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The organization of the new government took some time, but I have now returned to the capital. Sadly it is not a time of celebration but a time for mourning. I was currently at my estate, which has had a funeral set up in the front for those who wish to come to pay their respects. "Why is there a long list of names here?"

"Sophie wished to lay her parents to rest along with those who died in Cyrilia village." Adel, who was standing at my side, answered. I looked at the mourning plaque and saw hundreds of names on it. Even now, Sophie was thinking of me by doing such a thing.

"Where is she?" I asked while lowering my head. I was trying to hold back my tears.

"She is with Mother and Father, receiving guests," Adel answered as she held my hand and led me to where everyone was being handed an incense stick. In this world, when someone dies, they burn incense as a means of showing respect. It was the same for some Asian cultures as well back on Earth. Many people were showing up to pay respects, I never thought so many would come, but they did.

"Sophie." I saw Sophie pretending to be strong as she greeted people. When she heard me call out to her, her ears dropped, and her tail sagged. I guess my voice was enough to cause her wall to come crashing down. My body flashed, and I appeared in front of her and pulled her into my arms. Her tears once again soaked my shirt.

"Faith, take Sophie. I will handle this here." My father said while handing me an incense. I nodded and pulled Sophie away.

With Adel following behind us, I walked with Sophie over to a room that held an urn that was being used as Sophie's parents' casket. From what I understand, only a few bones were left, which was not enough to even fill a casket, and only this one urn was enough. I sat down in front of it and lit my incense, and placed it in the holder. i𝐧𝓃𝒓𝒆𝑎𝙙. 𝘤𝘰𝚖

Sophie and Adel sat on my left and right while I reached out and gently touched the urn. "I never got to meet you…. But my name is Faith Cyrilia. I am your daughter's girlfriend. I never thought I would be meeting you in such a way. I had planned to meet you after the things in the capital were settled, but I guess things did not work out that way. Life's funny in a way. It can take the things you care about most away from you but at the same time give you something or someone you wish to protect more than your own life. While we had to meet in such a way. I promise you. Sophie will be safe. I will protect her from everything. I promise never to make her sad. And…. I promise that she will one day walk down an aisle wearing a wedding dress. It might not be any time soon, but I swear here, and now I will make her my wife one day."

I realized this while I was thinking about things the past few days. Love is not something you find. It is something you fall into unexpectedly. My care and concern for both Adel and Sophie are not just that of liking or that of a friend. I truly love both of these girls. And I will do what I can to make them happy. While now is not the time to be holding a wedding, I do wish to make both of them my legal wives.

"Faith!?" Sophie's eyes widened as she stared at me from the side. I turned and put my finger to her lips before turning back to the urn and leaning down, and pressing my head against the ground. "I, Faith Cyrilia, promise to love and care for Sophie for as long as I live. So while I know, you can not answer me at this time. I do hope you will give us your blessing."

I kept my head lowered like that for a few minutes while I said a few words of silent prayer in my head. If her parents were able to be reborn as I was, I hope they can find each other again and live a full and loving life together in a peaceful world.

As I raised my head, I turned and looked at Adel and smiled at her, then I looked at Sophie and pulled them both into my arms. "Will you both marry me in the future?"

""Yes!"" The girls both answered at the same time. We were alone right now, so it was only us in here. I know this was no place for a marriage proposal, but I wanted Sophie's parents to see that their daughter would be loved and cared for. And I wanted them to see with action that I truly meant it. The two girls hugged me while Sophie softly sobbed. I owe so much to both of these girls, and I want them to be happy.

Mourning time was one week. Only when the week was over did a plaque with all the names of the people who died in Cyrilia Village and the urn for Sophie's parents get buried in the royal cemetery. The king was kind enough to allow it.

A few days later….

"You both want to come with me?" I asked as I looked at the two girls standing in front of me with bags on their backs.

"We will go with you. While our engagement ceremony will not be held for a while, we do not wish to be apart from you anymore." Adel answered. Both Adel and Sophie had determined expressions on their faces. I sighed and nodded my head. I knew they would not take no for an answer.

"Fine, but I still have one kingdom to take over before reaching my final destination," I explained. They both nodded with smiles and began stuffing their bags into Sophie's space which made me chuckle.

At least now Sophie was smiling again. I know she still hurts, but even with the death of loved ones, time still has to move on. You must also move on. Life will always continue no matter how much death is in the world unless the world itself dies.

A year and a half have passed, and I am now sixteen, almost seventeen. And well, curiosity finally took over, and us three girls have stepped over the bounds that were holding us back and have explored other options besides kissing. Legally in this world, I was already an adult at fifteen and could have been married and been with a baby before even the age of sixteen, but for something like that, I was going to wait. While I have been spending much of my time during this trip with Sophie and Adel, I did not forget about Iena and Diablo. Our relationship was slowly progressing. Now those two would spend a night with me. Iena one day and Diablo the next. Of course, we are not at the same stage as Adel and Sophie, so it is not as intimate.

But our feelings are slowly fostering. While my time with the girls was soft and fluffy. Sleeping in Diablo's strong arms was not so bad, either. If this was Earth, I would have been called all kinds of names by now, but my parents are all for it, and Sophie and Adel do not mind either. So I guess as long as everyone was happy, it would be fine.

I did feel bad, though, because I needed Diablo and Iena in the capital just in case anything happened while I was away that I could not spend as much time with them as I could with Adel and Sophie. But they told me that they were just happy they could spend at least one day with me each. I did make sure to talk with them every night for a few hours.

