LOVERS? EDA X FEM READER REMAKE

Competition!

At Eda's Human Collectibles stand in the market. King holds up a tray of mostly inedible human things.

"Partake of my free snack samples! Take them; I demand it as your ruler, the King of Demons!"Several people pass but none even look at him. He throws the tray on the ground.

"Nyeh! Why isn't anyone paying attention to me? I'm their rightful overlord. Intellectually and such."
"Yeah... hey!" Eda frabs a passerby by the cowl, sniffs. "It reeks more of nerd than money today."
"Guys!"

Eda lets go of the passerby as Luz walks up to them.

"You will not believe what's going on!" She poses under a banner. "It's a book fair! Where books come to life!"
A book jumps off one of the stands next to her.
"Hello." Luz screams and kicks it.
"A fair without rides?"

"Who needs rides when this" He shoves a book in King's face. "can take you anywhere?"
"Nyeh."
King throws a strip of bacon on the boy's head. A winged demon flies by and picks him up. The boy screams.

"A, ew." Eda throws book on the ground. "B, I'm bored. C, I feel like pickpocketing some dork while they browse." Eda walks off.
"No, wait! Will you give it a chance? I'll let you ride in my hoodie!" Luz puts her hood up.
"Ooohoohoohoo!"

Luz walks through the book fair with King in her hood.
"This book fair's got everything! A zine-making workshop, meet and greets, and—what's that? A writing competition!? I've always wanted to be a writer."
"Writer? What? I thought you wanted to be a witch?"
"Of course I wanna be a witch. But where I'm from that's kinda... impossible. So my runner up dream was to be a writer." She pulls a picture out of her pocket. "I've had this about the author picture since I was seven years old. I know my good angle. I'm gonna enter the competition."

Bo laughs as she runs by.
"Ugh! What are these basement dwellers doing out in natural sunlight?"
"Um! We're in line for Jon De Plume, most famous writer on the Boiling Isles, famed author of the Realm Warriors series! I'm gonna have him read my story... and marry me."

Jon De Plume signs a book then other demons or children.
"Such power. Such command he holds over his minions. I must have the same! Luz the human! I too shall enter the competition."
"Really? We could work together! It'll be perfect! We're best friends, so we'll make the best team!"
"Team! Yes!"

Luz begins walking away.
"My name goes first on the cover.

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Indistinguishable chatter is heard everywhere around Eda.

Eda grabs books and tosses it. "Boring." She knocks books onto a child's head. "boring." She grabs another book. "Boring." Eda gasps as she looks in a mirror. "Another wrinkle! The curse is quickening!"
"You, lackey."

Eda ducks behind a banner that says "READ OR... DIE". She lifts the banner and glares at Lilith.
"Lilith..."
"Do you have the item we discussed?"
"Oh! Yes, right here." The merchant hands her a map.
"This is excellent. A map to the Bloom of Eternal Youth. I think the emperor will be very pleased."

"Ma'am, shouldn't we be searching for the Owl Lady to join the coven? Remember that whole plan."
"My sister's curse has left her frail. She'll still be here when we get back."
Eda groans as he comment.
"This comes first, it's for the emperor after all."
"Yeah!" The lackey knocks over the merchant's books. "All hail the emperor!"

"Very good, Steve!" She pats his shoulder and walks away.
"Shoulder pats for Steve!"
Eda jumps a table. "Hey bub, what'd you sell my prissy sister?"
"Oh! It's a map to the Bloom of Eternal Youth. A rare flower that only grows once a millennia. Like the name says, it gives eternal youth to whomever holds it."