Aldred was then escorted to his bedroom. It was a luxurious room with a large bed that could fit up to 10 people at once. It seemed like the lord knew he has a lot of women with him.
Aldred threw himself to the bed and let out a breath of satisfaction. "So comfortable. The lord told us to rest, but the journey is not that tiring to be honest. Byron's carriages are so comfy."
The girls threw themselves to the bed as well. Stella and Sophia quickly hugged him.
"The carriages are not bad," Stella said.
"Have you rode something better?"
"I can use the power of the stars to summon a faster and better means of transportation."
"Ah, yes. Magic is so convenient. I would say non-elemental spells are so versatile that you can almost do anything with them."
Sophia shook her head. "Non-elemental spells might be versatile, but they are the hardest to learn. Also, the spell that Stella talked about is very complex in nature and not everyone can do that."
Aldred nodded. "But they are much cooler than the elemental spell to be honest. Elementalist can only attack."
"That's not true," Sophia said. "If you keep learning and mastering your elements, you can even use fire to teleport somewhere. You can even transform into flames itself, rendering physical weapons useless against you. They might not look as versatile in the low-level realm, but when you reach Platinum or Diamond Rank, that's where they truly shine."
"I see. That's interesting. I can teleport using the flame element? That didn't even cross my mind. What about water or other elements?"
"As long as you master them, you can almost construct or mimic non-elemental spells with elemental magic. This is why we non-elemental magicians are jealous. You can say that we are using effort to catch up to your talent."
"Is there a treasure or something else that can give you this sort of talent?" Aldred asked.
"There is. Although I have not seen it, but I heard some folktales and hearsay from the adventurers. And there are some magicians that develop elemental talent later on, or suddenly have one after eating something."
"That's good to hear. If I get those things, I will surely give them to you."
Sophia's eyes sparkled. "Thank you, Aldred. I knew it was the right choice to follow you."
"Hey, don't thank me. We're family, remember?"
Sophia kissed him on the cheek. "Yes we are."
"By the way, are you still affected by the enslavement spell?"
"I am."
"Can I release it?"
"There's not many ways that you can release this spell."
"What is it?"
"Well, one is that you have to kill me."
"What? I don't want that. I want you to live with free will."
Sophia shook her head. "It's okay. The ones I cast prevent the slave from charming his or her master to release the spell. So no matter how much the slave begs the master, they would never be free."
"Damn, magic can also be a terrifying weapon."
Stella smiled. "You think too negatively about the enslavement spell, Aldred. Long ago, when the whole continent was at war, enslavement spells prevented the warlord from killing their talented enemies. Instead of wasting their talent, these people were enslaved and treated properly since they couldn't betray them."
"Enslavement spells give those paranoid lords the assurance that their subordinates won't stab them in the back. This had prevented many innocent people from being executed, because they cannot lie under the enslavement spell."
"But it's slavery. How can that be good?"
"I am not saying it's good, but I am saying it has some good in it. If you live long enough, Aldred. You would realize there's no good and bad, only interest and happiness."
Mira frowned. "I disagree with that. Zalous the god of hope wrote in the bible what people are allowed and not allowed to do. Evil and good exist in this world, and we must keep evil away by doing good deeds."
"Your bible encourages you to do good deeds to make everyone happy. If people helped each other genuinely, everyone would be happy. Sadly, that doesn't happen in the real world. Every man is for himself and will fight for his own family. You cannot put your burden onto others."
Mira nodded. "There is some truth in that, but I believe we should continue to educate everyone to help one another."
"Helping others is good, but first, you have to help yourself. I am sure you know that a lot of people will not repay their gratitude, Mira."
"I am sure they will."
"No. Most won't. Because gratitude is a burden. It's a debt. Nobody wants to pay their debt."
"You know what they will pay back?"
"What?"
"Revenge. Revenge is like collecting debt. It puts a smile on your face if you get it."
Aldred stopped their conversation with a clap. "That's enough talking for today, guys. I know we're all not tired, but why don't we go to sleep."
"Right," Stella said with a smile and hugged Aldred.
Mira decided to climb on top of him and slept on his chest. Aldred was currently in his adult form right now, so more surface area for them to hug.
He couldn't hug all 7 of his women at once though, which made him sad… wait, don't I have clones?
Aldred activated his blood clones and two more adult Aldred popped out.
"Okay, I made clones of myself. Now I can hug all of you at the same time."
The girls looked at each other.
"Although they have the same appearances, but are these clones really you?" Mareona asked.
"You can ask them some questions."
"What is your favorite activity?" Mareona asked.
"Seggs," the clone said.
"They're the real deal," Mary said.
"I am not done yet. What is your favorite food?"
"Puss—I mean kebab."
"Your question is boring, Mareona. Let me ask some question." Sophia looked at the other clone. "What is inside Mareona's underwear right now?"
"Heavenly flowers."
