Incest/Taboo Magic, Love, Family

"Aunt Suzy, you never did tell me what to do after the sneak attack though?"

Suzanne tutted at him, "I told you all this so I could change your mind, but now I see that it is impossible." Though she portrayed being annoyed, inside her mind, she praised Raymond for his fearlessness and courage.

"Well, I shouldn't be surprised. You have always been like that..."

What Suzanne didn't tell him was that she was the same as him. Courageousness, fearlessness, which sometimes bordered on being reckless, and she had them in abundance. She was never one to back down from a challenge. That was the reason that she was so full of interest when Raymond asked her about it, and why she was so thrilled to share her experience with him.

"Since you are so persistent, I will tell you. But before that, promise me that you won't be reckless. Otherwise..."

"I swear!"

"... okay! Remember that there is only a single chance, and it would all fail if you don't manage to pierce the enemy's body. Pay special attention to the part of the body you are attacking. Eyes are always the most vulnerable target..."

Suzanne carried on when she saw that she had the full attention of Raymond, "It could be either with your weapon, your bare hands or something else. But you shouldn't lose connection with it." Suddenly her tone became nonchalant as if she was talking about the easiest thing in the world, "And after that, you just have to release your mana inside the enemy's body in a frequency that is opposite to his own. It will tear apart his mana channels due to the two conflicting and opposite kind of mana and then boom!"

"... Huh?"

"Simple, right?" Suzanne bragged unashamedly at that point.

"Like hell it is simple! It's so much different to awakening that they aren't even on the same level!"

"Ha-ha! Sweetie, you're so cute when you get angry like that!"

Raymond dodged all of Suzanne's attempts to kiss his face and glared at her furiously.

"And you even said it so- so casually!"

"Aw! Don't be mad!"

"Come on! If it's that difficult just don't attempt it..." Suzanne challenged Raymond while sneakily laughing to herself for getting one over him. It was a win-win in both situations for her. If he never attempted it, that means he didn't need to, and he would be safe. And if he did attempt it, then she would applaud him for his bravery and his courage.

Though it was an immensely dangerous process, it never crossed her mind that he wouldn't be able to learn it or fail while trying it. After all, she had made her name being so proficient in the scary technique, and there was no way she would believe that her own nephew wouldn't be able to do the same as her.

Sweetie can do it! For sure he can! Suzanne reasoned.

The loud ringing of the hour bell interrupted them. Suzanne gazed out the window. The clouds had blocked the light, and it made her sigh as she realized that she had to leave soon. For Suzanne, the time spent with Raymond was always fun, but now she had to get back to her role as the Marshal of the kingdom of Gelodesh.

"Before I leave, I have-"

"Leave!? You're leaving? Why? When?"

A jolt of happiness rocked Suzanne's body as she watched Raymond's flabbergasted reaction after she told him about leaving. That's how it should be! Not like that damn daughter of mine!

"Is it today?" When Suzanne nodded, Raymond questioned with a renewed vigor, "but why? You've only just arrived, and now you're already going back?"

Suzanne explained in a soft voice, "Well, I'm not exactly going back. I'm leaving with Ingrid for Beltran. So that's why..."

"But-Bu-"

Raymond sighed wistfully and no longer tried to find reason or convince her otherwise. There was so much more he wanted to talk to her about, like his spell casting or weapon selection and so much more. However, Suzanne was a very busy woman who had a lot of things she had to look out for and because of that, the time spent with her was always short. Raymond felt sad, even when he knew in his heart that it was going to be the same as ever.

"Oh, Sweetie! I will miss you too!"

Suzanne hugged him close to her and patted his head consolingly. The warm embrace in the cold weather felt like a great tonic and only made them want to continue it longer.

"Sweetie, I know that you won't like this but... tomorrow you have to leave for Ostorth..."

Raymond's mood soured in an instant. He tried to hold back but couldn't completely hide the causticity in his tone as he said, "Fine. I will go see her, not like I have a choice in the matter do I?"

"Oh, Sweetie!"

Suzanne tightened her hold on him as she felt his body tremble with rage. She expected a reaction similar to this but not to this extent.

