"that reminds me, Elsa you have not introduced your friend yet?"

"oh right, this is Jane, we met in the carriage on the way to the front"

Jane woke from her daze and looked over at Mars with awe and a slight amount of fear, but before she had a chance to say anything Mars spoke

"oh I see, well if you're a friend of Elsa then you are a friend of me too... tell me if there's ever anything you need"

Jane's expression slackened somewhat, she had just been promised help by an overwhelmingly powerful figure, one that even the king had to treat with respect, she hurriedly fumbled out a response

"yes, will do..."

Mars gave a smile and turned and walked over so he overlooked the inside of the walls, overlooking the town of Mirefield Mars gave a sigh, he had mixed memories about this place, but still most of the problems should have fixed themselves when he killed of the previous corrupt lord Gas fedeson

'well let's go find the others...'

Mars opened a portal back to King's city for the king and queen before he Elsa and Jean walked into the war ravaged town to find the rest of the tactical cla.s.s form the academy but just when he stepped into town he was jumped by two small figures

""it's Mars!""

"wow there..."

Mars caught the two figures and rubbed them on the head where 2 pairs of white fox-like ears stood up straight

"hi Lee and Lily, it's good to see that your well"

Mars looked down at the beastman twins that were busy rubbing their cheeks against him with a smile on his face as he rubbed their heads it was then that a woman with long blue hair walked over, Mars looked up and gave a smile

"hi Karen"

Karen gave a sigh before she showed a smile

"and just as I was wondering where they ran off to... it's been a long time Mars"

"yeah sorry about that"

Mars kneeled down and picked up the twins before placing them on his shoulders and asked Karen

"do you have somewhere we could talk?"

"sure, follow me"

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the twins were a little surprised about being picked up but alas their surprise turned into joy

"wow so high!"

"eheheh!"

Mars walked along the streets of the town, along the way he received salutes form nearly every soldier he walked past, no doubt that what he had done on the walls had spread to the entire town at this point, Mars returned smiles and nods to them as his hands were busy holding the twins, soon they arrived at the castle and soon they were lead into a room by a servant, the room held a table with some chairs as well as a few bedrolls, Mars figured this is where they had been sleeping. Soon they gathered around the table and began to talk, mostly about how the battles had been going but also about what would happen now that the empires army were in full retreat but also about what the twins had been doing on the battlefield, Karen praised them for their quick reaction when the walls were breached as well as their tactical cla.s.s spell that sealed the breaches in the walls before to many invaders managed to flood in, Mars spent most of the night talking with them until eventually sleep took him...

"hmm..?"

Mars woke up and discovered he could not get up, so he raised his head and looked at the things that lay on top of him and found Lee and Lily had made him into a makes.h.i.+ft bed and was lying on top of him while snoring lightly, Lee was even drooling a little

'well that's... fine I guess?'

Mars gave up getting up and laid his head down on the floor again and looked up into the ceiling as the memories of yesterday gradually returned to him

'oh right, I forced the empire's army to retreat...'

Mars was convinced that the way he forced them to retreat was the best possible outcome, while showing loyalty to the king while at the same time displaying overwhelming force, that way he lessened the amount of fearful gazes he would received form the other soldiers, but if by change some of them would learn he did it for the momentary gain they would no doubt be less respectful and more fearful

'well never mind that... what should I do now?'

while he could join the main force and push back the empire's army that way it would be way to tiresome, he would rather show up when they were having a hard time and help them out swiftly like he did today

'almost like a hero that comes and saves the day...'

well cringe aside it sounded like a perfect plan, there was only one thing that bothered him about it and that was that he was unable to keep an eye on the two lumps of warmth that was defenselessly laying on top of him

'if the twins got hurt because I was not there...'

Mars imagined it for a moment and the heart wrenching pain he felt was enough to fully wake him up

'...even if it's a pain I should join the main force along with the twins and Karen to keep an eye on them...'

having decided on what to do Mars felt his head clear of any doubtful thoughts as he began laying a plan for what to do

'first I have to take Elsa home, then I suppose I'll pick up my payment form the king before I return here? Well first I got wake up theses sleepyheads'

Mars slowly began petting Lee and Lily on their heads, slowly they began moving in their sleep before Lily woke up first and looked at Mars with a pure smile on her face

"good morning Lily"

Lily gave an even wider smile and began rubbing her face on Mars, Mars also gave a smile seeing her acting spoilt soon Lee also woke up and began mimicking his sister, Mars gave a sigh and sat up and also greeted Lee

"good morning Lee"

"morning Mars!"

Lee responded with vigor that woke up Karen that was sleeping in her bedroll a little ways away, she then sat up and scratched her hair before she raised her arms and stretched, Mars' eyes were attracted to a particular area on her body when she stretched but he hurriedly pulled his eyes away and put his focus back on the twins as he greeted Karen

"morning Karen"

"good morning Mars..."

Karen was not quite awake yet she looked a little groggy as she let out a yawn and crawled out of her bedroll and mumbled 'toilet' before she walked out of the room, Mars gave a wry smile and asked the twins

"is Karen always like that in the mornings?"

Lily shook her head

"she's usually awake before we are so i don't know?"

"okay... let's find something to eat"

""okay!""

it was then that the door opened again, Elsa and Jane walked in carrying a basket of food each, Elsa looked over at Mars and gave a smile

"it's good that you are awake Mars, we brought some food from the kitchen"

"you truly are a G.o.dsend Elsa"

Elsa's smile widened before she looked around the room and asked

"where is Karen?"

"she left just now, I don't think she's completely awake"

"oh I see... well then Lee, Lily can you help me set the table before Karen comes back?"

""yes!""

Lee and Lily jumped off Mars' lap and helped Elsa with setting the table, when they were done the group gathered around the table and waited for Karen to return which she soon did looking a lot more awake then she did when she had left the room, after she gave a smile she walked over and took a seat at the table, joining the group at breakfast. After they were done eating Mars sheared his plans about joining the main force, Elsa looked a little sad when he said he would drop her off at home first but when she remembered the ghastly scene from yesterday she gave a small obedient nod, the twins were overjoyed that Mars would be spending more time with them and Karen gave a thin smile but said nothing it was then Mars turned to look at Jane and asked her

"what about you Jane?"

Jane gave a resolute look and said

"I'm joining the force of cause, I can't stay at home twittering my thumbs when my country is in danger"

Mars narrowed his eyes slightly as he noticed her arms where shaking slightly, of cause he didn't know if it was because of fear or excitement, nevertheless his impression of her went up a few notches

'she sure has a pair on her...'