Night arrived, and dinner was more exciting than usual.
"Have you heard? Thirty-two of our new clan members left after their clans came to take them back."
"I also heard that a few of them weren't spies, but their clan leaders felt it was too dangerous leaving them with us."
"Ha! Would they be that scared if they didn't try to mess with our Matriarch? They deserve it!"
"I agree, sister! Those who insult our Matriarch deserve death!"
"However, there were no deaths in the attack against the [Bone Mouse Clan]."
"No deaths? The explosion was so loud I heard it all the way here."
"Yes. Our Matriarch didn't want a full-blown conflict. It was more of a warning than anything else. Therefore, Lady Cecile went to talk with them. They didn't want to speak with us and disrespected us, so we attacked."
"I think the Matriarch did well. How can I ever be calm if there are people I can't trust inside our clan? I would become too suspicious of everyone, to be honest."
"I understand what you are saying."
Suddenly the lively dining room's doors opened, and Yasenia appeared in her revealing blue dress.
Everyone got silent and waited for her to speak while internally exclaiming. 'Ahh!!! So beautiful, I'm going to die!'
'I want to lick, lick, and lick to worship that body!'
'They are spilling. They are about to spill. Look at that jiggle! I'm ready to see them in their naked glory!'
Yasenia stopped walking and stood on a stage where everyone could see. "I've got an announcement to make. Tomorrow, I'm leaving to see the tournament in the nearby city. The tournament is a good way of promoting our Clan and observing other clans' strengths. Therefore, I'll take every leader of each division with me."
"It will take three days. If we count on any unexpected encounters and delays, I'll be away for somewhere around five days."
The harpies despaired.
"I won't be able to see the magnificent figure of the Matriarch for five days!? I'm going to die!"
"Matriarch, you've woken up our Yasexuality. You can't leave without leaving Yasenium rations!"
'Yasewhat? Rations? Are they going to starve or something? And why do those words sound so familiar!?' Yasenia thought she heard wrong and blinked twice.
The dragoness felt that giving them attention would be dangerous, so she continued as if she didn't hear them. "When I return, I hope everything will still be as harmonious as it is now. This period of time is a test to see the cohesiveness of my Clan members when the higher-ups are missing. I hope not to be disappointed."
"We won't disappoint the Matriarch!"
Yasenia nodded and spoke. "Our strike on the Bone Mouse Clan was exactly for this moment. We want the powers to be on guard with us and understand that we are not easy prey. It will also give us more persuasive power if any power comes to negotiate."
"While I'm away, I'll leave Ghana in charge. Her words are my words. I don't want to see anybody disrespecting her or not obeying her. You can naturally challenge her decisions, as you can with mine, but I hope you don't tackle her plans these days with skepticism but with motivation. She is a person I trust a lot, and after working these weeks together, we've discovered that we greatly understand each other."
Hanna asked with a teasing voice. "Matriarch, are you going to add our sister Ghana to your beauty harem? Her looks may be lacking, but she is excellent in all other skills."
Ghana, who was suddenly called, and then teased badly, opened her eyes in shock. "You, Hanna! I will punish you with five nights of continuous work if you spout nonsense!"
"Woah! Sister, big sister, please be lenient!" The mature harpy begged in a childlike manner.
Yasenia and the harpies laughed. "Don't tease her too much, Hanna. Either way, Ghana, I'm counting on you. Also, you'll explain this news to the new clan members. This dining room only has people I trust, so plan between each other whether to tell it to them or to keep it in secret."
Ghana asked. "Isn't it better not to spread the news? Nobody will miss the Matriarch if you are absent for a few days."
"I'm leaving with the Nine Sects and a few other powers. Therefore, my leave will reach the ears of those who should and should not reach. You can maybe use this chance to catch a fish or two."
Ghana nodded. "I'll do my best not to bring shame to the Matriarch!"
Yasenia nodded. "Any more questions?"
A few harpies stepped forward and asked about it. Yasenia clarified the harpies' doubts by informing them that she had created a comprehensive outline specifying the tasks that she anticipated them to finish before her return.
After an hour and a half of discussing together, Yasenia left the dining room.
"Ghana, come to my office after you finish dinner."
Ghana nodded and ate quickly. She couldn't waste this food since it was prepared to cleanse their bodies and blood with precious materials.
Or so she thought, as the materials needed were in tons inside Kali's ring. Most of the special herbs came from a few trees that Kali had planted with the help of Valeria. The time when Kali had a breakthrough in the Secret Realm, and Valeria recovered her memories.
These plants had a wide range of effects, and the quantity and quality were also great. Kali hadn't made any groundbreaking pill that significantly boosted our girl's strength, but her work had undoubtedly increased the foundation and cultivation speed.
