The Labyrinth of Bethistrilen
Time flies by when you are on a routine.
All the kids are now able to defend themselves by using the skills that they learned in practical lessons.
Well, of course, they will have to be able to use their skills in real life. If not, then I would have wasted my two previous years for nothing after all.
And that is not allowed to happen. Well, unless they wanted to go thru the true Hell Training, of course.
Anyway, ever since that time when I knocked out Prince Yui after kissing him, the Black Knighthood started to worship me and see me as Prince Yui's partner. They start calling me Your Highness, too.
I mean, what the fuck? Why does this happen every time one of Tian Yuanle's subordinate see me kissing him? It was like this in our previous worlds too.
Well, whatever. I really don't care anymore. Even if I care, there's nothing that I can do about it. Experiences have long taught me that any action I take about such issues was only going to make them see me more and more as that guy's Beloved. So, there's no point in reacting to it.
So far, in these past two years and a half, things have been going pretty well.
The stalls got turned into a Full build individual store. A three-story building store that could host up to 700 people at a time max. This caused the number of customers to increase from 3000 per day to 6000 per day. So, the earning increase from 100,000 suit⊮ to 150,000 suit⊮
Due to the increasing amounts of customers, I also hired more people to help out too. So now, the store is opened 24 hours 7 days a week.
And instead of making food every Dahlia Day (Monday), I did it every other 4 days instead. So, yes, now my restaurant is opened 420 Days a Years; Meaning, there is no close day at all. Instead, the store was set up into three shifts.
Morning from 7 am to 2 pm, 2 pm to 9 pm, and from 9 pm to 7 am in the morning. This rotation was only possible because there is a floor manager on each floor. As a result, the people that I hired were closed to 70 people. All of them are older than 12 years old but younger than 21. The first floor has 20 people servicing, the second floor has 20 people and the third floor have 15 people due to the limited amount of chair there. The rest of the kids were for taking away the dishes, wipe leftover food into the trash before putting the dishes in the washer, afterward, organized the dishes and plates once it was washed, give water to clients, refilled water, wipe tables, etc., etc.
I had also resort to using my Internalized Space World as the breeding ground for all the fishes that I used inside my store, aside from the ones that were already breeding inside my SDH. Why? Because they breed much faster inside these spaces due to the time dilution ratio.
And yes, all the fishes are still the same as they are up at their natural habitat, the Northern Asura Mountain Range. Since I already have a lot of other kinds of magical and spiritual fishes inside my External Spatial Spaces, all I had to do was make a different region for the fishes in this world inside my Internalized Space World and my SDH. Not that hard to do at all.
Which means that their growth rate would also be affected by my External Spatial Spaces due to its property and functions.
Bel-Chan, you are also very over powerful, too!!!
Hm? No, my External Spatial Spaces are under my domain, my control. However, Bel-chan's domain is my Inventory Space. Bel-chan controls 40% of my Inventory Space while I control Bel-chan and he then controls and restricted my powers.
Don't forget that Bel-chan was created to control my powers. Otherwise, I couldn't even be here.
So, yes, you can say that I control Bel-chan, while Bel-chan controls my powers.
That's why Bel-chan was also very OP.
[Master, I am not O.P. Also, please check your new fish breeding ground. The numbers of fishes are exceeding the limits.]- Bel-chan said.
Oh? Already?
"Beleal, display the breeding ground for Cidetal's Ice Elemental Fish,"
[Yes, Master]
A three-level pie chart showing three different kinds of variables and independents. The amount that had died inside my External Spatial Spaces, the amount that's left that is still the original, the first generation of breeding, the second generation of breeding, the third generation of breeding, and how much exceeded they are in the next generation.
How many fishes I have to take out to control the population, which generation I have to separate from the newer generation, and the set limitation of breeding that each fish can have. Controlling the evolution of the breeding with the feeds and water.
Before, the setting was that each fish can give birth to only 5 young per year. Why so low? Because of the time differences between the outside and the inside of my internal space, of course.
A whole 60 Days inside was only a day outside, okay? If I don't set a limitation on them, it will collapse the environment inside my external spatial spaces.
But even then, these fishes breed far too quickly.
So now, even I am resorting to selling them whole- selling. Mostly to the nobles and the rich. Of course, now that the new currency has been in full effect for two years now, all the market's price has stabilized so I have no problem with selling these fishes wholes.
