Reborn in a Dating Sim: Life as a Mob is hard in an Equestria Girl’s Dating Game!

Reborn in a Dating Sim:

Life as a Mob is hard in an Equestria Girl’s Dating Game!

Chapter Forty-six

The sight of his father’s home was enough to allow Copper to relax. With what had happened the kingdom had saw fit to go ahead and allow the break for the students to last longer. It meant that there would be a few classes that were skipped, but all things considered he didn’t specifically think that was a horrible thing. Currently Starlight Glimmer was resting here, and she was being watched. Besides himself being a temple knight a small contingent of them were released to the home he’d grown up in.

When he returned they were to help escort Starlight Glimmer back to the capital. Once there it would be decided how to best set about helping her. He’d met with the doctor. She was a kindly woman, but at the same time she seemed troubled after meeting with Starlight. She’d come to him, and she had asked a few things. Did they notice any physical signs of abuse, had they done anything that would have possible set her on edge, and finally was there any history they had on her directly.

Copper had filled her in on what he knew, and she took extensive notes. When she was done she had given a small smile, “It’s not impossible,” she stated her voice sounding a little despondent, “But it isn’t a dream situation either. She’s suffered horrible mental trauma for ages. I’m guessing through most of her formative years,”. She took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes, “I’m only telling you because Head Priestess Luna asked that I keep you in the loop with her. Specifically, she has asked that you take responsibility for her.”

He stood there for a moment, “Wait, what?” he asked as he looked at her, “She does understand that I’m a student, right? I mean she gets that I’m supposed to be enrolled at the Academy. How am I going to be responsible for her?”

The woman studied him, “Sir, if I may,” she said as she looked at him, “You are a Viscount, you will be an Earl after your graduation, and I know that you are a temple knight. These are accomplishments that a normal boy your age would never have. You’ve exceeded expectations long ago. At this point we are in new territory because of you. I shouldn’t even be saying this, but there are female professors that are considering courting you the moment you return to campus.”

She shook her head, “The ones that are, well, they are either after status, or they are hopeful that your seed will carry the same ability that you do. The ones I know personally that are considering it aren’t horrible people, but they are frankly a little too old to even be considering it” she said before she looked at him, “That doesn’t matter. Head Priestess Luna truly believes that you are the one that should be able to help this girl. In truth, given your track record if this was a normal battle I would be inclined to agree. The problem is that it isn’t a normal battle. This is a battle in that girl’s mind.”

She looked at him, “The one thing that might be of help to her is to find out more of her history. Maybe she had family, or maybe she still does have family. There’s even a chance that she might have someone that she cared for,” she said as she looked at the distance, “I’m not foolish enough to believe that this is all she has ever known. I believe that she has had the kind of trauma that changes someone. I think that there was a person there that she was before all of this.”

Copper looked at the distance as well, “You think that she was kidnapped, and when she was, things were forever changed for her, right?” he asked, “Yeah, I kind of got that feeling as well. It made me think about the fact that she's likely stuck as she is. I hate that for her. I really do. It means that she might never fully be rid of it. That it’s going to be like a weight around her neck for the rest of her life.”

The doctor nodded, “That is fairly accurate,” she admitted, “Regardless of what happens she will never be fully healed,” she said before she touched his arm, “Sir, it is not my place to make suggestions, but I implore you to not get too familiar with her. The demons she has are more than someone, even you, are capable of dealing with. She will need help for the rest of her life. There is absolutely no way around that.”

He nodded, “Thanks,” he said before he looked at the distance, “There’s really not much to do about it though huh?” he asked as he stood there, “I mean if she’s my responsibility then I’m going to end up getting close to her. I doubt that we’re going to be much more than possible friends, and even then that might be a stretch.”

She smiled at him, “Your nature will get you into trouble,” she replied, “But yes, I would wager that the most you can accurately hope for is friends. However, depending on how she heals you might have let her down easily,” she stated before she began to move, “I do have to take a report and have it sent to Head Priestess Luna. Once that is done I will return inside and do my best to attend to the girl to the best of my abilities. I fear that Head Priestess Luna may have overestimated my abilities.”

He watched as she walked toward the knights, and he felt another presence, “My Captain?” Artemis said as she hugged him from behind, “You are deep in thought.”

