THE MONTH OF STRONG SUN (JUNE), 26TH DAY, YEAR 500 ON THE IMPERIAL CALENDAR

I woke up again. I was in a dark, wet, and cramped space. I was curled in the fetal position. I began to move, pushing upwards. The substance felt wet and slimy, but I was able to tear it at. I began to push more and more upwards until I finally burst out of the the small space. As soon as I was freed, I heard lots of cheering and screaming.

“Empress Siamara has been born!” cried a voice excitedly.

I suddenly realized why it was so dark, it was because my eyes were closed. I slowly opened them, and began to survey and pay attention to my surroundings.

I was in a large room, filled to the brim with tons of figures, but it was hard to tell who my eyes were still adjusting to the sudden amount of light.

“Everyone, everyone, calm down now. Yes, the Empress has been born, but you forget that she is still but a child. You must let her get used to everything, otherwise you’ll scare her.” said a calm voice.

My vision had slowly come back to me. The first thing I took notice of was my body. My lower half was that of a snake, covered in black and golden scales. I also saw my hair, which was black. The last thing I took notice of was that I had emerged from some sort of pod or cocoon, filled with a transparent pinkish liquid.

I slowly began to crawl out of the pod like object. Unfortunately I found that my limbs were still weak, and fell and tumbled out of the pod. As a result, three people, who were dressed like servants, rushed towards me to help me up and make sure I was ok.

“There, there.” one lady servant said to me.

I sat idly trying to recover from the fall. While I was doing that, the man that I had heard before spoke up with an announcement.

“Remember this great ladies and gentlemen, as our beloved Empress Siamara has been born upon this month of strong sun(Author’s Note: June), on the day of the 26th, and on the year of 500 on the Imperial calendar.”

More people cheered in response. Soon after that, there servant stayed by my side, nursing me. They wrapped me up in what looked like an expensive blanket made of silk, as one of the female servants acted as my wet nurse and breast fed me.

While that was happening, people began to bring gifts and offerings to me. The servants accepted the gifts for me and set them aside. After many, many gifts, another announcement was made.

“Now that offerings have been presented to our great Empress, every tribal chief and feudal lord is required to swear fealty to their new liege.”

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After that, many men and women, of different species, began presenting themselves to me and bowed, while swearing fealty to me. Since I was still but a newborn, I didn’t remember many of them, and decided I could learn of them later on. I found most of them pretty trust-worthy looking, there were a few that looked at me like I was some more of easy target, but I wasn’t surprised or afraid, it was bound to happen.

After the many leaders and nobles presented themselves to me, the man who had been in charge presented himself to me last.

“I am Regent Dralden, my liege, and I swear on my life that I will forever serve you at your side, your Highness.”

He then took a knee and then gently took my hand and kissed the back of it. It was a bit of a weird experience for me, but it was the thought that counted. Afterwards, he then took a crown from the pocket in his robes and placed the crown upon my head slowly.

“I crown you Empress of the Demon Empire. Long live her grace Demon Empress Siamara the First.”

Another round of cheer and applause played.

After the crowning, there was an after party. I took this time to curl my lower half around one of the servants and fall asleep on them. Afterwards they took me to my new bedroom, and laid me down to sleep in there.

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THE MONTH OF STRONG SUN, 27TH DAY, YEAR 500 OF THE IMPERIAL CALENDAR

I was woken up by one of the servants that had been with me the day before, they seem to be my wet nurses. Two of them picked me up gently and carefully carried me. They brought me to a bath, where they cleaned me. However, my skin and scales were still quite sensitive, so I attempted to put up a good fight once I was in.

Once they had finished washing me, they dried my up nicely, and then clothed me in a pretty silk dress, and placed my crown upon my head. We then began moving to a different part of the palace, with my nurses carrying me in tow.

I was brought to the palace garden. It was quite beautiful, as it was filled with both plants and animals I had never seen before, I imagine the look upon my face was filled with excitement , curiosity, and glee.

They then brought me to a beautiful white table, where a tea set lay. They sat down in the chairs, allowing me to lay my long body across their laps. They poured a cup of tea, and then began to cool it down, I imagine the tea was for me to drink.

While I was sitting there, enjoying the tea they had served me, Regent Dralden appeared at my table, with a young man with white hair, red eyes, and wearing a small tuxedo following him.

“Good morning your highness, I see that you are enjoying some tea.”

“Mwaaaaa” I replied in a light voice, it was more of a sound, than speech, since I cannot speak yet.

He then smiled, and then continued talking, “Your highness, I am here today to present to you your new personal butler, and bodyguard.”

I appreciate the gesture of him trying to assign me a bodyguard, but due to the fact that I have, or will have half the power of god, I doubt I will actually need to borrow his strength.

The bodyguard shyly peeked out from behind Dralden, before hiding again.

“Don’t be rude to her majesty you foolish boy, introduce yourself”

Slowly, the boy pulled himself from out behind Dralden, before slowly introducing himself.

“H-hello y-y-your majesty, I am Wilheim, and I will be your new butler and bodyguard starting t-today.”

I, in turn decided to smile back to Wilheim, who started to blush and look away.

“Now boy, I have work to do, so remember to do your job without fail. If you do something to embarrassing her majesty, I will personally have your hide.” said Dralden in a dark voice, before turning and walking away.

All of this excitement had worn me out, so I started to drift to sleep, thinking about how my life would be now with this Wilheim boy in it.