My Servant System-Chapter 1287 1286: Puzzling Thoughts

Anput PoV

To be left behind like this was a little bit grating, I couldn't even lie about that... and yet at the same time I was somewhat thankful that I hadn't been swept up in what was undoubtedly a swarm of heinous, degenerate lust that would only serve to drive me crazy the moment we emerged from that trial.

By all accounts I should want nothing more than the potential chance to head into some secluded space where no person or monster could interrupt us and take that time to relieve myself of everything so that the future trials could be completed far more efficiently.

And yet I had to sit here and wonder if I was being... detached from everyone thanks to my relief at having been left behind... though the moment my subconscious added 'again' to the end of that I felt my mood sour once more.

Sometimes it felt like I was the afterthought, even after a long time spent at my home of origin, traveling through my country and defending it from harm; it sort of felt like even then I was the afterthought of our little harem around Kat.

Like I wasn't as important as the other two, that the things I offered weren't anywhere near as interesting; my magic was simple, blacksmithing was cool but not exactly an exotic, flashy profession, my blood was just normal, I had no hidden, insane powers...

Out of the four of us I was by far the most 'normal', and on one hand I took comfort in that fact, happy that I was dealt a simple yet effective hand, but whenever I was able to peep the aces that they all had up their sleeves I couldn't help but feel a little jealous...

At the same time though I knew that was just a childish, idiotic thing to be worried about, and while others might worry that the seed of doubt had been planted and I was now a compromised member of this group or whatever I knew I wasn't, knew that I was just... in one of those moods.

Thankfully there were an abundance of things to do to distract myself and give myself a purpose again, and one of them was hesitantly, carefully threading a needle through the cured wolf pelt cloak I had made for her in an attempt to give it some 'upgrades'.

By that I meant very basic, flimsy pockets, but if it made the white haired Dragonkin feel better about this boredom then so be it, and what better way to pass the time and rid myself of these thoughts then to go and pester someone I knew so little about~?

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Kat PoV

We had blown through many of these puzzles in quick succession, and while I knew Jahi was getting a little 'worried' that we were moving too fast I was also just becoming satiated enough to understand that this was bordering on extreme excess even for me.

We had done too much in too short of a time already, and we had so much more we had to do before we could confidently and comfortably head back to the Empire to return to normalcy with an abundance of rewards to share amongst... ourselves, really.

A few things to gift to whomever we needed to but otherwise this was a selfish expedition, honestly, but to get to that point we needed to wrap things up here... even if it felt so very good to be wrapped up by my blue Demoness whenever and however she wanted to have me against her.

Besides, the longer we went here with just the three of us the more guilt I felt about leaving my mate outside to take care of herself, completely unaware that she was actually feeling a little relieved we hadn't dragged her here instead of Leone... even if this composition just made more sense.

With just two puzzles left we had to make use of our time wisely, and the closer we got to completion the more we prepared ourselves to be yanked from the trial space, forcing us to clothe ourselves and ensure all our gear was on us just in case it was as instant as before.

The one that I was now devoting myself too as Leone took care of Jahi to the best of her abilities was one that I was all too familiar with in concept, one that made me feel a little nostalgic and a tad bit irritated as I was reminded of how varied these could be in terms of difficulty.

Seeing a puzzle that usually ended up being a 'fun' pastime for anyone with a shabby internet connection was taking me back, and having it be a physical thing to do instead of just on a screen was interesting, though it made it all the more irritating to complete.

One of those large boards where you needed to move a specific piece from one side to another while moving all of the other, unneeded pieces around to create a pathway to get to that point, which had become quite frustrating when each piece was made from hundreds upon hundreds, if not thousands of pounds of rock molded into these shapes.

Small cubes and long rectangular prisms slid roughly and loudly over the stone board, and I had to haul them with all my might, especially whenever the runes engraved into them flashed into being and increased their weight even more.

Either I was doing it wrong and each move I made violated some rule I had skipped over or this was a mechanic of this puzzle that meant I was doing it right and the creator was just an extremely detestable person...

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Whichever it was I was left with a bit of a more boring, simple puzzle to finish that gave me time to think, and my thoughts were left to drift around aimlessly about many things, like why I was both apprehensive and extremely elated to have so much of Jahi's seed dripping down my thigh...

Or how I would even deal with this potential consequence if we managed to beat those near zero odds sometime soon, in a place where time had so many different meanings and which God or Goddess was waiting to make this potentially happen far earlier than it needed to happen...