[VRMMO] Dead One

[Few days later.]

"…."

"Thank you for granting me audience once more, your majesty." – said princess Aworia as she bowed her head.

"Don't worry about this." – said ClownFrog as he sat down.

"Sit."

"Yes." – said the princess before moments later the she sat on the other sofa.

"…"

(really got a second chance!) – thought nervous Aworia.

(Honestly, I've started to get worried, since there was no news or any changes coming our way…. I've thought that he would kick us-)

"Where is your brother?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Y-yes?" – replied Aworia.

(Dammit! Keep it together!)

"In order to make sure that no other incident would occur, I've asked my brother to stay out of this meeting."

"Again, I'm so sorry for his actions."

"I was not expecting him to do any of that."

"I could tell, considering how you two acted." – replied ClownFrog.

"But enough of that."

"Let us talk business."

"First thing first."

"The marriage talk…. Honestly, it did makes things bit…. Confusing for me."

(And I've think I almost awaken something inside Blueberry back then.)

"But, I've was told about the dragon tradition as well as how they can have multiple mates, from the lovers to political and so on."

"And honestly speaking?"

"I'm not interested."

(Honestly, the whole "political" marriage sound like either a trap or a scam.)

(I've even talked about this with the others like Tail as well as Oron, and they both said that we shouldn't rush it.)

"Tell me, why do you even want to marry me, hm?"

"All both know it would be a political marriage, but from what I can see, the only ones who would really benefit from this would be you."

"I want to know, why do you even want to do it?"

"…"

"Like I've stated before, a bond forging." – replied the dragon princess.

"If you were to marry me, you would obtain an authority within the borders of our own empire AND our own clan."

"You could in some ways be able to use our empire."

"But it also goes the other way around, right?" – asked ClownFrog.

"I've did my research and I know that each dragon clan that rules the empire are in charge for one reason or another."

"However, if I were to marry you, I wouldn't obtain a massive amount of authority within your empire, since I would be making only connections with 1 clan."

"This is obvious and very fair, since you really can't somebody to just hand over their entire empire in order to make a 'friendly relationship', right?"

"But, on the other hand, the benefit YOU would get would be pale in comparison, wouldn't they be?"

"I'm not a fool."

"I know this entire continent was ruled by shitty people and idiots that almost destroyed the whole thing."

"But this continent has potential."

"And once it recovers, you would end up sharing some of the countless "benefits" that would come up with it."

"So, again."

"What do you want from that political marriage exactly from 'MY' side?"

"I doubt it would be anything small…. Or maybe small and not noticeable, but possess a huge importance."

"For example…. Bearing my child?"

(In this game, players can have "fun time", but it is very limited.)

(However, you can make a family here and can marry other players in game or marry even NPC.)

(I'm one of those examples, I mean, Blueberry and I share the same "royal name", so people obviously realized we are married in game.)

(As for other people in game? Hell, some players even already made some families with NPCs in this world from what I've heard and have some of their own children.)

(Some impregnated NPCs while some got impregnated by NPCs…. Yea.)

(Honestly…. You would expect a skeleton bastard like me to straight up don't have PP... But as it turns out, I can manifest one?)

(No. I'm fucking seriously. I can really make one appear, even thought I'm just made out of bones.)

(But from what I know, undead players can't have fun time…. Is it maybe because I'm lich? Or like because I can take on a humanoid form from my dragonic side?)

(I will look into it later.)

"Anyway, was that your goal? To give birth to a child that could be used as political tool between our two nations?"

"…"

"If you want for us to work together in friendly relationship, then I want a proper answers."

"Not some answers with hidden intentions or some other stupid shit. "

"Honest answers."

"And if you think that I won't be able to tell you if you are hiding something or not, then you are wrong."

(Dammit! His guard is way too high up.) – thought nervous dragon princess.

(Still, there is still a chance for this deal to succeed.)

"Yes. This is correct." – replied princess.

"I wish to bear your child, emperor ClownFrog."

"And yes, this child will be used as political tool between our two nations."

"However, as I've stated before, you will end up gaining some authority within our own clan as well."

"And from your point of your view, we would be the ones that would benefit more from this deal, yes?"

