petty demon

part 10's

Alexis sat surrounded by several women around her, in her right hand she was holding a glass of red wine that was only a quarter.

"Sir, you're so handsome, rich and kind. Why don't you just get married?" Ask one of the women to Alexis with a pampered sling on Alexis' shoulder.

"I'm handsome and rich, but I'm not a good-natured person. It's just, I can't let a woman as beautiful as you guys. What if I marry one of you and make you Queen of my palace?" Alexis asked with a blink of one eye.

"Yeah... Really true?" Ask one of them as if trying to be sure.

"But I can't marry you all. How'this?" Alexis pretended to look disappointed and moody.

"Then, will you choose one of us?" Ask one of them spoiled.

"If you have to choose what kind of woman you want?" Another winked spoiledly at Alexis by playing her fingers on the end of her curly hair.

"I want a woman who is like a mother to me." Alexis stared blankly down. For a moment he remembered his mother.

"Do you like a woman who has children?" Asked one of the women in surprise.

Alexis immediately woke up from his daydream and looked at the girls there one by one. "I love all the beautiful women here, I won't be able to choose any of you because you're so precious to me." Alexis showed her successful smirk making the women scream hysterically.

Geck.. Geck.. Geck..

"Prince, you better get out for a minute." Howen's voice came from behind the door.

Alexis immediately got up from her seat which made the girls look disappointed. "I'll be right back for you guys." Alexis blinked one eye making all the women drown in the charm of the teenage boy.

Alexis looked at Howen who was standing at the door. "What's more now, can't you guys just let me have a little fun." Alexis showed a pleading expression.

Howen then approached Alexis and whispered something. Alexis' face hardened, her hands clenched tightly until her books turned white.

"You sure it was them?" Ask Alexis to make sure.

Howen nodded steadily. "I made sure of it."

"Well, we'll leave soon. Before anyone says anything to them." Alexis quickly stepped ahead of Howen.

******

"We want to meet King Malbork, we're direct envoys from the Kingdom of Lucery led by King Devian." A man in Iron armor was staring at the gatekeeper of Malbork kingdom with a sharp gaze.

"The king is not in place, you can come back later." Answer a relaxed guard.

"Listen, we won't leave before we meet your King." The man replied annoyed.

"Alright, please wait." the guard replied casually.

Not long after the gate opened from the inside. A red-skinned demon, with a burly body, eyes to emasan with black horns on its head, walked out staring at all the messengers Devian had sent from his demon kingdom.

"King Al, ordered the emissary from the Demon Lucery kingdom to face now." there was a loud and loud voice from that huge demon figure.

Several Devian messengers walked following the burly demon before them. Until finally they stopped in front of a large door, the door was automatically opened wide and the messengers walked into the room.

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"Greetings and our respect to you, Your Majesty, may you always be happy." Greet the messenger with respect.

"Thank you." Answer Alexis flat.

His red iris scanned the three messengers before him. 'This time, what do you want dad.' thought Alexis.

"Thank you for the gifts you gave me, but my kingdom doesn't want any of that. So, you can take him home." With laziness Alexis immediately moved on to leave. Actually, he wanted to avoid them.

"seekings? What do you want from my little kingdom?" Alexis turned to look at the Devian messengers full of probing.

"There was actually a fugitive who ran away and we had to bring him back immediately." Obviously the messenger lied.

Alexis smiled wryly. "It turns out the fugitive is worth more than his own son." Mumbled Alexis Lirih.

"No fugitive has entered my territory." Sahut Alexis flat.

"But, Your Majesty I feel I've seen you." A messenger from another.

Devian's envoys looked at each other as if recalling the faces they had seen.

"That's because I like to travel to different places, maybe we've seen each other once." Alexis gave an excuse. "It's enough, don't you, take your things away now from my kingdom."

"Ta.. But Your Majesty, if you refuse..."

"Why? Your king will attack me? I'm not scared at all. Commander Barron, take this envoy out of my kingdom!!" Alexis immediately walked away from the room.

*****

"You've got it, the material you're supposed to dedicate to my resurrection?" Adrian asked his son impatiently.

"Do you think finding golden apples and mermaid meat is easy. Even all that information is like a fairy tale for kids. Does nothing make more sense? Like a black cat or a pumpkin. I even started to think that I was crazy for always listening to a reflection in the mirror." Rhodri paced back and forth with annoyance.

"Whatchu mean? Do you want to betray your father? You know, I'm the key to all your happiness. If I'm free, your mother will be out of prison and Devian will be the one to replace your mother there. Father has enough demon soldiers and souls filled with vengeance on Erebos."

"Then, what should I do? I can't even get any information about everything that's needed." Rhodri was frustrated.

"Meet the magicians of my faith, they live hiding on the edge of the forest near the mountains on the border of the kingdom. Tell me you're the son of their King and they'll help you." Adrian looked at his son expectantly.

"I will try, but I still have to finish my royal duties." Rhodri replied a little lethargic.

"You're still choosing Devian over me your father? Wh why? Because he's gonna make you the crown prince? Are you sure? He ordered his demon army to search for the boy." Adrian was angry.

"Whatchu mean? How come? King Devian never talked about it." Rhodri looked at her father in disbelief.

"Do you doubt me? I can tell you anything that happened in the demon kingdom or in this place?" Adrian stared cynically at Rhodri. "It's up to you to believe in your own father or in the one who's gonna throw you away." Adrian lowered his voice making Rhodri think back about what his father said.

"Then, how do I prevent him from coming back?" Ask Rhodri later.

"Find him before Devian's the only way to keep your position safe." Adrian smiled broadly at Rhodri.

*****

Alexis paced around in his room agitatedly. Occasionally the king who was too young was seen biting his lower lip, revealing his short canine teeth.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Tanya Howen was worried.

"I was just curious, was there a fugitive from the Lucery Kingdom that actually escaped? The security level of the dungeon was quite strict, if the fugitive could escape he was not an indiscriminate demon. He could threaten the security of my kingdom. Isn't that right, Howen?" Alexis looked at Howen as if to reinforce his argument.

"It will be very difficult to get out of the guard in the prison of Lucery, the iron door on each cell in the seal directly by the power of the King. If they can get out the King will immediately feel it. The door can only be opened at the behest of His Majesty the King and his descendants, besides that the iron cell cannot be destroyed with any weapons." Howen.

"His guard was also quite strict, after a Hellhound grandfather was stolen by him." Imbuh Alexis's. "What did the envoy say was a lie and he tried to attack my kingdom?" Alexis thought again.

"His Highness Devian will directly attack without warning if his goal is to expand power." Howen added.

Alexis let out a long sigh and stared out the window. Looking at the red sky that was outside his kingdom. Trying to guess what her father might want...