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  In the now restructed and reinforced City of Washington, where the White House was once located, a much rger building was built after the Apocalypse destroyed everything. This building was pletely different than the White House, resembling a pitch-bck castle with crimson and golden linings. The Ameri fg was not preseher, as a different fg of crimson red color with a golden, r lion in the middle repced it and was decorating the entire castle.

  The security was all bd red armor and resembled medieval knights instead of normal bodyguards. A small, nervous old man could be seen slowly making his way ihe castle as the knights made their way once he revealed his identity card.

  “I'm the Prime Mihe King has summoned me to the throne room.”

  “…”

  The knights only gave him a deadly, cold gre before they stepped bad the gates of the castle opehe Prime Minister looked at the huge building nervously, sweating stantly. He walked through the long, expansive corridng at the fancy decorations. It felt like he was in a royal castle in Britain rather than America! Finally making his way to the end, he ehe throne room after two guards, whose levels he barely noticed were over three thousand, allowed him to enter.

  At the end of the throne room, there was a golden throne finely decorated with angeligs and the heads of various beasts, and above such a seat, there was a gigantic figure—the silhouette that could only be described as “a beast of a man"—sat over there, overseeing it all.

  The darkhat shrouded the dark throne room covered most of his face, but the Prime Minister could clearly see his shiny, golden armor and how it finely ed around his superhuman, bulky, and muscur body.

  “Your Majesty…” The Prime Minister bowed his head to the King. “I’ve e as you’ve called me.”

  Yes, the King of this try.

  The reason there rime Minister and not a President was this man right in front of him!

  The King of the Uates of North America.

  “Prime Minister.” The King’s eyes finally opened amidst the darkness; they shone like two red jewels, and his aura was activated, enshrouding the entire surroundings with a crimson sea of pure energy. “You must already know why I’ve called you here, right?”

  “Y-Yes… Is it because of Bing Xue, your majesty?” The Prime Minister asked with a trembling voice.

  As an unweakened man, he could barely withstand the king’s presence alo was not something that he had ever experienced before—overwhelming, overp, even higher than the world-css pyers themselves.

  And… otherworldly.

  “My father has beeering me for a while.” He said. “He says that I do n enough tribute, that my kingdom is not flourishing, and that I am letting some random woman do as she pleases... Someone who has already sin two gods at that.”

  “W-What? She did… that?” The Prime Minister gasped. “Excuse me, your majesty, but your father... Isn’t he…?”

  “For you peasants, I suppose you would call him the God of Floor 74.” The King spoke. “Yes, that is my father. The Golden Lion Crimson Emperor. And he, himself, has stated his dislike for that woman, Bing Xue. What do you think I should do now, my advisor?”

  The King was impatient, his fiapping the throne every sed, awaiting a response from the Prime Minister.

  “I-I… Bing Xue is ahling; she means no harm to your kingdom, my lord. If anything, she is a guardian, someone who wants to protect your people.” Said the Prime Minister.

  “…Is that so?” The king said, squinting his eyes. “I must see that myself first… I shall keep watg.”

  The Prime Minister sighed in relief.

  “For now.”

  The King’s voice echoed, even strohan before; his Aura alone made the Prime Minister fall to the floor head-first.

  "Report to me anything you see, anything suspicious. Bring me information about those she cares about: her abilities, skills, stats, teiques, magic, everything.” The King spoke. “You live to serve me, you servant. Remember the promise you gave me? Remember WHO saved your pitiful try from being swallowed by the Gates?”

  “Y-Yes, of course- Ugh…!” The Prime Minister groaned. “We, the people of America, have never fotten your kindness and generosity, oh great King! W-Without you, our entire try would have beeroyed eleven years ago.”

  As the Prime Minister licked the King’s boots, the menag man’s Aura slowly dissipated, letting his “servant” breathe.

  He was ruthless because he was taught to be this way.

  Always keep a tight leash on your subjects, or they’ll betray you whehey see a weako exploit!

  These were the teags of his father, and the Kihem inside his heart at all times.

  “Good. Now leave.”

  The king waved his hand, ued in seeing this pitiful dog anymore.

  “Y-Yes…”

  The Prime Minister nodded, walking away rather quickly.

  As the King was left alohe slender figure of a woman with long blonde hair, emerald-colored eyes, and pointy elven ears, wearing a glistening silver dress, stepped out from the back of his throne.

  “My King… Aren’t you being too harsh otle earthlings?" She asked, gently caressing his fwless and manly . The man allowed her in, seemingly slightly infatuated with her charm and her gentle smile.

