it has been over a year since christopher had returned to the St Rogers family and he has gone back to his old ways with the constant coaxing from athena who really seems to love being in pain and bleeding so he as of now is more than happy to oblige her
his apprentice has become a force to be reckoned with and at moros's request she has also become a bit rough although not nearly as rough as amelia or christopher speaking of christopher she has also gotten a crush on christopher that has been growing little does she know that he can see her feelings and has the same he is however waiting for her to confess since he was part of the St Rogers family and she as of now knew their customs so he would wait until he was sure she was okay with that
"hey chris" amelia said
"yes" christopher asked
"how do you feel about going to striker academy" amelia asked
"i have no qualms against that amelia my apprentice is no longer the incompetent girl i took under my wing she is now a force to be reckoned with" christopher said
"she has feelings for you" amelia said
"i know i am not blind" christopher said amelia nodded
"so i will speak with her you will obviously be leader of our squadron" amelia said
"no duh really also i will speak with her she is my apprentice you speak with our parents" christopher said she nodded and he went to the training field to see celica and his mother sparing
"amelia i wish to speak with you" christopher said after another clash of swords they stopped stepped back bowed and sheathed their blades
"yes master" celica asked
"how would you feel about returning to the academy me and amelia are thinking about going" christopher asked
"i would love to return but um could we speak in private" celica said
"of course come with me" christopher said
he led her to his rooms which were sound proof all of the bedrooms of the estate were in fact
"alright what do you wish to speak about" christopher asked
"i want to know something about joining the family" celica said
"alright shoot" christopher said
"besides conforming to the family customs is their anything else you must do to enter the family" celica asked
"for a relationship" christopher asked celica nodded
"yes both sides need to do the first punishment in front of the entire family male going first then the female we call it the relationship ritual and it proves the loyalty of each other" christopher said
"anything else no problems with not being excepted or anything" celica asked
"if you are willing to do the relationship ritual then no one has any right to say anything you would be welcomed with open arms" christopher states
"thank you that is all i need" celica said as she walked to the door but in her mind she was jumping up and down with glee however she wanted to be truly accepted so she wanted to have a conversation with the rest of the St Rogers family without him in the room so she discreetly went to ask arthur if he his wife and daughter would have a short conversation with her in his office without telling his son he agreed although was confused she then gathered the other two
"thank you for coming i just wanted to ask for your opinion on something" celica said they nodded for her to continue
"go ahead" arthur said
"how would you feel if i confessed to christopher" celica said
"well that depends" kathryn said
"on" celica asked
"would you be willing to follow our customs and do the relationship ritual" amelia asked
"i have a question about that" celica said
"yes" arthur asked
"is the way i treat my dragon in anyway a part of your customs" celica asked
"nope how you treat your dragon is none of our concern trust me if it was we would be probably having a problem with how christopher is treating his dragon we maybe harsh but we don't make our dragons bleed" arthur said
"i think his dragon likes it like that but still so if i am willing to abide by and follow your customs i can date him" celica said
"yes" arthur said
"okay one last thing for the relationship ritual do you have to wear anything in particular" celica said she really didnt want to wear anything besides her dragon armor that she was currently wearing
"nope as long as you complete the ritual we dont care
"thank you and could you gather on the training field" celica said they nodded
she then went to find christopher and it didn't take long
"hey christopher" celica called christopher turned it was rare that she used his name anymore
"yes" christopher asked
"could i ask you a personal question" celica asked
"of course" christopher said
"do you love me" celica asked he was quiet for a moment before he leaned in and kissed her passionately
"does that answer your question" christopher asked
"yes" celica said
"are you ready" christopher asked she nodded and they walked to the training field he saw his family and all of the dragons already there and guessed that celica didn't really believe him and so went and talked to them he chuckled at that they walked to the middle of the field held eye contact with her for just a moment before kowtowing before her he kissed each of her boots and like when amelia and kathryn did it he made sure to make this a true kiss after which he laid his head down she lifted her removed foot and placed it on his head and rested it there for a good minute
"you have to do the other foot as well" arthur told celica while she didn't really want to she nodded
she removed her right foot and placed her left on it and rested it there for another minute before removing it as well
he rose to his feet they locked eye contact again before she also kowtowed before him she kissed each of his tabi before resting her head on the ground he lifted his right foot and placed it on her head resting it there for a minute before he put it back on the ground he traded his right for his left resting it on her head for another minute before placing it down on the ground she rose back to her feet and he pulled her in and kissed her passionately she quickly melted to the kiss and after a moment they broke
"now that we are dating could i sleep with you" celica said
"of course you needn't even ask" christopher said
"christopher i believe you will take care of the proper procedures" arthur said
"of course father" christopher said
"procedures" celica said he smiled grabbed her hand and brought her to an old woman