HEAVEN REALM
Dylan stirred in his bed a little and opened his eyes to the brightness of the day, he yawned lazily and turned to his right side only to discover the concubine from last night who was still nude and was sleeping peacefully in his bed, he then turned to lay on his side so he could face her "Celia, get up and leave my bedchamber" he said coldly and Celia opened her eyes slowly then smiled at him "good morning, your highness" she said softly "I said to leave my bedchamber" he said to her facing the ceiling "yes, your highness" she said and stood up from the bed covering herself only the bedspread, she swirled her right hand a little then her clothes which were lying on the floor were instantly on her, covering her completely "I would take my leave now, your highness" she said bowing then turned to leave the room leaving Dylan alone on his bed.
"I'm sure I would have had a better night with the demon princess than I had with my dear Celia" Dylan said to himself after Celia left the room, he then went to have his bath and change clothes before ordering for his breakfast to be brought to him in his study where he went through the affairs of the immortals who are in charge of matters involving the mortal realm like match-making and so on. After having his breakfast and having the maids clear his study, he summoned Jimmy who appeared immediately as if he was already expecting his liege's summon.
"Your highness" he greeted bowing "Jimmy, any news on the demon princess yet?" Dylan asked not lifting his face from the paper in his hands "not yet your highness" Jimmy replied "and, why is that?" Dylan asked with raised brows lifting his head from the paper "I thought I said you should send our best spies after her" he added "forgive me your highness, but I did send our best spies after the demon princess" Jimmy replied "so, why is there no feedback yet" Dylan said almost yelling, he was almost losing his patience and that scared Jimmy causing him to fall on his knee and star explaining.
"Your highness, our spies went to the demon realm but found no trace of her anywhere near there" he said and looked at Dylan but saw no reaction which meant he should keep talking "some of them have tried to sense her around the flower realm but found nothing so I asked our men here to look around in case she has snuck into the heaven realm but she's also no here" he explained further "a few men has gone to the mortal realm and would report any news of her there as soon as possible" he added and Dylan sighed "get up Jimmy, I trust you'd do your work right that's why I give you till before sunset to feed me back on that beautiful warrior princess" Dylan said and Jimmy stood up breathing a sigh of relief "thank you your highness, I promise not to fail you" he said bowing and Dylan nodded before permitting him to leave.
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Riley woke up to thoughts of what grudge Stephanie might hold against the mortal realm for her to want to harm them and even tagging it 'personal business' "I wonder what she's thinking of doing to those innocent people and why she'd want to do it" he said to himself rubbing his face with the back of his palm as he sat up on his bed. He went to his bathroom and prepared a cold bath for himself then sat in the bathtub, making sure to sink himself completely leaving only his head exposed.
He rested his head on the edge of the tub and closed his eyes to enjoy the coldness of the water but was distracted by an image of Maya's face that suddenly appeared in his mind which caused him to open his eyes. He closed them back and this time, he saw her smiling revealing her cute dimples while moving closer to him, he saw himself touch her face and pulled her closer then started kissing her passionately and his eyes flew opened with shock 'what sort of an imagination his that' he thought then noticed that he had gotten an erection as a result of his wet daydream.
Riley raked his long fingers through his raven black hair then finished his bath and got dressed before going to join his mother in their little garden. "Good morning mother" he greeted and kissed his mother's cheek when he got to the garden then went to sit "good morning son, how was your night" Sarah asked her son while serving him tea "it was okay mother" he replied and took a sip of his tea which made him feel a little better than he had been since he had that daydream. "You don't seem okay Riley" Sarah said to her son looking concerned "mother, I closed my eyes while taking a bath and saw myself kissing Maya and then I got an erection even after opening my eyes" Riley replied still looking confused "what is happening to me mother?" he asked "I guess you're falling in love son" Sarah said smiling, happy that her son who's always been staying away from women has finally fallen in love.
"What do you mean fall in love mother" he asked not sure what his mother meant "that dream you had means you've fallen in love with Maya and you want her for yourself" Sarah explained to him "how can I fall in love with a woman I only met once and I only had a brief discussion with her" Riley asked her "it's simply fate my son" Sarah said "fate" he repeated and stood up from his chair and picked up his robe "where are you going, you've not eaten anything" Sarah said to him "I lost my appetite mother" he replied her and teleported out of the place and all Sarah could see on the spot her son was standing on was fiery red smoke.
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FLORAL REALM
Two guards opened the massive doors to the grand dining hall where the Flower Queen would be having breakfast with her daughters, Esther was also standing by the door "your highness, the Queen and the first princess are waiting for you" she said as Elena approached with Maya and Ava tailing behind her "thank you Esther, you may leave now, Maya and Ava would handle the rest" Elena said to her "yes, your highness" Esther said "I leave the princess in both your hands" she said to the duo who had been silent all along "yes, ma'am Esther" they chorused lowly and Esther bowed to Elena on last time before leaving, then the princess entered the hall with her maids behind her.
"Greetings mother, greetings sister" Elena greeted her family as she approached the table "greetings little sister, you look more beautiful today" Princess Sophia, the first princess of the flower realm who was also a blonde with blue eyes just like Elena and their mother, Queen Rachael, replied her sister's greeting "thank you sister, it's the handiwork of my new handmaids" Elena said proudly looking back at Maya and Ava who simply curtsied. "I see now that Maya is more responsible than she seems" Rachael said and Elena sat down "of course mother, your former servant who is known in the entire flower realm to only play around and eat turns out to be a very good stylist" Elena said and signaled Ava to come serve her food so she can eat with her family.
"Maya dear, are you okay with working as Elena's handmaid" the Queen asked "yes your majesty, I am very well okay with it" Maya replied bowing, looking down at her feet "is there anything you might want to ask for, feel free to ask" the Queen asked and Elena turned to look at Maya expecting to hear her reply "I wish to be given a free time of about one hour during the day so I can go to the peace garden to meditate in form of playing with the other flowers" Maya answered "but why" Sophia asked not understanding why Maya would want to play when she's meant to be at Elena's disposal "it's because that's how I renew my strength and get to think straight, it's a part of my nature; the nature of a Vivory rose. That's all your majesty" Maya explained still looking down at her feet.
"Is that so Ava?" Rachael asked Ava just to confirm Maya's claim "yes your majesty, it's been like that for as long as I've known her" Ava replied "even when she's sick, she has to go through that routine to get better again" she explained further. "I'm the Flower Queen and I know so little about certain flowers, silly me" Rachael said smiling "if that's the case then, you've been granted permission from me, you can take a break for an hour everyday starting from today" she added with authority "thank you your majesty" Maya said and bowed.