Alaric looked at Yvanna with an incredulous expression. "Did you really..."
He couldn’t even finish his words because they sounded so ridiculous.
She was a proud and arrogant elven princess, a woman with unbending dignity. It never occurred to him that Yvanna would make such a decision.
Yvanna bit her lower lip, trying hard to control her emotions. "She is telling the truth. I have already thought it through."
"But we haven’t even married yet. Isn’t this against the teachings of your elven ancestors?" Alaric said with an admonishing look.
Yvanna didn’t respond. She pushed him down and pounced on top of him. "Marriage can follow later."
She didn’t bother to wait for his response. She leaned over and aggressively kissed his lips.
Looking at how bold she was, Hershey covered her mouth in shock.
Meanwhile, Alaric widened his eyes in disbelief.
You chose this...
No longer caring for the consequences, Alaric reciprocated her passion.
...
The next day, Alaric opened his eyes and felt a wave of exhaustion.
Did that happen?
He thought as he recalled the scenes of yesterday’s battle.
Looking to his left and right, Yvanna and Hershey were sleeping quietly, fully naked.
I thought it was just a dream...
He realized that it wasn’t just a hallucination.
How do I deal with this? If the elves ever hear of what happened between their princess and me, they will definitely send their army to capture me.
Alaric closed his eyes, smiling in resignation.
There is no use regretting what has already happened. I will take responsibility for my actions.
With a sigh, he lifted his sore body, carefully so he wouldn’t wake up the sleeping women. He then put on his robes and went to the bathroom to wash up.
After a quick cold bath, he went to the dressing room to put on a new set of clothes.
He then returned to the bedchamber and found out that Yvanna and Hershey were already awake.
Hershey sent him a smile, while the other awkwardly turned her head away.
Alaric smiled back at Hershey and chuckled when he saw the elven princess’s embarrassed expression.
"You two should wash up. I will wait here so we can head together to my study for some morning coffee." He broke the silence, easing the slightly awkward atmosphere.
Hearing this, Hershey nodded. "Alright."
She stood up and grabbed her robes to cover her body. "Yvanna, let’s take a bath together."
Hearing this, Yvanna hesitated for a moment, but she eventually nodded her head.
"Can you hand that over to me?" She pointed at the neatly folded white robes on the side table.
The amused Yvanna giggled, but she still went to grab the robes and handed them to her. "Here."
"Thanks." Yvanana sent Alaric a deep look as she put on the robes.
Seeing the sharp look she was giving, Alaric scratched his head with a grin.
"Let’s go." Yvanna pulled Hershey out of the room in haste.
...
A month went by in a flash. The delegates from various nations had already left Veronica. Although a few remained for specific reasons, most of them had already returned to their respective countries.
It was supposed to be another normal day in Sorl, but a piece of news sent the city into a frenzy.
"Her Majesty is pregnant!"
"Good news! Her Majesty is with child!"
The rumors quickly spread throughout the entire nation. Countless messenger birds were sent to various parts of the country to deliver the news to the public.
Everyone was in an uproar.
Alaric was in the middle of teaching swordsmanship to a new batch of young warriors when he heard of this news from a subordinate.
"What?!" He felt a mixture of anticipation, excitement, and worry.
The cadets were also stunned. When they recovered from their shock, they quickly congratulated him.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
As Alaric was now the emperor of Veronica, everyone changed their form of addressing him.
Alaric had also grown used to it.
"Caecus, you take over for me! I need to go to the palace!" He instructed with an urgent look.
"Your subordinate obeys." Caecus bowed to acknowledge the command.
Alaric excused himself and left the estate in a carriage.
Sitting inside the carriage, he nervously tapped his foot, his eyes looking outside the window.
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Your wife is pregnant with your child! This news will ease the hearts of the populace and the restless nobles will also halt their rebellious thoughts!
Rewards: 15000 Battle Points, 1000 EXP, 1000 Stat Points, Random Trait Upgrade Card x1, SS-Rank Integrated Monster Trait Card x1
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Huh?!
The long silent system screen suddenly popped up in front of him.
Upon seeing the unexpected rewards, the anxiety in his heart quickly dissipated.
Hold on... the last card.
An SS-rank Integrated Monster Trait Card!
His eyes widened in excitement.
He tried searching for a suitable beast soul crystal for several weeks, but he never found one that was suitable for him.
He calmed himself and activated the Random Trait Upgrade Card.
[Your trait Close Combat (A) has been upgraded to Close Combat (S).]
Jackpot!
The close combat trait was one of his most useful traits. It had helped him on numerous occasions so he was excited to see it finally upgrade to S-rank.
In the next moment, a wave of memories flooded his mind, causing him slight discomfort.
Unarmed combat, grappling techniques, boxing, and many other martial arts techniques were incorporated into his mind and body.
When the wondrous sensation vanished, Alaric clenched his fists, making them produce cracking sounds.
How wonderful!
He relished the excitement of absorbing the new martial arts.
Next...
[Do you want to use the SS-rank Integrated Monster Trait Card?]
[Yes] [No]
Alaric clicked [Yes] almost instantaneously.
[You have awakened the SS-rank Dominator’s Aura!]
Alaric furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the integrated monster trait he awakened.
What does this trait do?
As soon as he willed his thoughts, he realized that he could freely activate and deactivate it.
When he activated it, something shocking happened...