It's been some time yet he's still not able to... Sammy has it hard...

Samantha, her twin, she realized, in some ways had it much harder than her. While she struggled because of Miranda's cold reaction, she could still feel the love there. Raymond, on the other hand, he seemed to downright hate his mother.

Maybe, I would act the same as him... but he could cut her some slack now and then...

It was not Suzanne's place to interfere though. No matter however much she would have liked to vouch for her twin, she couldn't after seeing the overt reaction of Raymond. Suzanne liked being special for him, loved their closeness, and how they missed and cared for each other. She loved it too much to jeopardize it by putting in a word for her twin.

We're the worst, all of us! Too fucking selfish!

The sun was just about to set, and the cold winds had picked up. There was little movement of people in the city dyed pink by the last rays of the sun, presumably because everyone had shut themselves inside their homes. The few warriors who were walking along the road looked tired from the day's work, and maybe that's why they didn't rush to their dwellings.

At that very time, a man stood in front of an empty place. He seemed conspicuous to the precious few passersby as the place had been emptied out during the day and he seemed a little late in coming there. The dark-haired man looked from an affluent family based on the nature of his garb and his silver colored light armor; it was quite fitting on his tall and muscular frame.

He looked lonely the way he just remained there like a statue. He stood unmoving for a long time before he finally went inside one of the larger rooms in the deserted building.

"They do move fast!" Raymond muttered to himself after looking around the bleak room. Only a few days ago this place was so full of life with the troupe's people, and now there was nothing. He couldn't reason why he had come here after knowing that Shania and her group had left the city, but his heart was a little calmer when he came inside.

He had spent the better part of the afternoon with Suzanne, right up until she left. She planned to stay the night in one of their military bases and would leave for her destination, Beltran, at the first ray of sun tomorrow. Quite unlike the hub-hub when Suzanne had arrived in the city, her departure was very low key. Apart from him, there was nobody else from his sister and two cousins who remained there to see her off.

"Well, everybody's busy I guess..."

A large bed, that was the only thing left in the room. He chuckled to himself as he laid his eyes on it. The memory of many a night, and mornings, spent in the same bed in the warm embrace of Shania seemed like a thing of the past. A lot of things changed in the space of a few days, and he felt overwhelmed all of a sudden.

"Tomorrow, I have to leave as well..."

A groan escaped his mouth when he realized that he would have to leave for Ostorth the next morning. The earlier jubilation he felt when he had awakened had since mellowed out considerably. There was just dread and worries left behind. He didn't really like the idea of going to meet his mother. The only silver lining was that Suzanne had told him that Samantha would give him something that would increase his power rapidly.

"I'm just too weak as I am right now..."

Raymond was excited about his drastic increase in power and had pestered Suzanne to tell him what star-level his sister and cousins were at the moment. She had told him that he should ask them himself. He understood why they had always kept it a secret from him; however, he felt that he was more than qualified to know as he had also awakened his attribute. And through all of that, the thing that he had wanted to know the most was how much farther he was from Miranda. He vividly remembered what Suzanne had told him after a lot of begging.

"She's very strong... very!"

He was quite taken aback at the moment. For someone like Suzanne to judge as much means that Miranda was more powerful than he could have ever imagined. Raymond, after coming back from the forest, had wanted to meet her so much that he didn't care about anything else and went straight towards her, but he was having second thoughts about it now. They weren't at the best of terms right now, and he realized the extent of his naiveté.

He had thought that awakening his attribute would bring him that much closer to being a worthy man, brother, and cousin. But it all came crashing down when he understood the difference of power between him and his family.

"Fuck! This feeling of defeat and helplessness doesn't taste good at all..."

Now all his hope to catch up rested on his mother, and that was an equally frustrating thing. He shook his head ruefully.

"I don't know what I was thinking about and decided to come here... It didn't feel any better! This is place has depressed me even more than before!"

As he was coming out of the building he spotted Lily leaning against the main gate and watching him.

"Hey!"

"Hey yourself!" It was a pleasant surprise for Raymond, and a smile came upon his face as he asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I came for you."

"Me? How did you know I would be here?" By now Raymond had reached her and took her in his arms. Her soft body felt warm against his chest.

