Should Have Let Me Die

When I woke up this time, I could feel furry ears rubbing my face. Great, as much as I would love to get frisky with whichever Kin wife, I needed to get up. I opened my eyes to find Arrentia cuddled into me, but she was clothed, Yes! Well, that meant she didn't expect anything, I hoped.

I pushed my face past her pointed ears that sat on a forty-five degrees angle on her head and then kissed her cheeks but then froze. I moved my head back to her ears...pointy ears...but this was most certainly Arrentia; I recognized her long white hair. 

The thing was, she looked a bit older than I had just seen her earlier; her hair longer, and now her cute round bear ears were replaced by sexy cat ears like a costume change. Part of me wanted to tug on them desperately, but I gave myself a mental slap, and then I got another one!

'Sorry, I thought I was helping!'-Nina.

I burst out laughing, scaring the slow waking Arrentia out of my arm, and bolt up on my bed. That made me laugh harder as Arrentia gave me a puzzled and startled look. I finally got myself under control and smiled at Arrentia, and then after sitting up, I pulled her close and kissed her. 

Nina merged out of me as I pulled away from Arrentia.

"Maybe, I should get some cat ears? I could grow some out of vines like Kiras!"

"Oh? These? When Hyde passed out, I got really scared and wanted to help him and...now I can heal like Nuwari, and I can tell if Hyde is injured or sick by touching him. I think you should rest, Hyde, but I know you can't."

"You know me, but that's great! You and Nurwari are going to extremely important in the upcoming battles. I hope we don't need you, and I can keep our people from getting hurt, but if they do, I will be relying on you, okay?"

"Mmhmm!"

"Nina, you look like your about burst if I don't let you talk, so what's cracking?"

Nina was fidgeting on the bed, making it shake, but my comment stopped her.

"I have a list in your head of all the New useful abilities from the non-Kin, the rest we can save for after we take the palace."

"Good, I had some thoughts about the assault on the castle, but those can be dealt with after I meet the people."

"The people? They have been waiting outside the door since you passed out. No need to get out of bed!"

"What?"

...They were out there...the entire time? ...These meetings were going to be awkward. I shook my head when Nina tried to explain again and put up my hand to stop her. 

"I heard you, don't worry about it, but could I get a chair? I will be weird meeting these people from my bed," that I just finished having loud sex in with a virgin that cried out while they waited in the hall. 

The last part was unspoken, but it was there, in my head, fuck it. They probably wouldn't say anything. It was going to be okay. 

I summoned my magic, and my clothes grew from my body. Okay, that's fucking cool; it was almost enough to make me forget about what was about to happen next. Almost.

"Okay, let's get this started, and can I get some lunch brought in for us to snack on?"

Nina and Arrentia left the room, but Nina introduces the first person.

"This is Kentish; his magic is rotation."

Nina left the room, and a tall muscled elf with the biggest shit eaters grin I had ever seen. Fuck. I put out my hand, and he grabbed it and slapped my shoulder with his other hand, then spoke in a loud booming voice.

"GOOD SHOW, BOSS! You must have really stuck it in if you know what in mean!"

Yes, I know what you mean! AND NOW DOES EVERYONE ELSE, ugh. Again, whatever, rolling with the punches. Cable was getting to everyone with the calling me Boss, but it was better the Great Master Hyde.

"Yes, well, Mr. Spin, show me what you go."

I went to sit on the edge of my bed, and I got another smirking smile from him as he reached in his pocket and dug around.

"What's your name anyway?"

"I like Mr. Spin! We will just stick with that! I'm Jalms if you must know, but I like your name better! Okay, check it out!" 

Mr. Spin pulled a flat rock out of his pocket and put it between both hands. I watched the rock start to vibrate, and then he opened his hand. Instantly the rock filled the room with a breeze from the spinning stone that floated between his hands.

"Woah! How long?"

"Barely a minute before, but now, only if I stop it. The problem is that it's really dangerous to let go of it."

"Perfect, Mr. Spin; I will let Alex know what to do with you after we figure out all the different uses. Please send the next one in."

Mr. Spin bowed to me with another big smile and then left the room. That was power, I didn't know much myself, but I had studied the stuff in school. It was an infinite power source. 

As exciting as it was, I had no real use for it yet, so I waited patiently for the next person. Soon, a smiling and muscular girl walked into the room and extended her hand to me. I shook it and noticed that her handshake was like a brick to a wet noodle compared to Mr. Spin's shake. 

"Hello, Hyde, I am Rena, Kalita is my cousin, so it's nice to meet you again."

As I let go of her hand, I pushed my memory back to the village at the start and remembered another noteworthy handshake. Ah yes, the start of strength magic was what she had displayed. I looked at her toned body over and thought for a moment...Maybe a Xena instead of a Rena, hehe!

"So, how is your strength magic now?"

"Do you think we could go up top?"