Zen like music played quietly in the dimly lit room, as Tess was laying on her stomach while wearing only a towel that covered from her lower back to mid thighs. A middle aged woman massaged her mid back while using a warm and sweet smelling massage oil. Tess twitched for a second as she applied some pressure along her spine, but went back to relaxing. She glanced to her left to see Sylvie laying there on the table beside her also getting a massage, and wondering if she was asleep

The first step to this bachelorette party was pampering, so the girls went to the most highly recommended spa in all of Xyrus. Claire originally had difficulty getting a reservation for the group, but once she let it slip not one but two princesses were included, the owner began canceling every other reservation scheduled for that afternoon so the staff could focus solely on all of them.

Most of the masseuses were women, with only two men. The girls immediately made it clear they weren't comfortable having the two men touching them like that, and one respected their opinion without question. The other however did not, and was trying to pressure Tess specifically to allow him. Sylvie came for two reasons, one, because her mama invited her, the second, to make sure she was safe. She didn't even give Tess a chance to respond to him before she floated behind him and dragged him away by the collar of his shirt. Everyone wondered what just happened, and were tempted to ask as she returned alone, but weren't sure if they wanted to know that badly after they felt an overwhelmingly powerful pressure coming from the direction she took him.

"We're all done princess. We'll step out so you can get dressed, and come back in just a few minutes to escort you both to the next treatment," the woman said gently.

Tess nodded and the two masseuses left the room.

"That was nice," Sylvie commented as her body glowed and her black dress of her scales formed back on her body.

"Sylvie, this is an experience," Tess said as she pushed herself up. "You should wear a robe instead so it looks like you're enjoying yourself."

Tess cocked her head, as she noticed Sylvie with an awkward expression as she looked away. Tess felt completely comfortable with Sylvie, seeing her as her own daughter. So in elf culture, sitting up nearly completely naked between a mother and daughter at this age was seen as completely acceptable in this circumstance, and she saw it as such. For Sylvie however this was a little uncomfortable, as she just saw more of her adopted mother than even Arthur had.

"Oh, sorry," Tess said as she quickly reached for a white plush bathrobe and put it on. "I didn't even think. I hope I didn't make you feel uncomfortable." She apologized, forgetting that Sylvie was raised by humans, who were much more modest.

"It's ok," Sylvie replied as she grabbed a robe and put it on as well. "I've come to understand your culture, so it makes me feel happy that you see me as family." There was a glow from under Sylvie's robe as her dress was absorbed back into her body.

They both slipped on a pair of white sandals and exited the room, and were escorted to a waiting area for the next treatment. Tess and Sylvie arrived at what looked like an indoor desert oasis. Grabbing a crystal wine glass of ice cold water each from a server at the entrance, they walked into the room. After taking a step down into the room, instead of finding a hard floor they were met with the softest white sand that almost made it feel like they were walking on a cloud. There were palm trees and bright exotic flowers decorating the room, looking as if they were growing from the sand, concentrated on one side of a crystal clear pool of water in the middle of the room. Around the pool were several wooden beach chairs with soft white cushions for them to sit on as they enjoyed a gentle warm breeze that blew around the room.

Soon Kathyln and Claire arrived, followed by Caria and Karen, and they all sipped on water as they relaxed in the chairs.

"I wonder what's taking Lilia and Ellie so long?" Claire thought out loud after waiting for a few minutes.

"They entered their room at the same time as the rest of us, so they should be out soon," Karen replied as she glanced towards the doorway with one eye.

A few minutes later Lilia enters with Ellie, whose eyes were only half open.

"What took you guys so long?" Claire asked.

Lilia smirked and nuged Ellie. "Somebody fell asleep."

"It was too relaxing," Ellie commented with her eyes closed and a relaxed smile. She then looked at Tess and Kathyln. "Do you get this kind of treatment all the time?"

"Not since before the war started," Kathyln replied.

"The closest I've had since the war started was Arthur rubbing my feet and shoulders after training," Tess answered.

"Well I need to make a reservation for this again, I bet my mom would love it," Ellie said as she claimed one of the last chairs.

"I did invite her, but she said this should just be us girls," Claire replied.

A few minutes later they were all in a sauna talking. Ellie was mostly complaining about the way the humidity was making her feel, and Kathyln told her it was all a state of mind, that if she didn't think about it that it wouldn't bother her as much. It was then noticed that Kathyln wasn't sweating, and was called out for reinforcing her body with ice magic.

Following the sauna the girls washed up and got their nails, hair, and makeup done. They then all changed into new dresses and rode in royal carriages to go out for dinner. Spirits were high and everyone was having fun, and after Tess none were enjoying herself more than Ellie, as the pampering she was receiving was unlike anything she had ever experienced before.