Both girls were also taking classes on the ship, so they were not missing any academy time. As for Adel's Crown Princess training, it was being done the same way as her classes. Teleports were quite handy when needing to send over completed assignments and other things.

Currently, though, I was looking out over the railing of the main deck at the city in front of me. It was much more than I had ever expected. It looked more advanced than any of the other cities I have ever been to. "This kingdom is?"

"It is the Droth Kingdom and is a human kingdom, but they are much different than the other kingdom we went to as they do not allow slavery. So you should have an easier time here." Thurul answered.

"This kingdom is also much bigger. But I do not think they are using that energy at all. I do not detect it within the kingdom except for the mountain range where it should be located. It is as if the kingdom does not know about the energy source." I had already sent out my detection magic, and it seemed only the magic technology of this kingdom was on a different scale. They even had a few things that I was planning on making, like flying carriages. However, this will now change for something much more advanced when I am done.

"Mmm…. I never thought such a kingdom would exist either, but they are closed off from the world. I only know its name. Unless you owned an airship, you would never be able to make it here." Thurul stroked his beard as he looked at the massive city. Please visit 𝒊𝓃𝗻𝘳𝘦𝐚𝐝 𝒄o𝓶

"Looks like we got company. Thurul, stop the ship and get ready for anything." I said as I watched as a few flying carriages made their way to us. These ones were much different and had weapons of some kind attached to them, but I could tell these two were magic based weapons.

The carriages stopped in front of my airship. The lead carriage had a door open, and a seat slowly slid out with a man sitting in it with a long stick like weapon pointing at me. I guess it was some kind of magic gun or maybe something else. I am not sure I can only guess unless I could hold one in my hands.

"The airspace over the King of Droth is forbidden without a permit. You will need to land and travel by foot if you wish to travel in our lands if you do not have one." The knight, I guess you could call him, said. He did not ask who we were but only told us to land, which was a bit of a no no as we were still a few months away from the capital by foot.

I took out my envoy seal and said: "I am Princess Cyrilia. I am a special envoy of the Kingdom of Gravos. I am here to meet with you, king."

Seeing the seal in my hand made the knight wrinkle his brow. He then took something off his side and spoke into it. Another thing I had planned to create! But still, mine will be much better! Although I guess I already had something like that now. However, I did plan to make a cell phone with apps on it!

After speaking to whoever was on the other line for a moment, the knight waved his hand, and the flying carriages that had come with him surrounded the airship. "We will escort you to the capital. We will need you to dock your airship at our dock. From there, you will be escorted to the castle."

"Then I will be in your care," I said as I gave a slight curtsey. The knight nodded before sliding his chair back into his carriage. I had to say these people were at least more friendly. Of course, this did not mean I could lower my guard. It was always smart to be prepared for anything. If I could just get the kingdom to give me the mountain range, then I would take it without annexing this kingdom. I do not wish to cause harm to good people.

On the surface, this is a kingdom flourishing without any discrimination, so I hope it would be better to work together and make formal ties to this kingdom and gain some land for ourselves. "Thurul, what do you think? Can we do this peacefully?"

"I am not sure. With two princesses from our kingdom, it should be fine, no? But whether they will give up the land is another question. As soon as you ask them about it, they will probably investigate it." Thurul's answer made me frown a bit. I also thought of this, but what can I do? Well, if they say no, I can make them say yes, so it's no big deal, but I did not wish to be too forceful just yet.

Chapter 333 Coup Part 1

While we were heading to the airship dock, I was busy getting changed with Sophie and Adel's help. "Faith, your chest has gotten bigger again."

"That's because two girls won't leave them alone!" I said with pursed lips. I do not know what had gotten into them, but they keep attacking me at night. Well, it's not like I dislike it, but they both team up on me, and it's not fair.

"Hehe!" Adel giggled as she helped me zip the back side of my dress up. I turned and narrowed my eyes at her but didn't say anything.

"Sophie, sorry you can't wear a dress this time…." I felt bad as we were not bringing knights with us this time. Sophie was going to be our guard while Grace was our attendant, but with this group, I do not think there is a single kingdom that could stop us from doing what we want.

"It's fine. I am more comfortable in this anyway. I feel more me than I do when I wear a dress." Sophie replied.𝓲𝐧𝙣𝓇ℯ𝓪𝐝 c𝚘𝒎

"Are you girls ready yet? We are just about to dock." Thurul's voice came over the intercom.

"Yeah, five minutes," I answered as we began to hurry to finish getting ready.

Ten minutes later, we were finally done and walked out of the room towards the deck of the airship to get off. When Thurul saw us, his eyes opened wide as he stroked his beard. "Sometimes I forget you girls are girls."

"Hey!' I shouted, causing Thurul to laugh. While we might not act very ladylike, we were indeed girls.

"Alright, you should get going. Those guards are looking impatient." Thurul said as he pointed to the guards who were standing on the dock. I nodded and made my way off the ship.

"Hello, I am Prime Minister Douglus. I will be your guide as we make our way to the castle." a young man in glasses and short black hair said as he bowed to Adel and me.

"My name is Princess Cyrilia of the Gravos Kingdom. Next to me is Crown Princess Adel of the Gravos Kingdom. We are sorry for the sudden abrupt visit, but there was something we must talk to your king about." Adel and I both curtsied. We had decided to reveal Adel's title as it might help with negotiations. After the king found out that this kingdom did not know about the power source, from what we could tell, he decided to try to do things diplomatically. And only when that failed would we annex that plot of land and seal it off with a barrier.

