Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix - Chapter 451

Chapter 451: Turbulence

“That filthy monster bitch!” A loud growl sounded from the private guest room allocated to the Ambassador from the Emerald Empire. Beside him were two of his aides who looked pale, their eyes nailed to the floor in a terrified nature.

“Your honour, there is no way those barbarians and filthy monsters could understand the greatness of his emperor. Look at these filthy webs spread throughout the palace! Their vile stench proves these spiders are sourcing their silk from another race!”

One of his aides seemed completely immune to his gaze, with slanted eyes and dark red hair. He seemed to be the Ambassador’s family because of their visual similarities.

“Ah… Mao, you are the best son a man could have. You understand well what the emperor truly believes. Yet these two snivelling fools are scared of some damned spider queen!” The ambassador’s face looked twisted in loathing. “Her disgusting legs make my stomach turn!”

‘We must ensure these foolish monsters bow down for their mistakes, or the emperor will have my head! It is not just my head but my son’s!’

The Ambassador had two missions while in the monster kingdoms. First, he must make the spider queen take the blame and get reparations for the damage caused by the monster outbreak that destroyed a sizeable chunk of the Empire’s agricultural power.

His second mission is to discover the resources left in the forest for the empire to take when they invade after Silvara, the barbaric nation, leaves. ‘I must use this to help teach Mao how to become the Emperor’s eyes and mouth.’

“Mao, since you have joined your father this time, I hope you will follow me and learn how to control these inferior beings using the knowledge and wisdom of the human race. Remember, these vile mutants can NEVER be trusted. No matter how human or beautiful they might seem.

“Yes Lord Father!” Mao seemed in awe of his father, listening to the words as if they were his gospel.

Meanwhile, hidden inside the darkness, a beautiful set of red eyes twinkled. Rasha’s small body perched on the edge of her usual ledge, hidden from sight. Her body shuddered with disgust when she heard the human’s voices and thought back to when she met Asura.

‘Asura… he touched my legs and called them beautiful, even if he isn’t a pure human.’

Rasha’s pale, creamy, cheeky turned a peach pink colour as she remembered meeting him and the night they spent together by accident. ‘Not once did he call me ugly or disgusting. Even seeing my spider form! He still stroked my legs and called them gorgeous and lovely.’

Her long black legs, covered in soft white cotton fur, like a sheep, became a spider. She skittered back into the other rooms and headed towards Asura’s room. ‘I want to see him.’ These days, her mind and thoughts were all about meeting or playing with him.

“Asura would never call me or mother ugly… Stupid Empire, what do they know.”

She found herself in the corridors leading to the throne, then headed towards Asura’s room, where Asura’s women would mostly rest. Rasha enjoyed listening to the various conversations in the palace.

‘It seems a lot of my sisters like Asura…’

“Do you think that the empire will enforce their demands on this kingdom, Asura?” Helliana’s voice echoed in the bathroom, which caused Rasha’s ears and eyes to widen. Her small body peeked from the ledge to find a naked Asura and Helliana in the bath together.

Their bodies were entangled in a passionate scene, causing her to become embarrassed. Helliana’s voice sounded strange. She panted and let out small groans with a face filled with pure bliss. The scene caused the small spider’s cheeks to turn from peach to a shade of dark plum.

‘Are they copulating, again?’ Her little mind remembered that Asura was copulating with Lucia and the other small bird before the meeting. While thinking about that scene, her little heart began to thump, racing faster and faster. Yet she felt sore, becoming tight as she looked at the bath filled with petals, imagining herself in Helliana’s place. ‘I want him to treat me like that…’

Her tiny body shook, unsure of what she was feeling or experiencing. She knew this was a desire for mating, but when they spoke before the war ended, she doubted whether she hoped for friendship or courtship. Yet now, seeing Asura with Helliana, she realised it was more than just a fleeting lust. Rasha became jealous.

‘Yet… I want him…’

While lost in her thoughts, her body froze because the moment she saw their movements become more vigorous. Asura’s eyes locked with hers, and Asura winked at her, causing Rasha’s heart to explode, almost coming out of her mouth. So shocked, she recoiled and placed all of her legs over her face, which was now like a brilliant red rose.

‘Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, nononono! How can I return to his side after this?!’

