Finishing My Wing Tests and Showing a Place to Stay

I'll devour a couple ribs, some of the little bones in the hands and feet, the collarbone, and the tailbone. Removing these won't kill him, and he'll still be able to do most things, maybe not fight though, but there would be no doubt they were gone. His hands and feet would still mostly work though.

I walked over to the barrier around the little girl and dropped my illusion before dispelling the barrier.

She was still huddled on the ground, and I wondered how long she would stay like that. Rather than finding out, I cast a healing spell on her to fix the cuts and bruises.

She noticed something happened and removed her hands from her face, then looked at herself in amazement before looking at me with gratitude in her eyes. She had large eyes and a round face, she looked like she needed to eat more and the features would cuter once her cheeks filled out. She may not have understood what was going on, but she wasn't so dumb as to not understand who did it.

She looked around and saw the kids on the ground but didn't seem sorry for them. I patted her on the head before teleporting us both away from the scene.

I created 5 silver coins and held them out to her, "You look like you need something to eat."

She looked hesitant, but that only lasted for a split second before taking them and bowing in thanks. I started to wonder if she was unable to talk or just didn't.

I turned away, now she has a little money, and it is time for me to have some more fun. I think rather than continuing to explore the city today, I will test the oblique wing. Flying at supersonic speeds was more of a fun experience now.

I only got a step before I felt a tug on the back of my coat. I turned my head back towards her, and her eyes seemed to be thinking of whether to ask something, eventually deciding not to, and she just bowed in thanks again.

"If you want to ask something you should. The worst that could happen is a person says no right? Rather than living your life wondering if they would have agreed, isn't it better to ask?"

She nodded and seemed to decide to follow what is said before pointing between herself and me, then away.

"You want to show me something?"

She shook her head and grabbed my hand before gently pushing me along in front of her while seeming to follow behind me.

"You want me to show you something? No, if you show me where to show you, then it is the same as you showing me something. You want me to take you somewhere?"

She held her thumb upright like it was correct, then turned it down like it was wrong before putting it in the middle like it was partly correct. I could just pull it out of her mind, but this way is more fun.

"You want me to take you? Is that part correct?"

She nodded happily.

"Where?"

She shrugged and pointed at me.

"You don't know where but me?" Then it clicked, "You want me to take you with me."

She nodded again.

"I'm a vampire though."

Shock ran across her face, and her eyes flicked with fear as she tried to grasp what I said. A few seconds later she seemed to decide what to do and took my hand again before pushing me along.

"You still want to go with me."

She nodded with a smile.

"I live on the estate of Lady Nyx Emrys right now."

Apparently, she knew the name. It struck more fear into her than when I said I was a vampire. Her face paled, and body trembled, she looked like she could faint from terror at any moment.

"Is she really famous or something?"

I don't think she was listening; she looked like she thought she was about to die.

I waved my hand in front of her face trying to get her attention. It didn't work, and I gently pinched her cheek.

She gave a little jump and came back to reality, still looking terrified, "Is she really famous or something?"

She hurriedly nodded and looked like she thought I was an idiot or something. She held her hands like holding a sword and mowed down phantom enemies.

"She's good at fighting."

Again, like I'm an idiot. She motioned like it was higher.

"She's really good at fighting."

Higher again.

"She's the best at fighting."

The little girl nodded.

"Really? I should have a spar with her then; Nova was really weak. She couldn't even take 1 slap."

Her face looked like I just said something incomprehensible. I don't know why though. Maybe she thinks I'm dumb for wanting to have a spar with Lady Nyx.

"Anyway, since I live there, you can't come."

She crouched down like she was hiding.

"You could never hide in that mansion, but if you really want to leave here, I know a cave where you can stay. I stayed there for a while."

She quickly nodded in agreement.

I teleported us to the cave. Any passing vampire would be able to smell her, so a barrier around the area was necessary.

