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The first thing Paul did after seeing Chris adorable Incubus avatar was hugging him and kissing him. Chris didn’t resist, and the two started making out right there, without realizing Insecta had just arrived and was watching…

“Oh my! Is this the first thing you two do every day? Fufu!” Insecta giggled.

“Eh?!”

“Ah! Insecta?!”

Chris and Paul quickly moved away from each other as they tidied up their clothes. Vlad’s shirt had been unbuttoned by Chris, while Alitheus shorts were slightly down when Paul started grabbing his butt.

“Ah! Please don’t mind me! Go on! I will remain in silence and not bother my master and his consort while they do love. It’s so sweet! It fills my cold, insectoid heart with warmth,” Insecta smiled as she glanced at the two. “I don’t ever remember doing this with someone. Is this how the people of this age show their affection to one another?”

“T-That’s not a good way to respond to what you saw!” Chris grew red as he blushed. “Geez! Why is your Familiar such a weirdo?”

“I’m sorry…” Paul apologized on Insecta’s behalf. “Ahem, Insecta, don’t do that. If you ever… see us doing this, just step out instead of watching, okay?”

“A-Ah! Is that so… Ah, of course…” Insecta’s antennas lowered as if she felt sad and disappointed of being told to give her master and his “consort” some privacy.

“Why does she feel upset about it?!” Chris gasped. “She’s really kind of a creep, isn’t she?! Is this a bug thing? Are bugs creeps? Wait, they are! Always crawling in your room, sometimes seeing you naked... It’s in their nature!”

“E-Enough with that already…” sighed Paul. “Anyways, I guess we could… ahem, we could move that for later, is it fine?”

“Yeah, I mean, I’m not in the mood anymore.” Chris crossed his arms slightly grumpily.

Paul felt a bit frustrated, but as long as Insecta learned this and knew what to do when this happened again, he shouldn’t have to worry.

Hopefully…

“Anyways, we got a lot to do today,” he said. “First, let’s go greet Mother right away; also, let’s see if Camilla’s alright. After that, first things first, we’re going to the outskirts to expand the farm as much as we possibly can. We need food—a lot of it to feed everyone—and the reserves are going down very quickly. And I’ll need more if I want to build stuff or create new units. Also, the additional protection from the Demonic Martial Plants will be really good.”

“Oh yeah! Let’s do that then!” nodded Chris, opening the door and flying downstairs.

Paul accompanied him as the two reached the living room where Camilla, Teressa, and… someone else were talking.

“Oh, you’re back, my son,” Teressa smiled. “Welcome back! Look who’s here. She came here looking for you and Alitheus, but you weren’t here yet, so I invited her to have some tea while waiting for you two! She’s the leader of the many Players that helped us defend Elderbridge. I hope you don’t mind, but we owe her and her friends quite a lot.”

“Big bro! Hi!” Camilla ran towards Vlad and hugged him. “I’m fine now; I slept nicely, and I feel super strong somehow.”

“O-Oh, I’m glad…” Vlad felt a bit shocked to see this character right inside of his house—an area of comfort he thought no other person could easily just get inside.

“Hiiii~ It’s nice to see you guys today too! Thanks for having me! Your mom is so nice, Vlad!” said the girl, with a slightly cocky smile.

“LadyQueenie, right?” Vlad muttered. “Ah, you’re welcome…”

It was LadyQueenie, perhaps one of the most popular female streamers of Fantasy Story Online at the moment, and the leader of a giant army of viewers and simps that helped him defend Elderbridge from total destruction.

Despite him not wanting to admit it, without their help, the city might have definitely fallen, or at least taken considerable damage… but thanks to their help, damage was reduced to a minimum.

“Wait, it’s the streamer gal from before, right?” Chris wondered. “Hey! I know I acted a bit rough the other day, but I should really thank you for helping us out, Queenie!”

“Alitheus! Yes! Aaah~ You’re so cute in person too! Oh my gosh! A lot of viewers always ask me how they can make their avatar look so adorable!” said Queenie. “Are you really a boy to begin with?!”

“I-I am…” Chris muttered. “I chose my avatar randomly, so yeah, it just popped up like this.”

