The Mage Emperor

(AN: Sorry for being late. I was a little sick for a few days and then I had to catch up with a few things so a week kind of fell out. Hence, I'm posting this a week later than intended. Sorry again but I'm all good now so I should be able to keep up again.)

First Words

Since I spent most of my days laying down formations around large cities and Lien was doing business with others, a week passed by seemingly in the blink of an eye. It was the twenty-second of September and signs of autumn were starting to show as the weather started cooling.

Although I left behind Asia and moved Leviathan to the American continent, we were still on the northern side of the Equator. I could have easily set the temperature in Leviathan to any degree but living under the same weather eternally would have been quite boring. It would be easier to move the Southern half of the planet than to change the temperature anyway.

I was kind of looking forward to the Winter snow, even though I knew I would get annoyed by it after a short period of time and then wait for the Summer to come. Humans were so stupid when it came to seasons. We hated the heat of Summer and the chilliness of Winter. Autumn was annoying because the sky was often gray and it rained almost every day while Spring was filled with colourful days. By colourful days, I meant that it was like a two-faced bitch. If you made a mistake and dressed too lightly because it was hot, you often ended up falling sick.

The good thing was that I wasn’t affected by any of these so I could enjoy the beauty of all seasons, unlike many others. Well, I still hated autumn because of the shitty gray skies and the constant rain so I chose a spot where it wouldn’t rain often even in Autumn.

Although Felice and Reiner were immune to things like viruses and bacteria, and they were unlikely to catch a cold, they would probably find the weather chilly and uncomfortable these days so we used magic to set a comfortable temperature in the house. Looking at Lien from the corner of my eye, I still believed that summer was the best since I could see my wife in revealing clothes on a daily basis.

Though… this gray fleece jacket and fitting white pants combo is quite interesting as well. It kind of makes me wonder what’s under it, even though I know it well. Is it because I can still see her curves?

Finding myself fantasizing about her naked body and what was under her clothes, I realised that having thick clothes on was just as good as seeing her in thin clothes, so I came to the conclusion that all seasons were great. I always believed that there was something good in every bad anyway, and this was certainly one such case.

I must be retarded, I thought to myself, realising that I spent the last few seconds thinking about bullshit.

“Dear, what are you thinking about while staring at me so intently?” Lien asked a few seconds later, noticing my gaze. Placing Reiner on her lap, she gently took hold of his cute hands and started playing with him as she added, “I hope that you don’t want to do something perverted in front of the kids.”

Turning forward, I looked at Felice sleeping on my lap, her finger in her mouth. Destroyed by her cuteness, I replied with a smile, “What are you talking about? How could I get horny when my cute daughter is with me?”

“Is that so? That’s good then,” Lien replied, gently tickling Reiner’s sides.

“Gah~” Reiner cooed as he reached towards his mommy’s breasts, completely ignoring her tickling.

Placing my hand on her left breast, I squeezed it gently as I asked, “Do you want this?”

“Why are you teasing a baby?” Lien asked, slapping my hand away.

“Who’s teasing him? I just asked a question, right, Reiner? Say ‘Dad’ for me, would you?” I said jokingly. I knew I wouldn’t get an answer since babies were supposed to start talking when they were about eight months old. They were likely to say their first words sooner than that but it was certainly too early.

“How could he say anything like that? He can barely give out a sound other than crying,” Lien shook her head. “And it’s not like you had to fondle me to ask him,” she added.

“Of course, I did it for my own enjoyment,” I laughed, reaching for it again only to be slapped away again.

“Don’t be naughty in front of the kids,” she grumbled as I put my hand on her thigh and continued staring at my sleeping daughter. She was so cute. Although her face was round and she was a little fat like all babies, I could see her mother’s beautiful features in her. I was sure that she would turn into a striking beauty, just like Lien and Lana.

“Nauhy!” a thin voice resounded in the room a moment later, making me freeze on the spot. Turning to look at Lien, I could see her staring intently at Reiner with a similarly surprised expression on her face.

“Did I hear that right?” I asked.

“So I wasn’t imagining things,” she replied with a nod, clearly doubting her own ears. Reiner was staring at her with a struggling face, still trying to touch her breasts but since Lien’s hands were under his armpits, his arms naturally weren’t long enough to reach her.

“Dad. Say Dad!” I was the first to take the chance and pointed at myself as I slowly spelled out those three magical letters I so wanted to hear. Not even bothering to look at me, he tried his best to get what he wanted.

Looking at me with a smug expression on her face, Lien pointed at herself, at her chest to be exact, and said, “Mommy!”

“Moy!” Reiner replied right away.

“Nooo!” I couldn’t help but hold my head, seeing that I was defeated by a pair of tits. Well, it was his only source of nourishment and he was hungry as well so it was no wonder but it still felt bad. Picking up Felice, I pulled her into my embrace and kissed her tiny forehead, hoping that she would at least call me first.

I’ll have to point at Lien’s breasts when she’s hungry and name them Dad. Maybe she’ll call me first that way!

Calming down from my initial shock, I quickly made some plans so that Felice would call me first, and then I said in a low voice, “Still, for Reiner to be able to utter something like this after barely passing the age of one month, they are smarter than I expected.”

“Indeed, but pardon me now because ‘Mommy’ has to feed her little baby!” Lien replied with a bright smile on her face as she unzipped her jumper.

