"..."
"..."
We silently exchanged glares to each other.
The damn woman refused to bow or show a single hint of fear to my threats and blackmails.
-Coward.
She was in my room, restrained but not gagged and yet she didn't utter a single word, beg, curse or scream but only gave me a silent glare that refused to submit.
-Why are you not doing nothing?
Even if she pretended to bow her head or avoid my gaze I could've my head cooled down but instead she refused to do that rational direction and instead fight my authority.
-Hit her.
She ignored her disadvantageous position and continued to provoke me.
-Words cannot do nothing to her.
Her face, body and hair started to irritate me.
-You only used words and rationality since you became queen.
Even her breathing, her small movements to adjust her position to a more comfortable one, the way she licked her lips to moisten them started to boil my blood.
-You used them only to issue commands but never used your hands unless in the battlefield.
And then there are her crimson eyes, despite they clearly convey enmity and mockery to just further enrage me I could sense that beyond those eyes, within those orbs there is something odd...something strange that makes my entire body warn me to avoid any further interactions.
-Your view of the ideal ruler does not exist, it is but an excuse to restrain yourself.
Is she that powerful? I should bring her to one of my subordinates with the skill [Appraising].
What did she do to that crazy saintess? Charmed her? Impossible! That slut is known to have...Anyway-
-Ruthless to others but in reality a coward afraid to raise her hand hiding behind a-
"Enough! Shut your mouth! It is you who know to how talk! You talk and talk! Why don't you stop! Years already passed since you appeared inside my head and not even once you succeded in tempting me!" I stomped the ground, threw to the groung whatever I had in my sight or broke them with my hands.
-...
It stopped...it finally stopped.Not even a single time since that day it stopped to talk!Hahahah!
The room was in shambles, outside became quiet for moment before laughers echoed. In that room filled with broken objects, while feeling liberated the demon met eyes with the crimson-eyed woman and observed her thoroughly.
How her arms tied above her head tensed.
How her hands slightly gripped each other as if praying.
Despite glaring at the demon her mouth was tightly shut but couldn't help but briefly avert her eyes before glaring at the demon again but with less intensity than before.
The demon could hear how the woman's breath hinted that she was nervous, different to hers that was ragged from all the stomping, shouting and breaking objects.
The demon intently observed the only thing that she didn't break in the room that despite was scared it continued to resist her.
*crack*
The sound of bones being broken followed by scream resounded in the room.
Lovely. It was lovely how the woman screamed and how the scream was music to her but she didn't want to the woman to...break.
So instead of breaking more of her bones the demon gently stroked the woman's leg earning a yelp from her. The demon was stroking the leg she stomped and broke the bones.
While stroking it, she observed two rivers flowing from the woman's cheek and despite how the intensity of the glare increased she felt the woman's body trembling just by her touch.
The demon could feel something getting hot inside her as she tasted the woman's hidden fear.
The demon pressed her hand on the woman's leg and this time heard a melodious muffled scream.
Whether it was muffled or not, the demon could feel her inner sadism increasing.
"Ah, a tough puppy is what we have here."
"..."
The glare intensified.
"Answer!"
To that the demon further pressed her hand on the woman's leg.
"Uuu..."
The woman gritted her teeth as the pain was unbearable.
"Ans-wer!"
The demon put the other hand to the other leg threatening to break also that leg.
"I-I'm not a puppy!"
*crack*
Another scream resounded pleasing the demon's ears.
"Aw, I'm so sorry if only you obediently and feisty bowed your head I wouldn't have broken your legs," The demon said with a soft voice but woman could sense the mockery on them, "Silent are we?It seems you do not learn lesson, then we can only take more lessons to educate you."
The demon blindfolded the woman with a piece of cloth before walking away, before leaving her room she watched the woman's head dropping low and heard sobs from her, the demon stood there for minutes before she got tired from the sobs and finally leaving satisfied.
Deva continued her act for another minute before her face slackened and stopped to cry, if one were to enter they would only see a bounded woman silently laughing seemingly without reason.
"Ah, how beautiful, adorable even. Her complex is really tasty."
It was Deva's turn to express her opinion of the delicious flavours of the other party's emotions.
"Like you want me to show more, I too want you to show me more of you."
Despite her predicament meant days or even weeks of torture, Deva was exhilarated to taste and witness such emotions from the Demon Queen herself.
"So pure yet so beyond repair."
Through Core's power Deva watched the Demon Queen's memories and knew most of her secrets, and weaknesses.
"Wouldn't a hero from stories of Earth gladly help you and solve your personal issues, maybe after many tribulations and adventures even make you fall in love with him and join in his harem...ah that's a big no for me, that should remain to enjoy by reading those stories. A ruler should protect its people, guide them, follow the people's desires and also follow their own desires, as long as one manages to balance the four then everything should be alright, after that it should depend on the ruler's personality."
Deva talked to ease the pain in her legs but also because she couldn't help but say her opinion despite there was no one there with her.
"My friend Thaleasin, is a person who puts his subjects before himself while at the same time eliminating those who threat his safety and his own people but he gave up on his dreams and eased that pain with Aalrie and Courtney's company. You, Arin , protect and guide the demons from humans, follow their desire to war against humans and lastly...find someone to help you...someone that after tribulations and many fights can finally understand you, someone to stand next to you, a ruler who chose a lonely path, and sooth you of your pains...yes you desired a hero to save you."
Deva licked her lips as if she couldn't wait to savour someone's emotions or wait for an unexpected but exciting scenario.
"But now that you are starting to accept those emotions you see as 'impure' for the image of the ideal ruler you pursue, you will further descend to the quagmire you wanted desperately escape. How sad, truly sad that in order to be perfect in everything you had to be alone and enviously watch others interact with others without any useless thoughts."
Deva gulped but despite others might just tasted nothing as only saliva descended she could feel a bittersweet sensation going down on her throat.
"That desire however will only make you see eveything around you detestable and even unpleasant, when in reality it isn't, it is in fact the consequence of your lack of close relationships and lack exposure of your emotions to others, how lonely you are that you started to see the world that way."
"Now you can only bear the after effects of such actions. Your voice in your head it isn't tempting you whatsoever but pushing you to open yourself, to express yourself and in the end it succeded and finally disappeared."
Despite feeling pity for Arin, Deva enjoyed the flavours she gave to her and in return she will push her further to accept the repressed emotions Arin thinks as 'impure'.
"I'll continue the job the voice had to do."
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