"What will you do if they don't pay the money?" Isadora asked, brushing the mane of Snow.
We were standing outside the stalls behind the castle, the stars in the sky and the moon's crimson glow illuminating our surroundings.
"Then I will invade their favila on horseback and kill their families and anyone that is unfit to work." I repeated the words in the letters, stroking the mane of Midnight.
"You sound very confident. You know that some of them are in the Overlord Realm, right?" Isadora said.
"It won't matter." I said, moving to Midnight's luster tail. "I did my calculations and concluded that I can put up a fair battle against any of them."
"Calculations?" Isadora asked, stroking Snow's belly.
"Yeah. The strongest of them will only get 15 racial stat points plus 4 more for their 4★talent–since they could only reached Overlord rank–which makes it a total of 19 stats points.
If you multiply that number–19–with the amount of levels they get per realm–which is also 19–then you will get 361 stats points per realm. And if you multiply 361 with the amount of realms–which is 8–then you will get a total of 2888 stats points they earned over the span of their lifetime.
And let's say they evenly distributed their stat points on their status window, then you have to divide 2888 with the number of Main Stats–which is 9–then their average stats per Stat is 321.
And then you add that number to their base stats–which I'm sure isn't much–then their average stat per Stat should be at least plus/minus 370." I stopped to catch my breath.
"You forgot to add the 10 stats they gained after the goddess blessed them." Isadora informed.
"I was getting there." I said, feeding a carrot to Midnight. "Then you the stats they gained from the blessing of the godess–which is 10–to the 19, you will get 29.
Then you multiply 29 with the additional 10 levels they gained, it will bring you to 290. After that, you divide 290 with 9 and then you will get 32.
370 plus 32 equals 402. Which is still manageable, and I'm pretty sure that if I level up a couple more times then I should be able to beat any of them." I concluded my explanation.
"So you did do your calculations." Isadora said.
"Don't you think it's crazy that by the time we reach Expert Realm we'll be as strong as Father, who as at the Eternal Realm?" Isadora widened her arms in explanation. "There's a whole 6 realm difference in between."
"Haha, yeah." I laughed at how absurd it truly is. "It really is crazy."
"But there's also going to be a huge responsibilities that comes with this strength, Isa." I reminded.
"What do you mean?" She raised and eyebrow.
"The universe is a balanced place, Isa. There is a equal force for everything." I gazed off into the starry night sky. "The strength we have is just prove that there are dangers coming our way that warrant it."
"That's true, there will be powers that equal the scale of strength." She followed my gaze into the distance. "But if we work together..."
"We will break the scale." I completed her sentence, a smile crossed my face.
We were silent for a few minutes, watching the shimmering stars and the glowing moon.
"Let's go to sleep." I said, leading Midnight back into the stalls. "This has been the longest day of my life."
"That's true." Isadora said, following my lead. "And we still have a lot of things to do these upcoming days."
"Uggh." I grunted. "The thought of it is already making me tired."
"Hehehe. That's what you get for being the older brother." She teased.
I wanted to tell her that Father mentioned that she was the older sibling, but I refrained, because I liked how our dynamic was.
"Lucky for me, I have a cute and caring younger sister to help me out." I countered.
"You wish." She laughed.
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–Knock
There was a knock on my bedroom door, but I was too engrossed in my task to notice it.
I was seated at my desk, writing away on a piece of paper. Plenty more papers was strewn across the desk and on the crimson carpet.
There were scribbles and notes on every paper.
Last night while I was lying in bed, I thought about this Holy City that we are planning to build and suddenly a new idea hit me.
With my newfound motivation I hurried over to the desk, pulled out papers and started making notes.
15 minutes turned into one hour, one hour turned into two, and before I knew it, it was already dawn the next morning, but I still didn't stop.
My mind was overflowing with ideas. These ideas stemmed mostly from books and manhwas I read that was based in medieval times.
And the more I wrote, the more ideas started pouring out.
The door opened and Nala entered after not hearing any replies from me but sensing my presence in the room.
