Following the short ceremony with August, Trajan, and the Bronze Paladin, Leon checked in with Lapis and then returned home. He found his Heavens Eye beastmaster training with Anzu, getting the young griffin used to wearing a saddle. As soon as Anzu saw Leon, though, the griffin instantly abandoned his training and bounded over to Leon, nuzzling against his human and celebrating that Leon had come home.
Leon laughed, played with Anzu a bit, then let the beastmaster get the griffin bac...
2019-10-23 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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All right, then lets begin, Trajan said, and August knelt in the center of the stone floor.
Leon watched in fascination, but so far, he was a little disappointed. It didnt seem like the same kind of runic glyph that Artorias had used for Leons awakening was going to be used for Augusts. Leons hopes for something spectacular were rekindled when Trajan reached into his soul realm and retrieved a few pouches of herbs and a glowing red potion in an index-finger sized clear gla...
2019-10-21 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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You what? Leon asked in disbelief and some muted anger as Trajan paused at the door.
Trajan stared at the heavy dark red oak door, enchanted to prevent both any unauthorized entry and to help keep their voices from leaking out into the room on the other side, where several dozen secretaries and assistants to the Prince were working.
If he were going to explain himself before dragging Leon to this ceremony, then it had to be now, Trajan knew.
After several second...
2019-10-18 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Leon, Elise, and Naiads lives returned to something that resembled normal in the weeks following the attack on the villa. Naiad didnt coerce them into sleeping with her again, but she refused to leave, so when Leon and Elises villa was finished being rebuilt, she ended up moving in with them.
Given how their villa had been destroyed, neither Leon nor Elise said much in protest. They had already had sex with Naiad, so it made little sense to reject her presence and accompanying pro...
2019-10-16 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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After finally sleeping with Naiad and Elise, Leon spent quite a bit of time working on his defensive enchantments, but after a couple of hours, he had to call it quits. He packed up his things, left Elises wing of the estate, and went straight to one of the estates private meditation chambers.
These rooms were small, dark, and warm. They werent nearly big enough to properly practice magic in, but they were cozy and quiet. The walls were draped with thick black curtains that both b...
2019-10-14 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Months after making his contract with Naiad, Leon began to fulfill it. Naiad had finally convinced him to have sex with her, and it only took having Elise there as well.
Of course, this meant that Leon started first with Elise, which Naiad could understand as she was his first mate. Still, she couldnt help but feel a bit of impatience since her sanity and continued existence as a river nymph was on the line.
So, for the first few minutes, Naiad simply laid on the bed, watching L...
2019-10-11 14:56:50 +0000 UTC
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Naiad was determined not to let Leon go, and her time was running out. She could feel her magic power slowing, which was why she had decided to call in Leons side of the deal rather than wait.
Normally, her magic power flowed through her body like a river, speeding up as she grew more and more powerful. However, she had noticed that that river of power had been slowing down for some time and only continued to decelerate at a faster rate as time went on. In other words, her water magic...
2019-10-09 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Are you sure youre ready for this? Trajan asked as he looked Leon in the eyes.
I am, Leon said without hesitation. The two were in Trajans office the day after Leons villa was attacked discussing what could be done to keep Leon safe. Their conclusion was that there wasnt much of substance they could do, and Leon had no interest in security theater, so it was simply decided that he would spend more time in the Royal Palace while also being given time to devise his own sec...
2019-10-07 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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There wasnt much Emilie could do to hide Naiads colossal aura, but she did have a charging amulet, a simple gold chain with a clasp that could hold a gem of moderate size. The amulet would then use the mages power to charge the gem with magic, reducing the amount of magic power that leaks out of their body and into their aura in the process. Emilie put a sapphire, the highest grade of magic-storing gem known, into the clasp and gave it to Naiad.
When the nymph Queen put it on, the...
2019-10-04 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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With a few graceful steps, Naiad stepped onto the dock, completely undisturbed at her lack of attire. Her aura was calm, but completely dwarfed everyone elses, and even the vampires attacking Leon and the others came to a halt, stunned as they were at Naiads arrival.
