Chapter 168: Clash of Wills
I felt only a slight pang of regret through me, as even that seemed to be mellowing out for me.
I sighed and got up from the pile of bodies littered around me. I remember Tina taking a fat load in her ass before walking away with a smile on her face. Her short body was getting rounder with my baby, and I didn\'t know how to feel as they all got closer and closer to giving birth.
Suddenly like, a chill down my spine as I remembered all the other things I should be thinking about. Not on how Mally got her to fill or how Em\' came in and rode my cock while feeding me some food she cooked. Instead, I remembered that I would have to sign the treaty and bring it home with me. This would be done in front of the House of Representatives before I brought it back to the elders.
The gathering should be happening soon, which is where the Trade deal would bring much more prosperity to the common people of all the tribes in the Beast-kin nation. This would do wonders for the war effort, and I couldn\'t think of anything better to bring back with me. Other than the hordes of women and men I would be bringing to fight the war.
That last thought made me think, and I rifted passed the bodies of women both that I knew and those that I didn\'t. I went up the stairs, quickly entered our apartment, and went to the bathroom to clean up. I saw Em\' whistling with a happy smile as she cooked some food when she spotted me. "Ah, Chelsea, you are awake! You let your urges control you for a day and almost two days.
It is morning, so I think Alexia and Yuri wouldn\'t have allowed you to continue celebrating. If they weren\'t, I wasn\'t about to let you continue celebrating with so many things that needed to be done." Emily smiled at me, but I could feel the steel in it.
It was nice to see steel in her expression. I could see her fond looks down at her stomach, which were filled with excitement for the future. But sometimes, without knowing it, she would show me those sad expressions looking down at her stomach. Since we were young, we had been together, and because of the child inside her, she couldn\'t go to war with me.
It was sad, but it was also life, and I felt a mixture of feelings thinking about the fact that she couldn\'t join me in the war effort. I felt sad that I couldn\'t be there for the birth of my children yet again if the pace of the war was nearing was right in my head. If not, I would fight to ensure that I could see every one of my closest women give birth.
I grinned instead of showing any worries on my face, "I am responsible; sometimes I will have you know, Emily," I told her.
"Yup, I just haven\'t seen it yet," Emily replied with a slight roll of her eyes, "Sill you get results, so I will forgive you."
I grinned at her clap back and made my way to the shower, "Well, I will be showering and preparing myself to sign some important papers." I replied. I couldn\'t help the smile on my face growing, "This was a major achievement, and I will get the ability to do some of the things I want to do in the future.
I just hope I can do everything I want for the kids in the future." Without noticing, my mind went to dark places, and I opened the door cutting the conversation short.
Emily knew I was thinking more and more about the war these days with it getting closer. For all I knew, at this point, we could have already declared war by the time I was back in the Beast-kin nation. I doubted it would happen that quickly, but it could always be true if the Empire was already onto us.
I sighed as I moved into the shower and started to wash. My body was almost sticky with every bodily fluid, and I felt like I needed more than just a mana bath. I needed this slow, methodical cleaning. I didn\'t know how much time I had, so I finished washing quickly. I sighed and found some black clothes that were in the same style as usual. I smiled and knew that Emily had laid them out for me.
Different from usual, though, there was a classy necklace and some bracelets for me to wear.
I looked at them, surprised but just put them on, and it looked in a mirror; it made me look a bit more classy. I smiled in recognition of that fact and stepped out. On the table, Emily had set some food out for me, and I couldn\'t help the smile on my face. I sat down and ate and only got a couple of bites in when Yuri burst through the door, looking around in a panic.
When her eyes settled on me, looking clean and eating, I could see the visible relief.
"Chelsea, The representatives would like to hold a ceremony as soon as possible since it is an open secret that you will be leaving soon. They have come to see you as the representative for the Beast-kin Nation to take back the agreement and to sign under a partial agreement saying that it will be shown to the Gathering of Tribes in the Beast-kin nation." Yuri said in a rush.
"I figured that it would be soon." I replied, taking another bite, "Where did you show them?" I asked.
"To a meeting room on the third floor. It is large enough to hold Francis and Kathy. They sent a Venomancer by the name of Geoffery as well." I frowned a little, thinking as I got up from the table.
"Emily, it was delicious," I called out, not seeing Emily at this moment. "I wish I could finish it all, but it seems I can\'t," I sighed as I finished before I began to follow Yuri out of the room.
There was a member of each major faction, and all of them in attendance wasn\'t something I was happy or sad about. It was something that was probably inevitable as this was a major piece of legislation, in my opinion. It would do wonders for both our economies and drive prices down remarkably.
Added on with the amount of money the Demon lands could make by selling weapons to our people, and you had what businessmen had wet dreams about.
I moved behind Yuri as she explained that Geoffery seemed to be in a foul mood about the whole vote and the fact that a Medusa changed their vote at the last minute screwing their faction. It brought to mind Mistress Sally whom I met just those few days ago, and I couldn\'t stop the shudder. I hoped that Mira found someone to keep a close eye on that woman as I felt she was dangerous.
