[M] Record of Dragon War (Holey & Lobo)

[Holeypaladin]

In the world of Turalisj Tonash exists a continent where many things and people who become lost end up finding themselves. Over thousands of years, scattered races and tribes of various cultures from across the world have found themselves, forming tribes and growing into civilizations very similar to their long-forgotten homelands. On this continent, called Empyrean, a man of great intelligence and power has forged many of the scattered kingdoms and tribes into a great Empire, the likes of which Empyrean has never seen.

This Empire was not formed without good reason... for the chromatic dragons, having remained seemingly inactive for the last 1400 years, were once again gathering their numbers together in the name of their goddess, Tiamat, in anticipation of her awakening. Emperor Friedrich I decided to prepare his own forces in order to oppose the chromatic dragons of Tiamat... but in order to do so, an alliance and union with her brother Bahamut's metallic dragons was essential.

And so, a deal was struck. Friedrich I was to marry the princesses of the dominant clan of gold dragons, while his sons were to marry the princesses of the subordinate metallic dragon clans. As his sons extended to include the adopted Arcane Knights, the past week had included a number of arranged marriages between knights and princess, such as the happy couple Gregor and Amelia.

But today was the climax of the ceremony, and Friedrich I himself stood at the dias. His bride to be was the oldest of seven daughters, the beautiful dragon princess Vanna, accompanied by her six younger sisters who, for the time being, were dressed as bridesmaids, as they would have their own wedding ceremonies upon achieving their eightieth year.

As the music began, Friedrich and the assembled wedding guests, many of which newlyweds themselves, or at least high ranking nobles, turned their attention to the entrance in order to see the ceremonial entrance of the bride and her sisters.

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The moment the dragon princesses heard that they would be marrying Emperor Friedrich I in order to form a union between the golden dragons and the Empire, the six youngest sisters wouldn’t stop talking about the man. They had been told stories about the strong, powerful Emperor, about the large palace that he lived in, and all the little maids that they could easily make friends with. These things had been building on their excitement during the days before the wedding, and now that it was finally time, the six sisters could hardly contain their joy.

The one remaining sister, that was to be wedded to Friedrich first, was a bit too anxious to feel the same level of joy that her little sisters were feeling. Although she was glad the alliance was being formed between the two groups, and also pleased to know she would be marrying a loyal, strong, and highly intelligent man, her nervousness was more so due to the fear of disappointing the Empire and embarrassing her father. She held the responsibility of representing her family and the golden dragons as a whole, since her younger sisters weren't of the same age and therefore it was expected for them to be less mature than she was. There was a bit excitement buried beneath all of her anxiety, but it was difficult to dig up especially on the day of the wedding.

When the music started to play, the sisters began to walk out from the entrance in order from youngest to oldest. Little Zerrin started the line, her pretty rose gold dress matching the ones her other five sisters wore, and the rather timid girl smiled shyly at the guests as she made her way up to the designated standing place for the bridesmaids. Following a bit behind her came Kula, whose bubbly personality was apparent from the way she practically skipped down the aisle and occasionally, by accident, flashed her pearly white panties to the crowd due to the shortness of her dress.

Next was Haimi, who could barely look up from her shoes as she followed behind her two other sisters to get to the place she needed to stand. Being a bit disconnected from her emotions, the young girl had a tendency to come off as cold or rude to most, but it was only because of her slight inability to understand all the feelings she felt. The fourth little sister to walk down the aisle was Oralie, the fraternal twin of Haimi. Having quite the opposite personality of her twin sister, she is polite, proper, and kind to nearly everyone she meets. The two are practically inseparable, and Oralie usually helped to translate Haimi's dry, and accidentally offensive words.

Then came Tala, the sister that looked the least interested as she walked down the aisle to join her sisters. Not afraid to speak her mind, the fifth sister was purposely cold and a bit rude to people other than her sisters. She was stubborn, hard headed, and liked to do things her own way. The sixth sister, Carmela, was the most motherly aside from the bride. She tended to her younger sisters like a mother would, and always made sure to remind them of their manners. A bit quiet, she didn't speak out much unless addressed and preferred to keep herself out of the center of attention.

Lastly, after all six of her sisters made it through the aisle, Vanna slowly made her way out of the entrance and towards the dias where Friedrich stood. Keeping her head held high to show more confidence than she felt, the princess in her pretty, white wedding dress, slowly made it up the steps to join Friedrich and allow the vows to begin.

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The Emperor stood still, gazing at each of the dragon girls as they entered, admiring the young beauties in their humanoid forms. Most of their true forms were, of course, too large to be walking so freely among humans... though still smaller than full grown gold dragons, which could be incredibly massive indeed. Considering how many of the wedding guests were indeed full grown dragons, it was simply much more practical for them to be in human form, though the difference was still quite obvious in how much supernatural charisma and presence each dragon had even in a two-legged body.

As the oldest sister finally made her entrance in the form of a beautiful precentennial elf, the Emperor wondered if she had chosen this form due to the fact that he found elf girls to be one of the most beautiful races, or because she, like many of her kind, preferred it over human form for much the same reason. It didn't particularly matter, as the results were the same, though her nervousness was still apparent. Giving her a soft smile as she came close, he whispered, "Relax" as he gently took her hand to guide her the rest of the way up to his side.

He then braced himself for a long period of standing up, dozing off, and keeping his eyes open, all at the same time, as the High Priest of Bahamut began the Eulogy. "Dearly Beloved, we are gathered together to celebrate the soul mating of a man and a young woman. As our Great Father, Bahamut, is always accompanied by seven golden wyrms, so too will his Champion in this world be marrying the oldest of seven golden sisters on this day..."

If there was anything that people with experience dealing with dragons knew, it was the fact that time had a very different meaning to a thousand year old immortal than it did to a human. Those who knew this fact had already braced themselves for an incredibly long sermon regarding love, duty, an in-depth explanation of the meaning of the wedding vows, and countless implications of the superiority of gold dragons over every other creature in the world without specifically stating as much.

He did a rather impressive job of standing still like a statue, though his mind was elsewhere, focused on important matters of strategy and planning for the war effort. After an interminable period of time, his attention was finally drawn back to the here and now as the dragon priest got to the point with the vows themselves. "Do you, Vanna, daughter of King Lofwyr the Golden Wyrm, pledge to love, honor, and obey this man, for the remainder of your immortal life?"

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Seeing Friedrich's smile, Vanna returned it with one of her own as she took his hand and accepted his guidance up the last few steps. She also gave a small nod in response to his whisper, feeling the tense muscles in her shoulders start to loosen as she took her place next him and breathed out a calming sigh. Her cheeks had gained some pink coloring since the man had so easily picked up on her nerves, but she did seem to be a bit less tense as the Priest got the long ceremony started. Despite the length of the sermon, the gold dragon princess was interested in every word spoken, and her attention never once faltered away from the Priest.

It seemed she wasn't the only one completely invested in the sermon either, considering even the tiniest of the seven princesses was watching with wide, awestruck eyes as she experienced a wedding for the first time. The other sisters were equally as enthralled, not wanting to miss a word that was said as it was very important to every princess in the room. The seven girls all enjoyed learning and experiencing new things, which made this situation all the more fascinating for every one of them.

As the sermon eventually drew to an end, and the Priest transitioned to the vows, Vanna stood up a bit straighter when her name was said. She peeked towards Friedrich after a moment of silence before nodding her head to the Priest. "I do," she said, twisting her hands together in front of her as another blush began to rise to her cheeks. However, the light color quickly darkened a few shades as a little voice interrupted the remaining vows.

"We do, too!" little Kula just couldn't contain her joy, and the small dragon princess blurted out the words before she could stop herself. It made the rest of the sisters in line stiffen, lots of cheeks turning pink as Carmela reached around to tug her sisters arm and get her attention. "I know you're excited, but let's wait to talk until they're all finished," she whispered to the little girl, who quickly clamped her mouth shut and nodded vigorously to show her understanding. The little girl didn't mean any disrespect from her interruption, she just couldn't help it partly due to excitement and partly due to her childish impatience from waiting for the wedding to end.

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His gaze settling on the beautiful face of the oldest princess, Friedrich watched as she nodded, appreciating her adorable blush as she agreed to the vows. He couldn't help but laugh a bit when one of the youngest of the girls blurted out that they did too, and much of the audience also got a giggle or a chuckle out of how adorable the girl was being. The priest merely regarded the girl with a soft smile and said, "You'll get to say that again in another forty years or so" in a friendly, playful way.

Once the laughter died down a bit, the priest turned to Friedrich and said, "And do you, Friedrich I, Emperor of this land, pledge to love, honor, and protect this girl, for the remainder of your immortal life?"

"Of course," the Emperor said simply, as if it were no big deal.

"Then by the power granted to me by our great Father, Bahamut, I now declare you to be man and-" Without waiting for the man to finish, Friedrich had already pulled the young dragon princess close and was pressing his lips to hers, giving a deep kiss and probing her mouth with his tongue. "-wife," the priest concluded. "You can kiss the bride now," he said somewhat jokingly, as the Emperor was still very much in the process of doing so.

King Lofwyr was regarding the procedure with a rather neutral tone, but then began to clap, which signaled the entire audience to do so, as a roar of applause began to resound throughout the Temple of Bahamut. Friedrich went on to gather the other six sisters, giving each of them a kiss as well, from the shy little Zerrin to include the emotionally reserved Haimi and even the tsundere Tala. Though it was his first time meeting these girls, he wanted each of them to know that they would be loved and protected in the same way that their oldest sister was.

Wrapping an arm around Vanna, he picked up little Kula in his other arm and said to the oldest sister, "We should head on over to the ballroom for the reception ceremony, I suppose." His arm wrapped around the oldest princess' waist while carrying the little Kula easily with one arm, he began to head out of the temple in the direction of the palace ballroom.

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As the sound of laughter sounded throughout the wedding guests, the excitable little dragon princess hunkered down with embarrassment, feeling a blush start to burn her cheeks. Despite her embarrassment, Kula did enjoy the few moments of having all the attention on her, and the little princess grinned to the priest as the man spoke. "Kula is sorry," she chirped, even giggling at herself now. She did quiet down after this, knowing that the more she interrupted, the longer it would take for the wedding to end.

Vanna's own cheeks were also a bit pink from her sister's blurted words, but her focus returned to Friedrich as the Priest repeated his words to the Emperor. She felt herself smile a bit at the man's response, finding his simplistic and blunt answer to be rather humorous. However, she didn't expect the sudden kiss before it was prompted, and a soft squeak left her lips as she was pulled closer to her new husband. Her body practically melted against Friedrich's, her hands placed lightly on his chest as she returned his kiss and parted her lips for his tongue. Her shaky knees felt a bit weak just from the kiss alone, and a brighter blush had spread across the curve of both her cheeks as she pulled away from the kiss after hearing the applause from the guests.

The new wife followed Friedrich to her little sisters, watching as each one returned his kiss, some a bit more eagerly than others. Even Tala returned the kiss, knowing better than to reject the kind action in front of so many wedding guests. For most of the girls, the kisses brought smiles to their lips, while little Zerrin immediately blushed and breathed a happy little giggle as she was given hers.

Vanna chuckled softly at her six little sisters, and smiled up at Friedrich as she felt his arm slide around her waist. "I have a feeling you'll have a long line of girls wanting to dance with you..." the oldest sister murmured to the man, giggling again as Kula immediately clung onto Friedrich as she was picked up. The dragon princess adored her six little sisters, and even if they were a handful at times, she would do anything for the younger girls. Despite most of the gaps in age, all the girls were very close to one another, and rarely did arguments break out among them.

"Kula is very sorry for interrupting, Emperor Friedrich-sama," the little girl apologized as she buried her face against the Emperor's shoulder, "It was an accident." She peeked up from his shoulder to smile, her cheeks a bit pink as she apologized for her disrespectful actions. "Normally Kula is a good girl," she added, wanting to emphasize that she didn't get in trouble like that often.

"Not always," Haimi murmured absently as the five other sisters followed behind Friedrich to go to the ballroom, causing the younger girl to blush a bit brighter. "Bu-but most times!" Kula insisted, hiding her face against the man's shoulder again as she clutched onto him.

