" ughh." Sunlight hit my eye as the sounds of a new morning began filling my ears
" come on get up you lug we have our trip today, we cant be late in will make us look bad....we are trying to establish a good relationship with them."
" ehhhhhh....ok." Still half asleep and hearing my wife's beautiful voice coming from the bath I shifted out of bed falling to the ground with a plap
" my lovvve!." Bones aching from our session last night i got up stumbling into the bath letting the water fully wake me
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" every time." Elise's hand carved through the water grasping something and pulling it up
" ow-ow stop i give- i give woman damn" loosening her grip she smirked devilishly
" not fun when someone touches you without permission is it?." I tilted my head an blinked
" what do you mean im your husband, i always have permission." Her grip tightened beginning to twist my member.
" ok im sorry ill stop trying to sneak a feel so much." letting go she leaned back legs slightly parted as if daring me to try again
" tsk...fucking tease." Moving to a separate end of the bath i scrubbed myself down in preparation for the trip knowing it may be a little bit until we would be able to again
Stepping out behind Elise i waited for her to take the water off our bodies
" do you know how long we will be gone?" Wrapping my arms around her i gently rubbed her pink scaly stomach just above her hips where her womb should be
"Mmmm....minimum a couple weeks at most a month, we are trying to establish a relationship between two kingdoms with history, that's not a quick thing...though we have managed to start of on a good footing after your fight with the prince." Leaning back into my chest she answered me
' everything should be ok while im gone they already know what to do with what we have set up.' I Let a huff thinking about my projects stability while we are gone hoping things stay going smoothly
Separating we got dressed and headed for the wharf, along the way we collected our daughter after all this is a bit more then a normal trip it was best to go as a family
The normally busy street parted for their queen and princess gladly letting us pass without issue
I wouldn't get the same treatment not out of hate or malice but because im not as instantly recognizable them since I teleport everywhere, not to mention it don't interact with the citizens as much as I probably should as their king, these two have no such problems
" ahh good morning your highness i hope your trip is a wonderfu lone."
" we're praying for your safe return my queen."
" let's play as soon as you get back Emily we'll all miss."
Those that adored the mother daughter duo made their adoration know, the love people felt for them was great
I just got a few salutes from the soldiers patrol around and a couple nods from the people the rest whispered to each other some in confusion others just to gossip about if Elise knew about alaine's and I relationship
we planned to squash this particular rumor before it got out of hand and caused unnecessary problems
Waiting for us where the gem road transitions to the wood planks of the wharf alaine shifted nervously, her clothes flapping in the wind carried by the sea as if trying to mirror her nervousness
" still not use to the city alaine?" Elise asked trying to alleviate some of the intensity of her emotions taking alaine's hand into her's
" i-its not that....all these eyes on is uncomfortable in my village there were 50 people at most here there are hundreds, all always looking at me now that I've gotten a bit famous."
Rubbing each side of their cheeks together in a display of closeness to the public, this specific greeting was reserved for close friends that saw each other as family in the beastmen's culture
" it gets better trust me i was the same." Alaine's attention was drawn to me upon hearing me
" i couldn't tell." If she was being sarcastic it was lost me, it didn't matter either way through because after letting go of Elise's hand she moved closer as we kissed getting some gasp from the people around us
" are you certain its can't come along." Nodding as I looked away from her sad eyes she likes to pull out when she wants something
" im sorry but it's for official ruler business we aren't exactly going for a vacation." I wasn't lying the only reason for the trip was because we were invited to the capital for the merman and it would be rude to reject it as queen and king
We already put it off for as long as we could without starting problems
" I understand...here." i really should have expected it by now however I was still surprised when she handed me a box of homemade meals
" thank you truly your food is a god send on these travels."accepting my gratitude she leaned down an whispered something into Emily ear getting her excited
Smiling at her display alaine pat her head then moved to Elise doing the same however her reaction was different
Elise's eyes darted between me and the box multiple times Before settling back on alaine
" no need to say anything im just trying to do my part for you hope it helps....have a nice time you guys." A genuine smile spread across Elise's face
" we will,thank you for the gift." Getting a hold of Emily and picking her up she walked down the docks at a slow waiting for me to catch up
" we'll get back as soon as I can and when we do I'll need to have a talk with you one final time about...us." the creaking under Elise's footsteps getting further away was my signal to go
"I should get to her be back soon." Pecking her cheek I teleported to Elise's side walking in step with her
The wharf was just as busy as the roads as always with sailor and merchants loading and unloading from their ships those who could bowed out of respect
" thanks for doing that....really." though polygamy is practiced widely in this world it was less so among the elves this is who the stunt mainly for since Elise was adored by them
" hopefully this will put the more nasty rumors to rest." I took her free hand into mine as walked the simple yet complex network docks to a separate area where a ship was waiting for us with a familiar man looking about at it's ramp
" ah, here you are." Aquinas was at the ramp leading to the ship waiting for us to arrive
The ship he was standing in front of was rounder then the one's in the rest of the wharf and on each side of the vessel had two fin like protrusions Peeking just out of the water
" im glad you have finally decided to come to our mother city."
" thank you for the invite sorry, it took so long to accept we are still growing as a city."
" Indeed I've never seen a place grow as fast as this before." Even now looking across the gem city there were more buildings and ships then there were just a couple weeks ago
It was even beginning to wrap around the mountain now in a circle
" tell me...what is your secret."
"Sorry that would be a national secret." Both shared a laugh before she really answered
" but if you want a hint have a population that likes and respects you because without them nothing is possible certainly not all this." She was telling the truth without the people none of expanding would be impossible
Aquinas keep Looking at the city for another minute before inviting us on board,Standing on the deck i realized it wasn't just rounder but the sides also came up more nearly as tall as me
" come in here." Lead us to we're a capital's cabin would be on a normal ship with a more open design
Inside was a medieval control room with levers,gears and pulleys at it's center was a table with runes carved onto it, giving of a giant light
I was intrigued by the design of this little control room it was like humans clockwork with some of the elves natural/minimalist design ' huh how does this all work together?'
I didn't have to wonder long. Soon after leading us in he signaled it was our time to depart
"Should we sit somewhere?" Shaking his head he answered
"Not necessary." His hand moved across the table activating multiple runes at the same time the two other merman in the room acted
Pulling and resting a couple levers gears began to turn causing us to sink, the other manipulated the pulleys make the vessel move forward a seconds later
As we sank the water rose up and just as it was to spill over a transparent dome appeared blocking the water from the deck the farther down we went
" we are clear, set travel speed." Following the command as the one doing pulleys got into rhythmic movements his crewmate waited for him to reach a certain speed then moved a lever causing another set of gears to come to life keeping the vessel at a steady pace
Above us ships floated to their destinations none the wiser to what was below the waves as they currently atop them
I shook when I noticed there was a entire fleet station of shore not visible to anyone above the waters ' I really dont like this he had this out here the entire time without anyone knowing.'
I communicated my hesitating and suspicions with Elise through our bond ' it's ok i knew and if they tried anything I would have destroyed them before they could...I connected to the world oceans now remember.'
Even further beneath them covered by the darkness of the abyss the leviathan watched everything waiting for their bonded's command...if given