She'll simply have to content herself with membership in an exclusive club.

Kiss. "An empire of one?"

"Only the best."

Heeee. "Being empress of just me sounds like a lot less work, too. Leaves more time for kisses."

"Clearly the most important duty."

Kiss. "Which is why you're the best empress."

Hee.

Then the day can be quite delightfully winnowed away, in kisses and snuggles and reading (while snuggling).

The next day, Elieyha and Naruto may have a solution.

Oh, good.

What do they need from Wyld?

Confirmation that they should proceed, and a spot to put the seal.

She definitely wants this.

Her back's probably a good place, if they're looking for a body part she's unlikely to lose and have to regrow... Also it's a big canvas.

Both helpful. Luc' selected the same location.

She'll also need to stay still until the seal is completed.

"I can manage." Shirt off?

And face down, yes.

She does both, with no apparent modesty.

It has to be done.

They get to work.

The pain of the seal setting in gets a small noise out of her.

The seal looks stable, and when Wyld toggles the charm binding her to Luc' on and off (making a far worse face than she did for the actual pain), the Essence backwash bypasses the stress circuit, instead being bled off by the seal so it doesn't hurt Wyld. (Which is Naruto's guess about what that region was originally meant to do.) And, given the more central design of seals for energy storage...

Wyld makes a triumphant noise, pulling the Essence the seal had collected back out - stabilized, now - and immediately passing it around her, flexing her ability to control it.

"Feels like it didn't increase my stress at all," she says.

"That is excellent news. Do let us know if something malfunctions."

"I will."

"And - thank you. If there's ever a way I can repay you..."

"We'll keep that on hold, if that's all right."

"Not even a small repayment right now?" she asks, lightly. "Well, if you insist..."

"If you attempting to flirt, I would not count such activities as payment."

"Kisses are the best currency, though," she says, only mostly keeping a straight face. "And, yes, I'm definitely attempting to flirt."

Pause.

"...Maybe not with Naruto because I haven't sorted out my alt family tree feelings yet."

"...Yeah, that's fair," he says, smoothly switching to keeping his gaze on her face.