Fantasy Howl's Flying Castle (Finished! ---Whoo! (*＾▽＾)／)

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- The Orients -
" One Year Later "​

Autumn made the Orients more beautiful. The red, auburn trees with patches of green shrubbery gave the land the look of fire corals among the grey leaf-strewn cobble-stone roads and the black blue roofs of the white and red wooden houses.

Kenren, Chenglei, and the victorious warship fleet had 'officially' returned to their homeland late in the winter to be welcomed by the joyous cries of the people, whose wonder, praise, and prayers for good fortune fell mainly on the swordsman after the prince convinced him to enter the capital in his gargantuan dragon form, with Kenren sitting on his claw.

The existence and prowess of dragons had been spread far and wide since the war, and all of the people were relieved to have a familiar face, the man who had saved many families during the Taisho clan's rise to power be their protector . . . and now, the consort of the prince.

It was a huge culture shock when the two announced their betrothal. Even more that Chenglei Zhou was going to be the one and only consort of the prince, that when Kenren welcomed all of his siblings and proposed the fighting to stop and the unity of their homeland, it didn't quite get as much startling attention as the fact that the new emperor loved men.

"Chenglei." corrected Kenren, whenever someone made that mistake. "Your emperor doesn't love men, only he." for the prince liked women, but Chenglei was the only person he felt this way about. And a lot of female fans suddenly blossomed all over the land, stalking the couple wherever they went and giggling madly when they saw them. Foreigners even visited the country just to see these two handsome men and scream whenever the one did so much as lean to say something to the other. Ladies fainted whenever Chenglei was his charming, suave, flirting self around Kenren who did his utmost not to smile embarrassingly.

Not only that, poems and stories of men in love erupted among the younger Orientals, and somehow . . . . somehow, the fans were able to dig up their love story and tell everyone about it. There were now paintings of a young, strong, dashing commoner saving a hunted, fragile. prince who had to dress like a woman. And of the gold dragon of luck and happiness saving his fallen beloved from the sky before they faced the black dragon together.

Kenren face-palmed, laughing. "Why do I always look so effeminate in these paintings? They're even secretly calling me a bottom, How did they know I like being bottom, Chenglei? These women are scarier than our shinobi."
The two definitely skyrocketed the Orient's tourist attractions, which gave the merchants a lot of profit selling the fans water-color posters and sculptures of their love; somewhere in Chingpo, the "Heroes of Holt" stall was now gone to be replaced by the Heroes of Midgard Guild, whose current best seller is an enchanted set of very expensive moving models of Chenglei and Kenren doing lovey-dovey things. At least the royal court was getting a lot of money taxing them, which allowed them to pay all the soldiers they owed wages for. Currently the royal funds were wanting, but at least they paid all their debts.

- Kenren Taisho -
" Stable, Afternoon "​

The birds were chirping in the breezy auburn forest. Kenren's breath came out in mists as he crouched inside one of the hay covered stalls in a stable, right beside a huffing mare who was having her first foal. The wind chime in a nearby farm house tinkled in the breeze, as suddenly the first little whinny of a baby horse filled the stable.

"Oh, Chenglei, Chenglei, Tsumiki, granny. it's a girl!" cried the prince happily.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

-The Orients-
-One year later-​

The autumn trees smelled fresh and wonderful or that's what Renee told to Chenglei and Kenren one day.

When the couple 'officially' came back from the war grounds, Chenglei agreed to Kenren's suggestion of arriving as his dragon self. Though he was afraid of losing control, he did his best until he changed back to human where he surprised people of his identity. Cheer was all he heard and while he was flattered (as expected...the people celebrated with the dragon dance in his honor), the blonde soldier hid in a closet as soon he knew it was safe to be shy again. He wasn't used to having attention like that. Not at all. It didn't help his shyness when Kenren told him he was being cute and poked him while he hid in the closet of their room.

As Kenren revealed that he feels that way towards Chenglei and no one else despite liking women, the blonde got flustered again. More so when people asked him of his view as well. "Kenren is the only one for me. I tried before and none could warm my heart and in a flutter like he can."

He remind suave and charming out in public though and thought the stalker fan girls and boys were funny. Especially when he's just trying to make Kenren blush and he can hear one of the girls saying "Hold me! I'm about to faint from the cuteness." The blonde even laughed when he heard where one of the stories came from. "Ken'en look! It's Minnie! She wrote this one!" He said as he waved a thin book with the cover page having a very similar image of the couple being together. For a quiet girl, she's a really good writer.

