Chapter 158 Project Silver III

Chapter 158 Project Silver III

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She cursed, her emotions about to erupt once more. But Adonis did not allow her to do so, as he hurriedly spoke, "The city is mostly managed by the nobles. The positions they hold, make them sturdy pillars of Avarice."

"If we don't do something about it, they will immediately withdraw their influence, thus collapsing the city. In a few weeks, we might..." He sighed, causing Fiona to look up at him with worry.

Yes, worry.

The Strongholds were considered nations, but in truth, were beyond that. Just their cities alone, rivaled modern day nations in terms of population and management.

And even then, having a president did not signify monotheistic rulership over a nation. Cities had mayors, city lords, or government officials governing over them.

It was the same within Strongholds.

Nobles, each ruled a portion of the city, which they would consider their territory. But overally, they still answered to the city lord. Yet only... if said city lord had power over them.

Unfortunately... Adonis did not have such power. And this caused the young Romanian princess to worry for him.

She was worried about him. His mental state. His physical state. She wondered if he could hold up for that, even as a domain lord–

...!!!

Wait, domain lord... they were domain lords, beings leagues above others. Even without taking into account their status as royalty, just being domain lords alone should be enough.

Fiona had such a realization.

"Wait..!!" Her thoughts reaching an apex point, she subconsciously stood up with both hands smacking heavily onto the desk.

Bang..!!!

"...Huh?" And Adonis looked up at her confused. He was too tired to be shocked, so he just reacted slow, and lethargic.

"Ah, sorry, sorry... The nobles, or rather, humans in general, are opportunistic people. As long as you give them something that benefits them, they will not mind switching sides." Fiona said in excitement, explaining to him the sudden realization she just had.

Yet Adonis still failed to catch on.

"...True. But what can we give them? They are doing this on purpose to benefit off of us." He said, sighing once more in defeat. Yet...

Bam!!

Fiona smacked the table once more, almost startling the lethargic Adonis as she spoke, "We are domain lords. Not just uprising kings, but rulers of lands that even gods would envy. What can we give them? Hmph, what do you think?"

She scoffed as she looked down onto Adonis, whose thoughts weren't so active due to fatigue. But even then, even he suddenly understood.

The cost of expenditure was below his recovery rate. He could manage.

Coming to such a conclusion, the young man nodded his head at Fiona's words. After waiting for so long, the young lady finally obtained a genuine response. "In that case, let's go with your idea. And start as soon as possible." He declared.

And Fiona nodded with a smile. "I knew you'd come around."

~~~

The next day.

The Silver mansion.

Damien walked through the hallway, as he headed towards the underground training room. Along the way, the new servants of the household would move out of the way, and lower their heads as he walked past.

"Good morning, lord Silver." They respectfully greeted him as he walked by each one of them.

"Mhm." And Damien hummed in acknowledgement of their greeting.

This charade continued on for a while longer, until he arrived at an entrance that led downwards, into what seemed like an abyss of never-ending stairs.

Thus in silence, Damien went down the stairs, until he managed to reach an underground training room. A place that was as large as their mansion, as it was as large as a soccer field.

It was mostly an open space ground, with four pillars at all cardinal directions, connecting the base floor with the ceiling, which so happened to be the base floor of the mansion.

At the center, sat an ethereal beauty with otherworldly charm. One seemingly at peace with her soroundings. "I honestly thought you wouldn't check up on me." She said, her eyes closed, with a smile on her face.

"I had to." Damien responded, as he casually walked towards the center of the training ground, where Juliette sat. "After all, a week should be more than enough for a bit of progress, right?" He added.

An inquiry that was rhetorical.

For he knew the answer to that.

And as he knew, Juliette did not bother responding to him. Instead, she smiled while opening her eyes.

"Time magic is a bit more complicated than I thought it would be. Let alone Space magic." She said, as if complaining. "And though I did not manage to attain any skills, I did get a glimpse at their meaning... unfortunately, I still need more time."

She concluded, as Damien finally arrived before her. He gently pressed his hand onto her head, then softly brushed it. "Mhm. You've done your best. Thanks." He said.

"Mhm~" And Juliette happily took those words to heart. 'Ah, being praised by my husband-to-be sure feels nice.' She thought.

"How much longer do you need?" Damien wondered.

"I'm not sure. Around three more weeks for both magic? Ah, but if I had something that has perhaps a high Affinity of both Space or Time, I could instantly comprehend both." She responded.

"Hmm..." And Damien thought about it.

Unfortunately, he does not remember much about any Space or Time related resources around here. So that would be hard.

"...I'll ask Adonis and Fiona, perhaps elder sister Anna too, to collect data on people with high ranked Classes. Perhaps one or two amongst them have Class Abilities with such attributes." He ultimately responded as such.