Lucifer was brought to the Queen's room where she was laying on the bed with most of her skin and scales turned black. Merona was by her mother's eye crying and Greg was there trying to comfort her.
"Princess, we've capture the culprit."
Merona gasped. "Lucifer?!"
She was shocked to see that Lucifer was the culprit.
"Urgh, You're that surface dweller from before, I should have known it would be you!" Greg exclaimed angrily as he glared at Lucifer.
"No this can't be true, Lucifer couldn't have—"
" It's magicles poisoning " the doctor informed as he checked Merlin.
Magicles poisoning is a term used when a person comes into direct contact with something or an area that has a very high concentration of magicles.
"Magicles poisoning?!"
Merona wore an expression of shock on her face. Greg recalled the aura of intimidation that Lucifer released in the throne room.
"Bastard! You're responsible for this! What do you have to do say for yourself?"
Greg was about to slap Lucifer in the face when Merona stopped him.
"Greg stop! I'm sure Lucifer has a valid explanation!"
"No merona, He's guilty and you know it. The Queen was perfectly healthy until he arrived but after he left the queen fell ill. He's a monster and only monsters survive off magicles."
Greg made a sound judgement so much so even Merona has to think about what happened. She removed her hand from off Greg then he turn to her and hold her face.
"Merona I love you and only want the best for you. You're the first thing I think about when I wake up and last before I go to bed at night. I want to devote myself and show you that I love you with all my heart."
He was about to kiss her when a guard called out.
"Hey where do you think your doing? stop him from approaching the queen?" The guards shout in Lucifer was approaching the queen.
"Don't stand in my way."
Lucifer blasted them away using water pressure then walked up to the queen.
"What are you planning to do, haven't you done enough damage, stay away from the Queen!"
Greg took a trident and charged at Lucifer who roundhouse kicked Greg right in the stomach. Greg coughed but blood and flew straight into the wall and lodged there.
"Stay there, I'll deal with you later… and you stay out of my way."
Lucifer glared at Merona.
She wanted to attack him but she was too scared to even move. Lucifer broke the handcuffs and hold the queen in his arms.
'Looks like I'll have to do things this way,'
Lucifer gave Merlin a kiss, shocking Merona, the guards and everyone else in the room. Suddenly dark veins started to spread from Merlin's lips to all over her body to the tip of her fin.
Suddenly the dark spots on her body dissipated within the blink of an eye and the dark veins flowed in reverse all the way back to her lips. Lucifer removed his lips and sucked in all of the darkness flowing from Merlin's mouth then swallowed it. Merlin slowly opened her eyes and found Lucifer's lips inches away from here.
"What do you think you're doing?" Merlin shouted as she pushed him away while flustered.
"Mother!"
Merona swam to her mother and hugged her tightly.
"I thought I lost you forever…"
"What's going on?" Merlin asked in befuddlement.
"Why don't you ask him?" Lucifer suggested as he looked at Greg who was still stuck in the wall unconscious.
"Before I left he planted an assassin in the castle posting as a gaurd. During the commotion in the throne room the assassin attacked you with a poison needle while you were distracted. Greg was the one who send the assassin."
"But why would he?…" Merona asked.
"To become king of Atlantis, if he can marry the queen's daughter then take out the queen then his path to the throne will be cleared," Lucifer explained.
Black Jack appeared in the room.
"Greeting your majesty."
He tipped his hat to Merlin.
"My Lord, I've collected the evidence just as you wanted."
Black Jack took out a orbs that glowed brightly. It showed a holographic projection of Greg making a deal with the surface dwellers for the poison and buying some weapons as well. Greg then bribed some of the gaurds with money to assassinate the queen.
"How despicable to think my own people would turn against me, guard take them away."
More gaurds came in to took Greg and the traitors into custody.
"Please Merona don't believe a word he said, I love you and I would never do anything to hurt you!"
Greg kept begging and begging but Merona didn't listen to a word he said.
"Take him away," She ordered.
The gaurds took them away and Greg kept calling out her name as they pulled away away.
"Lucifer I can't thank you enough for saving my life," Merlin expressed.
"Don't bother, I don't need your thanks, After all I'm a surface dweller aren't I?"
Lucifer walked away with Black Jack leaving Merlin feeling saddened.
"Mother, lucifer saved you, aren't you going to stop him?"
" It's already too late for me, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. I repaid them with malice and is reaping the results but it's not too late for you. You still have a chance to change everything "
"What should I do mother?"
"Follow your heart and you'll know what to do."
Upon hearing those words Merona realised what she should do and swam out of the room as fast as she could to find Lucifer. He was walking down the corridor with Black Jack when she called out to him.
"Lucifer wait."
He stopped and turned around to her and Merona pushed him down on the ground.
"What do you think you're...."
Before he could finish Merona kissed him again.
"I don't care if you hate my kind, I don't care if you're a surface dweller and I don't care that you have three wives but please let me prove myself. From the moment I woke up on that beach and saw you I knew you were the one for me. Then I turned my back on you when you needed me the most and for that I'll never forgive myself. I didn't want believe it but my heart was believing it that... I'm in love with you," Merona confessed.
"Merona—"
"Sshhhh."
Merona placed her finger on Lucifer's lips and stop him from speaking.
"Call me Mero I'm more than willing to become your 4th wife, if you let me…" She said.
With his eyes closed Lucifer could see the love and innocents in Merona's eyes. He wanted to say no but deep in his heart something was saying otherwise.
"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"
Back at the ship Fenrir saw the golden ring on Merona's finger.
"No this is true, starting today I'm his fourth wife. I do hope you'll guide me in becoming a proper wife for my Dearly Beloved Fufufufufu"
"You're calling him that again."
While they were arguing on the ship lucifer was outside talking to Merlin. There were some guards there packing the minisub with gifts for them..
"Please take good care of my daughter."
"I won't let anything happen to what's mine."
"...I see."
Merlin leaned over to Lucifer to whisper on his earth.
"You're the first to kiss me after my Husband died are you prepared to take responsibility for me as well."
"What are you up to?"
"Do not fret I have no intention of taking away my daughter's future husband and I'll completely disregard that incident if you're willing."
"...What incident?"
"Smart man, I can see why daughter loves you.. Okay goodbye and take care."
And so Lucifer left, Merlin waved at them as they disappeared into the dark waters.
"Lucifer huh, I wonder what kind of man you'll become?" Merlin ask herself.