the couch across from us.

“What is she saying?” Ramonita asked me.

“She’s asking what our plans are. To tell the truth I don't know. I want to help him but he’s making it harder for himself. He’s just running out of options.

“But shouldn't the marriage thing still work?” Bab asked.

“No, even if Elroy wasn't planning on killing him, there's no doubt Enedina would have had backup plans. And now if they show up in either kingdom they will most likely be killed by someone. His only option is to get stronger and fight.” I tell them.

“I think I'll try talking to him, maybe I can convince him,” Ramonita suggested before walking into the other room.

“By the way, how's the language barrier?” I asked Bab.

“It's still annoying but at least you can understand me,” Bab told me.

“Is there any way we can get them to understand you?” I asked her.

“Not without forming a bond, or a double bond,” Bab told me.

I remembered back with Noah and Sherry and how we formed that temporary bond, and how they worked until suddenly I got an idea.

********************

“Prince Lauren, mind if I talk to you?” Ramonita asked him as she entered the room.

“Just leave me alone Princess,” Lauren told her as he sat on the pink bed just staring at the floor.

“Please, just call me Ramonita,” she told him. “I wanted to ask you a question, why haven't you started your training?”

“Because my stepmother forced all the royal responsibility on me. I never have time.”

“Prince Lauren you know you can't lie to me about that. Based on your situation, not even your mother has that type of power. You yourself will have to be the one to accept all those responsibilities.” Ramonita told him.

Lauren finally looked up at her and glared at her, before he sighed.

“I don't want to fight my brother,” he told her. “I know I can't win, I know Danilo will try to kill me, and I'm terrified. So I decided to look for another way, a way that doesn't involve fighting and me being killed by my brother.”

“You know there was no way this would have worked. One way or another your mother would have made sure of that.” Ramonita told him.

“I ALREADY KNOW THAT! BUT WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!” the boy screamed at her. 

Ramonita then slapped him across his face, Lauren looked at her with shock before his lip began to quiver and tears formed in his eyes.

“You suck up your pride, ask for Alex’s help, and save your kingdom,” Ramonita told him before walking over to the door. “I would at least talk to him, Alex might not look all that impressive, but he’s still a good guy that wants to help you.”

She left Lauren in the room alone with his thoughts.

***********************

For the next few hours, I was looking through everything in the basement until I found a few things that would come in handy. As I was putting some of the stuff back I heard someone come down into the basement. I took a look and saw the prince was standing on the bottom step staring at the floor.

“I'm very sorry for the rude behavior I showed earlier sir Alex. I hope you may forgive me,” he told me.

“Ok kid, 3 things. First, please don't call me sir, Alex is just fine. 2nd, when you want to apologize to someone it's better to look them in the eye when you do.” I told Lauren as he raised his head to finally look at me. “Third, if you're really sorry then follow me.” 

I then walked past him, up the stairs and back in the main room. Where Bab and Ramonita sat reading books.

“Ok, so I have something that will make our lives a lot easier,” I tell them all as I hold out 2 bracelets Chet had stored in the basement. One was for Lauren and the other was most likely a spare because it was a lot harder to find. “I want Ramonita and Lauren to form a bond.”

“Wait why?” Lauren asked me as he came into the room.

“By forming a bond you can form a double bond with Bab and me so you can understand what Bab says. ” I told him.

Ramonita didn't need any convincing as she eagerly grabbed a bracelet and slipped it on her wrist.

“Come on Lauren, just trust him just this once,” she told him as I held out the other bracelet for him.

After a moment's hesitation, he took the bracelet and put it on.

After they formed their bond and then a double bound with us we were now set.

“Did it really work?” Ramonita asked before looking at Bab who was still reading her book.

“Bab say something to see if they can understand you,” I tell her.

“Hi Ramonita, and Lauren. what a lovely day it is,” she said without looking up from her book.

“It really worked!” Ramonita yelled excitedly.