Seeing her melons jumping out of their place right away, I couldn’t refrain from questioning her, “Wait, what the hell? Were you seriously naked under it? Shouldn’t you wear a bra or something?”

“Why would I? It’s too much of a bother to take off my bra and shirt every time so wearing tops that have zips is more beneficial. It’s much simpler this way,” she replied while Reiner jumped on her nipple when she pulled him close enough.

“And what about bras that can be unhooked on the front? Don’t your clothes irritate your nipples or something?”

“It would if I didn’t use magic to stop my clothes from rubbing on it. Uh- but he’s sucking so strongly these days, it’s so weird,” she muttered.

“I see, and maybe it’s because your milk has mana in it…” I remarked, noticing something strange as my senses picked up on it.

“Well, it’s my doing. Should I pull it back? I thought we could try feeding them tiny amounts to strengthen their bodies. I’ve also reduced its magic power to a comfortable level for them,” she replied, question marks above her head.

“Hmm, it won’t do harm to them, so why not?” I shrugged my shoulders.

“Then I’ll continue,” she smiled back. Although I seriously didn’t do it intentionally, my eyes were drawn into her beautiful cleavage as I was about to turn away, making me get stuck on those melons. Not just that, the zip of her jacket went right past her free nipple on my side, so there was a small protrusion next to the zip, making the sight extremely alluring to me.

Oh, shit, I better not put Felice on my lap now.

I had totally underestimated fleece jackets. I had never thought that she could look this arousing in them but I was starting to understand how wrong I was. Unable to withdraw my eyes, I continued staring at that tiny spot, not minding that Lien noticed what I was doing. Thinking that I wouldn't do anything and that she could tease me without punishment, she pushed the zip line past her nipple and revealed it to me.

I was staring so strongly that I could see even the smallest of changes and I noticed that her nipple grew a little and seemingly got harder.

"Why are you breathing so hard, dear? Are you in pain?" she laughed, noticing that my breath had turned irregular and my pulse raised.

“You surely aren’t aroused since your cute daughter is with you, right? You must be in pain,” she continued ridiculing me, even reminding me of what I said a few seconds ago.

“It’s- It’s only because of my commandment,” I replied in a low voice.

“Oh? What is?”

“That I’m excited,” I muttered.

“I don’t think so,” she laughed, even going as far as to put her hand on my crotch.

“Don’t play with my patience,” I growled, glaring at her.

Biting her lower lip, she pulled back her hand and started behaving. “Your commandment can really screw up your mind, you know," she shook her head.

Hearing her words, I instantly came to my senses and used magic to fix my brain. Taking a deep breath, I apologised to her, “I’m sorry, I probably sounded scary. I’ll try to be more careful in the future.”

Covering her breast, she leaned on my shoulder and laughed lightly as she said, “It’s alright. You rarely let it out and I won’t be hurt by something like this. You’re also wrong about something, I was neither startled by your reaction nor I’m afraid of you.”

“Actually, that just makes me feel even worse, I think.”

“You don’t have to feel bad and if you keep that long face, I’ll hit you,” she replied, sitting up straight to look at me.

As much as we loved each other, things weren’t always bright and cloudless. My commandment had a rather dark side to it which was my sex drive. While it also helped at times, there was a problem with it. If I got too aroused without the chance to do anything about it, it affected my brain with mind magic and made me go a little crazy. I feared I could even kill people just to get to my wife and relieve myself or make me force myself on her.

I found it quite disgusting but when it came to me, it just clouded my mind and screwed me up completely. It was quite strange considering that when I was a weak mortal, I had no trouble resisting my own lust but this was something entirely different. Luckily, it very rarely broke to the surface as I could suppress it well enough most of the time. Maybe once or twice a year, at most.

The first time it happened Lien got quite scared of me but after talking things over and learning about my troubles, she accepted it quite quickly. The next time it happened she didn’t take it upon herself and this time was the same. I could sense through Link that she really wasn’t sad or bothered by it, though her mood got worse after I snarled at her.

I just found it so saddening that I talked to her like that, even if it happened only rarely and even if it was no more than a few words. Hurting her was the last thing I wanted. I kind of felt like crying after I thought about it but before I could become too sad, Lien used telekinesis to keep Reiner and used her hands to grab my head.

“Dear, you can’t be this stupid. Why do you want to cry? Cry if it makes you feel better but I don’t think that’s going to be the case. Haven’t I told you that it was fine?” she asked.

Rubbing my eyes, I said, “I’m just... really sorry. I don’t want to be controlled by it and I don’t want to talk to you in that tone either.”

Sighing loudly, she said, “I would hug you now if Reiner wasn’t hanging on my breast but anyway, don’t be silly. I know that it’s affecting me less than you and I also know that you need great self-control to hold it back sometimes. You’re doing your best and that’s good enough for me. I’m pretty sure that if it was someone else, things like these wouldn’t happen only once or twice a year, so you’re quite amazing.”

“Uh- just don’t praise me…” I muttered.

“Why? Isn’t that true?”

“I don’t know,” I replied.

“But I do,” she laughed. “And just so you know, you didn’t even yell or something so I really don’t get what’s so terrible about all this. I think that most couples talk to each other this way almost on a daily basis if they have a rough day and you’re doing it only once or twice a year, even then only because of your commandment. Don’t you feel stupid after hearing all that?”

