Ascension of the Monster Queen

After a while, Nessa finished her bath, dressed, and tered the room, where she saw Akio had finished eating and smiled.

"Thank you for feeding him," She said and he looked at her.

"You're welcome, I like him," He replied, before she sat down on the bed and stretched before sneezing, drawing the atttion of both Maz and Akio.

"Oh no," She said and Maz chuckled.

"You have got the cold," He replied.

"Seems like it, well, that's the rain's fault, just so you know, I was clearly in it for too long," She said and Maz smiled as Akio approached her th jumped into her arm and she petted him.

"Are you full, Akio?" She asked and he nodded, th she placed him on the bed, got up, took the bag and handed Maz things to eat and drink.

"I can't," He said.

"Uh... I don't think you have much of a choice but to accept it," She replied and he sighed, th collected the snacks and began eating and she smiled, feeling a bit at ease.

"Thank you," He said as she drank a bottle of juice th sighed.

"There is no need to thank me, and I am also working on a way in getting inside the castle; do you happ to know of any?" She inquired.

"Hmm, they're looking for new maids," He replied and she smirked.

"All right, thank you, Maz, and good night." He smiled as she laid back and covered herself with her blanket.

'I don't know why, but I feel like she can be of great help to a lot of people, I wonder why the wolf likes her so much, fully trusts her, I have an idea why, I hav't known her for long, but I fully trust her already, I want to help her, I wish I could too but I don't have anything here, I just have to work to get my way up, that way in the future I won't have to sit and not do anything, since money buys half of the things, I will get rich, I wish she gets what she seeks as well,' He thought and a little while after, he fell asleep just after eating, as did Nessa.

While they were sleeping, Akio decided to take a nap as well, but despite doing so, his sses were on high alert.

Wh Nessa awoke the next morning, her head ached, but she ignored it and got out of bed, seeing Maz still asleep, and she smiled before going to fresh up as Akio stretched off.

She decided to take the risk after hearing that they were looking for maids to work at the castle. She knew that was her only way in to find out what was really going on with the king.

Wh she finished her bath, she dressed and exited the bathroom, at which point Maz awoke and she looked at him.

"Good morning," She said as he sat up and wiped his eyes th looked at her and smiled.

"Good morning, Nessa," He replied th stood up.

"Where are you going?" She asked and he looked at her.

"I think I am going to go home, you?" He asked.

"To get myself a job at the castle," She responded and he smiled.

"You know where to find me if you ever need anything while you're here, don't hesitate to ask," He said and she nodded.

"Yes, I do, and thank you for offering," She replied and he lowered his head.

"There is no need to thank me for that, it's nice having someone like you a, it's relaxing, to be honest," He said and she lowered her head.

"Is there anything you desire in life, Maz? Do you have a dream you'd like to fulfill?" She asked.

"I'd like to get rich and help a few people back home," He responded, and she smiled.

"That's good to know; be careful, your boss may come by to see you," She said and he smiled.

"Pretty sure he will but I don't care, he will probably just ask me to do a job and get it over with to repay him, I can't refuse either, it won't d well," He replied and her eyes narrowed before he oped the door.

He said, "Bye," and she smiled.

"Bye," She replied, th he left and she sighed, feeling sorry for him.

"Well, Akio, want to go to the castle after breakfast?" She asked.

"My answer would be no, but I'm pretty sure you wer't asking for my opinion, but I'm quite curious to know what's going on within this kingdom, it's fascinating, your life will never get boring, there's too much going on for that to happ, my lady," He responded, and she chuckled before patting him on the head, grabbing her bag, and heading down to the lounge for breakfast before leaving to try their luck at getting the maid job by the castle.

They both left the inn after finishing their meals, heading to the castle, which was at the very d and at the peak of the city, looking over it.

While walking there, Nessa looked at Akio and sighed.

"Akio," She said, and he raised his head to look at her.

"What's the matter, my lady?" He asked.

"I am sorry about this," She responded.

"What are you sorry for? You've done nothing wrong," He said, and she smiled. He jumped into her arm, and she kissed him on the head as his tail began to wag, and she chuckled.

"You are so cute, I'm sorry for putting you in danger, I don't want anything to happ to you, I like having you a," She replied as he rested his head against her hand.

"I don't care, I am just glad to be a you, my job is to protect you, ev if I get hurt, it's just how life works, you can't avoid certain things, don't worry, I will be fine, I have learned a lot after meeting you, everything has changed for all of us," He said, and she smiled before sniffing in the fresh minty air after the rain under the bright beautiful sun.