I created an illusion on the entrance to make it look like rock and placed a barrier that covered the whole inside of the cave, only she or I could pass through.

I created a larger barrier around the entrance that would exude a deterrent effect and erase any scent passing through it, then placed some stones at the edge to mark the boundary.

"Do NOT pass that line of stones. Hide inside the cave to be safe as there is a barrier. But outside and still within the line will only erase your scent, not keep you safe."

She nodded in understanding, and I gave her some dried meat and grain to eat, as well as a water barrel, a bath, and a fire oven.

"Bye now, I'll bring you more after a while."

I have no idea why I'm doing this, maybe it's her big eyes and round face that looks cute. Or maybe she reminds me a little of Lila even though I have no interest in her like Lila. Ah whatever, I already did it so I'll just bring her some food and water once in a while.

I teleported back to the werewolf city and levitated myself into the air again. It was time to test my next wing design. I summoned my shadow wings when I was high enough and held them out in a straight line before rotating one forward and one back, still keeping them in line.

I kind of think I'm going to need faster speeds than simply diving downwards to stabilize this one so I began by applying thrust while keeping myself levitated until I began to feel lift.

About 20 minutes later I shot overhead of Lady Nyx's city and slowed down. Overall, I feel the normal wings worked at lower speeds and turned easier better. The oblique wing flew faster before I began sensing it was a bad idea and used a little less magic. I shall use each one where they are appropriate, but mainly the normal fighter jet one.

Since I overshot the city, I teleported back. Everyone was looking up at the sky with panic on their faces. I forgot about that one; flying so fast makes a lot of noise, but the person flying doesn't hear it.

I decided to just ignore it and teleported to Zenobia's tracker. She was in a little house cooking something in a pot hanging over a kettle. Well, it was more like a small hut than a house, not even a bed was here. I was standing behind her, so she didn't notice me and kept stirring. I just realized I forgot to feed her since we left the cave. I feel a little bad about that.

Eventually, she grabbed a bowl next to her and poured her soup inside. Then she turned around and caught sight of me. She freaked out and screamed.

"AHHHHH!"

The bowl went flying, and she almost fell backward into the fire, but I caught both with a little magic.

The bowl floated back to her, "Eat quickly, then we'll leave and see the city."

She just nodded with an angry expression and started to sit on the floor. I held up my hand, and she stopped her descent, then I produced a 1 person table and chair.

"Eat there, if you get dirty again then you won't be able to show me around before cleaning up again."

She begrudgingly sat down in the chair and ate her food while I waited.

"Is this your house?"

"Yes Master, this is MY house."

She finished her food, "Ok, now we'll go see that statue."

I led the way out of the small door and onto the narrow street where many identical houses were crammed together. I picked her up again and flew towards the statue. Rather than landing next to it, I just flew a couple of hundred meters away and let my divine sense see it.

It was made of marble and about 30 meters tall. It consisted of a man in flowing robes standing next to a woman, holding a miniature city in his hand, and his feathery wings surrounding them.

There were some oddities though, not to the statue's looks, but rather there were some cracks just painted over and chips were filled with plaster before being painted to match the marble.

It looks like Lady Nyx either doesn't know how her parents' statue is being repaired or did it cheaply. Not my problem though, and we are not friends so I have no reason to just randomly tell her.

"Well anyway, what else is there again?"

Zenobia pointed to another building that was near, "A museum."

"Nah, I'm going back; the sun is setting in like an hour." Museums aren't really my thing, neither are statues, but I'd never seen a statue before in real life, only pictures.

I helped myself go back to the estate a little faster with magic, but not too fast. When I landed at the entrance and walked through, a guard quickly came over and gave a respectful bow.

"Mr. Frost, Lady Nyx is currently at the prison with the werewolves you caught before. If you are looking for her, would you like to go there?"

I wanna have a spar with her, "Sure sure, why not. Zenobia, go inside."

"I will show the way then, please follow me."