“But we aren’t other couples and I’m not another guy. I’ve always had good self-control and I’ve never yelled or snarled at anyone because I couldn’t control myself,” I replied.

“I swear you are so stupid… a lost cause” she rolled her eyes.

Seeing her carefree mood and that she was still in a good mood, I couldn’t help but feel a little better. The only reason I got so sad about it was that I knew I ‘hurt’ her, in a way, even though I didn’t want to. I was lucky to have her and that she was so understanding but all that just made me even sadder when I still couldn’t control myself.

It was quite frightening when I thought about the fact that deep inside of me, there lived a human beast that would do anything to get his partner. And whenever I got aroused, that personality wanted to break out. Teasing me without letting me do something was a terrible idea for anyone because that was the only time I lost control. With my magic power and capabilities, I could cause a huge disaster if that happened at the wrong moment.

What she didn’t get was that I regained my control only because she was always there to remind me. If she didn’t say anything to me, it was possible that I’d have forced her down in the next few seconds, ignoring even our children’s presence.

“I hope that Reiner and Felice will never see me this way,” I said.

“Well, there is a way to make it sure but it wouldn’t be too pleasant for you,” Lien replied.

“What do you mean?” I asked with a frown.

“What if I teased you and you weren’t allowed to do anything? You can’t control it since I’m always going along with you which is because I like it but if I denied you a few times, you’d probably get used to it and learn to control it. It’s just that if you failed, you’d probably force yourself on me while not being entirely yourself. As I see it, it’s a small price that I’m willing to pay if it can help you. Even if you lost control and became a little scary, I would still know that my dear husband was there,” she said.

“Erm, nope. No way. I’d love to learn to control it but not at a price like that,” I shook my head.

“Come on, don’t be a pussy. Do you think I’d stop loving you because of something stupid like this? I’d rather go and hang myself if that happened,” she rolled her eyes. “Also, maybe you wouldn’t even lose control if you were prepared for it and we brought out that commandment-affected side of yours intentionally.”

“I’ll think about it,” I replied. Even if she wouldn’t mind it, I could imagine how fearful it could be for a woman when their husband turned into a sex-hungry wild beast, and not in the ‘normal’ sense of meaning.

I had to admit I was both of those but when I was myself, it was also part of the play between us, just a kink. I also understood what the real ‘no’ meant unlike when I went crazy. I also knew she liked it rough but being rough while conscious and being rough while ‘unconscious’ were two different things. There would be no emotional connection between us.

I’d probably feel like a rapist to her which was the last thing I wanted. I hated rapists to the core, so there was no way I would willingly allow myself to be like them, even if just for a moment. No matter how many times I lost control, I never did anything to Lien, and I never hurt her physically. I wanted to keep things that way.

Staring at me the whole time, maybe waiting for a yes, she finally said, “Oh, well, I’m not going to force you but just know that I’m willing to help you if you ever want to try fixing it and I won’t stop loving you, no matter what happens.”

“Thank you.”

“It’s not worth thanking me.”

Whenever this happened to me, it always ruined my day since all I could think about was the moment I lost control. This time was no different, so even after Lien was done feeding Reiner, I couldn’t bear to touch her in a perverted way and after taking a shower, we could only hug each other to sleep. 

Well, it wasn’t like it was any worse than sex. I had to admit that much.

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Feeling some weight on my belly, I opened my eyes only to see Lien sitting on me, the blanket on her back and her hands on my chest.

“Good morning, you sleepy-head,” she smiled at me, playfully rocking on my belly as she spoke.

Yawning loudly, I rubbed my eyes and looked around the room. “What time is it?”

“It’s nine in the morning. You slept like a log for ten hours straight. Are you tired because of your lack of satisfaction?” she laughed, reminding me of yesterday.

As if she knew what I was thinking about, she slapped me across the face without any warning or explanation.

“What the hell?” I cried out, rubbing the sore spot. Our physical strength was the same since we had the same kind of body and its default strength had no relation to our body size either. It all depended on how much mana we poured into our body enchantment since we didn’t have real muscles. We were just moving around recoloured mana cells.

Although her slap didn’t hurt me physically, my receptors still replicated that ‘sore’ feeling and I could feel that she put enough strength into it to blow off a normal human’s head. But what truly hurt me was that my wife slapped me, the gesture itself.

“You were thinking about something stupid, I could see it on your face, so I hit you. Didn’t I warn you yesterday that I would hit you if you kept showing me that sad face for too long?” she waved her finger as she finally revealed her reason.

“Well, I just remembered yest-”

“Like now,” she cut into my words, followed by another slap.

“Ouch!”

“Again!”

“Wha-”

“Again.”

“Hey- wait! Ouch! Okay, okay, I get it now!” I raised my hands defensively, for some reason, laughing and feeling happy inside. Not even I understood what made me so happy about being hit. “Uh, my face is all sore now. It’s good that I don’t feel pain,” I grumbled, rubbing my face.

I most likely felt down because I didn’t get any punishment from her, even though I believed I did something bad. Sometimes punishment could really make people feel better if they felt guilty over something.

“That’s the smile I was missing. You look better now, but just in case…”

“Ouch! I told you to stop,” I covered my face, receiving one more while laughing even harder.

