"Not that I believe coercion or bribery would work on you, and the issue is that most individuals who are worthy companions for True Royals are all talented and strong-willed individuals with powerful backings, making underhanded tactics ill-advised," Vesperia explained. "Though the Endless Empire does not lack suitable mates in general. Males there who are good breeding partners are highly valued and nurtured."
Jake smirked. "Would I be wrong to assume the powerful Hive Queens over there got harems?"
Vesperia tilted her head. "Harem? A concept I am not quite familiar with.”
"Eh, it means when a man or woman has an entourage of partners around them, often all of them of the romantic kind," Jake tried to explain, not entirely sure of the definition himself.
"Not quite. There is little r