The girls were all sitting at a long table with Tess at the head. They were at the most exclusive restaurant in all of Sapin, most of them sipping on wine as they awaited the first course of their meal.

"I've mercilessly killed Alacryan soldiers, aided in killing two retainers, and killed a third," Sylvie went on as she stared at the glass of water in front of her. "I've done everything in my power to protect the people of this continent, yet they still treat me like a child and refuse to allow me alcohol!"

"In their defense, you do look like a kid," Claire pointed out.

"I'm a dragon! I have a set of horns coming out of the sides of my head," she replied as she pointed to her horns. "Do I literally have to change into my dragon form to be able to drink like the rest of you?"

Ellie, who was sitting beside her, placed a hand on her shoulder. "I get it, but it's not a matter of what you do or how you look, it's your age."

"She has a point," Tess said in agreement. "The drinking age in Sapin is eighteen, and you're still eight."

"Hahaha, she got you there!" Regis chortled.

"Zip it," Sylvie grumbled back, conceding to that point made by her adopted mother and aunt. "Anyway, how's the bachelor party going?"

"One of those old guys is trashed and trying to tell warrior Princess about the joys of parenthood, and the best ways to ensure cutie elf gets knocked up on the wedding night. Ha! One of the other guys just slapped him in the back of the head and told him to stop spouting nonsense. Now that guy is saying to do something different to get those results. No matter how you look at it, it looks like you're probably going to be a big sister soon."

Sylvie smiled at hearing this.

"Sylvie? Are you ok?" Claire asked, staring at her from Tess' opposite side curiously. "What are you smiling about?"

"Nothing," she replied quickly. "What were you saying?"

Claire shrugged. She knew something was up with Sylvie, but she wasn't going to pry, she had more pressing fun. "I was just asking Tess if she was ready for the wedding?"

"And yes I am," Tess replied with a blissful smile.

"Oh really, so everything is planned?" Claire asked in a teasing tone.

"My grandfather and Alice have been working very hard, and got everything on the list taken care of," Tess defended curious what she was getting at.

"What about things they could have missed?" Claire challenged, before the other girls started shooting off their questions.

"You have the rings?" Lilia interjected.

"Exit planned?" Caria added

"Honeymoon?" Kathyln asked

"We actually use bracelets instead of rings, our exit plan is actually a carriage ride around the palace to wave to the people," Tess went off answering. "As for a honeymoon, elves don't do honeymoons like humans do. Instead of going somewhere we spend a period of time alone together...in each other's embrace. As for Art and I, it'll be a week in the palace since we don't have our own home yet."

"You hear that Ellie?" Claire said before wagging her eyebrows at Tess. "Sounds like you'll be an aunt soon."

"Please do show some restraint," Ellie said as she shuddered as she thought of her brother having sex nonstop. "I'm way too young and poor to be an aunt. At least wait till I have a boyfriend."

Sylvie elbowed Ellie in the ribs. "Bite your tongue." She then looked at Tess and smiled hopefully. "I for one look forward to being a big sister."

Tess gave Sylvie a warm hug, as everyone agreed that comment was too cute.

"Speaking of your week together," Claire started, a smirk forming. "Have you picked out your bridal lingerie?"

"Is that important?" Tess asked as a blush formed on her cheeks that reached her ears.

"Very," Kathyln answered flatly, then took a sip of wine.

"Its importance depends on you," Claire clarified, then a devilish smirk formed on her face. "But I'm confident Arthur would really appreciate it."

Tess looked down as her blush deepened.

"Looks like we should go shopping after this," Lilia said with a giggle.

"I know of a boutique that would be perfect. They have an amazing selection," Kathyln suggested.

Everyone but Lilia was a bit caught off guard that Kathyln would be of such help in this area. Being her best friend, Lilia knew of multiple shopping trips to this boutique, as she prepared for when Lunaris wouldn't hold himself back anymore.

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The girls stumbled out of the teleportation gate into the Sanctuary laughing after a night of fun, and drinking. The only sober ones were Ellie and Sylvie, but Ellie looked like she was about to collapse at any moment due to the late hour. The sanctuary was quiet, nearly everyone was asleep. The only people they saw awake were four guards standing at the gate, and Aya.

"Aya," Tess called out, louder than needed due to her intoxication.

Aya looked over at her drunk princess as she failed to walk in a straight line over to her. Her cheeks were flushed and a big smile was on her face, making her look overly happy for no apparent reason.