“You always tell me that I’m a masochist but I think that it’s you who’s a masochist. You’re laughing while I’m hitting you, are you stupid?” she asked, shaking her head.

Smiling at her, I said, “Thank you. I feel better now.”

“That’s good then,” she nodded. “So where is my morning kiss?”

Sitting up, I put my arms around her body and drove my fingers through her silky hair, gently grabbing the back of her warm head. Pulling her into my embrace, I hugged her warm and soft body tightly and gave her a long kiss which probably lasted a few minutes. I honestly didn’t know since I lost track of time.

Even when we stopped, it was Lien who pulled back only to lean closer to me and whisper into my ear, “I’ve fed the kids already and they’re are asleep. If we’re silent, we could have some morning fun before we leave for Washington.”

“You sure?” I asked, biting my lower lip, unsure if we should.

“I hope that you don’t want to continue your self-pity because you made me get used to doing it every day and I didn’t get my fix yesterday. Or is this your plan? You make me get used to daily sex and then abandon me? Are you trying to play some sick game?” she asked, her finger circling around my nipple. It was driving me crazy.

“I’m sorry, okay? I’m fine now so can you stop doing that with your finger?” I asked, trying to endure that strange feeling in my nipples. Seeing that she had no intention of stopping, I could only laugh as I laid back down and pulled her down with me. Hugging her tightly, I just laid in our bed and enjoyed her presence.

“Can you wait for a few seconds?” I asked in a low voice.

“Mhm, this feels good as well,” she muttered.

A few seconds later when I felt fully refreshed and ready, I kissed the top of her head, grabbed her waist, and pulled her up to my chest.

“Oh? Are you going to eat me for breakfast?” she asked playfully.

“Why? Would you rather eat me?” I played along, raising my brows.

“Hmm~ I can do that once you get me ready,” she replied. “But I’m not going to use my mouth to eat you up,” she added, pointing at her crotch.

“Sounds good to me,” I mused.

Pulling down her frilly red underwear, I ate her out and then we proceeded to do our usual business. We left the bed about fifty minutes later, both of us in a good mood. Even if I thought about what happened yesterday, I could only shrug it off after a great morning like this.

Once we had a normal breakfast, we teleported to Washington since it was time to hand over the negotiated amount of Leviathan Coins to the city lord. The people who were observing the building the last time were still in the city and they were also nearby which I found a little weird.

Simply speaking, the city was too big and looked too safe considering that it was a human settlement. Humans just weren’t like that… so I was sure that something was up. Although I registered an investigation mission the last time we came here, nobody was sent to do it during the week since the scouts were busy doing other things and normal teams weren’t sent on missions in unknown areas.

Just because Lien made a deal with the city lord of Washington, it didn’t mean that we knew how things worked here. We had to find out if there were forces we weren’t supposed to offend or if there were any infamous families, clans, or groups who were worth checking. Those were the kind of questions that needed an answer before anyone was sent here.

Upon entering the city hall, a receptionist spotted us right away and whispered to the guard that he should take us straight to Tanner, the city lord. Coming up to us in a hurry, he greeted us politely, “Miss Lien! Sir. We’ve been waiting for your arrival. The city lord is waiting for you in his room. Please, follow me.”

Things were the same as in Peking but the main reason here was that they knew the difference in power and that they had serious problems with their own currency. Thinking that far, I could only ask Lien, “My love, I’m just wondering but do you show your power during every meeting? The people in Peking treated you just like these people.”

“Well, I never start with that in mind but things always turn out that way after the various leaders become cocky and try to show their superiority or equality, even though they’re never worthy of it. There is also the kind that tries to flirt with me instead of business so I fix the problem by making him feel… small,” she couldn’t help but stop for a moment when she was about to finish her sentence, realising that there was a certain ‘dirty’ taste to it.

Naturally, I felt obliged to pick up on it and asked, “Oh? And how do you do that? Step on hi-”

“Hahaha, I knew you would go for it when I finished my answer but no, don’t talk nonsense,” she laughed lightly, knowing what I wanted to say.

“Miss?” seeing her laughing, the guard asked.

“I’m sorry, it’s nothing. I’ve just thought of something funny,” she replied with a smile, charming the guard right away. I was quite sure that he had a wife since there was a ring on his ring finger. Well, he was just looking which didn’t hurt anyone so I didn’t bother threatening him and stuff like that.

“Let me go to the twenty-ninth floor! I want to train and you’ll be terribly sorry if I have to get back here with my guards!” someone shouted as we reached the twentieth floor and the elevator door opened.

I was the first to get out and he just glanced at me before turning back to continue arguing with the other guard. Lien came out after a short pause and hid behind my back right away as if she was afraid of the boy. That brat certainly sounded like a spoiled kid so I could understand her reaction. It was likely that he would trouble us if he noticed her and she probably didn’t want to deal with him. I could be wrong but it was better safe than sorry, and I had no intention to kill some random seventeen-year-old boy

Noticing her intention to stay out of it, the guard who led us here position himself behind Lien in a way to cover her entirely. Since there was an elevator on the other side of the corridor, we silently made our way to it instead of getting in the brat’s way. Quite a lot of people popped out of their training chambers on our way and looked around to see who was making a ruckus but after seeing the boy, they all rushed back in as if they had seen a demon.