Lily shrugged her shoulders without giving him the reason. And Raymond didn't push for it either. There had been a lot of times when he felt down, and Lily would magically appear in front of him to cheer him up.

"Come with me!" Raymond took her hand inside his own and ran towards a slightly new looking building in the distance.

Lily followed behind silently, a smile on her face as she gazed at the union of their hands.

The Inn, it was the apt name of one of the very few inns in the city. A two story building, it hadn't been long since it had been completed. The wooden makeup and the ordinary hip roof made it no different from the others in its vicinity. Ryhor was not a big city, and the inns in the city were mostly used by the traveling merchants and the warriors staying there temporarily. The Inn was one of the less popular ones even though it had good service.

"Welcome, your highness!"

A thin, old man greeted Raymond at the door. The inn owner had an appearance that was quite typical of a resident of Ryhor. Very different from the awakened warriors, who always looked to be young and healthy, the old man, like any of the other residents had slightly chapped lips. His brown hair appeared dry, and there were unmistakable signs of cracked skin on his face.

"Gylfi! I hope you've been well!"

"I have been well. Thank you for asking your highness!"

"Yes, of course!" Gylfi leaped to get a room key after Raymond had signaled with his eyes. This wasn't the first time Raymond had been to the inn with a woman in his arms. Gylfi was well-accustomed at this point and knew not to ask any questions. He did, however, wonder because the girl this time had her face covered, which was unusual to the other times.

"Enjoy your stay, your highness!" Gylfi grinned widely as he handed the keys to the room to Raymond.

Raymond smiled thinly and hastily went up the steps with the 'mysterious' woman in tow. Gylfi watched them go and the grin on his face faded quickly. He narrowed his eyes as a contemplating look came upon them.

Is that by chance... Lady Lily?! I have to report this to Sir Henry!

Gylfi called for his assistant as he recalled the tall, athletic figure of the seemingly demure woman and the few stray strands of brown hair. He then hurriedly went out in the night after giving one last glance at the stairs.

The room was big, the biggest in the entire inn. The lamps seemed to have been lit just minutes before and the sheets changed as well.

"That bastard, Gylfi! He's damn good at his job!" Raymond grinned as the words escaped his mouth.

"You come here often," Lily noted as she took off her face cover and left it on the small round table by the shut windows.

"I- I don't..." Raymond blushed slightly as he tried to lie his way out of the awkward situation. It was a little unnerving how Lily said it as a statement rather than a query. He was slowly coming to terms with their relationship and didn't exactly know how to deal with it.

"It's fine."

"Sorry-"

"It's fine," Lily reiterated and added in an understanding tone, "Don't worry! I don't hold it against you, and won't do so in the future either."

"Huh? What is that supposed to mean?" Raymond was confused yet also angry at the same time. He didn't quite like the insinuation in her tone.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you." Lily acted as cool as possible, but inside she felt quite jealous. Jealous of the other girls who had been with Raymond and some who would...

He closed the distance between them and held her in his arms. His face inches away from her quivering lips, he whispered in a dreamy voice, "I love you! You! Please don't doubt it!"

*Gulp*

Lily attacked his lips with a vengeance. She had been waiting and not just since he took her hand and brought her running to this inn. It was surprising to her how easy it was to forget and forgive after Raymond said those words, those magical words.

Frantically, they got rid of their armors and their clothes. A flame of passion was lit in their hearts, and it burned brighter with each second.

"Mmm..." Lily moaned in her twin's mouth. Their tongues rolled around in one another's embrace, playing, probing. Suddenly she leaned back from him and stared at his naked form. Her heart raced as she laid eyes on his erect manhood.

The virgin woman was no more as she pushed him on the bed and attacked his mouth with vigor. His hard member pulsed against her trembling palm.

"Yes!" She growled.

Raymond felt as if Lily would bite off his lips. He didn't expect this aggression when he met her outside. Incidentally, he thought that it was only him who wasn't able to control his urge to bed his twin. That's why he had rushed with her to the inn.

"Lily! Slow down."

The brunette calmed down a little after his words. A blush came across her cheeks as she realized how wildly she had been acting.

