Reborn: I’m a Dragon Girl With An OP System Book 13

It was late when we finally arrived at the spirit domain. Everyone got off the carriage to take a break. The sky was clear, and many stars could be seen overhead. This took me back to the previous timeline when Adel had stopped here to let me take a look. It was where I meant Bell for the first time, and she became my partner.

"It's quite peaceful here," I said with a relaxed sigh. I walked over to a large squishy patch of grass and sat down. Sophie and Adel sat next to me, and each decided to take one of my thighs as their own as they laid down. I smiled and ran my hand through their hair. I was happy. I truly was. Things moved along much quicker than before with my relationship with Adel, but I was fine with this.

"Miss Cyrilia, we will go and catch some prey for dinner." One of the knights came over to me and said. The knights that Adel brought with her were all very respectful toward me. I am not sure if this was the king's doing or Adel's, but I was happy they did not seem to be wary of me.

"You do not need to do that." Atolie walked over. She already had hot plates of food in her hand. "I took the liberty to make some food just now."

"Atolie, you are as quick as always." She truly was fast in her work. No matter what job it was, she would have it done in an instant. "How's Grace doing?"

"She is fine. I went to check on her now, and she is enjoying her time with her family. But she keeps asking me to make sure Master is taken care of. She said she would find a way to kill me if there was even a single hair missing from your head. So I would prepare yourself to have your hair counted." Atolie replied without much emotion on her face.

I could only sigh and shake my head. Grace was as over the top as always. "Just ignore her. I am sure if I gave her a kiss, she would faint and forget about everything."

"I am not so sure, but I do know she is very much worried about you," Atolie had a faint smile on her lips as she spoke.

"As long as she is having a good time with her parents, that is all that matters." I handed the two girls who did not seem to want to move their dinner before taking my own dinner from Atolie. No one was left out, even the knights for good from Atolie, whom they all praised to the heavens. I could understand their praise since Atolie's food was very good.

"We will go up the mountain tomorrow. So tonight, we will all rest. No need to try to climb the mountain in the dark even if the spirits will light the path." With all our extra stops, we missed arriving here by half a day, which was why it was already dark.

We had stopped off in a few towns on the way just to take in the diverse culture this kingdom had. One of them was mainly only cat kin. There were humans and other races, too, but the main population was cat kin. From what I was told by a local, the town of Cat Winds was originally a cat tribe that kept growing bigger and bigger until they had a small town going. As other people settled down, the town grew and grew until it reached the size of a large town with tens of thousands of people living there.

What got me most about that town was the construction. Everything had cat ears on it. This included the buildings that had cat ears with windows. To be honest, I found it quite cute.

After a good meal, both girls fell asleep on my lap. I could only use magic to lift them up and bring them back to the carriage. While the outskirts of the spirit domain were safe, it was still better to be more safe than sorry.

I undressed the two and put them in bed before undressing myself. I slipped under the covers and took my place in the middle, and not even a few seconds later, they rolled over and clung onto me.

It was early the next morning when we woke that we finally set out. After a light breakfast, we began our march up the hill. Bell came out and sat on my head, showing off her dominance. Adel tried her best to speak to the other spirits, but they kept ignoring her, which made me feel slightly bad. We got halfway up the mountain when I saw a blue spirit that had been following us for quite some time poking its head out here and there.

I stopped and turned around and waved my finger at it so that it would come over. It looked at Bell with a bit of fear before slowly flying over to stand in front of me. "Do you want to come with us?"

The blue spirit nodded its head. I smiled and pointed at Adel, "Can you sign a contract with her?"

This time, my question was not answered right away. It looked at Adel with a bit of hesitation. I smiled and pulled Adel to the front of me, and hugged her from behind. "Adel is my wife, and I need someone who can protect her. Can you do that?"

I could see Adel's cheeks turning bright red. But I also saw the hopeful look in her eyes. The blue spirit still seemed to hesitate for a second, but finally, it nodded its head and flew over to Adel. It raised its little hand and tapped Adel's head, creating a blue water droplet between her brow.

"Contract is done." I smiled and poked the little blue spirit. This seemed to anger Bell because she began pulling on my hair.

Chapter2 Nissei Part 2

"Adel, you just need to name her name." I put my hand on top of Adel's as she excitedly looked at the blue spirit in front of her.

"Nissei." Adel reached her hand out and the blue spirit landed in the palm of her hand. It looked up at her and smiled before hugging her finger. Adel looked so happy I felt slightly jealous, but since it was her spirit, then this was normal.

"Since we are here, we should go see the spirit king." I felt it was not right to come here and take one of his kin away without at least talking to him first. I did ask S0phie if she wanted one but she only shook her head. She did find spirits interesting, but she did not seem to want one following her around.

When we reached the top of the mountain, the spirit king sat there staring at me. His gaze fell on Nissei. He did not say a word. It just seemed his aged gaze was very profound. It was only after almost a minute that he finally spoke. "I see a little one has formed a contract. I guess this is also destiny. Little dragon, please watch over this world. I am sure you already know that something sinister has already appeared. Our time is limited."

"I know. And I will do everything I can to make sure that I destroy this threat. My life, yours, and the life of my loved ones are all at stake now. As such, I will not sit by and allow my peaceful life to be disturbed. I will be sure to grow in power. I will be sure to gain enough strength to face this threat head on." I could only hope I had the time.

"If you are really willing, then you may be able to go to that place. Come back here in two years. At that time, I will send you and your companions to a place. A place not even your attendant can go. I will explain more the next time you stand before me. For now…. Go…." The spirit king looked down at us, and before I realized what was going on, we were standing at the entrance to the mountain.

"Faith? What did he mean to that place?"Adel asked. But I had no answer.

"I am not sure. Wherever it is, we will go together. We will grow stronger together." I smiled and rubbed her head. This seemed to appease her, so I did it some more.

"It seems we will not be able to live a quiet life anymore…." Sophie sighed as she hugged my arm. "I had hoped this time we could live peacefully…."

"As it is, besides Adel, we can not die anyways. But she will soon be on par with us once I bring her into the dungeons. We can only get ready for what is to come." This was the path I had to tread. I could not let this world get destroyed.

"I will follow you no matter where we end up. Even if we end up dying and going to hell." Sophie's eyes were firm. This was a girl who forced transported herself back in time after all just to be with me.

"Meto!" Adel's cute little cheeks were puffed out. I guess she felt left out.

"Yes, we will all walk through the fiery pits of hell together," I announced proudly. This brought smiles to the two girls' faces but strange looks from the knights who were guarding us.

"Please do not go to hell. It is not a nice place." Atolie suddenly said. She had a look of concern on her face.

"It is just a saying. I would not want to go to hell no matter what." While I do say this, and it is my true thoughts, the fact that I have already killed millions of people does not help my case. I am probably going to be reincarnated as some kind of bug in my next life if I truly die.

We all retired to the carriage for the night. Sophie and Adel were playing a card game, so I went to sit with Atolie. "Atolie, what do you think our chances of winning are?"

"I can not be sure. With all the time I have spent with you, I do know that you have overcome many strong opponents. But this one is different. I have no idea where the spirit from before will be sending you, but if I am not wrong, it already understands the situation. And normally, such beings are not one to joke around. So If we are really able to gain the strength we need in time, we might have a chance." Atolie did not seem too optimistic, but I could tell she was relying on this one chance.

"We will just have to make the best of it." This was all we could do.

"Faith! Come take a bath with us!" Adel called out to me. I smiled and thought for a moment before taking Atolie's hand. "Come, you too."

Atolie blushed and stood up. She let me pull her with me as we entered the bedroom area. As soon as Adel saw Atolie she got very happy. "Atolie! It's about time you joined us!"

Sophie came over to me and began helping me undress as she asked: "Are you planning to woo Atolie as well?"

"I am not sure. I did have such a thought, but it would depend if she was willing. Although I do plan to bring Grace into the circle. Are you okay with that?" I asked, looking into her dark eyes.

"As long as I am with you, I do not mind what you do. My love for you will never change. You gave up so much for me in our past life. And I am sure you went through a lot in the lives before that. No matter the timeline, I know you will always love those you are close to and protect them with your life. So please, do as you, please. I will always support you."

Chapter3 Trouble At The Gates

Here and now, I am the only one who would be wondering if the future even had a future. But at the same time, my only worry was the future of the people I cared about. I can only hope that once I start my travels after reaching the capital that, I will be able to live a the life I have always wanted.

"So it is decided? We will skip heading to the academy?" I asked the two girls in front of me.

"I will follow you wherever you want to go, Faith," Adel replied. "Although my father might throw a fit."

"The old man always throws a fit, do not worry about him." I snorted. The old guy was crafty. He even tricked me into being queen! I will not fall for such underhanded tricks again! "Alright, we are two days away from the capital. I want to grab Grace, and then we will stop at the castle to tell the old man our plans. If he says no I will nicely ask him again until he says yes."

With our plans set, we continued our travels. And in two days, the gate leading into the capital could easily be seen. The only problem was…. "Why is the line not moving?"

"I am not sure what is going on, but there seems to be an issue at the gate. Many guards are encircling someone." Atolie answered as she poked her head through the curtain of the carriage.

"I will go take a look. Atolie, protect these two." I left these words and jumped out and flew into the air.

From what I could see, there was a young girl in torn clothes on the ground kneeling in front of the guards. "Please save my mother! The bandits took her!"

"Look, we already said we can not do anything. We have no idea where they even went. Kid, just get up now, or we will need to throw you out!" One of the guards yelled.

I couldn't help but frown. I mean, what were the guards doing? Were they not planning to make a report? I flew over and landed in the middle of the circle in front of the young girl. "Can I ask what is going on?" As I asked this, I made sure to put a bit of pressure on each of the guards.

"You! Who are you!?" The guard captain's expression was not good. I mean, it shouldn't be. I was altering the gravity on him, making him half kneel.

"I am Faith Cyrilia. I am sure your king has mentioned me?" I asked while tilting my head to the side. Seeing the expression on the guard captain's face, I could take that as a yes. "Now tell me what is going on?"

"Can you first release the pressure?" The guard captain asked. I thought for a moment before nodding and releasing the guards. I could hear sighs of relief as their gravity returned to normal. Finally free of my pressure, The guard captain finally gave me a proper greeting. "My name is Alex, captain of the gate guards. This young girl's mother was taken by a bunch of bandits. But she does not know where they went."

"How could I!? My mother pushed me away and told me to run to get help. I only witnessed them stripping and dragging her away! I was also almost…." The young girl was around fifteen. That was the age of an adult in this world, so she was pretty much fair game. But sometimes, those bandits did not even care about age. If they were too young, they would take them in and groom them to be wives. It was a sick practice.

But from the sounds of it, even if her mother was alive, she would want to be dead by now. I sighed and said: "First things first, you need to give this girl something to cover herself with. Then, second, you need to make an official report instead of a bunch of men staring at a young girl who was desperate to save her mother.

