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A Hero's Journey

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Raelynn didn't know when the demon lord had left, nor did she honestly care for the moment as she gave herself over to the bliss of the magic-infused water; something about the steamy liquid seemed to work healing magic deep into her body, and after only basking and bathing herself for a few minutes, it was as if she was renewed and there was no feeling of aching or soreness in her body any more. In fact, it was magic, and for that, it caught the heroine off guard; a demon with such "good" orientated magic which could bolster her own body like such? It felt wrong to her, someone who had been taught so devoutly to the ways of good and bad from such a young age.

Speaking of such, now that she was alone, Raelynn couldn't help but confront the …show more content…

Amid her swirling thoughts, she managed to finish it all, then simply left it there as she spotted another door in the wall - this one much more elaborate than the nearly invisible one the servants scurried in and out of. Her guesses were correct when she pushed through it and it grew to a flight of stairs that when shoved open, led to a massive room with an equally massive bed that could only be Deathwing's private chambers. It was opulence and luxury in its finest; dark silks draping down to frame the bed, exquisite decorations even more valuable than a king would have on his walls and shelves. Raelynn paid no attention to them except for one that was laid on the nightstand next to the bed; …show more content…

To feel the sword in her hand again gave Raelynn a strange wry confidence as she practiced several of the basic thrusts and moves that she had learned when the sword was given to her. Anyone listening to her must have thought that the heroine went temporarily mad; laughing uncontrollably and even at times, tears of joy or sadness or something that she couldn't comprehend running down her smooth cheeks. After a while, Raelynn had found that she wore herself out again but with a familiar and rewarding task of training with the sword. Yes, she did not have her magic, but she had her sword still, and that was something no one was going to take away from her -

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