"Hey! What about Sally and me!?" Sei yelled out as if she was being left out of a good thing. I chuckled and replied: "But you don't even need it since you can reverse your age on your own."
"Well, Sally then!" Sei pouted and pushed Sally to the front. I looked at Sally, who seemed confused as to what was going on, and asked: "Sally, do you wish to stay this age forever?"
"I…. I wouldn't mind…." Sally replied. I nodded and cast stop on her just like I did to the girls. "Then you will forever be the same age. Let me know if you wish to grow old again, I will remove the spell."
Sally smiled and nodded before getting tackled hugged by Sei. Sally tried to struggle out of the girl's arms only to have to give up and slouch over while Sei hugged her from behind. It made me wonder when Sei would finally just confess. To me, as a bystander looking on from the side, it did not seem like Sally was rejecting Sei. She never used her full strength when trying to push her away, and her attempts fell flat after a few seconds. But looking at the two as they rested in each other's arms, they did look like a cute couple.
After a hot bath, we got out and parted ways with Sally and Sei. I went to my room with Sophie and Adel. "Let's rest for a bit. Then I need to go speak to our father to find out how things went."
"Ugh…. Can we not? I hate talking with him! He always complains!" Adel whined. I leaned into her bumping her slightly before saying: "I will talk to him myself. You are just one of my queens, so you do not need to be there for the meetings. Go relax with Sophie."
"Alright! I heard the cooks had come up with a new recipe for a desert. I want to try it out." Adel somehow already knew all the happenings around the castle. No idea how she does it but she does.
After a nap which Atollie joined us for, we all split ways, while Atollie and I went to the throne room after I called a meeting. The former king, now my father in law, was all smiles when he saw me. "Haha! You are back! I can go back on vacation!"
"Slow down," I said, raising my hand. "Father, you might need to stay here for the time being, just in case. I can not have you going off somewhere just yet. If I need to go out on the battlefield or to another nation, your presence will be needed."
"You! Why!? I don't wanna!" The man who was once a king of this nation was now rolling around on the floor, kicking and screaming like a child throwing a temper tantrum! I really did not know if I should laugh or cry at this scene!
"Will you stop!?" I yelled out helplessly. "I do not wish to keep you here either, but current times call for it. Now tell me, what level did you get to?"
"Ah…. Level 2340." My father in law replied. I nodded and then handed him a small pouch. "Inside are thirty skill stones and a limit break stone. Use them all and build up your skills list. The more you have, the better."
"Oh! Alright, thanks!" My father in law lips curled up as he took the pouch. For some reason seeing his smile and how he was acting it as if I was looking at a small child receiving a bag of candy from an elder.
"Anyway, for now, we will need to keep you on call. I plan to let the others continue leveling up. Our level jump was a bit unexpected due special circumstances. So the others still need to work hard to level up. But we might have many more issues soon. There is more to worry about than just the Altorians." I still couldn't get the golden haired man out of my mind. I only wanted to take a small break for the time being before continuing our dungeon dive. Speaking of which….
I opened my menu and summoned Hordren, who appeared half asleep. "Hmmm… where am I?"
"Hordren, you are in my empire. For now, just take a seat to the side, and I will settle things with you and give you a place to stay." I replied with a smile. Hordren nodded and found a seat that was already occupied and pushed the official who was sitting there out of the way and sat down. I held my head and sighed. I guess he needs to learn some common sense before I let him out of the castle. "Ahem!"
"Hey Faith, who are these two?" My father in law asked. I looked at Hordren and Atollie and knew it would probably cause some uproars, but what else was new right? "The man over there who still needs to learn proper manners is Hordren, he is a fire dragon who I tamed in order to free him from the dungeon, and this over here is my protector Atollie. She is ummm… a goddess?"
"Master, I am not worthy enough to be considered a god." Atollie humbly replied. But in my eyes, she was already a goddess who could easily kill an ultimate boss who was over level 9000!
"I see…. A fire dragon and a goddess… Why did I even ask? Of course, you would not bring anyone normal home. This was just asking too much…. Haha…. A goddess for a protector…. Hahaha…. I need a nap…." I think my father in law's mind was about to break down. I decided to ignore him as he came to terms with himself.
"For now, just give me a rundown on what is happen…"
"Your majesty!" a soldier ran into the throne room and knelt before me. "We are under attack! The beast kingdom has sent an army of over one billion to attack us!"
