"We are well cognizant that you have never been particularly of a scheming mentality, but you have to stay alert as you go about your days there." Isabella initiated filling in Eliana's virgin naivety on conjugal matter with some pointers, she thought might be important.
"You have been educated and impressed upon the connubial relationship, and spousal deed by your tutorial assistant. Therefore, I suppose, we don't need to touch on this subject. Still, just to let you know, every beastman, the dragons to be specific, hold different fascination for uh.. exotic methods. It's kind of clashing with ours, but their women are putatively enamoured of this mating practice. Hopefully, it will catch your fancy, and grow on you as well."
Eliana bent her gaze upward to regard Isabella Winxx for a brief moment—the obscure meaning the latter's words held threw her off balance momentarily. But, she didn't set forth a single attempt to worm the details out of her sister-in-law, fully alarmed whatever the response might be, it would definitely taint her ears.
As the finishing touch, Isabella placed a cresent white sparkly ornate barrette above the bun. As the hairdo served the purpose to keep loose strands tucked away from the face, not a single strand poked out of the bound, letting Eliana's round ears naked of hair, bold brows, and high neckline take center stage.
"The crux of the topic is no matter what style your husband prefers, you must not deny any of his advances on you." Agnes, scattering the tiny mother-of-pearl flowers throughout the bun, plastered a cloying smile on her mouth, then ejected the words dipping with honey on Eliana.
A sheet of goosebumps spread over Eliana's nape of neck, then they stretched out to her arms and forearms—sizzling. The toe-curling saccharine, and corny words birthed a compulsive urge within her to cast a mute spell on her sister-in-laws. What put her on the horns of a dilemma was she was going to leave them for an uncertain amount of time, hence, didn't want to miss out on their last words.
If only her sister-in-laws were a bit clued up on the actual relationship she once shared with Hades Costello Alarie!
"Emperor Hades has already collected a few females in his harem, and in future he might add more as well. Don't let it dispossess your heart of happiness for he is ought to be smitten with your beauty and hold you in high regard for your talents. But, this won't go without his concubines trying to knock you off the high pedestal to a low plinth, the moment, this very favouritism place a strain on them. You must be armed with cool head always."
Sophia put Eliana wise—inserting a small gold key through a tiny slot in the front of a brown chest decorated with fine carving. Apparently, it was the tenth one! She dug out every piece of ear-jewelries, gently laid them on the bed, then commenced to admiringly comb through them.
The entire bed had been laden with various types of precious stylish ornaments. Ten chests choked with eye-wateringly expensive jewelry offered them a wide selection of ornaments to choose from, providing a whole new meaning to their definition of luxury.
Unfortunately, plumping for one particular set had been proven to be a rather uphill battle.
"Take this pair, and that one too! So many beautiful pairs, heaven I'm going insane from their dazzling beauty!" Eunias purred, clapping his hands in the air. The extreme loyalty that he possessed for ornaments inspired him to come out, sad to say, his next move had been apparent to his switched-on master, who was recognizant of his traits. She temporarily stripped him off his privilege to come out on his own volition.
Totally nettled, Eunias soldiered on slapping on the citadel caging him. "How many times have I told you to pierce your cartilage at least seven times?! But, you never paid me any heed! How are you going to put on these studs and hoops now? Out of seven hundred, you should at least wear seven pairs to honor their pious magnanimity!"
The increasingly strident note in Eunias's voice shrilling through the mind link almost cut Eliana's ears. "You got yours pierced ten times, I believe. I will give them all to you to try later, kindly spare me your nagging now." She said, momentarily helpless.
This seemed to have sucked off the frustration out of Eunias. His crinkled face smoothened out, melting the hard feelings away. "Since all these jewelry now belong to me, you are only permitted to wear three pairs."
"---I never said they will be yours, they ain't even mine! They are Hades jewelry, and he will take them back, since i'm not going to be his real wife."
"Even if I'm to be the most optimistic, it will take at least another three years for you to be Great Grand Wizard, the Immortal. Till then, you have to cling to him, uh... I mean on his land. And, I will be stultified with the jewelry by then anyway."
Eunias craned his neck, stars showed up in his gray eyes, as he clapped them on the earrings. "Since you got a single piercing on both ears, and, zero on the edges, I can only recommend you a pair of ear cuffs, a pair of ear wraps and another pair of danglings. Pick the set with platinum pearl beads, it will match your outfit well!"
To prevent another headache from thumping her head, Eliana did as Eunias wished.
"The target of jealousy will always lay thorns in your path inside his harem. So, before you embark on this journey, you are here to help you gather all the essential low-downs that our experience enriched our wits with!"
Matilda slipped a small curved band of the ear cuff on the root of Eliana's helix, keeping the outward-facing decorative design on the front of the ear. She then fixed the ear-wrap that traveled along the outer curve of the latter's ear, attaching it by wire that curved behind the ear.
Mary penetrated the pins of the dangling through Eliana's earlobes, and secured them on the backside of the ears with clutches. The six petals flower, constructed with pure gold and six pearl beads that floated on Eliana's earlobes had three more same decorations hanging from that piece vertically.
"First and foremost, strive to win your husband's affection! You know what it means? You must please him no matter whatever he demands!"
Eliana twitched her lips, the idea of obediently submitting to husband's will wasn't something that ever fascinated her, not even in that period when she was floating in the cloud, enclosed inside the bubble of love.
Isabella took the pearl necklace, ready to clasp it around Eliana's neck. But, she precluded it. "The ear-jewels are already pulling my ears down. I don't want to be choked as well."
"But, dragons' brides are supposed to be decorated with jewels from head to toes. If you limit it to only your hair and ears, it will earn you their ire." Isabella stated with an air of apprehension.
"Well, I'm covered in this gown which is literally filled with jewels, so I'm basically not going against their custom." Eliana stood on her ground.