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Chapter 22 by reaper13

How does Doe prove herself?

She shows off her magical skills

Doe steps forward, so everyone has a good view of her. She raises her left hand and creates a dozen of small glowing balls which she lets float around her.
Then she stretches out her arms and slowly brings her hands back in front of her chest. While she makes this motion she pulls moisture from the air and guides it to her back where she freezes it into the shape of wings.
Using different spells of the same magic is easy. You only have to summon one form of energy. That’s why plenty of mages stick to just one type. Casting spells of differing types of magic is a lot more difficult however. Not only do you have to focus on different forms of mana, but need to keep them separate as well. Beginners can’t do this and even adapt sorcerer’s have great difficulty with this. Doe is doing it with seemingly no effort.
Next she turns her palms up and a fire appears above each of her hands. The concentration she requires for this third spell however twists her face.
She closes her eyes and sweat starts to appear on her forehead when she causes the wind to swirl around her like a mini hurricane.
When the shadow her body casts on the ground changes its shape and becomes a circle with in it a rune she clenches her teeth and grunts.
Then she loses control and all the spells dissipate. It is fine, she has shown she can wield 5 of the 7 types of magic at the same time. That alone shows she has a great talent.
While Doe is catching her breath Lord Indirect speaks up.
“So you mutated a woman who already has years of practice in magic. That proves nothing.”
“One month.” You correct him.
“I don’t believe you.” Indirect says.
“Use a truth spell. I heard you are fond of those.” You tell him.
Indirect squints his eyes at you. When someone dares you to use a truth spell you know he’s either got nothing to hide or he knows a way around it.
“Good idea.” Indirect says. “But I’ll use it on her.”
Before you can react he casts a spell on Doe to compel her to answer every question and do so truthfully.

“Who are you?” Your rival asks your apprentice.
“I am a foxgirl. The first in the world.” Doe replies.
Immediately you notice she avoids saying her name or where she comes from. Even a half-truth counts as a truth. The spell accept an answer like that and lets it slide. If Doe can answer every question like that, she’ll be able to tell him the truth without really telling him anything at all.
“Who were you?” Indirect asks next, clearly not pleased with her previous answer.
“A simple city girl. My mother died when I was young and my father died during the war. Then John took me in.” Doe answers without revealing she lived in the country this kingdom was at war with.
“How long have you been studying magic.” Was your Rival’s next question.
“About a month.” Doe replies with a smile.
This gives your rival’s pause. Clearly he is impressed with her progress.
He looks at you, then at Doe and asks, “Have you had sex with John.”
Just as Doe answers “Yes”, you loudly say, “Have you with your catgirls?!” making certain to drown out her voice so nobody could hear her answer.
“I’m not the one being questioned here!” Your rival says, taking the bait and becoming defensive.
“You wanted to know if she learned magic in one month! She gave you her answer! There is no need to gratuitously ask her about her sex life!”
You were so angry now your eyes again started glowing, showing your emotions caused magic to build up inside you and could no longer be contained. The same was happening to Lord Indirect as he stared back at you.

Prince Darius raised the hand in which he held the Globus Imperialis and shouted “ENOUGH!!!”.
Then he brought the golden globe down on the throne’s armrest causing a metal twang to reverberate throughout the throne room.
The gems in the orb start glowing and suddenly you feel all the mana drain from you. Your eyes stop glowing and it feels like you are being sucked dry. It is not a pleasant experience. The distorted feeling makes you dizzy and you nearly stumble. The same happens to your rival in front of you.
“You … foxgirl.” Darius says. “Do you believe you skill in magic to be a result of your transformation?”
Doe, still under the effect of the truth spell, looks at the prince and says, “Yes.”
Then the prince asks, “Will you be loyal to both myself and this kingdom?”
Doe replies, “Yes.”
“Then there is nothing left that needs to be asked.” The prince says and slams the Globus Imperialis back onto the throne.
Another metal twang reverberates through the room and the gems on the globe stop glowing. As you feel your magic coming back to you the prince looks at your rival and says, “Dispel the enchantment.”
Lord Indirect grunts but waves his hand and ends the truth spell from Doe.

Since the prince had made his verdict there was nothing left to discus in front of him. You take Doe and head towards the right side of the throne room. Lord Indirect and the third princess take their catgirls and head to the left.
You talk to another couple of the nobles including all of your peers, the royal demons. You reaffirm personal alliances you’ve made, forge a few new ones and attempt to break any alliance they may have with your rival.
Doe is doing great as well. She is friendly, polite and smiles a lot. Though unexperienced in the ways of politics, she is charming enough to quickly make friends. Plenty of nobles want to know as much as they can about her, including how you transformed her.
Sometime later the religious delegation arrives. It pleased you to see that sexy nun with the tight fitting habit was joining the bishop again. Her blonde hair sticking out from under her headdress make her look very sexy, as are her voluptuous breasts. It displeased you however to see that amongst the religious delegation was a priest accompanied by a catgirl nun. It seems your rival has gotten to the religious already. Not only did he convince them to accept his creations, but also acknowledge them as members of the church. While he is your lesser when it comes to magic, he has clearly outmaneuvered you in politics.

Does anything else of interest happen?

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