When Selene saw me, she stumbled back, her eyes as wide as a saucer and I smiled gently at her reaction. Selene has been working under me for about half a million years and has always been an obedient subordinate.
"Welcome back." I said and she gasped.
"Y-your highness?" She held her hand infront of her mouth, masking her surprise as if she said something she shouldn't have.
"Pass my order!" I hollered and my direct disciple came running inside the room and knelt.
"I am back and I will be holding a banquet to celebrate it. All the deities and gods are invited. Also, in the meanwhile, gather the army and get them ready. Also, the deity of werewolves, Selene will be promoted and moved to a first-rank mansion. She will also be rewarded with five million merit beads." After receiving my order, she scurried out and Selene got to her knees yet again.
"Your majesty, you really don't have to do this. I have no idea what I did to deserve all of this. It's already an honor to go through the trial together with you, your majesty and please punish me for being rude to you. I offended you quite a lot of times and please punish this servant." I let out a sigh before helping her up.
She was even more beautiful than I remember. Dressed in a dark green, silk dress, it accentuated her amber eyes and brown hair. Leading her to the pearl seat covered in soft fur, I sat her down beside me.
"Well, you did offend me a couple times if I retrace my memory but I was able to get through the trial safely thanks to you. I reckon we have alot to talk about, don't we?" I said as I held onto her hand and she was as stiff as a rock.
"Yes, your majesty."
"Gosh, just stop the formality. Just treat me like you did, we are still Rosalind and Layla." I smiled and she let out a small smile before her face hardened and apologized again. It went on for a while before she started to relax and we could have a proper conversation.
When we were done talking, half a day had passed and Selene decided to go back since everything was ready and her first-rank mansion was waiting for her.
Well, now it's time to teach those bitches some lesson.
With a sly smirk playing on my lips, I walked out of my chambers and they greeted. The gardeners, my disciples cultivating in the open space surrounded by beautiful flower, my maids who were busy preparing for the upcoming feast where the bitches will pay the price for their actions.
Everyone greeted me and went back to what they were doing when I waved my hand. With my golden crystal shoe clicking on the marble floor, I walked towards the grand hall where the ceremony will be held.
Maids and guards were busy decorating, cleaning and getting ready for the feast. Giving the hall a last look, I waved my hand and the hall was decorated with golden linings alone with some changes in the interior design.
The maids and everyone bowed upon seeing me and I motioned my hand for them to rise. They soon went back to their work and I walked towards my office. I've been working here, giving orders to my subordinates for millions of years.
It was almost as big as the emperor's study, marble floor beneath me and golden decorations running across the room. With a flick of my hand, a couple beads flew away which was to summon my direct disciple and deities who worked under me.
I walked towards my grand seat with grace and people gathered, sitting in their respective seats as the room filled with several deities. When all of them were gathered, they congratulated me for returning safely.
"Let's get to business." I said and smiled before an image of the empress and Hecate attacking me displayed in the room, earning gasps from them.
While most of them were seething with rage, some of the deities were shivering with fear. It wasn't that hard to notice when you had your eyes set on them ever since they laid their foot in the room.
"Deity of Destiny, I was wondering how I got to be the werewolf in this trial. Care you give all of us an explanation?" Everyone's eyes were set on him and he got on his knees, his ego and dignity long forgotten.
"I am so sorry, your majesty. I didn't mean to tamper with your fate, it was the order from her highness, the empress." Upon his so-called explanation, the room willed with the aura of different deities as they seethed in anger.
"Oh, so does that mean you're the spy sent by that old hag?" I sneered and he shivered even more.
"Please have mercy on me, your majesty. I didn't me-" With a swish of my hand, he disappeared from the room, his cry defeaning us as his traces were erased from the heaven and universe.
Someone soon appeared on the seat of the deity of destiny and he bowed before me. He must be the direct disciple of that asshole who was first in line to his title.
No one dared to utter a word and I diverted my eyes towards the deity of evil who was responsible for all the things that was going around in the human realm. In less than a blink of an eye, I had him gasping for air as he struggled from my hold.
"You are the most despicable one here! How dare you mess with the order in the human realm? Don't you know the first rule for running the human realm on my behalf? How come evil crimes in the human realm have increased 63% over the years! How dare you!"
"I-I have no clue, your-"
"Wrong answer." I said and released him before a black fog from netherworld engulfed him and no traces of him were left.
"Mark my words, those who betray me will face the worst punishment you will ever think of. Try me, because I will rip your souls into pieces."
"Wise words, your majesty." Everyone hollered and I eased the crease between my eyebrows.
For the next hours, I talked with my ministers, generals and deities to make the human world a better place. It's been almost five hundred years since I've last went to the human realm and things have changed to great extent, that I can't even recognize the world I've created.
Mostly, the deity of destiny and evil misused their power and tampered with the order of the human world. Not just that, but almost all the deities were misusing their power and they were wiped out from their post since I didn't find them useful.
With the ministers, they reported the whole situation that happened while I was away, seeking solutions to various problems and when the generals were the only ones left, I gave them a secret mission which will be implemented in the upcoming feast.
After all, since I am making this ceremony such a grand thing, the gift for the bitches might as well be something amazing.
I walked out of my study and strolled through the garden, gathering my thoughts as a certain someone popped into my head. After all, he's the reincarnation of Vincent.
To those who hurt me and my loved ones, they will regret they were never born because karma is a bitch and I won't let them off unless they get the punishment they deserve.