"Let's go to the final stretch of this circus," Aldria said as she looked at the man in front of her, who looked quite different from before. In fact, he seemed more... relaxed?
"How many days left?" Dante asked, noting Aldria's curious expression, to which she promptly replied, "Five days."
"And the commission from the Eastern continent?" Of course, he wouldn't forget that Sara and Nagasawa were coming for this idiotic event. At the same time, he was concerned about their steps.
"They need to arrive earlier. I can't leave them alone if something happens," he thought as he awaited Aldria's response.
"In two days, one if the teleporters are working in the area near the palace," she commented, and Dante's eyebrows rose. "What do you mean 'if they're working'? It's a damn palace!" Dante exclaimed, and Aldria shook her head.
"Events like this usually enforce tight security. We end up following the laws and locking down the palace. If we don't, he might suspect something," she commented. Now it made sense why the teleporters were halted.
"What do you think will happen when they arrive?" he questioned. Aldria already had the answer ready. After all, she was talking to a Demon King.
"They'll be promptly escorted to their chambers with prepared baths. I made sure to send dresses as gifts and some information about 'Dante' that I have, only what we discussed," she replied, and Dante agreed. Although he wanted to see his women, he decided to keep them a bit distant while he finished his tasks.
At the final moment, he would show the despair of his existence and reclaim what the world took from him once again.
"Just two days... and I'll see you again... my beauties..." he thought as he prepared to rise and carry on with his tasks. His hair changed color, and his horns disappeared again. A purple suit appeared and enveloped him.
"What will you do?" Aldria questioned, but Dante just smiled slightly and said, "I'll be busy with my lovely wife." He replied and opened the door, but before leaving, he commented, "I hope the Empress understands her position. Maybe, when her husband is gone, she'll need to help little Velryna with her Empress duties." He said in a... quite seductive manner, and for that reason...
"What do you mean help with Empress duties? Why does that sound wrong?!" She... understood something wrong...
"Hey! Start speaking less seductively! That's a crime! I'm faithful!" she roared inwardly and only saw Dante's smile. "Damn! It was a trap!"
"How good it is to provoke a sweet maiden who will become a widow," Dante thought as he walked away whistling.
As he left, Aldria was having a... crisis? I guess we can call it that.
"Damn, damn, damn!" she cursed as she paced back and forth, biting her nails.
"How can an idiot like him be so... so seductive?! I'm a married woman!" she roared inwardly. Her position as Empress had completely fallen, and now she was just Aldria Lumius, a woman like any other.
"And why so handsome? Damn, you're a temptation!" she continued to think, but then turned to her husband's portrait.
"You skeletal jerk! Why do you want to die so badly and neglect this loving wife! Ingrate! Ingrate! Ingrate!" she yelled at Emperor Adam Smith's photo. "Argh!
Damn it! Velryna, how lucky you are! Damn lucky!" The Empress had simply vanished, revealing only her womanly side.
"Damn it! Thoughts of betrayal, leave me! I'm faithful!" she roared to herself and calmed down...
On the other side of the window, a Succubus was laughing hysterically at seeing the so imposing empress falling in love with her future husband.
"HAHAHAHA! MY HUSBAND IS THE BEST!" she shouted loudly, but of course, she had already used a spell of Total Silence and Invisibility to... Stalk her husband from afar.
While the Empire was in complete chaos for the upcoming events, two certain women had already crossed the ocean and were on their way to the capital.
"What do you think she has to say, huh? Stupid suspense! I can't take it anymore!" Sara growled in the carriage for the thousandth time, leaving Nagasawa completely impatient.
"Enough! I can't stand you anymore!" she roared, Sara had been making various comments about Dante and how much she wanted to know Aldria's information throughout the entire journey.
"You're unbearable! Shut up for a minute, you divine bitch!" Nagasawa shouted, offending her with one of the worst insults she could receive.
"Unbearable? And you, you muscle-bound bloodsucker!" she roared loudly, pointing at Nagasawa completely enraged and with a fierce look.
"It's been over ten hours since you shut up about Dante! What do you think? That she's going to say he's alive? Damn it! Wake up to reality, cursed bitch!" Nagasawa shouted, of course, she wanted Dante to be alive, but she was still a rational person and knew that resurrection didn't exist.
"Stop talking like that! I thought you loved him!" Sara shouted, and Nagasawa looked at her with a terrifying look, Sara saw a snake manifesting on her back.
"Loving him has nothing to do with it! I love him to the point of never falling in love with anyone else, but he DIED!" she shouted.
"Take back what you said! You bloodsucking bitch!" she snarled, and the argument began to heat up as they both began to curse each other heavily.
"Bloodsucking bitch!"
"Heavenly bitch!"
"Muscle-bound bitch!"
"Vain bitch!"
Insults flew everywhere as if a war was happening, and they didn't even notice that someone entered the magical carriage.
"Cough cough," he coughed, catching the attention of the two who were about to grab each other by the hair and fight right there.
"Hm?" they both looked together at the man with white hair wearing a suit.
"Hello, little girls. I've come to accompany you to the kingdom," the man said, looking at the two, who narrowed their eyes.
"Did Morgana send you, old man?" Sara questioned, and he nodded. "Simon, shouldn't you be with the princess?"
"Well... someone is taking care of her," he said, briefly remembering Ziriel's face, but then continued. "Besides, I have matters to discuss with you two. The inter-realm journey has been reopened, so soon Morgana will start hunting down those who killed Dante. I came to ask for a total alliance," he said, bowing slowly.
"We accept," they said without questioning anything. Simon looked at the situation and couldn't help but think.
"Well, buddy, it seems you left behind some great beauties. I almost feel sorry for you."
Little did this old fool know that Dante was very much alive and attracting even more incredible beauties to his side.