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Chapter 25: The Party

"Hollow... Please... Tell me this is a joke, you can't be serious," Ogrim said with noticeable concern in his voice.

The knight looked at him without showing signs of understanding the problem, in his eyes Ogrim was exaggerating, so he ignored his question and turned to the mirror to finish arranging his gala cloak, an elegant black model with a silver bib, another of the exclusive designs of Demetrio.

"You can't do that!" The beetle spoke once more, standing between the knight and his reflection. "You and Orchid can't be dating!"

"....." Hollow glared at him, no one was going to forbid him to make Orchid his girlfriend if they both wished, which he made more than clear with his gestures.

"And can you tell me when that happened?"

"........"

"She confessed in the cemetery while she was drugged ... How romantic."

"........" Hollow crossed his arms proudly.

"Hollow... You can't take seriously the words of someone who is druged. It's common sense! She probably doesn't even remember that happened." He clutched his head in exasperation. "Look, I doubt that girl is interested in being your girlfriend, you know how racist and xenophobic her species is. And even if she were able to put all that aside and love you, how do you intend to maintain a relationship with her being what you are?"

"...............!" Hollow was furious at this comment.

"I know your condition has never prevented you from living a normal life and all that, but there are certain things you can't do besides not speaking at an audible volume, I guess you've taken into account the fact that you will never be able to bear children."

"............"

"Just because you don't like children doesn't mean she doesn't. What if she wants to be a mother one day? Those kinds of things must be decided by both."

".........." He seemed a bit embarrassed at these arguments.

"And even if you both decide you don't want children, when she wants to touch your body, she will discover that something is not right there."

Hollow tilted his head confused, not quite understanding what he meant by touching him, the compacted shadows could imitate the shell of an insect quite well, for something in all these years no one outside the family had discovered the secret of the shadelings.

"Let's see..." The beetle seemed somewhat uncomfortable having to explain those things to him. "Sex is not just for bringing children into the world. Did you know?"

The conversation was going to take a very interesting turn, but this was not the time, as they were about to start a very important party. Just at that moment the door to Hollow's room opened and Big came in exuding emotion from his eyes, almost looking like a child swinging from one foot to the other as his precious silver cape with floral patterns billowed behind him.

"Hornet is here! And she brought her kids!"

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The spider queen was in the hall being attended by the servants who, with all the cordiality in the world, offered her all kinds of refreshments and asked her until exhaustion if she needed anything, which instead of being something pleasant, only made her feel uncomfortable. She would never get used to the opulence with which Big liked to live, she preferred the simplest and closest things.