Son of the Hero King

Sol chuckled for a while before lying down on the nappe, a smile stretched his face as he muted out the sounds of the prayers reaching him. He wondered if the goddesses went through the same things he did but now wasn’t the time to think about them. He had a queen to focus his attention on.

His hand approached some of the food, but Pandora gently slapped it away. “No touching.” Sol merely snorted at her jest. However, it did not take long for a wide smile to stretch his lips as she willingly gave him a sandwich.

“Thanks,” said Sol and she waved him off.

“I mean. Technically, it’s your food. So I am just giving back to the original owner.”

Sol did not bother arguing with the passive-aggressive woman and simply bit into the sandwich. Nowadays, his need for food is basically non-existent. He could sustain himself for years by simply absorbing the mana in the atmosphere.

Still, good food would always be good food and he could wager there was no being in existence who did not like eating tasty food.

“You act like you haven’t eaten anything in days.” She spoke, resting her chin on the palm of her hand as she observed Sol.

Recently, Sol had been so busy that it was incredibly hard just to get a glimpse of the man. However, Pandora knew that she had not particularly sought him either. Their relationship was still very, very awkward.

“Well…” Swallowing the food in his mouth, Sol said, “I have been very busy lately, and I need some energy now.”

“I doubt a sandwich can fulfill the energy needs of a dragon.” Pandora could not help herself from shaking her head in disbelief at his remark.

“Heh, no matter. The taste alone is good enough to fill my belly. Is Milia the one who made this?” He asked with curiosity in his voice.

“Aren’t you all-knowing or something? Why not find just the truth?” She smiled and Sol answered in jest, “Then where would be the fun left in life?” Knowing everything that was about to happen before it could even happen was not fun by any means.

Sol was extremely attuned to the Karma Threads by now. Seeing the future when it was affected by many powerful entities simultaneously was still hard for him, true, but figuring out who made the food was trivial at best.

“I don’t like saying something as cliché as me wishing to keep a semblance of normality. But it’s really what I think.” He finished the sandwich and sighed to himself.

“I will live a long life with all of you guys. Wouldn’t it be a shame if I became bored with our shared future just because I was too curious?”

“Our Shared Future?” She could not help but question him.

“Indeed. Our future. You are included in the Happy Ending I envision. Our meeting was not on the best terms, and I will be the first to admit that I regret some of the decisions I made at the time. But I refuse to live forever in regrets and self-doubts. What about you?” He asked, his eyes staring fixedly at her enchanting face.

“I…” Pandora opened her mouth and hesitated for a brief time before laying out the thoughts in her mind, “I do not think I love you, Sol.” She decided to start by making a clear confession to him.

“I think you are an admirable man. You brought on many miracles over the few months since you became active and many people now either fear or respect you, myself included. Young, skilled, talented, powerful, and so many more qualities that I believe I am unable to list them all. Still, I do not think what I feel for you is love. Though I can definitely say that I feel lust.”

She gave a self-deprecating laugh. However, she did not feel ashamed. Sex with Sol had been… well, she could not describe it exactly since she mostly passed out towards the end. But it had been a world-rocking experience.

Sol was not surprised, they had only met two times before they had their first time together. The relationship was as unstable as they came. But he was kinda used to these unstable relationships by now. After all, he had a very similar relationship with Persephone in the past.

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“I understand.” He did not push her, opting to fully listen to what she wanted to relay to him.

“Though I do not yet love you and my experience with you is very limited. I believe you are a man worth trusting and following.” Pandora had been a silent observer. She had watched how Sol went above and beyond to save Lilith and how seriously he took his job as the interim king of his kingdom.

Sol was a man she would love to get a better understanding of. “Furthermore, whether I want it or not, we are g-getting m-married soon, r-right?” She stammered every so slightly at the end, blushing at the thought.

A marriage sounded so distant to her in the past. She had never been one to long for such a thing throughout her life.

“Though it will just be a marriage of convenience, I wish to be of help to you.” This was an accord they went into for the purpose of achieving their respective goals. She would help Sol conquer the world, and he would help her control her kingdom according to her rules.

“It won’t just be a marriage of convenience.” Sol finally stopped her there. “Well, at least I hope it won’t just be a marriage of convenience.”

He gave a sheepish grin and looked ahead. “Do you know what my dream is?”

His question seemed pretty random given the current topic, but she decided to not stop him from explaining himself to her. “Becoming the strongest? Ascending to godhood? Become the Emperor or maybe God King of the Lower realm?”

She even gave a few examples of what she thought his ambitions to be based on what she had gathered about him.

“You see… The thing is, becoming the strongest, having everyone bow to me. All of those sound pretty good, yeah. But the reality is that that is pretty good. But in the end, those points are not what I seek. Only to attain that goal.”

Sol waved his hand a ball of light floated on top of his palm. “When you seek power for the sake of attaining more power, all that results in is finding yourself alone on the top with no one to accompany you. My wish is much simpler and yet much more difficult than just that.”

He gave her a large boyish smile, his eyes curving into crescents, his mouth showing his teeth, and the light of the sun shining from behind him.

“I wish to reach my Happily Ever After with all my loved ones. I wish to bring them all eternal happiness and ensure that, even when I stand at the peak of this universe, I will never be alone.”

Love, happiness, fullfilment. Those were the feelings that had always filled his heart.

“Pandora. Let me ask you this… Do you wish to be part of my Happily Ever After?” It was a very direct question. But Pandora knew what she wanted.

“I do.” Love could be developed. But she could make do with Trust for now.

“I like your goal.”

As a succubus, she was a follower of the Dream Path. Sol’s goal was indeed nothing short of a Dream at the moment. But she found it to be one of the most beautiful dreams anyone could ever have. A simple yet endlessly challenging dream. A dream worth having.

Her heart beating a mile a minute, her hand went down in her basket, hoping to take some ham and make a sandwich for herself. However, she was soon met with a feeling of blankness.

Huh?

She looked down, only to be met with a completely empty basket, leaving her stunned. When she looked to her right, she could see the back of Sol as he ran away while holding the remaining food in his arms and even a ham sandwich in his mouth.

“Hold on a moment!” She called out but was baffled at the brazen response she soon received.

“You will never catch me!” Was all the answer she received as the distance continued to grow between thr duo.

What started as a simple picnic ended up as a frenetic and blood-pumping chase scenario as Pandora ran after Sol to stop him from devouring everything.

When she finally reached him and tackled him on the ground, she found himself mounting him,

“I got you.” Her heart was beating faster than she probably had ever felt it beating, and she knew that it wasn’t because of the small game of tag they had around the gardens.

Sol gazed at her with a mischievous smirk, his eyes twinkling. “Indeed. You caught me. What now?”

His voice was low, suggesting a clear invitation. But he made no clear advances on his part. This time, everything would depend on Pandora.

The answer he received was quite immediate as she bent down and bit down on the sandwich he was holding in his mouth. Once she swallowed a large chunk of the sandwich she could not stop herself from chuckling out loud. Her hand gently caressed his chest while her nails deftly tore his shirt apart.

“Well, now it’s time for me to feast on my prize, don’t you think?” She asked with a sultry voice.

“Well, let’s hope the hunter doesn’t transform into prey once again.” Pandora blushed in shame at his smug remark. She remembered the first time they had sex. She also went ahead, filled with bravado and confidence in her racial traits, only to be handed a miserable defeat.

But this time. This time it would be different.

As for Sol, he simply pulled them both in his dimension. Fun times were about to start.