It's disorientating to leave what is essentially a house to a bright sunny field. The body is not ready for it along with vertigo that comes with the portal I was trying to keep the contents of my stomach inside. I hacked a bit and so did Iona. Nothing seems to be around but I wasn't looking very hard as I hack out nothing while feeling I had too.
It took a minute or two for us to come back to ourselves. When we did I looked around us and saw a multi-color landscape of flowers and trees in the distance. We had seemed to appear in a meadow in a forest. Nothing seemed to be around for till the tree line. Iona after dry heaving for a bit gained her wit. She looked around as well before she talked.
"We are in a forest we should be careful of monsters there is probably a ward or something for a meadow of these types of herbs and flowers to form. These seem to all be alchemist herbs that we should pick up." She stated and I was surprised that we landed in a good spot or maybe the Mistress doesn't use it very often? I do not know but it was good for us. Iona started to show me how to properly harvest them. I didn't ask how to Identify them as a Herbalist book would be easier than that. Also, Iona seemed to just know they were valuable and how to harvest them then know what they do. We took a bit of time when I received a notification that I learned Basic harvesting.
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Basic Harvesting:
A profession based skill handy for most adventurers. Dumbasses not included.
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Iona looked at me with a questioning look, "Where do we go?" she asked she seemed to be a little angry at me. I looked at her questioning. "Why do you think I would know? I am in the same position as you."
"No your not!" She yelled and I was startled, "You lied to me do you think I am stupid? That was your Master or Mistress whatever she wanted you to call her! You were never a victim back there you are part of your faction now I am blood tied to you for Life! I did the most sacred thing and bonded myself to what I thought was a maiden only to find a succubus who excels at twisting the Truth. This is the greatest blunder of my life however long I had been in stasis I come out to find a cute little boy succubus who was forced into the same position as me. Everyone knows that Succubi are created in summoning from the hellfire so they come out mere babies with a lack of knowledge. So I come out and hear your story only to find that you never lied you just twisted the perception! Of course, I am mad! Do you think you're in the same position as me?! I am Mad, Sad, Emotional, and I want to see if my parents are even still alive! What position are you in? Huh? Who do you think you are?
"I remember the formations of rocks in my mother country and years of study in the sword. I practiced with my father learning. I remember my ultimate goal was to have someone to protect. I wake up after years to see the first one that needed my protection. They seduce me with there pheromones and I fell for it I couldn't help myself I was attracted easily becoming horny. When the fog wore enough I gathered my strength and they spun a story that sounded so sincere and real with all the knowledge I knew. It was not a lie completely but a retelling of it as them as a victim. I fell for that victim in that story and tied myself to them. I wanted to become their protector for life so I bonded myself to them. That person was you who was not a victim but a person who needed a front liner so they could cast spells. This isn't what I worked my life for!"
I will admit that I was a little pissed about how she accused me of turning the tables. Calling me a liar and things like that and that my feelings were false. I felt a lot of things when the mistress gave me those tasks I wasn't exactly how I said it was but a lot of the time I buckled down and did it letting the emotions sway over me after. I grew angry at her she was mad that she didn't get the sweet victim she could comfort all the time. Instead, she got someone who learned to deal with it and became stronger from it.
"So you want a victim with a fucking victim complex that you can devote your life too. Be their protector so you always control them through there complex and emotions? You want me to be traumatized by what happened? You want me to be the toy that needs you for everything while being a 'servant' you want a husk of a person who cants grow past insecurities is what I am hearing. You are worse than me you want someone who once you taint you can control completely through emotional bandwagon that they can't escape from. I agree what I did was is represent my position. But I got raped multiple times. I was sold and came across a chance to free myself from being nothing and went on a road to become someone more powerful in this world. Do you want a victim? Well, I was a victim in this world and changed that. Now your the victim and have a victim complex. You are what you want to protect now are you going to go fuck yourself?
"Now we can go to ways about it," I looked at her and I could see her uncomfortable and shifting her legs and I questioned it, "First, You can fuck me let your feelings out a bit with that Boner I think your hiding. We could both use an anger fuck right now. Second, You can stew in your anger and shut the fuck up, I was a victim and I will not let you put it down I wasn't. Just that I learned to enjoy it than be an eternal victim? Do you even know what you want? You're a victim of something too but you want me to cry for you? Want me to beg you to protect me? What do you want Iona York?"
"I WANT TO GO HOME! I WAKE UP WHO KNOWS HOW LONG AND I MISS MY FAMILY!"
I grab her and bring her head down feeling into her chest. "Then we will find your home," I tell her while stroking her black hair and scales. It was a weird sensation as I hardly noticed the hair with the scales on top of her head. I brushed it back and let her feel comfortable in my embrace. I started to bring her face to mine and I kissed her lovingly giving what she needed at the moment when I received a notification.
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Follower quest accepted: Finding Home
You follower Iona York is a hurt Woman and needs comfort. She was away from home for an unknown period wishing to go back. Gather information about her home in accordance and let her know.
Rewards: Increased Follower Loyalty
Failure: Decreased Follower Loyalty
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Well, at least it worked I thought as she looked up at me and nodded. Her tears covered her face making her look ugly if I was going, to be honest. I wiped her tears and told her we can pick any direction and that she can choose which she thought was correct.
That started my first day in the overworld as we walked into the unknown forest.