Adventurer's Quest (Parting Ways) (Patreon)

(Zahara's POV)

I woke up cuddling with Master in this hotel room, but when I did, I saw others packing up and Lillian was even here helping us. Master was cuddling me like he was waiting for me to wake up, so I hugged him tighter to thank him, but his cute face slipped into me. He wanted to push away, but it felt so nice cuddling and I think I heard some humans they would love to put their faces in my boobs... It'll only be for Master! He scooted up and I let him for him to breathe. I guess he could hold his breath for as long as me. I just wrapped my tail around him for warmth when I got out of bed and stretched my legs while holding Master.

Amara-Well, I see you're awake. 'Finally'.

Zahara-Why didn't you wake me up?

(Y/N)-Because you growled at them when they pulled on me.

I tried to remember a dream I had and I guess Master and I were playing with blood wolves in a happy field... I didn't want to let him go there. I told them about my dream on the way to the baths here before we left to go play with jobs, but then we saw a few guards in the hallway staring at us. Lillian just got in front of us to talk to them.

Lillian-I assume you have matters to tend to with me?

Warrior-Prince (B/N) demands your return or he will report to his father.

Lillian-I already sent a detailed letter last night to the royal family and the church. I even wrote details about (B/N)'s behavior and will let his parents do as they wish to deal with him. I will not be returning, but I do wish for a safe return to the castle.

Warrior-Our orders were to take the prince home.

Lillian-And I shall fulfill that order, but until he is ready I will watch over and defend the prince.

Chelsie-That's my job!

Lillian-A team effort... My decision is final.

Warrior-And what do you think the king will say about this when he finds out?!

(Calvin's POV)

Calvin-GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!!!

*SHATTER*

I threw my glass cup to the ground after reading a report from Lillian saying that she quit my eldest's party to join and protect my youngest for a while longer and has already informed the church! The stupid bitch fell for some useless piss stain because he was younger! That has to be why! She will not get away with humiliating the heir to the throne and joining my youngest! I ripped the letter into shreds and threw it in the fire. Now that this has happened, I have no choice, but to pull my son back home to keep our name intact as much as possible as well as repair the image. When I wrote the letter, I sent it out and thought about what I could do to fix this...

Calvin's mind-I will give my son a monster to slay with a glorious party he will command! In front of the whole kingdom at the arena!

As for (Y/N), something needs to be done about this because I don't want him out there any more than he already is. The thought of what the newspaper said about him and now this... Anger was fuming in every fiber of my being and when I suddenly heard a voice... Someone dared to grab my arm...

*SMACK*

Aurora-Ahhh!

Calvin-Oh!... You startled me!

She had a red mark on her cheek, but it will go away in time. I just offered her comfort when she shed a few tears. Thankfully, nobody was around to see that.

Aurora-I-It's alright... I was just hearing about some news from the church pope.

Calvin-Honey, they are not going to get away with this and they will deal with Lillian after I do! SHE IS A FILTHY LIAR!!!

Aurora-What?... It was just for a royal appearance. The people of the kingdom want to pray for our children's safe return.

Calvin-... Oh.

Aurora-What about Lillian? Did something happen?

Calvin-Just... Don't worry about it. Go get healed and have a day to yourself.

(Vita's POV)

I was at the church with Celia and we were reading a letter that says Lillian the SS-Rank Preistess left Prince (B/N)'s party in favor of Prince (Y/N)'s party. It also told of (B/N)'s behavior, and Lillian's motive to protect the youngest prince, and recommended (B/N) be sent home. Meanwhile (Y/N), he is said to be more humble and his team gave him a role as leader to an extent and he respects that power. The rest was sending prayers to the church and royal family.

Vita-I suppose it's not too far out of character, but this is unacceptable. (Y/N) needs to come home as well.

Celia-Wait, there's a second page right here.

I tried to take it from her, but she kept it away from me and cleared her throat to act important.

Celia-In my recent discovery from having a talk with (Y/N), he has informed me that his relationship with his... brother and father has always been a challenging one. What?

Vita-Very funny.

Celia-No, I'm serious. Look.

She gave it to me and it was true of what she read. I kept on going and the details of only one story of how (B/N) tried to pelt a butler's boy with rocks the same day Grace's family came to visit a long time ago.

Vita-This has to be made up.

