Chapter 253: Working on Expanding the Kingdom (Final)

"What drinks do you have?" I ask. 

"I-I can get your highness something from outside if you would like," 

"Just get me some water, please," I say, which the assistant immediately bows quickly and deeply before scampering off through the doorway and into the hallway. 

"Yo, Mia, you there?" I ask as Mia seemed to be still absorbed into her work, so I walk up to her desk and take half the pile. 

"O-oh, your highness! Please forgive my rudeness-" 

But before Mia could apologize, I sat her back down in her chair and just took a pencil as I began to fill out the boring paperwork, which was stacked so high that it looked as if it could topple over at any moment. 

… 

[Day 84] 

"We pulled an all-nighter," I mutter after realizing that the sun had risen. 

Mia and I were exhausted, but we barely made a dent in the paperwork due to even more coming in every few hours. 

"Shall we take a break, your highness?" Mia asks with dark gray bags under her eyes. 

Her assistant also seemed sleepy; in fact, she was the sleepiest out of all of us despite her not doing as much work as us. 

She seemed to be getting used to her new jobs and learning new things about what to sign and fill out, so she obviously hesitated and sometimes asked Mia if what she did was correct. 

"*yawn* I need breakfast," I muttered as soon as we left the guild house, and we were suddenly greeted by hundreds of adventurers, new and old. 

But, after seeing my scary aura, which was due to my overwhelming tiredness, they backed away with only a few brave adventures being not even phased by it. 

"Your highness, can you join our adventuring party for a few days. We would be utterly grateful if we had the honor of bringing you. And don't worry, we'll be doing all the work, and you can sit back and relax as you enjoy the scenery," A fire harpy mage asks me with his party a few feet behind him. 

"Oi, can't you tell the queen is not in a good mood right now?" Mia's assistant asks, stepping up to the mage. 

"Stop, don't embarrass the queen," Mia says, stopping her assistant before she did any more reckless things that could ruin my image… not that I cared much about my image as I wasn't going to be queen for much longer. 

In fact, it would be better for me to be hated and then have Hades rise to the throne, so everybody begins to grasp onto him for hope. 

Not a bad idea… 

"But, not right now," I say as we walk through the crowd, and a new sense of energy suddenly began to absorb into my body. 

[Night and Day Enhancment] really is a miracle. 

… 

After a few hours of eating very slowly and talking a lot, I tipped the waiter, and we left to go back to finish our work reluctantly. 

But, our hearts dropped as soon as we saw that the amount of paperwork from before seemed to double, and it had only been a few hours, so we sighed deeply before putting all our focus into this one assignment. 

As soon as I grabbed the first piece of paper, I felt another sigh try to crawl its way up my throat, but as soon as I read what was on the paper, I smiled. 

The paperwork for trading just came in, and the Underground Kingdom requested permission for the citizens to mingle with each other and even sell some samples within each kingdom. 

There were about 8 papers for each new item as multiple large companies actually had the influence to request a favor from another kingdom. 

Of course, I didn't accept them all as their requests were unreasonable, such as setting up shop and gaining the support of myself and some of my wives. 

Next was the paperwork for soldier support, which I thought would be much easier but was just as hard as the new items as there were different divisions under the large army. 

We had smaller armies under our large armies, but they had companies and squads who were for special missions or just for regular support in an unexpected event. 

Also, they split their separate armies into fourths which made it easier to control on the battlefield. 

"Reyna is excellent… what the hell," I mutter as I've never thought of splitting my separate armies in half or even fourths. 

That takes way too much trust and takes even more time as we need to find more individuals who could be lieutenants that lead the four armies. It's not something I'd like to do at all… 

"If the time comes, I'll split the armies into fourths, but for now, there is no reason as we already have support from a much larger army than ours," I mutter, but my signature was quickly interrupted by the door to the office being opened. 

Hades walked through the door, and he now towered over me at a height of 6'4, and his body seemed to be getting a bit more muscle. 

