Chapter 127: Elf, Princess and Demon Lord - His New Charm
The oment Ryuji awakened. In the distant palace, a beauty with crimson hair grabbed her chest. Flashes of black lightning and arcs of electricity began to flicker and spread through the air. From her body, the bolts began to destroy the walls and surroundings as she felt agony building up from inside her stomach, spreading through her organs.
"Ughh.... what... Kyaa!?" The next moment, her body was flung through the air and pushed down onto her bed. It felt like two hands held her down.
No. They did not hold her down alone. Something was entering her body from underneath her clothes, searching, conquering everything that dared defy it. Even though the crimson-haired girl wanted to resist, her strength was locked in place by a higher will.
"Stop... stop....!" Her eyes and struggling moved the quilts covering her body to reveal the true culprit.
However, before she could scream or speak again, the black hand covered her mouth, causing her to gasp and start struggling to breathe. In the moment of pain, shock and confusion, her eyes widened.
A dark black stained her sclera while her iris turned bright red with small ruby crystals and runes flashing under her lens, etching themselves into her pupils and iris before it became purple, a mixture of red and blue.
"Ngh...! Urgh-?!?!"
An unknown feeling seeped deep into her core, splitting, clawing, injecting, connecting, and assimilating itself deep into every fibre, molecule and strand of the girl. However, Liana no longer felt uncomfortable; she could feel him.
Ryuji's existence and how he affected her. She didn't understand. Ryuji existed, and Liana submitted, no longer seeing a reason to refuse. His existence gave her absolute euphoria and comfort, the pain and of her insides feeling like a pot boiling over lava.
Every second passed, the boiling lessened and soothed as if something was tempering her with an ice-cold hand.
A part of her core, mind and even her heart now felt refreshed and cool, bringing her comfort to soothe the burns. She felt as if Ryuji had embedded himself into her pelvis. The shadowy fingertips of her power drew his emblem, his marking across her pubis, the soft crimson pubes sticky with her sweat.
"...."
Liana's throat became bruised as the black arm released her; floating above her, she watched in a daze as the darkness transformed. It started with a small dot of red, a single crystal the size of her thumb. Next, like a gemstone forming, many more grew as they melded and bonded, creating a huge blood-red surface that covered the arm that extended from her back.
She couldn't comprehend what was developing.
All Liana could see were crystals slowly cracking before forming a beautiful scarlet red flame that flickered around the arm floating above her until it lowered to her pubis. Where she noticed the other arm also transformed. The colour matched her hair and demonic eyes, and the complex runes on the top side were so detailed she could have mistaken them for tattoo art.
Slowly, a heat arose inside Liana, spreading out from her core through her groin as both arms converged and reached towards the fabric of her nightwear. She pulled the seams and ripped them apart as something else came from within her. The lightning was still arcing from her body, while flames now flickered as she stretched out and began to stroke her pubic area with a blissful face.
"What will I tell my father... you've stained me on such a deep and personal level... Ryuji~ I can't believe how good I feel.... but I need a wash. Ugh..."
Her hands could feel the nasty grey goo and disgusting dirt that started to seep from her pores while she felt too good to move. Liana, after stretching a bit more, laughed and sat up. "Haha, maybe washing is the best choice for now." With her red eyes flaring, arcs and flames flickered along her now-transformed skin as her expression brightened even further.
"I can control both the lightning and flames much easier..."
***
Alicia stood outside the dungeon, her eyes closed as she once again told the knights about what had happened. Her agitated state was hidden behind her tightly clasped hands. "But it's true, we were transported to a strange dungeon where all of the monsters were irregular---"
"Okay, Princess Alicia! We will take the information and give it to the information bureau. But there isn't much that can be done--" The man's words continued, but Alicia just ignored him after hearing the same thing the last three knights told her.
She sent Akari and Ryo back. Thankfully, they completed their quota, and Ryuji made Alicia carry the money they gained in her item storage, so the pair got their cut...
Yet she felt frustrated. She could finally contribute, yet someone changed the dungeon so no one would believe her. Also, you couldn't enter the same dungeon once the last boss died. Thus, she could only stand here and wait for an archmage or Ryuji to come outside.
'But I saw him! The dungeon walls and ceiling fell on him.' Alicia sighed as she wondered if her eyes lied to her, yet the adventurer's guild said what she saw could never happen.
Even the oldest dungeons haven't shown signs of falling apart, let alone a Rank-D dungeon that hasn't had enough time to grow yet.
'The older a dungeon is, the more dangerous it becomes so if people don't constantly clear them. How can a D-rank dungeon be so volatile then?' Her thoughts were erratic and becoming more unreasonable.
