I chuckled and patted him on the shoulder as I asked: "What are you so worried about? It's not like they can do anything." My eyes glowed as I looked at the knights. "Right? You will let us pass, right?"

"Of course!" All the knights replied at the same time. The formation they were in suddenly split apart, making room for us to pass.

I smiled and gave my thanks as our group walked past them without incident. I wonder how angry the well dressed dwarf will be when he finds out we walked right into the street he seemed to want to keep us out of. I can already picture him swelling up like a red balloon after he finds out.

This street much much different from the other streets we were on. There were still people coming and going, but all of them looked like craftsmen. "This is Forge Street. There is nothing but blacksmiths on this street, and each one is a master of the trade. The place I want to take you first is right over there."

Thurul pointed to a small building with a large smokestack that stretched high above us. We walked over, and Thurul pushed the door open to reveal a small weapon shop. "Master Toremdeat!"

"Hmmm? Thurul, is that you!?" A voice yelled back from the back room. Seconds later, a short, stout old man with a long white beard came walking out. He was covered in soot and wore a pair of goggles on his head and a pair of dirty overhauls on his body. When he saw Thurul, his old eyes immediately lit up: "Haha! Thurul, my boy! Did you come back to save this kingdom?"

"Huh? I will not become king of any nation. More importantly, Master Toremdeat, I want you to look at something." Thurul quickly blew off the whole save the kingdom thing, which told me that there probably was an issue in this kingdom that was bigger than we could see.

"Oh?" I saw Master Toremdeat frown slightly, but he only sighed as he said: "Let's have a look. You always bring me interesting things." After saying this, he looked at others and me and said: "Come on in. any friend of Thurul's is a friend of mine."

"Thank you, Master Toremdeat." I gave a respectful bow. Those who show me kindness get kindness in return.

We were led to an office like room that was similar to Thurul's meeting room at his shop. I guess this was something all blacksmiths had. When we all sat down, Master Toremdeat did not beat around the bush. "Show me what you got, I have many orders to finish."

"It's this here," I said as I took out a crystal orb and placed it on the table. I then sent some magic into it, making many pictures appear in the air. Master Toremdeat looked at them with wide eyes showing great interest in what he was seeing.

"What is this!? What are these crazy things? And this big one!? Thurul, Lass, what are these? Can I see the real thing!?" Master Toremdeat was like a little kid in a candy store as he stared at the pictures in front of him.

"They are back in my kingdom, the Kingdom of Gravos," I replied. "My name is Faith Cyrilia, also known as Princess Cyrilia. The things you see here are all things I acquired and are very sensitive in nature. If you wish to see them in person, you must agree to help reverse engineer them so they can be recreated with this world's technology."

"Wait, Lass, you want to reverse engineer these things!?" Master Toremdeat asked before turning to Thurul, who nodded.

"Faith is the head of the Cyrilia family and a princess as well. I have joined under her name and am now known as Thurul Cyrilia. Her ambitions are much more profound than you can ever expect. You can say she is someone who is trustworthy and will treat all who work for her fairly. This I know since I have made a pretty penny working for her." Thurul explained.

"I see…." Master Toremdeat sat back in compilation for a moment, then looked at me. "If you plan to reverse engineer these things, you will need every dwarf craftsman in the kingdom. But…." Master Toremdeat's lips curled up in a scheming smile. "I think I can get them if you are willing to take us all in."

I was utterly stunned by this statement. I came here for craftsmen, and it seems I would be able to get them, but the problem was…. "I am not sure if I got enough money…."

"Lass… you need to understand we dwarfs are not all about money. If you can give us a place to live and food and ale, we will work for you. So can you do this?" Master Toremdeat asked with a smile.

I couldn't help but chuckle. "Alright, I will take every one I can get. Just the ship alone will need hundreds of people to work on."

"Good! But Lass, I hate to say it, but you should also talk to those long ears. We will need their help with certain intricate systems." Master Toremdeat was a man of action, I guess. He was already thinking ahead.

"Alright, I will talk with Runa. She is the Princess, after all." Although I have not talked with Runa for years, so I am not sure if she will be willing to talk with me. I mean, I will still try, but there is no telling if she will be willing to help me or not. I do hope so since she is my own connection to the elven race. But I guess only calling upon her when I need something doesn't seem right either. So I will need to offer something in return.

Chapter2 Stealing Dwarves From The Dwarven Kingdom Part 2

"Oh? You know Princess Runa. Then I think we will be good on that front. For now, go back to your inn and wait for the good news. I will talk with the other masters." Master Toremdeat clapped his hands together. Thurul told him which inn we were staying in, and with that, we left.

I rented another inn room since tonight I would be staying with Diablo. The girls pouted, but I decided it was only fair to give some time to Diablo as well. So even though the sun was still high in the sky, I retired to the room I had just rented and sat down on the edge of the bed and looked up at the ceiling.

"You know you do not need to mind me so much, right?" Diablo said as he sat down.

"Diablo, we are all in this relationship together. As you are the only man in this relationship, and even though you and Iena are semi together as well, you are still my husband according to demon culture. I will not leave you alone." I replied.

"I see…" Diablo sat on the bed next to me and looked down at me.

"Diablo, do you hate this? I mean, you are waiting on me, and it's been years now. So do, you hate waiting?" I asked. He was always so hard to read sometimes that I did not know if I was hurting him or not.

"Not in the slightest. You forget that I have never been with a woman for thousands of years, ever since I was born. So this is all new to me as well. And Iena is more of a friend than a lover. While we have kissed at the start, the past few years have been more just us talking as friends and nothing more. We both only have eyes for you and only you." Diablo replied. His words were sweet, so I couldn't help but smile and turn over and hug his waist. We have known each other for so many years it is quite insane. But we have never once fought. Now that I think about it, I think I have only gotten mad at Adel. But that was because of her actions. Now she is much more calmed down.

I took a deep breath as I came to a decision. "Diablo…. Tonight…. We will become one…."

Diablo hummed as he patted the top of my head. My face was burning, and so was his from what I could see out of the corner of my eye. But I wanted to reassure him that I wanted to be with him just as much as the other girls. Although I was kind of afraid since I heard it hurts….

Around mid afternoon Master Toremdeat showed up at the inn with a few other elder Dwarves. We all sat at a table in the inn with a few jugs of wine in front of us as we began our conversation. "Lass, this is Master Darevoun, Master Godmumli, and Master Aranaeg."

"Hey, girl, it's not fair that you showed Master Toremdeat what we will be working on and not us." Master Darevoun complained.

I chuckled and took out the orb but adjusted it so that it would only appear on the table. When the elder dwarfs saw the images, their eyes turned the same as Master Toremdeat's did. They looked hungry, like they wanted to jump into the images. "Master Toremdeat was right. This is well worth it. I am glad I agreed."

"Lass, you have around five thousand craftsmen from all over the kingdom who will be gathering to go back with you to your kingdom. Will you be able to take in that many?" Master Toremdeat asked.

"Shouldn't be a problem." With magic making five thousand, apartments were no problem. "But just so you know, there will be a blood seal contract involved. After all, the information about these things can not be spread."

"We figured as much and are willing. What we see is a new age of technology. A new age that will boost all races by many generations. This is something this world needs at this time, so we are willing to sign a contract." Master Toremdeat replied.

"Then we will do that when we arrive in the Gravos Kingdom. How long do you need to prepare?" I asked.

"We will need six days at least. Each craftsman will need to arrange things." Master Toremdeat answered. I really did not expect them to be so quick. I thought maybe a month or two would be needed.

"Take two weeks. Make sure you are prepared and that everyone knows about the contract. This way, everyone has a chance to think about this and will not regret it later." I would prefer to have people think things over and make sure this is what they want.

"Alright. We will take two weeks." Master Toremdeat replied with a smile. "Then we old men will take our leave. We have many things to take care of."

We saw off the four masters before having dinner and settling down for the night. It was on this night that Diablo and I became intimate. As for a public wedding and all the things that this world would consider the norm. They would still wait. Adel and Sophie were to be first, then Diablo and Iena.

One thing that was amusing was the next morning, Diablo was being teased by the girls. He had to sit there with red cheeks as they asked him all kinds of questions. As for me, I made sure to take precautions. No Little Faiths would be running around any time soon. But I guess while things were going smoothly on one side of things, on the other side, some people did not like it when I was happy.

While eating breakfast, a large group of knights suddenly rushed into the inn with prince's smelly pants in the lead. He looked around the room and then pointed at us and yelled: "Arrest them all!"

Chapter3 The Stupid Prince

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Everyone at my table turned and stared at the incoming knights before turning back and around and continuing our conversation. "Master, you need to eat more vegetables."

"Grace, I eat plenty of vegetables!" I whined as she piled more and more on my plate. It was not that I hated them. It was just that it was not meat….

"You!" A yell came at our side as I turned my head to see the wanna be prince standing there, pointing at us in disbelief.

"You what!?" I yelled back. "We are trying to have a nice breakfast here, and you are yelling at us and surrounding us with your soldiers. Let me tell you this now. If you touch even a hair on any one of us, I will consider it an act of war and annex your entire kingdom. And let me warn you now I am not bluffing when I say I will annex this entire kingdom. You and your father can not do anything to me, no matter what you say. So take your men and screw off. I will only be in the kingdom for two more weeks, and that is it."

"Humph! You have no choice but to come with us today! Your actions of stealing our kingdom's talents is already an act of war!" The stupid prince replied.

"Oh? Heh…." I smiled as I stood up. And took a step toward Prince Ugly. "Let me ask you a question. I asked for some assistance on a project. This is all I did. I am offering nothing but room and board in return. But those masters and other craftsmen were willing to help me. How am I stealing anything? I did not offer them riches or fame. I only asked them for help, and they agreed to my request. Now tell me in which way is this an act of war?"

The well dressed prince stared at me with his mouth open and closing as if he was trying to figure out what to say. I sneered and turned around, and sat back down in my seat. "Tell your king I will be going to the castle later to talk with him. I want to see what he thinks about all of this. If I see one more knight trying to arrest me or stop me from sightseeing, I will see it as an act of war."

"Brother, I suggest you do as she says. I have seen her easily take over many kingdoms without any effort, and our dwarven kingdom is no match for her alone, never mind those around her." Thurul added in a friendly warning. I watched as the stupid prince waved his hand, calling his knights back as he turned and left.

When they were gone, peace fell over the inn once more as I sat back in my seat. "We need to deal with this sooner rather than later. I want to meet this father of yours, Thurul. No king would act this impulsively."

"Mmm… I also want to know what is going on in that head of his." Thurul let out a sigh.

"We will finish eating and head to the castle. I want to settle things with the royal family here before they do something stupid." I was only doing this because it was Thurul's family. If it was anyone else, I would not go this far, but I could see the pain in Thurul's eyes when these things kept happening. He may be trying to hide it, but he can't hide it from me.

We ate in silence for the rest of the meal before we got up and headed toward the castle. We walked through the streets without issue, although I did notice a few knights tailing behind us, but I figured the prince would send someone to tail us.

When we got to the castle that was carved out of the bedrock of the mountain, it looked quite imposing from the outside. The knights who were guarding the gate did not stop us and let us through, which meant they were definitely expecting us.

Once we passed the gates, a man in what looked to be more of a blue scholar's robe stood in front of us and bowed his head. "Princess Cyrilia, this way, please, I will bring you to the throne room. The king is expecting you." I nodded and allowed the scholarly dwarf to lead the way.

When we arrived at the throne room, the king was sitting on his throne with the queen next to him. Which I had to say, I think was my first time seeing a female dwarf. She looked quite young and did not look like a male dwarf. But now that I think about it, I probably had seen them and wrote them off as humans. Standing to the right of the king was the stupid prince. "Princess Cyrilia."

"King of Dwarves. You should also be greeting Crown Princess Adel as well, should you not? I do believe I have said she was here as well." I was quite annoyed that everyone kept looking over Adel. She was a true princess, after all. My words made the king's brow twitch as he said: "Crown Princess Adel…."

"King of Dwarves," Adel replied flatly with no emotion at all. She was probably angry about everything that had happened thus far.

The king snorted before asking: "You said you were coming to speak with me?"

"Yes. You owe me an explanation on why your stupid son keeps harassing me with knights. Surrounding me many times in the past two days. King of Dwarves are you trying to get your kingdom annexed?"

"Impudent!" The one to yell out was not the king or the prince but the queen herself. I turned and looked at her and said: "Sit and shut up!"

The queen's mouth closed, and sat down without being able to control her own body. When the king saw this, he gripped his throne and stared daggers at me. "Control your queen," I said flatly as I released the spell. The queen looked at me with fear in her eyes and did not dare say another word. "I will say this now. I did not come to this kingdom to start any feuds, but many times I have been harassed by your stupid son. Now explain to me. Why are you doing this?"

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Chapter4 Teladeadja

The king narrowed his eyes as he looked at me and said: "Princess Cyrilia, Crown Princess Adel, you should know my dwarven kingdom runs on the craftsmen you are currently looking to poach. Are you trying to ruin my kingdom?"

"Ruin your kingdom?" I asked. "I did not come here to ruin a kingdom. You may survive off craftsmen, but I am not taking them all. And I am not forcing them to come with me. They are following me by choice. Second, your kingdom is already in a downward spiral. Have you not seen the homeless filling the streets? What king allows his people to suffer? You make millions to billions of gold per year, yet you still have homeless people begging for money. Why is this?"

"Hmmm? Homeless?" The king looked perplexed. But I do not understand how he would miss such a thing.

"Have you not taken a good look at your streets? Have your officials not talked to you about the problem you currently have with the homeless rate rising? How much money are you funneling back into the kingdom each year? Do you have systems in place to help build new industries? Do you have educational systems to teach new bright minds? All these things are important if you wish to keep your citizens happy and off the streets so that they can provide for themselves. I am not saying this is one hundred percent perfect, but it would keep you from having so many people living on the streets begging for change. I do not know your current crime rate either, but I am sure theft has risen in the past few years." I laid everything out for the king. I watched as he turned toward the stupid prince with a questioning gaze.

"Royal Father, do not listen to these lies. There is nothing wrong with our kingdom!" The stupid prince yelled out.

"Are you an idiot?" Thurul suddenly stepped forward and bowed. "Royal Father, I gave up my rights to the throne a long time ago and have also given up my family name in favor of joining under Princess Cyrilia's noble family name. But even still, even I hurt seeing the streets filled with fellow dwarves who are without ale and food. I have only been in the capital for a few days, and I can say this is not how our kingdom used to be!"

"Prince Thurul! Don't spout such lies!" The well dressed dwarf yelled out. He looked like he was in panic mode now, which was only making the man next to him to look at him strangely.

But sadly: "Thurul, your brother says nothing is wrong, so nothing is wrong. Why are you trying to slander him like this?"

I heard a loud sigh as Thurul stood up and turned to me, and bowed his head: "Lass, please save the Dwarven Kingdom. If my stupid brother and my ignorant father keep going like this, the kingdom is going to collapse."

I smiled and nodded my head: "So you made up your mind."

"I have." Thurul's eyes showed great determination. I nodded and turned to look at the king. I then took out an orb and held it out, letting it float up into the air. I then cast detection magic and channeled what was being seen into the orb. Video images began to appear in the room. Hundreds of them, most of just the capital but also the rest of the kingdom as well. "This is what you call lies?"

Seeing the images and the people of his kingdom suffering, the king's eyes turned red with anger as he stared at the well dressed dwarf. "Thordor! What the hell is the meaning of this!?"

"It's a trick! Royal Father, do not believe a word of this!" The stupid prince yelled out. I sneered as I waved my hand, canceling the images. "You will know if it is a trick if you actually leave this castle and take a good look. I do not know if you were turning a blind eye to this all before, but those in this kingdom who are suffering are greater than you think. Take a tour and see for yourself."

"No!" The well dressed dwarf yelled out. "Father, this is all trickery! She probably paid these people to act this way!"

"You idiot! I can't watch this anymore!" A voice came from the shadows causing me to frown. I looked to see a man suddenly appear. He looked human, but he had purple lines on his face. I immediately used appraisal on him.

[Teladeadja]

[Level 800]

"You!" I shouted as I stared at him with cold eyes and drew my sword. "You work with Azengrade!"

"Oh?" The man turned to me and smiled mockingly. "So you know General Azengrade, and you actually lived to be here today?"

"General?" I felt my heart tighten hearing this. If he was only a general, then that would mean many more of these powerful people are on this planet….

"Haha! Ignorant fools!" Teladeadja looked at us as he laughed. But when his eyes fell on Diablo and Iena, he seemed to frown and then looked at the well dressed dwarf. "Your stupidity has ruined everything for me. For that, I will take your soul as compensation."

Before anyone could react, not even myself, we watched as Teladeadja raised his hand and shot out a green light. The well dressed dwarf let out a horrific scream before his body shriveled up, and a blue light was pulled from his body and absorbed into Teladeadja's hand. He then turned and bowed to us and said: "Until another time."

"Diablo! Stop him!" I yelled once I came back to my senses.

Diablo disappeared and reappeared next to Teladeadja, but as he went to grab hold of Teladeadja, his arms passed right through him, and Teladeadja disappeared while laughing. A look of anger appeared on Diablo's face as he stood there, clenching his fists. "Diablo, it's fine… We were all shocked by his sudden appearance that we all failed to move in time."

Chapter5 No Other Choice

Diablo returned to my side, where I took his hand to calm him down. I then looked at the dwarven king and bowed my head as I said with sympathy: "I am sorry for your loss…."

"No…. I had no idea that someone was controlling my son from behind the scenes all this time." The dwarven king slumped down into his throne. Only after a few moments of quiet did he stand up and bowed to me and Adel: "Princess Cyrilia, Crown Princess Adel, I apologize for any inconveniences my kingdom has caused you."

"It's fine. You have a good kingdom. I wish all kingdoms were like this. But as king, please keep an eye on your people and look at things from their view and not from on top of the throne. The craftsmen that will be following me back are still your kingdom's people unless they decide to take up residence in Gravos. If you wish to make formal ties with the Gravos kingdom, I suggest you speak to the current King. So take this, if you wish to get in contact with him." I handed over an orb that would allow the dwarven king to contact one of the Gravos Kingdom's aides.

The dwarven king looked at the object in his hand and smiled. He never thought there would be a day he would actually want to form strong ties with another kingdom. His gaze fell on his only other son, and sighed. If he was only nicer, then maybe…..

"Royal Father." Thurul suddenly spoke up. "When the time comes that you can no longer rule the Dwarven Kingdom, may I suggest merging it into Gravos? As you know, the Crown Princess Adel is standing right here as well as her Princess Consort. Once the two get married, Crown Princess Adel and Princess Cyrilia will be the next rulers of the Gavos Kingdom. I think with the things these two do and creating a teleport that supports both kingdoms in trade and travel, the two will become a powerful existence."

"This…." The dwarven king looked at Thurul and then at me and fell into deep thought. Only after a few minutes did he say: "When that time comes, I will think about it."

"Then, your Majesty, we will take our leave." I gave a proper bow this time as I turned on my heel, with everyone else following behind me. Things didn't go as I expected, and new things began to crop up. Now that I know that Azengrade was only a general, I can only assume that whoever the leader is is even more powerful. This did not bode well for us, which means we need to begin forming a fighting force strong enough to defend against anything that may come.

"Thurul, you will need a system. And you will need to start diving into dungeons. As well as the other craftsmen. They will need to spend some time leveling up so they can upgrade their skills. As will I. We will do it in batches. When I begin my dungeon diving when I get back." I had wanted to check out small worlds that the academy had, but I will need to postpone that and focus strictly on leveling up.

"Alright, Lass, but you must protect this old man," Thurul replied with a chuckle.

"Haha, I will! For now, let's take some time to tour the city." I decided to try to put things off for the time being while we took a small break. I think everyone needed it.

In a blink of an eye, two weeks passed, and a total of just over five thousand craftsmen were willing to follow me back. The dwarven king also came to send us off. Since we were using a teleport, the trip back would be instant. This meant the airship and all would arrive quickly. Trade talks with the dwarven kingdom were still ongoing, and the king seemed to be very stressed out. Maybe because I keep putting more work on his plate, but what can I do? Things keep popping up wherever I go.

"So that is what happened," I said as I stood there in front of the king, who had a sour puss on his face.

