Pov Meilin:
"This is my humble home," said the young Illios as he arrived at the entrance of the mansion.
"For a dragon with royal blood, this place was definitely humble."
Normally, we dragons are used to living in very spacious places, as it allows for more comfort when sleeping. This is because it is much more comfortable and pleasant to sleep in dragon form than in humanoid form.
Upon entering the mansion, I saw nothing out of the ordinary. There were paintings that no one knew about, some plants and a chandelier on the ceiling. What caught my attention was the woman in maid's dress who came to greet us.
"Welcome back, Master. It seems we have visitors, shall I prepare something special?" the maid said very politely.
She had long black hair pulled back in a ponytail, a rather beautiful face with motherly tints, and her maid's dress could not hide her feminine figure.
In conclusion, this maid was quite beautiful by general standards, but what interested me about her was her lack of vitality.
You should know that vitality is a person's ability to live, grow and develop. The more vitality you have, the more energy you have, and therefore, the more things you can do related to growth, combat and even reproduction.
With more vitality, you will be able to regenerate your wounds faster, which is especially important for dragons, since our temperament leads us to fight recurrently.
As for growth, the more vitality you have, the greater your health will be. Although growers are not affected by deadly diseases, if you have declining vitality, you could develop a disease unique to growing.
Finally, when it comes to reproduction, the more vitality you have, the stronger your reproductive cells will be and, therefore, the more likely you are to reproduce.
In conclusion, the more vitality you have, the longer you will live. The more decadent your vitality, the closer you are to death.
There are also puppets that emulate the behavior of a living person and dolls created from human bodies by cultivators, but this woman was incredibly realistic, and I don't see any spiritual energy links with which the cultivators control their dolls.
"She's interesting, but she's not a threat to me," I thought. As I said earlier, this doll does not manifest spiritual energy, or rather, it has no aura, so I doubt it has combat power.
"Mery, the princess is tired, so why don't you guide her to a room and prepare a bath for her?" said Illios.
Well, I won't refuse because I've traveled a long way to get here, so a bath wouldn't hurt. Besides, I felt something peculiar about this mansion, as soon as I entered.
"My name is Meilin, don't forget," I said to both Illios and that maid.
"Understood, Princess Meilin, follow me," the maid replied, and Illios simply nodded.
And so I was led by the maid to the second floor, where the rooms were. As we walked towards the room where I would be staying, a certain door caught my attention.
"Who sleeps there?", I asked the maid.
"That's where the master's daughter, young Elizabeth, sleeps," she answered me immediately and calmly.
The reason the door, or rather the room, caught my attention was because it was infested with residual Draconian aura, meaning that a dragon recently roamed this place.
"Besides, it's a dragon born of the second form…", that's what I concluded when I got some bits of information from this residual aura.
The only information that can be obtained from a residual Draconian aura is its approximate age and level.
If we combine the information I obtained from Illios, we come to the conclusion that this daughter of Illios is approximately 5 years old, has no cultivation or is too low for me to detect it, and lastly, her aura is stronger than Illios', which means that she is a full-fledged awakened dragon.
"Maybe I should give this future stepdaughter a chance when she fully develops her special organs," I mused.
After this little stop, I was led into a tidy room with the bare minimum you would offer a visitor.
I don't mind this detail at all, as I will be taking Illios and his people back to the dragon empire when the time comes, so I will simply ignore it.
The room was devoid of anything impressive, so I simply had a quick shower and changed out of the light armor I had on into a top and shorts.
As for my princess image, I don't care about such things in normal settings like these. Besides, with this way of dressing, in combination with my natural dragon aura, I will look more attractive in front of Illios.
When I saw that everything was in place and my appearance was good, I set out to go downstairs and spend more time with the young dragon, Illios.
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POV Illios:
[ The Heavenly Dao warns you not to harm her. ]
Seeing this message, I simply obeyed this woman's demands. The truth is that I can't do much about it, since her realm is far enough away from mine that I can't negotiate or refuse.
Even when I tried to do so, that woman's aura suddenly increased, and my absolute dragon bloodline went berserk in conjunction with my star demon body, which was sending me messages not to displease that "entity".
[ Star Demon recommends not to come into conflict with that entity.]
Hahhhhhhhh...
