Chapter 898: The big day.
Violet, along with Hilda and Agnes, returned to their personal Mansion in The Dragon Nest.
Violet walked towards the Wives" areas and opened the door, revealing several sleeping women.
She narrowed her eyes slightly. "Are they still sleeping?"
"Ruby, Sasha, and Aline are already awake..." Agnes said. "The rest are sleeping... What a surprise. I didn"t expect Helena and Kaguya, of all people, to still be sleeping."
The aforementioned women were well known for their diligence, so this was surprising for Agnes.
"Hmm, it seems like the night before last was quite tiring."
"I wonder why this happens? Even with my regeneration, I still feel drained." Agnes spoke.
"According to Aphrodite, when you lay with a Dragon G.o.d, the act is much more intimate, involving even the Soul. That is, it is not our body that is tired, but our Soul, and this reflects on our body," Violet said.
"Now that you mention it, I remember that happening too…" Agnes vaguely remembered something similar happening.
Hilda narrowed her eyes dangerously when she saw Kaguya, of all people, still sleeping. As someone who trained her to be a Maid, Hilda didn"t take this very well. After all, the Maid must be awake before the Master.
But she decided not to say anything. After all, Kaguya was also Victor"s Wife, so it was her "right" to sleep in late. In fact, she didn"t even need to be working as a Maid if she didn"t really like the profession.
As if she were having a bad feeling about imminent danger, Kaguya opened her eyes and looked around a little groggily until she saw Hilda"s appearance.
Kaguya"s eyes opened widely. "Hiildhaa?" Due to her sleepy and surprised state at the same time, she ended up saying her name in a very strange way.
"Kaguya, good morning."
"Mm... Good morning..." Kaguya replied unconsciously, but soon, her brain started working at full strength again, and she quickly stood up. "I mean, Good morning!"
"First, cover your nakedness."
"Huh?" Kaguya looked down and saw that she was not dressed. She quickly used her Shadow Power and created a Maid dress.
Then she looked at Hilda with a confused look: "What are you doing here, Hilda?"
"I can"t be here?"
"No, I mean, you can... But I would never have expected that you would become Victor"s Wife."
"...Yes, I can – Huh?" Now, it was Hilda"s turn to be confused.
"But, well, this is Darling we"re talking about, so that"s to be expected, I guess?" Kaguya said as she jumped out of bed quietly so as not to wake anyone up.
"W-Wait, what are you talking about!?"
"Huh?" Kaguya looked at Hilda in confusion.
"What am I talking about? It is not obvious?"
"Huuh!? How is it obvious!? Explain correctly!"
It was at that moment that Kaguya realized that maybe Hilda didn"t know that this was a restricted area and that this was an ABSOLUTE law. No one comes in here except Victor"s Wives, or people like Anna and Hestia.
"Hilda, this is a restricted area, ONLY accessible to Victor"s Wives. No one can enter here unless they are related to Victor."
"...I...I didn"t know..." Hilda looked at Violet with a narrowed gaze.
Violet turned her face away and started whistling. It was as if she had nothing to do with the matter at hand.
Agnes just facepalmed at the situation. She shouldn"t have agreed to this, but she also didn"t care enough to intervene.
Seeing Violet"s obvious guilty face, the temperature around Hilda started to get hotter. She was genuinely angry.
"... Ugh... Hot..." Siena muttered, and unconsciously, she began to release the Ice from her body to cool the surroundings.
But the Ice she released was simple and very strong, and that ended up waking up some girls.
"What the heeuuulll, who turned the air conditioning on full blast?" Mizuki sat on the bed, and when she saw that the culprit was Siena, she picked up the pillow next to her and threw it at Siena.
"Stop it!"
The pillow hit Siena"s face, but instead of waking her up, the woman picked it up and used it as a support to sleep, but the Power that was coming out of her body stopped.
"What time is it?" Haruna asked.
"Does that matter?" Morgana asked as she yawned.
"It matters to me; I have work to do," Haruna replied.
"Mm... Good for you, I"m glad I don"t have work..." Morgana stretched, showing her Dragon Wings, and then lay down again to sleep.
Less than two seconds later, she was asleep.
"That was quick..." Mizuki muttered.
"Well, she is a Dragon." Haruna shrugged her shoulders and stretched, making her tails sway. Then, a dark Power covered her body, and soon, she was clad in a black kimono with golden details.
"Where"s Darling?" She asked.
"Resolving some issues and spending time with his daughters. He will soon return for the ceremony." Violet replied.
