"Tsk... You'd better attend to that crazy woman, she's almost lost it."
His focus returning to the outside world after a brief contemplation thanks to Aya's interruption, Skylar felt wetness on his right forearm that is being gripped tightly by Empress Diana, making him look to the side at her.
Seriously!
He almost exclaimed out loud by the sight of Empress Diana who in addition to the drools falling like crazy from her wide open mouth, seems to have a happy expression mixed with a twisted frown on her face that is directed at him with a pair of dangerous looking raspberry eyes boring into his like that of a predator.
"Diana, there is something important I need you to do for me."
Skylar gently kissed her on the forehead. He put his hand around her slim waist, wrapping it around her, and gently, he pulled her forward, making her fall on his chest as in a hug.
"Tsk.."
Ignoring Aya who showed irritation with her voice, Skylar willed in his mind, making his player interface come up.
"Diana!"
"Hmm... Sob."
Head buried in Skylar's chest with her face facing a direction where no one can see her, Empress Diana like she is sobbing replied Skylar.
She is now okay I guess. But the embarrassment... I am interested in how she is going to approach that, and how come she is not yet affected by my breath... she should be breathing heavily and squirming by now. Or is she like this annoying one that can easily block it out... no, her energy intelligence is not on that level yet and she also doesn't have the advantage of energy compatibility like this one...
"Diana, what is your player name, I want to send you those things I need help with."
"Queen Aya 001, Send them to me instead, I am also very good with desk work..."
"My lord, Diana 001!"
Suddenly leaning away from Skylar's chest and moving her face very up close to his, Empress Diana shouted as if Aya's cut in response was a trigger. Then smiling like a puppy she parted her lips again.
"My lord, send them to me, I am better..."
"Tsk Tsk... Dog."
Both ignoring Aya's derisive comment, Skylar's arm still wrapped around Empress Diana's slim waist loosened a bit, allowing her to shift into a more comfortable posture, and in the same breath, it moved downward stopping at the base of her butt, thereby securing her in place as she remain nestled against his upright torso, except for her incredibly stunning heart-shaped face that is aligned right in front of his, a hair breadth away.
Her beauty is indeed generational.
While he sends the files to her, with a smile on his face, Skylar examines her smooth and spotless symmetrical face. He look one by one at her facial features that blends harmoniously on her incredibly stunning face.
I wonder if she look like this in the real world. What am I talking about?... World class is the pinnacle in the real world, if a woman of her kind really exist in the real world, she is either hiding or there is an incredible powerful force protecting her from greedy eyes. And if I remember correctly, Marilyn the last of her kind appeared about a hundred years ago, I wonder when the next is going to appear, "hm...mm." ... At that time its going to be the most sensational event for a very long time, every social media platform won't let us rest...
"My lord, what is on your mind?"
"Hmm?"
"He is thinking of when to swallow you whole, can't you see the strange smile on his face."
* * *
Four hour after Skylar arrived at Empress Diana's Mansion.
"Diana, you should stop calling me my lord, I don't fancy it. Call me Sky instead."
"But my lord..."
"Its a command, no negotiation allowed."
"Okay, Sky."
"Wait, aren't you even way older than me in the first place..."
"Tsk.. That doesn't matter here in brave... anybody young or old, big or small, man or woman, as long as they can easily dictate your life and death; they are your lord and you must know that and live with it..."
"Really?"
"My lord... Sky... Blood queen is right. And I can tell now that you are from a country where respect for elders is a thing."
"Wow! You got me."
"Hehe hehe..."
Just in front of the mansion's portico— on the lawn— with both Aya and Empress Diana flanking Skylar and Ling sitting straight in front him as they converse with their back to the mansion, Skylar's eyes looking at the horizon bathed by the pastel purple light of the descending purple moon caught Goldie's tiny figure that seems to be getting bigger together with the tail wind behind him as he flies towards them.
"Sky, when are you going to let me go?"
"Look at you."
Skylar looked briefly at Aya who uttered in her unique, raspy and boyish voice. Then he bent down, placed his hand on Ling and starts petting her on the back.
"I will let you go after I complete my... is it three thousand or nine thousand... I kind of have forgotten... well it doesn't matter, I will let you go after I hit your butt enough."
"Tsk... You are just looking for a reason to sexually harass me."
"If that's what you think."
Skylar a bit dismissive in his reply, turn to look at her. Then seeing her still dress in the black sheer baby doll that failed to conceal the black lace thong on her tiny hips and her big elongated breast that stands firmly beneath it, while her original outfit is still draped on her forearm; Skylar became a little bit confused as indicated by his expression.
"Won't you wear your clothes? Why are you still holding them?"
"Tsk... Its none of your business."
Aya sounded snappish.
"Blood queen, what you are wearing cost three thousand gold, I expect you to pay me in full."
Empress Diana looked to the side, giving Aya a short quick look. Then Aya who also briefly glanced back at her pointed at Skylar.
"He will pay, I am under his care for now."
"Diana, I will pay you, she is right."
To what Aya said, Skylar agreed as he stands up.
"No, my lord... Sky, you don't have to."
As Diana responded right away and as if responding to Skylar's action since he has withdrawn his hand that was petting her furs; Ling after being enveloped by a white cloud that shrunken afterwards, reappeared cat-size after the cloud vanished, and then she jumped into Skylar's embrace, nestling snuggly in his arms.
