When Yasenia left her training room, more than four months had passed. This surprised her greatly. "I've been fighting for three months straight? No wonder I feel somewhat tired."
The times she had been defeated during training were not few. No matter how strong Yasenia was, she was literally fighting herself. Two of them, at that. With Yasenia's stamina, each fight could last for a day straight without either side showing fatigue.
Soluna, who was clinging to Yasenia's back, giggled. "It was a fun time, though! I've become quite a lot stronger."
Yasenia smiled and used her tail to support Soluna as she walked. "I did see your improvement. During our first try against the two perfect golden copies, you were defeated quite rapidly."
Soluna bit Yasenia's neck with a pout. "You also lost before I did from time to time!"
Our dragoness looked at the gorgeous spirit biting her neck, and her golden-slit eyes became a touch more profound. "I don't sense any irregularities… You brought this onto yourself, love."
Soluna blinked, and the scenery changed. In a matter of less than a second, both of them were in Yasenia's room, their clothes completely gone. For the next week straight, Soluna's broken and loud moans echoed within the room.
Yasenia licked her pleasure tears and growled lowly. "I will make sure you have little spirits soon, Soluna. So, don't resist and open your womb."
The next second, Soluna's eyes flipped to the sky as Yasenia pierced her to the very end and churned her insides with the intent of creating whipped cream with the release filling Soluna's most precious location.
As the sun went down, Soluna disappeared into Yasenia's dantian with a loose but satisfied expression. Yasenia laughed as her little spirit escaped to safety.
Exhaling a breath, she flopped onto the bed and closed her eyes. The bed was a Transcendent Ranked treasure that could clean itself of all fluids or even store them. So it was not dirty or wet. Instead, it was Yasenia's body that became clean as the bed absorbed the fluids clinging to her skin.
"Hm… Anna."
Even when she spoke softly, the maid could hear her name. Yasenia had made sure to lower the sound-canceling formation before that, though.
Anna appeared, and her green eyes couldn't help but shift down and scan Yasenia's naked body for a second. Yasenia looked at her and smiled seductively. "Clean me."
The maid blinked, a touch confused. "Should I prepare a bath?"
Yasenia glanced at her with seductive, golden slit eyes. "Don't you have something that clean me down there on you?"
"...Ah." Anna's face gained a deep blush as she walked between Yasenia's legs and opened her mouth. She used one hand to place her blonde hair aside and lowered her face, closing her eyes and filling her mouth and throat.
A pleasant groan escaped Yasenia as she closed her eyes and expanded her Spiritual Sense. 'Let's see… The house's defensive formations are already complete. I can sense a guest zone as well, and there are some people there. The maids are working, but some of them are missing. Probably on a mission.'
As for her girls… Some of them were practicing their professions, while others were inside the Bead, training. Yaenia felt a chill of pleasure climb up her spine and used her hand to push Anna's head down. "Mmm~."
Anna swallowed the overwhelming amount in big gulps, her body electrified with pleasure.
"Sigh~. So nice."
Yasenia's fingers slid through Anna's hair as the maid looked up with curved, delighted eyes. Her tongue slowly cleaned from the base and up, and then she went down to the lips below to lick all fluids clean.
"...I am done, Young Miss."
Yasenia nodded, her face satisfied. "Thank you~. You've become quite talented, haven't you?"
Anna smiled a little. "I've been practicing, hehe."
Our dragoness tilted her head. "You have replicas?"
Anna nodded. "We only have replicas of the human shape, though. Young Miss's dragon shape is too complex to mimic with tools."
A laugh escaped Yasenia as she stood up. "Is it? I didn't know."
Anna, her legs trembling slightly from the afterglow, moved to pick some clothes from the hanger. "There are some guests, so I will choose something elegant but homely. How about this cream-colored dress with light blue edges?"
Yasenia extended her arms sideways. "Good enough. Cai Xue, come and do my hair."
Cai Xue appeared in the room, started at Yasenia's naked body, and then began drooling. Our dragoness burst into laughter. "Does it look good?"
Cai Xue blurted. "It looks delicious."
Anna rolled her eyes and spoke. "Cai Xue, move along. Young Miss asked you to do something."
First, the woman cleaned the drool at the corner of her mouth. "Ahem. Sorry, Head Maid."
"I don't mind. Let my little Cai Xue stare as much as she wants. She has already tasted it either way~."
Anna gently patted Yasenia's plump, firm, and jiggly butt. "Do not pamper them too much, Young Miss. They can ogle you as much as they want after they fulfill their assigned duty."
Yasenia patted Cai Xue's head with her tail. "You heard your boss. Get to work, haha."
Cai Xue nodded, and her deft hands twirled Yasenia's hair into a high bun suitable for madams. The high bun, with some loose hairs that contrasted against Yasenia's elegant and fair neck, caused both maids to stare deeply.
Feeling no rush, Yasenia raised her skirt as her lips arched. "Come inside?"
Both maids disappeared and reappeared between her legs, their tongues rapidly and hungrily moving around. Yasenia leaned back onto the chair and opened her legs a touch wider so they could fit better.
