Cheat Awakening

"Phew, finally over!" Myne exclaimed, sprawled on the couch while using Maya's lap as a pillow. "Even with so many people helping, it took us five hours to empty this castle. Thankfully we have storage-type skills, or I can't imagine how and where we'd transport so many things."

Exhausted and out of breath, hundreds of fish-men were scattered across the floor like discarded toys. Maya had squeezed every ounce of their value out of them, working them like slaves without rest. Now, with the work finally done, they could relax, and take some rest. Their queen was indeed a very scary ruler.

After a brief rest, Myne looked down at the people below and a thought he'd been suppressing for a while resurfaced. "Big Sis," He asked Maya, whose face couldn't see because of her big milky mountain coming in his way, "Can you teach me this summoning spell? It's so nice to have so many people willing to help without asking for anything in return.

They're loyal, honest, and perfect for manual labour. All you have to do is respect them and provide enough mana. Nowadays it is not easy to find such good workers." Read exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire

"You want to learn it? Sure, it's not a complicated spell. It mainly requires the summoned creature's willingness. You should be able to learn it with a bit of practice." Maya replied calmly, she looked around and spotted the middle-aged fish-man who was one of the six people summoned at the beginning. She motioned for him to come over.

"Glarh, vek'thar zeth al'kur?" ( Master, how can I help you? ) The middle-aged fish-man asked in his own language, which Myne didn't understand. After getting from the lap pillow, Myne looked at Maya curiously, wondering how she learned their language.

"This is my younger brother, Myne, after seeing your loyalty (working capability) and dedication toward their master (how easy and convenient it is to make you work, he decided to form a contract with your tribe as well. By the way, let me tell you something—he's a very wealthy man in my kingdom."

"If you help him, you can ask for anything you can possibly buy with money. Compared to me, who rarely needs your help, he's a big shot with a lot of business. He'll definitely need your help more than anything else." Maya explained casually, and to make them accept Myne willingly by their own free will, she didn't forget to throw in some imaginary cake.

At first, hearing that their queen wanted to make her younger brother, who had seemingly popped out of thin air, their summoner, the fish-man tribe chief hesitated a bit. After all, although they were good at normal labour, if they were summoned into the battlefield and asked to fight, it would only be a matter of time before their tribe became history.

After all, It is a well-known fact that most young people nowadays are hot-blooded and can't easily be trusted. Who knew when they might lose their minds over minor things and bring disaster to their little tribe? But when he heard that Myne was a big shot with golden thigh and would only require their help to manage his business, his eyes immediately lit up.

Without hesitation, he pulled out a golden scroll from his back, where he had no such a thing as a bag or anything and handed it to Myne.

With a satisfied smile, Myne took the scroll from the middle-aged fishman, unfolded it, and saw that it was filled with golden, shiny runic characters. At the bottom were written the names of Maya and his mother, along with what appeared to be their blood.

"Did Mother also sign a contract with them?" Seeing his mother's name, Myne couldn't help but ask with a surprised expression.

"Of course she did," Maya replied with a smile. "She thought it was cool to have some personal servants. And you won't believe this, but after we made the contract, she got so used to summoning them and working them for her that I sometimes wonder if she wanted to be a queen and already started practising the way a queen should live."

"Especially during missions, she literally uses them like slaves. Thankfully, she gives them enough rewards, and they're more than happy to help us. Otherwise, if there were hume on those fish-man place, believe me, they would have rebelled against her long ago."

Myne couldn't help but laugh at his mother's shameless actions. He once again realized that he was indeed her son—their way of doing things was indeed very similar.

While listing more about his mother's shameful deeds, Myne made a small cut on his index finger and quickly wrote down his name before the wound healed. As he did so, Myne suddenly felt a mysterious connection with all the fish people before him, as if he could feel their emotions, and right now they all had excitement and expectation about their upcoming reward in their hearts.

"Congratulations, Master," The middle-aged fish-man said happily. "You have successfully formed a summoning contract with us. We are now ready to serve you at any time. Feel free to summon us whenever you need our help." Surprisingly, this time, Myne could understand every single word spoken by him. Now he finally understood how his lazy big sis was able to understand their strange language.

