Master Of None

Rest came easily for Walker. Fleur had stayed with him in physical form all night. Even Midnight gave up her favorite spot by the fire to sleep near Walker and keep him safe. When he had woken up and seen this he promised himself that he would go looking for something a little extra today for her to snack on. 

There were the training plans for today, however, there was one thing that he found very interesting. The last form the eternal orb had taken was a shovel. Walker had left it that way for fear that he would exhaust the mana inside it even thug he meditated to draw in more natural mana toward it. Now, the eternal orb had changed shape again by itself. 

Resting on his arms and back was a new piece of armor. It had the similar diamond shaped plates but it was all tied together by the vines. The crystal was set in the center of his chest. Recalling his dreams, Walker knew he had dreamed of the armor he would need for when he visited the main dragon village. The eternal orb had even responded to his desire to have an impressive armor. 

"I will need to see if we can match this then." His joy was partly because he would be able to walk anywhere with the eternal orb without it floating or being in a weapon form. There was also the fact that he would be able to theme the armor the same as the eternal orb. He did still intend to have some armor made in a chest plate and along his arms so that when the eternal orb shifted he would not be left with no defenses. In theory, the eternal orb could shift and lay over the other armor. 

Unfortunately, Walker had not realized he was sitting and day dreaming on the side of his bed. Midnight had come over and put her head in his lap waiting for him to snap out of his own head. Fleur was also giving him confused looks while pulling on his hair softly. "Sorry, I was just thinking about the plans for the day. Midnight, you should activate your skeletal armor skill and try to keep it on all day." 

The response was without hesitation. Midnight gave a soft huff and the skeletal armor began to form on top of her scales. It appeared to be more developed than the last time she had used it. Walker had the idea that she had been training it regardless of the skill being active by eating more bones and training in general. 

"And you, you're welcome to do whatever you want. But if you stay on my shoulder just hang on tight." The small pt to Fleurs' head with a finger made her a little bashful. If Walker could see her trying to hide behind his hair he would have fallen over laughing at how cute. Luckily for Fleur, there was no way for Walker to turn his head at such an angle. 

"Oh, look who made it back here. You slept the morning awake practically half the day is over!" Remey was snacking on some mixed fruits while sitting at the table. However, she was not the only one at the table.

"Walker!" Alice jumped up and started to inspect him head to toe. 

"Alice came this morning. When she heard about the dragon she knew that there was no one else that could be connected. I guess that makes sense. Like, who else has a dragon as a family member, right?" Walker knew that Remey was enjoying the red face he was growing while Alice looked him over with a worried expression. 

"We are safe. I promise. Let me introduce my new family member, this is Fleur. She is a nature spirit and helped me make this." The armor Walker had on shifted in to the resting form. The eternal orb floated above his hand causing Alice to slightly yelp in surprise. It was understandable since the entire process of shifting was fast and very surprising. 

"This is the eternal orb. It is something I finally managed to make with a lot of help. But we had to go to the mountains to get eternal ice to properly craft the metal aspects. Then we ended up in a water dragon branch village. I met some dragons and long story short I will need to go back to another village in a few months." 

"Leader, you need to be able to explain these things with more sugar coating." Su had just returned to the dining room in time to hear how Walker had explained things. "Alice, it is less dramatic than you think. But to the dragons, Walker is now considered a royal since he was able to form an oath with Midnight who is a dragon champion. In turn, I am a draconic guardian that protects Midnight. The culture is very different and even we have broken the normality of their culture." 

The reaction that Alice had was much more normal than the rest of the party was able to act at this point. She just shook her head and sat down to drink the tea she had in front of her. The thoughts of her loving a royal anything was just too much to process at the moment and the tea seemed like the only solid things around to hold on to. 

"Ehm, so I plan to train today. But I wanted to go for a walk through the market to find something special for dinner. Do you want to come with me? Of course, you are invited to dinner too." Su and Remey gave Walker a look of wonder. They had not expected he would be so bold as to ask Alice out on a date in front of them. To their surprise, Alice was already back up and standing with a small smile telling him she would be following him anywhere. 

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