He laughed, “I have been for a while,” he admitted as he stood there, “I was thinking of how it could have been me in the same situation. That I might not have found you, that I could have been treated the same way, and that I would be devoted to some monster. I don’t know how to deal with that idea.”

“My Captain,” Artemis said as she stood there, “There are times that I question the possibility of reincarnation, but then I am reminded that you know the languages of the old humans. That Monika actually knew you from another time, and I have to accept that despite how unlikely it is you are living a second life. The forces that caused your reincarnation most likely did not want to see you suffer. Or at least suffer without reason. I do not think that they would simply send you to a realm of pain and death for no real reason.”

She continued to hold onto him, “In truth the night we discovered what had happened to that border baron’s family, and we discovered the pirate that had joined in on it I feared that you might lose yourself. That you could slip into the darkness of revenge. I never wanted that for you. I wanted you to remain yourself, to know yourself,” she said as she held him, “I feared that if you dove into the darkness, that you allowed yourself to step into the realm that I can walk so easily that you would change. I thank whatever deities that exist that you did not, and that you still have remained on this side of things.”

She breathed in, “But Starlight Glimmer fell into that Darkness ages ago, my Captain, and no one, not even you, could pull her out again. The only way she will come out of the darkness is to want to do so. She may never be able to make that journey, and I want you to understand that it does not fall on your shoulders to bear that weight alone. The one responsible is the one that attacked us.”

He nodded, “And I let him escape,” he said, his words firm, “I let him escape, and now he will likely regroup. What do we do the next time he comes?”

Artemis continued to hold him, “You allow me to deal with him,” she said simply, “You allow me to handle him, to handle all that he may do, and you do it because you know that I am capable of doing so.”

There was a moment of silence, “I don’t like the idea of you getting your hands dirty either,” he replied after a few moments, “It doesn’t seem right.”

She smiled, “My Captain, of the two of us I am the one that can do so,” she stated, “I was designed for war. I was designed to engage in battle, and I was designed to ensure that all that faced me would fall. That is exactly who and what I am.”

He nodded, “I get that, but you’re more than that,” he stated, “You’ve grown past your programming. You aren’t just a machine anymore, right?” he asked as he felt her holding him, “I mean technically you’re a flesh and blood woman. You have desires, needs, wants, and fantasies. You understand what it is to live in the moment. All fo that is part of who you are now. So, you’re not just a machine designed for war anymore.”

She was quiet for a moment, “That is true,” she admitted, “I cannot deny that I am beyond my original programming. I am, in many ways, beyond the scope of what I was meant to be. I believe that isn’t a terrible thing in the slightest. It still doesn’t change the fact that the core of who I am is at the very least a soldier. I was designed for battle, for war, and it resides inside of me. My Captain, if things become dire, I will destroy enemies to protect you and those you hold dear.”

There was no hesitation in her voice. At no time did she even remotely appear to hesitate with her words. It was simply a fact. It was something that he understood to be the truth. He felt her forehead pressed between his shoulders, “My Captain, I must say something, and please, you do not have to respond,” she said her voice sounding vulnerable, “I love you. I cared for you, found you interesting, but I realize from all that I have learned that I love you. I love being with you. I love knowing you, and I love serving with you. The one thing that now scares me is the fact that your life is so immensely shorter than my existence will be.”

She gave a slight laugh, “There will come a day when I am forced to face this world without you, and I am uncertain of what that day will be like. Before, I would have simply remained dormant and allowed another to register. If they met the qualifications that were in my programming I would accept them. I will not do that now. I will never accept another.”

She trembled a little, “I live in fear of the day that will come when you depart. I live in fear of it, because I will never be able to follow you,” she sniffed a little, “I am actually jealous of Monika. Her core programming is likely from your previous life. I do not think that this world is a different world from the one you knew, not like you perceived it to be, but rather I believe that it is your old world. I believe that this is a future far removed from the time of which you lived.”

He was quiet as the words came from her, “I believe that your resting spot was likely discovered, her programming discovered, and who she is now was developed from that. It was seeing you, seeing your actions, seeing how you infiltrated into the area you were not supposed to go in order to find me that made her realize who you are. It allowed her to awaken and want to join with you,” she said as she stood there, “and I am jealous because I do not think that I will ever get that chance.”

