Epic of Caterpillar

203 Zehe\'s Sudden Interest in Forging

It was a beautiful maiden with light brown skin and silver hair. She had different tattoos in her body depicting tribal rituals. Although she had her fair bit of age, she still looked radiant and beautiful.

Her mid-sized breast gently pressed towards mine, each time she moved around, both pairs would bounce around. It was Altani.

As I glanced at her adorable sleepy appearance, I sensed a strange aura coming from her. The power of Wind and Starlight was merging together and exuding strongly from her body. These powers were slowly increasing her musculature and magic potential. A small green tattoo representing a gust of wind appeared in her forehead. It was small enough to not be distinguished at a simple glance but notable enough for someone who would see her directly.

The small tattoo shined brightly in an emerald light and suddenly turned off, slowly disappearing.

"What was that…?"

Thinking that it could be the [Hero\'s Seed], I decided to look over Charlotte who was at my side, she also had a small tattoo in her forehead, representing a sparkle of light, and just as Altani\'s, it shined brightly with yellow light as it gave Charlotte\'s body new strength and a strong aura. It then suddenly dissipated.

I could be wrong but I think that I have taken a glance at how these [Hero\'s Seed] really work, I was even able to see how they reinforced the flesh and soul of my wives. I quickly decided to implant another Seed in Lilith and Acelina to speed up their growth and make them branch their strength in different and more varied skills and spells.

When everyone woke up Altani did as well, she was rather flustered over her position, the thing she put most emphasis was our breast tightly pressing with each other. She tried to get up but ended grabbing my breast tightly, it felt quite fuzzy.

"A-Ahh…! Sorry Master, I didn\'t mean to sleep at your side like this…"

"It\'s fine, my beautiful wives can sleep however they want, even over my body, I don\'t really mind… You are very cute when you\'re sleeping, especially because you drool… Fufufu"

"A-Ah… I-I see… P-Please excuse me…"

Altani tried to move outside of our big bed, trying to maintain her dignified and calm demeanor. However, I suddenly attacked her with my hands, grasping her firm butt.

"Hyaa…! M-Master?"

"Oh? Fufufu… Sorry, I was just grabbing something… Hmm, is this your butt? Its very firm"

"Y-Yes… It is… my butt… A-Ahh…"

I suddenly used my hands to grab Altani\'s firm butt even further, grasping the tenderness and fleshiness of her cheeks, they were rather moldable but firm enough to maintain their form without issues. It was a very fulfilling experience to grab it.

"Good morning, Altani"

"G-Good morning, Master…"

Leaving her finally go, Altani ran like a small rabbit that somehow managed to escape an eagle. She greeted some of my wives and children and then went directly to one of the castle bathrooms.

As I was about to leave my bed, Ailine and Vudia jumped over my shoulders. Ailine expanded her body as she tightly hugged me while Vudia kissed my head.

"Mama! Good morning! Ailine is hungry…!"

"Goo monin mama…! Hungry too!"

"Hm? What do I have here? It can\'t be, the two princesses of the Kingdom have come to greet me!"

As I played around with my daughters, calling them princess, both of them blushed as they laughed. Vudia showed an adorable smug as she pointed her tiny golden finger at me.

"That righ! Now give food…!"

Ailine laughed as she did the same.

"Hehe… Yes, give Ailine and Vudia food, or there will be consequences!"

"Uuaah! I can\'t possibly let the princesses get mad at me! My life hangs by a thread! I cannot let them down! Would you two accompany me on my journey for food?"

"Yes…!"

"A-Alrigh!"

Tightly grabbing my shoulders, I stood up from the bed and began chatting with my wives and children. Ailine and Vudia at my sides added an extra layer of cuteness. I greeted Nephina as I gave her a lovely kiss on her lips. At this Ailine and Vudia were amazed. Ailine opened her bright rainbow eyes as Vudia golden eye shined in bright light.

"Aah! Mama, Ailine want a kiss too!"

"V-Vudia wants one as well…!"

I obliged my adorable daughter\'s wishes as I kissed each one in their foreheads, however, they actually wanted one in their lips to imitate Nephiana and my other wives, but I denied it.

"Ailine wants a kiss in the lips…"

"Vudia too…"

"No, no, no~! Those are especially deserved to my wives, you are my daughters"

"B-But…"

"Then Vudia will become mama\'s wife!"

"Hahaha…! So cute… But don\'t say those things, mama would love if Vudia could someday find the love of her life, it would make mama very happy"

"Eeehh… B-But mama is my love!"

"Fufufu… As Vudia grows up, she will eventually find a mate… Don\'t marry mama, she already has too many wives!"

"Eeeeh…"

"Ailine wants to be a wife too!"

"Sigh… These two girls are very possessive of their mama"

Nephiana who was at my side was laughing cutely.

"Hehehe, Ailine and Vudia are very adorable… I can\'t wait to have my own children to play around with"

I approached Nephiana as I gave her another kiss and caressed her head while looking at the eggs. I noticed that their auras were becoming more "solid" and exuded a strong presence. Even if they weren\'t blessed, their strength alone is commendable, and with the countless tools and possibilities in my Kingdom, there has never been any need for my children to be blessed anyway, they can grow as strong as they want.

"They are growing strong, Master. I knew that your seed was going to be the best…!"

Ailine and Vudia were amazed by the size of the egg, as although they were "small", they had around the same size as their torso. Ailine extended her body as she gently caressed them.

"Warm… They are very warm…"

"Ailine, be careful, all of these are your little siblings"

"Ooh? Little brothers and sisters?"

