The First Legendary Beast Master

Karl looked around the nursery, which was decorated all in pastel blues and greys, and examined the current layout to determine how and where he was going to place the Runework that the Lady of Drodh wanted.

Watching over his shoulder, with her aura completely restrained, the Lady of Drodh gave off the image of the perfect gentle and sweet wife, but Karl knew that she was a Mythic Rank or higher ancient Demon.

Still, the way that she could hide her aura made her feel completely motherly. Or perhaps it was the other way around? Perhaps she could hide her aura because she was already motherly? She clearly loved being one.

"How often does this room get renovated? I could paint the runes on, or I could carve them. The answer depends on how much you value aesthetics and how often you paint the walls.

Painting over the runes either way could cause them to deactivate. Though that’s much less likely to happen with carved runes." Karl explained. Explore stories on

The Lady frowned. "I like to change it twice a year. But some parts of the room tend to remain the same. The ceiling is rarely touched, and those crown mouldings are relics from before my time. Please don’t damage those."

If they were from before her time, that meant they were over four hundred years old. She had been married longer than that, and presumably this castle had been their home since then.

Karl would have to look into the history of Drodh more deeply than Little Butterfly’s plays. Or get Remi some books on it. She would read through them all soon enough.

Karl nodded. "Why don’t I make you a custom item instead? It will take a bit of time, but it will be much more likely to survive a renovation and last until the boys’ foundation is established."

The Lady shook her head. "The Nobles watch too closely at our every move. If you’re seen coming and going again after the party, or we receive a gift from you that they don’t know about, they will question every milestone the boys make, and my babies will never have any peace."

Karl nodded in understanding. Then he got a great idea.

"Do you have a painting easel?" He asked.

The Lady looked confused, but led Karl to another room. It was filled with inks, papers and assorted artistic supplies.

"This will do wonderfully." Karl explained, then took a bit of Monarch Ranked silk from Rae’s space and cut it to size for one of the blank Canvas.

He tested the size, then lay it on the table and picked up an ink brush.

The actual runes for the spell were not complex. Just defining the space to increase mana absorption in, and increasing the mana density, with a modification to specify it should gather the mana externally and not need to be refilled.

First, he wrote the runes for the effect in four spots around what would be the edges of the painting, then turned the silk sheet over and wrote the rune for "Good Fortune in love" in a fanciful calligraphic style that wouldn’t activate as a spell.

Rae’s Silk would take Monarch Ranked effects without any issues, and possibly more. But Monarch Rank was more than enough for this, as he wasn’t trying to drown them in mana, just increase the level in the room enough that they would grow to their peak.

"What does that large rune on the front mean?" The Lady asked as Karl began to empower the ones around the edge.

"It means lucky in love. I figured that with as strong as your relationship is, you would want the same for your boys." Karl explained.

"Oh, a secondary effect?"

Karl shook his head. "Technically no. But if they’re powerful, they’ve got a good shot at love anyhow. I can add it to a token or something if you’d like, but luck is a fickle thing."

Lady Drodh shook her head. "No, I think that will make a wonderful cover for your magical painting. Nobody will question why I would want a ’luck in love’ item for their room, and the maids are unlikely to notice that the mana density in that one room is higher than the rest of the house. The auras of multiple children will muddle the feeling."

Karl finished the work and then mounted the silk, hiding the actual active runes. Unless someone stole the painting and dismounted it, they would never know that there was more to it. Presuming that they couldn’t see the magic of the Runes anyhow. Some Demons were sure to have the ability.

The Lady smoothed back her long black hair and nodded in satisfaction. Then she went to the far side of the room and got a picture frame for that particular size of painting. Mounted in a gold frame, the black ink on white silk looked immensely classy, worthy of an exhibition piece, if you were the sort to enjoy calligraphy.

Which she was, and so the painting was whisked away the moment that it was securely mounted. She put it above the lone window in the room, up out of reach of childish hands or close scrutiny.

As soon as it was placed, the mana in the room began to increase. It only took a few seconds to change, but when it was finished, the mana in the nursery where the boys were sleeping was definitely higher, and he could feel not only their bodies but his own absorbing more mana than usual.

It was like a passive mana regeneration buff, but it was also refilling the mana in his beast spaces, which were close to reaching their limits until the beasts broke through to Overlord.

Karl could feel Hawk’s quiet determination to take back his spot as the first on the team to advance to Overlord, and decided that he would have to make something like this for the Guild House as well. Even if it only worked on beasts and Demons, who could naturally advance, that was still half the residents of the house.

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