The last month of the year at Beacon passed by and everyone seemed both depressed and excited at the same time. They had learned of the Grimm Queen and as far as the people knew, she had been killed.. The sadness came from the fact that nearly 30 thousand people were killed.
Of course, Vale was huge, and had a population of around 600 million, so it was not that huge of a deal in the grand scheme of things, and was nothing compared to the more then 20 million people that would have died if Mountain Glenn had fallen all of those years ago. The Kingdom's were called that for a reason. Their sizes and populations were no joke.
The animated version could not begin to capture the scale of these kingdoms.
In spite of mourning the dead, the people of Vale and Remnant would persevere. Death decided to wait until the start of summer break to purchase the upgrade from his system to let him have children. He waited that long to properly love and pamper his lovers before they had to start considering the possibility of pregnancy, so he spent every evening for the rest of the term with at least two of his lovers and sometimes more.
He started out making use of his avatars a couple times, but mostly tried to satisfy all of them himself, but as the term was coming to a close he had to use them much more, since his lovers knew that they might have to wait a while to sleep with him again.
Death had no intention of that becoming a problem, but he sure wasn't going to complain about their desire being so much, because he certainly enjoyed it, and be was getting to the point where he could perfectly control his avatars without getting sensory overload.
He still received every sensation from his avatar's, he just could prevent his true body from getting the physical effects of it when he needed too.
Only at the very end of the year did Death tell everyone that he call a small gathering of hid lovers again, to share his plans for the future. When he showed up to meet everyone in the Beacon Gardens, Death saw Neon Katt of Atlas had also showed up today. he hadn't particularly invited her, since she was not yet officially his lover, but he did not mind her presence "Neon. This is a nice surprise." he commented.
"Well, you did invite your lovers, and I decided I want to be your lover, so it was natural that I'd show up." Neon said while grinning at him.
"Very well, Neon" Death chuckled and gave her butt a light swat "I accept, then. You can join your sisters and hear what I have to say" he opened a gate for all the women present "We'll talk in Atlantis."
"Atlantis is amazing!" Ruby said excitedly before bursting into rose petals and flying through the gate..
The others started following Ruby through, with Death scooping up Neon into a princess/bridal carry and carrying her through the gate last. Neon seemed to love that and relaxed against him as she was carried, her tail swaying in a relaxed manner.
After passing through the gate, Death and Neon arrived with the others in a conference room that he had prepared ahead of time. All of his lovers took seats at the table and Death took the last seat. He hadn't expected Neon, so he hadn't prepared an extra seat for her, so he let her remain seated on his lap.
"You've decided on your plans for the summer now?" Amber asked, deciding to be the first to speak up.
Death nodded "The folders in front of you contain the full details of my future plans, but I'll give you a shortened version of it. In the next few decades, the Grimm will gradually become a thing from the past. What do you think will happen once that is the reality?"
"Wont people be happy?" Ruby asked cheerfully.
Death smiled awkwardly at Ruby "I wish that were true. The reality is that it will lead to expansion, then wars, hatred, death, sadness...I foresee a truly grimm future unless we take precautions before it gets to that point."
"I fear that Death is correct. It might not happen over night, but it would eventually." Weiss agreed while looking at Ruby. She then picked up the folder to start looking through it.
"To prevent future wars, I want to set up a new government system, replacing the councils that we currently have with one council that encompasses all five great kingdoms. each of the kingdoms will have two-hundred seats on the council determined not by wealth, tradition or anything dumb like that. Rather, they will be thinkers. Scientists, engineers, historians, teachers, people like this. The councils job would be bettering the lives of all citizen's of Remnant, regardless of their homeland, species or sex."
"Yes please." Neon suddenly said to Death with a playful tone,, getting a chuckle from many of Death's lovers.
"And another one falls" Yang chuckled.
"Was there ever any doubt?" Blake pointed out to Yang.
"None at all" Yang answered to Blake.
"Well, you can go over the specifics later, but starting this Summer I'll be sending avatar's to Atlas, Mistral and Menagerie, as well as leaving one here, while I go to Vacuo, where the greatest threat to this new future exists." Death explained.
May looked confused "In Vacuo? What is this threat?"
"Like Vale, the monarchy of Vacuo yielded power after the great war and Vacuo formed it's current council, but it was not a universally agreed upon decision." death explained to May "There is a group called 'The Crown', which is headed by two descendants of the Vacuo royal family, who wish to reform the throne and restore the monarchy in vacuo. The two leaders are Jax and Gillian Asturias."
"Spoiled brats." Amber said with a scowl. She was the only granddaughter of the last King of Vale, and at no point did she ever even consider trying to restore the monarchy, because in her mind it would be dishonoring her grandfathers legacy. From her perspective, it was natural for her to be disgusted by the plans of these two.
"I guess it makes sense that you wouldn't like them, princess" Yang said to Amber playfully.
"Princess?" Death asked, seeming confused.
Amber sighed and looked at Death "Well, I am, admittedly, the granddaughter f the last King of Vale. I just don't treat it like it's a huge deal or anything, but I became one of the maiden's because I wished to live up to his legacy."
