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The table grew quiet after seeing Edea's face, she herself grew more embarrassed and hid behind Rhys's back. Rhys sighed, the prideful Edea was no more, only a meek woman after she submitted to him during those days in bed.
Rhys spent some time eating with them, but there was some tension as Edea and Aurora somehow were now on bad terms, they kept glaring at each other and Rhys could swear he saw sparks flying from their eyes and slashing mid-air.
Rhys sighed, 'Both of these women are prideful, they are both mothers and love me. Are they fighting for who is superior? Edea has a larger place in my heart due to the memories of the original Rhys, but I do love them all equally.'
Rhys decided to play dumb and ignore their tension to eat in peace.
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Rhys was now standing in a chilly room, Yin filled the air and the walls, floor, and ceiling were covered in ice, in the middle of the room was an altar made of pure Ice, where the Cerulean Phoenix Egg was, the blue on the egg surface was brighter, clearly it was close to hatching.
Rhys watched closely, his eyes shining golden as the eyes of the dragon were activated, his pupils turned into vertical slits, the egg disappeared and inside the massive egg Rhys saw the figure of a bird, it looked like an eagle, but he could see the plumage was longer and it had veins, but because the of the color dilation from his eyes, Rhys could not see what color it was, but he knew it had to be related to blue.
His eyes turned back to normal as he walked out of the room, but after he did, the egg trembled slightly, cracks began to develop. But all of that was missed by Rhys whose senses weren't focused.
Rhys instead walked towards Aurora, Stella, and Crystal, who were speaking about something and giggling, when the three women saw Rhys approaching, they all approached him and hugged him.
Rhys smiled and held out a ring towards the three, the three were naturally confused.
Rhys opened his mouth, "This ring contains the inheritance I took, it is mostly Yin related, but there are more Ice attributed objects than Yin, so use it to strengthen yourself."
Aurora, Stella, and Crystal opened their eyes wide, they were both shocked and surprised, even after being told about the inheritance.
"We can't!" Stella denied it immediately.
"As sister said." Crystal agreed with Stella.
Aurora stayed silent and shook her head, she was against it as well.
Rhys sighed and pressed his body tighter against the three, making their bodies grow hotter, "It is only natural for the man of the house to take care of the women, don't worry, it is of no use to me and I already have an inheritance."
Those words brought happiness, love, and affection in the eyes of three women, they felt happy that Rhys referred to himself as the man of the house, signifying his position as the emperor.
They eventually gave up and took the ring, not before sharing kisses with Rhys, they would not do anything naughty yet, only after Ailin got her turn.
Rhys saw the mother-daughter trio walk away and smiled as he saw their rears shake as they walked with a sway of the hips. Of course, he gave them the inheritance but not everything, Oathbreaker and a few resources stayed with him, he would use the resources he took for the Cerulean Phoenix when it hatched.
Rhys went on to spend the day with Ailin and comforting her, as well as teasing and flirting with his adorable twin sister, 'I need to get some golden dragon inheritances, although that would mean their other bloodlines would be gone, a dragon is better than the rest. So when I ascend I should look for some inheritances, or I could go to the dragon realm. But who knows if they would accept me, I am technically not of their home as I was not born there, but if I showed Swarshlen was my ancestor, then maybe I would be allowed in.
'Yet even that is not confirmed, I guess I will have to see how things go and then take a path.' Rhys smiled as he thought of Edea and Ailin being pure dragons, they would show more draconic features, making Rhys hornier for them.
Rhys knew that true dragons, that is those born as dragons and in that form and not humanoid form, had the ability to transform into a perfect humanoid form and semi-humanoid form.
Rhys's appearance is the semi-humanoid form, as all of the draconic factors on his body would only grow more noticeable as his bloodline purity rose more, on the other hand, perfect humanoid form made them look like regular dragons.
But if he knew this he would grow more excited as the draconic factors on their bodies would grow and make them more enchanting.
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Days passed by as Ailin and Rhys spent time together, Edea was satisfied with the days in bed with Rhys, her belly felt always full from the amount of seed that entered her womb and how much she drank, thankfully she felt she was not pregnant, she would not mind it, but certainly, she did not want any more children as she was too weak, she wanted a good environment.
Even the Zuldroan clan wasn't perfect, with their overbearingness, even now many fights happened inside the clan. When Edea left it got worst, her departure came off as a shock, the patriarch tried contacting her and making her go back. But she refused, she was never under any oath to serve them for their life, mostly because the Zuldroan clan knew that Edea had no ambitions other than watching her children grow into proper adults.
Thus her leaving out of nowhere was like a bomb going off, as many suitors, mostly from the Zuldroan clan itself, grew mad that she left and they tried to take over, as she was without a doubt the strongest woman of the clan, the sword of the clan. The patriarch was the shield with his strong body.
But enough of the Zuldroan clan, Rhys currently stood inside the same frigid room all alone, he saw the cracks on the egg and grew interested the blood of the scarlet phoenix inside of him boiled as it saw a potential mate and achieve harmony, But Rhys made the bloodline, who was not as overbearing as the dragon, sleep as he thought of the Cerulean Phoenix as nothing more than a mere child.
Crack~
More cracks quickly developed as Rhys made a smile, he felt like a father. Even if the child was not his, and even if the 'child' wasn't so much a child and a woman trapped in a egg by Divine Eternal Moon Goddess.