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"I noticed you've been spending a lot of time with Rem and Ram lately..." said Miu, shortly after she and Leon had entered her room following one of their usual excursions into the Tower. She had told her Pikachu to stay in his room for a bit, so it was just the two of them as they had some time to kill before breakfast.

"Does it bother you...?" asked Leon, stepping behind Miu and unhesitantly groping her gravity-defying breasts through the fabric of her bodysuit. At the same time, she deliberately pressed her ass against his bulge, though, due to its size, that wasn't strictly necessary.

"A little..." admitted Miu, angling her head back to look up at Leon with her large, slightly glistening blue eyes. In response, he gave her a lengthy and deep kiss, but when they separated, he surprised her by saying, "Then we should end this relationship here. I can't risk you catching feelings, or else I might as well..."

"It's...it's not like that..." Miu replied, but Leon could see the uncertainty in her eyes before she hung her head and muttered, "I know I don't have the qualifications to become your Queen...and the debt I owe to Kenichi is too great. Once I've saved enough money and become strong enough that he won't think of trying to protect me, the two of us will start a family, and I'll have him stay at home to watch our kids while I provide for us..."

"Hmmm...for that plan to work, we'd likely need to reach the Twentieth, maybe even the Fiftieth Floor of the Tower," whispered Leon, slipping his right hand between Miu's thighs, rubbing her practically salivating pussy as he added, "That way, he couldn't even begin to imagine catching up to you..."

Nodding in affirmation, Miu, her voice tinged with passion, responded, "You're right..."

"There's just one problem with that..." said Leon, unequipping his pants and sliding his cock between Miu's thighs, her squishy vulva parting to sandwich his shaft as he said, "It's been nearly six months, and we're still on the Fourth Floor. Even if it only takes us an average of a month to clear each Floor from now on, you'd be serving me and riding my dick for years, at the very least..."

"I know..." replied Miu, tentatively touching and rubbing Leon's glans as he slowly moved back and forth. "But Kenichi likes mature girls...and that will give me plenty of time to save money for a large house and farm..."

"Then, let's do this..." said Leon, guiding Miu to the wall next to her bed and prompting her to bend over with her hands against it, ass sticking out as he proposed, "When you're prepared to summon him, we'll end things, and you'll go cold turkey for at least a year. I imagine the last thing either of us want is Kenichi hearing rumors about how you were serving my cock hours before his arrival..."

"A year seems like a long time..." muttered Miu, but as it gave her time to focus on training her insides and preparing things, she ultimately nodded and replied, "But I think it's a good idea..."

"Good, because it wasn't a suggestion..." said Leon, tearing the fabric of Miu's bodysuit to expose her ass and pussy. Then, adjusting the dial of his cock to make it slightly larger than it was the past couple of days, he sent a powerful shudder through Miu's body as he slowly stuck it in, eventually reaching her womb and pushing against it as if he were trying to gradually move it away from her entrance, far out of reach of any ordinary cock...

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As it was much easier to build his future castle on an empty plot rather than tear down a bunch of other buildings to repurpose the space, Leon, using plans drawn up by Rosanna, was preparing the site for what would be the Capital of his Kingdom near the Tower's entrance. The idea was to create a physical divide between those who chose to live in the East and West and create a 'neutral' area where people of all races and ideologies could mix, compete, and trade, so that's what Leon was focusing on when a petite and slender girl with short golden hair and crimson eyes appeared in black shinobi garb but with a flowing red scarf and a cute red ribbon tying her hair in a wick-like ponytail.

Exhibiting none of the decorum an official vassal should show her Lord, the golden-haired girl approached, raising her right hand as she casually said, "Hey, Leon. I got a report for you."

"Oh, hey, Felt. What's up? Was there a discovery in the Tower...?" asked Leon, pulling out a piece of candy from his Storage and handing it to the cute, snaggletoothed girl.

"Oh, sweet!" exclaimed Felt, snatching the lollipop out of Leon's hand and suckling it happily as she explained, "The Crimson Valkyrie Squad found a Dungeon called Ground Zero. Entering it triggered a Quest with a 72-hour countdown, so the Captain wanted me to let you know they won't be back for a couple of days. She also said not to worry or rush over since she has everything under control."

"Thanks, Felt. I appreciate you coming all this way to let me know," said Leon, extending his hand to gently ruffle her hair. She narrowed her eyes in response, but as her life within Purgatoria was infinitely more enjoyable than her time as a street urchin and a veritable bird in a cage, she allowed it. Once Leon retracted his hand, however, she asked, "So, what's the deal with you, Rem, and Ram? I heard from Petra that you've been visiting their room three to four times a week."

"Mmm...since I trust you to acquire and not divulge secrets, I'll tell you," replied Leon. "Ram was frustrated by how Subaru was treating her sister as a fall-back option in case Emilia didn't return his affection. I won't get into the details, but one thing led to another, and now I'm having sex with both."

