Hotel Chaldea Ep. Animal Day Special

One of the advantages of having underlings was that you didn't have to do a lot of the work you used to do personally.

Conversely, one of the disadvantages was that you wound up having a lot of free time, and thus, looking for more work, ending up with you being roped into helping set up and inspect the preparations of an event Chaldea was setting up.

"Mikon!"

With that cry, the event began, and many disks flew through the sky.

Hekate, stabilized by your hands on her sides and seated on your lap, raised a still chubby hand, pointing her short finger at the flying disk, and then blasted it to smithereens with a pink laser of death, destruction and friendship.

"One!"

Your daughter raised her other hand, and then blasted another flying disk with her pink beam of ultimate obliteration and love, calling out "Bahstah!" as she fired her attack.

Oh, it wasn't because she struggled to speak, not at all. She could speak very well when she wanted to, barely slurring her words at all. No, she pronounced it exactly how she had been taught to.

"Bahstah! Bahstah!!"

More and more lasers struck the flying disks, shattering many, though of the four dozen that flew all over the sky, twenty made it back down to the ground, and about twice that many lasers missed their target. Hekate's rate of fire was amazing, her accuracy, well, considering her age and size, absolutely incredible.

The sound of clapping followed as the last of the disk touched the distant waters of the lake, not too far from where the shooting platform was set up.

Smugly, your daughter hopped off of your lap, and put her hands on her hips, jade eyes scanning the crowd, which was basically yourself, Tamamo and a few employees, before closing her eyes and smirking, satisfied that everyone had seen how amazing she was.

Normally, Hekate wasn't really allowed to show off her magical powers for everyone to see, even among people who knew she had them. She had immense magical strength and it was difficult for her to truly control it, considering she was barely handling walking and talking at the same time, which was why someone had been brought in, an adult servant, alongside yourself, someone expert in magic.

"That was twenty eight out of forty eight!" Tamamo declared, as she raised a finger and drew a pattern in the air, which glowed briefly as her mirror flew in front of her hand, reaching the tip of her finger just as she finished drawing the pattern, and then, the air seemed to change for a moment before the disks that fell in the water flew back into the air and even the ones that were blasted to pieces flew back together before they all launched back into the disk throwers.

Hekate watched in wonderment, her jaw agape as she watched Tamamo no Mae's magical little show. She was doing that while also happening to bounce quite enticingly, considering she was only wearing a white shirt, transparent due to being soaked, with a bikini underneath, it was quite a nice sight indeed.

She was attracting a lot of eyes, and though some of them were for the little show she had just put on, several of the adult employees milling about and preparing were more interested in her for other reasons.

The Summer Camp was open to many people, open not just to those related to Chaldea, but to just about anybody who was aware of the supernatural. And it was also open to families, hopefully nobody would have to be escorted out because of inappropriate behavior.

"That's higher than half, so you win!" Tamamo cheerfully cried out, raising both hands and making fox-like faces with them, pointer and pinky up with the two middle fingers meeting her thumb.

Hekate cheered. "I win! I win!"

You raised her into the air, as she giggled, then spun her around. Sure, she could fly, the same way her mother could, but that paled in comparison to being lifted like that, and being made to fly outside her own control. Then you brought her back down, and she made a confused face, blinking the eyes she had inherited by accident in almost owlish fashion.

"What I win?" she asked, and you turned her around to face Tamamo.

"Yeah, what'd she win?" you asked.

Tamamo opened her mouth and raised a finger, ready to speak, then she stopped, blinked, and looked around. "Actually, what did she win?" she asked, approaching the counter that she had started the game from, and then talked with the clerk there, a pudgy blond man with small round glasses.

Then she came back. "Okay, so we don't have the actual prize because we're not open yet," Tamamo said, "so instead-"

"Someone called for a Conqueror!?"

The thundering crash of hooves heralded the approach of the Little Conqueror, the boy who would one day become Alexander the Great, for now just Alex, who was riding his trusty steed, Bucephalus, an enormous black horse that made other horses look positively tiny by comparison, who radiated power and presence, and truly was befit as the ride of a conqueror like his master.

Very good with children, too, gentle and careful.

"Yeah, so - the prize for this game is a ride with the King of Conquerors on his great horse Bucephalus!" Tamamo said, raising her hands.

