Daji

Chapter 6: Daji

"I guess I'll call the spirit now". Zephyr said in low voice, not wanting to wake Sera and Lazuli. He then rubbed the side of the golden lamp three times…and nothing happened. Zephyr was about to ask why nothing was happening, but his words got stuck as he felt the lamp trembling in his hand. 

The next second, a figure flew out of the lamp. Zephyr stared wide-eyed as he saw the woman in front of him before quickly composing himself. Even if the woman in front of him was extremely sexy, it didn't mean he forgot the system's description.

The woman had ash blonde hair and piercing, blood-red eyes. Her curvaceous body was highlighted by a white qipao that had a slit, revealing the top half of her thicc thighs while she wore black stockings covering the other half and below. She also had matching black elbow gloves to boot.

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Zephyr carefully looked at her to see her reaction, and he couldn't help but be surprised. This seductress was in a daze? 

'Is my charm really that deadly Luna?' Zephyr couldn't help but confirm. He now, more than before, wanted to see his own appearance, but alas, there are no mirrors.

[It is. If I was to use Fate parameters, it would be EX rank.]

'Is that so? Does that mean it also affects you?' Zephyr teased.

[O-Of course not! I'm just a system! There's no way that's possible.] Luna vehemently denied.

'What a harsh reply'. Zephyr commented before going back to the matter at hand.

"Ahem! It's nice to meet you Daji, my name is Zephyr and I'd like to make a contract with you". Zephyr said straightforwardly.

"Oh my~ You are extremely pure. I wonder how you would taste~". Daji's sultry voice rang out as she closed the distance between herself and Zephyr. "This skin, those eyes, your hair, and those beautiful lips~ Everything about you is so beautiful and unmatched. What do you say about becoming my husband~?" Daji whispered as she ran her tongue along Zephyr's elf-like ears.

Zephyr felt a shiver up his spine as Daji licked his ear. He couldn't help but be dumbfounded at the outcome. First she said he was pure, which he obviously was since he didn't even leave his cocoon until today. Second, she wants him to be her husband? This was something he did not expect.

He turned his focus on her body and had to admit it was tempting, especially those melons and those damn thighs. But at the end of the day, she's a scheming and vicious woman who prolonged the fall of a dynasty for her own enjoyment. Who knows what's going on in her head right now.

Zephyr pushed her away from his ear, lifted her chin, and stared into her eyes, and asked "What will you do if I reject you?" 

Daji narrowed her eyes as she heard his question. Two fox ears appeared on her head and nine tails from her back. "Oh? And why would you reject me?" Daji answered his question with her own as she wrapped her tail around Zephyr's body, immobilising him on the spot.

'Hm? I can't move. I see…her tail has a paralysis effect. But this amount of paralysis is nothing for the current me, it's a good thing I assimilated the Yato bloodline before summoning her'. Zephyr calmly mused.

Daji looked at Zephyr who wasn't even fazed at being paralysed. She knew something was wrong, her instincts told her so, and is if he could read her thoughts, Zephyr easily got out of the binding before grasping her neck with a speed she couldn't react to.

A sadistic smile that sent shivers up Daji's spine appeared on Zephyr's face as he peered into her blood-red eyes. "The Bronze Toaster, The Snake Pit and The Wine Pool and Meat Forest. Do any of these ring a bell?"

(A/N: The Bronze Toaster, The Snake Pit and The Wine Pool and Meat Forest are torture devices created by Daji in the Investiture of the Gods, a 16th-century Chinese novel)

"T-they are my creations". Daji replied while, for some reason, having a blush on her face as she looked at Zephyr's cold smile.

"Exactly~! So what do you say about trying all three out at the same time?" Zephyr asked, his smile morphing into a face splitting grin that did nothing to decrease his charm.

Daji, who was moments ago blushing and breathing haggardly, suddenly turned pale when she heard what Zephyr said. She looked up to see if he was serious, but what she saw shocked her to the core. The previous beautiful androgynous face was no more; instead, she was greeted by a crimson-coloured shadowy face with glowing eyes that grinned at her with its razor-sharp teeth.

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"W-what i-is that?" She said stutteringly.

"What is what?" Zephyr's compelling voice rang in her ears as she felt his smooth hand caressing her face. His voice was gentle, it seemed as if everything that happened seconds ago was just an illusion.

Daji looked back at him just to see his otherworldly appearance again. 'What was that I saw before? An illusion? No it was definitely real. Then what is he? That sadistic smile that enjoyed my fear and despair can only make him one thing. A monster? Yes he's a monster. A monster worse than me. A monster who stole my everything. Ah~ I think I might of fallen in love~'.

Zephyr was dumbfounded as he watched Daji rub her cheeks on his hand like a cat. She looked at him with a star-struck and enamoured face that left him speechless.

'She didn't become a yandere right Luna?' Zephyr asked hesitantly.

[She definitely did.] Luna agreed.

Zephyr groaned inwardly at her confirmation, it wasn't like he hated a yandere, but he would of preferred if this dangerous woman didn't become one. 'By the way Luna. What happened to me before? I don't remember myself being that sadistic, I was only trying to scare her but she looked like she saw a monster'.

[It's because of your fairy race and 'intent'.]

' My race and intent?' Zephyr asked, while thinking about his display a moment ago. He needed to know what happened to him and make sure that the same doesn't happen to Lazuli and Seraphina.

[Do you really think that fairies are only nature lovers? Because it would be a big mistake to think so, they are one of the most emotional creatures, and once they let those emotions take over, they can become the most loyal friends, like the ones who were ready to die for King, or the greatest evil that can commit crimes a dozen times worse than death row criminals.] Luna explained in a serious tone.

(A/N: English Lostbelt in Fate is the perfect example of fairies brutality)

[As for intent, it's more or less self explanatory. Every action someone does has certain intentions behind them, whether it is the intention to kill or do good. In some cases if one's intent is strong enough it can cause hallucinations and take a form or shape depending on their personality or intentions at the time. And as I said before, fairies are emotional beings, so even your intent is amplified dozens of times over.]

Zephyr nodded seriously when he heard Luna's explanation, he didn't think that the nature loving race was this dangerous.

'By the way, I think I found out one of the system perks, it has something to do with being able to get out of bindings'. Zephyr said with a small smile, and his guess was proven correct from what he could see.

[Ding! Host has discovered the perk: 'The Liberator'.]

[Description: Break the Shackles, And free the dreams; Face the hurdles, And reign in gleams. This perk allows you to break free from any binding; be it physical, mental, spiritual and even conceptual.]

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