FOREIGNERS

Rukito removes the box around Tamako, telling her not to look behind her. She turns slightly, seeing the horrific scene. Rukito tells Tamako to wait outside while he removes all traces of what happened and erases the corpses of the people he killed. He teleports back home with her and tells one of the servants to prepare a meal for Tamako, as she has not eaten since yesterday. Looking at Tamako's face, Rukito reflects on what he did and goes to his room without saying a word to Tamako. Tamako misunderstands his actions, thinking that what had happened to her made Rukito feel disgusted looking at her. She knows that all he did was beat her up, but she feels that Rukito thinks otherwise.

Athena notices Rukito acting differently, as if he feels guilty, so she goes and waits for an opportunity to go to his room. She knocks on the door as Rukito wears a fake smile before opening it . Athena walks in as Elia turns and sees Athena entering his room. She wonders what a human girl is doing at the house, especially since she is going into Rukito's room.   

" What's wrong, Athena? Do you need anything?"

        "What do you mean, what's wrong? What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing is wrong; I am fine. Oh, now that you're here, take this. It will keep your hunger in check for a while."
       
                     "What is this?" What makes me feel so revitalized by it?

"Well, nice! That 's a great sign. It means that my refinement works."

                        "Oh, I see . No, wait, don't change the subject!"

"I'm tired ; I need some rest. Get in if you want to join."

Athena gets into bed with him as he holds her, trying to fall asleep. 

I can't stand people who take advantage of the weak. I hate kidnappers, and more than that, I hate people who take the side of someone that beats up women for fun. I may hit a bitch, but never a pure innocent soul that did nothing wrong in the world. Tama did nothing wrong, yet they whipped her for hours, taking pleasure in it. I saw his memories and every emotion he felt. His mom saw what he was doing but pretended Tama was nonexistent . Now that I have the power, I made him suffer unlike when Sayo was killed.

Tama is innocent and kind. Seeing the way she looked at me after what she saw. Does she think I'm a monster? I did what I did because they deserve it. Not because I like doing it. When it comes to the people I love, I will burn the world. Athena wouldn't understand. I know she 's worried about me, but there are some things I need to do on my own.    

The next day, Rukito wakes up and sees Elia sleeping next to him. She's sleeping, but her face looks angry. He turns and sees Athena still sleeping on his right. Wondering what to do, he carries Elia slowly and puts her in her room before getting dressed .

Rukito goes to his new office as it's his first day to do the work of a king. He is met with a lot of paperwork, dealing with the crises of rebuilding the places he destroyed as promised. Rukito assigns budgets and calls for the Aziz noble family to work with the Arora Estate Developers, who are a family of noble elves that build properties . Rukito has them work together as it's a good way to show his involvement by getting the best estate developers to help. Rukito gives them a blueprint of how he would like things to be.

Rukito receives a letter from another country. There seem to be nobles from another country . Rukito sends a group to escort the foreigners in. They are coming in from the southern region . Rukito wonders what they may want.

In the southeast of the borders, there is apparently a country called Tingyun. They are not as big as this country, but rumors have it they are very good when it comes to production. They may want to establish relations or have come to see if the country is weakened. I intentionally told my men to bring them through the elven region, as there's no sign of a war on this side. We can't show weakness. Right now, I want to rebuild that wasteland into a modern-looking city from my world. If they have good resources, that would be quite useful.

               "Your Majesty , Princess Elia is demanding to see you."

" Let her in."

         " Who's the new girl?"

"The new what now?"

           "The girl you were cuddling with last night"

"Oh, that! I was going to tell you about her , but it seems you were cooped up in your room."

        "Also, what is she? At first, I thought she was human, but her aura is different. In fact, your aura changed a little, and it's similar to hers."

"You noticed? Well, I guess I can't hide it from you." (Rukito tells her the story, leaving out a few details.)

         "What can you use as another form of energy, other than aether or mana, and what did she do ?!"

" It's not her fault, but yeah, she is a void vampire."

            "So, where did you learn how to use VE, and how did you learn necromancy ?"

"Ahh... I developed it myself."

            "So she can sleep in your bed, but I can't? Hmph !"

"Come here; don't be mad. Plus, you did come in. Also, who said you can't sleep with me ? You never came to my room or asked, so I never knew you would like that stuff."

       " It's not like I want to sleep with you; I just feel you out with the other girls and ... leave it!"

"Wait don't go..."

Even now, she's still acting like a tsundere. I'm sorry, Elia; I know I have not spent time with you, but I will definitely make time.

The next day, the foreigners finally arrive. Rukito goes to the throne room as they are 2 minutes away. What are they here for? Why did the foreign king send them? Are they here for economic growth, or do they have other plans?