Here's the new price for the Ice Elemental Fishes;
Ice Salmon ( used to be 30 Small Gold Coin)- The now price [3 Big Silver Coin] or 30 thousand suit⊮
Frosty Bass (used to be 40 Small Gold Coin)-The now price [4 Big Silver Coin] or 40 thousand suit⊮
Rainbow Tuna (used to be 45 Small Gold Coin)-The now price [4 Big Silver coin and 5 Medium Silver Coin] or 45 thousand suit⊮
Frost Mackerel (used to be 47 Small Gold Coin)-The now price [4 Big Silver Coin and 7 Medium Silver Coin] or 47 thousand suit⊮
Blue Seabeam (used to be 49-55 Small Gold Coin)The now price [4 Big Silver Coin and 9 Medium Silver Coin to-to 5 Big silver and 5 Medium Silver Coin ] or 49 thousand to 55 thousand suit⊮
Understand?
Good.
Anyway, with the money that I earned from the two stores, I used it to buy materials for next month. Yes, in 30 days, the Dungeon will officially be open.
This news has already gone through the whole Kingdom and its neighbors.
In this world, there are three kinds of dungeons. The man-made, the god-made, and the magic-made. Each of these dungeons has its own respective features. The dungeon that's forming right now is a Magic-made dungeon, even though it was influenced by my presence.
The influx of adventurers and merchants from all over the Kingdom has been coming to Karnosh City for a couple of months now. Some made it and some don't.
Adventurers such as warriors, hunters, thieves, magicians, healers, etc, all have concentrated here in Karnosh City. So, anywhere you went out now a day, there will always be crowds or groups of adventurers together.
The influx of population also brings along prosperity and troubles. Inns were filled to the brim, restaurants were jammed packed with all sorts of people. Businesses bloom so quickly that there weren't enough in stocks to meet demand. As a result, costs of living increase, more jobs opened up, and more opportunities ignited.
I saw this coming a long time ago so I didn't hesitate to build three whole new inns at the edge of the town, near the orphanage's house and only three blocks away from the City Church. Those inns were cheaper than the ones that are normally found in this city, but it has three things that other inns do not have.
First of all; Bathing Area. In other words, Hot-Spring. Which was separated for different Genders. Secondly, Security against Thief. No matter who tried to get in, it will never succeed as long as the owner of the room doesn't give permission. Thirdly, the food. Basic food was provided for free. Although it was very low-grade, at least they are healthy and fulfilling. Not to mention, their taste was good enough that no one complained. Each room costs differently. For one-bedroom room, it cost only 40 suit⊮. For rooms that have two beds, they cost 70 suit⊮. For rooms that have three beds, it would cost 100 suit⊮. For the rooms that have four beds, the cost jumped to 150 suit⊮. For larger rooms that have five to ten beds, it cost between 200 suit⊮ to 500 suit⊮ per Day- which was 24 hours.
The three inns that I built are very similar to large chain hotels from the 36th Century of Earth. Simple, clean, and yet elegant. Each room will have its designated number of beds, a work table that has ink and paper for writing, sheets for sleeping, a cabinet to store things, a small closet for clothes, and a couple of books for reading at night. Of course, the books aren't anything worthy- just children's stories from around this world that I had Cidetal told me. However, unlike other inns, my inns have a limited amount of maximum days that a client can stay in. Half a month was the limited amount of time that a client can book a room. After that half a month, they need to go elsewhere or renew their booking contract. Of course, if they renew their contract, then they need to pay the fees for the facilities that they would be using, unlike the first time that was free. The fee isn't that high, but it also wasn't low either. Just 5 suit⊮ every time that they need to use it. Not to mention, the Dining Hall's cost for their meal will also have to be charged differently, too.
Even until now, no one complained about my inns at all. Not the workers, who aren't orphans, nor the people who rented it.
Hmm? The floors of the inns? Ah, those inns weren't sided by side, but rather, building by building. The First Inn was called Northern Sphere Inn, the Second Inn was called, Twilight Sphere Inn, and the last one was called Southern Sphere Inn. Each inn has 16 Floors, which was divided into three layers with a dining hall at every fourth level. The topmost floor is an opened air dining hall which was opened during lunch and dinner hours. Each floor may have up to 6 rooms. It was built strong enough that even if an earthquake hit, it won't collapse so even if each floor was divided furthermore into more room, it will still be strong enough to support the weight of 30,000 people.
