The Fallen Ascending 01 -- Rebirth
Almost Busted

The next week or so passed without anything too exciting happening. I settled into my new room without any problems and waited for my school schedule to arrive. I really hadn’t had much of an idea about what to sign up for, to be honest. Most people never bother to learn to read and write; and I didn’t want to show off that I’d had years of training with father, who’s a grandmaster swordsman, or that I had magic. Really, I was at a loss for what classes to sign up for during my first semester, so I tried to keep things simple when I preregistered.

Besides, if I’m being honest, I really didn’t want that much of a schedule to start with. I wanted more free time to play around than anything else. I blame Le’Nara; it has to be her bad influence which rubbed off on me!

In this world, a normal week was a nine day period called a “ninan”, and started with First Day and ended with Last Day. The rest of the days, from second to eighth, were generically known by either the number spot they fell in the week, or by a local kingdom name in honor of a hero or legendary figure.

In Gondor, where I currently was, Second Day was generally referred to as “Moon Day” to give honor to the moons, and Eighth Day was generally called Sun Day to honor the sun. Fifth Day; the day that fell into the middle of the week was usually a “Monarch’s Day”; and since Gondor had a King as the highest authority, instead of a queen, it was generally called “King’s Day”.

On Moon Days, I had a day in the forge with the blacksmith, undergoing basic smithing practice. Third days, I had a tracking class. Fourth days I had an archery class. King’s day was free, and Sixth day was hunting. First Days and Last Days there was no school for anyone, as the school allowed those days off as a ‘week-end’ so students could either earn some spending coin with part-time jobs or else have some extra time for independent studies and research assignments.

Smithing honestly kind of appealed to me, as it was something I thought it might be nice to shaping and making things out of metal. I enjoy stone carving and woodworking; why not metalcraft as well? The other classes were really just something for me to play around in and goof off with. What did I need archery for, when I could shape the wind and toss it harder and faster than any arrow?

Dino himself wasn’t so terrible of a roommate, once I started agreeing with him about how powerful and awesome he was. Someone had been feeding him a whole lot of crap about his greatness, and he was delusionally brainwashed. I’d been warned that male wizards often don’t live long, and now I can understand why. People butter them up to the point where they feel they’re invincible, and then they crash and die.

The best I could gauge, he was a mediocre wizard, at best, but everyone kept stroking his ego telling him he was the best male they’d ever seen. When there’s nothing else around, even a mouse seems to impressively catch our attention in an empty room. Dino was that mouse, and I honestly feared it was going to lead to him getting in serious trouble one day.

Once I’d learned to just nod and agree with him, I was actually almost thankful of Dino’s presence. I’d never considered it before but if there were any talented people with magic like Mother around, they’d be able to sense the flow of energy into the room here. I could’ve given myself away just by getting rid of the bedbugs like I had if it wasn’t for Dino. I’m hoping that if anyone noticed, they’ll just mark it off as him using his talent in the room. At least no one showed up and acted like anything was wrong or out of place with our room. I’ll just have to be more careful from now on, and thus, I’ve developed the practice of only working small amounts of magic at night when Dino is sleeping. If anyone notices the energy flow, they’ll just imagine that he’s working it and practicing on his own.

During the days, I wandered the town and got to know my way around better. After Sammy’s explanation of how things worked, I found I could navigate the city basically without any problems. Things had settled down. I was settled in and I was learning my way around town and starting to learn about this new place, and that’s when everything almost fell apart all at once.

On the same day that I’d received my schedule, there was a sudden light knock on the door to our room. It was just a little before the time when Dino came back to the room from flirting all day at the school, and I figured it was just him having left his keys behind or something. Without a thought, I hopped off the bed which I was relaxing on and opened the door wide. “Come on in,” I invited while asking, “Did you forget your key?”

“I will, and thank you.” A really stunning young lady, wearing an alabaster white robe stepped on into the room and walked right past me. She had flame red hair, a stunning oval face with green eyes with just the slightest slant to them. I couldn’t make out much of her figure due to the bulkiness of the robe, but that changed quickly when she opened it and dropped it, letting it cascade to the ground at her ankles. Her naked body, with all its feminine curves and charms, stood there on proud display before me.

As my jaw fell open, she knelt to one knee and bowed her head. “I’m her to be yours, My Lord. Thou may shackle me if thou wish, sell me if that is thy desire, or end my life if thou want. I kneel in judgment before My Lord, and humbly await to hear and obey thy wishes.”

I had no idea who this woman was, why she was, why she was naked, or why she was kneeling before me – and it was only moments before Dino got back! “My wishes? Anything?” My mind was racing, and I let my magic trail out and search the streets from here to the school to look for Dino’s energy. I only had a few moments before he got up close enough to see this street and notice her.

“Aye. I shall do anything,” the girl confirmed, unaware of the damage she might do any moment to my normal, lazy life!

“In that bed,” I pointed to the one up top, away from the door, which is where I normally sleep. “Lie as small as possible, and don’t move. Don’t twitch. Don’t make a peep.”

“Of course,” she slowly started to rise and bow towards me. Frantic about the shortness of time, I wrapped my magic around her and simply flipped her up and onto the bed and forcibly yanked the blankets to cover her and bunch up around the outside. Sensing back for him, Dino was almost to the room. Inspecting the bed, she wasn’t immediately noticeable, and I hoped it was good enough to hide her for a few minutes.

It was only when I sensed Dino coming up the steps to the second floor of our building, that I noticed her robe was still piled in the middle of the floor. Panicking, I pulled in as much energy as I could for an instant and released a sudden burst of fire and air into the cloth. It vaporized instantly and the ash scattered to the corners of the room and under the beds.

As I released my magic, I bounced up onto my bed and slid the covers over me just instants before Dino came through the door. A warm, naked female body pressed itself tightly against me, as I tried to lay there all innocently.

“Michael?” Dino sounded confused, as he looked around the room.

“Uhh… Yeah?” What the hell was I supposed to say? Had he noticed something already?

“Are you OK?” As strange as it was to believe, he almost sounded concerned.

“Ummm…” Who the hell could be fine in a situation like this, my mind screamed. “I’m fine,” I answered. “I think I might have the flu or something. I got chilled, so thought I’d climb under the covers for a bit to feel better.”

“So why’s the door wide open?” He was starting to sound really suspicious.

“Gas,” I lied, off the top of my head.

“Gas?” He questioned.

The girl under my blanket pressed her breasts a little tighter against my chest and then nuzzled her head against my side. I had to squirm a little to try and hide her movements, but then she suddenly blew on my stomach and made loud “Puppptt rupptt puupppt” noises with her mouth.

“Damn!” I could hear Dino moving towards the door. “Do you need a healer? I can bring one back from the school.”

The girl blew again on my chest, causing me to squirm and try not to laugh. It tickled! “Uhhhh! I’ll… I’ll be OK…” She blew again and I squirmed even harder. “Healers cost money. If I’m not better by in the morning, I’ll….” Another set of farts blown on my chest! “… I’ll see a healer then,” I finished in a rush.

“Sure. Sure.” Dino was already outside the door and talking to me from the other side. “I’ll take my time coming back this evening, and maybe your stomach will settle some before I get back. It sounds terrible right now!”

“Oh, something’s terrible all right,” I muttered quietly, as the unknown girl blew another set of fake farts on my belly button.

The sound of Dino’s footsteps faded down the steps and away from our room finally. I’ve never been as relieved, as I was in that moment, at farting someone out of a room before!