The Beast and the Sword Book 1: The Lost Heir

Page 24: The Princess and the Market

(Second Opening Theme: Asterisk War Opening 1-Brand New World Performed By Shiena Nishizawa)

-Present; Castletown Kika-

    Everyone in the group had been enjoying themselves when they had arrived in the spa, and thankfully Feodora managed to come to Earth by the time they had gotten her warmed up in the water. Prism, Aisling, Aine, Jubei, Vanessa, Noelle along with Feodora had been relaxing in a sauna as they had been wearing robes as their hair had been wrapped in their own set of fluffy white towels. Thankfully it had been a private sauna as it allowed Prism to not only have her ears out as plain as day as well as the set of scars she bared along her neck, chest and arm, but the sprits both big and small had been relaxing with her.

    A familiar little water salamander had been heating the coals within every so often to keep the steam going as they gave a relaxed sigh.

    "This is the life..." Aisling said as she practically sank into the chair.

    "Jubee-bear happy right here." Juebei said.

    Noelle said with a relaxed sigh, "So satisfying."

    "So this is what a sauna is like..." Prism said, "... It almost feels like I'm in heaven..."

    "Glad you enjoy it." Vanessa said, "It's nice to have a relaxing time after all that craziness this afternoon."

    "Here, here." Aisling said as she sighed, "Whew, I can sit here forever."

    "Yeah--A witch can get used to this." Aine added.

    Prism soon slid over to Feodora as Feodora herself looked to be just as relaxed as the others had been. "You doing okay Feo?" Prism asked, "You feeling any better?"

    "Better now shortstack." Feodora said, "I just needed a second to cool down my head--Literally." Feodora and her couldn't help but snicker at this. "Though in all seriousness--" She soon said to Prism, "--Sorry if I ended up scaring you. I haven't gotten that pissed off in a long time."

    "Oh, believe it or not I've seen worse ones." Prism said, "And it wasn't just from my parents and the other Captains. It did surprise me, but--I wasn't scared."

Feodora sighed, "I don't doubt that. Forgive me if I insult your taste, but how do you even make friends with a guy who's honest twenty four seven, and not to mention, he overstepped a line with me? It's just--"

Prism placed her hand on her shoulder, making her flinch a little, "I know Plu-Plu can be--Too honest at times, but, he's a really good person. I know it's hard to see that though he has everyone's best interest at heart. I never did have a sibling growing up, but I always saw him as the brother I never had."

"Yeah--It's REALLY hard to see that, and that ain't just a quote on quote family feud talking that's for sure." She said leaning back in the chair.

Prism's look softened slightly at the word, as she couldn't help but think about what had been said earlier. The way Feodora snapped when Pluck had talked about her very own. In fact, now that she thought about it, she didn't know much about Feodora's life before she was brought to the Church in Hage. She remembered how she spoke about her parents, how they were killed by people they once called friends in the Diamond Kingdom. It was upsetting for her because Prism had thought at that moment.

"Can... We talk about that?" Prism asked as Feodora's look changed, "About why you were so upset before?"

Feodora had been silent at this as she had her head turned to the ceiling; Prism placed her hand on her shoulder, "I know, it really upsets you but--Whatever you have against your parents I--"