Chapter 18 – My Kingdom and Deepening Our Relationship

I then, accompanied by my beautiful ‘love’, did a tour around the castle. Many things changed when I wasn’t paying attention. It gives me a headache to explain all the stuff, so I’ll just keep it clear.

First, my clones. They arranged themselves alone and each one of them got a role. The roles went like this.

Two Clones; a dragon and a human form one, to register the people who came to the kingdom.

One clone to train the newcomers, for the people that are already powerful, they will be tested with a spar and they will be assigned by their strength. This one also supervises the trainees in their living quarters

One clone to look after the supervisors. He has the authority to punish them and even remove them from their positions.

One clone to act as the king. He just stays in my living place (not room, just the building). He also takes some strolls from time to time to show the people our might by releasing his Aura. That also serves as motivation for the others since he always tells them that if they are strong enough, they can have more authority and can climb up the hierarchy.

Lastly, two clones to act as guards, royal ones and normal ones. They look around the castle when the ‘king’ is resting and when he’s taking a walk around, they guard him. They always protect the place and stop fights that were spread in the first day. They are known for their strength around here and nobody offends or messes with them.

I asked Lucy why did they let a dragon on the reception and she told me that it is a symbol of strength as well as tolerance and fairness between the races.

It seemed to work since the Undead and mutated humans that came felt relieved upon seeing that a dragon is strolling there freely. [Author’s Note: I didn’t know what to call them, I felt that ‘monsters’ would be bad so I called them like that]

Moving on, the next thing is the trainees. Many ‘creatures’ seem to be promising as they are getting used to the System quickly and even some of them are strong. Until this moment, 3 supervisors were chosen. Two of them were martial arts masters that had some strength. They killed monsters since they are stronger than normal humans originally and managed to buy Bloodlines. I don’t know the details, but it seems that it changed their appearances greatly, that’s why they chose to come here. They are having fun, it seems. I’m going to visit the training field later, so I will meet them. What surprised me is the next supervisor, he is just a 14 years old boy. He’s very secretive and the only thing that is known about him is that his ability is an ‘Area of Effect’ one around him, It’s very powerful. I asked Lucy why didn’t they investigate it, she told me that it seemed unnecessary since once he tried to fight my clone and got his ass kicked without being able to do anything. They deemed him not dangerous, but, I won’t do that. He could be acting and I don’t want a ‘hidden dragon’ to be in my castle.

Next comes the citizens, this is something that I didn’t think about. I thought about making every one of my people fighting experts, but that didn’t seem to work. Some women, elderly and children couldn’t do that. So, to cope with that, the ‘king’ decided to make a city below. I gave all my clones free control, so they could use the System. He bought ores, Immortal ones to be exact, and built the city. I investigated it and it holds quite a number of people. Shops are even opened, not normal ones, but Alchemy shops (pills, elixirs, potions etc.), Armory shops and even an auction. It’s actually a part of the System. It’s a hidden auction that one of my clones found. To access this auction, you must have a password and like that, an exclusive auction opened in my city.

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Next the registration. It seems that to enter the city, you need to pay 50 points. At first it was free, but after a while, the ‘king’ decided to make it as a tax. Speaking of taxes, it seems that he also made a 20 points tax for the citizens. The army doesn’t have to pay since they are ‘paying’ with their efforts.

These were the outer things that are happening. Anybody could know those, but what I’m looking for is the things hidden from the public. It seems that even Lucy didn’t know about them, so we went to the place the ‘king’ is living in to ask about the reaction of the other countries and how the politics are working.

After a conversation that lasted about 30 minutes, I found out about some really important things. There seem to be 3 main alliances in the new world. The Asian Union, which involves all the Asian countries, it seems that a single individual united them, he is extremely secretive and not many know anything about him, not even his name. I asked the clone why didn’t he just check things out with his sense and he told me that there are some barriers surrounding some places in Asia. He guessed that they are the meeting room, their headquarters and the place where the powerful person lives. I was confused since he could shatter them, but he answered by saying that they will notice and that would make them extremely careful, they could even try to nullify the treaty that they suggested out of suspicion.

That’s right, it seems that they suggested a peace treaty with us and open borders. This is often used between kingdoms, it’s not an alliance so they can ignore us in wars and they can benefit by accessing our market and all. The American Union also did the same by trying to make friends of us. I felt slightly irritated that they think they can use us, but I would do the same, so I can’t judge them for it.

What remains was the European Union, there are some problems with this one. Do you remember when I destroyed that island near the continent and the people that I saved from it. It seems that they were influential people from the previous government. We managed to extract lots of information from them, they were unwilling at first, but after some ‘really nice and peaceful discussion’ with them, they finally ‘told’ us the info.