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Friedrich was glad to see the oldest sister calming down somewhat after the kiss, continuing to hold her close with his arm around her waist. He shrugged somewhat at her words, kissing her sensitive pointy ear softly. "I suppose the guards and maids might want a turn... some of your princess friends as well... the single ones at least. But it's your ceremony, so you and your sisters get priority and can pretty much keep me to yourselves, if you want." He didn't want the bride to think that her new husband would be leaving her on her own, after all.

He bounced little Kula a bit in his arms, giving her another soft kiss and shaking his head at her words. "You don't need to apologize to me for being adorable," he said to her, stroking her hair softly. "I'm not one for excessive ceremony, anyway. I'm sure everyone else will forgive you too if you just continue to act adorable all the time." Due to her young age, the little princess' interjection hadn't caused much commotion... just a bit of friendly laughter, really.

"Kula is a very good girl," he said some reassuring words to the little dragon as he made his way to a special table that had been prepared for him and the seven sisters. The seating was arranged so that Vanna would be on his left arm, with Carmela on his right and the other sisters arranged in a similar manner according to age. But as this would place the younger girls on the outside, he decided to just settle Zerrin and Kula on his lap, holding the little girls close and stroking Vanna's hair softly as he helped the bride into her seat.

"They're gonna want to do more announcements and toasts before the dancing," he remarked, "But at least we get to sit down for this part." He bounced the little princesses in his lap a bit, wrapping an arm each around Vanna and Carmela at his sides as he waited for several of the assembled nobles and dragons to begin their congratulatory speeches and toasts. He waved to the adorable little maid who came to serve his drink while the handmaidens for the princesses made their own appearance in order to serve them... mostly fruit juice, really, with wine for Carmela and Vanna as they were a bit older.

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Vanna was quite relieved by the Emperor's assurance, although the line to dance with him would still be fairly long just including her sisters in it. She didn't mind to share him though, considering he was to be married to the younger girls once they were of age, too. She also observed the interaction between him and little Kula, and the sight brought another smile to the girl's lips. It was adorable to see how sweet he was to the little girl, and how much she seemed to like him already.

The second youngest of the seven sisters let out a happy giggle as she was bounced in Friedrich's arms, and Kula eagerly returned the second kiss she was given by him. "Thank you, Friedrich-sama! Kula will keep being adorable so she stays out of trouble," she promised, smiling brightly at him as he assured her that her behavior wasn't as bad as she thought it was. She continued to hug onto him as she was taken to their designated table, while Vanna stuck close to the side as she followed him there.

Each of the seven sisters took their designated seats around the table, but little Zerrin was surprised when she was stopped and placed in Friedrich's lap along with Kula. A blush immediately bloomed on the small girl's cheeks as she got comfortable on his lap, and she peeked up towards him with a shy smile. "Hi," she whispered, twisting her fingers together in her lap nervously. "Zerrin is a shy!" Kula giggled, teasing her smaller sister as the other continued to blush brightly.

However, one of the three sisters that was forced to sit a bit farther from Friedrich than she wanted to be, decided she should do something about the distance. So, hopping up from her chair, Oralie went over to Carmela and requested a seat on the older sister's lap. The two older sisters on each side of Friedrich chuckled softly at their youngest sisters, finding the three girls to be quite adorable as two seemed to really enjoy sitting in the man's lap while one just wanted closer to him. "Think it will be as long as the ceremony was?" Vanna asked with a slight giggle, since the sermon had seemed to drag on for quite some time. She wasn't complaining though, since sitting down for a bit before they got to the dancing would be best.

She then noticed the little maid that approached with Friedrich's wine, smiling to the bunny maid as she poured the Emperor's drink. "Goshujin-sama is doing well today?" Jaycee asked, filling up his glass with the alcoholic beverage. While the man was focused on her, the bunny maid's close friend was sneaking under the table, where she was hidden by the cloth that was covering it.



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[Holeypaladin]

Chuckling at the words of the little princess, the Emperor nodded, giving her a soft kiss on the forehead. "I'm sure you will be," he said with a slight smile, having found her to be quite adorable already, though her innocence could potentially get her into trouble if he didn't keep a close eye on her. "Vanna can be adorable as well," he said to the oldest princess as he stroked her hair softly.

Squeezing the blushing little Zerrin more as he helped her into her lap, he held her close and responded, "Hi there. You must be little Zerrin," he said, only to have Kula confirm it immediately afterwards. "Zerrin doesn't need to be so shy with me. I'll be taking care of you from now on, since you and your sisters will be staying here... but I'll take care of you real good, even better than your real Daddy," he assured her as he squeezed the two little princesses close in his lap.

As one of the other princesses decided she didn't like her seating arrangement and set herself down on Carmela's lap, he reached over to stroke her thigh softly, doing the same to Carmela, and leaned over to give her a soft kiss on the cheek. "I take it you wanted to sit a bit closer?" he asked little Oralie as he stroked her slender thigh a bit with his hand. He chuckled at Vanna's words before giving a soft kiss to her pointy ear, "Probably even longer, but at least we're more comfortable now," he said as he slipped a hand underneath her to caress her soft rear a bit.

As the maids approached to fill up their glasses for the toast, he gave Jaycee a bit of a smile. "Doing well so far, yes," he said to her as he noted a second bunny maid slipping under the table. "I imagine Jaycee and her sister will soon help my day be even better, though." Reaching under the table, he stroked the soft, fluffy ears of the other maid, saying, "Well hello there. This is Tia," he introduced her briefly to the other princesses as he pulled her a bit closer so that she could do what she came for, undisturbed and unnoticed by the rest of the guests due to the high table and concealing cloth. Tia's timing couldn't be better, as one of the princesses' cousins was beginning some sort of long rant about how adorable Vanna was as a wyrmling, causing the Emperor to squeeze the oldest princess closer to him.

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Vanna couldn't help but smile at the interactions between Friedrich and her two small sisters, knowing Kula was extremely thrilled by the attention she was receiving from the man. However, as she heard him speak her name, a light shade of pink spread across her cheeks, but she gave him a small nod in response. "Vanna can be adorable, at times," she murmured, earning little giggles from the two small girls on Friedrich's lap.

The two youngest princesses seemed quite comfortable in their lap seats, especially Zerrin even though the blush on her cheeks never faded away completely. As he mentioned her name, the dragon princess nodded a confirmation despite the fact that Kula had already called her by name. She listened silently to his following words, which managed to bring another shy smile to Zerrin's lips. "Even more better than Zerrin's real daddy?" she repeated, seeming shocked that it was even possible. "Can Friedrich-sama really do that?" Kula piped up now, blinking up at Friedrich with wide eyes full of curiosity.

The movement beside them caught the girls' attentions though, and they looked over to watch another sister climb into Carmela's lap, probably to get some attention from the man. It seemed her action was successful, and Oralie smiled brightly as she nodded confirmation to his question. "Oralie wanted closer to you. She wants to talk to Friedrich-sama, too," she explained, giggling softly at the slight tickle produced by his hand that slid up her thigh. Even Carmela started to blush as her own thigh was stroked by the man, but her attention was pulled to her older sister when the newly wed spoke. "Even longer?" Vanna repeated, a small frown appearing on her lips, but it quickly disappeared upon feeling lips against her pointy ear. The sensation, along with the hand sliding over her rear, caused the princess to shift in her seat and start to blush a bit brighter.

The maid pouring the wine returned Friedrich's smile with a bright one of her own, and immediately nodded at his second remark. "Tia and Jaycee want Daddy to enjoy the reception," she chirped, giggling softly at how easily he noticed the pink haired bunny under the table. Tia smiled up at the little princesses in Friedrich's lap, all while she started to tug at the clasps on his pants. "Tia...why is Tia under the table?" the curious Kula asked, looking from Friedrich to the bunny maid as she seemed to be messing with his pants for some reason. "Is Tia supposed to do that?" feeling full of questions, Kula blurted another one to Friedrich, tilting her head at the bunny maid.

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Chuckling at the words of his new wife and the fact that she referred to herself by name, the Emperor nibbled a bit on the tip of her sensitive pointy ear as he continued to caress her and hold her close. "Vanna is off to a very good start, when it comes to being adorable," he remarked caressing her a bit as her cousins speech began to drag on further. "Keep it up... you make such an adorable blush," he remarked as he noted how she began to blush at his words.

Squeezing little Zerrin in his lap, the Emperor thought over her words a bit. "Well..." he remarked. "There's some things that I can do which King Lofwyr can't. I'll teach them to you at some point later on." He gave Zerrin a soft kiss on the cheek, stroking her hair a bit as he held her in his lap. He also stroked Kula's thighs a bit and gave her a kiss as well as he held her close in his lap. "So you can both look forward to that," he said to the girls as he held them close.

Stroking Oralie's soft thigh a bit, the Emperor kissed her tenderly. "Well I'm glad to have a chance to talk to you a bit as well, Oralie," he said. "This seating arrangement isn't the most ideal, but soon enough I'll have a chance to talk to everyone." His hand slid a bit higher up Carmela's thigh as he spoke to the second princess. "You're a good big sis, to let you're little sister sit a bit closer in order to have a chance to talk." He chuckled somewhat at Vanna's words as his hand gripped her a bit more. "Don't worry... you've waited eighty years for this, so you can wait a little while longer... right?"

He glanced over to the other side of Vanna to where Tala and Haimi were seated. "How are you two doing?" he asked them as he stroked the soft ears of the bunny maid as she came closer. Chuckling at the words of Kula, he kissed her a bit and said, "Don't mind Tia... she's a bit shy in these big crowds, so she's hiding. Try not to draw attention to her and just let her do her thing... and she might be willing to teach you how to do what she's doing later on. For now, just act like you don't notice her." With that, he relaxed and let himself enjoy the distraction provided by the bunny maids, caressing the princesses in his arms as he did so.

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Feeling the soft nibbles on her pointy ear again, the blush on the oldest princess' cheeks began to grow a bit darker and her eyes momentarily fluttered closed at the sensation. It sent a tingly feeling into her belly, causing her to shift on her chair a bit again. She could hardly even hear her cousin speaking, too focused on the Emperor's touch and actions. "Vanna is glad her Danna-sama thinks so," she spoke quietly after a moment, eyes blinking back open as she glanced towards him and then down towards her lap with embarrassment. It seemed she was taking a liking to this man already, and so were most of her little sisters.

The small princess on Friedrich's lap only grew more curious as he spoke, and her head tilted to the side before she leaned into the kiss he placed on her cheek. "Well...what sort of things?" Kula asked before her little sister had the chance to, her legs shaking slightly as his hand stroked over one. "Is it fun things?" she added, blinking up at him as she spoke. The two tiny girls didn't have the slightest clue of what these things were that they would get to experience with Friedrich soon, but that didn't mean they weren't wondering what it entailed.

Oralie was eager to return Friedrich's kiss, and the words that followed brought another smile to the girl's lips. "Silly seating put Oralie too far away. Friedrich-sama...does Oralie have to call you that, or can she call you something else?" she added after a moment, curious as to what was considered alright by the man. The older sister holding Oralie blushed a bit brighter as she felt the hand trail higher up her thigh, but the princess did nothing to stop his actions as she actually enjoyed the touch quite a lot. "Thank you... I like when my little sisters are happy," she murmured, hugging her sister a bit closer in her lap. She giggled softly at Friedrich's response to her big sister as well, which caused Vanna to laugh in return. "Eighty years feels like nothing compared to this," Vanna giggled, although she was only teasing.

The two girls on the other side of the table were chatting quietly with one another, but their attention soon turned to Friedrich as they realized he was speaking to them. "Would be better if I was somewhere else," Tala murmured, earning a disapproved glance from her big sister. "Please be nice, Tala," Vanna murmured, causing her sister to shrug and opt to being quiet instead. "Haimi is wondering why it's taking so long," the other sister spoke after a moment, her voice a bit monotonic as she glanced towards her cousin.

The girls other than Zerrin and Kula didn't seem to notice the sneaky bunny beneath the table, and Friedrich's words actually managed to settle their curiosity for the time being. "Okay, Friedrich-sama," Kula chirped, turning her gaze away from the bunny to focus on her cousin instead. Little Tia smiled up at Friedrich, leaning into the strokes to her bunny ears as she got to work entertaining a part him through the never ending speech.

