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Sparring Routines
Gretchen and Azalea and Lernyr were obligated to a four-year contract at the gym, when the last day of grace ended, the queen took her friends to the Northeastern Quadrant of the Aztirian kingdom, and they began performing daily sparring routines there; Luna and Kouper relocated after "Inheritance Day", and with the chaos involved in adjusting to life as queen, it took a while before mother and daughter could get together in order for Gretchen to obtain the information needed for access to her secret alcove. On their first visit, the oak tree spirit, Gavra spoke with her guests, and allowed them access inside; Luna told the queen the type of gift the guardian liked, and she received one upon their entry.
Once inside, they found the room with a boxing-ring, there were gloves, a mouth guard, and a helmet. Lernyr discovered everything needed to train his students had all been placed there, and he wondered how it was possible. Delving further, the personal demon revealed that the refrigerator had been stocked with food and drinks and snacks, and the cabinets were full of non-perishable food items. The queen found that the restroom was designed for the relief of sore muscles, because the bathtub had massaging jets, and there was a steam-room over on the other side; in everyone's opinion, Gretchen located the best area in the place, and she received high-fives for her part.
The trio went into the accommodating dressing-rooms where they all made another convenient discovery, each had work-out attire, along with appropriate footwear, and it was all in their sizes.
"Okay, I don't know about either of you, but I'm freaking out a little bit," Azalea said.
"If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, don't allow your mind to go down that road, because I've talked to my mother about this place, and it's going to be alright. Luna prepared me for this, and I promise, it's not what you think. Can you see? When mamma was given the information about her own alcove, everything except the furniture had to be brought into her place, and she decided to make a magixical change in all nine of the ones that belong to her children. Now, the current generation of queens has everything she needs, what she cannot find, she only has to think about it, and shortly thereafterwards, it appears. Don't ask me how she pulled it off, but I know this one will cost her a lot in the end," Gretchen explained.
"Did you know that your mother used to be a student of mine?" Lernyr asked.
"Really? You two are around the same age, so how is that possible? The queen wanted to know.
"Well, I was her tutor for the "Learning Castings II" class she was taking, and I've gotta say, 'I'm thoroughly impressed'", he replied.
"I'll be sure to let her know you said that you know 'Stubborn Luna', and her pride, she'll float on cloud-nine for eternity," the royal one said as she stepped out of her room.
"Wow! Your mother is amazing, but I have one question. How did she know the sizes Lernyr and I would wear?" Azalea wanted to know.
"I'm not exactly sure how she knew, but it is really, really cool," Gretchen said.
The trio spent the rest of that afternoon practicing the sparring routines which each of them already knew, the sorcerer put both females through individual warm-up tasks, and then turned to their partners preparations before their regular routines began. As they shifted from one exercise to another, the magix elder could see that no expense had been spared when the former queen made the space designed especially for each of them, because there was a sorcerer's wand intended only to be wielded by him; the initials of his name were engraved into the handle, and the in-lay was pure gold. Lernyr dubbed it, "Windfall", and silently thanked Luna for her contributions.
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”I don’t know about the two of you, but I’m starved. Do y’all want to grab something here, or would y’all like to wait until we get home?” Gretchen asked after the training session ended.
"I feel that we should go home, and enjoy our families," Lernyr suggested.
"Yeah, I'm exhausted, and we can go out on another night," the personal demon replied.
"Alright, I'm going to rinse some of this sweat off, and change my clothes. Then, we can go back to the castle, I mean, I didn't even realize how tired I really am," the queen said.
"We'll be doing the same, and let us know whenever you're ready to leave," the sorcerer said.
A few minutes later, they...
Once inside, they found the room with a boxing-ring, there were gloves, a mouth guard, and a helmet. Lernyr discovered everything needed to train his students had all been placed there, and he wondered how it was possible. Delving further, the personal demon revealed that the refrigerator had been stocked with food and drinks and snacks, and the cabinets were full of non-perishable food items. The queen found that the restroom was designed for the relief of sore muscles, because the bathtub had massaging jets, and there was a steam-room over on the other side; in everyone's opinion, Gretchen located the best area in the place, and she received high-fives for her part.
The trio went into the accommodating dressing-rooms where they all made another convenient discovery, each had work-out attire, along with appropriate footwear, and it was all in their sizes.
"Okay, I don't know about either of you, but I'm freaking out a little bit," Azalea said.
"If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, don't allow your mind to go down that road, because I've talked to my mother about this place, and it's going to be alright. Luna prepared me for this, and I promise, it's not what you think. Can you see? When mamma was given the information about her own alcove, everything except the furniture had to be brought into her place, and she decided to make a magixical change in all nine of the ones that belong to her children. Now, the current generation of queens has everything she needs, what she cannot find, she only has to think about it, and shortly thereafterwards, it appears. Don't ask me how she pulled it off, but I know this one will cost her a lot in the end," Gretchen explained.
"Did you know that your mother used to be a student of mine?" Lernyr asked.
"Really? You two are around the same age, so how is that possible? The queen wanted to know.
"Well, I was her tutor for the "Learning Castings II" class she was taking, and I've gotta say, 'I'm thoroughly impressed'", he replied.
"I'll be sure to let her know you said that you know 'Stubborn Luna', and her pride, she'll float on cloud-nine for eternity," the royal one said as she stepped out of her room.
"Wow! Your mother is amazing, but I have one question. How did she know the sizes Lernyr and I would wear?" Azalea wanted to know.
"I'm not exactly sure how she knew, but it is really, really cool," Gretchen said.
The trio spent the rest of that afternoon practicing the sparring routines which each of them already knew, the sorcerer put both females through individual warm-up tasks, and then turned to their partners preparations before their regular routines began. As they shifted from one exercise to another, the magix elder could see that no expense had been spared when the former queen made the space designed especially for each of them, because there was a sorcerer's wand intended only to be wielded by him; the initials of his name were engraved into the handle, and the in-lay was pure gold. Lernyr dubbed it, "Windfall", and silently thanked Luna for her contributions.
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”I don’t know about the two of you, but I’m starved. Do y’all want to grab something here, or would y’all like to wait until we get home?” Gretchen asked after the training session ended.
"I feel that we should go home, and enjoy our families," Lernyr suggested.
"Yeah, I'm exhausted, and we can go out on another night," the personal demon replied.
"Alright, I'm going to rinse some of this sweat off, and change my clothes. Then, we can go back to the castle, I mean, I didn't even realize how tired I really am," the queen said.
"We'll be doing the same, and let us know whenever you're ready to leave," the sorcerer said.
A few minutes later, they...
