He try to explain.

"You have nothing to fear from me, your friend been expo..." John was about to try and explain everything but his attention was suddenly called toward movements in the forest.

'could it be Link and Mawsie' Thought the young strategist.

'doubtful, they ran the other way' The incubus's voice answered reminding John that he was still there.

John needed to have a chat with his other self, but right now was not the time especially since his tenant was right. John got into his fighting stance while drawing his sword, he didn't have to wait long before a dozen figure, dressed in the same fashion as the two girls cowering in front of him, arrived and took positions all around him.

'well, that's not good' thought John trying to keep an eye on all of them. To his dismay, he could feel his tenant was disagreeing with his assessment.

'What the hell you talking about, kid? We are surrounded by hot bitches, that's not good ... it's fantastic, that's what it is.' The incubus said not hiding any excitement from his voice before adding 'You know I had doubts about you, but you are a chick magnet. Although, from what I saw, half of the females you meet want to hurt you. Like that warrior big sister of yours. But don't feel bad, at least the females beast you meet seem to like you' Snickered the incubus unrepentantly.

John was not quite successful in stopping the angry growl and twitch from his eyebrow at the unwelcome comment. He was aware that the girls were now being pulled to their feet and that the one less affected by his pheromones was in the process of relaying information to what was surely their superior officer.

'Come on, we are **** so it's time to give a good dose of our pheromones to all those needy ladies, kid.' The incubus said trying to convince John.

'Hell no, you have done enough damage as it is.' John said already trying to find a way to mute his lustful and unapologetic tenant.

"Drop your weapon, kid. You're surrounded and have no chance to get out of this, we'll give you a fair chance to explain yourself before our Matria..." The woman John supposed was the ranking officer said before being cut off by the girl that had to help him restrain her friend.

"NO! Captain, this man has strange powers, he's the one who made Mira like this." the girl said desperately before adding. "We can't bring him anywhere near Matriarch Sylvisa, it's just too dangerous, he could corrupt her as he did Mira."The girl said, finishing her plea to the captain.

...............................................................Captain POV........................................

Captain Hail had been worried when Mira's team had failed to report back from their patrol, She immediately had sent for her rapid response team to get ready to head out. When the captain arrived on the scene it was with dismay and a little disappointment that she took stock of the situation. One member of the team was ****, Liselle looked terrified and completely unwilling to fight, and worse of all, Mira, the team leader that she had put so much faith into, was reduced to a barely coherent mess.

And all this for one man, one that didn't look like much either. He was of average height, and although he was fit, the man didn't look like much of a proficient fighter. His fighting stance was... lazy would be the only way to describe it from the captain analysis. It wasn't bad by any mean, in fact, his stance was giving him a very strong defense but little things looked off to the captain. For one, the grip he had on his sword was... lazy, it wasn't firm enough and he was toying with the hilt with one of his tumb. The man's eyes looked unfocused and bored, but he was clearly aware he was in a bad situation.

Hail knew something was off, nobody would take this kind of lazy stance while facing outnumbering enemies. No, that stance was designed to scream lazy but in the end, all the important postures were perfectly done. Deciding to heed Liselle warning the captain moved closer with caution despite the protest of the young warrior.

"What did you do to her? Can you undo it?"Captain Hail asked calmly while staying vigilant of any trick her foe might try. She was surprised when the man relaxed his stance, it was almost unnoticeable but it was there. He angled his sword a bit away from her, turned his shoulder to present his chest and pointed his foot in a way that would make it difficult for him to attack her rapidly. Hail was well versed in what this was, a battle negotiation, in those tense situations little movements like this could calm things down or escalate them.

"It was my fault, yes. And unfortunately, no, I can't undo it but with time she will return to normal... if she's not around me." The man offered still negotiating with his posture, he had now changed his weight from his back foot, another move that would hinder him if he wanted to attack but would not affect his ability to defend himself too much. Hail was however conscious that he had not answered her question as to what he had done to her subordinate.

" Why would it matter if she's around you or not?" Hail said pushing for an answer. He locked eyes with her for a moment before seemingly coming to a decision, he took a breath before relaxing and proceded to sheet his sword. The captain was still cautious but this was a good sign, it looked like the man understood that fighting his way out was not an option and decided to put his faith in diplomacy, which was good for her regardless of how it would end.

"Your friend will gradually come out of her ... lustfull high regardless if I'm around or not, but now that she was dosed in so much of my pheromones, I'm afraid she will always be a little bit... I guess you could say 'star-struck' with me." Answered the man seriously even tho nothing about his statement could be taken as such. There were some magic and alchemy potions that could 'loosen up' someone but nothing so permanent or even that strong from what she had witnessed.

"How could pheromones do that to her? and why aren't we affected by it?" Again pushed Hail for answers.

" I'm........different and the reason you're not affected by them, it's because I can control them to a certain extent. If we were to touch or be very close they would affect you but their potency is very low right now, your friend was exposed to a lot and a ... way more potent version of my pheromones. It was not my intention to do that, but I was wounded and lost control of my ... particular abilities." Offered the man. The captain could also detect some sadness in his voice, but before she could dwell on that he again surprised her by what he said next.

"Your friend is also right to warn you not to bring me to your leader, I can control them but when I'm in danger, losing control my abilities is a possibility." Said the man. Hail didn't miss that he had emphasized 'abilities' and not 'ability' meaning he had more than one. She was about to ask why he had intruded on their territory when her sense light up in alarm before multiple figures suddenly drop all around him.

She immediately took a couple of steps back and ready herself signaling to her team to take a defensive formation. The man was now surrounded by five warriors clearly ready to defend him with their life, those warriors were not run of the mill soldier one found in the wildlands, their armors and swords were Mastercraft and their stance screamed veterans. Their formation also said a lot about why they were here, the survival of this man was clearly paramount, two of the warriors were in front of him, shoulders to shoulders, covering as much as they could of the man. Hail was sure that even if a hundred arrows were to rain down on them those two soldiers would not move an inch. The three others formed up in from of them ready to charge and attack anyone they designed has a threat.

" Your highness, we will cover your retreat. Stanton, Ramsey!" Hail heard what was clearly their leader says before the two men covering, who was clearly an important figure, answered the call. " Orders Ma'am!" They exclaimed in perfect unison. " Take prince Shepard to safety and don't let him out of your si.." Said the leader trying to give her orders but was interrupted by the now identified prince Shepard.

"Captain Saul! Stand down." Shepard exclaimed in a commanding tone. Hail could see the emotions play in this captain Saul's eyes, she was torn between obeying her prince order and her duty to protect him. Captain Hail could see that her counterpart duty had won.

"Sir, we need to bring you to safety, it's our duty to prot..." Protested Saul before the prince shut her down quite harshly.

"Captain, I am ordering you to stand down and stow your weapons! This is not a request" The prince said while moving to the front, at the panic and confusion of his two protectors, and putting his hand on the captain's shoulder.............