Even his sister is reading the books during her exams. Chenglei wasn't going to lie; he's scared for her because he has heard how difficult it was with the harsh bullying and there were moments that he wanted to help her but she refused. No matter what, Tsumiki continued on. The royal court were impressed with her potential in accounting but believed she needed more experience. So they placed her under the guidance of Sawada Iemitsu, the strict and mysterious man of the accounting department. He was opposed to having women in his place but after seeing her score, he gave her a try. She even got his rare compliments despite hearing his criticism.

Nowadays, she would be seen around the account department with a big smile.

As Chenglei lean on the fence of the stables and watching the birthing, he smiled when Kenren got excited. Not that he blamed him. He coo-ed and purred quietly at the baby horse who's stumbling on her legs. He can already hear his sister running right now in excitement.

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- Kenren Taisho -
" Stable, Forest of Hajime "​

Kenren was surprised when he learned Minnie wrote a pretty good romance novel. Can't judge a person from the outside, he thought she was all tough as nails, so she has a girl spot.

In the stables, he sponge bathed the foal in warm water and led her to her mother's side where the baby horse suckled contentedly. The prince was joyful as he grinned at Chenlei and Tsumiki, asking, "What shall we name her?"

The foal was a dapple grey, with white spots like freckles on her cheeks. She had brown eyes and a grey mane with streaks of white.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

Tsumiki jumped in place, excited as she pondered for a name. "How about Kokoro? Hime? Hachi? Blueberry? Peonie?"

"How about a name that's related to fall?" Chenglei suggested to his sister.

"Hhmmm....Maple syrup? Kaeda? ...I like Peonie, Dusk, and Smoky." Tsumiki said.

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- Kenren Taisho -
" Stable, Forest of Hajime "​

"I like smoky too." said Kenren, patting the suckling foal. "Tsumiki, could you help me wash up these cloths?" he stood up with the pail, and rubbed the now peacefully breathing mare on the nose before he left the stall.

When the two were out at the back where the rain barrels were, Kenren glanced back to make Chenglei wasn't nearby then whispered, "So, the surprise birthday party, I finally have an idea. A katana string birthday cake and we go sky diving, you think he'd like that?"

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

"Sure Ken-nii!" Tsumiki exclaimed, going with Kenren. Chenglei said he'll restock the hay and water for the mare.

At the back, the little sister grinned and gave him a thumbs up. "Yea! I think he'll like that a lot." Considering her brother is an adrenaline junkie, he would definitely love sky diving.

"Granny has the party supplies hidden and Ren gave me the rolls for the camera so we can take pictures."

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- Kenren Taisho -
" Stable, Forest of Hajime "​

"How is she, by the way?" said Kenren, as he crouched, washing the cloths. He had heard that James had stopped helping in the rebuilding of Frankia and the Sorcerer's Academy to help his sister learn braille and go to places and do things independently despite being blind.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

"Ren is doing okay. She learned most of the words in braille, remembers what herb is what by scent and touch, and is training Mica to help her walk around by the sounds he makes." It's rather interesting to see Renee follow her ferret around in the Orient's capital with James and Seifer walking beside her, not helping at all. Even though she can tell that Seifer wanted to help and James...James was just unreadable as he followed.

"Though she did catch a pickpocket who tried to steal from her. I don't know how she did that. And she's wearing shoes again." Kenren knows that Renee loves to walk around bare-footed during spring and summer seasons. "Is...Is she a ninja or something, Ken-nii? Because she keeps finding the shinobi and yet...she still runs into things if she isn't paying attention to Mica." It's startling to say the least, for the blind teen to subconsciously find their shinobi, even in their civilian clothes. Tsumiki wondered if James was used to Renee pin-pointing hidden people or strange events...

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- Kenren Taisho -
" Stable, Forest of Hajime "​

"Tsumiki, I wouldn't be surprised if she secretly was." said Kenren, squeezing the newly washed cloths dry. "You can go and ask her when she comes over, I told her our first horse was giving birth today." he hung them on a branch to dry.

