Chapter 47: Chapter 45: First Subjects

Eve led Anna down to a side room and had her sit down on a couch. “Alright, before we get to any actual training, what’s your Class? I cannot allow myself to be ignorant of my subordinates’ abilities, especially when we are going to be fighting alongside each other.” She flopped down on the couch next to Anna, lying down and stretching herself out to her full length, which didn’t quite fill the available space. Eve had to admit that was one perk of being smaller that she hadn’t considered; it had been a while since she was able to fit herself all the way onto a couch without some part of her hanging over. The wings were a little uncomfortable, but so long as she didn’t lay on her back, they weren’t too much of an issue.

She propped her head up on her hands and started to bounce her feet gently off of the cushion, looking up at Anna, who was just watching Eve, transfixed. “Well? Out with it! We don’t have all day.” They did, technically, have all day. But she had to be firm here; if Anna was to be her subordinate, she was going to have to learn that things operated on Eve’s timetable, and Eve’s timetable only. It definitely wasn’t because she was getting embarrassed.

“R-right.” Anna said, blushing slightly. “I was distracted with how cute you are, sorry. I was still barely processing the fact that Lilith is Lucas, and it’s even harder to reconcile a cutie like you being him.”

Eve resisted the urge to get away from Anna and hide behind a piece of furniture. Even if her mind was screaming at her that her dignity was in danger, she wouldn’t always be in a position where she could make a retreat. Better to practice now than to be caught off guard in a more precarious situation.

“So, I chose to be a Beast Tamer.” Anna continued, unaware of Eve’s inner struggle. “I’ve always liked animals, so I thought it’d be really cool to be able to get even closer with them.”

Eve nodded. “What have you got tamed, then?”

Anna scratched the back of her neck. “Only Fluffy for now, but I don’t want to actually bring him into combat. He’s getting on in years and I thought maybe I could help him if I advance in the Class more.”

Eve had to agree with that. Fluffy was Anna’s dog, a golden retriever, and age aside, he didn’t have an aggressive bone in his body, so she didn’t think he’d be all that helpful outside of an emergency situation.

“I’ll look into providing you with some, then.” Eve offered. “What are your limitations on what you can tame?”

“Um, if it willingly submits, I don’t have any, other than the fact that it can’t be a person. Otherwise, it can’t be more than 5 levels higher than me if it’s trying to resist. I think there’s some sort of battle of will, but I haven’t actually tried it with anything other than Fluffy and he submitted right away. And then, until I level up the Skill some more, I can’t have more than two tamed creatures that haven’t willingly submitted.”

“Sounds good. I’ll bring them to you tomorrow. Any preferences?”

“Maybe just some wild dogs for now? I’m not sure I could handle anything scarier. I’ll work my way up eventually, but even just regular dogs should be helpful with my Class buffing them.”

“Alright, I’ll get you some dogs you can tame tomorrow. Give me a second to let people know so we can get the process going.”

Without waiting for a response, she contacted Siph. Mama, I need you to do something for me.

Of course, pumpkin!

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Eve chose to let the “pumpkin” slide. Before tomorrow, get five of the strongest dog monsters you can think of. Like, Fenrirs or something if those exist. If you can find a variety that are similarly powerful, that’d be preferable, but if they all are the same kind that works too. Oh, and they need to have some sort of intelligence, enough to listen to what I say. Anyway, just subdue them and bring them here, I need to give them to Anna so she can actually use her Class.

On it! Love you!

“OK, done. But, even if you’ve got a bunch of dogs to help you, you’re going to need to know how to fight. You’re going to end up in a situation where something’s all up in your grill, and if you don’t know how to deal with it, you’re going to get seriously hurt.”

“So…what? Are you going to teach me martial arts or how to use a weapon? I know you’ve been training, but it’s only been a couple of months. You can’t possibly be good enough to be a teacher yet.”

Eve froze. “Oh, right. Um, we’ll figure something out. We can at least get your level up in the meantime. It’ll make you capable of taking the hits until someone can help you.”

“Um, sure.” Anna said. “What’ll you be fighting with? Lilith said she uses guns, but you wanted to distance yourself from her, so you probably won’t be using them, right?”

“Unlike some people, I don’t have a built in aimbot, so I’m going to stick with melee combat for now. I’m going to be a magic swordswoman, except instead of being middling in both magic and swordplay I get to be great at both of them.”

Anna raised an eyebrow. “And where are you going to learn swordplay? The internet?”

“I said I’ll figure it out! Now, before I take you to the actual training room, I’m going to officially make you one of my subordinates. If you accept this, there’s no turning back, you hear?”

“Yeah, I got it, go ahead.”

Eve checked her Worship. She was at just under two thousand, which wasn’t bad considering it’d only been a couple of weeks since she’d blown it all. She hadn’t actually created a Champion yet, but hopefully it wouldn’t cost too much to just make one without giving them any special abilities. So, she went to give it a go.

Immediately, a window popped up with all sorts of options. There was a message customizer, as well as a huge list of potential blessings she could give. She ignored the blessings, choosing instead to make a message and then send the request to Anna. Even without the blessings, though, it still took 500 Worship just to make the appointment. Still, it wasn’t like it was being used anywhere, so Eve was sure Lilith would forgive her for making their best friends Champions.

Oddly enough, Eve was able to see the window that Anna was looking at. Come to think of it, she could see windows made when giving someone a Geas, too. Was it because the source was her? Could Kali see everyone’s windows? However it worked, it was nice to see that the message was delivered as she intended.

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