“Justin, believe me, I’d let you go up any other day but the boss said that nobody is allowed to go to the top five floors today because he’s waiting for an important guest. Please, don’t make things too hard for me, I’m just doing my job,” the guard whimpered, seemingly very afraid to offend the boy.

“Important guest?! And who the heck could be more important to him than our family? My father owns almost half of the city and is his greatest support, an S rank magician who is even stronger than him! Don’t be ridiculous!”

“Look, it’s really not my fault,” the guard waved his hands defensively.

“Listen here, there’s going to be a championship in my school in a few days and although I’m sure I’ll take the first place, I don’t want to struggle. If I can train for a few days on the top floor, I’m sure I’m going to beat my classmates in the blink of an eye. My only opponent is Abby, the city lord’s daughter, so could it be that you’re trying to hinder my progress intentionally?” Justin questioned him.

Grabbing my hand from behind, Lien said, “I know you hate his kind the most but could you bear with him? I’ll just tell the guard to let that brat go up. It doesn’t matter to us anyway.”

“Dear, I had no intention of doing anything to him. He’s just a stupid kid with zero self-awareness. All he can do is rely on his wealthy family and burn up their resources to put himself above everyone else,” I wanted to reply shortly but I still couldn’t stop myself from badmouthing him with at least a few words.

“That’s one way to describe him,” she chortled before telling the guard that he should let the boy go up and that he shouldn’t turn our way as to not blow our cover. Since she used her soul force, it was impossible for the boy to hear her words and things should have been alright. Unfortunately, the guard didn’t follow her words and did things a little differently…

Thanks to the Soul Language, I could sense the emotion of ‘hate’ and the desire for revenge in the guard’s soul, so instead of listening to Lien’s request, he went as far as to risk offending us just so we would get in trouble with the boy, and maybe teach him a lesson. It was a dick move but when I put myself in his place, I could totally understand him. I also sensed fear from him which was probably related to the background of Justin.

“Miss, thank you very much! I’ll let him up in that case!” the guard in front of the elevator shouted after us while the guard who was with us turned around to glare at him.

I had a feeling that Justin could easily ruin people’s lives in the city and this guard probably feared that fate. Luckily for him, I was quite hard to offend and I didn’t take it to my heart, though it still pissed me off a little bit. It was just that deep inside, I wanted to beat up this brat anyway.

“What Miss are you talking about?” Justin asked as he turned towards us and looked for Lien. Brushing his shoulder-length black hair out of the way of his brown eyes, he squinted as he looked at Lien from behind. Seeing him making a satisfied face after checking out my wife’s ass, I couldn’t help but flare up and consider killing him on the spot. Still, many others did the same and I didn’t kill them so I restrained myself for the time being, though I was certainly getting closer and closer to the end of my patience.

“Her? Is she the reason I wasn’t allowed to go up and had to waste ten minutes with you?” he asked with a frown, glaring at the guard.

“I-” before he could defend himself, the boy pushed him with his thin arms which were thinner than one of my wrists, even if put together. The only thing that could be considered ‘good’ about him in common people’s eyes was his mana pool and above-average magic power. It was clear to me that it had to do only with the fact that he could train in a mana rich environment, namely, these training rooms. He had no talent and he was lazy as well, and he also relied on nothing but family resources.

“Hey, woman, come back here for me!” he shouted, enraging me even more.

“This shit is not going to end well anyway, how about I go and beat him up now? Pretty please?” I asked Lien since this was still her ‘turf’ and I was just tagging along.

“Hahaha, calm down, hubby. Just wait patiently,” she replied.

Turning around, she said aloud, “The way you address me is quite rude but what do you want? I don’t have time for little kids.”

My wife looked mature but she was still only nineteen years old and it was kind of visible on her physical appearance. Being called a kid by someone who didn’t seem to be much older seemed to infuriate him so he replied in rage, “Who are you calling a kid, you bitch? I’ve been with more women than-” before he could continue running his mouth, I ended up grabbing his head and since my hand was large enough it even covered his mouth. Just what I wanted.

“Can I crush his head, please? I hate him so much already! How can he-”

“Dear… let go of him,” she replied with a mischievous smile once again.

“Mmm!” screaming as I slightly squeezed his head, he cast a crappy fireball and shot it towards my chest, going straight for the kill. Sadly for him, my body sucked in the elemental energy along with his mana as if nothing happened. While he was surprised to see that his attack didn’t work, I listened to my wife and let go of him.

Standing up straight, I declared a few statements that I made up right there, “As per the commands of Leviathan’s leader, Seth Clearfall, I’m to hit everyone who badmouths Miss Lien for the first time and break all limbs for the second time. As for the third, you can find out yourself, I believe. If the offender raises a hand, I am to go straight for the kill,” I explained myself like some kind of soldier.

Following up on my explanation, I punched the boy in the face with enough strength to make him stumble and fall on the ground with a bleeding nose and a few broken teeth. But he was still alive and kicking so he should feel lucky and grateful.

Of course, he didn’t think that way and rolled over to his back after a bit of struggling, screaming like a pig while pointing at me, “How dare you to hit me? Catch this guy and beat him up!” he commanded the guards who didn’t even budge.

Well, they were just regular men while I was a two meters tall guy coming from some ‘unknown’ place which was filled with powerful magicians. They had also seen and felt a bit of my power so only a retard would take the boy’s side.

