37 Next step

Leo want surprised to hear her question. There were several things that needed to be discussed about the future. And Leo felt the first thing was iris's transformation.

"First I want to talk about Iris being a werewolf. According to Artemis I can make more with my blood like I thought, but they won't be affected by the moon at all. She says that's a form of insurance against me. She'll be stronger than before, but not as strong as I am. As long as I keep Artemis "entertained", then wishful don't have anything to worry about for her." As Leo finished talking there was a noticeable look of relief on everyone's face. While they were shocked to find that she would kill them for no reason, no one believed that she would lie to Leo. There was no need for a god to make the effort to lie to a mortal.

"I see. That's a relief, but what I was more concerned about is the wedding. Will you stay with Iris, or leave her behind?" When Leo heard elder grandmas question, he didn't know how to respond. If he wanted to leave for her safety then Iris would never allow it. Her senses were just as good as his now, plus she had years of experience hunting, he couldn't run from her even if he wanted to. Leo took her hand and said,

"I personally still want to get married, but I don't know if it'll be appropriate considering that I'll have to leave. It means I'll either be forced to leave her behind, or take her with me. Artemis gave me ID cards that aren't connected to Themis, one for me and one for Iris. But outside this village she's a mutant regardless. I'll leave the choice up to her." As he was speaking Leo took out the two cards to show them. He found them sitting on the floor in iris's hut after waking up this morning. He figured he missed them the day before with all of the excitement.

He didn't say anything about his pack ability because he thought this talk was more important. He didn't care about gaining power, the only reason he accepted Artemis's offer was for the sake of the villagers and Iris. What made him mad was that he knew that was exactly what Artemis had planned from the beginning. As he started getting lost in his thoughts, Iris spoke up,

"I'll go with Leo. I don't want to just sit here and wait for him, and I don't want to send him out here by himself when there's going to be several people out to kill him. But, I don't think either of us are ready to leave just yet. Leo did Artemis give you a time limit on when to leave?" Leo shook his head and thought about it. He didn't have a specific time he had to leave by, just to make the five year deadline. Iris nodded her head in thought at his answer, but before any of them could say anything more alder grandma started speaking.

"Then how about this, the wedding will be in the middle of spring four months from now. Then two months later at the start of summer will be when the two of you leave. That should give you enough time to train for the coming challenges. And you could learn about the outside world from Brenda during that time as well, she spent some time away from the village a few years ago to learn before becoming the village teacher." Leo thought it was a good plan. It gave him time to work on his combat techniques, and by leaving at the start of summer it would give the two of them time to work out arrangements before winter came.

"I think they'd need more time for training, but we can't keep them copped up out here forever I guess. I'll start teaching Iris how to be a better marksman, and Jack could teach Leo better combat abilities. Leo did ate is give you any blessings to use?" After Natalie finished talking, everyone looked at Leo with intrigue, and he sighed before pulling out his card again.

"She gave me an ability called the Pack. It apparently makes me stronger when people follow me. The number of followers is kept on the card, and it's at twenty three for some reason. And Fenrir gave me some kind of connection with his descendants, I think he made it to where they'll follow me as well if I need them to. I intend to find a high wolf in the forest and determine how it works soon." When Leo finished talking elder grandma looked intrigued at his ability, and said,

"I have a few theories on your blessings, but let's talk about that later. I think the sooner you start your training the better. You also need to work with Iris on her new abilities as well, I've heard about how often you seem to end up nude, I would much rather avoid having her go through the same ordeals." At elder grandmas words Leo suddenly have the visual in his mind of Iris running around naked. As if she knew what was going on in his mind, iris's ears turned crimson, and he felt a glare coming from elder grandmas direction. He quickly stopped daydreaming and apologized. He couldn't help thinking though that they were already engaged to be married, even if he was waiting for the real thing couldn't he at least daydream? As if the previous events didn't happen, elder grandma continued.

"Sometime soon after the wedding, we'll have another meeting like this to discuss where and what you're going to do. Most of the other champions are in high positions in society, and you can't just run around and start fighting all of them. There's also the matter of the non humans races as well, the beast men, elves, and dwarves." After she finished speaking Leo sat up and asked,

"There's beast men, elves and dwarves on this world too?!" Surprised at his reaction, elder grandma figured that they didn't exist on his "earth", and just sighed as now there was going to be more for him to learn about as well. Feeling tired even though they all spent a day resting, she dismissed everyone for the day. But as Leo was about to head out he door, she called out to him,

"Oh yes Leo, please recall my previous words about traditions and what not. " hearing her words, Leo quickly nodded his head and fled from the hut in terror.