Pope-Our dear Angel, Lillian? Preposterous. She would never lie about anything. She will also come to confess the truth, the whole truth, and nothing, but the truth. Our crystals read her to be one of the purest souls.

Vita-We are talking about his brother and father attacking the youngest son.

Celia-Master would never do that to one of his children!

Pope-Well, nobody can see Lillian lying.

Vita-She got this from a little boy who wants to run away from home. She had been lied to then.

Pope-Also unlikely.

Celia-Why?

Pope-She has a skill where she may detect truth when desired. Nobody can lie to her either which is one of the reasons she is SS-rank. Her pure heart and divine judgment.

I refuse to believe that a man I fell in love with and swore my sword to in order to serve this kingdom would hold ill will to his own son. I know he was disappointed at first when he found out his youngest did not possess the skills or talents for swordplay, but he moved past it. We asked other people around the church about Lillian and they all heard the same story.

Celia-Master does not hurt his son!

Vita-Calm down, Celia. They are not accusing him of anything... I think we need to keep this under wraps with only the pope knowing. I'm going to look into this myself.

((Y/N)'s POV)

We were all out in the forest hunting monsters terrorizing nearby farms and destroying crops. This mission was A-Rank, but we still made quick work with my plan when I learned what most of the monsters out there were. Amara gave me a pat on my head for coming up with good plans and showed me some more moves. Lillian even taught Grace a few things too to make her spells stronger and even taught her a new spell.

Grace-Freezing Realm!

For a moment a snowstorm was so concentrated around the monsters and it was strong... Until it broke apart and Lillian quickly put shields around us to protect us from ice shards, and the frost bites building up on the shields. It was even cold in here until Lillian cast another spell to make us more resistant to cold weather. When the shields went down, there was snow and ice everywhere, but all the monsters were gone.

Lillian-Sweetie, you need to balance the power from the boost I give you. We will practice this again another time.

Grace looked exhausted, so Lillian picked her up and put her on her shoulders. Luna sniffed the air to check for monsters and...

Luna-A few more nearby and it smells like they are bunched up. Maybe in a cave.

Chelsie-Zahara, your up. We will take the children back to town.

(Y/N)-But I want to learn more with Amara. Please, I have all of you with us.

Amara-You are low on arrows. You may have Lillian to buff us now, but you would be exhausted right now if it wasn't for her.

(Y/N)-But-.

Hamah picked me up from behind and gave my bow to Amara before she held me like a baby in front of everyone. Zahara ran off giggling while following Luna. Hamah started giving me kisses and soon Grace climbed on to rest on top of me, so Hamah was carrying both of us.

(Y/N)-Grace-.

Grace-*Shhhhh* No talking. I'm going to get cozy. ~

She got cozy on top of me and nuzzled her face into my neck. When we got back to town, we decided to wait at the guild for the others, but it made me wonder what (B/N) was doing right now. If I had to take a guess though...

((B/N)'s POV)

(B/N)-AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! LISTEN TO ME!!! I WON'T GO HOME LIKE THIS!!! I WANT HER ARRESTED AND ON HER KNEES IN FRONT OF MEEEEEEEE!!!

I was in the carriage with a few people and I tried to get out of going back home! I am not going to let (Y/N) have someone who was mine first! I don't care if she's from the church, I am royalty and not someplace where they say words into the sky! They should be praying to my family anyway! I found an arrow in the carriage under the seats, so I snapped it 4 times, ripped off the feathers, and threw it out the window!

(B/N)'s mind-Lillian was supposed to be in my harem! She was going to be the start of it! WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT SOMEONE WHO CAN NEVER BEAT ME EVEN ONCE?!?!?! HE WILL PAY FOR THIS WHEN I SEE HIM AGAIN!!!... IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS!!!

(Hamah's POV)

We got paid for our job and left town after buying ingredients for food, magic items, and more arrows with some weapon repairs. (Y/N) was going to get a cart, but a few of us said the walk will be longer, but is good to build up more stamina... Little ones just had to hold a hand and Chelsie too (Y/N) at the same time as Luna.

Chelsie-I'm the older member! I outrank you.

Luna-I'm a higher rank. Let go.

(Y/N)-Um... I have two hands.

They held both of his hands before I just picked them all up in a hug before I started walking again. They all wiggled until they got comfy since I did not let go of them to keep them from fighting. Still needed to walk, so I waited until we were far from the human town to put them down. When we got to an open field we stopped to train the little ones and I wanted to see my Ba-Baby train. It started with Amara setting up targets for him to shoot.