The little spider felt like crying, feeling sad, ashamed, and angry. “This is so strange… Normally it didn’t feel this way!” Rasha used to ignore the heaviness in her chest, but now it was different. Her eyes became wet, and she felt frustrated. It was the first time her jealousy overtook her arousal.

‘He saw me… Asura knows I was watching him again!’

“Ah~ Asura… it’s too rough… Nnn~ please…. I’ll die for real!”

The sensual voice of Helliana mixed with the water, splashing violently like an ocean storm.

A series of sounds caused Rasha’s eyes to fill with a small stream of tears. She tried to mask her upset, covering and wiping them—however, like small pearls of water, they dripped down her cheeks. This time, she left the room completely in anguish. Her body almost tumbled from the small passages before descending into her mother’s bed.

‘I don’t like this… I don’t want this feeling anymore…’

“Rasha? Why are you crying, did the humans make you upset?”

“Mother, It hurts… I don’t want to feel this way anymore.”

“My little one, are you unwell?”

“I am… I feel ill…”

“Perhaps you caught a cold while playing in the rain…”

‘Mother…’

However, when she checked her daughter’s forehead with her front legs, she then realised something and scooped her daughter in her arms with a concerned gaze. “What’s the matter? You’re not sick, so…”

“Mother… I like a boy… But he has so many others… What do I do to make him look at me?” Rasha’s little body snuggled against her mother, a few tears dripping down her small body and onto her mother’s soft silk. “I don’t want to feel this way anymore… it hurts.”

“My darling child…” Shizuka’s tone became different from when speaking as a queen or when with Asura. Her gaze filled with affection as she stroked Rasha’s silky hair. “The pain you are feeling is love. It is not always painless. Sometimes, it brings joy; other times, sorrow. It is the same with all beings. If you wish, mother will help you get closer to your mate. Perhaps that will remove these feelings?”

‘Ah… Mother knows….’ Rasha’s eyes, like small jewels, glistened, and she watched her mother’s reaction before snuggling into her chest. In the past, Yufa was the one who received most of Shizuka’s comfort and care because she was the younger sister. So, now experiencing the same Rasha felt, she finally understood that her mother was correct.

‘Love… Before I spoke to him about these things. I thought I understood everything, but it turns out. I just opened the door and didn’t step inside.’

“Thank you, Mother,” She softly replied and watched her mother’s affectionate smile. “But I will capture my prey myself. I will make Asura turn to me.”

“Oh, my? My daughter has grown up.” Shizuka’s tone became more playful, making her daughter blush.

“Mother!”

“Okay, my daughter.” Shizuka let out a chuckle while stroking her daughter’s hair. This caused Rasha to pout, her small lips forming an adorable pucker.

Shizuka could see the change in her daughter’s eyes. Yet, she worried about Rasha. Because Asura was a popular man, and most of his women seemed normal. Even if he didn’t insult or discriminate against them. Most men wouldn’t find arachne women attractive.

‘It hurts me, but will I have to use that incense to make him feel the same?’

“At the very least, will you allow Mother to set up a meeting for you both so you can so meet Asura? The ladies who came with him are very kind and though they might be a little upset to share him. I don’t think they will reject you, darling.”

“Yes… I would like to meet him… M-Mother, do you have any pretty dresses or makeup…?”

“Eh?!”

Shizuka’s face looked shocked for a moment before it began to beam with delight. Rasha never wore makeup and rarely tried to dress herself. Unlike their visuals would suggest. It was Yufa who loved to do those things, and Rasha loved to fight and hunt things down despite being a small type of arachne. “Truly? You want to look pretty for Asura?”

“Mn! He’s a human, so he wouldn’t prefer a cute woman who wears dresses and makeup, right?”

‘What a smart and cute little girl.’ Shizuka couldn’t stop grinning as her daughter said those words. Her little hands clapped as if she was cheering for her daughter. “Of course, Rasha, my dear, your beauty will glow like a snowflake in spring, and your gorgeous ruby eyes will enchant him like gemstones and fluffy white hair is already beautiful, even if you don’t wear makeup or dresses.”

Rasha’s cheeks reddened with embarrassment and happiness, but her gaze remained firm. ‘Mother is so kind… Why did I always take a distance in the past?’

“I will set the meeting with Asura tonight, how does that sound, my daughter? You should try to relax and I’ll have your aunt help with the dress and makeup. Let us go see your sisters in the hatchery. It is time to teach you and your sisters to make silk and weave.”

“Hehe… thank you Mother…”