Vudia was amazed as well, mostly imitating Ailine.

"W-Will Vudia hav lite brothe and sister too?"

"That\'s right…!"

I patted both of my daughters as I told Nephiana that I would be back with some food for everyone.

The small trip towards the dining room and calling the maids became a journey with Ailine and Vudia on my shoulders, as they talked with anyone they came across.

When we were back in the room, everyone enjoyed a generous breakfast. My daughters finally let me go as they went with their respective mothers, sitting in their laps. Some of my wives that weren\'t here yesterday were having breakfast. There was Nanako who was making good friends with the cheerful Lilith. Meanwhile, Zehe was with Ryo while talking with Nesiphae for the most part.

After the breakfast, I implanted the [Legendary Hero\'s Seed; Aureola] on Lilith\'s chest and the [Legendary Hero\'s Seed; Apheliotes] on Acelina\'s chest. Although Acelina had a [Lesser Epic] of her own, it seemed to not respond in a negative way against the seed and I wondered if it could be the same for Ismena.

I remembered that I had the skill [Destined Hero\'s Seed] as I tried to implant it on Lilith, but it ended in a negative rejection. Trying it on Ismena didn\'t work either, and when I tried it on a random human citizen, it almost killed him… I decided to set aside this strange skill for now.

Afterward, everyone moved to their respective activities as I went with Kaguya, Ismena, Acelina, and Nanako towards the Training Grounds, where I met with the Twin Centaur Girls. They had yet to evolve and their latest twenty levels were asking for massive amounts of experience.

However, it was just a matter of time for them to evolve, I assume that it would take one or two more weeks, we would have probably already conquered the Forsaken Labyrinth when they finally evolve.

Today I decided to worsen the workout and double its requirements. The Centaur Girls will have to run two hundred kilometers as well. Ismena, Acelina, and Nanako were the most tired ones and nearly collapsed several times through the workout, however not as much as before, so they are slowly getting better. With my Stamina Heal and [Puppet Master] I can keep them going almost endless against their own wills.

After four hours, they finally finished their workout as all the girls were resting in exhaustion over the ground, not even my Stamina Heal could heal them anymore as they were trying to catch a breath. Their bones itched everywhere and their muscles were completely numb.

I decided to do another thing to recover them as I conjured a powerful Healing Magic Circle and used [First Aid] as well as [Pain Nullification] which I infused on the magic circle, alongside other of my skills, it slowly released a white sweet smoke that somehow calmed their incredible exhaustion and the pain in their bodies suddenly dissipated.

However, their minds were still quite tired, so I used [Emerald Tree Arts; Morale Boosting Fragrance] and [Emerald Tree Arts; Status Boosting Fragrance], their morale quickly surged as they were engulfed in a sudden burst of endless energy to do anything. I realized the amazing power that the Champion of Emerald Trees really had…

I used these buffs with my other servants and rookies as I led the army of Undead and Familiars courtesy of my Summoning Clones. They quickly began to devastate the monsters without mercy as if they were completely different people.

As I glanced at them, I chatted a little bit with my Summoning Clones, led by Rydia, who has slowly generated a personality and emotion of her own. She was still the "silent type" of girl.

They reported to me that the Slime Wall project was advancing steadily. Since we started this, they had managed to get up to 30% of the Grand Forest fully protected in these Slime Walls, I would give them a month or two and it would be finally done. The amazing thing about this Slime Wall is that it\'s fused with my Slime Clones and possess a strong intelligence, I can even contact with them mentally and learn about any disturbance in the outside with ease.

I started to think about new different things that I could create to better protect the Kingdom. The combination of Slime with Magic Technology seems incredibly promising. I thought about different ideas like Giant Slime Skeleton Towers, Walking Fortresses, or Flying Slime and Skeleton Ships that could overwhelm any Kingdom with devastating Magic Gun Cannons. Possibilities are endless, but making all these complicated constructions will take their time.

I decided to start some of these projects in the future whenever I am free from my current plans. For now, I left my servants and wives training as I went towards the Royal Workshop.

When I entered, I found all the members from yesterday alongside a new and familiar face, Zehe. She was at our son\'s side; Ryo was currently teaching his mother how to make ingots. I never imagined my bookworm Zehe being interested in forging, it was quite interesting.

To be honest I would prefer that all my wives and children learned forging and alchemy eventually, as all these fields are extremely useful and could help them make their own creations with the loot they obtain in their adventures.

I greeted Kusuri and Kajiya while I kissed Brontes and Charlotte, giving a peck in Vudia\'s forehead. I then went towards Lilith and inspected her work, she was still stockpiling in ingots but they were of incredible quality, to the point that it suddenly reminded me of the ones that I obtained from Athetosea that originated from Lostream.

I took some of these ingots and showed them to Lilith, seeing the quality and power put into them, my wife had a sudden insight and began forging with more intention.

Leaving her on her own, I went towards Zehe and Ryo and decided to help them out in the forge. I took the role of teacher for Zehe while Ryo was finally free to do what he wanted. It\'s always annoying when your mother forces you to teach her something, right?

I taught Zehe a variety of different techniques as she learned very quickly with a hidden talent that I never noticed on her. Because of her six arms, Zehe had a lot of help at the time of forging, and could even forge two ingots at the same time if she put enough energy in her multitasking capabilities.

In a way, this ended has training for her mind as well, as she had to constantly deal with the pressure of preparing two things at the same time, forcingly splitting her mind\'s attention and slowly developing a skillful multitasking ability.

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