Cecile heard about the [Bone Mouse Clan] and [Five Shadow Fangs] and frowned, her eyes flashing coldly. "Should I lead the harpies and annihilate them? Although it has been just a few weeks, they've become much stronger after the training formations, cleansing massages, enhancing pills, and new weapons. One of them could beat ten of their past selves easily."
Cecile continued. "Moreover, besides this instant growth because of the initial general boost, it won't stop soon as they still have plenty of things to ingest, practice, and learn."
Yasenia changed Cecile's position on her lap so that she was more comfortable. Cecile smiled and snuggled closer, kissing Yasenia's cheeks tenderly.
Yasenia received her affectionate caresses as she thought about whether to act so fast. "To be honest. I rather we don't do anything so quickly. I want more powers to fall for the little trap we are setting. However, it is true that if we allow them to stay too comfortable, there may be problems. After considering a few factors, I would probably lean more toward attacking."
Cecile nodded. Yasenia kissed her lips once with a smile and advised. "Go and ask Tatyana for more in-depth information. I have very little on the [Bone Mouse Clan]. On the other hand, we know a bit about the [Five Shadow Clan]. Their forces are not something we can deal with now."
Cecile blinked. "Are they that strong?"
Yasenia snorted with a laugh. "Are we strong? Sweetheart, have you forgotten our real strength after acting like big bosses for a long time? We are level one and two Unification Realm cultivators in a world with Dantian Spiritualization Realm cultivators."
Cecile coughed once, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Sorry, my love, you act like a senior so convincingly that I was beginning to feel arrogant."
Yasenia burst into laughter. "You are so cute, sweetheart."
Cecile smiled sweetly, a smile only Yasenia could see coming from the usually indifferent Phoenix woman. Just looking at it felt like dipping her heart in a honey jar.
Yasenia nuzzled their cheeks together. "If you smile like that, I will want to laze around and entangle with you, my love."
Cecile lifted her silver eyebrow. "Isn't that good?"
Yasenia snorted. "You truly change faces easily, the cold and indifferent woman teasing her lover."
Cecile licked Yasenia's lips with a seductive glance. "It's not like you dislike it, I can feel something very hard poking me below~."
Yasenia bit her and begged. "Stop, sweetheart. I'm really going to eat you if you continue. You know how attractive you are to me."
Cecile stopped teasing Yasenia and felt the mound she was sitting on slowly softening.
Yasenia smiled and turned toward a few files on the desk. "As I said, go ask Tatyana. If they are deeply connected with the [Five Shadow Fangs], go to make just a warning. If they are not, you are free to slaughter a few and instill fear in other powers."
Cecile nodded and looked at Yasenia quietly, her blue eyes asking for a goodbye kiss.
Yasenia smiled softly and leaned forward to kiss her deeply. Her long tongue filled Cecile's mouth with the dragoness's flavor and made her cheeks bulge as Yasenia licked every corner.
Cecile closed her eyes and cocooned her with her wings.
After their kiss, Yasenia patted her butt softly. "Go, sweetheart. I have four hours of work left, so try to resolve it in that time. If you do, we can have a bit of fun once you return, okay?"
Cecile smiled and nodded. "Don't tire yourself, my love. We are all honestly worried about you. You've even been skipping sleeping the last two weeks."
Yasenia pecked her one more time and smirked. "Aren't I vigorous at night? You should know whether I'm exhausted or not~."
Cecile rolled her eyes and laughed. "Silly Yasenia."
Yasenia also laughed. "Don't worry. It's just that these weeks have to be perfect and leave a perfect foundation for us to rely on. That's why I wanted to train the harpies to be loyal that much. Even if we can't trust others, the core of our Clan must be incorruptible."
Cecile wondered. "Is that why you allow them to be touchy with you? I can sniff that harpy's scent on your right cheek. She kissed you, right?"
Yasenia blinked rapidly. "You can tell that easily?"
Cecile snorted. "I'm not your [Interlocked Soul] for nothing, my love."
Yasenia nodded. "Don't worry. I reprimanded her."
Cecile lifted an eyebrow. "Tickling her and making her laugh?"