  “I must. Or else, they’ll betray me,” he said. “I have to always remind him that it was my army that saved them from destru. I am one of the pioneers of Father’s expansion pns. I ot lose the territory I’ve already taken.”

  “Hmm~ That Bing Xue… Is she really that big of a deal, though?” The woman giggled, as she summoned a crystal sphere, showg videos about Bing Xue.

  “We’ll see…” The King said, his sharp, crimsotentively looking. “Guardian or not, if she bees a threat to my kingdom or my father’s expansion pns, then I will have to take care of her.”

  “I suppose there’s no helping it~” the elf woman giggled. “Our daughter is about to be fifteen years old now; will we have a birthday party, honey?”

  “Hmm… maybe,” the king said. “If she behaves and stantly practices her swordsmanship and her aura teiques, then she will receive a proper reward.”

  “You’re trying so hard to make it as if you don’t care,” his wife giggled.

  “Hah…” The king sighed.

  “Father, father!”

  Suddenly, the voice of a teenage girl echoed through the corridors. A half-elf child with long bck hair, pointy ears, and sharp crimson eyes ran towards the King.

  “Cecil, I told you that you must not disturb your father while he’s on his duties.” Her mother reprimahe girl.

  “But I wao show him!” The young girl said.

  “Show me what?” The king asked with a cold tone of voice.

  “Look!” The girl uhed her small golden sword, trating her mana into a golden and crimson aura.

  The king widened his eyes as the girl swung her bde.

  “Sword Aura!”

  SLAAASH!

  A powerful ssh was unleashed from the girl in the opposite dire of the King, reag the gate in front of her and slig it open.

  BAAAM!

  tless cracks spread across the castle as it trembled.

  “I mastered it! Sword Aura!” The girl celebrated. “Am I qualified now, father?”

  “Hmmm… Perhaps, once you reach adulthood, I could give you a territory to mahe king seemed much happier now. “I suppose we make her a birthday party then.”

  “Hehe!” The young teen smiled, very cheerful despite her overly serious, cold father.

  But much like her father, she also hid a secret.

  As she walked away with her mom, her face quickly ged.

  The childish innoce she had dissipated into thin air.

  Her face became incredibly serious and mature, and her eyes were full of determination.

  It was as if the only thing that she had as a child was her body.

  But her mind was that of an adult.

  FLASH!

  A small dot of darkness floated above her head.

  It resembled a star.

  Her smile widened.

  The King looked at his daughter as she walked away, a slight smile surging on his lips, as his domineering crimson eyes shone brightly.

  “I’m still amassing forces, but soon enough... This world shall bey kingdom’s eerritory,” he thought.

  [The Tod {Golden Lion Crimson Emperor} has high expectations of you, his eighth son.]

  [Do not disappoint him!]

  “Father, your son shall honor yacy.”

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  (Bing Xue’s POV)

  After we reached New York, I opened my Inner Realm to let my family out safely. Not only my mother and my sister came, but also the twins, Urbosa ae, and my adoptive daughter, Hekita. Aside from them, Ruby’s boyfriend, too, had retly returned from his training.

  My date with Peperina ended nicely, although a bit abruptly because I was in a hurry. We promised to meet again in a couple of days. She was busy with work, so even though I invited her to Earth, she rejected me.

  However, she said she would gdly have another date with me and accepted the neckce I made as a gift. She reciprocated by giving me a kiss on my cheek. With Yanisse, I got two kisses from cute girls today.

  “Woah, so this is Earth!” Urbosa muttered, looking around her surroundings.

  “Such HUGE buildings!” Merkite said. “Look, Hekita, they reach the skies as the tower does!”

  “I see them! So big! A-And look at that too—are they carriages? They’re moving without horses!” Hekita said.

  “Those are skyscrapers—buildings we humans built to house many people at once,” I expined. “And those are cars, metallic carriages that work using fuel instead of an animal pulling it.”

  “And what’s that?!” Hekita poi an ice cream shop. “Everyone ing out is eating that creamy thing on es!”

  “That’s an ice cream shop,” Ruby sighed. "Hekita, I am pretty sure you got this bae too.”

  “Haveen it yet!” Hekita said.

  The little wolf girl was making a bit of a mess around, surprising the people walking around as she ran around the streets, sniffing and pointing at stuff. She was stantly being surprised by everyone and everything.

  The twins were also rather surprised but weren’t making that much of a fuss. Ultimately, Urbosa reprimanded her daughter and calmed her down as she walked back to us.

  On the way to the Hunter Association, we decided to make a few stops, letting Yanisse and the guild masters go ahead for the time being.

