It was Miki who put her hand on Sapphire’s head and began to work her magic. Her spirit tails flickered in and out of existence. She wasn’t doing anything particularly strenuous. There might have been a time where she would have had to summon all nine tails to do something like this, but she was far more spiritually entuned now since being Lady Death. After a few moments of prodding, Sapphire’s eyes fluttered open.
“Hmm? I... where am I? Master?” Her eyes seemed to land on me.
I immediately crouched down next to her bed. “Terra?”
“N-no... I’m Sapphire?” She reached down and grabbed her body. “I am Sapphire, right?”
I let out a breath, feeling just a bit uneasy. “Yes, you are.”
“I thought she was Garnet?” Celeste declared.
“I’m Sapphire now!” She responded defiantly.
“I see... then... Terra really is dead.”
Sapphire looked away. “I’m sorry, Master. I tried to tell you. Terra started acting weird right before we left.”
“Weird?”
“Mmm, she suddenly cornered me in a room, and then she... well...” She looked away.
“What?” I frowned.
“Sh-she kissed me!”
“Terra finally had her sexual awakening?” Celeste asked excitedly, only to get swatted on the back of the head by Miki. “Owie... I was just saying...”
“Stop talking and listen!” Miki chastised.
“She kissed you?” I frowned.
Not every girl I was with went both ways. Lydia would happily lay with any woman as long as Master was involved, and Celeste had opened her sexually. Miki was hesitant, and only Lydia could get her to play with girls. Elaya and Astria were both bisexual, while Xin was gay with me being the one exception. Salicia only loved her sister and me and had a sadomasochistic relationship with Carmine, who was disgusted by it even while participating in it. Shao would do anything I asked, but only had an interest in me. As far as I knew, Terra was straight, not liking being with other girls but tolerating it. So, why would she suddenly kiss Sapphire?
While I was considering this, Miki still had her hand on Sapphire and was concentrating. After a brief moment, she pulled away and nodded to herself.
“Master, I know what is wrong with Sapphire.”
“There is something wrong with me? I feel really weak and tired, now that you mention it.” Sapphire frowned. “Did I pass out?”
“You did... you nearly died,” I explained, before turning to Miki. “What’s wrong.”
“She’s carrying two,” Miki announced.
“I’m pregnant!” Sapphire’s drowsy appearance ended in a second.
“You have the collective strength of the deep dwarves and the finest metals of the deep dwarf empire. We can rebuild her. We have the capability. We can make her better than she was. Stronger... Faster...”
“The six million gold golem...”
“What?”
I coughed. “Never mind. Let’s go talk to your uncle then.”
“Ah, Master, building a new body will take time,” Miki spoke up. “She’s dying now. They both are.”
“Oh!” In my excitement, I had nearly forgotten.
Just the last few hours I had been through so many emotions that my mind had turned dumb. I took a deep breath and focused. We had to protect Sapphire’s body, for both of them.
“What do we do?”
Miki looked away. “There is a solution... but only Master can do it.”
“What solution?”
“To sustain Terra’s soul, Master must inject life energy into Sapphire’s body. You must touch your soul to hers, and your soul will reinforce her soul and strengthen her body. As long as this is done regularly, then she will be fine.”
I closed my eyes. “I understand. This is for Terra and Sapphire.”
I reached down and grabbed Sapphire, picking her up.
“Eh? Huh? What’s going on?” Sapphire asked.
“Sapphire... I’m going to need to have sex with you!”
“What? Now?”
“Immediately! Don’t worry, I will be gentle.”
“Now? Now, now! I know I always tease you, but I’m just a little girl! I’m not emotionally read-”
I stopped her talking by putting a finger on her lips. “I’m sorry, but you heard Miki. This is for your life and hers. I won’t treat this casually. I’m going to fill you full of my life.”
“Ah... ah...ah...” With her mouth open, her face turning red, Sapphire had lost all ability to formulate sentences.
I carefully brought her back into my bedroom behind the boss room and closed the door.
Elaya leaned over to Miki. “You know, there are like a hundred ways you could have extended her life. That potion you used to take, your spiritualist job, even Deek has some skills that would work.”
“Hmm?” Miki looked up innocently, a fangtooth showing as she gave a grin. “Why would I ruin Master’s fun?”
Suffice it to say the mischievous fox girl was back to her old tricks.