Death was surprised by the news. He hadn't heard anything about Amber being a princess in the information provided by his system "Well, that's surprising, but too me you will always just be Amber, one of the women I love and that I will protect regardless of whether or not you have some royal blood."
"That's all I want, my love. I never told you about my grandfather because I fell in love with you as Amber Quince the woman, not out of some misguided desire to cling to a relic of the past." Amber proclaimed proudly.
Death nodded to Amber, in agreement to that sentiment.
"There is more. While these twins claim to be descendants of the Vacuo royal family, there is actually no proof of it. The vacuo royal family was far more vast then the royal family in Vale, with the King of Vacuo having many wives and mistresses, so it is entirely possible that they are descendant's, but it cannot be proven." Death added to the others "What is known is that the twins were branded with a crown-shaped mark when they were children and they were led to believe these brands were birthmarks that symbolized their right to the throne. In other words, they inherited these delusions of grandeur from their father."
That just made Amber angrier with the twins, Death saw "Amber, will you accompany me to Vacuo? You may be able to reason with Gillian. She is a cunning woman, but she loves her brother Jax, who revels in slaughter and death. He's a mad dog that's a danger to the future of the world, but his twin sister cannot see his wrongs. Despite her cunning mind, she has a huge blind point when it comes to her brother."
"A twins bond can be difficult to break" Melanie agreed.
"Would you like us to help as well, so that you can see if this Gillian will become our new sister as well?" Miltia asked.
"Well, I was going to invite the two of you as well, though I'm not trying to recruit her as a lover, you know" death said with a slight blush.
"You never really try, hon, it just happens naturally." Yang teased.
Death decided to drop the subject "Anyway, as long as I keep at least one avatar in each kingdom, I can travel too and from them as needed, or to spend time with those I love" he reassured the girls "My main effort must be in Vacuo until the issue with the Asturias twins is resolved. and I'll simultaneously be sorting out how to deal with the current councils in the various kingdoms. Atlas alone will be easy"
"Why will atlas be easy?" It was Neo who spoke up to ask that.
"Because the Altas Council is a pitifully small 6 members with 7 votes, and General Ironwood has two of the votes. He has already agreed with me. All I need to do is assist two others who will vote to dissolve the council and to adopt my idea into power and then it'll be done."
"Do you have any particular people in mind?" Weiss asked "If not, I can think of at least one. My grandfather is a good choice."
Death nodded to Weiss "Him and Robin Hill are the two I plan to try to recruit when my avatar goes to Atlas this summer.""
"I approve." Weiss answered with a cheerful tone "It sounds like Atlas really will be the easiest."
"Well, Menagerie might not be that hard either. that remains to be seen" Death insisted. "There is one more announcement to make, though. As of this morning, I have obtained a human transformation, and with it the ability to have children in the future."
Death chuckled as he looked around the room and saw all of his lovers were blushing at what he had just said "In my Nephilim form, I still cannot have children. Additionally, my avatars are still unable to have children, so if you are not ready to have children yet then there are still paths open to each of you if you want to sleep with me without fear.
"I am ready to have a child with you" Amber declared, deciding that she wanted to be the first to give Death his own biological child.
"Count me in as well" Weiss declared, surprising her teammates.
"Partner, are you sure?" Blake asked Weiss "We still have three years at Beacon left."
"Well, I only plan to have one child for now, so if I get it out of the way now then I should be in peek shape before the next Vital Festival Tournament, so I figure why now get the scary thing over with?" she really was not looking forward to childbirth, even if she was willing to endure it for the man that she loved.
Death nodded to Amber and Weiss "Very well, my loves. I'll work hard to make it a reality" he hadn't really expected any of them to be ready so soon, but he was not opposed to it by any means. He did want to have a huge family, after all, so he made a note to truly pamper Amber and Weiss when they did get pregnant "I'll be a good father to our children in the future. I promise you all that. We will have them when each of you are ready. Like I said, we still have methods open to us to avoid accidental pregnancy, but for now, would you like me to take my human form?"
The women in the room seemed to be nodding and were in consensus, so Death transformed, and shrank from six foot eight to just six feet tall. His hair lengthened and turned white, his eyes a vividly bright teal color, and his features became sharp and more stereotypically handsome.
"Damn." Yang whistled "I thought you were hot before, but just damn."
Death chuckled "Thank you, Yang" he looked around the room at the others "The last thing I want to do is make an offer to each of you. With the exception of my little kitty cat here." he said to Neon light-heartedly "The rest of you are my lovers, so I'd like to marry each of you." Poligamy was not illegal in Remnant, though it wasn't that common either. The last king of vacuo was a great example of this "I don't want any of you to feel bad by forcing you to just live as my lovers. I want us to be legally united in marriage. And this is especially true for Amber and Weiss, since they have both agreed to have my child. I'd rather that our children not be born outside of marriage. It wont matter to me, but some people can be creel. What do you think?"
"I agree." Amber answered cheerfully.
"I do as well." Weiss nodded but had a slight blush.
In a short couple minutes, all of his lovers, and Neon as well, who was not his lover yet, had agreed to marry him, though obviously they'd agreed that he would marry Weiss and Amber first since they were having his children first.