Relaxing in the Hot Springs…

Soaking in the warmth of the water that seemed to take all the stress away…

Even better if there is a beautiful woman nearby…

Though in Dark Lord’s case, he enjoyed the former and completely ignored the latter.

Many men would have found themselves tempted by the elven woman who was now sharing the bathing area with him, but to him… her allure meant nothing.

‘It was supposed to be my day off. Why the hell did Luka follow me today, of all days…I know I am the Dark Lord and all, but it would be nice to have one day I can relax without worrying about something happening. I guess that is too much to ask…’

“Say, Runfar”

Dark Lord ended up being caught off guard by Lukalis’s voice.

“Yes?”

“What kind of a mate would you desire to have children with, if you ever wanted to have any?”

‘Oh, it’s about that. Considering our contract, I might as well tell her’

“Well…As a matter of fact, I already have one”

“What?”

“A child”

“Really?! I would never have guessed you were already a father.”

“That’s the truth”

Lukalis was truly shocked. She did not expect Dark Lord to have already sired an offspring.

“So who is the mother of your kid? Is she a human or of another race?”

Hesitating a little, Dark Lord answered.

“She was…an angel”

Lukalis, who was drinking a cup of water, ended up immediately spitting it out.

It was apparent that this new piece of information was even more surprising than hearing Dark Lord having a kid.

“You must be joking”

“I assure you, I am not”

“An angel…you don’t mean that in figurative sense, do you?”

After Dark Lord shook his head, Lukalis uttered.

“Of the same species as Morphus?”

“Yes, apparently”

“But how? Morphus told me that angels don’t have gender. So how can you have a child with this angel?”

Now it was Dark Lord’s turn to be surprised.

He nervously scratched his cheek.

‘Come to think of it, if I were to compare the two of them, Morphus is definitely more masculine while Desolai acts more feminine…But if they don’t have genders….’

Dark Lord chose not to think too much about it.

Instead he gave a very simple response.

“There are things you only find out by doing them…” which he referred to mixing his blood with the essence of an angel and putting it in a vessel made of clay.

Apparently, if the essences of a human being and an angel mix, and are put inside of a vessel, then a new life could be created.

Morphus did say that there are many things unknown and mysterious things about how this world affects angels.

How the angels reproduce in this world was one of those unknown things.

‘Well, that’s one mystery down for you. It all comes down to mixing essences…’

He did not realize just how he ended up wording it.

“You lecher!”

Dark Lord could only shrug at her statement, not knowing that his words created a rather lewd mental image of him within her mind.

“But still, if you fornicated with an angel… then perhaps…”

Lukalis moved in closer, her eyes staring into Dark Lord’s.

She was so close that Dark Lord could feel her heartbeat.

But instead of being even a little bit nervous or excited, his eyes were half closed in boredom.

“If you are trying to seduce me, I assure you that is not going to work”

“Huh?” Lukalis finally came to her senses and realized just how much of a compromising position she put herself in.

She just got carried away with the moment.

“Even before I was turned into this half corpse, I never had much interest in such things….But if you are offering…”

Dark Lord put his hand behind her back, caressing her waist. “Who am I to refuse?”

“Ieeeeeep!” Lukalis ended up backing away as fast as she could, but she ended up tripping and falling into the shallow water.

“Your expression was rather priceless, Luka”

“Shut up!”

Her face completely red, she could only stare at him with a mixture of anger and embarrassment.

Unlike what she had thought, Dark Lord did not seem to be a stranger to sex.

Seeing Luka pouting at him, Dark Lord chuckled a little.

If only life was simple like this all the time.

“Now then, back to the business. Are the armors for the Shadow Lords ready?”

“They will be in a short while”

“And what about the plan for the elven kingdom’s capital? I believe I lent you four of the Shadow Lords to help with that endeavor. I hope that went well?”

While Dark Lord was taking care of his own affairs, Lukalis asked for several helpers to go with her to the elven capital.

She took Camilla, Kyra, Meros, and Lake.

Each one of them ended up laying a magical seal marking on the five corners of the elven kingdom’s capital.

It was an ancient and powerful spell that required some time to organize and prepare.

Creation of the seals took several days for each one, and then it was a matter of putting the seals on the five corners of the capital, so that when activated, the spell would cover the entire capital city, the very location where the elven royal family resided.

“All the preparations for the invasion of the elven capital are ready, but I warn you, a spell of such magnitude can only be used once and it will only last twelve hours. During that time, all the magic of the elves within the capital city will be disabled, that includes mine as well. But the other races will not be affected.”

“Splendid. I have around two thousand goblins ready to fight. We shall commence the operation by the end of this month”

“That sounds delightful”

Lukalis proceeded to cover herself with a towel before heading off.

“I guess you are not going to stay”

“Like you stated previously, master, this is the men’s bathing area”

“I hope you are satisfied with the answers you got”

Her face red, Lukalis hesitantly asked another question.

“About that angel and your son….Where are they now?”

“Around nine hundred years in the future, I am afraid”

Part of her wanted to slap him, but part of her felt relieved.

In short, it meant that they were not here, which meant that Dark Lord might have a room in his heart for another…

Thinking about it made Lukalis a little jealous.

Just what kind of a person this angel was, for Dark Lord to love her so much?

‘Why can’t he love me the same way he loves her?’

Lukalis, who never cared much for love, found herself head over heels for the man who called himself the Dark Lord, but unfortunately, it was obvious he loved another.

He only had eyes for her. Anyone else was nothing but a speck of dust in the wind.

And that alone made Lukalis tear up a little on the inside.

‘But if that angel is not here, that means I still have a chance…’

After that, Lukalis proceeded to use her magic to turn invisible and leave.

Dark Lord could only wonder why Lukalis expressed so much interest in him.

‘Oh well, I guess that much is taken care of. Might as well get out of the water and go towards the bath…I heard they have fancy scented towels…’