A long, weary sigh came out of my mouth the moment I saw Meilin being guided to the guest room by Mery.
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A few minutes later…
I could hear sounds coming from the staircase on the second floor, denoting that someone was approaching.
Obviously, that someone was Meilin, so I prepared myself for whatever request I had to please her, so she would leave here without any conflict.
"I don't think there's anything she's interested in here anyway," I thought.
Although the tower I set up for Lila to farm looks a bit flashy, I doubt they don't have those in their dragon empire, and the dungeon that could be called the most valuable thing I have in this place doesn't look too flashy to say the least, so I could easily make up an excuse and she probably won't inquire further.
As I was about to appear, her voice came before.
"Give me a tour of the Illios mansion," she told me in her typical bossy voice.
Resigning myself to follow her orders, I tried to respond, but when I saw her current image, I was dumbfounded.
She is truly stunning.
Her dragon horns stand out on her head and make me feel like I'm looking at a mythical creature.
Although I had given a glimpse of her appearance before, now that I saw her fully, I must say that she is a beauty on Elena's level.
Her Draconian eyes have an intense glow that makes me feel like I'm being scrutinized, but at the same time, I find them mesmerizing. I love how they contrast with her blonde hair and make her look even more distinctive.
The clothes she wears are a feminine top and shorts, showing off her toned figure, which makes me feel like she is a confident woman comfortable with her body. I like how her outfit makes her look practical and ready for action, but also very attractive.
Overall, Meilin has an air of power and elegance that is truly impressive. I find it hard to look away from her for some reason.
[ Absolute Dragon bloodline is being stimulated ].
"You again?", that message appeared a few seconds after gazing at Meilin's beauty, something that disgusted me for a moment, as I could sense what this message was referring to.
"I'm not a horny dragon, so calm down already," I said to myself.
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Pov Meilin:
When I saw that Illios was enraptured with my incredible appearance, I knew it would be relatively easy to capture him. Sure, I used a few tricks to make myself look better in his eyes, but compared to my older sisters and other female dragons, the fact that I'm taking the time to captivate him first shows how willing I am.
While I was taking a bath, I also contemplated what I would do with his daughter and wife. I came to the conclusion that I would accept them. It's better to have his willingness, remembering that he is probably a dragon prodigy.
"Mind you, in front of the other dragons, I'll be the main one," I thought as I saw Illios shake his head and say to me, "Sure, your highness, follow me," walking towards me without making eye contact.
That's cheating, young Illios, but I'm employing tricks too, so I'll forgive him.
The tour of the mansion was boring and without much fancy stuff, at least not until we went to the backyard, where I could make out a rather bulky tower, which I thought was odd, since I couldn't see it from the outside.
"A barrier," I concluded in my mind.
"What's in that tower," I asked Illios as I pointed to the tower.
"That's where my wife trains stabilizing her cultivation," he told me smoothly, without any hitch.
"She's there?", I asked.
"Yes, she is currently cultivating, so excuse her for not being able to greet you, your highness Meilin," he told me with an apologetic face.
"Hmmm, so there's the famous "head wife" over there, huh?", I thought and immediately tried to scan the tower with my senses and examine this woman, but my senses couldn't penetrate that tower, surprisingly.
I had already seen towers like this in my various political travels as a dragon princess, but I didn't expect Illios to have one of them, as these towers are famous for completely isolating you from the outside, so as to have a higher concentration of spiritual energy and an ideal atmosphere for mental concentration.
"Well then, I'll have time to visit later," was my final thought about that tower, so I turned my attention to the building next to it.
"What is that?" I asked Illios, as that building was quite strange, it looked like a giant cylinder of about 4 or 5 meters.
"That place is where my sister and I used to train, but we don't use it much these days and I think it's messed up," she told me with a rather matter-of-fact calmness.
"Hmm, maybe there I can find his sister's aura and examine if it's like his", was my thought, so I prepared to execute it.
"Take me there," I said, and curiously Illios' face changed.
"But... I consider that place is not very tidy and might upset you, princess," he told me and put on a difficult expression.
But who was I?, once he said something, you should follow through, young Illios.
"Take me there," I repeated, but this time, I used a bit of my aura to convey to her that I didn't want a denial as an answer.