"By wanting to kick her away, you are not only going against the laws you have sworn to uphold but are also committing a crime of negligence. Just because people might be commoners does not mean you can ignore their plight. If this was some noble girl, you would have quickly acted. Do not think I do not know what is going on in your minds. Or do I need to ask the king himself why his guards are not willing to protect the citizens of this kingdom?" Each of my words seemed to strike a chord with these guards. I know they were not official knights, but they were still sworn to uphold the law and protect the citizens.

"Look, we can not just take every case with bandits. It is impossible to find the bandits now anyway. We can only have the girl go to an orphanage or find her family members." The guard captain did not seem to want to deal with this situation at all.

"I SEE!" A voice suddenly thundered through the sky. Everyone turned to look at the young girl who was standing there holding the him of her skirt up and walking over with puffed out cheeks.

"P-P-P-P-Pri-Princess!" The guard stuttered as he stared at Adel. I could see the beads of sweat forming on his forehead as he quickly knelt down.

"So you know I am a princess. Then, when Faith gave you her name, why did you not kneel or listen to her orders!?" Adel seemed very mad. I guess she did not like people looking down on me. "What was the order my father passed down concerning Faith Cyrilia!?"

"It…" The guard captain's whole back was now covered in sweat. "We are to treat her as if we were looking at the king himself…."

That bastard, old man! Was he trying to make me queen again!? When did such an order get passed down? I only told him to tell the guards and knights who I was so I would not get stopped when flying around! Never good ever comes with talking with that old man!

Chapter4 A Surprise Part 1

"Since that is the case, then what are you supposed to do now?" Adel was really a princess. She did not show any fear when facing all these guards.

"Do not worry, Princess, we will send out a team to track down the bandits, but…. We do not know if we will be able to bring her mother back in one piece…." The guard captain was right about this. With how much time it took the girl to even get here. If the bandits had already taken her mother, then she was either already dead or turned into a toy who wished she was dead.

"It's fine as long as you can bring some news." I did not want to give these guys too much of a hard time. I just wanted them to do their jobs.

"We will do our best." The guard captain suddenly knelt down and bowed his head to me. I really had the urge to fly to the castle and kick that bastard sitting on the throne.

"Please do not do this. I do not like it when people bow." I really hated it!

"Hehe…" Adel was giggling away at me.

I sighed and looked at the young girl. I took out a few gold coins and put them in her hand before looking at one of the guards at the side. "You, take her to get some new clothes and set her up in an inn with decent security. And inform her of any news once there is any. The money I gave her should be good for at least three months."

"Miss Cyrilia, do not worry I will fulfill my mission!" The guard saluted me before quickly helping the young girl up off the ground.

I watched as the stunned young girl walked off clutching the gold in her hand. I hoped she could at least get some kind of news about her mother soon. I turned to the guard captain after the girl disappeared and asked: "If you could, please help that girl find a job someplace so she can make a living. I highly doubt her mother will be alive or at least in the right state of mind."

"I already know a place. I will let the girl rest for a few days before bringing her over." The guard captain should really act like this all the time instead of being asked to do so. If he did, he would quickly rise through the ranks. I could say something but he would need to realize things for himself. Maybe one day he will learn to be a better person.

"Alright, make sure to make a full report to the king. I will ask him about it later." By forcing the guard captain to make a report to the king, not only was I gibing the old man some work but I was also making sure this guard captain did not slack on the job.

"We will go back into line. Please continue with your work." With that, I took Adel's hand and pulled her along as I flew into the air and returned to our carriage.

When we got back in and sat down I saw Adel's cheeks purffed out which made me poke them. "What is wrong with my Little Princess?"

"I just feel sorry for that girl. She went through such a horrible experience but there is nothing more than what you did I myself could do for her."

"This is just how this world is. While you could try to snuff out all the bad, but you will end up dying of old age before you can achieve anything. Even if you get rid of one bad person another will appear. It doesn't matter the race, it would always be the same." This was just the true nature of living beings. Even monsters had the good and the bad. Some were more violent than others and would kill their own kind. It was just nature itself. The art of natural selection.

"I see…. I guess life really gives you a lot of roadblocks that you have to overcome." I could tell Adel was not happy at all but there was nothing that could be done. I patted her head and let her snuggle up next to me while I looked out the window. I have no idea when it happened but Sophie was already using my lap as a pillow.

After about an hour, we finally made it through the gates. The guards did not make us pay a few. After all, the princess was in the carriage. If they asked her to pay a fee, it was basically saying, 'Hey, pay us so we can give it back to you later'.

"We are here."Atolie's voice entered the cabin. I stuck my head out to see a familiar set of gates.

It was the airship dock that would take us up to the floating island. I couldn't wait to see Grace. I haven't seen her since I started my journey here. Only Atolie would go check on her every few days at night. "Let's head out, shall we?"

"Faith, can you store the carriage so we can use it when we land?" Adel asked. I nodded and quickly stashed it away after everyone got off.

As we walked towards the VIP gate, many eyes were on us. It was a busy day today. I am not sure why, but there people going up to the floating island was much more than I had ever seen before. "Adel, what is going on?"

"Hehe!" All I got was a giggle, which meant she was up to something.

"What did you do this time?" I asked, giving her a look that said I know you did something.

"Noooothing!" I guess Adel was not planning on telling me. I could tickle her until she gave in but I did not want to ruin her fun. Adel would never do anything to harm me after all.

Chapter5 A Surprise Part 2

We got onto the flying ship and headed to the floating island. The boat, this time quite packed with many people. We ended up spending most of our time on the VIP deck since there was no way to walk around the ship with so many on board. Luckily, the flight was short, and we arrived very quickly.

"Quick! Come!" Adel grabbed both my and Sophie's hands and pulled us along toward the VIP exit. When we arrived, we were met with the one person I wanted to slap the most.

Gritting my teeth, I said: "Your Majesty…." I really did not like bowing to this bastard who always had tricks.

"Hmmm? It's good to know that you know proper etiquette." The king gave me a mocking smile, which made me want to kick his shin to the new continent. Of course, I could not be outdone.

"It seems Your Majesty is very forgetful. I think I have always had good etiquette. I think the signs of memory loss are pretty bad. I should call the best doctor in the capital to come and check on Your Majesty's health." I smiled back, but my eyes were not smiling, and neither were his.

"It seems while you were in the care of my daughter, you have taught her many things that should not have been taught. I only happened to hear about an engagement ceremony this morning. But for some reason, the rest of the world knew about it." The king looked at me and then at Adel, who had her hands behind her back and was looking up at the sky as if she had done nothing wrong.

"Adel…. Explain." I said flatly. I have never heard of any engagement ceremony!

"Well…." Adel finally looked at the two of us and said: "Since we are in love, I felt that the whole world should know so I sent out invitations to everyone I knew and had them invite other nobles and businessmen so that we could hold a public engagement. Oh! Right! I had someone use a griffin and fly your parents and brother here as well."

I facepalmed. This girl! When did she plan all of this!? I turned and looked at Atolie, who was now doing the same thing Adel was doing before! She was keeping secrets from me! I sighed and then looked at the king and said: "This is your daughter."

The king's face did not look good. I am sure he can tell from my reaction that I had no idea what was going on. "Adel…." The King looked conflicted. But what could he do? This own daughter set everything up. He had no choice but to go through with it. With a long, loud sigh, he finally said: "What's done is done. It is just an engagement…. All parties should get ready! Faith, I want to speak to you alone."

"Alright." I nodded and said a few words to Adel and Sophie, and took out the carriage before following after the old man.

I got into his carriage, that was much bigger than Adel's. I sat down and then looked at the King. "You want to know about the quake just now, right?"

"Yes, do you have any clues as to what caused it?" The king asked.

"It's a being called the Doom Bringer. It is a very powerful monster that sucks the life from worlds. Its main thing is that it can weaken all powers around it. Right now, I am far from being able to beat it. I will need to grow in strength in order to fight it. We have ten years. But….. I spoke with the spirit king, and he will send me and those who will be fighting alongside me to another place to train. Adel will also be going." I explain. I did not plan to hide it. There was no reason to.

"I see…. Is there anything I can do to help?" The king asked. He looked very troubled.

"Just take care of the kingdom. I will handle the rest. If I am to die….. Send everyone from the kingdom to a magic realm as soon as possible. Better yet, prepare to move them to a magic realm in ten years, just in case. It will be a temporary measure in case the planet is annihilated in the process. The battle will happen on the continent on the other side of the world, but you never know what might happen during the battle." I hated to say it but I would rather destroy the world myself than let some monster do it. "Please share this information with other kingdoms. While the kings and queens, emperors, and empresses might be bad, the citizens who are under their rule are innocent. The more lives we can save, the better."

"I understand. If I have to I will make arrangements to allow other kingdoms to evacuate with ours. I will save as many people as I can. Because, as you said, the people are innocent. It is those who govern that make the people under them look like the enemy." The king was in full support of my idea. I was glad about this.

"I am glad you understand. Also…. Do not keep this from the people. There will be chaos otherwise. But also give them hope. Tell them there is a special unit trying to figure out a way to get rid of this uninvited visitor. One that will risk their lives to try to stop it." I knew one thing and that was that leaving the masses in the dark was not good. Things needed to be made open to all. This would cause less hysteria when the time came.

"I will be making things clear by the end of the year. I also do not want to cause panic." I knew the king would need time to plan out how he was going to say it to the masses. After all, this was not good news. No one wants to know that the world is going to end.

Chapter6 Getting Engaged Again Part 1

When I walked out of the VIP room, Grace was standing there with Atolie. "Master…."

"It's been a while, Grace." I smiled, walked over, and gave her a hug. Grace and I were connected. If I died, she died. That was why she was still the grace from the previous timeline. When I traveled back in time, she did as well.

Grace pushed her face into my neck and hugged me back. I could feel her choking up a little, which made me smile warmly. "We will make it through this time. We will figure out it no matter what."

"Mm…" Grace nodded. I rubbed her back gently before finally letting her go. It was only then that I noticed something in Atolie's hands.

"This is?" I looked at the clothes curiously.

"Adel had them prepared for you for today's event," Atolie replied.

I figured as much, but well, I had to hand it to the girl. She had done all of this behind my back without me knowing. "So, Sophie and I will also be getting engaged, so where are your's and Grace's dresses? You both want to get engaged as well, right?"

Atolie blushed, as did Grace, and lowered their heads. I do wonder if they really thought I had not noticed in the past two lifetimes. Atolie was the first to finally speak. "We are only here to serve…."

"Nope! You are both here as people I love and care for. I know Grace's feelings, but Atolie, for you to have gone back in time with me so many times and even make it so I would summon you all the time, you can't tell me you do not have feelings for me beyond a master-servant type relationship. Atolie, you have long become family to me. If you wish to go beyond what we have now, I am more than willing to. I also will not force you."