"Faith, are you trying to work me into an early grave?" The king asked.

"Not at all! I can't help what happens when I am out and about, but you do not need to worry about it anymore. Once the dwarves are settled in I plan to make my way to the nearest dungeon with half the group and begin leveling up. We need to be at least in the level 1000s if we wish to really face off against this unknown threat. And it seems Azengrade and his men are all high level, at least this Teladeadja was level 800." I explained.

"Good… Please stay low for a while." The king let out a sigh of relief before continuing. "When do you plan to hold your wedding?"

"Ummm, after graduation. I want to settle things there first. Which means I will need to take the graduation exam." I said. I was still gunning to become a magic knight. While I really did not need the title since I was a princess already, I still wanted to achieve the goal I set for myself all those years ago.

"Very good. Then we will begin preparations for the wedding. But ummm… how many are you marrying?" The king looked at both Diablo and Iena, who were standing next to me as well as Grace.

"Adel and Sophie, as well as Iena and Diablo. But do not worry, Diablo is only allowed to sleep with me." I said with pursed lips causing the King to cough. Was that too much information?

"Cough… Then I will settle things to host a grand wedding. But if I do this, I will be making you my first heir which will give you a new title. After all, only the ruler is allowed to have multiple spouses." The king looked at me with a firm gaze. I pursed my lips and looked at Adel, who looked the other way. So basically, in order to marry Adel and the rest, I was going to be forced yet again….

Chapter6 Strangeness With Mother

I sighed and shook my head. This old man was crafty. "Not like I have a choice. I love all four of them and will not allow any of them to be left out. So I will do as you say this time, you scheming old man…." I snorted the last part, but all I saw was a big smile on the king's face. Adel hugged me from behind, making me sigh even more. "But….. I have one condition."

"And that is?" The king looked at me. He was still all smiles, but he was not going to be happy for long.

"I want you to rule in my place while I run dungeons. After all, with the things happening in the world I can not be sitting on the throne and not gaining strength. We are at a turning point in this planet's history, and if I do not prepare with those I love, we will not make it far. I do not wish for my soon to be wives and husband to die because we were not ready. If you can promise me this, I will take the throne at any time." I meant it when I said I would take the throne. I do not mind, and it will make things easier when setting up city defenses and making decisions. But I needed someone with experience to rule in my stead if I was busy leveling up.

The king's expression turned sour once more, but he still nodded his head reluctantly. "Then we will do it this way. After you graduate and gain the title of magic knight, we will have your wedding with your wives and husband, then do a coronation ceremony. But when you are leveling up, it will not just be me who helps take over things in your absence but also Lance."

"That is fine." I nodded. After all, this spot was supposed to be Lance's in the first place and he worked hard to learn the way of being a king. So this worked out well. Or at least we thought….

"Sorry Father, but I will be going dungeon diving as well. I need to level up more and will not be able to help rule the kingdom at that time." Lance, who was standing next to the king said, causing a dark expression to form on the king's face.

"Fine! Just do as you all please!" The king yelled out. I bet he was planning to leave it all to Lance so he could go play but looks like he won't get that chance now.

"Alright, then we will head back home. I need to check on my family." With things set, I just wanted to go home and check on my mother.

As we walked out of the throne room, Adel hugged my arm and asked: "Are you sure about this? You have been so against it all this time."

"Like I will be able to escape my duties once you take the throne. It matters not who is crowned queen as long as we can keep this kingdom running. Plus, this is the only way I can marry you and the others. With the way us four girls are now, our relationship is something we can not break apart so easily. And I also have Diablo. So this is just something that was bound to happen. But are you okay? I am taking your spot." I asked back. The title of queen was supposed to go to Adel. So I do feel bad about this sudden turn of events.

"It's fine. I already knew this would happen, I just didn't tell you." Adel replied with a sly grin causing me to frown.

I let out a long sigh of defeat as I reached over and pinched her nose. "Let's head back home."

There were lots to do still, and I wanted to prepare for what was to come. But first, before any of that, I have been way too long and want to spend some quality time with my family. When reached the house, the first thing I saw was my mother rushing over to me with tears in her eyes as she hugged me tightly. She didn't even say anything as she held on to me, not wanting to let me go. My brother, who was now looking more like our father every day, stood there with a helpless smile on his face. And my nephew, who had grown so much, stared at me from the side.

"Mother, I am home," I said softly, but she did not say anything as she hugged me even tighter.

"When she heard you were coming back, she waited here the whole morning, not wanting to miss it when you arrived." My brother said as he walked over and rubbed my head.

"How has she been?" I asked.

"Her regression seems to have hit a stopping point. But she keeps having weird dreams. I am not sure what they are, but she keeps saying a bloody war is coming."Hearing my brother's answer, I frowned. Because a bloody war would not be too far off. I sighed and used appraisal on my mother.

[Lilith Cyrilia]

[Age: #$^%]

[Race: &@^#]

[Health: !&@#^/ !&@#^]

[Mana: !&@#^/ !&@#^]

Seeing the strange symbols, I frowned. It was never like this before. "Brother, take Mother and have her sit in the other room. There is something wrong with her beyond just regression and dreams."

"Diablo, Iena, come with me, please." I only had these two I could consult with on this. The strange symbols were blocking what should be readable.

I hurried to my bedroom and set up a soundproofing barrier as I sat with Diablo and Iena. Adel and Sophie were here as well. "Faith, what is wrong?"

"Look…." I said as I showed the stat window I had to everyone present using magic. "These are my mother's stats which should be readable, but now they are nothing but symbols."

"This is….." Diablo's eyes widened. "Faith, can you summon another Demon King? Amongst us is a scholar named Freidinia. She is highly intelligent and knows many ancient languages. I had once seen this language in her study. So she might be able to tell us more."

Chapter7 Freidinia

--An) Another Chapter will be out later. Have an early docs appointment.--

"If it will give me some answers, then I see no reason not to." I wanted to know what was going on with my mother and why she was suddenly changing as she was. It made no sense to me. She was always strong and powerful in my eyes as I was growing up. Seeing her so weak now made my heart hurt for her.

I once again formed a summoning circle, and with Diablo's help, a woman in a white lab coat stood there with a set of black feathered wings and a black halo over here. She was glaring at both Diablo and me as if we had just committed a very big sin.

"Why did you summon me!? I was in the middle of an experiment! I bet my house blew up!" This was who Diablo called Freidinia. The demon world's top researcher and demon king of her own territory.

"I needed your help to assist my wife," Diablo stated firmly, causing Freidinia to stare at Diablo in disbelief.

"Did…. Did you just say, wife!? What has the world come to!? Now even Diablo, who is known for hating all contact with any living being, now has a wife!? Wait until the other kings hear of this. Anyway, I am busy, so I am off... Wait…. Why can't I go back!? What the hell is this!?" Freidinia yelled out. She turned and glared at me while pointing her finger at me: "You! Fix this now and send me back!" Freidinia was like a whirlwind changing topics one after another.

I shook my head as I answered: "This I can not do. I need your help with an issue that has been plaguing my mother. If you can help solve it, I will give you a lab filled with all the things you can ever want to do experiments with."

"What!? I was in the middle of a breakthrough experiment in a special drug that will make all men stand up for hours on end!" Freidinia yelled out, but after she yelled these words, her face turned red. I walked over and whispered into her ear and she quickly nodded her head: "Deal! You better not be lying to me!"

"Nope, she has a spell that, if you can replicate it, will do the things you want," I reassured. I can only apologize to Sei, her little secret is now out.

"Then deal!" Freidinia reached out and shook my hand to seal the deal. While we were both smiling, Diablo looked confused. At any rate, I had come to a deal with Freidinia, so I quickly showed her the image of my mother's stats window.

"This…. Ancient gods race? Why is there such a thing here?" Freidinia tilted her head to the side as she looked at the numbers. "I can say that there is nothing wrong with your mother other than her bloodline might be awakening, but I would need to see her to be sure and would draw some blood from her if that is fine. Luckily I always keep a spare equipment set in my space, or I wouldn't be able to help you. Can you give me a room to set up a lab?"

"Yes, follow me. I already have a medical wing set up with many of our kingdom's current medical equipment. But I am sure it is pretty crude to your standards." I had long set up a part of the house in case of emergencies where people who were sick or hurt could go to get some healing. Grace usually manned it since she was the only healer we had, but it still had everything one could ask for from any current medical facility.

When we arrived, I noticed Freidinia's face sink. "Such trash! Well not like I will be using your things anyways. Please move all of this stuff out of here. Later I will build an underground lab for safety reasons. Also, have your mother come see me. I want to examine her."

I followed Freidinia's instructions and had the whole room cleared out of anything Freidinia did not want there before she began setting up some really high tech looking equipment. I thought she was a scholar, but she seemed more of a scientist. I looked at Diablo with a questioning gaze. "Freidinia is the demon realm's top researcher. But she does research on many different ancient races. I knew I had seen the language in her office one day, so that is why I had you call her. It seems it was right for me to do so."

"Do you know anything about the ancient gods race?" I asked.

"No, I never read up on them," Diablo answered.

"They are a race of offspring that were birthed between other races and some god. But ever since the gods disappeared, the offspring disappeared as well. At least, this is what I have read. Where is your mother?" Freidinia asked.

"She is being brought over by my brother," I answered, and as if on cue, my mother was being helped over by my brother. She seemed frightened when she saw Freidinia but eased her expression when she saw me. She even ran over and hugged me tightly. I figured this would happen. I still do not understand her obsession with clinging on to me, but maybe we can find some answers somehow through Freidinia's examination.

"Let me take some blood first. This way, I can get an idea of where things are with her bloodline." Freidinia said as she walked over with a needle. My mother shook her head without saying a word and hid behind me, causing me to sigh as I gently pulled her back around me.

"Mother, she will only take a small sample of your blood. We need to do some tests. I will be with you the entire time, so do not worry, okay?" I spoke softly in hopes of comforting her. Luckily it seemed to work because she nodded and stretched her arm out.

Chapter8 Graduation Part 1

My mother nodded as she cringed and turned her head away as Freidinia took blood from her. What I saw when the blood came out was not pure red blood that one would normally have but red and gold blood. "To think her bloodline would activate at such an age. She must have encountered a life threatening experience."

"She did, actually, but this regression has been going on for a while now…." I did not know what truly triggered this, but it did trigger somehow.

"There are many things that can trigger a bloodline awakening, it's just that this is the first time I have seen this kind of bloodline up close. So I will be keeping her under close observation from this day forward." Freidinia said as she put the blood sample aside. In the end, she drew three vials before she was done.

"Alright, then, I will leave my mother in your care." I nodded before pushing my mother back so I could see her face and said: "Mother, Freidinia will be keeping an eye on you. But I promise no matter what, you will get better, okay?"

"Faith doesn't want her Mother?" My mother's voice was soft and sounded sad, which caused me to immediately hug her as I answered: "I love you very much. But I will be busy for the next few days. But you will see me a lot, unlike before. You will see me graduate, you will see me get married, and you will see me become queen. Well, probably Empress with all the land we have now. I do not plan to go anywhere for an entire year before I begin dungeon diving again. And during this time, Freidinia will keep you company so you will not feel too lonely when I can't be at your side, okay?"

My mother looked up at me and smiled as she hugged me tightly. "My baby is getting married!" This seemed to have been my mother's biggest wish. And it made me feel glad that I came out of my no relationship loop. I can now rewind time so I can let everyone live forever if they so choose. But I will never force this upon anyone. They would get to decide if they wished to grow older or not. As for me, I think I might have reached my limit a few years ago. I did undergo a huge growth spurt when I reached fourteen that made me look older than I truly was, and now it has already caught up, and I look my proper age.

With my mother now in the care of Freidinia, I had some of the maids settle in Freidinia with a proper room near the medical wing. With this, I would not need to worry about Freidinia complaining about needing to walk too far to get to her lab.

The next few days, I spent time with my mother while Freidinia did her thing. But now it was time for my graduation exam. One thing I did not realize, even though I was gone for four years, was that I seemed to have become even more popular at the academy. As soon as I walked through the gates, I had people running up to me, wishing me luck on my exam. I guess after everything, in the eyes of the people of the kingdom, a demi human was no longer such a bad thing. I also noticed that many demi humans were now in the academy as well and none of them were being looked down upon.

This feeling of seeing such a change in such a short time really made me happy. Annie had also done a lot, and now almost seventy five percent of the slums were now converted into proper housing and cleaned up. Jobs had also expanded to new business popping up in the new east side section that was making money for families outside my own companies, which seemed to have expanded into other fields without me knowing. But my bank account keeps rising, so I will not complain.

"Faith, you are here." The dean smiled at me as he walked over to meet me.

I nodded and asked: "So, what do I need to do for the test?"

"You will fight me." The dean replied with a smile. "The written test can be bypassed due to all the merits you have gained over the years. To be honest, if you did not get your title of princess, you would already have enough credits to become a titled princess. But I guess I will be calling you by a new title soon."

The dean gave me a knowing look, making me purse my lips. "It's the old man's fault for trapping me."

"Haha! Looks like he finally got his wish. But come. The students are all waiting for a battle between me and the only one to become a magic knight in many years. Even Prince Lance did not have the ability to become a magic knight."

I followed after the dean, who led me to a large coliseum that seemed to have been built a long, long time ago. When it was created, I do not know, but they did do a good job of keeping it in shape. The whole place was set up for a fair one on one duel without any obstacles.

"I will go to the other side. The king himself is here to be the announcer and overseer of this battle." The dean pointed to the high tower not too far away to see the king hopping through the air and standing above the area.

"Today, I have the honor of overseeing a legend in the making. Crown Princess Faith Cyrilia has made many contributions to the Kingdom of Gravos and has proven her abilities through actions and not words. It is my pleasure to be here to see the first magic knight in many, many years. Today's battle will be between the dean of the academy. She only needs to hold her own against him for twenty minutes. This will be actual combat, so no summoning magic or other pet type monsters are allowed on the battlefield. Please show us your natural skill. Once everyone is ready, the battle will begin."

Chapter9 Graduation Part 2

The king looked at both of us and when we both nodded he yelled out: "Let the battle begin!"

I quickly shot forward as I waved my hand, casting Gates of Faithylon, creating thousands of flaming swords in the sky before drawing my own sword. I was not going to hold back because I knew the dean was very powerful.

I watched as he snorted and cast a spell similar to my own! His were made of water element and as I fired mine at him fired his at me. Luckily I put up a flaming spinning barrier. But he was not dumb either, copying my spell once more and casting a spinning water barrier to ward off my attack.

This kind of annoyed me since he was matching me in tit for tat. Whatever I cast, he would copy with the opposing element. And when I got close to attack, he would easily defend against it. "Are you not being a bit too much of a copycat?"

"Faith, your attacks are already too easy to read. You may be able to do a lot, but you have the same attack patterns, and I can easily tell which spell will come next. This is your biggest weakness, and any enemy will notice it. It will only need one exchange to see the similarities in your attack. You need to change this!" The dean shouted before suddenly firing thousands of earth spikes at me.

I snorted and decided it was truly time to change the way I fought. "Mass Dispel!" I canceled all magic in the area. He was not at a higher level than myself so dispelling his magic was simple.

Once his magic was canceled, I flew up into the air and created a massive black magic circle over the entire arena. "If you want something new, then I will give you something new. Try to cancel this! Gravity Field!"

*Boom!*

The entire arena sank into the ground, and I watched the Dean forced to his knees. But I did not stop there. Another red magic circle that filled the entire arena formed under foot. "Hell's Swimming Pool!"

The entire area turned into a swamp of magma, causing the arena to heat up. I saw the dean quickly using water magic and ice magic to ward off the magma underneath him. But he was still restrained by the gravity field, which made the next spell I was going to cast the finalizer. Trap your enemy in all directions and swiftly eliminate them. "God's Judgment…."

Thousands of lenses appeared in the sky and began to focus the light of the suns which all began to converge onto one spot. It fell into the magma below and began to cut a path through it, splitting the magma in two.

"I forfeit!" The dean suddenly yelled out. I saw him give a defeated smile as the spells all canceled and the arena returned to normal. "Girl, don't you know how to give some face to your elders!?"

"Haha! I see the next Queen of Gavos is truly strong. Winner Crown Princess Cyrilia!" I do wonder if this old man knows he is giving out news that should not be given out until tomorrow. But well, aw well. Not like it would make a difference. I landed on the ground and walked over to the dean, whose knees were charred due to the heat, and cast cosmic magic on him to reverse the wounds.

"I see now why you started off with the other spells and normally limit your own powers. But going easy on the enemy is not a way to progress whether you wish to train or not. If you have dispel, use it. If it fails, think of something else. No need to train in such a dangerous way. You will only be harming those around you. That last wave of attacks was perfect. I do not think many could survive such an attack." The dean gave me a small lecture with a smile on his face before ruffling the hair on my head.

I swatted his hand away before letting out a sigh of relief. If I had not made a bunch of new spells during my trip, I would not have been able to pull this off. I had been slacking on my spell creation, but these past few years have allowed me to build up quite a few new ones.

"Now then. As of this day, the Gravos Kingdom now has a new Magic Knight entering its ranks. And as some of you may have heard and are probably confused about it. Faith Cyrilia is now the Crown Princess, as she will be marrying my daughter and will also be the new leader of the Kingdom in the foreseeable future. This change was due to many different things, but it is because I believe Faith's ability to look far ahead has helped this kingdom grow and bloom into a more prosperous nation. So under her rule, I believe we will flourish even more. Faith, come here and say a few things." The king waved me over, so I had no choice but to fly up toward him and stand in the air next to him.

I looked out at the thousands of people in the coliseum and took a deep breath. "Some may question why I am being promoted so quickly. Hell, even I question this fact. But I will say this. No matter what happens in the future, I will protect the kingdom with everything I have. I will do my best to make life easier for its citizens and allow for more innovation and progress as we build a kingdom that no one can look down upon. Beside me will be Princess Adel as well, as she is now my fiance, along with three others. We will all work hard for the kingdom and hope you will all support us."

I bowed slightly, finishing my speech which gained a standing ovation. But I did not care about these things as I still had many other things to do. But I am glad I was able to properly graduate even with everything that was going on. I have learned much over the years even if I had to learn most of it aboard a flying ship. But even so I think I will have a better understanding of how to lead massive armies and how to use the experience I gain from everyday things as a means to make better decisions on the battlefield and come up with better strategies.

Chapter10 Graduation Part 3

I now know that doing everything myself may be easier, but if I allow the people under me to think that I will finish everything for them, they will become lazy, and when a really powerful enemy emerges, we will be stuck in a tight spot. This I did not wish for. So I will no longer stand in the front but in the back unless the enemy is too powerful for such a thing.

"Faith!" Adel and the girls all jumped me at the same time, hugging me. Diablo placed his big hand on my head. "We will have a party tonight~!" Adel continued.

"Then let's have a party. We will invite all our friends to the estate." I actually hoped that Gesel and Fred were in town since I had not seen them in years.

"Don't worry. We already knew you would agree, so we sent out word, and people will be heading to the estate tonight. So let's go back and get ready!" Sophie replied as she wagged her tail back and forth. I couldn't wait. To be able to have a calm relaxing time together would be a very good change of pace.

When I got home, I was surprised to see so many people were already here. Grace and Annie were taking control of everything, and many grills were already lit up, cooking meat and other kinds of food. There were many colorful tents and streams all over the lawn, making it quite the colorful scene.

When I walked in, everyone who saw me began clapping and congratulating me on my graduation. But I only got two steps into the party when I felt danger. I quickly drew my sword and swung it behind me to have the ground under me, sink in. "Tch! You have gotten so much better!"

Hearing the familiar voice, I turned to see Gesel, in all her muscular glory, standing there with a big grin on her face. "Gesel!" I yelled out as I jumped on her and hugged her.

"Haha! Faith, long time no see!" Gesel smiled as she hugged me back. Fred stood at the side as quiet as always.

"So, how have you been?" I asked as she went to sit down at one of the tables.

"Fred and I have been working hard at leveling up in the dungeons. We are also doing our best to get skill stones. I have gained quite a few abilities that have allowed me to take on thousands of monsters at once." Gesel began telling me about her adventures in the dungeons and how she had almost died quite a few times. And that was when she hit me with a bombshell.

"Now, though, I need to take a break from adventuring," Gesel said with rosy cheeks. "I will be having a little Gesel soon."