“Yep, now let's go Ramonita,” I tell her as I lead her outside.

“Where are you going?” Lauren asked as he tried to follow.

"Ramonita is going to go kill some slimes with me to make you stronger," I told him.

"What?" he asked in confusion.

"With a bond as long as your partner is fighting you both split the experience. since you don't want to do the fighting Ramonita is going to take your place," I tell him. "I want you to stay inside, wouldn't want to risk you getting hurt.”

I then shut the door in his face before he could ask what I meant and leaving him alone with Bab.

“You know he’s right,” Bab told Lauren as he turned to face her. “By relying on Ramonita to fight your battles for you, you’ll undoubtedly get much stronger.”

“But I don't want her to fight my battles. I don't want anyone to fight my battles.” Lauren told her.

“No? Based on what I've heard you didn't want to train before, you wanted to find an easy way out while still knowing they wouldn't work. Then you still fought with the only person who wanted to help you. You left him with no choice but to force Ramonita to fight on your behalf because you're too scared to fight.” bab told him, not once looking at him.

Lauren wanted to yell at her. He wanted to tell her it wasn't true, that he didn't want any of that. But at the same time, he knew she wasn't entirely wrong. 

Bab had a small smile on her face as she heard Lauren run out the door and knew we had him where we wanted him.

***********

“Ramonita! I don't want you to fight my Battles!” Lauren yelled at her when he found us killing slimes.

“Prince Lauren, I would suggest you stand back, this is far more dangerous then you can handle,” I told him.

“No! This should be my fight, not yours.” Lauren yelled at us.

“Sorry Lauren, but this is the only way to get you stronger,” Ramonita told him as more slimes started to appear. she wasn't even the slightest bit scared.

Lauren then tried to rush over to help her but I grabbed him by his arm and dragged him away from the slime nest.

“Boy, you are really starting to get on my nerves. You didn't want my help so now because of your stubbornness Ramonita is forced to pick up your slack.” I told him as he watched Ramonita start to become overwhelmed by slimes.

“Please help her! She’s outnumbered!” Lauren yelled at me.

“And why should you care, it’s your fault she’s like that,” I told him. "it's your fault she about to be eaten by slimes."

“Just help her!” he yelled at me again but I bent down so my face was right next to him.

“Help her yourself,” I whispered to him before sliding my pocket knife into his hand and let him go.

I watched as he ran straight for Ramonita to try and save her from the slimes.

***************

“Looks like your plan worked,” Bab said as she sat down next to me to watch Ramonita and Lauren fighting slimes. 

Ramonita was having a blast while Lauren still struggled a bit.

“He just needed a little push in the right direction,” I told her before making a few ice crystals and throwing them at the slimes to help make sure the kids didn't get too overwhelmed.

“Do you think he'll be ready to fight his brother?” Bab asked me.

“Nope,” I tell her. “But at least he might stand a chance now.”

Alexander March
Stats- lv17
HP-91 (+4)
Attack-46 (+3)
Defence-43 (+5)
Speed-52 (+2)
Regen-10 (+1)
Manna-50 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- none
Element-ice


partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv22
HP-57 (+20)
Attack-11
Defence-11 (+45)
Speed-11 (+9)
Regen-13 (+3)
Manna-180

class-mage
Skills-potion maker
Weapons-none
Element-lightning


Ramonita Maynard
Stats- lv7
HP-49
Attack- 11
Defence- 10 (+100)
Speed- 11
Regen-6
Manna-19

class-princess
Skills-royal blood
Weapons- dagger
Element- dark


Partner- Lauren Thacker
Stats- lv4
HP-40
Attack- 7
Defence- 7
Speed- 7
Regen-3
Manna-9

class-prince
Skills-royal blood
Weapons-royal staff
Element- water


Money ----
gold  13) 
silver  14)
bronze  1)
copper   ?