"I…" Atolie expression seemed a little scared and a little happy. I have no idea what we had been in the past, but from what I can tell, we must have had a relationship in one of our timelines. "If you are willing to accept me again…."

She says again…. That proves it. "I am more than willing," I replied with a smile. I took the dress in her hands and then pulled her along with me as we walked to where I was supposed to get changed.

When I walked through the door, Sophie and Adel were already there waiting, all dressed up. "You both look beautiful."

"Hehe!" Adel smiled brightly as she looked past me to Grace and Atolie. "So?"

"If you do not mind, can we add two more for the engagement?" I asked while rubbing my nose. I felt kind of bad since I did not know if Adel had planned for all of this.

"Of course!" Adel smiled and quickly clapped her hands. Before Grace and Atolie could react, a few maids pulled them away to get changed. A few more came over to me and began stripping me of my clothes. I swear, I will never get used to this.

We were all dressed in white gowns. Atolie and Grace looked very beautiful. Adel held my hand as we walked up to the main stage that had been built in the middle of the main square. I could see the confusion on the faces of everyone there to watch the show. Adel stepped forward and smiled at the people below. "Today is the day Faith Cyrilia will be getting engaged to her future wives. As you all know, I am Princess Adel. You might be wondering why so many girls are getting engaged to each other. Well… It is because we fell in love with the same person. Faith is strong and kind. She is someone who takes care of those around her. She will defend those she loves with her life. She is this kind of person.

"We may be young. We may not seem like we know what we are doing and that this might just be a spur of the moment thing, but our love is something that has been blooming since we were very young. And most of all, my father has long okayed my engagement to Faith. For you nobles who find the fact that I am being betrothed to another girl a sin, I can only tell you, keep your ideas about me to yourself, or you might end up losing your family line." Adel's words really made a lot of people's faces turn sour. I watched as the damned king at the side smiled proudly. I could tell he was not happy either, but I think the fact that those bastards from the noble families couldn't lay their hands on his daughter made this event okay with him.

I walked over, held Adel's hand, and faced the crowd. The aura I had when I had become an empress naturally burst out of me as I began to speak. "Today, with the people I have had by my side for so many years, each one of them will now be tied to me for all our lives. Whether we live for an eternity or whether we all die tomorrow, no matter the timeline we live in, I will always only want these girls by my side. Adel, Sophie, Grace, and Atolie, each of these girls I hold dear in my heart. I will protect them at the cost of my own life. No matter how many timelines I must create to do this. I will do it. If someone dares to try to harm them, I will destroy that person. I do not care if you are an individual, a family, or a country. I have the power to make you regret forever trying to harm my loved ones."

A threat. I was giving those who might still have schemes up their sleeves a head-on threat. They dare to covet what is mine; I will make them wish for death.

Chapter7 Getting Engaged Again Part 2

"Ahenm…." The king walked up behind me and knocked me on the head, causing me to turn and glare at him. But he ignored me completely. "Now then. As you can see, my soon to be daughter in law has a bit of an overprotective syndrome when it comes to her loved ones, which allows me to feel reassured that my daughter will be in good hands.

"As you all know, it might look strange for so many girls to be up on this stage, but this is how it is. These three girls and my daughter will all be marrying Fatih Cyrilia. And because of this, from this day forth, Faith Cyrilia will be known as Princess Cyrilia, and he father, who is in charge of Cyrilia village, will become known as Duke Cyrilia." The king's words were still burning in my ear, making me want to kick him!

"Oi! Old man! We never discussed this!" I yelled out. I couldn't hold my anger in.

"Princess Cyrilia, we are in public. Please speak respectfully." The king replied to me through gritted teeth.

"If you want respect, then stop doing sneaky things! I never wanted a royal title! Neither did my father! If you give him one, my father will rage! Plus, don't you have a fude with him!?" I kindly reminded him that my mother was stolen from him by my father.

Sure enough, the king's expression turned sour. He glared at me and snorted. "Hah! This is what I want! The more he is pissed off, the better!"

"What are you, a little kid!?" I yelled back.

We had completely forgotten that we were in public. As we argued back and forth, I could feel the eyes of the citizens staring at us, causing me to finally look over to look at their shocked expressions. "Ahem…." I cleared my throat. "Anyway…!"

The king was about to continue when I elbowed him in the side, causing him to glare at me. Adel and Sophie were giggling away, while Atolie and Grace were as quiet as always. Adel just found it funny, but Sophie was used to such scenes. In fact, it brought back a bit of nostalgia. The king and I would always argue like this in the previous timeline. Some things just never change.

Adel finally stepped forward after finishing her giggling fit and said: "As you can see, we are quite close in all aspects. I love Faith. I love Sophie, Atolie, and Grace as well. We already have a very close bond with one another. We are already a family. So I hope everyone of this kingdom can give us your blessing and watch over us as we grow together as a family. Our wedding will be held in two years' time. We will hold it in the lower city and will allow everyone to come to attend. I do not care if you are poor or rich. All are welcome.

"Because I believe in this world all of us are equal, even if some of us are having harder times than others. And to celebrate this day, my father will be helping the poor communities of the lower city to establish new housing and work."

So this was why Adel asked me so many questions about what she could do for the people. I had only suggested the things I did in the past timelines since it worked well. Now, the king was the one who would be implementing it! I hope it will go smoothly.

"So once more, I hope you will give us your blessing." Adel bowed to the ground, and so did the rest of us. Even the king himself bowed to the people, which startled many. But this was also what made a good king. He knew when to bow his head to the people and when to keep it raised up. This was what allowed a king to feel less distant to his people.

With that all situated, A maid with a tray that held four boxes on it was brought over. It was time for me to formally propose, but to think Adel even remembered to get rings, and four at that! It was as if she knew Atolie and Grace would be joining.

I sighed and took the first box and looked into Adel's eyes, which were smiling back and me. "Adel, in this life and all my lives, no matter what happens, I will find you and make you my wife over and over again."

"Mmm!" Adel beamed an even more beautiful smile at me as I stuck the ring on her finger.

Adel stepped back and let Sophie step forward. I reached up and scratched her ears, causing her to close her eyes. "Sophie. You have always been there. And I can not see my life without you in it. So I hope I can make you happy this time around as well."

"Hehe. I know you will!" Sophie smiled and held out her hand. I once again slipped a finger onto her finger. She looked at it and then hugged me tightly. I smiled and hugged her back.

Grace was next, and she looked pretty nervous. I looked at her with a lot of emotion. From what I know, Grace has been by my side in all my lives. Helping me through my darkest times. "Grace, sorry to keep you waiting."

"It's fine. I am just glad you finally realized my feelings." Grace's normally stoic expression finally bloomed into a smile. It was enough to cause everyone who saw it to be stunned. She truly looked beautiful when she smiled.

After giving Grace her ring, Atolie was last. She looked down at me as I looked up at her. "Atolie, I do not know what I have done to deserve you. You have always done so much for me. I am unfortunately unable to remember in those times lines when we were together, but I plan to make new memories with you that will stick around for all eternity."

Chapter8 Teasing My Best Friend Part 1

After everything was said and done, the engagement turned into a public party. Everyone sat around eating, making the whole ordeal seem very peaceful. While I would have preferred to have done this in the lower city, this was fine as well. Many people were here, and with so many royalty it was not easy for them to just let anyone join.

"To think my sister is getting engaged before me and to a girl nonetheless…." A drunk young man. Prince Lance, sat next to me whining about his pitiful life.

"Maybe if you didn't fool around with other girls all the time you wouldn't have such a problem. Remember you are a prince and the next ruler of this kingdom. You need to straighten yourself out or no girl will want to even look at you." I was not going to go light with my reprimand.

"You!" Prince Lance stared at me with wide eyes. But then he blushed and lowered his head. "Maybe you are right…"

"Of course she is right. Brother, you need to take a look at your day to day life first. Farther is still waiting for you to finally stop playing around and become a real man. The next ruler. I already have Faith so I do not need some throne. So I will support you with everything I have!" Adel was sitting on the other side of me. Her eyes showed just how determined she was. I knew the two had a strong brother-sister bond. This proved it even more.

"If even my cute little sisters says so then I guess I really need to change…" Prince Lance put down his mug of ale and then picked up a glass of water. "First I will stop drinking so much."

I smiled and nodded my head. This was the Lance that I knew. "Work hard. Adel and I will be watching from the sidelines. Leave the major things to us."

Prince Lance sighed and nodded his head. "Sister-in-law, I hope you can protect my sister on your journey. Please keep her safe and sound."

"Don't worry. I will protect all of my wives with my life." I have said this so much that I feel it was starting to become a catchphrase.

"Good to hear. I will be going back. Little sister, congrats on your engagement. I hope to see you walking down the aisle in two years' time just as happy as you are now." Prince Lance smiled and rubbed the top of Adel's head. Adel pursed her lips and slapped his hand away, causing him to chuckle.

After he left, Sophie took his spot with a bit of a dissatisfied look on her face. "Shy did he have to sit next to you!?"

"Is my little fox girl complaining because she couldn't snuggle up next to me?" I asked teasingly. Sophie's ears twitched as she pinched my side, causing me to laugh. "I take that as a yes."

"So what are we to do next?" Sophie asked. This was something I had yet to decide but thinking about it, it would be good to first take a trip to the elven kingdom. They had the one dungeon that would allow me to level up quickly, as well as those around me. They did, after all, have the dungeon that went by level and was not static.

"The elven kingdom. We need to be ready for when the dungeons appear." I answered. "The dungeon that opened up there will allow me to level everyone extremely fast. But before that, I need to get rid of one dungeon first. So we will just head to the academy for a short period of time. There is someone in that dungeon that I need to get rid of."

"What dungeons?" Adel seemed very confused.

"You will know when the time comes. But for now, we will just enjoy our peaceful lives." We spent our time chatting about this and that. Atolie and Grace did not seem to want to get involved and still stood behind me as if they were my maids. I really had to get them out of that kind of habit.

At least at night, we all slept in the same bed. Somehow, I had Adel and Sophie hugging my arms while Atolie and Grace hugged my legs. Even if I wanted to move, I wouldn't be able to. But I did have to say my first kiss with both Grace and Atolie was not bad. The two girls blushed from ear to ear when I gave them deep kisses.

It is funny, though, I still had the same house as before, and according to Atolie, I have always lived in this house. Each time I went back in time, I would live in this same house. Just thinking about it kind of amazed me.

But today, I was at the academy by myself. It was not the start of classes yet, but there was a specific reason why I was here. I had already gotten permission from the king to take a single person away from the library here.

I walked through the gates and towards the library. The familiar scenery entered my eyes as I walked the same path I had walked many times before. When I reached the library, I did not enter right away. Instead, I looked through the window to see a young woman silently reading at her desk that was covered in books. "She really did turn into a second me."

I chuckled and walked through the doors. She was so engrossed in her book that she did not even notice me. I snuck around and stood behind her. After giving her a second to see if she noticed me, I drooped my hands over her shoulder and kissed her cheek. "Jen, didn't you always tell me not to read books so much? And here you are, ignoring me while reading a book. Is this what they call not practicing what they speak?"