"What are you still doing up?" Tess asked as she

"I was keeping watch of the gate while it remained active. But now that you're all back the gate has been turned off, and I can carry on with other business," Aya replied.

"Oh? What business?" Tess asked, being more nosy than usual.

Aya sighed. She never felt negative towards Tess, but right now she was getting on her nerves.

"I was just going to check on the party. I saw several of the guests stumbling back. Apparently they've all been drinking heavily. I just wanted to make sure everyone was ok before turning in for the night."

"Arthur's party was down here?" Tess asked, as she knew nothing about it. "Is he still there?"

"I don't know, but I didn't see him," Aya replied, sounding a bit anxious to go.

"Sylvie?"

"Papa?" Sylvie called out, but no reply. "Regis, is Arthur ok?"

"I guess. He seemed fine when I last saw him. I'm babysitting four eyes, remember. He already checked out for the night. This guy is so boring, he wouldn't even touch any alcohol."

"Regis left and Arthur isn't answering," Silvie replied.

"So he might still be there." Tess raised her hand up, then pointed ahead in the direction Aya was walking as her arm dropped down. "Let's go!"

Ellie yawned. "You all go, I'm about to fall asleep standing. I'm sure my brother just passed out drunk. And I want to give Boo the steak I got him."

For the first time since Arthur gave her Boo as a cub, the beast and Ellie were completely apart, since he couldn't exactly go everywhere they were going, so he had to stay behind.

She then started walking towards her building, before almost tripping and falling over her own feet.

Thankfully Sylvie caught her. "I'll bring her back to her room."

Frustratingly Aya guided the girls to the bachelor party. She had intended to test Arthur if he was still there, but now she felt it was best to behave. A big advantage white core mages had over others, was how fast their bodies healed, whether from a physical injury or a foreign substance in their body. In Tess' case that foreign substance was alcohol, and her body was correcting the effects at a noticeable pace. This meant if Aya were to test Arthur, whether he passed or failed, Tess was likely to attack her. Not only was Tess her Princess, but from the reports Aya had heard, she was already at her level of power, making Tess one of the last people she wanted to fight.

They arrived at the site of the party, it was quiet. The music from earlier had ended and now all that was heard were a few voices too quiet to make out. Aya opened the flap and led the girls in. Many guys were passed out at tables or on the floor, while several servers were helping some up to their feet and back to their rooms.

In the corner by the food Boo sat devouring the remaining meat from the trays. After seeing the girls he knew Ellie had to be back as well, so he stuffed his mouth full of meat and lumbered out.

Kathyln saw Orson lifting a highly intoxicated Lunaris up with his arm slung around his neck. She quickly ran over to help, and was greeted by Lunaris giving her a big kiss on the lips, almost knocking her over.

Karen saw Noah stumbling towards her, and helped guide him out the door. Claire saw Theo with his head down on a table and went to check on him. When she did he sat up quickly and looked around. When his eyes landed on her he smiled, and since she had her head close so she could check on him, it took almost no effort for him to put his hand on the back of her head, and pulled her in for a drunk and sloppy kiss. Quickly she reinforced her body with mana and pulled away, before slapping him across the face. Since his body wasn't reinforced with mana and hers was, he was knocked out, leaving a red handprint on his left cheek that matched the bright red blush on Claire's face.

Tess surveyed the room looking for Arthur, as the girls tried to help some of the guys. When she found him she saw Aya standing over him as he was sitting with his head down at the bar, reaching her hand forward towards him with her mouth by his ear. She was about to act, but Arthur responded first.

"Aya, don't even think of touching me," he said sternly, causing her to freeze in her movement.

"How did you know it was me and not Princess Tessia?" She asked curiously.

Arthur sat up and stretched. "I've developed the ability to distinguish people by sensing their mana. There's a big difference between you two." He looked back passed her and smiled as he saw Tess. "Did you have fun?"

Tess nodded. "Yes, did you?"

"Yup," he said as he hopped off from his seat. "And it looks like everyone else did too."

"Ready to go home?"

"Sure," Arthur replied, and wrapped his arm around Tess' waist as the two started to walk out.

"Wait a second," Aya requested, causing them to stop as she looked at Arthur curiously. "Did you even drink? You don't seem at all drunk."

"So here's the downside of the integration stage, I can't get drunk. I can only get a buzz for a little bit if I drink the strong stuff, but then it's gone," Arthur said disappointed. "I'm eighteen years old, and my best drinking days are already behind me." This was of course a lie, as it was due to being part dragon that he couldn't get drunk.

"I'm so sorry to hear that," Aya replied sarcastically, and Arthur and Tess proceeded to leave.

