CHAPTER 458: A SPOUSAL DISPUTE? (1/2)

What was supposed to be a simple shopping trip between two ladies around the city ended up taking up the whole day instead. There wasn’t even a trace of either Paliseth or Mo Ning during this time. Had it not been for the fact that Mo Ning preferred females, I would have honestly thought that she was kidnapped by some weird male Dark Elf.

What a boree… I really need to find something to do. Maybe I should ask Lanbael to do some soil sampling… or maybe just bread sampling, that works too. She seemed rather happy with the previous bread sampling, what with how elegantly she gobbled down the entire bread without even me saying. Not like she had a choice… unless she wanted to do some soil sampling…

I ended up spending the night over at Jezsere’s room in a very comfortable embrace throughout. Now, if only my pee pee was back from its holiday… In the morning, we ran into a decidedly excited Zurnalin who so happened to be out on a stroll. I could tell that she was excited by how she leapt at me with arms wide open…

“Your holiness! I’m back!”

“Welcome back.” I said while deftly dodging her embrace and pushing Jezsere between us. “Now, is there anything I can help you with, as long as it’s not a hug.”

Seeing how I pushed Jezsere out to block her advances, Zurnalin couldn’t help but pout in dissatisfaction. “Hmph. Not even a hug… at this rate, having children together is going to be difficult.”

“Who said I was planning to have children with you?!”

If there was a word that could describe the character that was Zurnalin, it would be heroic. Whether it was her words or her bearing, they all perfectly fit the mould of a female hero. Yet from what I’ve heard about her, she was still single, the kind who had no experience with another man no less. Perhaps, rather than saying that she did not wish to have a romantic relationship with the opposing sex, it would be more accurate to say that she abhorred the opposing sex.

The question of whether or not she liked females instead had crossed my mind before, but while she might not have hated females as well, she had no intimate relationships with them either. And I would bet my bottle of chili oil that she was still a functioning female. As for why I was so sure… let’s just say that I could see it.

Honestly, I was sure of all that because of the state of her soul. When a male and female mated, it wasn’t just simple physical contact, each side would leave a mark on the other’s soul as well. Zurnalin’s soul was impeccably clean, pristine even.

“Yes. The two biggest Murloc Tribes have been integrated.” Having said that, she turned towards me with tears in her eyes. “Your holiness, I’m about to head off to battle, if I do not make it back this time…”

“You’re joking… I know the Minotaurs and the Harpies aren’t weak, but your Blood Drake Riders are clearly stronger. You even have the Murlocs and Half-Elves to aid you. There shouldn’t be any problem at all.”

“But what if…”

“I guess that’s true as well. The battlefield is a capricious mistress, no one can say for certain what might happen next.”

“And that’s why…”

“And that’s why?”

She turned her puppy dog eyes to me once more. “As a precaution, please bestow unto me the honor of bearing your child! Even if something were to happen to me on the battlefield, I would at least have a descendant…”

“Are you saying you can give birth to a child within a day?! Do you think they are bread or something?!”

I swear… is she insulting my intelligence?

“I can’t even have a child to begin with!” I practically yelled at this point.

Someone please take this indecent woman away right now… My pee pee is not even back yet. If it was, we wouldn’t even be talking right now! We would be in bed!

“That’s enough horsing around now. I’m going to be a part of the battle as well.”

“Your holiness is taking to the battlefield?”

“That’s right, I am.”

The moment she heard that, her once jovial expression was immediately tempered by a tinge of worry. “But the battlefield is a dangerous place to be, and those monsters do not know the holiness of your person. They might even frighten you…”

“There’s no need to worry about that. I may look like this, but I got to where I am by climbing a mountain of corpses.”

That was true too. Literally. I climbed a mountain of corpses in the Blood Sea. Whether it was the Blood Sea or the Prison of the Dead, when was my journey ever easy? Even if my experience up to Sable Radiance might not have raised my Star-level much, it had at least hardened my heart to the toils of war. At the very least, I wasn’t about to be scared by some battlefield.

“Is your holiness sure about that?” She tried once more to persuade me. “The battlefield has dangers lurking in every corner…”

“My mind is set.” I firmly said.