Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix - Chapter 456

Chapter 456: Royal Meeting!

In the palace throne room, Asura stood before Shizuka who was wearing light clothes, with several of the elders gathered because of his call.

‘Because I didn’t know if there were any traitors, I only called the ones who fought together with me.’

“Prince Asura, is there a reason you have summoned everyone at this time?” One of the arachne nobles asked. Her name was Ristana, and she used to help supervise a large clan of kobolds. She looked at him with her bright blue body and eyes, watching him closely.

“There is—please give me a moment. Your Highness, may I speak?”

Queen Shizuka gave a nod. From the moment he returned from the outside, she felt his atmosphere was odd. He already slept with Rasha, which she confirmed earlier, so now she considered him like her son and wouldn’t stop him speaking.

‘I wonder what could have made him this nervous, though?’ She thought while leaning her head on her palms.

Inside the throne room, he looked across the various nobles and some of his trusted allies. Then, with a deep breath, he began to speak about his meeting with ‘The Calamity’ Freyja moments before that, causing everyone to take a cold breath of air as they did not know she had come to Arachneas at all.

“So you are saying that Lady Freyja claimed there was something dangerous inside the palace?” Ristana asked in a calm voice. Her gaze watched him with eyes like sapphires.

“Yes, she mentioned a bomb or some kind of object similar that would destroy the entire city if not found on time.”

“How can this be?” One of the arachne exclaimed, lowering her large body to the ground while covering her face.

“Understood…” Queen Shizuka nodded to herself while closing her eyes, lost in thought.

“One moment, Asura, My Queen, would it not be prudent to check if the empire’s delegation has made any movements? If they have prepared to leave or want to reorganise our discussion at a later date, might they be preparing to evacuate to avoid the explosion?”

Asura found that the blue spider Lady Ristana was a very intelligent woman—despite her exotic colour, he found several similarities with the queen herself.

He observed everyone’s reactions. Asura didn’t want to miss the enemy just because he was looking at a beautiful woman.

“You are right, then, Prince Asura. I would like to seek your help, but staying here is dangerous for you and your troops. Do you still wish to aid us? You might gain nothing but demerits.”

Shizuka seemed to have changed after last night; was it because he slept with Rasha? Asura wasn’t completely sure, but her eyes did not look at him with hunger and instead were filled with concern and a sense of hope.

“I do not know if this is the right thing to do, but… if this city disappears, then part of my heart will disappear with it. I came here to try and negotiate to help your people, so I don’t want to leave you behind now. Especially as I consider you family, does this answer your question, Your Majesty?”

Asura answered with his head held high, speaking his true feelings, surprising the others. The queen nodded. Her beautiful purple eyes flickered with a beautiful gleam. His answer was beyond what she expected as her legs were tapping the frame of her throne in delight.

“Then please, Prince Asura, help us find this thing.”

“Of course.” Asura agreed. He turned to leave but paused as he reached the door. “There is one more thing, Your Majesty.”

“What is it?”

“Even if we find it, should we disarm it or send it back to the owners?” His lips curled into an evil grin that caused all of the females to swoon because he looked like a handsome villain coming to take them all away.

‘How delicious,’ Shizuka thought as she felt her body grow hotter. “Why don’t we keep it and have it explode in their faces when they least expect it?” She suggested with a wicked smile on her face.

“Agreed,” Asura nodded as he left the room, leaving Shizuka and her trusted aide and subordinates.

***

“Now that Prince Asura has left, I have another important agenda on my mind. First. Ristana and Cluva, can you send your knights to check the areas which are most likely to be the epicentre of the bomb? Try to avoid appearing obvious and take Princess Yufa along with you to disguise your movements!”

“Understood!” Cluva agreed without hesitation, turning into a giant silver spider with golden armour before skittering towards the door while walking on the ceiling. Her subordinates followed her with their bodies changing as they ran through the doors.

Ristana was a higher rank and directly under Shizuka—thus, she sent her troops to aid Cluva with a gentle smile. Normally, the nobles and people in a council might clash because of their ideals, but Ristana and Cluva were like sisters. However, they would argue on some things Her Majesty considered.

