Chapter 266: Returning To Normal/ V7 End!

"Haa, well, I'm glad you two enjoyed yourselves, but because of your inability to control yourself, we were forced to deal with your guests, Elif." Said Maria with a slightly annoyed expression as she folded her arms and looked at Elif, who coughed before pointing at Elaine.

"It's Elaine's fault, Mother; no matter what I said, she wouldn't let me go." Stated Elif as he shamelessly pushed the blame onto Elaine, who looked at him in disbelief.

"Hmph, I couldn't have even if I wanted to, Brother; you held me down the entire time; I could barely move." Declared Elaine as she glared at Elif, and just when it looked like they were about to argue, Marcus cleared his throat, stopping them.

"Enough, you two; as your parents, we're not that interested in knowing our children's private time; besides, it doesn't matter what actually happened; you two still spent three entire days in there, and that is far too long when you knew there were guests present." Said Marcus with a slight frown as he looked at Elif and Elaine, though he mainly referred to the former, causing the latter to snicker quietly.

'Tsk, this little girl.' Mused Elif as he gave Elaine, who was quietly snickering to herself, a side glance before he looked back at Marcus and Maria.

"Haa, I apologize, Mother and Father, it won't happen again. Probably." Stated Elif with a light sigh as he glanced between them, causing their faces to twitch before Maria rubbed her face while Marcus sighed.

"And you, young Miss, don't think you won't be getting punished for what you did to Nerthus; as a Princess, you behaved incredibly poorly, and I'm quite disappointed in you, Elaine." Stated Marcus as he shifted his focus from Elif to Elaine, causing her to hang her head down while Maria nodded in agreement.

"Hmm, what are you three referring to? What did you do to Queen Nerthus?" Asked Elif curiously as he glanced at Elaine, who lightly shook her head, prompting him to look at Maria and Marcus.

"Something we'll talk to her in private about." Declared Maria with a frown as she waved her hand, causing Elaine's dimension ring to fly off her finger and into her hand.

"You'll get this back in one month, and don't you dare try to talk back." Added Maria as she held Elaine's dimension in her hand before quickly closing her other hand, causing Elaine's mouth also to close while she sported an annoyed expression.

'Wish I could do that.' Thought Elif as he glanced at Maria forcefully shutting Elaine's mouth before looking at Illumia.

"Also, the Patriarch of the Phoenix Clan said the flame of Rebirth will be opened in one month; he also gave me a list of necessary resources for the ritual to be successful." Said Marcus as he looked at Elif before summoning a small piece of paper and floating it toward him.

Grabbing the paper, I looked at the long list of required resources, and other than a few things I'd never heard of, such as the Crystal of Darkness and Cloud of Eternity, everything we had was in abundance; at least we had enough where no one would mind if I took one or two.

'I had nearly forgotten about the flame of rebirth.' Mused Elif with a raised eyebrow before storing the list within his dimension ring and suddenly summoning another dimension ring with a complicated expression.

"Now that I'm not up on stage, about your present Mother and Father-" Said Elif with an uneasy expression as he held the dimension which contained a long floating Wisp, though before he could finish, Maria interrupted.

"The Wisp is dead, Elif; if that's what you're concerned over, you need not worry; it's been dead for eons, far before even your Grandparents were born." Stated Maria with a shake of her head as she looked at Elif, who frowned while scanning the dimension ring with his divine sense once more.

"A-Are you sure, Mother? Its soul is still very much alive; it's just not active in the slightest." Asked Elif with a skeptical look as he glanced at Maria, hoping she'd elaborate.

"You're correct, but it might as well be dead; that Wisp's soul may still be alive, but its ego no longer exists. I don't know what or how that happened, but it's nothing but a husk of its former self. It's cruel if you ask me, though the person who did it had probably intended to reap its benefits far into the future, but that clearly didn't happen." Replied Maria with a nod as she looked at the dimension ring in slight pity before shaking her head and sighing to herself.

"I see. However, Wisps are capable of asexual reproduction, so it should still be possible for its population to grow." Remarked Elif lightly, only for Marcus to shake his head.

