Squeeeek! The sound of the door closing resounded out in the guest room where Desire and Aerith talked.

However, right now, it was only Aerith and Aeri who were present in the room as Desire just walked out of the room.

Aerith then sighed as she spoke, "Why did you ask him that question? You know he's a human, right, Aeri?"

She was speaking the language of the Elves when she said those words, which is why Aeri could understand her pretty easily.

"But it's true. Doesn't he make you feel like he's a monster, mom?" Aeri said as she looked at her mother.

"Well, I do feel that way, but...it's rude to say that to people, you know? Especially to humans who are known to be fragile." Aerith explained as she began to pat Aeri's head.

She then continued, "Still, we have to be thankful that he's not a hypocrite. To think that a human wouldn't be angry after being asked such a rude question..."

Right, after Aeri asked Desire that question, he...didn't answer and just told that the Lion Clan will help them.

Right after saying those words, Desire left the room and that was it.

That was why Aerith was thankful that Desire was not a hypocrite.

The humans that Aerith interacted with before were all very prideful and would hate to be told that they are monsters or something like that, and Desire is very much similar to those humans.

In power, in position, and influential, Desire had those things just like the influential humans that Aerith talked to in the past.

And that was why Aerith thought that Desire would be like them; hate to be called such names and hypocrite and all that stuff.

After all, those humans...were monsters. They were more monsters than monsters themselves.

And Aerith judged Desire to be like that, which is why she was worried that Desire would get angry and choose to go back on his word.

However, when Desire spoke again, saying that he'll help the Elves, Aerith could sense that Desire...acknowledges it.

He...acknowledges the fact...that he does feel like a monster, which is why Aerith was thankful that he was not a hypocrite.

"Anyway, this is a great chance for us. I didn't expect that this city would be a door to a great opportunity. We have to tell the others and talk to that...huh?" Aerith stopped talking when she realized that...she didn't know Desire's name.

"Mom? What's wrong?" Aeri said as she noticed that Aerith stopped talking while talking about important matters.

"Ah, nothing. Anyway, we have to talk to the young lord again so that we know how we are going to work with them." Aerith continued.

She then began to stand up, "Let's go," she said, and her daughter stood up as well.

The two then came out of the room and were met by Amelia, who was ordered by Desire to sort things out with the Elves.

****

Desire, who left earlier before the Elves, was currently walking with Jarina right now.

No, to be exact, they were just standing around in the middle of the hallway.

Desire was checking out their surroundings if there were any men that were observing them, but it seems that there were none as Desire couldn't feel any.

Jarina was...she was just waiting for Desire to speak. Desire was the one who asked for her to come with him out of nowhere, after all.

In fact, she was really curious why Desire was acting like this. Jarina was sure that he was only acting like this because of what happened in the room.

So...what could possibly have happened in the room for the cool and collected Desire to suddenly act like this?

Jarina was curious about this, which is why...she couldn't help but fidget around.

She looked at Desire, who was looking around, trying to make sure that there was no one around them.

And it seems that Desire was really sure now that they were the only ones in here as he turned his head towards Jarina and spoke.

"Jarina, I have a question - a serious question that I want you to answer sincerely," Desire said.

"W-what is it?" Jarina stuttered, surprised by the fact that Desire was talking so seriously.

"Do I make you feel like I'm a monster even though I am a human?" Desire said with a serious look on his face.

He stared straight at Jarina's purple eyes as he waited for her answer.

And that was why he could clearly see the stiff expression on Jarina's face...break down as Jarina grinned, her teeth showing.

"Hahaha, you're so funny. You're actually curious about this?" Jarina said, but she was not done as she continued.

"Anyway, the answer to your question is...of course, you feel like a monster."

"You probably don't know this, but...even when you were a child, you just had this atmosphere that is so similar to monsters."

"No, you're an even bigger monster than real monsters."

Jarina said all those words with a grin on her face. After saying those words, she...walked up to Desire as she put her arms around his neck.

They were so near each other now that if a stranger suddenly saw them, that stranger would probably think that Desire and Jarina were making out.

She then continued with that same grin...no, it turned into a smile now, "I don't know why you're suddenly curious about this, but don't worry."

"A monster or a human...or even a god, you're you. Desire is Desire, and that's all that matters."

And her voice echoed in and out of Desire's eardrums.

Of course, when Desire heard what Jarina said, his heart started to beat fast as he got excited.

He didn't know why he got excited, as the almighty sword was not rising, but...he could feel that he was getting excited due to what Jarina said.

And it was with this kind of emotion that Desire spoke, "This is why I love you."

"Fufufu, I love you, too," Jarina replied as she moved her face closer with her eyes closed.

Knowing what Jarina wanted to do, Desire closed his eyes as he...kissed her.

"Hmm!" The sound of their passionate exchange echoed in and out in this dark hallway.

It was their first kiss...or not.