The limit does not exist

Two weeks passed and as always everyone forgot about Ray's existence.

During that period the shock over Ashley remained strong. Everyone had orders to clean the rest of the salvageable areas and then close them and thus prevent the aroma from penetrating while the doctors did everything possible to stop the discomfort of the vast majority, it was the hot topic in all gossip left and right .

It was rumored that those who witnessed the event saw a corpse lying on the ground in a position of torture with open eyes and mouth oozing a viscous slime as if it were in an advanced stage of decomposition, a nightmarish and grotesque scene that will endure in the collective conscious for many years.

The smell was so unbearable that instead of cleaning the place, the king issued the order to set the building on fire to put an end to the plague, but even with the fire the smell lingered like a curse. It was impossible for them to eradicate it the first time.

Then a total demolition and a bigger fire were resorted to.

They curbed the smell after fifteen stifling days. By then the reconstruction of the building adjacent to the central palace was established as soon as possible. The queen was not in the mood at any time. She attacked everyone, she threw heavy objects at them, glass even knives and scissors in order to cause as much damage as possible and calm her anger.

Her room and Prince Lucas's were near the building where Ashley's room was. They had to be moved to a cleaner area in the air until reconstruction was completed, prompting Queen Sophia to push King Espin to the limit to get what she wanted.

Emily took advantage of this fact to take the place of her cousin. The queen welcomed her at ease. Emily would soothe her in her worst tantrums and indulge her just as Ashley would have. Seizing her moment of glory, she soon became a power-hungry woman. She thought it was time to put all the servants in the castle at her feet.

***

-This is a raccoon and this is a squirrel. They may look cute but bastards attack with everything and their bites hurt like hell. He will help you to know its structure so that you can take its form the next time.-

-And what are those others? -

-This is a shrew and this is a badger, these are more dangerous than the others you saw before-

Leafing through a zoology book, Meraki learns about the world as Ray explains its contents.

-Now put the book down and try to transform without failing this time, you have to stay longer in a certain form-

-But I'm tired-

-When you finish training you will sleep as much as you want and it is also time for us to return home and from there we will go to the hole-

Ray and Meraki have spent 8 months in the mirror world to hone their skills. In that time Meraki was absorbing all the knowledge that he could and grew fast until having the body and the mentality of a boy of five years and a little more, while Ray is around seven and a half years old. Jumping between their existential plane and the mirror world they grow together.

* Sparkle *

-Ssssss-

-Well ... well done, now launch a direct attack on that mountain of stones-

In the form of a snake, Meraki sends out a black boomerang-like lightning ace and knocks down the rocks. But the next moment he returns to the form of a little boy with black hair and blue eyes.

-Shit not again ... it doesn't matter anymore you can handle long distance attacks by changing your form with that is enough for today-

Ray covers his face with both hands from exhaustion, he knows it is difficult for the child but in the months they have been there they have advanced so much that he cannot believe it.

-Can I sleep with you today? - holding on to Ray the boy begs for his attention

-Okay but ... if you want to do it you will have to change shape because they could see you-

-Hurrah! I already know what form I will take, the easiest one! -

-Yes, of course the easiest ...-

Putting on a poker face and staring at nothing, Ray knows what to expect.

[The last time, I ended up with a face scratched by a nightmare, if it were like before that would be easier]

The memory of when Meraki was a little octopod, that made him heartbroken and nostalgic. When Meraki was three months old, the notebook indicated to Ray that he had to make a blood pact with the child so that he would be faithful. What he did not imagine was that this would affect the shape of the little boy, giving him the appearance of an ordinary child of about three years of age. Since then the little boy had not stopped growing as he progressed in his studies and training. Ray kept comparing this absurd growth to a dry sponge thrown into a bucket of water. He will absorb everything to the best of his ability and that started to scare him.

-Before, we will take a bath, you are all dirty with red soil and that shit does not come off easily-

-And we can eat stew with ....-

-We`ll eat rabbit in the oven, it is ready in the freezer, while we bathe it will cook -

-Mmmm good-

Meraki gets sad to which Ray replies while scratching the back of his neck:

-There is also ice cream and hazelnut cake for dessert-

-Yes !!!!! Daddy you are very good! I love you! - the boy hugs Ray with all his might

-Let's go back, I'm very tired-

-Yes!-

[Fuck, since when am I your daddy? did I end up tamed without realizing it?]