Primordial Villain with a Slave Harem

Chapter 674: First Encounter

”Why… Did you pick it up?” A saddened elderly voice sounded all of a sudden, letting me know she was likely in another math class with Pythagoras, the old dude who fell asleep while he was supposed to audit Felicityʼs conversation with me, letting us plot right under his nose how she would cheat on her math exam.

”Why wouldnʼt I?”

”... Itʼs rare we get to spend time together…”

Hmm? Something was strange.

”Is that Lord Pythagoras with you, Princess?” I asked, trying to clarify who the guard dog was this time.

”Oh, him? No, Lord Pythagoras is probably napping, hehe… You called me during my weekly tea time with Father!”

Everyone in the room froze all at once, myself included.

There can only be one man a royal princess would call Father. The almighty Alexios Valorian, king of the Vraven Kingdom.

Almost all of my girls flinched in sync. Many of their lives have been either directly or indirectly affected by this man.

Alexios signed off on Ayameʼs enslavement, ensuring even if she managed to free herself of the [Slave Contract] spell, she would never be a lawful citizen of the kingdom ever again.

Auroraʼs parents were arrested on the order of the crown because they discovered that the kingdom was hiding something related to the [Magic Elixir of Awakening] in their unofficial outpost. Papa and Mama Auroraʼs, namely Gideon and Naomi Lorienʼs well-being was currently questionable at best.

The rest of the girlsʼ lives were changed by him or his vassals indirectly. Lucille was a legally dead woman, chased after by the mother of the twins who killed her mother to be the head wife of the Greenvale family.

Blossom was dragged away from her family in chains while Seraphiel and even the ladies who werenʼt here, namely Sylvaris, Kaelira, Lyra, and many more of my people were either slaves or facing threats of slavery in the case of Kaelira. Many of them have been enslaved by Alexiosʼ vassals.

The only one who didnʼt flinch was Kitsara. She was too far gone by now to separate reality from dreams, she was focusing all her brain cells on suckling her popsicle with utmost joy, even after Auroraʼs guiding hand movements had ceased.

And even beyond the colorful background of my ladies, we were wanted criminals. Devil was a famous criminal by now, his feats in the Phenom Trials have spread far and wide. Although many were skeptical whether he truly was an Elemental Sovereign or not, that did not change how many knew his name these days, and to a lesser degree, the names of his Heralds.

Wrath and Ambition, namely Iris and Kaelira, were also quite well known. The former for beating Azura, the Eclipse Enforcer-ranked swordswoman, while the latter for winning the Phenom Trials and kneeling to offer her rewards to Devil, her lord.

”Why donʼt you call me Papa anymore…? You always smiled so brightly while shouting ʼPapa!ʼ and jumping into my arms...” Alexios questioned with a dejected sigh, not bothered by the sudden silence from my end of the line.

”Iʼm a big girl now, thatʼs why! Only kids use pet names like that for their parents. Refined ladies such as I also donʼt jump into the arms of their fathers. I donʼt want the country to think Iʼm a Daddyʼs little girl!”

””Whatʼs wrong with that?””

It was not just Alexios who asked that, but also the girl seated in my lap as if it were her glorious throne. She asked with quite the edge to her tone at that, evidently not liking the Princessʼ tone and words.

”Lord Black, do you have someone with you?” Felicity asked, confused.

”I do Indeed, Princess. I promised I would introduce the loves of my life to you sometime, I figured now was as good time as any.”

Ayame shouted in my mind, panicked. Talking with the royals was not on her agenda today.

My response did not alleviate anyoneʼs worries, but we had no chance to have a time out for a team talk. If my plump princess didnʼt speak up, I wouldnʼt have done this. But, she had taken offense at Felicityʼs words. It was what it was, I made the most of it.

Honestly, I couldnʼt really blame Aurora. All the girls were a bit delirious, we had just concluded a nearly day-long orgy, after all.

”Yay! Nice to meet you, Iʼm Felicity! Is Miss Elf also there? I hope to thank her for what sheʼs done for me!” The princess seemed to be in a really chirpy mood. ṟ𝘼𝐍𝘰ΒÊＳ

”Miss Elf? Lord Black? Who are you talking with, my little angel?” Alexios Valorian, the 999-year-old legend, and the presumed strongest human alive, quiestioned.

”Didnʼt mother tell you? Lord Black is my new friend, I met him at the Grand Auction and weʼve chatted a few times since.”

Another exhausted sigh left Alexiosʼ lips when he revealed, ”Papa and Mama are busy… We rarely talk these days…”

Seraphiel mused once she awoke from her shock.

The idea she was referencing was that the pair were no longer in love. It was questionable if they ever were.

Felicity was only the third princess, and they had only two sons. While Morgana wasnʼt as old as Alexios, with Consortium resources estimating her to be a little over 500 years old, having only five kids was an extremely low amount for people whoʼve been together ever since Morgana reached adulthood and her family wed her into royalty as a coming of age gift.

A low number of kids couldnʼt make our theory stand on firm legs just by themselves. What truly told us there was no love between the pair was the age of said kids. The first princess was born around 400 years ago, while the first prince is estimated to be 300 years old, and the second princess is 200. The second prince is about a century old, while Felicity is in her early teens.

It seemed very much as if the royal pair popped out a kid once a century out of duty. Now that Alexios confirmed they rarely interact with each other, our theory gained even more momentum.

Be that as it may, I couldnʼt afford to theorize right now. It was time to hold quite a weird conversation with the most powerful human alive.