They began walking back towards the building everyone was staying in, passing all the empty buildings. So when they heard a wet slapping noise they were curious. They followed the noise until they looked around the corner of a building and saw it. There before them was Noah sitting on a crate with his hands on Karen's waist. Her skirt pulled up and top pulled down as she pulled his face to her chest and was bouncing up and down on his lap. It didn't take even half a second to realize what was going on, and quickly Arthur guided Tess away as they both blushed madly from what they just stumbled upon.

They walked in silence for a few seconds, as the sounds could still be heard, before Tess spoke.

"So, you can have sex like that too?"

"Um, yeah. There are a lot of positions actually," Arthur replied awkwardly, still recovering from the sight, and how it actually turned him on a bit. Curiously, Arthur decided to ask something. "How much do you actually know about sex?"

"Well, my mother told me about it recently, but I had also learned a bit from the dungeons." Tess chuckled awkwardly. "Adventurers tend to sometimes have pretty vulgar conversations, and I couldn't help but overhear. Not to mention that wasn't the first time I've come across a couple in the act. I think I'm pretty well informed now, at least on the basics, and I guess seeing it helps with the mechanics."

"Are you ok?" Arthur asked, seeing that her walking had changed.

"Mhm," she replied. In truth, she was also very much turned on. Her desires for Arthur had been growing by the day, and if not for what she can only describe as divine intervention, based on how often they kept getting interrupted, she felt she and Arthur would have already had sex themselves.

"Umm, did you really want to wait for our wedding night?" She asked nervously.

"Do you?" He replied with a smirk, already knowing her answer.

"I did. My mother said waiting till our wedding night would make it that much more special, but I don't want to wait anymore. I'm feeling weird, and I'm having a lot of thoughts."

Arthur leaned in close and whispered in her ear. "Do you want to go to our room and have sex?"

Tess nodded vigorously with a longing expression.

"Then let's go," Arthur replied, causing Tess' ears to wag with excitement.

"YES! I'll be right there!" Regis shouted excitedly.

"Like hell. You're on guard duty, you stay where you are," Arthur replied sternly.

Regis groaned, but went silent accepting this decision.

The two took flight and rushed to their apartment. As soon as they were inside Arthur cast a sound canceling spell, and Tess pulled him into an intense make out session as they walked to the bedroom. Unexpectedly, Tess pushed Arthur back.

"I want to change real quick. I bought something while I was out, I was told it would make it more enjoyable for you," Tess explained with a bright blush.

"If you want, but you don't need to do anything special to make this more enjoyable for me, being with you is all I need," Arthur replied as he pulled her in closer and grabbed her ass and gave it a little squeeze.

"Eek," Tess squeaked from the sudden grab. "I want to, so why don't you wash up or something?"

"Ok." Arthur replied, gave her one more deep kiss, then went into the bathroom.

Despite not needing to eat or drink often Arthur's digestive system worked, meaning all of the alcohol he drank had worked its way through him by now. Seeing as he was going to have to get naked anyway, he stripped down to his boxers and tried to relieve himself. Relieving himself was a bit more awkward due to his member being completely hard from the anticipation of finally having sex for the first time in eighteen years. This hadn't bothered him much in the early years of this life, but as his teen years progressed, teenage hormones mixed with memories of sex from his past life really made him want it. However he maintained his self control, all for this moment.

After relieving himself he washed his hands and face, and came out in anticipation to see what Tess put on. However once in the doorway to his bedroom, he was met with a sobering sight, Tess was asleep. She was laid out on the bed, her arms out of the straps of her sparkly black dress, as her chest rose and fell steadily.

"Tess?" Arthur called out at a normal volume to confirm she was asleep.

"Hahaha, Justice!" Regis laughed.

He then looked down at the bulge in his boxers, then back up to Tess, then back down to his bulge and sighed. Gently he situated Tess on the bed and pulled the blanket over her. As he did this he noticed a thin needle sticking out of her neck. He pulled it out and pricked his finger. His legs began to buckle, causing him to grab the bed to support himself.

"A sedative," Arthur thought to himself as his dragon body fought off the effects and brought him back to normal. The sound spell was only intended to contain sound, not actually prevent anything from coming in.

He then walked to the window and enhanced his vision as he looked out. Across to the next door building, and saw Aya on the fourth floor looking at him. He couldn't see her face clearly, but he could see her bow her head before disappearing.

"Hot damn, she is so badass. I want her even more now," Regis commented excitedly, but Arthur ignored him.

"Well played Aya," Arthur thought out loud in a frustrated tone as he bowed his head.