Dyrroth is pissed. He cursed the sky for being too bright, he cursed the forest for being vast and tricky, he cursed the animals that stare at him, and most of all cursed his pathetic entourage that died the moment they entered the forest leaving him to do a fucking errand all on his own. What errand would make Dyrroth this furious you ask? Well, it's about going all the way from his home in the Abyss and going into the damned Dark Forest just to retrieve a few ingredients for Selena's so-called important concoction or something.

He thought over through the list again making sure to remember every single one of them so that he won't need to return again in this blasted forest. "Nightshade, beowolf heart, nymph tears, alpha wolf heart, medusa snakeskin, and a tiny girl wearing red talking to a nymph in a monster-ridden forest?" Dyrroth said in confusion. He observed the girls obliviously talking about something Dyrroth could not comprehend. Based on his observation the two interspecies friends are happily conversing as the nymph help the girl with her laundry.

The girl has a stupidly bright red cloak and wears a simple white camisole and a pair of red shorts. She has golden blond hair that reaches past her shoulders and curls a bit at the end. Her eyes are a bright emerald pair, a heart-shaped eye patch covering one of them, which made the Demon Prince wonder what could have been the story behind it. Her visible eye seems to sparkle with all the light of the sun making it shine like a gem. The girl looked exactly like a perfectly innocent princess who helps everyone she meets and smiles with the radiance of a thousand suns. She looks weak and fragile and always in need of a prince to save her, just looking at her annoys him. She's everything he hates about a girl. She's literally bright which Dyrroth hates.

Sitting beside the girl is a woman with a literally flowing long blue liquid hair. Her hair seems to be made of blue semi-transparent flowing water. Her skin is the color of the sky in a perfect sunny weather and her eyes are purely translucent blue with no sclera.

"Well, what are the chances of suddenly stumbling upon a nymph. Now how do I make her cry?" he said sadistically.

He thought of ways to make the nymph cry but came up with nothing. He knew that nymphs are too tough to shed tears even under intense torture, he knows because he saw Alice torture one for the same product but the creature only cursed and screamed, her spirit too strong to break.

Red, as he preferred to call the cloaked girl, removed an oddly shaped big red gun beside a wooden basket. The gun seems to be powerful with enough strength to blow a wolf into pieces but he doubts the girl's capability of withstanding the recoil due to her petite and weak appearance. Speaking of the blonde girl, Dyrroth thought it strange for a small girl like her to be dwelling and laboring in a forest filled to the brim with deadly monsters, especially because she is wearing bright red clothes. Her parents must have hated her because with clothes as eye-catching as hers, monsters would surely see her coming from miles away and attack her.

But they aren't and she is happily working with little care to the world. She dumped her dirty clothes in the still water but instead of sinking to the bottom they just floated for a minute and then spun in place due to a miniature whirlpool. The girl threw in pink flowers and a powder which made the water bubble as it spun.

The nymph said something which made the maiden think with a suspicious face. She contemplated for a moment before mouthing something in return which made the nymph blush and gestured her hands in denial. The maiden still gave the nymph suspicious looks then stood up. She removed her red hood and placed them on top of her basket not wanting to get dirt in them. Her next move surprised Dyrroth, she removed her camisole exposing her chest. Her breasts are of decent size and held together by a pair of laced red lingerie.

Dyrroth jumped a little because a spider landed on his face making the bush where he was hiding shake and made his presence known to the pair.

Red was about to pull down her shorts but stopped because she heard him rustling and looked at his general direction but did not see him because he was well concealed by the leaves of the bush. Red picked up her gun and clicked something in it and extended it into a red scythe, which truth be told impressed Dyrroth. Red walked towards him and prepared to attack.

Dyrroth quickly thought of a way to prevent his exposure until a white bunny jumped at his lap, it's pink nose twitching in a cute manner. With this opportunity, he grabbed the little mammal and threw it to the girl. Red paused and made a cute surprised face.

"Its. . . so. . . CUTE!" Red squealed and picked the little animal to her chest and caressed its head.

"Hewow thiny wabbit I'm mommy Wuby! We're going to be best of fwends!" She spoke like a child getting a new pet. The bunny rubbed its face in her bosom which she did not notice due to her extreme joy. Dyrroth rolled his eyes at this.

"Ruby, let go of that thing you don't know where it's been. It might give you germs. Also, you can't get that as a pet, Zwei will eat it." her nymph friend scolded.

"True." Ruby placed the bunny on the ground. "Go, little one return to your family and be free. Be free." She cheered as the bunny returned to the bushes and to Dyrroth's lap.