"We have the whole night..."

"Yeah!"

Raymond flipped their positions and kissed her soulfully while pressing his weight on her. Their experience in the cave was wonderful, as was the first time they had committed the ultimate taboo, but this time seemed different, better.

They both wanted to be with the other at this moment. They both wanted to be just with the other. There was no sudden surge of emotions, and nobody sought to release their frustrations of long. They just were.

"You're so fucking beautiful; you know that?"

Lily's lips stretched at those words. She pulled his head to her neck and writhed in pleasure when he placed soft, wet kisses on her collar bone. She wasn't good with words, never had been, but even if she were the world's best wordsmith, it wouldn't have mattered. All she could do was groan and mewl as her twin drove her to unknown heights of pleasure.

"I fucking love this! Love you!"

Raymond screamed in glee as his rod pierced the tight hole. He took his time after the abrupt penetration, conscious of the fact that she may have not recovered from the frequent few impaling after her first time last night.

"I'm ready... come take me!"

Lily tried to goad him into action, indifferent to the slight ache in her mound. She liked that little pain, the tenderness at the back of her swollen lips as his length thumped inside her. It reminded her of her first night with Raymond, an extremely precious memory.

"Shhh..."

Raymond smiled at his twin and then shook his head faintly. It wasn't hard for him to tell that Lily was a little uncomfortable due to his size and her relative lack of experience. He expected it and thus had decided to take his time.

"Oh, Ray!"

Lily sighed when he finally started moving. He was slow and careful in his movement as he seemed to not want to inflict any pain on Lily if he could help it, unaware of the exact reason behind her craving.

"So fucking tight you are!"

"Fuck me, Ray! Fuck me!"

Raymond duly obliged to his twin's instructions. He churned his hips against the lithe brunette which elicited a moan of approval from her.

"Good!"

In the dim light of the lamps, he marveled at her beauty. It was still surprising to him how a woman so pretty and strong could want him and love him so much. She was putty in his hands and rather than take advantage of the fact, he just remained amazed by it, content that he could earn her trust and her love.

Leaning down and taking an erect nipple in between his lips, he moaned inattentively, "Love you..."

"Ah, Fuck!"

Those sweet words once again lit her fuse. And the licking sensations to her nipples, as well as the rhythmic stabbing at her love canal, proved a little too much for Lily as she had a momentous orgasm. Her eyes rolled back and her fingers contorted as her whole body convulsed due to the immeasurable pleasure coursing through it.

Lily wished she could bite on to something to get a semblance of reality. Like a glass being shattered, she felt fragile and unrepairable under the storm of pleasure brought about by her brother's inspired lovemaking.

"Ray! Ray!"

She moaned unintelligibly as Raymond resumed the slow, long, strokes to her wet and dripping love hole.

"Ooh..." Raymond groaned after suddenly the grip on his manhood tightened.

Lily opened her eyes to stare at him. She wrapped her arms around his head, pushing him to suck her perky boobs with force.

"Yeeessss!" She moaned when he took the dark nub between his teeth and flicked his tongue over it.

Raymond's hips came to a halt as all his focus turned to her boobs, to love those beautiful mounds of flesh.

"Mmm...."

He licked them madly, slurping at them.

"Ooh... fuck! Fuck!"

Lily squirmed under him, overwhelmed by the tingling sensations. She ran her hands through his dark hair, clutching them between her fingers. Her toes curled as another incredibly wet orgasm rocked her body. When Raymond mashed her tits together and took her two little nubs in his mouth at the same time, Lily felt like an explosion of magical energy had gone off in her volatile pussy.

"Oh Lord!" She screamed hysterically. Her womb leaked and her engorged lips wept love juices in what felt like dozens of gallons a second. The intense aroma of her cum and the reduced friction between his erect member and her inviting love hole made it unbearable for her to ask him to slow down. She just wanted to drown in it, deeper and deeper.

"Ray! More!"

Lily stuck to him like an octopus, her arms and legs wrapped around him tightly, with no room for him to move other than to grind his hips.

"Yes... yes..."

"Oooh, Ray!"

"Yes!"

