Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!

I reappeared at the middle of the portal in the palace grounds. To cool down my anger, instead of teleporting straight to my personal office, I started walking leisurely towards the palace. It would be nice to just enjoy the garden for a bit.

It took me about half an hour enjoying the scent and the view of flowers. I couldn't help but want to praise my gardener for all his efforts. He must be quite powerful if he could make this much change in the gardens. I haven't visited the farms yet but I have quite high expectations as to what is in store for me during my ocular there.

As I entered the main palace hall, I saw Ioannis sitting comfortably on the sofa, reading a book which was hilariously upside down. He must be waiting for me to come back so we could have a private conversation. I couldn't help but tease him as I said, "I hope you can understand the book you're reading right now. It is quite a challenge to read books when they are upside down. Even I will have a fairly hard time doing that."

I walked past him wanting to walk up the stairs. I tried to keep my giggle in as I saw him scrambling to correct the position of the book he was holding with a face bright red from embarrassment. He called on to me, "Luna, can we please talk? Just the two of us?" I paused my walked as I answered a simple, "Sure. Let's do it in my office then."

I resumed my walk towards the staircase but even before I can take my first my first step going up, somebody pushed the door with all their might that I actually heard the door hinges creak before a loud thud came due to something falling to the ground. There was even a mild vibration on the floor as if there was an earthquake.

Without looking back, my first instinct was to place a barrier around Ioannis. As I turned around slowly, the first thing I checked was Ioannis. He had another barrier around his body, clearly weaker since he just learned to use it. A more powerful barrier from me was enveloping him as well.

The next thing I looked at was the floor in front of Ioannis where I can clearly see one of the panels of the double door which fell to the ground. I slowly looked up and saw the panicked face of Laerad (aka Nische) as he realized that he just thrashed the door of the palace. I sighed exasperatedly and simply turned around towards the stairs as I telepathically called for Lia to fix the broken door.

Laerad realized that I was still leaving as he shouted for my name. He apologized for the broken door and promised to fix it the soonest. He then begged for me to have a word with him. I scoffed and said while walking away, "It's not your turn to talk to me yet. It's first come, first serve here."

At first, Laerad did not understand what I meant as he scanned the house for the other person that had to talk to me first. That's when he realized that there was a man sitting on one of the soft chairs in the main hall.

Knowing my first husband who was feisty, he spoke coldly, "You're the guy inside the tree, right? Congratulations on waking up. You seemed strong and healthy. I'm the guy that MY WIFE will be talking with first. Please wait for your turn."

Ioannis then stood up from the sofa and who knows when Aelorus appeared as he helped him up to his feet. He walked slowly across the main hall and on to the base of the stairs where I was currently standing on. He then grabbed my hand while looking straight into my eyes, "In your office. Teleport now." I sighed as I did what I was told before things get more serious.

The two of us quickly disappeared leaving the obviously confused Laerad standing by the door he just broke into pieces. Ioannis and I reappeared inside my personal office. I gently carried him to sit on one of the soft chairs while I sit on my office chair.

He did not waste any time as he directly asked a question with his signature cold demeanor and calm voice, "Care to tell me what is happening?" I smiled a bit and told him that I did not even know that Laerad is already awake. Ioannis looked at me in disbelief as he looked away and sighed.

My husband knew that I planted Laerad in his seed form and I even brought him to visit the world tree. He saw Laerad's sleeping body in the form of a child too so I did not need to explain that much on that part. To prove my innocence, I continued my explanation that Laerad was supposed to wake up only after a month from the time I planted the seed but even after a month has passed, he did not wake up as he promised.

I came clean that I have returned to Eieneos a few times since then but only once every month but ended up coming back disappointed each time. I went for a visit for three consecutive months with no reward so I decided to stop visiting. I told him that I simply gave Lia the task to check on the tree and give me a heads up if the guy wakes up. I told him I never got any update before we came here.

I vowed that the last time I came here was about a month ago and at that time, the guy is still a teenage boy and he was still asleep just like the first time we saw him together. The other time I came back to simply return the six orbs and two saplings I took back from Freyheimr and place them in their supposed places inside the world tree's body. I immediately left. As for the time that little seed woke up, it may have been anytime from the day after I returned the orbs till today.

Ioannis quietly listened to my explanation with no changes in his facial expression whatsoever. He then asked me the same question that Samir asked when we talked before, "Are you planning on waking up the other three sleeping men upstairs any time soon?" I shook my head and said that I can't handle too many people living in Eieneos at once as well as the placed that will be unlocked once those three wakes up.

I told Ioannis that after he gives birth to the twins, I want to first focus on taking care of the children and my current responsibilities. I told him that eventually, I have to bring Kayden, Dimitri and Lark here in Eieneos to complete the same marriage ritual we had to honor my Eienean roots. They are also in line to have babies with me soon.

Ioannis looked at me in the eyes intensely before sighing. He then said, "Fine. Just give me a heads up when you wake up another one. These surprises are going to shave off years of my supposedly long life after deification." He paused for a while but eventually added, "That guy who broke the door, he was supposed to be your third husband right?"

I looked at him and said, "Yeah but I just want you to know that marriage is different between mystique races. There was no ritual or marriage vows or promise rings at all. There were also no titles for lovers, concubines or husbands. It was simply consummating or not. If I spent a night with them then they are mine for life. I just want to clarify that Laerad and Samir aren't mine... yet."

I looked away guiltily since I purposely withheld the information about the other three pregnant guys living in Marahuyo as of this time. I am quite sure it will be another huge issue that would need some serious talk with the deified husbands in the near future.

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Back in the living room, a fuming Lia and Aelorus is giving a handful of scolding to Laerad. Lia shouted, "Hey, Mr. Deity. Do you have to damage the door just to get in? Don't you know how to knock?"

Before Laerad can explain, an angry Aelorus seconded, "Damn. My son-in-law was sitting on the sofa. He's pregnant! What if he got hit by that heavy door? What if he and my grandchildren got hurt? Should I just hit you with that door instead?! Maybe your brain isn't awake yet from sleeping for too long?"

Laerad, still looking pale as if he was about to cry, begged, "I'm sorry, mother-in-law and father-in-law. I was wrong! I couldn't control my strength yet. I was so weak for so long and it was such a huge boost when six orbs and the two saplings were returned. Please forgive me! I will fix the door. I will apologize with the preg-... Did you say "pregnant" and "son-in-law"?"