Nihility... Or chaos energy. Or the energy of creation.

The very thing all Monarchs are instantly made aware of by their authority the moment they take up the post along with many other things.

But definitely the most significant thing. They all feared and desired it from that day.

But at the same time, they felt that it was only a pipe dream to hope to come across it one day.

But out of nowhere on that random day. Althea came across it... From the body of a human too. Wasn't that just the craziest thing? How was it possible?

She instantly thought about "The Variable" from before.

The one that destroyed a portal and resisted an R7 when they shouldn't have had the day anywhere close to the power to do the latter let alone the former.

It all instantly clicked in her head. How could one not do all those things with chaos energy in them?

But wait, did that mean that if she had tried something with Muku and the girls, she would have died?

After all, she wouldn't have expected anything like that and would have been completely caught off guard. Hell, she didn't even know how it worked.

What if he only had to order her to die and she would drop dead?

Is that why they were mostly calm from the start?. Was that little caution also an act?

Chills went down her spine as she thought of this.

Fortunately, nothing like that happened and she didn't try anything.

And it seemed like the energy didn't do anything to her. It must have just been a warning...

{Look at him. So majestic. I want to protect him forever. I'd easily die for him and do whatever he wants. Even warm his bed... What the hell?!} Althea suddenly had random thoughts out of nowhere the moment she refocused on Muku who still seemed not to notice anything while completely focused on cultivation.

Her face paled as she realised that it wasn't just a warning she got. She has likely been turned into a servant.

Before, even if she had no actual intent, she could easily think about killing Muku and the others. But now, just thinking about it felt like blasphemy. She couldn't do it.

And the more she looked at Muku, the more she felt like submitting herself. She tried to resist with her willpower but it didn't work.

She wanted to get up and get away from him but she couldn't bring herself to disrupt his cultivation.

Despair filled her eyes as she sat there continuing to support Muku with the mana he needed.

She could only close her eyes to reduce the intense urge to submit.

Fortunately, it worked somewhat. She still felt heavily drawn to him, but now it was a bit resistible...

On the opposite side, my was greedily absorbing the mana she fed him in bigger gulps than even Jade and steadily advancing. Completely unaware of what he has unknowingly done to Althea.

Then again, it was passive that awakened whenever anyone tried to poke into his body. It was the same with Audrey back then.

The only reason why it didn't happen to Nightmare was that the Monarch soul went after his soul. Something that wasn't too heavily involved with his bloodline.

Sure, it was made stronger than average like any other part of him. But there was no strict protection like with his body...

....

Around a week later...

Muku finally opened his eyes. At that point, he had already reached the peak. That's right. His cultivation was even faster than Jade's.

"Master. You're finally awake. I hope you had a great cultivation experience" Althea's extremely unwilling voice was heard immediately after. She was also wearing a forced smile.

Seeing it almost gave Muku a heart attack. She looked quite creepy honestly.

But as an experienced veteran who had gone through something like this with Audrey before. He instantly understood what was going on.

His bloodline had done something to her.

"Release..." Muku commanded and Lathea felt the force that was forcing her to submit instantly disappear.

That's right, unlike the time with Audrey when they had to let time slowly weaken the control as Muku expressed his unwillingness to be Audrey's literal master... Yeah, he still liked being called master in bed. Everyone has their own kinks okay?

Anyway, unlike back then, he had more control of his bloodline. He couldn't completely control it yet. Hell, he probably hadn't improved much over the years. But he could do this at least.

"Haah, thank you.

I have been like that for a week. And honestly It didn't expect you to let me go. I expect you to turn me into your sex slave and dominate my body whenever you want, not minding my hateful gaze at all... What didn't you do that?" Althea expressed her gratitude, with a few weird things added to the mix.

"What do you mean? What do you think I am? A sexual fiend? Do I look like a degenerate to you?? I'd never do such a thing to a great ally like you" Muku was greatly offended.

What did she take him for?

"Tsk. Like you don't do it to the other girls" Althea spoke in a low voice.

"Huh?" Muku asked.

"I said, I'm glad you have a good heart" Althea replied.

"Then why do I sense disappointment?" Muku replied with an eye roll.

"You're imagining it. Don't overthink. Anyway, enough with that. Care to tell me about what that was Mr Variable?" Althea changed topics.

She absolutely couldn't let Muku find out that she had been spying on him and the girls all this time. And because of that she has developed some curiosity.

Of course, she could go find a random strong beast and try it. But there was a problem. At the beginning, she wanted to be with someone stronger than her, which was true to her beastly nature.

That beast never appeared. Now after being corrupted by human content, she wanted a good beast/person she loved.

The problem was that she couldn't see any beast meeting the gentlemanly qualities she was now searching for. And even humans were problematic.

Then there was Muku, he wasn't perfect with many noticeable flaws, but he was dependable and would likely surpass her eventually. Especially after finding out about his hidden power.

So now, he was the leading man for her partner's role. He was the only one in the race.

So, over the week, she might, or might not have decided to give herself to him should he try something.

With the content she had come across, which the average internet user comes across eventually... Weird fantasies had appeared in her mind and maybe she was now looking forward to it.

Then Muku came in and diffused the situation in a few seconds. What was his problem?

Did he not find her beautiful? Was it because she was a beast? No, that wasn't it. She had noticed his gaze that wandered too far on her body at times.

Which was definitely risky behaviour when looking at a Monarch. But it showed that he definitely saw her in a sexual light to some extent. But if it was like that, why did he not even think about taking the open goal that was presented to him?...

Oh wait, Muku was never someone to do such things. His personality wasn't like that, not to mention he had way too many girls he could do it with to even think about sexually assaulting anyone.

She had to admit that for whatever reason, Audrey and even Raya were just as beautiful as her. And at some point in their evolution, the other would catch up. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

When it came to bodies, they were all different but perfect. So she really didn't stand out in anything apart from her strength which she felt she won't always have over them.

With those thoughts, she understood why he didn't even think about it. He had no responsibility to. That stung but it was the truth.

But wait, why did it sting? Was it because her pride got hurt or she developed feelings for him? Pfft, yeah right, like she could develop feelings for such a weakling...

"Ah. Cough cough. I planned to tell you this after we were done cultivating so please don't think you were always going to be kept in the dark. And I hope you understand why we didn't tell you before" Muku replied awkwardly.

"Oh, so you were at least planning on telling me eventually. That's good. Because if I swore to the heavens like that and you didn't tell me, then I would be the biggest fool for trusting the wrong people now wouldn't I?" Althea replied expressionlessly.

She tried not to make a big deal about it since she understood why it was done. But for whatever reason, she just couldn't accept it.

"I'm sorry, please don't be mad. I'll do whatever you want for you to forgive me... Wait" Muku spoke before he could properly think.

He had gotten so used to using that on the girls when they got angry that he had forgotten that it was Althea this time and not any of them. She obviously didn't care about anything he could do for her.

"Really?! Anything?!" Althea interrupted with glowing eyes.

{Or maybe it worked on her too} Muku thought seeing the excitement.

Did the phone turn her into a human woman or something? The original her wouldn't have been bothered at all with what he said.

She would have laughed in his face or something...