The party awoke with the m sun. Lily and Ana were spooning iher bed while the trio awoke in a puddle of limbs. The triily got up and prepared to set out. Thankfully, Lily and Ana had a good night’s rest, so they were able to get all their belongings ba the carriage. They also hahe check out as Cire carried a tired Elsie onto the carriage. Jasmine immediately pulled out the bs and padding before promptly falling asleep. Elsie soon joined her as Cire reeo help Lily with their luggage.

  “Ah, this must be your party.” A voice called out. Both Lily and Cire turo see Alice. “I’m Alice, I was the guitarist for st night’s eai.” She said, holding out her hand.

  “Cire, it’s o meet you. Give my pliments to the singer, he had an angelic voice.” Cire responded. Shaking the woman’s hand.

  “So you’re Cire…”Alice said before pausing to look her up and down. Cire took in her appearance as she was very simir to the singer. She couldn’t believe it when Lily had told her that she was in her 40’s. She found herself ogling the woman’s curves as she spoke up again. “You have a lot on your shoulders it seems… good luck.”

  “Yeah. It’s not all bad.” Cire responded before she caught a glimpse of the singer. He looked dead tired and his face looked much paler than st night. Her mind stopped for a moment as he was still wearing his entig attire from st night. Her eyes admired his dancer’s physique before she snapped out of it. “I could… say the same for you. Good lud I’ll be praying for both of your safeties.”

  “Thank you, we’ll be praying for you as well. Here,” Alice said before holding her hand out again. She handed Cire an insignia with a Gryphon on it. “This is my Lady’s seal, if you need help thehe intation.” She poio the ring around the seal with magic words carved in.

  “Thank you.” Cire said, admiring the craftsmanship. She’d have to talk to Elizabeth about who this insignia beloo.

  “You're wele. Just… help Jasmine. She needs it.” Alice said with a more serious face. Cire o her.

  “I’m doing my best…” Aliodded back letting silence fall over them. Cire spoke up again wanting to get going. “I wish we could stick around and properly meet, but we have to get going. Say goodbye to Toni for me.” Cire said before bowing to her.

  Cire waved to Toni as he approached, but she feared how his blessing would affect her toly. Both her and Lily quickly exited the inn after o goodbye. Lily joined Ana on the driver’s seat as Cire felt her fatigue from st night take over. She joined her lovers in the pseudo-bed in the back.

  The duo drove the carriage for the entire day, opting to let their party members rest. They had the map ready for their first destination aed the city with no issue. They passed the time by having Lily teaa about her craft. Ana was always eager to learhings and Lily found joy in teag her about herbs and ingredients. Thankfully, the roads to Cyprus vilge were extremely safe so they didn’t have to worry about attacks.

  The trio stirred ter iernoon. They began to find their own ways to pass the time. Elsie had stolen a few of Cire’s books and was reading her old favorite first, much to her annoyance. She even y with the “Knight’s Oath” book cover fag Cire just because she could. Jasmine was taking stock of her tonid poisons making sure known had been damaged or mispced. Before also sharpening her bdes and arrows.

  Cire was using the knife Jasmine gave her to learn whittling. It may not be the smartest thing to do on a moving carriage, but she figured if she got hurt, Ana could heal her. She was starting with just simple spear-like sticks. Sharpening them into a point to get a rhythm and teique down. Even with the occasional bump or stop, she was making solid progress. It also felt o finally use her lift.

  All five found ways to pass time while they traveled in the carriage. Their first request was the simplest of the batd the easiest to plete. A pack of giant rats were terrorizing a vilge’s food supply and making it hard to prepare for wihese 4 foot high monsters weren’t the stro, but in packs of 10 to 20, they could easily overwhelm people. With their destination a week’s drive away, the five used a lot of their time to prepare.

  They went over training and tactics while traveling, and had mock runs of bat before nightfall. Jasmine had packed a book full of information on on and even rare monsters for the three girls to look at. It was iing to read about powerful monsters like manticores, wyrms, and even hydras, but the lower level monsters usually boiled down to: harmless by itself, but dangerous in a group. It still proved useful information on oints and even habits of the monsters. The giant rats were outlined as somewhat intelligent but physically weak.

