The Prince had eaten and left for the afternoon, leaving Esarosa alone to her own devices yet again. She quickly took his lunch dishes to the kitchen and returned to the Prince's room to look over the scroll she had obtained from the Archives once more. She had retained all of the information from it that she needed, but she wanted desperately to know what became of her mother. She began to stare blankly at the scroll while she thought about everything from finding her mother, what she would even do with the information she now had, her relationship with the Prince, finding Guitain, and wondering how she even made it this far in the first place. Her mind was racing while she sat there, looking like she was frozen in time, hardly blinking.
She shook her head, getting herself back to her senses. She tucked the scroll away a small box she found and put it under the foot of the Prince's bed, then headed for the palace garden to look at the Wolf Lilies. As she walked, she tried to clear her mind and sort out what she needed to do next. She thought about asking Guitain what she should do, but she also thought about the decision he made to serve the Dragon Army. He would probably tell her to put the scroll back in the Archive, pretend she never saw it, and settle into her new life as the Prince's concubine. While she wouldn't mind sleeping in Prince Seian's large, plush bed next to his warm, muscular body, feeling his scales against her fur and his penis harden against her ass, she didn't want to live her life as a slave. She wanted to be free like she was before she got captured by that perverted tiger. Her stomach turned just thinking about him, but she soon pushed the thought of him away as the garden came into view.
She went over and knelt in front of the wolf lilies, looking at the swirls of color, and cast a spell. It was just a living image spell, but it helped her work through her thoughts. As her eyes glowed bright green, a small green wolfess figure appeared on the wolf lily and to the left of that figure was the red figure of Seian and to the right a blue figure of Guitain. She ran through the scenario of doing what Guitain might suggest she do and watched as the small green figure meekly going into the arms of the red, saying nothing and doing everything that the red asked of her while the blue would wither and die. The red experienced no ill-effects while the green was unhappy. Esarosa blinked and the scenario was gone. She blinked a couple more times and then started a new scenario with fresh eyes. This time, the green approached the red figure and appeared to be explaining everything to him and showing him a scroll. Esarosa figured that one of two things could happen and didn't even bother finishing the run through, blinking to eliminate the figures.
'Well, if I were being honest with myself, I'm damned either way, but there's only one outcome if I do nothing with this information,' she concluded.
"Well, that was interesting to watch. I don't think I've ever seen magic used quite like that," a voice said softly from behind her.
"Hello, Sanxar," she stood and turned to face him.
"I was leaving the Archives to come find you... I-I couldn't find what you asked me for while I was there. I beg your forgiveness and hope that you don't harm me," he said, his voice shaking with fear. His entire body, in fact, was visibly shaking and he wouldn't look her in the eyes.
"That's because I found it myself. I was in the Archives earlier today and found everything I needed."
"B-but I looked everywhere..."
"Well, according to what I've heard, you've been in there much longer than I was AND got there first. I can only assume that you were searching so frantically that you simply weren't paying attention. This leads me to the ultimate conclusion that you failed."
"Please, no! I did try... I really did!"
"Hush... You did fail, though, Sanxar, and I can't ignore that. I had to get it myself. Furthermore, you attacked me." As she said this, her eyes flashed green and Sanxar started to walk to a dark, secluded part of the courtyard against his will while Esarosa walked coolly behind him. His heart began to race as he felt fear and panic wash over him with every step. He knew would never see the sunrise or eat another meal. It wasn't long before they stepped into the shadows together. He struggled against her mind control magic to reach for his knife, but as soon as he managed to get it in his grasp, she had him toss it to the ground. "Now, now.. None of that. That wouldn't be any fun for anyone and it would be far too easy," she said, softly and sadistically.
Her eyes began to glow with what Sanxar could have sworn was bright green flames as his legs began to burn. There was no fire on his legs, but there was visible burning on his flesh. He couldn't scream, the only indication of his pain was the visible pain and horror in his eyes and tears streaming down his face. As he was burning, she raised her hand and made a twisting motion, which caused his body to twist unnaturally, breaking an untold number of bones with every movement of her hand. The burning climbed up from his legs and quickly consumed his entire body. When she was satisfied with his suffering, she clenched her fist and, as quickly as she did so, his body fell to ground, every bone broken, every inch of his flesh burned away, and every organ burst into blood and pulp. The magic she used left no smell, just a pile what was left of Sanxar. She took what was left of him and used just a little more of her power to sink his remains seamlessly into the ground until there was absolutely no trace of him or his demise. She sighed and turned away, leaving the courtyard to get the Prince's dinner. 'That was certainly satisfying,' she thought to herself as she entered the kitchen.
She gathered the tray with Prince Seian's food on it and calmly walked back to his room. She was actually hoping that he would not be too tired from his lessons and training to let her pleasure him tonight. As much as she enjoyed killing Sanxar, she did not want to think about what she had done to him. Like everyone else, she had two sides of herself and she tried to maintain an even balance between them, but sometimes she would do things that made her scared of what she was capable of. She was strong, independent, and her heart was generally in a good place, but sometimes she was downright evil and sadistic. From what she could tell, though, she never hurt others unless there was a good reason to, but she would take it too far and be brutal about it. She did not like that side of herself as much as it would seem, but she felt it was a necessary aspect of her personality. She was not about to change it, despite the occasions that it would bother her. At some point while she was thinking about all of this, she entered Prince Seian's room and relief washed over her when she saw that he was already there waiting for her. "Oh! You're back early, sire. How very nice to see you so soon!" She greeted him with a warm smile and carried the tray over to him. "Would you like to eat your dinner in bed or shall I put it on your table?"