"What!? Who's the father!?" I yelled out even though I already knew, causing Gesel to laugh. Poor Fred stood there speechless, unsure of how to react to my outburst. "I am just joking. Fred, Gesel, congratulations."

"Faith, when the child is born, I was hoping you could become he or she's godmother. Is this okay?" Gesel asked as she rubbed her belly. Now that I was looking, I did notice she was starting to put on some weight.

But how could I say no to my long time friend? "Of course! No matter what happens in the future, they can count on me if they need me."

"Knowing you will be willing to protect my baby in case anything happens to me puts me at ease," Gesel said as her normally stern eyes grew soft as she rubbed her belly. It made me wonder how I would feel in the future when I have a child of my own.

Just thinking of having a child of my own was still a scary thought. I mean, would I be a good mother? Would I be able to raise a child properly? Would they even like me? These kinds of questions were things I had no answers for at this time, nor did I wish to think about them too hard but knowing one of my good friends was with child made my own maternal instincts come out.

The graduation party went on well into the night. The whole estate was packed with people I had met throughout my life. The dwarves supplied alcohol which really got the party fired up as some people had mini bouts in the yard, causing people to cheer. There were even a few people who were dancing like fools on top of tables. It reminded me of the movies I have watched and the manga and novels I have read that depicted these kinds of scenes in them.

It was a very fun time. Even after the party, when people were passed out on the lawn, I could only smile as I sat with my fiancees and fiance under a tree, looking up at the stars. If only peaceful days like this could last forever. But I knew this would not be the case. I reached up with my hand wanting to grab those stars, but I guess, for now, this was far from my reach. Maybe one day in the future, we will achieve space flight and see the worlds beyond.

But I have a feeling interdimensional travel would come first. Although I think the dungeons are already considered a dimension of their own. But the thought of maybe one day taking a peek back at Earth would not be so bad. To see how the planet itself is doing. I no longer hold any more attachment to that world, but it would still be nice.

I had the girls using me as a pillow, so I leaned against Diablo to make him my pillow as I slowly closed my eyes. It was a busy day but a very eventful one. I do hope I will be able to live up to the expectations of everyone around me and become a queen… No Empress of the Gravos Empire. This would be my first order. Changing the name of the kingdom to Gravos Empire as it has already grown too large to be considered a kingdom any longer.

Chapter11 A Sudden Elf Appeared

"Princess, we really need to get some elves here to help with the research." A dwarf came running up to me and asked. It had been a week since my graduation, and now we were currently preparing for another event. My wedding. However, this one was to be held in the center of the city. After talking with everyone, we decided to hold a grand wedding with all wives and husband at the same time. I was to wear a black wedding gown because I was to be the groom of this wedding. Everyone was marrying into my family which would give them all the last name Cyrilia.

"After my coronation ceremony, I will send word to the elven kingdom and see if I can speak with Runa. But right now I have too much going on to be leaving the kingdom. So it will take some time before…." My voice got caught in my throat when I heard a voice coming from behind me.

"Are you talking about me?" The familiar voice was something I had not heard in many, many years, so when I turned and saw an older, more beautiful Runa standing there with a smile on her face, I could help but be surprised.

"Runa!? Why are you here?" I yelled out. Runa, on the other hand, puffed out her cheeks and started to complain.

"You know, Faith! You should have contacted me more! You sent me like one letter, and after that, I heard nothing from you. If I had not heard wind of all your achievements over the past few years, I would have thought that you were ignoring me! I, your true best friend, Runa! Ouch!" Runa yelled out as she turned her head and looked at Jen with an aggrieved look. "Ahh! the bookworm from the library! The cursed wit…. Ouch!"

"When did an elf like you get to yell so much?" Jen asked with a snort. I guess these two had a history that I did not know about.

"You two know each other?" I asked.

"Little long ears here used to run around the academy when she was bored. She would sneak in and then enter the library, taking books off the shelves reading three pages, and tossing them on the floor!" Jen complained with a snort.

"Ouch! Wait, why are you hitting me, Faith!?" Runa had tears in her eyes as she looked at me with an aggrieved expression.

"Don't mess with books!" I yelled.

"I was only seven at the time! Leave me alone!" Runa pouted her lower lip as she rubbed her head, causing me to chuckle.

"Alright. Now that that is solved, why are you here?" I asked, trying to get back on track.

"Oh, right! Why did you not send me a wedding invite? And you are also about to become queen! How can you leave out your number one best frie…. Ouch! Jen, you damned cursed witch, stop hitting me!"

"Who is Faith's number one best friend!? Hmmmm? Sorry, but I have known her much, much longer than you!" Jen snorted. I chuckled as I reached up and fixed Runa's hair and said: "Sorry, I figured it would be weird to suddenly get a message from someone who you haven't talked to in a long time. I'm sorry."

"Even if it has been a long time, we are still friends! Do not leave me out of the loop. But now that I am here, I will attend both ceremonies. Anyway, who is the lucky guy marrying you?" Runa asked with eyes sparking with curiosity.

"Ummm… Three girls, one guy." I said softly.

"Huh? Wait? Say that again. I do not think I heard it." Runa cupped her ear as she moved closer to me. I could hear Jen laughing, causing me to blush.

"Three girls and one man. Adel, Sophie, and Iena. And Diablo. Two are my summons, while the other two are my closest friends since I was young." I explained. I couldn't help but blush hearing my own words. After all, I, of all people, was getting married and to four people at that!

"I see…. So Faith has really grown up…. Way too much! Just casually marrying four people all at the same time while I am still looking for that perfect som…. Why, hello, handsome!" Runa suddenly ran by me, causing me to turn around, only for my face to turn black as Runa began hopping around Diablo.

"Runa…." I called out. But she did not seem to hear me as she began rambling.

"I like chilled grapes during the summer, and long walks through the forest. I also like big strong, handsome men like you. Hehe… Look at me blushing away. What's your name handso…. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! My ear, you are going to pull it off!" Runa cried out after I grabbed her ear and dragged her away from Diablo.

"That is my fiance!" I yelled, causing Runa to freeze and suddenly prostrate herself in front of me. "I am so sorry! I saw a handsome man and wanted to get to know him bett…." Runa suddenly paused as her eyes lit up, and she shot to her feet and grabbed my hands as she said: "Wait, I know! You can marry me too, then I can be with… Ouch!"

"Wishful thinking, you damn elf!" I yelled out.

"I was just kidding!" Runa pursed her lips. She then snuck a peek at Diablo before turning back to me and asking: "Does he have any brothers?"

"Pfft! Hahahahaha!" I couldn't hold my laughter in any longer as I laughed out loud. Runa was really all over the place.

"You have not changed at all since you were younger. Anyway, I came here to lead her to you. I need to head back to the academy." Jen cut in.

"Alright, Jen, thank you. Don't work too hard." I said with a smile.

"I never do!" Jen waved and smiled back as she headed off to the academy.

Chapter12 Forming A Plan To Get Elves

"So why do you need elves?" Runa asked as she turned my attention back to the problem the dwarves had brought up.

"We are working on many projects, but we need people who are more knowledgeable about runic inscriptions. But I can't show you what it is unless you are willing to sign a blood seal contract to never disclose anything you see." Runa was considered a friend, but business was still business.

"Okay!" Runa answered without hesitation. She even looked very excited to see what I was working on.

I sighed and waved my hand, creating a blood seal contract, I have created so many now that I can do it with my eyes closed. In seconds Runa had signed the contract and hurried me to show her the projects.

It was not until she saw with her own eyes the massive production happening underground did her mouth drop to the floor. "This…. Faith, where did you kidnap so many dwarves!?"

"Haha! Lass, she did not kidnap us. We all willingly followed her. We wanted to work on the project, but we need the help of the elves and their knowledge in runic inscription to help with the magical arrays that will need to be created in order to make replicas of the technology here. After all, even our teleporters were all worked on in a combined effort between our two races." Thurul replied as he walked up. He looked slightly haggard from all his all nighters.

"Thurul, I keep telling you to get some sleep. You can't keep pushing on like this. Even if I heal you, the mental fatigue will be too much for you." I said with a sigh.

"I was just heading that way now that I was at a good stopping point. The airship is still a long way from being understood, but it is almost completely disassembled and organized in what needs to be pulled apart first." Thurul replied as he yawned. "I will leave you two lasses to do your thing. I need my shut eye."

"Okay. Have a good rest." I said as I waved goodbye to Thurul before turning to Runa. "So, as you heard, we need the help of the elven race to be able to complete a lot of our reengineering of these ships and vehicles. I had planned to make a visit to the elven kingdom at some point, but I felt a little off from contacting you to ask for a favor since we had not talked for a long time."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Runa punched my shoulder as she said: "I would definitely help my bestest friend! Anyway, let's do this. After your coronation, I will send a notice to my father to send a delegation here. We can then discuss the terms of an alliance between the two kingdoms. My father has been wanting to make firmer ties with your kingdom after everything that has happened. He is afraid of the demon queen of the battlefield. The one who says a single word to kill millions of soldiers."

"Hmmm? But I have to say two words…." I replied, correcting Runa as I tilted my head to the side. How did 'kill yourself' turn into one word?

"One word, two words, they are the same thing!" Runa pursed her lips as she continued: "So, let's do it like that. If we form an alliance with certain notations, the eleven kingdom will have a better chance of assisting you by lending you a few hundred magic researchers. The elven council is not like other kingdoms, and it runs like a parliament where things are discussed. If we were to send your request in now, it would only result in them ignoring it and moving on to other topics. But, if we form an alliance which can only be done by my father, the king…. Then we can push the topic in the parliament, and they will need to listen to my father's opinion on the matter.

"By doing this, we are sure to be able to gain approval of sending over some researchers, even if they have to sign a blood seal as a show of faith that we are abiding by the alliance. Just make sure the alliance is formed with the notations that we have to help in any research your kingdom is undergoing as long as it is not used to attack the elven kingdom." Runa made me very surprised at how knowledgeable she was.

"Faith, what is that dumb founded look that says, how can this elf who only has a one track mind know so much about her own governing system?" Runa questioned, bringing me out of my how does this elf who only has a one track mind know so much about her governing system, look.

"Because you are Runa…" I replied without much thought, causing Runa to yell out and stomp her feet.

"You! I am much smarter than you think!" Runa yelled in a huff.

I chuckled and apologized: "Sorry! Sorry! I was just surprised, is all. You make me feel like I might be a failure of a rule in the future as I have never undergone any training."

I had to admit I knew absolutely nothing about ruling a kingdom and only had some lofty goals and visions. Whether they worked out or not is another story. But I did know one thing, and that was I wanted to protect this kingdom no matter what.

"I think you will be a fine leader. After all the things I have heard about you over the years, I can tell you love the people of this kingdom to the point that you are not afraid to single handedly cut the head off another kingdom's king and claim the kingdom as your own. And then annex its vassal stats in the same way. So do not look down on yourself, Faith. You will do good." Runa replied, but it only made me frown a bit more.

"You just made me sound like a mad tyrant…."

Chapter13 Order List

"So what? You are not harming your own people, only those who want to harm your people." Runa replied but what she was missing is the fact that I annexed a kingdom for its special energy in the past few years…. Now I am starting to worry about myself. What if I really do turn into a tyrant?

"Anyway, let me look around and help with what I can while I am here. We will work on the alliance bits after your coronation." Runa's eyes were glowing with excitement. And as soon as I nodded my head, she ran off and began inspecting everything.

As for me, I went back up to the surface to see how the wedding preparations were going. The wedding itself was still a week off, but the girls were all about setting everything up. And I was being left out of it all. But as soon as I reached the surface, Annie was waiting for me. "Boss, please follow me to get your measurements done. The tailor who will be making your groom's dress is waiting for you."

"Mmm…." I pursed my lips and followed after Annie. When we entered the room where the tailor was waiting, I was met with a middle aged woman with a big smile on her face.

"Princess Cyrilia. My name is Susan Hemling. I am the tailor that you hired." The woman with red hair and brown eyes wore a green dress that matched her red hair well. She walked over and reached her hand out to me, which I took and shook in kind.

"It is a pleasure. I will be in your care." I replied.

"Then let's please have you come behind the curtain and strip your clothes. For someone as beautiful as you, we will need a nice gown that will match your pure white skin." Susan's eyes glimmered with a bit of excitement which made me worry, and before I knew what was happening, her helpers had dragged me behind the curtain and were stripping me of my clothes.

I had tape measures wrapped around me every which way causing me to blush. And when it was done, I was once again dressed. "There we go. I was thinking of going with this kind of design."

Susan showed me a sketch book with a dress she had personally sketched out just for me, and to be honest, it was quite pretty. It had a gothic yet elegant look to it that would hug my body but not so much that it would make me feel uncomfortable wearing it. Normally I would want to wear a loose fitting dress if I was forced to wear one, but this was my wedding, after all. "It looks very beautiful."

"I am glad you think so. The jewelry will be made of silver to complement your white skin and the black dress. I can already see it! You will make the most beautiful groom ever." Susan smiled brightly as she said this, but I do wonder. If I am the groom, that makes Diablo a bride? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smirk and giggle at such a thought.

After all, Diablo was a man, and a sturdy and tall one at that, with muscles that were the perfect size. But thinking of him wearing a dress that would not suit him at all made me giggle. So as I walked back towards my room, I was getting strange looks from the staff as I laughed to myself with those images in my head.

When I walked into the room, I found Adel and the girls, plus Diablo sitting down on the couch with a piece of paper laid out in front of them. "This is?" I asked as I looked at the names of the four on the paper.

"This is the order list. We have decided that we will split the week up like this. Diablo gets two nights with you while each of us gets one plus one night where we all share you at the same time." Hearing Adel's explanation, I pursed my lips.

Was there really a need to make a list like this!? Why would they even think of something like this!? I decided to ignore them and went to go get changed. As I was changing, Sophie asked: "How did their measurements go?"

"They were fine. The dress that Susan designed looks very beautiful." I answered as I put on a set of armor.

"Faith, are you going someplace?" Diablo asked as he stood up. It seemed he had the intention of going with me. Maybe this girl's chatter was not his cup of tea.

"I will be going to a new dungeon to take a peek, nothing too big. If you all want to come, you can. But I am only going to assess the dungeon to see if it will make for a good training ground for us. After everything is settled down more. I replied.

"I will go with you." Diablo was the first to volunteer. I had expected the other three girls to do the same, but they all passed.

"We will be here working out our new life as your wives. Diablo, if you are going, do not get mad if you get put on a certain day!" Adel seemed adamant about making a rotation list which I did not know how I felt about this.

"It's fine. I will agree as long as you are being fair." Diablo replied. He seemed quite in the hurry to escape the girl's talk session.

"Mmmm.. don't worry, I will not slight you in any way." Adel nodded. This much I knew about Adel, she would never do anything scheming to the others.

"Then I leave it to you. Faith, let's go." Diablo hurried me out of the room. When we reached the hallway, Diablo let out a long sigh. "I did not understand half the things that were being said."

Chapter14 The Strange Dungeon Part 1

"It's fine. As you are my husband only, you do not need to worry about the other girls' missions. I will not let you be treated unfairly." I replied with a chuckle as I stood on my tiptoes and kissed his lips. "Let's head out, we only got a few days, and It will take two days to reach our destination."

Diablo nodded, and the two of us headed out. We were heading toward the northern woods, where a new dungeon had appeared. It was surrounded by a thick fog making it hard to traverse, so I was asked by the Dean to take a look. He was trying to make use of me before I became Empress, and he could no longer make such requests so easily. Although I am sure, he still will.

Which I will not mind since I have a backup king to take my place. If the king thinks he will be able to get away with all his scheming to make me take the crown so he can go on a vacation, he is seriously in for a surprise!

We got to the entrance of the northern forest within a day thanks to Diablo carrying me on his back and running there which was faster than any known method of travel besides teleportation. When we reached the forest edge, I flew up into the sky to locate the area that was covered in fog, and luckily it was not too far into the forest and would only take an hour at most to get to even if we walked at a leisurely pace. But for Diablo, it took us ten minutes. And that was with him running at a medium speed.

So currently, it was already nighttime, and we were standing in front of the thick fog. "What do you think?"

"The dungeon is probably in the center, and the fog is coming from the dungeon itself," Diablo answered.

"That was what I thought too. But I worry. The dungeons seem to be changing the areas around them. If they continue to change the area around them, what happens if monsters start exiting the dungeon?" I frowned just thinking about it. Powerful monsters roaming the lands would not be ideal. While it could help people level up if they already had system stones, not every civilian was cut out to be able to handle a monster, even at the lowest level. And that was just the monsters we already had roaming around naturally.

"In the demon world, our cities and towns are all guarded by high walls as the devil beasts that live there are dangerous. Sometimes we have to fight off waves of monsters known as monster tides, and this alone can kill many soldiers. If these dungeons keep evolving, then it might be a good idea to start thinking about town and city defenses." Diablo's suggestion made a lot of sense. And with the new tech we had we could easily make use of the weapons we create to make mounted turrets that even normal people could use.

"After my coronation, I will begin compiling a list of changes that the kingdom needs to undergo. It will have its name changed from the Gravos Kingdom to the Cyrilia Empire. Our size is too big to be considered a kingdom anymore. I want border defenses beefed up as well as city and town defenses. But this would also require a lot of infrastructures to make possible, such as roads and more airship docks.

"We will also be doing a huge draft for those who wish to join the new military I plan to establish. Our national defense will need to come first. This will also help the people who will be able to gain paychecks. So the poor people who have no other options will have new options because they can even learn trades for after their service if they so choose to leave after a few years." I had many plans rolling around my head, but there was not much I could do about it at this time as I was not queen as of yet.

"I am sure whatever you do will benefit the kingdom as a whole. So I am sure the people will support you in any way. But don't most of the towns and cities already have walls?" Diablo asked.

"They do, but they are not able to hold up against an attack from a power monster. So we will need to find a solution to that. While we can use barriers to reinforce the walls, if someone level 600 shows up, we will not be in a good spot. Even I, who am level 258, is not sure if my barriers will hold up to such a monster. Until I am high enough level to ward off all threats no matter where they come from or what level they are, I will not be able to feel at ease about those I care about being safe." This was my drive to continue to leveling up. People can now live much longer lives if they leveled up and expanded their mana pools, but this was only short term. At most, they could live a few thousand years if they did nothing but expand their mana pool per level. But this was not possible in a short time. Only my and Adel's rewind spell could, in theory, allow someone to live forever, especially now that I can choose what to rewind.

"I am sure you will get there. Until then, I will do whatever I can to assist you." Diablo said as he put his big hand on my head. He really had a habit of petting me.

"MMm… Thanks, Diablo." I replied with a smile. But I do hope in the future, I will be even more powerful than him. I was supposed to be the one protecting everyone, after all!

We moved quietly through the fog, checking every so often our direction by flying up past the fog. Otherwise, with how thick the fog was, we would probably end up getting lost and walking around in circles.

But when we did reach the center of the fog, what we found kinda sent chills down my spine. A massive bee's head with its pinchers wide open revealing a portal of some kind was the entrance to this dungeon…..

Chapter15 The Strange Dungeon Part 2

"I think I changed my mind. I do not want to go in there…." I know it may sound strange after fighting monsters and dealing with the undead but bees were not my thing. They were small and hard to hit and would sting you! Although bees can not actually harm me but still! In my past life bees were the things I feared most!

"Oh? Does my Faith has something she is actually afraid of?" Diablo asked teasingly. It was rare for him to get a chance to tease me, so I will let it go. But still, I will pinch him because his smile makes me mad.

"Ugh… Let's just go in and check it out. But it worries me, with how this is a portal and not a door…." The dungeons we have gone to so far all had doors and not a portal. As such, it concerned me that maybe there was something off about this dungeon. Why would it have a portal instead of a door? If we enter, will we be able to exit right away?

"You are right…. Let's check it out first by sending in some shadows. They will tell me what is inside." Diablo suggested, which I agreed to. He then summoned four shadows of a higher rank and sent them in. But as soon as they all entered, Diablo's brow furrowed. "I lost contact as soon as they entered…. Let's wait and see if any of them exit back out."

"Okay." We found a spot to sit and waited. And waited….. And waited…. No signs of the shadows whatsoever.

