Chapter 28

It did not take long for Silvana and Natalia to pack up the few possessions they had. Since they lived in a closed border society they did not say goodbye to the other women who were out working the fields already.

Ben placed their bags into his inventory and walked over to the hidden teleport formation. He brushed off some of the dirt he used to conceal it to place a spatial crystal in the socket and power it up.

He allowed the two of them to step through the formation alone. He waited behind to remove the crystal and place the formation stone inside is inventory. If officials came snooping around wondering what had happened to the girls he did not want them to find the formation stone.

He used Zoom to teleport to the bunker and meet up with the Silvana and Natalia who were patiently waiting for his arrival.

Natalia made a joke about how small Ben's castle was as she looked around the cement bunker while Silvana looked at her with an exasperated glare while shaking her head.

Ben laughed as he opened the door and led them out onto the busy training field. Natalia gasped when she seen thousands of men running around sparing and exercising.

"This is a sight I never seen before so many men in one place."

"There are also a couple thousand women out there training as well. They are all full time soldiers for my Avalon Kingdom. The reason why I was late to return to your daughter was due to the three northern kingdoms who decided to invade the Rodara region with sixty thousand troops. I had taken this army here you see training to Rodara to defeat the invasion and in the spring we will return to invade and conquer those three kingdoms."

Silvana and Natalia quickly turned to look at Ben shocked.

Natalia asked, "Are you talking about Botodor, Aithereal, and Lunia Kingdoms who always threaten to invade the Varene Dynasty if we do not supply them with food?"

Ben nodded and said, "That is them. They were also forcing the Rodara Kingdom to send them food along with the Amura Kingdom. My kingdom had a disagreement with the Rodara Kingdom which led to war so I invaded and took over the region and made it part of my Avalon Kingdom. Those three northern kingdoms then sent diplomats to threaten me into sending them food. I refused so they banned together to invade the Rodara region."

Silvana said, "So that is why...I recall you telling me about the war but I didn't know it was because they had threatened your kingdom.

Natalia looked at Ben and said, "Those kingdom are the reason so many Varene women are forced to live in the small farming communities like the one I raised Silvana. Women without male children are sent to farming communities to raise food to be sent to those bastards. If you defeat them and can get rid of the forced food shipments the Varene Dynasty would be able to better care for her women. They could live in towns and cities and learn trades and occupations. All of the money lost to sending them free food would help to improve the dynasty and those women's lives for the better."

Ben revealed an unfathomable expression and said, "Hmm, Maybe I should pay a visit to the Varene Dynasty before invading those kingdoms then. I could use my invasion as a way to open relations with them. If I can relive this burden from them then maybe I can talk them into forming an alliance with my kingdom."

"The dynasty higher ups are all so caught up in our religion for Mother Medissa that you have to threaten them to force them to hold a conference with outsiders, but if you could really settle this problem I bet they would get off their stubborn asses to meet with you." Natalia explained.

Ben stifled a laugh as his generals had all walked over to gather around him. They had met Silvana so he introduced Natalia as her mother. The tall impressive generals checked in with Ben and gave him an update on how their troops were proceeding.

When they parted ways Natalia walked up beside Ben as they made their way to the street. She hooked her slender arm around his and said, "Even with all these men surrounding me now I still prefer my Silvana's man."

As if not to be outdone Silvana approached him from the other side and took a hold of Ben's hand.

"Hmf, Well I feel the same way. I only want my Ben and have no eyes for these other men."

Yet once again for the second time today Ben began wondering just what the hell he had gotten himself into with these two.

'Go to the Varene Dynasty he said! It will be fun he said! I might have to give my Rodara regent a few slaps across his face the next time I see him!'

Even if Ben continued to complain to himself deep down he could hardly say he did not like the attention. Silvana's beautiful mother was strategically burying the outer moat around Ben's heart bit by bit as he walked them around the city and took them shopping.

They explored both the secure and unsecured sections of Dragonshome together. Ben showed them how to use system menus and also took them to the various privately owned establishments.

He had a popular seamstress measure them and design expensive royal gowns for the two of them. The two of beautiful women had only come with commoners work style clothing and they would no longer have a use for them.

They were now just realizing this was all true and how much their lives were going to change.

As they left one of the many stores and made their way toward the towering castle in the distance Natalia commented on how she would have to give birth to over twenty male children to be treated like this in the Varene Dynasty.

Inside the Renaissance Castle Ben sent a servant to bring the head butler to him. Ben asked the head butler to assign a female servant to both Silvana and her mother who are familiar with the castle.

This castle is so large it would take them quite some time to learn how to navigate around it on their own.

Ben decided instead of moving the fairies out of the penthouse he would simply add onto it. Mythia got along with each of them and they all spent time together around the penthouse and he would feel bad to seperate them.

The reliable female servants soon came by and Ben asked them to take the ladies to the main baths and then up to the penthouse afterwards. The main baths in the castle were even more impressive than the Public Baths in town. He knew they would enjoy their visit and it would give him enough time to build onto the penthouse.

Before they setoff Ben had Silvana and Natalia's fingerprint registered into the penthouse elevator. After a quick demonstration on how to operate the simplistic controls Ben took the elevator up to the penthouse.

Along the inside wall in the living room he used the system custom build tool to make a set of stairs and a whole in the roof.

He climbed the stairs up onto the flat penthouse roof and began to build a second floor onto the penthouse.

This time he did not worry about following the old world decor downstairs and created the new floor in a modern style. Most of the outer exterior walls were made up of mirrored one way glass that allowed the people inside to look out but those outside could not look inside.

The one way glass really wasn't all that necessary since they were so high up in the air it would be almost impossible for anyone outside to see someone up this high. The added security just made Ben feel better knowing any enemies could not track their movements while they were in the penthouse.

Along one wall Ben made three huge bedrooms and a large bathroom. The rest of the second floor was split into to huge rooms. The entire second floor was carpeted with plush carpet and padding.

Every room on the second floor gave you a beautiful view of the city and surrounding landscape. The castle sat on a plateau about forty feet off the ground and the second floor of the penthouse was another sixty to seventy feet higher. This gave you a view just as spectacular as the one hundred foot tall tower in Goldcrest that allowed you to see for miles in every direction.

When Ben was happy with the new layout he brought out the clothes, shoes, and items he had purchased for Silvana and Natalia. He laid them out neatly on their beds as he heard them walking around and talking with their servants on the lower floor.

He went downstairs to let them know he was here and found them all standing on the balcony looking out over Dragonshome. Ben was always proud when he stood out here and looked down upon this view.

Only a year ago this was an empty plateau and now it was a bustling small city with people walking up and down the many grid like streets cutting across it.

The combination of lawns, colorful trees, and exotic plants lining the the streets gave the city a park like appearance that blended nature and manmade structures seamlessly together.

As the sun began to set and the streetlights came on it gave it a soft magical feel that no other city could replicate.

The two women and the servants were looking out at the scene below them with eyes filled with wonder when the sound of footsteps interrupted their thoughts.

They all turned to see Ben walking out onto the balcony to join them.

Natalia smiled and said, "Your city is even more wonderful when viewing it in its entirety. I feel like a goddess looking down upon her people from this vantage."

"Thank you I am proud of it myself. Just over a year ago I arrived here by myself and built over fifty percent of this city on my own. It was a lot of work but it was all worth it. I not only have a stunning city but this is the most secure place on this continent."

Silvana slipped her arm around Ben's waist and looked up at him with shimmering eyes. It was hard to tell what she was thinking as she looked at Ben's proud smiling face as her mother complemented the work he had done but it clear to see she was happy.