Dream

"Dream"

As the night gradually deepened, even the signs of life in Succubus City began to fade away.

Though they were demons, just like humans, they needed sleep and rest. Aside from a few strongly nocturnal races, demons still drifted into dreams when night fell.

It was not as though there were no nocturnal demons in Succubus City.

But their numbers were certainly rather small.

Therefore, aside from certain special areas, Succubus City was still fairly quiet at night. Even the two Legendary-tier rock giants guarding the gates of Succubus Castle closed their eyes and fell asleep like genuine stone statues. Unless someone approached, they would not awaken.

With things as they were, Shien naturally prepared to sleep as well.

Originally, he had wanted to use the Magic Item Roxie had given him to contact her, chat with that Princess, and ease his longing for her. Who would have thought that the item could not connect across worlds? He could only give up helplessly.

"I wonder how that girl will react when she finds out I'm getting engaged to Aiyi."

Shien truly felt a little guilty.

No matter what, such a major matter being settled without discussing it with Roxie, who was theoretically the Empress, was indeed inappropriate.

One could imagine that Roxie was already furious, perhaps even feeling like stabbing Shien to death.

"What else could I have done?"

Shien gave a bitter smile.

This matter had come as an immense surprise even to him. How could he have had the spare capacity to discuss it with Roxie?

Besides, as his fiancée, Roxie could not possibly have remained entirely unaffected when his identity was exposed. She was probably dealing with her own affairs right now and had no energy to spare for Shien.

All that could be said was