Death Guns In Another World

Wolfang's Empire, Eris's Villa.

The Crown princess stood in front of a large mirror as she combed her long white hair. She kept two locks hanging down, one on either side of her head, running past her shoulders.

The dark rob with golden linings covered her long hair from behind. She adjusted the earrings on her earlobes before clamping her boots.

The white, cross-shaped earrings gleamed brightly on her ivory skin. The red runic engravings on them flashed with a soft glow that was mesmerizing to the soul.

Some distance away, her maid, who was like a second mother to her, observed the earrings carefully and couldn't help but ask the princess a question.

p ''Is this a new piece?"

As someone who has taken care of Eris since she was born and as the head maid, this maid knew everything about the princess's clothes and accessories; however, it was her first time seeing these earrings. The way the princess carefully put on these earrings herself showed that it was a gift, a gift from someone dear to her.

Eris's following words confirmed her intuition.

''Yes, it's a gift from a good friend.''

''I see. I shall thank that friend when I see him.'' Sella said with a wink.

Eris blushed but didn't correct Sella as she knew she would be further teased if she tried to deny it was a man who gifted these earrings to her. As a woman herself, she knows how scary their intuition could be. Sella's intuition was whispering to her something, and if Eris were to deny that the earrings didn't come from a man, she would be falling into Sella's trap and would end up spilling everything.

''Let's go; she must have arrived by now,'' Eris said, cutting any question Sella might have.

Sella nodded while Eris turned around. She slowly left the room without saying anything further. Sella followed the princess. She was secretly happy that Eris had become lively after that tragedy; knowing how much Eris loved her brother; Sella was afraid she might never be able to recover; fortunately her fears were never realized.

Outside of the room, they met another maid who happened to be running in their direction. The maid bowed her head as soon as she saw Eris.

''Greetings, princess.''

''Olly, where is the guest?" Eris asked after coming to a stop.

''Princess Kuina is waiting for you in the first garden, your highness,'' Olly responded.

There were two gardens inside the villa; one was for Ferris; he personally created it, while the second garden was created by the architect who built this villa.

''Ok, I'll see her. I'll call you when I need you.'' Eris said before disappearing.

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An emerald bed of grass is flanked by a sundry of flower bushes. A greenhouse stands to the right of the garden, offering a garden within a garden.

The flower beds are trying to take all the attention in this garden, and succeeding to a large extent, too; they're like a cloud of color. The flower bushes reach 1.5m/5ft high, but they won't grow much taller than this. A couple of benches are carefully placed in specific locations of the garden, leading people through the garden and making sure all the best spots are marked. Grass and roots work together almost harmoniously to claim more land for themselves.

The greenhouse is definitely the main attraction within this garden. The flower beds usually look amazing, and the flower bushes do their best to take some of the attention, but there's no way to win when the garden is designed with a focus on the greenhouse.

Sitting in this greenhouse was a beautiful woman dressed in a golden robe.

''Nice to see you, Eris. I hope you are doing fine.'' Kuina said as soon as her friend walked in.

''I'm fine. It has been five days since we last met.'' Eris said as she sat across from Kuina.

''Indeed, but I still came today because we need to talk,'' Kuina responded with a smile before her face changed, becoming serious.

Clap! Clap!

Upon seeing her friend's serious face, the corners of Eris's mouth lifted into a smile. She extended her hands, clapped twice, and soon after, a maid's drifted toward them.

''I know, I know, but first, let's drink some tea, shall we?"

Kuina didn't refuse the offer, and soon the maid returned with a fragrant tea. The fragrance drifted into the air and mixed with the flower's scent, it created an atmosphere where one mind was calm and at peace.

Fifteen minutes later, Kuina was looking at her friend.

''So, what do you want to say?" Eris asked her, not beating around the bush.

''Well, you love him, don't you?" Kuina's abrupt question left the wolf's princess lost for words. It took a few seconds for her to register what her friend meant, and as one would have expected, Eris immediately blushed, trying to hide her face.

All of this was within Kuina's expectations. And with her personality, there was no way she wouldn't have prepared a few ways to tease her friend.

However, just as Kuina was about to tease Eris, as she was sure knowing the latter personality, she wouldn't admit to having feelings for Alex; Eris went beyond Kuina's expectation and declared her love.

''Yes, I will admit that Alexander is always in my mind for a few months already. I guess that I can say I have feelings for him. There is no need to pretend as we are between women who have feelings for the same man. Yes! I like him, and I will gladly give our story a chance to blossom. I don't know whether this will work in the future or not, but I will still give us a chance nonetheless because when I think of a possible man with whom I'll spend the rest of my life, only Alex comes to my mind.''

Kuina's chin almost hit the floor as what was happening was completely out of her expectation. Still, what Eris said was right; there was no denying that they felt something for the man named Alex.

''I see. I'm glad that you admitted to having feelings for Alex, and as you said, I also have feelings for him. Let's discuss a plan to make him fall in love with us once he comes to our empires. Sera has succeeded recently from what I heard; we must not fall behind, don't forget there is a new girl beside him.''

Kuina's warning made Eris nod her head; they must do something.

''What do we do then?" She asked.

Kuina stayed silent for a moment before recounting what happened recently to Alex's group; she even knew they were currently raiding high-level dungeons as they spoke.

''So you want us to let Alex's group use the high-level dungeons in our respective empire?" Eris asked as soon as Kuina's words ended.

Sometimes one does need to be explicit for the person you are conversing with to understand the underlying meaning of your words. Eris perfectly understands what Kuina is trying to say by recounting everything Alex's group went through.

Indirectly, Kuina was saying they should do more than Leon. Its truth was that Leon was not a woman; normally, there was no way to go to that extent, but as superpowers (empires), they were doing everything possible to have a connection with Alex in some way or another.

The Foxia empire and the Wolfang Empire must do the same, more particularly when they had an advantage over the Lionheart Empire. They had women who wished to be tied to Alex; they must use this to their advantage.

Kuina was a fox; a fox is cunning by nature; there was no way she would lose when she had all cards under her sleeves. She would do better than the others, especially when a new rival was in the race.

Saeko might appear harmless to some, she might have never met her, but her intuition was telling her that if she, no, if they didn't hurry up, the little girl would surpass them, and in a harem, places were important.

''I want you to talk to your father to give you access to the Forbidden dungeon only a pair can raid. I have started the negotiation with my mother, and I believe it will soon yield a favorite result.''

Kuina's proposal made Eris almost drop her cup. It couldn't be helped because the Forbidden dungeon is the ultimate secret of any empire; they are named dungeons; the royal family kept absolute control over it, and only a selected few could raid them, namely the future emperor or empress. So when she heard Kuina suggesting to let Alex raid this dungeon, she was shocked; as she mused over it, she finally understood what goal the fox princess was trying to achieve. Doing something none of the other women (Well, namely Artemia hadn't done) was sure to yield a different result.

''Sure, let's follow your suggestion.'' Eris accepted Kuina's suggestion. She knew to have her father accept her demand as the latter wished to be connected to Alex more than anything; there was a way he would refuse this offer.

''Fufufu! Good, let's discuss the plan.'' Kuina declared happy to get Eris's approval.