I put my hands on my hips in a girlish pose and whipped my hair as I sat down again. I left them wide-eyed and May laughed with the rest of the table. "Foxy!" She held her hand up for a high five and I slapped her hand as I continued to eat. Grimwore was sitting next to me at the head of the table and his eyebrows lifted in surprise. "Well, I guess it's safe to say you passed this trial."
May and I high-fived again out of response and another orc standing near Grimwore turned to him questioningly. "How do you know he wasn't faking, chief?" Grimwore nodded, acknowledging her question. "I've been observing him. He hasn't shown any humiliation on his face or in body language. Anyone who really cared would've broken after so many hours. And I seriously doubt that anyone embarrassed or insecure would be confident enough to do that stunning pose that Dedrin just did."
I laughed. "Haha! You know it! This trial was too easy." Galund was walking behind me as I said that and laughed a little. "Just wait until the next one." He was too far away to question by the time I turned around and Grimwore grabbed my attention again by literally grabbing my arm.
He then fastened a black leather cuff on my wrist with a metal charm of a sword dangling from the end of it. "No human has ever made it as far as you've come today, make sure you don't disappoint me." I looked at the cuff on my wrist with an eyebrow raised. "Oh, now you give me a bracelet."
The next morning I met with Grimwore again to discuss the final trial. I had changed back into the loincloth I was wearing before as soon as I was able to get out of that dress last night. After I changed, I noticed that all the jewelry I was winning was looking really good on me. I was glad that I at least got something out of one of Theodius's tests other than a new blood stain on my armor.
Grimwore stood up from his chair and spoke as he looked down at me. "It's time for you to start the final trial. The trial of fertility." I gave him a confused look. "Yeah... What exactly do I have to do for that?" Grimwore smiled a little. "You have to lose your virginity." My confusion quickly became shock and May gasped with the same amount of surprise. "How did you know that I-?!" I quickly stopped myself and crossed my arms as I avoided eye contact with him. "I mean! Uh... W-What makes you think I'm a virgin..?"
Grimwore raised an eyebrow, obviously seeing straight through me. "I've met people like you before. So obsessed with attaining power they convince themselves that the touch of another is overrated." I shrugged. "It is, isn't it?" Grimwore shook his head but continued to smile. "So, pick your poison. Do you fancy men or women?" I hesitated, uncomfortably. "Uhh... I've never acknowledged either before." I glanced at May but looked away when she noticed. "...I guess if I had to choose, I'd say women."
Grimwore continued on, pleasantly. "Alright. Now, the way you fail this trial is if you are unable to pleasure your partner to completion." I looked up at him with shock again. "What?! I'm supposed to be good the first time?!" 'Crap, I should've chosen men!' I thought with panic. Grimwore laughed and slapped my back. "Don't worry, there isn't anything in the rules saying you can't do your research beforehand. Here, I'll teach you everything you need to know about the female body in no time."
My panic became terror suddenly. "What?!! But! What does any of this have to do with becoming a man?!" I tried to struggle as he ushered me back to his tent but he was too strong. Grimwore laughed like I wasn't freaking out. "How can you be a man if you don't know how to use what makes you a man? Come on, this'll be great. I'll teach you just like my father taught me." I continued to scream and May stood there blankly as he carried me off. "Ahhhh!! No! Wait! Help!!"
Grimwore then brought me into his tent where he sat me down and taught me things I never planned on learning. Five horrifying hours later he set me free after I proved to him that I remembered everything he told me. We both walked out of his tent and the terror was still on my face as I walked beside him. Grimwore seemed satisfied with his teaching ability and placed a hand on my back again. "Any last questions?"
I tried to scramble my words together to answer him. "It-It... Does that?" Grimwore nodded. "It does everything." I shook my head a little as my expression became confused. "I can't believe I have to do this. Who would I even...?" Grimwore stopped walking and I did the same. He hesitated and brought a hand to his chin as he looked down at me. "Why not that little fairy you came in with?"
I felt my stomach fall into my feet. I stepped away as I turned to him. "What?! CherryMay?! Me and her doing that?! Gross! Why does everyone think we're together?! No way!" Grimwore let his hand fall as he placed the other on his hip. "What's wrong with her?" I shook my head again, trying to think of an explanation for my sudden panic. "We're just friends! She's just so, so hyper and childlike! She's not a woman, she's a little girl!"
"You really think that?" We both turned our heads in response to hearing a third voice next to us and my heart stopped as I saw May standing there with no expression on her face. I couldn't speak as I saw her eyes glaze over with tears and she turned to fly away from us. I still couldn't speak as she disappeared from view and Grimwore suddenly slapped me over the head. "Ow!"
I rubbed the back of my head as I looked back at him and he stood still with an eyebrow raised. "If you don't want to make love with one of our eight-foot-tall warrior women that have biceps twice as big as mine, then I'd suggest you apologize."
Later that night I was pacing the ground next to Saniel by the wall of the village. Saniel was lying down and resting his head on his forearm as I vented to him. "Why do I have to apologize? She's the one who acts like a kid all the time! I guess, being happy a lot doesn't make her a child... And she knows a lot of stuff, children are usually ignorant and May is anything but ignorant... Hell, without her who knows where I'd be right now? I wouldn't have made it this far into Theodius's game I know that much. She's also very voluptuous and that definitely doesn't make her a kid. I just didn't know what to say to Grimwore, okay?! I mean, lately, I think I've maybe been having some feelings for her but what am I supposed to do? Say hey, I like you let's fuck? Ugh. Damn it! I've got to apologize, don't I?" Saniel nodded.