Ep12: Royal Visit

Kawane waited in the reception room, looking through the few brochures that were placed on the corner table beside him. He was tasked with monitoring Prince Edward's whereabouts. It was an easy job for him, as long as he could grab Edward's arm before he ran off. The elven was in line behind 2 older sisters and one brother, with the eldest sister being the current queen. He was given the task of babysitting Edward by the second eldest sister, whom he was engaged to.

"You have been down lately Kawane," she told him before he left on the trip to the fairy kingdom. "I feel like this will help cheer you up."

"But Palad, what if you get bored of me while I am gone?" He asked, worried that she will forget about him. She kissed him on the cheek and patted him, promising that in the week that he would be still engaged to his beloved. Even when reassured, he still worried about his worthiness to be with her. He couldn't accept that she loved him the way he was, despite the flaws he saw in himself when he looked at others.

"I heard a paper being crumpled," Dr. Holtz said, peeking into the reception. "Are you also upset about the latest match with the rival kingdom?" Kawane looked at his hand. He had squeezed up the small-ish magazine in his fuming. "Oh, yes...it was an unfair match."

"Yeah, tell me about it. But enough of a break. Do you feel any pain my prince?"

"This is fun!" Edward said, his words being unclear since his teeth were held slightly open. "Of course it is dear, now, what some were we humming?" She went back in, leaving Kawane alone again. He looked out at the window, watching the fairies and humans mill back and forth. He wanted to go home, go back to someone that would at least tolerated him, but he still had to watch Edward…

Speak of the prince, he came out and hugged Kawane, a lollipop held in his mouth. "He just needs to brush a bit more, or have less sweets," Dr. Holtz said, taking off her gloves. "His dental hygiene seems regularly kept up, but he's eating beyond a normal person."

"I'll see to it that the queen gets the recommendation, but I doubt he himself will change," Kawane said, looking at Edward gnaw on the lollipop.

"Actually, I am going to where she is myself. All diplomatic visits are done through Queen Samantha's castle nowadays."

"Samantha is no longer a princess now?" Kawane asked.

"Yes, you know her?"

"I could say that…"

"Well, if it is personal, then you must know as someone in the medical field, there is a limit to what I can and cannot know." She locks her office/operating room, flying through the chimney to fly over to the castle, a light layer of soot coming off her like smoke. "Looks like we know where we are heading then," Kawane said.

"Can we to go to the park again?" Edward asked, pushing open the door. "You will have to ask your sister, I'm just the one engaged to someone in your family.���

"Fine…." Edward was dejected but quickly rebounded when seeing a person selling ice cream going by. "My prince wait!" Kawane went after him before he got too far away that he could disappear.

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"So Queen Samantha, you requested a partnership between our two kingdoms?" The elven queen asked as all the officials settled down into the room. Despite the long trip, she was prepared to get right into the matter. The white-haired, Titania remained quiet until everyone had sat down, taking a slow, drawn outlook to the right and to the left. "Say, where is Edward? I know he and Anna loves to play together."

"With my sisters' husband and your concubine if I remember correctly," She said, matter-of-factly. "Are you ever going to tell Palad?"

"Is this because I won't speak of the matter yet?" She asked back. "Fine, fine, we can start."

"You know I jest. Besides, you only wanted a successor or a king, no?"

"Yes…." She said. "But, I already have my daughter no, so why ask the fathers for a king? Now then, what I wanted was an exchange of goods. I couldn't help but noticed that you were lacking grain…"

"Our reservations on talking to humans leave us with a few options," The Elven queen responded back. "That being said, you will have to convince me on why fairies would be a good trading partner at all…"

"You're right to have your reservations. Fairies have been pretty self-sufficient for a long time, but, we are starting to see more humans living in our realm. You saw a few as your carriage-cade passed through the kingdom. Well, the influx of husbands means need a source to provide us with the occasional bundles of crops."

"Can't you ask the species that you wish to feed?" She asked. "We have no stake in your endeavors."

