The Demon’s Bride

Leviathan helped Elise to bring Ian's body but before they could move him, Elise caught something by her eyes and she narrowed. The corner of Ian's fingers had slowly crumbled. Both Leviathan and Elise who were near had their eyes widened on the sight.

"No. No. No!" Elise yelled to herself, trying to pick up what was left. Her tears continuously fell. She noticed that Ian's body didn't crumble because of her. He had turned similar to when a paper was lit to fire, slowly by slowly from the corner of his lower body, Ian had turned to ashes.

She desperately hugged for what was left but had nothing to hold on her embrace any longer after another five minutes. Leviathan took her hand when she tried to collect the ashes that fell on the ground. Slowly he shook his head but Elise still tried to hold on to the faint hope.

"W-Why?" She asked her father.

"Ian is Diablo. While he is unable to die, Ian's original body was born as a human. The on,y reason why his age hadn't exhaust his body is due to the undead curse and now that the curse is not with him—" Leviathan felt his words and heart heavy as he had to explained this while watching his beloved daughter's voice wrenched and twisted in pain and anguish. "—his time had begin to flow again to its correct time, rendering him to..." Leviathan didn't continue as they knew what occurred by watching.

"What should I do now?" Elise questioned at lost. She didn't know whether or not she could bring back Ian. Her father told her she could but she can't help questioning the chances. But now matter how low the chances were as long as she could see him again, Elise knew she would attempt what could be impossible.

"We should discuss this as we enter inside," Leviathan offered but his eyes narrowed the moment he looked behind Elise.

Elise who caught this turn her head as well, unexpectedly seeing Mila pushing herself from the ground.

Esther who had just stepped to garden became confused, "How can that be? She touched Elise's power."

"Your power is strengthening again because of your taboo magic," Elise summarized what happened while stating the words to Mila.

The woman staggered as she get up. Her both hands were out of use and she looked at the pile of ashes that were before Elise. Seeing the ashes, a small smile played on her lips.

"Finally," said Mila as she chuckled. "Finally I did it! I had done it! My revenge is complete."

Leviathan took one step forward, "You can go inside Elise, I will take care of this."

Elise raised her hand to stop her father and shake her head. "To end the cycle of hatred. I am the only person who should do this."

Leviathan only stared to her. His eyes were omniscient as if he knew the history between her and Mila. Elise could pull from this that her father had been watching her. But where was he this entire time? Yet now, those questions didn't matter to Elise. There was far more important things she had to do.

One of it being Mila.

When Elise stood up, her body was unstable and she staggered but a certain calmness in her eyes that was almost void made one to look at her in fear but to those who are close to her, they look at her in worry because Elise was a child with bright heart. Never had she looked cloudy as she did now but can anyone blame her? There was no one.

They all watched. Leviathan, Esther, and Beelzebub could already see what was about to come.

Mila stared at Elise with a wide smirk, "Don't think that I am afraid of you, Elise."

Elise didn't answer but stared. The woman said again, "I have done what I came for! I have killed him. Now my family will Rest In Peace."

"Yes," Elise answered her after a while. "They might be able to Rest In Peace. But you will never ever see them again."

For a moment Mila was stunned. Even as her words grew sharper, she could tell how Elise had somewhat changed. There was a part in her that was menacing. Menacing enough to cause chills all over Mila's body.

Her calmness and the bleak gaze she had only added more fear to those who sees her.

"What do you mean?" Mila asked, as if she hadn't listened well to Elise's question.

"While now they will be residing in Heaven forever you will be in Hell." Elise stated. Morphed the look on Mila's face. A look of shocked and fear. Elise continued, "No punishment should be enough to pay for what you did. Not only on Ian's behalf but all the lives you took while blinding yourself by thinking this was the only chance you had."

"W-What?"

All people have their worse fear. Elise learned of it during the time she spent with Ian. Each person have weaknesses and also it was easy to trigger the person's worse fear and utilize to one's choice. Such as now.

It was easy to find out what Mila feared the most. First would be her fear of getting her plan to no where in which Elise had suffered the consequences of losing Ian from.

Her second fear was the most horrible and it was to lose the opportunity for her to meet her family ever again. And Elise had done her revenge on her own way.

"You will forever be in Hell. In the prison forever and ever. In eternity without getting the ever second chance to meet them again," Elise stated her words aloud.

Mia scoffed, "Do you really think you can do that? There are things that you won't be able to control, Elise. Even if you have become the Queen.

"I will become the Queen," Elise answered and she stared back at Mila's black eyes. Her own blue eyes slowly begin to sink down in the glowering golden color of her eyes. "And even if I am not the Queen I have full access to make certain you will stay in Hell forever. Never to meet your family again just like what you have done to the innocent people and me. I will see your suffering with my own two eyes and make it a point that your pain will be worse than mine. Because that is what you deserve."