“How fascinating, a dragon that can change colour,” Omniel said thoughtfully before asking, “Do we know if she stayed a green dragon or reverted to a white?”
“We actually don’t know, the stream ended before we were even able to confirm with absolute certainty that she really did change colour,” Raphilia replied.
“So for now it really is just speculation,” Omniel replied before looking at Andromeda with a smile and asking, “So why did you suddenly decide to visit me today, Andromeda?”
“To make a request, progenitor,” Andromeda replied before asking, “I wish to attend the Universal Senate's Supreme Speaker Selection that is due to take place soon.
Omniel and Raphilia showed looks of surprise before Omniel asked, “You're more than qualified to attend and I doubt any of the Universal Senators will oppose your desire to attend, but might I ask why? You have never wished to observe it in the past.”
Andromeda sighed before saying, “My time as oracle is coming to an end and it will soon be time for someone else to take my place.”
“What!” Raphilia said in surprise, while Omniel sighed and said.
“I can’t say I’m surprised. You have been the oracle for three millennia, far longer than any of your predecessors.
I’m sure many people will be sad to hear this news. So you wish to attend the speaker selection as you plan to go into politics after your time as an oracle comes to an end?”
“Progenitor no,” Andromeda said with a smile before adding, “I have no interest in politics after what I’ve seen. Besides, can you see any of the senators accepting me with what I know about them?”
“It would certainly give you an advantage when negotiating with them,” Omniel said with a smile.
“Hang on a moment,” Raphila said as she realised something and looked at her friend in excitement before asking, “The only way for you to cease being the oracle is to lose your virginity, correct?”
“Well, it’s not the only way, but it is the preferred way,” Andromeda replied.
“Then does that mean you know the identity of your future partner?” Omniel asked before adding, “But I thought you couldn’t see your own future?”
“While that’s technically true,“ Andromeda began to explain. “I don’t receive any prophecies about myself and naturally can’t have dream visions about my current activities since I would just be sleeping. However, I can sometimes get hints about my own future from what I see of others.”
“Then how do you know that your time as the oracle is coming to an end?” Raphilia asked while Omniel listened in with interest.
“That’s… difficult to explain,” Andromeda replied.
“Why?” Raphilia asked.
“Because even I’m not sure what’s going on since it seems to be a mixture of both a prophecy and a dream vision,” Andromeda answered.
“Is such a thing possible?” Omniel asked in surprise.
“If you had asked me before I started receiving them, I would have said no; however, now I’m not so sure,” Andromeda answered.
“Them?” Omniel noted before asking, “You mean you’ve had more than one?”
“It’s been happening every night for a while now,” Andromeda replied with a sigh.
“Every night? Doesn’t that make them visions then?” Omniel asked.
“Why don’t we let Andromeda explain everything before we jump to conclusions, progenitor?” Raphilia suggested with a smile.
“Of course,” Omniel replied before turning to Andromeda and saying, “Sorry, Andromeda.”
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Andromeda smiled shyly before saying slightly nervously, “It’s a rather sensitive matter, so I will have to ask you to excuse my embarrassment.”
“Oh ho,” Omniel responded while smirking before adding, “For it to embarrass our dear oracle, now I’m even more intrigued.”
“Hmph, if you're going to be like that, maybe I should just ask you to leave,” Andromeda replied while pouting.
“Haha,” Omniel chuckled before signalling for Andromeda to proceed since he knew she wasn't serious.
"Every night for a while now, I have been having my visions as normal, except that something has changed,” Andromeda began. “After my visions for the night have concluded, in the past I would always awaken, now, however, I always have the exact same dream, a dream of me waking up in bed with a naked man next to me and a pain between my legs.”
“Wait, but that would mean,” Raphila said in astonishment.
“Oh my,” Omniel remarked before asking, “But you shouldn’t be able to have a vision of yourself, unless the visions you were seeing were for the naked man who you happened to be beside.
Wait… that wouldn’t make sense since you sleep alone, and you claim to have had this vision every night.
Hmm, I see what you mean when you say it’s difficult to explain.”