"I rather not, humans are too...varying to put it lightly. But elves….they are generally stoic, keep to themselves, and hold themselves with higher, consistent regard." Queen Samantha got up, walking to the window that overlooks her kingdom. "As titania, and as royalty, I am given the opportunity and obligation to do the same. I figured since I knew a royal family from certain interactions, I could try my first option." The elven queen looked at her, watching the titania wings on Samantha's back flutter gently and with grace. "I will admit that we have had a slow season, but it is an anomaly-"

"Then let us fill that anomaly!" She said suddenly, turning back around. "We too have an anomaly that we must mitigate, so why should we both suffer on our own, my queen? Are you afraid of...partnering with your brother-in-law's receiver?"

"Classy," the elven queen responded. Samantha smirked at her response. "Don't worry, I just jest~"

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"Edward?" Kawane said, not all too loudly for an elven child to hear him. The energized child had gotten away from him, Kawane losing his running stride before Edward even dared to slow down. We passed the ice cream man so long again, where is he going this time? Kawane thought to himself, wheezing as he began to jog again. He turned the corner to the park, seeing the elf hugging a young Titania.

"Anastasia! You...you caught him," Kawane contained his excitement, recognizing the blue dress that she wore, the red hair that flowed down her head, and the fact that she was the only other titania other than Samantha that she knew. "Hi Kawane!" She said, picking up Edward and flying over to him. She hugged him with one hand, dropping Edward down gently to the ground. "How are you?" He asked his focus all on her at the moment.

"Well, I'm great father if I can call you father…."

"You can, I swear. You...you've grown so much since I last saw you." Edward pulled at both of their clothing, noticing that he wasn't getting as much attention as a moment before. The two continued to talk about boring, double-digit age things like colors and being royalty. Finally, he took a hard yank at Kawane's arm, the two of them looking down at Edward.

"Can we go to play with your toys now?" Edward asked, trying to get himself something to do. "I guess we should, I never really told my mother that I was out of the castle," Anastasia pointed it. "I guess...we should get you back then?" Kawane said, the Titania nodding as the three went back to the castle.

As the entered the halls, they heard commotion coming from upstairs. It was like ballroom chatter when the orchestra was preparing for the next symphony to perform. They moved towards it like Mothman to a light, peeking around the door frame. It was officials from the two kingdoms, conversation with each other while taking a break from deliberations. Edward looked around and glowered when he saw his eldest sister, hurrying over to her to hop into her chair. "Oh! Edward, weren't you spending time with your brother?" She asked. He pointed over to him and Anastasia standing at the door, Ana waving as she went over to the elven queen and her mother. Kawane followed, a bit nervous as he sat down in a seat beside his sister-in-law. "Kawane! You brought him here?"

"He wished to come back to the castle, ma'am," he said. "You know you don't have to use ma'am to me, although I do adore the respectfulness. Well then Edward, I see that you are going to Anastasia's room?"

"Of course!" Edward took Ana's hand and pulled her out of her seat right as she found one, knowing the way around the expansive structure to where Ana keeps her dolls and entertainment. "So Kawane, how is the engagement?" Samantha asked, one of her servants bringing her a glass of water to where she sat. "Romantic I suppose," he said, stopping after those three words. "Nothing else? It seemed like you found your soulmate."

��Elves don't talk about their private matters to strangers. It is undignified, isn't that right Kawane?" The elven queen said, patting his shoulder in a parental way. He looked down into his lap, nodding solemnly. "It seems like fairies are a lot more open about it, or this elf just doesn't like it herself."

"If you want to trade, I advise you don't talk to me like that. I'm just looking out for Kawane's private matters…" Samantha winked to Kawane while the other queen rambled on about how a couple's house is supposed to be their sanctuary. She starting using sign language to communicate to him, Kawane slowly building the sentence while she moved her hands around. She stopped to catch a glare from the elven queen, but kept going when she resumed rambling.

Meet me in my room before you go, Kawane pieced together, Queen Samantha winking one last time and yawning. "My oh my, we have been talking for a while. Why don't we get back on track, don't you agree everyone?��� She said out loud, grabbing the attention of all the side conversations. "Good, now then, we left off on the ratio of grain…"

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They were in the room for the better half of daylight, only letting out once they were everything had been taken care of, down to the absolute minuscule details. Kawane roamed the corridors waiting for the meeting to wrap up, occasionally checking in on Ana and Edward's location to ensure they were safe. There was, of course, guards to ensure the royal children's safety, but he did it anyway.

