He got up out of the bath, grabbed a towel, and quickly wiped himself down. He was covered in one too many juices to even try to guess which was which. So instead, he fixed his appearance, dressed up, and then walked toward the bed.

Once he arrived, instead of addressing Gaia, he glanced back, taking notice of both of his wives, who were just floating around in the bath, unconscious.

They didn’t seem like they’d wake up anytime soon, so Rael felt like he could speak his mind, at least with Gaia.

"So what did you think?" Rael asked, sitting down beside her.

Gaia stared at his wives for a moment before letting out a sigh.

"Not sure I get why they’re moaning so loudly. It almost seems forced."

Rael raised a brow. "You think they forced their moans?"

"I feel like so. After all, it’s just sex. Why would they moan like rabid beasts?" Gaia said, then leaned back on the bed. "Well, I suppose I’ll just have to see how our night would turn out in the future, at least."

Hmm?

Well, if she was so eager, then Rael was more determined than ever to make her orgasm just like he had done for his wives. Though, until then, he wanted to finally relax now that he was done with all of this sex stuff.

And what he had in mind was simple. He wanted to see how Altros was holding up, alongside Melissa. But right as he stood up and was prepared to leave the room, Gaia approached him, grabbed him by the neck, and suddenly lifted him up as though he were a ragdoll.

"You’re not going out there smelling like this. Come with me."

Before Rael could even talk back, Gaia went ahead and dragged him across the mansion, entering yet another room. It was an empty room, but it did have a functional shower. So Gaia set everything up and, without hesitation, took his robe off and tossed him into the shower.

He felt like some baby kitten being tossed around like this. It was to the point where he even glanced up at Gaia, wondering if she would do him the pleasure of washing him. But she just stared back at him with a slight frown, her eyes basically telling him not to get any funny ideas.

So, funny ideas or not, Rael decided to just quickly bathe away all the stink from his body. It didn’t take long at all, and Gaia watching him was even more stimulating than he expected. But he also knew that she wasn’t doing this for the sake of lust.

Rather, she was just bored, didn’t know what to do, and clearly, she was interested in his body. Not sexually, though.

Regardless, Rael finished showering only a few minutes later and, without hesitation, burned his old clothes, then bought some new ones. Finally, he was dressed up and ready to leave, smelling like lavender.

In short, this shower was a lot more effective than the one he had taken a few minutes ago.

Heh.

"Don’t be so happy. Also, Melissa has woken up and run away from Altros. She’s currently on the outskirts of the Demonic Lands, looking for something. I can’t tell what she’s looking for, but she’s very, very close to the ocean," Gaia said.

Rael tilted his head. "Do you think she’s looking for treasure? Altros did mention that she was broke."

A minimum wage worker, rather.

Heh.

Well, whatever the case was, Rael didn’t mind it much. So after just a single moment of silence, he nodded at Gaia and abruptly vanished, reappearing in the Demonic Lands.

Though, rather than the Demonic Lands, he was more so on the outskirts of Yrgon, as the mountains were extremely tall and large. More importantly, the cold was actually, well, cold.

Not to mention, Rael could see dozens of footsteps leading up the mountainside. The mountain didn’t have bridges or paths carved into it, so it made all of this that much harder to traverse. But clearly, for Melissa and Altros, it wasn’t much trouble.

After all... why were they even walking to begin with? Couldn’t they just fly?

Rael shook his head in confusion, then glanced to his side at Gaia, who, for some reason, was sporting a slightly annoyed expression.

"What’s wrong?" he asked, puzzled.

Gaia shook her head. "It’s nothing. I just realized that there’s a fragment of Yggdrasil here."

Hmm?

"What’s that mean?"

"That means there’s a portal here that could lead us directly to Yggdrasil," she responded.

Rael felt like his mind blanked out for a few moments. He vaguely recalled going on a suicide quest in the Divine Realm to enter the Yggdrasil realm. Now she was telling him a portal to that realm, minus all the danger, was just here on his main continent?

"How did you not notice?"

Gaia’s frown deepened. "That’s because the portal is recent. It shouldn’t be here, as I have made sure to seal everything away to the best of my ability. The only way I can figure something like this might have happened is if..."

Her eyes suddenly widened. "Right... the world you had influenced. It’s very likely that the beings from that world managed to escape into Yggdrasil and have now found a way to break out completely..."

Huh. Well, why was that bad, exactly?

Rael wasn’t exactly sure until he realized how big of a civilization there was inside of Yggdrasil. It was peaceful and pretty much undisturbed by any other beings. Now, for that kind of civilization to suddenly be exposed... it wasn’t ideal in the slightest.

But that also likely meant that Gaia would need to go back and fix things. He really hoped he could help, but knowing Gaia, that would probably just result in him being told off.

Rael let out a sigh and decided to just deal with the more pressing matter at hand.

And that matter was none other than going up the mountain and finding the Melissa and Altros duo.