The Queen Of The Demon World
9. Demon Kingdom

“I didn't think you'd be back in this kingdom, Ethelyne.”

Ethelyne, who was staring out the window, turned to the door, right there. There was a Ryan with a flat face and blood-red eyes.

“Hm, then why? You want to kick me out?” ask Ethelyne cynically.

“No, I'm glad you came back before my coronation.” Ryan casually walked in and pulled up one of the chairs, he sat facing Ethelyne with his chest closed. “So, will you stay here forever?”

“Huh, never hope. I won't be back if I don't have to.” Ethelyne threw away her face with a vexed expression.

“It turns out so, I thought you would stay here and become the next Crown Princess.”

Ethelyne, who heard Ryan's words, turned to the man with a frown. “Crown Princess? What about Zen?”

“Zen in jail for smuggling.”

“Dogging?” Ethelyne looked at Ryan in confusion.

The man nodded with a resigned face. “He smuggles monsters and sells them illegally, instead the prison sentence is the lightest. But because of that, many demons complain because they think I choose love.” Ryan shrugged his shoulders, he looked at Ethelyne. “So the Crown Prince was really exhausting, especially after Dad died. My task is getting heavier because I have to be responsible as King at the same time.”

“Huh, so you mean. You want to make me Crown Princess to make your duties lighter?” Ethelyne was wagging her long hair. “Don't expect, I'll never want to be the Crown Princess let alone help you. Let you die from stress.”

“Wickedly, why can I have a bad sister like you anyway?” ryan said with a sad and disappointed expression.

Ethelyne looked at him in disgust. “Don't behave like that! You will be King if you act so disgusting in front of the people. What will they think later.”

“No problem.” Ryan stood up and walked out, he held onto the doorknob and turned his head towards Ethelyne with a sly smile. “I'll just behave like this in front of you, besides. Please prepare yourself, the future Crown Princess.” Ryan waved his hand before closing the door.

Ethelyne clucked in annoyance, she looked back out the window while propping up her chin. ‘What should I do? If Brother Ryan becomes the Demon King .. What will I have to kill him?’ Ethelyne slapped her face. “Ah, I'm tired. I want to swallow the earth and disappear.”

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“Master, what are you doing?” laurie asked while knocking on the door, when she did not hear an answer. He opened the door and saw Ethelyne, who was lying face down, asleep. Laurie ruffled her waist, she walked in and placed a basket filled with various kinds of cakes on the table. Laurie walks towards the closet and opens it, she picks up the blanket and walks towards Ethelyne. Laurie slowly enveloped Ethelyne. “Sleep soundly, Master. I'll definitely try to take you away from here,” she said as she rubbed Ethelyne's hair gently, she then walked out.

As she closed the door, Laurie was startled by the sudden presence of Loreen appearing beside her. “Loreen! Don't fuck me up like that!”

“Where is Her Royal Highness the Princess?” Loreen glanced towards the slightly opened door, she was about to open the door but was blocked by Laurie.

Loreen fell silent, she turned around. “I'll come back and tell His Majesty directly,” he said as he walked away.

When Loreen completely disappeared from the passageway, Laurie let out a sigh of relief. She turned her head towards the door and closed it tightly, Laurie holding the doorknob. He closed his eyes and muttered a strange spell. “I'm Golden Dragon, hope the fairies protect my Master from all evil things.”

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A week had passed since Laurie cast her spell, ever since. No demon can enter Ethelyne's room through anything, even Ryan who uses his powers still can't break Laurie's spell.

That same week, Ethelyne just stayed in his room without any intention. He seemed to be losing his soul and just continued to sit by the window while staring out.

“Master, her coronation time is near. We should leave before that time comes, I've scoured the entire palace and found a secret passageway that could take us straight out of the city. You must prepare! We're gonna run this afternoon! So ...” Laurie was silent, she stared worriedly at Ethelyne who only did one activity every day. It was sitting by the window while continuing to stare out without saying a word, no matter how much Laurie tried to get her to speak. He just kept quiet like an undead. “Master,” muttered concerned, Laurie shook her head quickly. “Can't be like this! Master, I will still try to help you to get out! Whatever happens, I'll get you out and won't let that demon eat your human soul!” He pulled Ethelyne's hand and walked towards the door, Laurie opened the door slightly and stared at the passageway that looked lonely.

He breathed a sigh of relief. ‘It looks like all the maids are busy preparing many things in the hall, this is a good opportunity to escape!’ Laurie opens the door and runs away while pulling Ethelyne into a secret passageway she finds, about to turn. Harvey suddenly walked from the opposite direction and made Laurie immediately hide behind the statues lined up. ‘How is this? What if the Crown Prince's right hand finds us??’

Suddenly, a dark aura emanated from Ethelyne. Laurie who realized that suddenly became afraid, let alone the dark aura that intimidated her and made her guts shrivel. “Master,” great-grandson.

Ethelyne closed her eyes, she slowly flew away. The dark aura emanating from his body grew more and more to cover the entire kingdom.

“What, what happened?”

“Your Majesty, please calm down. Your coronation will- eh??” Harvey who suddenly appeared with a panicked face immediately turned confused when he saw Ethelyne and Laurie, he was wailing as if looking for something. “Where is His Highness the Crown Prince? Shouldn't she be upset that maybe her coronation didn't go smoothly.”

“H-harvey, i-it.” Laurie pointed at Ethelyne with a surprised and doubtful face.

Harvey who was confused by Laurie's attitude followed the direction of the girl's hand, his eyes immediately rounded when he saw Ethelyne who continued to emit a dark aura without being controlled. “Your Highness Princess, please calm down! What makes you angry?”

Laurie swallowed her saliva. “This, this is not because Master is angry. But, this was the awakening of his demonic soul!!”

“What?? Why could? Moreover, his aura. Why could his aura be stronger than His Highness the Crown Prince??”

“I don't know, you have to help me derail his resurrection!” Laurie takes out a water knife shaped like a boomerang, she throws the water knife towards Ethelyne but unfortunately the knife is actually reflected by something.

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