Even myself, a demi-godess is unable to move because of the poison being so corruptive to my body made by that evil dragon, I can't even cry or say anything with my mouth being shut, but the dragon is having fun trying to destroy my kingdom... the only peaceful kingdom in this shitty world. I wish I could do anything, so that's how it feels like to be unable to move at all ? I pity those who are born that way, all their life they need assistance, how can they ever have fun ? It's a life without freedom, where they cannot even fight back, who would take care of dead weights ? That dragon does know how to communicate with me, her voice is fierce.
"You seem troubled, is it because I killed your precious servants ? Did I make you sick ?"
How could she know I was sick this whole time, I was able to hide it for a long time, I could hide it from the demons and from the witches, I was able to live. As I can only think and watch in horror the spectacle she is offering me, the elf doesn't hesitate one bit before crushing the castle where me and Mother lived, I could tell that she was the only person alive because she wasn't inside the castle but outside, at the bottom of a river she standed firm dressed with her queen garnement, gazing at me with hatred as the dragon descended to see her while the castle falls in ruin like little pieces.
"All your servants died in the flames."
"It's all my daughter's fault for freeing you and harassing you. What a shame, go ahead and kill her."
"Do not give me orders."
"You really think you can defeat me ? What a fool you are for thinking you have a chance."
"I'll kill you. Here and now. Any last words ?"
"Plutaria Nekretia, I disown you, you are no longer part of the family. You are a failure of a child."
The dragon gets angry and puts the floor on fire, I don't even care on who wins anymore, the fact that I was careless with the elf is the proof of my mediocrity.
Mother... she really thinks the words she is saying, it hurts... to think that this day would happen so soon, I was prepared for it but not as much as I wished.
She is a strong middle aged woman, she never feels any guilt like I do, she never says anything about herself unless It's related to the kingdom and she never mocks anyone unless she is disappointed by the results. And in just one single blow in the air she was able to push back the monster and I towards the wall, the dragon seems to smile while she talks highly for Mother to hear.
"Impressive, you are the one that is behind all my suffering. Abandoning your own daughter, how cool of you."
"Because of that incompetent brat, the monster you are is now free. You are no longer bounded to anyone, what do you hope to achieve after your genocide ?"
"I want to destroy anything I dislike, not a single god will stop me from doing so. I'll definitely take your head Queen !"
"Perhaps."
I want to move, it feels like I can but I can't at all, even breathing is becoming harder, so hard in fact that I can only rely on someone else to save me. As I expect, Mother disappears from there and I'm alone once again with the Elf, that same elf was disappointed and she had totally lost her mind.
"Coward."
She throws me at full strength into the closest river, making me destroy a good chunk of the dirt underwater and she takes her elf form, she is smiling with sadistic eyes, she loves seeing me underwater.
"That's your punishment for today. It'll only get worse each new day."
"Mother abandoned me." I say underwater as soon as I was able to move again.
On my own free will, I could move in the water, I swim back to the surface and she pushes me back in it, as if she knew that I was unable to use magic under water.
"Keep trying." she says, she laughs the second after and takes her time.
The black haired girl enjoys my suffering and keep pushing my head stopping me from ever reaching the surface, with all the poison in my body even I can't beat such a ferocious monster, I was too full of myself to even realize that everything I did for Mother was because I wanted her to love me like she loved my father, what a fool I was this whole time... That's right, Mother never hugged me, she never shown any affection towards me... was I just a tool for her ? The elf takes me out of the water five minutes later before I am about to drown, she looks at me with an unamused face.
"For someone that tortured me for 10 years, you look very pathetic."
"You deserved it." I don't mean it, but it's like an obvious statement for me to say whenever I talk to that thing.
"Apologize."
"Like I would... You would never forgive me for my sins."
She doesn't replicate and punches my arms and face with all her strength, it isn't strong to me but what comes with it makes me smile, maybe because for once in my life I lost a battle of power.
"Save me slave."
"I will just talk with you. Tell me about that oni."
"A girl with one horn. Apparently she tried to rescue you." that's a lie... "Why aren't you following my orders anymore ?" I ask miserably as I lie in the grass.
"It's simple. I repeated to myself every day and nights to get my revenge on you."
"I'll kill you."
"In your state ? Hahahahahaha... While we talk, I wonder how your kingdom citizens handle these monsters." she briefly takes a deep breath. "Apologize for the 10 years of torture you put me through."
"Fuck off, I'd rather die from one thousand needles than feeling sorry for a commoner monster like you." I can't be honest with her or rather I'm just used to that.
"And I was willing to give up on killing them, for the sole reason that you were a child when you started it."
I want to say sorry, but something stops me from doing so, most likely Mother has used some kind of magic on me to never say the truth to that elf I was always feeling sorry for.
She starts biting my arm with her fang, my voice out slipped out, she sucked on it with hatred and stayed back to get a close eye on me.
From here I can here screams from inside the kingdom, I recognize all these voices, they are the one I want to protect, if they learn about what I did in secret in the torture chambre, they will curse me forever... My will isn't as powerful as Mother, but Mother is no longer Mother...
"I... I can accept if you revive the dead."
"I do not possess this kind of magic, I do not like you at all but without you I would also never have gotten any meal..."
"What do you propose ?"
"Lead me to that oni, if you agree to apologize and say everything to your people I'll let them live. Your choice."
"I would ne-ne-never agree to this !"
She snaps her finger.
"I got rid of all the monsters. Tomorrow you will get everyone's attention to publicly apologize for all your crimes. Every citizen must know why some of their family went missing all these years."
"You're crazy but since you're giving me a headache I'll do it !"
