Chapter 27

The past three days were so fun that no one even realised how quickly they passed away. Well, there were some that didn't want to know when those three days ended, like Louise.

The breakfast had just finished and everyone was gathered together in the living room, trying to finalize the future course of action. Till now, only Claudia and Henrietta were talking about how to increase income for both Tristain and Haven utilising the fact that ONLY they had access to a completely different world. (AN: Haven - That's Claudia's company)

Louise really didn't want the time to move forward right now. She didn't know how she would react if William chose to stay in this world. On one hand, she wanted her familiar to be with her every day, on the other hand, she couldn't intentionally separate a mother and son.

After Claudia and Henrietta had reached a temporary conclusion about their new business venture, William gave a light cough to bring everyone's attention to himself. He gave a deep to look to each girl and remained silent for a few more seconds to better organize his thoughts.

"So, I want you girls to seriously think about something and carefully answer my question."

After receiving everyone's nod, William continued.

"Do you want to be strong?"

Although the question was very simple and easy to understand, it raised varied emotions in all the girls present. In some way, all of them wanted to be strong. Louise wanted to be a better mage. Kirche wanted to be independent and follow her own choices. Henrietta wanted to be a better ruler. Tabitha wanted to be strong enough to save her mother.

The mood in the room had become subdued after such a heavy question. Claudia was observing every girl keenly, after all, it was always better to have more information about your competitors.

Kirche broke the silence first.

"Darling, are you going to do something stupid?"

William was completely dumbfounded by the sudden out of context question, but he still replied back seriously.

"No."

"Will you be harmed in any way of we become strong?"

"Absolutely not. In fact, it will be quite helpful to me."

Kirche gave a graceful smile and walked closer to William. When she was close enough, she gently grabbed both of his shoulders and looked straight into his eyes.

"I don't like it when people stronger than me make decisions on my behalf.

I don't like it when they try to stop me from being friends with someone I want to.

I don't like it when they walk in and say that my marriage has been decided.

I don't like it when they stop me from loving someone l like.

Can you please help me be strong enough so that I can make my own decisions, darling?"

William took both of her hands in a gentle but firm grip. He softly kissed her knuckles and replied, "Don't worry love, I will."

Kirche gave William the brightest smile he had ever seen.

Tabitha walked up to him and gave him a strong hug. William was a little surprised by the sudden intimate action, but he gained his bearings almost instantly and responded with a gentle hug of his own.

Tabitha brought her lips very near to William's ear and said, "Call me Charlotte when we are alone."

William gently nibbled on her ear for a few moments and said, "Well in return for such a nice privilege, I need to give a good gift too. It will take a week to prepare. But I'm very certain that you will like it."

William had decided that he needed to fuck up a bad uncle and save his future mother-in-law. He felt that it was not his style to passively follow a canon storyline. Although it was great that he didn't have to do a lot of work to be in control of the situation, but sometimes it just left a bad taste in his mouth.

'Saphira, do we have an antidote that can cure Charlotte's mother.'

(*Ding* We do, and it is very cheap. It costs just 200 golds to get one.)

'Good. Ask Itachi to meet me as soon as possible, when he is a little free.'

(*Ding* Sure! But I suggest that you use 10,000 gold to summon one more familiar. Itachi is just too busy and Bailey is still a child. If you want to manage things spanning over two worlds, you need sufficient manpower. You can also wait for two more days, your chakra reservoir will be large enough that you can create one shadow clone without repercussions.)

'Thanks! I will talk more about this later tonight.

Henrietta gently smiled and said, "I also have a dream of becoming a great ruler. I wouldn't mind your help if it can help me achieve my goal because I trust you."

After that, all the three girls started looking at Louise in an encouraging manner. Finally, Louise couldn't take it anymore. She gave a forceful sigh and threw her arms up in the air in an exasperated manner.

"Okay, Me too! I don't want to be called a zero forever. I want to be strong."

No one could control their laughter after seeing such a childish behaviour.

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A few days had passed since the quartet went back to their own world. The departure hadn't been a sad one, because they could come to the Dragon farm whenever they wished to, after becoming the guild members of Rhapsody of Death. Although they were a bit apprehensive about the grim reaper tattoo, they were completely sold when William told them that they could customize it to look cuter.

Currently, William was standing in front of the man called Joseph de Gallia. He could feel the presence of another human being behind the man and he realised that it must be his familiar, Sheffield.

If he remembered correctly then the man became a villain to feel emotions again. If his memories served him right, he lost them in the first place because he killed his own brother. The real kicker is the reason behind the murder. His brother congratulated him on becoming the successor of the kingdom, but Joseph didn't like the fact that his brother was not angry with such a decision.

That's a truly fucked up man right there.

William gave an innocent smile to the man said, "I heard from a little bird that you wanted to feel any~ kind of emotion again. It just so happens that one of my subordinates is adept at generating fear among people."

(AN: Again, Enjoy! Leave behind some power stones for me. Although I know that you have better stories to vote for, but leave some for my story too.

~~~laments of a not-so-greedy author)