Chapter 37: Courtship Competition
"Do not get me wrong, trusted the Van Panthohime house and that young Master Arthur will remain pure until marriage, however, I do not trust the women of the world, there are too many women who have taken the path of violence and use unethical means to get men "
Damaris didn't want her actions to be misinterpreted, however, she was right.
Many women used their higher power and raped men, someone like Arthur would be a feast for these women.
Because of this, Margareth and Elizabeth didn't say anything, after all, it's not that Damaris is harming Arthur, she was protecting him in the sense of the word.
"Expect Your Majesty!"
However, not everyone was silent, Phenelope did not benefit from this condition of her future son-in-law, since this movement cut off her option towards political marriage, after all even if Norma and Arthur marry, they will not be able to consummate their marriage and always they will be waiting until the Royal Family claims what they had promised.
"We the Seymur and the Van Panthohime have been allies for several hundred years, I do not think it is good for the Royal Family to intervene in a matrimonial matter that has kept our territories in harmony and cooperation."
"Marchioness Phenelope, I understand her point ... But if we look further into the past, the Royal Family and the Van Panthohime their history goes back thousands of years"
Shaking her head, Damaris did not continue with this matter, after all the Van Panthohime and the Royal Family have fought wars shoulder to shoulder for thousands of years, even the male spirit fox of three thousand years ago was the husband of the Dragon Queen. From that time, if you talk about seniority and cooperation, the Royal Family overwhelms all the families of the Kingdom and this includes the Seymur.
"..."
Phenelope understood this point, she hopes to at least gain some ground in this discussion if she made use of the long cooperation between superfamilies, but she forgot something important ...
The Royal Family is the oldest of all ...
This was a small mistake, and from how Damaris reacted, the Royal Family would not give in on this commitment.
This depressed Phenelope, her only option would be for Norma to compete like everyone else or to appeal for Cristie's opportunity.
"It is decided until one of the two princesses is chosen, we will postpone this engagement"
After declaring, Damaris got up and walked out the door, engagement on this day was impossible, but at least had made her posture clear with the chastity tattoo.
The Royal Family will not renounce this commitment ...
"Hm ~ ..."
Bringing a hand to her chin, Margareth's eyes lit up and she quickly analyzed this chastity tattoo.
This tattoo had a slightly special function since it detected each time Arthur was excited and would send a signal to the Queen, which will activate the magic power of the tattoo and the lower part of Arthur will calm down, if that does not work Arthur will be teleported forcibly to the royal castle.
In extreme cases, this tattoo had a defense system that is broken by high-level Mana, Artifacts, or some other innate ability, it would release the avatar of Damaris.
In short, this tattoo is a protection system that cannot be broken, unless you are a more powerful Transcendent than Damaris.
But even a stronger Transcendent from Damaris wouldn't be that stupid to attack the Chastity Tattoo, after all even though it might beat the Dragon Queen, doing this meant that was willing to go against the entire continent, no matter how strong that one is. Transcendent, it does not have the power to go against the Spirit Dragons, who are said to be the strongest race in the world.
"Well, it didn't go as planned, but I got the necessary time ~"
Shrugging her shoulders, Margareth knew that not everything goes as planned, even if she looks to the future, everything can change.
Arthur became depressed, from Margareth's memories he understood a bit about this chastity tattoo.
(I think they are forcing me to be a monk)
If he couldn't get aroused, this life for Arthur was getting darker and darker.
Fortunately, he is a boy and the hormones in his body are not out of control, so not getting excited was easy to solve, the problem would come years later.
(I have to get stronger ...)
His only option would be to choose between Charlotte and Lilian or increase his mana to break the Tattoo himself.
Arthur did not hesitate and chose the second option, choosing between these two princesses is not so bad, they are beautiful but Arthur did not like to be tied, at least not in this sense ...
At least with the Tattoo on his body, he had an excuse to avoid invitations from unimportant noble girls ...
With the Dragon Queen behind him, Arthur's status is higher, likewise, he could be considered as a future King.
After all, if he married Lilian, Arthur would automatically be crowned King and would rule the continent alongside his wife.
"Yes, Big Brother doesn't have to go"
The only one who was happy about all this was Cristie, without obligation Arthur would not have to leave the Mansion and that meant that Cristie would have more time with Arthur.
She approached and snuggled against Arthur, her tail coiling them both thus expressing her happiness and affection.
Arthur was too deep in his thoughts that he let Cristie do what she wanted.
And although Cristie was happy, Ludi was opposite to her, with Emma's explanation, Ludi understood why Arthur was getting engaged.
This engagement was completely against Arthur's will.
She knew that this was normal, noblemen do not have the right to choose their first wives, however, she still could not accept it.
Something inside her refused this decision ...
"I have to save him... I have to save my cousin"
And because of these feelings, Ludi's goal had been decided.
Fortunately, Hatsumi did not hear Ludi's murmurs, otherwise, she would be scared to death since she knew that this was the beginning of the plot ...
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A week later the Royal Family returned to the capital, they no longer had a reason to continue staying.
But even though the betrothal ceremony was not held, the Royal Family's problem under the betrothal was resolved.
Damaris could not decide between Lilian and Charlotte, he thought it would not be a bad idea if this compromise is resolved traditionally.
A Courtship Competition ...
