Hidden Magic

Knee Deep

TBH le art isn't mine, so creds. But this outfit is relevant to le story later

"W-What do you plan on doing? Huh? There's nothing for you here!" I retorted, Judar smirked.

"Of course there is! I can screw around with you and that pretty little head of yours!" He said smugly.

I climbed off the other side of the bed so I was now face-to-face with Judar.

"I'm not afraid to fight you! I'm a Fanalis after all!" I said, finding some confidence.

"Wow, you really are so stupid, aren't you?" Judar remarked.

"Wha-" Before I could finished I saw that he had my meal vessels in his hand. "Hey! Give those back!" I said angrily, started to get genuinely mad with his antics.

I leaped across the bed and stood right in front of him, closing any space there was between us, and I looked up at his, given I'm quite a bit shorter than he is.

"Give them back, I won't hesitate to smash you out of this room!" I said angrily as I raised an arm to punch him, but his reflexes were faster than anything I'd ever seen.

He caught my hand right as it was about to touch his face. He leaned into my face, but I scrunched it up and turned my head away, wincing in anticipation.

"I'll give you back your precious little trinkets if you agree to become princess and marry into the Kou hierarchy. I don't care who you marry, but after that promise me that you'll belong to me." I heard Judar whisper into my ear.

I quickly turned to face him.

"You're insane!" I yelled as I tried to rip my hand away from him but with no avail.

"Ah, ah, ah! Don't want anyone hearing us, now do we?" Judar said in a mocking tone.

He threw me onto my bed with just one the arm he was holding me with, but before I could comprehend the situation fully Judar was standing on the balcony  railing with my metal vessels.

"You have three days to decide, if not your little wrist bands which you worked to hard to get will be brutally demolished, as well as you precious Djin with it!" He stated smugly as he gave me another sickening smirk.

"Asaki..." I whispered, remembering my Djin. "No wait!" I leapt up to run after him but he'd leapt off the balcony and disappeared into the night.

I fell to the floor defeated.

What do I do?

~~

The next morning I woke up on the floor. Sitting up I recalled last nights events.

What do I do? Become a princess and bend to Judar's will, reuniting with my metal vessels. Or do I revolt and continue to be free at the expense of all my hard work in and outside the dungeons?

I held my pounding head as I curled up into a ball.

I can't be weak! I will be there when people need me the most! If Sindria needs a peace treaty with Kou, then who am I to stop it! I will help my friends no matter what! From this point forward I will strive to be my very best, showing as little weakness as possible! Not all I need to do is find Masrur!

Feeling a little bit better about myself I leapt up, changed and ran off to go find Masrur. Putting my hair up into a ponytail as I ran I found him in the gardens with Yamraiha and Sharrkan.

"Masrur!" I called out happily as I waved.

They all turned to face me. Both Yamraiha and Sharrkan smiled and Yamraiha waved back, but Masrur kept a stoic face.