Yasenia's lips twitched.
Cecile laughed aloud. "Don't worry, my love. I'm teasing you. As long as you don't allow them to kiss you on your lips or have intercourse with them, I won't feel much besides a light irritation that my mate is being targeted."
Yasenia frowned. "I will be more careful."
Cecile shook her head. "Don't love. This irritation happens even when someone looks at you with a coveting glance. The difference between a hug and that is actually none, so if you have to take care of that slight inconvenience, you might as well hide in a room and never go out."
Yasenia sighed. "Sorry, sweetheart. I know it must be hard to be in a harem, right? I always feel like I owe all of you the world."
Cecile's gaze became tender, and she caressed Yasenia's face, tracing her eyes, lips, nose, and eyebrows. "Don't say that, my love. You are our blessing, our fate, and our loving dragoness. We are all tremendously thankful you chose us."
Cecile said mischievously. "You know, I was recently mocked because I was in a harem. Then, I told them what you usually do for all of us. Guess the result."
Yasenia frowned deeply, and her eyes became cold. "Who dares!? Tell me so I can slaughter them and all their generations!"
Cecile was surprised at the burst of killing intent coming for her and relaxed with a kiss. "Don't be angry, love."
Yasenia calmed down under the phoenix's coaxing. Then, she spoke. "After I told her what you usually do for us, that person's face was green with envy, and she was garnishing her teeth. She even asked me if you still accepted harem members, hahaha."
Yasenia was surprised. "Really?"
Cecile was surprised that Yasenia was surprised! 'Does she really not realize how much she does for us?'
However, seeing that Yasenia was honestly confused, Cecile's heart almost melted into a puddle. "How can I not love you if you are like this?"
Our pampering dragoness was confused at Cecile's sudden deep kiss, but she accepted it happily, her tail wagging from receiving her sweetheart's love.
Cecile left the room not long after with a soft smile on her face.
Yasenia looked at the calendar on the wall and thought. 'In three days is the tournament. I need to leave things prepared because it will be three days long. I don't want others to take advantage of this time window to hurt our foundation. My trip can't be concealed as I will be traveling with the Elders from the Nine Sects.'
After thinking for a while, Yasenia placed her palm on a blue crystal ball at the side and spoke. "Ghana, come to my office when you are free. It isn't urgent, so don't be hasty."
Ghana was relaxing after morning work and heard the call. She hastily stood up and went toward Yasenia's office.
The others couldn't help but eat vinegar. "Ah! So jealous! I also want to be called by the Matriarch."
"Sigh, we have to work hard!"
"Sister Ghana, please cuddle with her for a while so that her scent clings onto you, and we can smell it when you return!"
"You can also try to break the ice and lose your virginity. Who knows? The Matriarch may allow us a bit of fun if she does it with you."
"Good idea, sister! Ghana, you are the closest to the Matriarch compared to all of us. Fight for our dreams!"
Ghana laughed and shook her head. 'These hopeless girls. Weren't they reluctant to work for Lady Yasenia at first? Now you are completely charmed.'
Ghana knocked on Yasenia's door. "Enter."
She opened them and stepped into the comfortable and elegant room.
When she saw the relaxed dragoness looking out of the window as the light poured on her body, she couldn't help but become dazed as she marveled at the beauty of her leader. 'Well, it is not like I can't understand why they are all completely charmed.'
Yasenia turned her head and faintly smiled. "Ghana, I told you not to be hasty. Did I interrupt something?"
Ghana shook her head gently. "You didn't, Matriarch. What's wrong?"
Yasenia didn't go around the bush and directly asked her about the [Bone Mouse Clan].
"[Bone Mouse Clan]? Let me think. I can't remember from the top of my head."
Yasenia was surprised. Ghana exclaimed. "Ah! That third-rate clan! I know now. They are honestly a clan that came around thirty years ago. However, they are so… mediocre, I never really dealt with them."
Yasenia was a bit speechless and commented on what she heard. Ghana frowned. "Their guts are so big? Maybe the [Five Shadow Fangs] have promised them something. After all, staying at the bottom of the metaphorical food chain is not pleasant."
