A Phantom From the Past (King's Adventure)

"I'm a little tired, but fine for the most part, I think." Kong answered. "Compared to the constant fights with bounty hunters on the way here. It wasn't that bad."

"Good to hear." The silent thief wrote before leaning back and instantly falling asleep.

Kong chuckled at that before he went back to doing his exercises while he waited for the maid.

Eventually a woman in a maid uniform stuck her head into the room. "Um. I was told to fetch two people from the mistresses room." She said uncertainly, glancing at the martial artist and the sleeping thief.

"That'd be us." Kong answered as he tried to nudge Neo awake.

"Please follow me." The maid said nervously before turning to leave. Neo managed to wake up and stand, clinging sleepily to Kong's arm and letting him lead the way.

Kong got up and followed after the maid. He tried to be careful and support his sleepy partner on the way.

The two found themselves in some sort of meeting room filled with tired and confused looking aristocrats. At the head of the room stood the duchess who asked the two to kindly corroborate her frankly ludicrous sounding tale of possession.

Kong did his best to explain the sudden bounty on his head, his confrontation with Madam Dolthi, his research in the local library, and finally his battle with the Witch-Queen possessed Duchess.

His story seemed completely preposterous. But everyone was too tired to argue, and if accepting it meant they no longer had to deal with the Duchesses strange behavior then all the better. A few dissenting voices were swiftly hushed and Kong and Neo were released to get some much needed sleep. The maid from before ordered to direct them to a spare bedroom.

Kong let out a yawn as he followed the maid.

As soon as the reached the bedroom Neo immediately collapsed into the bed, not even bothering to undress first.

Kong undressed himself before he joined Neo on the bed and went to sleep.

The silent thief instinctively pulled him into a cuddle as the two drifted off together.

The next morning the duchess insisted they stay a while longer, to rest and enjoy her hospitality.

Kong initially hesitated, but soon gave in to the duchess' offer.

At first nothing of interest occured during their stay, but then on the third day, just before bed came an unexpected knock at the door to Kong and Neo's room.

Kong opened the door, curious who would come to see them at this hour.

When he opened the door the duchess was there, alone, and with a nervous blush on her face. "Can I come in." She asked nervously.

"Of course." Kong said as he stepped back so she could enter. "Is everything alright?"

"Nothing's the matter. It's just..." The duchess said nervously, glancing at Neo as she gathered her courage.

Kong gave what he hoped was a reassuring smile as he waited for her to say what she wanted to say.

"Neo spoke highly of your prowess as a lover. I thought perhaps the three of us could spend the night together?" She finally said, beginning to mess with the knots on her dress as her face became increasingly red.

"Wh-What?" Kong choked out, his face redder than the duchess'. Of all the things he was expecting, that wasn't it.

As Kong recovered from the shock he noticed that the duchess was peering over his shoulder and looking meaningfully at Neo, her eyes moving slightly, seemingly reading something.

Kong turn around to try and see what Neo was telling her.