Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix - Chapter 278

Chapter 278: Royal Marriage – A Quiet Date before the end

Xavida grasped Asura’s hand, her eyes glowing with delight. Her ability to grow close to his mother, Ophelia, caused them to team up against him. Because Xavida complained about not having time alone with Asura, Ophelia scolded him.

‘Well, it’s true, and I don’t mind taking her on a date.’

“Hehe, your Mother is so strong she can make Asura apologise!”

“Don’t tease her too much. She’s so excited about the girls when her own is due sooner.”

Asura spent most of the time thinking of how to make the most of his time and avoid neglecting his women.

The ones he needed to comfort most, though, were too far away, with Lucia and Helliana supporting the knight’s push south through Romantica.

‘Well, there is also Verana. We need to settle our heavy baggage from our previous lives.’

Xavida didn’t care where they went, instead holding his hand. With a gentle sway, she stared at Asura instead of the surroundings.

“I remember the last time. Maybe back then, I was a little annoying.”

“Why do you think that?”

“Haha… I was so nervous I acted childish and did nothing but eat.”

It was rare for Xavida to speak normally in a mature voice. Her sudden switch caught Asura off guard as she wrapped herself in his arms the moment she switched and pressed him against a stone wall.

The cold sensation spread across his body while her warm breath blew against his neck, tickling and arousing. Xavida’s eyes watched him with a slight curve before narrowing them into a sharp gaze and curling her lips into a faint smile.

“I love you.”

In a low, almost growling voice filled with her intense affection, Xavida whispered beside his ear.

“No matter how long I must wait for your love. I will wait.”

Her hands, covered in beautiful pink scales that shone in the sun like gemstones, came into his view as she brushed his raven locks behind his ear. A new Xavida appeared suddenly, causing his heart to throb.

“Xavida… have you grown up?”

“I have grown to love you more than anything.”

Asura’s cheeks turned red. He felt the intensity of a dragon’s affection for the first, maybe the second, time in his life. Her clawed fingertips stroked his cheeks as she watched him, their bodies hidden by a shadow created from the store’s overhead ledge.

“From the immature girl to the woman who carries your children. If not for you, maybe crushed by the regret of fleeing my homeland or lying dead after being tricked by my uncle’s allies. Without you, Asura Fenix…”

Xavida held Asura’s hand. Even the scales on her neck had changed, now darker and larger. The still-developing horns on her head grew further, but the most striking change was her eyes. Their deep, beautiful shimmer, with small flecks of light, infinitely close to shining stars that drew his gaze further.

During their months together, he noticed her changes.

However, not this close or intense.

‘She’s become a truly matured woman before I realised…’

“Show me your scales. I miss seeing them… Your beautiful obsidian scales like the night.”

She whispered, biting his neck with her sharp teeth, pulling on his flesh while watching his face with eyes narrowed into slits. “My wonderful Asura, let me walk with the dragon inside you. The man who stole my innocent heart.”

She would be the only one to know and experience this side of him.

From her words, Asura realised his mistake from the moment he gained his Phoenix monolith. He started hiding his other bloodlines, trying to remain as human as possible.

Yet that wasn’t him, because he didn’t care in the past! He would let all his different bloodlines show. The shards influenced him.

“Do you really want to see?”

His voice echoed with a deep tone almost identical to hers: the low but pleasant growl of a dragon.

“I want to see, more than anything. My love.”

Asura couldn’t resist his lover’s request, especially one so simple and heartfelt. He realised Xavida had no connection to the shards or his past lives.

This girl fell for him simply because he teased her and played with her when they met.

Xavida

“Show me, my black dragon!”

She bit his neck, injecting a gentle force into her jaw, with flames flickering against his skin, causing a pleasant and numbing pain in his muscles, heating him to a pleasant feeling as if she wanted to melt him.

Asura’s eyes narrowed, his height slightly growing because the different bloodlines granted him various heights; the dragon was taller than his mother from the other day, that’s without the horns that pushed against his temples.

‘Ugh… it’s been so long. The feeling tingles, a painful yet pleasant feeling.’

The scales emerged on his skin. Large, solid, shiny scales shimmered, covering his cheeks and neck until they covered most of his body, hidden by the well-adjusted suit.

They were glossy and tender but could resist the sharpest blades, especially given his current physique.

“…”

Xavida’s cheeks and scales turned bright pink, and her aura felt more submissive as she rubbed her nose against his obsidian scales while scratching their surface with her nails.

It wasn’t just Xavida that matured. Her scales and horns were slightly different, and so were his.