A bit late getting out to everyone, the dragon handmaids for the princesses scurried around the table with drinks for each girl, murmuring apologies that were quickly forgiven. "Friedrich, these are all of our handmaidens. I'm sure you'll get to meet them under better circumstances a bit later, but I wanted you to know who they were in case you see them wandering about," Vanna explained, smiling at Summer as the other dragon girl filled up her class.

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The Emperor chuckled at the words of the young bridge, sliding his hand to her thigh as she shifted in her chair and caressing it, gently moving it up and under her short wedding dress. "Of course," he remarked as he continued to caress her. The way she talked indicated she had a somewhat childish nature, but that didn't bother him so much... after all, she was still quite young for a dragon, and though her body had reached the age at which girls were considered women in the empire, it would be unreasonable to expect her to act like a mature woman when she was still a young adult. "Vanna can be adorable for her Danna-sama as much as she likes."

Chuckling at the words of the youngest princesses, the Emperor kissed them both and held them close. "Very fun things," he said to them. "There's a game we'll get to play together later in. And we'll get to dance together too... hope you practiced!" Friedrich wasn't much of a dancer himself, but he did rehearse a simple enough dance that he could perform with the girls, since such formality was required at these events. He continued to caress the slender thighs of the two girls as he held them in his lap.

Glad to see the little Oralie so willing to return his kiss, the Emperor chuckled and nodded. "You know how dragons are about age heirarchy," he remarked on her distant seating. "Oralie can call me what she likes... her big sister has already started calling me Danna-sama, after all." He continued to stroke her thigh along with Carmela's, giving the older sister a kiss on her neck. "I like when everyone is happy," he said with a nod to the girl, chuckling somewhat at Vanna's comment.

"Don't worry..." he said to Tala, "Your turn will come in a decade or so... not that long for a dragon, right?" He chuckled at the exchange between her and Vanna, giving a shrug to the little Haimi. "Looks like it's almost time to drink... hopefully this will cheer up your big sis a bit," he said to the young girl as the speech drew to its conclusion, the handmaidens filling up the cups of the three older sisters with wine for the toast.

Giving a nod to Vanna, he kissed her pointy ear again. "I'm sure they'll get along with the other maids just fine," he remarked, raising his glass to lightly tap it against those of the nearby princesses before downing his wine in one gulp, giving the little Tia under the table a big drink of her own to show his appreciation for her entertainment. Stroking Tia's soft ears, he glanced over to Jaycee, expecting her to trade places with the other bunny like she usually did.

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The oldest of the golden dragon princesses continued to blush as Friedrich spoke to her, and her gaze slowly lowered to watch his hand sneak up the bottom of her dress. Her legs automatically responded by pressing together, the color on her cheeks burning brightly as she attempted to cover it up with her hands. She gave a quick little nod to his ending remark, finally falling silent as her embarrassment prevented her from finding the right words to respond with. She instead kept her gave cast down towards her legs, watching the hand that had found perch beneath her pretty wedding dress.

The two littlest girls happily returned the kisses given to them by Friedrich, and his following words caused little Kula to wiggle in his lap with excitement. "Kula loves to dance!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands together which in turn caused Zerrin to giggle a quiet sound of amusement. "Games are a fun, too. Zerrin and Kula like to play hide-n-seek with our big sisters. We're the bestest of best hiders!" the excited little princess continued to ramble, assuming those were the sort of games he was referring to.

Oralie listened intently to Friedrich as the man spoke, occasionally nodding her head to agree with some of the comments that he had made. "Oralie doesn't like to sit so far away... It's hard to get attention over there!" she giggled, a light blush dusting across her cheeks as she spoke. She then took a moment to contemplate the best thing to call him, wanting to use a sort of nickname like her big sister had used. "Oniisama," she chirped finally, smiling brightly as she watched the man press a kiss to her sister's neck. Carmela began to blush at the lips against her neck, and a little smile appeared on her lips as she nodded to his words. "Happy girls are best..." she murmured softly, placing her hand over his to give it a gentle squeeze of affection before letting go so he could continue his strokes to her thigh.

"Tala doesn't want a turn," the tsundere princess murmured, looking to her glass as it was filled up with a crimson colored liquid. "Haimi doubts it will," the other girl spoke up in regards to his hope that the drink would help Tala's mood, but in reality Haimi had never had alcohol nor did she know how it could possibly alter her sister's personality just the slightest. Hearing the speech finally come to a conclusion, Vanna motioned for all of her little sisters to pick up their drinks before she also reached around to clink her glass with anyone close by. She was still a bit of a blush from the second kiss to her pointy ear, but she washed down the nervous embarrassment with a big gulp of the delicious wine.

Zerrin and Kula had, for the most part, ignored the bunny's presence under the table, but their curiosity caused them both to peek down towards her every now and then. Especially as Tia seemed to finish up with what she was doing, and the little bunny hummed a happy noise as she swallowed down her own drink. The curious princesses kept their gaze tilted downwards after they had toasted and sipped their drinks, watching as Tia carefully crawled out from beneath the table, just to quickly be replaced by Jaycee.

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Elsewhere in the ballroom, the king of a certain Imperial kingdom was conversing with members of his family. Glancing over in the direction of the Emperor, his new bride, and her little sisters, he stated to his wife. “Now this is interesting…” he remarked. “It would seem the Emperor has decreed that the typical rule of monogamy doesn’t apply to him… perhaps this means that our Rosella has a chance, after all.”

The eldest daughter of the king, after hearing his words, began to blush as she recalled the events that occurred earlier that morning. “Well, actually, father…” she started to speak, wondering how to break the news to him.
“Nee-chan has already met the perverted Emperor,” Sasha piped up, interrupting her older sister and causing Rosella’s blush to brighten a few more shades.

“Oh really?” the king said, arching an eyebrow at this news. “When did this happen? And… did he take a liking to you, perchance?”

After casting a quick glare in her younger sister’s direction, Rosella turned her attention to the king and sheepishly nodded a confirmation to his question. “We had the pleasure of meeting him earlier this morning, along with a few of the other princesses. He seemed to take quite the liking to Sasha, too,” she explained, attempting to move some of her father’s attention to the younger princess.
“Onee-chan shared a bath with him,” Sasha didn’t miss a beat, innocently sharing her sister’s first encounter with the Emperor despite Rosella’s efforts to avoid the topic.

“Sasha?” the king began, somewhat surprised to hear that the younger princess had met the Emperor earlier in the morning, as well. However, his eyes widened when Sasha went on to mention the bath. “A bath, you say? Now it sounds like he took quite the liking to Rosella, after all, doesn’t it?” he glanced to his wife for confirmation.

However, something Rosella had said set off an alarm in his head. “You mentioned other princesses… who else?” he said, quite insistent on knowing who else was involved. It was no secret that the various kingdoms of the Empire had their own relationships, to include alliances and rivalries, and so it was important to take note of who else Emperor Friedrich had become… involved with.

Their father’s sudden change of tone caused the two princesses to fall silent and glance warily at each other as they contemplated the proper way to respond.
“Ren and May, from the Fayta Kingdom, and Sonia, from the Maru Kingdom,” Rosella finally responded, not wanting to provide her father with false information. “Was it wrong of us to do that, per happenstance?” she asked, worried that they may have done something that would upset their father.

“Hmm…” the king said, thinking over the words of Rosella as she spoke of the other princesses who had apparently become close to the Emperor along with his own daughters. “Passeriform has a good relationship with Fayta, and it will be a couple years until Ren hits marriage age. As for Maru…” he frowned somewhat. “She’ll be coming of age is in less than a year, and her father will likely be expecting a wedding by then. For the sake of seniority… we need Rosella’s wedding to take place before that. Luckily, you’ve just hit marriage age… so it’s just a matter of sealing the deal.”

Continuing to plan things out in his head, he glanced over at the maids who were serving wine to the Emperor and the dragon princesses. “What means did you use to get close to him, anyways?”

Rosella was relieved, at first, to hear that their relationship with Ren and May’s kingdom was positive, however, she did not expect her father to jump right in to the idea of marriage. “W-Wedding? The Emperor just married the daughters of King Lofwyr. Would it not be rude for us to request a marriage so soon after?” she exclaimed, feeling the heat rise to her cheeks once more. Although she had a strong desire to wed Emperor Friedrich, she felt it may cause a tension between her and the dragon princesses if she married him so soon after them.

As Rosella was a bit too distraught to hear her father’s question, Sasha took the liberty of answering it instead. “Sasha and Onee-chan were invited by the pervert’s maids to meet him. They were very nice and Sasha liked them a lot,” she explained.

Listening to the words of the oldest princess, the king retorted, “Rude or not… we are perfectly within our rights as monarchs to demand a marriage. No king or prince will accept a princess who has bathed with the Emperor, and he knows it. Still… we can show some tact and wait until after the wedding celebrations have concluded.”

He gave a knowing nod as Sasha mentioned the maids. “That explains it… he does seem to be quite close to those flesh puppets. For now… Rosella, I want you to meet with your maid friends again, and have them teach you how to suck cock the way he likes it. I’ll take care of the rest.”

The two young princesses once again fell silent as they listened to their father speak, not wanting to interrupt the man now that he seemed displeased by Rosella’s responses to him. His last statement caused the oldest daughter to blush yet again, while Sasha looked rather displeased by the idea.
“I would highly suggest that Sasha learns the same thing,” Rosella murmured, knowing that her younger sister was in the same situation.

“Sasha doesn’t want to go anywhere near that pervert ever again,” the youngest quickly interjected, not wanting to admit how much she had enjoyed her time with the Emperor.

“Hmm…” the king considered the words of his oldest daughter. “I suppose it wouldn’t hurt for Sasha to know, as well. Very well then… since it appears the dragon princesses will be staying with their oldest sister until they come of age, we should have Sasha do the same. This isn’t up for negotiation,” he said as a way to silence the younger princess’ protest.

Noting a small mouse out of the corner of his eye, he threw some of his wine in the rodent’s direction in order to drive it away. “Blasted pests… you’d think those cat-eared flesh puppets would at least be half decent at getting rid of them.”

The two daughters, knowing better than to argue with their father, nodded their heads obediently. Although the youngest wanted to argue, she knew the consequences would be much, much worse than spending another evening with the Emperor and his maids.
“They aren’t pests, father,” Sasha whispered, watching as the man tossed his wine towards the little mouse.

“Would you like for us to go talk with them now?” Rosella asked, hoping to draw attention away from Sasha so that the young girl would not get punished. “It seems the speech has concluded, so now would be an ideal time to speak with some of the maids,” she added. She wanted to be dismissed from the table, both to avoid conflict with her father and also to be able to see Friedrich again.

Despite the desire to punish the younger daughter for talking back to him, the king focused on the topic at hand, listening to the advice of the more sensible older daughter. “So it is…” he remarked, noting how the long speech had finally reached its conclusion. “Very well. Go speak to them, both of you. I’ll be expecting positive results. As for myself… I have a speech to give.” With that, he waved a hand to dismiss his daughters, shakily standing as he made his way over to prepare his speech.

[Holeypaladin]

Smirking somewhat as the oldest sister pressed her legs together, Friedrich turned her chin towards him in order to give his bride a deep kiss, stroking her tongue with his own in order to make her lower her guard a bit so that he could press her thighs further apart yet again and guide his hand higher under her short wedding dress in order to caress her soft thigh. "Such a shy princess," he said eventually, continuing to stroke her while he enjoyed the attentions of the maid that took Tia's place under the table.

Chuckling at the tiny princess as she wiggled in his lap, he gave her another kiss and stroked her soft hair. "Kula will have fun dancing, then," he said to her as he squeezed Zerrin a bit closer in his lap. "I bet you can't hide from me, though," he remarked as he enjoyed the adorable young princesses and their innocence. "There's a modification to the hide and seek game that I'll be happy to play with everyone later, though," he remarked. "After dancy dance time, of course."

Continuing to stroke Oralie and Carmela, he stroked their soft hair and gave them each a gentle kiss. "Oralie likes Oniisama's attention, does she?" he asked the young princess, accepting her new nickname for him easily. "Definitely... is Carmela looking forward to being a happy princess later on?" he asked the second sister as his hand slid further up her dress to caress her smooth thigh, giving her a tender kiss on the neck and nibbling a bit to leave a mark.

