24 C24 War Of Words

Nathan sank to his knees, his hands diving into the water as he splashed his face over and over again, the shame still washing over him like a tidal force as he wondered if he could buy something to remove titles.

System: We can remove titles for the low fee of 10,000 Faith.

Nathan just laughed at this point, something had changed inside or more accurately snapped. His head was pulling back from the water as he saw numerous fish crowding around him, all staring up at him with agape mouths.

"Oh, watching the show, are you. Keep doing so, and I'll put you to the flames myself!"

He jumped at the first fish, trying to catch it with his hands, the fish quickly diving into the water and away as Nathan just chucked, his entire top half soaked in water as he pulled himself free, sitting on the shore as he looked towards the group approaching him.

Feya, Kai, Lee and Auryn all approaching him, each of them looking slightly worried. It was clear they feared to ask him if he was ok with such a drop, only Kai took a step forward, making a motion with one of her hands, pulling it from high and making it fall to the ground before smacking it against the solid earth. Making a joke against the fact that he had pancaked the ground.

Feya, Lee and Auryn stood shocked that this woman could undoubtedly make a joke this grave, no one naturally could dare to make such a mistake and destroyed all memories about it.

Nathan stood up, staring at Kai for a moment before his lips turned up into a smirk, his chuckles growing louder as he just started to laugh.

"Yes, Kai I became a Pancake. I did worse to the ground though!"

The rest of the group sighed with relief, though Feya and Auryn felt something prick, it seemed Kai knew the man better than themselves. Both somewhat confused as it appeared, the plant woman was more open to this person than anyone before.

"We should get into the command tent; we have a few things to discuss."

Lee suggested as he walked towards the most massive tent, it was slightly away from the rest of the group, clearly indicating that it was meant to be off limits. While most of the hundreds of tents around had been clumped together to protect from the wind, five large tents had been placed away; this was for the officers, leaders and the Demigod himself.

Inside the main tent were a large board, some supplies, markers and some basic maps of the area. Nathan was very interested in as he still had to learn more about this area after coming here.

"So Sir, what did you manage to find?" Lee said towards Nathan with respect.

Nathan felt slightly nervous, he hated when people called him Sir or used any professional respect. "Please call me Nathan. Its easier on us both."

Lee felt his heart twitch as he had drilled military training many years and the code was pressed into his heart. He needed a way to give respect to the man who was going to lead them all.

"Our leader needs to be given respect. Using the first name shows close friendship while a commander and leader needs to be given such respect first."

Nathan frowned as he shrugged, smiling as he needed to get this part out of the way, while he may give commands, he still wanted to keep himself out of that role.

"I'm not the leader; I think Feya is best for that role. She will be the town mayor, Leader, Queen." He gave some suggestions.

Nathan was not stupid; he knew that in a system like this, paperwork could kill people rather quickly and leaders had to look through so much. He stepped away from this role and allows someone else to spend hours on this borning subject.

'I'm not an idiot. I will not be a paper jockey!'

He shouted in his heart proudly.

Feya felt her heart flutter as she saw the rightful man to rule them all put himself down and pass the torch onto herself, she thought that this must have been some test, something to prove. It also weighed down on her as she felt like something was wrong.

Why reject such a role unless he was planning on leaving eventually and could not accept such a permanent role? She felt her sorrow hit her as she knew that his time had to be used correctly.

"Thank you for the honour My God!"

Feya bowed her head as she kneeled onto the floor, in the end, a God was always higher than a Queen, but now she had the perfect chance to prove herself against her family, throwing her out to the wolves when she even tried to improve things.

Lee and Auryn seemed to interpret the same thing as Feya while Kai who continued to stare at Nathan looked to understand something more. The group nodding as each of them still felt tired from the earlier marches and other workloads.

Nathan was the one who spoke up, his mind still laughing as he managed to get out of paper hell.

"I think we all should head to bed; this is a good time to rest up for the next day and get ready for the work that is to follow."

Lee nodded his head, both Feya and Auryn bowed as Kai just continued to stare, expressionless as she watched them.

"Well, you have the side rooms. The one at the back is yours."

Lee indicated to the back, his room was the one to the left, and then he had left the room to the right vacant, it was clear a power struggle would happen for this room. Two of the large tents to the left and right of this one had been left empty as well for those that did not.

Nathan nodded his head as he entered the room, yawning as he closed the fabric behind him, Lee merely sighing as he looked at them all. "Behave all; there are other rooms so pick between each of you and don't cause the Demigod any troubles."

He said this while almost treating the rest like children, retreating into his and Ameria's room. The silence in the room somewhat tense as both Auryn and Feya looked to each other as it was an issue.

"Feya, It's clear that this room is not that special. As the future Queen of this place. We know what should happen."

Auryn smiled as she said these words, her emotions hidden well as she nodded her head.

"You should take one of the other large tents to yourself, sharing this tent with the command staff and a few others is not for one of your future statuses."

Feya felt like biting her head off as she knew what the woman was doing, staring her down as she held her head high. "It's only right that as the future queen I should stand by his side. So I will take the room. As one who has used so much power maybe you should take the room alone. it's much more comforting to take a room alone without roommates."

She hissed back, both of them about to start this protracted war of words before they watched Kai moved past them, entering into the spare room and looking at them with disinterest, claiming the place by opening and shutting the flap.

Both Feya and Auryn stared at the woman, having both lost the room now as they felt anger rising.

"Crap a third contender has appeared." Feya spoke lightly.

"It's always the quiet ones. We will need to be prepared."