162 Demanding Main Ques (1/2)

”What did you just say?”

Konrad's eyes flashed with annoyance. Did cultivators also have audition problems?

”I wish to serve his majesty to the best of my abilities.”

”No, before that.”

”Oh, my intentions are pure.”

Konrad waved Nils goodbye with the back of his left hand before taking his leave.

But then, an unexpected event occurred. Nils summoned her energy sword and hacked it at Konrad's neck.

He was startled.

The blow was fast, but not fast enough for him to avoid. However, doing so would expose his cultivation.

Therefore, he stood still. Gambling on Nils' character and a probe, he let the sword reach his neck. It stopped right before the blade could touch his flesh.

”Why didn't you dodge it?”

Nils asked while keeping her sword aligned with Konrad's neck.

”Your highness must be jesting. How could I with my peak True Priest cultivation dodge your sword? If you want to kill me, I cannot resist.”

Nils' frown deepened. The sword vanished, and she grabbed Konrad by the shoulder, forcing him to face her.

She stared deep into those eyes of his. The shape wasn't something she recalled. However, the expression echoed with her mind to bring back the image of a green-haired, nature serpent youth. She imagined his illusory face standing next to Konrad's and superimposed them to look for the similarities in their gazes.

”My intentions are pure.” In her short life, Nils had only heard that statement twice. Both from Anselm's lips. How coincidental that this troubling Konrad now spoke the same. Were they somehow related? Thinking of that possibility, excitement filled her chest.

But then she recalled Anselm's fate, and it all died down.

”My apologies. I was muddled for one second.”

She let go of Konrad's shoulders, and with sorrowful eyes, turned heels and left.

”How could a dead person reappear in someone else? Have I become so pathetic that I seek the dead in complete strangers? Wake up Nils.”

Seeing the lonely back she left behind, Konrad sighed.

”Where was the flaw? How did she get doubts? Is it what I said?

Troubling. In the future, I should be more careful.”

Konrad naturally didn't memorize everything he'd told Nils on the day they first met. His feelings just didn't have that depth.

Upon returning to his palace, he locked himself in his room and activated the system to check his new quest.

”Main Quest, level 6:

Description: Congratulations, Harem Grandmaster! A solid foundation is established. Thus, it is now time to expand the host's reach within the empire to stand below one and above the rest.

Level 6 Objectives:

1: Conquer 120 beauties of the Arch-Rank or above.

2: Take control of the imperial harem in its entirety.

3: Take control of the low and mid-level nobility while subduing at least thirty percent of the high-nobility houses.

4: Control more than fifty percent of the empire's economy.