Millieous pushed the Soul Reaper out of his mouth.
Diana couldn't believe her eyes.
"What the heck! I thought you went to the passage of life! You were kidnapped?" She went ahead and hugged it.
"Grrr... Diana... Sorry... I couldn't protect the treasure..." It quickly asked for forgiveness, he knew what might have been caused when he was defeated.
"Don't worry about that, and yeah... The treasure was stolen... But it's alright, so don't worry." She patted it before turning towards Zeno, her eyes filled with rage.
"Zeno... I don't care who you are but if you hurt my Draken again I will slaughter you." Her cold gaze was enough to make anyone get crushed
"Oh... But are you forgetting something? It was me Zeno who came here to return your beast to you... Ain't you gonna say thank you?" He barely felt that blood lust.
"Thank you because you returned what you stole?? No way!" She clenched her fist in rage.
"Haha... Then you should know one thing... I could have easily stolen your beast instead of travelling here despite the high-security sneaking I did your castle."
Diana realised what he meant and how much risk he took to return something which would have been more useful to him.
"W... Why did you come here to return him? I... I mean if I would have tamed your beast I would have never come back to return it..." She was happy that she was reunited with Draken but was confused why would someone do that.
Zeno looked at Millieous, his eyes filled with love and care, he went a bead and kissed it on the head and said, "Losing someone close is difficult... I would have easily tamed your beast... But then your heart and your soul would have been hurt, and I don't want to hurt someone's heart... I have lost things close to me which has changed my heart and the way it thinks... Hence I don't want anyone else to feel the same thing and go through the same hell through which I went." Diana was completely attached to him despite knowing he is a criminal.
"Queen Diana... If you don't mind... May I return to my home...? I am tired of being inside someone's belly..." The Soul Reaper asked knowing it would be the best thing to do.
"Yeah! Sure sure... Take rest." She approved his request.
Soul Reaper disappeared back into its portal returning to its home.
Millieous also went back to his home too.
"Now we can talk without any interference." Diana sat on her bed and patted beside her.
Zeno say beside her and continued, "Before I start asking a few things can you tell me one thing?" Zeni asked with a serious look, which was not very usual with him.
"Sure." Diana turned her gaze towards him.
"Tell me, I am a criminal why do you have a soft spot for me?" He asked without wasting a breath without flinching.
"Wha... What! You can't ask a girl something like this directly!" She almost skipped a breath.
"Just tell me, why do you have a soft spot for me, if you do I will continue telling you about other things."
"I... If I don't?" She was feeling a lot of embarrassment at that movement.
"Then I will just have to do what my original plan was... And we might never meet again." He replied with a plain look on his face.
"Huh??? Dam! Ok! I will tell you!" She closed her eyes and took a long breath and continued, "W... Well it was your talent first... And then it was your face when you fought at the stadium... And also your way of thinking... It is kinda similar to mine..." She replied with a red face, she would have dug a hole and jumped right into it.
"Oh, alright then... Diana, you are someone who will stay neutral and take a decision only after learning everything?"
"Yes, I won't take any unfair decision... And will try my best to fight against any unjust." She replied with a confident face.
"Hmm, then what about the cursed people? I don't find anything cursed in them." Zeno replied with his dead-serious eyes, sometimes he would lose all emotions and won't blink an eye before killing billions even his own friends and teammates if they have done something which is wrong according to him.
"I... I am just following the rule and all the kingdoms have the same laws against them... Those people have an extremely dangerous aura and mana, their eyes possess something very special which our ancestors had witnessed so they created such a rule."
Zeno was still not convinced but he was not sure what to say.
"I am strong too... And not any single ruler cam alone defeat me except my father, or you and Elenas duo, then why not kill me too?" Zeno another question which he thought would be the best one.
"But you don't have golden eyes! So we can't kill you..." She knew what he meant but she didn't have any proper answer.
"Diana, today u found your soldiers killing an innocent family, they killed the mother and father in front of the daughter... And I took her under me, I will train her and then I will decide myself what were our ancestors afraid of, and if it comes out that they are not that dangerous or even if they are dangerous if there is a way to live with them, will you help me stop this bloodshed?"
Diana closed her eyes and gave it a good thought.
"Deal... After all, you returned my beast..."
"Good, I have own more favour to ask if you don't mind...." Zeno asked in a low tone.
"Huh... Alright... But if I do you will take me with you to the Black Seas hideout."
"Haha, don't worry if you agree to this you will come to it without even asking."
Zeno took a breath and continued, "I am going to create an army, full of beasts and mafia gangs, then we are going to attack the ruling families and their followers, once we defeat them I will become the new ruler and will fix everything remove the discrimination and bring more normality... But after the war... I don't think the public will believe me... Most probably I will become a criminal who would be hunted down by the bounty hunters, so I want someone to be my face while I change this world, so I want someone with similar thoughts to me... So I want you to join the forces with me..."
Diana froze upon hearing his request she never imagined she would be betraying her people to join her father and his gang.
"I... I need some time..." She replied in a low tone.
"Hmm... Given... But learn one thing... I will still be the ruler and the people will know it, I will just share my fifty per cent rulership with you so that people don't think I am the monarch. And feel free to give their point. And trust me... This world will be perfect... And it will be all thanks to you."
Diana took a deep breath and finally said what she wanted to for a long time, "What if you betray...? What if you change? What if you destroy this world rather than create it a better place?"
"Hmm... That's a good point... But no I won't, I have too many people who depend upon me to change, and when you have too much trust given by others, trust me you don't ever want to lose it." He replied with a smile.
"Anyways, that merchant he just poured some of his mana into those pearls, so they are not magical weapons but normal pearls, and I can pretty much tell you, even the pearls are fake, so don't buy them or you will make a fool pur of yourself." Zeno walked to the balcony and looked back at her.
"You have a week, make the decision, fight me until one of us dies, or will fight together against this goddam rotten world."
By saying that he jumped down the balcony and teleported into the shadows, leaving Diana drowned in her thoughts.