LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 1532
I couldn’t return to my official bedroom, because that was in the dungeon which was currently undergoing a growth period. From the moment I had decided to put my dungeon there, we had known that this would be a problem, which is why I had a second bedroom in the mansion itself, although it existed in the same interconnecting passage as Elaya’s bedroom. This naturally had prompted the rest of the girls to want their bedrooms down there as well, and now the entire underground passage feeding into the dungeon had become filled with bedrooms for each of the girls.
It kind of made it feel like we were vampires or something, but magic lighting kept it bright enough, and being as it was underground, I didn’t have to worry about it getting too hot or too cold. If anything, it sat just a bit colder, which turned out to be just the right temperature to motivate the girls to climb into my bed at night. It also was the safest place in the city, should some disaster strike us and the mansion was blown away. Such a predicament might have seemed ridiculous to me a few months prior, but after seeing how powerful my enemies could become, I realized there was a real risk.
Once we had dealt with the lingering threat from Dioshin, I would discuss upgrading our defenses. The church had once surrounded Chalm with a spiritual barrier that restricted the dungeon’s growth and kept the spirits from leaving and causing trouble on the border of Aberis. I believed that there had to be some kind of way to create a similar barrier around Chalm that would protect it from magical attacks and armies. Terra’s city wall was good for simple monsters, but I always wanted to power a defensive barrier that could withstand the igniting of a dungeon core.
“Master…”
And none of that was particularly important as I stood there at that moment with Lydia in my arms. I gently laid her down in my bed, and then I reached out and stroked her hair. She looked up at me, her eyes lacking any hesitation or nervousness. I thought back to the first time we had ever been together. It was right after we defeated Mina’s dungeon. We were tired, scared, and alone. It was just the two of us against an insurmountable world.
Back then, our love was new and childish. We were like teenagers, easily giving our hearts because we had no experience. We had only known each other for a week, and it was hard to say if our love was genuine, or rushed and foolish. She had given herself to me out of fear that she would never have another chance, and I had taken her out of naivety. There were likely plenty of relationships that had fallen apart right there, and even our relationship had been brutally pulled apart just as it bloomed due to the pettiness of Otto Tibult.
Yet, I had bought her back, and even if I gypped myself and took on a bit more risk, I had never regretted my decision. The pair of us were no longer like that young and naïve couple. It may have only been half a year or so later, but the both of us had experienced so much, together and apart, and it had matured us to far beyond that inexperienced couple. We both looked different. Lydia had matured and aged a little, her body becoming tone and slick, her facial features more mature and less childish. Her hair had deepened in color, the light black stripes had darkened, and the orange becoming richer. I had changed as well. I was no longer the chubby little boy who lacked confidence.
Our changes weren’t skin deep. We had also matured mentally as well. We both understood loss and understood what love truly meant. Our love had deepened to a point where we both knew we’d be together forever, and there was nothing that would ever change that. I understood Lydia, and she understood me. Our souls were irrevocably linked.
With a touch, I brought her clothing and my own into my soul world, stripping us naked instantly. With that, we fell into the bed together.