The Lunarian (Slow updates)(AU)

Chapter 22: Plans Set In Motion (reworked)

Ark One, Part Two

(Third Person POV) Location: Ken, White Citadel

After negotiating with the members of the Shield Alliance for several hours, the Lunarian got to know his future wives because if he was going to marry them, he might as well get to know them. When Crow proposed this, the four women agreed, and after several hours, it was safe to say the winged teen had a pretty good understanding of them.

Prim Fiorire, besides her status, was what one would call the typical teenage girl in the Lunarian's opinion. He had no idea how an ordinary girl around his age acted since all the females he knew had supernatural abilities, quirky personality traits, and were overall badasses.

Nonetheless, Prim was the closest thing to normal he'd encountered. She was initially a timid and stammering mess, but after talking for a while, her true character emerged.

She was curious, like a cat wanting to know more about the world, was incredibly cheerful, and, if Crow was honest, very naive. However, he couldn't blame the girl for that, as being born into a life of luxury and security tends to soften a person.

Alicia Arcturus, like Prim, was also what he considered a typical girl but more hotheaded, less soft, and naive than the pink-haired girl, albeit not by a wide margin. She valued traits like honor, courage, loyalty, and justice highly, which Crow could respect as his values were more or less the same, with the only difference being he was more flexible with his principles and wasn't afraid to play dirty if it had to come down to it.

He also learned that Alicia and Prim were cousins, and she was unbearably protective of her, which was something he would need to work on in the future. Another trait he found troublesome and would need to fix was her distaste for low-borns, outsiders and her judgmental attitude.

It wasn't hard to figure out Alicia didn't have the best relationship with Maia or Kaguya due to their origins. She wasn't giving him as much of a difficult time because of his status and race, and they were betrothed.

Maia, also known as the Queen of the Mercenaries, was the one who interested him the most. She was easygoing, a great conversationist, funny, and incredibly flirty.

Unlike her allies, she was the only one who didn't come from nobility. The redhead was originally a part of the Black Dog mercenaries until Celestine offered her the position to become a shield princess.

If it weren't for the fact that Crow couldn't sense any ill intentions from her and, from what he knew, wasn't aware of Vult's plans, he would've killed her the moment they were outside the city. Besides that, the Lunarian's relationship with the redhead was the most amicable and progressive.

Celestine was the one he talked to the longest, primarily because she might've had more knowledge about his race and their customs, and to his relief, she did. After learning more about his people, he got to know the so-called goddess, and if he was being frank, he had mixed thoughts about her.

While she was pleasant, incredibly compassionate, valued life, and was wiser than most. However, Crow disapproved of certain of her traits. She was too passive, indecisive, and kind for her own good, as anyone with a cunning mind could easily exploit these traits to their advantage, which was something Crow wasn't going to allow anymore now that he was here.

If the Shield Alliance were to last, the Lunarian would need to work on turning the high elf queen into a proper leader, which would be difficult but not impossible.

"Can I ask you a favor?" Celestine asked hesitantly.

Crow internally quirked an eyebrow at her behavior but decided to humor her.