Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 254 The Changes

"What… was that all about?"

An hour. It took Rhys an entire hour to get from the edge of the city to Wilder's Harem's HQ — no, at this point, it was no longer Wilder's Harem's HQ, it was just Rhys's residence as Wilder's Harem had already been disbanded. But of course, that is beside the point.

The point was that it took him an hour to get there because of all the people blocking his path, wanting to touch him, and some even kneeling and praying in front of him. Of course, Rhys quickly and very gently gestured to them to stop and stand up, but as soon as Rhys saw the disappointment and hurt in their eyes as he did that, the only thing he could really do was smile and hasten his pace.

Even now that he was inside the HQ, Rhys could hear the people shouting for his name. Of course, Rhys was not that dense to not realize that people look up to him; after all, that was his goal in the first place — but it was never his role to be some type of religious figure, and with the way he was being treated by these people, it sort of feel like he is.

"That was fucking insane. And… is this your place?"

Dominique, the cenleons, and all the others had no choice but to follow Rhys first — they were initially going to set up their own place, but since the people were still making a commotion, the only thing they could really do was follow Rhys inside the HQ building.

And suffice it to say, all of them were as overwhelmed as Rhys, all perhaps Talia, who had just been nodding her head in satisfaction since earlier.

"I truly expected no less from you, my Fuhrer — I have underestimated just how much influence you have outside the prison," Talia let out a small chuckle as she looked at all the people outside, waving their hands to get Rhys's attention, "To think you are being looked upon like a god by everyone."

"Not by everyone, and I didn't even know these people were going to be here," Rhys sighed.

"Their numbers don't matter," Talia shook her head, "All it takes is one single spark, and the rest will follow. Although, it is such a shame that most of them are dreg—are lowborns. Of course, I do not mean anything bad with that."

"...How can you not mean anything bad from that?" Dominique raised an eyebrow as she looked at Talia, "I forgot that you're like stuck in the past or something, you're ancient. By the way, just so you know, Lowborn slavery has already been abolished."

"I was born after that," Talia rolled her eyes.

"Rhys Wilder, you told me that you were just some sort of soldier — explain yourself." And as Dominique, Talia, and the other humans were talking and expressing their awes with what was happening, Prince Abu approached Rhys with his arms crossed,

"If I knew you were a fellow monarch, I would not have treated you with such disdain — of course, I might still have because you are human, but that might have lessened my aggression."

"Rhys Wilder always had the aura of a monarch." Edissa, who was now practically Rhys's shadow and followed behind him everywhere, stood beside Rhys with a wide smile on her face, "I always knew this the very first time he rescued us from the Ice Warden."

"...You hated me," Rhys looked at Edissa in disbelief.

"That is not true at all," Edissa then stood back, refusing to elaborate any further. She was, however, replaced by the woman in Rhys's life who could actually control shadow.

"Maria… where are all the people?" Rhys quickly asked Maria when she emerged from his shadow.

"What do you mean, Rhys Wilder? They are right there outside," Maria pointed at the masses still lingering outside the HQ.

"I meant the members—the previous members of the guild," Rhys sighed, "I know it was disbanded, but they are always free to stay inside the HQ until they can get their bearings."

"They all left," Maria shook her head.

"I… see."

"Not in the way you think," Maria shook her head, "They now all have a place in Wilder City, some bought houses and others live in the apartments we built — truth be told, the entire area within 30 miles is now in your name; as well as several buildings, some we leased to interested parties."

"What…? How did we even afford that?"

"The Enkland Royal family," Maria just shrugged, "Princess Agatha and Princess Victoria bought the land in your name — objectively speaking, you should replace Lina with one of them as members of your main harem. All Lina contributes is that she is the prettiest among us, but that could fade with time."

"...There's no harem," Rhys just shook his head as he finally had the energy to walk around the empty HQ and look around, "Who is going to live in this place, then? Should we just make it some sort of gathering area?"

"Consider this your castle, Rhys Wilder," Maria shook her head, "As you can see, we redecorated it a little bit to make it into a residence fitting for you."

"...This place is too big."

"I would argue it is too small," Maria once again shook her head, "Me, Katarina, Lina, Ayesha, Victoria, Agatha, and now I suppose Talia is going to live here as well, and of course the cenleon — all of us would take turns… taking care of you, or of course, at we could do it at the same time like before."

"W—"

"Like before…!?" And before Rhys could even say anything, Dominique moved between the two and looked Rhys in the eyes. And after a few seconds of staring at him, a wide and cheeky smile crawled on her face, "No way… you did the menage e trois with this robot and the grandma!? What the…

...Let's give it up for the Big Boss, yo! So fucking lucky this guy!" Dominique then ran away before Rhys could even respond and started giving the members of her gang the high-five.

"I suppose I should also prepare a room for Dominique," Maria then smiled at Rhys, "I believe she would be a great addition to the house of Wilder and to the harem."

"She's not like that."

"Oh, fuck yes, I am!" Dominique hit Rhys's arm, "Helaena and I are going to stay here."

"Helaena…?" Rhys blinked a couple of times, "What happened to the other one?"

"Oh, we broke up," Dominique shrugged, "So, where are we going to stay then?"

"Please, follow me," Maria gestured to Dominique to follow her, "You too, Talia."

"Wait, Maria — where are the others?" Rhys asked.

"Ayesha is away on important matters of the state. I do believe Lina and the princesses are out shopping for Holes, and K is working at the hospital," Maria said.

"Buying… Holes? Why are you saying that like they're just buying clothes?" Rhys let out a short but very deep sigh. The pockets of the Enkland royal family are… unlimited, "And hospital…?"

"Yes," Maria nodded, "She can't leave since she's on duty. You do not have to worry about the cenleons, just tell them to follow me and I will get them situated in their lodgings…

…you should visit her."

***

"Oh my god!"

And Rhys did visit the hospital — he was only expecting some sort of large clinic, but it truly was an entire hospital; staffed with nurses and all sorts of people. He had really only been gone for a short time, and everything had already changed.

Unlike earlier, he got to the hospital without any problems. He only needed to ask the people for some space, and to treat him like a normal person and just greet him, and they all just quickly gave it to him without any more questions asked.

But of course, once again, a commotion happened as soon as he entered the hospital as all the staff were shocked to see him there. Fortunately, all of them were professionals and none approached Rhys… or it might also be because Edissa was behind him.

"Good afternoon, Ma'am."

"Y… yes? Very good…?"

And as Rhys walked to the information desk, the lady she approached could not help but just stutter; her eyes, not really knowing where to look as Rhys talked to her.

"Can I ask where Dr. Lopez is?"

"Dr. Lopez…? Ah, Director Lopez?" The lady once again stuttered, "She just went into surgery, she… should be back in a few hours. You… you can wait in the lobby and I'll call for her once she's done. Or… if you want I have a break in 10 minutes? Maybe…"

"I'll wait for her in the lobby," Rhys smiled, causing the lady to just stop breathing there and then, "Thank you, Ma'am."

"Oh my god… oh my god, that was Rhys Wilder."

"He's even more handsome than the photos."

"The female humans, I can smell them ovulating as soon as you get close to them," Edissa, who was quietly following Rhys from behind, walked beside him and whispered, "You could have a thousand offspring if you wanted, Rhys. Why do you not mate with them?"

"That's… not how it works here," Rhys sighed, "You… only mate with people you care about, at least that's what it is like for me."

"...Then you care about me, Rhys?" Edissa also sat beside Rhys's chair as he waited.

"Of course," Rhys looked Edissa in the eyes as he placed his hand on her chin, "You are one of my people now."

"Then…

…can you give me an offspring?"