Asmodeus prepared their departure sooner than first planned. Because of Sariel's situation, and the voice constantly whispering to him when things beca quiet. The empress desired for them to stay longer, but he couldn't afford to.
He believed the voice might enable the abomination to find his location, and he worried the newly repaired empire might face another attack if he remained there.
"Haa~" Alice sighed while sitting atop a black warhorse.
Most of the knights serving Qwass were still injured, so they would take the journey in a few months, ensuring that the empire remained safe.
'I can't believe Simon and Paul also chose to stay…' Asmodeus mulled over his thoughts, feeling a sense of loss, and a little upset they didn't leave with him.
He rembered Paul's request, and couldn't help but accept. Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire
"Can you please deliver this note, to Moonstone village, on the outskirts of the Eldorai plains?" Paul's bitter smile made Asmodeus helpless.
'Well, seeing Paul's kids will be fun, and I shouldn't complain that he's found a path he seeks to follow.'
Asmodeus wondered about the village that Paul loved enough to retire. He looked at Velvet, who rode a black warhorse beside him, with a faint smile. When he gazed at her, she peeked at him from the corner of her eyes, deepening her smile.
"Are you alright, husband?" A concerned voice, followed by Velvet pulling her horse closer.
The whispered words carried two anings out of all his won. It was only Velvet that learned about the voice which whispered when things beca quiet. Therefore, he couldn't sleep or relax. His face beca pale and his lips dry and cracked.
"I am thanks to you, wife."
Velvet's actions after she noticed sothing strange made Asmodeus feel lucky to have her. She would guide the won to always be around him. To keep speaking or try to soothe him with massages and physical contact.
"Hmm~ I see, you should let know if your headache gets bad again."
"I promise." A smile, along with a soft whisper of gratitude, caused her eyes to tremble, turning away with red cheeks.
Asmodeus noticed the cute sides of Velvet thanks to this situation, how she was stronger on the offence and her defence was weak. Especially to honest complints. She beca flustered and easily blushed when Asmodeus beca a little flirtatious, causing their relationship to be enjoyable.
It made him think about why she was so strong in the past.
"That voice never cos when you are with , so I'd prefer you to stay here." Asmodeus whispered, leaning over to her horse and yanking the reins gently, pulling her closer to her. While her cheeks reddened and the sound of her heartbeat beca audible to his enhanced hearing, making her beauty shine even brighter in his eyes.
'To think this strong woman is so cute, but without her actions would I have already been driven mad?'
Asmodeus worried most because when the voice spoke to him, Sariel also beca strange, and thus he asked the other girls to keep her away from him and avoided being alone with her.
'I hope this stops her suffering.'
Because after she beca strange, she started crying and speaking about Riel suffering or being in danger.
Although Duke Qwass couldn't join them, he entrusted Asmodeus and the princesses with an official letter for Avandar with details about the alliance and terms agreed upon. Ciela carried the ssage from her mother and father, while escorted by twenty elven knights.
Their current group passing through the southern plains of Eldorai was made of twenty elven knights, one hundred human knights and Asmodeus and his group.
'Baku remained in the forest because the guardian who protected the elven empire was apparently just reborn.' Asmodeus mulled over his last discussion about leaving.
The guardian, being the sa existence as Baku, who couldn't have children, made Asmodeus accept his request. Baku and the Ape seed determined to raise the new Divine beast, and after they helped Alice to beco stronger, Asmodeus was unable to reject them or force him to co.
'In the end, I asked him to co find when he could.'
"Asmodeus, do you think the people will welco us?" Erika's voice ca from his left, snapping Asmodeus out of his thoughts.
He didn't notice Erika sneaking up behind him on her white warhorse. Her black leather armour and elven green underclothes looked charming on horseback.
She wore a leather tunic, but the pants beca a pair of padded tights and a dark green skirt with a long slit, allowing her movents to remain fluid and athletic.
'It's also lined with a special elven tal, light but durable.'
"I hope they do, if not now… maybe after we defeat that monster and return peace to their land."
