Strongest Necromancer Of Heaven's Gate

"What an adorable Slime! Is that perhaps your pet, Sir Lucien?" Anastasia asked after she and Lux had greeted each other, and gotten to know each other's names.

She had seen many Slimes before, but for some reason, the blue Slime that was perched on top of the chubby human's head, made her feel like it was very different from the regular Slimes that she had seen in the past.

"She's not my pet, Your Highness." Lux replied. "She's my daughter, Eiko. Eiko, say hello to Her Highness."

Eiko looked down at the adorable Dwarf from the top of her Papa's head and smiled.

"Hello!"

"Hello to you, too, Eiko. It's nice to meet you."

"Un!"

Eiko giggled as she continued to look at the adorable Dwarf, who was looking at her and her Papa with a critical gaze. In her eyes, the Princess was no different from Heidi, Laura, and Livia, so she greeted Anastasia like she did other people.

While the baby Slime was observing the Princess from the top of her Papa's head, Anastasia's thoughts wandered, thinking about the mysterious organization that directly served her father.

Of course, she had already seen a few of its members and even had the opportunity to chat with them.

However, there was one thing that the Princess understood while talking to these people—it was that they hid themselves deeply.

All of them were Dwarves and had different traits and attitudes, but they shared the same goal—ensuring that the Kingdom of Gweliven would continue to prosper and grow as a powerful nation.

She didn't understand why her father would allow a Human to become part of the Order of the Griffin, who served as his personal sword and shield.

'Why did Father ask this Human to join the order?' Anastasia mused. 'Maybe he has some hidden abilities that caught father's fancy?'

Lux, who was under the Princess' scrutiny, decided to take the initiative to gauge the Princess' character, in order to get a better understanding of her.

He really didn't care about the members of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Gweliven, but since Anastasia was already here, he thought that it wouldn't be bad for him to form some connections.

Perhaps this meeting would help him in the future, so he decided to get to know the adorable Princess, whose gaze never left his face.

"For you to come to this desolate place is proof that you care for the suffering people of your Kingdom, Your Highness," Lux said. "This Kingdom is very lucky to have a Princess such as you."

The Baron, who was standing not far away, smiled from ear to ear because he also didn't expect that a member of the Royal Family would pay him a visit.

Although Anastasia's arrival was unannounced, he still found this a good opportunity to flatter the spoiled Princess of the Royal Family and gain her favor.

"You overestimate me, Your Grace," Anastasia replied. "I am simply here to offer whatever aid I can give. My strength is limited, so I don't know if I will be able to do it on my own. Perhaps, if His Grace decided to cooperate with me, then we might be able to restore the Wolfpine Barony to its former glory."

"A cooperation?" Lux arched an eyebrow. He didn't know what the Princess was hinting at, but he had a feeling that this proposal would be advantageous to his goal. "Can you tell me more, Your Highness?"

Anastasia's smile bloomed like a flower, making everyone inside the living room of the Baron's Mansion look at her with fondness.

"Of course!" Anastasia replied. "How about we talk about it in great detail inside my room? I don't want to get in the way of the Baron's work, so it might be better for us to talk in private."

Lux nodded in agreement. "Sounds like a good plan."

The Half-Elf followed the Princess back to her room, leaving the Baron's family behind. Because all of them had their backs to the Baron's second son, they didn't notice the faint smirk that appeared on his face.

His green eyes followed the Princess as she walked up the stairs, not because of her budding beauty, but because of the opportunity she presented to him.

He had long wished to leave the Wolfpine Barony because ever since the incident with the lady, whom he had accidentally gotten pregnant, came to light, his family had restricted his movements, to the point of even banning him from leaving the house without several guards to supervise his actions.

In the past, he was able to get away scot-free with his actions because he had always carried some medicine with him to prevent the girls whom he made love with from getting pregnant.

It was truly an unfortunate incident that he had gotten someone pregnant on the day that he had forgotten to take his medicine from home.

For him, getting chaste maidens to lift their skirt for him was like a game. He enjoyed the thrill of plucking their innocence and making them sigh in pleasure as he plowed their fertile fields with his seed, leaving his mark inside their most important place.

He would then spend a few weeks with them, as he trained them to become ladies that suited his taste. Only when he got bored of them would he toss them aside, leaving them with a few hundred coins to allow them to live their life comfortably, while he looked for new prey to feast on.

'Perhaps I can ask the Princess to take me with her when she returns to the capital city,' the Baron's second son thought. 'It's quite unfortunate that she's still too young. Perhaps, I can do it with her sister. It would be a great challenge to seduce a Princess of this kingdom.'

The Baron's second son smiled as he thought of pinning Anastasia's older sister on his bed, and making her moan like the prostitutes that served in the brothels.

'If only that girl hadn't gotten pregnant,' the Baron's second son frowned. He had been accused by the people in the Barony for bringing the drought into their city, and he had even gotten mobbed at one point in time due to the people's increasing frustration about their current hardships.

Fortunately, the hired guards he always brought along with him were all strong, and they managed to fend off the angry mob, allowing the Baron's second son to escape unharmed.

Since then, he had been put under house arrest by his Father, preventing him from leaving the house unless over a dozen guards were to act as his escort.

'I guess I'll talk to her tonight,' the Baron's second son mused. 'I still have a bag of that special incense that I acquired from the Black Market. I'm sure that my negotiation with the Princess will go more smoothly if she has taken a whiff of that special drug.'

The Baron's second son chuckled internally as he hatched a plan inside his head. As long as he was able to get the Princess agree to sneak him out of the Barony, he was confident that his father would be unable to stop him.

After all, who would defy a member of the Royal Family, especially the spoiled Princess whom the King loved dearly?

No matter how brave his father was, he would have no choice but to take a step back and allow his problematic son to leave his Domain. For that to happen, he would first need to get under the Princess' umbrella. This would serve as his key to the capital city, where a new kind of hunt was waiting for him.