'The mana fluctuations, the earthquakes, Ryuji's fall- no, the dungeon collapsing above him?'
At a loss, Alicia could not understand how such a dangerous dungeon didn't exist in the books or knowledge section.
Because she couldn't get help, she returned to her loaned room.
As a princess, she gained the exception of having a private residence only a few minutes away from the bazaar. She passed through her green wooden doors and entered the lounge with leather furniture and a small stairwell that led to her bathroom. Alicia stripped her armour and untied the corset dress with a complicated pattern that attached her metal skirt to her silk garments.
She felt dirty and wanted to take a bath.
It was then that she suddenly felt a strange feeling. It started quickly as she tumbled, almost collapsing to the ground as pain enveloped her entire body, spreading from her abdomen. "Urgh!?! What is going- gah--!!" Alicia groaned and crawled to the staircase. After labouring up the steps, she reached the marble-built bathroom and placed her palm against a rune carved inside of the stone.
A flutter of magic filled the room as the door opened, and she fell onto the marble floor.
Her nude body now spread over the cooling stones, almost relieving the pain as she looked up at the ceiling. Suddenly, a shimmer of water formed into droplets and fell onto her heated body, soothing the boiling sensation as she relaxed.
'What the hell is happening...?'
Alicia questioned herself and thought through countless answers and possibilities until her eyes noticed something in the corner of her eye.
Her body reflected in the enormous mirror and began to change. Alicia's eyes widened as she noticed her fair skin looked more tanned and became a beautiful shade of almond and a strange marking with ancient elvish runes formed on her pubis.
However, in the centre there was no title or words, just a hollow space, while her green floral marking etched itself into her skin. "No.... no..."
Unlike her calm attitude earlier. Alicia's pale face flushed as a bright green glow emanated over her body while steam filled the room and vaporised into mist as she felt her mind become empty and distant.
How many hours passed by while she lay in that state of relaxation? She didn't know until finally, the markings and glowed on her body disappeared, and the steam vaporised into thin air. "He marked me, too."
Alicia was forced back into reality after what felt like an eternity. Her body cooled and comfortable. Her hair was wet with water drops; when she stepped close to the mirror, she wiped away the steam fogging the glass.
The beautiful woman that reflected in the mirror looked like her oldest sister, beautiful and filled with an exotic charm. The only difference was her skin became an alluring caramel shade of brown, and for a moment, she felt her stomach drop.
A sense of terror filled her mind before her eyes gazed down at the beautiful green marking. Alicia's fingers stroked around its shape, and suddenly, she no longer felt fear or worry. "This mark must be from Ryuji, right? I can feel his mana, his scent... flowing through me."
'But my Mother is really going to be mad—how did I become a dark elf? They were supposed to be a myth!'
***
Meanwhile, at the Bazaar, Ryuji stepped out of the dungeon portal, his mind clearer than ever while his hands returned to normal, as if he never used his demon form, only the slight height increase and his muscles becoming more defined and adjust for combat and sex.
"It seems I made it back, that strange dungeon... I should speak to Alan. I don't want to hide these things from him when he does so much for me."
"Ah, Lord Tyrant! Princess Alicia seemed to be worried about you and made several claims you were almost killed in the dungeon! Hahaha, I told her it was just her imagination. But the girl was just too insistent that we summon an archmage to save you." One of the Guard Knights who worked at the bazaar began speaking, but Ryuji didn't care after hearing the first sentence.
'I see, that girl was so worried about me. When should I see her so she doesn't worry?' Ryuji thought to himself before looking at the knight.
"Where is her residence?" His ocean-blue eyes seemed to glow when he asked; the guard swallowed his saliva before nodding.
"I shouldn't say this but she lives...."
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It was as if Ryuji's charm and his demon lord class having a bonus for such questions and actions had skyrocketed. "Thanks for the information." He parted from the knight with a light greeting, his eyes narrowed and a wicked grin on his wide lips.
'Let's see how the little elf princess is doing, as her future teammate, of course...'
Many of the adventurers and knights watched the black cloak of Ryuji's cape floating in the light wind while he casually walked towards the private residence district where the rich and noble knights would live.
However, no one recognised the tall, towering, handsome young man walking down the streets.
After all, Ryuji changed slightly after his transformation and awakening, and the cloak covered his lower face, and his crown hood his upper appearance.
'Let's visit the little elf princess...'
Several shops and stands lined the street and called out Ryuji.
They wanted him to try to test out their new products and their wine, but he continued with no distractions until finally.
The lovely house covered in flora and beautiful trees on the western path came into view.
"This place just screams Elf..."