I am silent and in thought. This armor wanted me to be hers , but the knight has been wearing the armor since day one, and to simply take it from him would be like crushing hos spirit, since all he wanted was to have a Living Armor wife and fighter by his side in combat.
I tilt my head at her and ask, "Why do you want to be mine, Sir Qorm was the one that wanted you?"
The Living Armor shakes her head and replies, "True, but what has he done to take care of me? He's more concerned with his damn reputation and the next piece of pork he gets to shove into his mouth!"
Tears start to form around the Living Armor's eyes. I stroke her shoulder and say, "All I've ever done was maintain your quality, I'm not a very skilled fighter or very popular unlike Sir Qorm."
The Living Armor lifts her head and mutters, "Understandable, but take me with you, and I will protect you in combat."
We're interrupted by the building shaking and dust falling down. I head upstairs and peek outside, seeing Sir Qorm kneeling before a Succubus, his face lost in desperately wanting to be hers. There were mamono marching through the town, no doubt hunting men for husbands. Not sure if anyone has noticed me, I rush back downstairs to the Living Armor and ask, "What shall I call you?"
"Loray," the Living Armor responded as she asked, "What is happening, shall I be worn by you?" her face becomes bright with hopefulness. I slip into her and head toward a trapdoor hidden under a rug. "Monsters have invaded this town, and Sir Qorm has succumbed to the seduction powers of a succubus," I say as I open the trapdoor adding, "This door will lead into a mineshaft that should lead out into the mountainside where my home is."
"Very well, Sir Qorm was also one to stick his skeleton key into harlots," Loray snarked as I hopped through the trapdoor and into the mineshaft, being sure to close it and block it with a boulder. I proceed down the old abandoned mineshaft, eventually reaching the sunny outside area of the mountainside where my home is.
Loray and I get settled in there, and we're soon having adventures together.