Kapitel 176: Family (III)
"Yes. The true Demon Kingdom, where every magical creature that is ruled under you. We must get back the seat that has been left vacant for hundreds of thousands of years. With your return, it shall announce the arrival of the true king."
I gasped. Horan was implying that he should conquer a large part of land against many different species. From the Divine, the Elves, the Orcs, the humans, and even the Beastman themselves.
Was the demon king truly the king that this world needs right now? I didn't know, but the thumping of my death flag was blowing its ugly head. Right now, there are too many problems to solve. The first thing was that the Legendary monsters that are being resurrected and my Aunt trying to control them do her bidding. Second was the Demon King's appearance and how he was thinking about taking over the world...how am I supposed to solve all this?
Does this mean that this was a herald to my true end?
I groaned. My heart was tight and twisted. Even my stomach lurched a few times, giving me terrible anxiety. I was hoping that this would never come to pass, but everything was coming down in waves. My breath started to quicken. I stepped backward.
Closing my eyes, I tried my best to calm my wretched mind that wouldn't let me go. It was hard at first. I was too close to the problem. I took a step backward. Trying to detach myself away from the numerous problems that were coming to me in waves.
It took a moment for me to see that these problems weren't something that I could deal with all at once. I knew that it would completely shackle me down, making me unable to move because of the fear of making the wrong decision.
My life wasn't over. It was just the beginning.
"I got this." I let my voice clearly speak out. "I got this."
Opening my eyes, the draconic features became stronger. I looked forward toward the waves of anxiety that came to me in waves.
"I got this," I mumbled. The staggering waves of emotions were slowly calming down. "I got this," I said one more time.
The feeling was squandered. My confidence was growing. I ignored my doubts. Whatever was coming my way, I needed to head-on.
I stared back at Phil and Horan. Phil had a decision to make. I could not change his mind that he was set on as it was not my place to take away his choice.
I wanted to trick him or persuade him to run away, but I knew that wasn't the right thing to do. Who knew what the future would hold from my words. Leaving behind an ugly feeling of regret wasn't something I wanted to stop Phil. My own selfish desire made me realize how low my self-esteem was, being dragged around by uncertainty and fear because of the word of a possible future.
It didn't happen.
I was going to make sure to live.
Phil, who was deeply engrossed in his thoughts, finally spoke up. "Why do you really need me? Is it to unify the world or for your own selfish ideas?"
"Because we need the Demon King to be reborn and lead this foolish world to greatness. To stop the humans who are trying to become a false god and ruin the magic of this world."
"Then what about the Legendary creatures. Do you know anything about them?"
"Yes. They are working with the Black Dragon maiden. She is the real cause behind all this mess. She was the one who brought the legendary creatures into this world with the help of the corrupted human."
"Why?"
"We assume it's to rule this world."
"As usual." I snorted—the typical reason to rule the world and become a tyrant. My Aunt was becoming one as time passed.
"You knew?" Horan said with surprise.
"Well, it's a typical villain thing."
"I see." Horan was thinking over what I had said. "What would your decision be, my king?"
Phil finally spoke with clarity. "I'll work with you guys until we get rid of all the legendary creatures."
Horan blossomed into excitement. His tail wagged even harder. "As you wish."
There was no point in trying to persuade Phil. He was bent on accomplishing the Legendary creatures' eradication, which aligned with my own goal to stop them and my Aunt. I don't know where this would lead me, but I knew that facing forward was the only option. There was no backing down.
In the past, I knew I would have turned tail and hid away. It was all false confidence with the will to live. Now, I wanted to change even further. Facing and changing the lives around me, as many were counting on me in some way.
A responsibility that needed my attention, and as a Dragon Maiden, I needed to deal with all of them.
With a sigh that Phil finally decided on what he would do, I decided to move forward. "I'll help you," I said with a loud voice.
Phil turned around, looking at me with confusion. "This isn't your problem."
"What are you talking about?" I asked, perplexed by his statement. This was definitely my problem, and there was no way I would get out of this anytime soon. I had to see it through. "I'm your friend. I'll be there to help. Plus, getting rid of the Legendary monsters and even stopping my Aunt is something that I can't run away from."
