"Husband, my full name is Eleri Valearyn. And so is you parents'. They are Rick Valearyn and Rishane Valearyn. We are part of the Valearyn Royal Family of the Desire Province," Aunt Eleri said.
"...What? Royal Family?"
"Yes. And you too. Your real identity is Allen Valearyn."
That's not what I was expecting. Not at all. My questions kept increasing. But I didn't say anything. I was sure Aunt Eleri had much more to say.
"Actually," Aunt Eleri continued, "My mother was a princess and your grandfather or rather, my uncle, was a prince of the Valearyn Royal Family. They were siblings."
"Eh?!" I flinched. "My wife..."
"Yes, what is it, husband?"
"Your mother... She doesn't happen to be my real grandmother, right?"
"Oh, no. She isn't. My mother and your grandfather married different partners outside the Royal Family."
"So, Aunt Eleri, you're my parents' cousin, not just my mother's childhood friend, huh? And my parents are cousins too?"
"Yes, your parents and I are cousins. But you're wrong about your parents. They are not cousins. They are siblings."
I stared at Aunt Eleri. She stared back at me. The way she looked at me was telling, 'Why's my husband surprised by such normal relationships?'
After rediscovering that incest and taboo relationships were normal to desire demons, I sighed. Seriously, I didn't even know why I was surprised. After all, I lost my virginity to my mother, had threesome with my mother and sister, and in the end, married my parents' cousin.
Stupid me. I scratched the back of my head and smiled awkwardly, "My wife, why did you stop? Please, go on. Tell me everything you want. I'm listening."
Aunt Eleri sighed and continued, "You know that the demon continent is devided into several provinces, right?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Good. The one we desire demons live in is called the Desire Province. And the Valearyn Royal Family's Patriarch, Eurus Valearyn is the ruler of the entire Desire Province. He is also your great grandfather. He has thousands of children."
Oh my, he's quite something!
"A couple of millennia ago, he officially issued a Royal Decree to chose one of his children as his successor and make him the Crown Prince of the Desire Province. Since then, the Royal Prince and Princesses began gathering support from nobles and high ranking officials from the Royal Court. But in reality, they had been doing that since long before the Royal Decree."
Such nut-job Royal Family businesses are the same no matter what world you live in, huh?
"But some of the older Royal Prince and Princesses had other plans. They were secretly sharpening their blades and forces to do something big."
Oh! did they plan a coupe? Did they succeed?
"They wanted to cut down all the younger Royal siblings."
...What? Don't tell me?!
Aunt Eleri noticed my horrified expression. She lowered her gaze and spoke, "My mother and your grandfather were also on their list."
I swallowed.
"They carried out their scheme a few decades ago, when we were little. I was five at the time. Your mother was seven and your father was seventeen," Aunt Eleri paused briefly before continuing, "They attacked us at night... with overwhelming numbers, from all direction. Since your grandfather and my mother were very close, we used to reside at the same castle. So, my parents, your grandparents and our retainers managed to stand strong against their attack. But their numbers were too great."
Aunt Eleri clenched her fingers into a hard fist. "...I still remember it vividly. It was as if a tsunami of purple horns was rushing at us from all sides. And when we were on the brink of losing the battle, your grandparents and my parents decided to let my mother and some servants take us children and flee, while they held the enemies back." Her face darkened.
I cupped her balled fist with my hands. Aunt Eleri trembled, "My mother took us out of the castle through a secret underground tunnel. It was conneted to a city thousands of miles away from the castle. But... we didn't know that the enemy was waiting at the end of that tunnel."
Aunt Eleri's lips quivered, "When my mother sensed the enemy's presence, she used her Illusion ability to make all of us invisible to them. We all thought we were out of danger when nobody on the enemy side noticed us escaping. But... my mother wasn't strong enough to maintain that illusion for a long time. S-so, she released her Illusion ability from herself and a few of our servants who refused to let her take the risk alone, so that she can hide us from the enemy until we leave their sight."
Aunt Eleri's eyes became teary and voice turned broken, "uck, those bastard killed the servants and raped my mother!" She burst into tears. "I wanted to save my mother! I wanted to go to her side and protect her—hck! But the servants held me tight and ran without looking back! Hck! I couldn't save my mother... I could only watch her helplessly! Uck!"
Aunt Eleri didn't speak anymore after that. She kept crying while hugging me tightly.
I finally understood why Aunt Eleri hated sex so much. It's not that she hated it. She feared it.
However, I felt like a heartless animal once again for wanting to hear this cruelty. I didn't know her suffering. I didn't know her pain. I didn't know what she must've gone through after losing her mother.
I made her cry once again. I was such a pathetic loser.
I couldn't find any words to console her. Did I even have the rights to console her? I didn't. Not me who made her remember her darkest past.