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"She'll let you know when she's ready to talk about it." Anthiel said. "That's assuming she'll want to talk about it, which she might not."
"Okay." He nodded.
He stood at the quarterdeck for several minutes looking out across the beautiful Gulf of Sayora. What he wouldn't give to have a house on its beaches, though he loved the woods too. Perhaps a house in the woods not far from its beaches? That would be perfect.
"I don't like the waiting game." He finally said to Anthiel.
The high elf chuckled, her tone slightly musical. "It's good practice for parenting, of which patience is a large part."
He nodded his head in concession, then looked out across the beautiful gulf for several minutes.
It was so peaceful.
*Um, I think they realized what we are up to.* Beth told the group chat. *The captain just ordered the last mage to stay below decks for his protection.*
*Well that complicates things.* Kendra replied. *It's a bad idea to board an airship with an enemy mage on board. I think we'd do okay boarding without him, but it will get dangerous fast with him.*
*If he's below decks we'll have to change our strategy.* Ethan thought to them with a frown.
*Dominus, I have an idea.* The blonde said. *The portholes on the lower deck are reasonably large, though not large enough for you to fit through, but he likes to pace. If it was dark enough, you could fly to the airship and hang onto one of the portholes, and then maybe get him through the porthole.*
*That's not a bad idea.* Rachel pointed out. *They probably won't think to look, and if it's dark enough they probably won't notice you arrive.*
*So I attack them at nightfall to deal with the last mage.* He mused. *That might work.*
*We'll have to avoid them all day though, and what comes after the last mage is dealt with?* Alana asked.
Ethan looked at her. *Then we pounce.*
TO BE CONTINUED...
Note: This chapter began on day 92 of Ethan's life in the Ten Kingdoms, and ended on day 93. I submit new chapters on the last Wednesday of every month, and they usually drop after the 2-3 days review process. Thus I'll submit the next chapter on May 31, and it'll probably drop on June 2nd or 3rd.
I saw there was a bit of a firestorm in the comments of the previous chapter. Several commenters correctly pointed out that "indentured servitude" is a more accurate term. Poutnikl's comment is accurate on why I didn't use it. Perhaps I should have.
I'd like to extend a very special thanks to two of my supporters, one of whom didn't want to be credited by name. So "Anonymous" and Joseph: thank you so much for your support. I really appreciate it.
STORY TAGS: dragon, magic, medieval, elf, teen, romance, virgin, harem, cuckquean
- COMMENTS
Raka1015 months agoHave enjoyed this story for the most part. But find it difficult to read Sarah's stuff. She is so boring and adds so little to the story. Good luck with the rest of the story
thatusernameistaken6 months agoLet me start by saying I really like the story and basics of the characters. That said;
JESUS F'ING CHRIST dude, GET ON WITH IT.
Please lay off the constant wishy-washy moralizing and get on with the damn story. At a certain point you either stop fighting battles or make peace with the consequences, and it's been almost 50 chapters and 3 months in universe. Ignore the complaints about morally grey issues, not-so-cloaked-preachiness, and religious references. Fiction is fiction, and it's your story. But it needs to *go* somewhere, and we've spent 3 months rolling around in circles while the same thing happens every other chapter.
I'm spending longer and longer scrolling through nonsense to get to the meat of what used to be an actually interesting story. The Sarah subplot is literally unreadable garbage like 90% of the Sam/Frodo chapters in LOTR; skimmable at best to glean the occasional plot point.
You started this series at a 5/5 and it's gradually dropping, right now at a 2.5 and falling.
rageman248 months agoThe Beth dilemma just gets frustrating cause she keeps on bringing it up while out on a mission of sorts. They literally got ambushed by orcs because she wasn't focused. Then she does the same thing on the way to the enemy airship.
Anonymous11 months agoI struggled with reading the first couple of pages. The urgency of being chased down by two airships and a hundred soldiers wasn’t properly conveyed.. they Walked through the town Taloni walked 🤦🏽. They had a conversation with an unescorted child prince. Had a laugh over a cats antics. And instead of heading out after all that.. they had a leisurely discussion about direction and time to point out features of their own ship??? It could’ve easily been written with more tension and excitement.
Don_Theranthrop12 months agoDoing a great job.
I wouldn't mind seeing another Hero/good guy that helps Ethan on his way, named Don Theranthrop.
Keep up the good work.