Hearing Adel's title made the Prime Minister raise an eyebrow. "It is a pleasure to meet you both. I hope you do not mind that the carriage is slightly crude as we did not have time to prepare a proper royal carriage."

"Anything is fine. We were the ones to come unannounced after all." I answered. I guess the Prime Minister was wondering why I was answering all the questions because he kept looking at Adel with a questioning gaze, but she only stood there and smiled.

"Then this way, please." The Prime Minister seemed to have gotten a hint as he led us out of the docking area and to a carriage that was waiting for us. We climbed aboard what was actually a spacious and comfortable carriage. The Prime Minister, as well as one guard who was a woman, climbed aboard as well.

"Princess Cyrilia, is there a reason why you did not bring any knights with you and only one guard?" The Prime Minister asked.

"Hmmm? Because there is not a single person in this kingdom who can defeat my guard." I replied with a bright smile. I guess my answer did not sit well with the Prime Minister because his brow twitched, and the guard next to him placed her hand on the hilt of her sword. "Don't get so worked up. I was only answering the Prime Minister's question. If you draw your sword on me, it will mean an international incident."

"Take your hand off your sword." The Prime Minister seemed to realize he was overreacting as he gave his guard an order. But I think he was surprised at my ability to see her movements so quickly and still stay calm. "I apologize, Princess Cyrilia, Crown Princess Adel."

"It's fine. It is only natural to be wary of the unknown. Now may I ask where we are going? Because if we go this way, we will not be heading to the castle anytime soon." I said with a smile as I titled my head in a questioning manner. I had been using detection magic this entire time, so I could tell what was going on outside and noticed we were not heading toward the castle at all.

"This? Are you sure!?" The Prime Minister seemed flustered as he quickly looked out the window. "Captain Billings, what is going on!? Why are we not going to the castle!?"

"Prime Minister, a smart man should never stick his head out the window." With those words, I heard a splash of blood as the Prime Minister's headless body fell to the floor. The guard that came with him quickly drew her sword and stood in front of us.

"Princesses, please do not move. I do not know what is going on, but we all may be dying today. I will try to make a chance for you to escape, so when I tell you to run, run!" The guard had a look of unwillingness, but it seemed she wished to keep to her duty. I guess she was not in on this plot or whatever it was.

"I guess we came at a bad time since it seems there is going to be a coup." I let out a lazy yawn as I leaned my head against Adel's shoulder. "Tell me when it is over. You girls kept me up late last night."

"MMm… Sleep. I can handle these people with ease." Sophie said as she leaned over and kissed my lips before standing up and drawing her sword. She then looked at the guard, who was confused as to what she was doing, and pushed the guard back in her seat. "No need to lose your life."

Chapter 334 Coup Part 2

The guard watched with a stupefied expression as Sophie phased through the door. "You, who are you!?"

The sounds of yells and shouts were heard as Sophie did her thing outside. On the inside of the carriage, I was drawing a teleport to the airship because I was worried about Thurul. When I was done, I looked at the guard in front of me and asked in dragon speak: "Did you know about this?"

The guard's eyes went dull as she shook her head. "No, I am only loyal to His Majesty, the king. I was ordered to protect the Prime Minister…."

Nodding my head, I released the spell and said: "You can either stay here or come with us. It is your choice." Without waiting for her to answer, I yelled out: "Sophie, we are leaving."

"Here!" Sophie yelled out as she phased through the door.

I had Adel and Sophie go first before looking at the guard, who, in her confusion, got up and went through the teleport as well. I followed after knowing quite well that the carriage would explode due to the addition I added on to the runic equation. When I came through, I was met with a line of soldiers pointing swords at me. And one of them holding a cloak and blue Thurul. "You dared to harm my people?" My voice grew cold as I tilted my head to the side and looked at the soldiers in front of me with a crazed smile.

"Look, Princess Cyrilia, you can only curse your own luck to come to our kingdom at this time. As of this moment, all witnesses must be disposed of." A knight in black armor said. He seemed to be a commander or something because his armor was all spiky.Please visit 𝑖𝐧𝓷𝓇𝙚𝙖d. c𝚘𝐦

"Hehe…. Hahahaha! Do you really think you can get away with harming my people? I am sorry, but you will all die now. So kill yourselves." My words fell, and every knight there, even the ones holding Thurul, all froze for a second before reaching for their swords and slicing their own necks. Only the knight in black armor stood there motionless. All thirty of his men who had boarded my airship had died in an instant.

"You!? You're a drag…." The Knight could not finish his words as Sophie's sword cut him in half, leaving his armor untouched.

"Lass, I owe you my life. Those bastards seemed to have been waiting for you to leave. Luckily you kept a barrier around all the rooms, or they would have destroyed everything. They got angry and destroyed the common areas." Thurul adjusted his clothes and walked over to the body of the black armored knight, and kicked it. "Damn bastard! If you weren't dead already, I would have beaten you like you beat me."

Seeing how he was still active, I let out a sigh of relief. Grace was already over there healing him. "Ummm…. May I ask you all a favor?" The guard who came with us suddenly knelt down in front of me. "Can you please help my king? If the knight's order has revolted, then my king will not be able to survive without someone strong helping him."

"Sure." I mean, why not? This gave me a good reason to request the land without any way for him to reject. I do him a favor, and he does one for me.