"Then if that is the case, then what would you want from us?"

"As tribute that would the necessary for you to accept the deal?"

"…"

"Is this desperation?" – asked ClownFrog.

"No." – replied the princess instantly.

"It is question."

"…"

(Her eyes….. This ain't fear.) – thought ClownFrog as he stared at the dragon princess face.

"Hm…."

(Honestly, I would straight up said "NO" right here and now….. But there are few things I would love to have from their kingdom.)

(First would be the way of turning myself into the high dragonian, for not only me, but also Blueberry and our entire guild.)

(Jet and his entire guild are dragon based guys and they were doing their work…. Honestly, rewarding them and maybe even feeding them to the point they become little monsters wouldn't be that bad.)

(And secondly would be items from the Forgotten World. Items with much higher value to this entire world than anybody could possibly imagine.)

"…"

(But is it worth it?)

(Honestly, I don't know if I can trust her clan in the first place.)

(And if I were to tell her what I want, she would gain a "knife" she could against me during negotiation as well some other negotiation in the future.)

(Then again, even though she isn't scared, she is clearly desperate.... And I think I know why.)

"Your clans are not really that united, are they?" – asked ClownFrog, causing the dragon princess hands to twitch for split moment, which was noticed by ClownFrog, alarming the dragoness.

"I get the whole friendly relationship, but you also want to use it as a weapon, right? You want to get ahead of other clans, don't you?"

"So, this deal is way more beneficial than for than your own empire."

"Is that correct?"

"…"

"Yes…" – replied dragon princess while still trying to keep a straight face.

(DAMMIT! With each passing moment he is taking control over situation more and more….. And he has yet to tell me what would he want from us.)

(Should I back away for the moment and try and contact my father?)

(But if I were to do that, wouldn't he just kick me out?)

(Honestly, we need to offer up something "BIG" if we want to secure this relationship…. Honestly, a control over our clan would definitely work, but that would be seen as a total betrayal from the other clans.)

(The child that would be born between our clan and Garog empire would not be allowed to inherit any position of powers in order to make sure no incidents would end up surfacing.)

"And you don't better forgotten about the whole incident that your idiot brother did." – said ClownFrog.

"Honestly, it could ruin your entire clan image, wouldn't it?"

"!"

(Oh, now he is bloody threatening me!) – thought nervous dragon princess.

(Is he asking for a way to silence him?)

(Dammit! This is way too-)

"If you like, you can leave for now and come back later." – said ClownFrog.

"!?"

"W-what? Did I offended you in any way, your majesty?" – asked dragon princess.

"Don't know." – replied ClownFrog.

"All I can say is that you need a moment to breath now that we had a proper conversation this time."

"You have between 1 to 7 days to come back here."

"If you don't report to anybody about the meeting with period of these 7 days, then the meeting will be official considered as over."

"Do we understand each other?"

"…"

"Yes." – replied dragon princess.

"Good." – said ClownFrog before then getting up and then heading to the doors.

"You two. Would you be kindly and find somebody who can offer the princess safe escort?" – asked ClownFrog as he left the room and encountered two female vampire knights.

"Yes sir." – replied vampire knights before then starting to act as temporarily escort for the vampire princess.

"…"

"…"

(Honestly, this day wasn't a total failure.) – thought dragon princess.

(Although I've wasn't able to either find what he would like from our empire or the clan.)

(Nor being able to lower his guard…. )

(I was still able to understand something.)

(Rumors and informations is one thing.)

(Other is understanding from meeting the person face to face.)

(Rumors are calling him cruel, drunk on power and schemer, while the informations are calling him smart, merciful and powerful…. I can definitely say this.)

(He is emperor.)

(He knows how to use his power right, he also fully understand his position as well as how it affects everything.)

(He isn't stupid…. No. If anything he is extremely smart.)

(He can understand motives behind actions and he do understand what to use against other people.)

(He is not some lucky bastard that got power and was able to steam role his way into his position.)

(No.)

(He earned it.)

(And he knows it.)

(He is the emperor and ruler of the entire continent. He knows it and understand what it means to be both of these things.)

"…"

(Wow.)

(Honestly, I think I wouldn't mind marrying him.)