"Dear husbands, you've returned!"
As the white haired girl leapt onto Lloyd and Kyle the rest of the group raised an eyebrow at the sight of the girl kissing both men on the cheek.
"Oho so that's why didn't want to come back here huh? you're gonna have to tell me all about it later"
"Yeah later. please princess Koa not now."
Lloyd responds to Vayleen who smirks as he tries to push the princess off him and Kyle.
"Why not now? i haven't seen you two in a week quickly to my room"
Koa tries to pull Lloyd and Kyle away from the group.
"Y-your highness please we need to report to his majesty."
Kyle manages to pull his hand away and as he does that a maid came dashing over from another room and pulls the girl away.
"Princess it is time for your studies."
"Nooooooooo i don't wanna"
The maid successfully pulls the girl away while she cries and flails.
"So... who was that?"
"Haa, that was princess Koa Cilia Endria she is the second princess and also mine and Kyle's wife. now lets make our way to the king"
Lloyd responds to Jaxon's question as he gestures for them to follow him down a large hallway then they reach large double doors and the guards open them for the group as they walk in they see a white haired man and a blonde haired woman sitting on a pair of thrones as they approach Lloyd and Kyle kneel but the others don't except for Mio who was trying to kneel but the twins clinging onto her didn't let that happen.
[Hey what are you doing we have to kneel]
"Yeah that's not happening we don't kneel to anyone we don't respect."
[B-but he's the king]
"Yeah, and? we just met this guy so what if he's king what has he done for us to get our respect?"
Ryuki responds to Mio's whisper and in response to the fives disrespect to the king multiple knights pull their swords out and point them at the group but they remain calm except for Mio who is now trembling while sweating slightly.
"Lloyd who are these people you've brought with you"
"Your majesty, they are our new companions the goddesses have informed us that we should travel together and they were the ones who killed the hydra themselves."
"Is that so... leave them be"
"B-but your majesty they're showing you great disrespect, we-"
"I said leave them be i doubt they would follow along quietly anyway"
After the knights withdrew their weapons Kyle started to speak.
"Uhm your majesty if i may, we didn't come here to simply inform you of our new companions and the death of the hydra. we also found a blood eagle in the frost forest on our way back here"
"A blood eagle? they're usually in the mountains to the south."
"Indeed, we think something appeared and drove them out of their territory. I would also like to take care of the problem ourselves"
"Mhm please do."
The group turns around and leave the castle.
"Alright we'll leave tomorrow Kyle and I will be staying at our houses what about you five?"
"Maybe just stay at an inn"
"Yeah we'll do that"
"I'll just stay outside as there's nowhere for me to sleep"
"Then i'll stay out with Jaxon and Aki Jr while you three stay in the inn no need to pay for extra rooms."
"Hey what about me i-"
"You'll be sleeping with brother and i obviously. You're our wife now silly."
Mio tries and fails to state her opinion as she's cut off with Aki's words.
"There we'll be doing that and it gives us some time to relax and get new gear for us too"
The group splits into three with Lloyd and Kyle heading back to their houses, Vayleen holding Aki Jr who is letting out a small cry from being separated from Aki gets on Jaxon's shoulder and he wanders around. The twins and Mio who are heading towards an inn to check in.
***
Meanwhile at the dragons palace there's a woman named Malare Monet the new dragon queen as she is the one who overthrew the king 230 years ago. She has purple bob cut hair, horns, wings, tail and scales and has green eyes. Right now she is in her bed with her husband, Zain Monet a human with long silvery blue hair he has one normal blue eye and one eye made of a black crystal his left eye is the crystal eye and he has severe burn scars on the left side of his face and body his left arm is also a mechanical one that is black and fused with the flesh of his left shoulder.
"Hey i'm going to the human continent tomorrow with Emma. there's something i want to get and there's also a martial arts tournament in Urmoc"
"Telling your wife that your going on a date with her maid while in bed with her? that's terrible Zain."
Despite Malare's harsh words she smirks and rolls atop him.
"It's not a date besides i'm pretty sure she still hates me despite me being here for fifteen years now. tho-"
Malare cuts off his words by kissing him.
The next day Zain gets up and puts on black dragon scale pants, a white button down shirt, a black dragon scale tailcoat a full white face mask with crescent shaped eye slits and an unsettling wide grin. As he walks out the door he grabs his scythe.
"I'll see in a couple days"
"Bye hun"
***
Back at the human continent Lloyd and Kyle meet up with the rest of group in front of the southern gates of the capital. Lloyd, Kyle, Vayleen, and Jaxon are all wearing their usual outfits except Vayleen switched her hotpants for white cargo pants. Mio was wearing a white collared sleeveless button down shirt, a bolo tie which the twins had gotten as a gift for her, Ryuki's old long coat which she had modified to fit her, black dress pants and Aki's heeled boots which actually fit her. Ryuki was wearing a black formal kimono like what old yakuza leaders would wear and Aki is wearing a red hemp leaf pattern mini-kimono, and thigh high jikatabi that Mio had made for them with high quality fabric they got in the capital and the hydras scales and skin. Ryuki was still wearing his combat boots. Aki had her hair in a sidetail on the left with the hair tie Ryuki got while he put his in a low loose ponytail with strands framing his face and Mio switched her twintails to a regular ponytail. The twins and Mio were also each wearing the same pair of earrings that Mio made with some of the artifact stones and one of the magic stones from the hydra, it was a small loop with a lightning bolt shape hanging from it. Aki has both her swords on her left hip now and Ryuki has his revolver on the inside of his haori jacket.
Mio was able to make their clothes over night because of another artifact Ryuki bought that could slow down time in the affected space so every hour in the affected space was one second outside. She also learned to sew and stitch from her mother who was a very successful tailor back in Japan and was teaching Mio since she was six years old.
"Those are some strange clothes where did you get them?"
"Mio made them for us"
"In my hometown these are called kimonos I made them for you because I thought you'd look good in them and your names are also Japanese. I was right that you look good but it might also be a little dangerous..."
While Mio explains she looks at the twins up and down while blushing. Aki leans forward a bit with a mischievous grin and pulling at the part of her kimono that crosses over her chest showing more of her cleavage to Mio.
"Whats so dangerous about some clothes?"
Mio averts her gaze from Aki while pinching her nose only for her gaze to land on Ryuki who is standing still with his arms crossed doing literally nothing but as he notices Mio's gaze he smirks at her which gives her a nose bleed and she falls to ground on her hands and knees with one of her hands on her face covering her mouth and nose.
"Yes very dangerous indeed especially the ero kunoichi, it's like i'm sculpting them to my fetishes why did i ever make those for them"
Shortly after Mio who was mumbling to herself recovered from the attack and the group starts moving south.
"So i heard there's a martial arts tournament in Urmoc"
"The small town just south of here?"
"Yeah i was thinking we could enter it while we're there to get some more battle experience and see if we can recruit anyone else for the journey"
"Makes sense i'll go"
"Me too, me too"
"I love a good fight especially against strong people"
As the group were making their plans for the tournament they notice a red dragon flying overhead towards Urmoc.