Stella's arrival

Currently sitting inside Damian's house Stella was having a meal that Damian prepared for her since her stomach literally roared because of hunger and after interrogating her for a while Damian found out that she haven't eaten anything for two days...which was a ridiculously long time for a princess of a kingdom.

Immediately asking Irene to lead her to the bath and explaining her how the mechanism in the bath works, Damian prepared something quick and delicious enough for the princess to eat.

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"Phew, I am stuffed. Thanks for the meal Damian....and the bath too." said Stella as she leaned back on her chair.

The gryphons were looking at her with a surprised expression on their faces as they looked at the pile of plates that were wiped clean by the princess and thought, '...She eats even more than us two combined...'

Damian cleared the table and soon came back with box in hand and said, "Take off your clothes Lady Stella."

Stella widened her eyes in surprise at Damian's request but before her mind could imagine something indecent Irene interrupted and said, "I told him about the wounds that you have, so Damian wants to patch you up."

Stella snapped out of trance and stared at Irene with slight anger as she didn't want Damian to know about her wounds not to mention, she didn't want Damian to see her scars on her body.

Damian patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry lady Stella, I will just clean and wrap up the wounds, I would have used a potion but it's not good to use potions on a regular basis since it will degrade your healing abilties."

Stella looked at Damian for a while and with a slight blush on her face took off her clothes while Irene made sure to not let her intimate areas get revealed to Damian. She had volunteered herself to treat the injuries but not being familiar of what the different medicines that Damian had works made Damian to do the job.

Damian who saw Stella's exposed skin was slight surprised seeing the bruises and cuts on her body, there were some animal claw and bite marks too coupled with what seemed like some kind of weak poison which was slowly spreading in her body.

"...The poison I guess is from this forest so it's not that dangerous yet....but how did you get those other injuries." said Damian as he touched her wound making the princess wince in pain.

Damian narrowed his eyes and started treating the wounds on her body.

After a while Stella who was patched up almost all over her body was like a mummy with only her head and right hand still not covered in bandages.

"...I can literally walk around without any clothes and will still not have any shame." said Stella as she looked on her patched up body.

But all of a sudden Damian held her face and made her look at him.

Stella was surprised by the sudden act and looked at Damian with a slight blush since his face was very close to hers.

But her blush soon vanished and a playful smile appeared on her face as she said, "What happened Damian hot too tempted after seeing my bare skin that you got this agressi-"

But before she could say anything further Damian shove a vial in her mouth and said, "This is for your own good lady Stella. So don't spill any of it."

Stella got confused by what Damian said but soon her face got pale as she felt the awfully bitter taste on her tongue and tried to spill it out.

But was not able to since her face was being held by Damian. She tried to pull away from the bottle too but soon found a pair of hands holding the back of her head as well.

"Now now, lady Stella. My HUSBAND is just worried for you so please don't make trouble for him. Just think of this as his way of showing his live and care to you." said Irene with a bright smile on her face.

'BITCH!! LIKE HELL LOVE AND CARE IS THIS BITTER!!!' thought Stella as she mentally cursed the husband and wife who were holding her down.

After Damian made sure that she drank all the medicine he pulled the vial out of her mouth and let go of her face.

"Damian you bully!!!" yelled Stella as she punched Damian's stomach with full force making him take a few steps back from her and surprising him.

'...Damn....I shouldn't have taught her those fighting moves that use magic...'

Irene too was shocked seeing Damian take a few steps back and although that was only because she caught him off guard that was still impressive.

"What the hell did you make me drink?!" asked Stella with frown as she felt that she couldn't taste anything from her tongue.

"...It was a medicine to help you with your blood loss." said Damian as he took out a cake from his storage and said, "Here have this to fix your taste."

Stella who had eaten a similar cake before immediately recognised that it was sweet and delicious and was about to take it from him it stopped herself and said, "Do you think that would be enough compensation? Just giving me the cake....feed me yourself and I will ignore this matter."

Stella stood in front of Damian with a bossy aura but soon she felt an even intense aura making her shiver.

She turned around and saw the big boobed thieving cat standing and staring directly at her without any expression on her face.

'...Woman up Stella, you need to show this lady who is the boss here.' thought Stella as she resolved herself.

"L-Lady I-Irene you don't mind this right?" asked Stella stuttering a bit.

'...What the helm was all that showing her who the boss is?!?!' thought Stella mentally cursing herself for chickening out at the end.

"And why wouldn't I mind it?" asked Irene.

"I mean to you who is in a 'deep' and 'advanced' relationship with Damian, this kind of thing must be trivial right?" said Stella with wry smile.

"Let her be Irene pity on her condition na bit... although it's your choice in the end." said Damian as he took a seat while the Gryphons sat near him as well none of them really caring about what was happening between the two women.

Damian didn't think much about it, since it was a problem amongst the women and being with Ring for a long time he knew that interfering in their matter was a direct way to sleep on a lonely sofa, or getting a slap.

Gryphons too didn't bother with them and were fine as long as they don't disturb either them or Damian and just let the other humans do what they want.

Item looked at Damian who was not really interested in this matter as he had his own concerns about different things and sighed. She looked at Stella and said, "Don't overstep your boundaries lady Stella, I will think of it as you being too injured to eat on your own, but don't think that I will let you do as you please." and then went to take her seat as well.

Stella remained silent as she let what she heard sink in and in just a moment turned happy and came to Damian's side and sat in his lap.

"Aahn~" said Stella as she opened her mouth.

Damian made her sit on his chair and asked the Gryphons to fetch one for him too and sat beside her and started feeding her.

"Lady Stella, will you tell me how all this happened to you, and how you end up in this forest without someone accompanying you on top of that.

Stella who ate silently became stiff when Damian asked his question but after a while took a deep breath and looked directly in Damian's eyes and said, "...Adroelia is destroyed."