Realm Master

'First absolute rule: you can not tell anyone anything about your situation in any form of information,' Arlott sent the command to Kiera's soul to prevent her from talking about her moving along with Arlott's wishes.

'Second absolute rule: Your body shouldn't ever be touched by any other men except me.'

'I'll think of other rules later if I need to, but these two are enough for now, right?'

[Yep.]

…

As times passed with Kiera, Iris, and everyone else living their daily life, another year soon ended.

Kiera heaved a heavy sigh as she watched her eight-year-old son breastfeeding, and she wasn't able to stop him from doing so.

"Mom, stop thinking too much. Our bond is special," Arlott cutely smiled before he continued drinking from her tits while squeezing them with his hands and sucking with gusto. "I will die if I don't drink your milk daily. My body demands it."

'Special bond…' Kiera helplessly smiled and caressed Arlott's head, "Yes, my dear. Our bond is indeed special."

Although she very much wanted to discuss her experience with Cassandra and Derek, her lips were sealed, or rather, her soul.

Whenever she tried to bring up the topic, she wouldn't be able to mention it or even begin to tell others about it. Whenever she produced the intention to speak about it to someone, she would automatically erase that notion immediately.

As such, she had resigned to the fate of breastfeeding Arlott until he stopped doing it on his own.

'Once he grows bigger and won't need the milk, he will stop,' Kiera thought.

On the other hand, Derek was depressed because of being cockblocked. He hadn't even touched his wife for four years since he was away in the Abyss Labyrinth expedition, but when he returned, he couldn't even touch her as she would burst out with her power and back away.

The only response he would get from her would be that she was sorry and she had some problems with her body.

But in reality, Kiera was having a trickier problem because she inexplicably wouldn't like it when Derek or any other men, even small baby boys, touched her. Instead, she felt disgusted from deep within if touched by other males. She didn't know why but also attributed this change in her body to a mutation of her and Arlott.

On the other hand, Iris had grown up to be extremely beautiful and cute. At thirteen, she was a 5'5 feet tall young beauty with a slim and perfect glossy figure as her puberty was increasing her growth. Her dark orange hair had turned redder in the shade.

….

Inside Arlott's room in his mansion, Arlott sat cross-legged on his bed facing the open window, and his eyes closed.

A second later, a powerful aura burst out of him for a brief moment before vanishing.

'Phew, finally done.'

Laverna chuckled.

[Congrats. You've officially reached 3rd realm in Soul Path by forming that Soul Vortex. Now your soul is capable of branding Marionette Authority on two more people who have Soul Force less than you and your Soul Essence's recovery speed also increased dramatically]

[Arlott]

\_Soul Sea_/

_Soul Stage: 3rd Realm—Soul Vortex.

—> Soul Force: 30,001

—> Soul Essence: [300,000/300,000] ( 10,000 / per day)

'What if I forcefully use the Marionette Authority in 4th person with my current power?' Arlott asked.

Laverna dryly chuckled.

[If you brand Marionette Authority on four people at your current power, your soul will be suppressed and even weaken the effects of the authority, which would erase your soul brand in one of them. This is authority, not control. As long as you have higher soul force than them, you will reign over them, but if your soul somehow weakens, they can get erase your brand in their soul]

[Anyway, this wouldn't happen with people of your world as they don't have any progress in the Soul path, so don't worry.]

'I see. Welp, I'm in no hurry to use the authority on more people for now. Instead, I am curious about this new thing that appeared in my soul sea.'

Laverna giggled.

[It is for you to build your royal entourage, my prince~. You attained sufficient soul force to use a function of it, so it's yours now.]

'Was it yours before?'

[Yep. But I don't have a physical body, and my true soul is also suppressed, so I can't use it.]

'Interesting…' Arlott thought as he looked at the glowing dark gold closed gate in his Soul Sea, but suddenly, he saw something sprung up before him.

[ Realm Master—Arlott ]

_Realm Master's Gate: Closed.

