"Lina? Are you all right? You haven't eaten a bite of your salad," Gourry asked.
Lina gave a strange smile and looked at her salad. "I'm not hungry. I think what happened to me has affected my appetite. I'm not sure."
"Well, I wish you did know," Gourry said.
Lina's eyes flashed red, as information from the gold plated book appeared in her mind. Shaking her head in exasperation, Lina pointed her fork at Gourry.
"Watch what you say," Lina said, shaking her head
'That's exactly it. It is magical energy that I eat, not food,' Lina thought, 'I'm not telling Gourry right now that to eat outside the ring, I have to grant his wish or follow his order. There are too many people around that can overhear.'
Gourry looked confused at Lina's statement. Lina smiled impishly and quickly ate the salad.
'One good thing about being a genie is that my food bills are going to be almost nothing,' Lina thought, as her eyes focused on Gourry's sword. 'I'm going to have to get the full story behind that sword. Hopefully, I can create a sword to replace that one and Gourry can get rid of it.'
Lina shook her head and said, "Gourry, I'd like to see if we can run into Prince Philionel while we're here."
"Prince Phil?"
"Yes. He's the Crown Prince of Seyruun. He's right now traveling near Atlas."
"Will your...." Gourry stammered, at a loss.
"We'll have to talk about that in private," Lina replied. 'Great, I'm going to have to instruct Gourry on how to order me and make wishes off of me. This is going to be a load of fun.'
Gourry stood up and went to talk to the innkeeper. He came back with a defeated expression.
"Lina, I could only get one room. We'll have to work out something."
Lina put her hand to her head and suppressed her laughter. "Never mind that Gourry. Let's just go."
Gourry and Lina made their way to the room Gourry had gotten. Lina sat on the bed and waited for Gourry to shut and lock the door.
"Gourry, I sleep in your ring. Remember?" Lina said, with a slightly amused tone of voice.
"Oh. I forgot about that."
Lina used her magic to shift her clothes to the harem garb and said, "I'm not going around wearing this where everyone can see what I've become. It would just cause too many problems."
Changing her clothes back, she continued, "Now as to Prince Phil, you are right that I might have a problem due to my new nature. I need you to do something for me."
"Oh? What? You did look nice in that outfit."
Blushing a bit at the comment, Lina wrote something down on a piece of paper and held it up to Gourry. "Read this aloud."
Gourry shrugged and took the paper. "Lina, I wish that you would stay outside of the ring to help me find Prince Phil and deal with any obstacles that might come from that meeting."
Lina's eyes flashed red with that, while Gourry lowered the paper in confusion.
"Why did you have me read that?"
"That wish compels me to stay until we meet Prince Phil and if anything happens during that meeting, I won't get sucked right back into the ring right after you meet Prince Phil."
"I wasn't referring to that. I was talking about why did you have me read it now. Until I do meet Prince Phil, you can't go back inside the ring to sleep. Can you?"
Lina winced at Gourry's observation. "You're right."
Cocking her head slightly, Lina went thought. She nodded and looked at Gourry.
"I don't need sleep while I'm following a wish or an order. I'll just go invisible while you're sleeping and stand guard."
Gourry scratched his cheek and asked, "Lina, do you mind being in that weird outfit while we're in private? I might forget about you being one, if I don't have a constant reminder."
Lina sighed heavily and changed her outfit to the genie garb. She stood up and twirled around to show Gourry all sides of her.
"Yes. You do look quite cute in that outfit. I'm just glad that I'm going to be the only one who sees you in it."
Lina blushed heavily turned her head. "If you're ready to go to sleep, I'll go invisible and stand watch."
"Will you be all right?" Gourry asked.
"Yes, Gourry. I'll be fine," Lina replied.
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