I was just defeated for the 12th time by Demon Queen Velverosa, and it was the same result as always she 1 HIt K-O'd me. I love her, but she barely listens to me. At least all of her demon friends are nice. Melathia in particular gives me a ton of encouragement, and once I make progress with the Demon Queen I need to find a way to repay her.

"Defeated again Malori?" said Cerik

"Yeah I just Can't do anything, she blows me away in one hit every time."

"Maybe you should switch things up then. How about trying a tactic that isn't just walking in and confessing."

"Good idea, I will spend tonight coming up with something." Malori replied.

After spending half the night planning, I awoke with a plan to hopefully gain some of Velverosa's Trust.

"First things first, I need to go get Cerik." Malori said while thinking out loud. I spent about an hour before I confronted him in the Library, but I wanted him to have a little time to his Lamia x Stockings fetish before I pushed my business on him.I explained that we would be in a two-man party, and that he would be 100% unharmed before we got to the queen. We teleported to the tower in the middle of the day.

"Wait out here Cerik. I am going to go in first, and explain the situation."

"Ok! Hurry up though, I wanna get back to my artwork."

"If your lucky I will introduce you to something better than your art." I said with a wink. I scaled the floors, only taking the necessary time to great my demonic friends. Mr. Demon Bat was really wanting details about my last encounter with Queen Vel, but I was already at the 15 floor, so I had to go.

"Demonic Elbow!!!" exclaimed Berkz, as he defeated a low level adventurer.

"Berkz I need your help real quick."

"Ok." Berkz replied.

"I need to talk to Malathia about a few things before I go on ahead with a friend today." He complied, and used a communications crystal to bring up a magical call with the Lamia.

After I explained my plan, and got permission to bring Cerik to the Queen, we set off to the 105 floor. When we arrived I turned to Cerik. "Ok, be on your best behavior. Other than you she is my closest friend, so don't get too weird." We entered the Large chamber, and there sat Malathia.

"Hey, Mal. Hope it goes well today, and is this Cerik" She said.

"Nice to meet you, and sorry for having to put up with Malori all of the time." Cerik said.

"It's quite alright, she is a kind girl. I just wish Vel would accept her feelings, although it does make for some good stories." Malathia replied, as she thought of her story "Lillies in the Demon Tower" "This is going to make for an amazing chapter later."

"Sorry that I haven't been staying for chats lately. I know how bored you guys get since there isn't really anything to do in the tower besides waiting for fights."

"It's alright seeing your attempts to win over the Queen is good enough."

"If you want Ms. Malathia I wouldn't mind coming here to hang out with you some time?" Cerik said, after seeing an opportunity to get close to Malathia.

Malori looked at Cerik. She knew what he was trying to pull, but after what she was going to do to him in the throne room, she felt it was fair to let him hit on her a little.

"That would be lovely. I have been wanting to spend some time with you, since the only other thing Malori talks about besides Vel is you."

Ceriks eyes lit up "Would it be alright if I come over tomorrow? Would you want to play a board game or watch a movie?"

" A movie would be great, I will get the popcorn since your bringing the movie."

"Wait, how do I get up here without dying, I always lose to fenn?"

"Oh, don't worry about that. I will tell the other generals to treat you the same as Mal."

"Well, since you two are finished planning, we should be going. I wouldn't want to keep my darling waiting." Malori said, her eyes taking the shapes of hearts as she thought of Vel."

The three quickly said their goodbyes as the duo left to approach the last boss.

"Before we go in, I want to apologize in advance." Malori said, in a slightly apologetic tone.

Malori opened the doors to the chamber, to see a sitting Velverosa looking hot as ever. " Demon Queen Velverosa, I don't want to fight you today. I came to prove my trustworthiness to you. This is my best friend in the world, Cerik. He has been my friend forever." Malori said. As she explained she pushed Cerick to the middle of the room, and casted a spell. The air around Cerik expanded as the heat from the explosion level ten spell Malori cast, Disintegrated Cerik. Velverosa sat in her chair dumbfounded at what this girl had just done.

"I know it means nothing since he respawns anyway, but I hope that by doing that, I showed you that I would do anything for you." Malori said, with a confident expression.

"Why? Why would you go to such lengths, just for me?" Vel asked.

"I do the things I do because I love you. Just give me one month as your lover, and I will prove to you how much I care your you." Malori said, in a determined manner. " I have trained my entire life to be strong enough to protect and love you. All I am asking is for one month to prove I can give you the happiness you deserve.

Queen Vel sat the for what seemed like an eternity in Malori's eyes. After ten minutes of pure silence the Demon Queen finally spoke, "Fine, you have one month! You better prove to me how much you care about me." said Queen Vel