Take it slow.

Your friends have left you be for the time being so that you can rest your body and mind until you're ready. Now you're alone with your thoughts. It's difficult to comprehend exactly how far you've come already when it hasn't even been an entire year since your arrival on Abso, so you try not to ponder too hard about that. What really bothers you right now is Elok Daven. The name has haunted you for so long now, yet you've hardly gotten any closer to figuring out what he's doing or where he's even located. The best you've done is attend his meeting. Right now, he's out there, and he even has Aris' sister on his side. Vivi's family seems complicated enough already with her sister also working alongside him. That's who kidnapped you to this world to begin with.

It's getting colder now. With winter on its way and you living up in the mountains, you're thankful that at the very least, this part of the world seems to be farther south than it is north. The weather it temperate, even in fall. That being said, you better make sure you're prepared for lower temperatures. You can't help but wonder how the people of Tivera dress when it isn't hot, though maybe it never truly gets all that cold, and that's why they dress how they do.

You let out a chuckle. Your body aches. You feel exhausted. At least you can laugh, however.

It's been long enough. I can't lay in bed all day, even if it's comfy. I'll just try to avoid overexerting myself.

After dragging yourself off the side of your bed, you slowly assemble your wardrobe of a blue tunic and the rest. While you'd rather not fight at the moment, you keep your trusty Lauo on your belt like always. You never know.

I can't believe I'm thinking this right now, but I'd be fine not using my dick for awhile. That was... a lot to handle. Either way, I think a walk and some fresh air will do me good, so I might as well head out.

As you march down the hall, and head down the steps towards your throne room, you gaze around at the dark stone bricks that make up the walls, the floor, and the ceiling. This is all yours, and it's sometimes hard to believe it. You seem to only have brief moments to absorb your reality before something else comes up, but one day, you hope that you can live without any sort of looming threat. You wonder what that would even be like. Would you actually settle down with just one of the girls? Maybe all of them together, if they'd allow it. If you could go back to Earth, would you do it? These are the questions that come to mind in this strange moment of introspective. Perhaps after all of those orgasms, you've achieved some sort of ultimate sage time.

You continue down the carpet towards the grand double doorway. You didn't have to go this way, but you wanted to see your throne. It's starting to become more prevalent that you know exactly what such a thing stands for. Whether you like it or not, you're the Demon King of Tivera.

Lost in thought, you almost miss two figures standing near the exit. It's Bek and Tom having a chat, and they turn to you as you approach.

"Hey, you're alive!" shouts the dwarf. "And you fought a fuckin' dragon?"

"I think it was called an illidrake," you say.

Bek reaches up and slaps you on the chest. "Damn. You get to have all the fun don't ya? I guess that's why you're king. I gotta say, you don't look like much, but I don't need to have seen the fight to know. Everyone's talking about it. Though it sounds like that Tesgella girl is the only one who really saw."

"... So do people know about everything?"

Tom glares at you. Despite being beside the dwarf, it's like there's a dark shadow looming over him. "We know enough." His voice sounds depressed.

"We both envy ya," Bek adds. "Poor Tom probably wanted to fight the dragon too."

"That's not what I'm envious of!"

The sound of a girl clearing her throat nearby catches your attention. It's Snow. Dressed as she usually is in her one-piece-swimsuit-esque ninja garb, she tugs down the tight mask around her face with a hint of colour across her cheeks.

"Don't worry, Kyle. There's no way they could know everything," she explains. "Remember that only Lady Vex and Aris, I assume the kitsune Masumi were scrying on the challenge, so what happened in each chamber will stay in each chamber unless somebody wants to share, and I don't think many would be willing to get into detail."

"We still know enough!" Tom blurts out. Though he takes a deep breath and sighs. "Sorry, man. I didn't mean to yell."

Bek smacks him on the back. "Chin up, lad. If you eat your vegetables, you can grow up to be the Demon King one day."

Snow looks you over. "So are you all right?"

"Yeah I'm fine. Definitely not a hundred percent, but I'm alive," you reply.

"Any normal man would have failed, or perished. It's a miracle you're even standing here."

"All because of something given to me by Elok Daven."

"It's not like that, Kyle." She brings her hand back through her pure white hair, past one of her feline ears which twitches to the touch. "Sure it wasn't your choice to come here, and a power was bestowed upon you, but that isn't why you're where you are now. That power didn't make you the allies you have, or cause you to make any choices you've made. Maybe it kept you alive, but if anything, you perverted his gift and now you're turning it against him. I honestly thing... that's a lot cooler than anything else."

"Yeah! Stop moping around," Bek interjects. "I didn't make my own weapon, but I still kick ass with it."

You smile. "Thanks. That's true." After a moment of thought, you look to Snow. "So what you said before, about what happens in each chamber. I gotta ask then. Does that mean people know about the last one?"

"What happened in the last one?" asks Tom.

"Nothing!" Snow blurts out with red in her face. "He fought a dragon, and that's it!"