After arriving at young Stuart's place of business, Gloria was quickly greeted by him, having entered that place while he held the door for her.
Minos then closed the door and turned to where she had stood with her back to him, already with a smile on his face as he saw this beautiful woman.
"Did you miss me?" He asked provocatively as he firmly grabbed her waist with both hands and brought her closer to himself.
Gloria then felt the warmth and smell of him, not refusing physical contact with this man that she felt good about being intimately together.
Unlike other men who desired her and gave her a feeling of disgust, Minos' desire put her at ease, satisfied to the point that she even desired to be with him.
And feeling her body melting in his arms, Gloria could not help but remember the many kisses and caresses they had already exchanged.
She turned to him and then answered. "Maybe..."
"But I think I need something to make me sure of my answer." She licked her lips as she looked at his, making it clear what she wanted.
Minos was no fool, so seeing this, he laughed and did what that red-haired goddess in his arms wanted.
"Mmmmmmm~"
They continued to kiss there in the middle of that office for a few minutes until they finally felt satisfied enough to break the union of their mouths.
Minos obviously wanted much more than just that. Still, when he tried to get into that woman's clothes, he had again had his hands pulled away from her and received a warning look.
So, there was not much he could do in that situation except stop for the moment.
But he was not the only one who wanted to go deeper into this situation. After all, women could have as much or more sexual desire as men!
And even if Gloria was a virgin, the way Minos teased her, it was hard for her not to feel aroused or desire to be dominated by him.
However, her willpower was not weak, and she resisted the temptation to give herself to the only man she had ever been sexually attracted to.
Gloria then pressed her legs together, with her hands firmly clasped, trying to hold back her emotions as she looked at Minos.
Seeing his lips reddened due to the action of the two, she swallowed her saliva and started talking about her official reasons for coming to this place. "Minos, let's talk about the future of the Black Plain..."
"Oh? Are you sure you don't want to discuss our future first?" He smiled at her, understanding that she wanted him as much as he wanted her.
But seeing her close her eyes and try to suppress the redness in her beautiful face, Minos sighed in defeat and took one of her hands, leading her toward the large sofa there.
After sitting down side by side with her, he said. "All right, let's talk serious business now..."
Hearing this, she felt relieved and looked at him silently for a moment. Everything that had happened since they had last seen each other, still in that Spiritual Church camp, then flashed through her mind, making her feel the heat in her body subside.
"Minos, you have resolved the war of independence, and now you will have your state to develop... Where do you intend to start? What are your goals for these next 20 years?" She quoted the period he had told her he would need before letting the Church into his territory.
Realizing this, Minos readily understood that she would follow through with the agreement proposed earlier.
He smiled and said. "Well, I did indeed win the war of independence, and the Black Plain has already been recognized as an independent state by all the kingdoms in the region."
"I have even signed agreements with the last members of the counter-revolutionary resistance in the Cromwell Kingdom..."
'Already?' She thought about it in surprise since such a thing had just happened and had not yet become news in the region.
But considering how the situation was already before she came to this place, Gloria did not think much about it because it was expected that such a thing would happen anyway. After all, no one in this region could stand against Minos and the Black Plain.
She then continued to listen to him. "But even if all of that has been resolved, I still have some matters to settle before independence is officially declared..."
"For example, your Church needs to acknowledge the war's outcome, and I still have to sign some contracts with people in the Kingdom of the End."
"Oh? Then that's easy to work out." She smiled at him since that was already one of her purposes in coming here. "I will issue a statement to the Church branch in the Flaming Empire after we sign our agreement."
"With that, the recognition of the Black Plain as an independent state will be published to the entire region and even other parts of the continent in no more than a month."
"From that point on, we can begin our agreement and count its time."
"Good." He liked seeing her so determined to follow through with the plans agreed upon earlier. But, at the same time, he thought he could leave it to go to the Kingdom of the End after his revenge against the Scourges of the Devil.
He wanted to sign agreements with the king of that state before the independence of the Black Plain was made official by the Church. But because of the speed with which Gloria was dealing with all this, he did not mind leaving it to take care of that detail later.
Minos was already planning to leave for the headquarters of the Scourges of the Devil in the next 1 to 3 months. So, leaving to visit the Kingdom of the End in this period would not disrupt his plans too much.
That was also the time for Ruth to return from the Flaming Empire, and then he and his two women to have a grand royal wedding.
As such, he was not dissatisfied!
"By the way, our previous agreement said that the Church could not enter the Black Plain before 20 years, right?" He asked her as he remembered something.
Seeing the look on his face, Gloria frowned, not understanding what he was getting at. "Yeah, did you forget?"
"No, it's just that I want to make sure you understand what I said. The Spiritual Church must stay out of the Black Plain, the state, not the territory formerly part of the Brown Kingdom."
"Oh?"
"The Black Plain state includes areas formerly part of the Brown Kingdom, Cromwell Kingdom, and the Kingdom of the Waves..."
"I naturally expect your subordinates to leave each of the cities in these regions that will soon be under my control."
"Tsk!"
"So that's it..." She closed her eyes, feeling slightly annoyed that she had misunderstood what Minos wanted. "You truly are something, huh? You didn't say anything about it until now just so I'd accept everything you wanted, huh?"
"Hehehe, I'm sorry, Gloria. But I am a selfish person." He placed one of his hands on her face, massaging her beautiful cheeks. "Anyway, it won't make much difference to you, I suppose..."
"I heard that you did a nice 'cleaning' in the Kingdom of the Waves and then in the capital of the Brown Kingdom." He smiled at her, noting that the gentle person he had met was capable of doing dirty work when necessary. "That fits perfectly with our agreement. These people who will be leaving my territory will be able to supply the demand for Church members in the capitals of those states."
She then looked him in the eye as if telling him not to talk about this subject anymore. "So, you still haven't told me what you're going to do next? Are you going to stay in Dry City, taking care of your state? Or do you have other plans?"
"Hmm?"
"Well, some of my enemies have fled to the Endless Snow Mountain Range region, and others have been there for quite some time..."
"Then I'm afraid I'll have to make a trip to that place soon."
Hearing that he still craved more blood, Gloria worried about him and asked. "Minos, isn't it better that you forget about it? So many people have already died. I think that's enough."
"I don't want you to lose control over your emotions by enjoying the cruelty of death." She thought of things she had seen and heard in the empire.
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