"Two beautiful, perfect women want to be with you! In fact, why aren't you considering both? As King, you can have a harem to give birth to many heirs!"

As these words of Elanev's rang across the corridor, Daneel flushed after a long time.

A harem.

This option was something he was aware of, but he had rejected it instantly.

Indeed, there were no rules banning polygamy on Angaria like on Earth. Many rich individuals and those in power chose to have such relations.h.i.+ps in order to have more sons and daughters.

Yet, for some reason that Daneel couldn't voice, he was really against having a harem.

The flush was because he had never expected his big brother to bring up this topic at all, and that too in such a public place.

Immediately setting up a soundproof barrier around them, Daneel said, "I'm against them, Elanev. I have no intention of setting up a harem."

"Why? If I had the chance, I would jump at it!"

Hearing the envy in Elanev's voice, Daneel realized that he really had chosen the wrong person to ask.

If Daneel was being completely honest with himself, then he would say that the reason he didn't want a harem was his upbringing.

During his time in the orphanage back on Earth, the kind old day had used to read them many stories about a Prince Charming coming down from heaven to save the damsel in distress. Although Daneel never got why the damsel needed to be in distress in the first place, one thing that had imprinted itself in his mind was the concept of waiting for someone to come and save you.

Here on Angaria, Daneel had been witness to the pure love between his parents, which led to him to want to have something like it.

Besides, just like his father had said, if he chose someone to be with him, he wanted to be able to given them everything and never let them feel that they weren't getting attention. After all, relations.h.i.+p, just like power, was all about responsibility,.

In the case of a harem, this was almost impossible.

Daneel didn't even know if he was right in this regard, but the crucial part was that he did not want to find out.

As for the matter of heirs, he had decided that he would figure it out later.

"Bottom line, choose one, or all the bachelors in Lanthanor will start pelting stones at you. I mean, have you seen the two women? What did the one in the corridor want with you anyway?"

Elanev was referring to the one he had found Daneel with when he had walked into him in the corridor outside the meeting room where he had met with Helena and Dalia.

"Oh, nothing. Just a query she had about something."

Deciding to keep Molan's words to himself, Daneel felt glad for once on seeing the door to the Palace Prison appear. Although this walk hadn't been very long, it had definitely felt so.

Seeing the King, the doors were immediately opened, leading to stairs which went down more than 10 stories.

Finally, the duo reached a place which only had one entrance and one exit.

All around was just bare earth, and even teleportation was blocked here. In other words, it was an inescapable h.e.l.lhole.

Daneel was doing a routine inspection of the ones here, and Elanev had asked to tag along. First, they came across a man who seemed to be meditating.

"This the one that almost killed you in the Palace?", Elanev asked, making the man inside the cell look up with eyes that looked hollow.

"I know you took the flame, King. You have talent. The Church will treasure you! Just give in like I did!"

Indeed, it was the Tenebrous Knight from the Church whom Daneel had captured before.

They hadn't been able to get a word out of him due to the oaths he had sworn, but Daneel had chosen to keep him here after sealing his power.

Next were rows and rows of cells which all had soundproofing barriers placed in front of them.

The steel cells reminded Daneel of the prisons on Earth, with the only difference being that the cell was made interlocked triangle shaped objects which were actually all trinkets.

Such a feat was impossible in today's world, but it had apparently a piece of cake for those before.

These cells had more than a hundred soldiers who all spit at Daneel without caring that he was the King.

Seeing this, Elanev was about to ask, but Daneel raised a hand and said, "Yes, they are the hostages from Axelor. They haven't responded to out communication, so these people are just enjoying free food now. They might have some use in the future."

As Daneel and Elanev continued their rounds underground, without their knowledge, a meeting had just started far, far away.

It was in a hut in the side of a mountain, and there were 3 individuals sitting side by side around a wooden table.

After a period of calm, a man walked into the hut and said something that made all those inside sit straight.

"The representative from the Big 4 is almost here. When he arrives, we will officially begin the meeting to decide the course of action against the formation of a potential Empire by the alliance between the Black Raven Kingdom and the Kingdom of Lanthanor."