Chapter 82: Departing From The Capital

"Are you ready yet?" Nero asked as he knocked on the door.

"Yeah, just one second—!" Emilia replied from the other side of the door.

Nero opened the door and found Emilia naked in the room, standing in front of the mirror.

Nero furrowed his brows and asked, "What in the hell are you doing?"

"I was just trying out different clothes. I have been wearing similar clothes for months now," Emilia answered as she conjured clothes.

She turned to Nero and spun, then asked, "How are these clothes?"

She was wearing white net clothes, and it looked imposing on her black hair and azure eyes.

"Uhh… I can see through them." 

As they were net clothes, Nero could see her entire body through them.

"You don't like it?"

"I like it. But do you not realize these clothes are improper to wear outside?" Nero asked.

"And I am sure you remember the first time we met. You were naked, and you covered your body with the blanket— not showing a single body part. Heck, you even yelled when the blanket fell," Nero recalled.

"What are you talking about?" Emilia asked with a puzzled look on her face and added, "I was talking about wearing these clothes in our night sessions."

"Oh!" Nero exclaimed and covered his face with his hand.

'Damn you, pervert. You have corrupted me too.' Nero was caught off guard by Emilia.

Emilia conjured new clothes and walked to Nero. "How are these?"

She was wearing a sky color dress with ruffles on borders and laced frills at sleeves.

Nero covered his face with his hands again and groaned inwardly, 'Damn you pervert. Why do you look good in any clothes you wear?'

"How do I look?" Emilia asked with a smile on her face.

"You look cute," Nero gave his genuine reply.

"Are you two done yet?" Sophia entered the room.

Nero turned to Sophia and asked, "What about you? Are you done with the contract?"

Sophia nodded and asserted, "According to the contract, 80% of this inn's revenue will go to Elise. And I created a magical algorithm that would automatically send 80% to Elise every month. So no one would be able to alter or tamper my calculations."

"Good," Nero patted Sophia on the head.

"This inn makes about 150000 gold coins per month, and the monthly expense of this inn is around 20000."

"The expenses include everything from ingredients for food to other mundane expenses?" Nero asked.

"Yes," Sophia nodded.

"Well, I gave them crystals worth more than 800000000. And that's over 440 years of this inn's monthly revenue, so they can't complain about 20% shares." Nero yawned.

Sophia squinted her eyes and stared at Nero, "I need some reward."

Nero kissed Sophia on the lips and said, "Here is your reward."

"I don't want—" Sophia stopped when she gazed at Emilia's jaw-dropped face.

Sophia wrapped her arms around Nero's neck and started kissing him passionately.

Emilia waited for a while, hoping they would stop after a couple of kisses, but they didn't, so she forced them to stop.

Nero kissed pouting Emilia and said, "Let's go now." 

"Where are we going, though? You said we are heading to the east, but why? Did you get some information?" Sophia asked.

"Yes, there is a fallen god, and I need to kill him."

Nero turned to Emilia and smiled, "I will get your revenge soon."

"Huh?"

"There is only one way to go to the island on the east. And that is to cross the new capital, and then take a ship from there," Nero stated.

"And the odds are in my favor," Nero smirked.

"There is a small village at the river, right before the new capital. And I have some important business there."

Sophia noticed an evil smirk on Nero's face and raised her brows, "Are you planning something evil?"

"No. I am planning something good. I am planning to clean some shit from this world," Nero's smirk grew wider.

They left the inn and walked through the market to get some extra supplies to eat. Emilia had taken a fancy to a juicy fruit similar to apples, so she insisted Nero to buy some for her, while Sophia wanted some drinks.

Nero didn't buy anything for himself because he expected Emilia and Sophia to share some with him, but he couldn't be more wrong.

They bought a carriage with four horses at the entry gate of the capital and headed to the village near the new capital.

On their stay here, Sophia had memorized the known map of the world from the grand library, so Nero left the directions to Sophia.

Sophia and Emilia would take turns to drive the carriage with Nero— even though there was enough space for four people to sit in the front seat.

The map Sophia memorized was accurate with lots of details and information on it. However, the distance between one place to another place wasn't mentioned or measured.

"Do you remember the exact map?" Nero asked as he glanced inside the carriage.

Sophia pushed Emilia to the side and sat between Emilia and Nero.

"Yes, do you doubt me?"

"No. I just want you to draw that map for me; can you do that?" Nero wanted to see the map, so he could know how vastly the world's structure had changed, and plan out their entire journey across the globe.

"I can, but I will need your help."

"Sure, let's do it tonight then."

"Hey!" Emilia shouted, "It's my turn tonight!"

Sophia glanced at Emilia with a straight face, then smirked, "It's mine now."

Emilia gritted her teeth and glared back and forth at Nero and Sophia.

Nero chuckled and grinned after seeing Emilia's reaction. He grabbed Emilia's hand and said, "Come."

Emilia stood up and sat on Nero's lap. She leaned her back on Nero's chest and looked up to him, "You have been spending more and more time with Shopila nowadays."

"I can hear you, you know?" Sophia commented and leaned on Nero's shoulder.

Nero kissed Emilia and handed the reins of the horses to her to drive the carriage after saying, "Sophi is becoming a pervert like you, so I need to give her doses of my innocence."

"I can hear you too," Sophia remarked.