Isekai: The Eight Soul Fragments

Draxus and Olivia had visited Quisterion's capital. The two of them travelled around in a royal carriage as requested of her. "It's been a while since the two of us were in a carriage. Back then, we had everyone in the carriage, now it's just the two of us." Draxus smiled as he looked around watching the streets of Quisterion's capital. "Truly, and now that we are alone in this carriage, I could cling to you the whole time." Olivia had interlocked her elbows with Draxus, not wanting to let go the whole time even while in the carriage. Draxus simply brushed her head with his other hand, spoiling her as much as possible. 

Draxus felt quite nostalgic, as he does somewhat recognize Quisterion as one of his first homes since being brought into the Otherworld. "Drax?" "Ah, I'm just feeling a bit of nostalgia here. I never really thought that this place would also feel like home. It's like I've always been here even if only a year had passed." Olivia smiled on his response, as she also remembered some things within her life. The way Draxus behaved on their first meeting. The gentle aura while having the mercilessness of a battlemage... He was a being that had attracted her from the very start. The willingness to do everything in his power to save her, the willpower to persevere even in the most dire straits, and the choice to always never give up on his decisions. His personality had her completely charmed. She remembered those feelings the day they arrived to Mt. Valtav. 

The two quietly enjoyed their time until they returned to the castle.

They had already gone through and greeted the king and the queen, along with Oswald and the first princess. The two of them simply joined each other everywhere they go, which made it look quite cute for the maids as they're practically operating together the entire time.

The two of them are now currently in the castle library, where they looked around for things that they can read. Considering that Olivia was once a sheltered princess before Draxus arrived, she never really had a chance to read through some books of the library. "Back then, I read a lot of fairytales, like a princess kidnapped by the dragon and was rescued by a knight. Things like that inspired me to hopefully find someone who I could truly love." Olivia smiled as when they picked out a book, they sat on one sofa, with Olivia sitting on Draxus' lap. She was already used to doing something like that to Draxus, and they simply continued to feel comfortable with one another. They went through the book at a decent pace and simply stop after some time.

The two then moved out to watch the knights train. With their diligence as they continued training, the two went out and were noticed by the commander. The commander quickly greeted Draxus and Olivia and welcoming them to the training grounds. "Sir Draxus, we knights have watched your battles from the records, and we were inspired by your greatness in both swordsmanship and magic. It shows and proves that you are truly worthy of the princess' hand. If you could please grant us a lesson for our growth..." Draxus glanced over at Olivia, she nodded and smiled as she sat down towards a chair. "Alright, let's do a quick test first." The knight commander was grateful to Draxus' consideration, and had the knights prepare for a test on battle. Draxus had his two swords out... The knights recognize the weapons, which were the one that controls time and the one that controls dimensional space. The knights were in awe with the display of weapons Draxus had prepared, and without using magic, Draxus had begun his test.

"Hmm... The coordination is actually beautiful, I'm quite impressed that I had to use my trapping magic." After the test, many knights were knocked down, none were unconscious, but some were brought down by what seems to be icy vines. "We're grateful for your commendation and lesson." The knight commander was the only one standing, as he received the pointers by Draxus, having information of each knight's performance against his training. Draxus then quickly recovered the knight's possible injuries and lost stamina from the training. The commander thanked him again and faced the knights, with great motivation and fervor, they continued their training.

Draxus and Olivia left the training grounds and travelled around the castle a bit more, as if simply experiencing a daily life with a loved one in the castle. They were simply lovers today, nothing more than just that.

And just as the king celebrated their visit, they gone through the party and the feast as the center of attention. Since their engagement, they were pretty much technically already married due to how they are in the relationship. The only reason why the marriage is taking too long is because of the enemy still being rampant. Though another reason is that Serkyrio is not making the schedule final until all the hearts have been gathered, to which both Draxus and Olivia are oblivious on.

After taking a long bath, Draxus and Olivia had arrived to her room, they had once slept together in the same bed, and many more times in Preeliance. But this time, Olivia felt completely determined. "Drax..." "Livi... Is something wrong?" The two conversed for a few moments on the bed, before Olivia finally took a deep breath and finally spoke about the things. "Drax, I heard from Matilda..." "Ah... About that huh...?" "Drax, you if you want to... We could do it now..." Draxus widened his eyes, as it was pretty much a direct invitation by her. His heart started pounding, thinking about what to do or say, but Olivia continued. "I've thought about this for a long time now. Since you said that you had already done it... It means that you haven't really done it in a long time now right...?" Draxus could only nod, as he was completely getting pulled in by Olivia's words. "Tonight... I thought about it as well... And I figured... I want my first time to be here... On my bed..." Draxus finally snapped back to reality, he remembered his age being already at 22, close to 23, while Olivia is currently 17. Draxus realized that if he does it now, he would get crucified by the people. He grabbed his own face, trying to shake off the feeling. But Olivia took his hand, removing it from his face and looked at him with pleading eyes. "Please..." At that point, Draxus completely lost himself to desire, and simply joined Olivia on the bed as he pushed her down. Looking at her pajamas, Draxus and Olivia conjoined themselves under her bed with the moon shining beautifully outside their window.

It was now midnight, and Draxus was now having a crisis as Olivia finally fell asleep after having done it with him. She had both a satisfied and overjoyed expression while clinging to Draxus. "I hope I don't get crucified for this..." Draxus looked out to the night sky from the bed. "We really got carried away huh...?" Draxus checked his phone to see what time it was. "1AM... I shouldn't think about it too hard..." Draxus turned off the phone and went to sleep, holding Olivia in his arms.