Several hours had passed, and now Mikhail was standing in front of the throne where Merissa was seated. Beside Mikahil was Praia, wearing an irritated expression. She spoke, "Why are you on the throne? The moans you were making almost made my ears bleed, so why are you making all this fuss?"
Mikahil ignored the first part of Praia's sentence and asked, "Wait, you heard? Weren't you a few floors below?"
"I don't know, Mikahil, it just happened. I wanted to know what that bitch was doing with you, and suddenly my senses became very strong. I could even vaguely see the silhouette of your and her mana," Praia looked at Merissa, who was in complete silence, wearing an apathetic expression. However, it was clear that her right hand was crushing the armrest of the throne.
Praia continued, "And let me tell you, you may look beautiful on the outside, but your mana silhouette is quite unstable, trembling incessantly."
Hearing this, Merissa finished crushing the end of the right armrest of the throne. "Mikahil, please explain to her the reason behind this."
Mikahil at this moment was only looking at the invisible ray going from Merissa's eyes to Praia's eyes, with a smile on his face.
"Ah, of course, Merissa..." Before Mikahil could continue, he saw Praia already sitting on the floor with her arms crossed, saying, "Forget all this, just continue soon so we can get out of this place as soon as possible."
'Addressing the queen by her first name without receiving any negative reaction shows who is actually in control,' Praia thought, satisfied with the outcome she had crafted in her mind.
"As you can see, Merissa, everything is settled. Let's continue then," Mikahil said, pointing to the ground. Seeing this, Merissa sighed and said, "Very well, and it's good that you behave, Praia. You shouldn't be here... For now."
An excitement passed through Merissa's mind as she looked into Mikahil's eyes, feeling a slight tingling across her body as if his hands were still touching her. "Husband, this is something you must already know, even if your queens say they accept you, your subjects still don't, after all, they already know the reason for your existence."
'Husband? What did she mean by that? Wait... What have you done to her to be at this level?' Praia thought, looking incredulously at Mikahil, as she also knows that her mother might act wrongly if she knew about Mikahil's wives, assuming she was still in her previous state when she used to call Mikahil a dog.
"Don't worry about that, Merissa. You've seen what I can do. I'm looking forward to meeting those vampires," Mikahil said with a wide smile on his face. In his mind, he was thinking about the representation of vampires in the ancient world, and also because they seemed to have an ability he was really interested in.
"If they try anything with him, I'll cut them into pieces and hang them all over the Dead Forest myself," Praia said, displaying an empty look, with only bloodlust leaking from her body.
"Well, it's good to hear that, because knowing that woman well, she must be preparing some to test you and silence her subjects," Merissa spoke, getting up and putting the tip of her ring finger in her mouth. The same symbol with an ' S ' beneath it appeared, but instead of an ' H ' below it, there was a ' Q.' After she removed her finger from her mouth, she said, "Get ready to see this, Praia." Then she started walking toward Mikahil.
'What's happening? My voice isn't coming out, and my body seems to not want to move,' Praia thought, watching Merissa approach Mikahil and place her ring finger on Mikahil's heart.
"Husband, may I?" Merissa said, smiling. Her lips curved, and her eyes conveyed the rest of her request.
"Of course, Merissa," Mikahil said, kissing Merissa. At this moment, a strong purple light filled the room.
When the glow faded, their lips parted. "Get used to this, everyone will do it after him before he leaves your realm," Merissa said.
Praia managed to move again, biting her lower lip and digging her fingers into the ground. 'No... You can't do this, Praia.'
Seeing the situation, Mikahil spoke, "Stop provoking her, Merissa. Anyway, you should worry a lot about this; it's just something that will be useful."
' I hope so,' Mikahil thought, closing and opening his hand, feeling something like he could directly touch the mana in the air.
"Exactly, my dear. Just to make him stronger," Merissa winked at Praia and continued, "To finish, let's talk about some not-so-important matters that I forgot about..."
Praia looked at her with complete disdain and said, "This is beyond laziness; are you really fit to be a queen?"
Minutes passed, and now Mikahil and Praia were in the middle of the city. Mikahil was wearing the mask Praia had made for him. They strolled through the city while confirming a few necessary things. They reached a point where they passed by a roasted meat stall.
"Hey, Mikahil, I want one of those. It looks so good, and it's practically impossible to find this kind of thing here. It must have come from the distant kingdoms," Praia said.
The sharp-eyed and keen-eared vendor began shouting, "Only here, salamander meat straight from the dragon realm. We have a promotion: buy three, pay for two."
"Hey, Mikahil, can I get one? Can I?" Praia nudged Mikahil's shoulder, looking like a sulking child, while he was examining a bottle of navy blue potion.
"Okay, okay, go ahead and get two. One for me and one for you," Mikahil said, staring intently at the label on the bottle. 'Side effects... Why is this stuff so small? Do they make it like this even in another world? System, activate zoom.'
Praia looked left and right before dashing towards the meat stall, saying, "Get it ready for me; I'll be right back."
"Haha, of course, miss. Are you planning a surprise for your friend?" replied the vendor, feeling an immediate sense of impending death at her neck. She stayed silent, not knowing where this feeling was coming from.
"No need to worry. My meat is one hundred percent genuine, directly from the dragon realm," the vendor said, and in the blink of an eye, Praia had disappeared.
'That damn bitch trying to deceive me. This potion would leave me immobile for three hours if I used it,' Mikahil thought, nearly shattering the bottle in his hand.
At that moment, Praia had returned to the castle and headed straight to Merissa's room. Upon entering, she found Merissa lying on the bed, sensing the lingering scent on the sheets.
Merissa's and Praia's eyes met, and the first thing Praia said was, "...What are you doing?"
Meanwhile, where Mikahil was, he had finally found the perfect potion for what he wanted. It had a light red color. "Now, I just need to ask Praia to safeguard this with her magic..." Before Mikahil could finish speaking, a woman wearing a brown hood accidentally bumped into him.
"Ah..." Before Mikahil could realize what had happened, the woman already spoke, "Sorry, I'm a bit late for something."
Hearing this, Mikahil responded normally, "It's okay; these things happen, and it wasn't even serious."
From behind, a woman holding an egg with strange multicolored markings on its shell said, "Miss Yelena, your beast egg arrived this morning."
"Oh, really? I'm glad I stopped by, then." The woman hurried towards the store.
Seconds after this happened, Mikahil looked around, realizing something was missing. "Is she taking this long to choose meat?"
Mikahil walked towards the meat stall.
"Oh, it's so beautiful," Yelena said, looking at the beast egg. After a moment, she stopped and thought, 'Wait...'
Recalling her encounter with the masked woman and the voice she had heard, 'A woman with a masculine tone? Aurora, was that a man?'
After Yelena said this, a floating yellow screen appeared in front of her, with a completely different appearance from what appeared to Mikahil.
[Yes]
"Oh, so there really is a man in this world... I thought it was a lie," she whispered to herself.
' Aurora, show me his location.'
[Unfortunately, I cannot reveal the location of another user.]
"I see..." Yelena smiled and thought, "Finally, you've shown up, chosen by Loki? It's a shame I couldn't see your face. I hope we meet again."'