D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad-Chapter 1801 - Maid of Issues

--- Kat ---

Kat's quest for a ranged option hadn't gone well. With a truly excruciating amount of time and concentration Kat was able to change just her nail into water and force it away in a small stream… but it was still more like a hose then a water jet cutter and it had occurred to her during practice that they didn't have much range to them anyway so this was probably a dead end from that angle.

Kat did try to freeze her water but found that to be a bust. No matter how much demonic fire she applied to her water form it was treated as if there was nothing there. The closest she could get to affecting it was using her demonic fire to freeze something else and then using that to reduce the temperature of the water making her up… to essentially no effect.

It was somewhat obvious considering she was fine in water form in snowy conditions but clearly there needed to be MORE than just a chill to freeze her water form. Ice magic did work but with Eleanora asleep there was no way to confirm how mana efficient that was. Kat did manage to turn her finger into ice once though. No idea how, and repeated the steps she remembered just resulted in more water…

So that meant an icicle launcher might be in the cards but Kat didn't have a single clue how she'd managed it and the hour she spent trying to replicate the feat is what eventually lead her to the small fingernail water 'blast'. Which while useful in concept hadn't even been what she was trying to do!

Eventually it was just too late so Kat decided to sit down and get some rest. Kat did leave a sort of mental 'sticky note' that would essentially slap Lily in the face when she woke up. Technically it was set to trigger if Lily tried to look into her mind, but practically that was going to happen as soon as Lily woke up so it was the same thing. Kat hoped that alongside her memories of both the event itself and her practice afterwards would calm Lily down assuming she woke up before Kat did. She'd already gotten plenty of sleep.

When Kat woke up the next morning it was because she could hear the sound of metal clinking against something. Kat pushed her mind up a few notches with demonic energy and exploded off the ground… only to see a completely bizarre sight. She was now under a marquee instead of open sky. In the centre was a table filled with a number of food items and off to the side was… Eleanora? Maybe?

The elf in question was dressed up in a long deep green dress with a sets of pockets all over the front, thick gloves that covered her long sleeves up to the shoulders alongside a frilly headband. Her shoes were thick black boots and the pocket contained a few different cleaning supplies. "Eleanora? Is that you?" asked Kat.

"Yes mistress," answered the elf.

Kat felt like rubbing her temples to ward off a headache. She didn't really get them anymore without blunt trauma but Kat would swear she could feel one on the edge of her mind. "What are you wearing… and… are you shorter?" It was hard to tell because of the lack of heels but the boots were quite thick and Eleanora was now a head shorter than Kat.

"This is one of the traditional maid garbs at the elven palace," said Eleanora with a bow. "I was considered for the position once, before it was decided that my skills would be more useful elsewhere. They also stated I lacked the proper temperament for the job,"

Kat wanted to argue but that all sounded correct… still… "So why are you wearing it then?"

"I agreed to guard you should you win, I have just chosen to interpret that in such a way that I serve all of your needs until the tournament takes place," answered Eleanora.

Yeah, that headache was probably real. Dealing with this was going to be a pain. "I'm pretty sure my girlfriend will have some complaints,"

Eleanora tilted her head, clearly thinking over the words for a few moments. "Ah, of course. I was not suggesting any intimate services would be on the table. Though, I am not opposed to it either. I was intending for my standard maidly duties but if you wish for your girlfriend to be included I'm not going to complain,"

"I'm asexual," stated Kat.

"And a Succubus?" asked Eleanora.

"Yup," stated Kat.

"Fair enough," said Eleanora with a shrug. "I wasn't particularly angling for it either. This just seemed like a good way to annoy a few people and relax for a few days,"

"You idea of relaxing for a few days is dressing up like a maid and serving someone?" asked Kat.

R𝑒ad latest chapt𝒆rs at freewebnovёl.ƈom Only.

"Yes," nodded Eleanora as if that was all there was to be said about it. Like it was obvious that this was a good way to relax. Kat certainly didn't agree… but Marigold was definitely crazy so the idea her cousin was jut as bad, if in different ways… well that was to be expected.

"Alright then, you sort of skipped over if you're actually shorter or not… so… are you?" asked Kat deciding to just ignore the last few seconds for her sanity.

"Indeed I am," said Eleanora with a bow. Once she finished she raised her skirt a bit to show off her boots. "These boots here allow one to change the wearers size for a… somewhat reasonable cost in mana. It is almost nothing to shrink someone, but getting larger is exponentially more expensive. It was one of my earlier tests for unique combat techniques and was found lacking,"

Kat rubbed her chin. That actually sounded somewhat useful. "What did it cost?"

"About a decade's worth of wages," answered Eleanora.

Kat nearly chocked on the answer. She hadn't even tried any of the food and apparently that was too much. "What… why? How? No yes… why? Why pay that much for it?"

"Low quality enchantments are not efficient enough to properly test in combat situations once you know they do indeed work, and if you're already spending a bunch for the enchantment you need at least good materials, so stepping up to great isn't all that much more. Also, for me the cost isn't all that much.

"I regularly take on the more dangerous missions, especially monster hunting which brings more personal funds, for hazard pay and my portion of the remains. Which, because I enjoy a fight tend to be solo affairs meaning I receive essentially the full value of the corpse. I was able to earn the money in only three years and I wasn't being overly careful with my savings,"

It was still an insane amount of money. Kat couldn't imagine saving up for years just to get one thing that wasn't even what you wanted. It would be like saving up for a brand new car only to not be able to drive it because it had some odd fuel requirement. "Why… what was the plan with the boots?"

"I was imagining a much more… fluid style. The idea was to use constantly changing sizes to trip the enemy up. Utilising a smaller form for humanoid issues at a giant form for monsters as a baseline. The idea was that I could say… shrink under a punch and then double or triple my size before my follow up punch landed.

"Alas, the size change is far from swift and changing requires a good deal more mana then maintaining the form… but the bigger the change the more mana it costs and my armour or weapons couldn't have any good enchantments on them and still change size with me. Ultimately it was a failure," explained Eleanora.

"Did you think of the giant hands and feet afterwards?" asked Kat.

Eleanora shook her head, "No my next idea was changing just my hands and feet in size instead of my whole body to limit the cost but that has a lot more issues and the item I commissioned for it actually broke in a battle I was in. I would've died from the backlash if I didn't have my regeneration affinity.

"After that I tested a few more things, and eventually the next promising idea was making use of the 'dedicated metal' that some other metal mages go for. Having a strong metal that you keep on you all the time and constantly seep mana into to make nearly indestructible… but the technique was slow and clunky for me. Perhaps because of my mixed affinity.

"It was only in the aftermath of that failure that I considered using giant metal versions of my limbs. The enchanter I ended up commission for the project had a few of their own ideas and together we worked out my current weapon. I've had it for nearly twenty years now and I don't know if I'll ever swap. Try knew things occasionally, but I'm very happy with what I have now,"