As she approached Elise, Alix, Valeria, and Asiya, the four ladies quickly switched their attention away from the vampires and brandished their weapons at Naiad, but the river nymph Queen couldnt have cared less, and ...
2019-10-02 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Leon leaped to his feet, almost pushing Elise to the floor in his haste. However, with armed figures surrounding his and Elises new home, he wasted no time with apologies as those could wait. Before anyone could say a word in shock at...
2019-09-30 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Two months had passed since Leon returned to the capital and a couple weeks since his ascension to the sixth-tier. Events in the capital continued to unfold in the same vein that they had been, and Leon was more than happy to remain apart from them. In fact, the more he stayed with Elise filling his days with little else but training, the more he realized that that was what he shouldve done in the first place. The longer he stayed away from the Legion, the less he wanted to go back.
But ...
2019-09-27 15:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Roland sighed as he wiped the blood from his sword, his eyes not straying from the young woman at his feet that hed just killed. Her skin was deathly pale, her canines sharpened to fangs, and while she had been alive, her aura had been polluted by demonic power.
She had been a vampire.
He, a number of his own knights, and a few knights from Trajans retinue had been sent out to wipe out a vampire nest that had been discovered about a week before, but they had run into a small p...
2019-09-25 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Did I inherit anything from my mother, like I inherited your lightning from my father? Leon asked, any joy on his face from testing himself against the Thunderbird quickly fading away.
The Thunderbirds reply was immediate. I dont believe so. I would doubt that your mother could even pass down any kind of power, especially since you have already my power. The chances of two inherited powers existing in one person are
remote, to say the least.
Leon stared back at her, ...
2019-09-23 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Leon swung his blade through the air, putting every ounce of skill and talent he possessed in the ways of the sword on display. Silver-blue lightning flashed along the blade, and Leons movements sped up to the point that any mortal who tried to watch wouldnt have been able to track the blade. His speed and po...
2019-09-20 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Our clan began with my birth, eons ago in the Primal Age
the Thunderbird began with a tone of absolute pride and confidence, the impression that she was trying to give Leon only slightly mitigated by the fact that she was physically dead. Still, she got a bit theatrical, waving her tanned arms in the air and letting her wavy brown hair blow in the wind.
I was just a normal eagle back then, though perhaps significantly more beautiful, intelligent, and powerful.
Uh-hu...
2019-09-18 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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After being given a few minutes to process, Leon felt like he understood what the Thunderbird was saying, and it meshed well with Xaphans much less detailed explanation from years earlier.
There were millions upon millions of planes within the universe, many smaller than the plane of Aeterna, some larger. And yet, all of them faced the same direction: toward the Nexus. The Nexus was in the center of the universe and was in the center of the sky for every plane in existence, which ...
2019-09-16 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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[Now, then, I assume you have questions?]
Once those words were spoken, Leon had to fight to not start salivating. This was it, the moment hed been waiting for, the moment when he would finally get all the answers he wanted. And yet, for all that time he had spent waiting, Leon had no idea where to start. He stood there for several long seconds, staring at the Thunderbird while paralyzed with indecision.
Should I start with magic? Or my family?<...
2019-09-13 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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[Prepare yourself, demon,] Leon said to Xaphan, [for Im on my way
]
[Oh no
] Xaphan responded sarcastically, [whatever will I do
? A young human is coming, oh woe is me!]
[Waiting there for my arrival is what youll do!] Leon responded, his mouth curving into an excited smile. He could almost hear Xaphan shrug; it wasnt like the demon could do much else within his soul realm except wait, after all.
But then, Leon ran into a bit of a problem: he had no earthly idea ho...
2019-09-11 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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After the opening day of the triumphal games, the capital descended into solemn silence, with many people confused and scared of what might be on the horizon after August and Octavius public disagreement. However, by the end of the games, most people had returned to their usual behavior, though the possibilities of what might happen in the near future remained on everyones mind.
