Chapter 5351: Petty Little Aunt?

"..."

Davis felt awkward.

Before his wives could plainly tell Ophirya Kaelis’s face that she needed to be in his harem in order to be on the access list of the formations, which means holding a sub-formation core or the main formation core, usually in the form of a jade disc, plate, or a jade token, he opened his mouth.

"Even new wives won’t have that kind of authority unless they’re the ones who created the formation without any help. This is a family- a power that strives to move forward with its allies, but at the same time, we cannot be influenced by anyone else or be in a vulnerable position. Otherwise, our scrutiny towards you all will increase, leaving you with little room to breathe and eventually form cracks in our relationship."

"..." Ophirya Kaelis pursed her lips, seemingly wanting to speak.

However, Mingzhi opened her mouth.

"Fairy Ophirya, I understand your need to have your own fate in your hands, but rushing it won’t help you either. Handing over control of key karmic formations won’t happen. In fact, only Tia has such privileges other than our Emperor, so even if Myria or Zenova wanted control, it would be very difficult to get it approved by the council and me unless there are good and valid reasons."

Davis nodded along with Mingzhi, "You have a good enough reason of being a talented Mystic Diviner who can create ridiculously useful karmic formation, but as you can see, not everyone would feel safe with an unknown newcomer being at the helm. Sometimes, for us humans, the feeling of being safe is more important than actually being safe. I hope you can understand that."

"Oh..."

Ophirya Kaelis raised her head and blinked. Then, as if contemplating for a few moments, she slowly nodded.

"Your subject understands."

"Good." Davis turned to look at the others, "We’ll finalize the discussion and then move to making blueprints of the formation this week. No need to hurry as you have your priorities, but we shall not waste time either. Do you all understand?

"Yes!~"

The chamber echoed with agreement, and Davis nodded satisfactorily.

Even Lest Mistwalker seemed to have agreed to making the grand formations as he said yes.

Soon, the meeting was dissolved, leaving only Davis and his wives in the Meeting Hall.

Few wives came, since he had told Mingzhi to invite only Evelynn, Isabella, Sophie, Tina, Lea, Tanya, Myria, Stella, Zenova, and Jade.

The first five quickly left the chamber as though they had plans they were preoccupied with, leaving some space for their little sisters to spend some time with Davis.

Even Mingzhi walked out, making Davis sigh over how this woman had matured. He was a bit worried she would lose her mind to Heart Intent after going through its dangers at a higher level in State of Divine Possession himself, but he could tell she was holding on pretty well.

She was slowly adjusting to her current level in Heart Intent.

However, he knew he might need his main body to comfort Mingzhi soon before she ran out of patience.

She was like Stella in that regard, demanding more when she worked hard, but instead of resources, it was his time. But unlike Stella, she wasn’t shy at all.

But Davis’s gaze wasn’t on Mingzhi at this moment.

He walked straight towards Tia and slapped her butt.

*Paah~*

"Ah~"

Tia cried out and then glared at Davis aggrievedly, "Why?"

Davis spread his hands, "Why are you picking a fight with Ophirya? She had already made the effort to never betray us, using her own bloodsoul essence to bind her oath. Even if it ends up being fake or could be reversed, don’t push her away. Take her under your wing. She would be a great addition to our continent’s karmic defenses."

Tia blushed but still flicked her sleeves, "Mmph~ We met in the past few days, and she was very rude."

"What do you mean? She’s polite and soft-spoken. Even while killing, I imagine she would do it tenderly."

"She said I was still her junior even if she was subordinate to me, so I have to show her who is the boss around here."

Tia harrumphed cutely, blowing a strand of her blonde hair from her face.

Davis smiled wryly, but was happy that his little Tia was finally taking pride in her work instead of remaining humble.

"Alright, alright, just don’t take it too far. It was Hailac who guarded us while you were away on an expedition to the Elemental Dimension. If you two are away, the duty might fall on Ophirya. Although she is an Anarchic Divergent, we have so many characters like that in our family. They are prone to severing fate and shape a part of it for themselves."

"I know~ I know~ I was just being petty, and I don’t want to be friends with her since my physique craves her, and she craves mine. I’m afraid if I get too close, I might be swallowed whole, and then, it would be very difficult to revive me even for you, much less Everlight."

"..."

Davis could only shut his mouth.

Tia’s premonitions were usually on point because of her Whisper of Fate phenomenon passive trait. However, the other party was a karmic serpent that screamed danger to her instinctively, so it all depended on how Ophirya Kaelis conducted herself; he was confident she wouldn’t mess up the opportunity he had given her, but the others didn’t have much confidence in her.

Everyone guarded their backs against a serpent.

It was a common bias, and his people also found it hard to give karmic defenses to an outsider. Even if Xiu Juili was the one requesting it, they would still find it hard to trust.

"Fine, if you don’t want to be friends, then I won’t force it."

Davis dropped the matter and then caressed her butt as though he was soothing her stinging pain while he was at it, making Tia blush. Her pupils nearly rolled from embarrassment as she tried to gauge the others’ reactions, feeling like she was in the spotlight.

He stopped teasing her fairly quickly, went to Zenova, and took her soft, frail-looking hands.

"How are you faring? Is it difficult after experiencing Jade’s time ability?"

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