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

After giving Laerad a few more reminders on how he can better take care of the children, I asked him to bring me back to my villa in the Academe of Gnosis. He reluctantly complied with my request but with a condition that I visit him and the kids whenever I can which I immediately agreed to. I gave one fiery kiss before teleporting back in my bedroom in Hoffen.

Since I am in my last semester on my first year in the academe, I decided to take very few classes so that I can focus on other things that I have to settle outside of its grounds. My first two semesters were packed full of classes five days a week. I have taken so many subjects that I could have been promoted to my second year immediately. For the third semester, I already did one out of the three required immersion classes in advance to facilitate my visit to Sklavryet and the surrounding mystique sanctuaries. Immersions are supposed to be taken during the last three semesters of my second year but I did it quite early to hide my visit to Freyheimr.

Everything I do has always been dependent on my main mission. Taking in several classes to get a lot of academe points, working part-time as an adventurer, building a business, and even taking as many official certifications (alchemy, botany, cooking, butchering, first aid, etc) were all to earn as much money as I can by the time I leave the shield given to me by the academe. Even marrying my husbands officially earns me academe points though I did it because I value and want to take full responsibility for them. All academe points I earn will be converted to 1:1 ratio to silver when I graduate so it is technically another source of income for me.

Now that money isn't that much of a problem anymore, I have to move on with the next thing on my list which was having more children. I promised Kayden and Dimitri that it will be their turn soon since Ioannis has already given birth. I have to allot 2 days each for the both of them for our official honeymoon in Eieneos same with what I have given Ioannis to ensure fairness. I should start by next weekend then but for now, I have to hasten the pace of visiting the other mystique sanctuaries to get more renters for the world tree realm.

I called on Void to meet me again for any updates on the last task I gave him. Hopefully he has gathered all the information he can get from Lyartaim by this time. Within half an hour, I felt Void appear inside my villa. Since he can't enter my room directly through teleportation, he can only appear in the living room area. I went out of my room to fetch him and bring him directly to my personal office instead.

After entering my office, he gave me a greeting while kneeling on one knee as usual. I had told him so many times to stop these overly polite greeting gestures but the guy simply smirked and answered that he will onny stop once I take him as my official lover. He reasoned that he was nothing but a lowly subordinate of mine right now. I rolled my eyes at the obvious lewd insinuations in his words.

Void, being the ever efficient subordinate that he is, gave me a detailed report on everything that has been happening in Lyartaim for the last 50 years. It seems that the existence of the separate village only came about during the reign of the current leadership which started 15 years ago. At first, the leaders were working diligently to keep their sanctuary thriving but eventually greed took over their minds once they received promises of benefits by making beast men available for nightly services to other races.

They could not just pick out men randomly from the population since it will sow civil unrest so they used an official law in the sanctuary to make everybody obey. They targeted unmarried men that are already way past their prime age for marriage as well as men that could not produce children even after being married for several years. They capitalized on the culture and thinking that a man's main worth is to have children and if they couldn't, they have to be useful in some other way.

It turns out that the separate village have been built only about 3 years ago. At first, only beast men women went there to take the nightly services but eventually it was opened to outsiders that are willing to pay the exorbitant fees given by the leaders of Lyartaim. They did not see anything wrong with as long as both the leadership and the customers are willing participants to the deal. They never considered the plights and the decisions of the men who they forced to provide nightly services at all.

As for the living conditions inside Lyartaim, it follows the common rules of the forest which was "survival of the fittest" and "the weak has to bow down to the strong". In this case, predators will always be at the top of their society, holding main positions in the leadership and major business inside the sanctuary. On the other hand, omnivores were the common businessmen and merchant families that are considered middle class or slightly rich. As for the herbivores, they can only work for the other two more powerful members of the society as farmers and common laborers, making them the usual victim of injustices and even starvation.

At the end of Void's report, he mentioned that it would be best to rescue those "useful" inside the separate village. He has confirmed that most of the men inside were skilled workers not only from the herbivores side but also from the omnivore and carnivore tribes. They were technically abandoned by their own families who were afraid of penalties and punishments. He smirked as he said that taking them in will make them indebted to me. This guy that thinks like a villain even said that they will be useful for my endeavors and I can even pick some of them to have children with and they will surely be willing participants.

I can only sigh at his cruel side comments as he is starting to sound like Lia and Aelorus when they first talked about "vessels". For once, I am honestly not thinking about touching those men. I just want them rescued and start living a better life. Most of them are still able-bodied workers so they can use their talent and skills to repay my help. They can use the same to pay the rent for living in the world tree realm in the future. If they end up being mine in the future out of their own free will, it's fine but for now, they probably need time to heal from whatever trauma they received from that filthy place more.

As a bonus, Void also gave me a map of Lyartaim's sanctuary including the separate village. It was clearly marked as to where each tribe resides and where the homes of the leaders and other important people are located. He also gave me a list of their common products and produce and also the specialized abilities and skills of some potential men I can rope into my family as well. Overall, I was very impressed with his work.

I threw a bag of orbs again as his reward to provide sustenance to his people. As for his personal sustenance, he has been taking it directly from me through our short interactions. As per his words, "Nothing is more delicious when food is prepared especially for you." which simply means that because I like him personally, our interactions give him the best source of sustenance there is.

His haughtiness never fails to make me smile as I called him with an exaggerated flirty tone to tease him. I stood up and walked in front of my office table and sat on its edge. He scoffed at the obvious taunt I made but still approached me anyways. I immediately placed my hand at the back of his neck to give him a fiery kiss which he reciprocated immediately.

During the several times I called Void for both small and big tasks, our interactions have become increasingly intense. We only started with kissing and hugging each other, which escalated to touching each other's bodies until it came to a point that we have ended up naked in bed. We have done everything that lovers would do except THE DEED itself.

I have always told him that it is not yet time and I can see the frustration and the insatiable hunger in his eyes after each time we have to stop right before the deed. Though he looked like he'd rather die than stop, he still obediently stops whenever I tell him to.

Today, we ended up making out again on top of my office table and then on the sofa. We were heavily panting and our bodies are all heated up. As usual, we had to stop right before everything goes out of control. With a voice that shows how much he is trying to control his sanity he asked, "When are you going to take me?"

I gave him a brief kiss on the lips and then a tight hug. I whispered, "Surely not now and not on this unromantic room on top of this sofa. Don't you want it to be romantic and planned at least?"

He bit me teasingly on my shoulder and murmured, "Fuck romance and planning. You are going to end up making me insane then killing me in a horrible way with all this waiting."