In Leons case, he hardly noticed anything was wrong, as Trajan ordered him to steer clear of the arena ...
2019-09-09 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Justin sat in his box staring down into the sands of the arena long after just about everyone else in the arena had left. He could think about nothing but Leons lightning, and how similar it had felt to him, how startlingly powerful it had seemed compared to other fifth-tier lightning mages that Justin had encountered. On the surface, it had appeared barely different compared to the power of any other lightning mage, but Justin had felt something sacred about that Leons lightning, somethi...
2019-09-06 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Throughout Leon and Antonius Agrippas entire fight, Elise gripped the armrests of her seat so hard that they almost deformed. She couldnt turn away from the sight, though she wanted to. She could do nothing but watch in horror as her lover and a gladiator fought each other with the intent to kill down in the sands of the arena.
Her behavior was mirrored in quite a few of the spectators, and even in her own box. Cristina and Asiya watched in fascinated horror, and Valeria had frozen ...
2019-09-04 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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My order stands! Bring death to the defeated! Octavius roared, further stunning the already shocked crowd.
Leon immediately released his magic senses to keep an eye on Antonius Agrippa while his eyes stared at Trajan. He sought further instruction from his Prince, but he wasnt going to do ...
2019-09-02 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The entire arena descended into an eerie silence. Octavius thumb pointed down, signaling to Antonius Agrippa to kill his defeated opponent in defiance of almost a thousand years of tradition of no gladiators being intentionally killed on the sands of the arena. So shocked was the crowd that no one made so much a noise as they watched and waited for something to happen; this was the first time that the tension and disagreements between August and Octavius had been put on display outside of t...
2019-08-30 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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It is time for the games to begin! the announcer cried, to the ecstatic cheering of the crowd. They were so loud that they just about shook the arena, and Leon in the sealed Royal box thought that the sound could be heard in every corner of the capital.
As the chariots for the opening races began taking the field, the enchanted glass sealing the Royal box retracted, opening it up for the entire arena to see. Instantly, Leon felt the weight of more than a hundred tho...
2019-08-28 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The games had yet to begin, and Leon stood around, not really knowing what to do with himself. He wasnt particularly comfortable being in the Royal box, but it got him away from Valeria and thats all that he had wanted when he accepted the invitation. However, now that he was here, and the attention of the five men who arrived before him was on him, the only thing he wanted to do was to leave.
For his part, August hadnt invited Leon for any respectable reason; he didnt want to u...
2019-08-26 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Wow, I never thought Id be watching the games in a place like this, Alix said in wonder as she and Elise walked down the extraordinarily well-appointed hallway toward their private box.
This place caters to a specific crowd, so they have to decorate accordingly, Elise said, to which Alix nodded in understanding.
Makes sense if they want to get ready for someone like you showing up, Alix replied. Theyre certainly not getting all fancy for my common ass.
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2019-08-23 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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For most of an entire day, Leon desperately tried to think of an excuse that he could use to get out of going to the games with Valeria. When remembering how much fun he used to have when sparring with her, a part of him couldnt help but want to go with her, but his reason swiftly overpowered that desire, though he had yet to think of any reason he could invoke to excuse his absence.
His original intent was to consult with Trajan, but early in the morning, a messenger appeared at Emil...
2019-08-21 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The Royal box in the capitals arena was reserved for the exclusive use of the Royal Family and their personal guests. To be invited to attend the games with a Prince, Princess, or the reigning Monarch meant sitting in that box, where one could be seen in the most public place in the entire Kingdom rubbing shoulders with royalty. Naturally, the Royal Family tended to be quite selective when inviting others to join them, oftentimes inviting no one but the members of House Raime to watch the g...
2019-08-19 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Gaius froze as Leon walked into the council chamber. All the hate he held for the other man was still there, though it was now mixed with strange feelings of muted gratitude and guilt after Gaius behavior during their time at the Knight Academy. In the end, even after Leons eyes swept over h...
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