After listening to Crotivia's backstory, all three people—Mia, Ruby, and Jasper—were in deep shock, except for Lucifer. He already knew about it because Crotivia had told him everything beforehand.
The reason for their shock wasn't that she was a child born between a human and a vampire, nor that she was the sole princess of the ruined island nation called Eldoresia. No one present in the room had ever heard the name of this island nation before. Likewise, no one had any problem with her being the daughter of a human and a vampire, a so-called monster.
Vampires weren't much different from humans, except that they called themselves the noble race and loved to drink the blood of other creatures. They were intelligent monsters, very loyal to their partners, and capable of understanding and feeling the emotions of others. If there was love and trust between a vampire and a human, and if both liked each other, then why couldn't they marry and have children? They could definitely marry each other and live long, healthy, and happy lives.
The main reason for the shock Mia and Ruby were feeling was the cruelty of the Malakar royal family of the Risen Kingdom, as well as the Narkul noble family of vampires. Mia and Ruby simply could not accept the fact that the vampires of the Narkul family had tortured, lynched, and skinned alive their own 7th princess, Evernight Eldoresia Narkul. Their only crime was that she had secretly married a human man she loved and started a new life and family with him.
According to the Malakar royal family, humans were unworthy creatures, and marrying one was an embarrassment. What kind of logic was that?
If they really didn't want Evernight to be with King Valdren, they could have forced her to leave him. But what was the reason for destroying an entire lovely nation and killing everyone? It wasn't as if the Eldoresia island kingdom had ever discriminated against the monsters and demons of the Risen Kingdom. On the contrary, the island had been a hub of trade between various races from different kingdoms.
Mia and Ruby also felt deep sadness for King Valdren, who had single-handedly raised Crotivia after the annihilation of his kingdom, people, family, and wife. According to Crotivia, Valdren never married any other woman after the brutal murder of his wife, Evernight. Nor did he ever seek sexual pleasure from any other woman willingly.
The only woman Valdren had ever loved and willingly sought sexual pleasure from after Evernight's death was his own daughter, Crotivia. The fact that he never touched her before she turned 16 showed just how much Valdren truly loved his daughter.
Thinking about all this, Mia and Ruby were already cursing the Lustbound Heaven Kingdom's royal family for leaking Valdren's information to the Risen Kingdom, which led to his disappearance.
On the other hand, Jasper was speechless because of the hypocrisy of the Risen Kingdom. He clearly remembered that some weeks ago, along with Jeff, they had visited Evorywood village to capture Derek and his family. There, they had a bad and wild encounter with a human scum with no morality—Christopher Purefield.
While Christopher was showing his inhumane demeanor by brutally pounding and fucking a twelve-year-old maid—which was basically a child—Jasper and Jeff had to interfere and force him to release the little girl. This led to a verbal fight between Jeff and Christopher.
It's not uncommon for many girls to lose their virginity at an early age in this world....as their first sex partners were mainly males of their own family including father, brother... Etc. Because it's the custom, culture and tradition of the society..... and it is initiated without any force. But what Jasper and Jeff saw that time was nothing like anything consensual.... But was forceful sex or basically rape. And so both of them had to interfere with Christopher and force him to release that little girl. And due to this.... There was also a verbal fight between Jeff and Christopher. Where Jasper got to know about various connections of Christopher Purefield, and one of them was.... He has about 63 wives in the orc tribe of the Risen Kingdom... And with them... Christopher has four sons and thirteen daughters
Now that Jasper thought about it, how degenerate and inhumane Christopher was. But ultimately, he was a human. And yet he had wives and children in the orc tribe of the Risen Kingdom.
The Risen Kingdom was ruled by the Malakar royal demon family, who viewed humans as inferior beings. So how was it allowed for Christopher Purefield to have a family with the orc tribe while being a human? It wasn't like the Malakar royal demon family didn't know about those female orcs who had married and had families with Christopher.
Then why didn't the Malakar family eradicate and kill those female orcs, their kin, and Christopher himself—when killing Lady Evernight, Crotivia's mother and Jasper's mother-in-law, seemed completely justified in their eyes?
Wasn't this pure, unapologetic hypocrisy from those demons and monsters who called themselves the superior race?
As Jasper was thinking all this, he suddenly heard a painful cry.
"AAAH…. MOMMY!"
"WHY!"
"WHY ARE YOU TWISTING MY EAR MOMMY…. IT HURTS!"
When Jasper came out of his stupor, he saw that Mia was angrily pulling and twisting Lucifer's left ear. Lucifer was trying to defend himself from her physical assault, but nothing was working in his favor.
Listening to Lucifer's painful cries, Mia reprimanded him angrily and said, "Why did you do that… you braindead son of mine?"
Confused, Lucifer asked, "What have I done?"
