Primordial Villain with a Slave Harem

Chapter 630: Inked Baddy

I moved my thumb over the inked carnage as I whispered, ”Youʼre not. We need to find a way tope with reality before the bad thoughts eat us alive from within. Exterminating the lionkin from the face of Thalorind is how youpe with the tragic loss of your loved ones. In doing so, your brain is telling you no more innocents will have to go through the nightmare you did.”

Vex didnʼt respond verbally, but the way in which her tense body relaxed against mine told me all I needed to know.

I didnʼt press further. Instead, my hands moved to her back by gliding on her sensually smooth, flawless skin. There, my fingers brushed over the bloodstained sigil. It was a depiction of a cursed blade impaling a bleeding heart.

”This one… itʼs different,” I mused. ”Itʼs not about servitude or vengeance, is it?”

She nodded. ”A reminder. The human mind is fickle. Weʼre all prone torruption, no matter how righteous people might pretend to be. At the end of the day, you can only trust yourself and your family. Nothing else is guaranteed. Friends,mpanions, allies, subordinates, boyfriends, none can be trusted to stick with you when pushmes to shove.”

I let her words sink in as I traced the sigil one last time before moving up, reaching the final mark—the one at the back of her neck. Her mesmerizing hexblade eye stared back at me, as eerie as it was beautiful. Unlike the others, this one seemed… playful.

”And this?” I asked, thenuldnʼt help but smirk. ”Wait, let me guess. You had it inked on you because you think it looksol.”

She grinned as the weight of ournversation lifted immediately. ”Damn right. You have no idea how awesome it looks when Iʼm casting my Hexblade spells.”

”Wait, it reacts to your magic?”

”Hehe! Yes, all of my tattoos do. You mightʼve seen strange, undecipherable runes embedded in objects to bolster their durability or other defenses. Often doors and walls of treasuries or rooms of important people have runes embedded into them. Only people with the Runebinder class can offer such services. However, embedding runes into inanimate objects isnʼt the only thing theyʼre capable of. While my tattoos are not runes, theyʼre magical drawings created by a Runebinder who specializes in inking human bodies andnnecting her art with the manare of her clients. She travels theuntry offering her services to wealthymbatants.”

Once Vex was finished with her detailing, she turned to face me fully with gleaming eyes. ”You like them?”

I dragged my hands over her bare skin, appreciating every story inked into her flesh. ”Howuld I possibly not like them? Theyʼre not just fancy drations with the sole purpose of making their attention-whore of a wearer receive more rgnition from others, but are paramount parts of the woman Iʼm rapidly falling for, If I hadnʼt already.”

A rare softness crossed her features before she leaned into me once again. ”I didnʼt know youuld be so romantic, you remind me of the princes from the books my mother read for me before sleeping. Youʼre getting better at saying the right things at an alarming rate—in recent times, you didnʼt even insinuate the false and ridiculous idea that Iʼm an ancient woman.”

I smirked before stroking the sides of her body, tracing her wonderful feminine shape with both hands. ”What can I say? Primordials are said to be the masters of adaptability. Iʼm a fast learner.”

”Iʼve been curious… You donʼt have to reply if my questions make you umfortable.” Vex said, turning serious. ”First, were you truly 7 weeks old back when Wrinkle measured your age, and snd, have you met others of your kind? Are there more primordials?”

”I was seven weeks old back then, yes. The artifact didnʼt malfunction. Weʼre not born from our motherʼs womb but… Iʼll tell you later. To sum it up, weʼre born in our final shape, we donʼt grow from an embryo to an adult body.” I didnʼt wish to relay the information about multiple gods, divinity, or my meager existence before being reborn as a primordial. Despite this awesome woman sitting in my naked lap and being rather open about her secrets, I still had some reservations about relaying all my knowledge to her and Black Fang.

”As for your snd question… Iʼm the last primordial.”

Vex mustʼve sensed I didnʼt tell her everything, but she didnʼt press further. ”Thanks for satiating my curiosity.” She quickly followed it up with an adorable laugh, ”Itʼs about time your ʼsoul finishes its healing processʼ, isnʼt it? You should leave some of me for later, ovensumption is unhealthy…”

A dejected whimper left my lips, knowing my time in heaven was about to end—I was being dragged back down to earth. In my desperation, I quickly ran my hands over her body from the tattoo on her neck to the final chain on her ankles. Before Iuld sneak in a return tour to the back of her neck, she clapped her hands together. ”Letʼs get going, people.”

And with that, she hopped out of my lap, not giving me a chance to protest.

We walked down the steps leading to the ground before the maids walked up to us with towels in hand. However, I gestured for them to wait.

Instead, I had the ladies surround me in a circle.

I closed my eyes, reaching inward toward the ever-burning ember nestled within me. The moment I tapped into it, a gentle heat radiated from myre. Instead of simplynjuring flames, I focused on the raw essence of fire itself—the warmth, themfort, the life-giving heat thatuld just as easily sear flesh as ituld soothe weary bones. Ṙ𝘈ɴộꞖΕ𝙨

A golden aura radiated from beneath my skin as the heat steadily increased. I wasnʼt blasting out raw flames or igniting anything around me. No, this wasntrolled, refined. I was a living radiator as my body exuded gentle warmth, wrapping the ladies in amforting atmosphere.

Aurora was the first to stretch her arms above her head, letting the warmth soak into her skin. She sighed with extreme satisfaction, ”This new upgrade is simply amazing!”

”New upgrade?” Vex asked curiously as she leaned slightly into the glow.

”I was a normal Elemental Sovereign up until today. Passing my Primordial Rank-Up Mission gave me its much-improved version,” I said.

”Oh… So you werenʼt pretending to be an Elemental Sovereign all this while,” she replied lazily before antent sigh left her heavenly lips. ”The fire boy was right, going back to doing missions without your presence is going to be a horrible experience.”

”Master is the best!” Blossom chirped happily.

Seraphielʼs amused giggling sounded next. ”If this whole Devil schtick doesnʼt work out, you can earn good money by acting as a nobleʼs furnace during theld winter.”

”Only a firm spanking session awaits bratty girls who dare insinuate I would work for nobles.” My grunt made the elf flinch strongly, memories of our heated night mustʼve resurfaced in her mind.

After their fronts were properly cleaned of water and nicely warmed up, the ladies turned on their heels one after the other, letting their backs enjoy the same treatment.

Eight wonderful, fully stacked bakeries wemed my eyes as a result of their actions. Some held more abundant goods in them, but their quality was all the same—they each had only premium among premium offerings.

Once the ladies felt all nice andzy, we dressed ourselves. It was a much-needed break from our serious affairs, but it was time for me to sober up from my lusting spree. To that end, I sent the maids home and we moved back to the makeshift hospital where the sheepkin kept healing the numerous injuredmbatants.

However, upon stepping in, something unexpected occurred.