Chapter 294: Leaving the Imperial Capital

I have picked up Celestine and Lynn who were on vacation back in Cassau. Now, Lynn has to return to her duty while Celestine will accompany me on my journey.

Damn! I missed home so much that once I return, I don't even want to go out again! But I need to go for this mission. Once the kings are able to meet each other easily by having them use my portal, my mission will be done. That's when I can truly be relaxed.

I said goodbye to Kayla and the others who are at home and told them to wait until my mission is over.

"Sister, are you leaving?" Lynn asked Celestine.

"I am."

"Sis, you don't need to atone for what you did in the past. You can just stay here with me and rule this Empire with me." Lynn said.

That's an interesting offer. If it was me, I would consider it deeply.

"I'm not atoning for my sin. Even now, I still enjoy killing people. The reason I betrayed the cult was because of the children. Being with children remind me of the past when I need to take care of you all the time. That's why I can't forgive the cult for playing with children's lives. As for killing people, I'm actually still enjoy it. I have fully embraced the evil in me. But now, instead of innocent people, my target is the cult itself." Celestine said.

Fuck! She's still evil! At least I know her evilness is not directed toward me but the cult. But what would happen once the cult is gone? The orphans would grow up already.

"But sis, I heard from Veronica that before, during your time in the cult, you were longing for a man who doesn't like you only because of your breasts. Why won't you stop fighting and find a man?" Lynn asked.

"Ahaha, so Veronica still remembers, huh? Well, I did long for a man before. But not for love. It is so I can have a child of my own." Celestine said.

Oh, so she just wanted to be a mother for real this time. Not becoming the caretaker of the orphans anymore.

"Does that mean you're no longer looking for a partner?" Lynn asked.

"Not anymore. I have him." Celestine said while pointing at me.

"…wait, me!?" I was shocked when she's pointing her index finger at me. Does it mean I have another lover?

"Yeah, I can just ask you later. I know that you are fine with me. You refused to have children until you know this world will be a safe place for your children to live in. I'm fine waiting until the cult is destroyed, you know? Then, we can have kids. I want a lot." Celestine said.

"Yeah, I want a lot as well. But is this how easy I get another girl? And now, the reason why the girls want to be with me are getting weirder and weirder!"

"You don't want to?" Celestine asked.

"I want to!" I replied honestly.

"Then let's destroy the cult as soon as possible. I promise that once I have my own kids, I will care for them more than killing people." Celestine said.

What the hell? That makes it sound like she will continue being evil after the cult is gone. Don't tell me that I have been keeping the most dangerous person with me all this time?

"…I don't really get it, but congratulation on your engagement. Please destroy the cult as soon as possible and have a grand wedding!" Lynn said.

"Sure. I promise." Celestine said.

So… it's official? Just like that?

"…just what did I just witnessed?" Claudia who has been watching us from the start asked.

"That… everyone around me is weird. That's the truth." I said to her.

"Then please leave quickly. I don't want to witness another weird thing." Claudia said.

"Celestine, let's go!"

"Ah, which way are you going to go?" Claudia asked as we are preparing to leave.

"Through the sky, directly to Varadis." I replied calmly.

Claudie seems pondering about something. Then she opened her mouth.

"That mean you will have to cross the sea, right? Probably for a few days. The distance from the capital of Tatrama to here is not that far, but from here to the capital of Varadis is so far. Normally, it will take about three months to get there from here." Claudia said.

"Thanks for the reminder. Celestine, are you fine with the journey? Do you want to stay here or at Cassau? I can still transport you with portal once I arrive at Varadis." I asked Celestine.

"Don't mind me about the journey. I just need to stay still while being given a piggyback ride from you all the way What about you though?"

"It's just a few months. I can run even longer knowing I have your breasts pressed on my back." I said.

Since we have known each other for a while, Celestine who used to hate when a man is staring at her breast is fine with me making jokes about it. As long as she's not angry, I think it's still fine.

"That's the answer I expected from you. Let's go. Lynn, I will visit more often. See you!"

"Bye-bye sis! Come meet me more!"

The sisters waving at each other as I carried the older sister on my back and run on air to the direction of Varadis. It's still early in the morning and the sun has just risen. Not many people will look above to see someone is running in the sky, so I don't need to worry about being seen.

The little sister keeps waving her hands with a sad expression as we leave.

"Don't you want to stay a bit longer?" I asked as I run.

"No need. She's an empress now. She can't be spoiled too much. Being with the strict Claudia is much better as an empress." Celestine said.

"She's strict? I never noticed. I guess you heard about it from Lynn during your stay in Cassau, huh? Anyway, why are you still coming with me? I don't want to hear another big surprise saying that you are actually the illegitimate daughter of Varadis King or something."

"No. It's not that shocking. I was just a wife candidate for his son." Celestine said calmly.

"Ah, I see. I guess I imagined too much. Then are you going to greet him?"

"Yes. That's the plan. As for the king of Arturo, I don't know much about him. Other than he's a womanizer like you." Celestine said.

"Hey! I'm different! He goes after women, while women go after me! Wait, since he's a king, I should expect that there are women who go after him, huh? I guess we're a bit similar."

During our journey, we keep having small chat like this. Whenever we see a town in sight, we will choose to stay in that town. Other times, we would camp outside.

Eight days later, we finally reached the coast city.

"Sea! I missed the smell of the sea!"

"Good for you. You always spend your free time diving for treasures back at home. What's our plan?" Celestine asked.

"We'll rest here for three days. I want to go diving around here. After that, we will continue our journey! Let's find a hotel with a bath. It's been so long since I took one."

"Then I have a suggestion. Go to a village in that mountain. There's a hotel with a hot spring. And because the journey to get there is difficult with the road not maintained well, it's not crowded. We can go there through the sky easily." Celestine said.

"A hot spring, huh? I never went to a hot spring before. I'm interested. I think I will get everyone stay there."

I tapped the ring on my finger and Sonia appears in front of me.

"What is it, Roy?"

"I want you to ask everyone that we're going to stay at an inn with hot spring. Ask them if they want to come." I said.

"I'M IN!"

"Whoa! You're a ghost so you're free to do whatever you want. Just go ask the others. I'm going to look at the hot spring first."

"I'll go tell Marie as well! See you later!"

Then Sonia disappear. She moves so quickly. And after her training, she can take a bath now.

Haha, a ghost taking a bath. Won't water just come through her body? When I asked her, she said that she feels refreshed after bath anyway. Weird.

In less than one minute, she returns and told me that everyone is going. Even those in the capitals. Tatrama's capital and Empire's capital. I guess Celestine will meet her sister again so soon.

With Celestine on my back, I ran in the sky and landed outside the village. I can see the hot spring, but something is strange. The hot spring is being occupied by a group of harpies. A humanoid monster with wings attached to their arms.

And other than a few villagers, no one else is there. It's a very quiet village. It must be because of those harpies.

Since it will be suspicious if we enter with just two people but many people suddenly stay in the hotel, I transported everyone before we enter the village.

Other than Albert who is busy, Ian also didn't come. He will take care of the children while we're away along with several agents in Cassau he contacted. Does he not want to have honey moon with Ruby?

Marie is also coming. Both Marie and Shirley exchanged pleasantries with Lynn and Claudia. Lynn also introduced Claudia who will join us to everyone.

With a large group of people, we entered the village. With this many people, those harpies won't be a problem.