Why is this girl doing this now? Skylar wondered, then he lowered his head and his eyes landed on Ling who is comfortably lying in his arms.
"Ling, I am leaving. I think you should return to your owner."
"Meow... She is not my owner, she is my partner, and she wouldn't mind if I leave for a few days. Right? Diana."
"Do what you want."
Empress Diana responded a bit casually to what Ling said to Skylar that involved her.
"You see?"
Ling excitedly rubbed her head on Skylar's arm that cradles her, and Skylar who has been looking at the horizon chuckled.... he probably finds her intention of following him funny.
"Sky, that thing is not riding on my back."
Ah, I have forgotten about this midget's taboo.
With Goldie having arrived and suspended high in the sky above where they are, Skylar after hearing Goldie's telepathic message patted Ling on her back and whispered, calling her.
"Ling."
"Meow..." Ling answered.
"You see... the thing is my transport bird doesn't allow anyone to ride on him, how about you come with Diana tomorrow? She will be coming to my place."
"Hey Goldie, why did you allow that annoying woman? How is she different?"
While he awaits a reply from Ling who seems to be taking her time thinking, Skylar also awaits a reply from Goldie who is still suspended high above the clouds.
"Okay, I will come to tomorrow."
"I don't know, I just don't mind."
Ling who replied the same time as Goldie, jumped down from Skylar's arms.
"Okay, I understand."
"Meow... Diana you must take me along tomorrow even if I am asleep."
Sitting upright beside Skylar after Skylar respond to Goldie's reply in his mind, Ling said out loud. Then Skylar turned to the side, facing Aya who is standing beside him.
"How far can you jump?... Never mind."
Seeing no need for him to get a reply from Aya who also turned her head to look at him, Skylar in a single step appeared closer to her and lifted her from the ground, settling her skillfully in a princess carry on his arms while he also made sure her outfit she held doesn't drop.
"Your body is kind of very soft and light, but you don't look like it."
"Tsk... You just do as you want, don't you?"
Skylar with his eyes on Aya's unique and emotionless eye, smiled at her observation.
"You are just knowing this."
He responded and chuckled. Then he turned around, and his eyes met Empress Diana's eyes that seems to have been on him for a long time. And as their eyes met, Empress Diana smiled at him brightly, making him also smile warmly at her in return.
"Tsk.. Just be a simulation couple already."
"Diana, we will see tomorrow."
"Yes, Sky. Tomorrow."
The two ignoring what Aya said, they bid each other farewell, with Ling looking from one to the other with a curious expression on her face.
*Boom
And a lot faster than a rocket shooting into space, Skylar jumped, lunching himself with Aya in his arms into space, and towards a cloud a few miles above, that is reflecting the pastel purple light of the purple moon and that seems filled with glittering white star particles as it seems to blanket the region where the mansion's territory is.
...
*Crackle *Crackle *Swissss...
About a minute after Skylar left;
The energy barrier he deployed to surround him before he jumped and that shielded Empress Diana, Ling, the floor and his surroundings from the aftershock of his jump slowly crumbles—its energy returned to nature where it comes from.
"I wonder how strong my lord is?"
The sweet caressing voice of Empress Diana who is looking up at the location in the cloud where Skylar disappeared was filled with worshipful admiration.
"What is thier potential value you saw then?"
Ling who is also looking at the cloud which now seems to have a shadow fly through it and towards its edge, asked Empress Diana who has her eyes on the same flying shadow within the cloud.
"Its zero, it has not changed." She replied.
"Do you know what zero is in ancient language?" Ling inquired.
"Does it mean nothingness?"
Empress Diana asked as she turned her head, looking away from the cloud to Ling who sits a couple meter beside her and who also looked away from the cloud after the view of the shadow in the cloud was blocked by a bigger vessel flying next to it.
"Meow... Something like that, but the right word in your language is absolute."
Ling answered, leaving Empress Diana confused. Then after a couple seconds, Empress Diana turn her head again, looking from Ling to the space front of her, and a reminiscent smile appeared on her heart-shaped face as her heart-shaped lips parted.
"At that time when I saw the value popped up on their head when they lower their hood, I almost went mad. I couldn't understand what was happening, since my trait has never showed me the potential value of a man before and at that... a potential value of zero."
"Although I didn't have any idea of what caused the change or what a potential value of zero is, what my heart however felt at that time was a feeling like I was experiencing a turning point in my life.."
"And there is also the case of Lingyue who has never stopped failing upward that made me think she must have gotten her hands on a lucky boost as usual in the form of my lord..."
"I didn't even have to think twice when that thought crossed my mind... I just made my move immediately, and here we are..." Empress Diana placed a hand on her chest. She smiled warmly. "My heart is filled with overflowing happiness like never before..."
"They also seem to like you a lot meow..."
Ling who listened to Empress Diana's recount, made an observation she voiced, then she jumped towards her, landing and nestling in her arms as she catches her.
"I know that too, but I think my lord is a lot more interested in what I can offer and who I am, than me as a woman."
"Does it matter? Meow..." Ling yawned and closed her eyes. "They are as strong as an elder in my tribe for now."
She added, answering her earlier question and then she fell asleep, ending the conversation on the lawn, a location just outside the partico and under the colossal purple moon that signifies night time in Lavender safe zone as it descends.