After thirty minutes, Yasenia left the room alone, leaving behind two maids with swollen bellies and twitching waists.
"What a luxurious life, fufu." Yasenia smiled sweetly. "Eve, take four maids and guide me."
"Yes, Young Miss."
Eve appeared by her side together with four other maids and followed behind with measured steps. "Summary."
Eve spoke with a soft and calm voice. "During the last four months, we've settled in the Central City. We used the Shang Family and Miss Qinqin's help to penetrate into high society. The madams have gone to some gatherings to create a good reputation for our Dravory Family, while Young Master Asterion attended with us at some meetings with young children from famous families."
"Oh? Aster went out?"
She was quite surprised. She had thought that Aster would not come here from the Dravory Dragon Valley. Eve nodded. "It was Lady Tatyana's suggestion. The rest were agreeable as well. His presence has been somewhat of an asset with some of our recent connections."
Yasenia was, once more, somewhat surprised. "My baby boy was?"
Eve smiled. "Young Master Asterion's talent, looks, and clever speech have won both parents and children alike. Even though he is young, we've received plenty of marriage alliance suggestions already. This has allowed us to click into the high society of the Central City much better than expected."
Yasenia pouted. "My baby boy is still too young! He is still mine!"
The five maids chuckled a bit. One of them, a Cat Beast Human, spoke softly. "There is no need to worry, Young Miss. These marriage talks are for at least 1,000 years later."
Yasenia smiled wryly. "I see. So, are there any little girls who are of Asterion's liking?"
After pondering for a second, Eve spoke with a touch of uncertainty. "There is a girl from a phoenix Beast Human family that Asterion has spoken a bit more with. However, it is not to the point of liking."
Yasenia smiled, amused. "Asterion is similar to his eldest sister. Kaleina also fancied that Phoenix Girl named Flame, didn't she?"
Eve glanced at Yasenia sideways. "If we are speaking about resemblance, isn't Madam Cecile a closer example?"
Yasenia blinked twice and cleared her throat. "My Sweetheart was not a phoenix girl when I met her at first."
The maids would not argue with their Young Miss, but they were all smirking at her, causing Yasenia to squint. "I will fill your stomachs later until they are about to burst. Prepare yourselves."
The maids stiffened from both fear and anticipation.
"Come on, don't lag behind."
Yasenia opened the guest room doors and entered, intruding on the conversation between Evelyn, Qinqin, and somebody else. They all turned to look, and as Yasenia walked inside, silence fell.
She wore something homely, but the air of a mature, seductive madam charmed almost everyone in the room. Yasenia raised her lips and spoke in a mellow and pleasant voice. "I am sorry for my absence. I had a moment of enlightenment and couldn't go out of closed-door cultivation for a while. I hope I am not intruding. Ah, also, do not mind me. Continue the conversation without feeling pressured."
Evelyn joked around. "Without being pressured? Love, you know that's not possible. Just your presence is enough to shift the atmosphere this much, right?"
The man speaking with Evelyn found a way to continue the conversation without feeling awkward for just blanking out, and laughed. "That's right! I heard Lady Dravory's presence and beauty were incredible, but seeing her in person makes those rumors seem reserved instead."
"You flatter me." Yasenia sat by Evelyn's side with comfortable movements, and Eve poured her a cup of tea. Taking a sip, she spoke to Evelyn. "Continue speaking with Lord Zhan. Do not mind me."
Evelyn's emotional intelligence was up there among Yasenia's close people, so she was the usual choice as their family's face when Yasenia was absent. Lately, though, with Qinqin's help, things had been going much more smoothly than before.
Yasenia also noticed that most people were on quite good terms and not because of intimidation. It felt like a proper connection between powerful families instead of Yasenia's usual choice of gaining influence through presence.
She had been hearing the summary through Spiritual Sense of everything that had happened while paying attention to the conversation. 'Wow. Qinqin has been working hard.'
Even Eve agreed with Yasenia's evaluation. 'Miss Qinqin has been of great help. That's for sure.'
While some maids had a better sense than Qinqin, as they were trained to tackle basically all situations, their positions as maids had their innate limitations. So, until now, they were acting more as advisors than anything else during non-violent interactions.
However, with Shang Qinqin's expertise as a merchant and her innate business and social sense, the maids' roles had shifted toward helpers rather than advisors.
Of course, Qinqin was not of the Dravory family, but everyone could see that Qinqin's connection with them was not normal. Moreover, Yasenia had, while not outright admitting it, gone along with Qinqin's scheme of becoming her potential future wife.
I mean, Yasenia even fought a prince for Qinqin, so most families believed Yasenia was interested in Qinqin and regarded her as a potential Dravory family member.
Yasenia's mindset toward the girl shifted slightly. Her realm was a bit low, and her talent was exceptional but not monstrous. Still, she was proving to be someone worth keeping around.
'I should have a bit of a talk with her and also thank her. She is basically doing thankless work because of her feelings.'
Feeling as if she was taking advantage, Yasenia felt a touch guilty toward Qinqin.