The Demon’s Bride

Elise stared at the clear, liquid-like mirror. She pushed her hands a little inside the mirror to feel a cold wind. "Orias," she said before entering and Orias who had been keenly staring at them put up the smile that had fallen earlier.

"Yes, milady?" Questioned the servant dutifully.

"Do you maybe know or heard where my grandfather found the book which could resurrect the dead at? Maybe the place or the person who hold the book," Elise said. Considering that Orias had said he only stayed beside her grandfather. She thought it was possible he heard it.

"Yes, I did, your highness," Orias answered when the idea dawned on him. "I remember how the King laugh when he found out where it was.

Orias's statement had Elise to question. Laugh?

"Where it is?" Ian was the one to ask. He wondered if he should bring the servant as he know much by tailing like an obedient dog behind Satan.

"It is in the main building of the Church, the organization which was created to defend humanity and maintain peace between the five lands," Orias assessed with a look of naivety.

Church? 

"During that time when I saw the death shadow of the dark sorcerer in the exam, the person I saw also had the key which is only distributed for the leaders of a chuchmember's team," Elise whispered her theories, "Considering the book is important I think the head of the dark sorcerers would be holding them." Which means... they have caught the head! With this as well, they would be able to stop the dark sorcerers and their wretched plan before resurrecting any dangerous high demons!

"Then we should go there. Ending things as quickly as we could is better," Ian stated. He didn't forget how the dark sorcerer's had tried to grasp the idea of kidnapping Elise from him which he won't allow. "Change the destination toward the Church's headquarters," Ian ordered Orias who stood behind them.

The demon servant didn't reply immediately. Ian turned his face with a sigh, "I knew it, this was your plan, huh. I knew we can't believe a servant of Satan. You are quite excellent in theatrical play that I was almost fooled," his hand had reached out against Orias's neck.

Elise saw Orias's hand where there was a small dagger and the skepticism she had earlier didn't fool her.

"Do you want to harm me?" Elise asked Orias whose naive expression had slipped from him, and now there was only the look of cruelty on his face.

The demon servant grinned, "It must have been because you had seen Malphas that you think I would be similar with his clumsiness as well. No, your highness. I won't hurt you. My only life's reason is to serve his majesty. I swore an oath to never betray him or hurt him. You are his descendants I cannot possibly hurt you. I won't and I know I can't."

"Then why are you holding a weapon now—" Elise didn't managed to complete her question as at the moment of inattention, from behind she was pulled inside the mirror by the liquid of the mirror which could actually move.

"Elise!" Ian reached out his hand to hold hers but their fingers can only touch faintly between the fingertips as she at once was absorbed by the Hellie Mirror before Ian could even noticed it. Ian glared at Orias with the intention to kill but his priority of Elise won above anything and without hesitation of not knowing what was after the mirror, Ian sunk himself inside, holding into Elise.

Orias watched Ian and Elise getting inside the Hellie Mirror with a wide smile. It appears as if he had won! 

With this, his king would be happy, thought Orias. He jumped happily, thinking that finally come the day the King would praise him. Perhaps his plan wouldn't work if not for the fact that Elise and Ian had seen his far cousin Malphas whose inside and outside reek of innocent. Compared to his cousin, Orias was a weak demon who use his weakness to his advantage. 

If he tried to kill Ian or fight the demon, he knew for certain he would lost but it transport them over to a different place using Hellie Mirror, it wasn't difficult as he had pulled the trick once to Leviathan without being noticed either.

Walking happily, he opened the door of his room to transport at once at the hallway where Satan was standing at. He was happy to tell the news but stopped when he saw Lucifer standing before Satan.

"That's a deal then," Lucifer said when he noted the presence of Orias, "Before I forgot," added Lucifer in advance, "You and Leviathan are very similar when it comes to being awkward toward their children or spouses. I advise you to use that mouth of yours and express your feeling and intention. It might save you a little from heartbreak."

After saying what he wanted, Lucifer zapped away from the mansion. Malphas quickly chased for his master when finding him, "Milord! Milord! How is the lady? Is she alright?"

"Shush," warned Lucifer who had came back to his sweet home in hell, "You are noisy. It is I your master why do you ask the girl?" 

But Lucifer was strong and Malphas didn't know why he should worry of his master...

Lucifer who could read Malphas's mind rolled his eyes and he walked toward his chair where in front of him was a chessboard made up of crystals. Lucifer's eyes stared at the board where the pawns had bee moved away from its starting stance. "We are only a few steps away from victory, Lucy. Prepare the mansion, Malphas."

"Yes! But why, milord?" The servant questioned curiously.

"My nephew will be coming here. We can't have them less accommodated in my house. Ah, prepare the gifts as well," Lucifer waved his hand, "The gift should be his father and his step brother."

"But master... since the last torture they are still unhealed and in a form of a pulp," reminded Malphas.

"Heal them," Lucifer allowed, "It would be much better if we heal them before Ian or Elise come here. A little healing will then make the torture more agonizing." And immediately Malphas left his place to oblige his master's order.

Meanwhile, back in Satan's mansion, Orias came toward his master. "Your majesty, I have opened the path and led the young duke and the princess to Hell."

Orias expected praise yet instead, Satan's eyes were wide. His expression seemed to appear as though he finally understood hat had happened, "Damned Lucifer he knew this would happen..." Satan had agreed to help Lucifer in his plan in exchange to have Elise as his next heir.

Only now that Satan understood how all this time he had been tricked. "He invited himself to the thirteen dinner to speak about my granddaughter, having me to move into the mortal world and my granddaughter's arrival to meet me was also in his plan. He had expected my wish to have Elise as my heir and used it as a bargaining deal. Now I can tell why Heaven cannot handle that crafty snake."

Orias was wide in shock to know that even the King had been played by Lucifer. "M-Master what about the princess?"

"Leave that foolish child! Lucifer might be sly but he know what would happen if he break his promise. I will wait until he fulfill his bargain," Satan stepped away from the hallways. "And what happened to my wife's written book?"

At the question Orias felt his head sweat... he cannot forget how the glass case that protected the book had been broken which Satan would never allow.

"About that milord... forgive me," Orias said and his plan that started well ended up with him being punished.

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