HPDBC Chapter 387 The Empires Movements - An Unsettling Feeling
Chapter 387 The Empires Movements - An Unsettling Feeling
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A few moments later, Verana sat down beside Asura while telling him about the cocktail she had ordered for them; the room atmosphere felt a little strange with the one-way glass. But when Helliana pressed a button, the walls transformed into a dark red and gold colour, making it feel more welcoming and cosy.
"Anyway, Asura, you seem to be a little distant lately. Is everything alright?" Verana questioned while Helliana and Lucia seemed distracted looking at the tablet and choosing a few cocktails for a later order. Though both of them were listening, just pretending to be uninterested.
"I'm fine; I've just been thinking about some things recently..." Asura muttered, his right hand rubbing the back of his head.
"Hmmm... I hope it's nothing serious, but there was something that we found out; it's regarding the monster kingdoms and the forest in which Gaius and his clan used to live. I am not sure how trustworthy it is, though."
Asura leaned back, the door suddenly opened with a knock as a beautiful female entered with a tray and several cocktails. She had pale skin with a pair of bright green eyes. Asura noticed Helliana's expression change as she looked at the worker.
"Miss, here's your Empress Firebird, Royal Sunrise, and finally, you ordered something from our Romantican menu, the Black Velvet Kiss. Please enjoy."
The Royal Sunrise seemed to be a drink with lots of citrus; this drink was Verana's, while the dark glass of glistening fluid with silver specs seemed to smell a little of liquorice was Lucia's, while Asura looked at his drink. The Empress Firebird... the glass came with a small umbrella and a second stick with Lorem's image.
He took a sniff of the drink, Asura his lips twitching from Lorem's drink. It gave off the scents of cinnamon, strawberries, chocolate and something else he couldn't describe, but it seemed sweet.
Helliana's drink seemed to give off a sweet tropical scent, while Lucia's had a dark liquorice scent, causing him to realise Romantica and people from the north didn't have quite the same tastes in drinks.
"Is it good?" Helliana asked Asura while Lucia seemed focused on hers; her taste buds seemed to enjoy the taste.
Asura lifted the cup, worried it would be disgusting. The mixture of scents blended perfectly as it reached his nose, though.
The flavours touched his tongue and filled his mouth, the rich chocolate light in taste, followed by the warm, bittersweet taste of cinnamon and the sweet strawberries. The following aftertaste of alcohol caused Asura to open his eyes wide; before taking a larger sip, the drink was very easy to drink, not too strong, and the flavours seemed balanced perfectly to avoid overloading his tastebuds.
"Wow, it's amazing. I never imagined Lorem would create such a drink." Asura complimented the drink while the worker giggled and then walked out. Helliana seemed a little interested in his drink, her eyes squinting before turning and smiling at Asura.
"I'm glad you liked it. May I try? You can taste my Lagoon!" Helliana's eyes seemed playful and cute, and Asura handed her the glass.
Verana smiled, "Well, while you two taste each other's drinks, I'll explain what I heard."
The atmosphere of the room became more relaxed and calm while Verana began to take documents out of her bag, putting them on the table between their drinks.
"So, apparently, the goblin tribe who Gaius ordered to watch over the village have been massacred, not by other monsters but by humans...
It seems that someone is making a move on the forest; not only that, but our spies in the Emerald Empire have found that the former queen who ruled the monster kingdom council, the Arachne queen, has gone missing, and her entire brood wiped out, whether by the cult or something else nobody seems to know." After speaking, Verana almost downed her orange-scented drink while leaning back and closing her eyes.
"So, it seems things have started to move, and the cult may have found another use for the monsters. Though, I feel it might be another force than the cult who massacred the goblins..." Lucia added, her eyes looking at Asura.
Helliana also spoke, "Asura, what are your thoughts?"
Then he rushed to her room, his steps a little heavy, only to find her sleeping; the moment he opened the door, her loud snores echoed through the room, and she seemed just fine.
'Why am I worried...'
His emotions were chaotic, and he felt his heart beating heavily before walking downstairs. "I'm probably just drunk and tired." Asura tried to convince himself.
However, when he sat on the sofa in the living room, his instincts were screaming danger, telling him to look up. It was at that moment he saw a woman with pitch black hair and several red eyes looking down at him, her body completely naked, while hanging from the ceiling using silk threads that seemed to come from behind her.
'Arachne...?'
Asura thought she might lunge at him and attack, but the most confusing thing happened: the moment he looked at her body, a pristine shape with alluring features along with her porcelain-like skin and small black tuft of hair between her hips... "Kya..."
The woman hanging from the roof covered her face and chest and began to cry out... "KYAAAAAA!!! Pervert! You are a pervert!!!"
"What are you on about?!"
Asura covered his eyes while the Arachne woman fell from the ceiling; the threads that she was using to hang vanished, retracting back into what seemed to be her buttocks, while she leapt with ferocious speed and power to push him down.
"Pervert, die!" The Arachne woman cried out, her tears flowing while Asura felt a little scared for his life, his instincts kicking in.
'Who the hell is she?!' His thoughts screamed while Asura's body moved; his fist launched upwards and hit her directly in the stomach, sending the nude spider girl flying back onto the sofa with a crash.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Who are you?! Vela said nobody would be here tonight!" The beautiful maiden looked angry, her small fangs on display as she seemed to forget her initial embarrassment and anger at Asura.
'Vela?' Asura wondered.
"Why did you sneak into my house? And are you naked?!"
"Don't lie to me, pervert; you were the one staring at my naked body!" She cried out.
"Huh?!"
"You stared at me for a whole ten seconds, and your hands were even moving towards my body; I knew it; humans are all the same!" The spider woman seemed to accuse him, while Asura felt a little furious. "You all just want my silk!"
"Silk?!" Asura seemed confused.
"Yes, my silk; don't try to deny it pervert human! You all just want my silk, but I will never let anyone touch me; do you understand?!" The spider woman seemed serious.
"Wait, wait, wait; are you Arachne?" Asura finally realised the girl in front of him seemed similar to the monster kingdom queen, but she seemed a lot more innocent and gentle compared to the fearsome and evil queen he had heard about, so who was she?