Anyway, moving on.
The city's security was slightly compromised due to inefficient manpower.
Because of this, Lord Flavius hired the kids to act as "Security Guards". Of course, this caused disagreement among the knights and older adventurers but once they tested the kids, yeah, let just said that they all kissed the floors goodnight.
Since then on, the kid's reputation all shot up. They are now called the Little Knights, much to the kids' embarrassment.
Of course, to make sure that they don't let that into their heads, I slightly increase the training level for them.
In other words, I beat them up until they can't see or tell North from South. And then, I throw them into the Training Dojo with a new Battle Formation in place.
They are still currently inside the Battle Formation even now.
As to why it took them so long inside, you can blame that on me.
Why? Because it wasn't just battling combats that they have to do now.
Inside the Battle Formation, there was a large checkerboard. No, not that kind of checkerboard for games. A Checkerboard for War.
It was built similar to how a Go-Board is, except that the stones aren't just black and white.
No, it has 12 colors. One of them was a clear glass like a stone while the rest range from red to blue to yellow and black and white.
If you want to know why I made this board for the kids, the answer would be General Combat Training.
Out of all the kids that I had trained in these past two years, 12 of them have the potentials to be a general or commander.
Hmm? Oh, the kids? Total, there are 75 of them. With 50 of them being male while 25 of them are female. However, only 12 of them meet the normal standard set by me. That's why those 12 are currently inside the Battling Formation, training to be a general or commander using the checkerboard that I made.
How does this training go? You will have to ask the kids this question. If they feel like answering you, then they will tell you.
If not then there's nothing that I can do about it.
3 of the 12 kids are female, okay? Alicia was one of them.
Thinking of Alicia, I am looking forward to how much growth she will have once she come out of the Battle Formation.
That girl has the potential to be one of the Beloved children of the World.
Now, then. Times to get ready.
For what? What else? For when the Dungeon open, of course. And for Prince Yui's return.
That damn Prince, just how much times do you have that you can come and goes between here and the capital city once every month?!
... Who am I kidding? He can teleport to and from here with no problem if he wants to. Why am I asking stupid questions again?
Whatever. I really need to do something about this man's habits of chasing me.
Sigh... I'm really tired of this kind of situation.
[30 Days Later]
The land trembles as if millions of stars were falling from the sky. The sky turned dusky with thunder roaring overhead. Winds started to pick up with traces of mana flicking around the ground.
Everyone inside the city all looks pale and yet determine at the same time. Some were even excitedly shaking as their eyes twinkling with anticipation.
In front of everyone's eyes, the Voice of the World, Cidetal, announce out;
||THE LABYRINTH OF BETHISTRILEN IS NOW OPEN||
Both in voice and letters, directly into every living and breathing being's minds within a distance of 35 miles from Karnosh City.
"Hello, Cidetal," I greeted the voice in my head.
Yes, this voice belongs to Cidetal, this World's Consciousness.
[Shinichi-sama, Cidetal present you this dungeon as a gift.]
"Thanks, Cidetal. Although, I really don't need it. But anyway, could you give me the information about this dungeon?" I asked. Even though my voice and facial expression were totally expressionless and monotonous, the World's Consciousness still shivered in fear for a split second.
||Yes.||
[Labyrinth of Bethistrilen|
| Type: Magic-Fusion|
| Generate Type: Horde-Spawn|
| Monsters: Eldritch, Merodia, Shadow, Darkness, Abyss, Briar, Lammanian, Plants, Fungus, Slimes, Bezekira, Bugbear, Carcass Eater, Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental, Fire Giant, Fire Reaver, Flesh Render, Frost Giant, Gargoyle, Hellhound, Hill Giant, Hobgoblin, Ice Flenser, Iron Golem, Kobold, Minotaur, Trolls, Undead, Wright, Wraith, Orc, Lizardian, Cringwood, Treantiesa, Eldstheil, Frozen Ells, Fire Ells |
| Spawn Ratio: 1:5 |
| Experience Gain: Level Base |
| Loot: Gems, Gold, Ore, Weapons, Accessory, Ingredient, Material, Recipe, Manuals Blueprint, Books|
| Levels: 1-999]
[Labyrinth of Bethistrilen: The old city from the past bygone. This city used to be the freest city in the whole Kingdom until a mad prince took control over it. That Prince, called Ansea Lexul Bahamut, whose father was the 2nd King of the Bahamut Kingdom since it's funding, experiments on the Eldritch and Merodia people. Causing darkness to corrupt all the living beings within the old Bethistrilen City. To encounter the Prince, the Lammarian made a research facility deep within the underground of the city. Inside the research facility has recipes, manual books for Long Lost Martial Arts technique and spells, magical research, and materials that are used to purify the corrupted mobs inside the dungeon.]