Once seeing people starting to filter out, he made his way to Queen Samantha's room. He passed the Elven queen on his way, who let him know that they will be leaving in the night. He nodded, looking outside through a window. The sun was almost done. He had plenty of time for almost she wanted him for.

"Welcome, Kawane," Samantha said, while seductive posing on the bed. A fairy was flying around her, looking for stray strands of hair to straighten out. "Don't mind the voyeur. He is here to make sure I am looking as regal as I can be for the subjects."

"Are we….making another daughter?" He said, suddenly nervous to be in the room. "You would think that, but I jest. I wanted to you come so I can hand you this," she said, sitting up straighter while taking out 3 vials from her cleavage. It was much to the dismay of the hair fairy, who had to fly up and start over on the strand he was working on. "Remember the years ago when we made love? I promised you that I will bring you a present in return for bringing me my own child."

"I wanted to become a fairy, but you said that…"

"It would be impossible right?" Samantha said. "Well, I've secretly had some of my underlings look into it, and after all this time, I haven't forgotten. Each one will give you and two others that you choose the ability to turn into a Titania and back. However, it is still partially impossible, since the best of my staff wasn't able to figure out how we could keep the gender when transforming. You will of course turn back to a normal male, but as a Titania…"

"I will cut my losses. I think I will prefer it like this, actually," Kawane said, taking the three vials in his hand. "Thank you, for everything."

"No, thank you! I have an heir now, and a lifelong acquaintance. That is, if it's not weird to you…."

He shook his head. "I..fine. Thank you again." He bowed and left to get Edward, the two of them waving bye to each to each other.

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"A present?" Palad asked, "from the Queen of fairies herself?" Kawane nodded, holding up the three vials. "A symbol of goodwill, in a way."

"And if we drink these, we can be Titanias?"

"Exactly, but we only need one, forever. I wanted to give one to you dear." Palad hugged him tightly, loving the gift. "You sweetheart. How much did you have to do to get the gift?"

"Five minutes…"

"What?"

"Nothing, I meant five tasks. Weirdly, they were household chores that she picked at random. So…." he grabbed her hand gently. "Do you want to do this with me?"

She nodded, opening the vial and drinking it. He followed in her footsteps, also drinking the vial down. The effects were immediate, his bust immediately grew. He removed his shirt so he wouldn't be in pain, watching as breasts grew out and stopped before getting too large. His hips grew, and his waist shrank to reflect that of a woman's. Wings grew from his back, along with new muscles he felt. He squeezed them, smiling when the translucent wings flapped under his control. His ears grew out into the trademark, point tipped ears of many mamono and non-humans. Lastly, he felt his bulge shrink into his nethers, guessing that he had traded one genital for another. He adored his new look, feeling like he was in a new chapter of his story.

"Do you like it P-palad?" He looked just surprised as his wife as they looked at her own body. She seemed to have done the reverse, turning into her own male fairy equivalent. Her hair had shortened to fit her new body, her shota-luring thighs, hips, and breasts also leaving and being replaced with male proportions. She turned around on the bed under her skirt, screaming for a split second when she saw she had a member now, instead of her vagina.

"Samantha said a male fairy shouldn't be possible!" Kawane said. "Must have meant that a male couldn't stay a male. I am so sorry dear, I should have asked if she had t-" Palad placed a finger on his mouth, shushing him. "It is already, we can at least turn back...is this what it is like to have a penis?" She played with it in one hand, giggling at how it flopped around. Kawane blushed, still disappointed that he had screwed up yet again.

"It is alright Kawane, I think I like this form either way. Besides, you look very cute as a Titania." She patted him, hugging him to her flat pecs. His worry changed to comfort, although it felt different than when he rested against her breasts. This time felt like he was being protected, instead of comforted. "My sister will flip wondering what happened, but do you want to try it?"

"Intercourse?" Palad nodded, nibbling on Kawane's fairy ears. "A little role reversal. Besides, I always wanted payback for you always going for my sensitive ears." Kawane squirmed and moaned, her squeaking hidden and muffed from the finger she bit on. Palad finally stopped torturing her, leaving one last kiss before ensuring their bedroom was locked and closed from the outside world. Tonight, it will be just them, and only them forever...