Ascension of the Monster Queen

While eating, Nessa looked at Sai and smiled since she never really talked to him much.

"Sai, are you always keeping an eye out?" Nessa asked and he glanced at her.

"I am always moving around, thanks to my shadow ability, I can be a mile away and you can call out to me and I will reach within a minute or seconds," He responded.

"Well, the shadow ability isn't that difficult to master, but it does require a lot of focus," She said and he nodded as she sipped the glass of juice and exhaled deeply.

"That's correct, but now I can also manipulate my shadow; isn't that amazing?" Nessa chuckled as Sai lowered his head in thought.

"Yes, it's amazing; you can do a lot with it; don't doubt your ability like that; believe in yourself and it a little more and you'll go far," Nessa responded and he smiled a bit.

"Thank you, lady Nessa, we should talk more often, and if you want, you can train with me occasionally," He said as she stared at him and the others burst out laughing.

"I think when you guys are done, there won't be anything else to teach her or there won't be any muscles left in her body to move," Vill replied, and Nessa chuckled.

"I think she might be right about that," Nessa said with a nervous smile and Yanka stretched and patted her on the shoulder.

She was aware that they all knew different skills and it would be better for her to learn them and have more than one option in a fight, and that's when she made another decision.

"Sure, I will train with you sometimes, Sai," She said and they looked at her as she smiled.

"Are you sure?" Sai asked and she sighed then looked at him.

"Yes, having different skills is beneficial because it gives you more options in a fight; I will join you after I finish with Yanka and Riki, is that okay?" He nodded when she asked.

"That's okay, they offered first so I can wait, thank you, lady Nessa," He responded.

"You are the one helping me out here so I should thank you, thank you, Sai," She said and he smiled.

"You are more than welcome, lady Nessa," He replied as the others sighed with a smile on their faces.

"Well, when you're ready, we'll be ready to give you a good massage to loosen up the muscles in your body," Dalia said, and Nessa patted her on the shoulder before looking at her and smiling.

"Don't push yourself too hard right now, lady Nessa," Dalia added, and Nessa sighed.

"I won't, even I know my limits," She said.

"Can you promise me that you won't overwork yourself?" Dalia inquired, and Nessa sighed before Riki tapped Dalia on the shoulder.

"You know she can't make a promise like that, but you'll give it your best shot, right?" Riki asked, and Nessa cast a glance at him.

"I can assure you that I will try," They breathed a sigh of relief as she responded.

"That's more than enough for me, knowing that you will at least try, my lady," Dalia said then Nessa patted her on the head and she grinned as Riki glanced at her before smiling.

"I see you doing neck rolls, want me to give you a neck massage?" Liya asked and Nessa looked at her while eating.

"I think I could use one," She responded and Liya smiled as they finished off their food and Liya got up, then went to Nessa and placed her hand on her shoulders.

"Are you ready?" Liya asked and Nessa looked up at her as she smiled.

"Yes, I am," She responded and Liya began massaging Nessa's neck which made her feel more relaxed and she exhaled deeply.

"Are you feeling good?" Liya asked.

"Better than good, thank you for this Liya," She responded.

"You are welcome, just so you know, you don't have to always thank us lady Nessa, you are doing more than we ever can, planning all of this is not easy, we know that better than anyone else, you need to slow down a bit, don't you think?" Liya asked and the others agreed with her.

"Maybe, but I don't think I want to, I want to make this place the way it's supposed to be without any delay, I hope you guys are getting enough rest," She responded and they looked at her and she smiled.

"Are you not?" She asked.

"I can't even believe you are really asking that, is that really a question?" Riki asked as Nessa tilted her neck while looking at him and they all began laughing.

"Lady Nessa, of course we're getting enough rest, we rested almost all day, we can't possibly ask for more, you don't need to worry about that, even we know our limits, you give us more than enough rest, am I right guys?" Zilrud inquired, and they looked at her.

"He is right," They responded, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

While massaging her neck, Nessa began to sleep away and Liya saw then smiled at her and looked at the others.

"Guys," She mumbled and they glanced at Nessa, whose eyes closed and Dalia chuckled.

"Is she asleep?" Dalia asked and Liya peeked at Nessa.

"She seems to be," She responded and Liya looked at Riki.

"Would you mind taking her to her house, Riki?" Liya inquired, and Riki smiled before getting up and lifting her up in his arms, since she was sleeping due to exhaustion.

"I'll take her back; she doesn't seem to be waking up anytime soon, it's better if she sleeps more," Riki said.

"She is working very hard, she wants to get even stronger, not only for her sake, but mostly for ours, I saw that determination in her eyes while she was training, she doesn't like to give up, and she never gives up on something she believes she can do, you guys know that now, she will go far if anything happens to the home is building, that's what I think at least," Yanka replied as they looked at her, smiling.