Raymond's dick was wet with her juices and it made sloshing sounds as it scaled the depths of her pussy. The warmness of her fleshy hole felt so inviting to him that he couldn't have stopped his movements even if he wanted to at that moment.

"Hot... you're so hot..."

But somehow, he did stop. He stopped, hypnotized by her beauty, and bent down so that he could kiss her exquisite face, could press his lips on her flushed cheeks, and could taste the little beads of sweat on her forehead. It was surreal to him, the sheer number of things he wanted to do to her.

"You are so fucking hot!" Raymond screamed all of a sudden, and he swiftly flipped her around on her toned stomach.

"Yes... Do it... fuck me! Fucking... fuck me!" Lily liked his aggressiveness. She wanted him to be like that, to take what he wanted, to take her and want her. "Come on, Ray! FUCK ME!"

Raymond couldn't hold back any longer in the face of that impassioned plea from his ravishing twin.

"Oooh!" They groaned at the same time as he pierced her swollen love hole in one smooth motion.

The warm embrace of his twin sister's pussy and her soft mewls of appreciation drove him wild with love and lust for her.

"Lily, fuck!"

He held her by her thin waist and resumed his heavy strokes. Lily balled her fists and clawed at the bedsheet. The feel of his muscular body coming down on her ass felt like something otherworldly to her. She twisted her neck to make eye contact with him, and a groan of pleasure escaped her lips as she watched the look of an intense concentration and an immense fulfillment on his glowingly handsome face.

*Thump*Thump*

Thumping sounds resonated in the room as the bed struck against the wall by the force of their union. Raymond did not know that being with his twin sister could give him such pleasure. He could have never imagined the fact, nor could he have ever believed that Lily was such an animal in bed.

Now that he understood that Lily didn't mind that little bit of pain, he didn't hold back from really fucking her.

"You like it? Like this?" Raymond whispered near her ear even as he bore down on her with a menace.

"Yeah..."

The deeper meaning of his words along with the crisp impact on her butt as his hips struck her ass made her want to impale herself on his hardness. Lily couldn't get enough of the feeling of being filled by him. The fit between her hole and his manhood seemed impeccable to her, like there couldn't be a better match.

It's as if I'm made for this...

She climaxed as that thought crossed her mind. The idea that she could spend her days, locked in a room with her twin, sent a gush of juices flowing out from her slit. A seedy room, rife with their smell, Lily convulsed as she imagined it. His hold, his strength, it overwhelmed her. She clattered her teeth as she tried to lock his cock inside of her warm, slippery, pussy. The thrusts felt intense and the imagery became blurred. There was only his dick, and the sloshing sound as it fucked her again and again.

"Ahhh!"

"You love this don't you?" Raymond asked as he felt the hold on his dick tighten and watched Lily thrash about in the bed.

"Yes..."

The instant nod of acceptance from Lily left Raymond a little speechless, but he chuckled at the fact that she was just that contrasting in and out of the bed.

"I love it too..." Raymond moaned.

His hands slithered upward and held her tits in them. He massaged her nipples with his fingers while his dick massaged her pussy. Lily kept mewling and pushing her ass back to meet his length with force.

"Fuck!"

"Yes!"

They were in a world of their own, unaware and unconcerned of the world around them, as their bodies rocked against each other. Their youthful love for each other filled them with endless energy as they kept fucking each other.

"Ray, I'm-"

"I'm about to-"

"Cumming!" Lily yelled.

The increased pressure of her hold around his dick and her scream of euphoric gratification proved too much for him to handle and he spurted his seed inside her in jets. The tip of his dick swelled greatly and the opening tingled uncontrollably.

It was relief, pleasure, and freedom all mixed in one. The veins had felt as if they would burst and his soul had felt trapped, eager to let it out, to douse his sister in his semen. He gave one last thrust and drained himself inside that incredibly aromatic hole before pulling out and rubbing the head of his dick over the deep, red, fleshy nub.

"Aah!"

She groaned in rapturous glee as the thick gooey cum flooded her hole.

"Ooh..."

Spent, they fell against each other.

"I love you, Ray..."

Those words were the last ones he heard before sleep overtook Raymond.