Ruby returned to the lake and dived into the water. Her head emerged shortly after her dive. She removed the strands of hair that blocks her face and smiled at her friend. "Your water is really the finest. It feels good to swim in and delicious to drink."

"Thank you. It's a pleasure to have someone credit my job. I've been purifying this pristine water for ages while people just use it without really appreciating the one keeping it clean."

"You're doing a really great job I just hope that more people would appreciate you."

"I hope so too. Sapphire would have become foul without my magic because of those wretched beasts dumping carcasses. You wouldn't want to know what terrors reflect on these waters."

"Do you see everything that happens near your river?"

"The water shows me everything that happens near it, though I may not always see images I do hear voices which helps me know what is happening to the world. You see water is a traveler, it can go from the deepest depths of the sea and go high to the sky and bear witness to the world's greatest events. It never dies and never vanishes it only transforms. Once rain drops to my river it will show me all that it has witnessed if I asked." The nymph scooped up water with her palm.

"This one tells the story of the North, in Nost Gal. The snow bore witness to the battle of men and bears. This one tells the story of a Swan Princess who made humble an egotistic swordsman. This speaks of an archipelago in the south with fertile land and peaceful lives. The water not only serves as the world's sustenance but also its memory. It remembers what men forget and stays to tell the tale to those who know how to listen."

"Wow, that is really profound. Oh, can I ask a favor? Can you bring me some Amoria flowers?"

"Sure." The nymph answered and pulled herself off the water. She went to Ruby's basket and rummaged for the said items until she found something that made her eyes widen. She pulled it out swiftly and raised it to the air.

In her hand, Lazuli held a red and black lace pantie while a proud smile decorates her lips. She held it as if it was a trophy that boasts of a great victory.

"My, my, my, I never thought that my dearest Ruby is capable of wearing such obscene garments. This is much delightful." She held the fabric on both edges showing its shape and design.

As she inspected the garment tears started forming at the corner of her eyes which greatly surprised Dyrroth seeing this as an opportunity to get what he needed. "By the waters of the Abyss, Ruby the Holy Wolf Slaying Virgin wears sexy lace. You've greatly evolved from using diapers into a fine woman. I have taught you well and now I may rest in peace knowing that you can dress up like a proper woman." Tears fell from the nymph's eyes and she cried into the small fabric. Dyrroth frowned, the nymph was wasting precious material and there is no way for him to get her tears if she wipes them away with that garment.

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Unless of course. . .

Ruby was red as her cloak as she made her way out of the water, furious with the nymph doing something obscene with her lingerie.

"Seriously, how can someone as old as you still act so childish." Ruby said in embarrassment, swiping the object in her hand.

"One moment you're profound and wise the next you act like a pervert!"

With his Specter Step, Dyrroth ran and pounce for the red fabric cautious as to not make contact and be recognized by any of the women especially Ruby who holds the fabric. With lightning speed, he took the garment from her hand and dashed across the river and vanished into the foliage, opposite from where he came from. He continued running and running making sure that if anyone tried chasing him they would be kilometers behind.

One hour earlier~

An hour earlier Ruby was in her house, resting after having a nice warm breakfast. Today is Ruby's laundry day which means she has to go all the way from her home to the Sapphire River where she usually washes her clothes. She placed all her dirty clothes in a shoulder bag made out of wolf skin then arranged her lunch in a wooden basket humming happily to herself. Ruby chose to wear a white camisole paired with red shorts just to be casual and fit the look of someone washing clothes.

Zwei her pet barked happily at her, demanding attention. "Zwei, I'm entrusting you with the house. Make sure to guard it against evil crows and squirrels and if I don't get back within the day tell all your friends my story. Also, I left a snack for you in the kitchen." Ruby joked a salute before closing the behind her.

The walk from her house to the river only takes ten minutes and because the monsters that lurk in the forest seldom cross her path in fear of being cut down by her scythe the trips are always peaceful. Ruby reached the river and set her things down.

"Lazuli! Lauuuuullllliiii!" She called. The water of the lake suddenly shimmered and glowed blue. Bright light with the silhouette of a woman emerged from the water. The light dimmed and revealed a beautiful woman in blue.

"Hello Ruby, what might I do for you?" The nymph gave a smile to the girl.

"The usual: laundry." she answered.

"Very well, dump them in."

Ruby opened the drawstring wolf bag and poured her clothes to the water. Seconds later the water spun, cleaning the garments yet keeping them inside the miniature whirlpool. Ruby threw in a pink flower and a detergent making the water bubble.