"I know it is not your problem but…. Wait…. You said yes!?" The guard looked up at me in shock, which made me smile. The sliver of ancient will that had surfaced was pushed back down thanks to her expression.

"Mmm… I originally came to ask your king for a favor, so this helps. But flying there will be a problem so we will need to go on foot. Let Adel and I get changed, and we will head to your castle while taking care of any troops on the way." I answered.

"Thank you! Thank you!" The guard bowed her head multiple times. I chuckled and said: "It's fine. Sit tight for the time being."

"Thurul, the whole ship is now protected by a barrier, sorry I should have done that to begin with. Grace will stay here with you. Adel, Sophie, and I will take care of things." I wanted Sophie and Adel to come with me to get more experience with war. They both did well in the last one, but it was time for them to see what it was like with fewer numbers and having to fight on the front line. Since I was going to be there to watch over them, I did not need to worry about their safety.

"Thanks for coming so quickly, Lass. I really thought I was a goner." Thurul bowed his head to me, which made me shake mine.

"Thurul, you are one of my long time good friends. We are business partners who live or die together. So there is no reason for you to thank me. I owe you a lot, and saving your life a few million times is not enough." I replied as I gave him a hug. He really has been a huge help and has believed in me since the first day we met.

"Hehe, Thurul, if not for you, Faith wouldn't be as rich as she is. So just charge her a few extra gold for putting you through a scary experience." Adel said jokingly.

"I will take that gold coin from you to repay the bank," I said while poking her side. We all laughed, leaving a very confused guard.

"Why can you all joke like this?" The guard asked. They were in the middle of a coup. There would be bloodshed everywhere.

"Hmmm? Why not be like this? War is war. We've seen it enough to get used to it. Come, let's get changed. Fighting in dresses is not the best." Not that I couldn't, but still, it would be annoying. I did not wish to fight in a dress that could easily get caught on things. Adel and I quickly got changed, and in ten minutes, we were ready.

"Let's go! We got a king to save!"

<strong>–AN) Another chapter will be out later. Family things…–</strong>

We arrived on the dock and could hear the sounds of battle off in the distance. The female guard who was with us had a worried look on her face as she heard the fighting. "What's your name?" I asked. It would not be good to call the guard hey you or miss guard this entire time.

"Kim…." Kim replied, her voice shaking slightly.

"Then Kim, we will be working together from this moment on. We will need to push through the city and try to get to the castle at the fastest speed but without bringing too much attention to ourselves." I would put a barrier around the castle and try to protect it or even try to fly over there, but I am worried about the weapons here, and to be honest, I am in no rush. If the king falls, the king falls. It is not an issue for me to take care of the rebellion and take over the kingdom. I mean, while things look okay on the outside, there is no telling what is going on on the inside.

The king of this kingdom could be a tyrant for all I know. While this Kim seems genuine in her concern over her ruler, there is no telling if this is out of love or if it is out of fear, as if her family was being locked up or for some other reason. I am not saying these are all facts, but I do not know these people through a hole in the wall. Their rebellion is of no concern of mine. But that does not mean I do not care about the people of this kingdom either. If I see people committing war crimes as I pass by, I will stop them. But from what I can see, with my detection magic, they are not touching the people. And there is a huge force around the castle fighting against the rebellion.

This meant that there were two opposing sides fighting one another while not touching the citizens. In times like this, I am glad to see that each side has the basic ethics of not doing anything bad to the people. While I could easily end the entire thing with two words, it was not something I intended to do. First, Adel and Sophie could get real practice in a more calm situation. Second, this was not my fight, I am only tasked with trying to ensure the king's safety. I was not asked to save the kingdom. I was not asked to make sure the king stayed on the throne. I was only asked to save him. As such, I had no issues doing this.

As soon as we exited the station, five soldiers who were guarding it turned and drew their swords. "Stop right there!"

"No…. You Stop." Adel raised her finger, and the man who just spoke froze. She then softly said: "Fast forward….."

"What!? What did you do!? Kill them!" The other soldiers yelled out when they saw their comrade suddenly turn into a pile of dust. i𝑛n𝓻ℯ𝘢𝒅. Coｍ

Sophie snorted as she swung her sword, sending out an invisible blade of phase magic that had a bit of wind magic hidden inside that was so thin that it could slice through the strongest of metals. This was a new spell I created for her called phase slash. It cut on the microscopic level, meaning it could slice right through anything. The phase magic wrapped around a thin blade of wind magic allowed for her attack to pass through any barriers and easily kill her target.

It was a tricky spell that took me a while to create, but once it was done, it was well worth it. It allowed Sophie the ability to attack from a long range without any issues. And it was unstoppable. To the point that even I can not stop such an attack.

The four remaining guards all split in half and fell to the ground. Because everything was done at the microscopic level, there was not even any bleeding. It was as if the body had no idea that it had been cut in half. Even the guards who were now lying on the ground in two halves had no idea what had just happened. This was what was scary about this attack. If it was not done to a vital part of the body, they would still be alive.

"Mass fast forward." Adel swiped her finger through the air over her targets, and in seconds four piles of dust lay on the ground. This was Adel's newest attack. It was mass use of her current cosmic magic. It allowed her to pick and choose her targets. Right now, she still needed more practice with it to do things mentally, so for now, she was just using her finger to point at her targets.

I did hope in the future, she would be able to use detection magic to target all the people she wanted, but I needed to expand the spell more so she could place a marker on them with detection magic. Because, as of right now, she was nervous about using the spell in a mass setting unless there was no one else around. Luckily she can practice her magic with other things besides people she wants to kill.