They were deadly loyal and would always agree in the end.

“Now then, it is time for the other issue. I would like to announce my daughter, Princess Rasha, has become an adult and completed the ritual of procreation!”

“Oh my!”

“Is this true?”

The elders and nobles who were seated near the back of the room exclaimed in surprise. The reason they were so surprised was that Rasha was a little rebellious and seemed unlikely to find a mate because she refused to attend any balls or meetings with prospective princes. However, now it seems she found one, and it caused a stir in the entire court.

“Who is it?”

“Where did he come from?”

“How did she manage to hide him so well?”

“Is he an outsider?”

The women asked one question after another as they tried to find out what happened. They knew she didn’t have a suitor, so they were interested in finding out who could change that little monster. Though there were rumours of Asura being close to Rasha, both sides didn’t spread their relationship, and the elders and Shizuka kept it as quiet as possible to avoid any issues in the future.

‘However, now that they have completed the ritual. I can spread this news to bolster our nation: the news of a new brood of royal blood will help in this time of uncertainty and fear.’ Shizuka thought to herself as she spread her arms and tapped the ground to make everyone silent.

“The partner is none other than Prince Asura.” She spoke in a loud voice that echoed in the enormous throne room.

“That is impossible!” A noble seemed shocked because she knew the difficulty of seducing and courting men from other kingdoms with status. “Can a prince of Silvara really… accept us?”

“Don’t worry, Atilla. I have confirmed that the princess has become a woman, and we didn’t use the usual tactics either. He desired her naturally.”

The elder Atilla looked at her queen with disbelief as she covered her face with her palms. Her shoulders were trembling as if she was crying, but she slowly looked up at Shizuka with red eyes, revealing a broad smile. “I’m so happy for the young princess, and we should be thankful to the goddess who gifted our next queen with such a wonderful partner!”

“Thank you, Atilla. I am grateful for your honest feelings.”

Arachne females might sound harsh or speak negatively, but deep down, they were a very affectionate race with their sisters and children.

The reason Shizuka wanted to keep it quiet was to avoid getting their hopes up, and it took a long time for her daughter and the prince to come closer. However, she never expected them to cross the line that night she left the two together. ‘It took months for my husband to even look at me without trembling… That girl looked like she was ravished by a hoard of goblins who used aphrodisiac.’

Thinking about her daughter, Shizuka felt her body grow hotter, and she had to cough to clear her throat.

“Then, what is next for the couple?” One elder asked while glancing at the queen, making Shizuka frown before clearing her throat.

“Well, if Rasha doesn’t fertilise her eggs this time, we shall let the two travel together and improve their bond. As her spouse is the Prince of Silvara, we must be prudent and respectful of what they have done for us. However, he has promised that even if she gave birth, the children would be part of our royal family, and he wouldn’t force them to join Silvara by force.”

The others nodded in understanding. They felt glad the prince wasn’t forcing Rasha to move away and leave them. The elders also knew they couldn’t keep it secret for much longer, so they needed to do this before the enemies arrived.

“Understood, Her Majesty, I shall now go and complete the search with the information from Prince Asura’s testimony.” Ristana gave a polite bow before leaving the room like Cluva. After she left, everyone else started to depart, their faces once glum now rather bright and hopeful.

‘To think that little girl would seduce that handsome man, lucky girl…’

Shizuka slowly returned to her chambers, looking at the room where her daughter was sleeping, the thick scent of their union filling the air, causing quite a frustrating sensation for the queen. ‘Those two… how many times did that do it? I’ve never experienced something so intense…’

She was a queen and had once been in love during her long life, but her husband was nothing like her daughter’s man.

The intense scent of arousal and the overwhelming scent of his seed felt strong.

Shizuka entered the room to check on her daughter only to almost become intoxicated by Prince Asura’s thick scent—it was a weakness that even the queen didn’t know her race suffered from.

‘Well, we are quite the lewd race… Thankfully, it seems that the future of our race is in expert hands.’