In the lower realm, in the Throne, the capital city of the empire, a man is bowing down to a woman sitting on her throne. The woman says "King Darwin of the Galápagos kingdom, I heard you talking shit about my husband Roman. Explain yourself."
Darwin says to the woman "Your grace, if I may, but that is a baseless accusation that you are throwing." The empress replies with a command "Mimsy. The recording." And a woman named Mimsy plays the recording device that clearly has Darwin's voice saying "That Roman really is a nuisance. He just sits around the famous Ronliet Academy pretending to do research and teaching students as a so-called mentor. If you ask me, he clearly is just embezzling funds from the allowance allocated by the empress Culling herself."
Darwin begins to sweat and sputter "That… that is not what I said! I-I-It has to be something that Tears made to make me look bad. Your grace, I…"
The empress starts to emit a threatening aura to silence Darwin and then says "Enough talk, king Darwin. The Tears organization is well within my control and I'd know if they pulled a dirty trick like you suggest. If you want to continue blaming them, then I'll take those words as direct insults to me. Do you understand, king Darwin?"
Darwin says "Your grace, if I may be so bold as to say that isn't this an abuse of power? I mean to call me all the way here for something minor like that, it is…" With the word "minor" the woman began to emit an even stronger aura, but this time, it gave the people a feeling of death amongst them.
With her golden eyes, the empress stares daggers at Darwin and asks "Minor? You call… talking shit about my dear Roman… Minor? Oh Darwin. My sweet, sweet little king Darwin. Do you have the slightest of clues of what you just did wrong?"
Darwin doesn't dare to speak and the woman continues "You just made light of my love for my Roman. That is something that I cannot forgive. If it was me during when I was raising my way up to become an empress, I would have just simply killed you once I heard those words being sputtered to my face. But lucky for you, I have been working on my temper now that I'm an empress, so I'll go easy on you and let you live this time."
Darwin gives a sigh of relief as it begins to be easier to breathe for a moment. But then the woman says "As your punishment, I'll revoke your title as the king of Galápagos kingdom and your title will be lowered to baron. I'll place the next in line, Wallace, to be your successor."
Darwin begins to sputter nonsense as the woman continues "The deed for the land that you will be governing will be given to you in due time, but for now, leave Throne and wait for a message to be delivered to you in one of your personal residences. You are dismissed, baron Darwin."
Darwin tries to interject by saying "Your grace, I…" And with the wave of the woman's hand, the guards begin to guide Darwin out of the throne room.
Then the empress says to her attendants "Now I'm in desperate need to see my Roman, so if you'll excuse me for a moment." And with that, the empress teleports away from the throne room. None of the attendants try to argue, since they know this is a matter they cannot stop their empress from doing.
The empress appears in an empty room, which confuses her for a moment. It is when she notices that someone is in the shower that she knows where Roman is. The empress goes to the bathroom door, which appears to be locked. But with her magic, she can easily open it.
She barges in and starts taking her clothes off so that she can join Roman in the shower. When she is done, she opens the curtain and says "I'm here." And snuggles into Roman's chest.
Since the empress is short, she doesn't even reach Roman's chest while she hugs him. For context, Roman is 174 cm tall and Tiara is 130 cm tall. Roman says "Ms. Culling. You should know better to not barge in when someone is showering."
The empress says "Oh, I won't do it with anyone that isn't you, so it is okay. And by the way…" Then a threatening aura comes out of the empress while she stares at Roman with death in her eyes. She says "You know that I don't like you calling me that. If you keep on calling me by my last name, I might just explode."
Roman then says "Well, Tiara…" And then the threatening aura disappears as she snuggles back to Roman and says happily "What is it, dear?"
Then Roman says "You know that I'd like to have at least a little privacy." To which Tiara says "Oh, but if I do that then I can't make sure that other women aren't making any moves on you. And by the way…"
Then Tiara exudes a threatening aura once again as she says "You dare to not wear the bracelet that I gave you and lock me out. Do I perhaps need to… hehe… punish you?" Roman, trying to think of something to appease Tiara, says "Well you see, I… can't make the bracelet rust or anything and in case someone enters my room without asking, I'm at least protected by the bathroom door. This means that no one else but you can get as close to seeing me like this than you."
Tiara gives a hum sound for a moment. If it wasn't for the constant water running down on them both, Roman would be sweating right now. Then after a moment Tiara says after getting rid of the threatening aura "Okay, I believe you. But the bracelet is top notch and won't rust."
Roman just says "Aha… but why did you join me in the shower?" To which Tiara says "Oh, I designed it so that we both could take the shower together whenever we wanted to, so the space shouldn't be the problem."