"Okay, scrub it. I am not risking missing my wedding due to some strange dungeon!" I made a firm decision. I then flew up into the air only to find that the fog seemed even more strange as I tried to break through the fog bank to see where I was.

Seeing how I was getting nowhere, I flew back down only to find Diablo gone…. "Diablo?" I called out over our connection, but there was no answer. "Don't tell me…." I started having a bad feeling. While I was in the same location, or at least I think I was in the same location, the fog was getting denser and denser, which made me think of one thing. "The fog is the dungeon…. But if that is the case, where are the monsters?"

This question perplexed me because even with Diablo running, I should have been able to sense monsters. I sighed as I waved my hand, "Diablo!" I called out again to call him to me like I normally would, but I got nothing once again… I frowned and tried a few times before deciding to try something else. "Appraisal!"

[Binding Fog]

[A fog that comes from the Tri Queen Dungeon. All those who enter the fog must clear the dungeon before they can leave it.]

[Binds summons]

[Binds team members]

[Binds teleportation]

[Binds outside communication]

[Team members and summons will be separated and will have to clear the dungeon themselves before they can be reunited with their team members or masters.]

[Summons can not be summoned or de-summoned While in the Tri Queen Dungeon or its vicinity.]

"Tri queen dungeon, huh?" I frowned as I looked at the swirling portal. "So no matter what, I must complete this dungeon…."

This was not what I was expecting at all. To think that the fog itself was a binding spell. I did not detect it, and now I was trapped inside of it. "I still have about a week. I need to finish this before my wedding…. But how am I going to notify everyone…." I thought for a moment before pulling out a teleport crystal and tried to activate it, but it did not work.

Letting out a long sigh, I could only try to rush through the dungeon. It was just that…. "There has to be a way to at least send a message even if they can not send one back." I thought for a moment before beginning to work on a magic circle in the dirt underfoot. After creating thousands of them in a short time, I finally got a small connection with one of them. I quickly sent a message over to Iena, who should be my receiver, telling her that I was stuck in a dungeon that locked people in until completion. And to not come here at all costs. I also stated that the king should have the northern forest sealed off until I could escape.

Whether or not this reached its intended target, I do hope the person who does get it will relate the message for me. I did, however, memorize the magic circle I made and would try to refine it until I am able to escape this place. Then maybe I can get in contact with everyone.

Biting my lip, I walked up to the portal inside the big bee head's mouth and stepped through it. There I was met with something I would never expect. "Welcome to the Tri Queen Dungeon Game Show! To think we would have so many contestants so soon. You are our next contestant, so please step right up."

In front of me were three big giant bees that looked like hornets standing and talking while wearing pink dresses and crowns on their heads. At such a sight, I was at a total loss of what to make of this situation. The whole place looked like a game show you would see on Earth. Even the bees who were hosting the show were all low level.

[Bee Queen 1]

[Level 15]

[Bee Queen 2]

[Level 15]

[Bee Queen 3]

[Level 15]

Should I just kill them and be over with it? I have no idea what would happen, but if I did, wouldn't that make things faster? I was just about to pull my sword out when two large bangs were heard, and two statues taller than a house appeared with large bulky arms.

[Defender Bee]

[Level 3000]

Chapter16 The Strange Dungeon Part 3

Both were level 3000, which means that if I were to try to fight them, I would be quashed like a bug. I took a breath and lowered my hand from my sword. At that, the defender bees jumped back up into the air, almost causing me to fall over due to the wind it produced. "Good! We have a contestant! Now then…. Please take your place at the podium…."

I turned and looked at the podium, which had two other things standing there one thing that looked like a caterpillar with a hat on its head and another that looked like a beetle with a suit on. I gritted my teeth and took up my position between the two of them.

"Now, let us explain the rules." Queen number 1 began to speak. "First and foremost, if you answer wrong, you will lose a limb. The more answers you get wrong, the more limbs you will lose. If all your limbs are gone, then we will bite off your head. Simple, right? But here is the catch. If you buzz first and get it wrong, you will lose two limbs!"

"Hehe…. But do not worry. If you get the right answer, you will get one limb back. For each limb you have after ten questions, you will be deemed the winner, while all others will have their heads bitten off. Any questions?" Queen number 2 asked.

I, of course, raised my hand. "How is this fair when they all have more limbs than me? The beetle has six limbs, while the caterpillar has twenty limbs. It would have to answer more limbs at the end of the question even if it got all of them wrong as long as it does not answer first."

"Oh, dear…. This contestant does make a valid point. Sisters, what should we do?" Queen number 3 asked. The three queens then huddled together before suddenly nodding to one another and saying: "Since we are all about fairness. The caterpillar will have sixteen limbs cut off, and the beetle will have two limbs cut off. This way, each contestant has four limbs!"

The next second as queen number 2 said this, loud painful cries came from my side as an attack so quick that I couldn't even follow it, sliced the legs off my two competitors. They both, of course, turned their disgusting heads to look at me, radiating killing intent, but I could care less about them. They were just as low level as the queens, so even if they did attack me, they would hurt themselves more than they would hurt me.

"Now then! Since things are settled, we will get on with the show! But not before our paid advertisement. Do you like honey? We like honey! Honey gold honey combs is producing honey for everyone so feed your beebies with the best!" Queen number 1 sang out, causing me to furrow my brow. I mean really? An advertisement? Why?

"Now, on with the show! Contestants, the first question is when did the bee uprising take place? Please state the date and time." Queen number 2 asked. She then looked at the three contestants that did not move an inch and sighed. "Beeeezzzeee! The answer was 2:30 pm in the beeoptuium month on the ten day. Since no one got the question right. Everyone loses a limb!"

"Wait!" I yelled out.

"Now, what is it? For a lower species, you sure are mouthy." Queen number 1 grumbled as she asked.

"You never said anything about losing a limb if we did not answer at all. This is a rule you did not tell us and should not be allowed to be enforced." I answered, causing the three bee queens to be taken aback.

"This is true!" Queen number 3 yelled out. Once more, the three queens entered a huddle before nodding once more. "Since we did not say this rule at the start of the show, this round will be void of punishment. But next time no one buzzes the buzzer, everyone will lose a limb!"

"Then can you make the questions non bee related? I mean, we are not bees, so it would be impossible to answer any bee related questions, would it not?" I asked. I had to. Otherwise, if I answered the question and they cut off my limbs, I would be screwed even though I can tell I can use magic here and can rewind the damage but still.

"This we can not do. After all, this is what the show is about. Our superior bee race against the low level dogs who think they can be equal to us. So your request is denied." Queen number 2 answered. I sighed. I guess I will just use my cheat and rewind my body parts, although I am sure it will hurt like hell.

"Next question. When did the first bee queen come to be? When did she gain sentience?" Queen number 1 asked.

I just stood there since I would rather one limb cut off than two, so I was not going to buzz at all, but surprisingly.

*Bzzz!*

I turned to see that the beetle had buzzed. "It was on the day of change. When the humans were finally beaten back, and Queen Beeabith took the throne to start the first Bee empire!"

"You are…. Right!" Queen number 2 shouted.

"Because you answered correctly, everyone else loses a limb!" Queen number 1 shouted happily but I once again objected.

"Wait!" I yelled out.

"Now what!? Do you have another objection to our way of doing things?" Queen number 2 asked. I think she was starting to get sick of me.

"Yes, well, you never stated that we would lose a limb if someone got the answer correct." Loopholes everywhere. I guess normally, no one would point these things out, but this was something I would not allow since it was never stated.

Once again, the queens went into a huddle and nodded before reluctantly saying: "We did indeed not say that loser would lose limbs for not answering…. This means the punishment will take effect from the next question on…."

Chapter17 The Biggest Loophole Of All

--AN) Am sick today, so only an extra long chapter.--

I couldn't help but smile as I saw the queens submit once more. I had an inkling from the start that they were not all that bright. But now this confirmed it and also made it obvious that I could make use of this as well.

"Next question!" Queen number 1 yelled out as she held up the card. "Who was the first beezastic dancer in the very first beezee got talent?"

Time ticked by, but no one knew the answer. As the time buzzer went off, the queens smiled as queen number 1 said: "Since no one answered, you will all lose a limb!"

"Wait!" I yelled out once more, causing the queens to frown.

Queen number 2 looked at me and asked: "What is it now!?"

"You just said we all lose a limb, but that is not right. Earlier, you said that if we did not answer, you would be the ones to lose a limb." This time I used dragon speak at a lower frequency to make things more muddled. I did not wish to try to fight the Defender Bee that was way above my current level. Even in my dragon form, I would not be able to beat it.

Luckily the low version of my dragon speak did not get detected as magic use, so I was happy to see the three queens look at each other in confusion and go into a huddle once more. Once they were out, Queen number 2 said: "It is true we did say this, so we will be the ones losing a limb this time…."

As such, what followed was cries of pain by the queens as they cut their own limbs off. Each one had four limbs, and now they each only had three. Green blood flowed from their wounds as they quickly went to heal them. This told me that they did know magic, but it was very low, from what I could tell.

The other two bugs who were next to me both stared at me with complicated expressions. I nodded at them, and they both nodded back at me. This was a mutual understanding. No one will answer any more questions!

"Ahem…." Queen number 1 cleared her throat, but I could tell she was in pain. She held up the card and asked: "The answer was Beetinia! Now on to the next question! When did the Beeunication happen?"

Silence. Time quickly ticked by, and another scream of pain was heard as they all lost a leg to stand on. Now they only had one arm and one leg left. And they did not seem to be too pleased by it. They had stopped even giving the right answers as they moved on to the next question.

"Next question! Who is the richest beeman in the world?" This was probably an easy question, but no one wanted to lose a limb, and since we had a silent pact, not me, nor the caterpillar, nor the beetle spoke up, causing the queens to begin to sweat.

*Bzzzt!*

The time went off, and now the three queen bees all picked up their swords and cut off their final legs. They now only had a single limb left. "Gah…. Now…. Next question…." Queen number 1 was starting to have a hard time breathing as I smiled and waited patiently for the next question. This time though the queen's eyes seemed to flash as she asked: "What is the name of the beetleman that came on to the show today!?"

Silence…. This was not a bee question! She made it up in order to have one of us lose a limb! But sadly for her. As time continued to tick by, the three queens began to sweat, and when the sound of the buzzer went off, the three queen bees slumped in their seats, unable to do anything. But the next second, a defender bee suddenly dropped down and swung its sword, cutting off the last of the queen bee's limbs! The rules of the show were designated by the queens, which meant they had to follow their own rules!

"Ah!! Fine!" Queen number 1 yelled out as she said: "Since you all are so stupid, we will go into a special bonus round. Whoever gets this answer right wins one million queen bee honey! The question is….. What is….. 2+2!?"

I lowered my head and fell into deep thought for a moment before shaking it… "Sorry, I am not a bee, so I don't know such complicated math…."

"Same, I am only a beetle…."

"I am just a caterpillar…."

The two contestants at my side followed behind me, adding flames to the fire. The sound of the buzzer went off, and the three bee queens' eyes became filled with fear as the defender bee dropped down. "Wait! Something is wron….." It was too late. The defender bee swung its sword, and the three queens lost their heads. It then turned to us and waved its hand, sending down three brown pouches. Curious about what it was, I opened it to find bottles of golden honey that had a strange energy coming from them. I quickly stored it away before turning and killing my two comrades in arms and taking their brown pouches as well!

I would not give up good stuff to bugs! As the two died, though, the whole place started to fall apart, and the stage where the queen bees were, disappeared, revealing a door. I walked over and opened the door to see the dungeon core room and a handsome demon standing in front of it. He looked over at me and smiled as he asked: "Done playing yet?"

"Mm…. I got something good. What did you do?" I asked.

"I killed them all and waited here for you after killing the real bee queen," Diablo replied. " But to think that as soon as I lost sight of you, I was unable to get in touch with you. I do not want something like this to happen again…."

I smiled and walked over, and kissed his lips. "Don't worry. I have a magic circle that might be able to break through the binding on the fog. Once I am able to have some free time, I will refine it and make it so that I can create a barrier that will ward off the binding and have a clear path to the dungeon entrance. Although I do believe this dungeon is quite dangerous for lower levels…."

"That is true. While the three queens and the contestants were at low levels, the defenders' levels were very high, and their strength was also very powerful. One hit from them can take over a million health in one shot if your defenses are not high enough." Diablo explained as he held out his hands. "It took over one hundred thousand of my life with a single attack. This just proves how strong they were."

I frowned when I saw his hand and quickly healed it. "Did you really test the damage like that?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at him.

"You came here to see the level of the dungeon, so I was just helping…." Diablo pressed his lips together. I know he was doing it for me but still… with his level, there is no way they could have hurt him. I hugged his waist and pushed my face into his chest, and bit down. "Don't hurt yourself for me. Not like this…."

"I won't do it again…." With his promise, I smiled and nodded my head before walking over to the dungeon core.

"Wait! Before you do that here, take these. They dropped from the defenders and boss." Diablo held out a limit break stone and a few evolution stones to me. "You needed these, right? To grow stronger?"

"Mmm…" I nodded my head. I did indeed need these…

"We still have a few days before the wedding, and in here, I was able to contact Iena. So everyone knows we are safe. Take this time to evolve. It should give you greater strength than you have now." Diablo suggested. I am glad I showed Diablo what evolution stones look like. While they can drop from anything in dungeons, no one could use them besides me, from what I know. Unless there was a skill that allowed for evolution that you could get randomly from skill stones, otherwise, they were just shiny rocks that people might sell or make jewelry out of.

"Then I will be counting on you to protect me," I said as I took the stones and walked over to the front of the dungeon core. I put away the limit break stone and held the evolution stone in my hand. This could only be used in the evolution tab of my system. But as the stones in my hands got near the dungeon core, the two seemed to resonate. I looked at the evolution stones and then at the dungeon core in front of me before putting the evolution stones away and picking up the dungeon core. "It can't be, right?"

[Ding!]

[Special conditions met…]

[Evolution Core detected….]

[Special evolution menu now unlocked…..]

Chapter18 New Evolution Paths

As I held the dungeon core in my hand, I noticed it was much different from the core I destroyed before. It was much shinier and looked just like an evolution stone but bigger. And now that it opened up a special section in my evolution panel, I had to take a look.

"Let's see…." I mumbled as I opened the menus and found the special evolution tab. It brought up another set of evolutionary trees. "Let's see, there are three paths…." One for the basic line, but it skips over Dragonic Princess and Dragonic Queen and jumps right to Dragonic Empress…. Then there is the right path which only had one choice lit up: Drakani Demigoddess. And then the left path, which also only had one choice, lit up: Ather Demigoddess…. "What is with these horrible names!?"

I frowned as I read the information on the two new choices. A Drakani Demigoddess was a mixed race of many different races that merged together to form a new race. This race needed to drink the blood of others to survive. While it was a mixed race, it was mainly a dragon bloodline with the abilities of other races mixed in. The blood drinking effect was due to a race called the Vampri which blood came in as the second most dominant.

As for Ather Demigoddess , it was also a mixed race with dragons being the most dominant, but it also had the Angelic race as its second most dominant bloodline, which gave them a more holy feel. And as for Dragonic Empress, it was just a much more powerful form of my current state. The thing that stood out the most for me was the Drakani Demigoddess bloodline which allowed me to do as I did now with my dragon form the same as the others, but it also allowed me to gain more power by drinking the blood of others.

In other words, I could gain experience points by drinking blood. The Ather Demigoddess bloodline did not have such an aspect and which was not very good. While I would not mind looking more holy, I decided to put aside the Ather Demigoddess bloodline. I did not want something that would be weaker overall. It really did not add much in the way of benefits. As for the Dragonic Empress bloodline, it was much more powerful than my current position as a regular dragonic. There were no added benefits, which came down to the last one, which was the Drakani Demigoddess bloodline.

But the question is could I drink the blood of others? Could I stand to bite into someone's neck and drink their blood? From the description, I would need to feed on blood to keep myself sated, which meant I would need to take in blood regularly. "Faith, is there anything wrong?"

"Mmmm… this dungeon core is called an Evolution Core. It opens up special evolutionary paths for me. One of which I am unsure if I should take even though it might make me even stronger." I replied as I looked at my menu screen.

"Oh, explain." Diablo sat next to me and put his arm around my shoulder. I then began explaining to him what each choice was. He fell into deep thought for a few minutes before saying. "Well, you can just drink my blood. I have no issues. If you need blood to keep yourself satiated, then I am willing to offer you mine. Especially if it will make you stronger."

I looked at Diablo with uncertain eyes. I mean, what if I go nuts and drink all his blood….I guess Diablo saw the hesitation in my eye because he kissed the top of my head and said: "Just go with the one that will guarantee you more power."

I bit my lip and looked at my menu one more time. "Then…. Please back up just in case something happens."

Diablo nodded and stood up and backway a few feet from me. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before tapping the Drakani Demigoddess bloodline button. Before I knew it, I passed out.

When I woke up again, I blinked my eyes and only saw the world around me as red. "So hungry…." I looked around and saw Diablo standing there, staring at me with a surprised look on his face. But he soon walked over and crouched down next to me and tilted his neck. "Drink."

I couldn't even control my body. I could see the veins pulsating in Diablo's neck, and before I knew it, I had licked my lips and chomped down on that lovely vein, and began drinking his blood. The taste was sweet and tangy. It filled me with a strange feeling that made me make embarrassing sounds as I drank his blood. I could feel his blood flowing into the two new sharp fangs that appeared in the top row of my teeth, and then it flowed throughout my body, strengthening it.

[+10 XP]

My mind was filled with repeated messages as I continued to drink Diablo's blood. Only when Diablo tapped my shoulder did I realize I was drinking too much and quickly released him. His face was pale as he looked at me with a warm smile. I couldn't keep my tears from flowing, knowing I had hurt him. "I'm sorry!" I cried out as I hugged him tightly.

"It's fine. You stopped when I needed you to stop. How do you feel now?" Diablo asked weakly. I had a feeling this would happen. And it did. Now I…. I bit my lip and hugged him tighter as I answered. "I am much better, thank you…." It was a lie. I was still hungry, but I was fine for now. I will need to figure out a way to keep my hunger under control without sucking everyone I know dry.

"That's good. Now use rewind on me and drink some more." Diablo said, causing me to look up at him. He just smiled back and urged me to do what he asked. I lowered my head and nodded. This continued for almost an hour before I was finally completely full.

Chapter19 The Effects Of Becoming A Drakani Demigoddess Part 1

I guess Diablo knew I was lying when I said I was fine. But this time, I was truly full. I did not feel bloated or anything or have a puffed out stomach like I would if I was eating normal food, but I just felt full.

With my hunger gone, I used rewind on Diablo once more to bring him back to his peak state. Luckily this also brought back all the blood he lost and allowed him to look normal again. "See, you can just do this from now on. This will allow you to feed on anyone, and then you can just rewind them back to before you started feeding."

"Mmm…." I nodded. I still felt bad. I took a deep breath and sat up against the pillar that once had the dungeon core. The portal to the exit was already visible, and we could leave at any time. Luckily only two days passed since I started my evolution.

[Humanoid Form]

[Name]: Faith Cyrilia

[Age] 17

[Level] 258

[Race] Drakani Demigoddess

[HP] 501500/501500

[MP] ∞

[Attack Power] 133950

[Magic Power] 133950

[Status Points] 0

[Strength] 13395

[Vitality] 50150

[Intelligence] 13395

[Mind] ∞

[Agility] 13395

[Skill Points] 171

[Limit Break( 1/3)]

Total Domination

[Skills]

{Appraisal (LVL 10(MAX))} {Military Command (LVL 10(MAX))} {Military Tactics (LVL 10(MAX))} {Business Tycoon (LVL 10(MAX))} {Acting (LVL 1(MAX))} {Enslave Demon (LVL 10)} {Charm(LVL 10(MAX))} {Dimensional Transfer(LVL 10(Max))}

My level did not go up, but my stats all gained five thousand points to them, which made me much stronger in my humanoid form. I had yet to check my dragon form, but I figured it should wait for now since I planned to head back as soon as possible. The only extra skills I got were Dimensional Transfer and Charm. Dimensional Transfer was a spell that let me step into a separate dimension and travel to any place I have been to before. So kind of like a teleport spell that did not need two magic circles for the destination. I just needed a clear image in my mind. I planned to use that after leaving the dungeon. The other spell bothered me a bit.