But before I could speak up, Mia's assistant spoke up once again, but this time it was for a good reason… but not at the same time as she doesn't know who Hades is. 

"Excuse me, sir, but you can't enter this room," Mia's assistant says, standing up and trying to push him back out of the room. 

But, I already knew what was coming next, so I glanced at Hades and clearly said, "Don't" without even opening my mouth. 

He immediately froze up after meeting my eyes, so the pressure and bloodlust he was about to release were immediately sucked back in. 

"Excuse me, but I'm here to meet my mother," Hades says while glaring down at the assistant who shrunk back. 

"M-miss Mia. How come you didn't tell me you had a son?" Mia's assistant asks. 

"Mia, what's your assistant's name?" I interrupt before Mia could answer. 

"Gabrielle," Mia responds. 

"I see… Well, Gabrielle, as it was only a matter of time before you met him, this is my son Hades. Please be nice to him, but I'm pretty sure it's the other way around…." I say as Hades wraps behind my chair, hugs me, and places his chin against the top of my head. 

"S-s-so he's the prince?" 

"Of course," 

"I'm very sorry, your highness!" Gabrielle says, kowtowing before us and apologizing profusely. 

"It's whatever," Hades says before moving off of me. 

"So, what are you here for?" I ask Hades, who sat down on the couch in the corner of the room. 

"Mom asked me to bring you back. Plus, when is school starting again… I'm getting bored just training every day. I want to see my friends," Hades complains. 

『Status』

[Name: Hades]

[Race: Death Lamassu]

[Status: Extremely Bored]

[Level: 81/100]

[Soul Power: 1500/1500]

[Strength: 80]

[Defense: 80]

[Magic: 250]

[Speed: 80]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 20]

[Skills: [Necromancy] [Bone Spikes] [Bone Spear] [Domain of the Necromancer] [Summon: Basic Skeleton] [Forbidden Magic: Medusa] [Bone Manipulation] [Corpse Explosion] [Bone Armor] [Bone Sword] 

[Body Modifications: [External Spine] [Perfected Necromancers True Body] [Blessed Death Wings of the Death Lamassu] [Blessed Deathly Tail of the Death Lamassu]

[Mastered Weapons: [Longsword (Partial)]

[Titles: [Blessed by the Overlord Spirit of Death]

… 

"You're quite close to evolving," I say after checking Hades' status. 

"Yes, and I think I can manipulate Medusa quite well… Actually, want to go hunting with Mom and me later? You can use this chance to possibly evolve as well as you've been busy with many other things," Hades asks. 

Hmmm…

Gazing at Mia and Gabrielle, I saw their tired expressions begin to sink even farther as if I left, they would have a terrible and exhausting next few days. 

"Okay, everybody here is taking a break. As I should be fine after a few more hours in the sun, I'll come with Hades, but you both get some sleep so we can finish this once we get back," I say, standing up and placing my foot down so nobody could object. 

『Status』

[Name: Mia]

[Race: Observation Siren]

[Status: Exhausted]

[Level: 47/50]

[HP: 600/600  MP: 500/500  SP: 29/300]

[Strength: 120]

[Defense: 100]

[Magic: 200]

[Speed: 120]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 50]

[Skills: [Body Enhancement] [Fire Control] [Wind Magic] [Intense Focus] [Flying Sense] [Grand Telekinesis] [Grand Telepathy] [Summon: Moon Koi] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Enhanced Senses] [Grand Acoustic Hearing] [Grand Telescopic Sight] [Sound Distinguisher] 

[Body Modifications: [Watch Tower Eyes] [Watch Tower Ears] 

[Titles: [Great Moonfish Blessing]

...

"Oh, you're quite close to evolving as well, but get some sleep first. If I get word that you went out to do more work, you're getting punished… same with you, Gabrielle," 

"As you wish," They both respond before walking down the hallway sleepily. 

I could even see a small weary smile grow on their face as the receptionists for the guild helped them out of the building.