"Only if it still had its ego intact." Declared Marcus, his words causing Elif to frown as he stared at the dimension ring.

Sighing to myself, I stored the dimension ring away while nodding; I had hoped it was still living, as I'd like to bring the Wisps back into the OverRealm, but it seemed it just wasn't meant to be. Besides, even if I had helped with it, they would just be hunted again until extinction.

'Haa, it's probably best if they stay extinct; the Angels are always being hunted, and I'm sure the Wisps situation would be even worse.' Thought Elif lightly as he inwardly sighed.

"Well, it was worth a try, I suppose; anyways, thank you for the gift, Mother and Father. I'm sure it'll be of great assistance in the future; right now, it would be pointless for me to use it." Remarked Elif with a smile as he glanced between Maria and Marcus, causing them to smile back.

"You're welcome, Elif; it was quite the pain to acquire because of a certain someone, but the trouble was well worth it." Stated Marcus while smiling, his words causing Maria to glare at him before she scoffed and smiled at Elif.

"Yes, I'm glad you like your gift, Elif. You're now my grown baby boy." Said Maria with a lovely smile as she looked at Elif, who smirked while brushing his hair behind his ear.

"Don't you mean grown man, Mother?" Asked Elif while smirking, only for Maria to shake her head.

"Nope, you'll always be my baby boy. Now you two run along; unfortunately, Marcus and I need to catch back up on our duties since we had taken a month off to acquire your present." Declared Maria with a motherly smile before she frowned while leaning back on her throne, only to wave her hand at Elif and Elaine, gently lifting them into the air with a gust of Qi, pushing them all the way out of the throne room along with Illumia and Maxim.

"Haa, I can finally talk now." Muttered Elaine with a sigh of relief while Elif chuckled in amusement.

"Hehe, next time, maybe you should try not to talk back to Mother; you know she doesn't like it." Said Elif with a smirk as he looked down at Elaine while kissing her cheek.

"Hmph, Mother was being unreasonable; Nerthus deserved it. Illumia, aggress with me, right?" Remarked Elaine with a huff of annoyance as she folded her arms before glancing at Illumia while madness and killing intent swirled intently within her bright silver eyes, darkening them in the process.

'I can't believe I haven't noticed this before; even though it's a curse, she's still so cute and adorable.' Thought Elif as he looked at Elaine, noticing the madness within her, only for him to smile and kiss her.

"You're so sexy, Sister." Muttered Elif softly as he kissed Elaine, causing the madness and killing intent to swiftly vanish while her eyes returned to their usual radiance.

"~Ahh~ B-Brother, n-not out in the open, p-people will see." Said Elaine softly as she passionately kissed Elif while he teased her breasts, causing her to moan with a light blush.

Hearing Elaine's heavenly moans, I was about to take her back to my room to continue from where we had left off, but before I could, I felt Illumia grab my shoulder, followed by her prying me away from Elaine while Maxim was holding her down.

"Sorry, your Highnesses, but you two clearly need some more discipline; allow us to educate you further." Declared Illumia with a faint smile as she immobilized Elif and carried him towards the training while Maxim floated Elaine beside him.

"Sorry, your Highness, but Illumia is correct." Said Maxim with an apologetic expression when he noticed Elaine's fury.

"Tch, you're highly annoying, Illumia." Stated Elif in anger as he lay in Illumai's arms and eyed her, causing her to faintly smirk while nodding.

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A few weeks have passed since my coming-of-age birthday, and tomorrow, I intend to leave the Empire and venture to the Phoenix Clan, which shall take a few days, but I've got plenty of time to spare. Elaine will also be going with me, which I couldn't be happier about since we haven't been making love as much as we'd like to; being a Prince and Princess isn't exactly all fun times.

'We'll be able to use these few days to make love for as long as we want; I want to leave right now.' Mused Elif with a lustful smile while sitting down at the table on the topmost floor of the Elven Cuisine Pagoda, eating from a bowl of lightning cherries that Sarah was feeding him.