"Well I won't force you, but there's a chance you'll have a change of heart," he said in the direction of the most stubborn of the seven sisters, chuckling at how her little sister instantly doubted her words. He was hoping the wine would help, as it was top quality wine which suited the budget of the incredibly wealthy dragon king, but was outside the price range of most every other nobleman in the ballroom. He waved a bit to the handmaidens as the second speaker began his speech.

As Friedrich was requested to provide a speaker on behalf of the Empire, he had chosen the king of Passeriform seemingly at random, and he allowed little Jaycee to entertain him under the table during the king's speech. It seemed the king was in quite a celebratory mood, having received good news about his daughters Rosella and Sasha, and was already quite intoxicated by the beginning of his speech, making for a rather entertaining speech. Before long his glass was full again and it was time to toast, and he clinked his cup against those of the nearby princesses and downed it, while providing a drink for Jaycee as well.

The third and final person to speak was King Lofwyr himself, and the Emperor stroked Jaycee's ears a bit. "You'll want to pay attention to this one," he said to both of the bunny maids, giving them permission to take a short break from their duties in order to listen to who was certain to be the most captivating of the three speakers and the father of the seven princesses.

[lobo]

Feeling her head get gently turned to look towards Friedrich, Vanna leaned in to return the man's kiss without hesitation and breathed a soft sigh to help relax her stiffened posture. She tongue caressed over his as she felt them interact, her body slowly becoming more lax to allow his hand higher up on her thigh. The blush on her cheeks continued to burn, and she smiled sheepishly at him upon hearing his words. "I'm sorry..." she breathed softly, feeling an apology was necessary for her timid behavior. She had relaxed significantly due to the kiss though, and her legs remained slightly parted to give him plenty of space to touch.

Little Kula grinned up at Fridrich when she heard his chuckle, and happily returned the kiss that he gave to her. She perked up once again as he mentioned a "modified" version of the game she was so excited to play, feeling her curiosity grow. "After dancy dance? How long will dancy dance last?" Kula asked, the princess that had been so excited for the dancing was now curious as to when it would be over so that she could play the new game. "Kula-chan forgot how excited she was for dancy dance..." Zerrin murmured softly, giggling at her old sister's ability to jump from one excitable thing to another.

The other two girls sitting beside Friedrich also returned his kisses, the actions causing a slight blush to appear on Carmela's cheeks. Immediately nodding at his words, Oralie smiled brightly as he seemed to approve her choice of nickname. "Oralie really likes Oniisama's attention! His attention is better than all other attention," the girl decided, happy to have his focus on her even if he had to pay attention to her sisters as well. Carmela giggled softly at the younger sister in her lap, finding the attention seeker to be quite humorous as she spoke with Friedrich. She then heard him speaking to her, and her gaze tilted up to meet his just as another blush formed on her cheeks. Although his words could have multiple meanings, she had a feeling she knew which he was referring to. "Y-Yes...she is," the second oldest sister whispered, the color darkening a bit on her cheeks as she felt his nibbles creating marks on her neck. She tilted her head a bit at the sensation, feeling her eyes flutter closed as she enjoyed the soft bites.

Hearing his words, Tala shook her head and crossed her arms over a chest. "There's no way that I will," she insisted, but even just after the first toast, her words didn't have quite the same harshness to them as before. "Tala-chan will," Haimi corrected shortly after her sister finished speaking, tapping her glass lightly after she finished her drink. "Tala-chan wouldn't stop talking about dancing with Friedrich-sama earlier," the younger of the two added as almost a second thought, causing Tala to straighten up in her seat. "I-I...- Did not! Why would I want to?" the tsundere stammered over her words, cheeks warming a bit as she spoke.

The little handmaidens quickly returned to their designated princess in order to refill all the glasses, and each one gave a small wave to Friedrich as they noticed him do the same. The princesses had seemed to, for the most part, tune in to the next king's speech, and a few of them occasionally giggled at the drunken words. As it eventually came to a conclusion, they all lifted their glasses again to toast before swallowing down the beverage. The little bunny beneath the table also swallowed her own drink, peeking up at the Emperor as she felt her ears getting stroked. A small pout formed on her lips at his words, but the maid nodded and buckled his pants back up properly.

As King Lofwyr began his speech, the seven daughters finally went silent in order to listen to their father, not wanting to be disrespectful during his part. Even the two littlest princesses had gone still in Friedrich's lap, wanting to hear the words spoken by their father.

[Holeypaladin]

Continuing to caress the oldest sister under her wedding dress, the Emperor shook his head somewhat. "It's ok..." he assured her. "It makes sense that you'd be a little nervous." Since gold dragons mated for life, none of the dragon princesses would have any experience with such things prior to meeting him, and since he had only just met the dragon princess... her nervousness was completely understandable. He continued to caress her, however, as she was now giving him a bit more room to do so.

Squeezing the little sisters in his lap, he chuckled at the words of little Kula. "Long enough for everyone to get their turn, but not so long as to delay play time by too much," he assured her, squeezing her and chuckling at the words of the youngest sister. Giving Zerrin a kiss on the cheek, he said, "Won't be all that much longer til dancy dance time, anyway."

Stroking Oralie and Carmela, he smiled somewhat at the words of the younger sister. "I'm glad Oralie likes it," he said to her as he stroked her slender thigh a bit higher. "Oralie can continue to seek attention from Oniisama whenever she likes. The way Carmela blushed at his words was also quite adorable, as he noted the darkening of the second sister's face. "I'm glad..." he said to her softly.

He laughed somewhat at the exchange between Tala and Haimi, noting how Haimi pointed out some things that her older sister kept denying. He realized that Tala was just being stubborn and denying everything for the time being, though he wondered if she'd continue to deny everything once the toast wine started to take effect. "No idea," was all he had to say, in a manner which indicated he knew exactly what was going on.

He stroked the soft ears of the bunny maid as she finished her drink, his attention now focused on the dragon king as he began his speech. When Lofwyr stood to address the wedding guests, his intense aura of charisma and majesty was quite apparent, as the attention of everyone in the room immediately became transfixed on his every word. Even Friedrich himself had a hard time not being drawn into the speech, so he decided to pay the dragon some attention. No doubt the princesses would also have an equal degree of supernatural charisma as their father, in another thousand years or so.

Lofwyr began with an introduction as to how his family was from a highly prestigious line that could trace their ancestry all the way back to Bahamut himself. He continued with a brief story of his life, how it had taken him more than a thousand years to meet his mate, only to lose her 50 years later, but not before she blessed him with seven beautiful daughters. The dragon concluded by saying that his family line would be preserved for generations to come, now that his daughters had a mate with the strength and power to protect them and bless them with many wyrmlings.

At the conclusion of the speech, Friedrich motioned for all the princesses and guests to stand for the final toast, and made sure to tap the glasses of each of the princesses... even Haimi in her distant position... before downing the glass himself. "It's dancy dance time," he said to the girls, "Grab a sister." He lifted Oralie and Zerrin up onto each of his shoulders and taking the hands of Vanna and Carmela to lead them all to the dance floor.

[lobo]

Despite knowing most of what King Lofwyr stated in his speech, the seven dragon daughters still listened intently as their father spoke. Their attention to him was partly out of respect, but also partly due to their curiosity of what exactly he would be speaking about. As his speech gradually came to an end, the two oldest sisters smiled as Friedrich and the idea of having wyrmlings was mentioned. Of course, the youngest of the golden dragon princesses didn't quite possess the same sort of excitement for having children that the older girls did.

Seeing Friedrich stand, the seven princesses quickly followed his lead and began clinking their glasses with his, as well as the nearest people to them. The girls then finished off their drinks, and the two tiny princesses cheered as their dancy time was finally happening. "Dancy dance!" Kula chirped, scurrying over to latch onto Carmela's free hand since her other was occupied by the Emperor's.

Zerrin and Oralie both laughed as they were lifted onto the strong man's shoulders, and the twin glanced back to wave at Haimi and encourage her sister to follow. "Tala-chan! Haimi-chan! It's dancy time!" Oralie chirped, which seemed to be enough to get Haimi to follow along and take Vanna's free hand. Even Tala didn't put up much of a fight now that she had some of the crimson drink floating around in her system, and she skipped along behind the small group to the designated dance area.

"Is Oniisama going to dance with all of us one at a time?" Oralie asked, looking down at him from where she was poised on his shoulder. "Zerrin and Kula can dancy dance with Oniichan together!" Kula suggested, knowing that it might take a bit of time for the man to get through dancing if he chose to do it with each of them one at a time.

[Holeypaladin]

Leading the princesses over to the dance floor, the Emperor chuckled at the eager words of little Kula, noting how energetic and excited she was for her dance. He noticed how Tala's behavior seemed to have changed a bit once she drank some wine, which made him wonder whether the small girl was unused to the drink, or if it just had a strong effect on her considering her size... at least in human form. "Yes, it's dancy dance time," he said, reaching out to stroke Kula's hair softly as he repeated himself.

At the words of Oralie, the Emperor shrugged a bit, bouncing the little princess on his shoulder as he did so. "Maybe..." he said. "First dance is just me and the bride, however... but after that, you girls can decide who you want to join in on dancy dance, so long as everyone gets a turn before we head off to play together." He slowly settled Oralie and Zerrin back down next to a set of chairs reserved just for them, giving each of them a deep kiss before taking Vanna's hand and leading her alone out on to the dance floor in front of everyone, the eyes of every wedding guest on the oldest princess once again.

Music began to play, and Friedrich placed his hands in proper position on the body of the young bride in order to begin a simple waltz... one of the few dances he was able to learn properly in preparation for this particular ceremony. "Tell me about yourself, Vanna," he said to the girl now that he had her alone for a brief period of time, as a way of distracting her from the fact that so much attention was once again focused on her. "What is it you enjoy doing? I want to make sure you live a happy, fulfilled life here in the palace."

[lobo]

The youngest princesses, although impatient, understood that they would have to wait their turn for the dancy dance so that their big sister could go first. It caused Oralie to pout just for a second before her bright smile was returning. "We're excited to get to play with Oniisama!" the girl chirped after Friedrich spoke, obviously excited to discover what the sort of 'play' they would be doing. As she and her youngest sister were then sat down in their reserved seats, both of the small girls happily returned the Emperor's kiss. A blush began to form on Zerrin's cheeks as she pulled back from the kiss, always embarrassed after the action despite how much she enjoyed the kisses.

Feeling him take her hand after setting down the younger princesses, Vanna slowly followed behind the man as he lead her to the dance floor. She glanced around at all the guests watching her and her new husband, feeling the blush return to her cheeks due to all of the attention she was receiving again. However, as they reached the area to dance in, her attention was drawn to the Emperor rather than the guests and she was able to smile up at him. She placed her hands in the proper position to dance with him, slowly beginning to move with the music as it guided them.

She listened to the man as he started to speak, feeling another smile appear on her lips due to his words. "Things I enjoy?" she repeated, humming a soft sound of thought as as continued to move to the sound of the music. "I enjoy spending time with my sisters. Although we're around each other almost constantly, there's never a dull moment when we're all together," she decided, glancing towards the younger princesses. She adored her little siblings, and all of the sisters had a strong bond with one another.

"Aside from that... I'm not all that exciting, really. I like scenic views...and jewelry. And I'd like to do things to make you happy as well. That would make me happy..." she continued to speak after a moment, the color on her cheeks beginning to brighten just the slightest. She didn't feel nearly as exciting as her younger sisters seemed to be. They were easy to please, considering most things thrilled them. "And how about you? Tell me more about you," she returned to him, wanting to hear more about things that he enjoyed as well.

[Holeypaladin]

Watching as the young dragon princesses sat in their reserved seats, Friedrich noted how the little ones were less experienced than the older ones in sitting properly in their short dresses, giving him a rather good view as he focused his attentions on the bride for the time being. Slowly making sure he performed the right dance steps so as not to humiliate the oldest princess, the Emperor kept his gaze on the beautiful face of the blushing bride as he guided her through the simple waltz.

He paid no mind to the audience that was watching them, listening instead to her words. "I imagine you'll have plenty of time to spend with your sisters," he said to the princess. "Each of you will get your own island upon which to set up your own personal palace, of course, but you'll also have rooms reserved for you in my own palace, and can spend as much time together here as you like. I'll also make sure to give you and your sisters as much attention and... other things as you like."