Chapter9 Teasing My Best Friend Part 2

"Faith, it's not like tha…." I watched as Jen's expression slowly changed. I have done this to her quite a bit in my life on Earth. So I know she would react to this because she would always say the same thing: 'Faith, it is not like that. I was just amused, is all.' Whether it would be a book I got her into or something else, it was the same answer each time she became engrossed in something.

"My dear Jen, you have turned into me, you know." I grinned as I let her go and pushed a stack of books to the side before sitting on her desk. "Also, if you keep your mouth open like that, a bug will fly in."

"You! You! You! YOU! Faith!" Jen suddenly burst into tears as she jumped on me and hugged me tightly.

"Mhmmm…. It's me." I gently rubbed her back. I waited for Jen to slowly calm down before saying: "I have gotten permission for you to come live with me. You will no longer be locked up here."

"Wha!? How!?" Jen cried out. She was told she could only live if she stayed here quietly. Otherwise, due to her powers, she would be executed.

"Because if they did not listen to me, I would destroy the kingdom," I replied with a teasing grin. "Well, besides destroying the kingdom, I am also the fiancee of the princess."

"Wait…. Hold on! I can not process all of this at once! Stop dropping bombs on my Faith!" Jen cried out. She stagged back and fell into her seat. She looked at me up and down a few times before asking. "First…. Just how powerful are you!?"

"That is what you are going to ask first!?" I cried out in surprise. "You are not going to ask about me being a lesbian all of a sudden!?"

"Well… I kind of figured that would happen when you showed no interest in men." Jen replied flatly, which caught me off guard.

It never occurred to me that Jen had actually thought I would become a lesbian all this time! I couldn't help but purse my lips and snort. "What would you have done if I had hit on you? Huh? Miss hot boy fangirl!"

"Hahaha! If you hit on me, then so be it. As your best friend, I would put up with it, but I would never give you what you want." Jen replied with a teasing smile. "Although I think it would never happen since it would have been like to biological sisters doing those things and well… not happening."

"Haha! I guess so." I couldn't help but laugh. Then, an idea came to mind. I hopped off the desk and climbed into Jen's lap, staring into her eyes. "What if I said I was willing, now?"

"Pfft!" Jen burst out laughing right in my face. This damn girl! "I can't! You are killing me!"

"Fine!" I snorted and got up. "Anyway, I love my four wives, so it's fine."

"Wait what!? Four!?" Jen almost fell out of her seat.

"Yes. Four. Adel, Sophie, Atolie, and Grace." I answered. "Each of them is very special to me."

"To think the bookworm turned into a playboy." Jen shook her head. "So, how does it feel to be in love finally, Miss I will never fall in love with anything but my books!?"

"You know to be honest it was strange at first. I was oblivious to it all, but those girls made me realize what true love was." I explained before sitting back on the desk. "Jen, did you know I have had conversations like this with just the two of us in this library many times?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Jen asked in confusion.

"I mean we have spoken like this multiple times. Why do you think I knew who you were when you look so much different? Why do you think I came here and made sure I could set you free?" I asked with a small smile.

"Now that I think about it, it is strange. How did you know?" Jen asked in confusion.

"It's because I have repeated the same series of events more than once. I have kind of done a reset on life multiple times due to losing my loved ones. I have even tried to destroy the world because of it. I do not know all the details. But I know in each timeline, I lost someone dear to me. But this time…. This time I will not allow such a thing to happen. I will be sure to keep everyone I care about and love safe from any harm. That is why I will grow stronger than I have ever been before." I was not sure if my thoughts were correct or if this would all end up in another reset, but I will be sure to continue forward and walk a path that will allow me to stand proudly next to my loved ones.

"Well… While this is quite a bit to take in, after experiencing rebirth, I can say for sure nothing is out of the question." Jen's way of thinking had always been simple. "So now you are here to whisk me away as well? Just so you know, I will not join your harem!"

"Haha! I know." I smiled and jumped off the desk once again. I walked behind Jen and hugged her neck. "I am just glad that no matter how many times I have reset, you are still here."

Jen held my arm and nodded her head. "We have always been tied at the waist. Why make things different in another world? We will always be the same. The nerdy duo who was shunned by all!"

"Hey! I was not shunned! I just did not talk to others!" I replied with a snort. I mean… Well… Maybe?

"Haha… You were cute back on Earth. Sadly, you did not give any guy the time of day since they did not match up to your ideal prince charming. Although I guess it would be princess charming now, huh?" Jen teased. I do not know how it happened but I went from being the one teasing people to being teased!

Chapter10 Chatting With Jen

"I do not know about cute or boys liking me, but I do know nothing could match up to what I read in stories. Just so you know, I did have a husband before." I explained.

"I can guess it. If you really have gone back in time multiple times, I can see you having a few husbands. Must be tough being a slut." Jen replied with a teasing grin.

"Hey!" That hurt! It really did! I am no such thing!

"Haha! I am just joking. You said before that you had your memories erased, right?" Jen asked, to which I nodded my head in answer. "Then you wouldn't remember the people you fell in love with before, and they would not remember you."

"Yeah." I nodded my head as well. "When I think about such things, I do wonder how I lived each of those lives. I can remember bits and pieces of a few of my lives, but they are all at points where either Sophie or Adel are in trouble. Or moments with Grace."

"That just means your feelings for them are strong. You should embrace that." Jen held my hand and looked me in the eye. "Faith, even back on Earth, you were someone who cared deeply for the people you saw as friends and family. Remember that time I was being bullied by those girls?"

"You mean the time I got beaten up for you?" I could remember that time. It was a painful experience, but I was glad I was able to keep Jen safe. Jen had angered a popular girl in school who was known to be a bully to start with. It all happened because a boy the girl liked asked Jen out, whom she quickly rejected, but just by the fact that the boy asked her out, Jen became a target.

I had happened to hear something about Jen being cornered by the girl and quickly ran off to try to help her. I got there right as Jen was about to be punched and took the punch for her before turning around and hugging Jen. The girl was so mad that she kept kicking and hitting me. Only after I was bruised and battered did she finally stomp off in anger since I would not get out of the way.

I think that was the first time I had seen Jen cry so hard. I could only lift my head up and ask if she was okay, which made her cry even harder. Luckily, no one made fun of me when I went to school after taking three days off. The girl ended up getting expelled as well. Her parents tried to fight it but was unable to since someone had actually handed over video evidence. Even the police got involved. This was not on my or my parents, but the school called the cops, and from what I know, she ended up doing a few days in juvenile detention. Luckily, she never caused any more problems after that.

"She ended up not being able to go to school, you know," Jen answered a question I had in my mind. Now that I was thinking about it, I did wonder what happened to her.

"What did she end up doing?" I asked curiously.

"I ran into her once, and we talked. After that day, she did turn her life around. Well, to an extent. She ended up pregnant at seventeen and a single mom after the guy she slept with ran off. She started working on the side while her parents looked after her son. She even apologized to me and cried when she talked about you. She said it was all a real eye opener when she got pregnant, and the world seemed to shun her.

"She became a young mother and worked hard. Having to take care of a life that she had given birth to made her want to change her ways and provide for the child." Jen explained as she let out a long sigh. "Only if she had figured these things out sooner. She still regretted not apologizing to you face to face. She said she could only do it by visiting your grave. She said she made a habit of going once a month. Your mother had mentioned this as well. That someone was always cleaning your gravestone."

"I see…." It was weird talking about my own death. But I guess this was something one would need to get used to. "I am glad she was able to straighten her life out. Being able to do so is a good thing. At least she did not fall into drugs or end up in jail for life."

"That is true. Although if you think about it, that is now basically my life up until now." Jen's lonely expression almost made me tear up. I hugged her tightly and closed my eyes. "You will no longer be alone. You can live with me in my house for the time being until I need to head off to deal with a few things."

"Deal with a few things?" Jen asked in confusion.

"You heard it and felt it, right?" I know everyone at least felt the earthquake.

"Yeah, so what was that?" Jen looked a little worried. Which I do not blame her. This world was full of all possibilities that one would not be able to even dream of being a reality back on Earth.

"It's called a Doom Bringer. And from what I know, it is very powerful. In ten years' time, we will have to fight a battle like no other. And I will be at the front." I explained lightly.

"Why you!?" Jen cried out. "Faith, why do you always put yourself in harm's way? Why must it be you!? You always do this! Just like the time you protected me!"

"Jen…." I saw her tearing up, and it made me start to feel bad. "It's because I am the only one powerful enough to deal with it. You will understand what I mean as time goes on."

Chapter11 Heading To The Undead Capital!

It took a while for me to calm down Jen. But to be honest, I also felt warmth in my heart. Jen had always cared about me. Even now, no matter how many times I reset, Jen was still well…. Jen.

After calming Jen down, I brought Jen back home with me. Of course, this made Adel puff her cheeks out in anger. "There are already four of us! How are you supposed to bring another one in now!?"

"Adel, this is my best friend. Not a lover…" I said softly while rubbing her head. "She was imprisoned by the academy and your father,"

"Oh…. Well… I guess it's fine then….." Adel pursed her lips and then looked at Jen and gave a princess like curtsy. "I am Adel. Please do not treat me like a princess but as Faith's fiancee and future wife."

"It is a pleasure to meet you. And do not worry, I do not like girls. I would prefer a cute prince with a buff body who could protect me from the wind and rain." Jen's delusional dreams were coming out again. Her likes had not even changed since we were young back on Earth! Look, she was even being stared at by the rest with strange expressions!

"Don't mind her. She is a strange one." I waved off Jen's sudden day dreaming as her being crazy. Jen used to day dream about hunks all the time.

"Hey!" Jen cried out at me and punched my shoulder, causing me to laugh.

"You two are really close…." Adel was starting to slide into her yandere mode.

"Okay, before Adel pulls out a knife and chases Jen around, let's get her settled in." I chuckled, pulled Adel into a hug, and looked at one of the maids. They nodded and quickly pulled Jen away. As for Adel, she seemed to find it fun to smash her face between my two non existent mounds. I guess that is better than her going yandere.

"Sophie, when does the play start?" I kind of wanted to go to the play since it could be considered a special place for Sophie and I.

"In a month. We are actually much earlier than before." Sophie replied. Her words would have confused Adel, but Adel was preoccupied. She loved hugs and head pats, so it was easy to distract her.

"Then we got plenty of time." I pursed my lips and thought for a moment. I mean, there was not much to do at home while we sat and waited for school to open. I had to be around for the wedding, so things were a bit slower than normal. And it will be a while before the dungeons appear. The only thing left would be to go monster hunting, which would not be a bad idea since it would allow me to train Adel up. After thinking for a while, I looked up at Grace and Atolie. "Do either of you know where I can find high level monsters around here?"

