The Wandering Princess (1)

<Side : Craise Seherablade>

『Martyr’s Moon – 11th Day (Evening)』

【Day 1 of Imperial Invasion】

Even as I listened to Miel’s story, doubts lingered within me.

If something truly ominous was happening somewhere in the Empire, as she claimed, there was no way I wouldn’t have sensed it.

Miel always reacted with exaggeration and arrogance, and her emotional demeanor often caused more confusion than trust… but this time, something felt different.

The purple mist in the back alley… when Fox said that, an inexplicable unease arose in my mind.

I quietly raised my hand and released my vapor… and as always, my vapor spread silently and smoothly.

And… the moment the vapor captured the mist in the back alley and made contact, an intense pleasure and ominous sensation unlike anything I had ever experienced surged into my vapor and struck my body.

“Ugh…!!?!?!? Ah, ahh♡!@!&@###”

A hideous sound I had never made in my life escaped, and an impossible fluid flowed from the artificially created female genitalia I made to avoid suspicion of pregnancy… I climaxed.

I hastily withdrew the vapor before it was too late… but in the brief moment of contact with the mist, it seemed to have entered my body and caused some kind of harm.

I focused my trembling hands to calm the heat already rising in my body…

“Ahh…♡ Ah, it’s still not gone… and I only touched a tiny amount…!!”

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, trying to regain control of my trembling body, but in that darkness, I encountered a hallucination that was too similar to reality.

“Haa… haa… what, is… what is this bizarre sight…!”

A crimson sky, as if crushed roses had been scattered. Beneath it, a woman with skin so white it was almost sickly, not wearing a single thread, was looking down at something.

Her hair was as black as darkness itself, and her eyes were like cursed rubies, resembling an unknown serenity and terror.

And… her figure was so alluring it defied description, exuding an overwhelming sensuality that made viewers instinctively feel lust, and between her thighs, a male genitalia larger than any man’s stood proudly erect.

“Hallucination… dream… I can’t understand it. What is this…”

–Clang…!! Crash…!!!

At that moment, an unpleasant metallic sound came from the arena at her feet, where the woman’s gaze was fixed. It was definitely the sound of swords clashing.

“That’s… wh, whwhat…!”

The source of the sound was in an arena, wearing an outfit unsuitable for the setting.

Her skin was a bluish-purple, and her movements caused her large breasts and plump buttocks to jiggle excessively.

How she could move at such speed with that figure aside… the attire, reminiscent of a nun’s habit, was made of silk, but gave off a sensual and aggressive impression.

Her eyes were also a sharply gleaming yellow, and the energy emanating from her body was cold and merciless.

With a perpetual smile on her face, she overwhelmed her opponent… no, she drove them to the brink of collapse and toyed with them… it was impossible to see it in a positive light.

And the strangest thing was… between her thighs, just like the woman watching the fight, she had a large, thick, bluish-purple male genitalia and Testicles, and unlike the vaguely covered chest area, it was completely exposed, spewing a strange white viscous liquid with every violent movement.

“I’ve seen that before…”

Something was flowing from the two swords she wielded.

“Vapor…”

The vapor, as if combined with a Scent, leaked from her body with every movement, dyeing the arena purple, and she seemed to manipulate the vapor in the same way I did, solidifying it to block escape routes or using it to Enhance her swords and body…

–Crash…… Swoosh…!

Surprisingly agile and powerful movements. The opponent’s skin was covered only with thin cuts made by the sword, and even as they tried to fall, they were forcibly lifted up by the vapor and tortured. She then struck a single blow.

A powerful diagonal strike to the heart. However… instead of a blood fountain, purple vapor erupted from the chest where the heart had been, enveloping him.

“This can’t be……”

The vapor clung to the man’s body like Tentacles, writhing like blood vessels, pulsating as if reconstructing the body from the inside…

I was horrified to see his appearance after the vapor that had been consuming him disappeared.

Starting with the ordinary skin turning orange, the only trace of his original male form was the male genitalia in his crotch, and everything else was large breasts, firm buttocks, subtly raised abs… and even horns, wings, and a tail.

He had become a completely inhuman being.

“Lies… that swordsmanship… those abilities… could it be…”

But what shocked me was none other than… the swordsmanship and movements she used. They were mine. The optimal swordsmanship developed over 3,000 years… to skillfully kill humans.

She was using that swordsmanship, which I had never taught to anyone.

At that moment, Fox’s words came to mind.