And so the next day after a good night rest, she transforms in an instant as the immortal dragon, catching me by the torso with her claws and then bringing me next to the castle that was no longer in fire for some reason before she comes back to her basic form, using me as her shield and forcing me to advance towards the crowd of people.
"Everyone I have something very important to tell you all. So all gather up to the special place."
After ten minutes, I am finally forced to admit my guilt for the past few years, I didn't want to go through such humiliation after having her done dirty with her own kind but right now I have to admit my crimes to all of them here. Mother not even gonna do anything about it while the elf is watching the public with a smile and the public did question why the elf was here.
"The reason my assistant is here is because I need her help to stay focused on what I've hidden from you all."
"What is it Princess !? We love you !"
"You've protected the kingdom so well, you are our hero !"
"I... I..."
"Don't be ashamed, they deserve the truth."
"The reason we were under attack was because I have failed my duty and I am lustily sorry."
She presses her left foot on me, feels good.
"The truth I said, the one that you have hidden for so long dear princess of darkness."
I have a hard time finding words, I was never so nervous on public, while I usually I talk about sex for the public to laugh at my jokes.
"Well It's hard to explain but here is the thing. For example let's take an ass and a stick, obviously you would stick it in the ass."
I splurt blood out of my mouth, they all seem shocked and the elf fakes being concerned for my health as she checks on me touching me her bare hands.
"Why are you splurting blood !?"
"It's nothing. Just a little sick. Anyways let's go back to our sheeps... For 10 years straight, members of your family have disappeared."
They are surprised or even shocked for some, others are scared of hearing what I have to say next and I hope they leave.
"If any of you leave, the Princess will execute you with her powers." she claims.
"That's a joke, a terrible one ! The past 10 years I was the one behind their disappearances, I'm the one that took their lives and my Mother was the one controlling me in the shadows !"
"Is it true ?"
"Why would you say such a blatant lie ?"
"Did I ever lie to you everyone ? Didn't I say that I wanted all of you to enjoy your lives to the fullest ?"
They don't want to believe me, to believe in the harsh truth that this is what actually happened to their loved ones, they weren't just missing, they were killed by my own hands.
"I can't forget their faces before their last breath, cutting them like steaks with my axe, the same one I use on the battlefield. I deeply apologize..."
"Plutaria Nekretia, you are too weak for them to even believe you." the elf screamed to get their attention and starts shouting. "I am an elf that was kidnapped by your Queen 10 years ago, your Princess isn't as kind as you think. These 2 monsters you respect so much, made me lose all hopes I had to lead an happy life. I even have the head of one of your loved ones."
She has the head of someone ? No way, I made sure to clean everything... how could she have that in her possession ? She run outside the stage and comes back, showing the head of a blond dead boy to the public and putting in my very hands.
All the people looked at me with disgust, throwing food at me and screaming, cursing me to die an horrible death and then I saw memories of all these bodies... bodies of people I wished to be friend with, bodies I can't ever forget no matter what I do and today I can only think about all of them.
"I'm sorry ! I was only 8 and didn't understand how the world worked and the Queen had persuasive powers I could not resist."
"Who will rule the kingdom now that we know they are traitors ?"
"I will lead this kingdom if you wish for Plutaria Nekretia and the Queen to be imprisoned. They erased my name, made me a weapon to terrorize and kill innocents for their sake. I was just an elf before they made me an immortal being by killing my dragon's friend and putting all his cells in my body."
"Even if that's true, why would we want another Princess ? Why should it be you ?"
"If you choose me over your actual princess. I promise to not discriminate anyone like they did. I promise you a future where your family will never disappear from the kingdom."
"Please cock suckers... choose her she licks like a savage in the middle of a forest."
Black hair doesn't like the way I talk about her but what can I do about it, I don't know even know or remember her name, after all she had been a slave for so long and well I cared more about the group of heroes that went against the Demon King and his army during this span of my life. But I did let some orcs have their way with the elves, I don't feel sorry for them, I'm happy I don't have to kill anyone today.
"Hey everyone ! That elf is my friend so accept her or get fucked."
"All of you who lost their family, do you wish to see your loved ones again ?"
"Yes !" the crowd shouts, throwing fruits at my face that I elegantly dodge and they end up splashing into the wooden wall behind
"I will bring back your loved ones. I guarantee you that it is possible to see them live once again."
"Y-y-yes ! Just because they are six foot under us doesn't mean we can't bring them back. Once we are done reviving them, you give me back what I lost today."
Obviously I'm no idiot, I can't tell if she is lying or not, that girl has eyes expressive enough to tell me that this is not the end of my misery but rather one step further in order to destroy what's left of my hopes, until yesterday I could easily pretend but with that monster I claimed to be my friend, pretending is impossible, she makes me nervous, even more than Mother which I thought was close to impossible and as we leave the stage she smiles at the public and the public disappears and it happens in an instant, I see blood, only blood, everyone that was smiling here with hopes to see their loved ones was turned into dust while the blood fell in the floor.
"What did you do bitch !?"
"That's how every love story ends now. And since I'm not scared of you anymore. I'll tell you a secret." she catches my neck.
"Do it, no balls."
"If you say so. I'm the one that made you sick, you probably wonder how."
"The witch." I declare at a slow speed.
"Don't spoil it again, I'm about to puke with how gross of a being you are." she fakes puking. "Regardless of how ugly your soul is, I need you for now to get a glimpse of that oni."
We leave the Kingdom, I'm forced into doing it since her dragon transformation is almost performing instantly, I tell her the direction for the travel as she toys with me since I'm not a normal human, I'm not built like a giant but my body is resisting as if I was one. Goodbye Kingdom of Lust, I'm gonna miss you for quite some time so don't disappear like Mother.