"I believe if we go north to the undead kingdom, we can fight wraiths. They are said to be so strong that even the undead king is unable to do anything about them." Hearing Grace's answer, my eyes went wide with excitement. I did not know why I did not think of that! The undead kingdom was indeed a place of high level monsters. The king himself was crazy strong, so there would be no way the monsters there would not be the same.

"This will work! Okay, let's do that. We will rest tonight, then head to the undead kingdom….. Ah… I should probably go talk to their king first, or else they might not be too happy if we just showed up." I let Adel go, who was a little disgruntled, and went to put on some better, more formal clothes.

Only when I was ready did I leave the house with grace in tow. I had Grace come with me this time around since she had always been excluded before. Her slightly up turned lips showed just how happy she was.

"Grace, when we get there, just be yourself. No need to worry about too much. The undead are actually quite nice." I explained.

"Understood." I am sure she remembered from before, but I still explained it again. You never know since so many years have passed. She might have forgotten.

This time, I did not bypass the barrier. I did not think I should go that far since I wanted to ask a favor from them. I did not wish to cause an international incident. Unlike before, when the kingdom was invaded by the undead, we were at peace, so there was no need for such brute force methods.

"Halt! Why are you two here?" Two skeletal guards asked as Grace and I landed in front of them.

"My name is Faith Cyrilia, and this here is my fiancee Grace Dollen. I am here to visit your capital and speak with your king." I replied honestly. After all, the undead were not bad. They did not bother others, but others looked down on them.

"Faith Cyrilia…. Are you the new fiancee of Princess Adel?" The skeleton soldier asked.

"That is right. I did not expect word to move so quickly." I was quite surprised that a soldier would know such things.

"Ah. You see, a village nearby has a few humans who will come and give us some things once and a while since they feel bad that we stand here all day and night. They were pretty nice people for humans, that is." I looked over at the pile of 'offerings' and realized that the people of that village were taking these two as gods! I had to bite my tongue in order to not laugh out loud.

I forced a smile and said: "It's good to know that not everyone sees the undead as monsters." While I know it was probably a misunderstanding, it was still good no one came to harass these two.

Chapter12 A Strange Town

"Yes, we are also happy about that. While I do understand where they are coming from. We undead, well, some of us are nothing more than rotting flesh. Our world is sickening to those on the outside, which is why we keep to ourselves." One of the soldiers replied. To me, talking to him like this, he was no different from a normal person. After my experiences before, in the previous timeline, I know for a fact that they are just like Sophie and I and just look different from everyone else. Every race has its good and bad.

Some races look the same with no difference at all, while races like the human race have different skin colors based on the area they come from. But none of that matters within their own race. The racial discrimination I see happens outside one's race. Like some humans discriminate against elves, beastkin, and other so called demi human races.

Even the term demi human was a term to categorize races that were not human. A demeaning term. But at the same time, many races are proud to be these so called demi humans because it makes them seem stronger and more feared by the humans. For me, as long as they are kind and will not harm me and those I care about, they are just people. Not enemies. Not demi humans, humans, or anything else but people.

"That I can not deny. My nose is kind of sensitive. But that will not stop me from seeing your king." I replied with a smile.

"Haha. This we can not fault you for since we are all made differently. You may enter. If anyone gives you a hard time, just tell them that Vogliny said to let you pass. I may just be a guard here, but my family name is well known." Vogliny chuckled lightly as he stepped aside. "Welcome to the land of the undead. I hope you enjoy your stay. But I do hope you do not stay forever unless you have died."

Hearing his warm welcome, I could only let out a laugh. He was quite amusing. "I will do my best to only stay when I am dead."

I gave him a smile and my thanks and walked through the only entrance to the land of the undead with Grace. And I will say that the smell was already quite harsh. The gate to the undead still had a small barrier around it, but it did not prevent people from passing through. It only prevented the smell from escaping and the undead from leaving without the proper relic.

"I hope I am not wrong," Grace said softly.

I pulled her close and kissed her cheek. "Even if you are wrong, it's fine. We will just search elsewhere. I do not believe that in this entire world that there is not a place where we can level at a decent rate until the dungeons appear. We will find it and get ready for what is to come next."

Grace's cheeks turned a tinged red as her normal stoic expression softened a bit. I held her hand and intertwined my fingers with hers as we continued to walk. I never got a good chance to see the undead kingdom outside of war. So, I was going to take this time to take a look at things as they should be.

We walked for almost two days before coming to the first town. It was a small town, but it was bustling with many undead and other races as well. "Hmm, I thought things would be closed off…?" From what I remembered in the previous timeline, they had yet to start trade with the outside world….

The guards at the town gates did not stop us from entering. We walked down the street, where I saw a young human girl standing at a stall selling some goods. I had to ask what was going on since I was so confused. "Excuse me."

"Yes?" The girl turned and looked at me. Her eyes show a bit of surprise.

"I am sorry if this is rude to ask, but when did the undead kingdom start trading with others?" I hope I was not being rude, but my curiosity was really getting to me.

"Ah! No, we don't. You see, this town, since it is close to the border, it is a mixed town. Like myself, I was once a slave of the Nolain empire when I was younger but escaped. I escaped to his kingdom in order to be free. If I ran to any other kingdom, I might have been dragged back. Many of us here are like that.

"This town was built by people like me who wished to be free and live a life where we could be safe. And since this is the undead kingdom, when people who are alive die here, they are reborn as undead. It's a cycle that continues all the time. My newly adoptive father also died from a disease not long ago, but since he lives here, he was reborn as an undead and is now still protecting me. While he might be nothing but rotting flesh and bones now. He is still the man I look up to the most." The young girl answered with a big smile on her face. She seemed to really be happy here.

Now that I was looking around, it was the same for everyone here. Some even had metal collars around their necks. They walked around with their own families. It just goes to show that any kingdom, no matter what it is, can be a place for any race. Just seeing this made me smile from the bottom of my heart.

"I see. Thank you for answering my question. Can I ask what you are selling?" I asked.

"We are selling biorat skewers. They are quite good when you roast them over an open flame and put on some pusculant sauce." The girl licked her lips. While it might sound good to her, I was a little unsure about it, but I still bought one just because. And well, I will say it tasted not bad. It tasted like barbeque chicken. Of course, I checked it to make sure I could eat it without issue first.

Chapter13 Something Strange Part 1

"The food here is not bad." I couldn't help but feel strange eating things like cockroach stir-fry and maggot pasta. It sounded nasty, but after examining them with my system, I noticed that they were quite nutritious. I am not sure about how they were on Earth, but here, they were pretty good. Just looked ugly.

"Yes, it is unique…." Grace seemed to have mixed feelings, though.

"We should bring the others here next time. They will freak out." I could see Adel's face when I handed her a squirming pile of maggot pasta. It would be very interesting, that is for sure, to see how she would react.

"I actually think Miss Adel will find it novel," Grace replied as she took another bite of her food.

"What is this, Miss Adel stuff? Grace, you are now engaged to me along with Adel. This means you do not need to call anyone by their title. You are my wife and also Adel's wife. We are marrying each other." While I was the main wife. I also wished for the girls to be very close. This was how we could always stay harmonious.

"Sorry. Force of habit." Grace blushed slightly. She was starting to show more emotions finally.

"It's fine. I am just glad we will always be together." I reached out and wiped some sauce from Grace's cheek before licking it off my fingers. Grace was very cute.

We finished our meal and looked around more. The town was very secure. There were many guard stations, and each one had three guards inside. Whether it be zombies or skeletons, they were all here protecting a town filled with people who came here as refugees.

"It's already getting late." I looked up at the darkening skies. "Let's head to an inn."

"Okay." Grace nodded and slipped her hand into mine. I smiled and walked hand and hand with her as we made our way through the streets to one of the inns in town. This one was recommended to us by a food stall owner.

We had just walked through the door when we heard yelling. "What do you mean it will cost me fifteen silver to stay here!?"

"Hmmm?" I looked over to see a burly human man standing there, staring down the young man behind the counter.

"Sir, We rarely get guests as it is. We mainly only live off our earnings from the bar. As for rooms, they will be expensive no matter where you go in town. In all of the citadel, only this town has the highest prices since we rarely get anyone staying here. The merchants all have homes here. If you do not wish to pay these prices, I can only tell you to go to the next town, which is three days away." The young man was quite calm as he spoke. It seemed he was quite used to these kinds of situations.

"Bullshit! Who the hell will pay such…." Of course, I did not plan to sit around while this man complained.

"Can I get a room please?" I asked as I walked over.

"Prices of rooms are fifteen silver." The young man repeated the price.

"No problem." I did not hesitate to take out fifteen silver and hand it to the young man. He turned around, grabbed a key off the wall, and handed it to me.

"Your room is on the second floor all the way to the end. It is the quietest room." The young man said as she smiled and pointed towards the stairs next to him.

"Thanks." I took the key and walked towards the stairs with Grace in tow. But as I stepped on the first step leading upstairs, I turned and looked at the man who seemed to be seething in anger. "Just so you know. What he said was correct. This is an outskirts town. Not many people come this way, and it is very rare to get outside visitors. This is why there are only three inns in town. And each is more than any inn in this kingdom."

"You! Shut your trap!" The man seemed blinded by anger as he roared at me. I just ignored him and continued to climb the stairs.

I could still hear the man downstairs complaining, trying to get a lower price. Why he was so hell bent on trying to lower the price, I do not know. I do know that it seemed strange that this man was even here. The guards had said that Grace and I were the only visitors for a while. There is also only one entrance to this kingdom. "Grace, send a probe downstairs and lock on to that man. I think something is fishy about him."

"Understood." Grace waved her hand, and a small object appeared in front of her. It turned invisible as it flew away. The probe was a special kind of summoning magic that Grace was able to do. It allowed her to connect to the probe and see and hear everything it did. It is basically a broken skill for spying. In any case, it will work out well for this situation.

We entered our room and locked the door. Grace quickly waved her hand, creating a receiver type probe that could connect to the other probe using Grace's mind. With the two linked, I could see and hear what was going on as well.

"Damn it! That bastard!" I heard the man shout. He was already back out on the streets of the town. He was walking towards the exit.

Grace and I watched as he completely exited the town and began walking towards a dead forest that had many high rocky areas. It was covered in dead trees and foliage, but it was also a nest for monsters as well. "Why is he going there? There are many other spots he could have gone, but why here? This just does not make sense…."

I was truly confused. Of all the places to go to spend the night, why this forest?

Chapter14 Something Strange Part 2

"I think we should follow him," Grace spoke up. She was not wrong. We should follow him and figure out what he was planning.

"So much for a good sleep tonight." I sighed and grabbed Grace's hand. I then pushed the window open and jumped out. With a flap of my wings, we flew off in the direction that the man had gone in.

"That little bastard, making things difficult for no reason." We quickly found him as he stomped through the dead forest, still cursing his head off.

"He seems to be walking a well known path…." I whispered as we hovered silently overhead.

