-How was it Na Lian?

-Mostly everyone agreed to join and the newcomers were sent away. Just like you predicted. Now you have your own harem. Retorted the tall redhead.

-We both know that if I had so much nothing to do, I would do my secretary instead of building a harem. Though their job does involve sex somewhat, we can't just rely on the actual royal maids to keep the house up to noble standards. He said while shrugging but not taking his eyes out of the document on the table.

-And I freaking wouldn't complain! How. Much time do you plan to keep me in this table?! Hissed the succubus.

-As I said, their job involves sex, you go and test the whole crew after they pass through the other professors. And there she goes running again. Anyway, here's your stash of healing core stones, eat only one per day. He said while giving her a pouch.

-You do notice these are… *Crunch crunch crunch… *

-Yesh, dilicious and acinting. (Yes, delicious and addicting.) *Gulp* -But they also help with affinities and cultivation up to a point. Tell me when they don't have an effect anymore and I will give you the higher tiered ones. He said before throwing three more shiny stones of different colors in his mouth and moaning.

-You know people normally refine these because they cause immense pain in one's meridians if they're not digested slowly, right? Said the stunned woman before looking at the sack of stones she was supposed to eat.

-Yup, want some others? You can eat one of each element a day after reaching the second rank. I have the four base elements, poison, wood, death, metal, space, time, blood… actually, take these as well, blood, time, wood and death have a good affinity with healing. Death is kind of bitter, so here's some coffee candy to mask the taste. That's about it, so go and train now.

He said before shoving the woman out of his office and getting the only book in his cabinet out of its secret compartment.

-If one wants to be a master, they should first master the basics.

…

-Ok, so I want you guys to start building homes for the stronger goblins and those with more influence or ability, that should get them interested. The same night you should introduce cooking and then activate the one time teleportation device to get the construction team there. You guys leave in two days to get to a drown colony. It is recently founded, only some hundred strong and most are male. These are a more civilized target in our list, but they should actually be easier to convince since they are pretty much normal elves, but instead of being igualitarians, they are matriarchal, so you guys just need to advocate how great our queen is and have the woman lead the efforts. Remember, no matter how gentle they seem, drown have tendencies to violence and trying to break their partners. That's all, good luck.

-You know there's plenty of normal people in the drown community right? Asked Bibi

-And if I told that to normal humans they'd simply fall for the busty dark elves and turn into their kink slaves after one section. Monotoned Aki to the succubus while trying not to wince every time she pulled his hair.

Apparently Huang Jia didn't have any talent when dealing with hair.

Suddenly, Aki got another call and grinned at the notice.

-This is gonna hurt~.

…

In the royal palace, at the royal chambers.

-Why can we only ever talk here? Asked a confused Fang who just got inside her own room.

-Because it's the most warded off place in the whole palace. And it's… *mumble mumble*

-Eh, what did you say?

-I don't know if you're going to like this or not and it's of kind of personal. He sighed, got up and signed for her to come closer.

-Fang, I know this isn't what you wanted, but it's something with huge prospects and a huge risk. The plan itself won't matter if you don't agree right now, so I won't bother you with it first. This is not entirely because of the plan, I just… he was almost stammering at this point.

-Min Qiu Jiahao, do I need to massaquer thousands for some kind of ritual? She seriously asked.

-Well, no.

-Are you going to run away from the kingdom?

-No, I actually quite like it here.

-Do I need to give up the throne to you?

-Please don't!

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-Then it's not so bad I can't take it. Say what you need to say.

After a pause and a deep breath, Aki kneeled. He was actually stopped though.

-What are you doing? Asked a confused queen.

-Well, it's a ceremony thingy. If I don't do it now I don't think any of my ancestors would rest in their graves before hitting me a hundred times. He said with some embarrassment in his voice.

-Ok… She said with a raised brown.

Kneeling again, Aki took a carved silver ring our of his pocket.

-Wang Bai Fang, you are one of the few people to ever respect me and the only to actually try to be with me despite seeing so much of me. You saw the wars I am preparing to cause, the lives I plan to ruin, yet you wish to stay by my side and change me while still accepting what I am. I can say this right now with certainty, even if you were disfigured or returned to your state of plainess, my opinion of you would not diminish, probably grow actually. I am certainly not the most worth of it, but I am willing to make that change, so, will you be my fiancée?

Realization dawned upon her at about half of his word, and now a tomato red woman had to do a decision.

-I… I… No. She resolutely said after breathing a few times.

