blueteamnovel [45] Embarrassment
[45] Embarrassment
[45] Embarrassment
Tanisha woke up to a face full of notifications with her mental projection magic. Apparently she had leveled up a few times and needed to allocate her points by the end of the day or they would be automatically assigned.
Unassigned Cultivation Points Distribution
You have leveled up 7 time(s) without assigning your UCP.
You have 70 UCP
Please assign all UCP within 12 hour(s) or UCP will be automatically assigned.
Assign [yes/no]
She closed the mental projection and yawned. She needed to talk to Joha before assigning anything. That’s when her eyes opened wide as flashes of the night prior played in her mind.
Tanisha sat up quickly, only to hit her head on a low shelf. She cursed under her breath, looking around. She was in the back of the goblin’s wagon; the piles of miscellaneous items told her that. She rolled out from under a rather precarious shelf and walked to the back of the wagon.
She tugged on the magical connection to locate Bjorn, but didn’t need to. As soon as she opened the tailgate she saw him looking at her with two of his three heads. The last was keeping watch. Her eyes opened wide when she saw the now large green hydra watching her.
“Bjorn, baby!” She jumped from the wagon and wrapped herself around him as best she could. “I am so-so happy you’re okay! You are okay, right?”
Bjorn was not prepared to be jumped on. He lost balance and fell over on his side. . She stayed latched on to him for a while before finally letting go and helping him get back on his feet. She nuzzled each of his heads, being sure to show him as much affection as she could to make up for the days he had been unconscious.
“Now that you’re so big I guess I will call you my big-man from now on, but you are still my baby, okay?” she said as she petted him. “Now, where is everyone?”
There was no one in the merchant camp; she followed Bjorn’s gaze to the refugee camp.
“Well, that makes sense.” She was quiet for a long while. “Sabec, did you kill him?”
Bjorn shook his heads no.
“You should have. This was... He, why would he do this? I thought he was a friend but he-woah-woah!”
Tanisha let out a less than flattering screech when she was suddenly lifted off the ground by Bjorn's long tail, which had snaked around her waist. She was placed on his back, which had a saddle she hadn’t noticed until it was under her. Bjorn’s heads all hissed uncontrollably in a way she had not heard before. She felt his emotions and could tell he was laughing at her.
“What a generous offer, but I feel as though it is a little misplaced. If we had not gone to your village, Sabec would not have attacked your people,” Joha stated.
“If you had not gone to our village we would have been wiped out by druids,” Kolbein said matter of factly. “If you had not come to our village, who is to say that the gnolls would not have targeted our people returning from Lavi in a few days. No, our gratitude is not so fickle as to blame you for the actions of those mangy dogs.”
“Tanisha, it is my understanding that you are shai,” Hrolf stated. The word meant she had a shaigaunt performed that removed her from her family. “It would normally be customary for me to ask your father, but instead I will have to ask you in the presence of your master.” He looked at Tyr and motioned for him to move forward. “I know that you are acquainted with my son, Tyr.”
Tyr stepped forward, his face beet red from embarrassment as he walked up to Tanisha. He knelt down in front of her, which made Tanisha want to run as she realized what was happening.
“I would like to arrange a marriage between you, Tanisha Scalebound, and my son,” Hrolf continued. “Of course the wedding will wait until you are both of the proper age.”
Tyr held out a white ribbon with silver in the stitching; it had several white feathers along the length and was quite possibly one of the most beautiful engagement ribbons Tanisha had ever seen. Even without touching it she could feel the mana protection enchantments within the item, preventing it from getting dirty or damaged.
“I-I know this, this is sudden,” Tyr said, somehow turning a brighter shade of red. “But, I am interested in you and I swear I will make you happy and I will get strong enough to protect you and Bjorn from anything we will face. If you take this gift and place it upon your beautiful tiara I will love you until we one day join again with the great Forest Father.”
Tanisha’s mind blanked; what in the Higher Planes was going on? She looked back and forth between Tyr, Joha, Hrolf and Kolbein. Marriage was the last thing on her mind, right now she just needed to get stronger. She looked again to Joha, who remained silent, and she could tell he didn’t want to interfere in her love life even if she desperately wished he would. Fair enough, he was her master and not her parent.
“We do understand that this was sudden, Tanisha,” Hrolf said. “By taking the engagement ribbon you would acknowledge Tyr and we will give you time to think it over. If you accept the engagement, simply put it on your tiara, and if you decline, return it.”
“How long will she have to think it over? After we leave Lavi we will be headed to the Mesha Kingdom,” Joha added.
“Mesha? Hmm. Before you leave will suffice,” Hrolf said.
“Then...uh, I will hold on to your ribbon and consider your offer,” Tanisha said as she took the outstretched offering. “I thank you all for your consideration and you, Tyr, for your feelings. Now-now, please stand up. I... I have to get ready to leave now.”
Tanisha turned and ran to Bjorn. She jumped onto the saddle and told him to go quickly before she died of embarrassment.
*****Author Note****
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