Grace nodded, and the two of us continued to follow after the man. He walked and walked until he finally came to a large mound of dirt with a large dead tree on top of it. Between the roots, I could just barely make out a cave entrance. The man walked right into the cave entrance, not even checking to see if anyone was following him. I guess no one would since this forest was not the nicest of places, but I did not understand why no monsters were here.

I lowered us and landed just outside the cave. I looked around and saw that there was a lot of foot traffic here. "Some kind of den?"

I was a little confused as to what kind of place this was, but I was not going to give up so easily just because the cave was an unknown place. I a cloaking spell on Grace and I before heading into the cave.

The cave was dark and damp. But after you entered and walked a little way, there were a few light crystals here and there, allowing one to see. The light was dim, but it was enough to at least find your way around.

Looking at the muddy ground, it was quite easy to figure out which way was which. The footprints from the man were still fresh, so even if we had lost him, we could easily still keep track of the direction he went in.

We went through many twists and turns, diving deeper into the cave. The muddy cave floor slowly turned to stone, but by then, I had already picked up the man's scent, so even if we could not see footprints, I could still follow which way he went.

"It should be here…. I can smell more than one person here." I frowned slightly since I felt a familiar presence here. "Grace get ready for a fight."

"Okay." Grace nodded and took out a sword. I did the same as we entered a large room. This room was different from the cave room before. It was polished stone and many different pillars rising up towards the ceiling. Not far away was a large throne that had a back that rose up way higher than any throne I have ever seen. And sitting on this throne was a man who had his chin resting on his hand as he looked down at the thirty or so people below him.

These people looked more like statues than people. They did not move at all, nor did they blink. They all kept their heads lowered as the man looked at them. Only the man from before was standing. And even he, when he walked up, knelt down before the man on the throne.

"My lord, I failed to secure a place. Without proper compensation, we can not get anything…. This world seems to run on a monetary system." The man spoke in a calm and clear voice.

"I see… So this money is something we need. What if I just take over the kingdom itself?" The man on the throne asked.

"I think this would be the best strategy, but with so many soldiers on their side, it will not be easy. We can start by taking over the small town. I think this would be the best bet. This way, we will have a base we can use." The man replied.

"Good, we will follow your pla…."

*Clap!* *Clap!* *Clap!*

I walked out and began clapping my hands. "A worm already wants to spread its wings?" I looked at all the people and sighed. Each one of these people was already taken over. It was no wonder that I felt this man was familiar. Because he was stronger than the others at this time, his parasite was much easier to detect.

"Who are you?" The man on the throne looked at me with vigilance.

"Me? I am just your friendly neighborhood dragon girl who just so happens to hate worms with a passion. Did you know? I like to rip them from their host and burn them slowly so that they feel nothing but pain until they die. The euphoric feeling I get when I hear the screams of their little bodies. The smell of their burnt flesh. It sends me to cloud nine." I said with a smile before tapping my foot and standing next to a young woman. I turned my hand into a large dragon's claw and crushed her head, grabbing hold of the parasite.

"What are you doing!? Let go of my kin right now!" The man on the throne yelled out as he stood up.

"Let this worm go? I planned to go fishing. I will let the fish nibble on it until there is nothing left. Don't you like to eat your hosts? It's the same thing, just the other way around." The reason I could kill this woman so easily was because the host was already long gone, unlike with the undead. I can not save a human in the same fashion. It was sad, but I could only kill them to get revenge for the host.

"I said, put my kin down. I will not say it again." The man on the throne was walking over, but I could tell he was being cautious. Just to check, I looked at his stats, and well…. He was much weaker than I had expected.

I smiled at the man before crushing the parasite in my hand, killing it on the spot. "I want to see what you will do."

Chapter15 Things Are Different

"You! You will die!" The man yelled out. At the same time, all the people kneeling before him quickly stood up and turned towards me. I sighed and waved my hand. Bolts of lightning shot forth and fried each one of these people's brains. I hated the fact that they were once people who had control of their own bodies, but there was nothing I could do to save them. At least I was putting an end to everything.

"So… When am I going to die?" I asked, acting confused as I watched the bodies drop down to the ground.

"This…." The man finally took a step back. I could tell he knew he was no match.

"Now then. Since you understand the situation, let's have a chat, shall we?" I asked with a bright smile on my face. "If you answer me, I might be willing to let you live."

I watched as the man's face slowly sank. To make sure he did not scale, I surrounded him in a cage made of lightning. This cation caught him off guard as he stared at me with fear in his eyes. "What are you doing!?"

"This? This is just to keep you from running away. I just want to know how many of you are already on this planet and where." I asked with a raised eyebrow.

The man's expression suddenly turned cold. "Heh, you will never get anything out of me!"

"Then die," I said calmly as I shrugged. I waved my hand, and the lighting cage broke apart and shot at the man's head. He screamed out in pain before turning into char. I looked around and sniffed the air before I smelt something sour.

"It seems there are more." I frowned slightly as I walked over to the throne. I kicked it, destroying it completely to reveal a staircase leading down. I thought for a moment before turning to Grace and saying: "Grace, you can stay here if you want."

"No, I will follow you." I figured as much, but I also wanted to give her the option to stay put. Grace was loyal and almost like a robot at times. Only when I tease her and give her a kiss does she finally show some emotions. But the dreams that I had of the timelines I have gone through before, Grace seemed more human. I hope that she will slowly become like that.

"Then let's go." I smiled and started making my way down the staircase. It went down quite far. It took us almost five minutes to reach the bottom. When we arrived, there was a large room with a huge stone bowl in the middle of the room. In this bowl was a green liquid with thousands of parasites. "So this is where they all came from…."

"I do not understand. Didn't Azengrade and the others only appear when the dungeons appeared?" Grace asked a good question. Azengrade and the others were supposed to come with the dungeons, but they were here already. This meant….

"Grace, we need to take care of this first, then we will be heading to the first dungeon we ever entered before. I hope I am wrong, but I do believe that the dungeons have already appeared." I really do hope that I am wrong. Things seem to be speeding up. Not to mention that a doom bringer had also appeared, which had never appeared before. Many things were starting to change. Whether this is for the good of all or not, I do not know. But I do know one thing. I will be sure to keep my loved ones safe.

After I fried the worms in the hidden room, I opened a portal back to the Gravos Kingdom. The location I chose was right at the location where the goblin dungeon was in the previous timeline. "It's here…. But why so early?"

"Faith, I think we should call the others…." Grace suggested. I looked over to see her face full of worry. It was rare for her to show such an expression.

"You are right. If Azengrade is truly there, then we have to deal with him as soon as possible." Since the dungeon had appeared, we would need to deal with it as soon as possible. I quickly placed a barrier around the entrance to keep people from entering it. But I did not block those from exiting. This was a precaution in case someone else had already gone in. I highly doubt they will be able to live if they did enter, but just in case.

When I arrived home, Sophie and Adel were playing a game of cards while Atolie watched on from the side. "Faith? Why are you back so soon?"

"Why are you two awake so late?" I couldn't help but smile as I looked at the three.

"It's not even last bell!" Adel pursed her lips. She hated it when I treated her like a child, but to me, she still was.

"Okay, Okay. Well, we will be going out now anyway. Besides Atolie, I will give you and Sophie a choice. I will be entering a dungeon. This dungeon might have a very powerful enemy inside of it. If you wish to enter with me, you can, or you can stay here." I was giving both girls a choice. I needed Atolie with me since she was stronger than Azengrade. She was my trump card, just in case.

"I will go," Sophie replied without even thinking about it.

"I will go too. I want to know what dungeons are like." Adel replied, which made me have mixed feelings. If I could, I would protect Adel from everything, but I sadly can't. She would need to undergo trials and tribulations if she wished to survive in our world.

"Alright, we will go together. I was planning to go tonight, but it is best if we sleep for now." Sadly, I can not rush things. Adel was still too weak to go with out sleep. We also needed to prepare many things as well. Luckily, I can teleport all of us out of the dungeon if need be.

Chapter16 Face To Face With Azengrade Part 1

The next morning, we got up and got our things together. I made sure Adel had multiple protection barriers on her, just in case. When we arrived at the entrance to the dungeon, I did not enter right away but instead turned and looked at everyone. "We will be entering the dungeon. But you all must be very careful. We will be taking the shortcut to the boss room. I do not wish to spend too much time in this dungeon. Of all the dungeons, this one is the one I hate the most. I plan to blow the entire dungeon up once we are done. I do not want anyone to ever come to this place, even by accident.

"Azengrade might also be there. If he is, Atolie and I will be the ones to fight him. Sophie, Grace, your job is to protect yourselves and Adel. I will be putting up another barrier around you both at that time, just in case, as well. Any questions?" I asked, looking at the four girls in front of me.

Of course, Adel was the first to raise her hand. "Faith, who is Azen… Azen… Azenfart!?"

I couldn't help but laugh, seeing how badly Adel got his name wrong. "He is an enemy. My enemy. You do not need to worry about him since I will kill him as soon as I see him. He is a threat to all life on this planet."

"Oh…" Adel's expression did not look too good. But there was nothing I could do about it. I had to be more upfront about what I would be doing.

"Alright, we will enter, let's go!" I turned and made an opening in the barrier I had set up before and walked through it. The girls followed right behind me. Once they were through, I closed the barrier back up, and we all entered the dungeon.

The layout of the dungeon was completely the same. The first room was a safe room, and nothing was out of the ordinary. The only thing I did notice was that I did not see any signs of anyone else entering. This dungeon was a public dungeon. This meant that everyone could enter at any time. Monsters would respawn after a certain amount of time, so it allowed for the flow of traffic to always have something to fight.

"Stay close. Atolie, Grace, I need you two to help Sophie and Adel after I break the wall." It was a long drop, and Sophie and Adel could not fly yet.

"We will make sure they get down safely," Atolie answered with a nod. She was still as serious as ever, but then again, this was a serious situation.

We made our way to the first room, where six goblins were standing in wait. We quickly dispatched them before blocking the door to the room. I went to the wall on the far side and raised my fist. I drew it back and then thrust it forward. With a loud bang, the entire wall shook and cracked open. It did not take long before the boss appeared. Unlike before, where it was going to be a hard fight, I gave it a slap and sent it to the floor below.

"Alright, let's head down." I stepped up on a broken part of the wall and looked down into the abyss below. Taking a deep breath, I jumped down, folding my wings out to slow my descent.

Atolie and Grace were behind me. We slowly flew down to the bottom floor, where we were greeted by quite a few monsters. I dispatched them and then killed the boss, who was hanging around the core of the dungeon. Everything took no more than twenty minutes. Most of my time was spent falling from the floors above.

"Now what…." I pursed my lips and looked around. I walked over to the core and was about to touch it when a voice came from the side.

"I would not touch that if I was you." The voice was very familiar. I turned to see Azengrade standing there with a slight smile on his lips. He was still looking down on me, which meant he had not checked how strong I was yet.

