weathered armor for the weary

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𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲!
𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰!

"Sesshomaru-Samaaaa!" A group of demon women dressed in maid uniforms cheerfully greeted the trio and A-Un at the entrance of the castle. Without a single moment's hesitation, a blue-haired demon helped herself to A-Un's reigns, pulling her forward with a smile. Chiho didn't really expect the demon to greet her, but she didn't really expect her to take A-Un away so rhythmically as she did.

The remaining maids crowded around Sesshomaru, asking multitudes of questions of his most recent travels.

"How was your journey, Lord Sesshomaru? Are you hungry? Toto-San made your favorite today just in case you'd come home!"

"Sesshomaru-Sama, how is Rin? Did you go and see her? Ooh how I miss her cute little face. Did you bring back any red bean buns again?"

"Lord Jaken, you look so dirty! How could you be so happy to travel with Lord Sesshomaru this way?"

"Dirty?!" Jaken crossed his arms in offense "Must I say these are the clothes I left here in! How i could you be so di-"

"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru! Who's the demon girl?"

What a way to make an introduction! All eyes slid back to Chiho, showing various mixtures of curiousity, annoyance, and suspicion. Sesshomaru himself never turned around which made Chiho feel all the more spotlighted. With quick glances, she realized all of the maids carried a similar. . ."scent?" If she could classify it as such. It was still fairly knew to her to learn these "terms" demons would share between each other. As curt as Jaken would be to her in front of Sesshomaru, he did lend a hand in educating her on the very basics.

Girl, I don't know what lies they were telling you at that eloquent whorehouse, but you are in fact a demon. The moment that you walked into the Grand Hall, all signs pointed to you and that Kojitsu fellow as the "higher" demons. Not because you smelled of him, which was also obvious, but look at your hair! Your eyes! The markings on your wrists and ankles! Don't be so ghastly ignorant.

She never admitted to him being nice in his education.

All demons carry a specific smell, with the baseline always being a woodsy aroma. Now, depending on the species, the breed, the age, the scent changes. When you mate with a demon, the scent changes, when you are close servant of a demon Lord, you acquire their scent through close association. Of course, the longer you linger around the demon, the similar scents you will have, so on and so forth. With you traveling with us, your scent will change, and when we return to the castle, you will see that the maids carry a similar scent, but you will be able to tell the difference between a servant, a mate, and a standalone demon with time. Humans carry a smell as well, almost like fresh rain, but of course the intent of the human can change that also.

But, as far as you, you smell ridiculously sweet, like a barrel of Yuzu or Peaches. Either way, don't stand too close to me because the smell makes me sick!

Of course, she asked was her fate at the castle going to be a maid or a mate and Jaken's answer was irrevocably vague.

I don't meddle into the Lord's personal affairs but if he were to choose you to be either, consider it an honor! He could have very well left you near death or returned you back to the castle and we be about our merry way! Which i would have happily supported as his loyal servant.

She couldn't roll her eyes further to the back of her head in her mind recalling his monologue.

"Girl. What's your name?" One of the maids spoke up, eyeing her with a raised eyebrow. She had similar golden eyes as Sesshomaru but instead of white hair, hers was grey, tied in a braid down her tailbone.

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