Harem of Moms and Milkers

Severine pondered about the origins of the golden stamp. It looked far too precious to belong to her former party, but it couldn’t be a coincidence that it appeared where they fought.

After Asdel's aura failed, his soul received damages, dropping his level and causing his inventory to leak things. Soul damage was only lethal for aberrations like undeads, devils, and elementals, so it wasn’t a concern for Asdel. Without blessing, his level was already zero and couldn’t drop further. But what about his inventory?

’That’s weird, he can’t access the soul inventory without blessing… Unless someone else put it inside?’ Severine decided to ask him directly.

She nudged his elbow, interrupting his slime feeding session. “Hey Asdel, is this yours?”

Asdel dropped the beetle in his hands in shock. “What the hell?! No, it’s not.”

“Eeep! Eeep!” The slime complained angrily at Asdel for letting its meal run away.

Severine stored the gold stamp back in her inventory. “Alright, I’ll keep it for the moment. Let’s hurry home!” She grabbed Asdel’s arm, urging him to follow.

“Look Severine, the slime is regenerating in real time!” Asdel kept yapping while being dragged by his older fiance.

“Hurry… We have to report to grandma and beg for mercy.” Severine could only grow frustrated at the child-like Asdel.

But he shared none of her concern as he was obsessing over his slime. They didn’t exist in the game world of Hekal as he knew it. What secrets did slimes hold? Asdel couldn’t wait to unveil them.

…

In front of the farming field in the Skylander’s estate, Severine sat on her knees.

Granny Elma silently watered the plants, processing the information she heard from Severine.

“So, you pointed a halberd at your cousins?” Her chilling glare made Severine tremble.

Asdel stood in front of his faltering fiance. “They deserved it! Granny, look! I lost a few teeth from their beating, how are you going to compensate me?”

Elma loomed over Asdel, ready to smash his head into his spine. “How did Loreley raise you to incite my family to spill blood?”

“Grandmother, forgive him! My cousins hit Asdel’s head very badly, and he has turned into an idiot ever since.” Severine restrained Asdel into a headlock, stopping him from opening his mouth.

“Besides, I was the one to draw my halberd. Asdel defeated all my cousins with his bare hands!” She stressed his achievement, shocking Elma. “What my cousins did was unforgivable. With or without weapons, they wanted to cripple Asdel so I don’t regret my actions as his bodyguard.”

“Even so, you’ll be punished. I can’t allow my grandchildren to spill blood among themselves for any reason.” Elma sighed. “Now that the brat is like this, do you intend to keep him?” She pointed at Asdel playing with the slime and other younger Skylander grandchildren.

“Why? Are you going to abandon him?” Severine gritted her teeth.

“Asdel became a source of discord and instability. It really worries me to keep him around.” Elma pondered about their punishment.

Raising griffins was the pride and privilege of the Skylanders. However it required enormous resources and talents, so she only wished for her family to remain united to continue their legacy. Thus, only one of her children would inherit the entirety of the Skylanders. If she let Severine or the bullies scott-free, it would turn the competition between her children into a slaughter.

With an authoritative voice, Elma revealed the conclusion of the dispute. “Both of you shall be removed for a year from this household.”

Hearing this, the grandchildren made a fuss. “Nooo! We won’t see Asdel bro anymore!” They swarmed him to restrain him. “Leave the slime if you have to go.”

“Get your own!” Asdel blocked their attempt to steal his prized slime as if it was more important than his exile.

“Alright. I have one last thing to report.” Severine took out the gold stamp. “Asdel dropped this after being beaten up.”

Elma froze. “That stamp is a royal seal! This is the symbol of the Rigard Kingdom.” Her hand reached out to take a closer look. “Don’t tell me… Is that brat the prince of the fallen kingdom?”

Severine’s ears perked up at the mention of a prince. But she stashed the royal seal in her inventory before Elma could take it. “This belongs to Asdel and Loreley.”

“You…” Elma frowned. ’My granddaughter is acting rebellious. She must feel betrayed, but I have to remain firm even if I have to play the villain.’

She turned her back on them to attend the fields, offering one last piece of advice. “Don’t sell it carelessly. The Kivar Church might trouble you if Asdel is really royalty.”

“And about my cousins’ punishment?” Severine grabbed Asdel’s collar, ready to drag him away.

“The northern campaign will be their punishment,” Elma replied.

…

The next day, a group of maids let out a long sigh in front of the Skylander’s estate. They carried suitcases and a conspicuous coffin-like box through telekinesis magic.

They all had the same face with a beauty spot near the lips and moved in sync.

It was the result of Viola’s specialty, water-school spell ‘Clone’.

“This is a disaster,” the clones said.

Severine and her parents were in tears, hugging as if they’d never see each other again.

“This is mama’s blend of spice and this is…” Her mother bawled as she handed one thing after another.

Asdel smiled sheepishly.

His fiance loved her parents. She was decisive enough to offer her hand in marriage in the spur of the moment for the purpose of supporting them. Yet, she threw everything aside to protect him.

’That’s why you should have run away…’ Asdel sighed, as he owed her a lot. ’Now that I think about it, this could have turned really ugly. I would have died if I failed Dragon Cascade. These fuckers… I would have killed them if they didn’t have Loreley’s blood.’

The bullies would have spared Severine on account of being a Skylander but it wasn’t a certainty. Still, her relationship with the Skylander was forever damaged.

He felt warm at the thought that Severine staked her life for him.

“Dad, mom, don’t worry! I’ll teach her how to beat anyone with her bare hands.” Asdel puffed his chest, but he only received uncomfortable gazes from everyone.

Viola touched the parent’s shoulders. “I leave Loreley’s house to both of you.”

“Of course, you can count on us.” The parents waved at the departing group.

When they were alone on the road, Asdel commented.

“Let’s rent a house near the adventurer guild.”

"Yes, your highness." Viola smirked.

"What do you mean? You have the royal seal so I'm the one who should call you queen Viola." He entrusted her with the precious item since she was the strongest.

The royal seal itself wasn’t worth much, but it was the key of the treasury of the fallen kingdom. Asdel was unsure if they were strong enough to reach it or if the current Kivar kingdom already managed to drill a hole into the treasury to loot everything.

As for his supposed royalty, there were skills to steal or place items directly in soul inventories. His biological parents could simply have stolen the royal seal or used him as a smuggling tool. So he didn't really care about his true lineage.

“Asdel, did you really come back to your senses?” Severine squeezed his shoulder with worry.

“I told you, I use a parallel mind with the ‘soul mind’ skill. Viola knows about it too.”

She fidgeted in uneasiness. “But why settle at the adventurer guild? We can take it easy with Loreley’s savings.” She didn't want to raid rifts and hunt monsters.

'Tsk, don’t you want to spend more money? If I wasn't reborn into this random body, I would have enjoyed my lotto money.' Asdel shook his head. ’At least I have beauties around.’

He raised his fist and declared, "we’re opening a shop!”

“Eeeep!” The slime on his shoulder cheered.