Combat Maid Harem

"When is that?" Lawrend asked.

Otor looked up and stared at him as serious as he could.

"As soon as I can, Your Divinity," he replied.

"Tell Humility that I agreed," Lawrend answered.

"Thank you! I will make sure an equivalent church is set up at the Trunden Imperial Capital!" Otor shouted and pressed his head against the marble floor.

"Mm."

Lawrend nodded his head. Seeing Otor act so subservient made him feel good. It was a feeling of power, very different from his magic.

"Follow me, Your Divinity. I will show you more of the church," Otor said and stood up.

The two of them flew around the large church. Otor led him everywhere. From the storage room, to the roof. It was a detailed tour guide that gave Lawrend a sufficient understanding of the church.

"I will set up a defensive magical formation around the church in the future. This will be the heart of the empire," Lawrend said as they walked out of the church.

"I can't wait, Your Divinity," Otor replied with excitement.

If he was a puppy, he would have swung his tail back and forth repeatedly. His response really made Lawrend want to ask Humility what the hell did she do. This wasn't the normal Otor he knew.

Lawrend looked forward and saw the sea of people kneeling in front of the exit. A long empty path was made for him. Everyone had their heads down and avoided looking into his eyes.

He took a step forward and stopped shortly after. He looked around and saw the nervousness and curiosity from the eyes of the few that tried to sneak a peek at him.

"Come here at this time next week. I will talk about magic," Lawrend said and vanished.

The religious believers looked up at his spot and didn't see him anywhere. He was too fast for any of them to detect it.

The only one who sensed him leave was Otor. He sighed and a solemn expression appeared on his face. He firmed up his determination to prove his worth to Lawrend.

…

Lawrend flew around the Imperial Capital. He saw smaller churches at farther parts of the city. It had the familiar symbol of a sun. In other words, it was part of the Holy Sun Church that Humility and the others founded on his stead.

Lawrend returned to the castle. The capital seemed stable. It only needed time and a catalyst to become powerful.

Immediately after returning, Lawrend entered the throne room. Everything was already cleaned and there were no signs that he just spent a whole day making love with Humility.

"Master?" Humility called out.

She was writing on a piece of paper. The stacks of documents from yesterday weren't there anymore. She had already finished them.

"What is this?" Lawrend asked and raised the Solar Path Book.

"Ah! You already went there? I was just planning to show you around," Humility replied with shock.

"You made up so many crap. Revise it. I don't like how strict you made me look," Lawrend said.

"Hehehe. Did you see the new Otor?" Humility asked with a wicked smile on her face.

"What did you do?" Lawrend asked and sat on the table.

He was going to ask her about it.

"I told him that you are an incarnation of a god. He didn't believe at first, but I 'taught' him about your accomplishments. It would be impossible without Sister Ember's help."

"You tortured him?" Lawrend asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Is it torture if he imagined them himself?" Humility retorted.

"Explain, clearly."

Lawrend couldn't take the suspense anymore. He was very curious because of the huge change on Otor.

"Ehem. Master, I expect more 'reward' after I reveal it all to you."

Humility seductively blinked her eyes at him. She looked him up and down like a ravenous wolf.

Lawrend nodded his head in response.

"Hehehe. You're easy to please, Master. I love you," Humility chuckled before standing up to peck him on his cheek.

She then started to whisper to him what happened.

…

When Humility and the others arrived at the castle, they immediately familiarized themselves with the important people in the empire. Then they started planning out their next action.

They quickly learned about the young religion that was forming around Lawrend. Humility quickly suggested to the others that they should control its growth. With her popularity amongst them, she quickly gained support.

Aleshia was assigned to observe from a distance to make sure everything was going as planned, Aezel with the security of the castle, Humility with the paperworks and management, Ramiela with writing the Solar Path Book, and Ember was given the task of scaring away any opposition.

The set up didn't sound impressive at first, but they quickly gained footing in the Imperial Capital. As beautiful women, it was easy for them to captivate the hearts of men and have them follow their whims. This was done with a lot of help from Grape's seduction teachings.

Of course, they didn't go too far. They simply acted like beautiful flowers that were out of reach.

Once they had their footing, they swiftly spread the teachings and stories about Lawrend. They emphasized on his teaching about failure as a way to improve.

That teaching earned the admiration of a lot of people. Every time Humility had free time, she would then revise the book Ramiela was writing.

They struck while the iron was hot. Admiration quickly became faith under their smooth tongue. Lawrend became a legendary figure in the hearts of the people.

Especially since he just killed their former emperor that had been ruling them for thousands of years. He really seemed like a god to them.

In the minds of the newly converted, it wouldn't take long before he became a Heaven Mage. Humility and the others compounded that by saying that Lawrend had the talent to become more powerful than that.

Many historians tried to verify that claim. Indeed, none of the old Heaven Mages from the three great clans had the same talent as him.