"Is this heaven?" Henry murmured to himself, seeing two beautiful angelic faces in front of him—Elsa and Ariel, both casting worried stares down at him.
"Henry! Are you okay? I'm so sorry! I didn't know you'd suddenly appear in the middle!" Elsa softly cupped his cheeks and leaned forward, unknowingly revealing her cleavage in front of him.
Only then did he realize that his head was actually lying on the soft flesh of Ariel's thighs. Well, at least he's dying peacefully and satisfactorily.
"Henry, are you okay? I'm sorry! I shouldn't have escalated it that far! This is all my fault!" Tears welled up in Ariel's eyes.
Elsa butted in, "No! It's my fault. I should've listened first instead of using violence…You taught me better than this."
'Well…In the end, at least they finally found something in common…though it's disappointing it has to end with me on the verge of death…'
Henry tried to move but then a horror realization flashed in his face, "I-I can't feel my legs…and anything else down there…"
His face mentally grimaced. Out of all the injuries he had to bear, it just had to be his family jewels? Is this God's punishment for those who dare to seek more than one relationship?
Just as despair was clouding his face, he suddenly remembered something.
"Where's Master Elias? Or maybe your father, King Triton. They might be able to do something about this. Can you call them? Please?"
Before Ariel or Elsa could say anything, someone already beat them to it.
"Sorry my boy, but there's nothing I can do about it…" Master Elias's face popped up in the middle between Ariel and Elsa.
"…You're serious? How about King Triton? He's a god right?"
Master Elias rubbed his bearded chin, "I don't know my boy. Better question is, even if he can help you, would he? You know he's still not that convinced in letting you have his favorite daughter only as his concubine, right? He might even throw a celebration back in Atlantis once he gets the wind of this."
Henry froze on the spot, figuratively of course, his lower part was already literally frozen.
His master is right. King Triton would definitely laugh in glee once he heard what happened.
His face further grimaced. He was thinking magic could fix him, but even though Master Elias had already said he couldn't do anything about it, don't even mention it. Even with all of his heavenly talent, it would take him a long time to achieve Master Elias's level and surpass him.
"So I'm destined to be a cripple then?"
"Oh, not all hope is lost." Hearing that from him, even Elsa and Ariel's faces turned toward him with eagerness.
"Is there any way to help him?"
Master Elias chuckled, he didn't pay attention to the two girls and instead, he stared at Henry's eyes, "I'm sure you already know who I'm talking about. But the question is, you'll have to reveal her existence."
He didn't need to continue anymore, Henry already knew who he was talking about.
Curious about his words, both Elsa and Ariel turned to Henry and asked in unison, "Who?" Henry gulped, he opened his mouth and was about to explain when Master Elias interrupted him.
"Speaking of her, she's already here. Need me to fetch her?" Henry didn't even hesitate and nodded his head, "Good, be back in a second."
When he said those words, he actually meant them. He disappeared for a single second and reappeared soon after, this time someone else was also with him.
At first, Rapunzel was confused. One moment she had just stepped down from the carriage after arriving in Lioncrest and in a blink of an eye, she found herself standing in a room covered in ice—she shivered from the cold.
But when she twirled around, her gaze landed on Henry's figure. Face bleeding and his lower part was covered in ice. Although she was curious about who the two women were but she's more worried for Henry than to care about them.
"Henry! Oh my gosh, what happened to you?" She rushed towards him and crouched, placing her hand on top of his.
"I'm sorry for troubling you right when you just arrived but I could really use some help here…"
Thankfully she didn't need to be told twice. Rapunzel didn't even question what was happening and immediately went to work. At first, she was clueless about what to do with the ice covering his legs but Elsa managed to catch on and immediately liberated his legs.
Rapunzel wrapped her extremely long hair around his legs and saved a few strands for his face. Once she was done. She finally sang the familiar song.
"Flower, gleam and glow
Let your powers shine
Make the clock reverse
Bring back what once was mine
Heal what has been hurt~"
When her hair shone in bright light, Elsa and Ariel couldn't stop themselves from being wowed. Their amazement fell short when Henry's legs finally twitched and started moving.
Along with that, Henry sighed in relief. Thank the heavens Rapunzel arrived just in time.
When the song was finished, Rapunzel unwrapped her hair and Henry was now as clean as new. Before she could react, Henry wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face on her flat stomach.
"You really saved my life, Rapunzel! Thank you, truly!"
Although surprised at first, Rapunzel softly smiled and gently patted his head, "There there…So can you finally tell me what happened? Oh, and I should head out first and tell Mom and Dad I'm fine. They must be shocked to see me disappear earlier."
"No need for that, lil missus. I already told your parents about it and right now they're in the living room waiting for you with the others."
Rapunzel sighed in relief after hearing that. Then she scanned the room, taking note of the obvious battle that had taken place, and then her eyes settled on the two women she had ignored before, "So what's the story here?"
