World of Alvarra: Rise of the Vampire Lord

Chapter 138 The Meadow

Van and the group left the fort half an hour later riding on the back of Rosy. Luna had put a rug-like bedding on Rosy's back to which she can lay on, then positioned her head on Agnès's legs. After that, she asked Agnès to feed her the snacks she brought, one grape at a time.

"Why am I doing this?" Van asked, waving a large fan that Luna gave him in her direction. "And where did you even get this fan from?" pausing a moment to look at the feathered fan. "Also, isn't Rosy a bit too big for this mission? How are we supposed to scout if people can see us from a mile away?"

"You ask too many questions..." Luna said as she lay her head on Agnès lap. "We just got married, let's enjoy ourselves!"

"You're the only one enjoying yourself right now," Van said.

"Not true!" Luna replied with a smile. "My happiness is everyone's happiness! So with that in mind... fan harder!" she said as she tried to stop herself from grinning from ear to ear.

Van sighed and continued fanning for a while longer, mostly out of love for her. After a while though, he got tired and Anna asked if he would like to also lay down for a lap pillow. Which he gratefully accepted, laying his head down on her nice soft thighs.

As they traveled to the designated spot on the map, Gwen was fervently writing down in her notes all the plants she saw that could be used for potion-making. The other Anna that was brought was at the head of Rosy, giving her directions towards their objective and making sure they didn't get lost.

Iris, the three-tailed fox that was the queen of the east forest, was also tagging along. And not only her but the three imps as well who were also tired of being cooped up in the fort for so long and wanted out. Even Bell, left with them, following close behind, wanting to return to the forest for a bit. As they traveled, the imps landed on Van's chest and got comfortable, taking a short nap on him as he laid down on Anna's lap.

It was actually quite peaceful...

By the time they reached their destination two hours later, the group was well-rested and feeling good. They had at first worried that such a lax attitude would bite them in the butt, but Van's search magic that he kept on at all times since they left revealed that nothing dangerous was around them the entire trip.

Slowly, Rosy came to a stop and Agnès got up from Luna's lap from when they switched places and the group looked over at the small meadow in front of them.

"Don't you think it's odd..." Van said, getting up from Anna's lap. "For all the noise we made, we hadn't seen a single creature on our trip here..."

Luna shrugged. "I found that when you become as strong as us, most threats tend to leave you alone so long as they know you're coming. Just one of the few things I learned while traveling around the forest. It probably doesn't hurt that we have two queens of the forest with us either." jumping off Rosy's back and landing in front of the group.

Gwen then took flight and started to do an aerial scan of the area for any threats and plants that might interest her. The imps then woke up from all the commotion and from falling off Van as he got up and went to scout the area out their own way.

The red imp gave a mean glare back towards Van for not waking them up before he got up, making him feel a bit bad, so he gave a silent apology as they left to watch the surroundings.

Soon after Rosy shrunk down to a smaller size, forcing Van to hold on lest he fall off, by the time she stopped shrinking, he was sandwiched between Agnès and Anna, who he held onto so they wouldn't fall off either.

"Give us a warning next time," Van said to Rosy, who responded with a low growl of apology.

Van gently got down and scanned the area.