68. The Invader
The red envelope meant that this was an urgent letter from Sophia.
This letter didn’t need any means of transport. It just needed to be synchronized through a certain divine artifact, a Goddess’s Treasure, to conduct a limited number of information exchanges.
Sophia was writing the letter on the other side, and Reina could see the message on this side. And the purpose of the red envelope was for the rapid transmission of information.
But because it could only be used once a year, Reina had given this treasure, which she had taken back from the orcs two months ago, to the blood race, to Sophia’s hands.
And once the red envelope was activated, it would release a special, easily perceptible magic power. Calysia had discovered that the red envelope had been activated at the first moment.
Arriving at the office, Reina hadn’t even had time to change into clothes that smelled less of Calysia.
Opening the envelope, Reina’s eyes were first surprised, then became serious, and finally relaxed again.
“What did Sophia say to you?”
She was threatened by humans. A human messenger had delivered a threatening letter. It seemed the matter was not small.
“Threatened? Could it be about Lekadis? The blood race did get a lot of benefits,” Calysia said with a smile. “But they’ve also helped us a lot.”
“This time it’s not about Lekadis, it’s about the [Blood King’s Bone].”
“…” Calysia’s eyes turned slightly cold. She knew what the Blood King’s Bone represented.
“Are the humans threatening her to hand over that divine artifact? Could it be Elena?”
“Yes, it’s her.”
…
After resting for a noon, Reina, to save time, rushed to the Blood King’s Palace before Sophia set off.
Celes now had a strong ability to judge for herself, and was even much more mature than before. She might be able to help, and at the same time, it was also to let her, the eldest princess, understand the world a little.
Arriving at the Blood King’s Palace, Celes, who also had a special liking for maid uniforms, immediately took a fancy to the lace design on the blood race maids’ uniforms, their white stockings, and their cute little shoes. She watched with great interest, and walking out the main door, she saw the head maid of the Blood King’s Palace and proactively struck up a conversation with her.
—The head maid was actually Sophia’s legal wife, the blood race prince, Sandra.
She was a little loli, and it was said that she and Sophia had a past. And what was tragic was that this wife had never had any physical contact with Sophia. Strictly speaking, among Sophia’s many blood race concubines, not a single one could be called a [spouse].
It was more like Sophia’s circle of close friends, or rather, an organization she used to adopt and organize the daughters of the blood race.
And among them the one with the best relationship with Sophia was Sandra.
She was a little loli, at least on the surface. She even had to look up to talk to Celes.
And her age was a thousand times Celes’s.
“Princess Celes~”
After greeting the Dragon King and Dragon Queen, as if noticing Celes’s gaze, she proactively performed a maid’s curtsy. The maid uniform on her looked more like a black and white, energetic little dress.
Losing a bit of gentleness, but gaining a bit of cuteness.
“Miss Sandra, your maid uniform is so beautiful. I’d like to make a note of it. If I’ve offended you, please accept my apologies.”
“Wow.”
Sandra covered her mouth, greatly surprised. She couldn’t imagine that this dragon princess, who was not yet two years old, could show such dignified etiquette.
Wearing a maid uniform without any sense of incongruity, like a steady, real maid character.
“Princess Celes is so cute.”
“My little sisters are also very cute~”
Celes glanced at Angelis and Guangying. The two of them were even a little shorter than Sandra, but if you didn’t look closely, including their horns, they were about the same height.
“Sandra is so small.”
“The dragon race’s skin is really good, so fair and beautiful. You’re so young and already look like great beauties.”
Sandra continued to nod.
Reina looked at her eyes and clearly saw that she had something to ask them.
Therefore, before Sophia, who was busy and hadn’t tidied up her appearance, appeared in the living room, she deliberately sat a little closer to Sandra. But unexpectedly, Sandra actually stood up proactively, found Calysia, who was sitting further away, and looked at her with pleading eyes.
“Dragon King, I have a request.”
She knelt on one knee, her voice small and cute, and she would subconsciously be treated as a child acting spoiled. But Reina constantly reminded herself that this person’s age was one-fifth to one-sixth of her own… in other words, she was not young.
She presented a box containing a blood race divine artifact to Calysia.
The blood race, because they hadn’t experienced any internal wars for thousands of years.
Their alchemy was developed, and therefore, they had created many items known as [Blood Tribute Divine Artifacts], each with a special power.
“…Speak.”
“I beg you to help Her Majesty Sophia. Even just some comfort would be good. She hasn’t slept well for several months, and now I don’t know what’s wrong. I’ve rarely seen her so flustered.”
Calysia glanced at Reina, and Reina was looking at the box in the other’s hand.
This divine artifact was quite something. It looked like a divine artifact from the Primordial Era, of high value. If it were sold to the elven race, it would be very valuable… Of course, compared to its actual value, Reina was more concerned about its collection value.
Before Calysia could speak, and before this choice was given to Reina, Sophia’s voice coming down the stairs made Sandra quickly stand up and pretend that nothing had happened.
But what happened to Sophia next, Reina couldn’t tell at all that she would be to the point of not being able to sleep well.
She wore a red short skirt, a black formal dress, and black stockings that reflected a charming luster. A red bow was tied under her full chest, and the black light gauze skirt was like two swallowtails. Black long gloves added a touch of fatal beauty to her. On her slightly pale face, was a radiant smile.
For a moment, Reina really felt that Sophia had specially dressed herself up just to invite them to her home as guests, and that the so-called blood race crisis was all fake.
“Little sister Reina~”
She didn’t notice at all that Calysia was also here. When she saw Reina, she went up to her, and even… wanted to hug her just like that.
Fortunately, Celes flew and pounced on her mother, baring her teeth at Sophia and letting out a purring sound of protecting her food, which prevented the embarrassment from happening.
“Ahem, Dragon King, Dragon Queen… Princess Celes, Angelis, Princess Guangying, thank you for coming.”
“If you have something to say, just say it,” Celes said, imitating Calysia’s tone, while also hugging Reina’s arm even tighter.
Sophia didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. In less than a second, her expression turned to her usual seriousness, but with a hint of dishevelment, after all, she was asking for a favor from the dragon race.
“Please forgive my rudeness. Just as I said in my letter, the most important blood tribute divine artifact of the blood race, the Blood King’s Bone, is about to be snatched away by the humans… the Delgon Empire.”
