65 A New Adventure Starts (1/2)

After their son, Ryan's birth, Clay stayed in body double mode and made his real body rest and absorb the Sun's energies. He wanted to expedite Ryan's growth and were always scolded by Giselle because he was too excited in trying to train his son.

Although Giselle and Clay still had not developed that deep a sense of relationship with each other, their marriage still brought about for both, joy and fulfillment that they knew they'd have not gotten if they hadn't met. Giselle's heart would sometimes warm at the thought that Clay fulfilled his promise to make her queen and help her people in secret even when she was out of sight. The word of a man like Clay weighed heavily on them, Giselle reasoned. However, sometimes there're feelings that make her heart flutter when she thinks of it.

Clay on the other hand was deeply attracted to Giselle's curvaceous body and pretty face, however, love was still not in that equation. He admired her and gave her an heir, but his heart was still in denial of the feelings that are already brewing inside him. Besides, he had too much on his mind to even think about something as fleeting as love. He saw too many people broken because of the feeling they had called love. Love destroyed families and even grand companies, organizations and worlds. Although some of those references comes from his \”knowledge, it still cannot be denied that love had too much hand in the state of the world both previous and present. So, love was the last thing in Clay's mind right now. Although, with his son, Ryan's addition to the equation, it seems that Clay's irresponsible way of thinking about love and family is slowly being transformed.

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Giselle had gone to Acadria to manage the kingdom there, and Clay was left in their residence. Clay gathered his retainers by summoning them and they are sitting across Clay waiting for him to tell them what's up.

\”That Dungeon that we discovered, how goes the investigation?\”

\”Sire, the dungeon had become a place that adventurers frequent since a year ago. We developed the road for them and made it safe enough to travel there in groups in a party if they wished to explore the place. Adventurers have been thriving in our territory since its conception and the Adventurers Guild had been established to be the most influential institute next to the city hall. They commission many jobs for citizens that were attracted to adventure. Unlike our family members that have been restricted from making known their strength, the rest of the immigrants has freedom to choose whatever profession they choose to. Many warriors have appeared, and the dungeon situation had stabilized.\”

\”That's good. I want you to try to conquer the dungeon by 6 months as your training. If you can accomplish this, then we would move on to the next phase of our training.\” Clay commanded them.

\”Sire, won't conquering the dungeon be too easy for us currently?\” Mor asked, feeling confident of his strength since they continue to investigate the dungeon day and night noon-stop to determine its danger factors towards the city.

\”I just found out that there is a larger energy signature inside the dungeon. I think it only appeared today. You will receive reports from those you sent to the dungeon later anyway, so discuss among yourselves how to conquer it. It'd be best if you moved faster, but perfection takes time as they say. So, take time to plan and prepare. This adventure you're about to have seems to be quite a challenge, just right for the current you.\”

\”As you command!\” Caltec expressed powerfully. The rest also nodded to his intent, stood up and left the room without saying anything else to Clay. To which, Clay smiled gleefully. That smile had a hint of playfulness in it and of someone having fun.

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