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Chapter 14 - 14. Feelings for the demon prince

Vernox looked at the Moon that was a little yellowish. Inwardly he was happy that he has gotten a worthy companion.

From the look on Minova's face, it was clear that she was hesitating to tell him her goals but after a few seconds she finally spoke up.

"My goal is to find a way to gain power. As a human... I was born with demonic energy and the element I possess is darkness."

'A human that has demonic energy, now this is interesting' Vernox thought. Humans cannot control dark energy in this world as they are not born with it.

As Minova was born with demonic energy and had an affinity for darkness Vernox kind of understood what she was feeling.

As an orphan in his past life, Vernox/John was ridiculed by almost everyone around him. This caused him to be depressed and settle for games and nothing else.

He also worked at a gas station but whenever he was free, he goes to play games all day and night and one of those games was fantasy life, whose world he transmigrated into.

Seeing that Vernox didn't say anything about what she just said minova Continued, "We humans are enemies of darkness, so wherever I go I get ridiculed and people always turn their backs on me. That's why... I started a journey to find a way to control my power."

Vernox felt for her, after all the weak aren't recognised in this world. He didn't know why he was transmigrated with no power in this world. In the game, he was the strongest.

'The strongest', this was one of his new goals also.

"Huh?" Vernox turned and saw Minova still kneeling there.

"You can sleep on the bed. We're leaving this place tomorrow morning, you should have some rest." Vernox said, looking at the girl with pity.

Minova looked at him in confusion and she bent her head down again thinking it's a test for her.

"But it's your bed... I... I can't possibly..."

"Don't worry, I need to think about some things, so you go ahead and sleep on the bed." he smiled at her.

"Th... thank you."

She slowly stood up and laid on the bed,. not before long she shut her eyes as she slept.

'This demon prince thing is going well. Thanks to all those demon movies and animes I watched I know how to act like a demon prince.'

Looking at Minova who was asleep he began thinking now that her situation is very weird.

'Let me check her stats'

And with that thought, his eyes glowed white and a screen appeared in front of him.

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[Name: Minova grey

Title: The witch

Race: Human

Level: Soul specialist

Stats

Soul energy (Dark)- 150,000

Strength- 20

Speed- 12

Intelligence- 190

Agility- 9. ]

[        Skills: None]

[Talent]

[Science expert- Due to her looking for a way to gain power she studied the various elements, plants and energies in this world. Her knowledge of the elements should be on par with an expert.]

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'Wow her intelligence stat is so high, almost as high as mine. The humans obviously don't have any way to tap into demonic energy. Meanwhile, for demons it's almost natural for us'.

'Back when I played the game I got an artifact, a book that can help in controlling demonic energy. I don't know if humans can use it, but we'll find out. The only problem now is the location of the book'

While he was playing the game a portal to a place called 'The underworld' opened, it was like a dungeon and everyone that went in it have to reach the middle where the boss is to exit the dungeon.

'If I remember correctly, this said boss wielded that weird book. Even when I had it I didn't have any use for it'

Vernox already began planning how he was going to empower his first minion.

He left the topic at that as he has to focus on retrieving the demon sword for now. He began absorbing soul energy as he has to be strong enough to face the challenges in the forbidden forest.

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Back at the demon castle, it was already morning and the royal family were about to have a breakfast together.

A white haired girl was walking down the corridor with an indifferent expression when she suddenly met a black haired maid.

"Oh! Thank goodness Beth. Have you seen Vernox?" Claire, the white haired girl asked as she has been worried about him and decided to visit him today.

Beth, the beautiful and seductive looking demon smiled gently before saying, "He went on a journey to grow his strength."

When Claire heard this, she was relieved as she was just worried for nothing.

Knowing how stong Vernox's will was Claire had no doubts that he will come back stronger than before.

That was one of the things earth John and Daeth Vernox had in common. When they are determined, they can achieve the impossible.

"So you're in love with my master so much huh?"

Claire's face paled when she heard what Beth said, followed by a slight blush but Claire managed to regain herself and argued.

"I don't know what you are talking about."

"You can't hide it from me. I'm also in love with young master Vernox so I understand." Beth said while still smiling at Claire beautifully.

Claire couldn't say anything, it was as if her voice has been blocked.

Yes, she was in love with Vernox but he has eyes for Fiona only.

"And about Fiona..."

Hearing the name she just thought about, Claire looked up at Beth and listened to what she was about to say.

"The young master was able to get over her quite quickly, I think there's still chance for us."

Claire stared at Beth in disbelief. Was she saying that she can share? Why would she want to share? Or is she taking this thing as a competition?

"Vernox is going to be demon king soon. I plan to give him my body on the day of the coronation." Beth continued quite boldly.

Claire was red by now with embarrassment. Beth just continued talking about these things like as if it was nothing.

Beth was the kind of person that liked being herself and didn't pretend in front of people, whereas Claire was forced to live the life of a princess, always watching what she did and not so free to do what she liked. She has never been close to a man before, except Vernox which was only possible because her family saw him as unmanly.

Claire and Beth were from different worlds so talking about Vernox this way... Claire couldn't take it and rushed to her room immediately with a red face.

Beth giggled at this behaviour before going into Vernox's room to clean it.