"What can you do to me if I do?" I asked lazily as I reached out and touched the core. Azengrade's expression slowly changed from a smile to one of a murderous, cold grin.

"I told you not to touch it! If you had just listened to me, I could have let you live!" Azengrade pulled his sword out and went to attack but before he could, he was already dangling in the air. Atolie already had a hold on his neck.

I took this chance to quickly cast a barrier around Adel and the rest before turning my full attention back to Azengrade. "What right does a parasite like you have to tell me what to do? You go around taking over people's bodies. If they have family, you will even infect them. Azengrade, on this day, you will die."

"Cough! How do you know my name!?" Azengrade struggled to speak, but his eyes showed how surprised he was.

"You can say we have had many run ins now…. You will die here. Your plan to lure people into this dungeon will fail. You will not get to have the fun you wanted. I mean, I already destroyed the base in the undead kingdom. And I will keep finding your kind and destroying them each time. This world will not be consumed by your kind." I answered quite honestly.

"You do not know what you are getting yourself into! If you kill me…." Azengrade expression changed. I think he realized something was wrong.

"You do know this dungeon is in a space of its own, but whichever god created it, right?" I asked mockingly. "By you coming into this dungeon unless the backer who is helping your kind is able to break through the spell cast on this dungeon, you are unable to be rescued."

Chapter17 Face To Face With Azengrade Part 2

I did not know if my words were true or not, I could only hope. But if they were, then Azengrade was now as good as dead, and a big cog in the wheel of things would be wiped out. I could only put up a strong front that my words were true. And the more I spoke, the more Azengrade's face paled.

I walked over with my sword drawn. My eyes burned with the intent to kill. "Azengrade, you have no idea how many years I have waited for this day. I have waited so very long." As I said this, I raised my sword and stabbed out. With Atolie holding him in place, I only need to pierce his head.

But sadly, some things were just too good to be true. My sword stopped a hair's breadth away from his scalp by some kind of black fog, making me frown. "Who's there!?"

"Little girl, you should not be so violent." A voice filled the room. I turned and looked into the shadow not too far away. A man in black clothes slowly stepped out. His eyes were also completely black. Before I could say a word, Atolie had tossed Azengrade to the ground, grabbed me by the waist, and jumped back to where Sophie and the others were currently hiding under a barrier.

"Atolie?" I looked at her In confusion. I could not really sense this man's strength, so I could only rely on Atolie to tell me what was wrong.

"He is not human, nor is he a god. He is a thing that everyone fears." Atolie replied.

I was still very confused, but before I could ask questions, the man spoke once more. "That is very hateful. But I guess it is true that even gods fear me. But that is because I am something they knew would form from all the hatred and resentment that spreads throughout this universe. I am the ender of worlds, and once I appear, there is no hope. But do not worry. This is only a fragment of myself. One that I split off before I landed her and fell into a slumber.

"As for this man." The man stood in front of Azengrade, who seemed unable to move at this time. "His race is very interesting. I would like to study him. So I will be taking him with me."

I gritted my teeth and wanted to say something, but Atolie pulled me behind her. "Take him. Since he is going with you, he will die anyway, so there is no need for us to do anything."

"Very good. I like those who are obedient and accept their fate. After all, your fates are already set. Even if you were to escape into one of these little spaces, I will find you. I never let anyone on a planet I visit escape." With these words, we watched Azengrade become engulfed in black fog and, along with the man, disappear.

"Atolie, that was…." I looked up at her. I had an idea, but I was not sure.

"That was the doom bringer. I did not know it could split a part of itself off and send it down to the planet below. That thing is something we have to be careful of. But since it has found interest in Azengrade and his race, we can think of them as extinct now." Atolie replied as she let out a sigh of relief. "Just now, if you had made a move, you would have been erased from existence. We need to grow stronger, much stronger. Just that fragment of the doom bringer was enough to wipe out this entire planet." Atolie's words were like a splash of cold water. I was still underestimating just how strong the doom bringer was!

Of course, I should have realized this since the gods themselves will not touch it. This just showed how strong it really was, but in my mind, I was not really thinking this way. I was still thinking I could gain enough strength to deal with it. But now what? How was I going to be able to gain enough strength quickly? Yes, there was the option I was given by the spirit king. But if that fails, then what? How am I supposed to protect those I care about if things go south?

I couldn't help but worry. My family, my friends, my lovers. All of them are people I want to keep alive and protect. "Atolie, we are heading to the elven kingdom."

There was no other way. That one dungeon was enough to power level everyone, including myself. With Atolie's help, we could easily gain levels quickly. But the question was, could we make it in time? Just how many levels would I need to be able to defeat such a powerful foo? I would need to become a god. No…. I would need to become even stronger than a god. What was stronger than a god? This question puzzled me. Was a god really anything to think about if one doom bringer was enough to make them hide?

"Atolie, what is stronger than a god besides the doom bringer?" I asked out of curiosity.

"I am not sure. But I do know there are more powerful beings. They just do not care about mortal things." In other words, they would not care about a single doom bringer. But since there were beings much stronger than that, that meant I just needed to get to their level.

"Ten years. We have ten years. We can not waste any time." I took a deep breath and slowly let it out. "Adel, I need you to get your father to prepare a few year's worth of food and clothing. "We need it for all of us. So make sure there are five portions per person. We will be heading to the elven kingdom first to dive into the dungeon there until are meeting with the spirit king. I can teleport us there, so it will not take long."

Chapter18 Before Departure

Inside an office within the castle, I stood there with my hands behind my back, staring down at the man behind the desk in front of me. "She is coming with me."

"No, she is not! You are not taking my daughter on some wild excursion!"The king yelled.

"I do not care what you say. Adel needs to grow stronger. There is no other way. If you want to try to stop me, then do it. I am sure you know you can not. I am giving you the respect I should as my father in law by telling you my plans. I know that you, as a parent, are not happy with the fact that I am taking your daughter away from you, but there is nothing I can do. For this kingdom and for our future, those around me need to become the strongest in the entire world. No, they need to become so strong that even the gods will not dare go against them.

"The threat we face with the doom bringer is unlike anything we have ever seen before. Just a small sliver of its being that I met earlier was enough to destroy this world. There is an entire body sitting on the continent on the other side of the world. What do you think will happen in ten years' time? Is ten years wasted trying to hide her from all the wrongs in the world the right thing to do? Or is her being able to grow strong enough to defend herself the right choice?" I was not trying to be mean. I did not wish to separate Adel from her family either when she was so young, but we all had to go.

"Damn it! Why must you use the end of the world against me!? I know this is for the best. I know, but…." The king frowned. But he soon sighed in defeat."Bring her back alive. This is all I can ask."

"Don't worry. This, I promise. In this world or the next, the only ones you do not need to worry about are my wives. If they die, then that means I died before them." Love was a crazy thing. I loved all four girls. I wanted them to live happy lives, even if it meant giving up my life.

"You better keep your promise. Go. I already got the things you requested prepared." The king let out another sigh while waving me off. But I guess the old man had long expected me to win this fight since he already prepared everything.

I was asking for a lot. Five years' worth of food was a lot, and it was not just for one person. It was five of us. Although Atolie did not need to eat, she still could. I did not wish to see her standing around while we were eating. I would feel bad.

I still had one thing left to do before heading to the eleven capital, where the dungeon was located. I had to make it so my family could go between the capital and my house back in Cyrilia village with ease.

It was midday when I arrived at the front doorstep of my house. I had the others go visit their families. Only Sophie was with me. Atolie was watching over Adel, and Grace went to her parents' house.

"Mother!" I yelled out as I opened the door. My brother and father were probably in the fields since I did not see them around.

"Faith? Why are you back so early? You just left not long ago!" My mother came out of the kitchen and walked over to me. She looked me up and down and nodded her head. "You look fine."

"I am going to be leaving for the next ten years. During this time, I will be gone. I want you to have a safe place to go to in case of emergencies." I said with a smile. I walked over, hugged my mother's waist, and pushed my face into her chest. The warmth of a mother was something I could never get tired of.

"Stop being so clingy! It's so hot!" My mother pushed me away, but she was smiling.

"You should know about what has happened, right?" I asked.

"Yes…. The thing is called a doom bringer, right? That bastard king told your father about it when they had a few drinks." I guess my mother did not like the king.

"I am hoping I can grow strong enough to reach a level that can fight against it. Myself, Sophie Adel, Grace, and Atolie will all be working towards this goal." I explained.

"I see…." My mother's mood quickly dropped.

"I will be safe. I promise to return alive no matter what. But you know I am the only one who can do anything about this." I looked at my mother, showing my determination.

"I just hate to think that the weight of the world is being placed on your shoulders. You are my daughter. You are still so young. You should not need to do the things that should be done by adults, but here you are. Going off to become a hero." My mother pouted.

"I am not going off to be some hero. I do not wish to be a hero. I just wish for my loved ones to be safe and live happily. I want my brother to find a girl and make plenty of ground children for you to raise. I am sure you will be plenty busy then. I want you to see me and my wives find a way to give you even more grandbabies. I want our family to have thousands of descendants." I exaggerated, but I was sure I was getting my point across.

"Hah! If you give me a thousand grandbabies, I will put them back where they came from. That is too many! I would be happy with one each from each of your wives."

Chapter19 Sight Seeing In The Elven Capital Part 1

Myself, Adel, Sophie, Grace, and Atolie all stood in the center of my front lawn outside our estate. "Does everyone have everything they need in their inventory?"

"Everything we could need is all here," Grace replied. "I have dished out everyone's clothing and food stocks for the next few years. We will need to replenish what we can inside the dungeon. There were a few floors in the elven dungeon that had water on it as well as edible monsters."

"Alright. Then, we will make do with what we have. Everyone is in team, so grab a hand each, and I will teleport us to the location." I was just about to grab Atolie's hand when she pulled my arm and showed me her neck.

"You need to drink. You have been abstaining." Atolie's words filled my ears, causing me to purse my lips. I stepped forward and bit into her neck. The refreshing strawberry like taste filled my mouth and soothed my soul. I drank for a while before finally pulling back. "Thank you."

"You need to make sure you drink more often. If you hold out for too long, you will go into a deep blood lust. Your bloodline is not something you can restrain." Atolie reprimanded.

I could only nod. She was right, after all. "I understand. I won't do it again."

It was not that I was trying to hold back, but with everything that had been happening, I kind of forgot. But now I feel even more energized after drinking. Atolie's blood was like a strawberry fiesta in my mouth.

With that cleared, we finally teleported to the elven kingdom. I had teleported us right to the dungeon entrance which was located in a noble district within the elven city. We were immediately surrounded. A tall, elven man pointed his spear at me and yelled: "Who are you!?"

"I will answer after you put your weapons down. I do not like it when people point weapons at my loved ones." I said as I raised my head to look at him. "Either put the weapons down, or I will force you to do so."

