Combat Maid Harem

Lawrend's children turned to stare at him, who was flying towards them with his large phoenix wings. He flapped his wings one last time and landed in front of them.

They all collectively stared at Lawrend with odd looks on their faces. They all had heard stories about Lawrend's strength in Elena's bedtime stories. They couldn't believe their eyes.

They hadn't seen the world much so they couldn't tell if this was how strong all mages were or not. The whole thing looked like a performance to them.

"I liked the last one!" Veronica answered.

She had a huge grin on her face. The explosion was so destructive. All of Lawrend's previous spells seemed like crap in front of it. In her eyes, that was the best spell.

"Fathew, I liked all of them!" Eina chimed in.

"Imperial Father, I will do my best to replicate the last one for you," Courage said solemnly.

Nephilim: "That was interesting."

Hanz: "It was so cool!"

Law: "I got an idea!"

Zio: "I'm sad... I can't do that magic."

Straw: "I'm scared, nyaa…"

Lawrend smiled at his children. Their reactions showed their different personalities.

"Zio, you don't have to copy my magic. Create your own. Your mother has darkness spells. You can ask her to show them to you. Let's all return home," Lawrend said and nodded at his maids.

They bowed and Lawrend flew towards the imperial castle with moderate speed. Elena created slime tentacles and wrapped them around the body of Lawrend's children. She then flew up and followed after him.

The others followed behind and some were helped by others since they couldn't fly.

…

Lawrend's group returned to the training grounds.

"Master, I have to go," Humility said.

She had an anxious expression on her face.

"Sorry about that. I trust that you can take care of it," Lawrend said.

"Yes, Master. I will take care of the people affected by the 'earthquake' you made," Humility said and left.

Lawrend scratched his head. He could tell that Humility was angry at him for using his spells so close to the city. It was more work for her to do.

"I will leave too. Use your magic as much as you want to give them inspirations," Lawrend said to the rest of his maids.

"Yes, Master." they all responded and bowed.

Lawrend returned to his room as a golden bolt of lightning.

He meditated with his eyes closed.

"Valentina, how do I become an Earth Mage?" Lawrend asked.

He was at the edge once more. He itched to become an Earth Mage in his soul magic already. He wanted to try to regain his freedom from the Goddess and defeat her. Becoming an Earth Mage was the first step.

"You need to resonate with the world, but that is for the physical body. I found that you have to resonate with the universe with the soul," Valentina answered.

She appeared in front of him in her maid uniform. She was already an Earth Mage so she easily knew about this.

"That's weird. Do you have any idea?"

"I think it's because the physical body is from the world so we have to resonate with the world if we're practicing magic using the physical body. It's different for the soul. I don't know its origin, but it should be related to the universe."

Valentina's explanation made Lawrend think hard about it. The world could steal his magic since the mana came from it or could it be that it could steal his magic because his physical body came from it?

Lawrend wasn't sure anymore.

This revelation also created a new question for him. Does that mean that the universe could take away his magic this time? Lawrend didn't even know how the universe could do that.

There didn't seem to be an entity that represented the universe.

With the world, it was obvious. It was the whole world.

The universe seemed too big for Lawrend to think that it could give birth to consciousness.

"Thank you. I need to think about my goal, right?"

"That's if you want to become a Heaven Mage. You don't have to do that to become an Earth Mage."

"I see. Do you know how to become a Divine Mage?" Lawrend asked without much thought.

"..."

Valentina visibly furrowed her eyebrows after hearing his question. Lawrend quickly realized that he misspoke. West became a Divine Mage by damaging a whole world.

"It's fine, Master. I'm not mad. You just reminded me of some… horrible memories. I will help you become a Divine Mage, but not in that way, okay?"

"Of course. I will prove to you that I'm different from him," Lawrend replied.

"Thank you, Master. I love you. Do your best and succeed." Valentina leaned forward and kissed him on his forehead.

Lawrend smiled and patted her head.

"I will succeed. I've already become an Earth Mage one time. I have to be stupid to fail the second time."

"Hehehe."

Valentina covered her mouth and giggled. She then faded away to give him some alone time.

Valentina's explanation made a lot of sense for Lawrend. It explained why he wasn't able to become an Earth Mage yet. He was trying to resonate wrongly.

"It's time. This place is too small to do it."

Lawrend stood up and exited his room.

Without telling any of his maids, he flew up to the sky. He didn't use any of his magic and simply flew north silently. He flew as far as he could. By using both his physical and soul bodies, he was able to reach the border of the Undrasil Empire and the Trunden Empire.

It only took him a day. Currently, it was nighttime.

"I hope this is far enough."

Lawrend wasn't sure how big the phenomenon he would create since he had all of the elements. He might even attract the attention of the Heaven Mages from the three great clans.

"Whatever. If they come, I will spar with them."

Lawrend decided to stop worrying about it.