Because of this, the two princesses would return to the Van Panthohime Mansion every 6 months, and the first to win Arthur's heart will be the winner.
This was a fair competition, which would determine who is the best qualified and would test their methods of reaching the goal.
Likewise, Damaris thought that this was also a good way to select the future Queen.
She can't even conquer a man ... How can she rule an entire super Continent?
Therefore this Courtship competition also turned into a fight for the Throne.
However this decision for the Throne was not announced, Damaris did not want this Procession to become a political fight, otherwise, the nobles of the continent will intervene in this procession and everything can get complicated.
After all, there was no need for greedy nobles who want to elevate their status, and what better opportunity than to help the future Queen.
Because of this, the competition for the Throne was left in darkness.
Norma and Phenelope also returned to their territory, they could not stay long, however, the visits to the Mansion would be more frequent and Norma did not forget to invite Arthur to her house, as half-siblings and also as a possible husband, Norma was quite pleased with the visits.
"They left huh?"
The Van Panthohime Mansion regained peace momentarily, at least it did for Arthur who returned to his daily life.
Elizabeth, on the other hand, had administrative jobs and likewise, her desk was filled with resumes from Ladies of War.
As Beta had anticipated, with Arthur making his Debut, the Maid of War families did not sit idly by and submitted their applications early.
The only family that did not return home was the Rama Family, Emma and her two daughters continued to stay at the Mansion.
[Congratulations on completing the mission, you have received 500 origin points]
"Incredible I didn't do much and I earned so many points"
The one who won the most in this ceremony was Hatsumi, she barely intervened and won so many points.
Eating cake, Zorro's tail swayed from side to side in happiness.
[As I said, the system is fair and will never issue a mission that Master cannot complete]
Crossing her arms, Lupeta flapped her little wings.
"I guess that's true, it really would have been a great loss."
All she had to do is tell her older sister of the ceremony and everything followed her course of action ...
(What should I do with so many points?)
She had a total of 530 Origin points, with Arthur close by her Origin points were increasing.
Also, with so many artifacts in the store and spells and innate abilities, it was difficult to choose.
But what Hatsumi wanted the most would be innate abilities, with the knowledge of the novel in her head, she knew for sure that innate abilities are crucial if she wants to be powerful and although she does not like to fight, she knew that things would get difficult in the future. , it didn't hurt to be prepared.
Unfortunately for Hatsumi, the cheapest innate ability cost around 25,000 origin points, too much for her wallet.
"Lupeta, raise my level from an early stage tail to a medium stage"
After pondering for a few moments, Hatsumi decided to increase her magic power.
As a lazy and cowardly Hikikomori, Hatsumi never trained her magic power so she continued to have the same magic power since she was born.
In this aspect, Hatsumi was inferior to all the girls her age, Cristie who was the same age as hers was already a final stage tail, about to form her second tail.
And since Hatsumi was too lazy to practice, it was easier if she increased her magic power with the help of the system.
[Understood Master ...]
Obeying, Lupeta snapped her fingers and the Origin points decreased ...
[Do you want to increase her rank?]
[If not]
"Yes..."
[Application accepted, 10 points of Origin have been discounted]
[Increasing the Host's magic power]
[Process finished]
[Total Origin points: 520]
Sighing, Hatsumi felt a warm light run through her body and her spirit core size increased a little ...
"Yes! I'm a tail, middle stage!"
With her Magic power increased, Hatsumi felt very good, however, she soon calmed down, after all, if possible Hatsumi did not want to fight in the future, she was fine with staying as Hikikomori ...
"Lupeta continues to increase my level!"
Wanting to feel that strange sensation of leveling up again, Hatsumi was expectant, unfortunately, Lupeta killed her illusions.
[Master each level costs 10 times the previous one, although she has enough points, I do not recommend this action, at least not for now, until Master's body is used to it]
" What?!"
Hatsumi opened her mouth in shock, she knew it was too good to be true, if each level increase requires ten times the previous one, then for a final stage queue 100 Origin points are required and for an initial stage, two queues would need 1000 points. Origin, at this rate it would take Hatsumi years to collect the Origin points, not to mention the abilities and spells.
Also, her body must get used to the increase in magic power and this took time.
[My suggestion is that Maestra get training, so at least leveling up the origin points can be reduced to 1/4 or half]
Hatsumi's tail fell, her initial happiness was just a dream ...
"Guuuuu"
Thinking of what a headache it would be to finish the missions, Hatsumi lazily laid her head on the table ...
He really misses the games of him Otome ...
(Why am I not like those characters who are strong from the start?)
I also regret her fate of...
"...."
What Hatsumi and Lupeta did not know, is that from a corner, three fox tails swayed ...
This was Arthur, who upon feeling the concentration of magic power took a look, meeting Hatsumi ...
"Interesting..."
He was also surprised by how quickly Hatsumi leveled up, after all, it took at least an hour of meditation and a strong mana boost, to break to the next level ...
But Hatsumi did not require any of this, she barely had magic power, however, she miraculously stepped to the next level, this is very strange ...
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Note Author: I will clarify from now on, I am creating something new and I do not intend to follow the route of all the MC cliches and do not think that Arthur is SIMP, he simply is not interested in relationships, well that is for now since this is what the novel, of character growth.