I released some of my power to show him that I had the means to do as I said, causing the man to frown at me. He lowered his weapon, which in turn, so did the other guards. "They are lowered. Now tell me, who are you?"

"My name is Faith Cyrilia. With me are my fiancees, Adel, Sophie, Grace, and Atolie. And the reason why we are here is…" I pointed at the dungeon entrance behind the elf. He turned and seemed to have an understanding.

"I can not let you through. No one is allowed to enter until an official investigation is done." The guard replied. "So please turn back."

"Sorry, but I can't. I can force my way in, and you will not be able to do anything. After all, this dungeon is instanced. Each team that goes inside will end up on different instances according to their level. Those without a system will end up with weaker enemies and will be able to easily gain a system stone.

"This means your men are in their farming systems stone in order to boost your military prowess, right?" I asked with a bright smile. I could see that the more I spoke, the more the expression on the guard's face changed.

"You….." The guard sighed. "You know a lot about these dungeons?" The Guard asked.

"If you grant us access so we can go in and level up for two years, I will tell you many things I know. As long as you enter a contract not to hurt my kingdom if you rise in strength quickly." I explained. I had to make sure there were some things preventing anyone from hurting the other.

"I can not make this decision. Can you wait until I speak with my leaders? I can take you to an inn for the time being. Of course, the elven kingdom will pay for it." The guard looked troubled.

I turned back and looked at my companions. Adel was busy looking around in excitement, so I did not see the harm in taking one day to look around. "I do not see why not. It also seems my littlest wife wants to take a peek around your lovely city."

Hearing me compliment his city, the guard was all smiles and nodded. "That sounds good. I will recommend a few places for you to check out."

As we walked the guard talked my ear off the entire time. "There is the wood art museum on the second level as well which is a good spot to take your wives. On the third level, there is a nice little restaurant that sells some very good wild herb roasted horned rabbit."

He continued on and on until we reached our destination, Moon Light Inn. The guard walked us in and smiled at the older woman behind the counter. "Elder Siva, these guests will be staying here on the government's coin."

"Oh? These are not some little girlfriends of yours are they?" Elder Siva asked. Her eyes swept over me and the girls before turning back to the guard. "Rocking the cradle?"

"No! I could never date anyone under eighty!" The guard's face flushed. Anyone under eighty was like a child to him!

"I am just kidding why are you getting so upset? I already can tell from their auras that they are strong enough to kill you. Anyway, you can leave I will make sure they are taken care of." Elder Siva seemed to really just want this guy to leave!

"Alright. I will take my leave. I will be back tomorrow with word…. Umm… Faith was it? My name is Haldal." The guard's expression looked a bit awkward, but now that he mentioned it, he never did tell me his name. I guess it didn't matter since he seemed like someone I wouldn't talk to much.

Chapter20 Sight Seeing In The Elven Capital Part 2

"Since the third wheel is gone, I will show you to your room. This is sudden so I can only afford to give you one room. Is that okay?" Elder Siva asked as she turned to grab a small runic rock.

"That's fine. We may not look it, but we are actually all engaged. Well, they are all engaged to me." I replied with a smile. Elder Siva turned and looked me up and down before nodding her head. "I can see why even girls would fall for you. So young and so strong already. You have a bright future ahead. It is better to indulge with girls than men who could ruin your future. Although I guess I am not one to talk since I got married at seventy years old to my husband."

As a person who grew up as a human and also lived as a human in one of my lives, I am not sure how many I have had now. I can say for sure that this sounded strange to me, but to the elves, it was a normal thing.

"I will take you to your room. Please make sure you buy everything expensive on the menu tonight when you get back from running around the city." Elder Siva really seemed to want to make the government pay her some money. I smiled and happily obliged. After all, the government needed to pay their dues.

The structure of the inn was quite unique. It was built into the tree itself, but it did not seem to harm the tree in any way. The roots outside were not affected and, in fact, seemed to work as steps leading into the inn. The inside was completely carved out of the tree trunk. The stairs leading to the second floor and even the desk Elder Siva was standing behind was carved from the tree. It was not even a secondary piece, but actually still one sold chunk of the tree and connected to it.

The light, grainy, smooth wood looked very welcoming and warm. It was definitely a relaxing place. "This is the room. The bed is quite big, so you should all fit." Elder Siva explained as she opened the door. When we walked in, we were met with a well lit room with what seemed to be a luminescent pearl on the ceiling. The bed was monstrous and filled up a good portion of the room.

There was a closet built out of the side of the wall as well. The thing about having such thick wood walls was that it was nice and cool in here year around. If it was not for the type of tree that grew in the elven kingdom, a place like this would not be possible.

"If you need anything, just let me know I will put it on their tab." Elder Siva handed me the key and walked out. I like how they used runic markings to lock and unlock the door. Unless you have the same magic wavelength in the rune and the correct pattern, it was almost impossible to break into a place unless you wanted to blow the door off its hinges.

"Faith, should we hang around a bit?" Adel asked as she sat on the bed and bounced up and down a few times.

"Let's go see the city. I know you wanted to look around." I replied and then looked at the other girls. "What do you think?"

"We will follow you." Sophie, Grace, and Atolie were always the same. If I walked through a pit of fire, they would be right behind me. Luckily, they seemed to understand that I was putting Adel first since she was still young, both physically and mentally. And thanks to my pampering, she was much more young minded as well since she did not have to deal with everything on her own. I am not sure if this was a bad thing or a good thing, but I do know that I wanted her to be happy and grow up properly. As she grows older, she can deal with the adult stuff then.

While I may be the same age as her, I was still much older than her mentally. However, I did get to act spoiled with my mother again, which was not bad. She was still just as strict as before, though. But I guess not as bad as last time. This time, she knew my strength and did not force me to hold back on my training.

We left the inn and headed out into the streets, where we saw a small wooden lift not far away leading to the second layer. This place was the main shopping district of the city, and it spread throughout the entire city, so I was kind of excited to see what might be on sale.

When we arrived at the lift, the attendant smiled and gave us a nod. "Word has already spread about you. You can ride for free."

"Thanks." I smiled and got on. I guess strangers being led around by guards in the city was a hot topic among the gossipers, but I had to admit the speed at which word spread was very scary. To think that even the attendant here knew about us in as little as an hour.

The lift was powered by magic and, once activated, allowed the lift to rise up into the air at a slow yet steady speed. It probably could use a bit of work because the speed at which it rose was very slow. Steady, but I think I saw a snail pass us not too long ago type speed.

When we finally arrived at the second level, we got off to see the tree bridges were packed with elves running about doing their daily routines. But what really caught me off guard was the stands that stood as far as the eye could see throughout the bridgeway.

Chapter21 Strolling Through The Shops

The wooded planked boardwalk that was attached to the side of the tree with many bridges leading to different sections spread throughout the city in a network that resembled spiderwebs. I do believe they took their inspiration from spiderwebs or at least I assume as such.

"Get your sap roasted accorns here" Hearing the man yell made my lip twitch. The accorn as the name implies was just an acorn back on earth, but here they added two Cs to the name making it kind of cringy sounding.

"Fresh grilled soppel leaves over here!" This was actually something new. They were leaves yes but they turned sweet when put under heat. If you let them sit for too long they would turn sour. But from the looks of it, this elf had no issues. There was a long line of people waiting.

We kept walking and taking a look at everything they had. We stopped in front of one place that was selling handcrafted hairpins. Elves seemed to have a thing with using sticks carved into different kinds of animals as a way of tying up their hair.

"Oh? Pretty lady, something catch your eye?" I looked up to see a handsome elf looking back at me with a playful smile.

"We are just looking. We do not have this kingdom's currency." I gave the man an apologetic look.

"Haha! No worries, my lady. Everyone here knows everything you buy is on the kingdom. A few guards came to spread the word earlier." The handsome elf replied with a big smile.

I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. I could see the greed in his eyes. But that did not mean I was going to spend money. Having a place to stay for the night was good enough. "Sorry, it's meaningless to buy something for someone with someone else's money. It shows insincerity. If you want me to buy something then allow me to pay in silver."

The handsome elve's expression showed a hint of sorrow and shook his head. "I am sorry. I can not take silver as I will have no way of using it. We elves rarely leave the kingdom and only those who trade with merchants that come will use silver and gold and that is normally only in the border regions. Here in the capital silver is nothing more than a shiny rock to us."

"Well, I guess that is true." I nodded. I understood what he meant. "But shiny rocks are very good too," I replied firmly. After all, I love shiny rocks.

"Yes, Faith loves her shiny rocks." Sophie immediately kicked in. I turned and stuck my tongue out at her. I couldn't help it! It's part of my blood line! Dragons just like shiny objects!

"I see. Well…" The handsome elf reached over and picked up three hairpins. "As they say, when it comes to making friends the best thing is to give a gift."

I stared at the hairpin that was shoved into my hands and looked up at the handsome elf in surprise. "This… we can't take these. You worked so hard on them…."

"Don't worry. I can make them quickly so its no big deal. Just think of it as a welcoming gift to you. Welcome to our elven kingdom. I do hope you have a good visit." The handsome man bowed his head slightly. I did not understand why he was doing this but I guess I had no choice but to take the hairpin. I smiled and bowed my head as well. "Thank you for your kindness."

Each of us looked at the new hairpins with pleased expression. Mine was actually a dragon which I found amusing. Adel got a cute little cat like monster. I am not sure of the name of it since I have never seen it before. But I had three tails. Sophie got a wolf. Grace got a bird of some kind. It was cute looking though since it had big eyes that kind of made you go 'awe, cute'. These were the most dangerous type of monsters. As for Atolie she got what looked like a turtle. Not sure why. Maybe he thought of her as their guardian?

We said our goodbyes and began looking at other stalls. The night was quite pleasing to be honest. I haven't had this much fun in a long time. Just going out, strolling through a city, window shopping. I wonder when the last time I even got to do something like this. I am glad I decided to do this.

"Stop right there!" A voice echoed behind us. I turned to see a familiar long eared girl walking over when a red face and breathing heavily. "I found you! Finally. How are you able to move around so quickly."

"Princess Runa I think you got it all wrong. We are not moving quickly at all you are just out of shape." I retorted.

"You know me?" Runa looked at me in surprise.

I smiled and nodded my head. "You can say that. But tell me, why are you looking for me?"

"I heard from my father…." I quickly interrupted her. "You eavesdropped on your father…."

"How did you… No! I did not!" Runa yelled out but quickly covered her mouth.

I let out a laugh as Runa puffed her cheeks out. This Runa was different from the one I knew. She still had some baby fat. She was quite cute. "Sorry. I couldn't resist. But anyway. You were eavesdropping on your father and heard about us right."

"Yes, that! Wait. No!" Runa stomped her feet. I could hear those around us giggling away. I knew Runa was well loved by her people. But I never realized it was like this. The other elves all looked at her with warmth and love. It was as if they were her parents. But with how she looked and acted I can see why. She was a cute and lovable girl.

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