Azusa pushed herself up from the table and glared at me, her eyes blazing with indignation.
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?! Are you seriously suggesting that we copulate with this man?!"
"That's right," Solaris said with a calm, unwavering gaze. "That's exactly what I mean by having sex with him."
"No way! There's no way I would do that! Nor anyone else, for that matter!" Azusa's voice trembled with a mix of shock and defiance.
"That's why I'm telling you all this now," Solaris explained, her tone steady and authoritative. "I know our people won't willingly have sex with Leon right away. I want him to start with you all, so our people might be more inclined to follow suit."
"Your Majesty, it may be rude to say this, but you're joking, are you? I mean, you know that our people have suffered because of the males. So why are you suggesting us to copulate with one?" said Hilda.
"I'm not joking. As I've said and confirmed, this man is the one I saw in the prophecy—the one who will save us from extinction and restore our population," Solaris declared resolutely. "Isn't the fact that I told you he's one of Lilith's children proof enough?"
"Your Majesty," Azusa began, her voice tinged with respect but unwavering in disbelief. "I can't simply believe that this puny man will be the savior of our dying race. I won't just open my legs and let him have his way because you command it. Besides, I'm already married to Hilda! We have a child together!" She pointed at Aegis standing nearby.
So Azusa and Hilda are married, and one of them used magic to conceive a child in her womb. And that child is Aegis, huh?
"We elves may not share the same religious beliefs as humans, but I still value monogamy! Many elves are married, too! What you're asking us to do is cheating on our partners!"
"I understand your concerns. I really do. But if we remain stagnant, our people will slowly wither away. In just a few thousand years, we'll face extinction. We may live long lives, but we are not immortal. Do you truly want our race to vanish from the face of the earth?"
"We could create a child using magic, just as we've done before!"
"The risk is too great, and the odds of success are slim. Failure means death. I can't risk the lives of our people on such a gamble just for survival."
"B-But we can't do what you're asking! How am I supposed to spread my legs for someone I don't even know, who isn't my lover? I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but what you're proposing is impossible for us," Azusa protested vehemently.
"I assure you, Leon is clean. He won't do anything with you. The reason I proposed this is so our people will be more inclined to follow suit because you led by example. As members of the council, it's your responsibility to act for the greater good of our people."
The members of the council fell silent.
"Sex with Leon," Solaris continued, her voice carrying a mix of reflection and yearning, "wasn't just about the physical pleasure. It was about connection, about feeling loved. His dick inside me, the way he made me cum—it wasn't mere sex. It was something deeper, something real."
She looked at me and smiled.
"This isn't just about survival," she declared firmly, her gaze piercing each of theirs with intensity. "It's about reclaiming a part of ourselves that we've lost. And Leon is the key to that. He can give us what we've been missing—the love, the connection, the future we deserve. That's why I need all of you to accept Leon. To accept his seed inside you.
Together, we can save our people. All of us."
"But we can't just...! We can't just accept this! How could we?! We've lived without a man in our lives for hundreds of years now!" protested Azusa, her voice trembling with uncertainty.
"I might be speaking out of turn, Your Majesty, but I share Azusa's sentiment," Clarett spoke up, her voice tinged with concern. "It's possible that man has hypnotized you just to get what he wants. Human men have a history of capturing our people because of our extraordinary beauty, right? I'm pretty sure he's operating under the same plan."
"I may be old, but I don't believe anyone can manipulate my mind, Clarett. Are you underestimating my strength?" Solaris countered, her tone firm and unwavering.
"That's not my intention, Your Majesty. I'm just... well, as Azusa said, it won't be easy to simply follow your orders, especially after what happened in the past," Clarett explained, her voice tinged with concern. "Remember when Aegis and the others accidentally left the Kingdom? They encountered human males, and almost all of them were raped on the spot and kidnapped.
We haven't received any news about them since. Even if this man isn't human, as you said, we can't suddenly believe he's our savior."
"Hmm. I guess convincing you all isn't going to happen, huh? Well, I can't blame you. After all, I did spring this plan on you all of a sudden," Solaris said pensively, her eyes closing as she sighed deeply.
"I'm sure there are plenty of ways for our race to survive, Your Majesty," Hilda spoke up earnestly. "But this... doing something with that male... that's the one thing I can't bear."
They really hate men, huh? Well, I suppose that's par for the course. But it's hard to believe they're lumping me into the same category as those scum. That somewhat irritated me.
"Your Majesty," I suggested, "why don't we show them?"
Solaris opened her eyes slowly, a sly smile forming. "I was just about to suggest that, Leon," she said, glancing at me with a gleam in her eye. Then, she turned to face the group, including Aegis. "Me and Leon are going to show you..."
"Show what, Your Majesty?" Hilda asked, her tone curious yet hesitant.
"We're going to have sex right in front of all of you."