“Stationary doors?”

  Of them, only Serene Will maintains her calm expression. Although it was just a glance, this woman's innate ability allowed her to approach the truth as closely as Lawrence. If she initially was surprised upon entering his personal dimension, it was solely because obtaining the information from her ability and seeing it with her own eyes are two very different things.

  Lawrence knows this, which is why he decides that she should be the one to explain.

  “Lawrence can create 50 permanent doors and add some entry conditions to each of them, but their location is strictly connected to the current position of their owner, which makes it impossible to jump from the Inferior Plane to the Divine Plane.”

  If he, the owner of this personal dimension, is in the Inferior Plane, then no stationary door will be connected to the Divine Plane, the reverse is also true.

  “These 50 stationary doors may be in a single plane, but it would be more appropriate to divide them, giving priority to the Divine Plane. With this, no matter the distance, the personal dimension will be a step that allows teleporting to any location where there is a stationary door.”

  Everyone understands the importance of this, with the stationary doors, they can bypass all the security of the portals that each of the kingdoms of the Divine Plane has imposed. The only problem is that Lawrence will first need to overcome this security before he can create a stationary door and do as he pleases.

  “But in my view, one of the most important features that Lawrence acquired upon becoming the owner of this fragment is that he can now freely use it as a storage ring, without the disadvantages of one.”

  “Ingots of divine purity…”

  At the murmurs of Coldness Divine, Serene Will nods. One of the most problematic drawbacks of ingots of divine purity and some unique items is that they lose their properties when entering a storage ring or passing through a portal. But the stationary doors are neither a portal nor a storage ring, they are something far beyond.

  Before Serene Will could continue her explanation, Coldness Divine understands why she mentioned this topic.

  “Without the disadvantages of one… Are you saying--?”

  “Lawrence can use magic artifacts without carrying them on his body.”

  This fact changes everything. Until now, Lawrence has always had to act cautiously at the Unquenchable Fire Brothel, careful not to carry any prohibited item inside his storage ring and, whenever he used his Dimensional Rift, he ran the risk that someone might see him with the prohibited item in his hands.

  Now all these obstacles have disappeared! As long as there is a magic artifact inside his personal dimension, Lawrence will be able to use it!

  “Although these are significant gains, I don't know what will happen if Lawrence comes into contact with a new core of Archaic Ruin.”

  Serene Will looks to the ground and remembers the events of a few hours ago.

  “Until we have certainties, it won't hurt to investigate the existing cores, but…” She looks at Lawrence and speaks seriously. “You must never touch one again.”

  “Ha! I wouldn’t even if you asked me to.”

  Lawrence does not wish to go through a situation like that again. Just remembering it spoils his mood.

  “Let’s return to the Inferior Plane, staying here will be of no use.”

  It is not necessary for him to create a Dimensional Rift, the stationary door he created as a demonstration is still active, through it everyone returns to the mansion.

  The recent acquisition of the personal dimension leaves everyone deep in their thoughts. There is so much to do and so much to plan, that even the liberal Sky Petal is smiling cheerily while thinking about what to do to achieve the collective consciousness of the plants.

  Before making significant changes to the personal dimension, Initial Spark announces news that would please Lawrence.

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  A crowd gathers on the streets, thousands of people have been waiting since early in the morning trying to witness this historic moment for the Sky Blue Mountain Kingdom.

  Inside a church, a man and a woman place a ring on each other's finger. A ring that will only fall from their hand when one of the two dies.

  “…I now pronounce you, husband and wife.”

  Dozens of people rise from their seats and applaud with smiles on their faces. All of them are important individuals, not only from this kingdom but from foreign kingdoms as well.

  Normally, spouses must walk at the same distance, but not in this case.

  She is the queen, and he is merely a king consort. While she walks a step ahead, he does so a step behind her, demonstrating that the one who will lead this relationship, and the very kingdom, is Queen Reminiscent Euphony.

  Despite this, he is happy. Because he is the only man who can see the back of this woman, how her long golden curly hair sways with each of her steps and be the only one to feel her scent.

  Unlike her rushed coronation, their marriage was planned months in advance. Thousands of people await them outside the church and throw flowers at their carriage, they greet the crowd with a sincere smile.

  The carriage moves towards the castle, and there is never a moment when they are alone.

  The public event ends at the exact moment the king and queen step into the castle, from then on the private celebration begins. To which only the most important characters attend, no one could enter without an invitation.

  In this event, the spouses share their first dance and after remaining for an hour at the party, they are the first to retire.

  The party does not end there, and the guests continue to expand their connections, but since then, no one could see the newlyweds.

  Everyone knew that this would be their first night together.

  In the bridal chamber, both smile shyly and then kiss. Slowly, their garments fall to the floor as they move to the bed.

  Both express their love like any married couple, but if there were a difference, it would be that they are both nobles. In other words, from this day forward, they will attempt to conceive their first child.

  Just as Doneire Fable was about to consummate the act… time stops.

  At least, it does in their minds.

  At that moment, a man appears in the room. This man does not interfere with their act nor does he try to take advantage of the situation. Quite the opposite. After performing a few actions with his hands and confirming success, he leaves the room and closes the door.

  At that very moment, both the queen and her consort king come back to their senses and resume their display of love… unaware of what had happened just moments before.

  The man who has just left the room and is now calmly walking down the hallway… is none other than Lawrence!

  After walking for a few seconds, he soon encounters someone familiar.

  Lawrence smiles and says: "Don’t look at me like that, Coldness Divine. I didn’t touch a single hair on that queen’s head. I never intended to."

  Coldness Divine furrows her brow. "What is your intention in doing all of this?"

  Lawrence doesn’t respond, instead, he continues walking and moves away from her.

  Then she says: "What do you think will happen to that child?"

  Lawrence stops in his tracks and remains silent for a few seconds, but then he raises his hand and creates a Dimensional Rift. Not one that takes him to the Divine Plane, but to his personal dimension.

  Without answering her question, he vanishes from the place.

  Coldness Divine clenches her teeth and looks back, toward that door.

  ‘Do you plan to use your own child as bait?’

  No one knows what will happen to the child born between someone from the Inferior Plane and someone from the Divine Plane, not when the latter has drawn the attention of the Will of Nature.

  Only a tragic life awaits that child.