Sorry, Lizard, today on the meal is Beta, and since she's beta, she's the sub.

Cid is domming this one… gently!

"Hm, hm, hm…" Cid hummed as he sipped his tea.

Yes, for now he decided to go with nice cold black tea. He really needed something refreshing after… having fun with Alpha. It was certainly… an experience.

As of now, he was sitting in… something like conference room? There were eight chair around the round table, and his chair was decorated nicely, compared to all others which were practically the same. Hmm, another reminder: tell them that they should have cool chairs, too. It wouldn't do if his closest ones had shitty equip…

"My Lord, I am ready!"

Oh, it's Beta.

"So you wish to get your reward as soon as possible, too…" he softly smiled and took another sip.

"Yes, my Lord!" silver-haired elf nodded frantically, making her… assets shake in the process.

Damn, they are all so eager to get their sweet time, huh…

"Hmm, got ideas already?"

"Uh…" she froze in place as her smile shattered.

'Damn, the contrast between Alpha and Beta sure is high…' Cid thought as he looked at the cutely panicking Beta.

"C'mon, Beta, relax," he sipped again, "it's not like the world is gonna end if you don't get a plan on your time."

"B-But if I take too much time, other will take my place in the queue!" she objected, placing her trusty book on her chest once more.

"Well, that might be true, actually…" he went in thought as he refilled his cup.

Beta looked around nervously as she gripped her book. He could even see her biting her lips in worry.

"Right, how about this…" Cid decided to speak up.

"Y-Yes, my Lord?" she raised her head hopefully.

"We will immediately go to your desired place… But," he raised his finger, "I will give a preparation time. Say, thirty minutes. In thirty minutes you have to prepare everything you deem necessary. Will that do?"

"Y-Yes, my Lord!" Beta nodded in elation.

"Good. Then, shall we go or do you want to drink some tea beforehand?"

"Uh, allow me to have one, please…"

"Sure," he chuckled and filled another cup.

"He-he-he…" Beta looked at her beloved Lord, sitting on her bed.

Her gaze travelled across his body, hungrily taking in every bit of the magnificent view.

"So, what do you want to do?" his charming voice reached her reddening ears.

"M-My Lord…" her throat suddenly went dry.

"Yeah?" he tilted his head.

"Please treat me… Like a princess…" her breath halted as she felt a sudden dizziness.

'Get a hold of yourself, Beta… You don't want to ruin this sweet moment!'

"Like a princess, you say?…" his brow quirked.

"Y-Yes…" she placed her hands on her chest as her blush deepened, "E-Ever since you told me all these stories, I couldn't get this image out of my head… As you valiantly saved me from the curse… Like a dark knight, encompassed in moonlight…" she closed her eyes in joy.

"O-Oh… So that's how you want it…" she heard her Lord musing.

Beta sat with her eyes still closed, waiting for his response. Then she heard shuffling. She gulped, but still kept her eyes closed, waiting for his actions.

Her hands suddenly felt an intrusion. His strong, yet gentle fingers slowly touched her own, making her squeal a little. His hands felt free as they explored every little part of her palm, tickling her in the process.

No longer able to withstand such tease, she opened her eyes, only to be met with his beautiful smile as he gently caressed her hands. Her mouth slightly opened; she wasn't able to take her gaze away from the kneeling Lord as his loving gaze pierced through her soul.

"My Princess…" Beta's breath hitched as she felt a strange feeling in her stomach, "Would you accompany this humble knight for a dance?"

Ah, how good it is that she was sitting. If she were to suddenly fall down because of sudden weakness, such embarrassment would it be!

"Y-Yes, my Black Knight…" smile crept on her face as she carefully stood up.

Beta slowly raised her hand, allowing her beloved Shadow to rise. As soon as he stood up, she immediately took his hands into her own and slowly led him from the bed.

Moonlight shone through, and her gaze ran across his form, memorizing the beautiful view. She carefully made a move, and he immediately followed.

Beta slowly stepped closer to the window, closer to the wonderful night sky that faintly illuminated the scene. She allowed his hand to slid towards her waist as her own reached out to his broad shoulder.

As they stood near the window, Beta's breath hitched once more as her beloved Knight looked at her with these breathtaking grey eyes of his. The once dull color, paired with him, became the most enchanting view in the world. She felt herself slowly drowning in the shades of grey as moonlight reflected from his eyes.

