Saylun, the white magic country, had been destroyed. The princess Amelia watched the last moments of her town from a high hill. Her thoughts went to the past...
"Prince Phil, Prince Phil, the Styrgon army is attacking the city; almost the entire country is in their hands!"
Her father, her beloved father, answered, "Calm down, it's not possible. The dragons swore to protect us in exchange for our promise not to build an army. They'll arrive, don't worry."
After soothing the messanger, he looked at his daughter. "Amelia, come here!"
"Yes, father?" She went near him, and he watched her closely.
"Do you think you would be able to go to the dragons and come back to us with them?"
"Father, it's impossible. They are a very long ways away; by the time I could get back, the town will have been destroyed. I'm the most powerful mage here, and I can't go away. I must help my people; I'm the princess."
Then Prince Phil with cold tone said, "You are the princess and you must obey me. Go!"
She turned away, trying not to cry, and a little time later, she left to go to the Dragon Mountains.
"Father, I couldn't tell you farewell, I couldn't tell you I love you." Amelia started to fly down from the hill. "Where can I go? I don't know, I must learn to live alone..."
A sing-song voice interrupted her thoughts, "Hi, Amelia-san, how are you?"
Amelia, her voice full of sorrow, replied, "How do you think I am?"
Xelloss had his usual smile on his face. "I think not very well. Am I right?"
Amelia didn't answer for some minutes, then asked with pleading voice, "Please, Xelloss, let me alone; I prefer solitude right now."
"Would you want to be alone if I were to offer you vengeance?"
Amelia watched him, surprised. What does he wants from me? I haven't got anything he wants.
As if she'd spoken aloud, Xelloss pouted, "Hey, can't I make this for friendship!"
Amelia almost smiled. She wanted vengeance, Xelloss must have guessed that, but she wanted to know the cost before paying. "Xelloss, I think honestly that Gourry himself wouldn't believe this declaration of innocence, and I think myself to be a little more intelligent than him. I'm not a child anymore; I'm almost seventeen. Please, Xelloss, can you tell me what you will want in exchange?"
Xelloss observed her with open eyes (Amelia shivered; when Xelloss opened his eyes, the matter became serious) and with soothing voice asked, "It depends...what do you want?".
Amelia didn't hesitate more than an instant, "Vengeance against the Styrgons and the gold dragons! They betrayed Saylun." Then Amelia's mind retruned again in the past...
The journey to Dragon Mountain lasted two weeks. She was now in front of the dragons' council. The elder spoke, "My young princess, you must try to understand: the Mazoku are very restless after the battle against Phibrizio and Gaarv, and we have the best chance to destroy them definitely; however, we can't succeed if we divide the forces. I'm sorry, Saylun must to be considered a sacrifice for peace."
Amelia was astonished. "A sacrifice! You swore to protect Saylun because it was the symbol of the peace. And now, you say that Saylun must be sacrificed in name of the peace. Valgaarv was right. Your conviction that you are always right is sheer arrogance. Today, you betray Saylun, but tomorrow this betrayal will be turned against you!" Amelia ran away, suffering in her heart the worst wound she had ever received.
"Well", Xelloss smiled, and Amelia thought that when he smiled with opened eyes wasn't reassuring but frightening. He moved in front of her, his gloved hand caressing her cheek as he said, "You'll have what do you want but...I'll have you. You'll be mine. Do you agree?"
The shining eyes of the trickster priest held hers. She loved Zel, her heart cried loudly. But Zel was far away, and Xelloss was there, offering her what she wanted. With death in her heart, asking herself if was she sure, Amelia whispered, "I agree." The door on Zel, on her innocence, was closed forever!
Xelloss turned to the town and, with a smile that would have caused the dragons to flee, murmured an only word: "Death". Destruction fell upon Saylun, a fire born from nothing, earthquakes opening the homes. After some minutes of horrors, it all ended. Everything was calm, lifeless.
Amelia watched Xelloss with terror. "Why?"
He answered, with reasonable, amused voice, "You asked vengeance against the Styrgons; they conquered the town, so they fell with it. Every town of theirs has been destroyed. Their race is destined now to fade."
"But, so, the remainder of my people are dead too..." She was shocked.
"Your people were not included in our pact; it's your fault, not mine."
Amelia watched him many moments, shaken. Xelloss took her and teleported away home with his prize.
Amelia woke up in a big bed in the strangest room that she had ever seen in her life. The area shined with magic, and the first question she had was, "Where am I?" After an instant, reality hit her with an almost physical force. This place belongs to Xelloss, I think. I'm a silly girl; I've made a pact with a Mazoku, and now I belong to him. My town is dead and the guilt is mine and I've condemned two races. Philia—I've condemned her, too.
"Hi Ame-chan, how are you?"
Amelia pleaded with Xelloss, "Please, Xelloss-sama, don't destroy every gold dragon, I beg you!"
Xelloss sat down next to Amelia. "Well, the pact is yours, Ame-chan; this will change nothing for you, and it's all the same to me. If you don't want me to complete my work, it's okay."
She hugged him, then she felt his hand of her back, the other hand undressing her. He started to kiss her and pushed her down to the bed with the weight of his body. Xelloss' kisses burned where they fell and his expert hands woke up her body with new emotions that Zel's touch hadn't ever awakened. When Xel took her, she climaxed and again, again, again...in a vortex of endless emotions. She fainted.
The next morning, Xelloss saw the young girl clinging to him. Xelloss looked Amelia with surprise. He knew his ability, but this time was special. Funny! How many thought that Lina was my target? She is an amusing girl, but I was interested, almost from the start, in Amelia. Her innocence, her brightness, her petite, frail body enchanted me.
Now she is mine—forever.