She Belongs To The Devil

"Let this be your salvation," Adeline's words penetrated Edwin's heart as though they were the sharpest sword in the world.

When Prince Edwin pledged his loyalty to Adeline, he didn't think that he would be this entangled in between Adeline and his mother. He was in a great dilemma.

Even though he had already chosen Adeline's side, it was difficult for him to instantaneously agree to the path of salvation that Adeline showed to him. Because that would probably mean giving an extreme punishment to his mother.

There was no law in Wyverndale yet where the criminal would be sentenced to death. But seeing the overwhelming list of crimes that his mother had committed, Edwin was sure that new order would be passed just for the sake of his mother's punishment.

Adeline noticed a lot of worry lines appearing on Edwin's forehead. She deduced that Edwin was oblivious of his mother's countless crimes. And no matter what his mother had done, she thought that it would still be hard for him to hate his mother.

So she didn't want to push him too hard right from the start so she said in a soft voice, "Brother, I know that you have high regards towards your mother. And I also know that she loves you more than anything and anyone in the world."

"So, I know that this path of salvation might put you in a difficult situation." Adeline clenched her fists and continued with teary eyes, "To be honest, I wouldn't have asked you to help me with this. I would have already punished her for all of her wrongdoings… if only I was not afraid of her."

Adeline broke down all of a sudden. Though she didn't want to push Edwin too much, she wanted to hit the right cord of his heart so that he would be compelled to do the right thing.

And she sobbed while showing her vulnerability, "She has already tried to kill me a lot of times and I am really scared that she will finish me off for real if I ever try to unravel her crimes. Even though I am the Future Ruler, I am in no position to go toe-to-toe with a dark witch like her."

Edwin had always enjoyed making Adeline cry and seeing her cry when they were little. But for the first time, he empathized with her. He was angry at his own mother when he saw her crying like that. 

But he didn't dare to say a single word to console her. He thought that he had no right to do so. It was his own mother who had pushed her to this situation.

Adeline took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears. Even though she was just trying to act in front of Edwin, she ended up crying for real. She couldn't help but think how her life would have been if her mother was still with her. And she couldn't help but feel powerless for not being able to do anything against that evil witch.

Suddenly, Edwin looked at Adeline with pitiful eyes and then suggested, "I will talk with my mother. I will see if I can make her confess her crimes on her own and surrender herself."

He still wanted to protect his mother from getting a death sentence so he added, "We can put her under house arrest for her remaining life. That way she won't be able to harm any other innocent lives."

But Adeline had already gone through possible punishments for Lillian. And she already knew that putting her under house arrest was not going to be useful. So she expressed her distress, "But she is a witch. Her magic cannot be contained by four walls. That is why I have been this afraid of her. What if she does something really bad even when she is under house arrest?"

Edwin leaned back on his chair and went into deep thought. He wanted to think of a solution that did not involve killing his mother in some way.

Though he did not inherit the capability to perform witchcraft from his mother, he knew a few things about witchcraft. And he remembered how the witches and wizards were held in the cells in Frostford.

So he suggested using that same method to hold his mother captive, "Adeline, it is possible to turn one of the rooms into a magic nullifying cell. We can seek help from other witches and ask them to draw a magic circle that will act as a barrier. My mother won't be able to use her magic when she is kept inside that magic circle."

Adeline's eyes widened a little. But she still had one doubt and she asked, "But there's no guarantee that she will stay inside that circle. Can't she simply step out of it and use her magic."

Edwin shook his head and reassured her saying, "That kind of magic circle doesn't just bock the magic, it also acts as a barrier. Once put inside, the witches and wizards won't be able to break out of that circle unless the one who activated that circle releases them."

Adeline could not believe her ears! All this time, she had thought that there was no easy way to restrain and punish that witch. She was afraid that Lillian would not go down without a fight and she feared that Lillian would end up killing people she loved.

But now that Edwin gave this information to her, she was really grateful that Lillian's own son was teaching her how to imprison his mother.

"If what you say is possible then there would be no problem in giving her a life sentence." She tried to empathize with Edwin and added, "I am sorry to say this but considering the crimes that she has committed, even life imprisonment is a very light punishment for her."

Edwin took a deep breath in and pursed his lips. He tried to put on a smile and whispered, "I know." He then gave a pleading look to Adeline and asked, "I am going to sound selfish when I say this, but I hope that you will stick with the life imprisonment as her punishment.  I hope that you will spare her life."

"It is not my place to take her life. I am no God." Adeline replied calmly.

To Edwin, she sounded very forgiving. But Adeline was not a saint to forgive Lillian that easily. She had already devised a plan in her head to imprison Lillian in the smallest chamber until she begged to be killed instead. And then she was going to fulfill that murderer's last wish by beheading her.

Adeline also felt great comfort knowing that it would not be the end of Lillian's suffering. She was sure that Lillian's soul would be sent to Hell to face the trials of Hell.

And considering all the monstrous crimes that she has committed, Adeline knew what was waiting for Lillian once she reached the underworld. She could rest assured that Theodore and Lucifer would torture her soul till eternity.

She could rest assured that Theodore would make Lillian pay a thousand-fold of what she has done on Earth.