Sierra and Ebirah were the ones that benefited the most. Their bloodline levels had increased by a significant amount. Ebirah has reached the low-level Divine Beast from a peak-level Mythical, and Sierra has gone from Mystical to a peak-level Legendary Beast. The following realms for Sierra to evolve into would be Mythical and then Divine beasts.
Yasenia's, Kali's, and Cecile's bloodlines were too high to be affected by Heaven-ranked pills, so they remained the same at the Peak-level Ancient, Peak-level Divine, and Low-level Ancient beast ranks, respectively.
Angel's, Evelyn's, and Andrea's bloodlines were human bloodlines and worked differently. There were ranks, but there wasn't an actual measuring system placed. However, Evelyn's [Light Storm Thunderbird], Andrea's [Sun Eating Tiger], and Angel's [Light Molding Glass Swallow] were not low-level bloodlines.
Yasenia reached a room where Angel and the others were waiting in their formal white dresses, looking like a group of ethereal beings.
Yasenia couldn't help but smile. 'My dears look so good in their dresses~. Moreover, that necklace is also very nice.'
"Leave the tasks your subordinates must complete during the next week to Ghana. I've prepared most documents, but I may have forgotten something. Have you read?" Asked the dragoness.
Andrea commented. "There are no problems on my part. You've summarized everything perfectly."
The others also nodded.
Angel dove into Yasenia's arms and smiled. "Yasenia, you've summarized what I wanted even better than what I wanted!"
A few moments later, Ghana arrived and saw all of them in their formal clothing.
She put on a serious face as she reported her arrival.
Tatyana looked at her and spoke. Her tone was like a superior talking to their subordinate. "Ghana, pay attention to the situation on the City Lord part about Cecile's incident. There were no deaths, so keep this in mind when dealing with it. For those that still want trouble, we'll fight them in the market instead. Make sure their earnings drop by at least ten percent. Collect information and summarize it as I taught you. Once we return, I'll take a look. If there are any troubles you don't know how to deal with, stall them until we return."
Ghana nodded and took the stack of papers and information jade Tatyana passed onto her, keeping them in her Spatial Ring. 'If I can't deal with this after so much clarification, I might as well resign.'
With everything set, Yasenia put her dears to sleep with a healthy dose of night exercise. The dragoness wanted to be below tonight, and our girls used the dildos to get a good taste of Yasenia's insides.
The following day, they all walked out wholly refreshed.
Before leaving, Tatyana and Angel activated the Protective Formations and other defensive ones to their total capacity.
A white dome with green, red, and black runes and lines covered the whole mansion briefly, then disappeared.
Yasenia smiled and nodded. "Although it is tiring, having everything on prepared and not having to worry each time we go out feels extremely relaxing. I'm confident that even if we leave for a few months, the clan would still be standing."
Evelyn nodded. "I was of those people who made everything at the last moment. However, now with your influence, I'm doing everything as early as possible to avoid pitfalls later on. Discipline goes a long way."
Yasenia laughed and hugged her into her embrace. "My lazy dear is very hardworking. I'll give you any reward you want."
Evelyn buried her face into the big and soft breasts and said with a muffled voice. "I'll leave it to you. But please make it something bed-related!"
Yasenia nodded and kept it in her mind. 'Hmm, what kind of play could I do with her? I'll give it a thought.'
"Let's go out." Said Yasenia.
Then, she took out [Draconic Heart] while the others also retrieved swords from their spatial rings.
With practiced ease, they landed on them, flew across the sky like streaks of light, and zoomed into the distance.
Flying swords was the general way of transportation for cultivators in Distancia, so they also practiced it. It isn't a complicated thing, to be honest. It took only two hours for Ghana to have nothing to explain.
When they arrived at the North Gate, they saw a relatively small group of people waiting for them.
Yasenia and the others weren't going alone. The people accompanying them were the following.
The five Elders from the Nine Sects, Elder Song from the Pure Melody Sect, Elder Mu from the Herb Fragrance Sect, Elder Yu from the Molten Hammer Sect, Elder Huo from the Earthly Sword Sect, and Elder Mao from the Golden Body Sect.
Then, there were the four leading powers of Koran City. Jorey from the Mountain Traveling Merchant group, Carbira from the Brilliant Auction, Herian from the Father Bear Blacksmiths, and someone Yasenia didn't know from the Lotus Alchemy Valley.
Besides them, the heads of other clans and powers were also there. Between those Yasenia didn't know, two stood out because Yasenia knew them quite well.
The first was Young Master Fu, representing the Fu Clan.
The other was the woman that tried to flirt with her in the streets and got crushed by her soul pressure, the fox kin. She was also standing near Jorey, who was also a fox kin.
In total, there were a total of twelve leaders, each with at least ten more people.
'Quite a convection of powers we have here.'
Yasenia landed before them, her [Empyrean Dragon Authority] passively increasing her presence.
Most people here couldn't help but gulp at the sight of the dragoness and her dears.