Chapter 153: Continuation and ???
Nihilus Star Region, Solitas Star Domain, Ziras Star System, Ziras IV, Mountainside Villa, Several Days Later
Since the day Arcturus and Jeniael fucked like a animals in heat, they were having sexual intercouse almost on the daily basis. It was something that was already becoming routine after training or fighting, as both of them had a lot of tension to release.
Since they got together-together.
Jeniael wasn't the one that was insisting on the traditional courting procedures and everything, while at the same time, she was also anticipating something more than just pure physical experience, no matter how pleasurable it was.
Arcturus, too, knew that even though she would never really say it out loud or even hint it, she wanted the more traditional courtship, but, well, it was to be expected as the pure sexual relationships in the Empire were strongly frowned upon in the Imperial Society.
Obviously, he was rather lost in this aspect because he knew something around nothing to almost nothing about courtships or even dating in general. Everything that he knew was from theory; practical aspects were close to nothing.
The closest thing that he had to dating was that he was always going to the dinners or watching movies with one of the women that he was paying as his escort. Though obviously, she was spending time with him for money, at least they could have some conversation, because even though she was doing prostitution, she was very smart.
It was rather ironic how some people were driven to it due to the circumstances...
Nevertheless, for the past few days, he had been studying some parts of the courtship customs within the Eternal Empire of the Asurya, so he would live up to the expectations because he really liked Jeniael.
Some of the customs within the courtships of the Phoenix Empire were really weird and usually, the courtship between the Asuryani was different. All of it depended on the social caste of the Asuryani, beucse the ones on the bottom had much looser rules, while those in the top had much stricter rules.
The rules for the Highborne Asuryani that were members of the Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses were extremely strict and the courtship usually lasted over one decade.
Due to the very extensive lifespan of the Asurynai in general, ten years wasn't that long period of time for them.
The average lifespan of the Asuryani was something around five hundred years and could be prolonged with Gene Therapy and additional Genetic Modifications up to even one thousand years or even more depending on the level of the technology used.
The lifespan of the Highbornes was much longer. Because of the young age of the Imperium, not a single Highborne Asuryani died from old age, but according to the genetics, the Highborne Asuryani could live up to 5,000 years without any problems.
Due to this, a few years here and there were not really a problem for the Asuryani, who could live for several centuries as their basic lifespan.
Not to mention the technologies to prolong their lifespan. If progression on the Professional Path that could prolong their lifespan by another good number of years was taken into account, then it was another way that could extend the lifespan of the Asuryani.
The Asurynai were a longevity species that lived for many years, so many aspects of their society were very different from the perspective of the short-lived species like most of the Human Race.
Arcturus knew that humanity wasn't particularly lucky on the genetics side because they were, generally speaking, a very short-lived race. Most of the subspecies of the human race could live maximally up to one hundred years.
Which, in the great scheme of things, was a very short life expectancy.
He took the study of the Imperial Courtship Customs rather seriously, and every hour of the day, he was studying everything that the Red Queen was able to find on the Imperial NetSphere about the topic.
It was a big thing in the higher society of the Eternal Empire of the Asury, and Jeniael was technically still a member of the House Luxford. The most prestigious Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble House that existed in the entire Imperium.
It was to be expected from her that she wouldn't be doing something that was against the long-standing social custom like this. Even though Jenaiel was somehow a rebel in the Luxford Lineage, despite everything, she understood the duty she had.
Which was to find a mate and create a stronger future generation of the Asuryani.
This was the most sacred duty and obligation of every single woman in the Eternal Empire of the Asurya, as it was ingrained into their persons from early childhood and was one of the most important aspects of their upbringing.
That was also the reason why she wasn't really opposed to some kind of relationship with Arcturus, as the man had superior genes and DNA, was the 1st-Generation Highborne Asuryani which was pretty rare.
And he was extremely gifted in the aspect of talent and Super-High Risk Primal Psyker Ability, enormous mutated form of Psionic Energy and talent for the swordsmanship, which was making him a prime mate for Jeniael.
Not only for her, because the white-haired scion of the House Luxford was aware that sooner or later, she would need to compete with more heiresses of the Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses.
She knew that Arcturus wasn't really aware that how attractive his Lineage, Genes and Abilities made him for the other Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses that would want to obtain his Genes for their own Lineage.
One of the most important aspects of his entire being was the fact that he was the 1st-Generation Highborne, which meant that his Genes would be passed to the next generation.
This was one of the peculiarities when it came to the Highborne Asuryani: the earlier generation they were, the stronger their Genes were. This meant that the next generation that came directly from 1st-Generation Highborne Asuryani would only be a little weaker than the 1st-Generation Highborne Asuryani themselves.
Which was something that many Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses would be immensely interested in.
Jeniael knew that this was especially true for the Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses that were decaying and their Bloodlines were undergoing the process of the Degradation.
This was rather a rare phenomenon, but it could happen when the Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses weren't producing powerful Professionals for a few generations, then something like Degradation happened.
Basically, due to the lack of the strong and powerful Genes, the entire Genome would start degrading or devolving into a more basic and less powerful form.
This event was generally known as the Fall of Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses because after the Degradation, it was only a matter of time until the Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses fell entirely, and their powers would be only a small part of what they once were.
The Degradation was something that all Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses took extremely seriously, and one of the best ways to reverse it was to introduce the DNA and Genes of the 1st-Generation Highborne Asuryani or at least 2nd-Generation Highborne Asuryani to stabilize the Genetic Degradation of their Genome and the decay of their Bloodlines.