"Charm…." A spell to make all sexes see you as a target of interest. Meaning I would make people who were within ten feet of me fall in love with me, which made me very annoyed. This was not exactly a spell I was expecting or ever wanted. It was like telling me to go out and make a harem with everyone who cames in within ten feet of me. While I did have some upsides as it will make certain things easier to handle. I felt that it would also bring me a lot of trouble.

What made things worse was that I couldn't even turn it off! Luckily it does not seem to make people go crazy, as Diablo is still acting as normal. But then again, he does love me, so I guess it would not affect him.

I just worry about those who do not and will end up harassing me because of it. This would not make things easy for me. I will need to see if there is some kind of barrier I can use to contain the effects.

"Diablo, if you see any dogs trying to jump me in the street, smack them away, okay?" I whined. Diablo chuckled and nodded his head. "Don't worry. If it is someone you do not wish to be courted by, I will make a show of force as your husband. No need to dirty your pretty hands."

I gave a defeated smile as I took out a mirror to look at myself. And to be honest, I kinda looked dead. While I still looked pretty, I looked more like a goth girl than anything now. Not that I will change how I dress or anything, but I did not change much more than that. Just much paler skin than before and two sharp fangs.

I was happy about that because I did not wish to change too much. It would be hard to get used to seeing a different person in the mirror every time I evolved. With everything now settled here, I held onto Diablo's waist and said: "Dimensional Transfer!" A tear in space formed in front of me, and with a deep breath, I stepped through it, taking Diablo with me.

When arrived in my bedroom, which I felt was the best transfer point, no one was there so I let out a sigh of relief before going to the mirror on the wall to take another quick look at myself to make sure that they could still recognize me.

"Right, Faith, there was one more thing I forgot." Diablo took out another item. It was a book. "This dropped from the final boss."

I took the book and looked it over, causing my eyes to widen as I skimmed through it. "These are answers to the three queens quiz show. I will need to get this to the mercenary guild so they can make copies of it and hand it out to the mercs there. This will be very helpful for those who want to challenge the dungeon. This is a very good find!" This helped some of my concerns about the bee dungeon. This meant when it reset, people would be able to do the dungeon without issue. Well, as long as they remembered everything.

"I figured it might be of use, so I separated it from the other items. I have a bunch of armor as well for you to look at as well." Diablo explained and was about to take it out when I stopped him.

"Save it for now. I just want to relax for now. I am still in a bit of a daze from my earlier blood frenzy." I said as I walked over to my bed and fell face first onto it. Having to drink blood now to survive was not something I had expected, but at the very least, it would help me grow stronger. "I kind of wish I gained more skills though…." I mumbled, only to hear a sound go off in my head.

[Ding!]

[Evolution Process completed…]

[Bloodline merger complete…]

[Adding new Bloodline skills….]

Chapter20 The Effects Of Becoming A Drakani Demigoddess Part 2

--AN) Sorry all, still sick, so only an extra long chapter today for this novel. Also, this novel along with Kana will now be released at 6pm EST.--

I was quite confused as to why I was only now suddenly getting a notification for this. But when I thought about it maybe this was because I had yet to feed, and the system needed me to be out of a blood frenzied state. With this thought in mind, I looked at my new skills.

The first on the list was a passive skill called Blood Frenzy, which was one of the things I had expected when I thought of a blood sucking race. It only activated when I did not feed. If I went a long time without drinking blood, I would basically attack anyone and everyone and suck them dry without a care until I was full. Luckily I did not do that to Diablo. I guess fighting against the ancient will has given me some resistance to this passive.

The second skill I got was blood manipulation. This skill allowed me to cut my finger and transform my blood into a weapon. It was very handy because I could make it do many different things. And since it was max out at level 10, I could even control other people's blood. And what made this a frightening skill was that it was an innate skill, just like the others, it did not require a magic circle. Which meant no one would see it coming.

There were three more skills as well. But two were only at level 1. Shadow Meld and Shadow Clone. Shadow Meld allowed me to meld into the shadows. Basically, I could jump inside someone's shadow, and they would never even know I was there. It was a kind of assassination style skill. Not really something I would use, at least I do not think.

As for the other level 1 skill called Shadow Clone, it was a skill that made a copy of myself that I could control. A kind of golem that had ten percent of my power at level 1. The thing about these two skills is that I need to use them in order to level them up to master them. Sadly there was no way to pump skill points into them like I could the other skills since they did not appear in my skill section.

The last one was just a passive called Blood Enhance. It gave me experience per second based on the level of the person I was feeding off of. Which meant those of lower levels would only give me 1xp per second. Diablo gave me +10 experience, which was not bad. I guess Diablo would be getting sucked once a day now. I feel kind of bad, but I need those delicious xp, and sucking Diablo's neck also felt well…. Hehe….

Anyway, what I should be concerned about is this charm and making sure I feed on time. While I am now considered a demigod, I guess there was one thing that stuck out to me that made me frown. "To evolve into a Darkani Goddess, I will need to find 1000 evolution cores. Which means defeating 1000 dungeons. But does every run in a dungeon have an evolution core?" I pursed my lips as I thought about this. I will have to run the stupid bee dungeon a few times with Diablo to check after I set up a binding ward.

"Faith you in?" I heard a voice coming from behind me. I turned to see Sophie standing there.

"Something wrong?" I asked as I closed my menu and flipped over, then got into a sitting position. Sophie shook her head as she walked over to me and climbed onto my bed, and hugged me, resting her head in my lap.

"I was just worried when we got the broken message from you," Sophie replied. "I got the message while we were working things out for the wedding. But it was too broken to make out. We were all worried, but luckily Iena got a message from Diablo."

"Ah…. Sorry…." I reached down and scratched the soft ears. This caused Sophie's tail to wag back and forth. I chuckled as I reached down and played with her tail causing her to giggle. And before I knew it, I was tackled to the bed, with her lips on mine.

An hour later, Sophie and I got redressed and went downstairs to see how things were going. I looked at the other two girls, who both had strange expressions on their faces, and asked: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing!" "Nothing at all, Master…." The two girls responded at the same time.

"They are mad because they lost rock paper scissors," Sophie explained. I chuckled and gave both a kiss on the lips before sitting down between them.

"So, what are you two doing?" I asked.

"We are finalizing the details on something special. Also, our wedding night will be split into two nights. We talked with Diablo, and he agreed to it. Us girls will have you the first night, while you and Diablo will have the second night. Also, Faith, when do you plan to have little Faiths?" Adel asked.

I pursed my lips. I could feel my cheeks heating up and was starting to think it was wrong for me to sit here. But…. I had a way to change the conversation around: "Are you three not going to comment on my new dead look?"

"Hmmm? Faith is always cute no matter what she looks like." Adel replied with a smile.

"Master, I should say that to you…." Grace's voice entered my ears. I turned to see Grace now looked even paler than before, and she had a set of fangs. "Grace!? What happened!?"

"Master, I am bound to you by blood. So if your blood changes, so will mine…." Grace replied. I could see two sharp fangs in Grace's mouth now, which made me furrow my brow.

"Grace, have you drank blood?" I asked.

"No…. Master, I actually need you to give me some, or I might faint…." Grace replied as she began to sway back and forth. I quickly ran over to her and pulled my hair back. "Grace, drink now!"

"Faith, what is going on!?" The other girls stood up and came over. At that same time, Grace opened her mouth and bit into my neck, and began drinking my blood. I bit my lip due to the sensation I was getting as I allowed her to drink as much as she wanted. Luckily it seemed Grace did not need as much blood as me, and for some reason, I did not feel as if my blood was taken at all.

Breathing a sigh of relief, I watched as Grace licked her lips and bowed her head to me. "Thank you, Master. But please warn me before you change bloodlines again…."

"Sorry, Grace, I never thought…." I reached up and patted her head.

"Ahem… Faith care to explain?" Adel asked as she and the other girls looked at me in confusion.

"Ah yeah… I evolved again. I am now what is called a Drakani Demigoddess. It is just that…. While it is a dragon race mixed with other races, there is a secondary bloodline mixed in that is also very powerful, which is called the Vampri. It's a race that needs to drink blood to survive. In order words…. I am no longer a dragonic." I explained.

"Then your other bloodline? The ancient will?" Iena asked with a look of hope on her face. But I shook my head and answered: "It's still there. I feel it. It's just not showing its head. If I want to use it as I have before, I still can."

I had also hoped the bloodline change would have fixed my current state, but it might have put me in a different situation. Like… If I were in a blood frenzy, would the ancient will try to take control while I was at my weakest point? If so, I might not be able to regain control. Currently, I am trying to accept it and slowly merge it into my current personality without losing myself, but even this is quite hard.

"I see, so you need to drink blood like Grace just did?" Sophie asked.

I nodded and answered: "Yes, but luckily, after drinking Diablo's blood, I found that rewind can keep anyone I drink blood from feeling weak or sick. Otherwise, I am afraid Diablo might not have made it back. But it also allows me to do many other new things as well. Like I can now open a tear in space to any place I have been before. I can hide in a shadow or an object, or a person. I can even make a clone of myself. And I can also control blood. Yours or mine. But I think the biggest thing is that I get experience for sucking blood. Lastly, there is charm, which is an annoying skill. "

"That sounds a bit bloody…." Adel replied while sticking her tongue out. She then walked over to me and produced her neck to me, and said: "Take a taste and see if I am sweeter tasting than Diablo."

Chapter21 Wedding Part 1

I stared at Adel's teasing smile before pulling her over and chomping down on her neck. She let out a small squeal before suddenly hugging me and pushing her face into my shoulder. I only drank a little of her blood, but there was definitely a difference in taste. Diablo's blood had a more bold flavor to it, while Adel's was much softer and mellow.

"No fair, me too!" Sophie yelled out. As she ran over and pushed Adel out of the way, and showed me her neck. I chuckled and bit into hers as well. Sophie's had a sweeter taste and felt more energetic. It was hard to actually give a flavor since it was blood, but it was very good, like eating a snack.

"Master…." Iena walked over with a look of not wanting to be left out. I pulled her over and bit her neck as well. Hers had a more refreshing taste. It was strange, but I felt like I could suck her blood all day and never get sick of it. "Sorry, but I think Iena wins this match."

"What! No fair! Drink more of my blood and see if it is any different!" Adel yelled out. I shook my head and pushed her to sit down. "Let's finish things up."

A few days passed, and I was currently being dressed up by Grace and Annie. Sei and Sally were standing at the side watching. I donned a black gothic yet elegant dress. With short heels, as I hated heels in the first place. With silvery jewelry and a few hair ornaments to go in my hair, along with a black veil to cover the lower half of my face. To be honest, even I looked quite pretty in this dress, even if I did look more dead.

"Faith, you really look beautiful. Makes me want to change sides." Sei teased as she walked over and gave me a hug. "I am glad you have found your life partners."

"Yes, Young Miss, you do look very beautiful. It makes me wonder if I should one day get married as well…." Sally seemed to have finally gotten over what had happened before.

I smiled and said: "Sally, I am sure any man would be very lucky to be with you. To be honest, I do think Steven might be interested in you. He is quite handsome, you know."

Sally blushed, and her ears danced slightly. She was a cute girl, so I do hope one day, she will find happiness. "Hey, are you just going to ignore me!?" Sei, who I did ignore, stomped her feet at my side, causing everyone to laugh.

"No. I just think that whoever marries you will be in for more than they hoped for. Especially with a certain skill that…."

"Okay, enough! Let's go, miss groom. You have three girls and a man to marry!" Sei quickly changed the subject, causing me to laugh. She even glared at me since I knew Freidinia had been bugging her about her skill.

I rode a carriage that was heavily decorated for the event to the center of the lower city. There was a large stage and many colorful decorations set up as well as street vendors and many other things going on. The king himself was already sitting on the stage in the main seat, looking out of the crowd with a wide smile. As my carriage came to a stop, I closed the curtain and readied myself. The door opened to my father standing there with a smile on his face. He still looked as handsome as the day I saw him when I first was reborn into this world.

"Faith, as a father, I have a lot to say about you marrying so many, but I will leave that for another time. I wish you happiness as you progress through life." My father said as he held his hand out to me to help me off the carriage.

I smiled and took his hand, and stepped down before hugging him. "Father, you are about to become an Empress's father soon. You should hold your head up high. "

My father shook his head and patted my back. "I can not be any prouder of you than I am now. You have done so much over the years and have helped so many. It makes me take a look at your brother and ask, where did I go wrong."

I couldn't help but laugh as I took a peek at my brother, who was standing behind my father. "Brother, don't listen to him. You are already amazing enough."

"Don't worry. I never took his words to heart. But to think my baby sister is getting married and to four people at that. At least one of them is a man. So I am sure to become an uncle in the future." My brother teased, causing me to blush. While I do plan to have a child in the future. It will not be soon. The tasks at hand need to come first.

"Maybe in the future, after things settle down," I replied with a smile. My brother nodded as I hooked my arm with my father's and walked towards the stage.

My mother was sitting with Freidinia, she was currently balling her eyes out. She kept trying to get up, but Freidinia kept pushing her back down. When we reached her seat. I leaned over and hugged her and whispered: "Mother, your daughter is getting married just like how you wanted."

"Mm…." My mother could only hum an answer as I squeezed her. She reluctantly let me go and pushed me gently away. "Go… Don't let everyone wait to see how beautiful my daughter is."

"Hehe…. I will show them all that my mother and father have the best genes!" I replied while giggling. My mother smiled and laughed with me while nodding her head. It was times likes this that I saw her acting normal again, which made me have hope for the future.

Chapter22 Wedding Part 2

"Master, good luck. Make sure you bully Diablo a lot after you are married to him." Freidinia said teasingly.

"Don't worry. I will!" I let out a chuckle as I looked at Rachel, who was sniffing away.

"Good luck! If any of them bullies you, let me know! I will beat them up!" Rachel sucked in a deep breath and said. She was doing her best, from crying too hard. You would think, with how my mother and Rachel were crying, that I was actually about to die. I smiled and nodded at her as I turned and hooked my arm with my father and once again began walking down the aisle towards the stairs leading to the top of the small stage.

When I got to the steps, my father helped me up each one so that I would not trip or fall before finally letting me go and giving me one more hug. "This is as far as I can go. Now go wait for your brides and man bride. I will go sit with the others."

I smiled and hugged him back before watching him walk off. Only when he reached the bottom of the steps did I walk towards the king and smile at him. "Your majesty."

"Should you not start calling me royal father?" The king asked with a prideful smirk.

"Then Royal Father. I do hope you do not mind me wedding so many at once." I did feel kind of bad. After all, Adel was a princess, yet she was sharing her wedding day with three others.

"No. In fact, I think this is only fair. A wedding day, when everyone has the same status as you have given to your wives and your husband, it is only fair that they all have the same wedding. Adel also seemed to enjoy the fact she was sharing it with the other girls as well. But I do wonder, will your husband be okay? He will be basically at the bottom of the food chain in the house." The king asked. For the first time, he was actually acting seriously.

"He's fine. He is someone who is more loyal than you think. In fact, according to the demon realm's rules., we are already husband and wife. We are just making it official in this world." I replied with a smile.

"I see. I am glad to hear it. I do hope you can give a few heirs to the throne. And if one day we find a way for two females to have children together, I hope you will give me a few grandkids as well." The king replied with a smile.

"Don't worry. We are already looking into it. Freidinia has already made it a side project of her own after she heard of the idea." I explained.

"Then that is good. In a few months, we will be holding your coronation ceremony. I do hope you can give me a few months of peace before diving into a dungeon and pushing the role back onto me." The king seemed to be pleading with me when he said this, which made me chuckle.

"Do not worry. I will be implementing quite a few policies which will have to go through all those old foogies in the court." Now that I was thinking about it. I noticed the king, even though he was within ten feet of me, was not affected at all by my charm. I guess he already loved me like his own child a long time ago. When I walked down the aisle, I did notice the people who were closest to me staring at me strangely. I could only ignore them and hope they would not do anything out of line.

"I am sure they will go easy on you. I think most of them are afraid of you anyways. I did hear you plan to change the kingdom to an Empire. Since you plan to do that, you might as well change the entire name to your last name. It would make more sense." The king suddenly said, which made me look at him in surprise.

"I was going to talk to you about that at some point, but I never thought you would suggest it," I said honestly.

"You will be the ruler, it will be you who has the final say from the moment you are placed on the throne. I will follow what you say. You are, after all, the one who has given this kingdom more than I have in all my years of being a king." The king said as he patted my shoulder. "Enough of that. You look beautiful. I am sure your wives and husband will be amazed when they see you. They should be here soon, so prepare yourself. Once you all say your vows, you will no longer be able to escape them for the rest of your life."

"Haha! I know. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I once thought I would never get married. I pushed that thought for so long into my mind, but then when Adel finally confessed to me, I began to think otherwise. Then it was Sophie…. And the accidents with Iena and Diablo. But as the years went by. I came to love each of them dearly and did not wish to let them go. So I will never let them go, and for as long as I live, I will do my best to make their lives just as long. I will protect everything I cherish no matter what. Even the gods can not stop me." I was speaking from my heart. I truly meant every word I just said. I will protect the empire I plan to make and even expand it either by alliance or by force if need be. I will not allow anyone to harm the people I have decided to protect.

While I may seem like a warmonger, but one thing I have noticed while growing up is that not everything can be done easily. I will do what I can to avoid war and hope that whatever kings and queens I speak to later on will be willing to form an alliance that will strengthen this continent and unite it as one as we work towards a better future.

Chapter23 Wedding Vows Part 1

As I stood there pondering many things, the sounds of the crowd began to cheer. I looked up to see four people walking down the aisle. Diablo was wearing a white tuxedo with armor plating on his right shoulder and elbow. Two gold chains crossed over from the shoulder plate connecting to the golden necklace he wore. The way he was walking, you could tell he was nervous. But he seemed to be doing his best to keep his composuer.

Adel and the girls all wore matching wedding gowns. Pure white in color with light blue frills on the edges. In their hands were white bouquets. It really reminded me of a wedding back on Earth. My father was guiding both Sophie and Iena. Rachel took up being Diablo's guide. While Lance was guiding Adel. They were led up the stairs one by one before they walked over to me. They each looked absolutely stunning. I smiled as I saw them and said: "You girls look beautiful and Diablo looks the most handsome!"

They all blushed when I said this. "And Faith looks absolutely amazing as well. This dress was perfect for you." Adel added. I nodded as I showed my dress to them.

"Ahem…. If Faith can stand in the middle." The King asked as he stood in front of us. I smiled and nodded my head before positioning myself in between Adel and Diablo. I guess this was the lineup they decided on for the wedding. I had no idea what plans they made since I left it up to them.

Seeing that we were ready, the King smiled as he said: "Today, we stand here under the eyes of the spirits to bring together not one but five people. Faith Cyrilia, if you would please start the vows."

Wedding tradition stated that I had to give a vow to the people I was marrying. Then the others would give me their vows. I was never good at this thing, so this was a bit of nerve wracking experience for me.

I was also planning to do everyone in order of when we met. So I turned and faced Adel first and took her left hand. "Adel…. When we first met, I was lying on a fence chewing on a piece of grass. I was watching the clouds fly by, dreaming about what I would be doing in the future.

During that time, I had no intentions of finding a lover, never mind four all at once. But on that day, I met you for the first time. I, at first, was taken aback by your friendliness and thought it might all be a ruse to gain my favor. But then we met again. And you treated me as a close friend. We traveled together and spent many days and nights doing nothing but chatting. In my first years of being in this world, you were my first true friend outside my family.

"At that time, I never imagined I would one day be standing here with you like this. I never imagined I would come to love a girl the way I love you. You are and will always be my first and bestest friend in this world, even though you were a bit strange. But I could understand because, at that time, even you did not understand your feelings. And only when you confessed to me and kept at it for so many days did I finally decide it was time. So Adel, never change. And never worry about losing me. I will always be by your side. This I vow." I could see the smile and tears of happiness on Adel's face as she heard my words. And lowered her head and sniffled as she hummed an answer to me. I gripped her hand and kissed her lips to seal the vow. Only then did she step back and let Sophie step forward.