“Woah! You too?! So both of you chose your avatar randomly! How interesting,” nodded Queenie. “Ah, don’t worry, I am not livestreaming today. So you guys should be fine. We can talk all we want! I just came to visit you two because there were several server-wide messages yesterday that sent the player base to a storm.”

“What messages…?” Vlad wondered, raising an eyebrow.

“Silly! How can’t you tell which ones? The messages where you established the first ever Guild with a Territory? Duh!” laughed Queenie. “You two suddenly became even more popular now that you’re pioneers, the first Players with a Territory! So I personally came here to make a little interview? Perhaps as my payment for helping out yesterday? Also, I was thinking about a small offer… but we can talk about that later.”

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“Ah sure,” nodded Vlad. “But we’ll be quite busy right now; I don’t think we can waste time sitting and talking. Can you ask while we move on our day? We got a lot to do. As you said, we have a whole territory we need to take care of. It’s no easy feat.”

“Oh my! Of course! It would be nice to see how everything is done in first person!” nodded Queenie, feeling amazed. “By the by! You’re so handsome too, Vlad! Your avatar is incredible! You’ve got a huge fan club of enamored girls, did you know? Hehe!”

“E-Eh?!” Vlad immediately gave a step back in embarrassment, blushing. “Really?”

“Yes! They call you the vampire prince charming of Elderbridge,” giggled Queenie. “I think they recently created a guild together to worship you.”

“What?” Vlad continued feeling more and more weirded out and embarrassed.

“Hmm…” Chris, however, made a very grumpy face for some reason.

Noticing he was getting a bit jealous, Paul decided to not pursue the topic for now.

“Anyways, we should get going,” said Vlad.

“Oh? What are you doing today?” wondered Teressa. “I had hoped you could rest for a bit today, son. You’ve been working so tirelessly every day. I know we as vampires have many responsibilities, but you should take a rest every now and then.”

“Don’t worry, I’ve taken enough rests, mother,” Vlad smiled. “We’re first going to expand the farms and revive them. Later, we’ll go take care of the last criminal group that’s left in Eldebridge. I think we might go out to explore, depending on how long we take. If it takes little time, we might go; if not, we’ll do it tomorrow.”

“Oooh! I see, I see!” Teressa nodded. “Oh well, I’ll take care of the Territory System and the buildings while you’re doing your things, so don’t worry. I wish I could help, but only you have such miraculous powers, son.”

“It’s alright, mother; you do a lot already; please make sure to rest,” said Vlad, patting Teressa’s shoulders.

“My son… You’re such a nice young man,” Teressa sighed, looking a bit teary-eyed. “Mooch, mooch, mooch!” She started kissing his entire face. “Mama loves you lots and lots!”

“E-Eh?!” Vlad blushed as he was kissed. “T-Thanks…?”

He was a bit surprised by this sudden showcase of affection, which only made Queenie’s eyes become little stars out of excitement.

“So cuteeee! So this is mother-son interaction between vampires?!” she gasped. “So even when you’re cold outside, you’re so warm and close at closed doors! Ahh~”

“Queenie, stop being a creep.” Alitheus groaned.

“E-Eh? Was I being a creep?” Queenie cried, suddenly sensing a very cold air. “Eek!”

“Please don’t disturb my time with my son…” Teressa said. “Doing such shameless remarks… We vampires are indeed incredibly cold, and our relationships tend to never extend beyond bloodline ties and political power struggles. However, I am trying to be… different. And you saying such things has only made this more embarrassing than it should be! I was kind enough to invite you, but please leave my house right now.”

“I-I’m so sorry, Lady Teressa! Please forgive me!” Queenie implored.

“Leave.”

FLUOSH!

“Uwaagh!”

Queenie was sent flying by cold winds from the window, as she ended flying far, far away…

“That was a bit excessive,” Vlad remarked.

“Don’t mind that,” Teressa sighed, crossing her arms. “But was it… too much? I was trying to be kind like mothers from lesser tribes are. Was it awkward? Should I have not done that? It made me… a bit happy. I used to kiss your forehead every morning when you were a baby, remember?”

“A-Ah, I don’t really remember something like that.” Vlad muttered. “But its… I guess it’s fine. In moderation…”

“I see!” Teressa nodded. “So my son loves his mother’s kisses!”