In the morning, a loud knock on the door woke Raymond up. He turned to look on his right, but the bed was empty. He smiled to himself as he thought about Lily and the night of passion.

"Fuck! She left me here alone..."

Raymond jumped down the bed and answered the door while taking note to dress himself on the way.

"I'm sorry your highness! There is an urgent messenger for you," Gylfi lowered his head and informed Raymond the reason behind the offensive action of disturbing his sleep.

"Oh! What's the problem?"

"Lady Miranda has called for you at your home." Gylfi shuffled to the side after saying those words while continuing to keep his head lowered.

"Shit!"

There was a sense of Déjà vu for Raymond. The last time he had been with Shania something similar to this had happened not quite later. He hurriedly steadied his clothes and armor and after tossing a couple of gold coins to the old man at the side of the door, he ran down the stair and out of the building.

"So?"

Miranda tapped the table after she settled on one of the chairs. There was a loaf of freshly baked bread on the dining table along with a line of various condiments. Raymond, though, was not in a mood to touch any of them. It was the first time since that fateful day that he was alone in a room with Miranda and was sure that no one could disturb them. Miranda had told him as much.

The memory of their kiss and the soft, sexy figure of Miranda kept on playing in his head. However, that was an image far removed from the nostril flaring and sharp eyed woman who sat opposite him.

Raymond glanced at her from the corner of his eyes and thought to himself, she's still so beautiful though...

"What do you have to say for yourself?"

Miranda lifted her right leg over the other one, and her fair skin peeked out from below the brown, long skirt. The greenish, full sleeved blouse was fastened tight to her hourglass figure while she had kept her long hair in a loose ponytail.

"I-I don't understand," Raymond stammered under her furious gaze. He was never good in confrontation with her and frankly, he was unsure of the topic of their conversation, distracted by the impulse to free her hair and stare at it.

"Why didn't you come to see me yesterday? Do you know how worried I was? DO You?"

Raymond was speechless at her sudden outburst. It was plain to see that she was really angry that he hadn't met with her after he returned from the forest. He had wanted to tell her that he did, in fact, come to see her, but she wasn't to be found anywhere, yet the words never left his mouth.

She will kill me if I said that as an excuse...

The fault laid with him, that's what Raymond thought, and decided to apologize just to pacify her a little, "I'm sorry!"

Raymond guessed that Miranda didn't want to keep on scolding him and that he had looked so ashamed and repentant that she decided to forego her anger, "I'm sorry too. I know I could have looked for you myself."

"Here," She extended her hand and took his palm under her own.

Raymond smiled as the clouds of confusion and guilt cleared from over his head. He was never any good at handling Miranda's ire, and this time he had really overstepped his bounds. At the end of the day, to kiss her was no joke. There was the thing that they hadn't actually cleared the air between them, but he was much more at ease. From the way Miranda was acting, he reckoned she had decided to overlook the matter. And he was fine with them pretending that it never happened.

Maybe it's for the best...

Though he couldn't get rid of the myriad of jumbled feelings, when the smiling face of Lily flashed before his eyes his mind became calmer. The soft voice of Miranda and the warm feel of her hand would have his heart racing any other time, but at the moment he pushed those emotions down and tried to keep them away. He decided that the best thing would be to behave like he had always behaved, even if it may seem a little unnatural, and ignore the complicated feelings inside his heart.

"I have something for you." Miranda smiled mysteriously as she stood up, though her expression darkened after she turned around from him. Wistfulness engulfed her whole being, seeing that she had somehow ended up worse than how she had started.

"It will be tougher from here on..."

"Did you say something?" Raymond felt as if Miranda muttered something to him and asked her about it.

"I said to wait right there while I go get it," Miranda spoke without turning back and went towards her room.

After a few moments, she was back with a leather pouch and proceeded to hand it to Raymond as she took her place opposite him.

"Open it!" Miranda coaxed.

"Alright..."

What came out of that pouch was a magic stone of considerable size. Raymond was stunned by its texture and weight. He had never seen a magic stone with such dense mana and of such huge proportions.

Usually, a magic stone was barely bigger than the length of a finger with varying thicknesses. However, the magic stone given to him by Miranda was nearly the length of his palm and wide as his fist. Most importantly though, it was of earth type, incredibly rare and precious one inside their kingdom.

