After a few minutes, Xyler came to and May helped him to his feet. "Are you okay, papa?" Xyler nodded and placed his hand on his head. "I think so. I could've sworn the king asked if he could marry you." May smiled excitedly and by looking at her Xyler knew he didn't imagine it. His eyes widened again and he turned to me with shock. "Are you serious?" I shrugged one shoulder and avoided looking at him. "I know you don't know much about me, but while we were on the quest I fell in love with her. I want her to always be with me, and I'd love it if you would give us your blessing."
Without another word, Xyler wrapped his arms around me in a hug and lifted me off of the ground with ease. "Ah!" I was shocked at how strong he was and he could lift someone taller than him. Xyler laughed as he swung me side to side. "Nothing would make me happier than knowing that my daughter is with the one person in the world the stone of Sudre deemed worthy! I'm so proud to call you my son!"
He put me down a second later and I felt such relief in hearing him speak. I smiled and May took my hand. "I'm so happy to hear that you approve, papa! What about you, Alester?" Alester crossed his arms. "He's kept you alive this long. But I have one last thing to ask before I willingly let this guy be my brother... How do you feel about sharks?" He asked me with complete seriousness and I raised an eyebrow, thinking back to the time I became a mermaid. "I am a shark."
Alester's eyes narrowed and I did the same while trying not to smile. Alester then closed his eyes and nodded. "I approve." Xyler looked at Alester with confusion and mumbled to himself. "I have some weird kids..." We laughed and I went on to introduce May's family to my own. Thankfully, everyone got along fine and we continued our work to modernize the kingdom.
A while later, I noticed that May was speaking to someone a short distance away and I nearly jumped when I saw that it was Damien. Jealousy filled my body entirely, and I started walking over to them. On the way there, their conversation became easier to hear. Damien seemed impressed as he spoke to her. "Wow, I can't believe you had a part in all of this. The forests have never been so alive. That's very... Adult of you."
May smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Damien." Damien sighed and shifted his posture nervously. "Look, I wanted to apologize for how I treated you. I was obviously wrong about you, and I thought that maybe we could fly around the kingdom together and catch up like old times, you know?" He took her hand flirtatiously and I felt my blood boil from anger. May's face became surprised but before she could answer him I came up beside her and pretended I didn't notice Damien standing there. "Honey, do you think standing in direct sunlight is good for the baby?"
May's eyes popped as she turned to me and pulled her hand from Damien's. "Baby?!" I nodded and placed a hand over her stomach. "Are you kidding? We had sex like TWELVE times last night! I'd be shocked if none of my boys made it." May blushed deeply. "Um..!" I then turned to Damien like I just noticed him. "Oh, hey! Damien, right? Good to see you again! Dedrin. You know, the true king of this world?" I shook hands with him and he gave me an irritated look. "I'm familiar."
I then moved beside him and rested an arm on his shoulder. "Look, I just got to thank you. If you hadn't cheated on May I wouldn't have gotten under her, know what I'm saying?" May's blush reddened. "Dedrin!" I walked over to May again and shrugged. "What? I'm just messing around!"
I then turned to Damien and raised an eyebrow as I continued to smile. "But seriously, you dumped her because she wouldn't put out, right? I find that hard to believe since she's let me do stuff to her that I've only read about. It's insane how much she lets me jump her bones! You might as well call us bunnies from how many times we get it on. So I guess it was just YOU she didn't want to sleep with."
Damien now showed anger on his face. "I get it-!" I quickly interrupted him and gasped as I turned to May. "What the heck is that on your hand? Oh right! It's the giant engagement ring I gave you! It's so shiny I thought a pixie was biting your fingers. Take a look at that!" I then grabbed her wrist and waved her hand with the ring on her finger in his face. Damien groaned as he rolled his eyes. "Will you stop-?!"
I then dropped her hand and got in his face. "No." My smile was gone now and his anger faded as he took a step back. I walked toward him as I spoke and he backed away from me as I stared into his soul. "I just wanted to make myself clear. I am CherryMay's protector now. I am her future husband. And if anyone like you comes within three forests of her I will not hesitate to use my power." His face shifted to fear as mine became angry.
Green flames started to come off of me, my eyes glowed red and my teeth became sharp as I raised my voice in a demonic tone and I shouted. "So stay away from her or else I'll RIP ALL YOUR GUTS OUT!!!" Damien stumbled back and ran to fly away from me. "Ahh!!" After he was gone, my appearance returned to normal and I looked at May behind me who was staring at me, wide-eyed. I clasped my hands together and walked back over to her. "So... Lunch?"
May raised an eyebrow. "What was that? We were getting on good terms. He apologized to me." I smirked and took her hands in mine. "Yeah, then he asked you out. It would've been less effective if he skipped the apology and went straight to the asking out." May shook her head with a smile. "I was going to say no." I lifted her hand with the ring I gave her and kissed her palm. "This baby should've already done that." May tilted her head. "I knew you had anger issues, now I have to deal with jealousy issues, too?"
I laughed. "I will forever be incurable when it comes to that. With a girl like you, every man is a threat to me. Did I scare you just now?" May's smile became sensual and she leaned closer to me. "You were actually very sexy being all protective like that," She whispered. I smirked and kissed her. "I'll always protect you."
Later, I saw Dymas speaking with some villagers and I went over to them. When Dymas noticed me he gave me a curious look. "Oh, hey. Do you need me for something?" I nodded and started to walk in the direction of the castle. "Yep. Follow me." Dymas followed me to the training area behind the palace and became confused when I stopped there. "Why are we here?" I smirked and made armor suddenly appear on both of us. "You still want to become a knight?"