90 Evolution (2/2)
Ivan wordlessly obeyed and checked out the next message.
<< New Quest: Stabilizing the Bloodline (Grade S)
To stabilize the bloodline 'Spiritual Chaos Dragon God (Unstable)' permanently, it is necessary to strengthen the spiritual part. To achieve this it is necessary to absorb other spiritual bloodlines through either marriage or contract. The effect depends on the strength of the absorbed bloodline.
The contract only works for beasts, while marriage only works for higher beings, like humans.
Current Strength: 1/100
Time Limit: 10y
Rewards: If successful the bloodline will be stabilized, while failure will ignite the bloodline, destroying every carrier as well as dealing immense damage to the realms they are in.
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They both stare at the last part. ”Do you think Janes bloodline has changed too?”, Ivan asked with fear in his voice. If it was only his, that had changed, then even if the worst case happened, at least only he would be implicated. But if his daughter was implicated too, then he really couldn't stand it.
”I don't think so. She has inherited your bloodline long ago and it shouldn't have changed now. But to be sure, we will have to ask her when she wakes up.”
”Then let us look for beasts with a spiritual bloodline.”, Ivan focused on what he could do, in order to not think about what might happen to his daughter if he failed.
Lara shook her head, ”I don't think that would work, at least not in this realm. Because I only know of five different beasts that have a spiritual bloodline. Sure there are many beasts we don't know about, but if we don't know about them, then how can we find them?”
”At least ten years aren't that short, so we will have time. Maybe I will be able to go to the upper realm and find these beasts there?”
”I don't think so. Sure you have increased in level very fast until now, but you have to understand that after level 250 the speed decreases significantly, with bottlenecks at level 500 and level 750. Both of which will require you to do some hard quests.”
”Then what are we supposed to do?”, he didn't know when, but they had started to see this not as only his problem, but theirs, which was a huge step in their relationship.
”I don't know. I will talk about it with Mom since she knows more about it. After all, she has also gone to the upper realm.”
”She has?”, this came as a surprise to him. He hadn't thought that Miranda was so strong.
Seeing his incredulous look, Lara had to laugh. ”Did you think she was just a weak woman? As the empress, she, of course, has to have some strength. Besides that it is also necessary for her to be strong enough, so her lifespan is long enough.”
Ivan is embarrassed since he had never thought about it. It was just that the image she gave of wasn't something he associated with a woman who was so strong because one had to be level 1000 to be able to enter the upper realm, which wasn't easy to reach.
”Besides that, I don't think we can ignore the other option.”, she then mentioned the option, Ivan had just ignored.
”Oh please no. I already got two wives, which whom I honestly don't have anything to do.”, Ivan was really annoyed, that the wives just seemed to increase. He wondered if the System did something just to annoy him this way.
Seeing his discomfort, Lara once again laughed. The look on his face was just too funny. ”It's not like you really have to take them as your wives. You can take them as just your concubines. Even though this is also recognized as a form of marriage by the system, it isn't eternal, since you can divorce after just five years. And there are fewer responsibilities for both parties.”
”Will this really work?”, he hesitated. Just these two women were already enough for him to handle.
”It should. But there are a lot of differences for taking a wife and a concubine. I guess you aren't familiar with the role of concubines in our current society, so I will explain it to you.
Unlike wives, which are taken by the male, concubines are selected by the wives, in order to share their burden. For example, taking care of the household or the children, but also of the husband's needs.”
”Then why would anyone want to be a concubine? Isn't it better to be a wife, instead of getting all the work?”
”One reason is the possibility to divorce. Besides that, the treatment a concubine get's is just about the same as a wife and if they divorce there will be a huge payment. Another important point for noble families is, that there are no status demands on concubines, so it is a good way to marry a lover, without anyone being able to say anything. Sadly this works only for male nobles. But on the other hand, the status demands for females aren't as strict, since they don't have to continue the family line.”