Dungeons

Hae-in was wearing leather armor with red, white, and black themes along with a golden shoulder protector and long black boots. She had the sword Haru gave her sheathed on her waist.

Kanae was also wearing cloth-type armor with a pink jacket that only reached to her midriff leaving her toned abs on display with black baggy pants and black combat boots that reached to her shin; she had her two katana on her left hip.

Jin-ah was wearing a blue magician robe with silver threading while holding that Stave Haru gave her in hand.

And lastly, Queresha was wearing simple black armor that consisted of a breastplate, gauntlets, and long tassets that goes past her knees on both sides, under the armor there was an old-fashioned dress with a black and purple color theme. She held a normal two-handed sword in her right hand.

"Resha why are you not using your sword?" Haru asked as he looked at the normal sword in her hand.

"My sword was badly damaged during the fight in Seoul and I wasn't able to repair it, so till the time I find a blacksmith who can fix it I will be using a spare sword," Queresha answered.

"Ok, I'll take you to a good blacksmith tomorrow," Haru said as Queresha smiled then all four of them went over to touch Haru's shoulder and they all vanished from the room.

In the next second, everyone appeared in a dense and dark jungle with trees surrounding them while silent one could hear the low growls of beasts coming from far away.

Haru looked at the four and each of them had a different reaction.

Hae-in was calm as she looked around, while Kanae was excited waiting for Haru to continue. Jin-ah was looking around excitedly like a child in an amusement park and Queresha just waited silently.

"So this is the dungeon I prepared for Jin-ah, there are strong monsters with fire attributes in there, if we are talking about strength then the strongest one should be at Mid-National Rank," Haru said.

"Oh, I am up first," Jin-ah was super excited as she looked at the cave that appeared out of nowhere, Haru was hiding this place as he gathered monsters from the beast glades and stuffed them inside the Dungeon.

"Just go in and do your thing, there is a clone inside that will step in if you are in danger," Haru said with a smile.

"Oh! Thank you Haru I love you, then this is Jin-ah signing out," Jin-ah kissed Haru and went into the dungeon like a storm.

Then Haru showed Hae-in and Kanae to the dungeon he had prepared for them.

"For Hae-in there are beasts of all types of elements in there but they are more inclined to strength speed and defense, so this will be great for you, the strongest monster is only around a Grand Marshall level here, so you should be ok," Haru said.

"Don't worry, I won't let your hard work go to waste," Hae-in said as she went in after giving him a peck on his lips.

"Kanae I made sure to bring monsters that rely on speed and power for your case, there are also monsters who are fully reliant on their defense while having extremely swift movements so be careful," Haru explained as Kanae nodded and went towards the dungeon entrance.

"No Goodbye Kiss for me?" Haru asked.

"S-Shut up you damn pervert," Kanae ran into the dungeon with a blush.

Haru laughed and took Queresha to Alacrya.

"What do you think?" Haru asked as he looked at Queresha who was spellbound by the Aether barrier that was covering the Relictombs entrance.

"My Lord, This is….. Fascinating," Queresha spoke with shock on her face as her eyes were fixed on the barrier.

"Looks like you liked it, if you go in the Relictombs you will be able to learn more about this energy so go in and explore," Haru said as they passed the barrier.

Haru had helped Queresha in sensing Aether once and the rest depended on her, Or more like till Haru learns it and is able to teach them.

"My Lord I won't disappoint you," Queresha said with a serious look and walked inside the portal connecting to the Relictombs.

[Is it really alright to send her in alone?] Haru asked Kurumi.

[Stop being so overprotective, and I told you right nothing will happen to her in there I have sorted out everything, she needs to resolve this knot in her heart to move forward.] Kurumi answered and Haru nodded then he went back to the beach house without asking what Kurumi was talking about.

[Why did you come here?] Kurumi asked as she thought Haru would surely go into the Relictombs as well.

"Say Kurumi are you angry?" Haru spoke.

[….Where is this coming from?] Kurumi asked back after a pause.

"It is just that you haven't been talking much since I went back to Seoul," Haru answered.

[Well that was because I was busy,] Kurumi spoke as she appeared on Haru's head in her small fox form.

"…Just tell me if you are angry at me, I feel uneasy when you don't talk to me," Haru said with a wry smile.

[...You really are too cute sometimes, But weren't you fine before your seal broke,] Kurumi pouted.

"Well, it was fine when I didn't have the memory but it is kind of hard to do that now, No even then I missed you but just didn't know who you were," Haru said as he scratched the back of his head.

[Mou, if you behave like this I can't even be angry at you,] Kurumi jumped down from Haru's shoulder and….

POOF*

She changed into her human form.

"So you were angry," Haru said as he pointed at Kurumi.

"Of course I was, all you think about is protecting those four, Do you not think about me at all?" Kurumi pouted her red lips while puffing up her cheeks.

"Well, it is because they need it right now, Kurumi is too strong after all, But if you are ever in danger even if you don't need my help, I will save you and protect you will my all," Haru said with a smile.

"That Kanae is correct, You are a damn incubus, how can you say that with a straight face." Kurumi blushed as she spoke

"Ahaha," Haru just laughed at her response.

"But on a serious note, I am not angry with you. I can't be mad at you even if I want to, I was just thinking that if we were just a little more careful, things wouldn't become like this," Kurumi said softly as she caressed Haru's face.

"Well no need to think about it now, it has already happened, so let's just focus ahead," Haru said while hugging Kurumi, He felt like Kurumi was sad that she let him get kidnapped while she was asleep.

"Mhm," Kurumi nodded while hugging him back.

"But I am still the first wife," Kurumi said as Haru chuckled.

"Hmm, Does it really matter," Haru calmed her down while patting her back.

"I'll talk about this with your lovers later, I also have to do something important," Kurumi said with a smile as Haru nodded.

"But before that," Kurumi said with a serious expression, and Haru paid attention to her.

"Let me hug you more," Kurumi spoke with a silly smile as she hugged Haru tightly.

Haru just smiled and hugged her as well.

After about an hour passed Kurumi finally let Haru go reluctantly and went back to his mindspace.

Seeing her go Haru went back to his training ground and trained harder than ever.

***

In a large cave that was filled with ice crystals, Jin-ah was moved to the right.

BANG*

And a big paw landed on the ground where she was before Jin-ah looked at the giant white bear that growled at her and swung his right paw at her.

"[Ice lance]" Jin-ah cast a spell as her stave glowed in blue light and more than 10 Ice lances manifested behind and stabbed the bear piercing his body.

"It is finally dead," Seeing the bear that stopped moving Jin-ah sighed in relief but as if waiting for that moment…..

ROOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR*

The bear jumped and tried to bite Jin-ah,

"Huh," Jin-ah was shocked as the bear bite her left hand.

CRACK* CRACK*

The bear who was happy just a moment ago was confused as he heard the sound of cracking.

"[Ice Clone: Lance]" Jin-ah's voice sounded behind the bear but before the bear could turn around.

SPLASH*

An ice lance pierced through its head and came out of the crown on his head from the inside. The bear died and the Jin-ah who was bitten cracked and turned into snowflakes.

"Seeing myself get bitten by a bear is terrifying," Jin-ah shuddered as she looked at the dead body of the bear and placed it in her inventory.

"Haru better spoil me when I go back," Jin-ah hummed a tune as she walked deeper into the dungeon. She was trying to train her battle sense so that she doesn't become a burden to everyone.

'Just watch me who do you think my mother is, she is someone three national rank hunters fear. Her Title is 'The Slipper Monarch',' Jin-ah thought as she went in deeper.