My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem-Chapter 1669
I talked with Eliana for a bit longer. She had to leave though, as she still had more work to do. I had never realized just how strong Eliana was until today. All of the girls were strong. If we went by the standards of adventurers, most of my girls were S ranked or higher. However, Eliana’s strength was of a different kind. When she thought I had died and she had lost everything, she had kept her wits and continued. She chatted with, ate dinner, and face her enemy down for months while doing everything she had to so she could protect our baby.
Now, she had lost that baby, and rather than spend time grieving or throwing a tantrum, she was already back to work, doing everything she could to support those around her, including me. I had always been fond of Eliana. I had intended to marry her, and she had always had a special place in my heart. Our relationship had been a bit more traditional than the relationship I had with the other girls. There were no extenuating circumstances or strange events that had pushed us together. We were with each other because we cared about each other.
However, after today, I knew that I was deeply, completely in love with Eliana. When the dangers were passed, and we could live in peace, I would give her another child. I would give her ten. That’s how much she meant to me. I watched as she walked out of the room, wondering just how I was going to make everything up to her.
She was going to finish the peace talks. All of the tribes were coming to the table with the intent of signing the treaty tonight. Like Eliana had suggested, the threat of a common foe had brought them all together and united them. There was just one problem. It wasn’t the fey threat that had brought them together. It was me. The tribes of the Ost Republic had seen me, break through the fey and pirates, and realizing how vulnerable they were, decided to finalize the treaty.
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More than that, they had decided that the new prime minister would be Eliana! Although she had impressed them over the talks these last few days, it was her relationship with me that they wanted. They wanted to be a united force to protect their autonomy, and they wanted Eliana because they felt she was the only thing that could protect them from me!
I had been shocked into silence when I heard all of that, but I supposed it was for the best. Eliana would stay in the Ost Republic and work on increasing the protection from a future Fey Invasion. With Eliana as prime minister, an alliance with Aberis was all but assured. In short, this was the best thing anyone could hope for.
As for me, I’d be returning to Chalm tomorrow. I was but a portal away from Eliana at any time, but perhaps it was time I started taking care of my place too. The girls had been working hard on my behalf, but maybe I should work hard as well. As I sat in the dark, I idly opened up my map. The dots were all back to neutral or green. There was no redder.
That’s when I saw a dot in a strange place. As I clicked on it, my mouth fell open. Standing up, I created a portal and then stepped through it. I came out onto a beach. In particular, it was the same beach where the special path had opened the previous night. There was no more dungeon through. It had shattered, and this was just a normal island once again.
A woman who had been standing just far enough that the waves struck her feet turned back to me. “Hello, Deek. We have to stop meeting like this.”
“Calypso…”
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