[Doors to the Dungeon can be found in 10 Locations within Karnosh City: Please do note that they are only open during the night from 20:00 to 6:00 in the morning. ]
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Rules of Bethestrilen:
All adventurers must be level 10 and Above.
All Adventurers must be 12 years old and Above.
Soloist Adventurers have more chance of Loot
Party-Group must be named and have a Leader
Suppressing each Horde from a certain distance of the Doors will give +30% experience and loot.
Loots are based on Damage XP in Group/Party.
Once you had Cleared a floor, that floor can be made into a Safe-Zone (No Killing Allow-Zone) with a Gem called the [Safe Floor Gem]. You need 12 of them to make the whole floor safe.
Dead Rules: If soloist, once dead, you will be Respawn within a Safe Zone. However, you are unable to go into the Dungeon again for 3 Weeks unless you gain back your previous levels and skills lost during your death. If Party, unless every member of the party is dead, the dead members can be revived within 3 Hours of Dying at the cost of 20% of their levels, and 30% of other skills randomly lost. If all members died, then that party isn't able to go inside the dungeon for 1 Month.
Once you died 3 times constantly, you are banned from the Dungeon for a whole year. If after dying three times, you died the fourth time, then you are really Dead.
Deads outside of the Dungeon will not be Revive.
All Loots are base on your Action.
... Ah, this reminds me of my first world.
I wonder how Jenel is doing right now? Is he still crying? Or was he even alive anymore? I had been away from that world for them so long now that it wouldn't be surprising if he's dead already.
Still, I better stop or a certain someone will get jealous.
Sigh, what a pain in the ass.
These rules are for both sides. The mobs coming out from the dungeon can't kill anyone or being who are below level 10 and younger than 12 years old. However, this doesn't mean that they can't hurt them. Same for the human side. If there's anyone under level 10 able to hurts the mobs enough, even without killing it, you would still earn enough experience point and loot drops.
Cidetal certainly knows that I hate troublesome situations so she created this dungeon for me but since she can't outright give it to me, the best that she could do was this.
Currently, I am inside the dojo. Waiting for the kids to finish their last wave of war inside the Battle Formation.
The kids should be finishing their last wave of war so they will be getting out soon.
I took out a sitting mat to meditate while I wait for them. Hmm... my soul... why are you still expanding? I don't need you to continue expanding!
Sigh.
10 minutes later, the Battle Formation inside the dojo shine, and a wooden door appeared.
"Finally! We're out!"
"Oh my god! I thought I was going to die for sure this time!"
"Henry! Stop saying that! You putting flags into our lives!"
"Be quiet, Sandra. You're too noisy,"
"Commander, please do something about those two noisy brats. They're causing my hearing to hurts."
"No, can do, Lilly. Those two don't listen to me when it's outside of combat. They only listen to Shirin-sama."
"But, Alicia-nee-chan, those two are raising too many flags in the last one year! Who knows what will happen when we fina- oh shit,"
"Hm? What's wrong Lil- oh."
"..."
"..."
"... Fuck..."
"""What in the fucking world happen?!!!"""
"The Labyrinth is already Open!?"
"Ah, no good. Shirin-sama is going to be very mad at us! This is all your fault, Sandra! For raising all those flags!"
"Have you guys finish?" I interrupted their chatter. As much as they entertain me with their blattering, it still causes me quick a headache with their voices so they need to stop.
"Gasp!!! Shirin-sama!"
I expressionlessly look at the kids. Their armors were all dirty and wore out.
Judging by the armors along, I can tell that those kids didn't slack off.
"..." Oh, they're shivering.
Sigh. Really, these kids.
"Check your Status and go to the Adventurers Guild right now. The dungeon is open. However, until I say that you guys can go inside the Dungeon, you all cannot set foot in there, understand?"
"Yes!!!"
