The Rise of the Black Plain

Pa!

Gloria's right hand lightly slapped one of young Stuart's cheeks, leaving a slightly reddish mark on his white skin.

Sensing this, young Stuart's pupils contracted as he felt that perhaps he had crossed the line with Gloria by advancing against her like that.

Gulp!

"I'm sorry if you didn't like it..." He was about to say something but was soon interrupted by the hand of that young Spiritual Emperor.

Gloria then smiled at him, watching him with interest, as if she was now the one who was the predator here.

"I didn't say I didn't like it..."

"That was just a warning so that you won't try to advance against me so suddenly." She said, walking against young Stuart, leading him toward another wall in that room. 

"Oh?" He was surprised, somewhat pleased at how the situation was developing.

And as they looked into each other's eyes, Minos continued his previous movements, moving towards those reddened lips, full of desire to have this woman.

"Mmmmmm~"

But as Minos felt the sweet taste of Gloria's tongue and measured her dimensions, his fingers suddenly ran towards the buttons of her clothes, trying to advance in this unfamiliar field.

"Mmmmmm~"

However, as he made his movements while the tongues of the two danced a hard-to-understand dance, the hands of the beautiful redhead stopped those of Minos.

Sensing this, he opened his eyes again, once more feeling his lips parting from Gloria's. "What? I thought you agreed." He said in confusion.

She then looked at him in silence for a moment as she smiled graciously at him in a way that was only further stimulating young Stuart. "Albert, you are very confident to come over here and think you will get into my clothes after kissing me for a few moments..."

Minos' eyes then sharpened as he bit his lower lip, feeling that it would not be so easy for him to feel a little more of the warmth of this goddess in front of him. 

"You didn't like it? Why don't we continue?"

"I liked it..." She spoke in a low voice, messing even more with the nerves of the young man she was hugging. "I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but..."

"But?" His eyes continued to follow the movements of her pupils while the foreheads of the two were resting against each other.

"But that will be our limit."

"If you want to kiss me and touch me the way I am, we can do that. But for more, hehe..." She laughed once again as she used one of her hands to feel his chest.

"You need to be at least as strong as a Spiritual Emperor... After that, we can try to get to know each other better..."

"And so, maybe you can convince me to that." She said as she licked her lips, teasing Minos' competitive side.

Gloria was an ambitious woman. But she had also been raised in an environment that valued women's purity, which taught young women like her to seek only one partner in their lives.

Hence, not only could she not be that interested in someone of such a lower level than herself, she would not give up her virginity for someone who might not be part of her life.

Gloria would instead save that for the future passion of her life, the man she would join in building a family with.

As for 'Albert,' he looked nothing like that individual, and she could not help but hold back from breaking her ideas just because this young man knew how to mess with her feelings.

"Is that so?" 

"Hmmm, but don't be offended. I'm not diminishing your abilities. It's just that I value that step very highly..."

Minos' eyes then sharpened even more as he felt an even greater interest in this woman. 'If that's the way it is, then I don't think it will take me long to get this...'

After thinking about that, he then said in a confident tone. "All right, I'll be as strong as a Spiritual Emperor, and we'll try to get to know each other better." 

"Oh?"

"Do you truly want to make that effort just to get into my clothes?"

"Are you by any chance a pervert, Albert?" She smiled as she said this.

"Hahaha, maybe I am..." He whispered to her.

"But I believe I will be able to achieve that little step sooner than you think, my dear Gloria."

"Hehehe, I want to see that."

After exchanging those words, Minos and Gloria once again returned to kissing. And then, this young man continued to stimulate this woman to make her desire more.

But Gloria's will was not weak, and even though she felt her body 'melting' from Minos' touches, she held herself to her ideals.

"Mmmmmmmmm~"

...

After a fascinating night, but without any more profound consequence, Minos and Gloria set off towards that state's capital, the city of Athela.

And due to the ability of their beasts, in a short time, they were already in the vicinity of this complex urban center, home to millions of inhabitants.

With this, Minos, for the second time in his life, was passing through this great city in the northern part of the Central Continent, a place where he had previously done much business.

As for Gloria, she had only been to this place on two occasions in the past ten years, the period when she had taken over the branch of the Spiritual Church in this region.

That way, they both already knew the basics of this place, and when they arrived in the vicinity of Athela, they went directly to a place where they could leave their beasts, as they could not fly around the city with them.

"Albert, what will you do from now on?" Gloria asked this right after they left the place where they had hosted those beasts.

Upon hearing such a thing, Minos smiled, thinking about how his actions would surely come to this woman's attention in the coming days. "Hehe, that's a secret..."

"Things related to the organization I'm part of..."

"Really?"

"Do you intend to stay here for long?"

He then shook his head in denial. "I don't think so. My mission shouldn't be that long. In less than a week, I should be far from here."

"So, that's it..." She said in a slightly disappointed tone.

She might not have been willing to allow Minos to deflower her, but that did not mean that Gloria did not enjoy being with this young man. After all, few men in a similar situation to him dared to interact so genuinely with her.

And considering how tedious the next few weeks would be, it would not be a bad idea for her to spend some more time with him.

She then said in a suggestive tone. "Then how about you join me for a meal? I think I still have some time before my subordinates discover my arrival." 

"I'm sorry, Gloria, I intend to start my business in this place right away, so, unfortunately, I won't be able to do that..."

"Really? What a shame, then I guess we'll say goodbye here." She lamented as she made her way toward Minos, intending to kiss his cheek.

"I hope we'll see each other in the future." 

Returning Gloria's gesture, Minos smiled calmly and commented in her ear. "I have the impression that we will see each other very soon..."

"Is that so?"

"Hmmm, but let's leave that subject for the future, hehe..."

"I hope you won't forget those words from before... I will surely do my part." He laughed as he was already walking in the opposite direction of Gloria while waving one of his hands and looking back.

"As long as you don't take too long..."

And with that, Minos and Gloria said their goodbyes as they entered that large city, with one heading towards the center to settle her official affairs here while the other went to the local suburbs.

Gloria had the royal succession and funeral matters to deal with while Minos was about to begin his investigations in this city.

He might not have had contact with those two princes, but one of them, he knew very well how to recognize such a person's spiritual fluctuation. As for the other, this young man was almost sure that he could find Wilfred in the royal palace, a place he would 'visit.'

With that, he finally began his official business outside the Black Plain!

''Finally, I'll be able to relax a little more...' He thought about it as he smiled underneath the mask on his face.

'Oh, Gloria, you don't know how pleasurable our meeting was...' He thought about it as one of his fingers 'massaged' the spatial ring that held the high-level grade-2 sword.

'I wonder how long it will take you to figure it out...'

"Anyway, time to work!"