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The trip to Paradiso was a resounding success for Edrick. Not only that, but following his return to the residence, he caught word that Xiao was actually preparing to go out and explore. This, the scion viewed as a sign that the protagonist was preparing for a new plot point.
With Shu now fully willing to cross lines, getting information on where that journey was going to take the protagonist was remarkably easy–Primarily because he was bringing Ai along, and thus had to discuss a lot of things with her.
This made it simple to just listen in on their conversations and find out plenty of details, and from the sound of things... It was actually a venture sponsored by the Myriad-Arm Sect. Elder Gang seemed to truly have a depth of trust in the crimson-eyed youth. This also explained why Ai was alright with going away from the sect all of a sudden.
They were actually going to be travelling great portions of the kingdom, and surely, encounter many events that Xiao is going to be familiar with along the way…
Since there was frankly no good way for Edrick himself to follow along the entire journey, he decided that this marked the moment he was going to depart from the Myriad-Arm Sect and relocate his main residence within the territory of the Elt clan.
“Finally going home after so long? I am not certain your family will recognise you with how… Built you are now”
“I guess this will mark the end of our little training sessions as well… But hopefully, you’ll charm Bai and Jingyao soon enough that you can continue with the real deal”
To avoid getting questioned too much or held back, Anoteros naturally decided to announce his departure to Ku Xing and Ting Zhenniao. After all, they were elders at the sect, so it counted as a proper mention of his departure to tell his intention to them.
Although it certainly didn’t look very professional to do so whilst having both of the elders lying naked alongside him, both unable to keep their hands to themselves as they handled his heavy club.
Ever since that fateful day, a little while had passed indeed… Now, one could notice slight bumps on their stomach area.
“By the way, were your clans informed of your pregnancies?” he asked. It should be pretty big news, considering that even if both of them looked youthful, they were actually quite old, having never had any children. It was probably believed by their clans that Ku and Ting were now too old to have any babies.
So, just their pregnancies would probably come as a surprise. Additionally, the man responsible for said pregnancies actually being a young scion from another great clan would make the news even bigger.
“I didn’t say anything about it yet. What about you, Ting?”
“Same here, my old man would lose his freaking mind over it… Not to mention that I need to get my hands on my useless husband... I can’t even say who the real father is because of that waste of space”
Ku leaned closer and gave a quick kiss against Edrick’s cheek.
“Don’t worry, we won’t be giving you out for as long as possible, you’ll gather the laurels for your potent seed when it will be safer… Or at least, until it is noticed that our offspring looks a whole lot like you”
“By the way…” Ting leaned closer as well “...You wouldn’t mind putting that big shaft of yours to use again for our sake, right?”
“Oh, I don’t mind at all…”
At first, Edrick had only come by to inform them of the news, but it wasn’t unexpected for Ku and Ting to want a little piece of him…
So, Anoteros spent most of his morning having some quality time with the two elders. As per usual, they left his lower brain utterly exhausted. However, his job here was done.
As night began to fall that very same day, he used the item Haoyu had given him, claiming the entire residence within it before making a swift exit from the sect.
All of his possessions had already left earlier. The patriarch joined them as he had prepared multiple luxurious carriages to make the trip toward the territory of his clan. Of course, he entered the one where his wives were already gathered.
Arranging all of this had been fairly simple. The only troublesome thing was moving Deormann around, as he was rather conspicuous and noticeable. However, that was a meaningless worry as he was a sasquatch after all–A pure blooded one at that, hailing from a superior bloodline.
His stealth capabilities were excellent, and he knew that messing around would land him in trouble with his mother, and Deormann would rather jump off a cliff than make his mother upset…
By taking official roads, and with the number of carriages moving in a line, there was no need to worry about encountering trouble on the road. However, the way to the Elt territory was still long.
Just like the other great clans, they owned a territory hidden amidst tall peaks and treacherous ravines.
There was only one road leading there... Heavily guarded, of course.
Even then, Edrick ran into no troubles whatsoever, as whatever formations and other defensive measures were in place sensed his bloodline and let him through without question.
As such, after nearly two weeks of travelling–Without counting the pauses they had made–He arrived at his true home... The place where Zixuan was born and raised in his early years and also where he initially met Ku Xing and Ting Zhenniao.
The area was vast. Pagodas stood tall everywhere, and pavilions were plentiful. Though the most noticeable architecture was naturallythe main building, which resembled a massive temple.
Even the Myriad-Arm Sect’s main building couldn’t compare to this.
Not only was it enormous, but it was luxurious and emitted an air of power and authority.
Even though Edrick himself had never been here, he could feel that he was right at home.
He stepped out of the carriages first, and for a few moments, the entire area seemed completely deserted. That was until he blinked, and a woman just appeared right in front of him without a sound.
She had long brown hair similar to what the original Zixuan had had... Her eyes were pits of darkness, except for the white sclera. She was also wearing dark robes.
Standing at a meter and seventy-eight centimeters in height, she was obviously much shorter than Edrick, but she might as well have been three meters tall with how crushing her mere presence was…
Edrick took a knee to the ground.
“Mother” he said, even if Zixuan’s memory was absolutely horrible, even he would be able to recognise his mother at a glance.
She had the most frigid expression Anoteros had ever seen in his entire life. Her eyes looked as though they were peering through his soul.
Despite the blank stare, she spread her arms open and hugged her son warmly, caressing his hair with a sigh.
“You were the only one who had my hair colour, what did you do to get it black like your father’s?”
“I am not quite certain, Mother. It began progressively turning black some time ago…”
“And your eyes changed colour as well?” she clicked her tongue.
“You seem to have gathered quite the troop… I assume that you wish to settle down here? I think there is a spot that you’ll like…”