It was a fun night and James learned several drinking songs from his incredibly intoxicated companions.
Emily was a party animal apparently and had the real Lady Helena in chokehold as she forced wine into her mouth.
Veronica, Justine and the other carriage guard were playing an odd game where they each took turns punching each other in the stomach.
His mother reappeared with Captain Susan a while ago and they each were silent as they each chugged down glass after glass.
James could feel the smile on his face induced by the atmosphere around him.
While he sat watching the belligerent women, Violet sat next to him watching his face.
He turned and greeted her with a smile.
Curious he used [Identify] on her.
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[Name: Violet Milra] [Race: Human] [Age: 17] [Class: Herbalist]
Level: 25
Skills: (Information Hidden)
Perks: (Information Hidden)
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'I thought she was a at least 20.. but herbalist sounds interesting.'
Violet blushed under his stare and asked him what he was looking at.
"Well you, of course."
Her face was trying its hardest to match color with her hair.
"I was looking at your character sheet.. sorry I know that's impolite."
"It's okay for you to look.. as you can see I'm a herbalist. I can influence plants to grow healthy and at a faster rate with increased yields.. I know it's not very exhilarating."
James thought about her tending to plants in a garden as she turned and smiled at him.
'What a heavenly vision..'
He saw her get a little downtrodden when he didn't reply so he told her exactly what he had been thinking.
"James it's not nice to tease.. do you really think I would look pretty like that.."
'Oh my god! My heart can't take this sweetness'
"Yes, actually I think it suits you quite well too. Just like a flower you are graceful and beautiful."
He heard start to mumble to herself again.
"The goddess really did send an angel to me.."
James could only just shake his and laugh at her high opinion of him. A question then found it's way to his lips that he forgot to ask during their time alone.
"Say Violet, what brought you to Skythorn to be here with Lady Helena?"
"I'm here to finish my summer project for the academy actually. Everyone who passes their second year has to complete a project that encompasses what you have studied throughout the year."
"Oh that's interesting.. what was your project?"
Violet flushed a little before she responded.
"I chose to turn a few fruit tree saplings into fully grown trees and compare their yield to a naturally grown tree. Lady Helena has quite a few fruit trees on her property so I asked if I could stay for a month during my summer break. I'm getting good results but I still have a couple weeks left, I want to get more data to accurately display the difference."
"Wow thats even more interesting, but I have to ask and don't take this the wrong way. Wouldn't have someone have already researched this before? How does the academy know you're not plagiarizing your results?"
Violet looked like he had just kicked her in the stomach.
"Oh my goddess.. why didn't that cross my mind before.. I'm going to be laughed at during my entire third year.."
James panicked and tried to ease the distress that he just caused.
"Well uh.. it should be fine right.. I mean you have Lady Helena as a witness and umm.. yeah.."
'Smooth moves James, real smooth..'
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The night passed and soon he and Violet said their good rest wishes as everyone went to bed.
The night passed without incident and James found himself being awoken by a short, brown haired maid.
"Prince James if you'll allow me to help you bathe and get dressed, breakfast will be starting soon."
A late night and early rise had James leaving everything to the maid. She expertly took his clothes off and deposited him in the bath.
She shampooed his hair and scrubbed his body. Her hands were avoiding his crotch and James guided her to it after awhile.
He had morning wood and the maids hands started to get clumsy as she wiped it clean.
Standing up out of the bath James let himself be dried off.
The maid was about to start dressing him when he stopped her.
"Can't you see this. I'll be very uncomfortable if you don't care of it now."
"Um uh.. how should I take 'care' of this for you my Prince."
The maid had a composed demeanor throughout the entire undressing and bathing process.
Now her face was beginning to crack into embarrassed curiosity.
"I need you to suck on it for a bit."
Then James let the inexperienced maid clumsily blow him.
He came after a while and ordered the maid to show his load to him before she swallowed.
She then began dressing him again in a daze. Before she had pulled his underwear all the way up, she flicked out her tongue and got the last little bit of cum remaining.
After he was fully dressed he planted a kiss on the short maid's forehead and squeezed her ass.
'Maybe this world isn't so bad after all..'
James greeted his companions in the dining hall and sat next to Violet.
As soon as he was seated, maids appeared and placed breakfast before them.
It looked like a regular meal from earth, except for the fact the bacon was blue and what he assumed were eggs had deep red color. A side dish of orange pancake things had a ladle of sticky brown liquid next to it, he guessed it was syrup.
The taste was incredible however, James couldn't compare last nights meal to this because he simply hadn't eaten any of the food at the feast.
'I'm so stupid.. what glorious tastes did miss out on yesterday..'
