TBATE-REDEMPTION

Chapter 11

Arthur-

When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Caera sleeping peacefully on top of me, while I had my hands wrapped around her waist. Well, I should probably wake her up now, or else if someone barges into my room and sees us like this, it would cause us a bit of trouble.

I patted and shook Caera gently for a bit. She started to wake up after a few attempts on my side to wake her.

She quietly woke up, rubbed her eyes a bit, and looked towards me. 'Cute,' I thought. "Good morning," I said to her with a smile.
"Good morning, Art," she replied.

"Did you sleep well?" I asked.

"Well, if I get to sleep on my boyfriend's chest... the sleep I get is really well," she said with a smirk, and I chuckled a bit.

"Now then, did you decide what you want to do while we are here, Caera?" I asked, to which she nodded.

"Yup, I think I will go and learn from Elder Rinia. I don't want to get involved with the royalty here, at least not right now," she said.

"Well, I guess it is settled then. We should quickly take a bath, and then I will drop you off at Elder Rinia's house. After my training with Gramps finishes in the evening, I will come to you and help you with your assimilation with the beast will."

"Well, that will be good. But Art, we have a problem... I don't have clothes that fit me," she said while getting a bit tense.

"Well, if you don't mind, you can wear my clothes. You aren't going to be strolling around the city anyway, so I think that should be fine, right?"

"That... could actually work!" she said while hugging me tightly.

"Then I'll let you go and take a bath first," I said, freeing Caera from my grip. She nodded and went to take a bath while taking a pair of my clothes with her.

As she returned, I too went and took a bath. Then we were both ready to leave for Elder Rinia's house.

"You ready?" I asked Caera, and she nodded. Then I picked her up and carried her in a bridal style while she wrapped her arms around my neck.

I used Godstep, and the next moment we were in front of Elder Rinia's house. I put Caera down and knocked on the door. We both waited a bit for Elder Rinia to open it.

"You both came so soon?" asked Elder Rinia while opening the door.

"Yup, well, we did. And Caera has made her decision; she wants to train with you, Elder Rinia," I said, and Caera nodded.

"Well then, come in," she said, gesturing for us to enter the house.

"Okay, Caera, Elder Rinia, I have to go now so that Gramps isn't too suspicious of me. I'll come back in the evening after my training with Gramps finishes," I said, getting a nod from both. I then used Godstep again and entered my room. I swear, using Godstep this many times with this body is pretty tiring.

'Art, while I don't think I need to remind you, if that elf princess gets too close to you, you know what will happen, right?' said Caera through our mental connection. I flinched a bit at her sudden voice.

'Of course, Caera M'lady, you don't have to worry about that,' I said while assuring her. Well, of course, I don't want Tessia to harbor feelings for me that I can't reciprocate, so it's better if I keep a distance between us.

'See you soon then,' said Caera, and I replied with a "yup."

I saw that it was almost time for my training session with Gramps, and as I was about to go there, a certain someone burst through the door.