Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!

Chapter 41: Chapter 41 - The morning after

I still woke up early even though I barely slept for a few hours. You can’t underestimate the power of the biological clock of a 7-year office worker on an early morning shift. I freshened up a bit and went down to get breakfast for two people. Well, it’s for two people but the servings are for four. I am betting on how hungry Kayden is after our strenuous exercise last night.

After I got our food, I walked back up to our room. Before I could even open the door, I heard a loud crash inside. I hurriedly opened the door and I saw Kayden sitting and totally naked on the floor with his head down. Some of the things on the bedside table fell down. He must have underestimated how weak his legs were and stood up in a hurry.

I placed the food on the table. I approached him and called his name. His shoulders jerked as if he was surprised and he looked up with eyes that looked like they are about to cry. I pulled him up and made him sit on the bed. I then asked, ”What happened?” while I was picking up all of the fallen objects and returning them to their previous places. He did not give me an answer but he suddenly pulled on my clothes and hugged me from behind. I felt my clothes getting wet with his tears. I was confused about what’s happening so I turned around while his arms are still around my waist and asked again, ”What’s happening?” He said in a very small voice, ”I thought... you abandoned me.” My eyes widened at what he said.

I sat on the bed next to him and then pointed at the food on the table and said, ”I just bought food since you would definitely be hungry when you wake up.” I abruptly summoned the wooden plank he gave me last night. I then placed a drop of my blood on one of the grooves and then summoned another vial with some of Kayden’s blood inside and dropped it on the other groove. Where did the blood came from? You know that I collect it from them from the first nights right? Let’s just say that it is an unusual souvenir. The plank then turned to ashes as I felt my soul link to Kayden. He stared at my palm as I did the ritual and then stared at my face in disbelief due to how quickly I did the link with him. I kept my silence afterwards.

I looked for his robe and dressed him up and then princess-carried him to the dining table. He was still dazed with what happened to the wooden plank and he just let me do all these things without him struggling even for a bit. I suddenly spoke, ”Eat” which snapped him out of his daze. He then picked up his fork and started to eat but he was still staring blankly forward. He must be shocked. He looked so silly and cute right now.

After eating, I went and sit on the bed with my back on the headboard and started to read one of the books I bought about cooking techniques of this world. I got this previously at the chef association during my last visit. It took some time for Kayden to finish eating since he was quite absent-minded. After about half an hour, he finally spoke and asked, ”Did you just link me to you permanently?” I looked up from my book and stared into his eyes. I replied a curt, ”Yes.” He then looked down and suddenly started laughing. Did I break him last night somehow? I shook my head and just continued reading my book.

My thoughts wandered for a bit as I remembered that I have to drop by the magic tower later since I won’t be able to do so if I’m going back to Eieneos for the next couple of days. I also have to check if the payments I have been expecting are already deposited in my adventurer’s account.

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At the magic tower, the commotion from two nights ago became even bigger. Six new patents have been submitted and the inventions were phenomenal and exemplary. The mages and magic researchers have repeatedly glossed through the perfectly crafted plan, procedures of creation and the neatly filled out paperwork. They were really impressed on whoever submitted them. They kept the existence of the patents a secret for now since there is a rule that the owner of the patents have the right to the first use of his creations for the first three months. Their only clue about this creator is that he/she is connected to the Academe of Gnosis.

Another reason for the commotion was the confirmation of the correct answers for five more of the oldest questions on the boards in the tower. It was answered by the same person as last time. This has made the magic tower even more desperate to find the genius that has greatly helped the advancement of many previously halted studies for the empire. One of those desperate researchers is named Keeran (Hi, Mr. Tangerine!). Two of his questions were answered by the said genius but his desperation was for another reason. When he claimed the answers for his questions, the stamped paper had that addicting sweet scent he has been searching for.

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At the north of the border of the Athanoviya empire, after the non-stop attacks of the bandits from the northern hinterlands, there was an urgent summon for soldiers to be sent as backup to replace those that have been wounded. Caius’ has just received a letter of summons for this mission. He crumpled the letter in his hands as he cursed under his breath. He is feeling pretty pissed off right now to the point that he is thinking of retiring from being a soldier. For the past few days, he has used up all of his time to look for the woman he met at Feliz but he was not lucky to get any useful information as to her whereabouts. It has frustrated him so much since he belatedly realized that what he was feeling at that time was resonance and of course, as a soldier it was also a feeling of defeat since he could not find a woman in this small city with all his military training and field experience. Now, he is being summoned to the north so how can he continue with his search! He hurriedly packed his belongings in a small burlap backpack issued by the military and went on his way to the north. Since he can’t avoid this summon, might as well go there, kill all the bandits hindering him from finally getting a wife and come back to Hoffen City as soon as possible.

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At the palace of the 8th prince, an emergency meeting is currently being held. In attendance are the dethroned crown prince - Aurum and his 4 personally trained shadow guards: Calix, the head butler that keeps the household in order; Helios, personal attendant/planner for social events; Yren, the full-time bodyguard and Xenos, financial advisor and the one making sure that all legal and business documents are done accurately. They are called shadow guards by the prince but they present themselves in public as his personal attendants that take care of all his needs. The issue of not being able to find the prince’s resonant has baffled the five of them. They are experts in tracking, disguise, stealth, information gathering and espionage but they can’t understand how a woman can disappear without a trace. This is a big problem since these 4 guys are technically dependent on their master’s marriage to also get a wife. For sons of royals, they are given personal attendants who are usually sons of lesser nobles that are not in line to inherit their households. Besides taking care of their master’s needs, they also double as part of the dowry. They are sent in as concubines to ensure that the prince who is married off will not be abandoned by his wife. They will serve their master’s wife in bed to keep her entertained. It is degrading if you think about it but what can they do? Thus, their marriage and their future chances of having at least one child depend heavily on finding this missing woman. They have all been waiting for more than 8 years for their stubborn master who doesn’t want to get a wife unless she’s highly resonant to him. When he finally found her, she disappeared!

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At Serenity, Lark has already went from house to house to check if a particular woman has visited for the past few days. He found out that a certain big wig has visited not only the house where he has his shows but also other houses with men that are quite popular to the masses. He tried to get in touch with the said popular men but for some unknown reason, all of them are currently not within the entertainment district. They seem to have talked to each other and all of them have errands and personal matters to attend to. They are just like the woman he’s been having wet dreams about. Yes, you heard that right, he feels too old to have them but here he is, dreaming about her every night since their brief meeting. He doesn’t know if these dreams were brought about by his desperation to find her or if they are visions of a future they will have since they are quite graphic, lewd and detailed except for the fact that he can’t clearly see her face in those dreams. He has already composed a few songs about their brief meeting and those dreams he has been having. Though he doesn’t know anything about her, in his heart he is quite sure he’s meant to be with her. The seemingly wet dreams he’s been having about her for a few days now has unknowingly increased the resonance they had from 82 to 88.