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Chet had his hands tied up and was dragged into the throne room where the queen of Parïtet awaited him. His face was bloody and swollen but he still got down on one knee and bowed to the queen.

“It's been far too long,” Chet told her.

“Where have you taken my daughter?” the queen asked him.

“Sorry, but right now I can't tell you that yet,” he told her. Before spitting blood from his mouth onto the ground.

“You can either tell us we're the princess is or we will torture that information out of you,” Elroy told Chet as he stood beside the queen. 

“Nice to see you too Elroy, again sorry about the hand by the way. I was originally going for your head.” Chet told him with a smile as he looked at Elroy’s now missing right arm.

“I won't ask again, tell me where my daughter is or…” the queen started.

“Or what? kill me? My mother already wants me and Lauren dead.” Chet told the queen. “that threat won't work on me. But I do have something worth discussing with you…"

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“Lauren you can't just swing wildly like that,” I told him as we did a morning sparring match. 

He was still swinging his staff wildly and making it easy to see where they were coming from and easily dodge them.  After a little while, I finally swat the staff away with a large stick I found.

“I think you might need a better weapon,” I told him as he picked up his weapon.

“But this is a royal staff. It’s a strong weapon.” Lauren told me.

“Ya, it is a strong weapon. But the owner doesn't know how to use it right and it lost to a stick.” I told him. “Look there are a ton of weapons in the basement, go take a look and see if one of them would be better to use.”

Lauren nodded and ran into the cabin. After what happened yesterday he finally warmed up to me.  Especially after I apologized for tricking him into fighting a ton of slimes. Now he at least listens to me a bit better than before.

I then turned my attention to the girls who were sitting on a bench on the side of the cabin talking. 

“So what are you two up to?” I asked them as I walked up to them.

“Bab is teaching me how to use my dark magic!” Ramonita told me excitedly. “Watch!”

She then raised her hands out and tried to focus hard on her magic until a black smoke began to appear.

“That's awesome,” I tell her as the smoke disappeared. “By the way, what does dark do?” 

“Dark is known as a defensive type of magic,” Bab told me. “Unlike all the other elemental magic, it's the only one that has no real attack magic. Dark will absorb any and all types of energy that touches it.”

“Wait is that what I did to Elroy's light magic?” Ramonita asked.

“Yes, while it was only for a moment you absorbed his light magic. When you get much stronger you will even be able to redirect that type of attack.”

“That sounds like a very good shield,” I tell them.

“Not really,” Bab told us. “Like I said it has to be energy. Light, lightning, fire, and wind are considered energy based while the rest are more physical. While she could absorb my lightning Alex could throw a snowball and it would just go straight through.”

“Ok, now that sounds a bit better. But what else can it do?” I asked. Her.

“Dark users can also make dark illusions but this takes years to learn,” Bab told us.

“Bab please teach me as much as you can!” Ramonita begged her.

I couldn't help but smile at how well they were getting along. It wasn't that long ago that Bab was looking forward to getting away from the orphanage and the kids there but know I can see she's slightly enjoying herself a little. Must be because Ramonita sees Bab as nothing but a normal girl and maybe a friend.

Hell, I wish I had a camera this morning when I went to check on them. Last night Bab was a little miffed that she had to share the bed with someone she didn't really know and even more self-conscious about using her pacifier. But Ramonita didn't mind at all. To her, this was all just fun and she was enjoying herself.  Bab herself also seemed to enjoy the bedtime story I told them. Once they were asleep I crept out of the room and checked on Lauren who was fast asleep in Aeva’s pink bed. 

When I woke up early in the morning from sleeping on the lumpy couch I decided I would just continue to sleep in my sleeping bag as that was much more comfortable. I decided to check on the kids to see how they were doing. Lauren was fine but I noticed he mumbles in his sleep. As for the girls, I saw Bab half sprawled out on the bed with Ramonita tightly embracing Bab as if she was a stuffed animal. 

