"When will you come back?" She spoke with a hopeful glint in her eyes.
"Never." Rio joked while keeping a serious tone.
*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*
Nine consecutive punches were gifted to Rio as his joke gone wrong.
"Ahh..." He rubbed his shoulder and looked at the source of violence.
"Say that again." She coldly glared at him.
"I mean I'll return in 1-2 months," He said to test the waters again. For some reason, he liked to tease her after their bonding became stronger last night.
*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*
"Ahh...sorry… I was wrong… Forgive me, your highness." Rio begged for mercy but the violence continued.
She hit him with both hands while he placed his hands in a defensive manner to protect his head.
*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*
"I'll listen to my lord's decision and come back whenever she says," He said while groaning in pain from the rain of her fist which wasn't filled with mana but a normal fist attack.
Her violent giveaway stopped after he spoke the words she wanted to listen to.
She took out an old scroll from her storage-type beast soul and sat beside Rio.
"Try learning this skill from this magic scroll." Lia handed him a thick brown paper that was three times larger than his both palms.
"What is this?" He scrunched his eyebrows as he inspected the scroll.
"It's a teleporting skill that will lead you to the home that you set. I'm not sure if it will work from another world but if you mistakenly get teleported to another shelter in this world you can always use this to return back home." Lia said with a nonchalant voice.
"That's amazing. But how to use this?" Rio looked at the scroll and he couldn't understand anything.
"Just drop a blood of yours and you will find out." She said while bringing out a needle.
"Okay," He took the needle from her hand and pricked his finger.
A drop of blood fell on the scroll which spread to cover the whole scroll.
It started hovering in front of them before burning in red flames.
Rio's mouth became agape seeing what was taking place in front of him. An AI voice sounded in his mind.
[You have acquired the Ancient Astral Recall Technique]
A string of information flooded in his mind and information floated on the floating screen.
He checked the two new skill names that appeared in his profile skill section.
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[Astral Home Fixation: Mark a location as the Astral Home. Mana: 90% of your total mana. Cooldown: 30 days.]
[Astral Recall: Teleport you back to Astral Home. Casting Time: 3 seconds. Mana: 10. Cooldown: 1 hour.]
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His eyes shone as he read this skills information.
He tried using the first skill and a white light enveloped the couch they were sitting on.
"Why did you use it here?" Lia frowned at his action.
"Where should I use it then?" He asked with questioning eyes.
"You could've set it in one of the rooms we have in the villa." She berated him.
"Is there a problem if I set it here?" He asked in confusion.
"What if I'm changing and you teleported here?" She asked with a beet-red face.
He coughed and said while mimicking her tone from earlier, "What kind of question is that? Your body and soul are mine by the law of heaven as I'm your husband. Tell me if I'll not see your 'enticing body' then who will do?"
*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*
The punches fell on him after that for a pretty long time. His screams were heard by the guards and Yami below the stairs.
After some time passed…
She accompanied him to the portal capsule in the castle. He acted like a good boy as if he learnt his lessons this time to never tease this demoness.
They stood near the portal that was like a medicine capsule.
"Come back as soon as possible or you know what will happen," Lia said to him with a threatening tone.
"Yes, your highness. I'll remember that." He said politely fearing she would beat him for another half hour before he leave.
"Good." She smiled.
"Does my lord have any other orders?" He said while putting his hands on his chest and bowing.
"Take care of yourself and don't let them find out who you're," She said with worried eyes.
"Okay, I'll go now then. See you later." He said and started going towards the capsule while waving his hand without turning back.
'Am I forgetting something?'
He frowned while entering the portal capsule. He was forgetting something but he was unable to remember.
'What am I forgetting? What am I forgetting?'
He tapped his watch that rang with some notification sounds and synced with the portal as its door closed.
Lia's eyes were filled with sorrow as she saw the capsule door closed.
However, it opened again making a sound of capsule door opening and a figure came out.
Her eyes widened as she saw the scene in front of her.
