SON OF THE HERO KING

The next two days went swimmingly well. One of the minor events they had to care about was Christmas but he left this for Clara and La Befana to handle. This was his way of having fun. After all, letting an elf and the one whose name was related to the literal female Santa was comedy at its peak. Sadly, only Kali could understand his humor.

On his schedule, the meeting with the elves who were now under his order turned out to be more draining than anything else. In more ways than one.

The elves looked at him as if he were some kind of pop star or perhaps a deity walking on earth. A few of them even fainted when he hugged them as a reward.

This was nothing but a taste of what would happen when he reached Southern Pride. Sol had to admit that the experience was definitely overwhelming.

One of the few who had managed to stay calm enough in his presence was given the role of captain among this batch of elves. But behind her stoic expression, he was able to feel her joy as they discussed and shared simple niceties.

Sol spent the entire day with them. They were to become his personal guards in the future. They would remain in the light, known to all.

This was a form of propaganda. Sol planned to go through the files of elves, beastmen, dwarves, and demons with high enough skills who might have not joined the government for whatever reasons and promote them to his personal guards.

Lustburg was greatly integrated and was also the kingdom with the most diverse population. But because of the war, the tension between beastmen and humans as well as dwarves and humans was steadily increasing.

Even more so against the dwarves.

After all, even if they were dissatisfied, Lustburg had won the war against Wratharis and the new Queen of Wratharis was his fiancée. This was enough to shake up many belligerents.

The situation with Greed Dike was inherently different. The dwarves had repeatedly attacked Lustburg, both politically and economically. Thanks to that, people were starting to see dwarves born and raised in Lustburg as nothing but Pariah.

Sol explained his plan to the elves. It wasn’t like he could change the opinion of those deeply entrenched in their ways. But as long as he could stop the feeling of hate and resentment from spreading through the masses then it would be more than enough. They did not want a Civil War on their hands.

The elves seemed more than happy to help him. Though he cringed at the words she used. While no negative words were used per se. It was clear that she more or less looked down on humans as well. Something like an inferior civilization with only a thousand years to their name.

Her natural reaction was a wake-up call for Sol.

The elves loved him.

The elves worshiped him.

They respected him.

But it was important to remember that the one those feelings were addressed to was Sol Dragona the Dragon Emperor. Not Sol Luxuria, the Crown Prince of Lustburg.

Clara had already told him quite clearly that elves' innate arrogance dictated all mortal races as their inferior.

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The good thing was that the elves and half-elves born and raised in Lustburg did not seem to share the same feelings for the most part.

On the next day after dealing with the dark elves, Sol started focusing on his training.

His rise from Duke to King was accompanied by many new powers, skills, and attributes he needed to both understand and master.

Until now he had been using his power more or less instinctively. He knew that he could not continue like this if he wanted to succeed in his goals. In that regard, Adam was a godsend as he helped him get tuned in with his powers.

At the end of the day, however, he needed to walk his own road. Adam could only guide him along the better path and offer his insights and knowledge into the many deeply rooted secrets of the universe. He could not completely guide him down his path, after all, they had vastly different powers and fighting styles.

Unlike Sol, Adam did not have a particularly strong body when he was still your average human. So, he had to focus on developing his techniques and long-range attacks. He did not favor close combat like Sol.

Nowadays, Sol also opted to lean towards Adam’s style of fighting. But he also never forgot to train his body and the best for such training was none other than…. Echidna.

Echidna had been extremely calm during this period of time, mainly leaving the body to Nuwa for her to use.

Sol had yet to explain the situation about Nuwa to everyone but he knew that he could not keep them in the dark for long. Keeping secrets was one thing, but hiding something so crucial was on a whole different scale. Still, no matter how much he wished to reveal everything to his lovers, something would happen and distract him, making him push the discussion away.

Deep down, Sol knew that he was really just stalling the matter. Claiming to be busy in the past was one thing. But now that he could separate his mind, he was just bullshitting at this point.

The simple truth was that he did not know how they would react and he was hesitant. Even scared in a way.

This allowed him an inkling into Camelia’s past mindset and if he had to be honest, the secret he was holding from them was bigger than anything Camelia ever hid from him.

Closing the Bible of the All-Seeing Radiant Lord, Sol released a rueful sigh. He had been focusing on understanding the contents of this book when he had some free time, which basically was less work than no work at all.

But be as it may, no matter how much he tried to focus on the words, his mind kept going back to the matter of Echidna.

Soon he would get married and even be crowned as the King of Lustburg. He did not want to start his marriage with such a big secret in his mind. This was different from his identity as a Reincarnator. That was a personal secret and affected only him.

Sitting behind him with her hand on his back was none other than Echidna. To aid him in his training, she would constantly strengthen the circulation of his energy in the right way. Studying his own circulation allowed her to come up with more theories and increase the efficacy of the technique.

From what Echidna was telling him, the Seven Chakra opening seemed incomplete for now. Why did this phenomenon happen was not something she could explain properly. Each of the Seven Great Chakra shouldn’t just give him more power but also give him certain skills and abilities alongside it.

Sol was quite intrigued and was willing to explore this technique with her. Even Adam had been baffled by the Seven Chakra opening. From what Adam told him. On Earth, while the concept of Seven Chakra pathways existed, he did not follow the path of unlocking all of them. Adam had never been able to open all his chakra and only used what was the equivalent of the Crown Chakra.

If he had been able to have such a technique and open all his Seven Chakra when he was still a mortal, perhaps many of the sad things that happened to him would have never happened.

Listening to his words made Sol more and more curious about Adam’s past. But the old supreme god was incredibly reticent in sharing more information beyond a certain point about him. What he did know was that, unlike Sol's current life, Adam’s life had not been easy by any means, marred with constant struggle and loss.

“Don’t be distracted,” Echidna spoke as she took her hand away and stood up. “Let’s stop here. Trying to move your energy when you are not cooperating is too tiring for this body. Nuwa has been complaining to me every day. What is the matter with you?”

Giving her a small smile, Sol stood up alongside Echidna. A simple shirt draped his upper body as he gazed at the Mother of all Chimera. In the end, Sol made his decision.

“I am going to call Lilith, Theresa, Pandora, Camelia, and Persephone here.”