"True, but this could be dangerous."
"Oh, for sure." I snorted. I walked toward him a bit closer. "Life's dangerous, and I am a dragon."
"But-"
I raised up my hand to stop him from speaking. Leaning forward, my nose was touching his. "I am a dragon, Phil. Dragon's don't cower."
"Berry-"
I leaned forward, silencing his mouth with my own. I couldn't help it. The soft suppleness of his lips brought a desire to silence him. I enjoyed every inch of his lips that I gently kissed. It wasn't fiery like the time Phil had given, but a gentle wave of emotions that would linger for a while.
Static electricity sparked between us, separating us for a moment.
Phil's eyes became wide. He looked down on me with an animalistic pleasure, smacking his lips together. He was ready for another.
Horan coughed, announcing his presence.
I quickly stepped back. My cheeks turned red. My hand started to fan my burning face, looking away.
Phil glared at Horan for breaking the interruptions between us.
I thought I saw a scary smile that made me wonder if I saw things. "I assume she is your queen to be?"
I froze. My eyes became wide. "W-w-what?!" I hiccuped. "N-n-no. Absolutely not, we are just...um…" Fudge. I couldn't think of anything. I just literally took his kiss in front of Horan like an uncontrollable girl who was lusting for that plump pink lip.
Gah! Someone shoot me now!
"She will be," Phil said casually.
I snapped my head at him. Confused. Did I just hear incorrectly?
"It's an honor for the future Queen." Horan bowed at me deeply.
"What?!" I yelled. "I never said I would!"
"Oh?" Phil looked at me. "I understand. I didn't go through the whole process of dating you, asking you to be my girlfriend, and then proposing."
"Exactly." I shook my head furiously, too caught up with his words that I didn't pay attention to his last words.
"So, if I go through all that, you would say yes?" Phil casually spoke.
"Yes. Wait, what? No!" I caught myself before I made a blunder.
"You said you would help me."
"You're moving too fast!"
"I dare not. I like you, berry." Phil reached over, pushing back my hair. "Please be my girlfriend."
I gaped. He said it so smoothly that I couldn't say anything back. Was this how players are?
Confessing with a snap of a finger, making me want to squeal and hide? Plus, he did it in front of Horan, which made it that much more uncomfortable.
Horan was watching us with interest as he was watching an intricate movie. I, on the other hand, couldn't speak.
"Berry?" Phil came in closer. His face now up to mine, slightly hunching as his forehead touched mine.
"Yes?"
"Yes, and yes you are answering, or yes, you will be my girlfriend?"
"Yes."
"To both?"
I opened and closed. Gulping, maybe this was the way to help and change the route to my death flag? I threw such thoughts out of my mind. I shouldn't be thinking that and instead, be answering his question without such motives.
Did I like him? Yes. There was no question about it. The emotions that were flaring around my heart were constant.
Every day, I thought about him. Which annoyed me immensely. It was as if I couldn't get him out of my mind, and it bothered me. I could rarely focus if I didn't try.
"Yes." I cleared my throat. I knew what was in my heart and what I wanted. It was to be around Phil, even more, these days, and the constant image of him cropping in my mind didn't help.
"I'm glad." Phil pulled me in.
Horan seems to silently cheer, giving Phil a thumbs up.
My head snuck into his chest, too embarrassed to even look at him or Horan. This was turning into a damn love soap opera, and I was in the middle of it. Did I ever foresee this ever happening? Nope. It just struck me in the back with a hammer.
Emotions were a fickle thing that I couldn't control, especially liking someone. I hated and loved it. I hated it that I couldn't control these rampaging emotions, but I loved feeling something like this again. It was a pleasant feeling.
"Horan, let us meet again in the three days."
"Yes, master." Horan stepped back into the darkness and disappeared like a ghost.
Now it was just the two of us.
With enough courage and better control of my emotions, I coughed and pulled apart. "Well, we should finally get going."
I quickly pulled apart and turned around to hurry out of the room.
Phil reached over and grabbed my hand. "Let's go together."
I stopped. Slowly nodding my head. Phil beamed with happiness as he grabbed my hands. It was warm. I couldn't help but entangle my finger together as they stepped out the door.
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