We spent our last night together. They wouldn’t be waiting until after the wedding. The reasoning for that was pretty simple. They weren’t invited. I had communicated with the prince for clarification on the details, and it sounded like I was coming along as part of the Aberis delegation. However, most everyone had already left with the delegation days or even weeks ago. There were only four spots left. Two spots Prince Aberis had left open for me and Eliana. The remaining two had been left for Lord Reign, but he hadn’t responded to requests after our encounter, so they went to me.

Why was Eliana suddenly going? He didn’t answer that clearly other than muttering something about women. I didn’t argue with him though. I didn’t need a strong reason to go with my pregnant woman. I imagined that she wanted the same opportunity to go out with me while we were both dressed nicely. Anyway, that left only two spots open for me. I asked him about bodyguards, and he said bodyguards were already provided, and that I should use the spots for family and servants. Well, the entire Tibult family was there, and they were more protection than anyone would ever need.

If things got dicey, it wouldn’t be difficult to escape, and besides, inviting people to a wedding and then killing them was unheard of. Maybe a demon would act so horribly, but among humans, this idea would make someone an enemy of the church. Simply put, even the former king felt safe sending Eliana along to the Ost Republic, so it should be fine. Since the girls would just be sitting around bored at an inn, and I needed to be with the delegation, we decided it was best if they didn’t dally another week.

The next morning, everyone prepared to leave. Most of the postwar decisions had already been settled, so I mostly just checked and made sure everything was going according to plan. The malacrum dagger and the silvthril sword were now in my mansion’s treasury. I called it my mansions treasury, but it was the treasure room of the dungeon. Getting to it would be exceptionally difficult with now three old dungeon masters protecting it.

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The army and monsters had scattered into the wilderness, but there weren’t the numbers to be a threat. Our men had experience now, and we numbered several thousand. Even though the paladins and nobles returned to their cities, Chalm’s strength had risen drastically. They were making plans to move on Alerith, but they would wait until I came back. I planned to let everyone rest and then portal them to the outskirts of Alerith.

Technically, a hard march would take a week, which was when I should be back from the wedding. This way, I could let the army rest, but keep our portal abilities under wraps. Lord Reign was still alive. He hadn’t been with the army that marched south. However, without his Master, there was no telling how much of him remained. Either way, he wasn’t a threat, and he could wait a week for the army to relax. Once I had finished everything up, I chose the companions that would come with me.

“Faeyna, you have the most experience opening up trade routes. I would like you to join me in Ost.”

“Of course, Master!” Faeyna curtsied. “And then maybe we can finally…”

“What?” I asked as she drifted off.

“N-nothing!”

I knew what she was going to say. She wanted to have sex. In fact, it was best if she got pregnant since her species was nearly extinct and it seemed like I was the only one who could continue it. However, on this journey, I took two other women with me. Eliana and the second was Raissa. Even the new me felt like a bit of a scoundrel thinking about impregnating a third girl on a date with two other women I got pregnant. That was the kind of stuff you ended up on a tv show for.

“Raissa. I want you to come with me too. You have good instincts. You can tell when people are lying, and honestly, I want a reason that the pair of you spend more time together.”

Although Raissa and Eliana couldn’t be more different, it’d be nice if the two mothers-to-be grew closer together.

“Alright, it’s time to go.”