After a couple of minutes more of planning their dear Chenglei's birthday this coming weekend, Kenren returned with Tsumiki then tended to the foal until Smoky was as good as this cool autumn day. He watched his man carry hay into the stable, reminded of those times they carried wood together when they were younger --- Chenglei looked just as strong then, and he gave his shoulder a kiss as he put the hay down. "Thanks." he smiled.

They had one other horse in the stable, the father of their little foal, and Kenren let him out to graze in the fields. There was much of this simple life that he didn't know how to do, such as growing vegetables in a garden, and even hunting. Those things he relied on Chenglei for in their little home, but he was determined to at least learn how to grow potatoes. His crops had failed this year and he hadn't understood why, even though he did just as Renee and Echo told him to do. He could fish, and they had a couple drying on the roof together with some nuts and fruit.

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Meanwhile, wherever Renee was, James was beside her talking like usual and describing to her with poetic detail their surroundings. Seifer was currently still at his theater school and was coming home before dinner after a photo shoot in the hair company he was currently working for. It was currently Howl's turn to watch Sirius as Sophie was cleaning the flying castle with Makl.

The Academy had resumed classes this year, but since James only had to write his thesis --- their adventure of a lifetime was more than enough for on-the-job-training experience --- he had a lot of free time which he mostly devoted to his sister, second was making money on weekends as a defensive spells trainer in Queen Mia's army for his and Lydia's future. He and Johnny had completed a fauna list of critters at the Storm Wall and the alchemical properties of their parts and published it into a book, which was giving them gold. Her brother had also taken photography as a hobby and every now and then he would go out with Lydia whenever they received reports of old foes.

Today was his break, though, and he was here chilling with his sister and also telling her about the things he and Lydia had been up too lately. Most recent of which was their visit to the Sea King's shrine simply to talk with him about how Caritas was doing.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Stable, Forest of Hajime -
- Tsumiki Zhou -​

"Yay! Alright! Now I will know how she does things~!" Tsumiki rubbed her hands like a mischievous imp and ran back to the house after helping Kenren drying the cloths. "I will catch Akira-san if it's the last thing I'll do!"

When the blonde put down the hay and felt the kiss on his shoulder, he looked over and smiled warmly at Kenren. "Welcome." Chenglei wrapped his arm around him and squeezed a bit as he nuzzled his cheek on his man's. Ash purple eyes looked over to where he saw their fish drying on the roof, caught by Kenren. The emperor seemed determined to learn certain simple things here. It was ... rather cute how excited he looked when he caught his fish on his own.

As the weather gets colder, Chenglei becomes much more snugly with Kenren. It happened last year as well when he randomly came inside of his work space and just curled around him as the emperor worked. He even slept like that, with the blonde's head on his shoulder and hugging him from behind as he gets warm. Purring low like a pleased dragon or cat.










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- Kingsbury -​

Meanwhile Renee is with James in Kingsbury, listening to him describe the town and she smiled brightly. Her wings fluttering. "So it's looking better now. That's wonderful news." Mia is probably happy about that too. It has been a year since the war and with every little change Renee hears her brother describe the area, the happier she becomes. The little ferret is currently on James' shoulder, waiting for him to ask him on helping Renee walk around the area again and to see if she would run into things or not.

At the beginning, Renee had a hard time getting over her fear of never seeing again but she became stubbornly determined after a few days of clinging onto Seifer and James. How? Well...she didn't like being afraid anymore and she wanted to help Seifer with getting money for the school he's in. So her and Echo finished writing their medical cookbook. So far a lot of nurses and doctors really like them and are recommending the book to those who have dieting issues or to anybody who wanted to eat something new. Same with the Storm Wall herb book the girls published with James and Johnny's fauna book. A lot of herbalists and gardeners really enjoyed reading about those plants too. Renee knows because Echo mentioned them when they get together. Apparently the fans of the books are writing letters to them.

Right now she's listening to James' time with Lydia, telling the Sea King on how Caritas is doing. The little tree sprout is definitely bigger thanks to Echo singing to him last month. He's now up to James' height and happily spread his roots in the ground. He's even learning how to sing with the other manna trees or so Renee says. Over the year, she can hear the manna trees singing which she thought it was odd because she never could before and now she can. Historia believed it could be because her being blind amplified her hearing somehow. So whenever James, Seifer, or anyone else visited her new home, they would hear Renee from the growing garden, humming the song she's hearing Etellion and Caritas sing.