  At night though, they passed the time the best way they knew how. They made sure not to go overboard with it and exhaust themselves for the day. But that didn’t stop them from satisfying their lust and even expl new avenues of pleasure before watch started. Cire took note of her lover’s new discoveries and even started writing them down. It helped to keep track of and maximize their pleasure.

  She hat Lily had a tendency to be more passive and preferred to help the others reach their climax. While Elsie very mujoyed multiple partners attending to her needs. Ana had the most amount to discover though. She liked to pleasure her sister quite a bit and be on the receiving end, but also it seemed like pain enhanced her pleasure. Cire had some guilt when she knowingly hurt Ana, but the way she moaned eased quite a bit of it. Jasmine was the easiest as she could go a full session with just orally pleasing her lovers, not even needing to get off herself.

  Cire had to thank the Carpenter’s for their design of the carriage when they got back. It was incredibly spacious with ste underh and the sides of the . It had a fle enough to fit bedding and all five women fortably even with Lily’s travel workbench. It made for an excellent sleeping spot and saved the party loads of time. They didn’t have to set up tents or worry about the weather. Lily even discovered how to colpse the seats on the sides to make more room for their nightly activities. They had truly thought of everything.

  Thus, the Scarlet Seraphs repeated this daily cycle as they made their way to Cyprus vilge. Thankfully, no threats appeared even giveime of year. So they didn’t run into any major road bumps or mohat they had to worry about. Watch was established and taken far more seriously than st time and all sexual activities were prohibited ohe first watch began.

  Drivers rotated in pairs to keep each other pany. Each day passed faster tha as the new adventurers looked forward to the first quest on their journey. Cire could feel her anticipation build as they got closer and closer. She was itg to use her skills and gain more levels. She looked forward to how her kit would ge with levels and finally having the power to ge things.

  Elsie was somewhat hesitant however. She was looking forward to stag her Bestowed abilities with Lily’s potions. However, she was nervous to fight. She was fident in her abilities, but ime to get used to Cire’s rhythm. They had trained bae and ara time they had while traveling ent going through the motions of bat. But she still felt hesitant. She had been going through hypotheticals with Cire before she fell asleep.

  Cire was driving with Elsie ying on her p when she spotted them on the horizon. Roofs pierced the opy of trees as houses could be seen, more simir to Restol than ce, but it made her heart jump with anticipation. She looked to the map and double checked the lihey marked to track their journey. She felt giddy as she knocked on the window to signal to her party. A smile stered on her face as she thought about finally getting to fight monsters. Elsie roused to see the vilge.

  “Huh? Oh is that Cyprus?” Elsie asked as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

  “Looks like it. Finally, we’ll be able to fight.” Cire said, excitement evident in her voice. Elsie gave her a smile as she took a deep breath. A pit formed iomach as her nerves spiked. She hoped that their training would yield results and she wouldn’t harm her lover.

  “Yeah… I just hope we fixed our issues with training. I couldn’t imagine messing up in actual bat…” Elsie said before looking down.

  Cire grabbed her and lifted her head to face her. She locked eyes with Elsie before whispering. “None of that. Nervousness doesn’t suit you.” Elsie trembled in her grasp as she felt her face burn. “I know you’ll succeed. I trust you with my life.”

  Elsie for the first time in a long time, was lost for words. Cire so effortlessly shut the girl up with her little gesture. Her face was beet red as she stared intreen eyes. She didn’t eveer Jasmine’s ugh ing from the window. All she could think about was how simir it was to a se in the book she’d been reading.

  “Finally got her to shut up. I’m impressed.” Jasmine said from the window. Cire turned and gave her a smile.

  “I had to. I hate when any of you talk bad about yourselves.” Cire responded, her hand leaving Elsie’s . Elsie moved to chase her hand before snapping out of it.

  “Oh Goddess of Virility, please smite Jasmine. She always finds a way to steal Cire’s attention from me.” Elsie said, g her hands together in a mock prayer. This elicited a ugh from Jasmine as she pulled herself onto the driver seat. It was big enough to fit all three, but was kind of cramped. Jasmi to the other side of Elsie and pushed her closer to Cire.

  Cire capitalized on the crampedness by pulling Elsie under arm. It made up for the interruption somewhat, but she was still annoyed. Jasmine looked to the vilge as it got closer and closer. “So it begins.”