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

Chapter 48: Chapter 48 - Four Sleeping Beauties

Seeing the four sleeping beauties laying in their especially prepared beds, I got curious what will happen if I course my mana into them like I did back in the entertainment district with the others. I suddenly thought of asking my ”tour guide”. I simply asked, ”They are technically part of my inheritance, correct?”

I waited for a few seconds and the female voice replied a curt, ”Yes.” I chuckled and said, ”Thanks. That’s all I need to know.” Since they are mine, I can do anything with them right?

They seem to be in a deep sleep which has preserved their looks. They definitely don’t look like they are more than 400 years old. I wonder what kind of eternal youth magic do these beds have.

I walked around to inpect the engravings found at the base of each bed. They must be magic circles for ancient or deity level magic. These men also don’t look like they are starving after sleeping this long. Is it a better version of a life support system from my world? If this can be applied in the field of medicine, won’t heavily injured humans be able to have lower death rates?

Hmm... Let’s put that on the list of things to do. So that brings us to my next question, ”Are they perhaps in a deep sleep or are they in a coma-like state?”

Now that this has gotten me curious, my researcher self and my naughty self has come out. ”Can they hear me or feel me walking around them? Will they react if I touch them with my mana?” These questions are the ones playing in my mind right now. Shall we do an experiment then and check the resonance as we go?

As I complete a full circle on the bed of the first guy that has beautiful eyelashes. I noticed that above his head was an engraving, not of a magic circle but a symbol and then a name in Eienean language I suppose. There were 2 grooves beneath it. The groove on the right seems to already have a circular orb covering it. The inside has some kind of a red liquid in it. It looks like blood? I wonder where I’ve seen this.

When I remembered where I saw it, I laughed out loud. This answers my previous question as to how humans are given those wooden planks that are able to create soul links. With the humans’ measly mana, how can they create such an item and even be able to provide one for each man born in this world.

This good-hearted race really is looking out for their creations like a match-maker or something. It was a good thing I was not stupid enough to touch the other groove or else, they would be bound to me for life. To be sure, I asked my ”tour guide” again, ”How can I wake them up?”

She was silent for a while. She must be thinking of a way to get out of this since I already discovered their little trap. After what seems to be a full minute, she answered ”A drop of your blood on the left groove.” I laughed again. She can’t lie, huh?

I encircled the other three beds and they have a similar mechanism above their heads. What is it with this place that every single thing has to be unlocked by blood? The main door of this palace, the wooden plank for the soul link and these beds are all the same. Do you think I have unlimited blood or something?

My tour guide suddenly spoke, ”It is our only way to ensure that only the heir has access to everything.” Oh... Since I am the only one who has Eienean blood besides these four. Fine. I understand. I responded, ”We can change the verification type in the future right? Why do you like me to bleed so much?”

My ”tour guide” simply said, ”Yes, it can be changed.” I answered and then asked, ”Thanks. Do you have a name?” She said, ”No problem. I don’t have a name.”

I pondered for a bit and then said, ”I will call you Lia then. It is short for ”Retaliate” cause I’m not here just to forgive and forget the traitors you see?” I then smiled and Lia did not speak any further. I guess she understood what I meant loud and clear.

After encircling each of the beds, I then felt a sudden headache and then a lot of memories came in. It was like a part or maybe a continuation of my previous dream. I saw a huge hall and there were quite a number of people. There was shouting like they were arguing about something. The old couple who previously called me their child was there as well sitting on the throne. They must really be the king and the queen.

There are other middle-aged couples. There are people laying on the floor? They seem to look similar to those four laying on the beds since the hair colors match too. I just couldn’t see their faces clearly since they were being pinned down, face first on the throne room’s floor.

They were being held down by several men who looked like royal guards. They were even cuffed on their wrists and their ankles. Is it to disable the use of mana? For some reason, I knew what those devices were for.