Squatting down in front of him, Lien took his chin between her fingers and said, “I’m sorry that my guard hit you without any warning but it is as he said. You better not badmouth me again else I’m afraid this is your last day, and believe me when I say that nobody in this world would be able to save you from my husband.”

“Who cares about your crappy husband? He’s just another loser!” he shouted at her.

Well, now. You’ve successfully offended my wife as well with that. How can you be so stupid? I thought as I looked at him with pity, seeing Lien’s eyes.

“Hmm~ while my husband says that others can’t badmouth me, I’m saying that others can’t badmouth him so, let’s raise that counter to two,” she stood up with a smile and a moment later four gravity fields appeared around the boy’s joints and crushed them. The cracking sounds were followed by Justin’s blood churned scream that sounded like music to my ears.

“I’ve completely forgotten that weaklings can feel pain. How miserable,” she shook her head as she stood up to leave. Stopping in place for a moment, she laughed lightly as she added, “Oh, and one more thing. I almost forgot to tell you… Heed my warning and remember that the next time you offend me or my husband is going to be your last so be careful.”

Turning around, she waved her hand as she said her goodbyes and continued on her way towards the elevator.

“M- Miss Lien. I’m afraid this boy won’t let go of this matter easily and his father is very powerful,” the guard who didn’t let him go up with the elevator and didn’t know the difference in power called her out fearfully.

“I know but I don’t care about flies. Oh, right, and could you explain to me why you didn’t just let him go up as I requested?” she asked with a smile as she turned around once again.

Remembering that she crushed Justin’s joints without any hesitation, he took a step back in fear and bowed deeply as he apologized, fearing that he’d end up the same. “I’m terribly sorry, Miss Lien! Please punish me as you see fit for causing you trouble! Still, I had to follow the city lord’s orders!”

“It’s not a nice thing to blame it on your boss and I know that you were driven by personal hate but whatever,” she replied, continuing on her way. “Go and take him back to his family. They can find me if they want to take revenge for him but make it known to them that it’d count as the third offense which would mean the boy’s death, else you won’t end well either. That’s your punishment for using me.”

“Yes! Thank you for your forgiveness!” he replied and quickly ran away with Justin on his back. The reason he became so fearful was quite simple. Both Lien and I released a bit of our magic power which was already god-like for these people. Surely, he could understand that he annoyed us.

Glancing at the guard who led us here, she said, “Now then, can we hurry up? I still have to go back to my babies.”

“Babies…?” the guard muttered to himself with a surprised face, running his eyes down on her figure. She certainly didn’t look like someone who gave birth not long ago. “Alright, please follow me,” he quickly regained his focus and led us to the top floor. After meeting Tanner and giving him the coins, Lien inquired about the situation in the city and told him what happened with the boy.

Tanner not only told us that we could handle it however we wanted, he even apologized to us for the inconvenience and his lack of ability. Although Justin said that his father, who was called James was stronger than Tanner, I was quite sure that it was the other way around.

It was easy to imagine what was going on between them considering that there were two almost equally powerful people and the current city lord was Tanner. James probably wanted his position and Tanner’s knowledge but he didn’t have the ability to take it from him directly. It was impossible for them to live in harmony unless one of them had no ambition but people with no ambition would never become strong.

“By the way, Tanner. This is none of our business but I’ll ask you because I’m curious. Last time we were here, there were quite a lot of men around your city hall who seemed to be waiting for someone to come out. If the relationship between you and James is the kind I imagine, you may want to keep your daughter safe, lest you see her captured the next day. And just a heads up, they’ve surrounded the building today as well, and this is not related to Justin since they came earlier,” Lien remarked as she stood up to leave, followed by me.

Seeing Tanner’s face, it was obvious that she hit the nail on the head. “Well, he had been coveting my position for a long time so it probably has to do with that. As for my daughter, there will be a championship in her school so she’s training in my private chamber right behind me. Things should be fine,” he replied, pointing backward.

“I see. The championship would be a good time for James to take over the city if something happened. Unless… he gets himself killed by angering my husband,” Lien laughed lightly as I opened the portal and stepped to its side. Staring at her, I could see Tanner’s lips parting to say something but no voice came out. He surely wanted to ask for help but understood that it was supposed to be his problem.

Seeing that he said no more, Lien went through the portal and waited for me on the other side.

“What a cozy house,” Tanner remarked, seeing our kitchen on the other side. Even our table and chairs were visible which gave that ‘family’ touch to it.

“Goodbye,” I said as the portal started closing in front of me. When it was about to close entirely, I created a piece of paper with a few instructions on it and a small stone that was covered by runes. Flicking it through the hole, I could see it land on his table and the portal closed right after.

Since Lien was looking at me on the other side the whole time, she saw the whole thing and questioned me right away, “What did you pass to him?”

“The secret to being good in bed,” I replied.

Raising a brow, she said, “That wasn’t funny but I get it, I’ll find out soon, I suppose.”

“Hahaha, probably yes.”

“By the way, my dear, what about you just following me silently? It was all a lie. You moved to attack the kid even before I could do anything!” she grumbled.

“Oh, come on! Don’t tell me you’d have let him go after all that,” I rolled my eyes.

