Chapter 18

Emilia's POV

This can't be real?

I saw everything we've done inside that empty portal. I can't believe that I give myself to the demon king.

"What have you done to me?" I snarled at him.

"Why are you blaming me? We both did it. Didn't you see?" he told me.

"No! You took advantage of me! I'm at my weakest state at that time and you took advantage of it!"

"Didn't you enjoy it? Why can't you just admit that you have fun too." He smirked at me.

"I did not enjoy it! And I'll never will!"

"And how would you explain your body language, the way you move and the way you moan." He teased.

"Shut up! Stay away from me!" I glare at him. I wanted to kill him now for taking me, for owning my body.

"What's wrong with you?! Why do you always put the blame on me?"

"Why don't you just leave me alone!" I yelled at him and my tears are about to burst.

He looked at me in silence and then he turns his back and left me.

I sit on the corner of the room crying myself out loud as to why I give in to that monster. Why am I weak? Why I feel so weak every time he touches me?

I cried all day…

I opened my eyes and it's already dark. I didn't notice that I have fallen asleep from my crying. I stand up and sit on the side of the bed facing the terrace. The wind blows and it's very cold. Then the demon king entered the room.

"I thought you're sleeping, it's late already." He said casually like we didn't have an argument earlier.

"It's none of your business!" I snarled at him.

He sits beside me and just ignored what I just said. Then there's silence between us. He just stares at the view outside. I wonder what he's thinking.

"What are you up to now?" I asked him.

He looks at me raising his brow and smirking which annoys me even more.

"Nothing." Then he looks back at the terrace.

I just rolled my eyes and went silent. I guess I grew tired of crying that's why I don't have much to say or I'm just tired of arguing to him.

"Isn't this good?" he asks

"What?"

"This."

"Huh?"

"Us like this. We're just simply sitting here quietly without arguments." Then he turns to me. His expression is like he is smiling at me but then he looks away when I look at him.

"The reason why we argue is because of what you did." I simply told him.

"Let's not talk about that now. Let us rest our mind for the meantime." He invited and then he goes to the other side of the bed and lay down.

"Wait. What are you doing?"

"I'm sleeping. Can't you see?" then he covers his face with the blanket

"You can't sleep here!"

"Why not?" he asks

I stand up and remove the cover off of him.

"Hey. What do you think you're doing? Can't you see I'm trying to rest here?"

"Where will I sleep?"

"Here." He gestured besides him.

"Not in a million! Why should I lie beside you?"

"Then don't. You can stay down there if you want to."

"Grrrrr."

I took the other pillow and his blanket. I put it on the floor and lay there.

I turn my back from the bed and I try to close my eyes furiously.

Then suddenly I felt warm behind my back. When I turn I saw the demon king's back and he is top less!

"What are you doing here?!"

"I'm resting! How many times do I have to tell you that?"

"You say you will stay on the bed and not here and why are you shirtless?"

"I'm comfortable when I'm shirtless and I want to be beside you."

It's really pointless to argue with this monster so I turn my back on him and rest.

I'm suddenly awakened by a heavy thing on my waist and when I open my eyes I see the demon king's arm around my waist.

I remove his arm and I push him away from me which awakens him.

"What's wrong?" he asks frowning.

"You're being a pervert! That's what's wrong!"

"What?"

Before I could say a word, Ashiya came into the room without even knocking.

"My Lord, you should see outside!" he said panting.

"Do you even know how to knock?!" I snarled at him.

"Why are you two lying there on the floor?"

"What is it that you want Ashiya?" the demon king asks.

"Take a look at the city outside." He said.

The demon king and I stood and check the view outside. We noticed that there is some kind of a gigantic hole on the sky and from there we can see creatures coming out from it.

"What the hell is going on?" the demon king asks.

"I don't know, my Lord. Lucifer went there to see what happened." Ashiya answered.

Then suddenly a ball of fire came blasting towards us.

"Get down!" the demon king commanded.

"What is that all about?" I ask the demon king.

"I don't have any clue. Do you have any idea whose doing this Ashiya?"