“D-Don’t put it that way; it sounds kind of weird!” Vlad muttered, feeling embarrassed.

“Hmm…” at the same time, Chris grumpy face appeared again, although he said nothing.

“O-Okay, we’re leaving now! See you later, mother!” Vlad quickly grabbed Alitheus before his face were to grow even more as if he were looking at human garbage.

“Wait! Big bro! I wanna go! I wanna go!” Camilla ended following him.

“Camilla?! Ah, well… I guess it’s ok.” Vlad said. “Right mom?”

“I suppose! She has grown considerably stronger after she drank so much blood; she can go, but behave, alright, Camilla? And come back early too!” said Teressa.

“Okay mama!” Camilla nodded cutely, flying by the side of her brother.

While Vlad flew using his Soar Spell, Camilla had to simply use her Telekinetic abilities to lift herself up from the ground, making it easy for her to fly without issues.

“Woah, your sis’ powers are sure useful,” said Chris. “She helped a lot yesterday too… Can’t imagine how strong she’ll get once she starts Ranking Up some more.”

“What’s your Tier right now?” asked Vlad. “Camilla?”

“Hmm…” Camilla started thinking about it, and then she saw her status screen appear in front of her. “My Blood Core? Tier 3!”

“Already?! That was fast!” said Vlad. “So power leveling really worked well! Nice.”

“It’s all thanks to big bro, so I’m really grateful,” Camilla hugged him while they flew.

“Haha, it’s fine; you don’t need to be so grateful; you helped so much; it’s your rightful reward,” said Vlad. “Anyways, the outskirts are over there… let’s go.”

As they flew through the skies, Chris looked around.

“So where did that Queenie go to anyway?" I can’t see her anywhere,” he said.

“Mom blew her away with her powers,” said Camilla. “So maybe very far away!”

“I think that was a bit exaggerated though…” Vlad sighed. “I hope she doesn’t get a beef against us and then begins harassing us or making her simps troll us; that would be the worst.”

“It indeed would be!” said Chris. “But I don’t think so; she looked very obsessed with us, so maybe she’ll forgive Teressa.”

As they reached the destroyed outskirts, they noticed a giant, silver and purple-scaled silhouette sitting in front of the gate.

“Ah, it’s Argentia; it looks like he’s doing fine,” said Chris. “Hey Argentia! Hi!”

“Ohh?! My priestess!” Argentia started wagging his tail like a happy dog the moment he heard Alitheus’ melodious voice. “It seems you’re back! What are you doing today?”

“We’re doing some farming; want to help?” Alitheus asked.

“But of course! Although my powers aren’t quite fit for such things as agriculture…” said Argentia.

“You could help us plow the land with your giant claws, actually,” said Vlad. “That could be plenty useful. Also move away all the rubble and stones and so on to clean the land?”

“Hmm, is that what you want me to do, my priestess?” wondered Argentia; he still didn’t really want to obey Vlad’s commands.

“Yeah, do that! And also follow Vlad’s commands; he knows more than me about this,” said Alitheus.

“Hahh… V-Very well,” sighed the dragon. “As annoying as that might be, it is my beautiful priestess’ will… unfortunately.”

“Why does he look so unwilling?!” Vlad facepalmed. “Does he hate me so much?”

“Hahaha! Just leave him be,” Chris shrugged.

By Chris commands, Argentia started cleaning and plowing the land, throwing away the burned, destroyed stones and dirt, and clearing the area surrounding the walls of Elderbridge.

While doing so, Vlad used his Subclass Abilities to spread countless seeds enchanted with his spiritual powers while expanding his domain everywhere, which also created tiny harvest martial spirits everywhere.

As they did that, Camilla helped by using her delicate control over her Telekinetic abilities to cover the seeds with dirt as they moved over Argentia’s back.

This ended creating an incredibly efficient method, and they began to rapidly cover several kilometers around the city with new seeds and blessed land.

“Heeey! Vlaad! Alitheuuus! I’m baaack!”

“Agh…”

“Why is she back?”

The two sighed in frustration as they heard Queenie’s voice coming from the skies.

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