Henry rubbed his forehead and stood, "It's a long story, you three might want to take a seat…" Though he soon realized that there were no chairs available since everything in the room was destroyed as collateral damage from the fight.
So he gave Elsa a knowing look that she immediately understood. She stomped her feet on the ground and ice-sculpted chairs erupted from the icy ground.
"No need for me, Princess. I'll see myself out while you four settle your matters." And just like that he disappeared again. Henry made a note to himself to thank his master for bringing Rapunzel in when he needed it the most. Though he had a small inkling that he could've actually healed him and just did all of these on purpose.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have any evidence to prove it.
With that being said, he stood in front of the three women in front of him. They were all sitting while he was standing which made him feel like a high school teacher in his class.
"Ariel, Rapunzel. This is Elsa, she's my fiancée, which means she's going to be my wife, Ariel." Henry clarified the last part when he saw that Ariel was about to raise her hand to ask a question.
He then moved on to Ariel, "And she is Ariel, she's the one who saved me from the shipwreck that I already told all of you about. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here talking to all of you."
"And finally, she is Rapunzel. The missing princess that I saved from her fake mother who kidnapped and trapped her in a tower, all while lying to her face about who she was. And as of currently, which you all just saw, she also saved my life."
With that, he took a deep breath and turned to Elsa before continuing, "I know this comes as a shock to you and I understand, Elsa. But before anything else, I'd like you to know that I love you above all else. And let me assure you, I never crossed any lines with them aside from simple hugs."
He noticed that Elsa was looking anywhere but his face. With a deep sigh, he approached her and sat with one knee buried on the floor, he stretched his hand and held hers, "Everything that happened wasn't my intention. All of it spiraled out of control, and before I knew it, they've already fallen and I can't afford to hurt their feelings."
"So I told them everything about us and the decision between them and I is up to you, so it's your choice." When he said those words, she quickly turned her head to him.
And he instantly knew what she was going to say, so he interrupted her before she could, "But can I ask you to do something for me first? It's not much but I'm hoping it would help you in deciding."
Elsa frowned, it was clear that she wanted to tell him her decision now, which is to leave both of them alone so he would only belong to her, and she's willing to overlook past every wrongdoing that Henry committed to her.
But still, she's willing to listen to him because she loves him, that's all.
"And that is?" Her voice squeaked, almost as quiet as a mosquito.
"You're going to tell me your decision tomorrow. In the meantime, I want you to get to know the two of them first. Just consider it your gift for my birthday. If you still stand in your decision right now, you can just say it tomorrow, right?"
What he's trying to do is to make Elsa give Ariel and Rapunzel a chance rather than quickly assuming the worst out of them. Henry believes that they would be able to help change Elsa's perspective on the matter.
Besides, he will stand his ground with what he just said. If Elsa still doesn't want any other woman aside from her, Henry would respect her decision and cut off his relationship with both Ariel and Rapunzel. At the same time, it's also better to say it in front of the latter two so there would be no hard feelings between them if the worst outcome happens.
That way, Henry was hoping that Ariel and Rapunzel wouldn't be too hurt once they realized that they can't be with Henry even if they want to. It would be a lie to say that a partial reason why Henry came up with this was to lessen the burden on his shoulders.
He knew no matter what he says or does, there would always be someone getting hurt, no matter the outcome. So he decided that instead of avoiding the inevitability, he would just do his best to lessen the impact.
It's the only way.
After a gruesome minute that felt like hours, with both Ariel and Rapunzel realizing what was going on and looking at Elsa with anticipation, the ice Princess—soon to be Queen finally nodded her head.
"I know that you plan to give them a chance so they would be able to convince me to accept them but I'll say this in advance, I will stand with my decision right now until tomorrow." She turned her head to the two women, "I will have Henry for myself."
Finally, she stood and before Henry could react, Elsa pulled him and instantly violated his lips with his. Both Ariel and Rapunzel's faces grimaced but they didn't do anything, they could only silently grumble as Elsa established her dominance over Henry.
And just like that, she left the room with a confident stride, as if she already knew that she got the win on the bag.
Henry stayed frozen for a good few seconds before slowly turning to Ariel and Rapunzel, "Well I guess that just happened. I'm sorry…"
Ariel stood from her ice chair and puffed her chest, "Don't worry. Just leave it to me to convince her!" With that, she left the room while Rapunzel also made her declaration.
"I'm honestly fine with whatever the outcome is. I don't need to be by your side to express my love for you. Even if it's just in my mind or alone, as long as I know that I love you, that's enough for me."
Their reactions also made Henry realize something.
It was only Elsa who was against him being with other women.
This made him rub the bridge of his nose, 'It's really my fault for everything. Note to self Henry, create a magic spell that lessens your charm over others.'