CHAPTER 117 **A swift kick in the ass**

The emperor moved closer to Sahara, now on the edge of his seat, “Tell me, will the child be a male?”

Sahara put a hand on her swollen bulge, it was getting quite large now, as Sahara was six months along in her pregnancy, then she nodded, “He is male, Your Majesty.”

“Emperor Father!” The emperor quickly said back to her.

Sahara let out a small laugh, “Yes, Emperor Father.”

The emperor laughed loudly and happily, “My son, you finally will have an heir!”

Matthew sighed, he hadn’t really thought of his child like an heir before now…

Over the last week of being with his beloved, and his unborn child, he had grown to think of his child more as another person that he will love unconditionally. He finally thought of teaching the child what he knew, showing the child as much as he could and being there for him whenever he needed him…But this was the first time that he had thought the child as his ‘heir’. It was still a happy thought, but his idea of family still came first and foremost.

They had already seemed to take a different path, then that of normal prince’s or princesses. Well…A different path then anybody!

Before he had met Sahara for the first time, he had already given up the throne for Green Haven and told the emperor that he will most likely travel at some point. So now, what he had previously stated, was just becoming real. As right now, his beloved seemed to reside in Purple Haven, and well…He resided wherever she was.

“Indeed, Emperor Father. I will teach him to be as great as you!”

The emperor let out some glorious hauls and sat back in his chair, “Ah, my son, your words are right! He must be more like his grandfather!”

Sahara looked at one and then the other and laughed…She completely forgot that she should be trying to hug the emperor’s leg, to get more food for Purple Haven, and got carried away with the sweet gestures between the two of them…

It was a huge difference to the first time meeting the emperor and thinking that her head will probably get chopped off! That was for sure!

“Yes, Emperor Father, I will make sure that he follows the laws and knows how to be patient!” Matthew pointed out the Green Emperor’s best-known traits and the emperor smiled and nodded.

Looking at Sahara, the Emperor leans in towards her, “Sahara, my dear, you must watch and make sure that my son does not overdo it and bring me to shame!”

Sahara let out a strange nose and slowly nodded, “Father, I’ll make sure, don’t worry. I’ll kick him in the ass if he’s naughty!”

Both Matthew and the Emperor stopped short and stared at Sahara…

“Sahara…Perhaps, maybe, we could express a different kind of method of discipline?” Matthew tried to coax his beautiful woman.

Sahara looked back at him innocently, “Why? What if the best method for you to do as you are told, is to get a kick in the ass!?”

It was…A completely serious question. Sahara seemed to think of basic and simple methods for many things, and this was one of them…All she could think, is that what if nothing else worked and this method did?

So…That’s why she simply said this in response…Besides, what’s the big deal, she got a swift kick in the ass a few times back on Earth…Did she really say something so terribly wrong?

Matthew could only sigh to Sahara’s lack of being able to talk to people properly. She hadn’t really changed since he had met her, she seemed to still be always quite…Alone…

Memories went into him, and he remembered meeting her at a tavern and having to take her back home. She was so cute and adorable all the way back then, remembering she had only been thirteen or so at the time…

Then, he had seen her at the edge of the cliff, back at the Rolland Estate, and she had run away from him, just like she had disappeared from her bed, from when she was poisoned with the Two-Faced poison.

She had gone all the way out in the wilderness for at least a year and was all alone then.

Taking her hand in his, Matthew didn’t care anymore how she said whatever she said. She can do whatever she wants, because he would always protect her…Always!

So, Matthew’s thoughts were thus, she probably didn’t need to discipline him because he would always do whatever she wanted anyway!

“Very well then, I grant you permission to…Kick me…If I am…Misbehaving.” Matthew was unable to say what she had, but both the Emperor and Sahara got the idea.

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“I won’t hold back then.” Sahara said, entwining her fingers with his and looking at him cheekily.

Matthew could only stare at her beautiful face. He had never met anyone so beautiful. She had the softest skin, perhaps because she cleansed herself often with her spiritual essence, she also had soft brown hair, an innocent, sweet face that had a cute button nose…But that wasn’t all that made her beautiful, it was the peace that she gave him, and the obvious way she acted. He could be himself with her and she him, and that connection made him feel great!

He could only let out a small grunt, to state that he had heard her, as he suddenly remembered the last time that they had gotten intimate…

It wasn’t like they had to hold back anymore.

Before they were officially married, they had nearly gone all the way quite a number of times! To Sahara, sex before marriage didn’t seem like a big deal, as she had never gotten married in her previous life but had been fortunate enough to have a little girl…

But, never in her previous life had she felt…Well, both of them felt the crazy urge that was hard to suppress! It was like time had been waiting all this time for them to be reunited like that! Sahara had made at least two silent jokes about it but couldn’t help but think herself to be right…Once she had accepted her feelings and decided to have a future with him, the urge only got harder and harder to not indulge in it!