  We decided to purchase some clothes for my mates and little Hekita, as we wahem to not draw too much attention by wearing their tribal clothes.

  They were very beautiful clothes, but they also expressed their i on weariuff and “adapting” to my world.

  “As your mates, we should make the effort to try to adapt as much as you’ve doh our tribe, right?” Urbosa smiled.

  “Hmm~ What dress is good for me?” Merkite wondered, showing me several beautiful dresses.

  “I think these shorts would look good on you, honey~” I smiled, bringing a pair of sexy shorts. “And this bck blouse… Maybe this jacket.”

  “Oooh, you humans really have an iing fashion sense!” Merkite said. “Okay, let me try them then~!”

  As she went to do that, Urbosa kept asking me what dress fit her better.

  “Hmm, any dress would look beautiful on you, love.” I smiled. “But maybe try the white o’s a nice trast with your bck fur.”

  “Aww, n.” She nodded. “Okay.” She kissed me and then quickly went to try it out.

  At the same time, Hekita was trying out tless clothes that my mother and my sister had suggested. Once half an hour went by, we were able to finally walk out of the clothing shop. I ended up spending over 5,000 on clothes for my mates and my daughter.

  They’re my everything, so it’s fio spend money on them~

  Though, aren’t I being kind of a sugar mommy?

  …Better not overthink it.

  Anyway, Urbosa decided to wear that white dress with a beautiful sunflower painted into it as if it were a vas, a white summer hat, and a golden neckd bracelet I bought for her.

  I want my girls to look fand cute, so buying them some accessories made of pure gold was not out of the question; they asked away, and I bought them!

  As for Merkite, she decided to wear the jean shorts I showed her; she looked really sexy aiful; the shorts really atuated her thick thighs; and her bck blouse, which left her belly covered, looked nid cozy, alongside a bck jacket. She was truly sying.

  Sying my heart—that’s it!

  They were already so beautiful, but after getting some of these clothes, they just suddenly became even more beautiful!

  Is this love? To relish seeing my cute girlfriends wearing cute and sexy clothes? It is a nice feeling, definitely.

  Oh, and about Hekita, she bought a clear red dress with pink Hawaiian flowers and bck sandals. The twins decided to walk barefoot, but Hekita’s feet were much smaller and more delicate than the adults, so she wore sandals most of the time until she reached adulthood.

  “What’s wrong? You’re looking at us a lot…” Urbosa smiled. “Do we look that good? Fufu.”

  “Yeah, you sure love my new clothes…” Merkite teased me. “Like this?” She grasped her thick thighs.

  “I would be lying if I said I didn’t like it…” I giggled. “But yes, you two look geous. Shall we eat something first befoing to the hunter association? Mom? Sis?”

  “Sure, let’s go eat something.” My mom nodded. “Been a while since we came back, I want to eat something from Earth for once~”

  “Me too!” Ruby said.

  “Alright, let’s go then~!” I nodded, and while my two cute mates held my arms gently at my right a, we moved across NY’s streets and found a nice restaurant to have a meal together.

  It was definitely o take a break like this on a while.

  The Hunter Association wait a bit, right? I bet they’re busy anyway.

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  “So when is she ing?! We’ve been waiting here for almost an hour, Nichos!”

  Inside New York’s Hunter Association, the many Guild Masters of New Yathered, surrounding a huge table with Nichos at the head.

  “I… Well, she came with her lovers and her family, so I believe she is takiime with them.” Niuttered. “After all, her lovers are not from Earth, so she must be showing them around and stuff! Let’s have patience, everyone… Haha.”

  “I didn’t know she had two lovers already…” Aiyana sighed. “I’m jealous… I bee her lover too, maybe?”

  “You’re being too shameless again, Aiyana…” Yanisse spoke with a cold tone of voice.

  Aiyana could tell she issed off about her remark in particur.

  “What?” Aiyana raised an eyebrow. “Hey, it’s not like you own her or something, don’t you? Bing Xue has two lovers, so she’s probably open to more retionships. I’m just saying~”

  “I know…” Yanisse sighed. “…” She blushed a bit after that.

  The men in the room noticed the awkward atmosphere, they could already guess Bing Xue was into girls, and they could also guess that she was really good at quering irls’ hearts very quickly.

  “It’s so obvious they like her…” Jackes sighed to himself.

  “These two are not a good match…” John thought.

  “I want to learn more magic with Bing Xue!” Francisly thought about that.

  “Bing Xue, please don’t take too long…” Nichos sighed, sipping on his coffee as he looked through the window, watg the bustling city of New York.

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