Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!
Chapter 201 - 201 - Marking my elven properties (Part 1)

Since the eight guys have been gathered in one place and as if it was just as simple as them breathing, all of them agreed to the first guy's arrangement and my offer. I asked if there was a ritual or something else that I need to do to finalize the setup we have all agreed upon. I don't believe that it would just end with them the dowry they have set for themselves. One by one, the guys turned red seemingly from shyness which totally weirded me out. There are a total of eight elves and heralds in a cramped up room inside the weaponsmith's house which we have set as the meeting place. I just went and ignored them being weird and all of the sudden awkwardness. Let's just blame the heat in this place.

I looked at each of them and all of them avoided my eyes immediately. This time, I couldn't let it go since I already ignored them blushing and all. I threatened that if nobody is going to explain what is happening with the sudden silence, I will forfeit my offer to all eight of them. I saw the alarm in their faces as each of them had paled significantly with my threat. The guy that received my offer first bravely stepped forward to explain though he was obviously very nervous. He was even stuttering once in a while!

He first divulged a secret they have been keeping amongst themselves which was that they all had discovered a way to diminish the effects of the moonlight of the full moon in the last decade so none of them have been with a woman before. They then further explained that year by year, the effect of the moonlight to the eight of them is getting stronger and they were actually in a panic on how to get through the current year's festival.

They admitted that they have been molested several times throughout these years but since they did not totally lose their minds, those were no more than just touches, gropes or an occasional pinch or slap on their bums by lecherous women. Since they had no experience doing intimate things with a woman ever, they were feeling really shy discussing the next steps of the ritual with me. WAIT. I was asking for some ritual to finalize our agreement. What do they mean by "intimate things"?

I furrowed my brows and asked the questions hovering in my mind, "What do you mean by intimate things?" He then replied, "The dowry was just part of the elven law. The next steps require that we have to receive a valuable gift from you, we will then tell you our true elven names and then we seal it with a kiss that... requires the... intertwining of... the... ummm... it was an exchange of... essences."

The more he spoke, the more red his face, neck and ears became. He seems to be pointing towards a tongue kiss, isn't it? The essence could be one's saliva, right? That scared me. I thought I had to do them right here and now. Though, I have several men now, I was never a fan of doing it with a group. Ugh.

As for the gift, I will just give them their own shared storage earrings which was the same thing I gave to Vaelion. I think accessories that have an enchantment of time and space attributes are valuable enough. Wouldn't those suffice as an exchange of gifts?

I looked at each of them with a serious face and I couldn't help but giggle at their cuteness. I thought all elves and heralds are lustful and mindless beings. This bunch seem to value themselves more and were using their minds at least.

They looked at me with confusion as to what I found funny. I shook my head and simply asked how much their dowries are. Surprisingly, it was rather cheap. It was only triple the price of a slave. I definitely have enough to pay for the dowry of each one of them in one go.

When they saw that I did not react that much with the price, they sighed in relief. That's indeed a total of 1200 silvers or credits, not a small amount at all.

I asked the weaponsmith which room we could use for the next steps of the ritual unless he wants me to do it while the others are watching. His eyes widened and he immediatey pointed at a small wooden door at the corner of the room we are currently in. He said that it was a guest room and it can be used for the ritual. I smirked and then pulled him towards the room. I felt him flinch in surprise as I touched his arm but he did not resist being pulled into the guest room.

Once inside the room, I pushed him towards the back of the door as I asked him, "You were purposely luring me in so that I give you an offer. You planned that once I did, you will pull in your friends, didn't you? Why me? Is there anything you said that was true?"

His eyes showed a bit of fear but then his his face turned gradually cold. He seemed to have been tired of pretending, huh? He looked at me straight in my eyes and replied, "Everything I said was true. We are all untouched and we are all willing to follow you anywhere as long as we get out of this place. I admit that I really reeled you in but I know you also have a reason why you wanted us to come with you. Whatever that reason may be, we will cooperate as long as it doesn't bring us to our deaths. Let's just say that it will be a mutually beneficial relationship."

I laughed at his bluntness and replied, "If you stay useful to me, it would be mutually beneficial. I can provide all of you with your needs and can ensure your safety as well. If you stop being useful to me though, I might just take your blood then bury you to fertilize the trees in my orchard. Would you still be willing to take this deal?"

He stared at me intensely for a few seconds and then he spoke with absolute finality, "My true name is Reiss. Bel'la dos whol ja'hai'n ussta draeval p'los, ori'gatoin uns'aa dro wun dosst nin lu'sslig'nein ussta ulin (Thank you for accepting my past, letting me live in your present and protecting my future)."

I smirked at his soul vow. It is amusing since he thought I can't understand mystique language and that as long as I don't know and respond the other half of the oath, it will not fully take effect. Too bad, I know the other half of the binding oath fully well. I purposely skipped the part for marriage purposes though since this will be a relationship of benefits and not a union of love.

To surprise Reiss, I responded the other half of the oath (which I adjusted for my own benefit), "Rilbol dos gultah, Usstan ja'hai 'zil usst. A l'dumoas d'l'phraktos, udos zhal tlu yvalm goros l'xuz d'draeval" (Everything you offer, I accept as mine. By the blessing of the gods, we shall be bound by this oath till the fullness of time).

His eyes widened as the effect of the oath hits his soul and forcefully binds him to me. Before he could say anything else, I kissed his lips torridly, parted his mouth with my tongue and then attached the earring to his right earlobe to complete the last step of the ritual in haste.

As the ritual was completed, I saw his eyes turn misty and dazed which is the reaction I was aiming for. Since he won't remember anything in this dazed state, I released mystique mana into his body through our connection on our lips to bind this guy permanently to me.

Mystiques are highly dependent in mystique mana. Though their bodies have gotten used to not having any of it since the destruction of the world tree realm, their bodies are still desperately craving for it subconsciously.

If you give a mystique a taste of mystique mana after not having it for a very long time, their body will go into shock and like an addiction, they will have a strong subconscious need from the depths of their souls for its source which will be me. This means that they will be fully obedient and though they don't understand why, their minds will tell them that they would rather die than be abandoned by me. It was honestly, a mean and selfish way to get what I want but I can never see myself trusting the elves and heralds if they are not bound to me through this method.

After about a minute of our tongue kiss, his body has been fully filled with mystique mana. I felt his body soften and he fell unconscious with his head tilted backwards. One down and seven more to go.

I can just carry this guy out and tell the ones outside that it was the effect of the ritual. They're all clueless and desperate anyways so it would be easy to fool them. Those two characteristics were a lethal combination which is very advantageous to me.

I carried Reiss out of the guest room in princess-style. As I approached the others, I can see their surprise and confusion at the current state of their friend but I kept my silence. I simply conjured a thick blanket and let it float towards the unoccupied part of the floor. I then laid the guy on the floor gently and then spoke in a soft voice that he passed out as we completed the ritual.

The botanist/ healer of the bunch immediately approached Reiss to check on him. He then confirmed that he simply lost his consciousness but his vitality seems to be stronger than before so there was nothing to worry about.

I saw the others' sigh of relief. Luckily, I hid the soul binding part so as not to scare the others. I then asked the remaining ones as to who will complete the ritual next.

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