Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix - Chapter 390

Chapter 390: After All I couldn’t avoid Trouble!
Asura didn’t want to cause drama so early in the morning.

So he took the matter into his own hands, grabbing Rasha by the waist and tossing Yufa over his shoulder. He rushed out of the guest room and tossed them onto the sofa in the living room.

‘Where the hell are her clothes…’ He thought while looking at the bare body of Rasha, who seemed stunned after tossing her through the air.

“Yufa, don’t let your sister wander off. I’m going to get her clothes…”

With that, he rushed to his room with fleeting steps.

The sound of various people waking up filled the mansion, along with the maids who entered the kitchen from their side entrance, starting to prepare breakfast.

He could feel Xavida’s presence sneaking towards his room ever since she finished her shower, causing Asura’s lips to twitch at how cheeky the little dragon was.

Asura realised she used the hidden passages for the maids and servants of the mansion to get to his room from the outside.

‘No wonder she always managed to get inside my bed, even with the door locked!’

“Darling~ I’ve come to wake you up, ehehe~ you’ll never expect me when you wake up!” Xavida sang to herself, speaking about her plans with a melodic tune, her feet skipping across the wooden floor.

‘How did I never hear this before…’ Asura lamented at his defenceless self while sleeping in the mansion.

If she were an assassin, wouldn’t he be dead?!

Asura didn’t dare think about it, quickly dressing himself in a casual set of clothes, tossing on a white shirt and black pants.

“Little Xavi, I’m already awake. You can stop singing and sneakily enter my room now~” Asura hummed with a smile while sneakily shifting Rasha’s clothes into his item storage, standing by the door while the beautiful dragoness entered from the opposite side through the balcony.

“Ah?! How! You always sleep late in the morning!” Xavida pouted while stomping her feet, rushing to Asura and giving him a tight hug.

“Hehe, my cultivation has finally broken through the barrier of sensing cute dragon women. Your tricks are futile!”

“Ehehe~ am I cute?” Xavida’s tail swayed side to side while hugging Asura.

“Extremely cute.” Asura smiled while patting her head, realising her hair was still wet.

“Why didn’t you dry your hair first, silly? What if you get sick? Go back to your room and dry yourself properly, or I’ll be angry.”

“Ehhhh~ then give me a kiss, and I’ll go, hehe.”

“Xavida~” Asura couldn’t help but shake his head at the adorable dragoness who didn’t know how to take care of herself.

Gently pressing his lips against her forehead, he felt her tail start to sway more vigorously than before, her little lips letting out a dissatisfied sound while pouting. “Hmph! I wanted a proper kiss, stupid Asura, at least when sleeping. You don’t stop me!”

Xavida quickly escaped from Asura’s arms, rushing back to her room with fluttering movements, her head looking back and pulling out her tongue before she vanished.

“This woman…”

“Ahem.”

Turning his head, he saw Rasha standing awkwardly by the door frame.

“Y-Your maids came and saw me and Yufa. I’m sorry!” Rasha’s eyes lowered, her hair covering her face, not wanting to meet Asura’s eyes.

“Hm? Oh, they must have wondered who you were; sorry I took too long getting your clothes here.”

“Mm… about my thread… did it really smell sweet?”

“Ah, it was like a sweet vanilla scent.”

The small spider then hurried into the bathroom attached to Asura’s room and closed the door, her soft brown cheeks blushing a darker colour with a tinge of red as she seemed to speak to herself inside.

Asura shrugged his shoulders and walked to the living room, wanting to avoid any issues with the other women since he had dealt with the most troublesome already. He thought the rest would be fine…

Oh, how woefully wrong he was.

***

When Asura returned to the living room, Yufa sat on one of the single-seated chairs while huddled up, her eyes looking towards him for help. Meanwhile, sitting on the sofa were Valerie, Lorem and Lucia… All three seemed to have a slightly irritated or upset face.

‘Hm? What’s wrong with them all?’ Asura wondered while searching his mind for a reason.

Valerie was usually calm and reserved, a perfect lady who had a sharp mind. However, today, she seemed irritated by something, her eyes flickering with a cold light towards Asura, her crimson hair tied in a bun while she wore a tight-fitting white dress.

‘Hm? Did I do anything that upset Valerie?’ Asura thought while pondering if he had done anything to cause her irritation.

‘What about Lorem?’ Asura thought while looking towards the phoenix.

Lorem’s usual elegant aura was missing, her scarlet eyes seeming to hold a slight anger as she kept her head lowered, her long, pure-red hair seeming messier than usual.

‘Hm? She seems upset… maybe she’s upset about last night?’ Asura thought while rubbing his chin.

Finally, his eyes shifted to the third woman, Lucia.

Lucia’s usual playful personality was gone, her dark eyes holding a slight hint of resentment before turning towards Asura and asking. “Who was the naked midget?”