"What's the matter?" he inquired in a soothing tone as she felt his hand slowly caressing her chin.

Beta didn't answer as she let his fingers to slowly trace her neck, lower, and lower. She gulped audibly as he reached the lower parts of her throat, almost entering her cleavage. Even more, she felt her gulp passing right where his finger was, invoking a somewhat tense, yet pleasant sensation. She stared at him, at his domineering figure, at how with a mere movement of his fingers he forced her to feel pleasure. She stared at him as he slowly lowered his face to hers, his gentle breath warming her twitching ear.

"Something flashing before your eyes?" Knight whispered as Princess did her best not to collapse into his embrace.

Beta shuddered upon feeling his other hand slowly running up her spine; from the waist, to the chest level, to the neck. Now, her throat was surrounded by his hands as he gently massaged it. No longer able to stand upright, she fell onto him, clutching onto his clothes as she frantically inhaled his scent.

She tightly shut her eyes as she felt his mouth near her ear. She gasped, feeling his lips gently leaving a mark on her earlobe and slowly moving up to the sharp end. Her hands grasped onto him, the only thing that prevented her from shamefully falling down on the floor as pleasure overtook her being.

"Shh…" barely audible sound reached her poor red ear as he let it go.

Her back arched as she felt his hand gently tracing it down; from neck, to chest level…

"A-Ah…" Beta gasped as his finger pressed onto her vertebra.

It retracted for a moment, then slowly pressed once more, this time even gentler. Beta shook in his embrace, her face into his neck, as his fingers slowly caressed her sensitive point. She could only inhale his scent as she lost herself in sea of pleasure.

She pressed her chest onto his body as his fingers slowly descended down to her waist area, carefully caressing around her vertebras. She whimpered at the feeling of his hand massaging the area, her breath hitching.

Then, he stopped.

Beta finally felt relief as he simply held her by the waist, gently caressing her silver hair and whispering sweetly into her ear.

Princess allowed her Knight to gently carry her back onto the bed, as she looked at him with misty gaze. Upon seeing his smile she reached her hands out, inviting him to share the comfort of her room.

And he obliged, slowly lowering himself to her level as she reached for the blanket. Once he lay close to her, she covered both him and herself with a blanket as she for his body, pulling him into embrace. Averting her gaze, she once more buried her burning face into his chest, enjoying the scent of his body.

Princess heard her Knight chuckle as his hand caressed her hair once more, carefully touching the ears' sharp ends. She relaxed herself in his embrace and slowly shifted her head to his shoulder, feeling his hair tickling her nose.

She felt herself protected, loved. Just like back in that time, he was by her side, allowing her to clutch onto his body, chasing her nightmares away. Even now, she was relying on him.

She wanted to prove herself as a successful servant of his, however… However, just this once… Just this once, to let your desires lead you… That's fine, right?

'Hmm, Beta is more on a submissive side, loves being treated like a princess, also likes a mix of gentle and rough treatment… Completely falls if you take the moment and scene right…' Cid was counting his experience with yet another Shade.

She was currently sleeping soundly in his embrace, with her head on his shoulder. He could feel her ear twitching as it touched his cheek… Kinda ticklish, if he's being honest.

And her quite impressive chest pressed onto his body. No, really, it even squished ju-u-ust a bit!

If he was being honest, with Alpha Cid felt more like… well, Cid: an ordinary guy with zero experience in these matters, being led by his far more mature lover. With Beta, it was kinda the opposite: now he was the one who took the lead as enigmatic Shadow (or Black Knight, as Beta called him… she actually has good taste in naming!), allowing innocent elf to fall into the sea of pleasure called his embrace.

Though…

Cid shuddered.

When he saw her face while sitting on her bed for the first…

He for sure thought he was in for a rougher time than it was with Alpha.

You may not believe it, but this small-ass chapter took more time than Devourer whole battle. No, I am not joking.

And about Beta's face: go on the wiki and look at her LN cover. In my honest opinion, she has the scariest art cover out of all Shades in LN: while EVERY other Shade is doing 45 degrees turn with their bodies while looking at the camera, Beta is doing front view pose… but turns her head exactly 90 degrees to the right and gives you a scary side glance. Why is it scary? Well, look at her smile. Then look at her eyebrow. Then look at her eye.

Her eye has no pupil.