Alfenheims Warlords (a SAO fanfic)

Chapter 22

Sinon woke up to the morning dawn slowly flowing through a crack in her curtains and as she slowly sat up, she suddenly felt her head give a painful series of pulses go through her head and she held it as she gave a soft moan before she slowly crawled towards the edge of the large bed to look beyond the curtains that surrounded her.

Once there, she saw nothing had changed much it seemed and so she slowly rolled herself out of her bed before managing to land on her feet. She stood up but wobbled a bit unsteadily as the Sleep spell affected her a little bit last more before finally wearing off.

She looked around and as she saw her armor and weapons nearby on the armor stand, she looked down at herself and saw she wore a nightgown of sorts. It was made of a light grey cloth and it felt to her body like silk and as she slowly went to take it off, suddenly she heard a knock at the door and she looked over as she heard Medusae's voice come through and ask, "Lady Sinon, are you awake?"

"Yes I am." said Sinon as she put her clothes back down as she then said, "You may enter."

Medusae slowly opened the door and as she peeked inside to see Sinon standing their in her nightgown, the faces of Thaxae and Sanginium also appeared alongside of Medusae's before all three handmaidens slowly made their way into the room.

As Sinon watched them, she noticed all of them were kinda edging themselves around the room and as she gave them a curious look, finally Medusae spoke as she then said, "You tried to runaway, didn't you?"

Sinon opened her mouth to lie, saying she went out on an evening stroll, when Sanginium said, "And before you even try and lie, most of us here will see through that charade."

Sinon closed her mouth as then she slowly hung her head and as the three handmaidens ventured near her, she finally sat down on the bed again as she then asked them, "Ever... have you ever wanted to leave this place? Go back to where you came from?"

Sanginium smiled behind Sinon as she then said to Sinon, "None of us wish to go back to where we belong..."

Sinon looked back as then she asked, "Why? Why would this place be better than your home?"

Thaxae stepped forward as her small succubus wings came out and as she looked at Sinon, she then said, "Before I was a handmaiden, I was the slave to a demon lord..."

"Unlike how most end up in the world of Hel, I was not fortunate enough to be made a sex slave or a concubine to the demon lord who soon took me as his. I was a simple slave, barely worth anything to the demon lord... and then the Prince of Darkness came and killed the demon lord..."

"And then you could probably figure the rest then." said Thaxae.

Sinon looked at Thaxae and as she thought about the small bio she was just told when Sanginium then said, "As a vampire.. I was the unfortunate daughter to a soon deceased family when a demon army came in and wiped them out along with our servants. I journeyed throughout this wasteland for many days and months before finally meeting the Prince in his early days. I have been his oldest and most trusted servant since then."

And as Sinon mulled Medusae as she asked her, "What about you?"

"I am the newest member of the group, so to speak... I was once a demon who simply roamed the caverns beneath us.. but then the Prince found me, took me in, and now I am one of his few prized helpers around the castle." said Medusae as her snake hair hissed and slithered around.

Sinon mulled this over as then Sanginium asked her, "What would make you more comfortable here in Hel?"

Sinon looked over at the trio as Thaxae then said to her, " We figured it would likely make you much happier to stay here than if we simply let you try and escape again..."