“Naked Midget? You mean Rasha?” Asura pointed towards the bathroom, wondering why Lucia called her that.

“I see, that’s her name? T-Tell her to come out here…” Lucia’s voice stammered slightly as she clenched her fist, her voluptuous body wearing a short dress, which stressed her curves.

Asura didn’t question the situation, assuming Lucia wanted to introduce herself or something.

However, he didn’t need to go back before the beautiful woman with snow-like hair, her fringe cut across her brows, and two long bangs down to her chest, a true Eastern princess haircut.

The woman wore a tight-fitted blue dress, her lovely red eyes looking towards Asura before shifting to the many women on the sofa, causing Lorem, Valerie and Lucia to twist to look at her.

Rasha’s dress looked elegant and like a customised shrine outfit, as her sensual body was revealed by the silk thread that clung to her body.

“Mm, what is everyone glaring for? Yufa told me what happened.” Rasha spoke calmly, causing Asura’s mouth to twitch at how straightforward she was.

“You are Rasha? I am Valerie, duchess of Drakkur and Asura’s future wife. Please tell me why you slept with him naked last night.”

“Future wife? Hmm, but he didn’t seem to mind being pressed against my nude body; his lower half was rather excited, in fact.” Rasha’s calm tone caused Valerie’s expression to turn cold, her elegant demeanour vanishing.

“W-What?!”

“Hm? Is there a problem? Asura didn’t mind, either.” Rasha’s words caused Valerie’s face to turn paler, her lips trembling as her beautiful crimson eyes started to shake.

Meanwhile, Lorem and Lucia stared daggers towards the spider-woman, Lorem’s phoenix heritage, causing her temper to flare.

Unknown to Asura, the women gathered together and decided that they needed to vet the women who came close to their beloved man because he seemed to collect women like stray cats. Because if they showed him some genuine affection or fell for him. Asura normally would return the feelings like it was natural.

Valerie, Lucia, Lorem, Xavida and Vela had discussed this matter previously, causing the five to get closer than ever before.

However, Mu Xue, Verana and Amalia didn’t seem to mind as long as he still loved them just as much, while Sigurd wasn’t there to give her opinion either.

Rasha, however, was a stranger to them, and she was naked and had slept with Asura. They were in the mansion, which felt like a betrayal.

“I think you’re misunderstanding something….” Asura spoke, and suddenly, the hostile gazes of the women turned to him.

“To begin with, it’s because you’re too nice!”

“Why let such a beautiful pair of women in your home so late… Are you asking to be violated?!”

“My dear, you slept in the same bed naked… How can we misunderstand? Isn’t her body already filled with your white sticky milk, fertilising her eggs?” Valerie added the most detailed complaint.

“Hmph!” Rasha turned away with a snort, crossing her arms.

Asura placed a palm on his face; for once, he was innocent and did nothing to Rasha. So he clapped his hands together, the loud echo causing almost everyone in the mansion to stop moving as all eyes turned on him, even the sleepy Mu Xue walking into the room rubbing her eyes while yawning.

“We didn’t sleep together. Rasha was sleeping in my room, and I slept in the guest room. When going to the bathroom, she seems to have started sleep walking and crawled into my room. It’s that simple!”

“Sleepwalking?” Lucia frowned and looked towards Rasha, her beautiful white hair swaying side to side.

“Is this true?” Lorem asked with a judgemental voice. She believed Asura because he never lied to her, especially when he looked into their eyes while speaking.

“Hmph, it’s true. I got lost, smelled something pleasant, and entered his room after nesting on the roof; it’s just I ended up in his bed at some point, and then Yufa came inside without giving us a chance to explain.”

“But sister… he said your thread smelt sweet. That means…”

For the first time, Rasha seemed to be in a rush as she waved her small arms and lunged at the large Yufa, but unable to silence her as Lorem tripped over the rushing spider.

“Thread?!” Lucia and Valerie both spoke at once, causing Asura to realise that maybe he knew too little about the Arachne culture. No, he only knew surplus information from a human kingdom’s point of view, as most monster races were disgusting to the normal person.

‘Does the scent mean anything…’

Yufa then grasped the thread left in the guest room and passed it to the women. “What does it smell like?”

“Ugh… liquorice or some kind of musty and repulsing scent that makes my nose itch.”

“Dear, you said this was sweet. Did you suffer a stroke? I knew that they needed to use cleansing magic to remove the natural scent of Arachne’s fine silk… But this smells strange. It feels like a scent that is telling me to go away.”

“Mm… there is a reason to only him. It smells nice… It’s related to our culture and how we select a mate. I never expected my sister to find a partner since she always kicked our mother’s suggested men to the side and broke their limbs. We thought she might be interested in women, to be honest!”

“What? Is that what you and mother thought!” Rasha seemed shocked as she rushed towards her sister.