Asmodeus didn't hold positive mories of Grigor, but he knew that the influence of the church and previous Lumina caused those things, and the people themselves were innocent.
He hoped to find allies among them, but most of all wanted his wives to find friends and reasons to live beyond fighting after the war ended. Though he had plans to create a kingdom in the demon territory to stop this happening again, Asmodeus couldn't gather the positive courage because of his ntal state.
"Look at that!" Ciela shouted from behind. Her excitent obvious as a huge waterfall and cliff splashed across the plains, clear water and beautiful beasts born from the pure Mana emitted from the silver forest.
"Let us stop and have a bath." Velvet comnted.
"That sounds good. The castle might be too far." Alice jumped into the conversation and began imagining a cool dip in a refreshing clear stream.
However, despite looking shallow, this beautiful pool was extrely deep, and plentiful.
"Don't ss around, rember this is a place where the animals drink, don't be disrespectful." Erika added.
Asmodeus realised how the strict duchess Alice sounded cute for a change, causing her to match her age. He believed the journey for their group led to many changes, and most of them were positive. Those who never smiled now smile, others who were closed off like a stone, were split open and beca a valued mber of his group.
'Truly, it was an enlightening journey, one that gave many of life's treasures.'
Because of the voice, Asmodeus didn't head to the Beastkin Empire, but he sent a ssage, and planned to visit once he stabilised himself, with a few months left until Yumiko and Yuina would give birth.
"Let's have a rest then."
Asmodeus slipped off his horse, guiding it to the water, allowing it to drink happily, and sitting on a rock overlooking the various won now fighting in the water.
'The elves are a lot more reserved in their play…'
He could clearly notice a difference between humans and elves. When playing in water, elves chose more reserved outfits, and rarely revealed much, even with soone they loved. It seed the elven race had modesty and respect in their culture.
'Humans… not so much. It's probably why so few elves marry outside the village.'
Asmodeus considered these things to be amusing. He looked at Ciela's bikini top and shorts, soaked from the water. "A princess who seems to have corrupted."
The won who loved him could only be described with two words.
"Completely shaless."
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Asmodeus stretched his limbs, and a heavy feeling overca him. The sun reached midday, so the rays scorched their skin, and the hot air caused sweat to drip. Despite this heat, and hours of travel ahead of them, his body refused to move.
"Are you okay?"
His first thought turned towards the voice inside his mind.
However, it was different.
A beautiful woman with pale blue skin and pink hair stroked through his golden hair, her pink eyes shimring with concern. "I thought I would never see you again."
A mory ca to Asmodeus' mind, and an image appeared of the last day they spoke. This beautiful creature, her body glowing in the rays of sunlight. As soon as she appeared, his surroundings changed.
Asmodeus found himself lying on the stone under the sun, but the voices of girls enjoying themselves vanished, and he couldn't see his warhorse either.
"Riel, I thought you were—" Her delicate blue finger covered his lips, squishing them.
"Shh, don't speak, our ti is limited. I will be alright, don't rush to find and focus on getting stronger, okay?" Riel kissed his forehead and caressed his cheeks. "I will always wait for you, no matter how long it takes." Her words, like a cool, refreshing wind, swept Asmodeus away.
"Do you understand?"
With no hesitation, he nodded.
Riel smiled, "Good, I will keep you safe so you can sleep at night." Once again, her cold, soft lips kissed his forehead, making a slight blue mark from her lip gloss.
"Take care, My Master."
The next mont, icy cold water splashed Asmodeus, and he snapped out of his dream, and gazed around looking for the woman who suddenly appeared and eased his heart.
"Riel?!"
But she wasn't there. It was likely a dream…
"Ah~ who kissed you Master? Your forehead has blue lipstick!"
Or maybe it wasn't.
'Wait…'
The mory was stuck in his mind, and he didn't understand why Riel would appear, but he was certain it happened because the lipstick was proof enough.
But it was strange.
He couldn't hear that strange voice any more, and a warm sensation ca from within, a strange feeling. It was as if Riel were protecting him from the darkness, and the voice was banished by her protection.
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