"Why asks me? Probably it's the allies of the Hero." Ashiya turn to me.

"It's certainly not us! This is probably one of your kind!" I snarled at him and he frowned at me.

"Shut up you two! We have to figure out a way to as to how we can get out of here!" Satan ordered.

Then someone sneaks in from behind us.

"Hey guys! I thought you're all dead!"

It was Lucifer who sneaks in.

"Where the hell did come from? How did you get in alive?" Ashiya ask him.

"I'm already inside the castle when the blast started." Lucifer answered.

"We have to get out of here." Satan said. He opened the portal and Ashiya and Lucifer went in.

"Where does it lead to?" I ask.

"Ask that later." He grabs my hand and then we went inside the portal.

Suddenly we arrive on a different place. There's a huge living room in the middle with an antique center table and a beautiful chandelier on the ceiling. Then on the left side would be a mini bar which divides the living room and the dining area. On the right side there's a hallway that leads to 3 doors. I'm thinking that maybe it should be the bedrooms.

"Where are we?" I ask the demon king.

"We are in my penthouse." He answered

"Your penthouse?"

"Yes." He answered. "Ashiya, bring the blinds up so that we can have the view outside and see what's going on." He ordered.

Then the blinds are up and we are shock to see the gigantic hole up in the sky.

"Are those demons coming out of that hole?" I ask.

"Yes. I checked on it earlier and those are all demons." Lucifer answered.

"But how can a demon open such a big portal like that?" I ask.

"That is a mystery. Do you have an idea?" Lucifer turned to Ashiya.

"No, I don't. My Lord?" Ashiya turned to the demon king.

He didn't answer. He's eyes are fixed on the big portal.

"My Lord?" Ashiya ask again.

"Huh?" he turned to Ashiya.

"He's asking if you have any idea about this." I said repeatedly.

"No, I don't." he answered me with a serious look on his face then he turn his gaze on the giant portal. I notice that both his fists are clenched. I wonder what's on his mind.

"What do we do now?" Lucifer asks.

"Wait. That tower over there in the middle of the city. Isn't that your building?" I pointed out to the demon king.

"Yes." He answered me.

"It seems that some of them are gathering from the top of that building." I told him.

"What are we going to do now, my Lord?" Ashiya asks.

"Darn it! Some of my employees are still on the building. We have to save them!" the demon king exasperates.

His reaction reminds me of the old Maou.

Then suddenly I realize that Chiho could be inside that building.

"He's right we have to get into that building. Chiho might be caught by those demons out there." I said.

"How the hell can we get in? We are talking about an army of demons coming out that portal." Lucifer protested.

"There are only four of us my Lord. We are outnumbered." Ashiya added.

"Emilia is right. Chiho and the other humans maybe imprisoned by them or worst they can kill the humans."

Satan said with eagerness to save the people inside the tower.

"It's a suicide out there!" Lucifer protested again.

"I have an idea. I have a plan and I want your full cooperation." The demon king said. Then he turns to me smirking.

I do have a bad feeling about this.

The three, Satan, Ashiya and Lucifer huddled themselves and discuss Satan's plan. Then the three of them looked at me smirking which totally freaks me out.

"What are you smirking at?" I ask the three of them.

"Wait here. We'll just need some enhancement for the plan." The demon king said. Then he opened the portal and the three of them left me.

I wonder what kind of enhancement he is talking about.

The portal opened after an hour and three demons came out of it. I stood in panic and I'm about to draw my sword when one of them grab both my hands and turn it behind me. The other demon give the rope to the demon holding me and the other demon blind folded me and taped my mouth.

"Ngghh!" this is the only sound that I can make. My hands are tied and my eyes and mouth are covered. This is such a frustrating situation! Where the hell are those three idiots!

"I'll carry her." One of the demons said and carried me. He's voice sounds familiar.

"My Lord, how do we proceed?" the other demon asks. My Lord? Darn it! It's the three of them!

"Nnggghhhhh!"

"Hush now Emilia. Just put trust me on this okay? You won't be harm." The demon king said while he's carrying me.