"We should keep moving," I said as Adel and Sophie took the lead, and I followed behind. Kim, who was still standing there in a daze, only moved after a few seconds and hurried to catch up to us.

"Faith, are you sure you want to move this slowly?" Sophie asked in a low voice that only Adel and I could hear.

"Mmm… it's not our fight. What happens is not our problem unless we are getting something out of it. If we reach the king in time, we will make him give up the mountain range for our help. If not, we will just annex it anyway. So we will not lose anything in the long run, so there is no reason to hurry. Just take this time and practice your spells."

"Alright, then we will take this time to practice." Sophie and Adel looked at each other and nodded. I could tell they really wanted to get used to their new spells in a real world application.

As we moved through the streets, the people were all taking shelter indoors. It was like a ghost town. No one was out and about. When we ran into knights, they would attack us, and Sophie and Adel would get rid of them.

The entire time I was paying attention to the situation with the king. He was currently in his throne room with his officials, that were still on his side, from what I could tell, working on plans to quell the rebellion.

"Kim, your king is still alive and kicking and putting up a force fight. But just so you know, we will not stop the army from taking over the kingdom. I will only protect your king as I promised." I said as I turned to look at Kim.

"As long as he is fine. I lied before…." Kim said softly. "I am no guard. I am nothing more than a princess of this kingdom. One who has low standing in the castle but the king is still my father. I do not wish to see him die."

"Hmmm? You have an aura of someone who has been to battle though." I could tell Kim knew how to fight. But her answer did tell me why she was so concerned about the king.

"Our kingdom is no stranger to wars. We have fought against our neighboring kingdom at least every three years. I would not be surprised if they were the reason for this uprising. There are two factions in the castle. One who wishes to take down my father, who is pro peace while the other faction is for war. They think with our current technology, we should not be hiding behind tall walls. That we should be expanding our lands, but my father sees no reason for it. Why would we expand when we already have so much land that we are unable to fully protect all the time? My father thinks logically and realistically. At least this is how I see it." Kim answered as she let out a long sigh.

"I see for now, I will keep an eye on things with your father. Even from here, I can stick a barrier around him if he is attacked. But if he wants me to protect this kingdom, then he will need to pay a price." I decided since a princess was next to me, I might as well be upfront. Sadly I would not take her word for anything and will only talk directly to her father.

"I am sure my father will ask for help if he begins to lose," Kim replied. I guess even she was not sure if her father would be willing to make any promises.

Not that it mattered, but I guess we will see when the time comes. For now, we were only doing what we needed to make it to the castle. If they attacked us, then Sophie and Adel would get rid of them. If they ignored us, we ignored them.

The capital city was big. It was almost two hours on foot before we finally arrived at the front line. As soon as we arrived, we were stuck in a situation of how do we get through because the main gate was completely blocked off. While we could charge through, I decided it was best to plan out actions before doing so. If I was going to talk with the king, I wanted to first make sure I did not kill anyone on their side. It would look bad if I did.

"How should we do this? Is there a secret way into the castle?" I asked as I looked at Kim.

"There is, but I am not sure if the tunnel is actually accessible from the outside. It has not been used in my father's reign. I only know about it and never have actually been down it." Kim explained. i𝒏𝐧𝒓ea𝚍.＆nbsp;𝘤𝗼𝓶

"Wait! Kim, you said father just now!?" Adel looked at Kim in surprise. I guess she did not hear the early conversation.

"Yes. My father is the king. I am the ninth princess." Kim replied.

"I see… No wonder…." Adel thought for a moment before continuing. "Faith, what if I use a mass time stop, and then we can just walk past both armies and through the castle gates?"

I thought for a moment before nodding. "We can do that, but Adel, how much mana will it take for you to cast it on thousands of soldiers?"

"Ah….. Well, I can't do it, but you can!" Adel said with pursed lips.

I chuckled and shook my head. "Nope. I want you to do this. But we will not do it on a grand scale, we will only stop those we need to. Adel, watch your mana and when you need more, let me know but go as far as you can. Even reduce the mana consumption of your magic circle. See how low you can go before the spell no longer works."

"Okay!" Adel nodded. She really wanted to try this out. Any time it came to changing the way her spells worked, she always got excited because her spells were limited. While she was working more on casting other elements, her main priority was her cosmic magic.

"Unmmmm… can you all please take this seriously!? Why does it seem like you are only here for fun?" Kim asked, her expression was filled with annoyance and worry. I can understand where she was coming from, but she should remember this kingdom has nothing to do with us. She asked us for a favor, and as of now, her father was in no danger. And since he was not in danger, we could use this chance to train.

"Don't worry. I already said I will protect your father." I replied before turning to Adel and said: "Anyway, Adel remember to keep a close eye on your mana consumption. I want to see if you can stop at least one thousand people!"

In the end, by the time we walked past the gate, Adel was able to stop six hundred people before I had to replenish her mana. But she did a good job of reducing the mana consumption, and she even got better at targeting those she wished to cast it on, which made for very good progress.

Kim slowly trailed behind us in disbelief. She looked like she wanted to say something, but she held it back and had somewhat of an aggrieved expression on her face. She probably wondered why we would not stop this war when we could easily deal with everything if we so wished. But I am sure she also knew the answer to that as well. It was because it was not our problem, to begin with.

One may ask if I had a heart. One may ask since I have the power, why am I not using it to do good? And the answer is simple. Not my problem. As long as these two sides are not harming the citizens, then I will not interfere unless I am getting paid. That is just how it works when you work as a mercenary.

