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Hearing his words Herial's heart started beating faster and couldn't hold it any longer , she got up her seat and ran to Garius's side. The Princess who was said to be the most beautiful elf in the Druc Territory was nothing more than just a trained pet for Garius.

She sat on Garius's laps like always and tried to leave a kiss on his right cheek , but Garius didn't allow it and pushed her on the floor. Instead of being disheartened the Elven Princess was feeling excited , she looked at Garius with the eyes filled with hope. She hoped that Garius will treat her even more rougher , looking at her eyes Garius thought.

'Why do I have such a weird fiancée? Man I have it rough , well I guess I'll have to put up with it's not like I hate to play with her. Atleast she is a loyal dog , I hope I don't get too attached to playing her master.'

He looked at the beauty who was thrown down on the floor and said in an aggressive voice

"Know your place , don't ever touch me with your filthy hands. Now tell me how long can you hold the elves , also keep your proud front infront of my family. They wouldn't want a pervert like you."

'More!More!More! Treat me like that more , kick me , stomp on me , destroy me Master.'

Those were Herial's thoughts when she heard her master insulting her.

"Some of the elves are joining hands with priest and are making it hard for us , Nobles to control our Territory. We have to find the one supplying the elves to the church , also your retainer's are causing problem and behaving like savages. Kudul drug smuggling , interspecies trafficking , corruption , and many more problems like that are caused by your retainers ."

She continued ,

"The Kildian expedition which was launched to explore the Dark Lord's territory also failed , which lead to many of the Territory Lord blaming Kildian's for the lost of their powerhouses. They're are saying that it was all planned by the Kildian Family , the tension between them could lead to a 3 Kingdom War as some of the territory disagree with Kildian's planning the this thing. Of course Druc will be waiting for masters orders , we have taken neutral stance just like Serven."

"The next Noble Meet will be in 16 days , I was able to get the meeting postponed. We will have time till the tournament , after it the situation cannot be predicted. By the way who is master planning to enroll for the tournament , if it happens?"

Garius who was signing some documents looked at Herial with a smile on his face. The smile on his face suddenly turned to his normal stoic face.

'Here it comes.'

He grabbed Herial's neck and choked her with his left hand , their was a hint of pleasure on her face. Seeing her face he though ,

'Why do I have to do this.'

He kept his act going and said ,

"You don't have the right to ask me a question , just be useful to me by giving me the information and scram. You're trained pet right?"

With her neck wrapped by Garius's fingers she was having trouble to even breathe , her face got redder as time went. But she was somehow able to let some words out of her mouth.

"Y-Yes m-mashter."

Garius let her go and went back doing his work.

"This year's tournament which could also be the last tournament is going to end with a bang.

'At the Noble Meet I'm sure I can get them to run the tournament this year too , as always it should take place 5 months after the Meet. Hah , I've got a lot to do.'

"I'll give the orders for you in the coming week , so look forward to them."

The one witnessing this 'play' of the Lord and his fiancée was right at the office's door. She had light orange hair and was wearing a surprising expression on her face. She was none other than younger sister of Lord Garius , Lecilia Serven.

She ran far away from his office and reached the garden , there was a bench to her right on which she sat. Her face was no less red than a tomato , she couldn't control her expression and hid her face with both the hands.

'Wh-What have I-I just watched!? The P-Princess was eek , I can't even imagine it. Why was she smiling!? Why was brother doing th-that to her!? Will Excess do the sam- wait no I don't even know him , I shouldn't think of him as a potential partner.'

She removed her hands from her face which made her sad face visible.

"I'm going to be used as a token anyways , token to trade with the other Nobles in exchange of power. Even if brother Garius was against it , I have to do it in order to make our family stronger."

Princess Lecilia wasn't forced or even asked to marry some powerful noble for the family , this was her mindset. She thought of making her family stronger as a payment for raising her well , and after the encounter with Excess and hearing his story she was determined to marry a powerful Noble.

×-×-×

Dark Lord's Territory , North of the 3 Kingdoms.

It was night time and all the slave monsters he had were keeping watch for any prey. He stood with a glass of some kind of juice in hand looking at the stars , suddenly a memory of face in the sky flashed in his mind. He remembered the time he saw those who were unreachable to him , he took a sip of the juice and said ,

"What did that old hag used to say , 'First he will conquer this land , then the sky and then the one's above him.' pretty good line to describe my goals. It's a shame she's dead."

He took another sip and kept looking at the starry sky , he remembered the time he spent looking at the sky wore down by his master's training.

'Master , this is the path I've chosen. There is no return the only thing left for me to do is give up my humanity after which I'll be no less than a Demon. Hah'

×-×-×

Local Market , Druc Territory.

"Hey do you know about the church and their awakening method?"

The one who asked this question was a con-artist who played small roles in the elven theatre plays.

"Yeah , I've heard about it. Rumors say they awaken your attribute without training , I really want to join the church because of that but I don't have anyone who has connection to the church."

The con-artist didn't even know the person he was talking to and the same went for the other, he took this opportunity to enroll this elf in the church.

"Oh yeah? Is that so I can help you with that. I recently happen to join the church with a bunch of my friends , the powers they talk about and awakening they do are real. See."

Saying that he sparked a flame using both of his hands.

"Woah!!! Is it really true!? Brother please get me in the church too. I've been training to get powerful in order to help my family."

He looked at the desperate person asking for his help and couldn't help but laugh at him in his mind.

"Sure come with me."

×-×-×

Vampire Palace , Unknown Location.

A white skinned man sat on his throne while looking at some of his underlings bowing infront of him. They were shaking thinking about the terror it will cause if they even opened their mouths without his permission. The palace looked old and wasn't taken care of a lot as the spider webs were present in the corners of the room.

"Speak"

With just one word the shaking underling stopped shaking and was claimed down , his words were more than just an order.

"Your Highness we searched in each and every neighbouring territories and also the 3 Kingdoms but still couldn't find anything related to the princess. The demons helped us in exchange of the reinforcement we will be providing them , but they too couldn't find anythin-"

With just a movement of his ankle the vampire infront of him was killed , the other 3 standing besides him were scared sh*tless seeing this event unfold before them.

"Tell me can you find her?"

One if the remaining 3 said ,

"Your Highness finding the Princess is impo-"

The blood dripped on the red carpet which was leading to the throne , his gaze shifted to the one of the 2 remaining underling.

"Your Highness I think we can f-"

Another one fell before him with a big cut in his abdomen , he looked at the one remaining underling and didn't bother asking him the question again.

"Y-Your Highness , we will definitely find her."

Hearing his answer his serious face became relaxed.

"Now that's the answer I was looking to hear , great find my rebellious daughter fast."

With that order everyone left the room , the man who was worrying about his daughter was the current Vampire King , 'Melsias Berent'.

'Hah. I hope that specimen is still alive.'