" You requested my presence, Your Highness," commander Lucifer slightly bowed before her. Princess Xiang signaled her handmaid to leave, which she did.
She took a few steps toward commander Lucifer, and he was unsettled. He wouldn't want anything that will implicate him and attract punishment because her father, king Qiangsheng, hardly forgives.
" Can you please stand on your feet and stop bowing down to me?" her voice echoed. He stood up, but he avoided eye contact with her. His gaze was still fixed on the floor.
Princess Xiang placed the tip of her fingers on his shoulder as she walked around him. It makes commander Lucifer shiver.
" Y-your Highness, I have a lot to do today. I would appreciate it if you tell me what I'm here for. I won't want His Majesty to see me here," he said, stuttering.
" You have a soft voice," she complimented, and commander Lucifer appreciated.
" You know," she continued as she sat on one of her room's seats. " Since the first day I set my eyes on you, I couldn't get them off you," she said, and commander Lucifer nodded.
He already knew where she was heading, but he wanted her to say it out by herself.
" I have been waiting for the appropriate time to reveal it to you, but that time isn't coming. Sighting you this morning, I couldn't help, but call you to tell you what I feel about you.
Lucifer, I love you, and I mean it. This is coming from the depths of my heart. I have never seen a handsome man like you since I was born. I would be the happiest person in the universe if only you agreed to marry me." she explained as she walked up to him and held his hand.
Commander Lucifer remained silent for a while before replying. " I'm sorry to tell you that I…" he paused to cause tension. Princess Xiang was staring him in the eye as she waited for his response.
" You what?" she curiously asked, and commander Lucifer shook his head.
" I'm too busy to love someone presently." She felt disappointed, but a bit relieved because she thought he was going to tell her that he has someone he already loves.
" You are too busy doing what?"
" The Princess of my kingdom has been out there for weeks, and we know not her where about. We have to find her wherever she is and bring her back to her father."
" She has been out there for weeks, and you think she's still alive?" she smirked.
That's the question commander Lucifer has been asking himself. ' How many percent sure he is that the princess is not dead?'
" I can't tell if she's alive or dead. Nevertheless, something has been telling me that she's alive but amid danger, and we need to save her. For her sake, let me go out there searching for her please?" commander Lucifer pleaded.
Princess Xiang glared at him for a few minutes before letting go of his hand.
She crossed her arms over her chest and said," I'm not stopping you from saving her, but you need to promise me one thing," she responded as she turned her back to him.
" What could that be, Your Highness?"
Commander Lucifer inquired, and she swiftly turned around and replied," Promise that you won't fall in love with her. Only me you should love." She added in a commanding tone.
" But…" before he could say more words, a k**s closed his lips. Commander Lucifer was shocked to his bones. She was too desperate to have him, but he never wanted her.
His heart already belongs to someone else and even if he tries to explain, princess Xiang won't believe it.
She held him so tight to herself that commander Lucifer had to use his full strength to free himself from her. Immediately the k**s ceased, he stepped back and had a disappointed look on his face. Princess Xiang was a disgrace, and if her father dared to know this, then commander Lucifer would be beheaded.
" Aren't you ashamed?" commander Lucifer asked with a grin.
" Ashamed of what? That I love you? Or I k**sed you? Is it an offense for a princess to have a lover?" she sniffed.
Seeing the anger in her, commander Lucifer had no option but to run out of her chamber. Princess Xiang was ashamed of being mortified. She never expected it.
' I have come across many princes who confessed their love for me, but I rejected them. But here am I, dying for a mere guard, yet he had the guts to reject it. I blame myself for being trapped by his handsomeness.' she grumbled before she angrily fell on the bed.
" Cthulhu, the destroyer of humanity, has risen." Prince Junfeng announced with a chuckle.
" Did you offer him alcohol to drink?" commander Lucifer asked the guards that have been guiding prince Junfeng since day one. The guards turned and stared at each other confused.
" No, we didn't," they responded in chorus. Commander Lucifer glared at them for a while as he kept nodding his head.
" Then why is he spitting rubbish?" he asked them as he ignored prince Junfeng who was standing by the door as he leaned and held the iron entrance before him.
" I can't tell," one of the guards answered.
" You seem not to believe what I'm saying. If only you knew what's coming after your people, you won't stand here doubting me." Prince Junfeng spoke after being ignored. Commander Lucifer faced Prince Junfeng and asked," And when did you start seeing visions?"
" Since the very day vision located me," he responded jokingly.
And commander Lucifer shook his head in pity." I can see that you are enjoying staying inside this cage,"
" Do I have a choice? This is currently my home. I'm content with what I have. But believe me, you will regret this if you don't hurry and save the Princess. She's in danger right now."
Immediately prince Junfeng mentioned 'danger,' what he had been dreaming about flashed through his mind. Commander Lucifer began to suspect prince Junfeng.
' He was either a wizard or Someone more notorious than he appears.' commander Lucifer thought to himself.
" Sometimes you speak like a seer. You sound funny, but…hmm… we need to discuss, but that doesn't mean you will be set free from this cage," commander Lucifer warned, and a smile curved Prince Junfeng's lips.
" It's time!" Prince Junfeng muttered to himself.