Kim took the lead as she was the princess of the kingdom. The guards who were standing at the side did not stop us at all as we made our way to the throne room. Only when we reached the throne room doors that had many guards outside did we finally get stopped.

"Princess! Who are these people!?" From what I could tell by the different style of armor, the person who spoke was the knight captain.

"Captain Clasis, they are envoys from the Kingdom of Gavos, and they have helped me return here. Also…. The Prime Minister is dead…." Kim answered, causing the knight captain to lower his head.

"I see…. One second. Let me announce to his majesty that you are here." The knight captain turned around and walked into the throne room, only for us to hear the king yelling out to let us in.

We were quickly led into the throne room where the king, who looked very haggard, sat upon his throne. He looked so stressed that I kind of worried about his mental health. But that was only a little bit.

We walked to the middle of the room and stood in front of the king. "Kim, you are safe…."

"Father, sorry it took so long to return. We had to break through the front lines to get here." Kim replied as she walked up to the throne but was quickly stopped by the guards. "What are you doing? You are stopping me from getting close to my father?"

"Kim, please understand at times like this…." The king said with a complex expression. It did not seem like he wanted to do what he was doing but had to.

Kim glared at the guard before stepping back. "Where are my brothers and sisters?" Kim asked, seemingly not wanting to continue to press the issue anymore.

"Only your sixth brother has made it back, and he is on the front lines. As for the others, I do not know. I have not heard from them yet." The king replied. "The one who started the rebellion was General Hammon. He had been wanting us to expand the kingdom for some time now. He seems to wish to take reign and do as he pleases with the kingdom. Sadly he had more soldiers than us using the same magitech as us. If things keep going as it is, it is only a matter of time before they will break into the castle. Kim. Take the envoy and escape through the secret passage. You can leave the kingdom and make a new life for yourself."

"Ummm… Sorry, but we are not leaving." I spoke up since I did not wish to waste any more time.

"You! You can not stay here! You must leave!" The king yelled out. 𝚒𝓃𝘯𝙧𝚎𝗮𝚍. 𝒄𝐨𝓂

"Nope. Because as of right now, you have two choices. Make a deal with me and win this war or….. Lose the war, and I annex it all for myself after you are gone. I will give you five minutes to decide." I said as I calmly walked towards the king. The guards there all began to point their swords at me, but Adel stopped time for them, making them freeze in place. This was to show a small display of power as I walked over to the king unhindered. "Time is ticking, so think carefully because if you do not want to make a deal with me, then I will just watch everything from the sidelines."

"This…." The king looked scared as I walked up and sat in the queen's seat, and placed my elbow on the armrest to support my head as I lazily looked at the king at my side. He stared back at me and shakingly asked: "What are the odds you can win?"

"One hundred percent," I said with a smile. "But…. I want the mountain range to your north. All of it. It will become the property of the Kingdom of Gravos and will be defended as such. What do you say?"

"Deal! If you can truly win this war, then I will give the mountain range to you." The king did not really see the value of the mountain range nor did he seem to think something was off. If he was not in such a situation I am sure he would have noticed something was off.

"Then we have a deal. From this moment on the mountain range to the north will be blocked off from anyone entering it from the outside." I said as I waved my hand. If one were to look they would see the mountain range was now covered in a massive spinning barrier. And I mean the entire thing. Even parts in other kingdoms. Was I going to ask for permission from them? Nope!

"Now that that is done, I guess I will start with what I promised." I cleared my throat as my eyes lit up. "All those who are against the crown, die." With a single sentence that echoed across the entire kingdom, tens of thousands of soldiers and others died on the spot. Even some of the knights here in this room and a few officials. I checked the entire kingdom with my detection magic, and all fighting had stopped.

"There, done. Negotiation complete. Please write up an official bill of sale to the Kingdom of Gravos over the territory transfer." I said as I stood up and stretched. "I will find an inn to stay in for the time being. Send a knight to follow after me so they can return and tell you where."

As I started to walk out of the throne room under the stupefied gazes of the people there, the door burst open, and a handsome young man with raven black hair and eyes ran through it. "Father! We won! I don't know what spell was cast, but it killed every soldier who was a part of the rebellion!"

"Fredrick, please mind your manners. Miss! I still do not know your name." The king called out to me. Now that I think about it, it is true that I did not introduce myself. I turned and said: "My name is Princess Cyrilia of the Kingdom of Gravos, and next to me is my fiancee Crown Princess Adel of the Kingdom of Gravos, and my other fiancee Sophie Cyrilia."

The king watched as I gave a knightly bow instead of a lady like one, but this was due to the fact that I was not wearing a dress. "Your Majesty, I will now retire, so please send an escort."

"AH…. yes…. I will have the bill of sale written up and stamped with the royal seal." The king must have been able to tell that I was not here to continue chatting, especially after I introduced two girls as my fiancees.

As we left, a guard walked behind us. Kim didn't even say anything as we left. Maybe she was afraid or something. I am not too sure, but I truly do not care. A rebellion they were so worried about was easily taken care of by me with just a few words. I bet she is angry and probably blaming me for not doing something sooner.

I did tell her I would not do anything unless I was getting something out of it. If she had not lied to me and actually told me she had a good relationship with the king, then maybe, just maybe, she could have said she would do it and given me the land then and there. Then none of this would have happened.