I shook my head, banishing the thoughts of Mistress Sally as we reached the meeting room\'s doors. When we arrived, the door was already open, and I found a tall Scaley Venomancer with a light tinge of green on his skin. My instincts told me this Geoffery was a very strong B ranker. Someone on the level Jax.
It wasn\'t something I was too fond of seeing among enemies, but it was something I would have to live within this world.
"Ah, Representative Geoffery!" I said, my tone happy as I looked over the room. The man frowned, looking at me as Francis and Kathy turned to me. "Francis, I am glad to see you and Kathy," I said, making my tone sound fond of them. "I hear you all have great news for the Beast-kin nation. I do hope that my sources are good.
Otherwise," I trailed off and shrugged, earning a chuckle from Francis, and Kathy grinned, but I could see her eyes dart below the belt and bite her lip a little.
"Ah, Ambassador Chelsea," Geoffery said, taking the reigns. "It seems we still have leaks among the house no matter how much we try to stop it." He said, his voice as venomous as those fangs in his mouth. "But I believe the vote moved in the way you wished.
We have brought the initial draft with us and hope you will join us in front of our House of Representatives to sign it for your nation as is ceremony. That way, we can show our people that we worked with you to make the legislation." Geoffery finished.
I wanted to smile as both Francis and Kathy were doing. They knew that Geoffery hated the fact that they lost this battle in the house. Now he was taking pains to make it look like he wasn\'t salty about it while sounding salty. "That is okay, Geoffery," I told him, "I would love to see the bill for the agreement before I sign it."
I could see a tick in the scally eye of the Venomancer, and Francis smiled, "Sure, Ambassador Chelsea, We brought the draft, although there were no changes that I know of since we last spoke." Francis was smiling, but when he looked at Geoffery, I could see something between the two that I hadn\'t seen before.
I knew that no matter what, in all politics, there were those that hated each other, but it seemed that Francis and Geoffery had more history that I did not know about. This seemed to be yet another case of being wholly uninformed about major players in the Demon lands that spies should have enlightened me about.
Shaking my head lightly as I showed Geoffery and everyone to the couches, we could all see. "Please sit; it will only take a minute for me to look over the documents, then you can tell me when you plan to make this document official," I said, moving them over to the tables.
"Honestly," Francis spoke up, cutting off Geoffery, who seemed about to speak, "We were hoping to do it before sending a large farewell to you on the boats home. That way, the people can see the importance of this trade agreement that you went home immediately."
I looked at him sharply as I heard those words, and I saw Kathy looking a little grim and Geoffery looking almost outraged. "What makes this so important?" I asked bluntly.
Geoffery looked thunderous at this point, and Kathy spoke up for the first time. "I do not know if you have heard, but it seems that we are having some issues along the borders in some parts of the country. Some of our people are looking for some good news and some progress on the economic situation.
So this deal is more important than we initially thought it was." Kathy spoke in a matter-of-fact tone and was particularly vague.
I was frustrated that we knew nothing about these issues in the Demon lands, and I would ensure that my sister was informed. Then Thomas Longsong, but it was very little information without much to go off of. I had to close my eyes and think before I opened them. "Okay," I replied, bringing back my smile. "I will let you know when I plan to depart within the next two days.
Please have your people meet with my planners to ensure we have something suitable for such a ceremony of treaties between our nations."
I could see both Kathy and Francis relax, but Geoffery did not. Instead of making a fuss about it, I looked at the details of the draft and eventually found everything was in order. There were no changes, and I grinned, sitting back.
"Although I will read it the day of the signing as I will not sign anything other than an exact copy of this draft," I said, tapping on the papers in my hand, "I feel that this agreement will pass easily in my nation."
My smile was large, and I saw relief in everyone\'s expression this time. I felt weird about it and looked it over and even scanned it with mana. All was good; then what had them so tense. "Okay," I said, "Now tell me, what have you all tense?" I asked.
They all stalled, and I heard a sigh from Francis, "Because Geoffery\'s side is calling in corruption claims on the Medusa that voted the wrong way from the faction." Francis said with a sadistic smile growing on his face that I saw during our fights, and a clash of wills immediately erupted with Geoffery standing up to Francis.
Francis wasn\'t one to back down; they stood inches from each other, and the mana in the room started to get dense. I could feel enchantments start to activate as I could tell Geoffery was seconds away from attacking.
Just as I felt the materialization of mana, I shouted, "ENOUGH!" I shouted, fueling my voice with mana hitting both of them in the ears, making them turn to me. "If you want to fight, it will not be in my embassy. You have arenas for that. USE THEM!" I shouted.
Both of them backed down and looked at each other. "The bunny is right," Francis said, letting his smile grow. "Let\'s go to the arena unless you are scared, Snake."
The mana storm grew, and the Venomancer Geoffery didn\'t back down, "Very well, I cannot wait to see you crying on the ground. Staining your honor as you beg for forgiveness."
The sudden eruption of festivities between the two surprised me, and the glare told me this was a long time coming.
I think Francis and Geoffery would have an amazing battle in the arena. I couldn\'t wait to watch.
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Sorry for the late Chapter. I just came back from Vacation and still getting my things together. Please enjoy the chapter and continue to enjoy my Works of Kink!