"Caritas is getting better at his singing." Renee chirped happily with her wings a flutter, cheeks plumping up and curving her always closed eyes. The last time James saw Caritas, the tree had a pink scarf around the trunk and he could guess it's because Renee wanted to keep him warm for the upcoming winter. "He dances when Seifer plays the piano. It's so cute James!" She made the same motions she believed Caritas was making based on the breezes he makes, with her arms up and moving her body like a fluid noodle; taking advantage of her belly-dancing moves.

It was funny to see with the clothes she has on today. Her top is a woman's maroon red kimono with sleeve wings that covers her hands and reaches down to her knees, dipped in an orange hue and has a pretty golden peony flower design. The top is tucked into her dark charcoal grey skirt that reached down to her black legging covered ankles. Her feet are covered by the black leather granny boots with a decent size heel. Hugging her waist and hips is a black corset that's stringed up at the front and over her top and skirt, complimenting her figure. Her hair is half pinned up in a bun with her golden cherry blossom hair comb from Kenren, the rest overflowed down to her mid back and over her shoulders, her signature braid swayed with her side and front fringes from her dancing movements. On one wrist is a familiar blue book marker string and on the other is the beaded anklet she never leaves home without. Same with her clockwork half heart pendent around her neck.

"Oh! Kenren told me about his horse giving birth today! Can we go see after meeting up with Seifer?" She asked James, giving him a pout and tries to do the puppy eyes without...well...opening her eyes. Renee always kept her eyes closed while walking around in public, feeling like someone is going to stare if she kept them open.

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- Kenren Taisho -
" Stable, Forest of Hajime "​

Kenren loved those behind hugs, he felt protected. Smiling, he'd budge foward to give Chenglei room and then hold his hand while his other wrote.

"You really are a cat." teased Kenren. Whenever he took breaks he'd lean on him and just rest there, rubbing Chenglei's hands absentmindedly, and more than once he had acidentally fallen asleep. It was nice to sleep in his caring love's arms.

There were many things Kenren liked about the weather if Chenglei was there. If it rained, he would purposely leave or just bring one umbrella so that they have to stay close or they'll easily get wet. If it was too hot they could stay indoors and chat. And now when it's getting colder, more snuggle times!

"Come into my arms, Chenglei Zhou!" Kenren would always say, smiling, arms flung wide in welcome whenever he sensed Chenglei about to snuggle. The cold days were so nice and toasty.

If they had days apart and Chenglei was coming home late, he would stay up so that he doesn't enter an empty house and would heat up his dinner. Many nights he'd give him a massage and kiss him all over before going to bed. Sometimes they'd just stay up talking about random things while listening to the crickets and breeze rustling the wind outside.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Stable, Forest of Hajime -
- Chenglei Zhou -​

"Nuh a cat, Ken'en..." purred Chenglei, midway to sleeping on his peachy emperor again.

The blonde blamed his sleepy cuddling nature to the cold weather and being a dragon. He really did. After having a better grip on his dragon-y self, the blonde noticed that he gets chilled quicker, becomes sleepy in cold weather (more so when it's a snow storm), and would seek heat to sleep or cuddle with (most of the time, that heat source is Kenren.) That never happened before learning his first spell and it freaked him out. So he asked Renee about it and she said "Oh! That's actually normal. It means you are starting to get used to the spell. Don't worry, you'll get used to it. My dad beauties himself up because he's a bird too." It would explain why Renee couldn't stand the cold. Birds don't stay in winter seasons; they either sleep or migrate.

Now he's discovering new things about himself. Like how in the rainy weather, when Kenren forgets about bringing another umbrella, Chenglei would stay close to him and collect his body heat. If he left home, the blonde would walk in the rain (more like skip because he loves jumping into puddles). When it gets too hot, he would stay indoors and chat with Kenren...and then open the door to lay on the veranda and sunbathes or jumps in the pond to have a swim. Sometimes he'd splash Kenren until he's wet or change into his dragon-y self so the emperor can swim with him. Tsumiki didn't think it was funny when he dunked her in the pond. In retaliation, she placed ice cubes down his back on that cooling night...

Granny Zhou scolded them for being silly and to behave already.

