Dead Queen Nala's
24 Quality Time

Time keeps going.

Two Bahamuts have not been found.

The knights are getting more aggressive.

And here-and

We party.

Bask in the sun. For the first time I relax on the beach. Wearing a Kronii-made swimsuit that he had long prepared. Honestly, it's delicious.

It's not that I don't want to continue the search. But I really didn't get a clue to Black Bahamut. Maybe I have a little idea about White Bahamut, but I want to keep it at the end considering hunting it is the same as declaring a peak war. So I won't look for him until Black Bahamut is found.

Hence I told the others to have fun - unfortunately they did not understand the meaning. So I taught some like the ones on tv, even though I never did those things. Think of it as the last casual before an all-out war. But then I forgot if they were monsters. Which has a stronger physical than humans in general, so a little relaxing I mean, even so a week full of endless parties.

Since the Alvecna incident. The monster race is increasing. Now there are fellow Saras friends of Yuki-Onna, there are Cow Girls, Werewolves like Dora, Slime-girls, Snake-haired Girl or Gorgon, and Succubus. They all had fun until night, where some would go to the men's detention to continue the party. I just let them do it at night because if I let them, the Succubus will kill the men.

Everyone had fun, except the little Spider beside me. A while ago, exactly when I went to look for Alicia. This little girl is known to be possessed by other monsters. Since he was the son of the Queen of the White Spiders, the King of Monsters, they hoped that he would become the savior of monsters. But all they got was a weak girl.

When I found out, I didn't scold them right away. I gathered it all together and said if I raise him as my second son. They should serve him like little Jeanne. Of course, the bullying immediately stopped, and their attitude with the little one immediately changed drastically. They know how I am if I am angry.

Married yet and I already have two children. One is very active, the other is very quiet. Since then, he's been following me. Makes me think of asking something, about its uniqueness.

"Hey," I called him. And he looked at me. "You're not playing?" He shook his head.

"Hm.. Try doing it again last night."

The little white man followed me and stood up. He pointed his hand at the grass, and slowly, the roots came to him. He could actually manipulate plants like Alicia.

I've heard that the White Spider Queen has the ability to use all sorts of other monster techniques. So I brought Alicia's headless body and forced the little one to eat it. Not a compulsion, considering he did not reject it. But then he showed the same manipulation ability, albeit weaker. Seeing her again made me realize that her abilities were similar to my Devour and little Jeanne. The difference is that I can prey on anything, as long as the heart is intact. Jeanne can only fight dragons other than Bahamut, and this little one can prey on all monsters that are not dragons.

"Do you have dragon blood?" I asked. I'm trying to figure out what we have in common. Jeanne has dragon blood through Dracula, and I can do Devour because I inherited Dracula. So it could have been if he also had a connection with the Dragon.

"I don't know.." It seems he's not lying. But somehow I have a hunch that the key to finding Black Bahamut is on him.

"Hey, what's your real name?"

"Hm? White Spider?"

"No. That's not your name. That's your race, maybe. Your name, like Saras who is a Yuki-Onna, or Jeanne who is half a Dragon."

"I don't have any. Everyone calls me White Spider. Is that bad?"

"No. I just feel weird calling you by that name considering you're my second child right now. So I'm gonna give you a name like Jeanne. Hm.." I thought for a moment while looking at it. "What about Shirayuuki."

"Shirayuuki?" He repeats.

"Yep. Shirayuki. Shiro means White, and Yuuki means Brave."

"Then you have to start being brave."

"Shirayuki's.. I like it, mama!"

"Wait-wait! Don't call me mama! Call me Queen, okay!?"

"Alright."

"Then Shirayuuki, tell Pufu that I want the princesses to gather tonight."

"Good!" Shirayuuki ran with a happy face. Much better.

Malamannya. Meeting implemented. The princesses who are my confidants have gathered.

Dragon Princess, Jeanne,

White Princess, or the White Spider, Shirayuuki,

Forest Princess, Pufu,

Winter or Snow White, Saras, Saras,

Princess Island, Canaan,

And the Human Daughter or the psychopath, Lamia.

"Just be honest. I'm calling you not because I've found a clue. But more because I have a certain premonition. And it has to do with Shirayuuki. You know my Devour abilities, right?"

"Yes. It was the ability to gain the opponent's strength by eating them. Miss Nala and Jeanne have it."

"Also Shirayuuki," I added. "What makes it unique is that from what I know, Devour's ability is Dracula's special ability. I got it after opening the Book of Resurrection left by Dracula, while little Jeanne inherited it from her father, Dracula. What about Shirayuuki? Did he or the previous Monster King have a certain relationship with Dracula?"

"We don't know for sure" Pufu replied. "I was born in the woods when the Queen of the White Spiders was still in power. And he had been a Monster King for hundreds of years, so no monster knew how he obtained that ability. Moreover, the Dragon had become extinct even before the White Spider Queen came to power. There is likely another Monster King who found the Resurrection Book."

"Hm.. Attractively. The Resurrection Book.. The book sought by the Queen of White Spiders. But for what? If he already has Devour, why look for the book?"

Everyone seems to think.

"You mean, the book has other intentions besides giving strength?"

"Absolutely. What if the Book of Resurrection is the key to the seal? And if it's true, where will the book be taken by the Queen of the White Spiders?"

"Dragon Valley. That place had always been the main headquarters of the monsters, no matter how many times it was attacked, the White Spider Queen always tried to defend it. Only when he died did we leave him. I asked him why he didn't leave the place, and he said that as long as the place was safe, the monsters wouldn't lose. Although I'm honest, I don't understand what that means."

"Good Pufu! Then prepare you. We're all going to the Dragon Valley. And if we manage to obtain the Black Bahamut, then our move of winning this battle is only a step away!"