Sophie's tail was swaying back and forth as she waited in anticipation for my words. I smiled and took her hand, and looked the cute fox girl in the eyes. "Sophie… You, of all people, were someone I never thought would fall for me. But I guess I am just numb to romance. When we first met, you were being dragged away by people who I thought were thugs but turned out to be actors for a play. Then we acted in a play where you were a princess who fell in love with the demon queen. You were so nervous, it was very cute.

"After that, you opened up to me and told me your problems. You were being forced to marry some noble against your will, which I could not stand for. We had a lot of incidents that we had to go through, and you suffered a lot because of them, but I will never regret helping you or meeting you. The day you suddenly showed up and confessed to me, I was stunned. It was something out of left field. But I am glad you did. You are a dear friend to me, and I would never allow you to suffer in this lifetime. My dear Sophie, As I said to Adel, I will always be by your side. This is my vow." I pulled Sophie to me and kissed her lips. Her tail went crazy, causing the audience to chuckle. Her face blushed after the kiss as she stepped back after humming her answer.

With this, she stepped back, and it was now Diablo's turn. I turned and looked up at the handsome man and took both his hands. "Diablo, in a sense, we are already married. The same with Iena, but now here we are sealing the deal by this world's standards. At first, when we had an accidental misunderstanding, I did not know where our relationship would lead. I felt like I was leading both of you along. But I am glad we stuck it out and slowly got to know each other over the years. You have helped me greatly since the day I summoned you, and to be honest, I never had the intention of this kind of thing at that time. But now…. If I had a chance, go back in time and do things over. I would still summon you. I would still kiss you because you have turned out to be my knight. The man who I can not replace with any other."

Chapter24 Wedding Vows Part 2

"You mean to the world me, and I will always be there for you. My knight, my husband…. Diablo, thank you for answering my call. I will always be by your side. This is my vow." As I finished my words, Diablo picked me up, causing me to squeal, and kissed my lips. As our lips parted I grinned and bit his nose. "Your answer?"

"A yes of course," Diablo replied with a smile. The girls in the audience all began to squeal, which instantly made him blush, which only caused more squeals. I will need to keep an eye on this demon. He is too sexy for his own good.

And lastly, it was Iena's turn. She was already blushing as I took her hands. I smiled as I said: "Iena… When I first summoned you, you were very against me. But that only lasted a short while. Then I found out about your love for Diablo, and I had meant to help you two get together. But due to my misunderstanding of the demon race. I did something that ended up being one of the best things that could have happened. I am glad we stand here today facing each other like this. You have shown me how much you care about me throughout the years. You even came to love me more than you did Diablo. I will do my best to make you never regret finalizing the demon marriage procedures with me. So whenever you feel lonely and need me. I will always be by your side. This is my vow."

I leaned in and kissed Iena on the lips. Her eyes closed as she hugged me and made the kiss deeper, causing the audience to scream out in glee. As our lips parted, Iena's whole face was bright red as she said: "I will never regret it."

"Haha! Young love is grand!" The king yelled out. "Now that the groom has given her vows it is not time for the brides and man bride. Although I do believe they have something a little different planned so please."

I was a bit confused, but soon Adel pulled me back as the four of them all suddenly knelt down in front of me, each holding my hand together with each other. "I, Adel…." "I, Sophie…." "I, Diablo…." "I, Iena….."

"We hear by vow that we will always love and cherish our beloved for as long as we live. We will work together and provide a place where our beloved can come home to and relax without worry." The four all spoke in unison. They then let go of my hand as Adel stood up and retook it. "Faith, you have given me the happiest years of my life. You freed me from the everyday struggle of being a princess and shined a new light into my life. I can never thank you enough. As we are now entering a new phase in our relationship, I will stay by your side and walk the path of our journey in life, even if it means we will walk a path of bloodshed and tears. I love you more than anything in this world, and I will always be by your side. This is my vow." Adel, this time pulled me to her and gave me an even deeper kiss than Iena gave me!

I could hear the squealing going on behind me once more as Adel, and I's lips parted. She gave me a cheeky grin before stepping back, and now Sophie stepped forward. While I was still in somewhat of a daze, Sophie took my hand and smiled at me. "In my life, I had never thought I would meet the person I was meant to live with for all eternity after being forced to the capital by someone I barely knew. You said Diablo was your knight. But to me, you were mine. You were the hero I once dreamt would sweep me off my feet. I think my love for you started the day you saved me from the actors. You allowed me, someone, you barely knew to stay at your side. Provided for me and cared for me. When I was in trouble, you rushed in head first to save me. Sometimes I felt like I was a burden to you, but in the end, when I realized my feelings for you. You accepted me even though it was sudden. Faith, thank you…. For caring for me. Thank you for saving me. Thank you for giving me a whole new life. Faith in this world, besides my belated parents, you are the one I love the most. I will stay with you for the rest of my life. This is my vow!"

Sophie then pulled a repeat of Adel as she pulled me in and kissed me deeply. It was not until the king cleared his throat that she was willing to part her lips with mine. She then stepped back with a big smile on her face as she allowed Diablo to take center stage.

Diablo took my hand and smiled at me. "I really am not too good with my words. Even though I should have been your slave that you could order around as you pleased, you never treated me like one. You were always concerned about my well being and even got sad when I got hurt. You are my treasure, and as long as we are both alive, I will never part with you. I will cherish you for an eternity and will love you and only you. This is my vow." Diablo once again lifted me up and kissed my lips. Just as deep as the other two did. He slowly set me down and then leaned next to my ear and whispered: "When you are willing to form a family, let me know…."

These words instantly made my whole head heat up. I really wanted to punch him! How can he tease me at such a time!? I pursed my lips as Iena took my hand, and before I could figure out what was going on, she said: "I am even worse at words than Diablo is, so I will just say it with actions!" Iena then stole my lips once more and bent me almost half backward as she kissed me. This time not just squeals but also many whistles could be heard from the crowd.

As I was finally released from Iena's grip, she stepped back with deep red cheeks and a big smile. All four of them were once again lined up in front of me. "Faith, thank you for loving all of us equally. We vow to always be by your side from this day forth."

"MMM!" The king suddenly waved his hand, and then five white magic circles formed. White lights began to stream out of these magic circles and fly towards each of our hands, and on our fingers, a white ring appeared. Each one had a single stud, while I had four. This was the proof of our wedding vows.

Chapter25 After The Wedding

--AN) Running Late today. There will be another chapter soon!--

With the vows and rings now given, the King smiled and looked at the five of us and said: "As the current King of the Gravos Kingdom, I would like to congratulate each of you for being married on this fine day. Remember the vows you made today, and make sure you cherish one another."

With these words, the wedding was finally over, and everyone in the audience, the thousands of people who came to witness the wedding, all began cheering. I smiled as I saw the three girls and one man standing in front of me and opened my arms, calling them all into a group hug. We were now officially family. One entity.

While the girls went to the estate to get ready for the wedding night, I was stuck entertaining nobles in the front yard of the estate. Luckily no one forced me to drink, but there were many drinking around us. Diablo was with me since tomorrow would be his wedding night with me. While I felt bad, I could not share him with anyone else. This was the only rule in the relationship. The girls could play around with the other girls as they wished, but Diablo was strictly mine.

The girls playing rule helped deepen their bonds and allowed for no infighting. This made things much easier to deal with since no one would be at each other's throats. We could easily work things out slowly.

The third day after my wedding, I woke up in pain. I just spent almost two sleepless nights with my new wives and husband, and they were not so nice to let me go. "Grace, help me!"

"Master, this is what you get for having so many spouses. But then again, I guess you also expected this otherwise, you would not have ordered so many medicines for pain." Grace said as she handed me a glass of blood and a few pills before casting basic healing magic on my thighs and waist.

"How are your hunger spells? Are you doing okay?" I had been worried that Grace was holding back from feeding, so I tried to ask this of her once a day.

"I am feeling a little peckish now that you said something," Grace replied honestly. I nodded and pulled my hair back while tilting my head. Grace Bowed her head to me before kneeling on the bed and biting into my neck.

My new daily life as a Drakani was still hard to get used to. While I can eat food and drink things, they were much more bland than before, which kinda upsets me. At my wedding, I was drinking blood from a glass like I did just now. Diablo was nice enough to help me stock up on blood for emergencies. So were the girls, so I now had bottles of blood in a special fridge that I had Thurul make that were labeled with each of their names. However, Iena's blood was still the best tasting.

After Grace had her breakfast and healed my thighs, I could finally move. Diablo had already left earlier in the morning to go help with a few things that the girls had asked him to help with. I was not sure what it was, but they seemed to be kind of secretive as of late. Although my exercises with Diablo might have put me in a special state last night, and I am not sure if I was fully protected or not. But if something happens, I will just deal with it then.

I got out of bed and stretched before rubbing my eyes as Grace brushed my hair and began telling me what my tasks were for the day. "Master, today you have an appointment with the King to discuss your coronation and the change of the kingdom's name and status. Also, Miss Runa has also returned to her kingdom to talk with her father. She mentioned something about preparing for a major alliance like no other."

"Mmmm… The dwarf and elf kingdoms should be willing to form alliances with me. I do not think the beast kingdom will, though. My main concern is the Holy Trident Theocracy. They believe in a water god named Aoilia and hate demi humans from what I understand." I sighed. I had a long road ahead if I wished to push my ideals with other kingdoms to end slavery of demi humans and humans. But to think I might have to fight a beast kingdom in order to push these ideals. After all, I heard they began enslaving humans not too long ago, which also goes against my anti slavery agenda.

I might sound like some crazy person trying to push my ideals on others, but I have two reasons for my new move to make this a united continent. First, outside threats from other continents, and second there were still many inside threats. Between the old prime minister and Azgrade and his people, I had a lot to worry about.

"Ahhh! So much to do!" I whined as Grace handed me a dress. "Please look the part of a soon to be Empress Master. I do not wish for people to look down on you as you enter the palace. However, your new charm ability may keep things from happening. This is why I chose a slit side dress so you can show more leg."

"Grace, don't try to turn me into some kind of prostitute!" I yelled out, causing Grace to click her tongue and switch the dresses.

"That's better," I said, sticking my tongue out at her. It's times like this that I still really enjoy. No wonder in my dreams, Grace was always at my side.

Strangely I have not had any of those dreams as of late. So I am not sure if my dreams have changed or what. My other, on the other hand, is a different story. I still need to figure out what is going on with her because she is always crying about me fighting a bloody battle. Maybe sometime in the future, this land or even this continent will be stricken with war.

Chapter26 Court Part 1

When I reached the castle, the king was in the middle of a court session which I walked into. "Your Majesty."

"No need to bow to me. Come up here and sit." The King said as he patted the seat next to him. I was quite surprised to see a second throne there that was just as grand as the kings. I, of course, did not stand on ceremony as I walked over and sat down as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

"It's good you came so soon. Today's topics will be put on hold until later. For now, I would like to go over things that will be happening here after I abdicate the throne to Crown Princess Cyrilia." The king's words made everyone turn serious. I pursed my lips and looked at all the nobles standing sitting below us with a curious gaze. "Faith, please go over what your plans are for the future. These old men need to understand the path you will be setting out so they do not start filing reports about some stupid reform that will cost a lot of money only to be overturned later on."

"Alright," I said as I stood and walked down to stand in front of everyone. When explaining things, I do like to show images of what I am talking about and being in a position that makes it easier for them to understand what I am talking about.

"We have many threats…." I said as I showed two images in the air. "These two are the major part of those threats. And because of this, once I am given control of the kingdom, I will be first expanding our military capabilities. We will shore up our defenses first and foremost. Second, I will be changing our kingdom's name and status to the Cyrilia Empire. I have already spoken to the King about this, and he has already okayed it."

"Sorry to interrupt, Princess, but can you explain to me the benefits of becoming an empire over a kingdom?" An official asked.

"There are no actual benefits, but the name itself is imposed due to the amount of land we own. We have taken over a fair bit of land all over this continent, some of which is only connected by teleports. Because of this, we are too big to really be considered a kingdom anymore. Plus, I feel the title of Empress is more imposing when dealing with what I have planned out." I answered.

"I see... So you will be called Empress Cyrilia…." The officials all seemed to be taking it all in and then began nodding. "This does sound much better and more imposing. "

"But this is also why we will need to expand our military. I wish to unify the continent. Whether through alliance or through force. I want the continent to stand as one in order to take out any outside threats that may come to harm our peace and tranquility." My words made everyone go quiet.

"As you all know, I am not one who jokes around when it comes to this kind of stuff. But I am sick of it. War…. Slavery…. Things that should never happen because of people's greed. I do not want to do this because of land or resources. I want to do this because I want the people of this world to be happy. To live lives without oppression and the ability to be who they are.

"I will not say this will be smooth sailing. I will not say that what I am doing is right. Many people will oppose all of this, but I….. Have the means to deal with it all. Call me a tyrant or a warmonger, but I care about the people under our kingdom and soon to be empire's banner. I would prefer not to go to war. I would prefer everyone to work with me toward a better future. But who will want to give up certain things?

"I am not going to these kingdoms to take away their powers but to ask them to stop certain acts so that we do not fight against each other due to misunderstandings. I love both humans and demi humans. I do not wish for them to fight. We are all equal under the same suns and the stars in the sky as night takes over the day. Is it wrong to want to see both humans and demi humans get along so that this world can finally rise up and become something much greater in the end?" I asked, looking at all the silent officials.

"Princess, while I know you have great ambitions, your ambitions will also cause many deaths. The people may revolt…." An official pointed out. He made a good point, but I did not plan for anyone to die. I waved my hand, and many more pictures filled the air.

"These are the things we are working on at this time. They are metal golems with powerful weapons on them." one of the elder dwarves had been working on it and quickly built this monstrosity. Once it has the runic inscriptions put into it, it will basically become a mech with autopilot. I also suggested that we have people control it from farther away and even mini versions as well.

"What are those!?" an official yelled out.

"As I said, they are metal golems in a sense. Controlled by magic. Some will even be controlled by humans and demi humans from a safe distance, making them the perfect answer to keeping the lives of our people safe. And lowering the deaths of our people." I answered.

"Princess, if what you say is true, then we will truly be able to do as you planned with no issue. I do not see any problems with future plans." The official who first asked about the deaths of people nodded in appreciation at the images.

"This is all still experimental, and we do not know how effective they will be yet, but they will be made, and this is my main reason for a bigger military budget to fund these new weapons. But sadly, they will not replace bodies on the battlefield when stronger enemies show up."

Chapter27 Court Part 2

"So you are saying no matter what, we will need people on the battlefield?" An official asked.

"That is a given is it not? But that does not mean they will be going on the battlefield alone. I will also be there with them, doing my best to protect my people. I also wish to save as many people as possible, which is why I am working on research that will help protect and even replace them on the battlefield. But before any of this comes into play, my first objective will be to shore up our own borders with proper defenses. Once we have some of our big tech finished, do you think many kingdoms will object to my proposal for an alliance? We all know that every kingdom on our borders has sent in spies, never mind other kingdoms from further away. With just a little silver or even spending a bit of time with some people at a bar in the kingdom, you can get valuable information.

"Because of this, we have to make it well known that we are not so simple. Our borders have been invaded many times but yet we only retaliated recently. So I am hoping that one show of force is enough to make these kingdoms understand we are not war hungry. But we will show force if need be to settle things.

"An alliance with every country on the continent would be good. But we can not allow them to do things such as slavery and be in an alliance with us. I will not allow it, no matter if it is human or demi human. Only when they refuse will we begin moving our forces." While I had an idea of a united continent, I knew it would be hard to push with so many uncertainties.

"I see no issue." An old official said as he stroked his long white beard. "Discrimination between the races never made sense to me. Just because they are different, why should treat them as lower beings? What's the point? I think with the current times, we need to all put our differences aside, and even if we must sacrifice a little for the greater good, push the princess's ideals. She has never harmed us and has sacrificed more than any of us for this kingdom."

"I also agree." Another official spoke up, which began a chain reaction of all the officials.

"Princess, after you take the throne, we will not argue with you on the policies you wish to push forward. I will do things as you say." The leader of the officials said as they all suddenly knelt down. "We agree to follow you until our deaths."

I smiled at these old guys who were so loyal to the kingdom. "I do not want your deaths. You all need to live a few more hundred or so years for me."

"Haha! Princess, you do make us old men feel young again." The officials all let out a laugh. I turned to see a sulking king sitting on his throne.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"These old bastards never listen to me but here they are, willing to push all your policies without so much as putting up a fight!" The king replied with a snort.

"It's because I am pretty," I replied, causing the king to almost fall out of his chair.

"Humph!" The king looked the other way and began sulking again. I couldn't blame him for being a little angry. I mean, he probably has to fight to push his policies through, but all in all, he has held this kingdom up well. As he is now my Royal Father, I guess I should help him a little bit. I turned to the old man and said: "Please be nicer to my royal Father. He is easily bullied."

"You! Who is easily bullied!" The king did not seem to like my little jab. Aw well, I had to since it made me smile.

"Princess, do not worry. We will not argue with His Highness about anything. We will follow your orders." the lead official replied, causing me to laugh.

"Then I will be counting on you then." With that, this small meeting came to an end. I do have to thank the king for allowing me to be able to speak with these old guys.

With my time in court done, I gave a bow before turning and stepping through a portal I made and returning to my room. "Master."

"Grace, what is next on my list?" I asked. Without Grace, I think I would not even know what I have to do during the day. I would probably skip out on as much as possible, which would turn me into a lazy person who did nothing but sleep all day and fiddle with magic.

"Sir Thurul is looking for you down in hangar one," Grace replied. I nodded and stood up. I looked at Grace, who was still busy herself, and smiled. "Grace, thank you for everything you do for me. Without you, I would be a failure."

"Master, I am just doing my job as your servant. I do not wish for people to look down on my Master since my Master is destined for greatness." Grace replied. I smiled and walked over to her, and gave her a hug. "Whatever the reason, maybe, thank you."

Grace's lips curled up into a soft smile as she hugged my arm. "Just make sure you do not disappoint this servant who works so hard for you."

"Haha! I won't. I am off. Grace, take a break every so often. You are always so busy." I said before disappearing again. When I reappeared, I was in hangar one.

"Lass, you are here! Come take a look at this. We opened the ship!" Thurul said excitedly. I looked over, and indeed they did open the hatch to the ship. I had been wanting to take a look inside myself to check it out since I wondered just what kind of ship it was supposed to be.

Chapter28 The Ship Part 1

We walked up to the ship that now had a large staging set up around it so that the dwarves could do their work inspecting it and trying to figure out how it functioned. We climbed up to the hatch at the side, where I began looking around at the whole entrance. "How did you open it?"

"Mana!" Thurul said. "Any kind of mana works as long as there is a large amount. It took five dwarves to open it. And no elements needed just puremana."

I nodded at his answer. I felt that was indeed intriguing. I looked around and noticed that the interior was kept very clean, almost spotless, besides the foot traffic of the dwarves. The hall at the entrance was very wide and led down toward the back of the ship. But this was only the first floor. From the size of this ship, there were at least three floors. Maybe four depending if one floor was a double floor or not. But from the size of it, it should be able to accommodate at least two thousand people max.

I walked down the hall and looked into the rooms. "This seems to be command." There were many rooms with computer type setups with many glass monitors. It was not on, so could not be sure, but this all seemed to be an area where things were controlled or monitored. I think if I had gone in the other direction, I would have ended up on the bridge.

"I am not sure if it is command, but it does seem to be a place where people would work," Thurul replied.

"This room here is a medical bay," I said as I looked at the scifish looking medical equipment. These are the kinds of things I wish to replicate just in case magic is not able to fix certain people's injuries.

When we reached the end of the hall, we came to an elevator that was open, and a bunch of dwarves were staring at the control panel. "What's wrong?" I asked, seeing their perplexed expressions.

"We can't seem to figure out how to get down to the lower levels. This seems to be the only way." One of the dwarves replied.

"Hmmm? Isn't the stairs right there?" I asked, looking at the door next to the elevator.

"That is even more confusing. These panels do not seem to work." When the dwarf said that, I looked over and did indeed see a panel on the side of the door, which meant everything had to be powered on. This meant these doors would only open if there was power, and if that was the case, if the ship was about to be blown up, the people inside would die. I shook my head thinking of this. It was probably some kind of protective measure to keep enemies from reaching the lower decks.

"Then…" I reached over and pulled on the door handle, causing a loud crack to be heard and the door coming off its hinges. "What!? Why did you do that!?" A dwarf yelled out.