Chenglei is really happy that Kenren took his odd habits into stride, even encouraging him to snuggle before he would ask. He felt really loved whenever Kenren would stay up to re-heat dinner for him and give him kisses all over. It makes the blonde wiggle and squirm in place while purring.

Tsumiki, hilariously enough, discovered Chenglei's obsession with decorative katana strings and threads in the attic and told Kenren about it in the past Spring season. Now the place has an interesting and beautifully crafted wallpaper with the way Chenglei hanged each thread on the wall and ceiling like a prize, pillows strewn around on the floor, and a small kotatsu in the middle with a silver tea set. Again, the blonde blamed that odd behavior on his dragon side. At least it was comfortable to sit in...among other things.

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- Kenren Taisho -
" Stable, Forest of Hajime "​

The attic was like a dragon's hoard, except with strings and pillows instead of gold. Kenren liked diving into the sea of cushions when Chenglei let him, and gazing at the threads that caught the light of the setting sun as though he was in a forest of strings.

He liked it whenever he was being invited here. This was Chenglei's private space, and it felt like he was asking Kenren to be part of his most private life. When they did those other things on the kotatsu, it felt like they were the center of all this treasure, and Kenren loved being a part of Chenglei's most important treasures. That was the best part of their relationship.

- James Pendragon -
" Kingsbury "​

James chuckled at Renee's noodle dance. "Hard to believe that little tree was the Nameless One's son." and he wondered what his singing voice sounded like. "And yes we can, I've never seen a newborn colt before." Then he paused. "Seifer can play the piano?" he was surprised. He thought he was all dancing. "How is he, by the way, and you two in general?"

When they came upon a busy street, many people greeting them a good morning --- it was morning in Kingsbury, while afternoon in the Orients side of Midgard --- he nodded at Mica. One of the most difficult blindness tests for Renee, crossing the road, but he had already cast shielding charms on her just in case.

"We're at the road, Renee." said James. This was going to be her first time crossing it without anyone except Mica helping her. Her older brother sounded a little anxious, but he clapped her shoulder. "Go for it." he said determinedly.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

After helping around the stables and making sure the foal and mother pair is doing fine, Chenglei asked Kenren if he would like to come with him to have tea in his private treasure trove room.

If he did, the blonde would ask Tsumiki to make some tea. The blonde knows he can't make tea to save his life.

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Renee cheered when James agreed to going with her see the foal at Kenren's place. Then she giggled with her wings fluttering. "Yes, he plays piano. Seifer may not show it off nowadays but he can play a mean tune." It would be epic to hear Serena and him play together one day.

"We're doing well. He's making sure I can find things in the house and know what room is what....Seifer is doing really well at work though he's improving in dancing classes." Then she swayed back and forth happily as she smiled a lovesick smile. Her wings fluttered and flapped in a dreamy way. "Oh James~ He's so sweet. Seifer offered one of his eyes so that I can see and didn't care about his looks. Honestly...he's so..." Renee sighed, her cheeks bloomed red at the thought of her boyfriend being so sugary sweet.

When the sibling pair reached the busy street giving everyone a 'good morning', Renee took a deep breathe and sighed out her nerves. "Okay...Hop on Mica." The ferret crossed James' shoulders and hopped of to land on hers, placing his tiny paws on top of her head as he watched over head like an overprotective dog. Since she didn't feel Mica tapping her head, she waited patiently for the cars, bikes, carriages and horses cross.

Then...a person accidentally pushed her off the side walk, making her stumble in the traffic. She can hear people around her yelping, screaming for everyone to stop, and felt Mica tap her head a lot; probably panicking for her safety. So she trusted Mica's sight and walked across despite the traffic around her. Carriages dodged her while cars screeched a halt. Horses neighed as their riders pulled their reins to stop. Clouds of dust grew over the scene and it didn't clear until everyone really did stop and...

There across the street and safely on the sidewalk is Renee, waiting for Mica to tap her head again. Said ferret is visibly shaking and fur puffed up in his freight. "...Did I make it? James! Did I make it?" She asked unknowingly how bad the whole street looked like now. "I don't know who pushed me but I really hope no one crashed! Is everyone okay?" James can see that other then a few carriages on the sidewalk and horses neighing nervously, everyone is okay...ish...

"I feel like I got lucky...or maybe Mica is lucky...?" Renee pondered.

