In a certain location, unknown to countless demons in the demon continent, a large, dark, and creepy-looking castle stood tall at the center of the terrain.

The castle was protected and surrounded by over a hundred magical barriers.

However, not everyone could see or even sense this barrier.

From an outsider's point of view, people might think that the seven demon lords were afraid of something or someone, which was why they used such a magical barrier.

However, the barriers were just a precautionary measure that the demon lords had implemented in order to protect whatever information was revealed in their meeting.

In other words, the magical barrier was simply the safest way to ensure that no one from outside the castle would overhear what they discussed within it.

Meanwhile, among the seven demon lords of the demon continent, five lords had already arrived at the venue, and Vivian's royal carriage had just descended.

The ten-feet-tall beautiful Dragon Queen stepped down from the carriage before strolling straight to the meeting room.

Upon arriving in the meeting chamber, the first thing Vivian noticed was how silent the room was.

In fact, the room was too quiet and it felt like there was no one in the room aside from her, but the reality was, five of the demon lords were already in the room, and had been waiting for the last two demon lords to arrive before they began their meeting.

At the center of the room was a round obsidian table, but out of the five demon lords in the room, four of them could be seen standing while the last one was seated.

All four demon lords who were standing were male, and they were roughly over twelve feet tall, giving them a massive and intimidating presence that could easily make a normal demon faint instantly.

In fact, each of them was practically as large as a final demon boss, if it were a video game.

And these would explain why many normal demons feared and respected these male demon lords.

Which begs the question of why weren't they all seated while waiting for the meeting to begin?

Instead, they were all standing and were even acting strangely.

They seemed to be preoccupied with one thing or the other because one of them kept glancing at the wall.

While another kept looking at the ceiling.

The remaining two were looking at the floor and their fingernails, respectively, as they tried to pretend like they hadn't seen the dragon queen yet.

Meanwhile, a female demon lord, around the same height as Vivian, was seated while staring at the tea placed in front of her.

Isabella was a Frost Demon, and as such, she had beautiful, almost blue skin, along with a pair of crimson colored eyes that perfectly contrasted her long, obsidian hair and her black Gothic dress.

Isabella slowly raised her head up when she noticed Vivian stepping into the room.

But the moment her gaze landed on Vivian, a bright and beautiful smile swiftly spread across her lips.

"Vivian!!" Isabella swiftly stood up from her seat and hurried over to the dragon queen.

"Oh my goodness, you're back! I heard the rumors about your return but I still had my doubts. Anyway, welcome back. It's been what, two hundred years since we last saw each other?" Isabella asked, with a bright smile on her lips.

Vivian returned her smile before replying. "Yes, it has. But how have you been?"

"Bored…" Isabella frowned as she stared at the ground. "I think I'll have to give myself a vacation too because I'm so tired of this boredom. Everything around me has just been work, work, work, and more work. I really really need a break from all these royal duties and responsibilities." Isabella let out a heavy sigh as her frown deepened even more.

But Vivian simply smiled and nodded her head in understanding. "Yeah, I understand how you're feeling right now and I think a vacation is what you really need right now."

"Yeah. Anyway, how was your holiday? I heard rumors." Isabella quickly moved on to another topic as she leaned in suspiciously close. "Rumors involving… babies. Are they true?"

*FWIP!!*

The pointy ears of the male demon lords in the room, who had been pretending not to be eavesdropping on their conversation, suddenly started twitching and stretching a bit longer than usual, the moment they heard Isabella asking about Vivian's babies.

Their eyes finally drifted slowly to the dragon queen as they tried to see and hear what the Dragon Queen had to say.

Of course, Vivian had noticed this, and she tried to hide a smile behind her hand before nodding at Isabella. "Yes, the rumors are true. I've returned with my children."

Isabella's eyes sparkled instantly and she swiftly took hold of Vivian's hand. "Ohh!! What are their names? How old are they? Are they boys? Girls? Or both? And what do they look like? Oh my goodness. I'm so jealous!! Tell me everything!!!"

Isabella pulled Vivian to the round table to sit so that the two of them could talk more while drinking tea.

Vivian giggled softly before replying. "Well, my little dragons are beautiful, and they're a boy and a girl."

Hearing this, Isabella grinned so cutely and so widely that her fangs were now showing. "I want to see them! You must definitely show them to me someday."

"I will," Vivian assured her as she poured herself some tea then took a few sips, but Isabella leaned closer again to ask Vivian a question while lowering her voice. "So Vivian… If you don't mind me asking… Who is their father?"

The entire room turned dead silent and every male demon lord in the room became a statue.

Their ears stretched further in unison while their eyes widened in surprise at Isabella's unexpected question.

However, every single one of them was glad that Isabella had asked Vivian this particular question, because it was the only thing they all desperately wanted to know at the moment.

Meanwhile, Vivian blinked innocently at Isabella's question for a few seconds, then opened her mouth to speak.

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