Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix - Chapter 274

Chapter 274: A moment of Nostalgia and peace
Asura leaned against Mu Xue’s chest, her hands slowly combing his raven hair with a silver comb and brush.

After meeting the woman who caused a sense of terror and powerlessness greater than the woman who almost killed him. He felt comfort in the caress of Mu Xue, the feeling of her brushing and combing his hair nostalgic for him.

“Do you remember when you first came to our home?” he asked, stroking her pale blue thighs.

Mu Xue no longer hid her devil bloodline, while still a faint blue, to keep her parent’s features, but Asura felt that his Mu Xue was the best after all.

“I do—before my wounds fully healed, I would comb you from behind like this because I feared you would become scared of my face. The childish Asura was so lovely. He would tell me stories while I brushed his hair. Hehe, you always mentioned growing up to be the best man for me.”

“Ah!?”

Asura remembered, thanks to her words and the gentle chuckle, while her fingertips spread a special treatment that made hair smell like forest fruits and shimmer with a fine gloss.

‘That’s right, and I used to imagine marrying her even then as a child… How embarrassing she remembers.’

Mu Xue sensed the slight jitter from the body in her embrace and felt the urge to bully her cute childhood friend.

“Oh? Is my precious little Asura still holding onto that childish dream?”

She rested her chin on his shoulder, her long hair tickling his skin as she whispered teasingly in his ear. Her hot breath filled his ears, a soft touch as her hands slid up his chest, an embrace so soft it was easy to lose oneself.

“Are you okay, Asura?”

“Can you handle the pressure?”

“Do you need me to help support you?”

Her questions and words were so soft and gentle, but the moment they resounded in his ears like gentle waves, he couldn’t help grasping her hand tight. Mu Xue was the woman he loved first in this life, irrelevant of all the other things that happened.

She was the one she was his only one in the beginning, and even now, she supports him with simple words and a brush.

He could feel it, the emotions she held for him, her tender touch, her words.

“Mu Xue… will you be mine even if I made a choice that could destroy this world?”

“Mm!”

“Even if we lost everything and suffered a life of never-ending battles?”

“Of course!”

“Why!?”

“Because I love you silly, and I am your maid knight, forever and always. My blade will protect you and slay your enemies.”

Mu Xue gently lifted Asura and embraced him from behind, kissing his head.

“Do not worry. I will always be here for you. So promise me that you will take the best course of action that you believe in. No matter what suffering or enemy we might face. I support you.”

Mu Xue’s words caused the heart that felt uneasy and fearful to settle down and find resolve.

Asura returned the embrace, smiling foolishly like a young man who had just made peace with his reactive choice to shun the monoliths and his past selves, instead choosing to drift in the darkness, finding his path without them.

‘I will make the world where the people I love can live freely even if we have to fight or become hated. I will continue fighting till the very end… I will lead the way I choose, fight the way I desire and hold out my hand to those who will support and join me in the unknown future.’

“Mu Xue…”

“Hm?”

Asura turned and captured her lips, the scent of fruit-flavoured shampoo sweet and fragrant like spring blossoms. He embraced her, their flesh hot and their breaths filled with love, passion, and yearning.

The kiss lasted several minutes until the cooling sensation of Mu Xue’s icy tongue pulled back, covered in the warm saliva of Asura. Her eyes filled with delight.

“You were my first love, and no matter what happens or changes. I hope you never forget that.”

Mu Xue felt her face heating, her heart racing from Asura’s loving gaze and words.

“That makes me happy. Because you are also my first love,” she softly murmured in return.

Their lips locked again, and her hands became eager and hungry for him. She tore off his shirt and kissed his exposed chest; as their passions increased, the slow-moving carriage seemed to rock violently on the rainy spring day.

***

Later that afternoon, Asura found himself alone with Mu Xue sleeping, once again watching out the window at the moving landscape, his mind lost in thought.

‘Soon, we will reach the capital, and I will marry Vela, but she is not my only woman, and I cannot afford to neglect them.’

Asura reflected on the sleepy Mu Xue after they lost themselves to passion, as she told him to relax and not worry too much about the future or what may happen, instead to embrace the now and enjoy the time with the many people who loved him dearly.

“Unbelievable—I am lucky that I have Mu Xue, never mind all of them.”

He smiled as he heard Mu Xue’s yawn while sleeping in his bed.

He closed his eyes, embracing the current moment while savouring the memories he had with his childhood friend. Even if she was technically a maid, a retainer, or a knight and his future wife ten years his senior. Asura still considered her his closest friend and childhood friend.

