Hundreds of large cruisers caused this scene, and that was enough to make anyone coming here feeling the pressure already. This wasn't a mere black market, it was a great empire in the making!

That made more hesitant merchants to make up their minds, adding more to the migration move of the merchants, adding more people to the immigrants, normal people even, who were aspiring to gain anything from this wealthy place here.

Rigo just entered the main commanding deck, to find his leader sitting on his seat, as usual, and Luna was now sitting with strange pride on his lap.

Just as Rigo entered, and James was about to welcome him, a familiar old face appeared there, walking with some shyness, and hesitation, following Rigo's footsteps.

"Dora?!" he muttered, softly expressing his own surprise to see her. She was the last person he thought to meet, not with Rigo. He looked at Rigo in question, while he said:

"She sent me a distress signal, as some of her rebels planned some ruckus, and she stood firmly against them, but that threatened her, so I came to rescue her, and bring her, ahem, home."

Rigo added some details to the main story, despite this was the truth if he was late to come and save her. James just glanced at her, examined her body to make sure she was safe.

"I'm… I'm good, thanks for caring," she replied, with some shyness and redness over her face.

She never expected to see him with another woman, and a galaxy class as well. She suddenly got what Rigo had told her from before, that he had changed, he really changed, as James she knew wouldn't even dare to examine her like this, even if he was worried about her.

Despite his daring eyes, she didn't feel any offense, after all she already prepared herself for the worst.

"Welcome home Dora, this is your home despite now building it so far with us, but from this moment you will," James said as he looked at Rigo, who hurriedly said:

"You order the supreme leader."

"Appoint her as leader of a large fleet, second in command only to you," he said, before looking at her as he added, "I know how much you love leading fleets and fighting wars. In fact we will have another war now, do you want to come with me there?"

His question startled her, and his arrangement really took her by surprise. She never thought he would be this carefree with her, with no grievances of any kind, none at all.

She was extremely content with his arrangements, so she just smiled as she said:

"I have no problem with that."

"War?" Rigo asked, "is it related to that new ambassador?" he asked, as he wrongly understood the current situation.

He was just briefed of the incoming new fleet, but he didn't have any other data regarding that matter.

"This is a long story, the short version is that the supreme council of the black market had already gifted us half of that mighty fleet up there. Dora, you will go with Rigo to take control over that fleet, and will follow us to the next targets," James said, explaining in brief what happened, or to be exact the end result of everything.

Rigo wasn't satisfied with this scarce amount of info, as he asked again:

"What targets?"

"We had signed a deal with them, they will support us to invade as many kingdoms around us as possible, providing us with intel and many military aid, in exchange for twenty percent utilization rights for the conquered areas," James said.

"They are after the monsters?" Rigo asked, stating the obvious fact.

"Yes, they are after that," Jamed confirmed his guesses.

"That's fair," he said, "twenty percent in exchange for all that, that's quite fair," he added, feeling quite excited, as his supreme leader was now on a no return course towards greatness.

He only needed time, just enough time and he would be unstoppable, not even by the Terases race, or anyone else.

"When will we leave?" Rigo was already pumped up, as he asked with great excitement in his tone and all over his face.

"Calm down, you just returned. Go and discuss matters with Islinda, and get the whole story from her. We are waiting for the incoming reinforcements from the black market, more grand fleets are coming to our aid in this expedition, so make sure you and Islinda buy as many war cruisers and soldiers as possible," James said, explaining what he needed him to do.

"Affirmative," Rigo replied, before hesitating as he asked, "What about Dora?"

"She will stay here with me," James said, "we have already a lot of things we missed, so this time will be for her," he added, before looking in apology to Luna, who expressed her anger in her own way, biting his shoulder with her lips!

Dora noted how wild and comfortable Luna was dealing with James, and how carefree the latter was to her actions and attitude.

'He certainly changed a lot!' she thought to herself, while watching Rigo and Luna leave, leaving her , alone with James.

She stood there, uncomfortable with his daring looks to her, as she didn't get used to him in this way before.

"Come, sit here," he suddenly said, pointing to a seat nearby him. she, embarrassedly, and nervously, walked to sit there, while keeping her head to the ground.

She, the bloody princess of the rebels, was now feeling so embarrassed that she couldn't even raise her eyes to see him.

"Tell me, how was your life after we got separated," James started by asking her this. He had long imagined her life without him, and for a period he thought she would knock on his door, asking to live with him.

After all, he had risked a lot just to save her life, and both had gone through bad and hell together just to stay alive and escape to here! so, it was hard for him, at first, not to think about her.

However, Isilnda did a great job, making him forget everything else but her, even Eli, who was once beside him all the time, was now somewhere back in the black market branch he first conquered, living her own life of virtue as she chose.

"It was nice," she simply lied, saying nothing more. He wasn't that naïve person from before, at least he could tell if a girl, an innocent girl, was lying in front of him. "Really?" he asked, with a tone that told her he knew, he knew what she went through.

Her eyes suddenly welled up with tears, and she started to hardly struggle not to cry. He looked at her with pity, as it seemed she had it hard. A girl, young and beautiful like her, being betrayed one after another, then left alone amidst those greedy wolves, that would be expected.

He felt some regret, some responsibility, some guilt, as he left her there without even checking at her from time to time, even from far.

Despite he had a very busy and enticing life and andventures since he reached here, he should have asked Rigo to use the system he was controlling to make sure she was ok.

But he didn't, and that made him feel quite responsible for the bad things she experienced. He sighed, before getting up from his seat, going to her, taking her inside his embrace, and letting her finally vent everything she tried longly to bury.

Just being in his embrace, feeling his strong chest, hearing his heartbeat, surrounded by his arms, made her lose control, finally, over her swelled up emotions. She exploded, crying, crying and crying, until she had no strength left to cry.

She didn't feel James as he carried her from her seat and took her to his own room, making her cry on his chest, sleeping over his bed.

"Why did you bring me here?" Once she took a break, she knew where she was, so she asked.

"I just want to leave you rest here, but you were crying so I couldn't leave," he said, before letting her body slip through his arms, falling on the bed, while he was moving away, "as you woke up, I will take my leave."

She hurriedly, subconsciously, extended her hand and grabbed his, while stuttering:

"P-P-Please… stay."

She had this urge to be with him, never leave him again, but she also had some pride in herself, as she didn't want to be like this, sleeping with him in their first reunion.

"You know, technically, you are my oldest girl I know amidst my current ladies," he said, as if he was able to read her mind out. She was about to say something, when he silenced her with a long, soft kiss that made her lose all the resistance she planned against him, and she fell deeply into him.