"Good Morning, my Prince." Nala bowed her head.
"Morning, Nala." I kept writing while greeting her.
"The architects you requested are waiting for you in your office." She informed.
"Good. How many did you get?" I asked.
"I've identified six that I believe will do a satisfactory job." Nala said.
"Am I to trust your judgment?" I turned my head towards her.
"Y-yes, your Highness. If my judgment is not upto standard then I will gladly accept any punishment you deem necessary." The words came out in a hurry.
"Mh?" I stood up from my chair and slowly walked towards her. "This is the third time in three days you mentioned something about punishment. I'm starting to think you might actually want me to punish you."
The space between us was almost non-existent at this point.
I was only a bit taller than Nala, causing her to slightly tilt her head upwards to keep our gazes locked.
Her crimson pupils with white reptilian slits against my dull red eyes.
"I-I would never dare–" Nala hurriedly started to explain but I cut her off.
"Shh." I placed a pale finger on her luscious lips, my voice dropped to a whisper. "There is something I've been meaning to try for a while now."
"And that is, your Highness?" Nala was getting nervous, understandably so.
I didn't answer her and instead raised my hand. I tucked the soft fabric of her maid dress away from her neck, exposing her smooth milky skin.
I brought my face into the curve of her neck and blew a warm breath against her skin, causing a slight tremble in her body.
My mouth opened, revealing two sets of sharp fangs. I bit down on her neck, my elongated teeth sinking into her flesh without resistance and my eyes started glowing red.
I sucked and a rush of blood entered my mouth. It was warm and thick, the most delicious blood I ever tasted, causing me to close my eyes in pure ecstasy.
[+10 Vitality]
[+9 Vitality]
The chimes in my head broke me out of my trance. I slowly removed my fangs from Nala's neck and they retreated back into my skull.
I licked the blood clean from her neck, leaving only 4 small holes behind as evidence from our encounter. But her regeneration kicked in soon after, instantly healing the holes, erasing all evidence.
I stepped back, creating space between the two of us and saw that her cheeks were flushed and she had a hand clamped over her mouth to keep any sound from escaping.
"Delicious." I said, my gaze locked on her, blood still dripping from the corner of my mouth.
"I-I am glad I suite your tastes, your Highness." Nala quickly regained her composure and straightened her dress.
"Is this your first time?" I asked.
I took note of her reaction and it didn't seem like she was used to being fed from.
"Yes, your Highness." She nodded, her cheeks still flushed.
"How does it feel?" I curiously asked.
"Strange... yet, exhilarating." Nala's eyes turned distant, as if trying to recall that feeling.
"Do me." I said.
"Can you repeat that, your Highness?" Nala asked, not understanding what I meant.
"Do me." I tilted my head to the side and pointed to my neck.
"I-I... Are you sure, your Highness?" Nala searched my face for any signs of treachery.
"You don't want to?"
"Of course not, your Highness." She hurriedly stepped forward. "I can't thank you enough for granted this honor to me."
Only when her cold fingers touched my shoulders did I realize that I was still half naked, exposing my upper body.
Nala didn't appear to be bothered by my state. She put both her hands on my shoulders for grip, and stood on her toes.
I turned my head to the side, giving her access to my neck.
I felt her breath against my skin. I felt her teeth gently puncture my flesh and I felt my blood flowing through my veins into her mouth.
My body started heating up and the sleeping weapon in my loose pants immediately went rigid, standing at full mast.
A red hue spread across my cheeks and I had to bite down on my fist to keep myself from groaning.
The longer Nala kept drinking my blood, the higher my arousal spiked.
Nala stopped drinking just as lust was about to consume me, causing me to act out on my carnal urges.
"Thank you, your Highness." She bowed, her face a deep scarlet. "It was most delicious."
"Mhm." I nodded and turned my back to her. "Tell Isadora to join me for breakfast."
"Yes, your Highness." Nala hurried out of the room.
"She's right... It was exhilarating." I muttered, looking down at my groin.