My brain is going in short.circuit mode when I see Aurelia completely naked in front of me, her skin shining in the light of the candles. She has always slept with her slaves on herself and I had never seen her like this so far! I was not even aware dragonkin could do that!
Muscular, well developed…
"Y-your scales… Ah! I-I shouldn't be watching!" Lisa covers her eyes, her face is tomato colored.
"What?" Aurelia asks in surprise while she throws herself in her own bed, like this was the most normal thing.
"What do you mean 'what?'? You are naked… and since when can you do that with your scales?!" I ask her.
"Huh? Is it really that surprising? How do you think we dragonkin have sex?" Aurelia says like it is nothing.
"Ah! Don't talk about that stuff!" Lisa now covers her ears.
What is it with her and this topic? Last time something similar came out she reacted the same…
"Besides, we are all women and we are going to be together for a while. Get used to it, I like to sleep naked, and you see the same stuff every day on yourselves."
"Hmph! Speak for yourself." Karina answers while grunting.
"I already said, all sizes are good…" I try to make her feel good.
I stop a water vase that Karina throws at me from the night stand.
"Wait, is the spirit flat as a board?" Aurelia asks, catching on from what happened and starting to laugh.
Now I believe I made a mistake.
Karina's face turns completely red when she gets called out. "I hate you both!"
…
Why is everyone so relaxed? I still feel the tension in my skin crawling from moment to moment. But the situation got so casual out of nowhere…
Now, all it took was Aurelia getting naked for things to explode into a different direction.
"Hey, are you going to sleep or are you going to continue drooling there?" She asks.
I look to the side. I just noticed I was staring too intently at her body. She is smirking, knowing well what I was thinking and seeing. I grunt and I move to my bed, pouting a bit for being called out.
"Ehhhh… Amber?" Karina calls me but I ignore her.
When I throw myself in the bed, I get myself under the sheets and bury my face in the pillows.
"Are you really going to sleep in your kimono?" Lisa asks.
Why is she the one asking that question?
"I don't have sleeping clothes."
"It's going to smell…" Karina adds.
Like I don't know that it is going to do that.
"I am fine, just leave me alone." I answer.
Even if I could stay sleeping in gear during the nights while camping out, it has been uncomfortable and annoying. Maybe I should have gone to a tailor during the day, or pay Adhuin while I still have him close, he did a good job at . Add that to the list of stuff to do tomorrow.
"Hey… what are you doing?" Aurelia says.
…
Her voice is dangerously close!
I turn my head and I see her, naked, towering over me and looking down. The sight of such a beast, with wings spread open. Her tail whips the floor.
My ears get flat, I frown, and show my teeth. Instinctively I start to growl at her, showing my fangs in an attempt to keep her away from me.
"Don't you dare…" I warn her.
The next thing I know is that she lunges and grabs me. Karina is the one that pulls the sash and undoes it, so Aurelia can pull the kimono from my body, leaving me in my underwear.
"Y-you pieces of shit!"
I can feel my face hot while I cover myself, they both got me naked while Lisa is looking in shock at what happened. I cover myself with both hands, exposed in my underwear.
"Much better!" Aurelia says, proud of herself.
"You are so embarrassed!" Karina says, laughing. "But now you must be feeling more comfortable!"
"See? You look much better and well comfortable now!" Aurelia ads.
"I am not!" I yell at her.
I am so pissed off with her right now!
"When you can have a nice rest, you should just take it, miss mage." Karina comments.
"Stop acting like my mother." I answer.
I just sit in my bed.
"Bitch, you have been so tense since we met, you need to relax more." Aurelia answers, leaning towards me.
"How can I relax?" I cross my arms. "I saw a friend die, someone who I still don't get why they sacrificed themselves for me, I have bounty hunters in my head… and now we found a bag of chickens!" I hold my head. "If anything, this whole mess is making me more confused and…"
"And what?" Aurelia asks.
"I don't know…" I answer while looking at the ground. "I don't even know how I have not broken into tears so far… a lot of stuff has been going to shit around me…"
The dragonkin sits besides me, crossing her legs and arms. She is close, but not that close to getting in my personal space.
"You know, I am not good with sentimental shit…" she says. "But I can tell you have been going through crap since you lost your power."
Is more than that. She doesn't know the whole reality of what is happening to me. I cannot even remember who I was completely before I came to this world. I can only remember pieces, like a puzzle with missing parts.
"And not sleeping well will only make it worse." Aurelia continues. "Shit hit the fan… but I don't think you are the kind to stop and cry because something bad is happening. But if you need to yell at something, I can take it."
I look at her. She is talking with a wide smile on her face.
"I will keep it in my mind." I answer, trying to smile back at her. "Now I just want to sleep."
"Fine." She answers and gets out of my bed.
As I turn into my bed, I notice Lisa looking intently at me. She flinches when I connect my gaze with hers, and then offers me a soft but awkward smile.
"Ah… y-you can talk with me too if you want…" She says… then she shakes her head. "Oh! Tomorrow I need to go to another temple. I have something to ask there."
That is… weird.
"O-okay… if you hear anything, just let us know." I answer
I try to go to sleep.