The Changeling's Challenge (Part 7)
by BLZBub
Eventually, Adria persuaded Shanna to visit the
mortal realm to see what all has changed. It took quite a while for
Shanna to adjust to being human again. Her body didn’t change much
asides from the size and shape of her ears, but her senses
felt so much duller and she had less access to her magic than in
Underhill.
The world had changed quite a lot for Shanna. If
she hadn’t been given the wine of knowledge, she’d be incapable of
keeping up with anything regarding this modern world. Even so, the vast
improvement in technology was overwhelming. But
she was certainly able to enjoy the books that were not so rare. Like
many poor people in her original time, Shanna never learned how to read,
though she spent a lot of time learning how while she was a changeling
and her reading skill improved even further
after she finished the Calling of the Mage. Admittedly, the subjects of
these new books were a bit hard to follow at times even with her gifted
knowledge. But Shanna was taking her time to read as much as she could.
Adria was slightly disappointed with Shanna’s
decision to stick with reading books while in the mortal realm. She
didn’t even try to show off her adult body. But Shanna had always been
more modest than Adria and it looks like she’ll not
be changing that any time soon.
Adria, on the other hand, always reveled in
dressing up in human clothing that was designed to show off her figure.
But she didn’t throw herself into senseless passion as thoughtlessly as
she did during her trial. For instance, her choice
of clothing for this trip was somewhat more conservative, showing less
skin than before. Though that didn’t stop her from thrusting out her
chest and swaying her hips.
Adria won’t be spending all of her time visiting
the mortal realm just for pleasure. She was a lady now that and that
came with responsibilities. As well as honing her fighting skills and
being diplomat with other fae races, she had a purpose
for visiting the mortal realms. She was to look for more children who
would benefit from being swapped for a faerie child. Technically, there
were unlimited options as the population of the human race was
exponentially larger than in her old time. But not
every child would do well in Underhill and the changelings that were
brought here would not be left in bad homes. Underhill still needed
changelings to take and give and each one held so much potential.
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