D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Chapter 1091 1091 Beds Of Sand And Sky Of Stars

The discussion with Bodeir had continued long into the evening. The sun had set before the elf had finished squeezing every bit of information he could out of Kat and she was exhausted mentally, but too wound up to sleep. Meditation was possible… but Kat just wasnʼt feeling it. So she grabbed Lily and went for a run. Kat sped away from the sect for quite some time before finally stopping at a soft enough looking dune. Kat flopped down on the sand and let her wings sink into the shifting ground. ”Sorry I couldnʼt take you on a proper date in the snow,” said Kat. 

Lily glanced fearfully around at all the sand, but the night was calm, there was no hint of wind at all so the Memphis decided she was willing to risk it… mostly. Lily summoned up four walls of paper to catch any sand that came flying and then transformed to lay herself across Kat. ”Itʼs fine. I might have been looking forward to it… but this is just as nice, if not better. What I wanted most was to spend some time with you,” said Lily truthfully as she snuggled into Kat. 

”Are you sure there isnʼt anything youʼd rather do? I know I just sort of grabbed you because I wanted you to stay with me, but I can let you sleep, or we can do something other than just look at the stars if you want,” said Kat. 

Lily gave out a soft giggle and Kat felt her mind unwind massively just from that joyful sound. ”Oh Kat, you can be so silly sometimes. A moonlight date under the stars, far enough away from cities that the lights donʼt interfere? People would pay a lot of money for a chance like this, and I have an excellent set of pillows to lay on as well,” Lily decided to be a little bold and rub the back of her head against Katʼs boobs. Even something relatively harmless was enough for Lily to start blushing but she didnʼt regret it. 

”Oh? Pillows are they? Iʼm glad you find my pillows comfortable youʼre highness,” said Kat with a smile. Mouth twitching as she held in the desire to sit up and kiss Lily and disturbing her girlfriendʼs comfort. 

”Indeed, as a cat, I deserve to be worshipped,” said Lily with her best smug smile. It wasnʼt particularly smug. 

So Kat had to return with, ”You do realise I to, am technically a Kat,” 

”Of course, and you deserve to be worshipped,” said Lily, turning bright red in the process. 

Which meant she missed Kat also turning red, feeling embarrassed by Lilyʼs teasing for possibly the first time. *Smooth Lily. Very smooth. I canʼt believe you got me with that. Itʼs adorable, flattering, and just all around lovely. If you keep saying things like that, I wonʼt be able to keep from kissing you.* ”O-of course,” said Kat, trying and failing to keep her voice steady. 

Lily was much too embarrassed to notice the slip though and simply nodded her head a bit with a smile, which of course, rubbed against Katʼs boobs, making Lily even more embarrassed and unlikely to notice Katʼs own embarrassment. The pair simply basked in the emotions, both in each other and through the link. Their feelings so similar they found it hard to pick out where each ended, and began, making them both more pleased with the interaction. 

Eventually, the pair calmed down a bit, and Kat decided to ask, ”Do you think we made the right call?” 

”Itʼs hard to say. I think so. Everyone we care about is happy with the decision, even if Bodeir Senior is still debating over HOW happy is happens to be about it. So… with that in mind is there anything to complain about? Meng will probably kill a lot less people now that her kids know what she does, and sheʼll have other things to do. Sure so people might argue that someone like her doesnʼt deserve happiness… but fuck those people,” said Lily.

”I agree, I suppose I just wanted to hear it. Big decision and all. It does make me wonder where Iʼd draw the line though. How much past evil is too much? It might be hypocritical of me… but the answer might just be ʼliterally any amount until they hurt someone I likeʼ except myself of course, because I regenerate… but still, Iʼm not sure if Iʼm comfortable having such loose criteria for redemption,” said Kat. 

”Perhaps, but I canʼt say I disagree with you Kat. Itʼs all just… too abstract to really feel the impact of things like that. Itʼs why laws exist I suppose, but theyʼre all very different across dimensions. Still, itʼs probably best if we never end up in charge of other people. Weʼd be much too lax with them, unless it started to become a real problem,” said Lily. 

”Yeah probably,” said Kat with a sigh. ”Do you think we should leave behind a beacon? I… Iʼm not sure. Bing has become a decent enough friend… but I donʼt know when Iʼll get more beacons, and Iʼm not sure I care enough to leave one behind… theyʼre supposed to be quite rare…”

”Sue has a good chance of leaving one behind, so Iʼd say that if she does, we shouldnʼt bother. If not… then maybe we can think about leaving one. It might not be the end though, despite Xiang not having a beacon weʼve seen him twice,” pointed out Lily. 

”Thatʼs true… twice is enough for me, but I guess if we see him again I wouldnʼt be surprised. Whatʼs that saying? Once is normal, twice is coincidence three times is enemy action?” said Kat. 

”Are you saying Xiang is an enemy in this saying?” asked Lily. Kat just shrugged back. ”Well… yeah I donʼt know. I wouldnʼt necessarily mind seeing these guys again… but theyʼre going to be on the run for quite a while. Thatʼs not the most interesting thing to be involved with. Iʼd also hate to be used as a throw away attack, like ʼKat, I choose youʼ” 

Kat chuckled at the image, which caused Lily to bounce a bit on Katʼs stomach. ”As amusing as that would be… I agree that I wouldnʼt really like to be summoned for something like that. I suppose weʼre in agreement then, that weʼll just leave the beacon offering to Sue. Do you think Bodeir is going to offer us anything good?” 

”I think I might be able to scam a copy of a shadow spellbook. Not sure if itʼll have anything good in it, because cultivation is clearly the main form of power here even though mana is present. I canʼt see Bodeir having anything better then Rank 2, maybe 3 books, but that would be enough to get me started,” said Lily. 

”Oh? Can you feel your shadow affinity?” asked Kat. 

”Maybe?” said Lily with a ʼso-soʼ gesture. ”I think I might be able to feel something, perhaps it appeared after I cast my first Rank 2 spell… but I might just be imagining things. Iʼll have to meditate on it or something. I donʼt want to risk trying out a spell circle without any spells to do. Iʼm pretty sure that would end horribly,”

”You know Iʼll always advocate for you doing things the safer way, and Iʼm fine with asking for shadow magic stuff… but is that what you think we should ask for?” asked Kat to double check. 

”I mean, if you want something we can always get that,” said Lily. 

”No no, I donʼt have anything I want for myself, and nothing at all comes to mind… I just wasnʼt sure if you wanted to get any shadow magic stuff from here at all when weʼre likely to be called in for the next round of the Tournament soon, and we can likely get a better spellbook from Thyme,” said Kat. 

”Oh… hmm… thatʼs an intriguing point… and a very valid one. It is about time we were called in for that… hmm…. hmm… Iʼm not too sure. Part of me wants to get both? See what the different realms have learnt about early shadow magic… but thatʼs probably a bit greedy,” said Lily awkwardly. 

”Lily, I love you, and I know you love research, if you want to ask for books on shadow magic, Iʼll do everything in my power to get you books on shadow magic. So do you want them?” asked Kat. 

”You know what?” asked Lily to the stars, ”I think that right now, I donʼt really care about shadow magic, or space magic, or any other kind of magic. Right now, I have a wonderful girlfriend and weʼre looking at the stars together. I think, the magic books? They can be tomorrowʼs problem,” 

Kat smiled. She didnʼt necessarily want to put things off. A decision did have to be made… but well, Kat was easily swayed by her girlfriend, and enjoying the night sky was not a difficult task.