48 Tying up Gray (1/2)

I walked for a few minutes through the forest with Leafia and Emily. I was still really bad at small talk, so I did not bother trying to start any trivial conversation about the weather or anything like that. We made it to another small clearing in the grove where I turned to face the two.

”Are you two doing alright?” I asked in concern.

”I thought that we already answered you. I at least am doing fine. I'm just not used to being on the horse all the time,” Leafia said, while her face showed she was obviously confused why I bothered to take them away from the others to ask them again.

”Sorry, I guess that I did not word that well,” I frowned, wondering how to word what I wanted to use. I eventually decided that since we were all ladies here, I did not really need to beat around the bush. ”Are you having any unusual discomfort down there?” I waved my hand over my pelvic area. I was not entirely sure what these particular parts of the body were called. It was not something you could just go up and ask people, and though I was gifted with language from my birth, that did not mean I knew the names of everything in the world. ”If I remember right from all those years ago, riding horses all the time can cause some pain and numbness in that area that men do not have. I can give you some medicine if you need it.”

At hearing my words Leafia and Emily both turned bright red. I knew I was right to take them away from the men. If it was this bad with just me here, I could only imagine how bad it would be for them with the men. Especially Leafia who was still single.

After fidgeting for a moment Emily spoke up. Well, spoke up is really not the right way to say it. Her voice was barely over a whisper. ”I think I could use some of the medicine.” Leafia's blush deepened further at Emily's acceptance. I took that to mean that Leafia could use the medicine, too.

I guess what I learned all those years ago was correct. But this was an easy problem to fix, or at least it was for me. I bent down to the ivy on the ground and caused it to form two cup shaped leaves.We had been walking along the stream, so I used that to fill up both cups with water. After setting them on the ground, I stuck two fingers in each. Since I was making such a small amount it only took a few seconds. After I was done, I handed each of them one and said, ”Here, this will help.”

Both of them took the leaf cups and drank the medicine that I made for them. ”This tastes a lot better than any of the medicine that I have ever made. Can you tell me how you made it taste so good?”

”I would be happy to help you with your medicine, but first we need to see how far your skills in plant shaping can grow. I feel that this will be much more helpful in the immediate future,” I said, causing Emily to frown. She still had a long way to go to get the plants to be really helpful if she needed to defend herself.

”May I ask how you came up with this medicine?” Emily asked. She seemed to be asking a curious question, but the way her eyes darted to my lower body made it clear there was more behind her question.

”This is just your basic restorative medicine, but it will work for this too,” I said calmly. I was hoping that she would not notice me turning a little green at what she implied. ”We should get heading back soon,” I said to change the topic. It was starting to get truly dark now, so we headed back quickly before the two would have too hard of a time seeing the way to our campsite.

After we got back Istan asked, ”So what did you talk about on your walk?” He might be trying to engage in pleasant conversation, but his inability to read the mood made that hard.

”Nothing really, we just enjoyed a casual stroll,” I said nonchalantly. However, the shades of Emily and Leafia's face gave away that this was not quite correct. Gray raised his eyebrows a little but did not say anything. Istan had already turned back to the rabbits over the fire so I don't think that he noticed. Thankfully for Lefia and Emily, Istan did not ask any more questions.

Since we had some extra meat tonight, I had some too. But then I remembered something. ”Istan, I thought that elves did not eat meat in the fall.”