‘Maybe I am biased, but I just love her no matter what she does or how she changes. I want her to be always by my side. No, I want them all to be beside me and never worry. Though that is impossible now, I will achieve my goal one day.’

A slight sound echoed before the window slid open, and a familiar pink hair fluttered in his vision.

“Oh, Xavida? You are being naughty.”

“I noticed Mu Xue leave and didn’t come back.”

Asura noticed that Xavida’s normally flat stomach seemed a little more plump—nothing big, but he could tell thanks to his recent evolution and changes. Even the hearts beating inside the two eggs inside her womb sounded in his ear when he focused.

‘My first children, twin daughters… how troublesome, in the most lovable way.’

“I won’t blame Xue, but can you hug me too?”

Xavida asked cutely, her mature features so different from the past, formerly a cute dragoness, now a cute mother dragon, alluring as she snuggled into his arm like a lazy cat. Her hand slowly stroked his chest as her horns brushed his cheek before she twitched.

“Hmmm, I can smell her on your body.”

“Mu Xue? Well, she was brushing my hair… We, uh, ahem…”

He blushed.

Xavida only laughed happily.

“Silly—the scents are too strong for that kind of explanation. I am not stupid; we are your women, and that includes sex; how else would these two exist? I just wish you could hug me a little more, okay? I won’t pester for marriage or anything… Soon, we must face my uncle and I cannot do it without your help and support. So please take good care of us… not only me but the others too.”

Asura didn’t need to hear the latter part, sensing her sincerity, fear and love—she was even more lonely than him.

So he wrapped her with his arms while the capital in the distance grew larger, his heart calm as he forgot complicated things like the future of his enemies and instead thought of nothing but Xavida, Mu Xue, Lucia, Lorem and his beloved women, that allowed him to feel sleepy, after struggling for a long time to sleep well.

‘We will be okay… I will help them. No matter the path, I will never do something terrible if I have an option… Just relax and be yourself, Asura. The world comes second… These women who support you and your family come first.’

With those thoughts, he gently caressed Xavida’s stomach, looking forward to the day when he could feel the movements of his firstborn children.

‘I will do my best.’

“I love you, Xavida.” Asura’s eyes were heavy and tried to close as if these words were a magic spell that helped him sleep.

“And I love you, my King,” Xavida whispered in return while smiling softly.

She had no worries in her voice or expression as she thought of her man and the children she carried in her womb.

Unlike in the past, her plans changed, and though she didn’t tell Asura, she planned to make him the next Demon King and instead change the term to Dragon King, a title her father always desired but felt he lacked the power and ability.

“I have faith that you can achieve what Papa lacked; you are the one to continue my race’s legacy,” Xavida whispered before yawning and falling asleep in Asura’s arms.

While on the other side of him, Mu Xue gave a gentle nod, her eyes closing once again, with a wide smile on her lips, “Good girl, you are more likeable these days.”

****

Meanwhile, in Verana’s carriage, she leaned back in a comfortable chair, soft music playing in the surroundings as she listened to something from a small black earpiece.

“So you are finally making progress, my love. It will soon be time for us to deal with our emotional baggage and decide the future we seek together. I will wait until you see to the others, but I will not wait much longer.”

She bit her lips in anticipation, a sensual scene if anyone saw her in such a state.

Her white dress fell down her shoulders as she brushed her silky long black hair, revealing her long white neck as her hands covered her slender thighs, the area between her legs slightly wet, with a devilish smirk on her face.

The voyeurism of Verana is a trait she only recently developed, thanks to Asura having so many women and her overseeing each of their training to serve him better.

“Who knew that I would have such a despicable and loathsome desire? Is this because I spent ten years watching like a bystander?”

Verana felt shocked to know that Mu Xue was Asura’s first love, but rather than being upset or angry, she felt at peace.

‘No wonder the news of her death broke your spirit completely. I never understood why a simple maid would have that effect on you. I planned to recover my body, but the moment you heard of her death… everything ended.’

The distant memories of her past self drifted through her mind like a forgotten dream, but thanks to her role as a watcher, she could recall everything—the joy, sorrow, the heartbreak, the hatred, all of it, even the hidden and forbidden secrets that her former self longed for.

Now, she only wanted one thing.

“I just want you to smile, to be happy. That is enough for me to be satisfied, Asura, watching you suffer those ten years because of my weakness. How could I want anything more?”