"In all seriousness, I can see why you kept quiet about all this," Bobby said. "I still find it hard to wrap my head around everything, but I'm on your side. What do you want us to do?"
It was as if a heavy weight had been lifted from Luke's chest. He had kept it from them for so long that he didn't really think things could be resolved so peacefully. Well, as peacefully as it could be considering that Theodore was still looking like he was out for blood. He wouldn't be forced to eliminate them. Maybe he did have a chance to get the other parties on his side.
Luke immediately shooed those thoughts away. He was getting ahead of himself. Just because his party seemed to be on his side, that didn't mean the other parties would follow suit. They didn't know each other well enough for them to simply accept what he had to say. Even though he worked with a few of them, he didn't believe for a s
"Luke, I missed you so much," Princess Sweeney said as she collided into him.Luke had seriously underestimated the time the parties would be away from the castle. He had been under the belief that they would be away from the castle until the princess finished her preparations for the celebration and had time to meet with the demons. They were barely gone for more than a few days, and the castle was clearly not ready for the celebration."I really missed you," she continued as she rubbed her face against his chest, much to his disgust. "Days apart are simply too much."His so called allies had already ditched him without an ounce of worry or pity other than Grace. Well, they did promise to speak with 'Kayla' without tipping anyone off and to figure out a way to reach out to the demons under his control. Luke hoped they would be able to meet soon
"Did you miss me?" Sariel asked as he smiled and waved at Luke.Despite his appearance being completely different from before, Luke couldn't mistake the angel for one of the natives. Long, dark brown hair instead of blonde and dark brown eyes instead of blue couldn't hide the weird aura around him. Of course, it might just be because Luke was a demon king who could sense these kinds of things.After all, no one else had seemed to notice the angel's presence. It was almost as if they couldn't see him or thought he was just a regular human. Sariel also chose a very opportune time to finally make his appearance after their last encounter. Luke was by himself, as everyone else had been roped into doing their part to prepare for the celebration.Crossing his arms, Luke asked, "What do you need?""You seem pretty calm despit
Luke was beginning to wonder if something significant had changed when he used the pen outside of the changes he made. He certainly didn't expect to be cornered by Jessica Morris the moment he stepped foot out of the castle. It hadn't been easy to persuade the princess to let him go. She had been extremely clingy and wanted him to stay in her room.Luckily, he was able to ditch her, but he was expected to return as soon as possible. Was Jessica waiting the whole time, or did she find out when he would leave the castle? If it was the former, it was quite a foolish decision to make. Her family would have let her do it unless there was no other option, and he highly doubted that this was their last option to get in contact with him.If it was the latter, then the family's influence must have grown while he wasn't looking. He couldn't recall them having people in the castle. Whatever the cas
Luke wanted to laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation. How did they find out what he was planning? Did one of his party members slip and spill the beans? He didn't think they were purposely doing it, but it was possible that they hadn't been careful when discussing it. Grace, Tracy, and Violet would have known better, but the other three might not have."I suppose there's no pretending otherwise. What do you want? Do you intend to spill the beans to the princess? It isn't like any of you. It would only do more harm than good," Luke said as his eyes studied the duo for their reactions.Laurel huffed. "Of course not. I want to be in on it, and the Morris family is also interested in working together."At the last part, Samuel glared at her before turning his attention to Luke. "If you truly plan to overthrow the current ruling family and take over&n
After that encounter, there were no other surprises, though Luke didn't let his guard down and kept his eyes out for anything out of the ordinary. There was simply too much on the line for him to let anything else slip past him. The closer the day of the celebration approached, the more on edge he and the others were. Of course, their nervousness could be attributed to how excited they were about the event.It would be outrageous for anyone not in the know to assume they were concerned about the attack on the capital and that they were essentially traitors. The only way Luke could see it happening was if the person already had reasons to believe they were capable of doing that. They were in the clear, but that didn't mean they could be careless.Sariel had come through and located Zona. Luke had sent Tracy, with Laurel joining her. Laurel had said she didn't mind going as Tracy's backup,
Just like Sariel said, the army arrived the next day. Of course, he didn't see the demons himself, but Tracy and Laurel appeared right in front of the party to inform them of their return. While Luke wouldn't admit it, he appreciated the heads up. He didn't need more surprises to pop up. It gave him time to at least come up with some questions and a barebones plan that they could start with.As soon as the party saw the duo, Luke said, "It's been a while. Did you encounter any trouble?""Shouldn't you at least ask if they're okay?" Chris asked as he stopped waving at the women to stare at Luke.Violet ended up speaking on his behalf. "There's no reason to if they're here without any injuries.""I'm going to check just in case," Grace said as she rushed over them to heal them.It was a
It was finally time. Luke stood by the princess's side as crowds gathered in the capital. Despite how the celebration was pushed ahead of schedule, a lot of people still arrived on time. He considered that the princess might have lied, but he quickly discarded the idea, as she wouldn't have a reason to lie to him. It was likely that many of them had left early so they could arrive before the celebration.This had the unintended consequence of making things hectic as everyone had to deal with the sudden influx of people. Staring at the people, all Luke could think was how many of them would die and how many survivors there would be at the end of the attack. He already knew what would happen to the survivors, but the numbers might be bigger than originally predicted."Luke, what's wrong? You seem distracted," Princess Sweeney said."There are a lot of people," Luke said with a smile."It's to be expected. Everyone wants to come and see the celebration," she said. "What do you want to do
As soon as they were in the throne room, Luke didn't hesitate to drop her like a stone. The princess yelled as she hit the ground, but he didn't apologize or comfort her. Princess Sweeney had been suspicious when he rushed to the throne room instead of taking her somewhere safer. While it was true that the castle was safer than outside, there were other better locations in the castle.Scrambling to her feet, the princess glared at the 'hero'. She had thought she had the man wrapped around her finger by pretending to be his lover, but the way he was looking at her now was nothing she had seen from him before. His eyes held no warmth or affection. They were cold and looked down on her like she was an insect to be trampled on."What do you think you're doing?" she demanded as she clenched her fists."Come now, princess. You should know exactly what's going on," he simply said as he drew his sword.Her stomach lurched at the sight of the weapon. It was obvious what he intended, but her mi