In the morning, Antares woke up and sat up on his bed, he felt a muscle soreness he had never felt before, especially on his lore back but if you asked him, he would say it was by far the best night in his life.
He still remembered how Zarah confessed to him, something he was not expecting and the passion they shared all night together.
As he looked around, he saw that Zarah was not in his room anymore, he just hoped that she didn't change her mind and became grossed out by him.
Then he looked the furs on his bed that severed as sheets and they were still wet from their passionate love making that happened all night. So, he took it upon himself to clean the mess. He got out of bed and went to his wardrobe a took out a long white robe then he wore it quickly but the fast sudden movements he was making made him feel dizzy and he almost lost his balance.
He went back and sat on the edge of the bed while rubbing his temples.
" Damn, guess that pervert was right after all, next time I'll drink more water. "He muttered to himself remembering the words of a pervert friends of his who always told him to stay hydrated in case he ever got the chance to dip his biscuit.
[Ding.... Congratulation host you have completed one of the Ant God Hidden missions]
[Special message from Lord Antarion: Congratulation on losing your innocence boy, it had a good run. Hahahahahaha to celebrate transformation into a man I have some gifts for you.]
Looking at the message Antares didn't know if he should cry or laugh, was the night he spent with Zarah watched by the ant that brought him here, "was he looking at us like a weird teenager getting rid of his pent-up stress...Gross" he thought.
[ calculating reward....]
[Ding...…. Would you like to see your reward host?]
"Yes" are the only words that came out of Antares' mouth.
[Here are your rewards.]
[ You have gained access to the first five levels of the ant king's tower and the underground Brood chamber. ]
[ As an additional reward, a Queen candidate will appear in your tribe.]
"No essence points, that was what I was looking forward to but I guess this isn't so bad but can you explain the….." he did not even finish his sentence then suddenly he heard noise at his door.
A group of maids, five in number entered his room one by one, each one of them was carrying different items like food, a change of cloth and many other things. They all bowed when then came near him and started to serve him..
Zarah was standing at the door supervising them from afar but she precisely watched every one of their moves as they were serving Antares and she obviously embarrassed after what had happened last and she could not see Antares face to face for now.
Antares saw this and gestured the maids to stop and put the food down and leave.
They obeyed, placed whatever needed on the bed since there was no table in this room, then they left.
As they were leaving one by one, Zarah tried to follow them out "Zarah" she heard and felt a chill run through her body. "Close the door and come here." Antares said, his voice full of authority.
She did not move, her heart was racing so fat that she genuinely froze in place and didn't move at all, seeing this Antares didn't know what was going on with her and came silently made his way to hug her from behind.
He was worried that his action had caused some kind of trauma within her.
"Are you alright?" he whispered in her ear, she nodded he head softly, "I'm sorry if I pushed myself on you yesterday." then he continued "I woke up and you were nowhere to be found so I became worried." He said then gently placed a kiss on her neck, well to be precise Zarah was the one who confessed her love and got undressed in front of Antares technically making it her fault but he did not want to put all the blame on her and he decided to take this approach with her.
"I had to go and check on the people in the castle my lor…" suddenly Antares interjected "Call me by my name Zarah, we don't need these kinds of formalities between us." He said with a hint of seductiveness to his voice.
Zarah's heart was beating uncontrollably, every word coming out of Antares' mouth seemed to hit her right in the heart.
Seeing that his words had landed a blow on her, Antares decided to carry her back to his bed with in a princess carry.
When they reached the bed, Zarah could see the wet furs on the bed and she couldn't help but bury her face in Antares' chest. "I'll clean that" she said with an almost inaudible voice. Seeing this Antares couldn't help but chuckle "Last night was the best in my life." He said while smiling gently.
After he sat down with her, Zarah was seated on Antares's laps and she could be seen smiling shyly.
Antares pulled the tray filled with various, delicacies that he was served with the day before. He took a piece of meat and dipped it in the red sauce in a small cubic container, "Here eat, you need to regain strength." Seeing that Antares was trying to feed her, she adorably opened her mouth and ate the meat she was given, Antares proceeded and also ate a piece of meat then he fed again Zarah, this pattern continued until all the food on the tray was finished my them.
"How do you feel now?" he asked with a caring voice "I feel a lot better thank you." she had started to get used to seating on Antares' laps and she started to like it more and more with each passing second.
Suddenly they heard someone knocking on the door.
"My lord, I should get going, it would be right if people saw us like this" Zarah said with a voice full of worry. "I told you to start calling me by my name and it's like we're doing anything bad are we?" she heard him but her face still showed her worry "Don't stress yourself out, I want everyone to know that you are mine and that I'm yours, you should get used this." Antares's tone was reassuring and calm, he managed to calm Zarah.
"Come in you two" Antares answered.
Levi and Eli entered the room and saw the scene, it brought them joy that their king had found happiness and they thought that him and Zarah were a match.
They knelled on one knee with their heads bowed down.
"We greet his majesty and the Lady of the house."
Antares really did his best to hold his laughter but still laughed a bit while Zarah was still embarrassed and could not face the two guards.
Antares was really impressed by his guards, they assessed the situation and acted accordingly. "Little rascals" Antares thought.
"Report."