Continent 1
Center City, the grandest metropolis of the Cent Kingdom, spans over 15,000 square kilometers alone, making it one of the mightiest cities in the greatest empire on the continent. Bursting with resources, commerce, technology, and modern conveniences, it blends knightly architecture with Renaissance flair. Some elements are surprisingly advanced for a fantasy world—mana-powered public transport, intra-city warp points, news mirrors in wealthy homes (like TVs), and more, as far as a fantasy-modern hybrid world allows.
Buildings are exquisitely crafted, as if meticulously planned. MP-powered streetlights illuminate the roads, lining the massive Free Markets scattered across the city. Parks, shopping districts, and nearly every imaginable facility abound. The city hosts 16 adventurer guilds, completely independent from quest or mission requests from the 10 external nations, with the largest guild branch smack in the center.
The city's outskirts are tiered. The outer zones feature agriculture and monster livestock farms. Farther out, walls encircle dungeons and nearby forests, with rest stops and services set up like tourist resorts, offering safety and convenience for adventurers leveling up. The costs and taxes are steep, but worth it compared to other places. High-level dungeons and monsters farther out have periodic watchposts and warp points, making leveling, earning money, and travel a breeze.
Roads, security systems, and magical barriers line the routes all the way to the outlying villages, which are so large, modern, and posh they outshine entire cities in other nations.
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Noon, Day 599 of my journey in this world.
Sasamel's body lies bare on the bed, exhausted from the king's relentless morning passion, showing no restraint despite her pregnancy.
Should I blame myself for buffing Sasamel's body with this kind of ability…?
"Ohhh~ His Majesty went way too hard… My body can recover, but he didn't exactly help with that, did he?"
Sasamel grumbles in a soft, trembling voice, pushing herself up to sit. Her gaze drops to her slightly rounded belly, her still-damp hand gently stroking it.
Thump, thump…
"Mommy's baby, kicking so much… There, there."
Hmm… The child in her womb is squirming big time… Probably protesting why Mommy's shaking so much, reacting instinctively even though I didn't mean to make the baby move.
"Sorry, little one. Daddy's a bit too smitten with Mommy. My fault for teasing him too much."
Oh!
If anyone's thinking, "Hey, Mr. Protagonist, you're pregnant!?"—yep! Haha! Starting to feel less like a hero every day, huh!?
But as you know, I chose this path myself (going full-on girl mode over guy). Whatever's natural for a woman, I've got to embrace naturally…
Sasamel is about to become a mom! Though, in reality, without me, this would've been impossible… (Oh, this isn't Sasamel's first body to get pregnant, by the way. I just never mentioned the others! Too shy!!)
As I explained back in Chapter 80, after discovering the continents and getting a rough grasp of the goddesses' games through the events I've witnessed, I started stepping into the spotlight more subtly, slipping into high-ranking figures just enough to avoid breaking everything. Right…?
So how did I end up as the queen? And what's this about being a queen possessing another queen…?
Phew!
"Ugh, craving something sour so bad. But first, I need another bath in case His Majesty comes back this afternoon…"
Ding!
"Here we are, Your Majesty! Oh!"
"At your service, Your Majesty… Ahh~"
"At your service, milady… Gulp, mmm~"
The three maids, summoned by the bell, catch sight of Sasamel's barely covered figure and can't help but bite their lips with longing…
"Clean the room and prep it for the next round. Oh… If you finish before I'm done bathing, you can join me."
"Eek, yes, milady!" x3
"Hurry up! I'm dying to touch Your Majesty!"
"I know! You, go grab the linens from the laundry!"
"I'll prep everything quick!"
Sasamel flashes a sly, teasing smile at the maids, who scramble in a frenzy of eagerness. She staggers slightly as she rises, heading to the bathroom. Her stunning figure—save for the slightly rounded belly—stands proudly before the mirror, her eyes tracing every curve from bottom to top.
The expectant queen slowly touches her lips, sliding her fingers down to her neck and chest. She was the first to endure something rather cruel, and uniquely special, making me feel guilty at times. But it's too late now…
I feel her beauty—truly my own. My emotions, my desires, all truly mine… yet also hers. Ugh, it's complicated, isn't it?
"Almost perfectly one, huh… Using this method."
How do I put it…? As you can see, if this weren't my body but really her, would her stunning looks and sharp, greedy eyes—screaming "villainous beauty" at first glance—match her personality? Yes. She's as evil as her face suggests… Purely wicked, not the "bad parents, bad kid" kind. Born rotten to the core.
And what did her actions cause? Back when I first arrived in this kingdom, when I wasn't planning to interfere, she was already ambitious. Using her father's favor with the king to climb the ranks, she wielded a unique skill she was born with to assassinate the previous queen, who couldn't bear children. She systematically eliminated the king's female confidants and potential candidates with cunning plans, leaving no suspicion on her. Even maids near the king were tortured or killed if they didn't submit. She charmed the masses, exploited the king's kind and naive (or dumb) nature to become queen, and slowly poisoned him, letting him waste away without anyone noticing or bothering to heal him, status be damned.
Hmm, classic plot, right? Some of you might ask, "Hey, if that's all, why not let the world balance itself? Didn't you say you wouldn't interfere?" True, I was going to let it slide… But there are reasons:
Center City holds a "Secret Weapon"… A total game-changer for heroes. (More on that later; let's stick with Sasamel for now.)
The timing… was just too perfect.
End of Chapter 87
To Her Beauty, Which Is Truly Her Own