chapter 1236: chapter 1235: midnight fun

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    "anyone else have any sort of guesses on coloration and its importance? or shall we move on and leave that to be a mystery~?"

    the black skinned demoness seemed to be enjoying this quite a lot as she basked in the warmth of the campfire, relishing the conversations like she hadn''t had any contact with mortals in forever; she seemed to crave speech between us to satisfy the itch in her brain that required socialization.

    so i decided to just take a crack at it for her sake and to try and quench my own curiosity a little as i asked "does it have any actual importance at all or is it simply a byproduct of you and whomever you... ''bred'' with mixing your skin tone to create a new line of demons?"

    that drew a chuckle from her as she raised a brow, those rubies sparkling with amusement and conveying her enjoyment even more as she asked me a question back, leaving this as ''unanswered'' as she could so that we would have to work towards the real answer if we truly desired it.

    "that entirely depends on what your definition of importance is, dear. how important is the fur to those wolfkin at the end of the day? you can argue that it is extremely important or that it is barely noticeable at all...

    heading back to the root of what you want to know and questioning its importance~? few people do that, and it''s not a terrible idea, dear, not at all. to that i can only say that yes, my selective breeding resulted in mixed colorations, but those colorations mattered. they have some sort of actual benefit that is slowly being lost due to the blood dilution over time."

    drumming her fingers on her knee, lilith continued to stare into the flames as she contemplated what she was going to say before looking up and giving us a wry smile and adding "and i wouldn''t want to ruin that surprise either, since i have a feeling she''ll remind the world yet again about what she is.

    just know that there truly aren''t any others like her alive anymore, partially due to nature itself making it almost impossible for more of her to appear as well as the rest of her race being killed off due to the fear of what they were capable of. she is the last one, and will likely never sire another of her kind, for better or for worse."

    "she hasn''t even told me what exactly she is, if that helps. i think only the dragons, you, and her know what she is and what she is truly capable of. theresa too, of course."

    "of course. theresa... is she still... rooted?"

    the jovial light faded from lilith as she asked that, and when both lady fenyras and leone nodded she sighed again, but this time it was downtrodden as she slumped slightly, only to perk back up when she asked "ah, what about all the other demons? since we''re speaking about being rooted, i imagine they''re still adamantly stuck in their ways and in that one spot?"

    "sadly."

    "oho~? let me guess~! that tone of voice means you went and met your cousins, and if they remained as stuck in their ways as always then the beliali''s tried to manipulate you into accepting a marriage proposal of some kind only to instantly get angry and start sulking after being declined while the cimeriesa sort of kind of acknowledged your existence while focusing instead on any and all magical things relating to each of you with an uncanny precision?"

    she was back to being giddy again, and as we were reminded of our time spent with the other two demon clans we resumed passing the time in a warm comfort, waiting for the sun to rise so that we could start whatever it was that lilith had called us here for.