James wolfed down his food while his mother and Lady Mallory talked.
"It's so wonderful to see you that you found your son! Last night's excitement made me completely forget about this other piece of wonderful news. Soon the kingdom will be glowing in happiness at Prince James's return and his betrothal to Princess Violet."
"True enough Lady Helena, I also can't wait to see the shock on everyone's face who said my son was dead."
Her voice was icy and full of promised threat.
Lady Helena cleared her throat and tried to change the subject.
"Well uh.. Lady Mallory, where has he been all this time? I would most certainly like to hear what type of adventure had kept the young Prince gone for so long."
"Well I can you where I found him and how, but it's still a mystery as to where he's been all this time. His memories are wiped from that time."
"Oh how terrible Lady Mallory.."
His mother gave her side of events and soon Justine was the center of attention as everyone praised her sharp mind.
She seemed only a little uncomfortable at the attention.
James had a sudden question surge into his head.
"Hey.. Justine. How exactly did you guess my identity. There weren't very many clues to go off of."
Justine looked thoughtful before answering.
"Well it was the only logical answer even though it felt unreal at the time. The only missing male I've ever heard of was the story of the missing Prince. Couple that with the scar you have gave me a good deal of certainty, the story and placement of the scar is quite well known."
'Am I actually famous for being handsome or something..'
"What story about my scar? I don't remember exactly how I got it."
All the women looked at each other and laughed.
Violet was wiping a tear from her eye when she responded.
"James, it's actually a classic story most people in the kingdom have heard. It's about an angry Prince who didn't want to bathe with his Aunt."
James felt his face go black as Violet began her storytelling.
"Once upon a time there was a Prince who liked to play outside and would come home covered in mud. His mother the Duchess couldn't seem to stop his enthusiasm to get dirty.
One day the little Prince and his family had to go to the palace for a grand event hosted by the Queen. Somehow the little Prince had had snuck out from under everyone's noses, before the event started.
The little Prince was wandering around the halls of the palace and somehow he had gotten dirty. He explored every room until he stumbled across the bathing room.
Curious as to why this room was so large, the little Prince entered. He soon came face to face with the Queen.
"How'd you get so dirty, nephew?" The Queen asked.
The Prince replied, "None of your business old hag."
The Queen was amused by her nephew and tried to persuade him to bathe before the event.
"No! You can't make me!" The little Prince roared.
He tried to escape the room but the Queen caught him. The little Prince struggled with all he had, but to no avail. Finally desperate to escape, the little Prince head butted the Queen.
The little Prince had missed his mark and smacked his mouth against the Queens. The little Prince ended up cutting his lip on the Queens teeth and cried for the entire day.
In the end, the little Prince was forced to take a bath with the Queen.
The Prince didn't cry about his cut, he really just didn't want to take a bath!"
Everyone laughed as Violet finished.
'That is such a lame story. What happened to my cool image… I've already been labeled a stinky crybaby..'
The women kept laughing and each gave their own rendition of how it happened.
Soon, breakfast came to an end and James and his crew were ready to leave, saying their goodbyes.
Violet was a little sad about his sudden departure.
"Auntie Mal.. can't you stay a little bit longer.."
His mom placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Sorry child.. but you know my son hasn't been with his family for years and I would dearly like to see them all together again."
"Oh! Sorry auntie.. I was being selfish.."
"Don't be too sad Violet, when your done here with your project I bet your mother will summon everyone to the palace to celebrate the betrothal."
Violet paused then nodded her head enthusiastically.
"Okay auntie Mal!"
She then turned to James and kept into his arms.
"I didn't want part so soon.. I'll finish my project as fast as I can."
James just laughed at the eager girl and hugged her back. Then under everyone's gaze he took his hand and gave Violets huge bottom a squeeze.
A shocked *Kyaaa* sounded out.
'Not quite as big as Veronica's but it's still incredible.'
He then gave her a kiss on the cheek as they let go of one another.
Another round of farewells later and they left Lady Helena's estate.
They passed through the city quickly and made their way to their destination once again.
Time passed quickly and James noticed his mother using instant message to send out a few letters.
"Who are you talking to mom?"
She paused from her work and looked up.
"No one in particular dear, I'm just informing the staff of our arrival. It completely slipped my mind to inform everyone where I was or that I located you. Your sisters are in for quite the surprise."
James was stunned by his mothers lack of forethought.
'How does such a careless woman become a Duchess… I'm really going to have to put my back into fixing our image. I can only imagine how much stress she puts on the nobles under her.'
'Though… now I'm excited to go home.. I haven't had a real home to return to with people waiting for me before..'