Son of the Hero King

Chapter 245 SPECIAL CHAPTER: SUCCUBI OF ENVILYA

(AN: This chapter was commissioned by Jack1938. Those events happened not long after Sol left for the Astral world.)

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Out of the seven countries, two were mysterious for they were the only ones with races that had the particularity of being partially made of energy, not unlike the divine beasts.

For one, there were the flowing islands of Slothein, belonging to angels. Because of their laid-back attitude toward expansion, Slothein was basically the most respected country.

Meanwhile, the second one, Envilya, was a city created by demons. Like with the beast-men of Wratharis, the term <> was loosely used to describe a race composed of various sub races.

The Demon’s generally lived in a rather anarchical society where schemes and betrayals were as common as pebbles on the road. Even the dwarves of Greed Dike could hardly hold a candle to them when it came to betrayal.

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“Explain yourself, Dracula!”

Sitting on her throne, a voluptuous woman with golden hair and blue eyes was staring coldly at the man kneeling in front of her.

One of the four generals of Envilya—Dracula Nosferatu

Even though the pressure she was emanating was so powerful that he could barely breathe, the man did not lose his composure. After all, with all his years of experience, he has grown used to such situations.

“Your highness, I believe that I have made no mistake worthy of such remonstrance. If it’s about the vampire attack on Envilya, I believe that I already atoned for the mistake of my subordinates.”

Pandora gave an angry laugh as she remembered something so unpleasant in a situation where she was already angry.

“You dare speak so boldly about what happened back then?”

Vampires had attacked Southern Pride, some had even infiltrated deep within the upper echelon.

Even now, she did not understand how they did it. After all, the only way vampires could entice people was by promising them longevity after they were changed into thralls.

But such enticement should be worthless for the prideful elves. It wasn’t as if vampires lived that much longer than elves anyways.

“Back then, If I hadn’t sent my daughter; Anastasia, as a way to show our complete support. Those warmongering elves would have not hesitated to declare war on us! In the end, all it resulted in was fostering a good relationship between Lustburg and Southern Pride.”

Pandora massaged her temple in weariness. As a friend, she was happy that Lilith’s daughter had managed to create some good relationships between humans and elves.

But as a queen, this was something unacceptable. She didn’t want an outright war. But having all the countries in a cold war was the best for them.

Dracula kept his head lowered and gritted his teeth as the queen continued to spew profanities above his head.

There was nothing he could do, for his plan had indeed gone wrong. Still, he had paid enough to the queen and had even sworn to help her in her fight for power against the supreme daughter, Wisteria Humanitas.

Why was she attacking him once again then?

By superimposing the image of her mother on herself, she was able to impersonate her down to the very thought she would have. Basically, she was dreaming of becoming Pandora and thus she became Pandora.

Of course, there were many limitations for this skill and it wasn’t without risk.

Acting was only that. While it was true that Dreams could become reality, it was important to never let oneself get blinded by dreams. If she failed to do so, she would slowly lose her sense of self until she really began to think that she was Pandora.

“Good job, Minerva.”

Walking out from a secret door, a purple-haired girl wearing a knight attire smiled warmly and opened her arms wide

“Anastasia!”

Screaming in glee, Minerva jumped in the arms of her big sister and hugged her tightly.

“There, there, there. It must have been hard. I am sure that mother would be proud.”

“Really!?”

Looking at the sparkling eyes of her little sister, it was hard to believe that the little girl was the one who had pushed the powerful General Dracula into a corner. Then again, she knew under how much stress Minerva was currently.

If it was revealed that Pandora was currently outside of Envilya, the situation would spiral out of control. The power of the royal family was already pretty low as most of it had been seized by the church of Humanitas and they could barely hang on because of how powerful Pandora was.

Minerva was still a young girl. Barely a baby when counting the longevity of demons like them. Still, simply because she had been Blessed, she had to take responsibility too heavy for her small shoulders.

“Of course. Never forget that you are the greatest pride of our family.”

Minerva beamed as she received a small kiss on her forehead.

“Still, why did mother rush toward Lustburg while disguised as you, again? The same happened when she went to Southern Pride.”

Anastasia smiled bitterly. This was also one of the reasons most succubus became crazy. Because they always impersonated people and always lived in dreams, they slowly rejected reality and would rather dream forever.

Anastasia had heard so many legendary feats done by <> that sometimes, she didn’t even know if she was truly Anastasia or if she was just a dream.

Shaking her head, she explained calmly

“Since I am not Blessed, using my identity to travel around is the best. Meanwhile, I will stay here and guard you should anything happen.”

“I know but...”

Anastasia understood the worry in her sister’s eyes. After all, Minerva may be young but she was wise beyond her years. How could she not understand the mental state of her beloved sister?

Still, now was not the time to falter. She couldn’t endanger the royal family because of her own health.

She just hoped that her mother would be done with her business in Lustburg before she became crazy.