Crossing her arms and frowning slightly, Felt hummed before remarking, "Yeah...Subaru can be pretty insensitive. I thought he had fallen for me since he risked his life to protect me, but when we were reunited at the Capital and later here, it was always 'Emilia this and Emilia that.' It makes me want to crack his head open, just to make sure that Witch isn't inside, controlling him like a golem."

"Well, you're still young and plenty cute," said Leon. "If the guys in town learned you were looking for a boyfriend, they'd probably be lined up and camped outside the manor twenty-four-seven."

"Oh? And what about you...?" asked Felt, shifting her weight and raising her right brow in a manner similar to Mordred. "You always call me cute, and I'm only a bit shorter than the Captain, Rem, and Ram. Want to give me a try...?"

"In two to three years, sure," replied Leon. "For now, stick to guys in your age group. If anyone much older than you tries to hit on you, they're likely just trying to satisfy a fetish."

"Oh, yeah, you implemented that whole age of consent thing, didn't you?" asked Felt. "I get where you're coming from, as most of the orphanages in my previous world were basically sex trafficking rings, but sixteen years is like half the average person's lifespan. Hell, I didn't even make it to fifteen before I was murdered by those arrogant assholes who couldn't stand the thought of a former peasant and orphan becoming their ruler..."

"Didn't you want to abolish the monarchy and strip away their titles...?" asked Leon. "No offense, but if you had kept that under wraps and only tried implementing it 'after' you became Queen, they wouldn't have been so eager to kill you."

Spreading her hands and shrugging, Felt admitted, "You're probably right. But that's in the past, and I don't regret it. Now, I want to live this new life to the fullest while ensuring your future Kingdom doesn't become another cesspool of nepotism and corruption like Lugunica."

"And that's why I appointed you as the Captain of the Red-Eyed Raven Squad," mused Leon, returning his hand to Felt's head and smiling as he stated, "You're one of the people I've specifically selected to help keep me honest. So, if I ever fuck up, don't be afraid to let me know."

"Yeah, yeah..." replied Felt, swatting away Leon's hand and turning to depart as she said, "I'll be sure to keep a close eye on you..." before her figure abruptly 'flickered' out of existence, causing a burst of pale green energy to spread through the area like a powerful gust of wind...

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Trusting Mordred and the capabilities of the Crimson Valkyrie Squad, Leon suppressed the almost overwhelming urge to check on them by focusing on his task of plotting out his future Capital City and steering clear of the Tower in its entirety. Miu was initially a little disappointed, as delving into the Tower at night had become their 'thing,' but she got over it pretty quickly when she realized they could use that time in other ways. The inclusion of Rem and Ram in their usual trysts made her embarrassed, but as their relationship was predicated on her serving him as a Maid, she dutifully coordinated with the twins to ensure he wasn't tempted to sneak out and enter the Tower in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, rather than the three days Leon expected them to be gone, Mordred, Kisara, Presea, Daetta, Narmaya, Felix, and Millie returned after only two, bringing with them the surprising news that the path to the Fifth Floor had been opened. The 'Ground Zero' Dungeon had turned out to be the domain of the Floor Guardian, a grotesque monster known as a Husk Lord, so by clearing the associated Quest before the countdown reached zero, they not only opened the way to the Fifth Floor, they prevented the creation of additional Husks on the Fourth.

With the Fourth Floor being fairly developed and based on an alternate version of Japan, even if most of the buildings and infrastructure had fallen into disrepair, Leon wasn't surprised when Yamato came to him, petitioning to allow the Kazama Agency to reclaim the central city and develop it into a tourist attraction for those who longed for the modernity of their past lives. Bulma also supported this idea, as there were several factories she wanted to repurpose for personal use, so after a bit of back and forth, Leon effectively sold the Fourth Floor to the Kazama Agency in exchange for a one billion crystal fragment debt with a 3.5% fixed interest rate and a 9.5% tariff on non-agricultural goods traded between them, the outside, and other Floors.

Though a billion fragment debt and a 10% tax might sound like a lot, the 'standard' rates for a subsidiary state or fiefdom were traditionally closer to 30-40%. Thus, while many in Yamato's camp were apprehensive about taking on such a monumental debt, they were ultimately convinced when he pointed out the term was fifty years. With that, so long as they focused on agriculture as their primary export, they effectively wouldn't be paying any taxes, allowing them to amass a surplus by producing rice, soybeans, and condiments such as Soy Sauce and Miso.

Convinced by Yamato's words, more than half the people who had settled in the East gradually relocated to the Fourth Floor. They would need a few hundred people, at the very least, to make any real headway in reclaiming the city, but with Bulma attesting that she could have electricity and even the internet restored within a few months, everyone involved in the Fourth Floor Restoration Project was fairly motivated. As for Leon, he was glad to see them excited, but as the Fifth Floor turned out to be version 2.0 of the Pokemon-themed Second, this time with Pokemon up to Third Generation, he couldn't help feeling the slightest bit exasperated...

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