Deviant: No Longer Human

The sky\'s clear light bathed the stoned marble walls of the newly restored royal palace in a golden hue.

Within the Queen\'s chamber, a woman lay enveloped in the soft embrace of sleep, clutching a large pillow tenderly.

Her hair, pristine and as white as winter\'s first snow, contrasted beautifully with her creamy, smooth skin.

Undisturbed, she was the picture of charm and serene beauty.

However, the moment Seraphina awoke, the spell broke.

With a flick of disdain, she cast the pillow to the ground, disgusted, as if declaring their companionship over with the dawn.

Fortuitously, the royal chamber was devoid of witnesses to the Queen\'s morning temper.

"Eh?"

Or so she believed. As she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, her lush eyelashes fluttering like the delicate wings of a butterfly, she noticed two dolls positioned ominously before her.

"Who placed these here? Elina!" Seraphina\'s voice echoed unanswered in the spacious chamber, leading her to mutter a curse under her breath before she gathered herself and rose from her bed.

"Did they move?" A shiver of illusion tickled her spine, making her question if the dolls\' eyes had shifted. She rubbed her eyes again for clarity.

Dismissing the eerie thought, she shrugged and reasoned, \'It must be my imagination.\' Indeed, her delicate hands, paired with her voluptuous hips and ample bosom, sculpted a figure that moved with an enchanting grace as she approached the dolls.

Standing before the diminutive figures, which were hardly the size of twelve-year-old children, Seraphina bent down in her flowing violet nightdress.

As she leaned over, her buttocks stood out prominently, charming the unseen ghosts in the room.

Squeeze...

"Quite remarkable... Who crafted these?" Seraphina was tinged with amusement as she gently pinched their cheeks, only to discover they were mere lifelike imitations.

"Don\'t touch." Suddenly, the girl she was handling frowned deeply, her petite crimson lips parting to whisper a warning.

"!!"

"What!?"

Startled, Seraphina jumped two steps back in alarm. "You... You two are alive?"

"Mm." The girl, her light blonde hair shimmering like spun gold, gave a demure nod, then began to wander around the room with a curious grace.

"Hey! It\'s improper to roam about a stranger\'s room like this!" Seraphina\'s cheeks flushed a delicate pink, both embarrassed and helpless, as Yue flung open her wardrobe to reveal an array of delicate lingerie.

Crash!

"What! Not that vase! It\'s exceedingly precious!" Seraphina exclaimed as she heard the calamitous sound.

Turning, she saw the girl with snowy white hair, previously distant, now examining a vase just as it slipped from her grasp and shattered.

Seraphina\'s brow furrowed in annoyance, and she sprang onto the bed, crossing the room to scold her, but at that moment, Yue had already slipped into the bathroom, her azure eyes scanning its contents with innocent curiosity.

"Ugh! Won\'t you two listen my words at all!?"

"Who brought you here?"

"This is not a playground for children!"

A throbbing headache began to cloud Seraphina\'s thoughts. \'Whose children are they? How dare Elina leave these strangers in my chamber! N-no! Not that vase too!\'

Her heart raced with sudden fear as Wenxi reached for another, larger vase adorned with customary grass, dangerously balancing it in her small hands.

"Stop right there!"

Seraphina\'s command echoed through the chamber, but it was already too late—Wenxi had recklessly pulled the plant from its roots.

"Ugh!"

"The hell!"

"Elina!"

"Elina! Take these two away! I\'ve had enough of these pranks, and you are dismissed!"

Her voice, sharp and piercing, called out for her head maid, but Elina was conspicuously absent.

Overcome with irritation, Seraphina couldn\'t restrain her exasperation any longer.

"You! Stop or I swear I will beat you down!" She thrust her slender hand forward, pointing accusingly at Yue, who was innocently perusing the paintings adorning the walls.

Her chest rose and fell rapidly, fueled by a tempest of rage, her voice rough and tinged with the heat of her anger, her cheeks aflame with a fierce scarlet.

Yet, just as her fury reached its peak, another voice cut through the tension, smooth and unwavering.

"You want to beat my daughters? You\'ve really grown daring, Sera."

Boom!

In that fraught moment, Seraphina\'s eyes snapped shut, a curse whispered against her clenched teeth, as a chilling realization struck her.

"These two are your daughters!? That\'s impossible!"

With agility born of shock, she leapt from the plush expanse of her bed, her eyes narrowing on the figure standing near her doorway—Wang Xiao, hauntingly standing just to her left.

Despite his claim, disbelief haunted within her.

She scrutinized the man cloaked in a black robe, who stood with an unsettling stillness.

His gaze was devoid of any discernible emotion, yet his aura was undeniably otherworldly, as though he were a spectator on this earth.

\'This man, he changes as if by some dark magic. Freak,\' Seraphina cursed silently.

She had known Wang Xiao long before his ventures into the mystical lands of Xianthera, yet each return seemed to reveal a stranger before her.

She couldn\'t exactly pinpoint what it was, but he looked different—intimidatingly so—and that difference sent a cascade of butterflies fluttering through her weak heart.

"Stupid woman..." Wenxi muttered, her eyes glinting with a peculiar light as she observed Seraphina frozen in shock.

"You—! What did you dare say?" Seraphina\'s trance shattered, her voice sharp as a whip as she glared at Wenxi, her body tensing to spring forward and deliver a beating.

\'Shit!\'

Wenxi, her face turned pale as if caught in some evil, she quickly darted behind Wang Xiao, Yue trailing calmly behind her.

"Wang Xiao! Your daughters show no respect for their elders!" Seraphina exclaimed, her tone a mix of disbelief and indignation, as she pointed a accusatory finger towards him.

Her inner thoughts in mess—how could Wang Xiao, the man she once knew, suddenly have daughters fully grown?

Her breath shook, her thoughts filled in web of disbelief and annoyance.

"Wang Xiao, explain yourself! How is it that these young women claim you as their father? And since when did you decide to return without a word to this old lady?" Seraphina demanded, her voice echoing with a mixture of fury and complain.