Bab’s heavily wet diaper was on full display and I figured now might be a good time to change her before it leaked. I somehow was able to quickly and quietly got Bab cleaned up without waking her, but I must have accidentally bumped Ramonita as she lifted her head and rubbed some of the sleep from her eyes.

“What are you doing?” she whispered to me.

“Bab had a full diaper and I'm giving her a change. Would you like one.” I asked her only joking.

But Ramonita got a smile on her sleepy face as I heard a slight hiss coming from her diaper.

“Yes please,”  she told me as she rolled onto her back to allow me to change her.

I was a little stunned that she used her diaper right in front of me like it was no big deal, but I did offer a change and I have told her before I didn't mind if she used them.

I quickly got her changed as well, sealing her nice and tight in the soft padding. While I did this she fell back asleep so I threw the blanket back over them both to let them sleep a little while longer. I couldn't help but think how cute they looked sleeping together, almost like sisters.

It was then that Lauren came running back outside to me holding a few weapons. He had with him a small mace and a small sword. Two weapons perfect for his size.

 “Okay, let's start your training,” I tell him as I picked up my stick. “Let's see which one fits you better.”

“Alex, wait,” Ramonita said and I turned back to her. “Can you train me as well?” 

“But I thought you wanted Bab to teach you magic?” I asked her.

“I do, but I also want to train with you as well,” she told us.

“Why not both?” Bab suggested and we all looked at her. “The prince also needs to learn how to use magic so why don't they take turns being taught by us. I teach one the basics of magic while you take the other out to train and get experience. It's a win-win.”

Thinking about it she was right. Lauren should learn how to use magic and maybe learn he's better at it then using a weapon. While Ramonita just wanted to fight more. Either way, it could work out.

“That sounds like a good idea. Okay then since Ramonita already learned some basics it's your turn, Lauren.” I tell him before Ramonita and I go into the woods to do a little hunting.

****************************

We returned about 2 hours later when the pain from the bracelets got annoying. Ramonita and I killed quite a few monsters and definitely grew a bit.

When we got back we saw Bab soaking wet chasing Lauren and yelling at him for some reason.

Apparently, Lauren really needs to learn better control as he accidentally drenched Bab with a bunch of water. Even Bab’s diaper got drenched and now saged below her short skirt allowing Lauren to learn about them.

I had to explain to him that Bab had a personal problem and needed them, while Ramonita was forced to wear them because of Bab and doesn't have any underwear to replace the diapers.

With the explanation done Bab went into the cabin to take a quick shower and strip from her soaked clothes and diaper. Once she was done and mostly dressed I came in and helped with the new diaper.

“Damn Bab, you really soaked this one.” I joked as I picked up the heavy wet diaper. 

She responded by hitting me in the arm.

With that out of the way, I decided to make lunch for the kids before we switched over our training. Lunch was just a simple sandwich with water. Once we were done eating Lauren and I left to train leaving the girls at the cabin.

*********

“You're getting better,” Bab told Ramonita as she finally managed to recreate the dark wall she used to protect me a few days ago. 

“It's all thanks to you,” she told Bab with a big smile on her sweaty face.

“I think that's enough practice for now. Your mana is most likely near empty.” Bab told her as they took a seat on the bench.

“Hey Bab, can you tell me more about you?” Ramonita asked. 

“Sorry, but I want to keep a lot of that to myself,” Bab told her not trusting her with that type of info.

“Alright, then how about nothing too personal but practical. Like what's your favorite color, mine is pink” Ramonita asked.

“I like purple,” Bab told her before thinking of a question to ask. “How do you spend your free time? I like to read.”

“In the castle, I didn't get to do much but read. But now, I think I'm going to practice my magic more. What is your strongest personal quality? I think mine is caring.” Ramonita said.

“My magic. What are you most afraid of? I hate slimes” Bab told her.

“To be honest, going back home after all this,” Ramonita told Bab with her smile fading but still trying to act happy. “Do you have a nickname? My mom likes to call me peachy because I love peaches.”

