Reincarnated into a Snow Griffin-Chapter 187: Epilogue

Everything is numb and stiff, as if frozen in place, but if the side effects of the spell and the forceful loss of levels are all it took for us all to get out alive, then I still think it is a small price to pay, as much mother and Ethan disagree and carry worried faces with them all the time since I had been bedridden.

Although the awkward silence and growing friendship between mother and him with the common worry for my well being and the sharing looks of I am not getting out of bed untilI get better had not been as strange as meeting my father after the incident, after the father I despised and would rather not have in my life just saved me from a final blow by receiving it in my place.

He lost his wings as a result of it, barely clinging to life, and his time as a soldier would probably stay behind him now, his muzzle deformed and stitches all over the place.

Still a tiger he is, so he managed to pull through it all and still smirk at the end, but that was probably because he was still high on medication and potions.

I have not figured it out how I felt about that yet, nor how I would deal with it, but being on medication myself and going back and forth from sleep I did not have a clear mind either to figure things out just yet.

But perhaps... I could give him a chance, in this parenting thing, after all there were no more gates to keep in check, no need for guardians anymore, they were free of their duties... for now.

Although I still want to kick him in the balls every time I see mother blushing at him, and actually may do that just in case.

And yet not even my overprotective mother back from years away nor a jealous boyfriend after seeing me collapse were able to keep an eye out for me all the time so I managed to escape the bed for a moment, needing the stretch more than ever, my body heavy as if I had gained some weight and lost some muscle at the same time, my body carrying spells and resistances now much higher than my base level, tensing my muscles up in a constant struggle.

So one can see that staying in bed would do nothing for me, so out on a walk I went.

We were in a safe place now, the High Lands free, but the mountains we stayed at were not as cold as the place I lived at, instead it has a bland pleasant middle ground weather, with the view of the other islands and their long chains plus the river of clouds down below to enchanted even more.

The weather, the view, the stiffness of my body, all make me stretch my arms and wings to the side and move smoothly into a grateful arch down, palms dancing with the wind as the transition to a charming dance happens naturally, able to finally relax after so long that I simply let the movements flow, not as good as it could have been but helping to stretch out my sore limbs too.

"Mind if I join in?" Ethan says, coming out of the house, question unanswered as he simply extends his hands and takes me for a spin, and we forget about all there is, the fights, the pain, the losses, the suffering, and are completely caught in the moment as there is only me and him, here and there, hands intertwined as we swigged together to the rhymed of the wind.

We move around for a while, using all the space and enjoying each other company, following each other’s steps and moves and always locking eyes with one another, until we end up in a slow pace dance, glued together, hearts racing, the sweat chilling with every wind blow, and yet we had only eyes for each other.

Two steps right, two steps left, and we move slowly as I pass my arms around his waist, my head on his chest as I hear his heartbeat slowing down as we move around in a small area, only our feet moving at we rejoice in each other company.

"You are very warm." He hums in response, the silence welcoming and comfortable between us, and my racing mind starts to slow down little by little as his breathing has my attention and my heart starts mirroring his, for a moment making me feel as if we had truly become one begin, not with the sex or the talks, but with the mutual understanding of being together like this no matter what, the difficulties strengthen our bond.

And as much as we may still have many problems in our hands, perhaps bigger ones than before since that unique magical Ox managed to escape, not that we could have done anything to stop him, and that on his way out he broke the island’s spell, or played a key part at doing so, has now freed the demons from their prison.

In the end the Demon Lord had his way, somehow.

Still the main island had not been affected yet since most demons, on contrary to the latter Demon Lord wishes, had actually grown comfortable living in their country, and there was still an ocean full of sea monsters in between, so there has not been a massive immigration or anything, although only time will tell the effects such freedom will have in the lives of all.

Where opinions differ there will always be conflict, no matter the race, so is hard to think this would be the end of us all, just a different outcome of what we expected for sure, but at least there was no more use to the human farms so they naturally got extinguish, plus the new Demon Lord saw to that as well.

Natasha would be a great leader for sure, has proven her worth once and was focused on doing even better this time, having a second chance after all these years, paying a great price for her mistakes too.

Ethan did not want anything to do with it, and I supported him, as much as we planned to keep an eye out for trouble, we had no intention of diving head first into it, so we left the court matter to others, free to do as we pleased now, with mother free and the villains dealt with.

My plans for now were to make for the time and level lost, enjoy my boyfriend’s presence and hunt down some game while at it, and go back to my former self, would rather be prepared for trouble if one day it comes back to find us once more.

But for now...

"You know, I know better ways to warm you up and stretch some muscles out..." Ethan says in my ears, making me want to shiver while my ears burn hot, which soon passes to my arms as he starts massaging them, implying the more intimate approach even more.

I smile to that, and we gladly go back inside to enjoy a well deserved break.

And a very long at that.