DLR - 32
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Tears flowed out of the woman's beautiful red eyes as she held Vernox in her arms and looked at him.
He had injuries and cuts all over his body and he looked like he was beaten pretty badly as thee was a bruise on his forehead.
The woman knew that the prince dislikes anything harming his face and wondered who could've done this.
If only she knew that his condition was due to a friendly spar.
She picked him up as she called a horse and rode back to the kingdom.
.....
A few moments later the it stopped raining and a pretty black haired woman rode towards the gate.
The guards noticed her and wanted to stop her but upon seeing her face they immediately opened the gates for her and let her through.
"Hey!, did you see that...she was carrying a person"
"I think it's the prince, I could never mistake his hair with another"
"He was quite injured badly"
"Yeah, I wonder what happened"
"You will be shocked to find out that he and the night sword maiden had a duel"
"That's impossible, the prince is way stronger than her...I heard that he has almost surpassed the level of a soul master"
"It's true all right, he is already in the level of a soul master"
"The person that did that must be extremely powerful"
"Hey, let's just..."
"HEY!. Both of you should get back to work" a bulky demon man in a light armour shouted at them.
"Yes General Gerain" they both said simultaneously as they splitted and went back to their posts.
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_*Inside the castle*_
"Take him to his room" the beautiful woman said as there were guards who came immediately and took him to his room.
The woman walked quickly to the throne room where the demon king is.
Arriving at the throne room's door, the guards bowed their heads as they opened the door for her.
"Hm?"
A demon was sitting at a table in the room, scribbling something on a stone. He suddenly stopped as he heard the door open.
"Did you find him?" he asked.
The woman walked towards him, her body shaking a little as she walked to him.
"I did, Lord Ragner. But his condition is..." her voice quivered as she bit her lip. She didn't want to burst out crying here.
"He went 'there' again?" the demon stopped writing as he stood up.
Turning around, Beth saw the man's face. He had long white hair that flowed down below his shoulders and his eyes were red. A dark red, just by staring at the eyes Beth felt fear and she averted her gaze immediately.
"That boy...I don't know what to do with him. He keeps putting himself in danger...sigh" the man had a sad look on his face.
His son always went out of the kingdom at a particular time and he returns with bruises and injuries every time.
One day he sent a demon to follow Vernox and they discovered that he fought a human regularly, and got beaten up each time.
The demon king didn't like humans so he forbade Vernox from going there again but he didn't listen. The demon king really didn't know what to do with this boy.
"What's his situation now?" he asked.
"He has been out for hours now and show no signs of ....waki..ng..up"
Tears dropped from the side of her face as she spoke.
"You must be really hurt right now. I know how much you care about him" Ragner turned around and walked back to the seat.
"Assign maids to take care of him and watch him...."
"My Lord, I would like to be by his side always. Let me take care of him!" she said with determination in her eyes.
"You know that's not possible. You are a female and he is a male...only his maids and can be with him. Unless..." he looked at her in shock.
"Don't tell me you're going to...."
The woman nodded her head to his words.
"Alright, Beth. Since it's what you want I won't stop you" he smiled at her.
"Thank you" she stood up and walked away happily.
"Sigh...Vernox. Always making me worried.
I hope you can find what you're looking for in life" the man said and went back to his table.
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*Present time*
"My father agreed to it!" Vernox eyes shone in disbelief. Who would make such a powerful and alluring woman a maid. But she said it was her choice so, he couldn't do anything about it.
From the looks of it, he was a person searching for power and strength as he always fought strong people.
"You were so reckless but now things have changed. You've changed" she looked at him with a sharp gaze as she stood up and walked towards him.
'Could it be that she figured out my secret' he furrowed his brows as he looked at her walking towards him in an alluring and seductive way.
With every step she took Vernox heart thumped herd as if it was going to burst out of his chest.
Beth reached him and sat on his lap while facing him. She moved her face towards his as if she wanted to kiss him.
Seeing her advance Vernox closed his eyes and readied himself for a kiss but instead she moved her face towards his ear and whispered.
"I love you"
She retracted herself from him as she cleared the place and walked away quickly as if embarrassed.
Vernox couldn't comprehend what she said as the words played in his head over and over again.
'Love?, I must've been really nice'
Beth told him before that for a demon to mate, their strengths must be comparable or close.
'But she's really strong too'
He smiled as he thought about what she said.
'Wait a minute, why didn't I think of this before'
And then it hit him. A solution has revealed itself to him after so long.
He decided to get some rest first and act tommorow.