Three days later we left the Village of the Elves, I had already taken care of everything with Freya’s help, after that, we didn’t stay long, one of the reasons was the large number of Fairies and Spirits that gathered close to me when I was away from Orion.
But the few days I spent in the village of the Elves helped me to discover some things and I decided to make one last sightseeing trip before leaving this continent.
A commercial city that according to Lilian has a questionable reputation.
Lilian told me that the city is full of secrets, and also said that it has two rulers, the first ruler is the King known to be more merchant than King, but very fair and honest, he rules in the light for all to see.
The second shadow cave ruler is his name is unknown, he leads all the bandits, pirates, traffickers, and clandestine organizations of that Kingdom.
The two rulers do not interact with each other and tend not to disturb each other’s business as much as possible.
This kind of balance seems to work because the criminal ruler cruelly punishes anyone who crosses the line, that Reina’s criminality sets its own rules making it one of the safest Realms ironically.
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I was traveling in my carriage as Nix wants to reign the Spirits inside the Dungeon now that they have enough intelligence, she even made a bet with Layla that she will do the same with the Fairies, I gave this advice to Nix because it will motivate Layla to do something productive with your time.
I could go flying to this Realm, but I was in no hurry to go anywhere, so I was inside the carriage with Hinata lying on my legs and Ibuki drooling on my shoulder, Lilian was sitting in front of me.
“What kind of ruler lets crime run wild?” (I)
“The royal family in that place has always been more like Merchants, they only think about profit and loss, it’s not a wrong thing, but I admit it’s an incomplete way of ruling.” (Lilian)
“How long are these rulers from the same family?” (I)
“Since before I was born, they’ve been Demons whose family has the same obsession with commerce.” (Lilian)
“So they are very focused on capitalism, focusing more on the financial area than the rest?” (I)
“I don’t know what Capitalism is, but anything can be bought in that Kingdom, even things from other continents.” (Lilian)
“I can imagine the kind of culture prevailing in a place with that kind of ruler.” (I)
“Even the people must be people who care a lot about money.” (I)
“Yes, even the Nobles there are merchants, their titles of nobility are not inherited to another generation, to become a Nobleman you must be recognized for the money you managed to earn for yourself.” (Lilian)
I wanted to leave this continent since I can’t evolve here, but when I heard some people in the village of Elves talking about this Kingdom I was very curious about such a capitalist and strange culture.
The purpose of a trip is to enjoy beautiful passages, experience new cultures, and taste new foods, so why not stop by interesting places along the way?
I talked to Anton, Lyra, Tania, Rakan, Leonardo, and Nicolas that they can get some fun in this Kingdom.
I thought of an interesting game and set up a competition for them, I talked to Nira to be able to create an Auction and manage to rent 6 stores in the Commerce Guild that looks more like a Mall.
All this so that these six can sell their products and can keep all the money they can, in addition, the Auction will be used to sell special things that they create and to sell some things that just take up space and have no use for us.
I said that the winner’s prize will be 20% of the other contestants’ winnings and the right to choose something from the Dungeon treasury.
The dungeon treasure room is very full as I keep everything of value inside, but even there there is still a limited space and I don’t want to expand, I realized that there are many things of little value for us inside, that’s why I wanted to free myself of these things.
Everyone seemed to be excited, money was secondary to them knowing they could get everything they wanted from me, but the chance for friendly competition between different professions will be very interesting. .
Leonardo looks like it will compete with paintings like the ones he does for construction projects, the drawing he showed me of the city in the past was too much like a painting to the point of using it as one in the mansion.
Nira also found the proposal very interesting, Ivan will help her with that.
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2 days later.
Around a bonfire high on a cliff.
I look into the distance drinking a beer, the forest below was beautiful with trees in silver colors in various metallic tones, the name of this place was Vale Armored.
It was an incredible sight, even more so at night, the lights of the two moons and the stars seem to reflect on the metallic trees creating an incredible light show.
I was mesmerized by a place like this, but I also realized the danger from the flashes that must be a result of fighting within this forest, it’s happening in many different places, but I’m only able to see it due to my position at the top of the cliff.
This is the kind of landscape I expect to see from a world of magic, this kind of pleasant journey is what I need, no Monster Wave, no terrorists, and no extremist religions.
“~~Master~~~~” (Diana)
“Huh!?” (I)
I look up and notice that one of the moons is full, so I look at Diana’s face who is hugging me from behind and kissing my neck, her eyes and her breathing are very unusual.
“(Damn! I forgot to pay attention to the state of the moons, luckily there’s only one full moon.)” (I)
“Calm down Diana, let’s at least go back to the mansion…” (I)
“It’s suddenly so hot…” (Ibuki)
“érica what did you do!?” (Kira)
“My head is spinning…” (Karina)
“Calm down Kira, it’s going to be fun… hahahahaha…” (érica)
“…” (I)
I look back and realize that érica did something with the food, it seems I did well not to eat anything this time.
I look at Lilian and my Familiars but all I see is them entering the Dungeon without looking back with Nix dragging Hinata with her into the Dungeon.
“(My own Familiars betrayed me…)” (I)
“Wait…not outside…WAIT…” (I)