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[Zer0]

- James Pendragon -
" Kingsbury "​

"Good enough!" said James, who had thought he might have a heart attack.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

- Seifer and Renee's home - ​

"...I can hear your tone James." Renee frowned in worry, brows furrowed as she turned around a bit. "Is it really that bad?"

After she made sure James is okay and everyone else is okay, the Pendragon medic skipped a bit, carrying the frozen Mica in her arms as she followed her brother's footsteps. With a few close calls to walking into lamp posts and a few people, the sibling pair managed to arrive to Renee's doorway to her home. Which is huge and fancy looking on the outside while the inside is cozy and warm. This is where she can hear Seifer is back home from his work.

"Sweetheart, I'm home! James is here too!" Renee yelled out as she came in with a smile on her face.

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- Seifer Rathmore -
" Seifer and Renee's Home "​

'Mama!' cried Sirius voice in her head. The ground shook as something gigantic started bounding towards them; James held Renee's shoulder.

"Welcome, home, baby!" said Seifer's voice, he sounded like was on the second floor. A door opened and closed upstairs just as something humongous stomped to a halt behind the door. It was pulled open and a big, soft tongue licked Renee from behind, and apparently James too, who laughed, "Good to see you too, Sirius! Hi, dad!"

"Hello, son, daughter!" Renee could feel the cold wetness of Sirius' saliva get drawn away by her father's magic.

Seifer's confident steps came down the stairs and he and James greeted each other, before his arms wrapped around Renee. "Hi, baby, how was your day?" his warm lips pressed on her cheek. "Did you cross the road alright?"

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

"Hello my little Twinkle!"

Renee laughed when Sirius licked her back before she turned around to cup his snout and placed kisses. Her wings flapping happily as she coo-ed, rubbing her nose on his big one, asking him if he had fun with his grandpa today and how were classes with Mizutsume.

"Hi dad." Then she felt Sirius' saliva drawn away from her clothes and hair. Outstretching her arm and waving her hand around, she found Howl and hugged him tight. "Thank you. How's your day?"

When she heard Seifer's footsteps and greeting to James, Renee snuggled into Seifer's clothes as she hugged him back. Wings still fluttering as Mica chattered in alarm and climbed on her shoulder before he gave Seifer a lick on his cheek. Her cheeks bloomed red when she felt his warm lips.

"I walked through traffic because someone pushed me. Thanks to Mica here, I'm okay...and I think I'm ready to walk on my own...?" She turned her head a bit, guessing where James is, not knowing if that's true or not. The blind medic is looking on the opposite direction of where James is.

"Right? Or do I still need to try again?"

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- Seifer Rathmore -
" Seifer and Renee's Home "​

'Had fun! Mama, mama, shrink, shrink, me. Want hug.' Sirius nuzzled into her arms, and whined when she turned to hug Howl and Seifer.

Her father kissed her forehead and said that he and Sirius had a lot of fun playing with magic today. Howl made rocks float and they had a game playing a kind of floating billiards, pushing rocks into spell-fortified baskets. Sirius was also learning how to levitate rocks by himself properly --- today he accidentally sent a boulder flying into the side of a great ice pillar and created an avalanche. Good thing no one else lives in this side of the Storm Wall

"I'm over here, sis. Sidewalk is okay, but roads, practice ten more times successfully, then yes, you're good." said James. "I'm thinking of building an ultimate blind obstacle course with Sen and Seth in the future as the final test."

Seifer pulled something from her hair and then combed it with his fingers. "Good work, Mica." he rubbed the little ferret's head. "That's more progress than last month Renee. Oh, and that special paint you wanted, I placed them in the labeled bottles. Are you going to eat dinner and sleep over at Chenglei and Kenren's place today?"

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

As she listened to Howl and Seifer, Renee placed her hand gently on his snout and muttered her shrinking spell, knowing he'll be as small as a seven years old child. Then she scooped him up to hug him and squeeze him all he wants while she snuggled him happily. Her wings fluttered when Howl kissed her forehead and giggled when she heard what Sirius did before kissing her son's forehead proudly.

"I just hope no one pushes me again." Renee muttered in a deadpan before humming pleasingly from Seifer's combing in her hair. Is he combing her hair with the gold comb decoration? Mica chattered, puffing his chest like he was showing off that he helped a lot despite being scared himself. She got excited at the news of her special paint. "Really?! I can't wait to paint again!" It has been a long while since she has drawn anything from last year. Her hands are itching to try the paint out today but...

