It is kind of bad!

I ran to the front and saw Brenda draw her sword. Looking around I saw a bunch of bandits. I jumped down as I reached my bag.

“We don’t want any trouble lady,” they said to Brenda.

“We are… oh it’s you! Rosemary,” he said. “We came like you told us to.”

Everyone looked at me. Fucking gaaaaah. Divination is powerful magic, to see the future. She saw this?

“Yes, that is right, but well,” I paused. I could just ask. It won’t be that easy will it? “So everything is going according to plan?”

Brenda shot me a careful eye. I counted the bandits. Six in total. Hmm.

“You said you had a password to give us, just to make sure,” he said as he nimbly reached for something in his pocket.

Course I fucking did! I swirled magic from my back. “Stone bullet!” I said as a rock shot up and hit him in the chin knocking him down.

Brenda took off in an instant, three guys hit the ground. In the same moment Natalia hopped down and summoned her tonfa. Someone threw a jar at her and shattered it with the tonfa. Fuck. A mist hit her and she began coughing.

I flowed mana into my hands. “Ailment Identification!” Nothing. She wasn’t charmed anymore.

“What was that,” she shouted.

I turned to Brenda who had knocked out the others and was careful still. Natalia had been charmed for years, it is quite possible she may not change that much with it lifted.

“How are you feeling?” I asked.

Master and Mistress came down as well to look at things.

“Is she?” Mistress asked, giving me sharp eyes.

I nodded. “Yes, I am sorry.”

“What? Am I going to be okay?” Natalia asked as she looked at herself.

“Yes, but how do you feel?” I asked.

“Answer her,” Master added.

“Right, I uhm. I feel okay, I guess? I am kind of hungry,” she said looking off in the distance. “Also my boobs feel tight in… uhm, this is kind of an embarrassing outfit isn’t it?”

Sofia hopped down. “Sorry Natalia, I didn’t get to fix it yet.”

The Lady seemed concerned with Sofia joining us but Master waved her off.

“Natalia, get some rest, Sofia, help see she gets it,” Master said.

“Right, sure thing boss,” she said as she walked with Master.

“Boss?” Mistress asked. “This is concerning.”

“Want me to knock her out?” Brenda asked. “Not sure the protocol for this, but I assume you want me watching her?”

Master looked at me. “So this was your past selves scheme?”

I knelt before him. “It would seem so, I am sorry Master. My deepest apologies.”

“Why didn’t you foresee this?” he asked.

I shook my head. “I can’t. I am under a geas, I can’t remove it without Jaka flowers. Which we are currently looking for.”

Mistress seemed upset. “Master, should we return to the castle?”

I looked around. Ah. Got it.

“So why didn’t they get charmed?” Brenda asked looking at the guys.

“The item he is using to charm us. He has it sealed, right Master? So you have it on you to maintain our charm but you disabled it’s ability to charm more?”

He nodded. “It is quite inconvenient to be around hundreds of new charmed people at once,” he said.

“Rosemary, should we prioritize returning Natalia under the charm?” he asked.

Mistress looked at me with sharp eyes. I felt the pressure of both of them and everything here I wanted to keep. But if I was speaking honestly, I could only say one thing.