Chapter 661 Might As Well
With one statue successfully completed, the transition to enchanting the rest went remarkably smoothly, even though it took Wolfe the better part of fifteen minutes to complete the Spells that they wanted to be integrated into one item.
But the spectacle was so great, and the amount of mana flowing through the room was so immense, that nobody dared to move. Wolfe had increased the Mana Density as much as he could around himself and the statues, but the flow was still so intense that for the weaker demons in the Palace it made their skin tingle as it was drawn by to activate the statues one after another.
"Well, thankfully that's all that there was for the morning," Wolfe sighed as the sixth statue was completed.
"Yes, we should take a break and finish after lunch and a nap." Queen Jasmine agreed.
"Finish? There are only six of you here." Wolfe reminded her.
"But it's better to do the others now and send them along with you when you leave. That way we can have everything taken care of in advance in case whatever the old man wants to do takes longer than expected.
Besides, I intend to send out all these statues, and having only half of them enchanted is just tacky."
That got a chuckle out of the assembled Royals. They had all intended to get some special item made to enchant as the core of their new defensive spells, but Jasmine had already gotten a Lodestone statue of each of them created, and it was just too good of an option to pass up.
Normally, each King or Queen would redecorate the Palace, and after a few changes, the old ones would be mostly erased from sight and memory. But if they were the core of the defensive wards, the statue couldn't easily be discarded, or even moved too far, since some of the spells were more intense in the vicinity, so it would be best to keep it in the throne room or near the Royal apartments.
That was what King David of Nephrite intended to do. He was going to put the statue in the Private Garden beside his apartments, as the throne room was not far from the garden's other side. It would make a lovely focal point when it came time to pass the throne down to his son and retire.
Everyone retired to their rooms to rest and freshen up before lunch, intending to get back the energy they had burned channelling that much mana for so long. Like a disused muscle, they weren't used to such exertion, and there was rarely a reason for them to need to do that much magical exercise at their rank.
It had left them thinking that maybe they really should. If the Nobles turned on them the way that they had on Queen Elizabeth, it would be better if they were in top fighting form, and didn't get exhausted before the issue was dealt with, or leave themselves vulnerable afterwards.
Seconds after Wolfe lay down on the bed, a small figure landed beside him and rolled against his side.
"I knew it, you're actually warm and comfortable. It was so difficult to get the other two out of bed this morning that I knew that there had to be more to it than just lewd succubus things." Nimue announced.
Carmine gave her an incredulous look, and the younger Demon shrugged. "What? I'm not that naive. But you should come try this out. Seriously, he's like the perfect hug pillow."
Carmine shook her head and walked into the other room to rest, while Dana slid in beside Wolfe and Rail curled up behind Nimue.
"It's a good thing this is a Royal suite. With the beds made for such large Demons, they're perfect for group naps. Did they say how long we have?" Rail asked.
"Just until lunch, so a couple of hours at the most."
Rail nodded, and then she was asleep, a talent that Wolfe envied.
While Carmine slept in the other room, the quartet on the oversized bed slowly drifted off, only to be shaken back awake far too early, when Dana realized it was time for lunch.
"You can probably carry Nimue if you'd like, but the rest of us have to get up and get ready for lunch, then there will be more enchanting to watch, and we might learn something about mana control from the Royal's spell casting. There aren't many chances to get to witness that level of magic being used up close, so pay attention." She demanded.
"Yes, it wouldn't do if we were to miss that." Wolfe joked.
"Just five more minutes. The chores can wait." Nimue mumbled in her sleep.
"I wonder if that line ever actually worked, or if that's just how she's used to waking up?" Rail wondered as she climbed out of bed and straightened her clothes.
"It worked once on my birthday." Nimue replied as she stretched, and then rolled over on top of Wolfe.
Using Gravity Magic, he lifted himself up out of the bed and stood in the middle of the room to straighten himself out.
"Oh, that's a cool trick. No more struggling to get out of bed in the mornings, just whoosh, magic." Nimue giggled.
"If you think that they're going to let you steal their spots on a regular basis, you will be greatly disappointed." Carmine joked as she walked into the room.
"Worse, once we get home to Forest Grove, there is more competition for the sleeping spaces. Cassie and Ella are a very sweet pair of Witches, and I think you'll all get along well."
"Oh, witches are supposed to smell good, like the forest." Dana announced.
"Well, the town is in the middle of a Fae Forest, everyone smells like the forest there. But yes, especially when they've been making healing potions, the witches smell like earth and plants." Wolfe agreed.
Dana was about to ask what they tasted like, but caught herself when she remembered that there was still Nimue in the room. She might not have an innocent childlike mind after growing up with a merchant caravan, but she was still only half grown, and succubi had very strict rules about adult conversations.
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