Yasenia was curious. "How can they even survive for this long?"
Ghana snorted. "Don't make me remember. They forcefully marry their children to powerful individuals, which gives them some protection from weaker powers. Then, their limited possessions mean that they often go unnoticed by stronger powers, allowing them to exist in a precarious balance."
"How do we deal with it?"
Ghana thought about it and called the other management sisters.
Yasenia refocused on her work and allowed Ghana to leave her office and return later.
An hour later, Ghana appeared again.
"Lady Cecile has already confirmed the information and has prepared appropriately. Don't worry, Matriarch. We are all working with her. We won't allow her to confront a dangerous enemy."
Yasenia chuckled. "I didn't say much, but you already guessed my thoughts."
Ghana laughed. "Well, after understanding the Matriarch better. It is not hard to know why you would want this information. I can even guess you are more worried about Lady Cecile's safety than the potential damage to the Clan."
Yasenia rolled her eyes. "Both are important. However, I won't lie to you and say that Cecile and the Clan have the same weight in my heart. Yet, I care about all of you a lot, Ghana."
Ghana shook her head. "Don't worry, Lady Yasenia. I would think similarly if I were in your position."
Ghana sighed and looked outside the window. "I almost forgot myself while rotting in the City Lord Mansion. You grabbed my wing and pulled me out, showing me a much wider place to fly freely. I'm very thankful, Yasenia."
Yasenia smiled and nodded. Ghana exclaimed. "Speaking of which. Do you know that Young Master Fu will be back soon? He will also go to the tournament with the [Nine Herb Fragrance Sect]. He is, regardless of his character, a young genius."
Yasenia was calm. "Yes, I've read the report. I hope we can keep his whereabouts in check after returning from there. Is it possible?"
Ghana nodded confidently. "Lady Tatyana has helped us set up an information network, and we are silently spreading our influence. No one has realized this until now. When the Matriarch returns, we'll probably be able to infiltrate his personal mansion. By then, it will be easy to know even what ingredients his food is made of."
Yasenia raised her eyebrow. "That plan is advancing so fast. Remember to create a good foundation before migrating to neighboring towns and cities. How is the communication device development going?"
Ghana commented. "We've used the previous device Lady Yasenia and her ladies used as a foundation, and we are trying to make it smaller. Lady Angel has found a small wall, and Lady Andrea and Lady Kali are thinking of ways together with her to overcome it. However, I'm confident the ladies will need less than a month to make another breakthrough. By the time it is completed, having the small device camouflage as an earring or something even more inconspicuous won't be a problem."
Ghana sighed in admiration. "Working with all the Ladies is truly a blessing. Everything flows extremely smoothly."
Yasenia smiled and praised back. "Without the intelligent Harpy sitting before me, it would have been much harder. So don't look down on yourself. Has Kali given you the pill?"
Ghana smiled gratefully. "I've already eaten it. I can't believe I reached the next level in two nights. Everything inside me flows much better, and I feel as if my congested nose was finally freed, and I can breathe easily again."
Ghana chuckled mischievously. "Now, I'm at the high level of the Ethereal Soul Body Realm, the same as the City Lord. After receiving your massages and everything else, I'm confident in fighting two City Lords just by myself and pummeling them to a pulp, hahaha."
Yasenia nodded, satisfied. "Good. Thank you for your hard work, Ghana. By the way, how is the conversation with the giants going?"
This time, Ghana frowned. "It looks impossible. Even Flanna had to return to her clan because of our deals. They fear Flanna trying to escape and come to us, threatening them or something."
Yasenia lifted her eyebrow. "Is Flanna that wild?"
Ghana smiled. "Well, Lady Yasenia's ladies are her first normal-sized friends. She is very fond of them."
Yasenia sighed. "Either way, not everything can go our way. Let's change the strategy and try to become allies instead of adding them as subordinates. Do not put it on higher priority because of Flanna. We already know that she is very loved back there, so she won't be treated badly. Any changes, inform me immediately."
Ghana nodded and stood up. "If there isn't anything more, I'll leave first."
Yasenia pursued her lips and smiled. "Remember to rest appropriately."
With a bow, Ghana left the room.