Marie watched as the castle's doors opened before her and her lips widened into a smile the moment she saw Vivian standing in the hall.
The beautiful Centaur sauntered into the room, with a mixture of curiosity and excitement evident on her face. "Your Majesty!! I can't believe it! You've truly returned. I received your message last night, but I was puzzled as to why you wanted me to come along with children's clothes. However, one of your spirit knights just informed me that you now have two beautiful…" Marie paused mid-sentence when her gaze landed on the cute little boy and girl, standing on either side of the tall dragon queen.
Just as the knights in the capital city had informed the demons in the town square, another jack-o'-lantern knight had informed Marie about the dragon queen's children.
At first, Marie still had her doubts concerning the information, but when her gaze landed on Aster and Lily, the female centaur couldn't help but gush over the Queen's children.
"Oh my goodness. They look so cute and adorable. I can't wait to get started with their measurements. May I begin now, Your Majesty?" Marie exclaimed excitedly as she moved closer to Aster and Lily.
"Yes, you may."
With Vivian giving her the go-ahead, Marie immediately flicked her wrist while whispering a few words, and a roll of soft measuring tape suddenly appeared and hovered in the air behind her.
Marie turned her attention toward Lily before approaching the little princess, "Alright, Your Highness. Stand straight for me, please." She said and Lily happily obliged.
The little girl showed no fear towards the centaur standing before her.
Even Aster couldn't help but be impressed by how calm and cheerful Lily had been since she arrived in the supernatural world.
She had reacted the same way when Sara and Cara had come out of the castle to welcome their queen. He was really impressed by how the little girl was quickly adapting to her new life as a princess.
'Hm, maybe Lily doesn't feel scared at all because she completely trusts the dragon queen and she knows her mother would do anything to ensure her safety.'
'She's definitely a brave little girl, that's for sure.' Aster thought to himself as he watched the floating tape circle around Lily's waist.
Noticing this, the little princess swiftly puffed up her cheeks while closing her eyes.
It almost felt like she was trying to hold her breath, so she wouldn't disturb the floating tape, but her gesture was just so cute, it made her look like a cute and chubby little hamster and Vivian couldn't help but giggle softly before deflating her daughter's puffy cheeks with the gentle poke of her finger.
The little princess giggled as the tape continued to take her measurements while Marie recorded everything down on a parchment.
Meanwhile, Aster noticed a floating cheval mirror approaching him.
He furrowed his brows and wondered why the mirror was suddenly drawing closer to him but then he heard a voice coming out of the mirror.
"We'll be taking your measurements too, Your Highness."
Stepping around the floating mirror were two beautiful satyrs, dressed in stunning outfits and each of them had a cute smile on their faces.
They had accompanied Marie and both of them circled Aster whilst taking his measurements.
However, the voice he had heard earlier sounded like a man and not one of the two ladies, so Aster brought his gaze back to the mirror, and to his surprise, he noticed the outline of a man's face reflecting on the mirror's surface.
The man had no facial features, the only thing Aster could see was the silhouette of a head in the mirror with a large pair of horns pointing upwards.
The voice emerged again, and it gave further instructions to the two beautiful satyrs who were still taking Aster's measurements.
The girls measured his chest, shoulders, arms, and legs before stepping back to show the male demon within the mirror.
The demon in the mirror slowly stepped out of it, but from what Aster could see, the entire body of the demon looked humanoid, and it had silver colored skin, but without a nose, eyes, mouth, or ears.
So, how was it able to talk without a mouth?
In fact, how could it even see when it clearly didn't have eyes either?
"Hmm." The mirror demon hummed as it mused while looking down at the figures written on the parchment. "A tall build for a fifteen-year-old and a lean frame as well. I think I have a couple of clothes that will be perfect for you."
The mirror demon turned around and inserted his hand into the cheval mirror hovering behind it.
This caused the mirror to ripple like the surface of a water, as the demon pulled out a new set of clothes which were just the right size for the dragon prince.
Meanwhile, Marie handed Lily's measurements over to her two apprentices.
The female satyrs instantly delved their hands into a brown leather bag before pulling out a few folded garments, suitable for the little princess.
Lily's eyes shimmered with excitement when she saw her dress which was a soft white gown trimmed with a pink and golden ribbon.
"It's pretty. I love it."
"My lady, you can try it on, if you want." Marie handed the dress over to the little princess and Cara helped her to change into the dress.
After they were done, Lily twirled around before turning towards her mother to ask. "How do I look?"
"Like a cute and beautiful little princess."
Lily beamed toothily before turning to her big brother as well. "Big brother, what do you think?"
"I like it, Lily."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"I like yours too. It makes you look like a real prince."
"It does, doesn't it?" Vivian giggled as she marveled at the clothing Aster had also changed into.
Aster was currently wearing a dark coat with a white inner shirt, along with matching black trousers and boots.
"Thanks." Aster thanked Vivian and Lily before turning toward Marie who had clapped her hands to draw everyone's attention.
"Alright, Your Highness. This is just the beginning. We still have a ton of clothes, boots, and slippers for you to try on, so let's get started!!" Marie raised her fist in excitement and Lily instantly joined her as well.
"Yay!! More clothes!!"
"Oh, but Mama just thought of something even better to do."
"What is it?" Lily asked and Vivian giggled cutely before turning toward Aster.
"How about we try to make your big brother look pretty?"
"What?!!" Aster exclaimed in surprise, but Lily's eyes shimmered with mischief as a light bulb flickered on her head when she realized what Vivian was talking about.
"Oh!!! You mean by dressing him up like a girl and adding makeup and stuff?" The little princess asked.
Vivian giggled and nodded in response. "That's right, Lily. So what do you think? Should we do it??"
"No!!!"
"Yes!!!!" Lily cheered and raised both hands in celebration. Then both ladies turned their heads in slow motion with a mischievous smirk on their faces, disregarding the fact that Aster had already said NO.
Aster's eyes widened in surprise when he saw how both ladies had quickly come to a conclusion without even considering his feelings or opinion on what they were about to do.
"Wait a minute. You don't have to do this. Don't you care about how I feel concerning this?" Aster asked as he took a few steps back while his eyes remained fixed on the girls in front of him.
"We do, big brother, and that's why I promise to make sure that you'll look pretty and irresistible."
"Me too, dear. Mama is going to make you the prettiest boy in the kingdom."
"But I don't want to be a pretty boy. I prefer being handsome." Aster said, then quickly turned around to dash out of the room, but Vivian giggled as she summoned her comrades.
"Ladies? Assemble."
Lily and Cara came to stand beside the dragon queen and Vivian pointed at their target as he tried to escape from them. "Now Charge!!!" She commanded and Lily chased after her big brother.
"Charge!!!!" The little girl also screamed as she gave chase while Cara trailed behind the little princess with a smile on her face.
Witnessing this new strange atmosphere in the royal castle, Marie and her apprentices couldn't help but giggle as they watched the three ladies gang up on the little prince and dress him up as a cute and beautiful princess.
Aster protested loudly while trying to escape, but this only made the girls even more eager to complete their task.
Eventually, he gave up on trying to escape, and simply sat down, allowing his mother and sister to do whatever they wanted.
After all, it made them happy to do this, so he saw no reason why he should refuse and make them unhappy.
Besides, he was curious about how he would look when everything was finally over.
But while Vivian and Lily were preoccupied with dressing him up and giving him a makeover, Aster didn't know that a certain, beautiful banshee was hiding and taking photos of his embarrassing moments.