It seems that a very big criminal took over the previous Union. That brought many problems since he is an arrogant bitch that is extremely stupid. He doesn’t even have protection against sensing type abilities like the rest and my clone observed him all the time (except in the walks, of course). After some observation, he discovered that the fool is trying to wage war against us. He seems to be a little bit smart since he is gathering forces. Even as we were talking, he was training about 20 people. After I observed him personally, I managed to discover something that made me grin deeply. He was a cultivator like me! He’s weak, though. If I had to compare, he would be in the Second Stage of my technique. That’s obviously good since that stage could be compared to the later stages of normal ones. I also discovered that he can control Fire Energy, of course, he needs to absorb it first then use. He is not like me who can control outer energy.

With that done, I decided to continue my stroll around the mansion and visit the training grounds. Lucy was with me the whole time, by the way. When we were in the path to the field, she hugged my hand and leaned on me. I was startled beyond belief as I couldn’t hear what she was saying. I felt something poking my face and I woke up from my stupor. I saw Lucy giggling while looking at me, my face went red and I felt extremely embarrassed.

“So, even the most powerful person in the world can make that face. *Giggle*” She said.

“I-it’s n-not like t-that! I was just surprised!” I replied, stuttering from embarrassment

“Putting that aside Chris, don’t you feel that the world has changed much. I’m feeling a little bit scared actually. Even with this power of mine, I’m feeling afraid. I feel danger all around, I can’t sleep well at night and I can’t help but feel nervous everywhere I go.”

All the ‘joking’ atmosphere went away and it was replaced by a melancholic one.

“To tell you the truth, Lucy, at first, I was scared. Inside of me, all the time, I felt scared of what would happen in the future. That feeling seeped away when I got this powerful, though. So, I can’t really help you with surpassing it. We’re not the same. You got your power unwillingly, you were betrayed, you didn’t have a choice in this. As for me, I was the one who chose to have this strength. I feel that I’m changing day by day. At first, I was a little bit worried about my parents and my close companions from the neighborhood, but now, I feel like they aren’t worthy of my worry. I sometimes hate myself. I hate myself for choosing to change. As the saying goes, one won’t know the value of something only when he loses it. I hated humans before, I hated everything, but now, I sometimes… miss them. I feel like I lost a part of me” I said, feeling a strong emotion tugging at my heart.

Silence dominated the place. We kept standing like that, not knowing what to say. I couldn’t find any words to speak and I’m sure Lucy was the same. At the end, she sighed and said.

“*Sigh*. It seems that even you have problems. *Cheering up* Alright, there’s no use worrying about it now. We could deal with the danger when it comes. I still feel a little bit nervous, though”

“I’ll protect you” I said with an assuring voice.

When I said that, Lucy looked at me in the eyes. I couldn’t help but say that. I felt that I should protect her. This fragile girl, her smile, her cheerfulness, her beauty, her happiness. I wanted to protect them, I felt that was my mission, my objective, that my life depended on it.

We kept staring at each other, our feeling being transmitted by our gazes. She felt my will to protect her. I felt her gratitude, reconnaissance and … love.

Without being able to control myself, I kissed her. Our lips connected and her warmth and feelings filled me. I felt that this is my place, this is where I belong, near here. Here, I could be happy, cheerful, safe. In here, I could be me, not some monsters that only seeks destruction. I could feel myself being human near her.

We kept kissing, kissing and kissing. It felt like eternity. I was filled with love, passion. I liked that sensation. I wanted to remain like this forever. Without knowing anything about it, we entered my room and got into my bed. Our lips never moved apart as we ripped each other’s clothes.

I felt that with this woman, I could spend my whole time being ME, not some dragon. We then spent the next few hours doing sex. It was passionate, I didn’t regret anything and from her loving gaze and that blossoming smile on her face, I was sure that she felt happy about it.

This would kill the mood, but I wasn’t really sure that I could ejaculate in her or if even I could have sex with my new body, but it seems that it worked and my semen was a golden colored one. I could also feel some energy in it. I didn’t try to pry it since that would interrupt our fervent moment.

We were lying in my king-sized bed and I asked her a question, I knew the answer, but I had to make sure.

“Lucy, are you sure you want to spend the rest of your life with me? I’m just a monster, you know. I’m going to go into very dangerous and life-threatening adventures in the future. Are you sure you want to follow me?”

After I finished, she didn’t say anything. Silence loomed over the room, but her answer was something unexpected.

She jumped over my body and said. “You’re asking that question now? Of course, I would follow you!”

She then started kissing me again and we had another round of sex.

Author's Note:

*Wipes the sweat on my forehead* Feww, that was a little bit hard to write.

Guys, please comment if I described the scene between them correctly.

If some of you think that it is badly written (especially emotions), please comment and I will try to change it or find a solution.

Also, sorry for the info dump guys. I know that the first part of this chapter is boring, even when I was rereading it, I was bored.

But, that's necessary information. Sorry.