Inside the northern territories of the Azure Flame Kingdom, most of the land, as far as the eye can see, belonged to Duke Arcturus' family.
This land was bestowed upon the illegitimate son, who now possessed a very large piece of land enriched with spiritual herbs and dense internal energy, though not comparable to the ones in the south possessed by the Royal family.
Still, it was second to none in comparison to those.
Within the northern territories, one of the parts existed—the estate belonging to the Arcturus family, now governed by Kyle Arcturus, the illegitimate son of the head of the Arcturus family, who was sent to this land at a very early age.
The mansion belonging to the Ducal Prince stood at the center of the estate, which was primarily surrounded by a carefully planned town, managed by a group of scholars rather than the prince himself, who, like most of the higher-ups, trained and practiced his cultivation.
Indeed, the classes in this kingdom were divided based on talent rather than titles, as those with bloodlines, physique, or cultivation talent preferred to hone their skills until they hit bottlenecks, while those without talent or cultivation turned towards scholarship and civil duties, focusing on earning money and living a normal life.
Given this, it was natural for individuals without talent to be the ones acting as managers or proxies for the heads of those estates.
However, real power ultimately lay in the hands of the noblemen.
This was the case for the Arcturus northern estate, where the one managing the entire territory was Millena Grafia.
From birth, she possessed a very low-class physique and bloodline, dedicating her life solely to studies.
Coming from a commoner background, she became the proxy of the Ducal Prince in the Arcturus family's northern territories through her education in financial management and town planning.
However, not being the real owner, she needed to obtain permission from the prince every time, leading her to finish all the necessary documentation the night before, writing the signatures of the documents where she required his signatures, or at the very least, his stamp.
"Greeting, Lady Millena," as she moved through the long hallway leading to the Prince's chamber within the mansion, after arriving from her office holding a bunch of documents, she was met by a line of servants who greeted her back.
"Are you going to meet the prince?" one of them inquired, looking at her as she usually wore glasses, messy hair, a suit, a skirt, and had swollen dark circles under her eyes—a clear sign of her exhaustion from doing paperwork all night long to prepare for the necessary permissions before the Prince left for the capital city.
"Yes, is he in the room?" she inquired, her voice weak and clearly exhausted, considering she didn't have any cultivation strength to aid her. She was more like a normal human, with all the burden of town planning resting on her shoulders.
"The Lord went in just an hour ago." Standing at the doorway, the maid gave a bow as she gestured for Millena to enter the room. Millena nodded before opening the gate.
Entering the room, she made her way inside and looked around, finding the Prince not present. She noticed his clothes lying on the floor, aligned in the direction of the bathroom, and understood that he was probably inside.
'Didn't he usually come out by this time?' she thought, knowing his timing. She felt confused, but it was common for him to meditate or practice his breathing technique in the bathroom.
It was normal for her to wait until he exited to obtain his signature. Hugging the file with both arms, she stood there looking toward the bathroom door when suddenly it snapped open.
"Prince—!?!" She had just parted her lips to call out to the prince. But in that moment, her eyes widened as the noise of a bat flung out of the room. Fast enough, it shot directly towards her like a spear, causing her file to flinch in the air, crossing over her face as she yelled, "Kyaaa—a bat!"
thud
:: kughh—screeech! ::
With the next sound being something striking a glass surface before falling down, she peeked through her eyes after stumbling on the floor, noticing that the bat-like thing, which was actually a fairy, slowly slid down from midair as though being hit by some invisible barrier, falling to the floor.
'Wh-what?' She was just trying to process what she saw when a figure exited the bathroom door. She looked in that direction and noticed it was the prince. "Oh, Lord—?!"
"What happened here?" Leon stepped out while his eyes looked in front of him, where he first found a dead bat lying on the floor and then a woman seated while peeking at him through her crossed hands.
"Whaaaa—!?" For Millena, who saw her Lord naked for the first time, couldn't withdraw her eyes. In her scholarly mind, a description began to be written—his massive frame drenched, water sliding over every ridge of his sculpted muscles, causing her eyes to be glued.
His broad chest, hard and defined, rose with each deep breath, droplets clinging to the thick curves of his pectorals before running down his chiseled abs in thin rivulets.
His shoulders and arms, roped with sinew and veins, flexed naturally, the raw power in his physique evident with every slight movement.
His thighs, thick and solid as carved stone, framed the monstrous length hanging between them—veined, swollen, fully erect, twitching slightly with every pulse of his heartbeat.
Wet strands of his dark hair clung to his sharp jaw, his golden eyes lazily blinking through the misty heat trailing behind him.
Her eyes froze. It was huge. Thick, rigid, and glistening, water clinging to every ridge and vein like dew on a twisted branch.
The veins bulged, snaking under the slick skin, pulsing with every slow, steady throb. It twitched slightly, the heavy shaft standing straight, the flushed tip red and swollen, a bead of clear liquid hanging before sliding down its length.
Her fingers twitched, instinctively measuring—it was thicker than her wrist, maybe even both hands together, the sheer girth impossible to ignore.
'Hm?', On the other hand, Leon was looking towards her eyes, tilting his head as he turned his gaze downward, following her line of sight, and then realized he was naked.
Due to the stimulation of his hand while cleaning his dick, he was now completely erect. He swiftly grabbed a towel from nearby without covering himself and uttered, "W-what are you doing here?"
He himself was slightly surprised before composing himself and inquiring of the woman whose face was clearly flushed crimson, with dark circles trembling beneath her eyes.
"I-I came for your signatures, Lord," Millena adjusted her glasses, standing with her trembling body, collecting the file from the floor before giving a bow. Knowing how strict he was, she tried to push those memories back into her mind, memories which were overshadowed by his rough behavior and attitude.
"I see," Leon said carefully, glancing down at the now deceased bat before inquiring, 'Is she crying?'
Indeed, he could see the slight flinch in Valeriana's body lying on the floor as she hiccuped, sounding more like crying with each breath.
[ She must have broken her nose, Host ]
'You should have been clearer about her being able to move around the domain only, shouldn't you?' He understood at that moment, hearing the system's information, that she would most probably be able to move only until the limit of the domain, but who had expected for her to not understand this?
[ It wouldn't have been fun, wouldn't it? ]
'....'