"Once I open the portal, I want you two to act like the normal demon would do. The portal that I will open will lead us to the parking area of the tower. I'll give you a signal if there's a need for us to attack, got it?" the demon king instructed.

"Got it!" I heard the two answered in chorus.

Then I heard the portal opened and then we are teleported to the tower.

"We're here. Boys I want you to stay close and just do what we have discuss earlier." Demon king commanded.

I wonder where we are now.

Then suddenly I heard them speaking in language that I'm unfamiliar with. I'm becoming more and more intrigue. I hope I can take a peek as to what was going on.

Then I heard like a door opened and then the demon king put me down on some place that I don't know where. Then the door was shut and the demon king removes my blind fold. I frown at him and then I've notice that there are humans around us and it seems like their sleeping.

"I'm going to remove the tape from your mouth but don't make any noise." The demon king instructed me as he slowly removes the tape from my mouth.

"Ouch! That hurts!" I complained. "Why are you wearing costumes like that I thought you were enemies!"

"Shhhh! The demons outside might hear us! I'll explain everything later!" he whispered. Then he opened a huge portal underneath us which makes us fall into it.

I kind of remember this portal. This was the empty space portal where I got myself into when I thought I had opened the gate back to Ente Isle. I hate getting inside it since it brings back the memories that I have the the demon king.

"Why are we here?" I ask him.

"I will leave the humans here so that they won't fall into the hands of the enemies." The demon king answered.

"Have you found Chiho?" I ask.

"She's here and she's safe." Lucifer answered as he gestured where Chiho is at.

"I'm glad she's safe. Are these your employees?" I turned to Satan.

"Yes." He answered briefly. "Let's go back to my place."

"Wait. Are we going to leave Chiho here?" I ask.

"Yes. She's safe here. She does not have magical powers to protect herself once we are all caught by the enemy so it's better to leave her here." Satan explained and he opened the portal and we're back at the penthouse.

"Why are you all wearing that demon like costumes?" I ask the demon king.

"It's like a camouflage. We have to pretend that we are like the ordinary demons like them so that we can locate where the humans are being imprisoned." Lucifer answered.

"You are Demons. Why do you have to pretend?" I almost laugh because it's sounded odd for them to put a costume on just to pretend to be like them.

"You are so simple minded her!. The demons will recognize us since my Lord is the demon king and we are his subordinates if we don't disguise. We have to do this because those demons may be our enemies." Ashiya snarled at me.

"So demons are not allies at all? Demons vs demons. I thought he's the demon king. He should be in command right?" I ask. It's too confusing for me to understand.

The demon king left us and went inside his room.

"He'll just walk out on me without even giving me some hint as to what's going on?" I snarled.

"Leave him be hero. My Lord needs some rest because he used most of his powers for opening the portals." Ashiya said.

"I'll explain it to you Emilia so that you can shut your big mouth." Lucifer said and I frowned at him.

We sat on the huge couch in the middle. I listened carefully to Lucifer as he explains the story back in the demon world.

"The demon world was led by the demon king himself. His General back then was Alech and Ahmir. Then the two decided to go against the demon king however they have not succeeded over him. All we know is that they vanished from the demon world after the demon king defeated them. We never thought that they are still alive." Lucifer explained.

"In short he came here for vengeance against Satan." I said.

"Yes and with our current state right now I believe that we can't defeat him." Ashiya answered.

"How did you know that it is Alech and Ahmir?" I ask out of curiosity.

"We talk to the demons back there when we are in the tower to get some information. You don't know of course because you don't understand demon language." Lucifer smirks.

"So what's the next plan?" I ask the two of them. They just shuddered.

*Sigh.

"We should rest first. It's been a long day." Lucifer invited.

"He's right. I'll go to my room now." Ashiya agreed.

The two of them stood and walk towards their room.

"Hey where would I stay?" I ask the two before they entered their room.

"On the couch!" they both answered in chorus and they lock their rooms.

"Really?" I said to myself.

I lay down on the couch trying to figure out a plan to defeat an army of demons.

I wonder what the demon king is thinking right now.