“Your horns are so sexy now, husband…”

Before, they seemed a little embarrassed, a feeling of shame towards his dragon form and monster bloodlines as they curled over his head and pointed behind him.

Now, they were thick, with a rough texture, while they pointed to the skies as if to defy them. Beautiful golden rings hovered around the tip, swirling one horn in black and the other pure white. Yet they looked beautiful and suited his figure.

The white horn was slightly smoother and more beautiful, while the black horn was rough, with a cracked surface where a flame colour glowed from those cracks, adding the image of magma.

“You’re beautiful.”

The edges of Asura’s lips curled. The female dragon’s honest response caused his chest to ignite. It felt good.

He spent the longest time denying himself that he was just human and refused these different bloodlines subconsciously because of the shards conflicting with each other.

‘I won’t hide myself any longer! I’ll wear them like armour.’

“Husband?”

“Let’s go… Xavida, you better prepare yourself, for I won’t hold back. Today is our second date and a celebration of the conception of our two children.”

Xavida’s already-red cheeks reddened further as she felt him lifting her hips, now sitting on his thick forearm like a seat with both arms around his neck as she leaned against his side, while her tail coiled around his arm, the tip stroking the back of his hand that grasped her entire ass.

“I can’t wait to become a mother, to have your babies.”

The couple left the shadows of the building and strolled through the city, garnering quite the attention—many females swooned and looked at their boyfriends.

However, the size of Asura’s palm could fit his little dragon bride’s buttocks fully. They might struggle to get one cheek in their boyfriends, which caused a lot of amusing comparisons.

“Is he a demon or some kind of new race? He’s so big… is that size as well..”

“Anna!? Why are you looking at another man? Let’s go!”

“But… can’t you carry me like that? She looks so happy.”

***

Asura and Xavida didn’t know or care. They roamed the market, buying various foods, the fish and meat they missed the first time. Even the vendor remembered her as he pulled out a bonus,

“Oh, it’s the lady from last time! Do you still go crazy for fish?”

“Now I am crazy about my husband, fufu.”

“Hahaha! Newlyweds are so sweet and make the old man bitter! Here, take this, husband—you need the stamina to carry this beauty, right?”

Even Asura received a baked clam with an energy drink that tasted like blueberry.

“Xavida, this is quite fun. Now I see why you enjoyed it the first time.”

“Fufu, you’re right. Oh, these oysters look tasty and healthy for our baby’s growth. Can we get two?”

“Of course. One for my lovely wife and one for my children. Though I’m not sure, it’s okay for children.”

“It’s okay because I’m a dragon, fufu we don’t have the issues human women have.” Xavida chimed in while eating a baked squid on a stick. “That means we can have sex anytime and eat anything!”

The old man’s face became red and awkward as he looked at the towering Asura and smaller Xavida and shook his head. “You young ones should be careful here; take this and show me those cute little ones when they are born or hatch. Hahaha!”

Asura paid the old man more than his normal rate, ignoring the elderly man’s words to return the change and giving a polite nod to his quiet wife who sat beside him; Asura felt that kind of coupe was quite admirable and cute.

“Thank you; what a good man,” his wife said with a gentle smile. She took the money and hit her husband with a small paper rod.

They purchased various other treats and continued strolling until they entered a certain restaurant that caught Asura’s eye.

“Do you remember here too?”

“Hmm? Ah! It’s the place where that stupid guy tried to disturb us!” Xavida’s eyes seemed to shoot fire at the memory. “I wish I had torn his throat out when I had the chance.”

“Why didn’t you?”

“I was already feeling dizzy; the date and being with you made me so nervous that I just acted a little silly.”

“So you’re not like that normally?”

“…”

Xavida’s eyes narrowed into slits; her crimson lips opened into a sinister smile, showing her sharp teeth as her nose snorted warm air against Asura’s face in protest.

“Hmph!”

‘Ah, she’s really cute…’

The restaurant hadn’t changed since the last time, only a little different, as some of the staff were new. The couple attracted everyone’s gaze from the moment they entered and sat on the same VIP table as the last time.

“We will have your signature seafood platter for two. But this time, bring everything! Do you still have those lobsters? Then bring some of those as well.”

“Yes! We do, sir.”

Asura pulled out some money for a large tip and a sign that he didn’t care how much it cost, and then he caressed Xavida’s rear while she played with his hair and bit his neck with her teeth.

“Go sit in your seat, dragon girl.”

“Your lap is my seat; you love it when I sit here at night.”

“Silly girl. Tonight, you will stay at the hotel for an entire week!”

Asura pushed Xavida’s hips slightly and caused her to slide off him with a pout.

“I will make you forget that silly princess and show you a real dragon princess!”