I was curious to know how Missy was doing now, and I still hadn't taken her one as one of my girls. I was sure that the girls were still eating, so I headed over to the doors but was unsure of which one to go see first.I reached for Mary's door but then stopped and knocked instead of walking in.Last time Mary had been a little witch to me even after I kissed her, and that kind of miffed me. I hoped that this time we might have a better talk, or even words, those would be nice too; not like I didn't love and miss her cute hissing.*Knock, Knock!*"Who'sss isss it?" I heard Mary hiss, but then I heard Missy speak up."Who is it?""I don't knowsss, I jussst asssked!" Mary hissed in a more muffled voice, and I assumed she turned to scold her sister."It's just me, Kazz. I came to check up on you two and see how you were both doing," I called, trying not to be too loud since I just left Lidy to let her rest."Yesss, K… you

Maybe it was my pointing out her teasing, or maybe she had decided to get nervous. I had no idea, but now wasn't the time to be diving into another problem. I would have to talk with her more on the boat if we were leaving in a few days, but Missy wasn't as important right now as Tiga and Jessabell. I was still trying to figure out what I was going to do about the Omniphobic Minostien.  There was Tiga, the Manitken, and her father to deal with, who might or might not be an idiot. All more things to add to the stack, but I was making progress, and soon I would be off this island, and I could relax for a bit once we were on the open sea. [Relax? Good luck, but you are right about having some less violent excitement for a while, at least. At some point, you will have to move off the beaten path, and you will be back in the thick of it again. Trouble and people with problems seem to gravitate towards you, and even on th

I nodded for either of them to explain, and Mex was the one that answered, and Nixi gave an eye roll that said, just watch, this is going to be rich. While Nixi was stronger and older, she was not a Demon Lord, and Mex was, but I understood why she was rolling her eyes."There are other Demons there, but they are all beholden to Neft using his powers as a Demon Lord. I had them before but never used them, and once you kill Dao, you will have access to them. They aren't really a Demon thing, more like your Ranching ability, but far more limited in most ways. What it can do is assert control once you are bound with the people," Mex explained, but I was confused."Sorry, but you all don't really seem like the bonding type," I joked with a grin, and Mex laughed back."You aren't wrong, and I say this for you because you aren't the only person I have trusted, but you are the first person that Nixi has. The heroes come, take power, make a mess, and then leave without

I walked up the next flight of stairs with Nushi in my arms, and she pointed me over to a door that had her name on it. I walked over to the room and entered, closing the door behind me, but I was amazed at how much like her other room this was.I walked into the room with Nushi, around the table that we had all sat and eaten the first time I had given the girls eggs and cooked for them. Just a couple days felt like months with the speed that everything had been happening at.I walked around to the side of Nushi's four-poster bed and laid her down on it, but gave her a hand up to sit back up with me. As much as I wanted to tear the little bit of clothing she had on, I wanted to get some more information about the Nauticus.Whatever force was surrounding the mermaid girls, it must be something essential and maybe something I might use in the future."So, can you tell me a bit about the Nauticus and why you got so worried when I mentioned their names?" I as