I stand up and went towards his room. Should I still knock? Well I guess I should, so I knock.

He didn't answer.

I knock again. He didn't respond.

"Hey Demon King! If you don't answer me I will enter the room and kill you!" I implore.

"Not now Emilia. I'm not in the mood to battle with your wits." He answered me.

"I just want to get more info about Alech and Ahmir. Lucifer told me that they were your previous generals. What went wrong? Why did they go against you and try to over throne you?"

Then he opened the door and I went in.

He walks towards the glass window staring at the gigantic portal above the sky.

"So?" I looked at him wanting to get some answers from my queries.

"Those two were my first two generals before Ashiya and Lucifer and the other two generals that you killed. I trusted them both but I never thought they would betray me after all the trust and respect that I have for them. Ashiya was the one who finds out that they were trying to frame me up in front of my followers. So Ashiya and I think of a plan on how we can beat those two without them knowing. I acted like I didn't know anything about their plan. We planned a surprise attack towards those two on the day they planned to frame me up. So Ashiya and I perished all the demons that followed them and I eliminated them both. I thought I killed them but now I realized that I was wrong." the demon king said.

"Did you see their bodies when your fight ended back then?"

"I saw two bodies burned back then. I'm sure of it. Ashiya saw it too. I wonder how they managed to survive my attack."

"Well let's not think about that. What we should think of is to find a way on how we can defeat them."

Then all of a sudden we heard an explosion and the door exploded with fire and the room was filled with smoke that I couldn't see who did it.

"Cough cough. What's going on?" I ask as I narrowed my eyes to see who's on the door.

"Well, well, well. Who do we have here? The demon king and the hero. What a lovely couple."

I heard a mocking voice coming through the door. The smoke gets thinner and thinner then I saw someone walking towards us. As the smoke vanishes I saw a demon with two horns on his forehead with a straight, black, and shoulder length hair. He's wearing clothes which are similar with the demon king when I fought him back in Ente Isle but its color is red and his cloak is black.

"Ahmir!" I heard the demon king whispered in anger.

"I'm surprise you still remember me. It's been a while since we last see each other, demon king Satan." Ahmir said.

"What do you want?" the demon king asks.

"Isn't it obvious? We want everything that you have. We will take it all away from you!" Ahmir said smirking at the demon king.

In an instant the demon king blasted on him but he was able to avoid it.

Then the demon king continued to attack Ahmir by punching him but the enemy was able to move so quick that I couldn't even see his moves. Then finally Ahmir blasted the demon king which knock him off the wall.

"Ha-ha. You're such a weakling Satan! You don't deserve to be called a demon king anymore!" Ahmir mocks him.

The demon kings eyes are red and I can feel his anger as he clench his fists and resume his attack on Ahmir.

Ahmir dodges the demon kings attack and he knocks him off by punching his face and kicking his stomach.

"You look so pathetic!" Ahmir scorned.

I can sense that the demon king is on his limit so I tried to draw my sword to attack Ahmir.

"Don't even think about it Hero!" he glared at me and from that point I was unable to move my muscles.

"What are going to do now Satan? Do you think that you could kill us that easy back then? You are so wrong! My brother and I can survive from that blast! And now we are back! We will rule the underworld and your name will be vanished from their memories." Ahmir said.

The demon king is still unable to recover from Ahmir's attack his hurled on the floor and Ahmir went close to him and kick him over and over again.

Why can't I move? Darn it! I want to help him! I want to help him but this freaking body just can't move!

"We will take everything from you Satan and that includes your mate here." Then Ahmir turned to me with a grin smile on his face.

"Damn you! Stay away from her! She has nothing to do with us!" the demon king implored while struggling to gather his strength back.

"You can't stop me!" he turns around and walks towards me.

Darn it! Why can't I move?!

"Don't even try to waste your energy trying to break the spell I put on you." Ahmir said. Then he carried me from my waist and as much as I want to protest but the spell is too strong that I couldn't break it.

"If you want to have her back meet us on the underworld so that we can finish what we have started!" Ahmir said and then he opened the portal and we went in.

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