Jake stared at the elf for several seconds as his brain tried to process what she had just said.

“Mistress like the others.”

When the hell had he gotten any mistresses!? Why would she even think he had any to begin with?

Few questions truly stumped him, but this one just didn’t make any sense, as it was rooted in non-existent reasoning. He hadn’t even adequately processed the question as he just muttered out:

“I have mistresses?”

Now it was Meira’s turn to look confused back at him. She stared at his face for several seconds before finally speaking.

“You know… the others.”

“Who?” Jake asked, more confused than ever and genuinely curious.

“I… the ones you talked about,” Meira tried to clarify, only making Jake more confused. Had Eversmile decided to take Jake’s form to fuck with Meira, who would then fuck with Jake in turn?

Jake tried to calm himself down and get to the bottom of this. “Who are these people you think are my… mistresses.”

Just saying the word felt wrong.

“You know… the witch you have mentioned so many times… Miranda…” Meira said nervously.

“She works for me, and our relationship is strictly professional,” Jake said stoically.

“Then… then miss Scarlett, the-“

“Fangirl at most. Definitely not,” Jake shot it down.

“The other alchemist woman…. Reika, she-“ Meira tried

“Is the descendant of a friend, and she too is also just a friend.”

“Irin…?”

“Nothing there,” Jake said. Not yet, at least…

“Syl-“

“No!” Jake practically yelled. Fuck no.

“I-“ Meira said, a bit scared at Jake’s outburst. “Then… then…”

Meira seemed to realize something then. Jake saw the look of realization in her eyes, making Jake feel a sense of relief.

“I apologize; I failed to realize…” Meira began as her head turned red from embarrassment. Jake nodded, happy that she had-

“Draskil?”

made her shrink in her seat, as she seemed to understand. “I… I

Nada. Of any sex or gender. Which begs the question… why

at him before anything happened. Then she seemed almost relieved as she breathed out a huge sigh. Before promptly shifting back to nervous realization.

“I am just not… interested in that kind of serious thing or any labels. Or to get involved in that entire dynamic. That doesn’t mean I am not interested, and I do have someone I am casually with at times

at least seemed to

told…” Meira said as

who?” Jake

knew it was a secret, but we both called you Lord Thayne at times, so maybe someone heard and told someone. So…

hadn’t heard any of this before. Then again, Meira rarely spoke of

mentioned that you were a black token holder called Lord Thayne, and she asked stuff about you. I didn’t say anything, really, but the dragonkin seemed interested still. I… I may have also mentioned the Grand Elder. Not who he is or anything, I just called him teacher, but I think she realized he was strong, and I also

be called?” Jake asked, even if he already had a good

of the Emberflight,

she is,” Jake said in an

lot of unnecessary fluff and apologetic over-explanations that really weren’t needed, but Jake still got the gist of

come to the Order, he called himself Hunter but stopped bothering rather quickly. Same for hiding his level, actually. He reckoned anyone who cared to find out would know him as Lord Thayne by now, and while they likely couldn’t connect him back to Earth – only the ninety-third universe

of them to probe

and the two of them had no reason not to keep her around. Meira said she also happily shared things about her Dragonflight,

and even shared some classes, and with Helen being so good at all of them – likely because she was a

entire mistress

said that all powerful people have mistresses if they so desire. Izil agreed,” Meira said, her embarrassment back in full. “I

it was all bloody girl gossip that led to this entire misunderstanding. Izil and Helen had convinced Meira that any female name Jake mentioned in a positive light was actually his mistress, and the worst part is Jake wasn’t even sure they did it maliciously. It was annoying, but Jake knew they weren’t wrong and that other

begin with. It was clearly done with an agenda and to find out who backed Jake. That, too, was

Jake was being serious and truly didn’t have anything going on slightly in the vein of having mistresses, making her fall deep into thought. After being silent for a moment, leaving Jake

not have any

personal values. I grew up in a place where having mistresses wasn’t a thing, and I still don’t really see it as a thing. I don’t really care if others decide to build

was about to speak when Jake cut her

I do realize that with being a Chosen and all, it is hard to not have some imbalance in

Chosen, someone with a potent Bloodline, and he was relatively powerful. All of these things were part of who he was, and he knew some of the people around him were only there due to who he was. Miranda would not be around if he wasn’t the Chosen with a city, Sylphie and Sandy not without his Bloodline, and Villy would not even have looked at Jake twice if not

the point is I don’t want those to be the only reasons, Jake thought to himself. Damn, did Jake hate these annoying introspective moments that forced him to consider complicated emotions and complex

be dealing with some complex emotions as she sat there silently. Jake didn’t want to break the silence

here even if I

told you that you

also keep working for

kind of assistant in the Order would be a hassle, and I don’t plan on getting any other slaves or trying to hire someone, so I

lessons and stuff?”

once more. “What will change is that you will work for me out of your own free will, which also means you can quit at any time and leave if you so desire. We will also need to change some other minor things, but all in due time. Once

more. “I will make sure to do the test to join

her a thumbs-up as he felt a sense of victory. However, he quickly got a bad feeling as

being a slave… would that make us… friends?” Meira then asked her

said with a shrug, not seeing the big

able to do some things… outside, the Order?” Meira asked,

if

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255