Chapter 148: Dream Ki Training Room

Howard went to the East Branch's Main Suite.

After the battle, he was a minor celebrity in the East Branch and everyone seemed smiled out him when he walked into his bedroom. He wondered what some of the girls in the hallway had overheard. A few blushed when they looked at his countenance. It seemed like the secrets behind the world were hidden in the pupil of their eyes.

"Howard, are you coming in?" Monica blushed and opened the door. "It's nothing much, but we prepared a thank you for you." Monica seemed to have on a black dress that hugged her body so tightly he could almost already feel his hands touching against her body.

He smiled and decided to walk in and sat down on the bed.

There were a few candles, and half the room was sealed off by a large wooden separator. Where were the other two girls? He thought both Harley and Jenny would be here tonight.

"Howard, I asked the other two girls to not be here for a little bit, but we decided to take shifts." Monica bit her lip and pushed him on the bed. Jenny gets the last shift, Harley gets the second shift, and I get the first shift. We decided not to lst you sleep all night. You can sleep on the bus tomorrow! Today, you're making sure we're all satisfied!"

"We might not see you for a few weeks to a few years! You-you better miss me, jerk! You better think about me every night, and think about me while you kiss everyone else! I-I don't care if it's selfish, I don't care! For a minute, I just want to be the old me! Please-Please Howard, Please think about me all the time!"

"I always think about you," Howard sat down on the bed and let Monica sit to his other side. He smiled and looked into her glistening green-blue eyes and gently grabbed her hand. He smiled widely and felt an extremely warm feeling enter into his body. "I-I just have something I'm dealing with. I-I heard from Reslan that I don't let you guys help me, but that's not true! I love it when you help me sleep at night! I love getting kissed by your lips!"

"Well, Howard," Monica pushed him onto the bed and thrust her hands into his shoulders. "You're going to help me tonight by closing your eyes and feeling my back, my shoulders and all the warmth I have to offer. Even though it's just kissing, you're going to enjoy it! And that's that! Now let me be in charge!"

"Heh! Of course, you're in charge," Howard closed his eyes and grabbed her waist. "Now, come here and kiss me already! I'm getting tired of staring at your beautiful lips and not touching them! Attack me with them right now!"

"Hmph, the battle has just started," Monica smacked her lips against his face and then pulled him into her grasp. "This battle, Howard, you can't win."

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Four hours later, Howard looked up at Jenny while Harley left the room. She looked back and touched her lips while a current traveled through her body.

"Good session. You're off the hook for a month," Harley pulled on her black dress and looked at the gossoping girls in the hallway. A few of them could't believe Howard had three girlfriends taking shifts, but some clearly wanted to be with him for the night.

"You all need to be quiet," Harley muttered at a few girls standing by the white walls in the East Branch Hallway. "Howard is the reason you're all alive! Now either go in there and kiss him or clear away! Jenny is the reason he's alive! So deal with it!"

The girls cleared the hallway and a few muttered "Unbeleivable," while Harley slammed her hand against the wall. Tears started to fall down her eyes while a powerful urge to go back into the room overwhelmed her.

"Why? Why doesn't he like me as much as them?" Harley caused a piece of plaster to fall on the wall like her tears. "Is it my personality? Am I too upfront? Does he like girls that play hard to get?"

Harley turned and cracked open the door and saw Jenny snuggling with Howard.

What was going on? They didn't start kissing yet.

Jenny and her mede eye contact for a second before Howard looked up at Harley's beautiful brown eyes. Her hair was still ruffled from Howard's hand caressing her, but hse felt truly sad.

Jenny had seemed to notice this, and smiled at Harley. 

"You-you really think it's okay?"

"Sure," Jenny said, "It's not like it hasn't been this way for me since the beginning. I knew dating you would require you to have two more girlfriends scoundrel. I already planned to let other sleep with you at night."

"You spotted me," Harley wiped of a tear from her eye. "How? I tried to be quiet."

"Just come join us in bed!" Howard said with a smile. "Jenny doesn't even want to kiss me too much tonight! Just to cuddle! Spots open!"

"And… That's why I'll always hate to like you," Harley laughed and jumped on the bed before she felt Howard surround her with his warmth. It felt like a powerful force touched her body and awoke her from her sadness. "Because you're just too damn lovable and honest."

"Hehe! Well, I'm not that generous!" Howard kissed Jenny in the lips! "I would never let any other guy have you! You're all mine! Hahaha! All mine!"

"I'm going to sleep," Harley closed her eyes and smiled. "Thanks Howard. You can kiss him now Jenny. My lips kind of hurt, so it's fine."

"Well then, since I did save your life," Jenny said with a smile. "I guess I'll kiss you once or twice on the cheek."

Howard smiled and felt his lips touch against Jenny's before he started to hear Harley snore. She sounded so cute when she snored. He laughed and gently brushed back her hair while Jenny's body gently pressed against his. He felt her heat, and it could only cause him to smile.

"I'll miss you guys! Now time to start the journey!"

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In Jarlon Valley,

A small green bus bounced on the road while A large woman sat on top of the bus. She was much too big to fit in the bus, but seemed small compared to the massive mountains in front of her.

The large desert expanse around her seemed to be constantly changing from the powerful winds. A massive tower waited in front of her. It was the new Unclaimed Shirne that the Varlen had built in the last two weeks. 

They had found a Dream Ki Vein, which they had started to use to create a new training room. When the first Shrines got created, they had all been built on Dream Ki Veins. They made it possible for many disparate training environments to be created, and other things to be manipulated. 

Of course, the coolest thing about the training room was that it could be designed by the person inside the training space. For two weeks, Howard and Priscilla would be able to create environments to train the other person. By using Dream Ki, they could manipulate the space. They could create monsters, but couldn't defy reality past a certain point. Dream Ki affected reality instead of creating dream. That was the different between the training room and an actual Dream World. A Dream World literally was formed from the dreams of those sleeping at night. Anything was possible in a Dream World!

A Dream World is also what a Dream Myth needed to fully turn into a Dream Enchantress. Because a Dream World allowed for certain rules of reality to be broken, it also made it easier to transform. It was very dangerous for anyone besides a Varlen to go into a dream world, though, but Howard planned going to pay back the Dream Myth after everything was over.

"Well, we're almost there," Howard said and took a deep breath. "We're almost to our new bedroom. However, Annibell. Are you sure it wouldn't be better for us to train together."

"You will both compete with each other for those two weeks, and sleep together every night," Annibell somewhat blushed looking down at the two teenagers. "You will also do better if any nightmares appear in the Dream Room. I'm actually looking forward to what you'll be like when you come out. Especially you Priscilla. I hope Howard can make you start smiling again," 

I can smile," Priscilla looked in the mirror and half smiled. "Ugh, I can't believe I agreed to this! You better behave Howard! You may be close to me in strength, but if you piss me off I can attack you in your sleep."

"The room has all been prepared!" A Varlen came out with sweat coming from his face. "However, we have news! We only have one week for them to train! The Arthraku are coming quickly!"