“Indeed, and you will think it’s even more complicated when I tell you that the dream has progressed the same way each night except on two occasions,” Andromeda replied.
“Why don't you tell the progenitor the interesting part about the dream?” Raphilia asked.
Andromeda raised an eyebrow before asking, “You don’t think waking up next to a stranger is interesting?”
“I didn’t mean it that way,” Raphilia replied while rolling her eyes before asking, “I mean, the intimate parts the two of you share in your dream? You yourself said that you wake up with pain between your legs, which we all know can only mean one thing.”
“Cough, is this really a discussion you should be having in front of a man?” Omniel asked after a slight cough.
“Are you male?” Raphilia asked in return before adding, "Neither you nor the Demon King has ever revealed your gender after all.”
“Cough, cough,” Omniel coughed again before saying, “I think that’s beside the point.”
“No, that kinda is the point,” Raphila said with a smirk before adding, “But if you don’t want to tell us, then I’m going to assume that you're ok with listening to our girl talk.”
“Raphi, stop teasing the progenitor,” Andromeda said with a sigh.
“What?” Raphilia asked before adding, “You can’t tell me that you're not interested in knowing, Romy.”
Andromeda sighed before saying, “The first time, no, nothing much happened, the second time, however, he… he…. He…”
“He what?” Raphila asked with interest as Andromeda's voice faded away and she flushed in embarrassment.
“He… mumble… mumble…” Andromeda replied.
“Pardon, we didn’t quite get that,” Raphilia said with a smirk.
Omniel sighed before asking, “Why are you teasing her so much?”
“Because this is a rare opportunity I can’t pass up on progenitor,” Raphilia replied before asking, “When was the last time you saw Romy like this?”
“Hmm,” Omniel replied while thinking for a moment before answering, “It’s been a while, that's for sure.”
“Exactly,” Raphilia replied.
“You know, sometimes I really wonder why I’m friends with you,” Andromeda pouted.
“Don’t be like that, Romy,” Raphilia replied before adding, “You know I tell you everything I get up to with Forcas.”
“Even when I’m not interested,” Andromeda replied while sighing.
“This does make me curious about something, though,” Raphilia stated.
“I think we already gathered that,” Omniel stated with a smile as he watched his children bicker.
“I’m not talking about that,” Raphilia replied before turning to Andromeda and asking, “Why are you getting embarrassed now when you already told me much of this and regularly spy on people having sex in her visions and even discuss my nighttime activities with Forcas?”
“Please don’t make me out to be some kind of voyeur,” Andromeda complained before adding, “Also, it’s more you insisting on giving me all the details than us discussing it.”
“Well, you're not wrong, but neither am I,” Raphilia replied while shrugging before asking, “So, why are you getting so embarrassed?”
“Because it’s about me, and talking about it to the Progenitor is different from talking to you about it,” Andromeda replied after sighing, before adding, “I have no problem talking about it when it involves someone else.”
“Makes sense, you are the oldest virgin in the universe after all,” Raphilia replied while nodding in understanding.
“Wow, way to kick me while I’m down,” Andromeda retorted.
“That was a bit of a low blow,” Omniel added.
“Hey, now, I didn’t mean it like that,” Raphilia said apologetically before turning to Omniel and saying, “Also, who are you to talk? You're an even older virgin than she is. The only reason I said she's the oldest instead of you and the Demon King is that no one expects the two of you to ever have sex.”
After she finished berating the Nonpareilus Progenitor, Raphilia turned back to Andromeda and said, “So spill it, what else happened in your vision… dream… thing?”
“He… mumble,” Andromeda replied.
“He what?” Raphilia asked again.
“He put his finger in… mumble,” Andromeda answered while flushing in embarrassment.
“Put your finger in wh…,” Raphilia began to ask before realising what Andromeda meant and so smirked while asking, “Ohh, he put his finger in there, did he?”
Andromeda hung her head in embarrassment before nodding.
“Did it feel good?” Raphilia asked, to which Andromeda nodded again.
Omniel sighed before asking, “Do you think we can get back to the main reason Andromeda came to ‘my’ office?”