“No, but this isn’t about punishment… it’s about you not doing as promised,” she said, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

“Uh- I’m sorry. I have no saving grace and I failed you,” I raised my hands, giving up. It was all true.

Raising her brows, she asked, “That’s it?”

“What am I supposed to do?” I asked.

“Where is my peacemaking kiss?” she furrowed her brows.

“Uhm, are you really fine with that?”

“You did it to protect me so I’m not angry,” she replied, pressing her lips forward. Meeting her expectations, I gave her a big kiss and pulled back only when I felt it would turn into something more intense if we continued. Gazing deep into my eyes, I could see her eyes glimmering with happiness, turning me happy as well.

Our ‘moment’ was broken by her in the next moment, though...

“Tsk, that brat even reminded me of those crappy noble guys in Balan. I want to turn him into my punching bag,” she clicked her tongue as she remembered Justin and started boxing my chest playfully. It was quite cute since it felt as if a baby was pounding on my chest.

“We should go and fetch the kids from our parents,” I remarked, seeing that she was getting really absorbed in the idea.

“I know,” she nodded and unfolded her fists, gently caressing my chest instead. Her small hands felt so warm, I couldn’t help but take hold of them and kiss them a few times. “Noo~ Let go of my hands!” she laughed, pulling them back in a hurry.

“Hehe. Could it be that hand kisses are your weak point as well? I never thought that I’d find out something new about you even after two years!” I chortled as I hugged her from behind.

“Hmph, not even ten years would be enough for you to find out everything!” she replied haughtily. After fooling around a bit more and talking about silly things, we finally left to get back Felice and Reiner. My mother didn’t want to part from them saying that Reiner was so alike me and that he reminded her of me. Sadly for her, he was my son so I took him back anyway.

When I finally got him out of her grasp, I was forced to accept that we couldn’t just leave since Lien was also arguing with her father, Michael, who didn’t want to let go of Felice. In the end, we stayed for lunch and returned home only after filling our bellies. Well, it didn’t matter as long as they were happy.

Right as we got back home and entered our house, Reiner moved around in Lien’s arms and cooed, “Moy!” His mommy was a pair of tits… how peculiar.

“Soon, soon my dear. Just wait a moment,” Lien replied as she brought him to the living room. Felice was looking around with interest in my arms though she was silent. Seeing her reaching towards Lien with her tiny hand, I knew she was hungry as well. Well, I could sense it when I scanned her body so there was no need for her to express her hunger.

Remembering how Lien outplayed me and made Reiner call her first, I couldn’t help but think about using Felice’s hunger and Lien’s breasts to my advantage. “Come, let’s go and feed you as well,” I smiled at her as I sneakily walked up to Lien.

Of course, she knew I was behind her but since she was in the middle of positioning herself and all that stuff, she didn’t bother with me. Stopping next to her, I could see Felice reaching forward for ‘food’, so I pointed at her breasts and said, “Dad.”

“Dad?” she asked back, much to my surprise. Seeing me nodding, she reached towards my face and said, “Dad.” Pointing at Lien’s breasts, she said, “Mommy.”

Naturally, Lien saw and heard the whole thing after I called her breasts Dad. I never thought I would see my one-month-old daughter telling me that her breasts weren’t that. They were Mommy and I was Dad.

“Yes, Dad!” I laughed happily, seeing that she was so clever. It was truly amazing. Sadly for Reiner, he was being ignored for a few seconds while the ‘miracle’ happened so he put his hands on Lien’s breasts and tapped them as he said, “Mommy!”

Looking at each other with Lien, we could only grin like a pair of idiots upon hearing and seeing all that. Getting down to business, she took Felice and started feeding them. What I found even more amazing was that I could sense that both Felice and Reiner were using the mana inside their bodies to move their limbs.

This was obviously because I sealed their mana in a different way than I did with my enemies. I couldn’t just force my mana into them and wreck their bodies… and I couldn’t use my soul force either else theirs would be crushed. That being the case, I simply created a formation around their bodies that laid right on top of their skin and blocked mana. It utilized the same logic as the soul sealing formation except for that it sealed mana and that its size and shape fit our children's bodies.

They could use their mana but only inwardly which was perfectly fine with us. The most they could do was body strengthening but that wouldn’t be enough to hurt themselves. Still, for them to control their bodies with mana was an amazing feat. While Lien was feeding them, I was focused on observing what they did with the mana that Lien poured into her milk.

With each gulp, Felice and Reiner took in more and more mana and it always went straight into their mana cells. Since they didn’t eat the apples and just inherited some of them from Lien, their bodies were made up of normal human cells for the most part but those few hundred million cells that were mana cells had amazing effects. My only question was whether they were controlling mana consciously or if it was something natural.

Both would be amazing but for different reasons. If it was conscious, it would mean that their mental capabilities were way beyond their age and that they couldn’t speak only because of their lack of vocabulary and underdeveloped bodies. If it was unconscious then it would mean that their bodies were capable of ‘meditating’ on their own and make them stronger without requiring them to move even a single finger.

Lien and I had both of those features but we were much older and had to train, meditate, and have sex many times to get here. Well, it wasn’t like it was a bad experience… but I still spent many years experimenting with magic which was the foundation of all my achievements. I found it quite surprising that even when I considered the latter option, I didn’t feel envious of my children. I didn’t think that ‘if only I had their bodies at my age’ and things like that. Rather, I felt proud that I could provide them with something so amazing. I kind of hoped that they would feel the same about it in the future.

