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.
“My mother, the former queen, ingrained in me the importance of doing what’s necessary for our prosperity. I traded our precious metals with the beast people, paving the way for our kingdom’s modernization,” Solaris stated firmly, leaning forward with her elbows on the table, hands folded. She closed her eyes momentarily, reflecting. “She taught me to do whatever it takes for our survival and to restore our former greatness. That’s why I took the risk to create a child using magic and gave birth to Artemis. It’s my duty as your Queen.”
Solaris turned to me.
“Artemis and I had sex with him last night,” Solaris said unabashedly.
“M-Mother?! W-Why did you have to bring me into this too?” Artemis stammered, her cheeks flushing red. Behind her, Aegis looked on with a shocked and brokenhearted expression. I suppose she did have a bit of a crush on Artemis, so hearing about her having sex with me was surely devastating for her.
“The Queen…”
“And the Princess did…?”
Verra and Serra chimed in, clearly taken aback.
“I’m not lying when I say it was out of responsibility, but spending the night with him showed me what it truly feels like to be loved,” Solaris admitted. “Being held by a man, waking up beside him with his hand as my pillow—those moments made me understand.”
The council members fell silent, their expressions a mix of shock and contemplation, absorbing Solaris’s words like a tranquil river.
“I couldn’t help but think when I woke up next to him, ‘So this is what we’ve been missing out on,'” Solaris continued, her eyes scanning the room. “Didn’t I tell you before, Frey, when we were together, that sleeping with another woman felt somewhat empty? Sure, it’s pleasurable, feeling another body pressing against yours, but after having sex with Leon, I realized what we were doing was just a form of masturbation. It lacked the depth, the connection, the sheer intensity of being with a man.”
Again, the members were all quiet as they listened to Solaris.
“Mother once told me that sex is something intertwined with love,” Solaris continued, her voice filled with contemplation. “What I felt from having sex with Leon was different from what I felt with all of you. It might hurt your feelings to hear this, but that’s honestly how I feel.”
A tense silence hung in the air until Frey broke it with a chuckle. “Hehehe, I feel the same way,” she admitted. “Why does it feel like this isn’t really sex at all? Like it’s not hitting the mark for me either. When I think about it now, I guess our feelings are similar. We’ve been trying to have sex, but it feels more like we’re just seeking pleasure, almost like masturbating.”
The air seemed to crackle with tension as Solaris’s words lingered in the room, each syllable heavy with meaning. Her raw, unfiltered admission painted a stark picture of her inner turmoil. Frey’s revelation added another layer, suggesting a collective sense of emptiness they all shared.
“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.”
