The now floating island of Destiny City stayed high in the sky, out of sight as nothing more than another random cloud. Blake and everyone else were working hard on strengthening themselves. They had been developing new kinds of sky vehicles to use to go from the island to land and back. Blake had noticed that so far, the devils that were pouring out of the gates to the underworld were all staying on one continent. Luckily most of the settlements within his own country and the country to the north had already been sucked up by Blake into Destiny City. The issue was those who would get caught by the devils as they expanded southward. Once the new modes of transportation were created that used illusion magic to keep them hidden, he planned to start trying to save as many people as he could. The more he had that were willing to fight, the better.
"Blake, you busy?" Clance walked over to Blake, who was currently sitting on top of a large rock next to a newly made pond over the back side of the underground base.
"No, just thinking. What's up?" Blake turned and smiled as he reached his hand out to Clance. Clance took his hand and hopped up on top of the rock, and sat next to him.
"Have you noticed anything strange about Joy as of late?" Clance asked. She had a worried look on her face.
"No, from what I know, most of the girls are going to be hitting puberty soon, which means they are getting training in how to control their lust. Is Joy acting strangely?" Blake answered. He left all this kind of training up to his wives.
"Well… It's not so much strange. It is kind of normal, really. She is hanging out with Destiny like always, but the issue I am having is that Joy has not been bringing Jinka with her…." Clance did not know what was going on. She did not know if Joy had finally controlled her lust so well now that she no longer needed her dragonic lover at her side or not. She was afraid to ask since she did not want to make Joy feel uncomfortable.
"Alright, I will go talk with her and see what is going on." Blake sighed slightly. Clance and Joy always had this kind of distance between them. He knew Clance loved her daughter dearly, but she always kept things at a distance. It seemed the thing Clance was afraid of the most was overstepping her bounds with her daughter. He had talked to her about it a few times, but Clance still couldn't shake that habit of keeping a distance.
"Thank you!" Clance smiled and hugged Blake. She was happy that her Husband was understanding.
Blake walked down the long hallway that led to Joy's bedroom. When he reached the door, he hesitated for a second before finally knocking on the door. "Joy, you in?"
A clanking sound could be heard before the door to the room was swung open, and a petite girl looking around seventeen years of age jumped out.
*Chomp!*
Joy had jumped up, hugged Blake, and sunk her teeth into his neck. Blake did not know whether to laugh or get mad at the girl. He kept telling her to stop doing this, but she would not listen. "Okay, get down."
"Fine~!" Joy smiled as she licked her lips. "Why is Papa here?"
"I came to talk to you. Care to go for a walk with me?" Blake asked.
Joy smiled, wrapped her arm around his, and pointed down the hall. "Let's go!"
Blake's lips curled up as he let his daughter drag him along. They left the palace and headed outside to the pond out back, and began walking around it. It was quite big and had many different flowers and other colorful foliage growing around it, making it a very scenic view.
Joy had her hands behind her back as she put one foot in front of the other as she walked. Her head was lowered slightly as she looked at the dirt path in front of her. "So, what did you want to talk to me about? To have me come out for a walk, it is probably something that you do not want others to hear."
"That is correct, but I also wanted to get you out of the artificial light for once. You have been locked away in the palace for almost a month now." Blake replied as she reached out and rubbed the top of Joy's head, which caused her to smile brightly. "As for what I wanted to talk to you about is, well… Your mother is worried about you. You have been visiting Destiny like always, but without Jinka tagging along. She is wondering if you are now fully in control of your lust. Or…."
Blake had no idea how to put it into words. He did not know if Joy was lusting after her own sister or not, and just coming out to ask such a question made him feel slightly uncomfortable. Not that he was one to talk when he had two sisters and a mother and daughter in his own harem. But as a father, trying to talk to his own daughter about such stuff made it hard for him.
Joy's expression froze. She did not need him to finish that sentence. Her shoulders slumped a little as her tail sagged behind her. She did not think her current feelings she had for Destiny would be exposed so easily. "I…. I think I have fallen for Destiny…. Please don't hate me…."
Blake stopped his steps as he looked at Joy, who looked on the verge of tears, and pulled her into his arms, hugging her. "I would never hate you. You are my daughter. So no matter what you tell me, I will never hate you."
Blake sighed as he fell into thought. It was something he had assumed since it was possible for his daughters to fall for one another. Not to mention it was not like he was a good example of this either. At the same time, he was kind of happy that his daughter would fall in love with another girl so he would not need to kill some guy. But he was still kind of shocked that this did happen. He took a deep breath before saying: "Does Destiny know?"