The quiet was louder than the confession. Copper understood what she meant by it, and at the same time there wasn’t much he could say to it. He wanted to promise her that he’d always seek her out. That if he had even the slightest chance, that there was an offer of him being reincarnated again, that he’d choose to come back here, to her, and be with her again. The problem was that he had no clue how it happened in the first place.

Besides that, his remembering his entire life before could have been a fluke. It might have been something that wasn’t supposed to happen, and somehow did. Which would make some sense if he was honest with himself. The simple fact remained that he was a few years old when he remembered. There was no guarantee that he would remember again. There wasn’t even a guarantee that he’d remember this life. It could be him remembering the life he had before this one.

The thought was sombering, but it wasn’t something that completely deflated him. Instead he found her hands, around his waist, and he touched them, “Artemis, I can’t promise that I will seek you out again. I don’t know if I’ll get the chance to be reincarnated again, but if i am then I will do all that I can to return here. I’ll do everything I can to find you again,” he said before he gently opened her hands. He didn’t step away, but instead he turned around. For the first time he realized that Artemis was almost a head shorter than him. Her entire personality had made her appear bigger than she was.

She constantly seemed to be larger than life itself, but with her confession came another change. She now looked like what he’d told her before. She looked like a normal woman, and not just a woman, but a woman in love. He moved forward, and his lips found her own. The kiss was passionate. He felt the need to expression his gratitude for being alive in that moment. He felt her return the kiss, and then he felt something else. Her hands went to his slacks. They were somewhere that could be seen, and it was obvious that she didn’t care.

In truth, a good part of him didn’t as well. He’d been tiptoing around the idea for so long. Keeping their relationship to the outside world as nothing more than a servant and master. That wasn’t who they were. It wasn’t what they were. He’d be lying to himself as well as the rest of the world if he continued. The problem was that there was no getting around the fact that the rest of the nobility would likely have the problem.

Still, those thoughts stopped when she fished him out. He felt the warmth of her hand, the gentleness of it, and then he felt her break the kiss, He’d half expected her to lower her own pants, turn, and prepare, but instead she went to her knees. It wasn’t something that she hadn’t done before, but it hadn’t been done like this. She usually reserved what she was doing now for when they were enclosed, alone, and away from anyone potentially seeing. He felt the first touch her of her lips, the slight lick of her tongue, and then he felt as she took him in.

He felt himself disappear into her mouth. The way her tongue moved around the bottom of his shaft was enough to make the moans escape from his mouth. They were exposed to the world at this point. Thankfully they were on a balcony looking out toward the fields in the back of the house. It meant that most would be out in the front, and he was fine with that. He felt her tempo increase, and his hands moved on their own. He found her hands moving grabbing his hands, moving them to her ears, and he felt them. The softness of them, the way they felt, and she left his hands there. He pulled slightly, and she took him deeper. He realized that she was giving him control.

She was handing control over to him completely. He took what she was offering, and he ran with it. He felt her taking him as deeply as she could with every single stroke. The sounds coming from the balcony could be confused with nothing other than lewd behavior. And he found himself simply not caring. He couldn’t force himself to honestly give a single care about it. It was a moment he wanted, a situation that he wanted, and he took it.

He felt her tempo increase again. The feeling was intoxicating, and he couldn’t stop himself. He was beginning to lose sense of time, of himself, and instead he was just existing in this realm of lust. She didn’t try to pull back at all. He felt the stirrings of the oncoming eruption, “I’m gonna,” he said, trying to warn her, “Artemis?”

She instead pushed herself as flush with his skin as she could. He felt the stirrings turn into the action, and in seconds he erupted into her mouth. What had been building was released, and she was obviously attempting to swallow everything. The problem was that there was simply too much. It began to leak out around her mouth, looking down he could see some slightly coming from her nose, and yet she didn’t complain. She pulled back, she he looked at the woman that confessed her love for him, “I love you too,” he said as he looked at her, “I really do. Artemis,” he said before she shook her head, he watched as she smiled at him, and then she wiped her face clean, “My Captain, the fact that you love me is enough,” she said before she kissed him, “It makes it enough because there is something else that I need to tell you. I made this body as perfectly as I could. I created it as closely to biological as possible. I had questioned if it would be possible to fully procreate.”

She smiled, “It’s not a question anymore.”