Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix - Chapter 466

Chapter 466: To the Empire

After enjoying the afternoon with his three lovers, Asura arrived at the parting dinner late. However, the mood was very gloomy, especially those who wouldn’t be joining him. Asura couldn’t take them even if he wanted to, but he knew that this didn’t make it easier for them.

Helliana, Lora and Sigurd tried their best to remain normal, but Asura could feel their feelings of worry, frustration and desire to join him. Though Xavida was more obvious to her feelings, thanks to earlier today, he could clear her mind from these negative feelings at least temporarily.

“Mm, you have to stay safe, darling.” Xavida hugged Asura’s chest while stroking his cheek, her lovely cheek scales changing between a dark pink and peach colour. She sat on his lap while kissing and hugging him for some time, trying her hardest to brighten up the room, even if causing a slight argument between the other girls.

‘She’s so warm and comfortable~ I hope she doesn’t miss me too much.’

“I will be fine. Your husband is powerful, haha.”

There was a sense of foreboding in the room, but thankfully, Asura’s confidence at least gave them a slight sense of reassurance. Xavida closed her eyes and looked towards Sigurd while hugging Asura’s chest and rubbing her face against his chest, letting her tail slide along his thigh with a slight pat.

“So, how long are you leaving me, Asura?” Sigurd wasn’t like Xavida, who was fine with just a simple reply and a few kisses; she also didn’t feel too bad. Instead, she would return to attend the school back in the Phoenix Glade that would open to all people in the next few months.

She wanted to help guide the children to be stronger and able to have independence like herself, though it was mainly the thought of being a teacher of kids which helped her overcome the feeling of loneliness. She wanted to continue fighting alongside Asura, but she knew that because he trusted her with the academy, Sigurd didn’t need to become trapped by those feelings.

“I don’t know, and maybe you might be insecure or worried because of this. However, I can only promise to come back to you in one piece after our task is over.”

However, because of these emotions, Sigurd approached Asura with a blushing expression. She bent down so their faces met, and they stared into each other’s eyes while kissing a few times until she finally let out an exhale of her sweet, warm breath against his lips.

“I really want to be with you every second of every day. However, I know it’s impossible, so please, when you return… Come to me with your arms wide open and spend an entire day with me. If you could grant me that, I promise not to worry too much and fall apart.”

Sigurd held Asura’s hands gently and leaned forward, bringing him into a warm embrace and whispered against his ear before kissing and giving it a playful nibble. Xavida was almost crushed against Asura’s chest because of Sigurd’s muscular abdomen pressing her face against Asura’s chest.

‘Haha, Sigurd~ You have become so bold and seductive.’

Asura’s hand slid down the smooth cheeks of Sigurd, while his spare hand wrapped around Xavida, treating them both with affection. “Then I’ll promise you both, when I come back, I will make time for both of you and fulfil wish you each might have.”

“!!!”

“Ah…. really…?” Xavida looked strange. Her scales died almost red as she blushed. Obviously, her mind was more obscene than Sigurd, who only showed a bright smile and held the hand brushing against her cheek.

“Then… I would love to travel through all of Silvara with you, a date… and travel, let’s spend a romantic time together, Asura, my dear prince.” Sigurd began to describe all the places they’d explore, people they could see, and so on. It caused Xavida, Mu Xue and even Lorem, who sat further along, to become amazed.

Most of Asura’s women thought Sigurd was uptight and stern because she was the sword saintess. However, it became clear she was one of the biggest maidens of the entire harem.

She always loved reading romance novels during her free time, so spending an extended holiday with Asura, travelling around Silvara on such a splendid date, would undoubtedly be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for her.

This also made Asura surprised—he felt like Sigurd showed him a hidden side he had never got the chance to see before.

‘If she wants such a thing, then I will speak to the other girls and try to arrange more than a single day. It might make them upset and jealous, so I’ll have to give them all the same treatment. Maybe this is for the best…’

“Then I promise, although I will have to give the others something similar, if that’s what you want, consider it done. Sigurd.”

“Mm, even the thought is enough for me, my dear.” Sigurd’s smile grew deeper as she kissed his lips, a warm, loving peck before she took Xavida’s hand. “We should give some time to the others. Let’s go.”

A while later, Sigurd and Xavida moved from their positions and went to find their seats next to one another and spoke like they were sisters. This atmosphere only lasted shortly before it turned sour…

The room was tense; everyone knew the stakes, the life or death situation that the ones who would leave might encounter on the battlefront, and just how impossible it would be to help them. Asura was calm, yet feeling the sadness and worries from his closest lovers made him realise how lightly he might have been viewing this mission.

“Lorem, Ignis, are you alright?” Asura called out, noticing the red-haired pair sheepishly came closer.

They seemed a lot different from the two he remembered in the past—Ignis looked far more mature since becoming his lover and abandoning herself to become a hybrid phoenix. As for Lorem, she seemed to lose much of her prior sternness and gained an incredible motherly aura about her.

“Asura, I have trusted you for as long as I can remember, so do not worry. We will be fine and wait for you to come home. After all… these girls would like to see their father, haha.”

‘Ignis seems so casual… but she doesn’t fool me. She seems a little angry… Is it because I didn’t bring her earlier today?’

“Yes, we will be fine and await your return.”

There was no way for her to come with him, and likewise, for Ignis, one was pregnant with his children, the other could not hide her inhuman characteristics, and the empire hated Hybrids.

“Really? Well, think about what you want when I come back—I promised those two, so of course, you both can ask the same.”

He caressed their cheeks while bringing them both into a hug. Feeling their bodies press against him, especially Ignis, made him feel rather excited—though he was already used to restraining himself, it felt even harder knowing he might not see these lovely women for a while.

“Make sure you keep Lorem safe, okay, Ignis? I hope you’ll protect her and Helliana while I am away.”

Ignis nodded solemnly with a dark expression and held Asura tighter. She showed very few emotions, yet somehow, he could read her as if she were an open book.

“I swear, I won’t let you down…”

“Good girl, that’s why you are cute. I won’t let you down either, I promise.” Asura smiled down at the beautiful knight with silver and red hair.

After this, Asura spent the time saying goodbye to his lovers and making sure they felt even a little better before he, Mu Xue, Féng He Ran and Lucia climbed into the carriage that was pulled by monsters that looked like a mixture of a horse, camel and wolf to cross the sandy plains leading to the empire’s capital.

He looked back once more. A huge amount of people with connections and bonds with him, their eyes looking at him with hopeful gazes, praying that he’d survive. Then, among the crowd stood several specific people whom he could recognise instantly without using his Demon Eyes—his closest women, standing close by one another, holding hands.

‘It’s rare for them actually to be so harmonious.’

“Let’s go. We have to reach the first town before daybreak.” He called out as the carriage and animals began to rush away from the city of Arachneas.