Combat Maid Harem

The more Lawrend thought about this sequence, the more excited he became. After a few days of hard work, he had finally found a way to connect the complicated elements together.

"And then…"

Lawrend was tongue-tied. He couldn't think of anything to continue the sequence. He slowly felt frustration as the thought that his excitement was all for nothing consumed his mind.

"Think… think…"

Lawrend focused himself at the memories of his previous life. He recalled everything he was taught and learned. Since he wasn't in that world anymore, it was somehow harder for him to recall memories from that place.

"Lightning… Ah! There was a Chinese legend about lightning creating life!"

Lawrend was invigorated. He continued from where he left off.

"Lightning creates plant life!"

With five out of the nine elements done, Lawrend was very confident he could complete the whole sequence.

He stopped and contemplated for a whole month. He tried many hypotheses and experimented on his ideas on magic. Many of them failed, but the few that succeeded granted him a road to walk on.

"The cycle of the sun and the moon brings about the light and darkness elements. With the earth as the place, everything comes together in a cycle. Finally, space encompasses everything in existence as it holds the universe together…"

"Yes… This is it."

The ring of rainbow light in front of Lawrend's soul gathered together in the center.

Slowly, a sun, a planet, and a moon appeared in front of him. It was the result of more than a month of contemplation on his part.

"The world is everything. That's why it could take away any magic. It makes sense now," Lawrend said and a smile formed on his face.

The world has no consciousness. It only had the ability to sense dangers posed to its survival. If the world would end because of someone, it would take that person's magic away.

This thought process made Lawrend contemplate as to why his previous world had no magic.

"The Goddess… Maybe it's her fault. What if she forced the world to share its magic with everyone?" Lawrend thought out loud inside his mind.

This thought was heard by Valentina. She appeared beside him and silently observed him.

"But why?" Lawrend voiced out his biggest doubt.

Alas, Lawrend had no power to know. He was too weak to try to control the world or to even confront the Goddess. If her soul body was that strong, her real body would definitely crush him with just a glance from her starry eyes.

"Master, I believe that you can do it. If there's anyone that could, it will only be you," Valentina whispered.

Lawrend looked up and met her eyes. He saw her powerful trust in his abilities. If he didn't believe in himself, those eyes would always keep believing.

"I don't know. I do want to reach Godhood to maintain my happiness with my maids, but I don't know what will happen once I become a God. Will I lose my emotions and lose my interest in everyone?" Lawrend asked and sighed.

"Master, if your maids are in your heart, you will always love us. After West betrayed me, I lost all of my hope in men. Back then, I wanted to absorb your soul to strengthen myself. But you showed me that you can fill the void in my heart…" Valentina slightly blushed.

"I suppose there's no use worrying about it. Don't worry, I will keep my heart firm," Lawrend said in reassurance to her.

"Yes, Master." Valentina smiled sweetly.

"Alright. I will stop contemplating. I hadn't checked on my maids in so long," Lawrend said.

Valentina disappeared, and Lawrend opened his eyes. He saw his room once more. It was lit up by rays of light coming through the windows.

"Huh?"

Lawrend immediately noticed something odd about his vision. He looked around and saw rainbow lights everywhere. They looked mystical and majestic. He was like in a magical mountain.

Compared to before, he could now see mana filling the whole room. They moved about like gentle boats and clouds. It made it harder for him to see around him.

Lawrend briefly closed his eyes and opened them. His rainbow surroundings disappeared, and he could see normally again. He closed his eyes again and opened them to see if he could control them well.

As expected, he saw the fog of mana surrounding him once more.

"Neat."

Lawrend was satisfied with this outcome.

He could still remember when he could only see specks of light when he first absorbed mana. Seeing the mana around him so clearly was very interesting.

Lawrend stood up and left his room.

"Ma– I mean, Greetings, Master," Aezel said.

She was too excited to see him and quickly managed to control herself.

"How was everything lately?" Lawrend asked.

"Aside from everyone worrying about you, you inspired everyone to work harder on their magic," Aezel replied.

"The babies?" Lawrend asked.

"They could now speak some words, Master. Soon, they will be able to speak their mind."

"That is good. Where is Julianne?"

"Madam is waiting in her room for you. Fufufu," Aezel said and subtly smirked.

"She still hasn't left?"

"No, Master. Many of the Earth Mages from the Trunden Empire want to stay. In fact, only one of them left due to a personal emergency he needed to take care of," Aezel answered.

"..."

Lawrend forced a smile on his face after hearing that.

"What about the ministers? Have they arrived?" Lawrend asked.

"Yes, Master. They are already learning from the empire's former ministers."

"Did they try to do anything weird?" Lawrend asked.

"No, Master. Sister Humility quickly took over when you were gone and started administrative work. Under her eyes, none of them could possibly do any tricks."

"Alright. Lead me to Julianne's room," Lawrend said.

"Fufufufu." Aezel chuckled and led the way.

Lawrend went through several halls in the imperial castle and saw the unfinished parts were done. Before long, they stopped in front of a room.