Considering the fact that sooner or later, she predicted that Arcturus would be coming into contact with the wider population, especially the nobles of the Eternal Empire.
So she decided to stake her claim into her main.
Even though Jeniael wasn't really proud to call herself Luxford due to the strained relationship with her family, the House Luxford wouldn't really call her their member proudly.
Blood wasn't water.
She was still a member of the House Luxford.
Whether she wished it or not.
Nothing would really change it.
And Jeniael certainly was, in some sense, proud to be a descendant of the House Luxford.
In the end, the House Luxford was the most prestigious and powerful Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses in the entire Empire.
So, she wouldn't let herself to be outperformed by some lowly hussy from one of the lesser Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble Houses. It was already more than enough that Zehal had set her eyes on her mate, which was something that was irritating the white-haired scion of the House Luxford to no end.
Currently, Jeniael was in the dojo, training in swordsmanship with Arcturus, as she had done most of the day. Though... contrary to the previous day, today she was more elusive as her strikes were attempting to conceal her anger that was budging in her slowly.
And waiting to erupt like a volcanoe at any given time.
This was because today, they would have a visitor.
Several days had already passed, and it was time for Zehal to arrive, which wasn't pleasing the white-haiared swordswoman at all.
One could say that Jeniael was greatly displeased by such a development.
"You are more aggressive than usual... I thought that we already spoke about your tendency of letting your emotions cloud your judgment."
Arcturus said as he appeared in front of Jeniael and knocked out the training sword from her hand with one precise strike when she wasn't paying enough attention to what was happening around them.
"Ts..."
She didn't say anything as she picked up the training sword and went to meditate in the corner of the dojo. Arcturus just sighed at this, as he knew that it was mainly due to Zehal's arrival at the manor.
Jeniael wasn't too thrilled at that, but she already accepted the fact that during the next few days, they would need to restrain their behavior a bit. Which would mean that there would be zero to little sex during the upocmming days when Zehal was with them at the manor.
Specifically, because Jenaiel was rather vocal during the intercourse, and it would be pretty much easy to be found out.
So, she was also angry because of this, because she had rather stamina when it came to the certain activities and was insatiable like a succubus. She could go for several hours without any problems and she still wanted more and more...
Not to mention, she was rather kinky when it came to sex, because she had rather strong masochistic tendencies in her person. Which was something that Arcturus was greatly thankful for, because he, on the other hand, was rather sadistic and wanted to dominate his partner.
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Sword Style has been increased by 8%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Sword Style has been increased by 11%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Sword Style has been increased by 14%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Sword Style has been increased by 19%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Sword Style has been increased by 13%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Sword Style has reached Level 7 Apprentice - 100%.]
[Proficiency with the Skill Sardau Sword Style has reached Level 8 Apprentice - 0%.]
[Basic Swordsmanship - Grandmaster Realm Transformation Progress has been increased by 1%]
[Basic Swordsmanship - Grandmaster Realm Transformation Progress has been increased by 1%]
[Basic Swordsmanship - Grandmaster Realm Transformation Progress has been increased by 1%]
Since the time he began the Grandmaster Realm Transformation in the Basic Swordsmanship, he was progressing much faster in the different Sword Styles when he was training.
Many things that he could previously comprehend or understand easily were now becoming much clearer than before, and some things were even becoming easy to understand and use.
Even though the progress in the Transformation to the Grandmaster Realm in the Basic Swordsmanship was slow; it was actually a bit faster than Arcturus had initially activated and he was relatively satisfied with the progress.
With the current tempo it would be something around one year until he completed the Grandmaster Realm Transformation in the Basic Swordsmanship and he would be officially the Gradmaster.
Teaching Jeniael the swordsmanship, especially the basics, greatly accelerated the tempo of the Transformation to the Grandmaster Realm.
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Some distance from the manor, an armored vehicle was heading toward the direction of the villa as within the armored vehicle that was specifically created for traversing the hostile and frozen landscape of the Ziras IV, Zehal Alvix was observing the panorama of the enviroment.
For the past few days, she had been spending all of her free time carrying out the research and healing the General Velot in the research of the Pseudo Queen Bug and Brain Bug at the Headquarters of the Imperial Colonial Defense Forces.
She got, right now, around ten days of free time because the research department was conducting some scans and analysis that would take some more time.
Zehal had decided to pay a visit Arcturus and, to a lesser degree, Jenaiel.
Zehal had had a fair share of conflict with Jenaiel, and right now, they were locked in another one that was even more problematic than the previous ones.
Initially, they were mostly competing to prove their superiority in the aspect of personal power or achievement, but right now, they were competing in the area of love, which was...
Foreing territory but also something that neither of them could fail.
From the moment Zehal's family learned that she was in the company of Arcturus Crawford, she was pressured into seducing him so she could secure herself a husband and also a much brighter future for the House Alvix.
Alvix were the Mercantile Clan of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya.
But their ambition laid in the ascendance to the geniue Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble House.
They already had the best bet in the form of Zehal.
But they also needed to think for the next generation after Zehal, so she was always under huge pressure to get married os she could secure the next generation of the Alvixes.
Preferably, it would be the one that would inherit her talent and could be more numerous than the current one, as Zehal was without siblings.
Nevertheless, despite this, she wasn't really against it.
It was rare to meet someone who appreciated her ambitions and didn't want to use her for personal gain, which was rather common among the Mercantile Clans and Bloodline Aristocratic Lineage Noble House of the Eternal Empire.
Contrary to Jeniael, who understood her duty very well, Zehal was someone who wanted to experience true romance and was strictly against the concept of arranged marriage or having children just for the sake of creating the next generation for the House Alvix.