"Oh- is that it?" Alexander smiled brightly, patting the neck and mane of his black beast of a horse. "I suppose it doesn't hurt to give an early ride out, do you terribly mind my steed?"

Snorting, Bucephalus scratched the ground with one hooved foot, leaving furrows where he did.

"Now, Bucephalus is very good with new riders, but I should still hold his reins," Alex said, "so you'd have to ride behind me," he said, "please don't feel silly or awkward about it, everyone has to learn and-"

You laughed. "Actually, she's riding," you said, gesturing at your daughter, who was looking at Bucephalus with shining eyes. She had clearly inherited more from Lily than just her eyes and the draconic life force that gave her practically unlimited magical power and borderline boundless energy.

"Daddy can I ride the horsie?" Hekate asked, clearly not having heard a single word of the conversation because she was so concentrated on Bucephalus, raising an arm and pointing a finger at the horse's torso.

"Yep!" you said. "Alex here will let you ride with him, isn't that nice of him? What do we say when somebody does something nice?" you asked.

"Thank you, Mr. Alex!" Hekate said, turning to Alexander, who had the good graces to blush a little and scratch the back of his head.

"I see, I see! Well, far be it from me to deny the request of a cute maiden," he said, gesturing with a hand at her, pointer and thumb out while the other fingers were collected, winking and acting like some of those asian idols, so much so that he even sparkled and made pink hearts appear as he did.

"You're a little ladykiller aren't you," you said, snorting and shaking your head.

Alex laughed in turn.

"Daddy! I wanna ride horsie with Mr. Alex!" Hekate said, turning to face you, clenching her hands in to fists.

Of course, she hadn't even been affected by the boy's charm, which he seemed to only be amused by, as she was enchanted with his horse instead.

You hummed, crouched, picked her up by the underarm, raised her, and helped her get settled right in front of the redhead boy, who secured her in place and used some of the belts and straps of his stylized armor to secure her both to himself and to Bucephalus' own saddle.

"Alrighty, shall we start with a light walk, so you can get used to it?"

"Yes!" Hekate cried, "Horsie big and strong!" she called.

You wondered if she was forgetting her words entirely out of excitement, or she just gave up trying to speak properly. Either way, it was cute, so it was okay.

"Now you be careful," you said, looking at Alex, "the spells on her should cushion any harsh movement but she's still a baby."

She wasn't quite a baby anymore, but, she'd always be a baby, no matter how much she grew.

"Worry not, I've been practicing how to be gentle with Stheno and Euryale!" he said, sending you a thumbs up. "I've managed to reduce the complaints to only about smell!"

Tamamo snorted. "That is impressive," she admitted. "They complained about my luxurious fur!"

"Alrighty! Go go horsie!" Hekate said, throwing her hand forward.

Bucephalus snorted and shook his head, then with a gentle prod from Alex, he began to walk away from the clay pigeon shooting range, to do a slow and sedate lap around the lake.

"Alright," Tamamo said, putting her hands on her hips, "that should give us a good half an hour or so," she said. "I've been waiting for this all day."

"Oh?" you raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you here just to join me on this inspection?" you asked.

She looked at you with a queer expression, raising an eyebrow, tail raising and ears perking.

"Well I came here to have a wholesome and nice time with my daughter," you said, "I don't get to enjoy time with her as much as I should," you said, "so maybe I don't want to-"

She grabbed you by the shirt. "Are you seriously doing this to me?" she asked, golden eyes shimmering with barely contained fury, the animalistic rage of a jackal denied nookie. "You brought me here, you made me think my dry spell was ending, and then, and then-"

You chuckled, put a hand on her shoulder, and smiled down at her. "You've got twenty minutes," you said, gesturing with your head at the small shed just by the shooting gallery. "Think you can get us some privacy over there?"

She damn near threw you into the little shed, and didn't even bother taking her wet shirt off before mounting you, her lips mashing to yours, taking damn near no time to get started in making use of the twenty minutes you would give her.

Of course, after that was done, Hekate happened to ask for a second, longer ride from Alex, who was willing and happy to oblige, since he had nothing better to do, and well, Tamamo was very intent on making use of that time too...