It turned out to be a free bonus that summoners received after signing the contract.

"All right, now that everything here is finished, we're also going back to our home. Tell me what you guys want for your hard work. As long as it's within my means, I definitely won't disappoint you," Myne said generously, making the middle-aged fish-man and a few other people who were listening to their conversation have their eyes light up in excitement.

"Well, Master, you see, life in the depths of the ocean is very dull and boring," The middle-aged fish-man said slowly while rubbing his hands together like a black-hearted businessman. "There's not much to do except eat, make babies, and sleep. So I was wondering if..."

"I understand. No need to say anything further," Myne interrupted the middle-aged fish-man, raising his hand. He walked toward him, put his arm around his shoulder, and brought him to the entrance of the castle, far from Maya's sharp ears.

"Although I don't have much right now, here, take this," Myne said while looking back from the corner of his eyes. "It's a storage pouch filled with some of my favourite novel collections. There should be more than 50 books in it, which should be enough to open a door to a new world for your little tribe...

By the way, can you read our language?" He wanted to explain the important points and give some pointers on how they could share those books with every adult, thought of a big problem and asked with a frown.

"Don't worry, Master, I know your language. When our previous master called us, she gave us a lot of work related to paperwork. And we do everything perfectly, and not mess everything up, she especially selected ten of the most talented people in our tribe and taught them a lot of things, including your language.

And by God's grace, I'm one of those lucky chosen ones," The middle-aged fish-man said proudly while skillfully taking the storage pouch from Myne.

Hearing about another grand deed of his mother, the corner of Myne's mouth couldn't help but twist. He had a newfound understanding of her brain circuits but soon put aside those distracting thoughts and continued. "That's good. After reading them, you can translate them and share them with others. Oh, and some books are not suitable for children, so you better not give away books randomly."

After which Myne gave the middle-aged fish-man some more instructions before returning to their original place. The middle-aged man, who seemed eager to go back and become a nerd, nodded at Maya, cancelled his connection with her, and with a whoosh sound, disappeared in a flash of blue light.

The others followed suit, and soon the lively, empty castle became silent again, leaving only three people behind.

"You didn't give them those perverted novels of yours, did you?" Maya, coming behind Myne, asked with an expressionless face, placing her hands on his shoulders. She knew Myne a little too well.

Myne, feeling like the Grim Reaper was standing behind him, hurriedly shook his head and used his Liar skill to its maximum limit before speaking.

"How could this be? Those are rare collections of mine. I haven't even given them to Aisha for reading despite her doing everything to get them, let alone those fish people. I gave them my old horror novels. I just hope they won't become like me after reading them. After all, light can't reach the depths of the ocean.

It would be a nightmare for them if they started fearing the darkness..."

"Anyway, let me send you back home. We'll continue our vacation the day after tomorrow. Today, not only do I have to find a temporary house for Phyiona, but also have to report this incident to my mother-in-law and probably help her to send troops here to deal with the aftermath," Myne said with a helpless expression, rubbing his forehead.

"Huh? Why tell the queen? What happened to the king? Shouldn't this kind of serious matter be reported directly to the king?" Maya asked suspiciously, increasing the force of her grip on Myne's shoulders, making his face contort in pain. Recently she was a bit oversensitive toward any woman Myne wanted to meet.

"A few days ago, the king had a small accident. He fell down the stairs and is currently in a coma. So temporarily, the queen is taking care of kingdom affairs... Big Sis, can you please loosen your grip? It's hurting," Myne pleaded, patting Maya's hands on his shoulders.

"Ah, sorry, I forgot about that," Maya apologises with a smile but there was no smile in her eyes. "If what you said is true, then there's no problem."

She then suddenly leaned forward and whispered in Myne's ears. "But remember, if you f*cked this woman as well, I'll break both your legs. Then you two sweet disabled couples can play house-house games as much as you want."

After threatening Myne until his legs started shaking, she patted him on the shoulder, asked him to open the portal to her house, and walked in, waving her hand with a sweet smile on her face.