"Akanon, you are out of line!" The Spider Mother clearly wasn't satisfied with the reply.
"Please calm down, Your Majesty, and hear me out," Akanon said.
"Then speak," the Spider Mother snapped as she flopped back down, glaring at Akanon.
Yet instead of speaking, he stood up, walked over to her, and reached out his hand to caress the Spider Mother's fair neck.
The Spider Mother instinctively wanted to pull away, but seeing that there was no trace of desecration in Akanon's eyes, she didn't dodge.
When Akanon's touch reached the Spider Mother's neck, a roar like that of a primal beast shook the very soul of the Spider Mother.
"This... this... this..." The Spider Mother was stunned, as the breath that had touched her soul belonged to her husband—the Hell Demon King—whom she longed for day and night!