"Now, let me see your status. Alicia, you first,"
"Yes, Shirin-sama,"
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Alicia
||16 Years Old|| Female || Human || Level: 27|| Status: Normal||
||HP: 1243/1243||
||MP: 1503/3900||
Skill: Appraisal Level 4, Cooking level 3, Sewing Level 4, Qigong level 3, Will-Fist (Xing Yi Quan) level 5, Strategy level 3, Healing level 2, Woodcrafting level 4, Commanding Troops level 15, Martial Arts Foundations level 5, Calculation level 5, Shop-Management level 3, Fire Magic level 4, Water Magic level 7, Wood Magic level 3
Special Skill: Anti-Poison Resistance Max
Resistance: Low Fire Resistance, Low Water Resistance
"You had grown. Still, [Martial Arts Foundation level 5] still needs a couple more weeks to level up. Okay, for now, you are good to go. Go rest for three days and then you can graduate from the dojo."
"Yes, Shirin-sama!"
I continue to look after everyone else. Alicia's level was 27 but that's only because she didn't have much combat experience under her due to commanding behind the frontline.
Everyone else's level is all near level 50. Their qigong, Will-Fist, Martial Arts Foundation, and magic levels are all higher than Alicia but their MP was very low.
Alicia was the kind of adventurer/person that has a stronger Will but a weaker body so her magic power was purer and higher than the other kids.
Unlike in games, if your HP is 0, you won't die, you just go into a coma while your body recovered by itself. So, while Alicia might have a weaker body, her rate of health recovery was much faster compared to the other kids.
Let's see, for now. That's good enough. They all pretty much have the same skills, with a couple of variety here and there.
For example, Nickolas, one of the kids, he specializes in using Bows instead of swords or wand.
And Mindy, who is a boy, specialist in using spear arts. The rest of the kids were all specialists in using swords or blades instead.
The 12 of them were all good kids but sometimes, they let their success get into their heads. And that was not good. It's good being proud, but arrogant is a no-no-no.
"Alright. All of you, gather up." I called toward the 12 kids. Well, now, they aren't kids anymore but rather, teenagers. Their skinny bodies from before were nowhere to be found after being in my care for the past 2 years. They aren't fate but they aren't muscularly macho either. Why? Because they are still growing so I only trained them with Stamina and flexibility rather than their strengths. Of course, they have a certain amount of strength but not enough to be called a warrior or knight. All of the kids are more alike to an assassin and hunter mixed rather than a knight, whose physical aspects are strengths.
The teens all look at me as they sit on the wooden dojo floor. Well, I am also sitting down too.
"From now on, I will no longer train you guys. However, the dojo and the Battle Formation will always be on. You guys can come here to train yourself however you like. However, I won't be training you guys anymore. Ah, don't worry. The works that you had been doing will still be the same. So, don't worry that you will be jobless." I said before the kids could show any insecurities.
They all breathe out in relief.
"Next, with the dungeon's opening, you all can be hired through the Adventurer's guild to become fighters who can and would suppress the horde of monsters that will be coming out off the dungeon. And yes, it is as you all are imagining it. From 8 at night to 6 in the morning, hordes of all kinds of mobs will come out from the dungeon. Each horde was set to a default level, from weakest to strongest. If you successfully cleared the first wave of the horde, then the next wave would be the same level. However, if one of the mobs from the first wave is alive or wasn't killed, then it would come back stronger on the next wave. So, unless absolutely necessary, please try all your best to kill every mob that you can, otherwise, there will be a lot of casualties. Any question?"
"Ah-no, Shirin-sama, do those mobs from the dungeon give out items like how your Battle Formation?" Asked Greenwood, the archer of the group.
"Yes, they will. However, it will be different. That's your job as the informationist to gather more information about it." Greenwood was the one in the group of 12 that likes to used Shadowing skills. He preferred working in the background and not head-first so he really was an assassin-like-rogue.
"I will give you each a Holding Bag," Holding Bags are the same aspect as the Storage Backpack that the Adventurer's Guild has but it is smaller and more like a pouch rather than a backpack. And yes, the Holding Bag is made by me with a specific Looting ability for this dungeon. The Holding Bag won't work for other dungeon or outside of a certain range away from this dungeon but other than that, it is a very high-grade magic bag.
" If you kill mobs from the dungeon, they will sometimes drop things like; Gems, Gold, Ore, Weapons, Accessory, Ingredient, Material, Recipe, Manual, and Books. However, if the mobs are killed outside of the dungeon then it would only drop normal items. Like, tooth or nail. This was why going inside the dungeon is better if you are seeking out more loots and rich. From now on, you all will have to be real Adventurers. I will not look after you guys anymore, understand?"