The guards are holding down four men who were struggling fiercely and were screaming. With those taut muscles on their arms and back, it says a lot about their training. They must be warriors. Even if you snuff out their mana, their physical strength should still be annoyingly high.

I walked nearer so I can hear what they were arguing about more clearly. The man with dark brown hair said, ”Father! I can fight! We can stop those traitors. Why are you keeping me here?!”.

The other one with dark blue hair seemed to be crying in anger when he said, ”Yes! We can help! Even if we die, we will all be together!”

The other guy who had auburn hair seems to have the highest strength, had double the amount of men holding him down. He was grunting and struggling fiercely, he then growled, ”Uncuff me! What are you old people planning?!”

The other guy with dark gray hair then suddenly chuckled and said, ”You’re keeping us here for the future of this kingdom? Is this the plan after you listened to the seer’s prophecy?”

The other three men suddenly stopped struggling and then asked in unison, ”What prophecy?”

The dark gray haired guy continued and said in a sarcastic voice, ”This kingdom will become dormant for who knows how long. A woman from a distant world will come and fix everything up in the future. She’s going to be our queen and the wife of us four.”

One of the old men who seems to be the guy’s father, shouted with a booming voice, ”Shut up! You think we want this? Keeping the four of you alive will ensure that this world will not be fully destroyed. We just have to wait! The seer is never wrong!”

The old man’s son chuckled, ”Father, so you are saying, you will all die and us four will live in a future without all of you and then just get married and fuck our way to getting this kingdom up and running again? How long? How many years? Decades? Centuries? Millenia? Are you all fucking out of your damn minds? Let this world crumble to the ground with all those traitors for all I care!”

With a resolute voice, the man on the throne said, ”Get a drop of blood from each of them. One of the guards then approached each of the restrained men and made a prick on one of their fingers and placed the blood on a tiny transparent orb. Once he had one from each, he presented it to the man on the throne.

The woman next to him then conjured four beds, similar to the one I saw before. The woman then placed each blood orb on the crevices on the upper part of each bed.

The four men then struggled more fiercely than ever. They seemed to know what those beds are for. They started to scream, kick, squirm, head butt and do everything they can to get out of the guards’ grip. The man on the throne then said, ”Current lords of the four noble houses, please state your reason for this audience.”

The old man who was the father of the man with dark gray hair went first and said, ”I, Lord Gustav, head of house Casimir, offer my first born son, Altair for the future of this kingdom.” Gustav approached Altair and placed his hand on Altair’s nape for a few seconds and a black seal appeared on it. Altair passed out and was carried to the bed and then covered with the transparent dome. This caused panic to the other three restrained men.

The other older men then continued their vows of loyalty one by one without further ado:

”I, Lord Hossam, head of house Yehia, offer my first born son, Samir for the future of this kingdom.” He slapped the same seal on Samir’s nape and once unconscious, he was placed on one of the beds.

”I, Lord Ragnvald, head of house Flynn, offer my first born son, Luxiel for the future of this kingdom.” He slapped the seal as well and the seemingly strong guy slowly fainted. His heavy body was carried like a sack and placed on the bed.

”I, Lord Taiga, head of house Amagai, offer my first born son, Touya for the future of this kingdom.” Taiga then approached Touya and placed a black seal on his neck gently. Once the seal was on, Touya stiffened then gradually lost his consciousness and was carried to the bed assigned to him.

After all was said and done, a deafening silence was all there is in the throne room. I then saw the old couples as they hugged while kneeling on the ground, silently weeping as if their sons had died. The reality that they will not be able to be with their children when they wake up in the future hit them but they did not have much of a choice.

I saw the woman on the throne shed tears as well. I was able to see flashes of her memories and it shows that she just sent her only daughter’s soul to a distant world since that is the only way she will survive and the seer’s prophecy to come true. It may indeed be a long time till her daughter’s soul finds its way back to this realm but still, she is sure, her daughter will be able to save this world.