𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 | MID x Reader

Chapter 3: Assimilate

You stared in shock at Leif's red face, mind going blank.

"AHHHHH!" You screamed at the top of your lungs, and the rest of the daemos came running in.

"(Y/n)!" You heard one of them shout. Great,
just what you needed: more people in the bathroom. Asch was the first to step in.

"What are you doing?" He stood in silence.

"That's what I asked her too, is this how humans regenerate their power?" Leif added.

Ava had enough. In a fit of anger, she commanded the rest of the daemos to leave the area, leaving the two of you to relax just a little more. You felt a wave of drowsiness hit you, enveloping you further into your dream-like state... you fell asleep.

At the same time in the kingdom you left not so long ago...

...Asch's brother pounded on the door to the second prince's room. The woman behind him taps her foot impatiently, waiting for the partition to swing open. But it never did.

Lady Grandma wobbled her way over, greeting the first prince. She paid no mind to the blonde woman clad in blue. The woman bowed, paying respects to the elder.

From what it looked like, lady grandma was hiding something, the woman could just feel it...

And so, she decided to pay a visit to the second prince's royal advisor: you. The woman, Lady Bish, sauntered her way to your room and knocked a few times. There was no answer, so she tried again... but nothing came, so she let herself in, only to find your parlor empty without a trace.

Your eyes flutter open to find yourself on the  living room couch. You look down, your body still somewhat wet from the bath, clad in a silk nightgown that happened to be your favorite color. Your undergarments are still on, but you suddenly become acutely aware of how body-hugging  your nightgown was.

"Oh! You're awake!" Ava rushes over. "Sorry about your clothes, they got dirty and that was the only set of unused sleepwear that I had!" She pauses before continuing: "you fell asleep and I don't want to wake you so I asked Noi to carry you over." You glance at the empty room, Noi was behind you, averting his eyes. You couldn't blame him, you'd avoid looking at yourself too, mostly because of what you were wearing right now.

"Thanks Noi!" You flash a smile his way. The daemos flushes.

"Y-yeah, no problem!" He clears his throat.

As if on cue, Leif walks in through the wall; Ava almost loses it. "Oh—" he stops in his tracks, taking in your figure. His face visually reddens as he coughs a few times before regaining his composure. You pull the blankets over yourself again and yelp. Leif smirks, taking the opportunity to make another dirty joke. "You know, (Y/n), that wasn't the first time I made a woman scream," he winks at you.

"I—" it takes you a second to respond. "That'd mean you're horrible at your job, you dumbass,"  You scoff. "You have to take em' out silently." You roll your eyes. Ava clears her throat. But before she can ask any questions, the rest of the daemos flood in through the bedroom wall.

Ava implodes, calling another meeting...

..."Since when did the prisoner get to make the rules?" Asch's head butts with Ava's.

"Who's the powerful sorcerer?" her eyes narrow. "That's right: it's me!"

You hear a faint knock on the apartment's front door; No one else seems to acknowledge it. No one notices you slipping away either, they were all focused on Ava, she was making marks on the wall with a red casting-wand. You gently open the door, and come face-to-face with the same elderly woman from yesterday.