_Exotic Points: 10,390,205

_Realm Rank: Out of ranking.

_Exotias Occupied: None.

_Inventory: —

<Exotia Trade Shop>

'Huh? What is this?' Arlott was dumbfounded as a panel appeared before him when he looked at the gate.

[Realm Masters Gate is something you earn when your existence reaches a certain level of power and gets recognition from Grand Primal Cosmos. You can't open that Realm Gate with your current strength, but you will be able to use the shop.]

[You have 10 million Realm Points, so use them wisely in the Exotia Trade Shop to build your power. They may seem a lot, but they are not a lot.]

'What does it have?' Arlott curiously thought before he opened the shop, and six panels appeared before him with different things drawn on them.

[Exotia Trade Shop shows you six random things every day, but you can choose which type of things you want it to show you from that top left bar. Also, you can only buy one item from the shop per day.]

Arlott opened that top left bar and saw five tabs.

[ Knowledge Runes ]

[ Random Items ]

[ Foundation Powers ]

[ Pets ]

[ Power Arts ]

'So, what should I choose?' Arlott asked. 'What are Knowledge Runes, Power Arts, and Foundation Powers?'

[ Knowledge Runes contains knowledge and methods of various magic spells, Geno techniques, and Soul skills. You have to comprehend and learn the runes to acquire them.]

'So, simply buying a Rune won't grant me spells, techniques, and skills? Well, that's fair.'

[Yep. As for Foundation Powers, they are blueprints of things like Affinities, Innate talents, various types of Geno Physiques, and such. They are the cheapest because it's up to your hard work and efforts to develop them from simple Blueprints and then further progress in them.]

[Power Arts consist of various arts of Arcane, Genome, and Soul Paths that utilize your energy and power more efficiently to make you more powerful.]

'Oh? Sounds similar to the Soul Washing skill.'

[Soul Washing skill is derived from a Soul Art, which is why you can use it to refine your soul and make it powerful until you exhaust your soul's accumulated potential.]

'Oh yeah, how much Soul Force I can steadily increase with Soul Washing?'

[You'll exhaust your current soul potential once you reach 35,000 Soul Force. After that, you'll need to practice a proper Soul Art.]

'I see…,' Arlott dryly sniggered. 'What the fuck? This world is still living as a frog in the well.'

[Indeed. Your world is what I would call a 3rd Tier world advancing to 2nd Tier world. But interestingly, such a world produced a gem like you, and I am glad for that~]

Arlott laughed, his will ablaze, 'I'm no gem, but I'll become one. Brighter than anyone and burning forever, unlike how I was lit up like a match and extinguished with a blow in my past life.'

[What would you have chosen if you had a chance to redo your life instead of getting revenge?]

Laverna's tone was slightly somber as she asked a sudden question.

[Would you choose to avoid suffering or take revenge after discovering me?]

Arlott opened his eyes and looked outside the window, his faint ruby eyes gleaming with ambition and strange hunger.

'I will choose to suffer if it means I can find you once again and get this life!'

'I'll suffer double, triple, or even more, cling to life, and do whatever it takes because Lave...' Arlott walked towards the window, his soul raving.

'Lave, I want to reach a height where no one, no thing, no existing power, or any mystical bullshit should control me. I will not be a fucking puppet of anything or anyone like my past life, and for that, I'll climb this fucking ladder of power to the top!'

Inside Arlott's soul sea, Larvena's beautiful eyes sparkles as she was turned on by Arlott's raging soul and fierce willpower.

[That's exactly what I wanted to hear, daaarling~. I don't know the peak, but I was surely near the Peak of the Grand Primal Cosmos when I fell to the bottom.]

Arlott cracked a grin as he stretched his hand at the sky out of the window.

'You will reach there and further, but this time…with me!'

[It's going to be tough. More challenging than anything your mind is capable of imagining.]

Arlott burst out laughing, a frenzied gleam in his eyes.

'That's just all more exciting!'