“You don’t know!! How could someone who doesn’t dream know what a dream is! It was so vivid. Even now, the memory of that time digs into my body, still making me uneasy…! That silky red hair dyed a luridly glowing orange… and the vulgar breasts, and the male genitalia that a woman like me shouldn’t have……!”

The story perfectly matched the current situation… and as I was once again astonished by it…

“Aaaaaah……!!!!”

I screamed and opened my eyes.

My heart was pounding as if it would burst, and my whole body was drenched in cold sweat. My hands… were trembling uncontrollably.

“What was that…? It was too vivid to be a hallucination… it can’t be… it definitely can’t be… but the swordsmanship and the way she manipulated vapor were all the same…”

I muttered lowly and looked out the window, only to find that it was still evening.

It felt like I had been watching for hours, but only a short time, less than a minute, had passed.

I didn’t know what the hallucination I had just seen meant… but it was difficult to dismiss it as a mere hallucination. It was so vivid, as if I had glimpsed a fragment of reality.

“Is that what Fox saw…?”

I tried to stop the trembling by clenching my hands, but the image of the woman I had just seen and the flow of vapor wouldn’t leave my mind.

A warning… or the beginning of a Calamity?

Whatever it was, it was certain that an ominous ripple had begun to spread.

Just as an unknown fear seemed to be slowly spreading in one corner of my heart, a sound came from outside the door.

–Knock, knock, knock…

The sound of knocking on the door. It was late, who would be looking for me at this hour…?

My heart pounded again, and a myriad of thoughts began to flood my mind.

Could the hallucination I had just seen have become reality? Or was it the influence of that Purple mist I had come into contact with through my vapor?

“Who is it?”

I tried to maintain as much composure as possible so that my voice wouldn’t tremble, and called out to the presence outside the door.

Then, the voice that came from beyond the door was a familiar tone.

“Elemental, it’s me. Princess Materi… former Princess.”

Princess Materi. The Princess belonging to the Sultan’s residence, coming to find me at this hour?

My heart beat twice as hard. There was no reason for her, a member of the royal family, especially one from a lineage that had already fallen, to come looking for me.

I tried to calm down, took a deep breath, placed my trembling hands on my knees, and cleared my throat.

“Come in.”

The door opened and she revealed herself.

Her appearance was unchanged from what I had seen before.

Dark purple hair and attractively tanned brown skin. Princess Materi Ar Sirenniid, who once had the title of Scheherazade, named after me, which was given to the female winner of the martial arts tournament held in the Empire.

However, due to the Sultan’s coup, most of the royal family had died. The only two remaining members of the royal family had been reduced to low-ranking dancers and low-ranking Garrison Commander in the Sultan’s residence.

And yet, the woman before me was trying her best to maintain her dignity as she approached me. She neatly tied up her long hair and captured my image in her eyes with a determined heart.

Soon, the former Princess Materi closed the door and bowed politely to me.

“Former Princess Materi. Let’s skip the formalities and get straight to the point. Why are you here?”

She raised her head and replied in a calm voice.

“Elemental, as a descendant of the late Emperor, I have come because I wanted to speak with you.”

I mulled over her words.

A descendant of the Emperor. Whether intentional or not, her words contained a nuance that she vaguely suspected that there was some kind of relationship between herself and me.

But there was no way she knew the whole truth.

For many years, I had been bound by the Emperor’s orders, but that secret was mostly passed down only to the first heir to the throne.

She was the first Princess, but not the first heir, so I couldn’t understand what she wanted from me.

“So, how were you able to come here?”

I asked bluntly.

“I know that you are summoned to the Sultan’s residence every night and only return in the morning. So how could you come here at this hour? What did you do?”

Materi hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth.

“After the Divine Revelation of the Divine Beast, the Sultan said that he would not summon me to his residence. So I was able to come here today.”

Hearing those words, I clicked my tongue inwardly.

Because of the Divine Revelation… the reason for the Sultan’s change in attitude was because of the Divine Beast’s Divine Revelation. No matter how unreliable Fox was, it was hard to deny the absoluteness of the Divine Revelation she gave.

Perhaps it was a sign that something bigger was about to happen in the Empire…

“As a descendant of the Emperor, I told the guards at the door that I wanted to speak with the Elemental, and they opened the door for me. The Elemental and… I, a descendant of the Emperor, are more related than you think.”

Her words were simple, but there were countless questions mixed within them.

I narrowed my eyes and examined her. Princess Materi. A descendant of the Emperor, but someone with no direct connection to me.

Why did she come to me? And why now?

Unable to shake off the anxiety and suspicion that remained in one corner of my heart, I waited for her next words…

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