Hamah-Ba-Baby! Shoot this!

I threw a rock high into the air and he cutely panicked before he shot an arrow into the air. We all waited until we saw pieces of a rock come back down and it took longer for the arrow to hit the ground.

Amara-After a bit more target practice, I want you to keep an eye on every single type of tree we pass and listen to what I say about the properties. You will be quizzed. In the meantime... Name the monster that will give you the best silk for the string of your bow.

(Y/N)-That is... A-Rank Giant Blood Cave Spider.

Amara-Why not a S-rank Fefnir Spider?

(Y/N)-Because their silk is sharper than razors. It's commonly known in my kingdom, but Giant Blood Cave Spiders are fast and have really strong, firm, and flexible webbing. It's just very sticky until they do something to it.

Amara-You are half-correct.

She went on that the razor web takes preparation and a delicate procedure to gather and weave into a string that won't cut, and thanks to its slippery web to help cut its prey, it will have no grip on the arrow at all.

Amara-The process takes days and can easily be messed up to where you will need to hunt for new webbing altogether... So we are going to keep an eye out for jobs and hunt for one then you will be taught and shown how to craft.

(Y/N)-... Pardon?

Hamah-What?!

I picked up my Ba-Baby and he is not hunting a big and dangerous Spider! Those Spiders are chief killers from my village!

(Lillian's POV)

Everyone was at our little camp while Hamah and Amara trained (Y/N) and I was tending to Grace. First, I need to find her motivation to fuel her magic since passion, focus, and determination are some of the more important traits anyone can have for anything.

Grace-IT'S (Y/N)!!! I wanted to be strong for (Y/N) and marry him someday! I even have a few stories of him when I was at his house before.

Lillian-Do tell.

She went into detail on stories about how she loved Prince (Y/N) but did not feel keen on the misguided soul known as Prince (B/N)... Perhaps when I return, I can ask the church for help to guide the future king down a better path. When story time was over, she was full of happiness and patience.

Lillian-Now, magic is mostly visual preference. Let us do your explosive bubbles.

Grace-Ok.

Lillian-See that tree?... Close your eyes and picture it to be really tiny. Now, picture a huge bubble that's as big as you can think of. Don't cast, just yet.

She followed my instructions.

Lillian-Now, channel what emotion feels the strongest or something that you want.

Grace-So... Like your shields are very strong because you want to protect people.

Lillian-That's a good example, but now you need to focus that feeling and balance your magic with how much power you are putting it. Too much and you won't control it, so the spell will be quite weak. Too weak and it simply won't be enough.

We spent a few more moments more and more bubbles when they started to appear. They were shakey, so I reminded her to find balance.

Lillian-Good. 12 Bubble Bombs... Now, hold them for as long as you can. Our goal time will be one hour to start with. We will work up to it more and more each time.

She was already struggling after 3 minutes, but this was expected since I pushed her since the beginning. She will get stronger and when she hits the one-hour mark, she will then cast the spell of her choice that she decides to hold. She lasted 10 minutes before they exploded by themselves and most of the magic put in was drained.

Grace-*Pant* *pant* Ok... Ok... Now, what?

Lillian-Well... We are going to do it again.

Grace-What?!

(Timeskip To Night)

(No POV)

After long walks and tiring training and quizzing, (Y/N) and Grace were sleeping at the camp they set up. They cuddled together at first until Amara took (Y/N) to cuddle with him in her tent for the night, feeling really proud of her student... She even gave him kisses when she thought nobody was looking, but Luna could hear her while dinner was being made.

Luna's mind-You're going to share him! The only reason he's still listening without problems is because of that potion I gave him! THOSE ARE MY CUDDLES!!!

Meanwhile, for (B/N)... He made it back home in a very bad mood, so he went to his room to hit his practice dummies with his wooden sword but then snapped his wooden sword out of anger when his iron sword was taken during the ride home. Furious about still being an F-rank adventurer and not doing anything he wanted while he was out, he was most furious about losing Lillian to (Y/N). While his father had plans to fix (B/N)'s image as well as the families... Vita and Celia decided to look into Calvin and his actions more closely. It started by searching (Y/N)'s room for clues.

Vita-Alright... What can we find here?

Celia-I'll check his closet.