Nodding to her words, he said, "Well I hope you find the view of the Imperial City to be scenic enough for your tastes... both from your own palace, and from mine. Some of the best jewelers in the world are employed here, so feel free to make an order that caters to your taste whenever you like. If you want to make me happy, however..." his gaze drifted down to her cleavage as his hand slid over to her soft rear and pulled her a bit closer, "You'll have your chance... soon. As for me, you've probably already heard the sort of things I enjoy... but you'll have plenty of time to learn more."

As the song concluded, he pulled Vanna a bit closer and gave her a tender kiss. "Time for your sisters to have their turns, I suppose..." he said, turning his attention towards Carmela, the next oldest sister, and extended his hand towards her. Since she had seniority, it was up to her to decide whether to dance alone, bring a sister or two, or to allow her younger siblings to have their turns ahead of her.

[lobo]

As the princess moved through the waltz with the Emperor, she kept her focus on him and his words so she could pay less attention to all of the eyes watching them. His mention of a private palace just for her caused the girl’s eyes to brighten, her excitement clear from the smile on her lips. “My own island...” she repeated in a hushed tone. Although she was from a royal family, she never expected to have her own palace... let alone her own island. She was so mesmerized by this new information that she almost missed the last bit of his words, which quickly brought another blush to her cheeks as she imagined what other things he could be referring to.

She then remained silent as he continued to speak, listening to his words while the blush was still burning her cheeks and even growing brighter. Watching his gaze drop to her breasts, Vanna felt his hand slide over her backside and couldn’t stop the little startled noise from leaving her lips. The touch caused her to press up flush against the man, and even from where they were dancing she could hear her younger sisters giggling at the sight. “Soon...” she repeated in a whisper, feeling a nervous excitement building in her stomach at the thought. She had forgotten about the things that would occur now that she was married, and the realization only continued to darken the blush on her cheeks.

When the song came to an end, the oldest princess leaned up to return Friedrich’s kiss and nodded to his words. “Hopefully they don’t cause you too much trouble...” she chuckled softly, reluctantly releasing the man to take her designated seat at the table.

The second oldest princess looked towards Friedrich as he approached, immediately reaching out to accept his hand and stand up. However, she then felt a little tug on the back of her dress, followed by a soft, “Oneechan...” The voice caused Carmela to look back, seeing Oralie holding her dress and almost silently asking to join in on the dancy dance. “Alright, come on. Haimi, come with us, too,” the older sister decided to allow her sisters to join, knowing that Haimi would enjoy it more if she was with her twin. “Is that okay?” Carmela turned to ask Friedrich now, wanting to be sure he didn’t mind dancing with all three of them.

[Holeypaladin]

Smirking a bit at the princess' reaction to his touch, the Emperor watched as she made her way back to her reserved seat with her sisters. He watched as Oralie tugged on Carmela's dress, and gave the second princess a nod as she requested the twins accompany her. "Of course," he said, taking the hands of Oralie and Haimi along with him as he walked them out onto the dance floor with him and Carmela.

"Is everyone having fun?" he asked the princesses, figuring that since he had three girls instead of just one, a simple formal dance would no longer work, so he sort of held the hands of the twins and allowed them to do the same to their big sister and began to move in a sort of circle. "I was just telling Vanna that she's going to have an island on which to build her estate. The same applies to all of you girls, but you'll also have rooms here at the palace to stay, and will be able to travel freely back and forth."

He snaked his arms around the slender waists of the twins and pulled them closer, placing his hands on Carmela's soft hips and caressing her rear a bit as he enjoyed closer proximity with the young beauties. "Tell me about yourselves, though," he said, wanting to know more about the princesses. "How can I make sure all of your needs are accounted for as you make yourselves comfortable in your new home?"

[lobo]

Carmela and the two twins happily followed the Emperor to the dance floor, and the two younger girls clutched his hands as they all formed a small circle. Little Oralie was bouncing as the small circle turned, a bright smile on her face even though their dancing wasn’t quite like tranditional dancing. “Oralie is having fun!” the little girl chirped, and the oldest of the three nodded her head in agreement. “I’m having a wonderful time, too. And I’m sure Haimi-chan is, too,” Carmela said, squeezing her little sisters hand so that the quiet girl would nod her head.

They listened as he went on to explain his conversation with their big sister, and Oralie’s eyes widened in awe at the thought of having her own island. “We get an island!” she cheered, looking to Haimi with a big grin. “Isn’t that exciting, Haimi-chan?” the twin encouraged the other to express herself, and the other girl gave another nod in response. “Haimi wants island with Oralie,” Haimi murmured, looking up at Friedrich curiously. “Can Haimi share an island with Oralie?” she asked, causing Carmela to chuckle softly at the younger girls. They were even more inseperable than the rest of the sisters, and she found it to be quite adorable.

As he then pulled the three girls closer, Oralie pressed to the man’s side happily, and even Haimi leaned into his touch a bit. Feeling his hands slide over her rear, Carmela’s cheeks began to warm and she took a small step closer to him as well. “You’ve already done a good job so far,” the oldest responded to his question, wanting him to know that they all felt comfortable here already. “Haimi loves toys! And ponies, and kitties, and puppies, and bunnies...” the small girl chirped, listing off the things she likes excitedly. “And she wants to play games with Oniisama!” she added, smiling up at the man.

[Holeypaladin]

As he held the young princesses in his arms, the Emperor chuckled, noting how much fun Oralie was having, along with Carmela and Haimi. "Well, so long as you girls are having fun, that's all that really matters," he said as he held them close. Since the twins could get away with informal dances as they were considered to be children by the adults, the breach in formality was accepted in this particular situation, so Friedrich wasn't overly concerned with the fact that he hadn't rehearsed a sort of dance that would involve three princesses at the same time.

He chuckled at the excited words of the princess, thinking over their question a bit. "Well..." he said. "If that's what you want, I can probably arrange for the two of you to share an island twice as big so that you can live together. But think on it carefully, since there might come a time as you grow up when you'll want your own islands, after all." He squeezed the adorable Haimi closer, caressing her little rear a bit as she showed some of her adorable side in wanting to live with her twin.

As he held the three princesses closer, he gazed into Carmela's eyes since she was a little taller than her sisters and he didn't have to look down quite as much to see them. "I'm glad you think so," he said to the second princess before chuckling at the words of Haimi. "I think you'll get along great with the maids, then," he remarked, referring to the fact that there were so many puppy, bunny, and kitty-eared maids working in the palace. "We might have to get you a pegaponycorn, too," he remarked in reference for her love of ponies.

As the song died down, the Emperor realized it was time for the next princess to have her turn. Picking up the twins, he gave each of them a deep kiss, stroking his tongue against theirs and holding them close, before doing the same to Carmela. He then turned towards the next princess, Tala, and extended his hand towards her to invite her to dance, hoping she was feeling relaxed enough from the toast wine to be more comfortable dancing with him.

[lobo]

As the two twins danced with Friedrich, their excitement was obvious even despite Haimi's usual inability to express herself. "Haimi wants an island with Friedrich-san," the girl decided after thinking it over for a moment, blinking up towards the man. "Can Haimi share an island with Oralie-chan and Niichan?" she asked, tilting her head curiously while her sister was already nodding vigorously. "Oralie thinks that's a good idea!" the twin chirped, tugging lightly on the Emperor's hand. "Oniisama can have an island with just the two of us... But of course he can go see the other sisters when he wants to," she continued, seeming to like the idea of having Friedrich on their island.

The oldest of the three sisters dancing with Friedrich could only chuckle at the two younger girls, finding their eagerness to be around the Emperor to be rather adorable. "They're quite clingy, aren't they?" Carmela teased the girls, which only seemed to cause Oralie to latch tighter to Friedrich's hand. "Oralie likes Oniisama..." the sister murmured, earning another little laugh from Carmela. However, as he mentioned a pegaponycorn, the two younger girls somehow brightened even more. "A pegaponycorn? Like a real, real one?" Oralie squeaked, looking to Friedrich with eyes full of awe. "Haimi wants a pegaponycorn..." the twin sister whispered, seeming to like that idea quite a lot.

Realizing the song was starting to end, the two twins turned to Friedrich so they could be lifted into his arms, and each one returned his kiss happily. Carmela then did the same, a blush forming on her cheeks once she pulled away and took the twins from Friedrich so he could pick the next sister to dance with.

Tala had been happily conversing with her two youngest sisters when she noticed Friedrich hold his hand out to her, and without much of a second thought, the girl took his hand without a moment of hesitation. She hopped up off her chair and went willingly to the dance floor, a smile even appearing on her lips. "Tala-chan is the best dancer out of all her sisters..." the girl spoke up as they reached the dancing area, keeping a hold of the Emperor's hand. She then turned herself in his grasp, wrapping his arm around her waist while pressing back against him. She stuck out her rear end, pressing it back against his hips before she started to move along to the new music playing.

[Holeypaladin]

Chuckling at the words of the less expressive of the twins, the Emperor said, "Well... you'll already be sharing this island, right?" he asked. "But I can go ahead and make myself at home on your island, too," he said, patting her little rear a bit and squeezing her closer. He was glad to see that Haimi wanted him to be near her, even though she didn't often make it obvious in her words. Continuing to dance with the three in an awkward, informal way, he chuckled at the words of their older sister.

"They can cling as much as they like," he said to Carmela. "As can you, if you feel like it." He chuckled at the enthusiasm of the little princesses at the mention of a pegaponycorn. "They're very rare, but I'm sure we can find one who will be good friends with you." A relative of the unicorn and the pegasus, the pegaponycorn was a particularly rare fairy beast with a fondness for little girls such as Haimi and Oralie.

After saying goodbye to the sisters, Friedrich was glad to discover that Tala was in a much better mood than she had been a short time ago, thanks largely to the wine she had drunk for the toast, he figured. As she approached him with a smile on her usually angry face, he couldn't help but return it, nodding to the girl and allowing her to take hold of his hand. "I look forward to it, then," he said to the girl.

As she turned again and began to grind her rear against his pelvis, however, he couldn't help but wonder just what she had meant. This certainly wasn't any sort of formal dance, and were she not already promised to marry him, it would have been outright scandalous... especially in front of so many people. However, he squeezed her a bit closer in his arms, feeling himself grind against her soft rear, her short dress sliding up in the back as he pressed against her undergarments. "This is... quite an unusual dance," he murmured into her ear. "What's it called?"

[lobo]

The little princess was quite unaware of all the eyes watching her dance with the Emperor, her mind too whee from the wine to pay any attention to it. However, what she did notice was a nice feeling against her rump as it rubbed back against his pelvis, and Tala allowed a little hum of enjoyment to leave her lips. As she then felt his own lips come close to her ear, a tiny shiver ran down her spine and caused a breathy giggle to escape her. “It’s called... Hmm... The Rear End Rub,” she decided after a moment of contemplation, thinking that was a suitable name for what she was doing.

She continued the little grinds back against Friedrich, enjoying the unusual sensation it created between her legs as she rubbed on him. “Hehe... Tala-chan feels funny when she does this dance with Daddy Oniisama,” she giggled, pressing back closer to him as a few more soft sounds managed to slip from her lips. Unfamiliar to this new sensation, the little princess didn’t quite understand what it was she was feeling, she just knew she liked whatever it was. “Does Daddy Oniisama feel it, too?” she asked, peeking back at him curiously.

The two littlest dragon princesses who had yet to dance with Friedrich watched from their seats as their older sister danced, both confused and curious about the dance she was performing. “Oneechan is doing a funny dance,” Kula giggled, leaning closee to Zerrin to whisper a plan to her smaller sister. The words caused little Zerrin to immediately blush, but the tiny girl was easily coaxed by the slightly older girl to follow through with her plan.

[Holeypaladin]

Continuing to allow the princess to grind her little rear against him, the Emperor ignored the awkward stares of all the wedding guests, proceeding to feel her little breasts and caress them, sliding his hands down to her hips and pulling them tighter against him in order to grind even more against her undergarments as she pressed back against him. "A very descriptive name," he remarked on her name for the dance, noting the blushes from several young princesses among the wedding guests as they watched.

Feeling her soft rear continuing to press against him, he chuckled a bit, squeezing her more in his arms. "Daddy Oniisama definitely feels it," he said, accepting her nickname for him without a second thought, enjoying the way she pressed against him and poking against her as she did so. "Daddy Oniisama will make his little Tala feel even better later on, though," he promised her, coming to a halt as the music was concluded.