"Because this ship belongs to me and useless measures to keep people from going to the lower floors makes no sense to me. If an enemy takes over this floor, they already have control of the ship. What is the point of a door that is sealed electronically? That is just asking to have all your crew members below deck killed off." I answered. I mean, it was dumb. I wouldn't allow such a setup in my ship. I would set up different safety measures that would kill the enemy instead of allowing them to control the ship so easily.

"Now that you mention it…." The dwarf replied as he stroked his braided beard. "Princess, is it possible for us to do the same to the lower floor doors?"

"Feel free. Like I said, if it is useless, we can tear it out and rebuild it with something better." I replied with a smile.

"Good! Thank you!" The dwarves were happy as they began collecting their things. It seemed they planned to go to the lower floors now.

"I am glad you came. Those guys have been obsessed with these two things." Thurul let out a sigh. I guess he has been having a hard time himself.

"This ship is nice and will be good for what we need, but we need to learn how to power it first. Any luck on this?" I asked.

"No…. We have access to the main control room but no idea how to use any of it. Do you mind taking a look?" Thurul asked.

"Yeah, let's go," I said as I turned around. I also was interested in what the bridge looked like.

We walked back down the hall toward the bridge, and when we arrived, I was really surprised by what I was seeing. A large black window on the very front of the ship with what looked like a protective covering on the outside that would probably lower during a fight or something. One thing I did realize was that everything seemed to be written in what resembles Chinese or Japanese. But it could all mean something else.

I looked around to see a captain's chair and walked over to it, and sat down. I looked at all the buttons on it and the console in front of me and pursed my lips. "Thurul, have you pressed all the buttons here?"

"We have not. We do not dare touch anything recklessly in case it makes it explode." Thurul explained. I nodded at his explanation as I reached over and pressed the big red button in front of me. I mean, why not, right? As I did this, the whole place suddenly lit up.

"Ah… it didn't explode," I said with a wide grin. I really did not expect the lights to come on after pressing the button. But I felt that it was safe due to the fact that there was another red button to my right in a locked clear case. Now I would not touch that button because normally, that meant whatever that button did was not good. "Thurul. No one is allowed to touch this button here."

Chapter29 The Ship Part 2

"Says the person who just touched the big red button!" Thurul yelled out. I am sure he had a cold sweat dripping down his back when the lights came on. He probably thought the ship would blow up!

"Haha!" I let out a laugh.

"Haha! My dwarf ass! Faith, you are playing with fire by just randomly pressing buttons!" Thurul stomped his feet and snorted. Well, he is right but still.

"Well…. I mean, who would put a self destruct in a spot that would easily be hit? I just figured it would be okay. I mean, look over there. That console has warning bars and a cover over the big yellow button. I bet that is for weapons or something else. While this button next to my feet is locked up and double covered. So as long as we do not hit this button, we are good, right?" I asked with a smile while Thurul rubbed his beard in frustration.

"Well, at least now there is power to the ship, but please do not touch anything else!" Thurul seemed exhausted. I smiled and stood up before thinking about something. I took out a crystal orb that connected to Jen and asked: "Jen, you busy right now?"

Just sitting here reading. "What is up?" Jen asked.

"Did you ever learn Chinese or Japanese?" I asked. Jen had many more years of reading in her than I did, so I hoped she might have picked up the languages.

"Mmm… Enough to understand what I was reading. Why do you ask?" Jen answered.

"Can I bring you to the hangar and have you take a look at some things? I will talk to the dean for you." If Jen could read the writing here, then maybe we would be one step closer to being able to make this thing work.

"Alright, come get me." Jen pursed her lips. She looked reluctant to put her book down. I smiled and disappeared before reappearing next to her. "Ahhh! What the hell is this!?"

"My new spell. Come." I grabbed ahold of Jen's arm and disappeared once more, and reappeared on the bridge. "Welcome to the Penterprise, my dear Pock"

"Very funny…." Jen rolled her eyes and looked around. "Hmmm, a mix of Chinese and Japanese…. Very strange but readable."

"Good now, can you tell me what the words are by this big red button here?" It was the very button I had just pressed.

"It says power on," Jen replied. I turned and smiled smugly at Thurul, who only crossed his arms in front of his chest and snorted. He then pointed to the button in the case. "Tell us what that says."

Jen looked at the words and answered: "It says self destruct, do not press unless you want to go boom."

"Haha! I knew it!" I yelled out as I clapped my hands.

"Yeah yeah, but still, do not press any buttons until we label them." Thurul scolded me, causing me to stick my tongue out at him. But with Jen here, this meant she would now be able to translate the buttons, and they could label them. "Jen, help the dwarves label everything. It will be tedious, but it is needed."

"As you wish, Your Majesty." Jen bowed to me and gave me a teasing look. I smiled and poked her side. "Sorry, I should have asked and said please."

I really was too used to giving out orders. My manners have disappeared. I do not wish to make this a habit either, so I should watch how I speak unless I am in court or something. Time and place for everything, right?

Once the dwarves found out that Jen could read the writing, she was surrounded almost instantly, causing her to become flustered. But she did begin working right away. It was decided the bridge would get priority before anything else.

With that settled, I went to find the dwarves that were inspecting the hangar with all the cars and other things in them as well as the new mechs. Thurul also decided to follow me for this as well since he had not had time to check on things here either.

So now I was currently standing in front of a three story tall mech that looked very similar to a dundam. But these were different. They were to be controlled by magic like an earth golem. This was the main reason why I needed to speak with the elven kingdom sooner rather than later.

"This is quite impressive….. But I still do not understand where the idea even came for this…." I never brought back any dundams so I am not sure what sparked this idea.

"It was the cars and the ship. The elder dwarf who made up the design thought it would be useful to have a humanoid machine that could move around on its own. And because we can freely create anything we want as long as it benefits the kingdom, they did not even hesitate to begin working on it, and now this is the first rendition. It's called D." Thurul answered.

"D?" I looked up at the mech that actually did resemble a dwarf, so I guess that was the name because Thurul gave me the if you can not figure it out, you are an idiot look. "Never mind. So it doesn't work yet, right? We need to do the inscriptions first?"

"Correct. It needs over a thousand inscriptions to work. So until we have the manpower, we will not be able to do much, never mind mass producing these. Even if we built a factory, it would take a long time to do." Thurul explained. I nodded. A thousand inscriptions was not an easy thing, that is for sure.

"Alright, then, I guess I will need to talk with Runa and see if we can somehow get enough elves out here to do this. I want to try to get a working prototype up and going before my coronation. It would be a perfect symbol of change for the new empire."

Chapter30 Binding Ward Barrier

"You want to show this off during your coronation?" Thurul looked at me in surprise.

"Mm… think about it. I am carried out in the palm of the hand of one of these in front of all the spies and delegates from other kingdoms. Do you think they will look down on me? While I know most know of my prowess already, this would double down on the fact that times will soon change. Plus, it will send a signal to the people. That we are bound for greatness!" I explained. I mean, the main reason would be just because it would look very cool.

"This is true…." Thurul rubbed his chin and nodded his head. "Welp, I will leave the elves to you. Those long ears never liked us, dwarves, much."

"I will do what I can," I replied as I looked around. I could see many dwarves pulling the cars apart and inspecting every piece, trying to figure out how they worked. Seeing how things were slowly moving along, I decided to go down to the forest where the bee dungeon was to try to finish the magic circle that would form a barrier to allow people to bypass the binding effect.

Luckily I can now move more freely with my new Dimensional Transfer skill. I quickly arrived in front of the forest, where the fog was very thick, and sat down in front of it. I quickly scribbled the previous magic circle on the ground and began adding in the barrier portion of the spell into it. Mixing it with the binding warding.

"If I do this here and add this into this…." I pursed my lips and tapped my bottom lip with my finger as I tried to work out the spell.

Only after an hour did I finally come up with something that might work. My eyes lit up as I cast the spell, only to find out that I would need to be a mouse to make it through it. I knelt down and peeked into the space I made and saw that it even stopped only after a few feet. "I need to somehow boost the warding effect more…."

I quickly went back to the drawing board as I began working on the magic circle once more. As the hours passed and many trials and errors, I finally came up with half of the result that I was looking for. "While it is at least reaching the entrance of the dungeon, the height…."

The tunnel was no taller than my waist, which made me frown a little. "Let's try tripling the warding effect by using the same runic equation a few times…."

With this thought in mind, I went back to work. Once again, a few more hours passed, and after working things out to stabilize the spell so it would actually cast, I finally gained the result I was looking for. "Done!"

With the new barrier tunnel put into place, I put a seal on the barrier for the time being, as we were not ready to have people entering it just yet. People could leave if they were already in the dungeon, but they could not enter.

With this set, I used some earth magic to make a tablet that warns people not to enter this dungeon. I will not stop people from trying to enter, as everyone has the right to decide what they want to do on their own. But with this warning here, hopefully, it will deter those who come here since they will know what to expect when entering. I could just stick a barrier up, but I do not wish to do that at this time.

With this set, I headed back home. I landed in my bedroom to find the girls all sitting on the couch, seemingly discussing something once more. My room has become their hang out. While we were married, they still had their own rooms because everyone needed their open space, and I would also be having nights with Diablo. So this just made things easier.

"What are you girls doing?" I asked as I walked over and leaned over the back of the couch, and rested my chin on top of Iena's head. She was the tallest, so she made the perfect chin rest!

"Faith, you are back. We were talking about what we should do from now on. Freidinia has been working on a way for us to all be able to be impregnated by you, but she has not figured it out just yet. Although she does think she is close with her current concoction, but she will need to test it out to make sure it works." Adel explained. I smiled hearing this because these girls all wish to carry on the family line. As my wives, they already stated that they wished to give birth to my child. Which I am not against, but I still worry about the current future with these unstable times.

"Oh? Why are you thinking about what you should do?" I was still confused about what they were up to.

"Well, we can't just get pregnant at the same time. So we were deciding on a plan. We were thinking of spacing it out by a month each. What do you think?" Adel asked.

I chuckled and placed my hand on top of her head, and ruffled her hair. "Do you think it will be possible to plan something like this? You can plan all you want but if things do not go as planned, it will get messed up. Creating life is not an easy task. It takes time and the right moment. You can try for years and still not get pregnant."

"Ahh! I never thought about that." Adel pursed her lips and looked at the plan they had just worked on, and frowned. "I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it goes."

"Freidinia may be able to tell you when the best time is as well. Or maybe even one of the doctors here. I am not sure about all this stuff. I just know how babies are made." I did not know all the other things, but I do know that sometimes people can never have a baby, whether it is the man or the woman, it does happen. It even happens on this world as well. It's just the natural course of things.

Chapter31 A Trip To The Elven Kingdom

With a month away from my coronation to become the first empress of the Cyrilia Empire, I was currently on my way to the elven kingdom, World Tree Kingdom. The kingdom gets its name from the huge tree that grows in the center of the kingdom that the castle is built in front of. The whole kingdom is basically a forest and has no visible towns or cities as they are all hidden under the tree canopies except for the capital city, which is slightly visible.

I read up a lot on this kingdom in order to visit it one day, and now here I am, standing in front of the gates of the city, waiting for a certain person to pick me up. How I got here so quickly, some may ask. Well… Dimensional Transfer has a small loophole in it that I can easily take advantage of. The spell works as a beacon to places I have visited, but if I use images of a place, I can easily reach my destination since I already know where I am going.

I had originally wanted to just have Runa send a few people over my way without needing to come to the kingdom, but Runa insisted on me visiting and speaking to her father. With no other option, I was now here with three elven guards standing in front of me, watching me like a hawk with swords pointing at me.

You can say having someone suddenly pop out of nowhere in front of the capital city's main gate would cause a scene. Luckily I have my envoy insignia, and they were willing to make a report for me.

Sadly I still had to stand there under sword point for almost thirty minutes before Runa appeared: "Lower your weapons! How dare you point your swords at my friend!"

Runa looked quite mad as she walked over, pointing her finger at the guards, who were all startled. I smiled and shook my head as I said: "Runa, you can not get mad at guards who were doing their job. After all, our world's communication systems are not the best."

"It doesn't matter. You still have a seal of an envoy on you which means you are a guest in our nation, which means they have not followed proper procedure. They should have taken you to a room to rest while you waited for me to show up and should not have made you stand there under sword point. For one, it could have gotten them killed if they acted out of line and would have caused an international incident, mainly you annexing our elven empire!" Runa snorted as she pointed out many things, but one thing that stood out was she was really making me into a tyrant!

"Runa, I am not that bad!" I tried to argue. But she only gave me a look before saying: "In a single day, you single handedly took over three kingdoms all by yourself, even with their advanced technology. You then went to another kingdom on your way to the dwarven empire and annexed it. In another kingdom, you stole their mountain range and forced them to all treat you like their queen. And then…."

"Okay, stop!" I yelled out. So what if I did a few dirty deeds? No one is clean in this world! At least mine was for the benefit of my people!

But her words did seem to make the three guards sweat because they were now drenched, and it was not even raining out. "Anyway, I am here like you requested."

"Hehe! Finally, I get Faith all to myself! Come, we will now go on an adventure!" Runa grabbed my hand and began dragging me through the gates. The guards who followed her all looked at each other with worried expressions before following after us.

"Runa, I did not come where to play. That would need to wait until after my coronation!" I really did not come to play. I had many things to plan out!

"Don't worry. Didn't you say you had three days at most to hang around and come hang out with me for a while? It has been so long!" Runa pouted, which made me feel bad. It is true that I have not really spent much time with this friend of mine. So I can see why she is so excited.

But I must say, as we walked through the gates that were made out of tree roots that arched over the thick earthen walls, I was quite impressed with the city in front of me. Many large leaves floated across the sky as a form of transportation. There were many vine woven bridges going between the tree tops to wooden huts that were built on the tree limbs themselves. The trees here were massive compared to the ones outside but still dwarfed compared to the world tree that rose high into the sky to the point that I think the tip actually went into the outer atmosphere.

In stories I have read back on Earth, the world tree was the tree that gave life to every living thing on the planet. But I think this world tree is not as it seems and is more of a spirit. The reason I say this is because of the small spirits that are currently hanging from my tail, wings, and clothes.

"Stay away from my Faith!" Little Bell suddenly flew out of her space and began smacking all the spirits away. She was being quite possessive for a spirit who rarely showed herself.

"Little Bell, don't be mean," I said softly as I pulled the little spirit back and placed her on my head.

"But…. They are trying to steal you away…." Little Bell pouted. I smiled and poked her belly. "Don't worry. No one will take me away, plus only you have your own domain inside my body. So how can they steal me?"

"Ah!" Little Bell seemed to be struck by lightning as this relation dawned on her. "Hehe, I forgot. But Bell wishes to see the ancient if that is okay."

"We will have to see. I am not sure if I will be allowed to get near the tree." With Little Bell's words, I guess my assumption about the world tree was true. It was indeed a spirit. An ancient one at that it seems.

Chapter32 A Look Around

"If your little one wishes to see the ancient, I can bring you there. Normally no one is allowed near the ancient, but since you are loved by the spirits, an exception will be made." Runa said, causing Little Bell to clap her little hands happily.

"Good for you, Little Bell, you will be able to see the ancient," I said with a smile.

"Mmmmm! Let's go!" Littler Bell called out happily.

"Let's take a look around first as we make our way there," Runa suggested, which even Little Bell agreed on. Since I was here, I might as well take in some of the sights. After all, it's not every day I get to make a trip to the elven kingdom.

One thing I noticed was the stares I was getting from the elves as we passed by them. I can understand why. It is not every day they see outsiders like me roaming around on the streets. I had not seen any race besides elves out on the streets, which meant it was a very closed off nation.

From what I could tell, the top portion of the trees was where people lived, while the bottom section had many shops. Not just built next to the trees but also many stalls that stood out on the streets that people walked down. There were no carriages or anything like that on the lower level. Foot traffic seemed to be the main way people went from place to place, but there were these things called leaf winds. It was a large leaf that used wind magic to keep it in the air and travel to a certain destination. I saw many pick up stations, kinda like bus stations, along the streets that allowed people to move freely around the city at a fast pace.

Just seeing such an innovative idea made me want to implement such a system in our cities as well since it would reduce the need for scaled horses and less mess on the roads. While this might cut up some of the cleaners' jobs, it would reduce the risk of disease as well.

The more I looked around, the more unique things I spotted. Some trees had vines that were attached to platforms that worked as elevators to move people up and down to the levels near the footbridges. Everything used a certain kind of wind magic which surprised me in the way they were able to inscribe such intricate runic inscriptions to make full use of wind magic in many ways I would never have thought of.

"So, how is it?" Runa asked.

"Truthfully, it is filling me with ideas. Your way of innovation with runic inscriptions amazes me. I already have many ideas on how to implement such things for the empire I plan to build upon more modern technology. I do hope the time your people stay in my city to help with such things will allow them to implement these things within your own kingdom as well. After all, I do plan to join a no hold bar alliance with your elven alliance. I want our two nations to be able to grow and prosper alongside each other." I had planned to make things tight lipped but I think if the empire I am aspiring to create and the Elven kingdom can become sister states where we share and trade with each other without restrictions, then I think we can easily become allies who will defend each other no matter what. This will allow us to grow strong and prosper together in many ways.

While I know the eleven kingdoms will not be able to use a lot of the things I plan to make for my kingdom due to them not being nature friendly, they will at least be able to have the forest outskirts defended by this technology. Of course, we will be doing free trade between the two nations as well, which will mean a portal that will allow for free passage would need to be created.

As such new international laws will need to be created in order to make sure that any crimes committed by citizens of our nations do not go unpunished and create tension between us. I do not wish to arrest some elven noble and have to go to war over such a thing. We would need an international court that would have both elf representatives and Cyrilia Empire representatives.

So many things were flooding into my mind as we continued to walk through the city. This was filled with sprites, so glowing balls of light were flying all over, making it look like a truly magical place.

We walked for a while before finally taking one of the leaves to the elven palace where the elven royal family lived and Runa's home. As for the guards who were following us, they were left behind a long time ago. But I can say that I truly liked the air of this city. It was a harmonious place. It felt comforting being here. Even with all the curious stares I got, not one person said anything or treated me differently. Even in the first shop we went into, they did not say anything mean to me and greeted me with a smile. I guess a lot of that has to do with Runa being with me, but still, there was no hint of any hatred in their eyes which most would have when faced with a stranger such as myself.

The palace was the only thing that was different. I had called it a castle earlier during our walk, and Runa specially corrected me and said it was a palace. It was made of what was called moonlight ore, a rare ore that the elves mined under the roots of the world tree. It was in high abundance as it has been sitting there for many, many years. The palace itself was carved out of a large chunk of this that the ancient had unearthed itself and presented to the elves for becoming its protector.

Chapter33 The Elven King

I was currently in a large room with two couches and a few guards lined against the wall. Next to me was Runa and on my shoulder was Little Bell. And hanging off me all over were many other spirits. Across from me was a male elf who looked around seventeen years of age but, in fact, was many hundreds of years old and was actually the king of the elves, Zanil, Runa's father. And next to him was a woman who looked Runa's age at fifteen who sat next to him who also was a lot older than she looked by a few hundred years and was, in fact, Runa's mother, Nal, the queen of the elves.

"To think, after all this time we finally get to meet the one person who my daughter always goes on about. Your achievements can be said to have spread far and wide." The king of the elves gave me a meaningful look. I mean, yes, I have done a lot, but does he need to look at me as if I am some kind of piece of meat?

"I only have done things in order to protect my kingdom and family. I am just a humble girl who never wanted too much fame." I replied, only to have Runa burst out laughing.

"You have never kept a low profile!" Runa was holding her stomach as she laughed while leaning against me, causing me to purse my lips.

"It's not like I meant to! Do you know how many times that old man kept trying to trick me into taking his throne!? If not for the fact that I wanted to marry Adel, I would not have been given the throne in the first place! I just wanted to play with magic and live a life of a commander while exploring the world in my free time. But now look!" I whined, but this only caused Runa to laugh even more.

"Ahem… Runa, you shouldn't laugh at other's misfortune." The elven king said while trying to reprimand Runa. But looking at his lips twitching, I couldn't help but say: "It does not sound very convincing when you are holding back your own laughter!"