“Look at you two, aren’t you both amazing?” Lien laughed as she looked at them. Hearing her words, Felice and Reiner looked at each other from the corners of their eyes and continued sucking on her breasts.

“What was that small exchange just now?” I could only laugh seeing their reaction. Thanks to the soul language, I could read their emotions and I knew there was no rivalry between them. It seemed like they were curious about each other’s existence which I believed to be a good thing.

“Awww! They’re so cute I want to hug them so much! But I’d crush their tiny bodies so I must restrain myself,” Lien whimpered as she sat there, unable to do anything.

“Isn’t it boring to sit like that for over twenty minutes many times a day?” I asked.

“Are you asking this seriously? Of course, it’s boring but what can I do about it?” she shook her head.

“Ah, well, I was just asking for confirmation,” I muttered, sitting down on the small table in front of her. Leaning on my knees, I watched my children silently and observed their every move.

Pushing my head between them, I asked in a low voice, “Is it delicious?”

Breaking out in a fit of laughter, Lien raised her right leg and put it on my chest to push me back. Avoiding her leg, I rolled over and sat down next to her. Both Felice and Reiner followed me with their eyes even when I raised my hand and put it around Lien’s shoulder. It felt quite strange to be stared at by one-month-old babies, even if they were my children.

“Lien…”

“Hm?”

“I think that we should start teaching them words and what is what. This may sound strange considering their age but they seem to understand some of our words already and they are definitely capable of thinking, even if their thoughts are limited. Felice wouldn’t have corrected me earlier otherwise,” I said.

“That could work out since they no longer fall asleep after I feed them, though it still happens from time to time,” she replied. About five minutes later Reiner let go of her breasts by himself, and surprisingly, Felice followed after in just a few seconds.

Looking at Reiner, I pointed at myself and said, “Dad.”

“Dad,” he repeated my words, though his pronunciation was a bit off.

“Hehe, yes, that’s who I am,” I smiled at him as I gently put my hand on his head. I knew I had to be very careful, especially when I touched their heads. Much to my surprise, I could feel his mana moving towards my hand upon contact but once his mana ‘touched’ mine, he quickly pulled it back, realising that it was dangerous.

“He just probed me,” I remarked, my face probably looking quite dumb because of my surprise.

“Uhm, did I forget to mention it? They’ve probed me as well a few days ago,” Lien admitted in a small voice, pulling down her head as if she was fearing a slap on the back of her head.

“They did what? You’ve never told me!” I rolled my eyes.

“Hehe, I was so surprised that I forgot to tell you,” she laughed meekly.

“Whatever,” I shook my head. “But doesn’t this mean that they’re controlling their mana and are feeding their mana cells intentionally?” I asked, falling deep into my thoughts.

“Possibly,” Lien nodded while Reiner tried to push her arm out of his way. Letting him do it so see what he wanted, she raised her arm and Reiner got on all fours. Getting off of her thigh, he crawled over to mine and put his hand on my belly.

“Goo,” he cooed as he turned towards Felice who then touched Lien’s belly. A moment later she followed Reiner’s example and after crawling over, she also touched my belly.

“Erm, what’s going on?” I asked my wife.

“How should I know? Maybe they’re comparing your six-pack with mine?” she shrugged her shoulders.

Both Felice and Reiner leaned on me and then sat back up as if they were testing cushions… seeing them crawling back to Lien’s thighs one by one and leaning on her, I was fairly sure of what was going on.

“This…” Lien muttered with wide-opened eyes, seeing them crawling into her warm embrace and closing their eyes. “Pu- Hahaha, I can’t believe them,” she laughed heartily while I was left alone pitifully.

“Hmm- how about an afternoon nap?” I asked.

“Fine by me,” she smiled back at me.

Using telekinesis, I picked all three of them up and made them fly over to our bedroom. Once we all laid down on the bed, both Felice and Reiner crept up to Lien’s soft and warm chest and closed their eyes to sleep. Leaning on my arm, I just stared at my dear family as they got ready to sleep.

I neither felt envious of my wife nor inferior or less loved. The way my children looked at me somehow conveyed everything to me, even if they chose to sleep in their mother’s embrace.

And to be honest, thinking of nature, I was fine with everything the way it was. Even if Lien was much stronger than many other men in the world, even if she was more capable in a few things than me, she was still a woman. Her body was softer and only she could feed our babies, she could give them the kind of ‘warmth’ they desired.

As for me, I felt a strong obligation to protect them. I realised, even if I got rid of my normal human body and simply reconstructed something that looked the same but worked in a different way, my human nature still resided in me.

I believed it was bound to my soul.

My happy time was soon interrupted by a series of knocks on our front door. The person outside was Lug and he seemed to be in a bit of panic so after kissing my wife’s forehead, I teleported to the front door and opened it.

“What’s up?” I asked with a frown, seeing him fidgeting around.

“Seth… there is a problem. One of the cities where you laid a soul blocking formation-”

“Yes? What happened?”

“It got destroyed overnight with not a single life remaining,” he finally said what I wanted to hear.

“This is what a scout found in the middle of the city. It was in a huge crater,” he added, handing me over a piece of wood. There were only three words engraved into it.

“Be careful, human.”