Roman asks "But why?" and Tiara says "Why? Perhaps you…" and once again Tiara begins to exude a dangerous aura. She continues "Don't want to shower with me?"
Roman quickly says "That's not it! I just… I'm just not used to taking showers with people. That's all." Tiara asks "That's all?" and Roman confirms "Yeah, that's all." Then the dangerous aura dissipates once again.
Then Roman says "Oh yeah, come to think of it, there are bottles that are meant for women, so now I just feel dumb for not realizing your intentions." Tiara smiles and says "Well that is alright. As long as you understand."
Then Roman says "At first, I thought I entered another woman's bathroom, but then…" The dangerous aura comes back and Roman finishes with "But then I saw the men's bottles and I just thought that they were prepared for whoever might happen to use it. That's all." With that, the dangerous aura disappears.
Tiara says "Now then, could you give me my shampoo." And Roman hands it to her. Tiara asks "Aren't you going to put it on me?" To which Roman just reluctantly does what she wants. Then Tiara asks for her conditioner, and Roman washes her hair just like that. Her pure white hair is an indication that she has evolved to the final stage of being a human. A human that reaches their race's peak gets golden eyes and pure white hair. Roman himself has long violet hair with violet eyes as well.
Roman can't help but smile as he puts the conditioner to Tiara's long white hair, and Tiara notices this and says "You happy that you can wash my hair, I see." To which Roman says "Well, yeah, but also seeing that you have gotten this far for me is making me kind of happy."
Tiara says "My evolution, you mean? Of course I'd get this far. I promised to make you mine and solve all of your issues, so if it takes becoming the apex of humanity, that is a small price to pay."
Roman says "I always meant to ask Michael to solve my problem." To which Tiara reacts with a tactful "Roman ."
Roman asks "What?" And Tiara says "Even if it is my brother you are talking about, do not talk about other people when we are having an intricate moment." Roman realizes that Tiara's mood got a little down and apologizes.
Tiara also washes Roman , which is kind of funny looking given their height difference.
When the two get out of the shower, Tiara gives Roman a bomb of a news saying "Oh, by the way, we have a child named Crown."
Roman stops for a moment and is unable to respond. He cannot think of a moment when they could have made a child since as far as Roman knew, he was a virgin.
After Tiara puts her clothes on and Roman keeps silent until he finally manages to ask "How is that even possible with me being a virgin?" To this, Tiara says "She is an A-type devil like you which was born from a powerful will. My will, to be exact and she yearns for her dad."
Roman tries to process the news, but Tiara just says "Unfortunately, I'll have to go back to work so I can't be with you in a moment. But don't worry, I'll be sleeping next to you when the night comes. Toodeloo." And with that, she teleports away.
This makes Roman say "I… She really is a bit too obsessed with me, isn't she."
Tiara stood in a conference hall, listening to the people there speak and speak. Her job as the empress was to have a final say in most things, but that just means that if she didn't have any objections, she could just sit still and do nothing.
Beneath the table, there is a screen that shows what Roman is doing and she pays more attention to that than the conference. Of course she can multitask and answer if anything is asked of her, but she mostly focuses on how cool Roman is teaching classes.
After the conference is over, Tiara goes to her room filled with pictures of Roman, plushies that look like Roman, a body pillow that looks and smells like Roman and many more items related to Roman.
Roman of course knows of this room, but nothing could convince Tiara to not have what she has in her room.
When Tiara goes to bed to lay down for a moment and opens a screen that shows Roman, she sees that while Roman is handing papers to students she sees that sometimes Roman's hand touches a girl's hand. This makes Tiara furious and she wishes to go there and do something about it. She doesn't do it because she thinks highly of herself of being a forgiving wife.
Tiara starts to think of how she came to love Roman. She was always at the top of her class, but one day during a competition, Roman managed to beat her in battle due to his endurance. This on top of the fact that Roman was friends with her brother brought her closer to Roman, but one day when Michael received a letter from Roman that had a heart sticker on it, she decided to eavesdrop on the conversation.
It turned out that Roman told a lady at the shop that he wanted to convey his feelings towards a very important person, and the lady gave him heart stickers. Roman being dense, didn't get the meaning at the time, and put it on the letter meant to Michael.
When Roman and Michael spoke, Roman said to Michael "I need you to promise me one thing Michael. Promise me that you figure out an anti-Roman method in case I one day lose control."
Michael asked "Sure, but why are you bringing that up?" And Roman replied "I finally found the reason for my birth. You know that I'm an A-type devil, right?"
