In the destroyed wooden cabin, blood and putrid impurities covered the broken walls and shattered glass—flames of purple and blue melted the ice and sleet from the blizzard. A small crack formed in the centre of the cocoon, revealing two beautiful existences. They were as still as corpses and appeared to be in a deep slumber.
Their beauty was unworldly, the male with hair like a cloudless winter's day and the female with locks like the evening sky. The two seemed as if they were crafted from the heavens. Their skin was pale like fresh snow, and their lips were a natural reddish-pink hue.
"Mmm? Asmodeus, are you alright?" The female awoke first. Her beautiful purple eyes sparkled as if stars lingered inside her iris and black sclera, so vibrant and imposing. She was a beautiful existence, even amongst the most beautiful of creatures.
Her gaze drifted to the man beside her. "Asmo, Asmodeus, wake up, my love," she said.
Asmodeus slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was the woman's gorgeous purple eyes, like two dazzling amethysts glistening before him.
The two of them had just awakened from their painful evolution. For him to become a demon king, he accepted various powers, both the divine energy from her and his demonic blood, reaching the next stage.
"Strange..." His voice was deep, attractive and calming.
"What is it?" she asked.
"The feeling of my new powers is very strange. It differs from before... like everything was reset, or as if this moment is my true starting point."
"Starting point? I don't understand," she said, tilting her head.
"Ah, how should I explain this?" He pondered for a moment, looked around the destroyed cabin, and sighed.
A loud sound came from their left.
The cabin was destroyed from the centre, and the left and right sides had mostly collapsed in on itself. From the sounds of creaking wood, they assumed the door was opening, so the couple flicked their gazes to the front door.
A powerful blizzard filled with the dragon's mana assaulted the mountain. However, because of the purple and blue flames wrapped around the area, both of the naked demons felt quite comfortable.
'It's my first time seeing Velvet's demon form. It's rather beautiful... I can feel the divine power in her body is being used purely to empower her physical abilities. How interesting.' Asmodeus smiled, and Velvet's face grew somewhat red.
Velvet only began to realise her feelings of love towards him before, but now seeing his naked figure while transformed into a demon king made her newly created twin hearts race like a rabbit's feet when running away.
'He's so gorgeous, like the angels in the women's art novels... No, is he a fallen angel in this case?'
She could also feel the demonic energy from both the black flames and her body. It felt so foreign—all her life, she desired to use magic, and now, thanks to the man in front of her, she was creating this beautiful velvet and black flame that flickered and formed nightingale-shaped flowers of magic.
Her hair fell down her back like a dark river under the night sky, a deep purple shade both glossy and sleek, and her lips looked like red rose buds with dew forming on them from early mornings.
It was the first time Asmodeus saw such a beautiful horn, created of pure energy, flickering with black lightning and violet flames and purple runes etched in the black horn.
Velvet's beauty was rather captivating on her forehead and created a sort of grace sitting in between her long elven eyebrows and ears that were slightly more curled and pointy than before.
"After all, you became so lovely, Velvet."
The smile on his lips grew wider as he strode over towards the dragon that gazed down upon them. He then turned back and looked to Velvet, offering his hand as she stepped over the debris of the cabin.
"My Graceful lady, shall we partake in some dragon slaying?"
"Let's," She smiled back, taking hold of his palm as her small steps and short heels crunched upon the frozen glass and wooden splinters until they both made their way into the open field.
One surrounded by a beautiful ocean blue and black flame, the other a violet and black flame, slowly released their interlocked hands and let their magic spread through the air.
"GAUOOOUAAAAAAARR!!!!" The dragon roared and flew above the field, staring down at Asmodeus, waiting for the inevitable battle that would ensue in these frozen mountains. However, the first to move wasn't him.
Velvet's magic, for the first time in her long life, could finally leave her body as she vanished from vision, divine power flooding her limbs, allowing for inhuman movement close to the highest of S-rank warriors.
A Wyvern, even partly evolved, would be a B-Rank regional danger at most, but now it was a dragon.
That danger was a Rank-A Catastrophe threat! But Velvet didn't care about the danger. She was different now—her magic, curse, everything—Asmodeus solved all her worries, freeing her heart, body and soul from their limits and restrictions!
'He's watching me, this gift and affection he gave me, the feelings I learned after meeting him. Let me show you my gratitude and feelings, my hero... No! My Demon King.'
She was like lightning, her form and speed so sudden and rapid.
A beautiful trail of deep magenta and black appeared along with her violet-black flames. This flame didn't have any issue melting the ice attribute, a corrosive flame created with demonic and divine energy.
Her violet and black wings were smaller than Asmodeus and the others. Instead of two large wings, she had four smaller wings, allowing for swift bursts of speed and rapid changes in her angles and direction.
'This speed! So amazing! This must be the power he gave me! Now I'll show you what the true power of this witch is! You damned lizard!'
The dragon was startled by her sudden burst of speed and attempted to blast a blue flame from its mouth at the figure in its line of sight.
Velvet laughed at this—the fire could hardly reach her.
Like a twirling storm, her body avoided the breath, and her beautiful dark magenta magic created an aura around her fist as she pulled her left arm back, tensing and pouring divine power into her muscles.
She clenched her fist tighter and tighter; her body spiralled and spun until a powerful impact hit the bottom jaw of the dragon, forcing its mouth to shut.
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"SHAAAAAAAAA!"
Velvet's beautiful, clear and feminine scream, filled with excitement and happiness, exploded alongside her power that, ruptured and cracked the dragon's scales and bones around its upper jaw and face. It also sent the massive lizard to the ground below with an explosive boom!
A thick layer of white ice spread from the dragon's body and covered the frozen grass.
Meanwhile, Velvet's face was red with excitement and delight as she looked at Asmodeus, her eyes shining brightly as if to say something to him with an energetic voice.
'Did you see me, my dear king?! This is thanks to you!'