“Some people used to call me the witch of storms, but that was a long time ago,” Bab told her and suddenly realized she said a little too much. And tried to think of something to ask before Ramonita asked anything further.  “What embarrasses you the most in front of other people? For me, it's using my diaper for number 2.”

Bab said that a little too quickly and let up a little more embarrassing stuff then she would have liked.

“I don't really know, I'm not around a lot of people often, but I was embarrassed when I peed in my diaper, but I also felt, weird,” she told Bab, not really knowing how she felt about it at the time. “If you had a chance for a “do-over” in life, what would you do differently? For me, I would have run away from home a long time ago.” 

“I don't really want to answer that question, can you ask a different one?” Bab asked.

“Alright, then I have a different question for you. What do you think of Alex,” she asked Bab.

“What do you mean?” Bab asked her not understanding the question.

“I already know he’s from the other world and he was forced to make a bond with you. But what do you really think of him?” Ramonita asked and saw Bab have to really think about it.

“He’s warm,” Bab said after a moment.

“Warm?” Ramonita asked.

“Yes. Alex isn't the smartest or the strongest. But I know he will always be there for me when I need him.” Bab said before thinking of something else about Alex.

****************

“Frost!” I yelled and froze a monkey looking monster before Lauren hit it with the mace killing it.

“I finally killed it!” Lauren claimed proudly. 

For the last 30 minutes, he’s been chasing it after he was hit in the back of the head with a rock. But he now looked very proud of himself.

“You're getting better, but I do think you fight better with your sword then mace. It's more balanced for you.” I tell him as I take the mace.

“Hey Alex. why don't you have a weapon?” Lauren asked. “I haven't seen you use one. Only a stick or ice magic.”

“I've had 3 swords but I sort of had bad luck with them. Two of them broke and my favorite sword was stolen from me. After my last one broke I don't think I want to have another sword right now.” I explained to him.

“Then why don't you use one of the weapons in the basement?” he asked me.

“Because none of them feel right to me. They are either too heavy or too light for me to use.” I tell him. “The ones with a good weight to them are the swords and bows. Both of which I don't want to use.” 

“But what if we fight something strong?” Lauren asked.

“I'm a hunter class with beast vision, I can see how strong the monsters are around here and stay away from them.” I explained to him “Now come on let's kill a few more monsters before we go back.”

Lauren was getting better with each swing of his sword as I watched him from a safe distance. I was glad to use this time to train myself as well.

My arm soon began to hurt and I knew we had to start heading back now, however before we got too far we both heard a loud screech. We immediately turned around to see one of the scariest things I could have ever seen.

A big mama monkey monster swinging wildly at us. It was about the size of a small child and holding the monkey monster we killed not so long ago. 

“Lauren stay back!” I yelled as I used my beast vision to see it was as strong as I was and I immediately started to fire off ice magic at it in hopes of killing it quickly but the monster was too quick and soon swung right into me and knocked me off of my feet.

The monkey then tried to leap over me to get to the prince but I grabbed it by its tail and threw it back.

it staggered a bit before getting its bearings but not before I got back on my feet and ready to fight.

The monster let out another screech before leaping at me. This time I was ready and I punched it as hard as I could, but using its hind legs it grabbed my arm and came back to bite me on my shoulder. 

I screamed out in pain and before I could do anything the monster leaped from me and over to Lauren.

Lauren tried his best to defend himself but the monster was too much for him to handle and he was soon knocked to the ground with the monster beating and tearing at him.

I quickly rushed over and using all the strength I had, kicked the monster off of him. The monster got up and screeched again but this time I threw 4 ice shards at it. 3 struck its body.

“Lauren closes your eyes now,” I told the scared boy as he immediately did as he was told.

I walked over to the monster. Weakly screeching at me as I got closer to it. The 3 ice shards hit it in a weak spot but didn't kill it.