"Oh…" Haruna nodded, indicating that she understood.
"I"m curious. Are you sure you don"t want to turn into a Dragon, Haruna?" Agnes asked.
"Yes. All of my ancestors were 9-Tailed Foxes, and I don"t want to lose that." Haruna explained. She was too proud of her Bloodline to accept transforming into something else, not to mention that all her Techniques were based on her 9-Tailed Fox Bloodline. If she suddenly changed, she would have to create an entirely different fighting style from scratch.
"Mm… I understand your pride, but I don"t agree with it." Violet spoke.
Haruna raised an eyebrow at Violet and looked at her curiously. "Does it matter if you agree or not?"
"Yes, it matters," Violet said sternly. "Because we are talking about the safety of our Family."
"In the future, our enemies will be much stronger than the common rabble we are currently facing. Thus, any advantage is welcome. Think about a situation where you are on the battlefield, but you are defenseless because you didn"t take advantage of every opportunity to become stronger. What would happen then?"
Haruna narrowed her eyes dangerously, but not in a hostile way. She could very well imagine this situation Violet was talking about.
"Pride is good, but letting your pride blind you from your true purpose is foolish."
"Look at Mizuki. Even she will become a Dragon someday, and she is very proud to be Human." Violet pointed at Mizuki.
"I"m not proud to be Human." Mizuki rolled her eyes. "I just didn"t accept becoming a Vampire because I didn"t want to spend my whole life drinking blood, and the Techniques that I trained my whole life couldn"t be used if I were a Vampire. Therefore, I would become weaker. But that is not the case with me becoming a Dragon."
While Humans overall had frail bodies, Dragons were born with powerful bodies and a very high talent for Mastering Energy while also being completely adept at all types of Energy as long as they adapted. These perks are increased even further with Victor"s Species, which is a complete fusion of n.o.ble Vampires and Dragons.
Mizuki would be a fool to refuse something like that... However, her Master didn"t accept that decision very well. Fortunately, Mizuki was old enough to know how to make her own decisions.
Images of a child Mizuki, around several dead children appeared in her mind, and it made her expression darken. "Sometimes Humans are worse than n.o.ble Vampires and Demons."
Haruna, Kaguya, Hilda, Agnes, and Violet fell silent when they saw Mizuki"s expression.
"Mizuki, you know you can always count on us about this, right?"
Mizuki looked at Violet, and when she saw herself being stared at by those neon violet eyes, she felt completely naked... Not that she wasn"t currently naked, but she was talking about her own feelings. It was the same feeling she had when she looked at Victor. It was as if Violet could see through her completely.
"I know."
"Mmm. It"s good that you do." Violet smiled slightly.
Mizuki nodded, got out of bed, and jumped toward a large door. "I"ll go take a shower. Let me know when the ceremony starts."
"Okie~." Violet spoke.
Agnes narrowed her eyes slightly when she saw Violet"s behavior, especially these signs of her using her Power.
"Violet... You"re not using your Power now, are you?"
"Of course not, Mother," Violet responded with the same neutral smile.
These words made Agnes even more uncomfortable. In most situations, she would normally be able to see if Violet was lying or not. But after that event where she looked into the future, Violet had become more... Mature? Competent? Like an Empress? She didn"t know how to correctly label the sensation she was feeling.
"When Adonis used his Power, his eyes glowed slightly; the same happens with Victor, and Violet... The problem is that ever since she returned, those eyes of hers were permanently changed to the same bright violet. It"s like she"s using her Power constantly." Agnes thought.
"Why are your eyes that color then? Didn"t they change to crimson red when Victor performed the Ritual for you to become part of his Family?"
Violet nodded in agreement as she spoke, "Hmm, it must be because I am constantly training this Power."
"So you"re using it!" Agnes growled. "Don"t lie to me, young lady."
"Wrong, Mother. I"m not lying. You asked if I am using this Power "now", and I said no, which, technically, isn"t a lie." Violet smiled slyly.
"Tsk." Agnes clicked her tongue in annoyance.
Violet laughed some more. She was very grateful to her future self for giving her an "advantage". She then looked at the girls sleeping around the room in a dominating fas.h.i.+on before opening both her hands, bringing them to her sides, and swiftly bringing them together in a clapping motion.
A thunderous echo resounded around the room, erupting in an ear-piercing noise.
"Kyaaaa!"
"My ears, my ears!!!" n.)01In
"What the f.u.c.k was that!?"
The girls exclaimed around.
"Girls, it"s time to wake up. You don"t want to miss the big event, right?" Violet said.
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