Chapter 12: Minerva
'I have seen a lot of scary things since I have come here, but Beatrice aside, this woman takes the cake.'
Dane said to himself as he looked at the woman standing before Priscilla, who was speaking as such.
"Hah, so that's the situation, huh? A Shinso human? Hmmm... Never heard of it, and I'm old."
The woman said in a casual tone... amused even.
"Sigh... You really like making weird stuff, don't you, Priscilla? Though Rakasha isn't much better. That girl has a talent for finding the strangest crap imaginable at the most random moments too. Just last week, she picked up some cursed draconic spear that turned her into a man for a day; if you hadn't purged it, she would have been stuck like that forever, and now this week? She finds a literal human kid in a trash can. Hahaha!! How amusing."
Priscilla looked at the woman before her.
One of the 13 Crowns of the Monster Realms, and one of the 13 Payoneers of the Realm's Creation, you could say, and also the leader of the Shinso Family... Shinso Minerva.
The woman standing before Priscilla was very tall, easily 6'9 in height, with a physique that was both tempting and powerful. Her long, dark purple hair was woven into a single massive Viking-style braid, thick and heavy, ending in a glowing red blade that shimmered ominously at the end, keeping the entire thing together.
Her skin was the color of ash itself, a muted gray that made the deep crimson of her tattoos stand out even more on her body. The markings were simple in design; it was a series of roses curling around and up her legs, spiraling over her stomach and back, creeping over her chest and neck, before finally stopping just beneath her right eye.
And those eyes, god, they were unsettling. A glowing, almost hypnotic purple against the pitch-black void of her sclera. They had the kind of stare that made you feel like she was looking straight through you, peeling you apart layer by layer. But despite her almost monstrous presence, there was no mistaking her figure. She had a body that could only be described as a perfect mix of raw strength and beauty, given how curvy she was.
She was both fit and feminine, which was the best way to describe this woman. And for someone from the Thirteen Crowns, she dressed... surprisingly relaxed.