But now it was too late. I am not sure how many people actually died because of my word magic just now, but it would not be the first time I have killed many in just a few words. We left the castle and were escorted to the inn in a carriage which was slow going as they had to make a path through the dead bodies that now laid strewn across the ground.

I wonder if I am broken now that the sight of so many dead bodies no longer seems to bother me at all. I have seen so many dead bodies as of late that I am pretty numb to it. I have also taken many lives. 𝑖𝗻𝗻𝑟e𝒶𝗱. 𝒄𝑜𝑚

If this was Earth, I would probably be the most wanted person in the world with my current kill count, which ranges in the hundreds of millions. So many soldiers have died due to a few words from me. But because of my abilities, it has also saved many lives as well like the few billion that live in the Gravos Kingdom.

But luckily, with this, my excursion through the other kingdoms is done, and I can get back on track. Once I finish up here and make a teleport to the gravos kingdom to connect to the new land, I can continue on to the destination I had planned for from the start. The Dwarven kingdom!

While I do now have many magic engineers, I still have more than just the current weapons and strange energy to take care of, but much, much more than that.

When we reached the inn, I rented a room with an extra large bed and led the girls upstairs. The room was quite cozy. It was small, but plenty of room to rest for the day. It was very quiet. "That was tiring!" I said as I flopped down onto the bed.

"Faith, at least take your boots off," Sophie said as she walked over and began stripping my leather boots off me. I just lay there as the girls began peeling things off of me. They did not strip everything, just my outer armor.

Adel began giving me a massage which relaxed my muscles but to be honest, I do not know why they were all pampering me when they did most of the work. But I couldn't move at this moment because Adel was sitting on my back and Sophie was on my legs, massaging my calves. "Why are you two suddenly massaging me?"

"Because we want a reason to touch your body," Adel said bluntly, causing me to chuckle.

"Then massage away!" I would not say no! My two cute fiancees want to pamper me. Who am I to reject? It really did feel good.

"Hehe…. You have been much more open about our relationship as of late." Adel said as she leaned down and kissed my cheek.

"Well… I figured there was no reason to hide it. I love you both, and you love me. I don't want to hide the fact that we are together. I see no reason to. Plus, isn't your father getting his wish? Once you become queen, I will be made royalty just like he has been wanting this entire time."

"Now that I think about it, he has been smiling much more as of late. I think he is currently counting down the days." Adel sighed as she pressed hard on my shoulders.

"That's the spot…. Reminded me to take him down a notch when we officially return to the kingdom." I couldn't help but let out a relaxed sigh. It was really amazing. Massages always feel good when you have stress built up. As for the king, I just liked ruining his day. It was fun.

The next day a messenger came from the castle. So Sophie, Adel, and I made a trip back to the castle to surprisingly be met with a grand ceremony. All the knights who were loyal to the crown all stood in line with their swords held in front of their chests as we made our way to the throne room. This was truly not what I was expecting. When we reached the throne room. The king, two other young men, and Kim were standing next to him.

The king slowly stood up and bowed to us. "Princess Cyrilia, Princess Adel, Miss Sophie, I humbly thank you for your assistance. Because of you, the people of this kingdom can be safe and sound and not under a militaristic rule. Besides the land, we would like to openly have trade talks with your kingdom as well."

"We will need to establish an embassy here in this kingdom to establish such ties." I watched as the King lifted his head, not understanding what I meant.

"Princess Cyrilia, excuse me for not being knowledgeable enough, but what is an embassy?" The king asked.

"An embassy is a place for kingdoms who have some form of relationship to go to that can provide assistance to their own people if need be. Think of it as a plot of land owned by the other kingdom. It would be considered an attack on the kingdom if another kingdom attacked the embassy. It can also be a go between for other countries who wish to communicate certain things." I explained as best as I could while incorporating this world's way of doing things.

"I see…. Then we will do that. We would like to formally form an alliance with the Kingdom of Gravos. We will gather a few sites within the capital that can be used for this embassy thing and allow your kingdom to pick which site is good." I am not sure if it is just me, but this king really makes quick decisions. But one thing is for sure, and that is that this kingdom has the same values as the Gravos kingdom, which makes them a good partner to form an alliance with. With a teleport set up between the two kingdoms, we can do trader and passage between the two kingdoms for a toll cost on each side, allowing a bit more income for both kingdoms.

"I will relay your wishes to my King. But I will need to set up a teleport area for them to be able to come and go as needed. This should be set up in a safe location that can be guarded easily." Having a secure point will allow for a bit of breathing room to build up trust between the two kingdoms.

"Mmm… For now, we can set one up at a location within the city. If you can, give me one more day to make arrangements." With this, I received the bill of sale.

The next day I met with one of the officials. We went to a house and set up a teleport circle in the basement and had the house become a knights barracks that would be guarded day and knight.

After making arrangements on the Gravos side of things, I finally set off once more. The diplomacy portion can be done by the two kings. The airship was once more flying through the air. However, we did have one extra visitor. Today was Diablo's day to spend time with me. As always, his ears were bright red as he talked with me. You would think as a high and mighty demon king would be more straightforward and not so reserved, but it seemed this was the case for all demons. i𝙣𝐧r𝑒𝘢𝒅． 𝚌𝚘m

"Mas…. Faith. Do you plan to dive into any dungeons in the near future?" Diablo asked.

"Mmm… Probably. During that time, I will be working on leveling up as much as I can. Probably will be after I finish up in the dwarven kingdom. Why do you ask?" Diablo never really cared about where I went, so I was curious as to why he would suddenly ask this.

