Wolf of the Blood Moon - Book 3 - Intermission 6 (Patreon)

                                                         The Blood Calamity’s Throne Room

“Let me get this straight,” Leonidas states, his voice slowly echoing through the grand hall and out the open balconies of the room. “Scarlet went out to hunt but not only did she only hunt things that were already above her magic level, but she hunted the damned things near extinction on that island in a single night. She also forced you into going along with her level cap on what demons she could fight, and you didn’t even think to get into contact with me about this before her hunt continued?”

The two royal guards kneeling in front of him shiver under his gaze. A gaze that is gradually growing darker and darker by the second.

Leonidas stands up from his throne and walks down the raised dais before stopping in front of the guards and quietly speaking, “Scarlet still doesn’t fully understand the differences between our culture and her own, where the humans don’t allow their own people to learn of their levels. Meaning she most likely still assumes that letting others know of her exact level is a bad thing that could compromise her safety, when in reality it’s just bound to happen.” He raises his voice a little bit as he continues, “Now, I understand that no one expected her to be this reckless, and I’m not even sure if she herself realized that you knew her level, her desire to hunt having gotten to her head, but you’re supposed to be her guards. So please act like it.”

The Blood Calamity sighs and turns around before sitting back on his throne again.

“Remember that she’s still just a child,” Leonidas points out, making the two guard’s eyes widen in surprise, apparently not having remembered that fact themselves. “And until the day she turns thirty, that will still remain true, regardless of her human genes.”

“Understood, Your Highness!” both guards shout in sync. Then the female guard – Seraphina, if Leonidas remembers correctly – raises her head further and asks, “For clarification, Your Highness, does this mean we should limit Her Highness to only fighting demons up to seventy levels above her own?”

Leonidas shakes his head while tapping the armrest, “No, there’s no point coddling her now that she’s already shown to be able to take on demons up to a hundred levels above her. Just don’t take everything she says as law. She’s still just a child after all. So you need to be more firm with her.” He then waves his hands their way and says, “Now return to her side.”

“Understood, Your Highness!” the two guards repeat before vanishing into their blood realm to return to his daughter.

And immediately after they leave, Leonidas puts his face in his hands and groans. With his blood domain up around him to block others from hearing, of course.

Her first night out of the palace and she spends the entire night hunting without even stopping to eat. That’s more than just a blood lycan’s desire to hunt. That’s some extreme dedication.

Leonidas leans back in his throne again with a sigh as he rubs his temples slightly.

Then again, it was part of what the prophecy foretold was necessary… so I can’t complain about her dedication. No, complaining about it would be hypocritical since I had a hand in making her how she is today…

“Yes, that it would be,” Elara comments, the wolf appearing in the air next to him before floating down and landing on his lap. “But I get the feeling trying to control her hunts now would only increase her desire to give those bodyguards your father assigned to her the slip.”

“Yeah,” Leonidas mutters, agreeing with his contracted partner. “You have a point. But what could I do? She’ll just continuously try to find tougher and tougher demons if I don’t. And at this point she’s trying to hunt more and stronger enemies than even I did when I was growing up…”

“Didn’t your father call you reckless for that?” Elara comments, sounding vaguely amused as Leonidas’s eyes shoot down to her and he quickly asks, “Did he really tell you about that?! Or did you make it back from the Summit without telling me?!”

“Who knows?” Elara says, a wolfish smile appearing on her face. “Although I can’t see the Demon King taking this news all that well. Because if he thought you were reckless and tried to make you take breaks every now and then…”

“Then he’ll be even more of a killjoy for her,” Leonidas agrees with a nod, still narrowing his eyes in suspicion towards the fae on his lap. “And if she is actually able to get away from her bodyguards, then that means she deserves the freedom she’ll get from it.”

Elara glances up, “Like a challenge? A test?”

Leonidas nods as he begins petting the wolf and leaning back in the throne. “If she can get away from level 1700s, then she can get away from most of the things that’ll actually be trying to hurt her even with her crest showing.”

“True,” the wolf agrees, resting her head back down on his lap again.

Silence fills the throne room for several minutes. Then, out of nowhere, a wave of blood passes through the room like a shockwave.

“Looks like they told him,” Leonidas mutters, smirking slightly as he wonders how his father will react. Since it’s already not looking good for his reckless young daughter.

“You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?” Elara says, sounding amused herself.

Leonidas pats her on the head without looking down as he says, “I’m just happy to have her here. Even if she doesn’t really consider me her father, she’ll always be my daughter.”

“I’m glad you’re happy again,” Elara states, not raising her head. “You’ve been rather depressed since Amy left.”

Leonidas stiffens up slightly at that, only to relax and nod his head, saying, “Yeah. Dispute or no dispute, I still miss her.”

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