While the monster was what attacked us I wasn't going to let it suffer any unnecessary pain. So taking my knife I stabbed it through its heart. Putting it to rest.

*************************

After a while, Lauren and I finally made it back to the cabin. Thanks to my regen the bite was slowly healing itself but I did notice how both Lauren’s and my clothes were completely trashed.

Holes, rips, and blood all over them. How much damage could one monkey cause?

After a quick shower and new change of clothes, I had to make a very big decision. To go to the nearest town and get some supplies or not.

As of right now, we are golden on food and water. However as I look at Lauren now forced to wear my very baggy shirt, which looked like a nightgown on him, I knew we had to get him some new clothes. Plus with Ramonita using Bab’s diapers as well, we are almost out. 

We just have a few big problems. First is that people might still be searching for us. Next, the nearest town is a 4-mile hike from the cabin, meaning I just can't go by myself to be safe and I can't leave the prince and princess alone without protection so I'll have to take all 3 kids. But that still left another big problem, and my worries only grew when Ramonita made just one comment.

“I have an idea,” she said with a slightly evil grin...

Alexander March
Stats- lv20
HP-100 (+4)
Attack-54 (+3)
Defence-40 (+5)
Speed-59 (+2)
Regen-13 (+1)
Manna-57 

class-hunter
Skills-beast vision
Weapons- knife
Element-ice


partner-Bab Ados
Stats- lv25-MAX
HP-67 (+20)
Attack-12
Defence-13 (+45)
Speed-12 (+9)
Regen-16 (+3)
Manna-200

class-mage
Skills-potion maker (new elixir maker)
Weapons-none
Element-lightning


Ramonita Maynard
Stats- lv12
HP-57
Attack- 21
Defence- 22 (+100)
Speed- 19
Regen-7
Manna-27

class-princess
Skills-royal blood
Weapons- dagger
Element- dark


Partner- Lauren Thacker
Stats- lv9
HP-49
Attack- 19
Defence- 17
Speed- 17
Regen-8
Manna-18

class-prince
Skills-royal blood
Weapons-sword
Element- water


Money ----
gold  13) 
silver  14)
bronze  1)
copper   ?


******************************

Sherry was pissed as she sat right in front of Aeva at a public restaurant.

Aeva was completely done up, looking nothing like she had a few days ago during the fight. Even with all the wanted posters posted all over town, no one would have recognized her.

The only reason Sherry was here was because Aeva personally called to her in the middle of a crowded street. Sherry wanted nothing more than to arrest this woman but she did nothing at the moment. If they were to fight here she knew there would be many people caught in the crossfire.

“What do you want?” Sherry asked as she sipped some tea. Not once letting Aeva out of her sight. “We already got your master why don't you just turn yourself in now and tell us we're the princess is.”

“You know I saw what you did the other day, how you let go of the boy's leg and let them go. You're very lucky no one else saw what happened.” Aeva told Sherry with a bright smile.

“Let me guess, you want to blackmail me to help you break your master out of jail?” Sherry asked as she remembered her split-second decision to trust Alex when he told her he was trying to save them.

“No, if master wanted out he could do that on his own. master wanted me to find someone to give the queen a special message,” she told sherry as she pulled out a bunch of letters tied together with a single string and placing them on the table.

“And what is this?” Sherry asked not looking at them.

“Master wanted a chance to talk to the queen but knew there would be no chance at that unless he was captured. If he was captured then someone would have undoubtedly got their hands on the evidence we have to prove Elroy was planning all of this.” Aeva told her

“And you expect me to trust you?” Sherry asked her.

“Only if you want to find the princess faster,” Aeva told her as she stood up from the table.

Sherry could immediately feel the quick change in the air pressure around them and immediately knew this was Aeva's only real threat. 

‘Follow me and everyone here will die.’

“I’ll look into it,” Sherry said as she finally looked at the letters before looking back up to see Aeva and the air pressure gone like the wind.

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