"So look forward to it," he said, patting her rear as he directed her back to her seat. Since the twins had already taken their turn alongside Carmela, he reached his hand out towards Kula in order to invite her for the next dance, though from the looks of things, it seemed like Kula would be bringing Zerrin out with her in order to help with the youngest princess' shyness.

[lobo]

Feeling hands run over her small chest, Tala couldn’t resist the automatic response of arching towards the touch to press towards his hands. Another quiet hum left the princess as her little booty rubbed against the area poking aginst her, feeling the odd sensation in her tummy growing more intense as she did so. “Daddy Oniisama...” she repeated softly, giggling happily as he seemed to accept the nickname that she picked out. Her dancing continued all the way until the end of the song, and hearing his final words, the young princess let out a little whine. “Already done?” she pouted, reluctantly stepping away from the man. The promise he made did spike her curiosity though, and she went back to her seat wondering what fun she would have with the Emperor later.

As the Emperor then invited the second youngest princess to dance, the little girl grabbed onto Zerrin’s hand before taking Friedrich’s as well. She pulled both of them towards the dance floor, soft giggles falling from her lips as she pulled as much as she could on the Emperor’s hand. “Dancy dance!” she cheered, forming them into a circle the same way that he had danced with Carmela and the twins. Zerrin timidly reached for Friedrich’s empty hand, taking hold of just his pointer finger since it was easier to hold in her tiny hand.

“Has Oniichan had fun with dancy dance time?" Kula asked the man as she began to do a very similar, very informal dance in their little circle. While she was bouncing around excitedly, Zerrin just clutched onto Friedrich's finger as her shyness prevented her from dancing in the same way that her sister was. "Kula thought Tala-chan's dancy dance with Oniichan was funny," the girl added, and despite her words, she had every plan to try out the dance once Zerrin got used to their dancing time together.

[Holeypaladin]

As he slid his hands over the young princess, the Emperor appreciated the honesty in her body's reactions, taking note that a little bit of wine seemed to go a long way towards smoothing over her outwardly unfriendly personality type. "Tala..." he murmured her name, feeling her warmth continue to press against him as he slid his hands over her, enjoying the sensation of being close to her. "Well, the sooner we finish here, the sooner we can move on to other things, right?"

He watched as the tiny Kula pulled her even smaller little sister on to the dance floor with her, gazing at the blushing little Zerrin and watching her tiny hand clutch his finger. "Well hello there, you little cutie," he said to the youngest sister, squeezing Kula a bit closer to him as she began to dance in a similar fashion as Carmela and the twins had. Since they were the youngest of the princesses, they weren't expected to have learned the more advanced dances, and instead were met with awws from the audience with how adorable they were.

"It was... rather unique, if nothing else," he commented on Tala's rather odd dance. "Oniichan enjoys spending time with his little cuties, though," he remarked, accepting the princess' nickname for him. "This one included," he added as he squeezed Zerrin closer to him and held her tiny body, hoping to ease her shyness a bit in order to make her feel a bit more comfortable dancing with him.

[lobo]

The redness that had already blossomed onto Zerrin's cheeks started to become even brighter as the Emperor spoke to her, and she turned her head to attempt to hide her face against his hand. "Oniichan makes Zerrin-chan such a blushy. Zerrin-chan, be polite and say hello!" Kula giggled, teasing her smaller, shy sister. The words earned a soft whine of embarrassment from the youngest of the dragon sisters, and tiny Zerrin clutched tighter to Friedrich's finger. "Hi Oniisama," she finally whispered, peeking up at the man with her bright, blushy cheeks and a sheepish smile.

Listening to him speak, his words brought a smile to Kula's lips, and the little girl giggled as she was called cute. "Kula and Zerrin-chan like spending time with Oniichan, too!" Kula chirped, causing Zerrin to nod her agreement as the youngest sister happily pressed closer to the Emperor. "Zerrin likes being with Oniichan," she whispered, enjoying the dancy dance time despite the embarrassment she was feeling.

After a moment of contemplation, Kula decided that it would be best to ask for permission before trying out her big sister's dance. "Would Oniichan be upset if Kula did the same dance her Oneechan did?" the small girl piped up, already beginning to release his hand so she could turn around and back her rear up towards his pelvis. "Zerrin-chan was supposed to do it with me... but she might not be tall enough!" the older of the two added, which actually seemed to encourage the shy sister. "Z-Zerrin can do it, too!" she insisted, also letting go of Friedrich's finger to turn her back to him and position herself like her sister.

[Holeypaladin]

Chuckling somewhat at the exchange between the youngest princesses, the Emperor gazed at the blushing young Zerrin as she finally said hello back to him. "Are you having fun?" he asked the princess, finding her blush to be quite adorable indeed. He was glad to hear Kula saying that they both liked spending time with him, figuring she knew her little sister much better than he did. He squeezed the two a bit closer as Zerrin admitted to enjoying his company. "I'm glad," he said to her, squeezing the two girls closer to him.

Finding it odd that the second youngest asked about the unorthodox dance performed by Tala, he could only shrug before the girl began to turn around in order to do the same. "Kula isn't exactly tall enough either," he teased, before lowering himself closer to the ground so that he the girls could press against him in a similar way as Tala without him pressing between their shoulders instead.

Feeling the soft little bodies of the princesses grinding against him, he squeezed them a bit closer, caressing them with his hands. "Are you having fun?" he asked them as the music began to die down and signal the end of the dance. "Don't worry... we're gonna keep having fun even after dancy dance." He directed his attention back towards Vana and the other princesses, beckoning them over to him.

[lobo]

The two young princesses remained close to the Emperor as they danced, enjoying the attention he was providing them. As he asked little Zerrin a question, she gave a few small nods of her head as another smile appear on her lips. "Zerrin is having fun with Oniisama," she confirmed, feeling the blush on her cheeks burning brightly as she was given so much attention. She was also embarrassed by all of the wedding guests that were watching them dancy dance together, not used to having so many people focusing on her and her sisters.

Hearing his tease, Kula attempted to stand up on her tip toes in order to get her rear end more level with his hips, but the action was unnecessary as the man was soon kneeling down behind her. "Oniichan is just a too tall!" the princess giggled, stepping back to press her rump against his pelvis now that she could reach it. She then tugged on her sister, encouraging little Zerrin to do the same despite her embarrassment. The youngest dragon princess tucked her face against her hands in order to hide her bush, timidly grinding her backend against the man in a rather uncoordinated way.

They both continued their soft, uncoordinated dancing and grinding against Emperor Friedrich until the music came to an end. "We've had lots of fun, Oniichan!" Kula confirmed as he questioned them, and the blushing Zerrin nodded her agreement to her sister's words. "Are we going to play the games now?" she asked as he mentioned continuing their fun, wondering what it was they would be doing next.

The rest of the princesses noticed the Emperor had motioned for them to join, and Vana took Oralie and Haimi's hand before she guided the remaining five sisters to Friedrich. "Are you having a good time, Danna-sama?" the oldest sister asked, smiling as Oralie pulled free from her hand in order to latch onto the Emperor instead.

[Holeypaladin]

The Emperor allowed the princesses to continue their unorthodox dance, and since they were younger than their sister Tala, their audience seemed to find it much less scandalous, viewing it merely as two adorable little sisters trying to copy what their big sis was doing before. "Zerrin is such a cute blush," he said to the youngest princess, holding her closer and allowing her to grind more against him. He chuckled at Kula's words and allowed her to do the same, holding her close. "Kula is just adorably cute-sized," he remarked on the height difference between them.

As the dance concluded and the other sisters rejoined them, he reached out to stroke Vana's hair softly and give her a kiss. "I'm not much for dancing usually, but given the company, I have to say it's been enjoyable enough. We'll be having even more fun next, though... Kula has been wanting to play a new kind of hide and seek for quite some time, so we can all play together."

Squeezing Oralie closer as she decided to latch on to him, he wrapped an arm around Vana's waist and began guiding the girls towards the exit. Passing by a maid, he said to the young homuncula, "Would you be so kind as to show the handmaidens to their masters' rooms? I'm sure they'll want to prepare them for their princesses." The bedrooms for the handmaidens were conveniently located adjacent to each princess, rather than in the servant wing with the other maids, so they'd be able to get some rest themselves if they so desired.

Friedrich himself took Vana and her sisters up to his own master bedroom, which was large enough to fit all seven of them comfortably along with himself. It was the type of room that, while comfortable, felt quite desolate when alone due to its sheer size. "Alright," he said to the girls, giving each of them a kiss. "Let's play!"

After playing hide and seek with the young princesses until they were completely exhausted, he allowed them time to rest for a time before heading off to take care of a few other matters in the palace, such as showing their handmaidens around and debriefing some agents he had put in place to eavesdrop on conversations. Eventually he called for the seven sisters to gather in the same briefing room in order to immediately put them to work.

[Kris]

Restored per request

[lobo]

After the seven dragon princesses played their game of hide and seek with the Emperor, the girls took a few hours to rest and relax. The youngest girls were still asleep at the time they were all called in by Friedrich, so Carmela had to gently rouse the small girls and get them a bit cleaned up and more presentable.

Once that was taken care of, the seven princesses met with the Emperor in the briefing room. Kula and Zerrin were holding onto Vanna’s hands as they entered the room, but as soon as they caught sight of Friedrich, they released their sister’s hand in order to run to the man instead. “Oniichan, Oniichan!” Kula chirped, a slight limp in her steps due to their earlier activities. The second youngest dragon princess hugged the Emperor around the waist as she reached him, while Zerrin was only able to hug his leg. “Hi Oniichan,” she whispered, peeking up at him with a shy smile.

“You wanted to see us?” Vanna spoke up then, smiling at the Emperor as she was next to reach him. She was curious and quite excited to find out what he had planned for them, since none of them had been told why he called them together.

Oralie was holding Haimi’s hand, guiding her twin into the room. “What are we doing, Oniisama? Another game?” she asked curiously, finding a seat big enough for her and Haimi to sit down in together. Their tsundere sister was close behind them, her arms crossed over her chest and a rather uninterested expression on her face.

[Holeypaladin]

Hearing the door open, the Emperor stood up in order to properly greet the young princesses as they entered. He was glad that the youngest sisters were so happy to see him, despite Zerrin's embarassment. He wrapped his arms around Kula and picked Zerrin up as she hugged his leg. "Hi there," he said to them, pulling out five chairs for the older princesses before making his way over to his own seat and sitting down. He settled both girls into his lap, as they were small enough to fit comfortably.

"I know you're still getting used to the palace," he said to the seven sisters, "But things are so hectic in the Empire that I want to put your talents to use as soon as possible. With that in mind, I have devised some administrative roles for... most of you within the Imperial government. There's no denying the fact that your kind is of genius level intelligence by human standards, after all, so I'm sure you'll all do great, even if you are still young by dragon reckoning."

He handed out five documents to the older sisters, along with a sixth for Kula. "These give outline of the positions that I felt each of you were best qualified for," he remarked. "So I'll just summarize for now and let you review the details at your convenience." Settling his gaze on his new wife, Vanna, he said, "Vanna, you'll be in charge of diplomatic affairs, as your charisma is unmatched and you're much better at relating to people than I am. Since we have so many gathered nobles here already, I think now is a good time to get to work."

With the most pressing position addressed, he turned his attention to Carmela. "I'd like you to be in charge of aggriculture," he said to her. "Many of the human kingdoms are still using older techniques, and we can improve the prosperity of the Empire by gradually introducing them to more efficient farming techniques. Tali," he said, addressing the tsundere princess, "You can be in charge of the military. Well, with a great deal of assistance from me, at least. Haimi can be in charge of magic and technology, since it doesn't require a great deal of social skills. As for Oralie... finance and treasury should suit you pretty well."

"Kula..." he said, bouncing the young dragon princess in his lap as he addressed her, "I want you to handle commerce. It'll be difficult, as there will be a ton of arguments between various guilds... but if you need any help, I'll be there for you, as will your sisters." He finally turned his attention to Zerrin, thinking of how to address her, as he hadn't given her a document detailing a position. "Zerrin... I have a very special role in mind for you," he said to her. "It mostly involves staying close to me, and ensuring all the maids and guards of the palace remain happy." Due to her youth and inexperience, he knew she wouldn't be taken seriously for a minister position within the bureaucracy, but he still wanted her to have a special role just for her, which he whispered into her ear.