"Yes, I am. I promise I'll try to not get lost in Hajime forest...or trip...or walk into a wall...again." She chirped. "Want to come see the foal? Ken-chan told me that it's gonna be born today."

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- Seifer Rathmore -
" Seifer and Renee's Home "​

"No, I find farm stuff boring." said Seifer.

'I want to go, I want to go!' said Sirius, curling up contentedly in Renee's arms, his tail wrapping around her elbow.

"Unless you want me to go to look after Sirius?" he added. Renee may not be able to enjoy fully Chenglei and Kenren's company if she has an energetic, curious, playful, baby dragon to look after as well.

James had agreed with what Renee said about that person who pushed her, the jerk. Then told Renee he'll be outside with their dad enjoying the scenery. This side of the world always looked beautiful, and he wondered what Lydia was doing right now. Probably working hard at something as usual, or sending a letter, or maybe making a sandwich. He smiled at that.


Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

Renee giggled, raising an amused eyebrow at him. After gardening with him, she can sense Seifer trying to find it fun for her sake, so she usually asks him if he could help with just letting her know if weeds are popping up again or if there's an wanted critter in her garden instead. She leaned up to kiss his cheek. "Yes, please. It would help a lot sweetie." While she can hear his claws and footsteps on wooden or stone floors, she can't hear him on dirt. So having Seifer to literally watch is tremendous help and it'll calm her nerves and worries of losing her baby.

Renee nodded at James when he mentioned about staying outside with their did to enjoy the view. "Okay. You know where the key is: inside the rose vase of the second floor." Instead of having several plain keys to different places, Renee made special keys for the portals. So even if someone tried to copy the keys, they can't get inside if it's not the key she made specifically for that door. It's the same with the portals she made for James and Lydia's home and work space, Chenglei and Kenren's home to the palace, the twins' are asking for something similar in case they need an escape route for emergencies and Serena and Seth's wardrobes.

Of course she kept the dials on the doors so people can tell where they are about to head off to and change it when they need to by turning the dial on the door.

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[Zer0]

- Seifer Rathmore -
"Chenglei and Kenren's Home, Hajime Forest"​

Seifer hugged Renee as she kissed his cheek, as a gesture that she is welcome. "I'm going with you two then. I'll just pack some of my things and Sirius' toys. We're going to be hanging out, son!"

'Hide and seek, hide and seek.' hummed the little black dragon.

"You want me to pack some of your things too, Renee, or you're coming up to the bedroom?"

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[Katsuya]

"I'll come up with you. I still need to get used to doing things on my own." Renee said smiling before leaning up to kiss him again. "Come on before Sirius starts playing hide and seek in here." She teased as she nuzzled her cheek on Sirius' head with her wings fluttering.

Going up the stairs wasn't a hassle for her now; Renee remembers to check with her foot before taking a step and went up to the bedroom where she let Sirius down to help Seifer pack their stuff. "How was work, Sweetheart?" She asked as she pulled a luggage case from underneath their huge fluffy bed.

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[Zer0]

- Seifer Rathmore -
"Chenglei and Kenren's Home, Hajime Forest"​

"Ahhh, wonderful, my greatest accomplishment yet. Starting next month, my perfect hair and handsome face will be on every Aspire shampoo and conditioner!" said Seifer, proudly. "There I was, Renee, walking down the platform in front of the judges, nervous, but determined, graceful, and handsome. The judges must have seen my inner fire, because when we all lined up for the final call, they picked me! Haha, in your face Maril Gamgee!" Maril was one of Seifer's rival, a merman from Chingpo who recently starred in many famous plays about how the mer-folk battled the shades that were poisoning the seas with their mining of ragnite close to the coasts.

Seifer sounded like he was in his clothes room --- yes, he has a door in their bedroom that led to his collection of all his expensive, dapper clothes, hair creams, and where there is a huge painting of him in just a loin cloth and lying down like some god of handsomeness. It was made in that thick paint Renee had talked about a long time ago, which she could feel.

His footsteps returned and he was now beside Renee, elbows touching as it sounded like he was putting his usual beauty kit in Renee's luggage bag; Sirius also came padding close then far as he too dropped what was probably his toys.

Katsuya