- Arthas -
"A war?" Shiroe asked in the Guild Chat.
"Yes." I replied.
"It's a World Quest, if I have seen any." Star added.
"Same." Whistler chimed in.
"We need to work for the defence of your new town, don't we?" Shiroe asked.
"Yes, I would think so. Llyne is already under Arnold. How long do you think it will take for us to move there?"
"I have been looking into the city since you told us about it. It will take five days for us to get there if only our team marches. If we take the Guild, provided most of them agree, it will take us at least a week."
"Try to convince them. We will need as many hands as possible." I asked.
"I will."
"Actually, why don't we recruit players from that town?" Star asked. "I am pretty sure they would love to join the Guild for the same reason as the people of this town."
"That is because we cannot be assured of their loyalty. They must have groups of their own by now. Every town more or less has that. Even if they join the Guild, the chances that they will follow our plans are quite low, as we will basically be new players who have taken over their turf due to NPC support. If anything, they might hold some grudges against us and would likely work against us in the World Quest. We cannot let that happen and will thus need more of our people to take care of any fallouts. Sure, this might also just be my paranoia, but I'd rather err on the side of caution."
"Man, this shit just keeps getting more and more complicated." Star replied.
I could feel the roll of his eyes through the chat.
"We still have a few months for this. Throw the idea and see how many are willing to move to Alverton. Veena, Rose and I are also recruiting NPCs to help. Let's aim for small goals first. Let's get all our team members to T5 before the World Quest."
"Hmm."
We left for our own work after a bit more chat
Everyone suddenly got busy.
We will also be going out for a hunt tomorrow.
I lay on the bed, thinking about the whole situation. Man… I just can't catch a break.
Just when the entire tournament fiasco was over, this shit started.
The very next day too.
"No need to worry about it, dear. What is going to come will come regardless of what we do. All we can do is prepare our best and face it together." Veena spoke.
Rose too nodded on the side.
They had gone to the Magic Tower while I was having dinner with the Prince and Uther to meet with the Vice President of the Magic Tower.
Veena was a Witch, and Rose was planning to become a Magic Warrior and the Magic Tower was the place that dealt with both.
"Anyways, enough about work. Tell me, how was your date? Did you two have fun? Although I can already take a guess..." She smirked, looking at Rose, who blushed again. "I'd like to know the details."
I rolled my eyes. She was having too much fun in all this.
Rose, however, looked excited despite her embarrassment. I guess she has never had anyone to talk about this kind of thing before? And now that she did, she wanted to take full advantage of it.
I took this time to undress and lay on my bed.
Today was quite eventful, and I wanted a shut eye to destress.
"Oh! New armour. These look nice. I will have to check out that store too."
…girls and shopping.
"But really? Was that all you guys did? No kissing, no making out? How is that a complete date? At least one kiss to complete the date was needed. Arthas, this was Rose's first time. She might not know, but you did."
No, no, I didn't either.
Your concept of date is vastly different from mine. Although I thought this, I didn't say it out loud. I did, however, notice a quick glance Rose had thrown though
"This won't work. Come on. This is Rose's first date. We can't have anything missing in it. Kiss, you two."
"Huh?!"
"Don't huh me. We did decided to give Rose a proper date, didn't we? We can't have such an important part missing, can we? Go on, Rose."
…
I looked at Veena with a look of disbelief.
Come on.
I know you want us to get together, but there is no way this would work.
The girl was blushing so hard at just the topic of being my girlfriend that it looked like she would bleed out of her nose. And now you want me to kiss her... and that too in front of you?
But apparently today was a day of surprises.
In front of my stunned gaze, Rose actually stepped towards me.
My eyes widened as I realised what was happening. Just what the fuck did Veena teach her when I wasn't looking?
"Go on, Arthas. Don't keep her waiting. It's rude."
…
Well, fuck it.
Rose was already on the bed, actually waiting.
She was actually afraid of being rejected.
Those morons in Asgard really did a number on her confidence. Not to mention the two incidents in the game didn't help either.
Maybe she was trying to get past all that and gain some confidence in herself? Or maybe it was actually something more…? I didn't know.
But I did know that if I were to reject her right now for any reason, it would absolutely crush her confidence.
So, I did exactly what I had decided before.
Moving over, I took her hands in mine and felt a slight tremble in her hands.
I leant forward towards her and actually brought her into a hug.
Letting her rest for some time in my arms, I caressed her back, giving her time to calm down. After some time, sensing that she was calmer, I spoke softly.
"If you ever want this to stop or if it feels uncomfortable... please... please tell me. I will stop immediately."
"Umm." She nodded her head.
"Good. Now relax." I pulled her in for a soft kiss. It wasn't a kiss full of passion, just our lips touching, getting a feel for each other. She got more comfortable after a few seconds and actually relaxed in my arms.
After a few minutes, I licked her lips, slowly prodding her lips to open.
She did provide it without any resistance, and my tongue invaded her mouth.
My hands slowly reached around her, caressing her back.
While we were doing so, her towel came loose staying there only being held by our chests pressed against each other. I could feel two cherries poking my chest through the towel.
I didn't make any move to remove it, lest it spook her.
But it turns out that my fears were unfounded.
A minute later, her tongue was actually responding to mine, twirling with mine in a dance of passion.
She was obviously inexperienced, but she was actually doing her best too.
When I pulled back, breaking our kiss, there was a strand of saliva connecting our lips.
Her towel had completely fallen as we broke the hug, revealing her milky white breasts with her pink nubs, standing proud.
But more than that, there was this glazed, glassy look in her eyes that was just too hot.
"Want more?" I asked, and she actually leant in with her eyes closed.
This time, I took the initiative to be more proactive, directly pushing my tongue into her mouth. She quickly returned the favour too.
I removed the towel from between us slowly, and to my surprise, she actually lifted her ass up, helping me move the towel from under her. At the same time, her arms snaked around my neck, pulling me more into the kiss.
We separated again when she was breathing heavily. Before we realised it, I was on top of her, one of my legs between hers, my knee pressing on her core.
"That was... amazing." Our thoughts were broken by Veena's voice. "See, it was better this way, wasn't it?"
Both of us looked at the third person in the room almost at the same time.
Damn… I had almost forgotten about her for a moment there. and from the looks of it, it looks like Rose did the same. The worst part was that Veena realised it, and there was no way she was going to let it go. Knowing her as I did, she would absolutely tease the two of us about this.
As expected, Rose went back from the wild cat mode to the blushing virgin mode once more, while I made my usual aloof face I had perfected as a defence against Veena's teasing.
"I know it's easy to get lost in passion, but take your time to enjoy all aspects of the relationship rather than directly jumping into the final action." She teased, although her words carried seriousness in them.
Even Rose realised this and nodded.
I, however, wasn't convinced.
There was no way she was going to stop just at this. I knew her enough to know this.
As expected, she dropped her towel on the floor, revealing her body to the two of us, and slowly moved onto the bed and directly between my legs.
"For now, watch and learn."
…
I knew it!