... Oi, why are you all looks like you're going to cry?!
It wasn't like this decision was a sudden decisions, okay? I told them this the first day that I said I was going to train them until they can look after themselves!
Having passed the Battle Formation Second Mode, they all are more than capable of looking after themselves!
I am not going to be looking after them anymore as a teacher. I will still fondly as a friend or mentor and their boss, but as a teacher? No. I provided the foundation for them, so now it is their turn to go out on their own. Their roads can only be proven by themselves.
I can't always teach them like this. After all, my goal wasn't to turn them into world-class adventurers but rather just someone who can act and decided for themselves.
Besides, now that the times have come, that two certain someones will be coming to this world soon. So, I need to ready for them, too.
After all, I don't want to see the strained relationship that they used to have, again.
This time, they can actually be together without feeling all the guilt and all the blames.
Who am I talking about?
Remember when I said that the Frozen Frost Fortress will have someone who can help with their situation? Well, one of them was currently being transmigrated to here, in this world. Well, no. He's here already. Just that, he's still with the gods and goddess of this world, trying to get him some skills and information about this world before they teleported him to the North of this Kingdom.
As for the second person, he will also be transmigrated to this world in a couple of months, after the first one has settled down first.
Still, I wonder how those two died anyway.
Hm? Who are those two that I'm talking about?
My blood-brothers. My two older brothers, Shinji and Yosuke.
My oldest brother, Shinji-niisan was 12 years older than I am. Or was, anyway. Right now, I'm like, a billion years old already, I just don't age at all. While Yousuke-niisan was only 7 years older than I am-was.
Shinji-niisan's personality was slightly cold and harsh. He was the kind of man that hates to lose but even more so hate it when he wins unfairly. Shinji-niisan was very gentle to me and Yosuke-niisan but toward other people, there's always this natural cold-wall that separated him and everyone else. Even toward his former wife. I recalled that Shinji-niisan married when he was only 25 years old but soon divorce a year later. And no, he doesn't have a child.
As for Yosuke-niisan, he married a cousin of ours from my father's side. Although, they were only married for 11 months before that woman died due to her illness, leaving Yousuke niisan and their daughter behind. The daughter was called Ami, I believe, and she was a blond hair child due to her mother's father, who was a German-Italian.
Hm? No, Yosuke-niisan didn't marry her out of love. I think it was from a fake marriage? She's was dying so she wanted to leave behind a child for her parents and she chose Yosuke-niisan since he's a gentleman. Of course, Shinji-niisan didn't know that.
Do you know that Yosuke-niisan married that woman three days before Shinji-niisan married?
I don't know why Yo-nii decided to married Ami-chan's mama when he doesn't even like her as a woman but I do know that Shin-nii married his former wife due to heartbreak.
I think that Shin-nii got drunk out of his ass and proposed to that woman without even thinking about it. Of course, after that, I had to watch as Shin-nii and Yo-nii moved out of the house with the atmosphere that isn't right, somehow. Even back then, I had already known about them but I just wasn't able to do anything for them since I was still young and don't know what else I could do.
Shin-nii was the one that said that he's moving out first, of course. And then Yo-nii got mad and said that he's moving out also. I recalled that mother and father were both speechless as they ate their breakfast, that morning. That morning alone, 24 porcelain plates were broken and 2 teapots got smashed from my brothers fighting. To windows need to be fixed and two doors was broken down, too.
I think that it was three months later when Yo-nii collapsed from the stress that they made-up and start living together, with Ami-chan of course. Since then, whenever I often slept over due to my college being nearby, they would always have this guilty air around them.
Even though I had already long ago known about their relationship with each other. It wasn't like my mother and father's mind or stop them either since they knew about those two's feelings long ago, even before me, in fact. Mom has slightly hesitated but once she notices that there are no laws in the currently Galactic Era that forbade incest, she let it go. As for dad, he just doesn't care in general. After all, dad told me that he had a relationship with his Twin brother way back before he even met mom. Dad's twin brother had already left the world due to illness, but dad had still loved him all the same. Mom knew this and she accepted it with an understanding heart.
Still, those two brothers of mine have very good morals and ethics so they were very guilty about their feelings toward each other. And yet, they can't stop loving each other either!
Well, I guess they have better moralism than me, that's for sure.
