HeroShe paused and looked around confused. “Where is Princess Ruby? You said she was being turned!”
“Yea.. she.. uh.. is hiding. You have to come back tomorrow. Okay?” I tried.
She stepped forward and her eyes narrowed. “Wait, Wasn’t Princess spending the night with you at the inn in town?” She took another step and her hand twitched like she was about to snap her fingers.
I swallowed heavily and put my hands up in a pcating gesture. “No, you see, that was the pn, but we decided to come to the castle! Look, if you give me a moment I will bring her here!”
Sapphire considered it for a moment before asking “Where is she that you need to go get her?” She had one eyebrow raised and she was not smiling.
“Look, you are getting way too out of proportion. You wanted to become a friend? We can worry about Princess Ruby after right?” I said almost desperately.
She paused and genuinely seemed to consider it for a very long time before finally shaking her head. “No, as much as I would love to be with you, Hero. I cannot let my sister suffer because of my selfish desires. Please bring her here.”
I looked around for a moment before a horrible idea came to mind. Still, it was preferable to execution. Death was fine, but it was a whole thing and took days of wasting in a cell. I didn’t feel a fifth time was necessary. “She is.. over there behind the bed! Let me just go back there and get her!” I said while shaking.
She looked at the bed and stepped towards it but I stopped her. “She will only accept me over there, I am sorry. Let me just go grab her.”
Sapphire looked at me for a long moment before nodding and taking a step back. I rushed behind the bed and leaned down before saying loudly. “Princess Ruby? Please get up and show your sister you are fine!” As I spoke, I pulled up the skills menu and clicked transform before quickly hitting the Princess again. It was once again instant and I stood proudly stating “I am fine!”
Sapphire looked horrified and screamed out “Enemy captain!” She snapped her fingers and the guard began swarming. That was when I realized, in horror, I had turned into Alissa.
“No Wait!” I tried to call out but the guards came at me fast. Instinctively, my body moved and I pulled Alissa’s bubble gun and began firing it like crazy. A dozen guards just.. dropped. I giggled maniacally before jumping out the nearby window.
I nded inside the bushes next to the wall of the castle and started sprinting down the path. Pulling up my transform I see it's grayed out. I read the tool tip and screech. Transforms into any character you have met before. Can only be used once every 24 hours.
That was bullshit incarnate. I literally turned to Ruby, then back to myself, then to Alissa in less than twenty minutes. They definitely just added that. A rge bck dragon suddenly appeared and nded next to me. I jumped on him without thinking and he took off. My dragon will protect me!
Wait.. The dragon, my dragon.. no the dragon! THE DRAGON. Took me and flew me above the nd. I was really high up.. Then we dive at an angle heading straight.. for the Tardriss Kingdom. I hated this pce so much.
We flew past the border with no issue and my.. the.. dragon nded in a town square of what I was sure was the capitol of Tardriss. I hopped off of him before realizing what I was doing and my dragon took off again.
“Ah, my daughter has returned. Her amazing power shows even now!” Said a rge muscur man. The same one who was on that tank I had blown up. He walked directly up to me and pulled me into a hug. I had no idea how to respond so I just stood there.
He patted me on the back after a moment and wiped a tear from his eye. “This is truly a wondrous day! You are off killing our enemy, getting married soon. I cannot wait for the hero to sy me in a battle to the death and cim you as his own, my sweet child!” He saluted in what I could only describe as that look someone gets when fantasizing.
“Of.. of course gen.. daddy! I am the youngest member of the 24th!” I said, catching my stride midway through. “I am not bragging or anything, but I am truly just the best!” I bragged shamelessly as I pulled out my bubble rifle and shot it into the air. The peasants around me cheered for my greatness.. wait, no. Act, not real. Stop.
“Halt intruder!” Alissa’s voice came over as another bck dragon suddenly nded and the real Alissa jumped off. “I knew when the hero disappeared from the city someone had kidnapped him. It was you foul fiend wasn’t it! Your trickery will not fool me! Princess Sapphire personally gave me a quest to save our Hero!”
“That is not possible, you are obviously a fake!” I cried in a panic. “Everyone knows Princess Sapphire would never give a quest to an enemy!” I smirked knowingly at her.
Alissa actually looked uncertain and looked around at everyone before her eyes went wide “Wait, am I the copy?!”
I almost screamed at her sheer stupidity. Instead I raised a finger. “Luckily for you, The Hero, my future husband is into doppelgangers! You may join the harem!”
“I think you mean team” The real Alissa said now full of doubt.
“Same difference” I said casually waving her off.
“So.. I have two daughters now?!” Daddy said with joy as he picked me up in a hug.
I hugged him back before feeling a sudden sharp pain. Then I hugged tighter out of fear. The gasps didn’t help. Alissa suddenly called out “There you are hero! You were me all along.. wait?” made things actively worse.
I heard the guards surround us and I slowly let go. I smiled sheepishly at the rge man in front of me. He did not smile back. If anything he seemed puzzled, not upset. After a moment, Alissa spoke and I understood why. “I get it! You wanted to meet my daddy so much you turned into me so you could hug him!”
The General looked at me imperiously for a moment before patting me on the shoulder. “That was a nice try. But I hope you understand that if you want my daughter's hand, you must fight me. Hugging me doesn’t count.”
I opened and closed my mouth a few times in stunned silence. I always knew the NPC’s were stupid. But this passed into straight delusional. Alissa walked over to me and took my hand. “Don’t worry daddy. He will fight and win for sure! He told me himself when we met he was on his way to kill you!”
I covered her mouth and she gred at me, but oddly didn’t attack me for it. I actually paused because I expected her to attack. That was a mistake. The general turned around at that moment and looked at us before smiling and saying verbatim. “Ah, it seems you too have already initiated forepy. You may finish in her bedroom and meet me out here in an hour! Trooper #385, fetch the chains for our young dominator here.”
I was so stunned I let my hand drop, my second mistake. “Yes Daddy! I would have brought my own but Princess Ruby wanted to borrow them for her sister!” She hopped over and gave him a hug before whispering something in his ear. He looked stunned and asked “Are.. are you certain?”
I felt my blood draining rapidly from my face. “I am daddy!” Alissa said with glee. He nodded and looked over to a wall of weapons. Walking over, he pulled off a massive war hammer and walked over to the middle of town. He suddenly let out a massive roar, and he grew three times rger. I stared, mouth agape. Opening my skill menu I tried to push to teleport to the capitol button. A notification popped up.
Warning: You cannot actively fast travel while in a boss fight.
I stared at the notification for around a split second before I felt the war hammer hit me from the side. Every rib and bone shattering at once and the three buildings my body went through that colpsed like.. well like the legos they were.
I appeared, standing in the same spot I had just been hit and looked up right as the hammer smashed me like that scene in that one destination movie.
I appeared again standing next to a random peasant. This time I instantly ducked and the peasant next to me was turned into a bloody paste. I rolled and punched the General. I felt my fingers break, seconds before I felt him snap my neck.
Today was going to be a long day.