"So, how have you been, Ruby?"

"My week has been uneventful. Some beowolves here, some spiders there, and one big bird that I couldn't kill. It's so big and always flying, it lives on the cliffs near the ruins." Ruby narrated, taking out a sandwich. She offered some to the nymph, who took a bite where the maiden first bit.

"Your cooking is so delicious I wish I needed to eat so that I can enjoy more of your cooking." Lazuli complimented as she holds her cheek.

"But speaking of monsters, there has been unrest in the north." Lazuli's blue orbs illuminated, this only happens when the water tells her the stories of the lands.

"A great power has been unleased and a slumbering tyrant has been awoken in the Western Deserts, forces of darkness still persist on taking the powers of the Twilight Orb as well as the Fountain of the Centaurs, the dispute is rising between the Magic Academy and Erudito, and a Prince of Darkness has risen. My child, I give you fair warning. Gaze not into the abyss lest you fall." The glow faded from her eyes.

"Lazuli, what do you mean by that?" Ruby asked.

"Which one?"

"You know, gaze not into the abyss lest you fall. Do you mean that in a literal sense because you know sometimes it's tempting to jump off cliffs for some unknown reason or do you mean something else? I'm pretty sure that you're warning me."

"Did I really say that?" The girl nodded in reply.

"Well, I don't know. It might be a prophecy, which is quite rare because I can only tell the past and present." Lazuli explained. Ruby only replied with a short 'okay' and then dropped the subject. The whirlpool stopped spinning, Lazuli raised her hand and the wet clothes floated into the air. Ruby went under one and prepared to catch it. Lazuli motioned her outstretched hand towards her body and the water from the blouse gently flew back towards the river and the cloth fell into Ruby's arms. They repeated the action to all her fifteen items until they finished. Ruby placed her newly cleaned clothes into another basket.

"Thanks so much, Lazuli."

"You're welcome. How about we bathe together? I'll wash your back for you." the nymph offered. Ruby's face was filled with suspicion and doubt.

"Lazuli you always groped my boobs. Last time it was so weird that I think I'm still traumatized."

"That's because I've never seen nor touched human breasts before. Thanks to your sacrifice I now know that they are the most fantastic things in the world. Although do you think that yours would become bigger. I think they'll look better if they're a little bit bigger."

"That's very offensive. I'll have you know that I'm still a growing lady and I drink milk. There's still lots of hope for my future. But I'm taking your offer of a free bath."

"That's the spirit."

Ruby removed her cloak and started to undress. Her bra is already exposed and she was about to pull her shorts down when she noticed the bush rustle. Thinking that it was a monster, Ruby picked up her Crescent Rose and turned it into a scythe.

"Who's there?" She asked as she cautiously approached the foliage. When she was merely a few feet away from the bush, a white bunny hopped out of it and went to her feet. She picked it up, falling for its enchanting adorableness and stared petting it and baby talking it. Lazuli reprimands her to put the animal down in fear of it giving germs to Ruby. The girl complied and told the animal to live its life freely.

When she returned to the riverside, Ruby jumped into the water and laughed, enjoying the comforting coldness of the clear blue waters. They started a meaningful conversation that was interrupted by Ruby's request for amoria flowers (fictional flowers I invented that is sweet-smelling and calming it is also believed to be able to mask one's scent from monsters). Lazuli went to retrieve the said item but presented something else. It was a new lingerie Ruby bought from the village in the outskirts of the forest and was supposed to use it as a spare in case Lazuli convinced her to take a dip in her waters which is what exactly happened.

Lazuli started saying ridiculous things like bring able to rest in peace knowing that Ruby can dress obscenely and her finally outgrowing diapers. Ruby furiously made her way towards her friend. Good thing they're alone in this forest or else her embarrassment would last a century. If there was a formal law in the forest, she will be charged with grave physical assault or murder of a mythical creature if Lazuli continues playing with her panty. Once she reached solid ground, Ruby snatched the thing from her friend's grasp and reprimanded her however before she can do anything to her friend, something snatched her pantie and ran away to the other side of the river and vanished forever.

Ruby and Lazuli are in a state of shock as to what happened. Ruby had just gotten out of the water and grabbed her panty from Lazuli when something grabbed it and made a run for the foliage. What she saw was a violet entity that zoomed passed them, its features impossible to identify as it was moving at the speed of light. They were both utterly confused and terrified.

"Lazuli what do you think that was?" Ruby asked wide eyes still digesting the event.

"A ghost perhaps." Lazuli suggested.

"A perverted one at that." She added.