"I…. I want to go with you. Not to get in the way of your training but to protect you…. As we are…. Ummm… in a relationship…. I do not wish to see you get hurt." Diablo's face slowly turned red, causing me to grin. At times like this, he was indeed cute. As we slowly got to know each other over the past few years, Diablo has really shown me how much he cares about me and not just as his master but as someone who was, in demon tradition, married to him. He never made a move on me this entire time, knowing I was not ready yet since we were not at that stage in our relationship, but he was very caring.

So in the future, once things settle down and things keep on course, maybe things between Diablo and I will get to that point to where my mother and father will finally see a grandchild from me. But this is still something I do not know.

But for now, before that ever happens, I will need to first get married to the two girls at my side. Iena and Diablo will probably come soon after. So, for now, at Diablo's words, I smiled and snuggled into his chest. "Then you can come. But make sure you tell Iena. Make sure she knows what you plan to do."

"I will… Iena is a good girl, and she understands that I can not have a family with her, but she also wants you and I to be happy as well…. She also talks about you all the time, which gives us a lot to talk about." Diablo replied.

"Mmm… Iena is very sweet. Adel and Sophie also like her a lot." I said as I leaned up and kissed Diablo's lips.

I always thought that being in a relationship with multiple people would be hard, but Adel, Sophie, Iena, and Diablo are all good to me. And I am trying to do my best to be good to them. However, I do worry about Diablo and Iena a lot. But I guess that comes with the current situation I am in.

Time ticked by, and I am officially seventeen. I have now outlived my previous life me! Although, now that I think about it, I probably outlived my previous life a while back but if we are talking just going by age, then yes, I am one number older than my previous life me. But if you add it all up, I am much older than that, even though I do not act it all the time.

We are currently in the dwarven kingdom's airspace. "Thurul, I am seeing a lot of human communities down there."

"Mmm… You will see them. After all, we dwarves mainly live in mountainous regions. The outlying area where the farms are is mostly run by humans. They are all under the same kingdom, but the dwarves normally live in Dwrognar, the capital. But you will still see some living in the villages, towns, and cities around here. Some are even married to humans and demis and have given birth to hybrids." Thurul answered.

Another kingdom that did not discriminate. "Wait, but I thought that dwarves did not like humans very much."

"No, it is we do not like humans who enslave our kind. Those who live in our kingdom do not have such thoughts and live alongside us. Of course, we do have a few people who think they are still in a place to say such things, but those people never last long since the humans living here will normally be the ones to toss them out." Thurul replied. I guess everyone has their own outlook, and for those who disagree with the ways of some kingdoms, if possible, would move to a place that did not have such traditions.

It did always amaze me, though. Why was it humans that were able to dominate over the land when demi humans had so much more of an advantage? In terms of power and strength, there are many more races that are able to outpower humans. Even with knowledge alone, humans can't defeat some of the other races. It truly was a strange thing.

"Well, forget about that for now. We need to head to the city of Loncaster. It will have a teleport we can take to the capital." Thurul pointed to the northeast towards the tall mountain range.

This now set our new destination, which I was kind of excited about. By teleport, he meant a large teleport circle that floated in the air. It took two months, but as we arrived, you could see a large city with tall buildings made of metal and stone. In the middle hovering over the tallest building high in the sky, was a huge metal circular construct that had a glowing magic circle in the middle of it. "That is an amazing feat of engineering."

"Haha! It was the work of over ten thousand dwarves. It was constructed in three years' time, but it was well worth it. As it was the first of its kind at the start, the magic circle used to send people way off course, but after some time tweaks, it now joins up with the one in the capital inside the mountain range you see off in the distance." Thurul had a look of pride on his face as he looked at the teleport in the air.

"I would love to get a few of these made for Gravos." It would make things so much easier, and to be honest, I think as long as we had the circle and the correct inscriptions, I could easily make one of my own. Surprisingly I never really thought of using it in such a fashion.

"We will get one made. We first need to find dwarves willing to join us, but I think with the pictures of the things you have, many will jump at the chance. A dwarf can never resist the chance to work with new kinds of technology. We wouldn't be dwarves if we did. Haha!" Thurul let out a jolly laugh. 𝑖𝗻𝗻𝑟e𝒶𝗱. 𝒄𝑜𝑚

I really couldn't wait to see what Gravos will look like in the next five to ten years or so as the technologies begin to appear. As long as we can make things that will help the people and defend the kingdom, I will be happy.

The airship slowly made its way to a long line of airships from all over that were waiting in line to take the teleport. There were thousands of airships, so we still had a while to wait. The teleport, while big, only allowed one ship through at a time. This was because, from what Thurul told me that they do inspections on the ships. No one was allowed through if they had any kind of magic weapons on board. But Thurul also added that ships on the return from the capital were put under heavy inspection that was triple that of the ships going to the capital. This was to keep people from stealing secrets.

This may seem like some kind of invasion of privacy, but it was indeed a means of keeping their technology in the kingdom and safe. It seems the border crossing was also the same on foot. What surprised me was that there were no other magic vehicles besides the airships in the dwarven kingdom unless they were in the capital, but Thurul never mentioned it. But knowing him, he is probably keeping it some kind of surprise for a laugh.

"It will be a few hours, so you girls should take a rest. I will call ya when our turn is next." Thurul offered, but I shook my head. "I want to watch and learn. Everything I see imprints into my mind, so the more minute detail, the more I can understand how things work. So I will stay up here and study this massive teleport."