Esmera stood up and walked over, allowing the door to open; she stepped back with a sigh of relief as a familiar woman walked inside, her hair like the deep blue sea, shining under the lights above, as suddenly her cold, fierce eyes like those of a killer looked towards Zell, as if to threaten him, only to instantly become soft as she stopped arguing with Esmera and entered the room.
"Hello, your name is... Zell Delacroix? It's a wonderful pleasure to meet you; I am Colette Silvia Schwartz..." Her voice was low but smooth as she stared at his face, nothing like what he expected, as her eyes shone like beautiful azure jewels.
Esmera and Chris were stunned, was this the Colette they knew?
Zell was the most stunned because this woman was strange; she was a dragon... but also something different he could feel a sort of link with her; both his bloodlines were suddenly attracted to her.
"It is my pleasure to meet such a charming and wonderful lady; as you said, my name is Zell Delacroix. May I enjoy sitting with you for a light meal and glass of wine?" His voice was enchanting as he stretched out his hand, a soft smile on his lips as she took it without hesitation.
The moment they touched her realised he was attracted to this woman not just for her beauty or their similar racial traits...
But because this girl was closer to a spirit... it was like she was a flame in dragon form... He could feel the burning love in her core, but her body and flesh were natural too, like she was two existences at once... a spirit and a dragon...!
'I want to know more.... who is this woman!?'
Colette looked at Zell curiously as she felt the power of his magic flowing through his veins; after she was left adrift on that cold planet after it was destroyed, although she knew her parents still lived somewhere in the distant myriad universes that existed, she lacked the power to search, only through the grace of her mother's pendant could she survive and reach the planet Asteria.
Because of the trauma and damage to her bloodline, being forced to degrade from a fully-fledged blue dragon to a mere flood dragon was embarrassing.
"So, I hear you were having some kind of problems?" Zell asked, his lips swallowing a thick swig of warm, fruity wine, with the aftertaste of blackberry and cedarwood filling his mouth, watching the beautiful woman with keen eyes.
"Ah.... that... This Empress.."
"This Empress?" Zell copied her, his face smiling as he felt amused by her regal voice, watching as she suddenly seemed to panic.
"That... sorry, when at that table I have to perform my role... or it's dangerous for me even to exist..."
Zell felt it was strange that this woman was so icy cold back in that room when she was speaking about the prosperity of races and sitting at the headset of that table. How was it that Esmera could speak and be friends with such a girl? Is Chris married to a super-important elf!? Another hidden princess or Empress..?
Zell said with a charming voice, leaning close to Colette's face as he offered her a glass of wine; somehow, he felt this expensive wine made him drunk, which was strange since he had evolved; regular alcohol wouldn't affect him at all! "Hmmmmm, I understand, and it's adorable, so don't change it. This Lord wishes to hear more from his cute Empress and her worries."
Clack!
The door suddenly closed, and the pair snapped their heads to realise Chris and Esmera were gone and the door locked.
A note was left on the table.
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We will lock the room for 2 hours, so make sure you do a lot of speaking! - Esmera
Oh! Bro, when did you become a natural ladykiller? This woman is usually arrogant, but now she's sitting close enough to sit on your lap! Make sure you don't take advantage and listen to her problems first! - Chris
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Zell looked at the notes, not hiding them from Colette, who suddenly became icy; a strange feeling of icy flames began to swirl from her body, but he didn't want to see her like that. He felt she suited being a little arrogant and cute better, so he placed his hand on her shoulder, his black gauntlet expanding as it began to devour her flames.
"Aahh!?" Her face looked back towards him, with a faint blush on her cheeks, as he noticed a long blue horn growing from the centre of her forehead, growing larger as he touched her, along with the formerly tanned skin becoming a pale blue, with faint pink and black scales covering her cheeks and arms.
"No... don't look, it's not pretty..." Her mouth was filled with slightly sharp teeth, and her azure eyes were filled with tears from her transformation.
He didn't let go or look away, only allowing his body to start changing; his tanned skin became filled with the black dragon scales and demon skin, his twin horns growing from his temples as he smiled gently.
"See... now I match, right?"
The moment she saw he was both demon and dragon, her face became even more adorable, as her lips trembled with dark purple cheeks blushing.
"You... you're not...?"
"Yup! I'm a hybrid... a half-dragon, half-demon, with a human soul and heart, hahaha!"
"What?!"
Her body suddenly quivered as her tears continued to pour. Still, her lips formed a smile as the adorable Empress began to chuckle, the laugh growing louder and more animated each moment as her hands stroked his fingers grasping his hands tightly as if to make sure it wasn't a dream.
"Hahahaha... I thought I was the only one... that I could only hide my demonic side, otherwise, face the persecution of the races that lost their planets to them... Hahaha, but it seems you were right here all along, someone who was both a dragon and daemon, just like me... This Empress feels her struggle and strife were so idiotic... You were right here.... all this time..."
Zell watched as the beautiful empress was lost in a strange fit of crying and laughing, her hand tightly grasping his as her tears transformed into little ice droplets on their way to the ground.
"This empress...."
Her eyes watched him as he felt a strange sensation in his chest before she showed a brilliant smile.
"This empress wants to fall in love with you. Will you please seduce her?"
"Eh?" Zell gasped as he saw her playful smile and felt confused as her face suddenly became willful with a mischievous grin.
"Tell me more about yourself... I want to know you! What makes you happy turns you on... This empress will surely make you fall for her!" she said excitedly as if she found the most amusing toy to play with.
"Okay... let's get to know each other while we drink our wine."
The pair lifted their glass while Zell still felt shell-shocked; with the goblets clang, he suddenly felt like he needed to beat up his friend and kiss him simultaneously!
'What kind of strange spell is this!? Why am I so attracted to this girl?!' He thought in confusion before laughing nervously.
"So, let's start!" He said between gulps from his glass."
Colette stared at Zell's handsome face with surprise as they sat on cushions on the floor near the table; oddly enough, he seemed nervous too! It was hard not to laugh at him when he stared at himself in front of them, thin lips forming an awkward smile while scratching his cheek nervously whenever he glanced away from her eyes.
'Mother... Aunt Efrita... I will use all the tips you taught me to seduce a man! Wish me luck!"
Colette smiled brightly at Zell, who was even more handsome than she saw in the pictures. Still, maybe it was the revelation they were the same type of existence, although she realised he didn't know the truth about himself and that he was not an ordinary demon.
Still, she said nothing of those things; choosing not to speak about her life on Asteria, hiding the past until she was ready to reveal the secrets of her past to him and instead speaking about the distant memories from thousands of years ago.
The short time she spent with her father, mother and her many extra "Mother's"
'Will he think I'm really old if I tell him my true age... Oh god... he's like 1/100 of my age...' Colette thought nervously; suddenly, she remembered how much older her mother was compared to her father, and then realised she was just like her mother!
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