-Right? Sorry if it was too sudden, I just wanted to at least try this before going to a do or die situation. He said while smiling at his own silliness and getting up and storing the ring.

-Wait, then what if I had said yes?! Asked a confused queen.

-I'd have kissed you, swiped you off your feet and carried you to bed before trying my best to satisfy you with…

-I get it, I get it! Just don't play with me like that anymore. Said the annoyed woman while holding her head and a little more.

-Fang, I am not playing or planning anything with this. I did just say that there are other ways to get what I wanted to achieve and I was serious. If you had accepted me then I'd not have to go and kill demons to get an apparatus done together with my students, I'd simply be able to do it as your groom. I swear on the heavens that I did not omit or lie in any of the sentences I said after entering this room if not to get your true reaction to my proposal. A ray of gold shined around him as he said that.

-What… does that mean. She was baffled in so many ways right now.

-That you don't truly want to forever be with me yet, just that. I can be your secret lover until you're ready to make it public.

That same day, in the morning, they had a similar conversation, one to decide their relationship.

It was mostly an awkward talk with one side saying they couldn't actually commit to a serious relationship because of the state of the worlds and politics while apologizing about giving Aki hope and him simply saying that he understood.

After he said he didn't know what to think about the future, she suggested a they dated without anyone knowing and he asked for time to think.

And so he got catatonic until two in the afternoon and found out that the girls were playing with his hair, witch was growing very fast and reached the back of his neck now.

He also found out that Gang had tried to wake him up with a punch in the balls, but he broke his hand punching the cursed damascus steel he used to protect his groin.

Also, for those that did not guess it yet, while this is the only country to summon a hero to help fight the demons, others have their own ancestral methods of defense.

The hero summoning isn't actually that impressive, this country exists and prospers mostly because it's area is surrounded by a desert in the South, mountains in the west and the ocean in the east.

While they don't exactly live in luxury or poverty, this big trade hub is a easy connection between places full of natural disasters, including the ocean of monsters, and two of the biggest empires. So no one wants to dispute the land nor does the kingdom tries to expand.

Now, you should've noticed that I said there are dangerous lands in most directions another kingdom to the north, right?

Well, it just so happens that the dragon empire is a fantasy version of Japan and actually has high security maritime trade, needed to transverse even the continental waters, industrial power limited by their small size and resources. With their three big islands and various small ones not being enough, the dragon empire conquered part of the continent on the east.

Nope, it's not a tipo, I said east, not west. Yes, the only continent is to the west of the archipelago.

This world is only one out of a hundred in the one hundred immortal worlds.

Wait, I said it wrong, oops. There are a hundred mortal worlds inside each immortal world and there at a hundred immortal worlds inside the divine world. 10101 worlds in total if I remember it right.

They were originally only three, one of each, but a war happened and the divine world divided the immortal world for trying to invade, somehow someway, they accidentally did the same to the mortal world.

No one cared to fix it, so now all worlds are basically a copy and paste of the other with some political and man made differences as exceptions. If you try to fly in a straight line in any direction for too long, you will simply be teleported to the other side of the world.

Not really a world, right? Well, that doesn't matter, we'll solve the gramatics later. (or not)

The other big empire is the Fenix one, the floating land.

It's a very closed place that only keeps relations with three kingdoms, one of then being the current one.

While the tariffs, taxes and commerce itself generate plenty of money, there are very big expendings with safety and anti desertification.

Yeah, the dessert is not natural. Big surprise. Now, while keeping big tigers with wings, lesser dragons, doppelgangers, krakens, a subaquatic empire of nagas with a expansionist mentality and other shit that comes from the mountains and sea are very expensive endeavors, other countries also contribute somewhat to those as well as they "can", but the desertification is something that people just don't seem to see as more than a very money intensive project.

Well, it is literally throwing money at the problem in this case. Really, the plan happening there is quite good. Well, more that I like it than good actually.

Uh? Did she stop beating him till near death already? Oh, now she's just lecturing him.

At least he was allowed to eat some recovery pills.

…

At the dragon emperor's palace.

*BOOM*

-Track this letter to it's origins. I don't care what you need to use, do it.

An androgynous man with long black hair and black eyes fought to keep his emotions under control.

His most loyal servants were taking all those unable to bear the pressure of his aura away and someone had already even placed the wall back to where it was before the emperor punched it.

"Could it be true? No, as the emperor I shan't let my emotions cloud my judgment. If it's true then it will be the happiest day of my life, if not, them I shall burn the responsible and all the generations of his family back to hell."

Resolution shining in his eyes, the merciless emperor started his own preparations.