The Demon’s Bride

Ian meaningfully took a hum, he said first, "More then a ghost town, I think we are under something different." And he closed the book to have an intricate explanation when someone interrupted him as Elise heard a large sound of flapping coming from the door.

"It's urgent!" Beelzebub yelled and his bat-like wings pulled to close so he could squeeze himself from the small door.

Elise looked around him, finding two of the human disappeared when he should have been somewhere next to Beelzebub, she asked, "Where is Mr. Ernest and Mr. Alfred?"

"Well those humans, for hell's sake, ran when I told them not to!" Beelzebub ran his hand through the thick sable of golden hair. "Why can't those dimwits learn that things chases them if they run? They should have instead turn their body and chase them, throw the surprise on their feet! Even Demons would get surprised by it and escape instead of chasing. Just watching them makes me frustrated!"

"What happened?" Elise asked him, not getting a clear view of what was happening and why Beel would be exasperated.

"We have no time to explain! We were searching through the houses as Ian said when something like a black shadow moved, they appeared like Ghouls," said Beelzebub, clicking his tongue. 

"Which ghouls?" Ian asked, raising his brows, "Demon's ghouls?" 

"Yes, those ghouls, the ones that are created from a dead Demon's grudge," Beelzebub confirmed. "You know one last thing I want to ever get involved with is ghouls, ugh they were disgusting." He said as if he was suffering.

"I've been telling you that I sensed something very darkly and grimly, and strange here," hugged another voice that didn't belong to either Elise, Ian, or Beelzebub.

Elise blinked, finding the voice very familiar to see that it was Hallow, the grim reaper who was now in the body of a chick, he appeared suddenly and Elise didn't expect him to be there as she thought he decided not to go. 

"Beel," Ian raised his eyebrow to the blonde-haired demon.

"Can't you be quiet for a moment?" Beelzebub rolled his eyes, saying the words to the chick. He had hid Hallow inside his pocket, one of the reason why he didn't enter the church was so he wouldn't get detected inside the church. "I never had an aunt or mother-in-law, but I can tell for sure you are much more nosy and noisier than them."

"Aunt? I have seen them when I took human's soul and I tell you, aunts are horrible don't put me on the same page as them!" Hallow adjourned his words, unable to accept that he had been compared to aunts. "And what can I do when the person who creates me shaped a mouth in my face? I am only utilizing my mouth the best as I could better than any other chick!"

"Be quiet!" Interrupted Elise before the Demon and grim reaper created more scene when they got things to do urgently on their plate. She doesn't know what suddenly turn Beelzebub to become talkative but by the sound of it there was ghouls in the area that were chasing for Ernest and Alfred. They were both humans and Elise didn't know if they could face the ghouls at the cost of nothing.

Ian seemed to be in a thought and Elise expected him to be the one who had the most calm state of mind at this moment and he did, too calm in fact. "What animals that don't have mouth, Elise?"

Elise stared at him then shook his head, she still replied to his question, "I don't know. The ghouls, does that mean Demons are killed here?"

"Possibly and maybe that is why this barrier is much stronger than usual, the dark sorcerer didn't only use human's soul for the magic ritual but also a Demon's soil."

"If they can kill Demons, they must be strong," and a very strong one at that, thought Elise. She then turn her face to Mr. Beel, "Where are they?"

"East side of the forest," Beelzebub said and being the polite girl she was, Elise thanked him before she left the library with Ian.

After some distance, she decided to question, "What is happening to Mr. Beel?"

"Oh the talkative side of him? It must be because of the ghouls. It traumatized him," Ian replied, walking when he took a rock that settled near his shoes.

"Traumatized?" Elise replied, not knowing a Demon could be traumatized. Does that mean there are also therapist in Hell? If so, Hell didn't sound like a very bad place considering how concerned they are to the mental well-being of the fellow Demons. 

Ian tugged his lips wider, and his eyes held a cruel humor, "I threw him into a pit of ghouls one time in the past due to his loud mouth. In fact he had been the church bell of Hell, always so noisy isn't that why he is perfect to be with that chick?" Ian grinned at the thought, appearing to take part in amusement over the High Demon and grim reaper's banter. 

"So is it only due to Lucifer's interference that Mr. Beel have turn quiet?"

"Yes and the chick helped him to release his noisy side again. Not a problem though I am very much looking forward to the day of a roast chick, seems like it would be tasty with the accompany of pepper," and Ian licked the lower seam of his lips as if waiting for the day to come soon.

Elise shook her head at his darkly humor she had learned to understand, "Do you think Lucifer's link to him turn fainter here?"

"No, I can still feel there is someone watching from Beelzebub's side." And he turned his face to Beelzebub, "Bring the magistrate and the innkeeper in one place, watch them together and make sure they are there. Once he had put his instructions he then look back at his bride, "We can talk as we go," and Elise nodded but soon she realized that there was something far faster.

"Can we use your wings?" She asked him as it was faster than walking or running.

"I put my crow back to the castle, remember? And I am wounded, it will take me three to four hours to be able to use my wings. I have tried to call it here, but it didn't work either due to the barrier. Best thing we do is run," and when Elise think of her capability to run lesser than Ian's, he suddenly bent down and she felt her entire view tilting as she was carried to his arm. She looked up, her heart skip a beat when he smiled at her, "Hang tight, sweetheart." And in second, Elise felt rush of wind blowing over her face, pushing her hair haphazardly to the back as Ian had ran more than a human or a deer could ever do.

Meanwhile, Beelzebub and Hallow despite their banter brought the magistrate with them. The blonde-haired demon pulled the magistrate by his neck and went to the inn. Beel was in an upset mood. He could still feel his disgust and goosebumps climbing up when seeing the ghouls which was his most hated being in the entire three realm coming toward him. He didn't fear them but felt disgust. Not in the mood of being calm, he kicked the door and with one effortless push of his toes the wooden door broke and fell flat to the ground.

But when he noticed no presence of human inside the inn, Beelzebub's eyes narrowed. Hallow who was in the pocket, listening to everything also found this strange, "The dark sorcerer!"