"Are there any questions?" he asked the seven sisters, gazing at them to see if they understood what was expected of them, or were confused about anything.

[lobo]

Kula and Zerrin eagerly latched onto the Emperor as he lifted them off their feet, both girls happy to be held by the man as their other sisters entered behind them. “Lap seat! The bestest seat!” Kula cheered as the man got settled in his chair, pleased by the seat she was provided on his lap. Zerrin was also satisfied with the seating arrangement and she cuddled close to the man as she settled on his lap. “Zerrin likes sitting in Oniichan’s lap,” the young dragon princess whispered, a light blush on her cheeks as she watched her older sisters take their seats around the small table.

The seven girls settled into their seats and focused their attention on Emperor Friedrich, listening closely as he began to explain why they had been called here. Vanna was immediately intrigued as she was handed the first document and she started to glimpse over it while she listened to Friedrich give a summary of what she would be doing for the Empire. A light blush coated her cheeks in response to his words and as she looked up from the document, she smiled brightly at the man. “I’ll get to work on this as soon as we’re finished here,” she promised, then fell silent so he could continue to the other sisters.

Carmela also glanced over the document she was handed, slowly nodding her head as the Emperor explained what her task would be. “I think I can manage that...” she whispered, deciding to read over the details in the document while he went on to the remaining girls. Tala, only briefly peeking at her document, placed it on the table and crossed her arms once more. “Tala will think about it,” she murmured, while the twin sisters looked curiously at the Emperor. “Ohh, did you hear that Haimi-chan? You get to work with magic!” Oralie cheered, causing quiet Haimi to crack a small smile as she nodded her head. “That’s very perfect, Oniisama! Haimi and Oralie like our positions,” the more outgoing sister said, smiling at the Emperor.

Already buzzing with excitement to hear about her job, Kula giggled happily as she was bounced in the man’s lap to signal her turn. “Kula can settled lots of disputes, Oniichan! She will do a good job, promise!” she chirped, hugging the document to her chest like a prized possession. She didn’t want to let the man down, so she planned to work hard on whaever he told her to do.

When Zerrin was the only one who wasn’t handed a document, the small princess forced herself not to frown. She peeked at the man when he said her name, feeling her lower lip quiver slightly with disappointment. That is, until he explained why she didn’t have a document and told her what she would be doing instead. The shy little girl immediately grinned despite the bright blush that appeared on her cheeks. “Z-Zerrin likes that,” she decided, pleased with her task even though she was the only sister without an administrative role.

“I think we understand. We should look over these documents and then we can come back to you with questions,” Vanna answered his final question, figuring most questions could be answered in the document.

[Holeypaladin]

Friedrich bounced little Kula and Zerrin in his lap a bit, glad to see they were enjoying themselves so much in their seats. "You two are so adorable," he said to them, chuckling a bit at how much they seemed to enjoy sitting in his lap. He hugged them a bit closer to him, watching the reactions of each young dragon princess as the girls read over the documents. Surprisingly, there weren't any questions yet, either because they hadn't had time to come up with any or simply didn't know what to ask.

"I'll review each position with you girls in more detail when we have more time," he promised them. "I know it's a lot to take in, but I'll be here to help you girls every step of the way." Smiling somewhat at the oldest princess, he nodded to her, pulling her a bit closer and giving her a tender kiss. "That sounds like a good idea," he said to her. "To start with, can you get to work solving diplomatic issues? You can pick some of the more pressing issues and we can address them this evening, after dinner."

"I'll schedule some time for Carmela, Tala, Oralie, Haimi, and Kula tomorrow, to introduce you to your new jobs. How does six hours each sound? I know a day typically only has 24 hours, but it's been years since my days have been that short. Chronomancy is an essential aspect of daily life for me," he muttered. Hopefully, however, with some talented new help, his work days might start to grow shorter, if just a bit. "If no one has any question for now, you can go enjoy the party. Except for this little cutie," he said, hugging Zerrin a bit closer in his lap.

[lobo]

The two small princesses in Friedrich's lap laughed softly as he bounced them and their cheeks turned a light shade of pink in response to his words. "Thank you, Oniichan," Kula chirped, smiling up at the man while Zerrin cuddled herself closer to him. They both also watched as the man turned his attention to their oldest sister and Kula couldn't help the small, jealous pout from appearing on her lips.

Vanna smiled at the Emperor, however, and happily returned the kiss that she had been given. "Of course. I'll check to see what our priorities are," she promised, rather excited for the position that he had given her. She was acquainted with a lot of the princesses and queens from other kingdoms, so she was feeling quite confident in her abilities to be successful in diplomatic affairs. "I think Danna-sama did really well separating us into these positions. They all seem to pair together very well," she added, wanting to praise the man for knowing them well enough to know what position they would work best in.

Excited to get to the party, Tala, Oralie, and Haimi all hopped down from their chairs once Friedrich dismissed them. "We will see you later, Oniisama! Come on, Kula!" Oralie called over her shoulder, waving to the Emperor with the hand that wasn't holding Haimi's. The second youngest princess seemed a bit reluctant to leave her seat, but after placing a soft kiss to Friedrich's cheeks, she climbed off his lap and ran after her sisters. "Goodbye, Oniichan!" she giggled, a blush on her cheeks as she took Tala's hand and followed the three other sisters out to the party.

Carmela and Vanna stood up then, gathering the documents that their sisters had accidentally left behind. "We'll make sure they get these again," Vanna chuckled, knowing the energetic, young princesses would remember their responsibilities after the party. "We look forward to helping out the Empire as much as we can," Carmela spoke softly, smiling at the Emperor and waving a bit as she and Vanna exited the room to go join the party as well.

Being alone with the Emperor, a bright blush began to spread across Zerrin's cheeks. "Oniichan wanted Zerrin to stay?" she asked quietly, blinking up at him curiously.

[Holeypaladin]

Chuckling at Kula's little pout, Friedrich pulled her a bit closer and gave her a tender kiss. "Kula doesn't need to worry," he said to her as he stroked her soft hair. "She can have as much of Oniichan as she wants, so long as she does her very best at being his adorable little princess." He waved to her as Oralie took her hand and began to show her back to the party, directing his attention at Vanna. "I'll be relying on you and your sisters from now on. I'm sure you won't let me down, though."

Waving to each sister as they left the room, he held Zerrin close, adjusting her position in his lap. "I figured now would be a good time to introduce you to the maids and tell you more about your own special little job, just for you," he said to the youngest princess. He then picked her up and showed her around the palace, introducing her to some of the maids and explaining a few things about their homuncula nature to her. After going over her job of making sure everyone in the palace was happy, he tucked the exhausted princess in to her bed with her handmaiden Ari and made his way to dinner.

After dinner, he called for Vanna to come join him in his room, where he had a small office set up so that he could get some work done in private, immediately before and after bed if need be. Of course, he had several similar work stations set up throughout the palace, so they he was never too far from a work space should he need to get something done.

[lobo]

While Zerrin was getting a bit of one-on-one time with Emperor Friedrich, the remaining six sisters enjoyed their dinners and spent time with family and friends. Vanna was seated at a table with five young queens that she considered to be close acquaintances. The main point of discussion was Vanna's new marriage, of course, as she didn't want to force the girls to talk politics during the party. Before she parted ways to spend time with other guests, however, she invited the five to stick around after to meet Friedrich and discuss any issues they think he should hear.

As the dinner and party came to an end, the oldest of the seven dragon princesses gathered up her sisters and took them to the bedroom. She noticed that little Zerrin was tucked into bed with Ari at her side and the sight caused a smile to spread across her lips. She had no doubt that her youngest sister had a better evening with the Emperor than she would've had at the dinner party. The other six sisters moved around the room silently, not wanting to disturb the two sleeping girls as they got ready for bed.

Vanna left the bedroom as one of the adorable maids came to tell her Friedrich was ready to see her. She followed the young maid with kitty ears all the way to the Emperor's room and she gave the door a soft tap before entering. "Hello Danna-sama," she spoke softly as she walked into the room, closing the door behind her to give them a bit of privacy. She was curious about what he would want to discuss with her and hoped she would be able to provide him with the help he desired.

"Was there something Danna-sama wanted to discuss first?" she asked, approaching the man and placing a soft kiss to his cheek before she sat in the seat beside him. She was quite excited about the role he had given her and she was excited to get to show off a bit of her knowledge to the intelligent man. "I hope you don't mind, but I invited a few of the queens to come talk with you a bit later... If that's alright," she added, hoping her decision to invite the queens was a good one.

[Holeypaladin]

Friedrich had several diplomatic documents laid out on the table before him, to the point where he wasn't sure which to address first. This was much of the reason why he needed a talented young wife to prioritize and sort through such things, as it was quite a bit of work holding together numerous kingdoms, principalities, and squabbling fiefdoms under a single Imperial banner. Ruling over humans was tricky enough, but when the other races of the Empire were included as well, it was nearly impossible just to hold everything together.

As he was thinking this over, he hear the soft tap on the door and looked up to see Vanna walking in, escorted by the young cat maid, Miku. "Well hi there," he said to Vanna, giving her a bit of a smile as she walked in, allowing her to sit near him before sliding his hand to her thigh and gradually up her pretty dress. "Mostly I just wanted to address and questions you have, though it seems you've already shown the initiative of scheduling some appointments."

He nodded in approval at the scheduled appointments, giving the dragon princess a gentle kiss. "That sounds like a good idea. Who will be the first queen that we'll be talking to, then? Remind me a bit of her kingdom, the political situation, and what she hopes to accomplish by speaking to me. Then ask Miku to bring her here... she can overhear us, anyway, with those ears of hers."

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Once Miku let the dragon princess into Friedrich's office, the kitty nurse stepped back outside the room to allow them some privacy. This allowed Vanna to relax a bit as she felt the Emperor's hand snaking up her dress, and even though a blush started to appear on her cheeks, she didn't halt his actions. Instead, she allowed her legs to part open a bit, in a manner that would be considered un-lady-like to most. "Are you trying to distract me, Danna-sama?" she teased the Emperor, smiling playfully at the man before she happily returned the kiss that he placed on her lips.

She shook off the distraction as much as she could, wanting to provide him with the exact information he was asking for. "The first queen will be Queen Celena. She reigns over the Nachzehrer Kingdom, because you wiped out all of the men in her family," Vanna explained, easily remembering exactly what the vampire queen had told her during dinner. "Instead of being upset, however, she's actually quite grateful for what you've done, even though she would never admit it directly. She hated the way the men slaughtered innocent humans. I believe she would like to ask you to supply her and her princesses with a food source that does not require the murder of humans, in exchange for devoting themselves to you," she continued, hoping she hit every point that he had asked for.

Now that she finished her brief summary about Queen Celena and the Nachzehrer Kingdom, she turned towards the door just slightly. "Miku-nya~ Would you mind retrieving Celena?" she called softly to the young maid, and shortly after the words left her lips, she could hear the soft footsteps pattering away down the hall. "Was that enough? I think I hit all of the important points," she asked Friedrich now, turning her attention back to the man while they waited for Miku to bring the Queen to them.

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Continuing to distract his young bride as she parted her legs a bit to allow the distraction, the Emperor smirked somewhat at her words. "Maybe..." he said. "Well, part of your job is to be able to focus on maintaining your diplomatic etiquette while distracted... as I imagine such distractions will become quite common if we continue to work with young queens and princesses." Kissing her sensitive pointy ear, he listened as she spoke of queen Celena and the Nachzehrer Kingdom.

"Nachtzehrer... you mean that vampire kingdom," he said with some degree of disgust. "I didn't kill Celena because she wasn't guilty of any crime, besides being turned into a vampire against her will. Same with her sisters... though I suppose that if they don't have a food source, they might be driven mad with hunger..." As he thought it over, it seemed like the only way to prevent the vampire girls from turning evil as their male bloodkin had was to give them a viable food source.

"Alright then," he said, "Whether Celena can be trusted to keep her word or not, getting her addicted to a new food source should do the job well enough. Let's follow through with your suggestion, then..." As he stood, Miku soon arrived with the vampire queen, along with four younger vampire girls who looked quite innocent, aside from the telltale bat wings of the Nachzehrer vampires. While he knew they could hide them and look human, the fact that they didn't do so indicated they had nothing to hide.