Hahahahahah, who are you talking about?
Me? Kind? Please, if I was kind, I wouldn't have destroyed those worlds, you know? True, I don't kill indiscriminately but that doesn't mean that I don't kill okay?
The first world that I went through and become the Supreme Magician, in that world alone, I had killed more than a million people already, and with nothing but Alchemy and Poison.
Do not forget what I was studying before I got kicked into that world, okay? It was pretty damn easy for me to kill the people in that world that got on my bad side. Back then, I don't have that much patience either and I was really paranoid, so I put cautiously on everything that I did.
And that wasn't counting the magical beasts that I had killed when I first went to war in that world.
So, this was why I won't have times to train the brats anymore.
The kids all look like they were going to cry. However, I didn't let them cry.
"Now isn't the time for you guys to cry. Go, go get ready, and take a couple of days off. After that, you guys can come back to work your shift here." I said to them as I stood up from my sitting position and tried to leave the dojo.
The keyword here was 'tried'.
"Shirin-sama!" Lily, the smartest and smallest girl within this group, hugged me on my leg as she bawled her eyes out.
Lilly just turned 9 years old just a couple of days ago. Out of all the kids, she works the hardest and the most diligent. Her mother used to be a low-rank noble but their territory got ran over by the beasts due to the mana pool, so they moved here. And yet, because her mother was protecting her grandparents and the citizens from their territory, she got injuries and died before reaching Karnosh City. That left her and her grandparents.
But those grandparents of hers are no good. They are far too naive and trusting in what other people say. So, it was no surprise that they sold Lilly off due to lies from other people.
But, by the times that they heard of the official reasons why the beasts ran over their territory, I had already 'brought' Lily off from the slave-dealer. When they came to see me to get Lily back, I used both words and evidence to shot down their ego so badly that they can't tell which direction the sun rises from.
By then, Lily had already gotten attached to me. Much to Prince Yui's displeasement.
Speaking of Prince Yui, he's at the doorway folding his arms over his chest with a dark aura around him right now. Ignoring Prince Yui for now, I patted the little girl on her head.
"Lily, why are you crying for? I told you already that this is coming, so why are you hesitating?" I asked, completely not feeling any sympathy whatsoever.
It had been a long time already since I last act because of sympathy for someone. I didn't buy Lily because of sympathy. I bought her because she has a body constitution that is suitable for Magic-Martial Arts. And because it was her fate as one of the 10 of the World's Precious Children.
However, this was only if she didn't annoy me. And I really don't like woman, or man, who are weak will. I had enough of those people who think that by acting all pity and white lilies, people will sympathize with them without them even lifting a finger.
Lily wasn't one of them but if she keeps on crying like that, I might just kill her here due to annoyance.
Lily froze at my question, or at my slightly risen killing intent before she let go of my leg. She still cries but not out loud anymore.
"... Are you scared that I will sell you away?" I asked.
Lily flinched as if I punch her in the guts. She nodded slowly with tears in her eyes.
Sighing out loud, I continue to ignore Prince Yui, who's aura was getting slightly more annoyed.
"Lily, listen carefully to what I am going to say, okay? You are a First Generation Slave but your background was that of noble, so your slavery term was only 12 years. You are currently only 9 years old, and you had been with me here for only 2 years. You still have 10 years of servitude left. Unless you work hard to get the money to redeem yourself, you must work for me for the next 10 years as a slave. You are one of my slaves, got that?" This little girl has this insecurity and fear of being abandon.
I might be heartless but I also knew the limit and how to read the situation. As one of the World's Precious Children, aka one of the Protagonists of the current era, Lily will face all kinds of trials and hardship. However, if she loses her heart into darkness now then her role as the World's Precious Children will be compromised.
As Cidetal's Consciousness and the gods and goddess of this world haven't done anything wrong yet, I didn't see why I should torture [it]'s precious children.
Hearing me said that she's my slave and she must work for me for the next 10 years, Lily smiled so bright that it cost her innate Light Constitution to ignite.
All the kids face flushed as they saw the pure smile on Lily's face but I didn't even twitch or blink as I left the dojo.
Prince Yui's arms automatically went around my waist possessively as we left the dojo together. The dark air surrounding Prince Yui was still there, but it wasn't as dark as when Lily was hugging my leg, anymore.
Sighs, this man was still so damn possessive.
To be jealous of a kid... Yeah- this man is completely hopeless.