Raymond gulped unconsciously and gazed at Miranda with worshipful eyes. Without thinking, he left his seat and hugged her tightly.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

"Congratulations on awakening your attribute!" Miranda whispered to his ear as she tightened her hold on him.

"But I wanted the fire element...!"

"Ha-ha... Did you say that to Lily?"

Raymond smiled sheepishly as he sat back down.

"The poor girl!" Miranda sighed and then added in a low voice, almost as if regretful, "You should pay more attention to other's feelings..."

"Yeah, I think so too!"

Raymond muttered, but all of his attention was on the magic stone. It was a magic stone of an earth attribute beast. A magic stone was the condensation of mana of a beast and could be obtained after processing its dead body. If he could absorb all the mana within it, then his power would surely skyrocket. There was even a chance that he would directly improve his star level.

"It's just what I needed. Thank you!" Raymond grinned widely at the smiling Miranda.

He didn't ask her how she had gotten it or if it would be better utilized by herself. He didn't ask these questions because he was long used to being treated like this by Miranda, being spoiled by her. Miranda had always saved the best of things for him. Even when they were kids and living at the palace, she would secretly take out something precious and give it to him.

It was similar to the time when he had thought about Miranda as soon as he had awakened. He just couldn't explain it, but it felt like the most natural thing to think of her whenever there was ever a happy incidence.

"Now all I need is a new weapon!"

"Why? What happened to your sword?"

"Lily forbade me to use it... She says that since I am an earth attribute awakened, I shouldn't use a sword anymore."

"Ha-ha... I believe she pulled one over on you!"

"Really?" Raymond's skeptical tone changed to overjoyed in an instant, "You mean to say that I can still use the sword?"

"Yeah..."

Miranda chuckled sexily, and her ponytail came undone because of shaking her head back and forth. She took the few loose strands of hair and tucked them behind her ear.

"You should really start to pay attention to others..."

"Hmm," Raymond absentmindedly groaned at her seductive turn and the throaty whisper. He was spellbound for a second and almost repeated his actions of that day, but at the last moment, he checked himself. He decided to escape before he did something really embarrassing.

"I have to leave!" He stood up from his seat and tried to make his way out hastily.

"Wait!" Miranda sauntered to him and fussed about his clothes and armor. By now, she had become used to the abruptness of Raymond. He had a tendency to dodge and delay the things he found uncomfortable. She didn't exactly like that about him, but now it didn't bother her as much as it used to do, a few years earlier.

Raymond was brave, she knew that, although not when it came to dealing with his family. However, she had decided to wait. Because, after all, she had an unshakable belief in him; an unshakable belief that, no matter what happened, he would always come back to her. She just had to make sure that it was sooner rather than later.

"I don't know what you will have to do once you reach Ostorth..." Her eyes turned piercingly serious as she concluded her sentence, "But remember this, no matter what happens in the future, no matter how much time has passed, Ryhor will always be our home!"

"Our only home!"

Ostorth, the capital of Gelodesh was considerably bigger than the only other two cities in the kingdom. The streets were wider, the buildings bigger and the population larger and livelier. Moreover, the weather was more pleasant too.

The palace in the middle of the city was the largest, the grandest place in the city. Any passerby would stop for a few seconds to marvel at the structure. It was built in a style that was quite different to the palaces of the neighboring kingdoms and was much more reminiscent of the southern kingdoms.

Golden in color and with tall towers on all four sides of it, it was an airy palace with a good number of windows and a large garden. Considering there was snowfall in the city, even if it wasn't heavy like in the two northern cities, the design was a little conspicuous. Nonetheless, it was very beautiful.

A large carriage stopped in front of the palace and Raymond alighted from it. The first thing that caught his eyes wasn't the grand palace, it wasn't the magnificent artistry on the walls, and it wasn't the palace guards standing at attention for his arrival.

No! It was a woman. It was an alluring woman with fiery red hair and a wide smirk on her face.

"Yo!"

"... Rose!"

In the next chapter: Fights! New Cities! New Villains! New Women! And... Threesomes?

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