Death's Door

And looking at the form of his still sleeping companion next to him, Dark Lord couldn"t help but scratch his cheek.

Sharing the same bed with him was the naked form of a certain snake demon.

"Under a certain light, Camilla is certainly an interesting sight to behold."

Apparently, due to the mating season, Camilla was in heat.

He admitted to Dark Lord that during the mating season, snake demons usually sleep together in order to share each other"s warmth.

And due to the mating season, Camilla could not think straight, with his instincts overwhelming him at times.

He also admitted that he was worried that his desires may overwhelm him and he may end up losing his rational thought.

Much to his surprise, Dark Lord asked.

"If that"s the case, it should be fine if you sleep next to someone, correct?"

Camilla nodded.

"Then, wanna sleep with me?"

"What?"

And that"s how it started.

Dark Lord himself did not mind, as far as he was concerned, it took care of two birds with one stone.

On one hand, it took care of relieving Camilla"s mating instincts, and on the other, it provided Dark Lord with unlimited access to Camilla"s mana.

In a sense, Dark Lord considered it a mutually beneficial arrangement.

"Interesting, he did say that in his normal form, he is neither male nor female. Though how androgynous he looks raises some questions…."

With his long, slim legs, and flesh that seemed to be softer than normal skin that seemed to be made of highest quality porcelain, and his overall lean build, Camilla could be easily mistaken for a beautiful woman.

"Aside from the way he acts, he does not really have much going for him in manliness department, that"s for sure."

"Come to think of it…By human standards, he would be considered a beauty, as far as I can tell….Though I never was attracted to anything to begin with…"

As half undead, Dark Lord did not have any s.e.xual desires, always able to think rationally, but due to not being a complete undead, he could still have s.e.x, though he had to admit that he had absolutely no desire to do so.

"As long it is just sleeping next to each other, it should be fine."

Dark Lord was unaware though that the Snake demons were well known for their beauty and allure.

Many Snake demons who blended in human societies usually worked as courtesans due to their natural attractiveness to human eyes.

As Dark Lord slept through the night with naked Camilla"s body holding him close, he had to admit, it was not an entirely bad experience.

"But it is rather nice to have someone sleeping next to you, isn"t it? And I will never end up falling apart due to lack of mana."

When he was a normal mortal, he did not possess the capacity to generate mana, for some strange reason. After he became half undead, that did not change, but a new problem emerged.

If he did not intake mana from the others, his undead side will fall apart, and it consumed a lot of mana daily.

Perfect undead have the capacity to generate their own mana and run on it while also having the capacity to steal more mana.

In Dark Lord"s case, however, while he could steal mana, he could not generate it, which he theorized was due to not being converted entirely.

Then, Dark Lord found his left hand holding on to something very soft.

"Hmm, strange, was that always there… did Camilla always look like that? I suppose it couldn"t hurt to ask…"

Camilla while not disguised as a human, looked quite different from normal, but as he was a demon stuck in his base form due to lack of horns, he looked more human than demonic.

Of course, he had patches of scales on his body, as well as a tail he usually hid with his magic or wrapped around his body. In his true form, his hair was more of metallic grey color.

After a few minutes Camilla woke up as well. Not caring about being unclothed, Camilla bowed his head.

"Good Morning, Milord."

"Same to you, Camilla, though, may I ask….What is up with your chest?"

Looking down at his body, Camilla realized something, and after his undeniable expression of shock, Camilla"s body immediately reverted back to its androgynous state.

"Uhm, care to explain?"

Seeing his subordinate change from what seemed like a female form to his genderless form was a little strange, but in Dark Lord"s life, that was by far the least weird occurrence. He was not even surprised, just curious as to what he just witnessed.

"Well…Milord, I did tell you that this is the mating period for my type of demons, right?"

"Yes"

"Members of my clan relieve their l.u.s.t by sleeping next to each other, but sometimes, out of instinct, we end up transforming into a gender and rest near the opposite s.e.x. I am sorry, I must have transformed in my sleep!"

"I don"t really mind. Just make sure that none in the mansion ends up finding out. It will be a ha.s.sle to explain or erase everyone"s memories all over again."

"Camilla understands, milord."

"Well, then, we do have a guest coming today, so we might as well get ready."

Dark Lord, no, Runfar Sevilles, was expecting a visitor.