Michael said "Of course I know. An anomaly type devil being a being that was born from a will of something." Roman said "Yes, and I found out what kind of will I was born from. I was born from the will of the Cryzalin empire."
Michael said "Cryzalin empire, you say? But all that is left of them is only that corrupted land of theirs in the north-east." Roman said "Yes, and that is precisely why I'm asking you to make a countermeasure if I someday take on the darker side of that corrupted land. My existence is an anomaly within an anomaly born from a corrupted land brought by the Cryzalin people. I cannot risk there being a day that I one day turn against the other races for because they covet the Cryzalin technology."
Michael said "So you believe there might be a chance that you one day turn against us. But that is merely speculation on your part. And an anti-Roman measure? You think too highly of yourself if I'm being honest." Roman replied with "How many lives have been taken by the corrupted land that weren't the cryzalin people?" And Michael doesn't have an answer to that.
Instead, Michael asked "But why are you asking me of all people to take on this task? I'm sure my sister would have been glad to take on your proposal and then some if you'd have just asked her." Roman said "She might be a genius, but there is a limit on how much one person can do. If I told her to find a way, she wouldn't trust anyone but herself to do it and forget everything else. For this reason, she mustn't know of this."
Then Tiara came out of hiding and said "You think that my ambitions would just end up in you? While I'm flattered that you think of my well being and all, what you just said frankly insults me. I am a great multitasker and I won't be as dumb as to forget things around me. I promised to myself that I'll become the empress of Nous empire and to attain that title, I will have to achieve many great things. Your little worry is a little stepping stone to my ambitions. so quiet down and just be mine already."
Tiara remembering the conversation gets a little embarrassed that her confession was made in a spur of a moment instead of in a romantic moment. She makes sounds of embarrassment while hugging the Roman body pillow tightly.
Crown, who looks like a ten year old child with violet eyes like Roman and white hair like Tiara, pops out of nowhere and says "Mom, when do I get to meet dad? I've looked at him from the screens, but I actually want to talk to him." Tiara says "When your dad is ready, I'm sure he would love to meet you. I gave him the news of your existence, so it shouldn't take too long."
Crown asks "Are you sure dad really loves me? We haven't even met yet." To which Tiara answers with a quick "Of course he loves you! You were born between our love, so there is no doubt that he loves you!"
Crown then says "But to be more precise, I was born from your love for dad." Tiara responds with "What did I just say to you! Born between our love! It is secondary that your dad wasn't present at the moment of your creation."
Crown then says "If you say so, mom" and hugs Tiara.
Tiara then asks "Have you been studying properly, dear?" To which Crown says excitedly "Oh, I have read lots of books! Story ones, history ones, theory ones, even magic ones!"
Tiara hugs Crown tightly and says "Good girl. I knew that you'd read so many books in such a short time. You are my and Roman's daughter after all."
Crown giggles a little and says "I will make you two proud one day. That I promise." Tiara responds with "I'm sure you do."
Meanwhile, Roman is doing some experimentation on a corrupted stone taken from the corrupted zone by dropping certain liquids to it to see if it'll react. So far results haven't been what Roman has been looking for, but he still keeps on trying.
Ever since Roman heard that a child was born out of Tiara's will, Roman has been contemplating on how he should act. "Sure, she was born from the love that Ms. Culling has for me, but that is about it. Usually A-type devils born from wills happen after the person is dead since when a person is near death, their true feelings often come to the person's mind, if they have the time to think anyways."
Roman felt a shiver run down his spine as he was thinking those thoughts, as if something was clearly judging on what he just thought. But nevertheless, Roman continued to ponder "I wonder if this child… Crown, was it? I wonder if Crown managed to inherit something from me? I mean I wasn't present at the time of her creation, but magic can work in mysterious ways. I just hope that she… Doesn't have a connection to the corrupted zone like I do."
Tiara receives news from the middle realm later that day. It is important since their information about the middle realm has been quite dry lately, so the fact that news came out at all was something. It was as if… something has been obstructing the flow of information between the middle realm and the other realms.
Tiara reads the news and finds out that quite a bit had happened. Kingjewel has basically been abandoned by the dwarves, the kingdom of Rucksta had a civil war, the demon countries have kind of settled their scores and the human pet program has taken a huge hit in Rusteror. All of this is thanks to the appearance of a human led country that is fighting back against racism in the realm.
For a moment, Tiara smiled and pondered if there could be another human genius like her in Lutah. She decided to visit this Elysium kingdom with her husband in tow. Perhaps, just perhaps, Elysium has what Roman needs.