"Queen Celena," he said, taking the hand of the oldest vampire... who appeared to be on the tall side at first, though on closer inspection, it was only due to her spiked heels and the way the wings on her head stood tall. "I've heard of your situation from my lovely young wife. Come on in," he said, directing her in to the room, along with the vampire princesses. "Mind introducing me to these adorable little cuties? You girls can sit wherever you like... get comfy." He himself sat back in a chair placed before a table, where high quality syrah and cabernet wines were prepared along with glasses.

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Vanna couldn't help the soft laugh that slipped from her lips as her new husband provided a perfect reason behind the distractions, and she couldn't come up with an argument. Instead, she allowed his hand to continue and as she felt a kiss against her pointy ear, the blush on her cheeks immediately brightened a few shades. "Danna-sama..." she giggled softly, quite enjoying the attention he was giving her.

However, she noticed he seemed to become more serious as the topics of Celena and her kingdom were brought up, which caused her to direct her focus to the new subjects. "Yes, I'm afraid that's what it would boil down to," she included her own input as Friedrich seemed to be thinking over this new information. She was concerned that the lack of food for the vampires would turn into a much bigger issue if he did not feel the need to provide a solution to the problem.

She was very relieved to hear his agreement and a pleasant smile spread across her lips. "I think that's the best choice. The Nachtzehrer kingdom can surely find a way to repay you for helping them," the dragon princess chirped, but her attention was pulled towards the door as little Miku returned with Celena and her sisters following behind. The sight of the younger vampire princesses made Vanna smile. She had met them all once before, and due to having younger sisters of her own, she couldn't help but adore them.

Celena was a bit cautious as she saw the Emperor, allowing him to take her hand momentarily before she pulled it away. "Emperor Friedrich, pleasure to see you again," she murmured, giving a brisk nod of understanding when he mentioned knowing about her situation. She didn't want to admit to needing help from the Emperor, but she was actually very pleased that Vanna had informed him of the issue.

As the younger princesses hurried into the room and found themselves places to sit, Celena followed behind them but waited to take her seat until Friedrich was settled first. "Of course... This is Zurie, Kiaria, Iezabel, and Astrid," she introduced the princesses to him, motioning towards each little vampire as she said her name. She then sat down in a chair a short distance away from the Emperor, not wanting to put too much distance between them. While she sat, her short skirt rose up a bit to flash her panties, which were thin and a pretty scarlet red, with a heart shape cut out in a very specific spot.

Actually blushing, Celena quickly ran her hands over the skirt to flatten it down and hold it in place. "S-So...what did you think of what Vanna told you?" she asked finally, shifting in her seat to face the man a bit better.

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The Emperor watched as Celena made her way into the room, taking the hand of each young princess and gently kissing it as they were introduced. "Nice to meet you," he said to the girls, settling himself into his seat and watching as Celena did the same. Her choice of undergarments was... interesting, as if she had selected them for a reason, and his eyes were naturally drawn to the window before she fixed herself.

Noting her blush, the Emperor chuckled bit, finding it to be quite adorable. Perhaps it, too, was on purpose, as vampires lacked the same sort of blood flow as humans did, though he didn't comment on this, listening instead to what she said. "Well," he said, "From what Vanna said, it seems like you and your sisters are willing to do anything in exchange for a new food source and the means to survive without being hunted."

"I do have such a food source available to you," he remarked, "Though once you switch to this new food, you won't be able to return to the consumption of human blood, and you'll need me to help you supply you with such food for the rest of your unlife. Be glad that I'm not so short-lived as the humans your kind normally feeds on."

Chuckling a bit, he said, "If this is acceptable to you... then I'll have you and your sisters pledge an oath of fealty, and then provide you with the food you desire. Vanna will show you how it's done." Standing up, he gestured for Vanna to kneel before him and pledge the oath of fealty, and for the vampire queen and princesses to kneel next to her and follow her example.

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When Celena introduced the young vampire princesses to the Emperor, each girl waved to him in a silent greeting. They had all been told by their big sister that this meeting with Friedrich was very important and she expected them to remain on their best behaviors. This was, of course, very difficult for the little girls to keep up with considering they were all very excited to meet the man. Zurie and Kiaria seemed to be struggling the most, each one fidgeting in their seats as they tried their hardest to remain quiet.

Celena also fell silent as she listened to Friedrich's response to her question, giving a small nod of understanding to his words. "We would truly appreciate that," she spoke quietly when he finished speaking, eager to do whatever it took to no longer have to hunt humans for food. While she knew what the new food source was, some of her younger sisters were still too young and naïve to fully understand the situation.

"What will we be eating?" Zurie couldn't help but ask, her expression bright with excitement at the promise of food.

"Kiaria knows! The food will be Oniichan's c-"

"Girls! Please, pay attention," Celena quickly interrupted little Kiaria, feeling a true pang of embarrassment at her sister's outburst. She then motioned for Vanna to continue, wanting to hear the pledge from the dragon princess.

Vanna was blushing a bright shade of pink as she stood up from her seat next to Friedrich and she slowly knelt down into position in front of him. She glanced back at the vampires, waving them over to join her before she recited the oath. "I will love all that my lord loves... and shun all that he shuns," she said, blinking up at Friedrich with her blushing cheeks and pleasant smile.

The vampires, who had lined up next to Vanna in order from oldest to youngest, all listened closely as the dragon princess spoke. Celena allowed the dragon princess to finish the oath before she repeated it. "I will love all that my lord loves, and shun all that he shuns," she murmured, tapping Zurie gently to encourage the princess to say the oath as well. The princesses each took their turn reciting the oath, using their name in place of the 'I' that the older girls had used.

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Watching as each of the princesses and queen lined up in descending order based on age, Vanna being a bit older than Celena despite looking younger, the Emperor allowed each of them to swear their oath of fealty, finding it so adorable how the young princesses modified it a bit that he didn't bother correcting them. He then proceeded to give them their food, starting with Vanna as an example. While she wasn't a vampire like the others, it was a perfectly safe source of food for her as well.

Once the vampires were all fully satisfied and full, he had Miku show them to their rooms and found himself holding Vanna in his lap, stroking her soft hair and kissing her tenderly. "You're a genius, you know," he said to his exhausted young wife as held her close in his arms. "We've turned an enemy into a vassal, just like that, and they'll be loyal to us so long as we continue to provide them with their essential food source..."

There wasn't much time for the dragon princess to rest, however as she had mentioned other queens that she wanted him to meet. "So..." he said, fixing her princess dress a bit on her beautiful young body and holding her hips tight against him. "Who are we meeting with, next? Tell me a bit about her situation, and how we can secure your friend's loyalty to the Empire."

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Pleased to have a bit of rest before their next guests were invited in, Vanna sat comfortably on her husbands lap with her arms resting gently around his shoulders. She happily returned the kiss that he gave him and immediately smiled as he began to compliment her. "It helps to have a husband so willing to look beyond past differences. Not only does it benefit the vampires in Nachzehrer Kingdom, but it helps us as well," she murmured, her cheeks turning a light shade of pink. She was glad to see that he was pleased with their new alliance with the vampire lead kingdom, and she was hopeful he would be just as satisfied with the next guest.

"Next will be Queen Camellia of the Alfheim Kingdom and her four younger sisters. Her kingdom has been attacked by a merciless group of orcs, who have been stealing and killing some of the young elven children," Vanna began to explain the situation regarding her next acquaintance, remembering every detail despite her growing exhaustion. "Her troops have done their best to fend off the invasion, but the army is rapidly decreasing in size. She hopes that you will send troops to her kingdom to aid her own soldiers, in return for something that will not disappoint you in the least," she added, shifting her hips against his in order to hint at what Camellia's exchange would be.

Once she finished her explanation, there was a soft knock on the door signaling that Miku-nya had returned with their new guests. The blush on Vanna's cheeks started to burn brighter, but she remained silent so that the Emperor could give the girls permission to enter.

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Enjoying the comfort of his young wife in his lap, Friedrich stroked her soft hair, caressing her and gazing at her as he listened to her words. "Well, I try to keep an open mind," he remarked, giving her a soft kiss. "Celena and her sisters can be of much more use to the Empire as vassals than as enemies. We already killed the worst of them, and there's little need in continuing the job. Besides... she's pretty hot, if not quite as hot as you are," he remarked, shifting her hips a bit in his lap.

He listened to her speak of Camellia and her sisters, giving a nod. "Orcs seem to have a particular hatred towards elves... and since they breed like breed like bunny girls, yet have a society where every single male is a warrior, they can be quite a handful to deal with." Listening to her words, he caught what she meant by the way she moved her hips, chuckling somewhat and nodding. "I'll provide what assistance I can, then," he remarked.

As Miku returned with the elf queen and the four princesses, Friedrich remained seated with his wife in his lap. "Send them in, Miku," he said to the maid outside, allowing her to do so as he waited for the elf girls to enter. "Evening," he said to the oldest of the five, with the small, circular crown that identified her as a queen. "You must be Camellia. I'd stand up but well... Vanna seems to be quite comfy in my lap," he said, shifting the dragon girl's hips a bit as he said so. "I hear you've been having troubles with orcs?" he asked her, wanting to verify her story with the queen herself.

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Listening to the door creak open to signal Miku's return, Vanna began to blush a light shade of pink due to her position on the Emperor's lap. She did not make a move to stand, however, enjoying the seat too much to give it up. "It's nice to see you again, Camellia," she greeted softly, waving towards the younger sisters of the queen as well. They all waved back in return, pleased to see the dragon as they had become quite fond of the older princess. After greeting her acquaintance and elf sisters, Vanna fell silent in order to listen to Camellia's response to the Emperor's words.

The elf queen motioned for her sisters to take a seat near the Emperor as she entered the room, then spoke a soft greeting to Vanna before her focus returned to the man. "We are having a lot of trouble with the orcs, yes," she confirmed, taking her own seat a small distance from the man. There was a hint of a blush on her cheeks, revealing the embarrassment that she felt from having to ask for assistance against the mean, ugly orcs.

"I first would like to say that it's a true pleasure to meet you. I have been wanting to for some time now," Camellia began to speak again, smiling softly at the Emperor as her younger sisters nodded their agreements. "I also would like to apologize for the inconvenience that my request may bring you, but it is what needs to be done in order for my people to survive. The orcs have forced my army to retreat to the point that they are uncomfortably close to the women and children in my kingdom," she explained, wringing her hands together nervously. "My kingdom desperately needs help and I know that your army would be just what we need to drive away the orcs," she added, looking to the man with a pleading gaze.

"We have even kept ourselves pure for you, Emperor-san!" Clover couldn't help but chirp, the young elf completing the offer that her older sister was about to make.

"Yes... We are all pure and willing to give ourselves to you in return for your help," Camellia confirmed, hoping that this promise would seal the deal.

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Holding the beautiful dragon princess in his lap, the Emperor gazed at the elf queen, who looked to be about a year or so older than Vanna in human estimates... which of course was closer to five years to an elf like her. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Queen Camellia. Rest assured, your request isn't as inconvenient as you fear... while the Royals and the Imperial Armies are currently spread across several different battlefields, I have an entire regiment of disposable puppets that will soon be combat ready."

In addition to the male homunculi assigned to special, independent operation, and the female homunculae that he employed as guards and maids in the palace, Emperor Friedrich had also developed a series of mass-produced, genderless homuncula, who lacked sentience and could perform simple, robotic tasks that made for excellent front-line soldiers. Though he had yet to deploy them in mass like this, he figured a field test against the orcs would be an excellent way of seeing how they measured in combat.

Turning his attention to the oldest princess as she spoke of her virginity, he thought over her words somewhat, calculating his reply before finally speaking up. "However," he said, shifting the position of the dragon princess in his lap as he did so, "I'm afraid I'll have to decline your offer. I refuse to treat you or your sisters as whores, and so a negotiation for protection in exchange for sexual favors is unacceptable."

"Instead," he proposed, "I have a counter offer. I'll protect your kingdom from orcs, in exchange for a marriage treaty. With all five of you, if you prefer. An engagement instead, should any of you be under the official marriage age." As it was difficult to tell how old an elf was by looking at her, he wanted to make sure no premature weddings were held, as it would set a bad precedence among the Imperial nobles.