"Hehe…. Runa has found a good friend." The elven queen smiled as she covered her mouth. I let out a long sigh as I watched this family of three pick on me.

"At any rate. I do not wish for any of this, but now that I will be having my coronation soon, I will not slack either. And this is why I am here. King of Elves, I request your assistance. I come today with the full authority of the crown princess to form an alliance between the current Gravos Kingdom, soon to be renamed the Cyrilia Empire, and your World Tree Kingdom. I wish for our two nations to form a pack of loyalty and trust that allows for free and open trade as well as full defensive capabilities between the two nations." I got into my serious mode as I began to speak.

"Hmmm… what do you mean by full defensive capabilities?" The elven king asked. He also entered his kingly mode.

"I mean, if your nation is attacked, we will come to defend you and vice versa. But this also means you will need to understand my reasoning and plans for the future. As of now, there are not many people on this continent who can surpass me in power. If I wish to take the land, I can. But this is not my goal or vision for the future.

"Right now, we are in a state of the unknown. I have discovered two different forces that can be a threat to our world. One is a man who is able to bypass my barriers without leaving any traces whatsoever, and then there is Azengrade and his people, who seem to be up to something. I am sure you have heard of what happened in the dwarven kingdom. They are a race of extremely powerful beings who seem to have some kind of influence over the dungeons. Even my husband can not fight Azengrade and come out unscathed. He even admitted to not knowing if he could beat him. This is just how powerful they are.

"Because of these unknown factors, I want to unite the continent. And do away with slavery against us demi human races and human races. The best kingdom has started enslaving humans, as you may know already. I do not wish for us to fight and would prefer not to use force to achieve my goals, but…." I paused, and before I could finish what I was going to say, the king of elves finished it for me. "Not everyone will see eye to eye with your cause…."

"I understand this much, which means that we may be called out to fight at any time. Is this correct?" The elven king asked.

"If we can, I would prefer to go with the new golems that the dwarves are creating. This can be done manually or auto. I do not wish for bloodshed and want the people around me to feel like they are not being sent to battle to be cannon fodder. I do not want anyone to die if possible. But I think with the threats we have now against us, I can only move on with my current plans and hope for the best whether I can get people to join a continent wide alliance or if I have to use force to make them understand that some battles should not be fought to begin with." I mean, if the people who first reject and try to go to battle, then I will send troops out, but if they suddenly change their minds, we can only stop tension and talk about how we will do things. This way, bloodshed can be avoided as much as possible.

"I see. And to do this you need the assistance of elven runic inscription masters to help the dwarves with their golem creations?" The elven king seemed to be trying to get all the facts before making a decision. "Can I see this creation you speak of?"

Chapter34 Forming An Alliance

"I can not show you unless you are willing to form an alliance with me. Our alliance will differ from other kingdoms as we will have a full free trade alliance that will allow us to freely move back and forth between the nations. With certain restrictions on people who have been arrested in either nation. If you are willing to form the alliance, then I can show you everything I have planned and in the works to ensure both our nation's safeties." I would not give out or show what I had on hand for nothing. After all, only when an alliance was formed would we both have the means to truly trust each other. I am not saying that the elves are untrustworthy, but I can not risk the lives of my soon to be citizens.

"Hmmm…." The elven king looked at me before nodding his head. "You are young but smart. I figured I would ask this question because you were Runa's friend. I wanted to see if you would give out the knowledge freely before even forming an alliance with me. I know Runa has seen the things but is unable to speak about them, no matter how many times I tried to fish for information. But do not look down at me. I am a king, after all, and anything that may benefit my kingdom and my people is something I have to look into. But you know that this alliance that you speak of will force all of our citizens of both nations into a pact that will not allow any of us to harm one another. This alliance you speak of will be one that we can never go back on from the moment it is sealed. So if you ever wanted to take over my elven kingdom, you would never be able to."

I chuckled as I answered: "I may seem like a warmonger, but that is not the case. I would prefer to form an alliance between all nations. Which will support one another and not fight for measly gains because that only ruins the lives of the soldiers who die, their families, and our citizens. Everyone will be affected by it. So a peaceful pact between nations is something we should be able to give rise to. Our best minds between nations working together for one purpose is better than everyone being wary of the other, is it not?"

"Hahaha! You are right! We elves always prefer peace. This is why we rarely mingle with other kingdoms, but this time as you have said, times are not very good. There are too many unknowns, and if my people are alone in this matter, it will result in us being targeted by many. As such, I would prefer to be in a relationship with your empire that is about to bloom and follow your lead in hopes of making a continent that is truly at peace." The elven king replied with a smile. He looked very satisfied with my answers thus far. Inwardly I was breathing a sigh of relief because Runa was my friend. I did not wish to become enemies over any of this. We would still be two separate nations just working towards the same goal.

Whether any of this is good for the world or not, I do not know. I am following the path that many on earth have tried to tread many times before. World wars were started in this way. But that does not mean I will sit idly and allow ourselves to be consumed by greater powers and threaten the safety of my people. The dwarven kingdom is an example of this. If I had not gone there when I did and discovered the issue, we would not have known that there was someone pulling the strings from behind the scenes. There was no telling what would have happened. The kingdom might have fallen, the king would have been ousted, and the stupid prince would have been made a puppet ruler who would only suck the kingdom dry, even more, making the lives of billions of people worse to the point that a civil war would have probably broken out and only when the Azengrade's people appeared to stop it would things really come to show.

But this is all speculation on my part, as I have no idea what they had planned. They may be planning something else for all I know. But from everything that I have heard so far, this seems like the best assumption for this whole mess.

Why such powerful beings are hiding in the dark, I do not know, unless there are many unknowns in this world that are blocking them as well. Whatever it is, I do wish I could see it for myself. After all, it would at least shine some light on the mystery of this race of beings who appeared out of nowhere.

"Then we should work out what will go into the contract." The elven king waved his hand, and a servant came over with a pen and paper. I noticed he was using one of my pens which made me smile.

For the next few hours, we worked out our alliance pact, which covered everything from military to trade, as well as rules and laws that would need to be followed in case someone somehow broke the contract on them and committed a crime. Everything was pretty simple. For military, if one was attacked, the other nation would send aid no matter what. If I moved to annex a territory, the elven people would gain control of any forest and the spirits domain. This did not stop people from entering the forest to hunt and whatnot, but it would allow the elves to regulate certain species that were considered necessary for the forest's growth. As for them gaining the sprite's domain, it would only be on an in name basis only since no one owned that but the spirits themselves, but they would be in charge of protection as the elves are the protectors of the spirits.

For trade, the elves would build a small town where many things could be traded at the edge of the forest. This will be where the teleport would be set up, and it would allow trade with my citizens and also allow for regulation on certain items, as some things were not allowed in elven cities or territories. The same would be done on my side of things as well.

We wanted free trade, but this still had to have some limits due to the different cultures. As for the other things, I would disclose them all to the elven king once the contract has been set between our two nations to never disclose any information about our military capabilities. Then I would bring him directly to the hangars to get a first hand look for himself.

Chapter35 The Ancient Part 1

After several hours of working out the ins and outs of our agreement, the elven king and myself stood in front of one another and dripped a drop of blood on the magic circle under our feet. We then had to press the palms of our hands together and began saying the special incantation. "We the leaders of our nations hereby commit to the terms of the national contract that will bind our two nations together for all eternity. From this day forth, we will be allies without restraint."

A bright light formed around us and shot up into the air. This light spread out into billions upon billions of smaller lights and rained down over our two nations, hitting every person no matter what they were doing. They could have been going to the bathroom or bathing. They were still hit with this light, and a magic contract was formed in their body. Words of the contract sprung up in their heads, telling them that they were now bound never to harm either nation. At least, this is what Runa told me once the contract was over.

"That was not something I wish to do ever again! having voices appear in your head suddenly creeps me out." Runa cried out. But sadly for her, it will happen many more times soon. While this restrained us from hurting each other, it didn't go as far as to stop a normal fight. If people argue, they argue there is nothing that can be done about that. We mainly narrowed it down to acts such as kidnapping, slavery, murder, or over harming someone. Racism was not allowed, but you could curse one another as long as there was no racist intention. The result would be immediate punishment by shocking a person on the first offense, a stronger shock on the second offense that will paralyze the person for a few days, and the third offense will cause permanent paralysis and teleportation to a prison where they would stay until the person has been dealt in court.

You also could not harm the security of either nation. Any actions that would harm either nation would result in the person being teleported to prison without a second thought. We originally had the idea to just kill the person, but we did not want to do that in case the magic misinterpreted something that was not actually harming either nation. When cultures collide, people will make mistakes, this much we knew, so we had to handle this delicately.

All in all, I was very happy we were able to come to an understanding so quickly. It only took a day and a half for everything. "Faith, can we go to see the ancient now?"

Little Bell seemed to be becoming impatient. It was now early morning, and while I would like to at least get a nap in, I decided to just take Little Bell to the ancient as I promised. "Alright, let's go. Runa, can we go see the ancient?"

"You can, but are you sure you do not want to sleep?" Runa asked. I shook my head and smiled as I poked the silly spirit on my shoulder. When Runa saw me do this, she smiled and said: "Okay, then let's head there now. Just so you know, we will need to pass through three checkpoints to get there."

"Alright." I had figured the ancient was heavily guarded, but when we came to the hall in the palace, the only entrance to where the ancient lived, I was really surprised at how heavily guarded the ancient was. It was more guarded than the elven king. This just went to show you how important the ancient was to the elven people. Its safety came first, even before its king.

"Halt! No outsiders are allowed through!" A large burly elf, something I never thought I would ever see, stood in front of us with his spear pointing directly at us. I was surprised because he was pointing it right at Runa. "Princess, you know that you need proper clearance before coming down this hall. Royalty or not, you will be killed if you try to press forward. "

"You can not stop us due to the spirit on Princess Cyrilia's shoulder." Runa pointed at Little Bell. Little Bell looked at them, and the guards looked back at her, but they still did not budge.

"Spirit or not. We still can not let you pass." The guard was still firm in his stance, but at that moment, a great gust of wind came from the hall, and an old ancient voice echoed through it.

"Let them through. I must speak with the little one and the child of dragons…." The voice was calm and seemed filled with wisdom. As soon as it spoke, the guards all stood at attention and moved to the side and bowed.

"I apologize. You may go through." The guard who was once holding a spear to our necks bowed and apologized. I did not blame him for his actions. This was just how much these people revered the ancient.

We walked down the hall, where more and more guards began to appear and stand at attention. By the time we got to the last check one, though, there was only one old elf standing there. I secretly used appraisal on him.

[Rolash]

[Level: 3402]

Seeing his level, I almost had my eyes drop out of my head. Level 3402 was not something I was expecting! The old man looked up at me with a small frown as he said: "Little lady, you should not pry into one's personal space…."

"Ah… sorry." I quickly apologized. I never thought I would be caught!

"It's fine, but just remember, not everyone is as humble as I am. The ancient wishes to see you and the little one on your shoulder but no one else. So, princess, I am sorry, but you must wait here." Rolash had no hostility in his voice, but the way he spoke showed he was not going to argue about anything. Runa, who stood at my side with pursed lips, could only nod her head.

I had originally thought this was going to be easy, but it seems not everything is as it seems in this world. Runa did make it sound simple to go see the ancient, but I guess she was betting on Little Bell to allow her to move through. So when my gaze fell on her, she quickly turned to look away with red cheeks.

Chapter36 The Ancient Part 2

"Runa…." I called out her name, which made her ears turn red. Finally, she turned to me and bowed her head. "I am sorry I have never met the ancient myself. Even my father needs to have a good reason to disturb the ancient."

I smiled and patted her head. "It's fine. But next time, tell me before we are faced with guards. I do not wish to start an international incident after forming an alliance with your kingdom."

"Princess, you have made a good friend. Now, please do not keep the ancient waiting." Rolash broke up our little moment. I smiled and walked forward, and bowed my head slightly to Rolash before pushing open the gates made of thorns and walked into the open space in front of me.

The ground was covered in lush grass with only a small dirt path that led to the trunk of the huge tree in front of me. Little Bell stayed perched on my shoulder as she hugged my neck. It seemed she was also very nervous at this time. But as we reached the trunk in the very front was a table made of roots with a few seats that were also made of roots sitting in front of it. Sitting in one of the seats was a young woman with barely anything on. She had green skin and long grass like hair with leaves covering her privates. To be honest, she was a beauty, but I knew she was not really human. She poured what looked like tea from a wooden kettle into a wooden cup and placed it by the other seat.

When she was done, she looked up at me, and without opening her mouth, she smiled and said: "Child of dragons. Please sit."

I nodded and walked over, and sat down. As I did, a smaller seat and table appeared on top of the table with a small cup. The woman then waved her hand, causing a bit of the tea from the kettle to fly out and land in the smaller cup. "You too, little one."

Little Bell smiled and flew off my shoulder, and sat down in her seat. I also sat down and took the wooden cup. I brought the cup to my mouth and took a sip.

[Sap of the world tree]

[All stats permanently raised by 10,000]

I almost stood up in shock. But I was able to keep my composure. Instead, I smiled and said: "This is very tasty. Slightly sweet but not too much, with a mellow aftertaste. I really like it."

"I am glad to hear that. I only prepare this tea every one million years. It has been a long time since I have gotten to have this tea. So please sit and enjoy it with me." The woman said with a smile. She seemed very noble from how she talked but what surprised me was that tea could only be drunk every one million years! This was a bit shocking!

Seeing my shock, the woman giggled as she said: "I hardly have anyone here to keep me company. And when I felt your presence, I did hope you would come to see me. My name is Nalia. I am the world tree's spirit. Or should I say that I am the world tree itself."

Hearing Nalia's words confirmed my suspicions, but it was really different from what I was expecting. "My name is Faith Cyrilia. It is a pleasure to meet you. Next to me is Little Bell, my companion."

"Your companion is very cute and is still young. She will grow up to be someone who can truly help you in the future. But for now, she still needs to take in the world's energy. Once she has taken in enough, she will evolve into a new form that will be able to wield greater power. At that time, you two will be able to form a merger contract allowing you to wield your companion's powers as your own. But child of dragons… No, I am sorry I should call you Faith. Faith. I hope you can promise me that the power that you will gain from spirit merger will not be abused. Such power can easily end this world if used wrongly.

"I can tell the two of you have one hundred percent trust in one another. I can see this as clear as day, but I still must ask you to never abuse this child's power." Nalia lowered her head to me as she said this, which made me grow flustered.

"Please raise your head. I swear on my life that I will never abuse such power. In fact, I do not think I will ever need it as I am now." I really did not think I would ever need to use Little Bell's power. I just did not see the need to at this time.

"No…. There will come a day when you will need it. But please do be careful." Nalia did not explain when or why I would need to. She only said I would need to one day. Seeing as she did not explain, I also did not ask as I also kind of did not want to know. So far, knowledge of the future to me is a scary thing. While it can help in trying to avoid disaster, it can also become a burden and add more stress on me when I do not need more than I already have.

"I promise I will be careful to never abuse such power," I replied firmly. She smiled and waved her hand. An apple fell into it from above and then suddenly split open into many slices and was placed on the table. "This is quite sweet this time of year. Please try some."

I smiled and reached over, and took a slice. I bit into the apple slice and felt a rush of flavor enter my mouth. I almost let out some embarrassing noises as the fruit melted in my mouth and slipped down my throat without me even needing to swallow it. "This…."

"It is a fruit of the world tree. It has the effect of refreshing one's body and expunging the impurities within them. I wanted to allow you to feel as if you were reborn, and it seems to be taking quite the effect. I will prepare a bath for you and a new set of clothes." Nalia smiled as she looked at me. When I looked down, I saw black sticky stuff all over my body!

[Fruit of the World Tree]

[Attack Power permanently raised by100000]

Chapter37 Sworn Sisters

I stared blankly at the message that popped up, only to hear a giggle at my side. "There is not much I can give you, but these two things should help you in the future. You should wash up and change your clothes."

After a hot bath, I walked out in a fresh set of clothes that were made from the leaves of the world tree. However, there were no special stats on them. It was just a long green dress. When Nalia saw me, she smiled as she said: "Faith…. You are more….. Never mind. Time will say it all…."

Hearing Nalia's words confused me. Why did she start saying something but then stop? I guess she saw my frown because she giggled as she covered her mouth. "Do not dwell on my words. Just think of it as me misspeaking. "

I could only sigh as she began talking about other things. We spoke about trends in the cities for clothing and snacks and many other things. Nalia was a very chatty person, but I guess with so few people to talk to, this was a given. Not many were allowed to come and talk with her. So after many hours of talking, Nalia's expression looked very lonely as she looked up at the darkening sky. "It is getting dark. You should head back."

I stood up but did not turn to leave, instead, I walked over, and under the shocked gaze of Nalia, I gave her a hug. And then handed her a crystal orb. "If you ever wish to talk or want me to come see you use this. By injecting a bit of mana into it, you will be able to speak to me." I would have suggested for her to speak to Runa, but I was unsure if that was okay as Runa was an elf. I did not wish to make decisions for her.

Nalia looked at the orb in her hand and then back at me, and a smile bloomed on her face as she held the orb close to her. "In all my years…. You are the only one to truly understand me. The elves mean well, and they treat me as some kind of deity, but still, even deities get lonely from time to time…. Faith, the child of dragons…. I thank you."

"We are now friends. Thanking me sounds too stiff. I will call you Sister Nalia from now on. We can now be sworn, sisters." I was unsure if this was right, but I felt a close connection to Nalia as we spoke. We really got along well. I did not wish for this to be our last meeting.

"Sworn sisters…" Nalia lowered her head. She then nodded and reached out and touched my forehead. "From this moment on, we will truly be sisters." I felt a small pinch on my forehead as Nalia pressed her finger on it. Soon I felt something enter my mind. I closed my eyes and saw a tiny green light within my mind.

"With this, you will be seen by all spirits as my sister. They will acknowledge you as one of their own." Nalia explained as she gave me a hug. "Sister, go and sleep. I will contact you in the future."

I smiled and nodded my head. Nalia was really a kind soul. "Then I will talk with you tomorrow. From now on, I will try to make contact at least once a day this way…. You will never be lonely again. And…." I leaned down and whispered: "If you can keep it a secret, I can come visit you every now and then as well without the elves knowing."

Nalia smiled and nodded her head. "I would like that very much."

"Then I will visit again. Oh right…. Sister, would it be okay if I put up a stronger barrier? I do worry for your safety." I asked. I knew this was a bit out of left field, but I worried that with the way the world was now that someone might target here.

"It's fine. The barrier that is up now is just an elven barrier, but if I were to cast one, not even Azengrade could break through it. You should go. Your friend has waited a long time." Nalia's words once more surprised me! She knew Azengrade! Knowing Nalia, she could definitely not answer any more questions now that she was shooing me away, so I could only sigh as I waved goodbye to her and walked back down the small path toward the exit. But before I left, I paused my steps and yelled out. "Little Bell!"

"Hehe!" I heard her giggle as she flew over and landed on my shoulder. I poked her stomach, causing her to giggle and me to shake my head. This little one has a lot of trouble sometimes. I would be afraid of not being able to get Little Bell back if I left her there.

As I walked out, Runa was talking with Rolash over a cup of tea. When they heard me coming, they both looked at me, and the tea cups in their hands slipped and clattered onto the table, spilling the contents. They were both mouths open, staring at me. "What is wrong with you two?"

"Faith you!?" Runa suddenly got up and knelt on the ground, and so did Rolash.

"What are you two doing, please get up!? Are you playing a joke on me!?" I was a bit confused at this sudden reaction since Runa would never bow to me. Even if I was empress she would still act the same as she always has. This was what made Runa, Runa.

"But you have the mark of the priestess…." Rolash was the one to answer me.

But his words made me purse my lips. But when I thought about it, I reached up and rubbed my forehead before creating a reflective piece of ice in front of me. And sure enough, I had a small green leaf imprint in the middle of my forehead. I knew I felt something, but I never expected this. "This is just something Sister Nalia put on me on a whim. Do not think too much about it."

"Sister?" Runa looked at me in surprise.

"Mmmm… Nalia and I decided to become sworn sisters." I did not see anything wrong with this. I mean, we were basically just making a verbal agreement, but now that I have this mark, maybe it wasn't just verbal. Anyway, Nalia is a kind person, and I will not let her suffer from her lonely life.

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