Mia continued, "Why did you send my dear granddaughters together with Vance to the Risen Kingdom? What do you think? Can only three of them alone rescue Valdren from that hellhole? Do you think all three of them are descendants of God Augustus, who can fight countless enemies and defeat them all alone? Answer me, you dickhead!"
As Mia kept scolding Lucifer, everyone else watched in awe at how dominating Mia could be. Lucifer couldn't refute or oppose a single word and could only accept his fate of getting berated.
After some time, when Mia finally released his left ear and stopped scolding him, Lucifer immediately laid down, resting his head on his mother's lap. He started playing with her breasts while saying, "Aunt, didn't you say that I take every decision without consulting with you, Mommy, or others? See… I got scolded by Mommy for taking another rash decision. Aren't you my dear aunt? Tell me what should I do? Same for you, Mommy. Suggest something to this foolish son of yours about how to mend this situation."
As Ruby heard Lucifer's words, she said, "Luci… sending only three of them into that unknown kingdom of demons and monsters is very reckless of you. We know nothing about the Risen Kingdom, nor do we know about this Malakar or Narkul family. Have you ever thought about what will happen if something happens to any one of those three? I know that your shadow-daughters and shadow-wives are of mysterious origin and are very powerful… but my child, remember one thing. There is always someone more powerful. So we have to always be careful."
"I think you should send reinforcements for them. Don't we have numerous soldiers now, as the armies of Holycross, Keilname, Morgen, and Hektor State are under us? We could use them."
As Ruby was suggesting her opinion, Mia interrupted her and said, "Ruby… didn't you hear what Crotivia told us? The Risen Kingdom is on the other side of the Sea of Fionacracy. It's 3,458 miles away from Westirifer. The only way to reach there is by traveling via water. How will you send reinforcements to them this fast? The fastest ship available will take around 13 days to reach Bawalia Port. And unlike the Purefield Duchy, we don't have ships that run on ether and can cover this much distance in 3-4 days. Tell me, how will those cavalry soldiers reach the Risen Kingdom? And even more tragic is that, according to the information given by Crotivia, Sir Valdren's situation is critical and he will most probably last only another 20 days. After today, it will be 19 days."
After saying all this, Mia grabbed Lucifer's hands, which were still pinching her nipples, and said seriously, "Lucy… I don't want to say this, knowing that I'm putting you in danger. But what about you? Your mommy doesn't know how powerful you are… because for me, in my eyes, you will always be my delicate son who is more fragile than flowers. But Luci, I also don't want to lose anyone else in our happy family. Didn't you say that the whole of Westirifer is your family? I wholeheartedly agree with you. So you can consider this as my selfish wish—make all three of them, along with Sir Valdren, return here securely. Is it possible for you to rescue all of them? Or, just like your Void Transit magic, do you have anything that can be of use?"
When Ruby heard what Mia was suggesting and demanding from Lucifer, she really doubted her ears. For her, it was impossible to even imagine that such a protective mother like Mia was asking Lucifer to go into enemy territory of unknown power. But still, what she heard was true. And she also found it very hard to refute, because she was also out of options.
The situation was the same for Crotivia and Jasper, as they also had no solution.
As the atmosphere inside Lucifer's penthouse room turned solemn due to this particular problem, Lucifer, who was lying on the bed with his head on Mia's lap and staring intently at her nipples, suddenly said with a smiling face exuding immense charm, disrupting the heavy silence:
"It was the very first time my mommy has demanded something from me. What an ungrateful son I would be if I didn't fulfill her this small wish? Mommy, I promise you… I'll be back here along with Zyrelia, Mara, Vance, and Sir Valdren on the ninth day of this week, which is Astryn—just before the day when I announce to the world that my mommy, the former Grand Duchess of the Westirifer Duchy, is going to become the Grand Empress of the Empire of Westirifer."
After saying all this, Lucifer rose from Mia's lap, kissed her on the cheeks, and then gave her a love bite on her beautiful collarbone, making her release a single moan… "Aahmnmm—AHHN!"
After giving her a mark of love, Lucifer said, "Mommy… when I come back, at least eat one or two milk candies so that I can drink your milk. You know how much I love it."
Before Mia could reply, Ruby said, "What about me, Luci? Don't you want to drink mine too?"
At this, Lucifer said, "Aunt… are you any different from Mommy? Or do you not consider me your son?"
On this, Ruby said, "Who said I don't consider you as my son? You are my son. You are the big brother of Jason. Does it even matter that you didn't come out from my womb but from sister Mia's? No, it doesn't matter, Luci. When you come back, I'll feed you so much of my milk that even your mommy, Mia, will get jealous of me."
Listening to Ruby, Lucifer smiled, bent down a little, and gave her a hickey on her right nipple. Just after this, he wore his simple clothes and, with a gesture of departure, waved his hands and left the room.