After giving Laerad a few more reminders on how he can better take care of the children, I asked him to bring back to my villa in the Acade of Gnosis. He reluctantly complied with my request but with a condition that I visit him and the kids whenever I can which I imdiately agreed to. I gave one fiery kiss before teleporting back in my bedroom in Hoffen.
Since I am in my last sester on my first year in the acade, I decided to take very few classes so that I can focus on other things that I have to settle outside of its grounds. My first two sesters were packed full of classes five days a week. I have taken so many subjects that I could have been promoted to my second year imdiately. For the third sester, I already did one out of the three required imrsion classes in advance to facilitate my visit to Sklavryet and the surrounding mystique sanctuaries. Imrsions are supposed to be taken during the last three sesters of my second year but I did it quite early to hide my visit to Freyheimr.
Everything I do has always been dependent on my main mission. Taking in several classes to get a lot of acade points, working part-ti as an adventurer, building a business, and even taking as many official certifications (alchemy, botany, cooking, butchering, first aid, etc) were all to earn as much money as I can by the ti I leave the shield given to by the acade. Even marrying my husbands officially earns acade points though I did it because I value and want to take full responsibility for them. All acade points I earn will be converted to 1:1 ratio to silver when I graduate so it is technically another source of inco for .
Now that money isn't that much of a problem anymore, I have to move on with the next thing on my list which was having more children. I promised Kayden and Dimitri that it will be their turn soon since Ioannis has already given birth. I have to allot 2 days each for the both of them for our official honeymoon in Eieneos sa with what I have given Ioannis to ensure fairness. I should start by next weekend then but for now, I have to hasten the pace of visiting the other mystique sanctuaries to get more renters for the world tree realm.
I called on Void to et again for any updates on the last task I gave him. Hopefully he has gathered all the information he can get from Lyartaim by this ti. Within half an hour, I felt Void appear inside my villa. Since he can't enter my room directly through teleportation, he can only appear in the living room area. I went out of my room to fetch him and bring him directly to my personal office instead.
After entering my office, he gave a greeting while kneeling on one knee as usual. I had told him so many tis to stop these overly polite greeting gestures but the guy simply smirked and answered that he will onny stop once I take him as my official lover. He reasoned that he was nothing but a lowly subordinate of mine right now. I rolled my eyes at the obvious lewd insinuations in his words.
Void, being the ever efficient subordinate that he is, gave a detailed report on everything that has been happening in Lyartaim for the last 50 years. It seems that the existence of the separate village only ca about during the reign of the current leadership which started 15 years ago. At first, the leaders were working diligently to keep their sanctuary thriving but eventually greed took over their minds once they received promises of benefits by making beast n available for nightly services to other races.
They could not just pick out n randomly from the population since it will sow civil unrest so they used an official law in the sanctuary to make everybody obey. They targeted unmarried n that are already way past their pri age for marriage as well as n that could not produce children even after being married for several years. They capitalized on the culture and thinking that a man's main worth is to have children and if they couldn't, they have to be useful in so other way.
It turns out that the separate village have been built only about 3 years ago. At first, only beast n won went there to take the nightly services but eventually it was opened to outsiders that are willing to pay the exorbitant fees given by the leaders of Lyartaim. They did not see anything wrong with as long as both the leadership and the custors are willing participants to the deal. They never considered the plights and the decisions of the n who they forced to provide nightly services at all.
As for the living conditions inside Lyartaim, it follows the common rules of the forest which was "survival of the fittest" and "the weak has to bow down to the strong". In this case, predators will always be at the top of their society, holding main positions in the leadership and major business inside the sanctuary. On the other hand, omnivores were the common businessn and rchant families that are considered middle class or slightly rich. As for the herbivores, they can only work for the other two more powerful mbers of the society as farrs and common laborers, making them the usual victim of injustices and even starvation.
At the end of Void's report, he ntioned that it would be best to rescue those "useful" inside the separate village. He has confird that most of the n inside were skilled workers not only from the herbivores side but also from the omnivore and carnivore tribes. They were technically abandoned by their own families who were afraid of penalties and punishnts. He smirked as he said that taking them in will make them indebted to . This guy that thinks like a villain even said that they will be useful for my endeavors and I can even pick so of them to have children with and they will surely be willing participants.
I can only sigh at his cruel side comnts as he is starting to sound like Lia and Aelorus when they first talked about "vessels". For once, I am honestly not thinking about touching those n. I just want them rescued and start living a better life. Most of them are still able-bodied workers so they can use their talent and skills to repay my help. They can use the sa to pay the rent for living in the world tree realm in the future. If they end up being mine in the future out of their own free will, it's fine but for now, they probably need ti to heal from whatever trauma they received from that filthy place more.
As a bonus, Void also gave a map of Lyartaim's sanctuary including the separate village. It was clearly marked as to where each tribe resides and where the hos of the leaders and other important people are located. He also gave a list of their common products and produce and also the specialized abilities and skills of so potential n I can rope into my family as well. Overall, I was very impressed with his work.
I threw a bag of orbs again as his reward to provide sustenance to his people. As for his personal sustenance, he has been taking it directly from through our short interactions. As per his words, "Nothing is more delicious when food is prepared especially for you." which simply ans that because I like him personally, our interactions give him the best source of sustenance there is.
His haughtiness never fails to make smile as I called him with an exaggerated flirty tone to tease him. I stood up and walked in front of my office table and sat on its edge. He scoffed at the obvious taunt I made but still approached anyways. I imdiately placed my hand at the back of his neck to give him a fiery kiss which he reciprocated imdiately.
During the several tis I called Void for both small and big tasks, our interactions have beco increasingly intense. We only started with kissing and hugging each other, which escalated to touching each other's bodies until it ca to a point that we have ended up naked in bed. We have done everything that lovers would do except THE DEED itself.
I have always told him that it is not yet ti and I can see the frustration and the insatiable hunger in his eyes after each ti we have to stop right before the deed. Though he looked like he'd rather die than stop, he still obediently stops whenever I tell him to.
Today, we ended up making out again on top of my office table and then on the sofa. We were heavily panting and our bodies are all heated up. As usual, we had to stop right before everything goes out of control. With a voice that shows how much he is trying to control his sanity he asked, "When are you going to take ?"
I gave him a brief kiss on the lips and then a tight hug. I whispered, "Surely not now and not on this unromantic room on top of this sofa. Don't you want it to be romantic and planned at least?"
He bit teasingly on my shoulder and murmured, "Fuck romance and planning. You are going to end up making insane then killing in a horrible way with all this waiting."
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