It was the night before the wedding was to take place, that they had consummated their bond…But, after that, she had disappeared for six months!

Now that they were together again, Matthew had not let her leave his sight. Whether it was walking around Purple Haven or getting some jobs done with the people around them helping them out, Matthew made sure that Sahara stayed with him always! After all, it was her punishment for leaving him!

After a few days of meeting each other once again, Sahara had finally told him a little bit on how she felt about losing not just Talon and Samuel, but also about Zeus as well. He hadn’t known about Zeus but knew that she would not have been happy…Three people close to her, killed within the day…Even though she had made him angry with leaving, he understood why she had acted like she had. Her mourning seemed to be something that she didn’t know how to deal with, and she had run away…

Every day since, he had told her that he loved her, made sure that she slept beside him and showed her how much he desired her…Even though she was already pregnant with his child…

What was so great, was that Sahara also tended to let him do as he liked and showed every bit of enthusiasm as he did.

It really was a happiness that felt fleeting because it felt so grand! There seemed to be no end in sight to how much they could fall for one another, no end to how much they wanted to be with each other…

And Matthew wouldn’t have it any other way, his life was hers as hers was his. Their journey of life has only just begun, and they will fight to the better end to keep it this way! To stay together forever…

“Young ones are not to be rude and forget this King’s presence!” The emperor said in unhappiness.

Matthew looked up and nodded, after a small cough to gain his complete composure once again, he said, “This Prince has come to inform you more about Purple Haven.”

“Oh, you have already been there?” The emperor asked.

“Yes, this Prince had been there a week and found the biggest problem was the food shortage. From what we had sent down there, it will not be as enough, and I’ve come to ask Emperor Father if he was willing to part with some livestock.” Matthew let out a small breath, he really admired this Emperor. For a long time, he was only a third rank cultivator, yet, he was a strict, patient and respectful ruler that gave careful thought into nearly everything he did…Except when he was tired…But Matthew had indeed learnt a lot from this old man…

“Ah, then how many people are still alive there?” The emperor asked, his casual manner gone completely, as they were now talking of business. The three others in the room came closer too, to be also included in the conversation, the emperor nodding his approval at their closer proximity.

Matthew followed and did the same, showing his seriousness in return, “Sahara had counted five thousand people, not even half are elderly or children, and most of the population is male. They have all resided in the capital together and Sahara has insisted to take Sum completely away from them…Instead, paying them for their hard work in another…Way.”

The emperor raised his brows at Sahara, “You took away Sum completely?”

How could the emperor not be shocked!?

The majority of currency on this planet was called Sum, having a lower currency of silver bars, and now a whole Haven was living without currency at all!? How could that be possible!?

“Yes, father, I thought it would help to keep the greed to a minimum. Some of them were commoners, some of them weren’t, but if I was to implement Sum once again, they would try to group themselves against each other and possibly make things harder. For the most part, we have been able to do a lot together, which I think helps, and I have also blocked cultivation bases for those who wanted to run away or make things harder for me.” Sahara simply stated.

The emperor took in her words and thought for a moment. Not once has he been upset that she missed the ‘Emperor’ in front of the word ‘father’, when she had talked to him as such.

It wasn’t the first time, and he was sure it wouldn’t be the last, but…She had seemed somewhat eccentric ever since he had first met her, and he wasn’t going to make a big deal out of words. To a certain degree, he’s come to another idea upon Sahara…And that was, she tends to come across as a little bit lazy as well. Her way of talking is to get everything out in the shortest and simplest words, and he was not very used to this…

Being an Emperor and having Ministers around him often, who use many words just to state that the people are doing well was something he was used to, it was…Normal…Yet Sahara tends to bluntly state out things with no regard for manners or reputation! …There was even one time that she had completely admitted that she had been intimate with his son Matthew before the wedding! She just spat it out…Till this day he shakes his head to her admitting this! It really wasn’t something a Princess should be doing!

For him, Sahara had been both trouble and a blessing! She had saved his life and helped his cultivation, yet, she had caused trouble with his son and since she was last here the Empress hasn’t left her chambers!

It wasn’t like the Empress was still locked inside her chambers, but her health had become quite critical and has been told by an Imperial Physician that she had only a month left to live, and a week of that month had already gone…

But…The Emperor was not upset to the future of losing his Empress, he will just get another one. There was not much he could do to stop this type of proceedings. He wasn’t totally unfeeling, but he had not liked the schemes that she had tried to do to Sahara and had even looked into the past to find out that the Empress had schemed more times than he had originally thought!

Even though the harem inside the palace had looked at ‘peace’, the emperor finally found out that it wasn’t a ‘peace’ that he thought real now. The Empress had done enough to even get herself beheaded, if her schemes became public…