Ascension of the Monster Queen

After a few minutes of walking, both of them arrived at the throne room and when the guards opened the door, they entered.

The king looked at them as well as the princess and her guard and they approached him then bowed their heads.

"Thank you for coming, you two," The king said and Nessa smiled at him.

"There is no need for that," She replied and he smiled at them, then they stood aside and the Nessa glanced at the princess and the girl gently smiled at her and Nessa waved at the girl as the knight behind her looked at them and Nessa saw.

'The way he is looking at her, am I wrong about this?' Nessa wondered and the demon glanced at her then tapped her on her shoulder and she glanced at him.

"What is it?" She asked.

"Where are you lost?" He asked as he looked at her and she sighed.

"Nowhere, at the moment, I am right here," She responded and he scoffed.

"Okay, if you say so," He said and she looked at him as he looked around and her eyes narrowed.

'That hood...' Nessa thought and his eyes narrowed, then he glanced at her and she turned away immediately from him.

Before he could say anything to Nessa, the doors of the entrance to the throne room opened and they looked at those who entered, all at the same time and the workers that were currently there, bowed their heads in respect to them.

"Your Highness," All of them said at once as they bowed their heads and Nessa noticed that a child was with them. the little boy looked at her and then smiled before waving at her and she smiled at him then waved back at him and he grinned.

"So, I take it these are the candidates?" Nessa asked.

"Seems like it, but from what I hear, some are not directly from the king's blood, which means things are not going to be easy, each has different standing and support, as well as other things, which means there has already been interference in this matter," He responded and Nessa exhaled deeply before looking at them.

"This is going to be difficult, well, we will just have to work harder on figuring this out and helping the king in our own way, after all, the final decision has to be his," She said and he nodded.

"You are right, after all, there is only so much that we can do, we cannot get completely involved," He replied and she nodded as the ones that had just entered the room turned towards them and Nessa looked at them then Nios waved at her and she slightly smiled at him.

"Ah, yes, they have only met Nios so far, I guess I have to introduce you guys," The king said with a gentle smile on his face.

Nessa sighed, then he began introducing them to everyone that was there and they looked at Nessa and the demon and she waved at them.

"Enjoying the kingdom, so far?" Nios asked.

"Yeah, everything is nice here, there are lots more things for me to do as yet," She responded and he nodded, then the princess smiled at them as the child approached Nessa and she looked at him.

"Hello," He said with a cute smile on his face and a happy tone.

"Ira, don't be rude, come back here," The little boy's mother said and Nessa smiled at him.

"It's okay, he is not being rude," Nessa replied as she crouched down a little and the little boy looked at her.

"You are pretty, miss," He said and the demon chuckled as Nios and the others smiled at him.

The child was around seven years of age, he had long silky brown hair, which was in a braid and fair skin with shimmering blue eyes.

"I see, thank you, you are a very handsome young boy, what's your name?" She asked and he smiled brightly.

"Thank you, my name is Ira," He responded and Nessa patted him on his head and he smiled brightly and his mother exhaled deeply as the king chuckled while looking at them.

"What an interesting kid, right, Nessa?" The king asked and she stood up then nodded.

"Well, he is a bit of the weird end, that's my grandson, Ira," He responded.

Nessa looked at the kid and he smiled at her then she patted him on his head and the demon glanced at her.

"Nice to meet you, Ira," She said.

"Nice to meet you as well, miss," He replied, then she moved her hand away from his head.

"Ira, come on, don't go bothering anyone else," His mother said and he approached her then Nessa glanced at them.

His mother was tall, had black hair with brown eyes and she was slim, fair and had her hair up in a bun.

"Well, Nessa, these are the candidates, actually one is a bit late, he will be here in a few minutes and I will introduce all of them to you guys since you are here," The king said and Nessa nodded then looked at those who were around in the meantime.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Uh...Aren't you one as well?" Nessa asked as she looked at the princess and the girl glanced at her then smiled.

"No, I changed my mind," She responded as she clenched her right fist and Nessa's eyes narrowed when she saw that and the demon glanced at the girl.

"I see, that's too bad," Nessa said and the girl lowered her head and the knight behind her exhaled deeply.

"Do you think she is scared?" The demon asked and Nessa glanced at him as she was thinking then she scoffed.

"Maybe a little, but from my point of view, something is just off about this, she is scared, but there is something else about her, as well," She responded, he glanced at the girl who looked away and he looked at the knight standing behind her and scoffed.

"Well, we will figure it out later, let's just wait and hear what this meeting is about," She added and he nodded.

"I am sorry for being late," Someone said as he walked into the throne room and Nessa glanced at him as he entered his gaze passed them as well.